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Trump's inner bully comes out swinging, goes out flailing in first debate

By Keith A. Owens Senior Editor

Donald Trump stayed calm and measured for about the first 10 minutes of the debate before he could no longer contain his inner bully. Hillary Clinton countered with reasonable facts and figures, sometimes to her benefit and sometimes not quite so much as worked to COMMENTARY she remain decent in the face of an adversary who is anything but. However, as the debate rolled on, Hillary Clinton’s steady command of the facts and of the issues won the night as Trump folded into Rumpelstiltskin mode and devolved into full meltdown.

Hundreds protested the killing of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina last week. — ABC News photo

An early sign of the crack in Trump's facade began when Clinton hit her adversary hard on his questionable business record, bringing up his numerous bankruptcies, and reminding viewers of the many times he stiffed his own workers hired to work on his projects. She even made it personal, talking about Trump's life of privilege and reflecting on her father, a small business owner, who she said she was glad had never been employed by a Trump project where the workers were not paid.

But as the night wore on, Trump's lack of preparedness, combined with his thin skin, began to make for an increasingly uncomfortable night for the Republican contender. When it got to the point where Trump incredulously asserted that he had performed a great service for the nation, and even for President Obama, by forcing the president to produce his birth certificate, it was rather clear that Trump was starting to unravel. As one commentator said after the debate, Trump just ran out of gas.

Perhaps part of the reason

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Lesson of Bookies fiasco: Don’t let Detroit turn into Charlotte

By Keith A. Owens Senior Editor

For those who still don’t quite get why Jay Lambrecht, now the sole owner of Bookies Bar and Grille, decided to cut ties with his former friend and co-owner Mark Jerant, who feel that Jerant was just exercising his First COMMENTARY Amendment rights to free speech and that perhaps firing the guy was too politically correct, you should probably take a peek at the protests that have going on for the past week in Charlotte, North Carolina following yet another police killing of an unarmed black male. Then take another look at the circumstances surrounding the killing of Terence Crutcher, the unarmed Tulsa, Oklahoma man who was killed by a Tulsa police officer mere days earlier.

Then re-read Jerant’s rant in response to Crucher’s fate: “Do you mean the unarmed man who didn’t listen to police...Again?

The one who continued to resist by walking away from the police…Again.

Then put his hands down continued to disobey orders and then reached into the open widow of car? That unarmed man?

That one that simply didn’t listen….

Again.

Get ready for the liberal media frenzy of BS. Then the audio will come out, then everyone will say he didn’t listen, then after a false narrative for three months

by BLM and “rioting peaceful protests” everyone will say, ohhh I guess he was wrong, and the police were right? Then after a real investigation the truth comes out?

Simple story never changes. Listen to police who have guns pointed at you and don’t get shot. It isn’t hard.

Here we go again. “Hands up” until they aren’t anymore. The media will cut video then, just wait until mainstream plays the clip. CNN, we are ready for your half story! They will ignore everything else. Clicks and ads, it’s always about money not the truth. watch and see.”

Sure, we can call this the New Detroit now that white folks feel comfortable walking their dogs downtown, but the fact of the matter is that Detroit is still more than 80 percent African American.

Which means that roughly 80 percent of this city’s entire population has more or less been on heightened alert ever since the murder of Trayvon Martin in Florida on Feb. 26, 2012. So far, tensions between Detroit police and the local population don’t appear to have escalated anywhere near to the level that we have witnessed in such areas as Ferguson, Missouri, or Baltimore, Maryland, or Chicago, Illinois, or on and on and on. Without a doubt this has a lot to do not only with the more equitable racial makeup of the police force in Detroit, but also with the leadership of Chief James Craig. Because make no mistake, just like good cops, bad cops come in all colors too.

But in a city like Detroit, the only major American city with such a disproportionately large black population — and disproportionately poor — we take quick and thorough notice of events like what happened in Tulsa, with the killing

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Making a splash: PSL swimmers come together at Western International High School

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By Victoria Jones Howard University News Service Fall PSL swimming meets drive home the sports’ deeper benefits to Detroit youth up the morning of the meet with a fever.

“I was so sick, but I made it through and it was totally worth it. My mind went back to every practice—every season—it was just phenomenal.”

While Plascencia continues to savor the team championship and what it means to her swimmers, the school and the community, she hopes that there will come a time when there are more recreation centers in Detroit with youth swimming that can serve as feeder programs for all PSL teams.

By Scott Talley Special to the Michigan Chronicle It would be extremely difficult to find a better ambassador for the Western International High School community and the sport of swimming than Chais Plascencia.

After graduating from Western in 2001, Plascencia continued her education at Wayne State University.

However, the challenge of a college course load and other life responsibilities were not too great to keep her away from Western, and she was soon volunteering her time as an assistant swimming coach.

“I wanted to still be involved in the sport, and I wanted our kids to experience something that they don’t get to experience a lot of,” said Plascencia, a proud product of the

Western High School neighborhood.

Fast-forward 15 years and now Plascencia is the head swimming coach at Western and believes more than ever in the sport’s ability to positively impact youth in her neighborhood and across our city.

“Swimming is important for our city because it makes our youth stronger physically and mentally,” said Plascencia, whose school is hosting the Detroit Public Schools girls swimming meets this fall. “It gives them something to be super dedicated to.”

The dedication of Plascencia and her swimmers was rewarded last year, when Western won the team title at the PSL Girls Swimming Championships—a first in school history.

“It was breathtaking—the most awesome feeling ever,” said Plascencia, who woke

Proud hosts: “I love that the meets are at Western,” says Western coach, Chais Plascencia, of the PSL girls swimming meets that are being held this fall. The meets bring together all of the PSL teams that are competing during the fall season. The swimmers return to the beautiful Western International High School pool on Thursday (Sept. 29). The public is welcome.

Western like many PSL swimming teams have taken on a more developmental role through the years to maintain a program.

Plascencia has an extra challenge because many of her swimmers need to work after school to help their families. Nonetheless, her program continues to produce success stories like Jessyca Torres.

“To feel the love of your teammates every single year has made high school so much better,” said Torres, an inspirational senior on Western’s team and a member of the National Honor Society with aspirations of being an orthodontist.

Torres, who began swimming as a little girl at the Patton Park Recreation Center, takes pride in pushing her teammates to new limits. She also enjoys the unity and support that is displayed by all the teams that compete at Western during the fall season. “ W e ’ r e different teams, but we’re all a whole,” Torres said.

“When you come to our meets, you feel the tension, but you also feel the love—you feel everyone.

We cheer for everyone, so we want the community to cheer for us. And after every meet, we line up and high-five each other and say ‘good job’ and giggle. It’s just so much love.”

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The one who continued to walk away with his hands up, and proceeded to disobey more orders all the way back to his vehicle.

The opening of the National Museum of African American Culture and History was full of glitz and glamour as celebrities, elected officials, civil rights icons and three American presidents came together to celebrate the historic moment.

But even as President Barack

Parents representing all schools attend the meets at Western and have special swimming testimonials to share, including LaShonda Fielder.

“Initially, I merely signed my children up to take swim lessons at Coleman A. Young Recreation Center and Heilman Recreation Center during the summer,” said Fielder, whose daughter Mia is now a senor at Renaissance and a member of the swimming team. “My intention was to ensure they developed this life skill as children, before the fear of the water set in, and within three weeks, Mia advanced through four levels of the American Red Cross swimming and water skills.

“Through the discipline of swimming, Mia has grown into a hard working, goal oriented, and conscientious young adult. She always gives full effort in academics and sports, and constantly strives to improve upon herself.

“As swimming is an individual and team sport, I have seen my daughter’s confidence and leadership blossom. Mia is intrinsically motivated and encourages her teammates to be their best self. Ultimately a swim scholarship to college would be ideal, but even if not, swimming has given my daughter invaluable preparation to be successful in life.”

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Obama addressed thousands in a moving speech, actor Will Smith and entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey read the poetry of Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou and Stevie Wonder and Patti LaBelle preformed classic songs, one thing was evident — the museum wouldn’t have existed without millions of black dollars.

Obama told the audience the

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Congressman Dan Kildee to Congress: Bring up bill to aid Flint now Congressman Dan Kildee (MI) last week spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to demand that Congress bring up a bill to send aid to Flint.

Before leaving for a six-week recess next Friday, Congress will vote on a continuing resolution to fund the government for the next 10 weeks.

Congressman Kildee urged Congress to include funding for Flint in the continuing resolution, highlighting that the provision is fully paid for and passed the Senate by a vote of 95-3. Congressman Kildee also highlighted that Republicans previously claimed that the federal government was responsible for the crisis. But when asked to include funding for Flint in the continuing resolution, Republicans have shifted their position to blame the people of Flint.

“It will have been one year since Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha released the results of her research that showed that blood levels in children in Flint showed significantly elevated levels of lead, that the water that they had been drinking had poisoned them. A year later, here we stand.

“This Congress has not yet acted to provide any relief to a community that is facing the greatest crisis, the greatest disaster of its history. It's been a year since it was known that that water was too

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dangerous to drink, and members in this body have heard me speak up on this before. But it's been two years since actually the water contained lead. It took that long for the information finally to come to light. Yet, Congress has continuously failed to act.

“We have a way to get this done. I just ask my Republicans, my Republican colleagues in the House, to step out of the way and allow the bipartisan legislation that has passed the Senate to have a vote, to be included in legislation that this body is considering. You can do so by following the lead of the Senate, to pass legislation to provide relief to Flint on a vote of 95-3. The U.S. Senate, let me just make this clear, the United States Senate voted 95-3 to provide support for the people of Flint. And yet, nothing here in this House.

“We have an opportunity with the continuing resolution to include that language in the continuing resolution and help the people of my hometown. Again, people who yet today cannot drink their water without fear that it would poison them.

This is a fully paid for provision. There’s always debate about whether we should be able to spend in case of emergency without having an offset.

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“I know from the conversations that I’ve had from members on both sides of the aisle that can’t be the case. That cannot be. I’ve had all sorts of expressions of sympathy. Many Members of Congress have traveled to Flint, Democrats and Republicans, and have expressed to me on an almost daily basis that they wish there was something they could do to help those poor folks. Well you know what, sympathy expresses sentiment, but it doesn’t provide clean drinking water for the people of my hometown.

We have a chance to act.

“What is it about Flint?

What is it about the people of Flint? Answer me.

What is it that separates them? That has them in a position where their federal government can’t come to their aid when they can’t drink the water? When the water that comes from their tap is poison and we have a chance to do something about it without increasing the federal deficit with an offset that’s already identified? And I hear nothing. Nothing from the leadership of this House that gives any indication that the people of Flint matter at all. Shame.

Shame.

“We ought to act and we ought to do it now. Not maybe three months from now. Not, oh Flint, maybe we’ll get you in the next bill, maybe the next piece of legislation. Shame.”

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MiWeek Roadshow LIVE: Education and Our Schools

By Alisha Dixon

The quality of education in Detroit schools, the attorneys said, is “irreparably damaging children’s futures and depriving them of their constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental right of access to literacy.”

MiWeek, a weekly news program produced

by Detroit Public Television, filmed its latest episode focused on the state of education and schools at Cass Technical High School last week.

The show was hosted by the MiWeek news team that includes Emmy Award-winning reporter and anchor Christy McDonald, Pulitzer Prize winner and Editorial Page editor of the Detroit Free Press Stephen Henderson and Editorial Page editor of the Detroit News Nolan Finley.

In the lawsuit, attorneys said poor building conditions, large class sizes, lack of resources and English language instruction for non-English speaking students are also indicators of educational inequality.

During the show, panel guests discussed topics ranging from education legislation, relationship building between schools, parents and children and literacy.

Panel guests included: • Chancellor Veronica Conforme, Education Achievement Authority • Vice President for K-12 education Armen Hratchian, Excellent Schools Detroit President and CEO Tonya Allen, Skillman Foundation • Reporter Chastity Pratt Dawsey, Bridge Magazine • Erin Einhorn, Chalkbeat Detroit • President Ivy Bailey, Detroit Federation of Teachers • Executive Director Sharlonda Buckman, Detroit Parent Network Tonya Allen of the Skillman Foundation highlighted the effects of the legislation that gave birth to the new Detroit Public School Community District. Allen said Michigan lawmakers have

Nolan Finley (left), Christy McDonald and Stephen Henderson — Alisha Dixon photos not done enough to address the real issues that exist in Detroit schools and funding alone won’t solve the district’s many obstacles.

“What the legislature did was just pitiful. It was pitiful in the sense that they didn’t solve the problem. Yet, they spent more than a half billion dollars,” Allen said. “I actually think that Lansing believes that we didn’t get what we actually wanted and we would run with our tails between our legs and they’re wrong because they don’t know Detroit.”

The legislation mandated the creation of a new school board for DPSCD to be voted on in this November’s election.

Allen said this election is crucial for the district’s success and she is opti-

mistic about the group of candidates who have chosen to run.

“We have a really talented people who chose to run,” she said.

The role of educators, she said, is another key factor that will make the new district a success.

“We have a set of really strong educators that are in our city and if they are enabled and if the bureaucracy is unleashed from them, they can do a really good job,” said Allen.

The addition of community in the new district’s name, Detroit Public Schools Community District Interim Superintendent Alycia Meriweath-

er said, is an important element of relationship building between the city, district, parents and students.

President of the Detroit Federation of Teachers Ivy Bailey said the same is true for all of the state’s school districts.

“It has to be a partnership. The teachers and the parents must work together,” Bailey said. “We have to make the school the hub of the neighborhood with wraparound services.”

Last school year’s teacher protests, Bailey said, were about advocating for the district’s more than 46,000 students

who, she said, should receive quality of education in safe and clean school buildings.

“Who wants a child in a school with rats and roaches?” she asked.

On Sept. 13, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of seven students from some of Detroit’s most underperforming schools to establish literacy as a constitutional in the state of Michigan. The students’ attorneys said the state violated the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution because children in Detroit do not receive the same quality of education as students in other schools in Michigan.

“The alarming outcomes in plaintiffs’ schools are a predictable consequence of the state’s consignment of plaintiffs to chaotic, under-resourced, and unsafe schools that lack the necessary learning and teaching conditions for effective delivery of literacy instruction,” the attorneys said.

Bridge magazine reporter Chastity Pratt Dawsey said third grade reading is an important indicator of literacy and of the potential success of a child throughout their academic career.

“In Michigan, we are 41 out of 50 in reading,” Dawsey said.

Michigan House Bill No. 4822, passed on Sept.

21, requiring schools to hold children back if they are more than one grade level behind in third grade reading.

The bill, Michigan lawmakers said, lays out a plan of action to address the state’s literacy rates.

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As demand for living in Detroit continues to increase, the City’s Planning & Development and Housing & Revitalization departments are seeking proposals to redevelop two key city-owned parcels in the Midtown area to add more than 200 new residential units. Consistent with the city’s approach to residential projects that include city land or financial participation, 20 percent of the units will be made available to households making 80 percent of area median income or lower.

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There will be a community engagement process that will allow residents of these areas to have a voice in the selection of the developers.

“Another core value of ours is community participation in projects like these,” Jemison said.

“No one understands the needs of a community better than its residents.

We look forward to the exchange of ideas and coming up with developments that bring the greatest value and impact possible.”

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day was not one just for African Americans to celebrate.

“You see all these other museums here on the Smithsonian, and it’s almost a crime that we haven’t had that here until today,” Coleman said as she waited to enter the facility.

“African-American history is not somehow separate from the American story,” he said. “It is not the underside of the American story. It is central to the American story.”

“I felt that it’s important to contribute to that legacy, so that my children and their children will have something to come back to and actually see what’s represented here on the Mall, just blocks away from the White House, which was an architecture that we built as well.”

The museum, which finally came to fruition 100 years after a group of aging African American Civil War veterans went to Washington in 1915 to propose their own museum, was established when former President George W. Bush approved a proposal for the museum.

Charlie Lewis of New York City is a member of the 2015 Society for people who donated between $25,000 and $99,999 to the museum. Lewis said he wanted to contribute to honor the legacy of the people who came before him.

But it was thousands of black donors from across America giving amounts ranging from $1.50 to over $20 million that made the vision a reality.

“I felt based on the legacy of how hard my parents worked for this country and in this country, it was important for me to give, because I think we as African Americans really need to know our history,” he said.

African Americans represented 74 percent of the individuals who gave $1 million or more, which doubled expectations. African-American organizations also represented 28 percent of institutional support for the museum, which included black fraternities, sororities, civic groups and one particular church.

The predominately black Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., gave $1 million, more than any other faithbased organization. The Rev. John-Howard Wesley said he was approached by the museum about giving a donation.

“I spoke to the leadership about it, prayed about it and believed that was the right thing to do, went to the membership, and with unanimous approval, they said they wanted to be part of it, and that they support the church launching out to be the first, and turned out to be the only faith-based institution giving a million dollars,” Wesley told CBS News.

The pastor said the donations for the museum given by the church members ranged from 50 cents to $20,000.

A third-grade boy gave $2 in an envelope, asking the pastor if that would help the museum to open, and an 80-year-old member gave $20,000 because, she told the pastor, the museum was more important to her than even seeing Obama elected, Wesley said.

Without the hundreds of millions African Americans, famous and not famous, the $516 million museum most likely would not have opened when it did.

Winfrey, for example, donated $21 million. Little-known financier Robert

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Donors said they hope the museum will be seen not just as African-American history, but as American history for future generations. To ensure the museum’s future, African Americans should create an endowment for the facility, King-Jackson said.

“I definitely hope to see an endowment so that the museum will be protected, so it’ll be here forever and that we’ll be able to as a community to have influence and say on how the museum goes,” she said.

Smith gave $20 million. NBA legend Michael Jordan and BET founder Robert Johnson are among those who each gave more than $5 million.

Anthony Welters and his wife, U.S. Ambassador Beatrice Welters, gifted $2 million and scores of African Americans were among the more than 100 individuals and institutions that donated $1 million or more.

Prior to Saturday’s official opening, hundreds of smaller donors, “charter members” like 85-year-old Mary Smith of Charleston, S.C., had been given previews of the museum.

Thousands of other donors were honored Saturday by being among the privileged few to view the museum during its

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Monica Morgan photo first official day.

Lewis said his contribution to making the museum will have an impact long after he is gone.

Kelli King-Jackson, who donated under $5,000 to the museum, was also waiting to get into the museum. She said she contributed because she is happy that African Americans can tell their side of history.

“I want to be a part of that so we can continue to tell all of our stories so we can let everybody know here in America that African-American history is everyone’s history, just not our own history,” he said.

“I think it’s vitally important for African Americans to control the narrative of their history, and this is a unique opportunity for us to be givers and see the work that will be here for future generations,” she said.

In addition to financial support, artifacts were also donated to the museum.

A number of artifacts were preserved in other collections across the country, but others were found in family attics. A few of these include Michael Jackson’s fedora, Louis Armstrong’s trumpet, a dress made by Rosa Parks, and the leo­ tard Gabby Douglas wore in the 2012 Olympics.

Kinshasha Coleman, another under $5,000 donor to the museum, said she did it in part for her own children and others like them.

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Trump began to unravel is because, for the first time since he announced his candidacy, Trump finally encounted a moderator, Lester Holt, who wouldn’t allow him to run away with the show and who repeatedly insisted that he answer an actual question. Although some have criticized Holt as not being forceful enough in restraining Trump, that criticism is not quite accurate. Early on in the debate, Trump did get away with elbowing and shoving his way through, but that tactic proved far less effective as the night progressed. And sometimes it appeared as if Holt figured it might be better just to sit back and let Trump hang himself with his own long rope, which he did more than once. This was also the first time Trump met Clinton face-to-face, and it obviously was a bit more difficult doing battle with Clinton when she was standing on stage next to him.

of Terence Crutcher, and then in Charlotte with the killing of Keith Lamont Scott. Because in Detroit, I’m estimating more than half of the population has at least experienced some form of police harassment on a personal level, if not outright brutality, or they have a close friend or family member who has. And this includes those who are relatively well-to-do as well as those who are just barely making ends meet in the ’hood, from Palmer Woods to Mack and Bewick. We all, all of us, know what can happen when you run into the wrong police officer at the wrong time at the wrong place — wearing the wrong skin.

Whether it was discussing foreign policy or the potent issue of race relations in America, Clinton’s answers were clearly more well thought out, and she also did a better job of actually answering the questions.

So when someone like Jurant decides to post a rather ill-advised and ill-informed rant on Facebook, essentially spouting his belief that the primary reason why so many black folks are getting killed by cops is because we aren’t obeying commands, it tends to make a lot of black Detroiters extremely ticked off. And, to be fair, some white folks

Perhaps the most outrageous and hilarious point of the night came when Trump said that his best asset was his temperament, after which he put on display one of the most bizarre temperaments ever displayed by a Republican — or Democratic — presidential nominee. Later, Trump whined that Clinton had not been nice to him with her mean-spirited TV ads, even though he claimed he has done no such thing to her. Apparently his repeated reference throughout the campaign to his opponent as “lying Hillary” slipped his mind.

Clinton also managed to skewer her opponent as a follow-up to Lester Holt's question to Trump, asking what he meant when he said that Clinton did not have a presidential “look.” Trump denied saying any such thing. Clinton would not let Trump off the hook, pushing the “look” question to include how Trump has referred to the “look” of various women as pigs, dogs, and worse.

Having said all that, there are still two debates remaining. The final verdict of who the viewers consider to be the winner of this debate will become clear in coming days, but Clinton needs to not simply beat Trump but to beat him decisively, leaving little to no doubt. Because one thing for near certain is that Trump will likely be graded on a curve, simply because much less is expected of him than of Clinton. It should come as no surprise that few minds will be changed among voters who have already identified themselves as pro-Hillary or pro-Trump. At this stage of the game, with only weeks remaining, it’s not about changing the minds of those whose minds are made up. It’s about the fairly large number of undecideds. I’m guessing their indecisiveness has a lot to do with explaining the huge number of viewers watching the debate. People want to see the candidates for themselves, not filtered through the lens of what a reporter or pundit has to say.

In Monday night’s debate, Clinton showed her mastery of the issues, and her depth of experience and knowledge was on full display against a candidate who has coasted thus far largely powered by his cult of personality and a lazy press corps hungry for juicy sound bites, regardless of the content. If Clinton keeps applying pressure through the coming two debates, jabbing Trump's weak spots such as his business failures, his documented history of housing discrimination and racism, and his continued lies about why he can’t release his tax returns (he says his hands are tied behind his back until the audit is completed, the IRS says Trump is free to release his taxes anytime he wants), Clinton’s lead in the polls will almost certainly hold through Nov. 8, Election Day.

From page A-1 as well. Because with so much evidence that just keeps piling up on America’s front doorstep in the form of bloody, bullet-torn black bodies, the last thing we need to hear is someone trying to scold us for being murdered due to a lack of sufficient obedience to [white] authority.

Which brings me back to Bookies. In the statement he released last week after severing ties with Jurant, Lambrecht said: “I do not condone or agree with the comments made on social media by my former business partner. Those comments go against the culture of inclusion, diversity and respect for my patrons and employees I have worked hard to establish at Bookies Bar and Grille. Mark’s comments in no way reflect what I believe, or that of our hard-working employees. ... I am truly sorry, and offer my apology and commitment to earn your trust, respect and business at Bookies Bar and Grille.”

Although some may continue to

condemn Bookies and Lambrecht, saying this is too little too late and wondering how Lambrecht could not have known that his childhood friend’s views were so questionable, I believe Lambrecht deserves some measure of praise for acting as swiftly and decisively as he did.

No doubt the swiftness of the move was motivated by business calculus as well, because the last thing any business needs is to have protesters marching back and forth in front of the door. But given the history of Bookies, which had a predominantly black clientele at its prior location, and also of Lambrecht, a lifelong Detroiter, I’d like to believe this was also a decision made with the recognition that New Detroit is still a very Fragile Detroit.

There is a steady pulse of nervous, angry electricity sparking just beneath the surface of this city, just a few angry words away from dry brush waiting on a fire. We need to learn how to spell “community” the right way.

Famed author keynotes celebrated WCCCD Chancellor’s Banquet “I wish I could tell every young man that what he perceives he needs most in life will be given to him. But I don’t, because I know it’s not the case. Many are willing to help all they can, but in the final analysis you alone are the ‘master of your fate, the captain of your soul.” — “Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In: Wisdom and Strength for Young Black Men,” Dr. Curtis L. Ivery, chancellor, Wayne Community College Campus District Enthusiastic friends of WCCCD, eager to recognize the academic achievements of both of academicians and the administration, assembled recently for the Wayne County Community College District Chancellor’s Scholarship Banquet.

Proceeds from the Chancellor’s Scholarship Banquet benefit the WCCCD Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships to students who otherwise would be unable to attend college WCCCD Chancellor Dr. Curtis L. Ivery and guests shared the auspicious occasion with academic luminaries from around the nation, and renowned author and educator Randall Kennedy. Kennedy, a Harvard law professor and former clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, delivered the banquet’s keynote address, titled “Our Youth, Our Vision, Our Future.”

“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Kennedy to WCCCD and to Detroit,” said Chancellor Ivery. “He has championed higher education and critical thought as a way to understand how our very lives are shaped by policy and the law, not so that we’re limited by it, but so that

Randall Kennedy we might move closer towards the promise of our collective potential.

“We work every day to help provide better lives to our students through higher education, and Dr. Kennedy’s achievements, enduring intellectual curiosity and keen insight on how we must continue to move forward to form a more perfect nation are profoundly inspiring examples of just where that learning can take you,” Ivery said.

The elegantly down-to-earth educator underscored the need for access to ongoing education and civic stewardship to make racial progress.

“We would be much better off if our citizenry was better educated.

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Kennedy is the recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for his “Race, Crime, and the Law.” Dr. Kennedy provided the foreword for “Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions and Reminiscences,” and is the author of five additional books and countless articles in national publications.

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By Alisha Dixon Former attorney for the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office Hervey Jenkins was appointed as the new EVP & COO for the Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan. He will begin his appointment next month.

Jenkins is an alum of the Boys & Girls Club where he received the clubs’ Joseph Freedman and C.E. Letts scholarships to attend college.

Hervey earned his undergraduate degree from Wayne State University and law degree from Wayne State University’s Law School.

Hervey Jenkins has practiced law for 31 years. Throughout his three-decade

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Detroit Unity Temple to celebrate 100-year anniversary on Oct. 7

By Keith A. Owens Senior Editor

Trying to rank places of worship according to which one does a better job of worshiping is not a good idea. All you need to do is take a quick look at all the different religions, followed by all the different denominations, sects, branches, etc. Followed by all the different actual places of worship.

So…not a good idea.

But one thing that can be said without question is that churches — and other places of worship — can be as different as one individual from another. So when it comes to followers of Christianity, there is nearly unanimous agreement when it comes to the existence of God. That much is a given. But after that, the numerous paths of opinion, belief,and modes of worship begin to diverge.

At Detroit Unity Temple, which celebrates its 100th anniversary on Oct. 7, the decision was made at the time of inception that the way many others were choosing to worship and represent Christianity wasn’t necessarily the way they wanted to do things. Detroit Unity Temple is located in the heart of Palmer Park, located just west of Woodward, between McNichols (Six Mile) and Seven Mile roads.

“Unity has always been an organization that speaks towards encouragement. So instead of me talking about you’re going to hell, I talk about the power of God inside of you,” said Rev. Gregory Guice, who has led the congregation since 2008. “Detroit Unity Temple has been around the Detroit area as a community resource for a number of years. But for the last 100 years, you will not have us talking about hell and damnation. It’s more about the growth and continuation of Detroit as a community project.”

A former member of the Black Panther Party, Guice has always been one who views community activism and involvement as an essential ingredient of a worthwhile life. Even when that activism may shake up the established order. Especially when it does so.

“Sometimes when you’re an activist it takes you into spirituality,” he said.

According to Unity’s “History of Unity Temple 1916-2012,” Detroit Unity Temple was formed in 1916 “when a few students gathered around a courageous and deeply spiritual woman, Margaret Wood, in a small office space in the heart of downtown Detroit.

By 1925, hundreds of students were working together in the common goal of ‘Practical Christianity’.”

The Unity movement itself began over 120 years ago in Kansas City, Missouri. But once the

Charles Wright Museum gala:

An affair to remember

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he much anticipated Charles Wright Museum 6th Annual Gala on Oct. 8, “Music on My Mind,” will see a number of prominent and distinguished Detroiters enjoying the sights and sounds of one of the most exciting events of the season. Locals have embraced the prestigious facility from the date of its opening in 1965 by funder Dr. Charles H. Wright. A far cry from its original home, a modest site on W. Grand Blvd., the current facility is a 125,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art structure on E. Warren Ave. in the heart of Midtown Detroit’s University Cultural Center. Its exotic, grand atrium, the Ford Freedom Rotunda, is a one-of-a-kind experience for visitors who find themselves surrounded by exquisite African carvings and intriguing artwork under a hut inspired dome, displaying symbols of unity from every African nation.

“This institution [the largest of its kind in the nation] required immediate support from the community to exist and to grow, and the community has delivered,” explains Juanita Moore, Wright Museum president and CEO. “We work to ensure that we have an impact in the community and are deserving of its support.”

The illustrious affair is not expected to exceed the record level of giving that it experienced in 2015 when the museum raised $1.8 million, Moore is hopeful that patrons are buoyed by Detroit s cultural resurgence and compelled to provide substantial support for one of the nation’s most heralded African American history museums.

“The economic downturn made gala necessary. We lost support from major corporates sponsors and we were losing $500,000 annually from City of Detroit,” confides Moore. “The gala has become a very popular event, and last year was extraordinary in that it was our 50th anniversary, and what the gala has done is encourage people to support the museum in a number of ways.” In 2015, six prominent African-Ameri-

Juanita Moore, Wright Museum president and CEO can families raised the bar on financial gifts and delivered $100,000 per family for museum support.

The Wright Museum gala has in fact raised the Wright’s visibility and expanded its audience — along with public support — for its remarkable collection of African-American art, rare artifacts, famed treasures and popular cultural events.

More than 20,000 school children visit the museum on average, with most coming from Title l schools.

Hundreds more participate in the museum’s Camp Africa annually, a five-week summer camp, and the African World Festival, which continues to expand its cultural footprint during Detroit’s much lauded series of ethnic festivals. In addition to internationally renowned exhibits and exhibitions, the museum hosts community events and provides opportunities for ongoing education including literacy and STEM based programs.

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Murals in the Market: Who is Sydney G. James?

By AJ Williams

Sydney G. James is a phenomenal black female artist whose name is being mentioned and associated with the new voices of our time, labeled within the cool kids groups as young, black and gifted.

James always knew she wanted to be an artist and when she shares the story of when her mother realized her talents, you begin to realize that art is to James as skin is for humans, just a part of who you are.

At the age of three, she sat at a table and drew a picture of Gargamel from the Smurfs cartoon series.

Her mother at first did not believe that her three-year-old daughter had drawn the picture. She made her draw the picture again in front of her, and from that moment, Sydney G. James was an artist.

Fast forward to 2016 and James is currently working on a deadline to finish yet another mural in her second year as an artist at Murals in the Market. From being an art director in corporate America to running her brand, G.R.in.D (Girls Raised In Detroit), to being featured

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movement made its way to Detroit, it was only a matter of time before the Motor City exerted its own particular influence on the congregation.

“We are the place where people want to hold the most important events of their lives, like weddings and birth celebrations,” says Moore. “We want to be the center of the community, where people can come and gather and learn and discuss and grow and bring their families. We serve as a place that deals with a myriad of prominent issues that affect our community.

“In 1993, Argentina Glasgow created history when she became the first African American and first woman to be appointed to a senior ministerial position at Detroit Unity Temple,” Guice said. “Under her leadership, Detroit Unity Temple continued to grow in spiritual consciousness and service to the community. During her tenure, Glasgow led a team of lay ministers who provide support to key volunteer areas such as prayer, visitation, spiritual care and counseling, children’s church, ushers and fellowship. She would become active within the New Thought movement as she was elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Unity Churches International in 1997. Glasgow became the fourth African American to serve as chair of the Association Board in 114 years.”

The Wright’s primary sources of funding include private and corporate donations, earned income and government support.

Moore, who recently returned from the nation’s capital for the opening of the Smithsonian’s African American History says funds from the 2016 gala will support the educational activities of the museum which include artisan and community workshops, lectures, film series and recognition programs.

Compelling artwork and enlightening discussion aside, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is a premier institution and a world leader in the quest to preserve and promote black culture and heritage.

Those who are fortunate enough to attend will experience the transformative power of music with an array of outstanding musical entertainment including two-time Emmy Award-winning violinist Damien Escobar and Detroit-based Collective Peace featuring Grammy-nominated saxophonist, LaDarrel “Saxappeal” Johnson.

Tickets for the gala start at $375 and sponsorships are still available. For more information visit TheWrightGala. com or call (209) 425-2574.

The 2016 Wright Gala, “Music on My Mind,” is sponsored by Ford Mo-

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“That’s our goal, to make ourselves a vital resource for our community,” said Guice.

James pays tribute to local artists at the top of their game including, Rashaun Rucker, Pigeon in the Hair; Tylonn J. Sawyer, J.Dilla Mask in Woman’s Pocket, and Tiff Massey, Bracelet.

Murals in the Market is a nine-day event, “kind of like Detroit's own Basel art festivals,” she said. “It’s a mashup of over 40 dope artists. From photographers to street artists to figurative, fine artist like myself.

She continued, “This piece for this year’s mural is larger than life. I have a young black

Leading up to the grand 100th anniversary celebration on Oct. 7, the Children’s Church will be having their own celebration on Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Karras House from noon to 4 pm. There will be a DJ, face painting, and other activities. The following Friday on Oct. 7, there will be a 100th Anniversary Black Tie Gala held in the ballroom of the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. The sold-out event will feature music from Charles and Gwen Scales, and will highlight Michael Beckwith and Ricky Byers Beckwith as keynote speakers.

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in galleries around the country, James is home and this piece at Murals in the Market is a stepping stone into the future of her and her art.

“I’m not a street artist, but I can paint on anything, so when I was approached last year for the inaugural festival to paint on a wall. I said yes. I’m thankful to be around artists with so many different styles and there’s no competition, just love. It’s amazing.”

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“In 2017, we are having an amazing a set of programs centered around the 50th anniversary of the Detroit Rebellion. We will look at the issues in ’67 and identify lessons we should have learned,” explains Moore. “Now we have the Black Lives Matter movement, and we intend to involve people in productive discussions and truthful discourse to help us create livable communities today.”

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Lamar Landers photo woman holding up a protest sign. On the protest sign is a poem by Scheherazade W. Parrish titled ‘The Definitive List of Everything That Will Keep You Safe as a Black Woman Being in America.’

“Following the title the protest sign is a blank sign with just the poet’s signature at the bottom to symbolize the current state of racial injustice and attack that we are under in America.”

“I am really into my message because this is how I am really feeling right now and it’s reflected in this piece and my recent body of work titled ‘Appropriated Not Appreciated: The State of Black Women in America.’ It was inspired by black women because we are behind everything, we have been behind every movement, yet we are not the ones getting recognized.”

She added, “I have always done what I wanted to do all the time, which is why corporate art didn’t work for me. But now that I am an artist with a voice, I have a responsibility, espe-

cially to young black girls. It’s (important) to be a role model for girls, not just black girls, but girls. To be able to have someone look at you and say I can do that, she’s doing it and she looks like me. The responsibility is fulfilling and a little unnerving at the same time.”

What’s up next?

“I think the projects are going to get bigger. Last year was a stepping stone to other major projects that I have been a part of, such as GM and Fresh Empire. I have projects coming up in Atlanta and LA all because of the exposure of last year and this year with Murals in the Market.”

For more information on Sydney G. James, visit www. sydneygjames.com or follow her on Instagram @sydneygjames.

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Making a splash: PSL swimmers come together at Western International High School

Fall PSL swimming meets drive home the sports’ deeper benefits to Detroit youth up the morning of the meet with a fever.

“I was so sick, but I made it through and it was totally worth it. My mind went back to every practice—every season—it was just phenomenal.”

While Plascencia continues to savor the team championship and what it means to her swimmers, the school and the community, she hopes that there will come a time when there are more recreation centers in Detroit with youth swimming that can serve as feeder programs for all PSL teams.

By Scott Talley Special to the Michigan Chronicle It would be extremely difficult to find a better ambassador for the Western International High School community and the sport of swimming than Chais Plascencia.

After graduating from Western in 2001, Plascencia continued her education at Wayne State University.

However, the challenge of a college course load and other life responsibilities were not too great to keep her away from Western, and she was soon volunteering her time as an assistant swimming coach.

“I wanted to still be involved in the sport, and I wanted our kids to experience something that they don’t get to experience a lot of,” said Plascencia, a proud product of the

Western High School neighborhood.

Fast-forward 15 years and now Plascencia is the head swimming coach at Western and believes more than ever in the sport’s ability to positively impact youth in her neighborhood and across our city.

“Swimming is important for our city because it makes our youth stronger physically and mentally,” said Plascencia, whose school is hosting the Detroit Public Schools girls swimming meets this fall. “It gives them something to be super dedicated to.”

The dedication of Plascencia and her swimmers was rewarded last year, when Western won the team title at the PSL Girls Swimming Championships—a first in school history.

“It was breathtaking—the most awesome feeling ever,” said Plascencia, who woke

Proud hosts: “I love that the meets are at Western,” says Western coach, Chais Plascencia, of the PSL girls swimming meets that are being held this fall. The meets bring together all of the PSL teams that are competing during the fall season. The swimmers return to the beautiful Western International High School pool on Thursday (Sept. 29). The public is welcome.

Western like many PSL swimming teams have taken on a more developmental role through the years to maintain a program.

Plascencia has an extra challenge because many of her swimmers need to work after school to help their families. Nonetheless, her program continues to produce success stories like Jessyca Torres.

“To feel the love of your teammates every single year has made high school so much better,” said Torres, an inspirational senior on Western’s team and a member of the National Honor Society with aspirations of being an orthodontist.

Torres, who began swimming as a little girl at the Patton Park Recreation Center, takes pride in pushing her teammates to new limits. She also enjoys the unity and support that is displayed by all the teams that compete at Western during the fall season. “ W e ’ r e different teams, but we’re all a whole,” Torres said.

“When you come to our meets, you feel the tension, but you also feel the love—you feel everyone.

We cheer for everyone, so we want the community to cheer for us. And after every meet, we line up and high-five each other and say ‘good job’ and giggle. It’s just so much love.”

Parents representing all schools attend the meets at Western and have special swimming testimonials to share, including LaShonda Fielder.

“Initially, I merely signed my children up to take swim lessons at Coleman A. Young Recreation Center and Heilman Recreation Center during the summer,” said Fielder, whose daughter Mia is now a senor at Renaissance and a member of the swimming team. “My intention was to ensure they developed this life skill as children, before the fear of the water set in, and within three weeks, Mia advanced through four levels of the American Red Cross swimming and water skills.

“Through the discipline of swimming, Mia has grown into a hard working, goal oriented, and conscientious young adult. She always gives full effort in academics and sports, and constantly strives to improve upon herself.

“As swimming is an individual and team sport, I have seen my daughter’s confidence and leadership blossom. Mia is intrinsically motivated and encourages her teammates to be their best self. Ultimately a swim scholarship to college would be ideal, but even if not, swimming has given my daughter invaluable preparation to be successful in life.”

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GIVING BACK Ford Motor Co. engineer Calvin Johnson helps Renaissance runners succeed

By Scott Talley Special to the Michigan Chronicle Calvin Johnson clearly has an impressive professional resume, which includes 27 years with Ford Motor Company, where he is a senior manufacturing engineer. However, for his life to be complete, Johnson says he must have opportunities to give back to youth.

“Most companies believe in work-life balance and for me, having good balance includes working with young people in track and cross country,” said Johnson, who has been coaching for 29 fulfilling years.

Johnson’s coaching journey has included successful stints at schools in Berkley and Southfield, and then in 2014 he received a phone call from his good friend Darnell Hall.

“Darnell said ‘this is an opportunity,’ and I said this is a great opportunity,” recalled Johnson, as he described a conversation that eventually brought him to Renaissance High, where he and Hall now coach track and cross-country after school.

“Over the years I have received calls and heard back from many of my former athletes about how something I said helped them in life,” Johnson said. “I have coached young men and women who have gone on to be doctors, lawyers, county treasurer, and many other professions, where they have experienced success and I really wanted to do something to help our kids in the city.”

The team of Johnson and Hall had worked magic in the past. The two had coached together before, and when Hall was still competing internationally as a quartermiler, Johnson coached Hall during the highest points of his career, which included a world indoor championship in 1995.

Johnson and Hall brought that record of success to Renaissance.

“Mrs. Williams (Renaissance principal Anita Williams) and her staff had already solidified the academics—Renaissance is recognized for academic excellence, but this was a great chance for us to come in and assist the athletic department and bring that up to the next level, with Renaissance now competing in Division 1 (in track and crosscountry on the state level),” said Johnson, who thanks Cass Tech football and track coach Thomas Wilcher for recommending Hall to Principal Williams.

Johnson relishes being in the company of bright young minds, when he works with scholar-athletes at Renaissance, and his coaching methods complement the school’s emphasis on high academic achievement.

United for Detroit youth: Calvin Johnson, left, enjoys working with other dedicated coaches like Darnell Hall while guiding runners at Renaissance High School.

“Every program I have ever had, I have run a study table because that’s the most important thing the students can do,” said Johnson, who earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from South Carolina State, which he attended on a track scholarship. He also earned a master’s degree in industrial technology from Eastern Michigan.

“When we say academics are important, we have to prove academics are important,” adds Johnson, who talks honestly with his athletes about his academic experiences, including a time when he was on academic probation at South Carolina State because he had not yet learned how to study. “We place as much emphasis on the academic piece as we do on the track and crosscountry pieces. I tell them that you can’t do anything for me if you aren’t taking care of business within the walls of those classrooms.”

Johnson says coaching cross-country in the fall provides a unique opportunity to enrich the lives of Detroit youth.

“There are a lot of valuable lessons that can be learned from cross-country, Johnson said. “Most of our kids in the city have not run 3.1 miles, so the moment they can run it without walking is the first level of success.

They learn about being committed and dedicated.

“As the season progresses, and they see their times drop, that’s another success.

This teaches our kids that they also need to be persistent to reach their goals.

“Sports are connected to life, and sports are connected to the classroom, and our job as coaches is to help our kids understand that connection.”

Friday, September 30, 2016

Detroit Public School League football games

By Scott Talley Special to the Michigan Chronicle

Cepeda Phillips, Martin Luther King, 11 tackles Donovan Peoples-Jones, Cass Tech, returned an interception 64 yards for a TD and returned a fumble 40 yards for a TD in the Technicians’ 56-16 victory against East English.

Rodney Hall, Cass Tech, two TDs (one passing, one rushing)

Saturday, October 1 King (5-0) at Cass (5-0), noon Source: Detroit Public Schools Athletic Department Office

Everett Hart, Detroit Collegiate Prep at Northwestern rushed for 138 yards and two TDs. Hart also returned a kick 80 yards for a TD in DCP-Northwestern’s 37-6 victory against Communications & Media Arts.

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Jalen Williams, Detroit Collegiate Prep at Northwestern, 70-yard TD reception Korey Dennis, Detroit Collegiate Prep at Northwestern, five-yard TD run

Delvon Wells, Detroit Collegiate Prep at Northwestern, 13 tackles, three sacks and two forced fumbles Omar Pagan, Mumford, 89 yards rushing, including two TDs, during Mumford’s 18-12 victory against Cody in three overtime periods Laviean Fields, Mumford, two receptions for 103 yards and two interceptions

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Brandon Green, Mumford, 13 tackles, three sacks and two forced fumbles Aaron Woods, Mumford, 10 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery Cerell Lewis, Mumford, 104 yards rushing, including one TD Derek Corbin, Western, completed nine of 16 pass attempts for 164 yards, including one TD, in Western’s 14-0 victory against Renaissance.

Donovan Johnson, Cass Tech, 40-yard rushing TD

Devin George, Western, two TDs, including a 73-yard reception from Brent Watson

Jaylen Kelly-Powell, Cass Tech, nine-yard rushing TD

Matthew Anderson, Western, one interception.

Jaren Mangham, Cass Tech, two-yard rushing TD

American Bowl, which showcases the 100 best senior high school football players from the class of 2017. Ranked among the top three cornerbacks in America, Thomas will display his talent against other top college prospects during the all-star game, which will be played January 7, 2017 in San Antonio, Texas. The nationally televised game also features young men of high character possessing “loyalty, self respect, selfless service, integrity and personal courage.” The jersey ceremony, held Sept. 22 in the Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School gymnasium, was attended by King High School administration; coaches; students, including Thomas’ teammates; U.S. Army representatives; media, and one very proud mom, Carmen Thomas, who told the “Best of Young Detroit”: “I’m excited for him.

There are no words to describe it—I’m just excited and I hope he continues to strive and prosper.”

Osborn (3-2) at East English (3-2), 4 p.m.

Pershing (2-3) at Central (1-4), 4 p.m.

Henry Ford (1-4) at Southeastern (1-4), 4 p.m.

Mumford (4-1) at Renaissance (2-3), 4 p.m.

Western (4-1) at Cody (3-2), 4 p.m.

CMA (1-4) at Douglass (0-5), 4 p.m.

Denby (4-1) at DCP-Northwestern (1-4), 4 p.m.

Dominique Fuller, Detroit Collegiate Prep at Northwestern, 40-yard interception return for a TD

Damani Green, Martin Luther King, two sacks and one fumble return for a TD

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Distinguished gentleman: Detroit Martin Luther King standout Ambry Thomas was the proud recipient of a ceremonial jersey symbolic of his selection to the U.S. Army All-

Following is a listing of other top local performers during Week 5 games:

Jaeveyon Morton, Martin Luther King, 55-yard interception return for a TD

future meets, it would appear that Vance is a long way from realizing his potential in crosscountry.

“I really love it (cross-country) now—it’s just running,” said Vance, who gets high marks for his positive attitude and strong work ethic from Coach Warren. “I want to keep trying for first-place, I want to run city’s and even national’s if that’s possible. I just want to keep going further.”

Gilbert Vance Jr. is still a newcomer to cross-country, but after his performance on Sept. 20 at Belle Isle, the Denby junior is no longer new to winning.

In just his second cross-country meet, Vance served notice to his competitors that he intends to be a major factor this season as he covered the 3.1-mile course in 18 minutes, 26 seconds to finish first among male PSL runners.

“I was kind of scared before the race,” said Vance of the second PSL meet of the season, which also included talented runners from Oak Park and Dearborn Devine Child, who were not included in the official scoring.

However, once the race began, Vance showed no signs of nerves, and instead displayed the heart and competitive spirit of a champion.

“It was just amazing—now my teammates expect me to be first all the time,” said Vance, who finished nine seconds ahead of Frederick Douglass senior Kelly Broadus, the defending PSL champion, who took second among PSL runners on Sept. 20 in 18 minutes, 35 seconds.

Vance’s excitement is music to the ears of Denby coach Elijah Warren, who encouraged Vance to come out for the team this season.

“Basketball is his first love, but I said let’s run and he tried it,” said Warren, who wears many hats at Denby, including basketball and cross-country coach, to go along with being the school’s athletic director. “When he came through the chute and received his card, he kept saying: Look what number I got! It’s the first time he has won anything—he’s never ever been the best—and now we have to continue to strive to get better.”

Given Vance’s newness to the sport, and the presence of Broadus, and other competitors, that will no doubt push him at

Delvin Washington, East English, passed for 169 yards, including one TD. Washington also rushed for a TD.

Ambry Thomas, Martin Luther King, three receptions for 143 yards and two TDs

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Denby cross-country newbie Gilbert Vance savors sweet taste of victory

In a highly competitive Friday afternoon game on Sept.

23, the host Denby Tars needed precision execution down the stretch during a 22-14 victory against Central. Denby senior Adonte Calhoun had another big day, rushing for 137 yards on 19 carries. Calhoun also passed for 40 yards, including one touchdown. Denby’s Tonato Tutt caught three passes for 74 yards and a touchdown. Denby quarterback Romel Taylor saved his best for last, completing a 60-yard pass to Armani White with 20 seconds left, which set up Calhoun’s game-winning score on a two-yard touchdown run. The victory improved Denby’s record to 4-1.

Dequan Finn, Martin Luther King, completed six of eight pass attempts for 181 yards, including three TDs. Finn also rushed for a TD in King’s 46-0 victory against Osborn.

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Debate democracy

By Marc Morial and Morris Pearl Twenty-one times during the presidential primaries, candidates took the stage to debate issues important to the American people. Twenty-one times, they faced questions on foreign and domestic policy, on America’s role in the world and on the philosophy each would bring to the Oval Office. And on none of those 21 occasions were they asked to debate the single most important challenge facing the country: the health of our American democracy.

On Sept. 26, the nominees for President of the United States will meet for what may be the most-watched debate in the history of the country. As moderator, Lester Holt has an obligation - indeed a patriotic duty - to demand answers to the most fundamental American question: Do you believe in the essential equality of Marc Morial each American and if so, what specifically are you going to do to ensure that each citizen has equal political power?

For the first time in more than a century, our democracy is narrowing. We are engaged in a battle for the soul of the country. We see it in Ferguson and Flint, in Baltimore and Chicago. We see it on Wall Street, in board rooms, in the halls of Congress.

This is a fight not only for equality under the law, but for equality in the hearts and minds and actions of every man woman and child in these United States. It is a fight for opportunity not just in theory, or on paper, but in practice and in experience.

White supremacists have emerged from the shadows, gleefully claiming a prominent place on the American political stage. Racism has always been a thinly-veiled political strategy, but now those in power have tossed the veil aside. From voter id laws to registration restrictions to voter purges, those with power grab for even more.

And the money — oh, the money.

Pouring from the pockets of billionaires to the coffers of SuperPACs. America’s wealthiest citizens no longer even feel any pressure to hide their intentions.

They want to own Washington, the public be damned.

The gap between the powerful and the powerless is widening into a yawning sinkhole that threatens to swallow the country whole.

Yes, we must first debate democracy itself. How will each of these nominees address questions of power and equality in America? How will they respond to the widening gaps between the rich and the poor, between black, brown and white, between the powerful and the powerless? How deep is their commitment to the great American experiment of democracy that began 240 years ago?

We are different from almost any other country in the world. We are not united by a common ethnic or religious heritage, but rather by an idea. The strongest, wealthiest, most-diverse, most Morris Pearl innovative country in the history of the world is held together by the promise of equality. It is the essence of our national purpose.

However imperfect our process has been in realizing that equality, for most of our history we have lurched awkwardly toward a more perfect union, toward more political power shared among more people.

Until now.

Almost a quarter-century later, we still have not accomplished what we set out to do. It is long past time we did.

There are dozens of topics to tackle that will lay bare the candidates’ commitment to our uniquely American promise. Whether Mr. Holt asks about voting rights or gerrymandering, campaign contributions or executive powers, the nominees’ answers will reveal their underlying commitment to equality, and to democracy itself.

Will they make the years ahead the best chapter in the American story, one defined by a national commitment to human dignity and justice that only true equality can realize? Or will they close the book forever on what could have been?

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Ban the Box helps ex-offenders succeed

By Mike Brady More than 700,000 Americans are released from prison each year. We expect them to re-enter society and be law-abiding, but we make it extremely difficult for anyone who has served time to ever become gainfully employed, even though they have paid their debt to society. Abarrier that needs to be removed is that box on standard job applications that asks, “Have you ever been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor?”

If you check “yes,” you will likely never to hear from the potential employer again. It won’t matter how qualified or motivated you are. And with extremely limited legitimate earning options, the formerly incarcerated often re-offend and are re-incarcerated within a few years.

This destructive cycle not only devastates individ- Mike Brady uals, families and communities, it’s a recurring, ever-growing expense for taxpayers. The cost of keeping and guarding inmates now averages $31,286 per inmate per year. Each inmate represents tax money that could otherwise be spent on programs to grow the economy, and each inmate is one less employee whose consumer spending would spur growth for all kinds of companies. The U.S. incarcerates more individuals than any other nation, and 70 million Americans have some sort of criminal record — almost one in three Americans of working age. This revolving door system is unsustainable. One simple step can be a solution.

More than 100 cities, 20 states and the federal government have passed laws that “ban the box.” “Ban the Box” simply defers the question about a candidate’s criminal history until such time that a conditional job offer is made. And for certain jobs, such as those working with children, employers may still ask about relevant criminal history.

“Ban the Box” ensures that potential hires are evaluated based on experience, skills and future potential, not past mistakes for which they’ve already paid and that don’t relate to their current efforts to make a fresh start.

This change is small but the potential value is enormous, especially to candidates in chronically disadvantaged communities. To break the cycle of poverty caused by lack of job opportunities, individuals need and deserve a chance to start fresh. And we need farsighted companies to implement inclusive hiring models.

I recently joined 18 other business leaders at the White House to launch the Fair Chance Business Pledge. This pledge calls on all businesses to improve our communities by creating a path to a second chance for people with a criminal record. Companies signing the pledge included big names like American Airlines, Coca-Cola, Facebook, Georgia Pacific, Google, Koch Industries, and Xerox. So this isn’t something the business community is that scared of.

For more than 30 years, Greyston Bakery has been giving anyone willing to work hard a chance at employment.

Our Open Hiring model focuses on a job candidate’s potential by providing employment opportunities, regardless of background or work history, while facilitating services and support to help employees succeed in the workplace and thrive in the community. Some of our productive and dedicated team members were formerly incarcerated, spent months or years searching for legitimate work, and were rejected by almost all other companies.

We’ve been practicing Open Hiring since 1982 because it works. Our employees are successful, hardworking and loyal, and we make high quality brownies for discerning customers like Ben & Jerry’s and Whole Foods Market.

It’s safe to say it hasn’t hurt us.

Our society needs more companies to adopt more inclusive hiring policies.

We all want to hire the best person for each job, and Ban the Box will ensure that potential hires are evaluated on skills, experience and potential rather than a mistake for which they have already paid.

A job is obviously essential for supporting oneself and one’s family, but it also provides confidence, dignity and self-worth, which has an encouraging ripple effect throughout any community. Let’s ban the box nationwide so hardworking individuals, ready to work, have a real chance to be a contributing member of society.

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“Encouragement of higher education is critical to the success of our collective future.”

—U .S. Rep. Charles B. Rangel

NNPA announces historic black voter turnout project for 2016 election

By Benjamin Chavis President and CEO, NNPA

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) proudly asserts that, “We are the authentic voice of black America.” We must use that voice as an urgent clarion call for a massive, historic and unprecedented black American voter turnout on November 8, 2016 across the nation.

The NNPA has launched “Project Black Voter Turnout 2016: 20 Million Black Voters to the Polls.” We’re calling on our entire NNPA membership, comprised of more than 211 black-owned media companies operating in the United States, to issue front-page news coverage and motivational editorials and to present banner ads on Benjamin Chavis their publication websites, to promote effective Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) campaigns in the black community.

It is an undisputed fact that a record number of black Americans (16,133,000) voted in 2008 and helped Barack H. Obama to become the first black president of the United States. Then, in 2012, black Americans broke their 2008 record for voter turnout, casting 17,813,000 votes. In 2012, for the first time in American history, black voter turnout (66.2 percent) at the national level surpassed white voter turnout (64.1 percent).

The United States is once again at a pivotal and crucial political crossroads.

The outcome of the Nov. 8 national elections will determine the future of the nation and of the world.

This is a propitious moment, not only for 47 million black Americans, but this is also the time for all Americans to decide whether or not American democracy will finally fully embrace the goals of freedom, justice, equality and empowerment for all people.

Don’t let anybody attempt to suggest that your vote doesn’t count. Every vote counts. For some strange reason, there are several national pundits that are once again predicting a low voter turnout by black America. These external pollsters and political observers really don’t know black America.

This is one of the reasons why the NNPA and other black-owned media companies are so strategically important. The NNPA not only knows the facts about black America, the NNPA also reports and defends the interests of black America without apology or compromise of principle and integrity.

For nearly 190 years, the black press in America has been and continues to be the “trusted voice” of black America. No political party should take the black vote for granted. Our votes have mattered and our votes will continue to matter. We will make the critical difference in the outcome of the upcoming national elections.

We have both a sacred obligation and a historic responsibility to ensure that we will have the largest black American voter turnout in history, because the overall quality of life of our families and communities is at stake. Our energy, actions, and spirits must remain high and we have to fully engage the electoral process locally, regionally and nationally.

The NNPA’s “Project Black Voter Turnout 2016: 20 Million Black Voters to the Polls” will work in coalition with other national organizations including the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, NAACP, Rainbow PUSH, National Action Network, National Urban League, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Black Lives Matter, National Baptist Convention, Progressive National Baptist Convention, African Methodist Episcopal Church, AME Zion Church, Church of the God in Christ, United Church of Christ, and the National Council of Churches.

“Project Black Voter Turnout 2016” will engage the Black community and all voters in print, online and through social media. Please join our efforts by following us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @BlackPressUSA, @NNPA_ BlackPress, @NCBCP, and @NAACP and using the hashtags #BlackPressMatters and #BlackVotesMatter.

Our time is now. Let’s all work together. Let’s get out the vote!

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is the President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and can be reached for national advertisement sales and partnership proposals at dr.bchavis@nnpa.org and for lectures and other professional consultations at: http://drbenjaminfchavisjr.wix.com/ drbfc. You can follow Dr. Chavis on Twitter @drbenchavis.

“We Can’t Sit Out” Dr. James Perkins President of the Progressive National Baptist Convention

“In just about 50 days we will be going to the polls to elect the next president of the United States. As most of us realize, this will be the most important election we will participate in in our lifetime.

This election will determine what kind of nation we are going to be; whether we’re going to be a nation where all people are given the opportunity to live up to their God given potential, or whether we’re going to return to the shameful practices of the past where we openly practice discrimination against some, based on race, reDr. James Perkins ligion, or gender, and implement policies that deliberately benefit some and deny opportunity to others.

This election is so important that none of us can afford to sit on the sidelines. If we don’t get out and vote, we stand to lose all the gains we have made from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.The Supreme Court has already gutted the Voting Rights Act. And since that time, 30 plus states have changed their voting laws to intentionally make it more difficult for us to get to the ballot box.

The next president will have the opportunity to appoint the next Supreme Court justice whose vote will not only determine whether or not the Voting Rights Act will be restored, but whether Affirmative Action to allow more minori-

ties to be admitted to colleges and universities will be allowed, and other decisions that will help or hinder our social progress for years to come.

One candidate in this race has already been openly embraced by racists and bigots. He has said blatantly that his first order of business is to undo the Affordable Healthcare Act and deny 20 million people the right to healthcare benefits. He will build walls to alienate us, and close doors to separate us, instead of building bridges to unite us.

There is only one candidate in this race that we can trust to listen to us and who will work to pass legislation that has our best interest and the futures of our children at heart, and that’s Secretary Hillary Clinton.

As church leaders, we have been involved over the last several months in intense voter education, voter registration campaigns, and now is the time to deliver people to the polls.

We have to wake them up and shake them up and remind them what is at stake. Let your constituents know; and especially our young people what we stand to lose. If one candidate had his way, he would put us in chains.

In the battleground states of Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina call your pastors and urge them to sound the alarm. Get our people to the polls to vote.

What kind of life we and our children will have in the future will depend on our vote in this election. Let’s not fail them. Let’s not dishonor the sacrifice our foremothers and forefathers made to make it possible for us to have this privilege.

Let’s show up at the polls and vote for Secretary Clinton. Our future depends on it.

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AAA MICHIGAN CELEBRATES 100TH ANNIVERSARY – A CENTURY OF SERVICE –

Heather Drake, AAA VP of Government Relations presents Joe Richardson a framed tribute signed by Governor Snyder

Joe Richardson, AAA President and CEO kicks off the festivities

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n 1916, the Automobile Club was born nority Floor Leader. The senator was joined in a small room at the Detroit Athletic by additional guest speakers. Inspector Club. Nineteen people attended that Philip Menna, Assistant District Commandfirst meeting. In some ways, little has er, Michigan State Police commended AAA changed since the founding of AAA Mich- and MSP’s rich history of partnership and igan 100 years ago. AAA’s noted that MSP’s 100th mission and commitment anniversary is next year. to its members remains as Reverend Larry Simstrong as ever. AAA’s role mons, Executive Director, as a traffic safety advocate The Brightmoor Alliance Brent Stahlheber, AAA SVP, Tony Spencer AAA Senior Bldg on behalf of Michigan praised AAA’s long-term Svs Technician, MSP Trooper Crider pry open the time capsule motorists has never been commitment to the more critical. One thing Brightmoor Community has changed. From that and Detroit’s revitalizafirst meeting room of 19 tion. AAA also received a people, AAA Michigan has framed tribute signed by grown to over 1.4 million

Governor Snyder and an members and over 3,400 honorary resolution from employees statewide. the City of Dearborn. The Some inspiring words from Reverend celebration was capped AAA Michigan has had Larry Simmons, Executive Director, off with the opening of a successful past that Brightmoor Alliance a AAA time capsule from drove it to its recent 100 1991 along with the gathering of current culyear anniversary celebration at its headquarters in Dearborn. With a 1916 Model tural “artifacts” to be stored and sealed in T on display in the lobby atrium, over 1,700 a 2016 time capsule. employees were in attendance as Joseph As the organization’s Century of Service (Joe) J. Richardson, Jr., President and . year is in full gear, AAA is taking a look back Senator Hood, presents Joe Richardson a tribute signed by CEO, AAA–The Auto Club • Group kicked off and a look ahead to a future that is sure to the Michigan State Legislature the celebration with a review of AAA’s histo- be bright. The celebration was dedicated

to AAA members, employees and the com ry and the road ahead. serve with thethe hope that AAA Theof festivities included tribute signed As part the celebration, this abillboard is posted fmunities acing the they Davison Freeway, nation's first Michigan’s ride to success will continue on by Michigan State Legislature that was preurban depressed freeway: sented by Senator Morris W. Hood III, Mi- into the next 100 years.

As part of the celebration, this billboard is posted facing the Davison Freeway, the nation’s first L-R AAA employees Jane King, Della Davis and Gail Kessler urban depressed freeway. helped with the celebration

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Metro Detroit ranks high in food hardship Michigan Chronicle reports

Detroit’s rate of food hardship puts it in the top third of metro areas nationwide, according to a new report released by the Food Research and Access Center. For families without children, 15 percent struggle to put enough food on the table; among families with children, the number climbs to nearly 22 percent, according to FRAC’s report.

“These staggering numbers highlight the importance of good child nutrition legislation as well as the importance of food access, food security and food sovereignty in the city of Detroit,” says Winona Bynum, Executive Director of the Detroit Food Policy Council. “Every person has the right to access healthy food that will allow them to thrive.”

FRAC’s report draws on Gallup polling data from 2014 and 2015 and reflects the number of people who answered yes to the question “Have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed?”

Detroit Food Policy Council has been advocating for maintaining the community eligibility provision in the 2010 Healthy and Hunger Free Kids Act, which allows Detroit and other communities with high poverty rates to provide free breakfast and lunch to all children without their parents completing an application. Michigan was one of the first states to offer community eligibility and the program has allowed far more children to enjoy school lunches at no cost, thus easing the financial burden on their families.

The Detroit Food Policy Council was established in 2009 by unanimous approval of The Detroit City Council. The DFPC is an implementation, monitoring and advisory body and consists of twenty-one members, including 13 representatives from various sectors of the Food System, 4 "at-large" representatives, 1 youth representative and 3 governmental representatives, one each from the Mayor's Office, City Council and The Department of Health and Wellness Promotion.

DFPC is committed to nurturing the development and maintenance of a sustainable, localized food system and a food-secure City of Detroit in which all of its residents are hunger-free, healthy, and benefit economically from the food system that impacts their lives.

If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Winona Bynum at 313833-0396 or email at winona@detroitfoodpc.org

Michigan Minority Business Hall of Fame to induct late business moguls

Ron Hall Sr., Hank Aguirre

By Donald James Special to the Chronicle

These are exciting times for the relatively new Michigan Minority Business Hall of Fame, as it prepares to induct two legendary business moguls into its 2016 shrine of excellence. Created in 2015 by the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council (MMSDC), the Michigan Minority Business Hall of Fame’s mission is to ensure that iconic Michigan leaders in business, government and community sectors are honored for major contributions to their respective organizations, as well as to the empowerment of minority communities in Michigan. Last year, Congressman John J. Conyers was the Hall of Fame’s first inductee.

On Thursday, Oct. 6, the Minority Business Hall of Fame will induct two more giants: the late Ron Hall Sr. and the late Hank Aguirre. The induction ceremony is part of the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council’s ACE Awards gala, which will be held at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center. The annual event celebrates major corporations, educational institutions, government agencies and minority businesses for their success in minority supplier development.

“I am honored to welcome these two extraordinary entrepreneurs into the Michigan Minority Business Hall of Fame,” said Michelle Sourie Robinson, president and CEO of the MMSDC. “They represent the benchmark of minority supplier development, success, and sustainability, both in the community, and the nation as a whole.”

According to Robinson, the Michigan Minority Business Hall of Fame accepts nominations annually and is open to any native or current resident of Michigan, living or deceased, who has made significant contributions to benefit the minority business community in the State of Michigan.

Soon-to-be inductee, Ron Hall Sr., was a pioneer, visionary and savvy entrepreneur. In 1998, the native Detroiter negotiated an historic joint venture between Epsilon Technologies LLC and Johnson Controls to establish Bridgewater Interiors LLC. The Detroit-based black-owned company, with operations in Warren and Lansing Mich., and Eastaboga, Ala, continues to be a premier automotive interiors entity that specializes in just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing, sequencing and delivery of seating, as well as overhead and center console systems. Bridgewater’s customers include Ford Motor Co., General Motors, and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. Under Hall’s leadership roles as president, CEO and ultimately chairman, Bridgewater grew to amass more than $2 billion in annual revenue, a yearly level reached by only a handful of other African American-owned businesses. Earlier this year, Hall passed, leaving his indelible fingerprints on the world of business, as well as many civic and community empowerment developments.

Hank Aguirre was a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, who after his playing days founded Mexican Industries. The Southwest Detroit-based company produced headrests, steering wheels and air bags for the automotive industry. Following a

difficult start, Mexican Industries, under the top executive leadership of Aguirre, became a multimillion-dollar business that created hundreds of jobs for mostly Hispanics. In 1987, Aguirre was named “Businessman of the Year” by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and by the mid-1990s, Mexican Industries employed roughly 900, making it the largest Hispanic business in the state of Michigan. Aguirre passed in 1994.

For Hall, success in growing Bridgewater wasn’t easy.

As with many American companies – black, white or Hispanic-owned – the ebb and flow of the economy is a decisive factor in determining respective workforce levels and annual financial performance. Yet, Bridgewater, under Hall’s leadership was…“a bridge over troubled waters,” in weathering the storms of economic uncertainties.

In addition to weathering economic storms, the company made significant monetary contributions to help numerous youth organizations, such as the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, Detroit Police League and the United Negro College Fund. Bridgewater has been the recipient of many awards/honors for its accomplishments, including the 2013 “Minority Manufacturer of the Year Award,” presented by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency.

While receiving awards and honors were outstanding, for Hall, what mattered most was exemplifying excellence in corporate citizenship and facilitating See Hall of Fame Page C-2

Develop Detroit acquires Marwood Apartments, Midtown Square for redevelopment Develop Detroit has announced the acquisition of its first two properties, Marwood Apartments at 53 Marston St. and Midtown Square at 93 Seward St. The Marwood Apartments development will provide both renovated and newly constructed mixed-income housing in Detroit’s New Center area. Midtown Square, an affordable apartment community that has struggled financially in recent years, will remain an accessible option for in- Sonya Mays come-restricted Detroiters as Develop Detroit in a joint venture with John Stanley, Inc. stabilize the property. As these new projects progress, Develop Detroit will facilitate a series of town hall-style, community events designed to engage current residents, area business owners and neighborhood-based organizations in the design and development process.

“After months of planning and negotiation, we’re proud to announce these projects and see our mission come to life in the city’s neighborhoods,” said Sonya Mays, Develop Detroit CEO. “We look forward to immersing ourselves in these communities and helping to create safe, healthy, affordable housing for all residents. For Develop Detroit,

it is of the utmost importance to put first, the people that have long called these neighborhoods home and to make sure their communities experience the same kind of investment and advancement that some of the city’s more resourced areas have benefited from.”

The two properties, Marwood Apartments and Midtown Square, are the first in what will ultimately be a diverse portfolio of single and multi-family housing options for Detroiters at varying income levels.

Stabilization work to improve operations at Midtown Square has already begun, made possible through a cash investment from Develop Detroit and John Stanley, Inc., a California-based real estate development and investment management company. A full renovation of the property is being planned for the future.

“The immediate short-term goal is to stabilize the property, which will improve the neighborhood and provide much needed affordable housing for the community,” said Saki Middleton, president of John Stanley, Inc. “The longterm plan is to substantially rehabilitate the property and we look forward to working with Develop Detroit to do just that.”

The mixed-income Marwood Apartments development is expected to break ground next summer. In addition to renovating the 53 existing Marwood apartments, Develop Detroit will add up to

60 new apartment units to the block.

Existing residents of the Marwood Apartments will have the opportunity to either stay in their current apartment or lease one of the new apartments built next door, at a rental rate that is commensurate with their income level. Develop Detroit has partnered with longtime North End advocate, Vanguard Community Development Corporation (CDC) in the Marwood deal. The firm will work with Vanguard CDC to conduct a series of community-focused meetings and events to provide updates on the development and gather feedback from residents, business owners and other stakeholders with whom it has worked closely since its inception in 1994.

“We’ve been working in this community for decades and we are thrilled to collaborate with the Develop Detroit team to bring plans for Marwood to fruition for both existing and prospective residents.,” said Pamela Martin-Turner, president and CEO of Vanguard CDC

“Our unrivaled experience coupled with Develop Detroit’s fresh perspective will make for an exciting addition to the neighborhood that is truly architected for and by the people who call it home.”

As the North End neighborhood’s community development organization, Vanguard CDC facilitates a wide range of community engagement, housing placement and development projects and small business development services. Its partnership with Develop Detroit is intended to enhance access to members of the community and support their needs and concerns throughout the development process.

Since its inception, Vanguard has served over 100,000 families and invested more than $60,000,000 in the community it serves through its programs and development efforts.

Develop Detroit is a social enterprise of the Boston-based Housing Partnership Network, which works nationally to build and preserve affordable housing options through partnerships with its member organizations. The Detroit-based development firm officially launched in May 2016 with support and investment from JPMorgan Chase, Ford Foundation and The Kresge Foundation amongst others.

For more information about Develop Detroit and its projects, visit developdetroit.org.

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2016 Women in Law honoree: Attorney Dora Brantley

By Alisha Dixon Detroit attorney Dora Brantley was honored by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of 2016’s Women in Law. The luncheon was held on September 15 at the Troy Marriott.

Brantley, a Detroit-native, has practiced law for over 23 years. She credits her parents for her success in law.

“The most important thing was having two strong parents who truly believed in education. I grew up as one of four children to parents who did not graduate from college, but because of what they instilled in me, I never questioned whether or not I was going to go to college,” Brantley said.

Dora Brantley is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Wayne State University Law School. She is a member of Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, the Michigan Bar Association, the National Bar Association and the Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

Now, a shareholder and the personnel director at Detroit-based law firm Rutledge, Manion, Rabaut, Terry & Thomas, P.C, Brantley said her journey was not easy being both African American and a woman practicing law.

“Pushing past the misconception that women, and particularly women of color, are incapable of providing stellar legal representation,” she said has been the biggest challenge she has faced.

With the lessons she has learned throughout her career, Brantley said if she could say anything to her 21-year old self, she said it would be, “Don’t give

Dora Brantley up on your dreams. Anything you want to do, you can do. There will be people who will try to distract you, but you can do anything you want to do. Remain steady.”

Brantley added, “I know who I am.

I recognize that racism and sexism is out there and it’s going to be out there probably for the rest of my life. It’s really about remaining steady and remembering the principles instilled in me as a kid. I believe brown is beautiful and I am a smart person and that I can handle any task that is out in front of me.”

Hall of Fame diversity on every level of his company. “Our commitment to creating a diverse environment is a top priority and a key source of our success,” said Hall, who served on the board of Real Times Media, publisher of the Michigan Chronicle. “As an industry leader in diversity, we are able to better serve the global automotive market effectively.”

Even before launching Bridgewater in 1998, Hall, who earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Western Michigan University and an MBA from Wayne State University, was an advocate to empowering MBEs. With a sound plan of action, Hall served as president of the struggling MMBDC from 1992 to 1998, and was a major force in saving the organization, which gave new hope to MBEs across the region.

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From page C-1 “At the time, there were no minority businesses with annual sales of more than $75 million, and they were mostly local operations with little or no advanced technology,” said longtime friend and business partner Alex Parrish. “Ron sensed that major customers were moving towards larger, global suppliers who had the capacity to deliver systems and not just components. With Ron’s leadership, a number of us helped minority businesses through joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, private equity deals and complex corporate finance transactions.”

For more information on the Minority Business Hall of Fame ACE Awards on Oct. 6 that will induct Ron Hall Sr. and Hank Aguirre, call 313.873.3200, or log on to www.minoritysupplier.org.

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“ HOW DOES DTE ENERGY KEEP NATURAL GAS SAFE?” Customer safety is our highest priority. That is why we take many precautions when delivering natural gas to over 1.2 million homes and businesses across the state.

We inspect nearly 10,000 miles of pipeline each year using advanced technologies, and modernize about 100 miles of pipeline annually. We also add an ingredient Don Davis

Don Davis Legacy Foundation launches at National Bankers Association Convention in Detroit Economic development is the cornerstone of any thriving community. It is the gateway to financial independence, self-sufficiency and wealth-building.

The National Bankers Association — a consortium of African-American, Native-American, American-Indian, East-Indian, Hispanic-American, Asian-American and women-owned banks — is committed to operating with a community-centered and customer-focused mindset that fuels this continued progression. The association will hold its 89th Annual Convention in Detroit, Oct. 5-6, at the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel.

The convention’s culminating event will honor the memory of legendary Detroit banker Don Davis. A Grammy Award-winning music producer, Davis founded First Independence Bank and served as chairman until his death in 2014. Black Enterprise magazine ranked First Independence as the 11th largest African-American owned bank in the United States.

On Thursday, Oct. 6, the Don Davis Legacy Foundation will be officially launched at its inaugural awards and tribute gala fundraiser, 5:30 p.m. (VIP Reception), 7:30 p.m. (program), at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, 350 Madison in Detroit. Tickets range from $45 to $250 for VIP. Proceeds benefit the Don Davis Legacy Foundation.

MTV, BET and NAACP Image Award-winning actress and producer Vivica A. Fox, along with NAACP Image Award-winning film and television actor and producer Laz Alonzo will serve as co-presenters at the gala. Renowned R&B singer Johnny Gill will perform for the audience of more than 1700 convention attendees and guests.

The Don Davis Legacy Foundation was envisioned shortly after his passing to preserve his legacy and continue his efforts to spread prosperity to underserved communities, and it is therefore a continuation of his philanthropic efforts to give back and help facilitate successful legacies through scholarships, grants and services that impact youth, families and organizations in the community. Kiko Davis,

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widow of the late Don Davis, is founder and president of the Don Davis Legacy Foundation.

“It had been a longtime vision of my late husband and myself to continue working towards community empowerment,” said avis. “I proudly enter into our foundation’s endeavors with the dedication to carry out Don’s wishes, with pride and enthusiasm, and to do the work that impacts our community in a positive way.”

Don Davis was an active member of the National Bankers Association, helping to improve regulations and policy. Over the last few years, the NBA has taken their concerns about the challenges facing member banks to senior staff at the White House, to leaders in Congress — especially the chairman and ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee — the secretary of the Treasury, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, the comptroller of the Currency and the chairman of the FDIC. The NBA works closely with the CDFI, allowing members’ banks to increase minority business lending, and has also collaborated with the Small Business Administration.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.DonDavisLegacy.org. To RSVP for red carpet DTE0508| Dropbox/Clients/DTE Energy/Creative/DTE0508/Print/R0 attendance (limited). please contact Lisa Wilmore for press credentials at File Name 2016-03-29-DTE0508-Gas-Intensity-5x10.5-BW-R0.indd | Page 1 of 1 | Rev0 | 03/2 (313) 980.4766.

The Don Davis Legacy Foundation is a collaborative empowerment initiative that bridges the gap between financial need and achievement. The foundation honors the life of the late Don Davis — a Grammy Award-winning music pioneer, banking mogul and visionary — by continuing his philanthropic efforts to give back and facilitate future successful legacies with scholarships, grants and key services. The foundation’s aim is to sustain the synergistic impact of partnership with our youth, families, assist organizations and the entire community that Don Davis so passionately supported.

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$100,000 for Detroit households without a computer The Rockefeller Foundation invited Detroit Broadband Brigade — a public-private partnership organized to close the income based digital readiness gap — to compete for $100,000 awarded solely to combat poverty afflicting a million plus people nationwide.

Established in Detroit in 2013 to close the academic achievement gap, the organization plans to help fix Detroit’s digital divide problem by providing digital literacy training and installing a computer in 21,000 eligible low-income Detroit households in 2017.

Detroit’s severe income inequality and digital illiteracy rates uniquely situates Broadband Brigade to win.

One hundred will go to each of the first 1000 Detroit households that work to achieve the 10 hour digital readiness certificate and authorize the computer installation agreement.

The math confirms that 81 of Detroit’s persistently underemployed workforce can be commissioned to certify 21,000 non-adopting households with digital readiness skills and install a computer in their homes during a pervasive

“Door2Door” 12 month canvass.

The total cost of this Detroit Computer Installation Initiative is $13.1M. The FCC, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Microsoft, Charter Communications, and Dan Gilbert’s Rocket Fiber have received formal requests to help fund a “Door2Door” campaign.

The first 1000 Detroit households without a home computer that email Brook Ellis <bbyronellis@sbcglobal.net> to sign the computer installation agreement and attend 10 hours of digital readiness training will get $100!

Join Crain’s for a special 25th anniversary salute to this year’s 40 Under 40 winners.

Winners will be announced Oct. 10.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26 5:30 – 9 P.M. At the Register at crainsdetroit.com/events, or call (313) 446-0300.

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Food retailers help feed Michigan’s economy The Food industry directly supports 198,000 full and part-time jobs along with an additional 75,000 indirect jobs.

The food industry also contributes a gross total of $24.8 billion to Michigan’s economy through its direct sales, indirect economic impact on other industries and employment. Following are among the many reasons.

Gov. Rick Snyder is declaring Sept.

26 to Sept. 30 Food Retailers Week.

In the proclamation the governor stated, “The food retailer industry is comprised of grocers, specialty food markets, convenience stores and pharmacies along with many other businesses providing access to food at retail in their communities, and businesses in the food retail industry contribute nearly $900 million in state and local taxes and local governments.”

The Associated Food and Petroleum Dealers organization represents thou-

sands of food retailers in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and other Midwest states.

“Food retailers of all shapes and sizes contribute significantly to Michigan’s economic well-being and we are excited that Governor Snyder is recognizing that by declaring the last week of September Food Retailers Week,” said Auday Arabo, president and CEO of the AFPD. “Not only do our food retailers play a substantial economic role, they also provide convenient access to an essential necessity, quality food, and I think that is a pretty important point that gets easily taken for granted.

“Whether they are your chain store, food specialty shop, local convenience store or gas station, this proclamation is a sign of our state’s thanks for being a critical role in our communities and our economy.”

Beaumont launches bully prevention conference One in four children report being bullied during the school year, while up to 15 percent of school-aged children are victims of cyberbullying.

Bullying often goes unreported by students in many schools across the country. Despite research findings that show bullying has significant longterm impacts on both victims and perpetrators, many young people are reluctant to speak up.

It is up to parents, teachers, counselors and youth advocates to learn the signs of bullying and know how to effectively respond to children and youth.

That’s why the International Bullying Prevention Association (IBPA), in partnership with Beaumont Children’s Hospital, is hosting the Michigan Bullying Prevention Conference on Oct. 1. The event, scheduled at Beaumont Hospital’s campus in Royal Oak, will unite diverse groups of youth advocates to discuss bullying and peer aggression. They will also develop strategies and

solutions to take back to their schools and communities.

Workshop topics include restorative practices, school climate, bullying and suicide, effective communication strategies, cyberbullying, legal aspects of bullying and many more.

Registration is $25 per person and includes breakfast and lunch. Professional development credits are available.

The conference will be preceded by a free event for parents and adult family members covering information and strategies specific to online safety.

Karuna Nain, Facebook

global safety manager, will present “Navigating the Social World with Your Teens — Insights from Facebook,” on Thursday, Sept. 29. Registration is required for this event.

The Michigan Bullying Prevention Conference is sponsored by Beaumont Children’s Hospital, NoBLE (No Bullying Live Empowered) and Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Additional support comes from the Michigan Elementary and Secondary Principals Association (MEMSPA).

For more information or to register for the conference, visit www.ibpaworld.org/mi.

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Shaken or stirred:

Sumptuous Spirits Mobile Bartending serves up luxury

By Tatiana Simone As we enter the holiday season, great parties are just around the corner. Hosting a party for family and friends can be overwhelming, from setting up decorations and providing activities to preparing food to serving beverages.

Lauren Daniels, who recently launched Sumptuous Spirits, has beverages covered and is ready to take bartending to the next level.

Bartending

tails and phenomenal service. During the initial consultation, we not only discuss bartending needs, but we take the time to get to know our client and learn more about their event.

What does your setup look like when bartending an event?

Our set- up is simply a clean bar setup with the bartending essentials. We always include a Sumptuous Spirts bar menu, so that guests know what is being served at the bar.

What are the price ranges?

How was the brand Sumptuous Spirits conceptualized and what makes it unique?

We operate on the motto that “no event is the same.”

Prices are tailored to meet the needs of the client and their event; therefore, there are no set package prices unless we’re offering specials. Factors that determine the prices are number of guests, how many bartenders or waitresses needed, menu needs, etc.

Bartending services begin at $30 an hour.

Sumptuous Spirits was developed based on the need of bartending services for events. I had friends who would have parties or events, and they would ask me to bartend.

While visiting my family in Chicago last year, I did the bartending for a family gathering. They really enWhat’s the science bejoyed the drinks. My aunt Lauren Daniels hind creating specialty then suggested that I start drinks? a business and was definitely a major The science behind creating new push behind me taking the bartending business seriously. After a bit of self-re- cocktails is just trial and error, figurflection and a lot of prayer, I decided to ing out what mixers and flavors work take a leap of faith. Sumptuous Spirits best. I’m constantly mixing different was developed and launched officially as beverages and allowing my family and friends to try them. This helps me to of April 30. see what works and what people like.

What makes Sumptuous Spirits dif- When creating specialty cocktails for ferent than your typical bartending clients, I always discuss the theme of business is that we provide you with an the party, guest demographic, favorite experience. Not only do we provide you flavors, etc. This is to ensure that the with bartending services, but we also menu is a reflection of the host and will offer bar catering, custom cocktail cre- be something the crowd enjoys. This ination, menu pairing, and cocktail wait- cludes both alcoholic and non-alcoholic ressing services. All of our bartenders drinks. are trained and TIPS certified (an alcohol certification program that provides What are some tips for making special training for the responsible service and holiday drinks? consumption of alcohol) by the State of When making holiday drinks, think Michigan, ensuring that we provide fun, outside of the box. For Halloween, a Blue but safe services.

Smoke Cocktail or an Incredible Hulk.

What’s the passion behind Sumptuous For Christmas, try a cocktail that has peppermint or eggnog. For New Year’s, Spirits Mobile Bartending? try a champagne based drink. There are We want to make sure our guests so many different types of drinks, we are having a great time while enjoying just have to be willing to try them. If you a good cocktail. We are essentially the follow the Sumptuous Spirits social mehosts of the event, making sure that the dia pages, we post a variety of recipes client and their guests are taken care of. that are fun to try at home.

How does the sumptuous spirits expe- How can people set up a consultation? rience take events to the next level?

For any questions or consultation inSumptuous Spirits works to not only quires, email Lauren@sumptuousspirprovide the clients with a service, but a its.com.

Sumptuous Experience. We provide an upscale experience with crafted cock-

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Focus on the Schulze community

By Daphne Hughes When you visit the northwest Detroit neighborhood known as the Schulze Community, you will see the Schulze name on the local elementary school. Frederick J. Schulze donated the land where Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts sits on Santa Maria Street.

The original school was constructed in 1925, but it was demolished in 2002 to make way for the current state-of-the-art learning facility.

In fact, the educational opportunities in the Schulze community make it a great place to live. The newly rebuilt Mumford High School is in the area, along with two major institutions of higher learning, Marygrove College and University of Detroit Mercy.

The Schulze neighborhood has more than 9,800 residents in a one square mile radius, bounded by Six Mile, Curtis, James Couzens, and Wyoming.

Bungalows and colonials dot the landscape, ─ perfect homes for first-time buyers and young families. munication.”

“I would describe the Schulze community as having small, single, starter family homes,” said Sean Davis, the City of Detroit’s deputy District 2 manager. “All of the houses are solid brick. You wouldn’t be able to rebuild these homes. You can, but you’ll pay an arm and a leg.

You cannot find quality brick homes like you find in the Schulze community.”

Davis estimates that 95 percent of the homes in the area are occupied. As members of the city’s Department of Neighborhoods team, he and District Manager Kim Tandy are tasked with helping to eliminate blight and address residents’ concerns.

“We’re basically a partner of the City Ombudsman’s Office,” said Davis. “When complaints come in we try our best to address them, whether it’s streetlights being out, a tree that’s falling, or abandoned and

burned-out houses.”

In order to strengthen and create a safer neighborhood, the District Manager’s office works closely with the area’s block clubs.

“It’s a very strong neighborhood,” said Davis, “and it’s getting better, because as resi-

dents start to see the growth of the area, they tend to get more involved. The impact that it does have is that people actually start to care. They are starting to be great partners with the Detroit Police Department and the City of Detroit.

“Block clubs are very important because they know

exactly what’s going on in the neighborhood. They know who should be there, who’s not supposed to be there, who’s causing the problems, and who are advocates of the community. In order to build a community, you have to know your neighbor. And by knowing your neighbors, there’s better com-

The Schulze community offers many amenities for its residents. The Northwest Activities Center is a major anchor of the neighborhood, offering activities, services, events and programs to more than 300,000 visitors annually. The local grocery store, Liberty Food Center, has served the community for the past 30 years. And the area is welcoming its first new development in years — a seniors housing complex being built by longtime community partner, Hartford Memorial Baptist Church. The church, located on James Couzens, has one of the largest congregations in Detroit and plays a significant role in providing services to residents and supporting nearby commercial establishments.

Without a doubt, the Schulze community is poised for continued growth as one of Detroit’s gem neighborhoods.

Focus on the Schulze neighborhood: Northwest Activities Center

By Daphne Hughes

on its feet when supplemental operating funds began to dry up.

Since 1974, the Northwest Activities Center has been a mainstay in the northwest Detroit neighborhood known as the Schulze community. The 165,000 squarefoot facility is located at 18100 Meyers Avenue (at Curtis) and is open seven days a week. The center attracts 300,000 visitors annually and offers an array of activities, services and programs for all ages.

“The mission of Northwest Activities Center is to uplift the intellectual, spiritual, social and health conditions of the residents of northwest Detroit in particular, and the city of Detroit in general,” said Executive Director Ronald Lockett. “What we do is create a safe, wholesome, healthy space for all of us, irrespective of our gender and irrespective of our age. So, what we pride ourselves on is that we have literally babies here and we have seniors here who are in the twilight of their years. We feel that we are a safe haven for the entire community, and that’s important for people to have a space where they can feel peaceful and grow.”

The list of amenities and services at the center is extensive. There’s a full-service health club, Olympic-size swimming pool, gym, squash and racquetball court, sauna and steam rooms, cardio/weight room, and hair salon. The Michigan Works! Association and the Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation are both on-site to assist job seekers. The Detroit Area Agency on Aging operates an exercise and dance program for senior citizens. Plus, weekdays from 4 to 6 pm, young people are

“The funding from the City of Detroit dropped annually over a period of years,” said Lockett. “Once it reached the 2000s, that’s when it started decreasing every year as the city was heading toward bankruptcy, and we had to cut, cut, cut until we reached a point in late 2012 through 2013 that we literally had payless paydays. So, we had to right the ship and by getting a corporate partner to do some smart re-engineering of the building and programs, we were able to come out of that strong and robust.”

able to enjoy basketball, swimming, dancing, racquetball, tutoring and two computer labs.

“One of our computer labs is the Northwest Computer Clubhouse,” said Lockett. “It’s one of maybe 96 in the whole world. It’s an after-school program where young people can come to use state-of-the-art computer hardware and software and be creative. We have a sound studio for them to create music, as well as the technology to literally create films.”

The second computer lab is offered through Fifth Third Bank, a major partner of the Northwest Activities Center. The bank operates a micro-branch at the facility, which gives customers access to banking stations to conduct online transactions. There is also an ATM on site. Additionally, Fifth Third helped the center get back

Fifth Third Bank paid for renovations to the center, including the installation of a $50,000 floor in the facility’s DeRoy ballroom. The ballroom — along with the 488-seat Paul Robeson Performing Arts Theater and a host of smaller rooms — are rented out for events, therefore generating substantial revenue for the center.

“We do baby showers, birthday parties, repasts, family reunions and conferences,” said Lockett. “We just did a conference for two consecutive weeks with the Detroit Regional Chamber. I call us the neighborhood Cobo Center.”

Although operated independently, the Northwest Activities Center also houses the executive offices for the Detroit Parks & Recreation and General Services departments.

For more information on the Northwest Activities Center, visit nwac-detroit.net or call (313) 578-7500.

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By Steve Holsey

The coolest first lady We all know how cool President Barack Obama is in every way — cool personality, cool sense of humor, cool walk, cool temperament…and we had never heard a president sing before (and he’s good, too).

But First Lady Michelle Obama is cool too. This dawned on me (again) when she danced over to the chair after Ellen DeGeneres’ introduction on her how. She is so genuine in everything she does, so likeable, so stylish, so committed to worthy causes, Michelle Obama so accessible, so funny…and, like her husband, has a 300-watt smile that lights up a room.

Barack and Michelle Obama are going to be sorely missed when they leave the White House in January.

They brought a totally different flavor, the perfect combination of class and soul.

Jennifer Hudson

Adam Lambert

RANDY JACKSON, “American Idol” judge almost until the end of the iconic show’s impressive 15-season run, gave six contestants special praise.

He said Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood, Fantasia, Kelly Clarkson, Adam LamRandy Jackson bert and Reuben Studdard “gave the show a lift, and without that, it wouldn’t have been the show it became.”

By the way, his full name is Randall Darius Jackson.

Seems every time you turn around there is a new “Temptations” group, although only Otis Williams has the legal right to the name “the Temptations.” Others can use variations of the name, such as “the Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards.”

The latest to throw his hat into the ring is Barrington Henderson. Glen Leonard has a group. And three other former Temptations who are no longer with us each had a group — Ollie Woodson, Richard Street and Damon Harris.

ACCORDING to reports, Martin “Kendo” Isaacs, from whom Mary J. Blige recently filed for divorce, is seeking to have her be required to pay spousal support. He was her manager.

If Blige has to Mary J. Blige pay, she will be added to a fairly long list of celebrity women who were ordered to pay, including Sherri Shepard, Madonna, Halle Berry, Roseanne Barr, Jennifer Lopez and Melanie Brown (“Mel B” of the Spice Girls).

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. Which brings to mind celebrity marriages that do last, and Marilyn McCool and Billy Davis, Jr., formerly of the 5th Dimension, are to be admired. They have been happily married, and working together, for 47 years.

Eddie Murphy is giving serious thought to returning to stand-up comedy.

Minister and gospel recording artist Luther Barnes has a new album titled “The Favor of God.” It always makes me cringe when church people say they are “favored by God.” They are not, and saying it suggests believing they are somehow better than

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‘Empire’ still owns Wednesday night…despite losing some ratings points

By Steve Holsey When “Empire” made its auspicious debut on Jan. 7, 2015, reaction from the viewing public was immediate, and the show went soaring into the ratings stratosphere.

No one had ever seen or dreamed of anything like it — a gritty, overthe-top, urban drama in a hip-hop/ music industry setting. It could be described as a hip-hop soap opera.

It was as though people were waiting for it, even if they didn’t know they were.

“Empire,” created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, passed the “next morning” test. That is, the next morning people were excitedly discussing the show — every detail — in offices, beauty salons, retail stores, factories, just about everywhere.

The season 3 debut of “Empire” was eagerly anticipated and did not disappoint, including the usual unexpected plot developments.

Granted, ratings were not at peak level — no show can maintain that for an extended period — but as The Wrap, a digital news service that covers entertainment, business and media, put it, the season debut “handed Fox an easy Wednesday win.”

Putting a personal spin on this, I sometimes think of “Empire” as a “guilty pleasure” of sorts, with that term being described by Miriam-Webster as “something pleasurable that includes a usually minor feeling of guilt.”

The show has its detractors, for sure, particularly some black people who believe “Empire” for the most part shows black people in a negative light, adhering to certain

negative stereotypes. We’ve had several “Empire” pro and con discussions at the Michigan Chronicle office.

I can understand some of the criticism, but that doesn’t stop me from being in front of the TV every

Wednesday night at 9 pm. There is something oddly intriguing about “Empire” — the colorful characters, the relationships and interactions between them, the clothes, and the music, even though hip-hop is far

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TEMPTATIONS Revue featuring Barrington Henderson, Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Oct. 8. For tickets, call 586.286.2222 or visit MacombCenter.com.

Empire from being my music of choice.

The season finale on May 18, 2016 pulled in 10.88 million viewers, and the first show of the new season generated the same number, give or take a few.

One of “Empire’s” greatest assets is its perfectly chosen cast.

Taraji P. Henson is “delicious” as the sassy, tough talking (and tough acting) Cookie Lyon in her flashy “ghetto fabulous” attire. Henson seems to have been born for this role.

Terrence Howard is flawless as the power obsessed and very dangerous Lucious Lyon.

Trai Byers captures all the complexities of the emotionally troubled Andre Lyon.

Jussie Smollett consistently delivers the goods as Jamal Lyon. And

From page D-1 even though some viewers, including a high percentage of African Americans, are uncomfortable with his character being gay, this reality should not be downplayed. People are what they are.

Period. In the greater scheme of things, it’s not important anyway.

Bryshere Y. Gray is only 22 years old and is convincing as Hakeem Lyon.

Grace Gealy, married to Trai Byers in real life, makes viewers feel every aspect of her character, Anika Calhoun Lyon.

Appearing on “Empire” has become a mustdo for a lot of big stars, among them Alicia Keys, Raven-Symoné, Chris Rock, Mary J. Blige, Patti LaBelle, Rosie O’Donnell, Ludacris, Naomi Campbell, Kelly Rowland, Courtney Love, Jennifer Hudson, Anthony Hamilton, Ne-Yo and Cuba

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have that.”

Taye Diggs and Mariah Carey are among those who signed up for season 3. Leslie Uggams, Vivica A Fox and Tasha Smith have recurring roles.

Henson, by the way, has said that in real life she is “the polar opposite” of Cookie. It’s all about being a good character actress, becoming that character.

It is interesting that when the show’s creators were casting, they had Wesley Snipes in mind for the part of Lucious Lyon, but Taraji P. Henson, who had already been chosen though not yet signed for the Cookie Lyon role, wasn’t having it.

Her choice was Terrence Howard, with whom she had worked in the film “Hustle & Flow.”

With a firmness worthy of Cookie, Henson said to the creator/producers, “The only person I’ll do it with is Terrence.

Cookie and Lucious sometimes hate and love each other in the same scene. There’s an unspoken connection that you can’t fake. Terrence and I

Reflections other people. Truth is, we are all here doing the best we can, and the Creator doesn’t play favorites.

Jamie Foxx has taken a certain amount of flak from those who accused him of over-simplification when he said, “There’s too much anger. We need to just laugh. We live in the greatest country in the world. You can do whatever you want to do. You can live how you want to live.

Just enjoy. Quit being so mad.”

His points are well taken in the broader sense and I agree with them, but some people, far less privileged than Foxx, have reasons to be angry at times.

BETCHA DIDN’T KNOW…that “Soul Train” ran for an amazing 35 seasons, which means 1,117 shows from 1971 to 2006.

MEMORIES: “Use Me” (Bill Withers), “See Saw” (Aretha Franklin), “Work

Howard has had a violence laced, tumultuous personal life and that, too, factors into him so effectively portraying the vicious, show-littleor-no-remorse Lucious Lyon. He relates to the character on a personal level.

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“Everything I do with Lucious is still me,” he said. “I just change the vibration. Because Lucious has a very base understanding of life — kill or be killed — I keep him down at a very low frequency.”

Whatever that means.

Howard has placed his philosophies and language into something he calls “Terryology.”

From page D-1 to Do” (the Isley Brothers), “Give it Up (Turn it Loose)” (Tyrone Davis), “I Tried to Tell Myself” (Al Green), “It Hurts So Good” (Millie Jackson), “Come Get to This” (Marvin Gaye), “It Takes Two” (Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston), “Love is Like a Baseball Game” (the Intruders), “Just a Touch of Love” (Slave).

BLESSINGS to John Knowles, Ron O.J., Tune-Up Man, Betty Brooks, Yvonne Taylor, Kevin Berry, Zenia Berry, Montez Miller, J. “Skeek” Munger, Wade Briggs, Rita Ross and Leland Stein.

WORDS OF THE WEEK, from Caroline Kennedy: “When you make the right decision, it doesn’t really matter what anyone else thinks.”

Let the music play!

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Eric Benét tours with Anthony Hamilton this fall Four-time GRAMMY®-Nominated R&B singer, ERIC BENÉT, will release his self-titled, eighth studio album, eric benét, in North America on October 7, 2016.

The 13-track album was recorded and produced in Los Angeles and includes a remix of the first single, "SUNSHINE." The remix, which is streaming exclusively on RAP-UP.COM today, sees Eric reuniting with R&B sensation, Tamia, who was also featured on Eric's #1 hit, "Spend My Life With You." Fans can pre-order eric benét starting tomorrow, Friday, September 9, and when they do, they will receive the remix as an instant grat-track.

Underground Hip Hop Awards 2017 Detroit get ready for the third annual Underground Hip-Hop Awards (UHHA) presented by Mighty Jon Entertainment & powered by Detroitrap.com; which will take place on Sunday, January 8th, 2017 from 4:00pm-8:00pm.

“Our last two award shows were huge successes we had we really felt the support of the city.

Including hosts DJB, Big Dawg Blast, and #UHHA resident djs: DJ Los The Original, P Dogg The Turntable Bully, DJ Uncle P, DJ Don Q, and Dawgface Calderon," said Brandon Scarber of Detroitrap.com and ASIR Consulting. “We anticipate even greater support this year. We are working tirelessly to make the awards show bigger and better every time,” he continues.

Past shows have featured performers from all over metro Detroit such as Niesha Ne’shae, M City Jr., J Jackson, P Dot, Tiara, Seven The General, Dagda, JP One, Big Gov, Jovie, Moe Dirdee, Supa Emcee.

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For UHHA ‘17, I want people to be surprised,” said DJ Uncle P founder of the UHHA. “It’s a live show and there’s so much energy in the room. You really have to be there to experience it.”

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"SUNSHINE," Eric’s hot summer single, was released on May 13, and has been climbing the radio charts since, reaching TOP 5 at Urban/AC Radio this week. “SUNSHINE” also earned accolades by topping Mediabase and Radio & Records ‘Most Added’ lists for three consecutive weeks after its release. In April, Billboard gave fans a sneak peak of Eric Benét - Monica Morgan photo the track, saying the song has a "feel-good groove."

When asked about the single, Eric said, "'Sunshine' is a reflective memory about a relationship that has lost its spark, with a longing for how love-filled and joyous their lives used to be. The song will hopefulAnthony Hamilton ly inspire people to actively create and savor the joy and sunshine in every one of their relationships."

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To carry out the patrol functions of the Police Department including: law enforcement, traffic control, crime prevention and interdiction, report writing, traffic and parking enforcement, hazard identification, building and property security, criminal and traffic accident investigation, and rendering first aid. Required: Current MCOLES Certification or certifiable pending Academy Graduation. A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Possession of a valid Michigan driver’s license and an acceptable driving record. Ability to work varied shifts, weekends and holidays.

Successful applicants must pass oral, written, physical and psychological examinations, and an extensive background investigation. Salary is $20.20 per hour start rate. See online posting for additional position requirements. First consideration will be given to those who apply by October 5, 2016.

Must apply on line to: https://jobs.oakland.edu

Structural Maintenance

Under general supervision, perform master journeyman-level work in the installation, repair, remodel and maintenance of manual and automated locks, locking systems and security devices; computerized access control systems; door openers, closers and hardware. Minimum Qualifications: High school graduation or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Four years’ experience in the installation, maintenance and repair of locks, including two years’ experience in a learning capacity assisting and performing locksmith activities under the direction of experienced and advanced level locksmiths. Requires a valid Michigan drivers’ license acceptable to the University’s insurance carrier. This is a fulltime position, working Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Salary is $25.11 per hour/$28.24 after 90 days. See online posting for additional position requirements. First consideration will be given to those who apply by October 7, 2016.

Must apply on line to: https://jobs.oakland.edu

How foods can help heal common ailments

(StatePoint) When you’re not feeling well, conventional wisdom says you should reach for overthe-counter or prescription remedies. But many experts point out that foods have healing properties that can be complementary in helping to treat common ailments and prevent illness.

“The concept of using food as medicine isn’t a new one; however, the evolution of society and science has moved us further from this concept,” says Grand Master Nan Lu, OMD, one of the country’s foremost teachers and practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and author of the new book “Digesting the Universe: A Revolutionary Framework for Healthy Metabolism Function.” “In my view, we are missing some of the most powerful and supportive steps we can take to remain well and prevent disease and illness.”

Lu says the teachings of TCM can help patients deal with the root cause of their problems, rather than just eliminate the symptoms. While complex, he is offering a few quick insights into the subject of food as medicine.

• Nutritionists today base their work on the physical and chemical properties of food alone, but this is just half the picture. “There are many immaterial things contained within food as well,” says Lu, who cites Qi, or vital energy, as a key aspect of food you can’t see.

• The “right” foods won’t necessarily protect your health by virtue of their properties alone. Good

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Minimum Qualifications: High school graduation or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Four years general office work, including experience in prioritizing work and meeting deadlines. Ability to operate standard office equipment. Knowledge of proper grammar, spelling & punctuation, intermediate word processing, spreadsheet and database applications. Ability to effectively interact with the public, students, faculty, and staff. This is a full time, clerical-technical position, with a salary of $39,693 annually. See online posting for additional position requirements. First consideration will be given to those who apply by October 10, 2016.

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organ function is also necessary for your body to process and digest what you eat. However, foods can help restore balance to an ailing organ system.

• Listen to your body, not cultural beliefs about what is good or bad for you. Lu offers the example of a woman craving sugar or salt during her menstrual cycle. “Assuming she listens to the wisdom of her body and satisfies her craving, she’ll have some chocolate or eat some potato chips. This woman is doing something natural.”

• You may have heard of the adage, “you are what you eat.” Lu says to also consider the phrase, “you are what you think,” and avoid a steady diet of negative emotions, which you then must digest and process. Your thoughts impact your body and health, he says.

• The next time your stomach is upset, consider reaching for something natural. Ginger can be eaten or used topically to deal with stomach discomfort, reduce inflammation and even lower pain from arthritis.

More information about TCM and “Digesting the Universe” can be found at tcmworld.org.

While modern science has offered us groundbreaking medications and treatments, traditional healing systems can help patients recognize the root cause of physical conditions for a healthier, more balanced life.

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CLIENT SUPPORT ADMINISTRATOR AND STRATEGIST AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY Working under the direction of the Executive and Assistant Director of the Macomb-Oakland University INCubator, conduct all primary client interfacing activity serving as the gatekeeper to company engagements. Primary clientssupport provider to all Michigan Strategic Fund sponsored programs. Minimum qualifications require a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Minimum of five years management experience working with technology businesses and startups.

Experience working in/with Michigan’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Refer to online posting for additional qualifications and requirements. Compensation commensurate with education and experience. This is a grant funded position which is funded until March 2018. First consideration will be given to those who apply by October 3, 2016.

Must apply on line to: https://jobs.oakland.edu

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Charter Township of Waterford is taking applications for the position of entry level Firefighter. Min. qualifications listed on our website.

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Position will oversee the day to day operations of the Fitness Center and group exercise spaces. Develop and implement fitness and wellness programs. Provide leadership and development to undergraduate and graduate student staff. Minimum qualifications require a Master’s degree in Exercise Science or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Certification from a nationally recognized association in group exercise and personal training. Certification in CPR and First Aid. Minimum one year experience in higher education recreational sports setting. This is a full time position with some evenings and weekend hours required. Refer to online posting for additional qualifications and requirements.

Salary commensurate with education and experience. First consideration will be given to those who apply by October 5, 2016.

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October is Financial Planning Month: Easy Tips to Stick to a Budget

(StatePoint) It can be easy to let your finances fall by the wayside when juggling work, family, school and other priorities.

October is Financial Planning Month and a perfect time to make sure you are prepared for the future. To help, the discount experts at Dollar General are offering some useful tips to assist you in staying on budget and avoiding financial stress.

Pack Your Own Lunch To help stick to your budget, skip pricey restaurants. Instead, save money and spend the evening cooking with your family. For affordable and simple ideas for cooking favorite dishes, consult resources like Dollar General Easy Meal recipes at dollargeneral.com/easymeals.

Remember to Treat Yourself Just because you’re sticking to a financial plan doesn’t mean you can’t treat yourself. Budget time and money to indulge in your favorite activities like a night at the movies, seeing your favorite sports team in action, or going bowling.

Take Advantage of Coupons Coupons are a great way to save money and stretch your budget. Retailers like Dollar General offer online digital coupons that can be downloaded on a desktop computer or by using a smartphone. You can sign up by visiting dollargeneral.com/coupons and can receive additional savings during seasonal “Fast Way to Save” promotions, where exclusive coupons are available only to Dollar General digital coupon subscribers.

Stay Positive Don’t get bogged down by the stress of financial planning. Instead, focus on positive steps you can take to achieve your goals. Spend more time with your family cooking. Work toward your next job promotion. Ace your next exam.

Even if you’re busy, make the time for planning a budget. It may feel like work now, but feeling financially secure will offer you peace of mind.

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Johnnie Faye Jackson-Tipton Services for Johnnie Faye Jackson-Tipton were held on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Greater Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with Pastor Milton B. Pierce officiating.

Mrs. Jackson-Tipton passed away on Aug. 31, 2016.

Johnnie Faye Jackson-Tipton, a devout Christian woman, was born on Jan. 22, 1928 in Calhoun, Mississippi to Monroe and Canniebell Jackson. She attended Riverview High School in Hickman, Kentucky. She married Albert Vance Tipton in 1947 and had a son from a previous relationship. The Tiptons had eight children together.

Mrs. Jackson-Tipton loved family gatherings, shopping and cooking.

Many family members and friends are cherishing her memory.

Swanson Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Interment took place at Gethsemane Cemetery.

Leenoria Taylor Liberty Temple Baptist Church recently celebrated its Year of Allegiance to Faith and Kingdom Building with Pastor Steve Bland. The banquet was held at the Saint John Armenian Church Banquet and Conference in Southfield. Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A Wright Jr. provided the keynote address. Seated (from left): Lovie Proctor, Jessie Mae Thomas, Ella Bell, Martha Wilburn and Ella Sparks. Standing: Pastor Steve Bland and O’ Neil D. Swanson Sr., president/CEO of Swanson Funeral Home.

A call to reason

By Angela Waters Austin “I always have faith in what Judge Leonard Hand called ‘the eventual supremecy of reason.’” — “Perry Mason” (Raymond Burr), circa 1962 If police and media can convince you that black people deserve to be killed, they can continue to do just what they are doing. They are lying and so many are repeating the lies because they actually want to believe that police are good and black people are bad. They want to believe that there is not a different set of rules for black people.

They want to believe that police are good as if uniforms and badges are magically transformative of sin-rotted souls. That white people are good and deserving of goodness because they don’t get treated the way black people get treated. They want to believe that black people get killed by police because we are bad, don’t follow orders, are disrespectful, and somehow by our very blackness are a justifiable threat to police.

Even when we are unarmed children.

They want to believe that planting evidence, filing false reports, lying under oath, and intimidating witnesses only happens on television. They want to convince Black people that our reality is the delusion.

They argue and debate with black people as if the inequities in our schools and neighborhoods didn’t already inform us that we live in a different America. That fearing for our lives is not all the truth we need.

They want to believe that black people refusing to stand for an anthem, wearing a shirt, or fighting for our lives is what keeps us divided. That if we would just stop complaining and work harder, we would have the privilege that they have to just live. How many protests does it take?

Outer Drive Faith Lutheran celebrates 80th anniversary Outer Drive Faith Lutheran Church will celebrate its 80th anniversary with a fashion-talent show on Oct. 29 and a concert on Nov. 6. Anniversary events will culminate with a special service on Sunday, Nov. 13, at 10 a.m. Rev. James Wiggins Jr., former pastor, will de-

liver the sermon at this this historic service. Rev. Eddie Morales is the pastor.

All events will be held at Outer Drive Faith Lutheran Church.

For additional information, please call (313) ­341-4095.

I applaud the brave souls in the field of social work who want to forge an alliance. Describing what BLM is and is not is not enough. Promoting the policy platform of Movement for Black Lives is not enough.

I don’t want hugs, basketball games or ice cream socials with police photo ops so the media can continue to perpetuate the lie. I want police to stop killing us. I want police to be held accountable when they do.

I want those who fail to hold them accountable to be held accountable. I want police out of our schools because they do not make our children feel safer.

I want safety beyond policing because it does not make black people safer.

I want what my ancestors wanted when we were slaves. Not servants who could work off a debt, slaves.

Beaten, brutalized, raped. When we were deemed threefifths of a human and our children taken and sold off to the highest bidder. When our families were ripped apart for profit. I want to own myself. I want to be free.

Please pray for a vision to nullify the violence. Make real #BlackLivesMatter

Little Miss Diamonds, Darlings and Dolls Hope United Methodist Church, Southfield, will have an informational meeting on Oct. 10 at 6:30 p.m. to roll out the Little Miss Diamonds, Darlings, and Dolls Scholarship Pageant, planned for April 8, 2017.

At the Informational Meeting, learn more about the opportunity for DDDs to receive a scholarship while just having fun being charming young ladies and learning tips that will help them have confidence and discover the beauty within themselves.

They will also learn the benefits of community outreach and service by using their talents to help others.

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A homegoing celebration for Leenoria Taylor were held on Saturday, Sept. 10, at St. Phillips Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Alvin D. Hodges officiating. Mrs. Taylor made her transition on Sept. 5, 2016.

Leenoria Taylor was born on Feb. 15, 1939 in Dry Branch, Georgia to Jim and Iola Curtis-James. She moved to Detroit in the 1940s and was educated in the Detroit Public Schools. She worked for General Motors.

Mrs. Taylor and her husband, Foster Taylor, Jr., were married for 47 years and had three sons. She loved traveling, shopping and playing bid whist.

Cherishing the memory of Leenoria Taylor are her husband, Foster Taylor, Jr., sons Foster Taylor III, Reginald and Alquinn, and many other relatives and friends.

Swanson Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Interment took place at Detroit Memorial Park West.

Willie May Smith On Monday, Sept. 12, services for Willie May Smith were held at New Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmie T. Wafer officiating. Mrs. Smith passed away on Aug. 28, 2016.

Willie May Lee was born on Aug. 10, 1918 to Emma Cusic and Henry Lee in Arcolo, Mississippi. She moved to Louisville, Kentucky, then Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and finally Detroit with her husband, Verliss Brown. She later married Dave Smith.

She worked at Roma Café, a convalescent home and Michigan Central Train Depot.

ful experience for girls ages 5-12 to be associated with opportunities that promote kindness, intelligence and positive self-image. Several clinics are planned for young ladies that will encourage charm, poise and etiquette, while uplifting families, friends and communities.

Please come to the Informational Meeting Oct. 10 at Hope United Methodist Church, 26275 Northwestern Hwy., Southfield, 6:30 p.m.

To learn more, please visit www.hopeumc.org.

Cherishing the memory of Willie May Smith are her son, David Adams, Jr., and many other relatives and friends.

Swanson Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Interment took place at Chapel Memorial Garden.

Rev. Stamps services Services for Rev. Willie S. Stamps, pastor of Second Olivet Missionary Baptist Church from 1952 to 2002, will take place on Friday, Sept.

30, 11 am, at New Bethel Baptist Church, 8430 C.L. Franklin Blvd., Detroit. The family hour begins at 10 am. Public visitation is at Swanson Funeral Home, 14751 W. McNichols, Detroit, on Thursday, Sept. 29, from 3 to 8 pm.

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Highly anticipated Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture opens in nation’s capital

President Barack Obama speaks to those gathered at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. – PHOTOS: Monica Morgan

Judge Keith is greeted by NAACP Executive Director Cornell William Brooks

Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence and her husband ­McArthur Lawrence

Antonia and Andrew McLemore of Detroit

Monica Morgan and former U.S. Attorney General. Eric Holder Photo by Brian Stukes

Zias S. Ojakli, his son Zachary Ojakli, Burt Jordan and Pamela Alexander of Ford Motor Company and Ford Fund