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On Saturday, November 7, 2020, after 5 long days of ballot counting, former Vice President Joe Biden was elected as our nation's 46th president and his running mate Senator Kamala Harris as vice president. Despite COVID-19, more people voted in this election than ever before, many by absentee ballot. Earlier on election day Donald Trump was ahead in many states, but as states were allowed to finally count their mail-in ballots, the results began to change. So many ballots were cast that it took some states days to finalize their counts, though the Trump administration is currently saying it will contest all mail-in ballots. Nevertheless, this win is historic as President-elect Joe Biden is the oldest person to take office and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is the first African American, South Asian woman to take the office of the vice president.

Voices Against Violence Coalition says 'Put the Guns Down' in new video On Saturday, October 31, 2020, Voices Against Violence Coalition, Milwaukee Coalition Against Hate, and Peace for Change Alliance, Inc., met in McGovern Park, 5400 N. 51st Blvd., for a video shoot for an anti-gun hip hop/rap video entitled, "Put'em Down (Put the Guns Down)" The video was created by the Milwaukee Coalition Against Photo by Yvonne Kemp Hate to educate youth that there is an alternative to violence. Tracey Dent, the organization's co-founder, said the violence in the city has always been a concern to him. His own mission is to help people be "the best version of themselves." The video features local rappers and performers who each contributed a verse to the song. The gun violence in Milwaukee in 2020 is at an all-time high. Milwaukee County broke the record for the number of homicides in a year with 174 as of Oct. 26 and that number has continued to increase to 187 as of Nov. 10.

Billy Sims BBQ celebrates first anniversary in West Bend Heisman Trophy legend and former Detroit Lion pro football star Billy Sims, founder of Billy Sims BBQ, celebrated the restaurant’s first year in Wisconsin. Sims operates a family casual style restaurant at 1442 W. Washington St., West Bend, Wisconsin. Now in its 15th year, Billy Sims BBQ franchise chain ranks as the third largest black-owned barbecue chain in the U.S., operating in six states. Franchise opportunities continue for this Tulsa-based fast-casual concept eatery serving premium barbecue and traditional sides. Pictured with founder Billy Sims are (from left) Mildred Lewis, Lynda Jackson Conyers and Jo Moutry Hill.

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Gov. Evers calls for unity, working together in fight against COVID-19 As COVID-19 surges in Wisconsin, Gov. Evers delivers statewide address

Gov. Tony Evers in a statewide address Tuesday, November 10, 2020, called for unity and working together in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor delivered remarks from the Governor’s Conference Room in the East Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The following are excerpts from the governor’s remarks as prepared for delivery: "A global pandemic—coupled with economic uncertainty and another election season—has shaken our patience, our empathy, and our compassion for one another.

sin by January 1st if no further take action right now—our econactions are taken to get this virus omy cannot bounce back until we under control. That means anoth- contain this virus. er 2,500 people who might not be with us on New Year’s Day. "The surges we see—the new cases, hospitalizations, and "I am concerned about what our deaths—these are not foregone current trajectory means for Wis- conclusions. These are predictable consin healthcare workers, fami- and preventable. That means the lies, and our economy if we don’t fight against this virus is winnable, get this virus under control. but only if we fight it together." "So, I want to be clear tonight: The governor’s address will each day this virus goes unchecked be available to stream live "Our optimism has been bat- us—and that includes the strug- is a setback for our economic re- on the governor's YouTube tered, our resilience strained, and gles that we share." covery. and Facebook accounts, reour character tested. spectively. Media outlets are "The Institute for Health Met"Our bars, restaurants, small welcome and encouraged to "But now, as we put the election rics and Evaluation estimates businesses, families, and farmers stream the address live or rebehind us, we are called upon to 5,000 Wisconsinites could be will continue to suffer if we don’t cord the address for use. remember the things that unite lost to COVID-19 in Wiscon-

Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr., an evangelical adviser to Donald Trump, dead at 66 Bishop Harry Jackson Jr., a prominent pastor and evangelical adviser to Donald Trump, has reportedly passed away. According to a statement from Bishop Jackson’s church, via Religion News, the 66-year-old passed away on Monday, November 9, 2020. “It is with a heavy heart that we notify you that our beloved Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr., has transitioned to be with the Lord on November 9, 2020,” the statement read. “Please pray for the Jackson family’s comfort and respect their right to privacy at this time.” The Rev. Rickardo Bodden, chief of staff of Hope Christian Church, told Religion News he did not know the cause of Jackson’s death.

founded the High Impact Leadership Coalition to bring together evangelical pastors. In 2005, Jackson was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and during his treatment for it, had a stroke. In 2015, he told “The 700 Club” that at one point, he was “24 hours away from dying.” Jackson was also an author, and wrote books including 2013’s You Were Born for More: Jackson was tapped as one led a Pentecostal congrega- Six Steps to Breaking Through of president Trump’s unoffi- tion of about 1,500 members to Your Destiny and 2004’s The cial evangelical advisors and and built a national profile Warrior’s Heart: Rules of Envisited the White House on through radio commentary, gagement for the Spiritual War numerous occasions. He also magazine columns and tele- Zone. attended Trump’s Repub- vision appearances. He called lican National Convention himself a “Biblical conserBishop Jackson said he adclosing speech this summer. vative and social reformer,” mired Trump in part for his accused liberal Black minis- willingness to adopt criminal As senior pastor at Hope ters of being out of touch justice reforms, and joined a Christian, Bishop Jackson with their congregations and group of evangelical advisers

to the president that included Paula White and Black pastors Darrell Scott and Alveda King. He visited the White House several times, delivering an Easter blessing earlier this year in which he prayed for “this plague” — coronavirus — to pass over. At a roundtable discussion in June, Trump called him “a great unifying source of strength and everything else.” Bishop Jackson hosted Vice President Pence at Hope Christian Church that same month, for a discussion on racial discrimination in which he recalled that his own father was held at gunpoint by a state trooper in 1953 while working on voter registration efforts in Florida.

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Harris bursts through another barrier, becoming the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect

"Women and men who believed so fiercely in the promise of equality, liberty and justice for all," she had said. On Saturday night, during her first speech as vice president-elect, Harris also noted the historic moment. "While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last," she said in Wilmington, Delaware. "Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities, and to the children of our country, regardless of your gender, our country has sent you a clear message: Dream with ambition, lead with conviction and see yourselves in a way that others may not, simply because they've never seen it before. But know that we will applaud you every step of the way," she said. Harris attended Howard University, a historically Black university in Washington. Her time at Howard, where she joined Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., profoundly shaped her political vision. "You didn't have to be confined by anyone else's idea of what it means to be Black," she told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union" in September. "You could be a fine arts student and also be class president. You could be homecoming queen and be

the head of the science club. You could be a member of a sorority and be in student government and want to go to law school, and it encouraged you to be your full self." Over the course of her White House bid, Harris never shied away from mentioning that people attempted to box her in or doubted her as she sought to pave a path in politics. As a Black and South Asian woman in an overwhelmingly White arena, Harris on her journey to the White House was something of a pioneer. And voters noticed. Rise and reign Harris was born in Oakland, California, in 1964, to parents who raised her in a bassinet of civil rights activism. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, an Indian immigrant, was a breast cancer researcher; she died of cancer in 2009. Harris' father, Donald, is a Jamaican American professor of economics. On the campaign trail, the vice president-elect often talked about how her activist parents would push her in her stroller at civil rights marches. The couple divorced in 1972. Harris grew up in the Bay Area but took frequent trips to India to visit extended family. At 12, she and her sister, Maya, moved with their mother to majority-White

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MontrĂŠal, where Gopalan Harris had secured a teaching post at McGill University as well as a research position at the Jewish General Hospital. After graduating from Howard in 1986 for her undergraduate degree and from the University of California's Hastings College of the Law in 1989, Harris passed the bar the following year and joined the Alameda County prosecutor's office as an assistant district attorney. From there, she began her political ascent. In 2003, Harris won her first race for San Francisco district attorney, becoming the first Black woman to hold such an office in California. In 2010, she became the first Black woman elected as California attorney general, and in 2016, she became only the second Black woman ever elected as a US senator. She often spoke of her barrier-breaking life during her presidential primary campaign, saying that she understood how being the first requires voters to "see what can be unburdened by what has been." More than a demographic Harris is a lot of things beyond her gender and her race, of course. But her mere presence brings so much with it -- so much to those, of all ages, who see themselves in her. As she waited for Harris to take the stage at a rally in Asheville, North Carolina, in October, Elinor Earl, 77, said she never thought that she'd see a Black woman like herself rise through the ranks as Harris has. "Not at my age," Earl told CNN. "It's wonderful to see her. I wouldn't have missed it for nothing in the world." Harris isn't shy about high-

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Kamala Harris, who on Saturday, November 8, 2020 became America's first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect, represents a new face of political power after an election all about who wields power and how they use it. The California senator's history-making win also represents the millions of women in the demographics -- often overlooked, historically underrepresented and systematically ignored -- who are now the recipients of that new power for the first time in the country's 200-plusyear history. Harris tweeted a video of herself on the phone with President-elect Joe Biden shortly after CNN projected their win. "We did it, we did it, Joe. You're going to be the next president of the United States," she said with a signature laugh. Harris and Biden's victory, as projected by CNN, arrived days after a prolonged vote count reflecting a deeply divided electorate. It symbolizes a bookend to the Trump era, which followed the first Black US President and was buoyed by social ills including White supremacy. Harris' triumph, in particular, marks a new high point in a career of barrier-breaking accomplishments, from San Francisco district attorney to California attorney general to just the second-ever Black female US senator. "That I am here tonight is a testament to the dedication of generations before me," Harris said during her Democratic National Convention acceptance speech in August, mentioning women such as Constance Baker Motley, Fannie Lou Hamer and Shirley Chisholm.

lighting her upbringing or her influences, as was clear through her shoutouts to AKAs and HBCUs during her DNC speech. "Family is my beloved Alpha Kappa Alpha, our Divine Nine, and my HBCU brothers and sisters," she said. Harris was referring to the nickname for America's nine historically Black fraternities and sororities, and nodding to the fact that she was the first graduate of a historically Black college or university to be selected as a major party's candidate's running mate. Harris' remarks couldn't have contrasted more with President Donald Trump's rhetoric over the past four years. In comparison to Trump's past four years in the White House, Harris' bid was a pure distillation of the complex joy of representation. Often in her Converse sneakers, the former prosecutor made space for women of color to tell their lived experiences during campaign events on the trail. She made a point to prop up women of color small business owners, frequently telling them to say their companies' names clearly in front of the press so they could be included in news stories. Certain voters felt, in today's parlance, seen. And come Inauguration Day, that visibility will extend to the White House and, likely, alchemize into substantive representation. There's a sobering corollary to Harris' historic win. In important ways, her success says as much about America's political institutions as it does about her. That Harris is the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect is both an affirmation of her excellence -- her skill as a debater against Mike Pence, for instance -- and a reflection of the racism and sexism that punish women of color who run for executive office. And while it's true that Harris this week achieved yet more firsts, it's maybe more accurate to describe these firsts as onlys -- she became the only female, only Black and only South Asian vice president-elect. That framing shines a less flattering light on America. But it's more honest. It also hints at possibility -- the possibility that Harris on Saturday opened up the door for women and girls who look like her to follow, to claim power for their own. Harris' mother put it best: "Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last."

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Let’s Do This! Filling: Mix together (2) softened cream cheese packages 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup sugar 1 egg yolk (set aside egg white) 2 cans of crescent rolls

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Beloved, there are many people who prefer to keep their favorite recipes secret. For some, recipes are sacred family heirlooms or they plan to feature the dish in their restaurant or family cookbook. Regardless of where you fall on the continuum of recipe sharing, I would love for you to share with me your family’s food stories and how recipes learned from your parents or grandparents are passed down to future generations.

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Let’s restore the soul of our nation together By; Congresswoman Gwen Moore

My fellow Wisconsinites, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you. We’ve gone through so much together over the past four years but this year has been one of the toughest ever – from struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic to fighting back against civil injustice to losing icons like John Lewis and Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the constant battle against an impeached president’s reckless and heartless anti-American agenda. Yet, we made it through and yes, tomorrow is a brighter day. We did this together and I want to say thank you.

I can’t mask my feelings on this historic moment in our nation’s history! I am so thrilled that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the election – that they won the most consequential election the United States of America has ever faced. The American people had their say and this election was conducted fairly and with transparency, despite what you might hear from the conservative message machine.

resist we did! Then, together we rose up and made our voices heard across Wisconsin and across the United States of America! Now, it’s time that we build it back better and restore the soul of our nation. Joe Biden said he ran as a proud Democrat, but that he’ll represent us as an American President, as the President of the United States of America. I believe him, and inauguration day cannot come soon enough. Now, let’s get to work!

And in closing, November 11 is Veteran’s Day. I want to extend a special thank you to our veterans for their sacrifice and service to our nation. Trump thought he could America owes a great debt to keep our state, but we you and your families. proved him wrong with reCongresswoman Gwen Moore cord-breaking turnout. BePlease visit gwenmooreforconcause you showed up and gress.com for information, and nightmare is finally over. through this pandemic and made your voice heard, share your opinions with me on economic recession and will we turned Wisconsin blue We are experiencing tough help heal our divided coun- and helped deliver the Facebook.com/GwenMooretimes and are in serious need try. I am so ready to work Biden-Harris victory! forCongress/, @GwenforConof national leadership. I am with the Biden-Harris adI went to Trump’s inau- gress on Twitter, and @gwenconfident that Joe Biden and ministration for the people. guration so he could see the mooreforcongress on Instagram.  Kamala Harris will lead us face of the resistance. And

And what’s even more historic is that a woman, of black and Indian descent, born to immigrant parents, will be our next Vice President! And I agree with her 100 percent when she said she may be the first woman to hold this position, but that she will not be the last. Decency, honesty, integrity, and competency will now be in the White House. And we will end the chapter of the cruel, callous, and corrupt Trump administration. The

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A recurring theme of movies made during World War II is servicemen risking their lives for their platoon buddies, invariably a New Yorker (sometimes Jewish), a Southerner, a Midwesterner, a Californian, someone of Eastern European background, an Italian-American and an Irish-American. In the movie’s standard setup, we learn their motivation: a brother/ friend lost at Pearl Harbor or a former European homeland overrun by Nazis. Those 1940s movies never depict African Americans, who had to shoulder their civic responsibilities while denied citizenship rights. They faced the conundrum of fighting to liberate Europe and Asia while serving in a segregated military for a country that permitted lynchings, segregation and disenfranchisement. Considering what African Americans endured, what was their motivation? In one word: patriotism. Since the Revolutionary War, African Americans have always shown their loyalty to their country. They risked their lives and went above and beyond the call of duty as they earned Congressional Medals of Honor: 25 in the Civil War; 18 in the Indian Wars; and 6 in the Spanish American War. Racism prevented the timely awarding of America’s highest military honor for valor to any African American for actions in

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Spare a special moment for Black veterans ly Black Red Ball Express drivers insured the success of Patton’s Third Army by supplying it with the essential food, fuel and ammunition needed to rapidly drive across France.

diers in Europe was kept high by getting them timely mail. After the racist Navy Secretary died in 1944, the Navy finally accepted a handful of African American women: 70 of the 84,000 WAVES; five of the Coast Guard’s 11,000 SPARS; and four of the Navy’s 11,000 nurses were Black. None served in the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve, which barred them until 1949. The Army limited the number of Black nurses until FDR proposed drafting them, and even then they could only treat Black soldiers and POWs.

When considering that in the war’s final year more than 300 soldiers died daily, the herculean efforts of those drivers shortened the war somewhat and undoubtedly saved countless lives and spared many more from injury. The Third Army’s African Tuskegee Airmen (from left) Ivan Ware, Major An- American 761st Tank Battalderson, William Fauntroy, and Edward Talbert take ion never took a day off in part in a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating six months of fighting across After liberating Europe Veterans Day and honoring the Tuskegee Airmen France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Germany and and Asia from oppression, November 11, 2013 in Washington, DC. Austria. Black veterans espoused Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois' 1919 manAfter enormous infantry tra: “We return. We return the two world wars. Only in itary. African Americans had losses during the Battle of from the fighting. We return the last 30 years were two to literally fight for the right the Bulge, Gen. Dwight Ei- fighting.” soldiers from the First World to fight for their country. senhower permitted African War and seven from the Sec- They were placed into segre- American servicemen to African Americans veterond belatedly awarded the gated units and watched Ger- volunteer for combat duty. ans, rarely seen in World War man and Italian POWs being About 4,500 volunteered, II movies except in secondMedal of Honor. treated better than they were. but only 2,500 were accepted ary roles, if at all, expressed After African Americans Nevertheless, when given the for that experiment. Two of their motivation for serving proved their mettle while opportunity to prove them- World War II’s largest con- after the war by trying to regfighting under French com- selves in battle, they did ex- struction projects, the Alas- ister to vote, trying to collect manders during World War actly that. ka Highway and the Ledo on a promissory note which I, they returned to a country Road, were largely built by guaranteed them “inalienable There were many African African American engineers rights" to "life, liberty and where the Ku Klux Klan was experiencing a countrywide American World War II he- under extremely difficult the pursuit of happiness.” resurgence. Indiana, Ohio, Il- roes besides the Tuskegee conditions. The paratroopers linois and Michigan vied for Airmen, who tend to be re- of the Triple Nickles extinthe dubious distinction of membered the best. Black guished West Coast forest having the most members in soldiers participated in the fires started by Japanese balthat 3.5 million-member hate iconic Normandy Invasion loon bombs. and the Battle of the Bulge. group. African American Montford The Black women of When the 1940 draft be- Point Marines showed their the 6888th Postal Battalion gan, racism and discrimina- bravery on Saipan, Iwo Jima worked around the clock to tion were endemic in the mil- and Okinawa. The most- ensure that the morale of sol-

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Special Announcement The NAACP Milwaukee Branch Membership Elections will be held November 21, 2020. Location: 2745 North Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Milwaukee, WI 53212 Time: 12:00 Noon to 4:00 p.m. The voting will take place in the Community Room in the Lower Area where voting booths are set up; social distancing must be observed and masks are to be worn. - Kyle Hyden, Election’s Supervisory NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

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November 16, 1981 – Pam Johnson named publisher of the Ithaca (NY) Journal, becoming the first African American woman to head a daily newspaper. November 17, 1980 – WHHM, the first African American-operated radio station, goes on the air at Howard University. November 18, 1787 – Abolitionist and women’s right activist Sojourner Truth born. www.milwaukeetimesnews.com

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Remembering Shirley Chisholm: the first Black woman to run for U.S. President from the Democratic party We are standing on the party eager to push a Black shoulders of giants! candidate from the new Bedford-Stuyvesant district into With the recent historic the House of Representawin of Vice President-elect tives. She ran her campaign Kamala Harris, the first Af- fearlessly, focusing on the rican American, South Asian needs of the people with her woman to become Vice Pres- unique campaign style. ident, we think it’s important “I have a way of talking to honor those who came that does something to peobefore us. One of the most ple. I have a theory about important and pivotal Black campaigning. You have to political figures of our time let them feel you,” Chisholm was Shirley Anita Chisholm. once told reporters as she According to the U.S. rode around the housing House of Representatives, projects in her district, sound she was born Shirley Anita St. truck in tow, chanting, “LaHill on November 24, 1924. dies and Gentlemen … this Chisholm was the oldest of is fighting Shirley Chisholm four born to Charles St. Hill, coming through.” a factory worker from Guyana, and Ruby Seale St. Hill, While Chisholm and her a seamstress from Barbados. other Black competitors Her parents settled in the agreed on many issues surBedford-Stuyvesant neigh- rounding the campaign, borhood of Brooklyn while where they differed was the Chisholm spent much of her issue of gender. Chisholm childhood between NY and used that to further highher grandparents' farm in light the discrimination Barbados. After high school, women face from men. Her Chisholm attended Brooklyn “Unbought and Unbossed” College, where she graduated campaign was a source of cum laude with a BA in so- contention with many men, ciology, working as a nursery Black and white alike. school teacher and daycare center director. At the same “There were Negro men in time, she pursued her post- office here before I came in graduate studies. She went five years ago, but they didn’t on to obtain her masters in deliver. People came and early childhood education asked me to do something from Columbia University … I’m here because of the in 1952, serving as an edu- vacuum,” she once said. cational consultant for New York City’s division of dayChisholm won her camcare from 1959 to 1964. paign, garnering 67 percent It was the city’s redistrict- of the votes and making hising of Chisholm’s neighbor- tory as the first Black woman hood that forced her into elected to Congress in 1969. politics, with the Democratic Despite obstacles and a chilly

idential Medal of Freedom in 2015 by former President Barack Obama. Below are 10 quotes from Chisholm, courtesy of Everyday Power, that will inspire you to take up the mantle of being “unbought and unbossed.” “I’m looking to no man walking this earth for approval of what I’m doing.” welcome, Chisholm held her ground. She advocated for the causes that meant the most to her, including denouncing the Vietnam war, fighting for veterans’ rights, serving on the Committee on Education and Labor, and increasing federal funding for daycares and annual family income. She also backed a national school lunch bill, becoming a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Women’s Caucus. In 1972, Chisholm announced she would run as the Democratic nominee for President. She continued her “Unbought and Unbossed” campaign, declaring her intention to represent the interests of Black and minority voters and the inner-city poor. She traveled all across the country campaigning, succeeding in getting her name on 12 primary ballots, receiving 152 delegate votes, or 10 percent of the total at the Democratic Nation-

al Convention, a feat given her funding. In 1974, a Gallup poll reported Chisholm as one of 10 most admired women in America, beating out Coretta Scott King and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis at the time. While Chisholm didn’t win the race, she made history as the first Blackwoman to run for President, raising her national profile and bringing with it a larger national conversation around gender discrimination. Chisholm continued to fight for the people while in Congress, leaving in January 1983 and co-founding the National Political Congress of Black Women. She continued to use her platform to influence, educate, and advocate, backing Jesse Jackson’s presidential bids in 1984 and 1988. She was also a teacher at Mt. Holyoke College and settled in Florida, where she wrote and lectured until her death on January 1, 2005 at the age of 85. She was posthumously awarded the Pres-

“It is not female egotism to say that the future of mankind may very well be ours to determine. It is a fact. The warmth, gentleness, and compassion that are part of the female stereotype are positive human values, values that are becoming more and more important as the values of our world begin to shatter and fall from our grasp.” “Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.” “I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo… to give a voice to the people the major candidates were ignoring. What I hope most is that now there will be others who will feel themselves as capable of running for high political office as any wealthy, good-looking, white male.” “I am, and always will be a catalyst for change.” “I want history to remember me not just as the first black woman to be elected to Congress, not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and dared to be herself.” “Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution, but revolution.”

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MASK UP: Protect yourself and others by “Masking Up” properly By Sandra Millon Underwood PhD, RN, FAAN Professor, UW-Milwaukee School of Nursing By now we’ve all gotten the message that wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic is important, but it’s also important to ‘mask up’ correctly so that you are properly protected and you are protecting those around you. While scientists and the medical community continue to learn about the effects of the coronavirus, we do know that there is mounting evidence to support that wearing masks helps protect the transmission of this virus. Moreover, recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) state that wearing a mask reduces 95 percent of the droplets that can be carried as far as six feet in the air. Here are CDC recommendations for wearing masks:

• Wear a mask correctly for maximum protection There are many low-cost, no-cost options for masking up. And, whether they are disposable paper masks or reusable cotton masks, just remember that masks should consist of two or more layers of fabric to stop the spread of COVID-19. You can find expensive masks as many of the local dollar stores or use alternatives such as bandannas and gaiter scarves. The important thing to remember is that any kind of mask—properly worn—is better than no mask at all. Here’s how to properly wear yours (see illustration below): • Put it over your nose and mouth and secure it under your chin • Try to fit it snugly against the sides of your face • Make sure you can breathe easily We asked a few community leaders why they wear masks. Here is what they had to say.

• Wear a mask that covers your nose and mouth to help protect others in case you’re infected with COVID-19 but don’t have • Doris Cohn, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Chapter symptoms President—“I wear a mask • Wear a mask in public setto protect others. And, I refuse tings when around peoto patronage stores, kiosks, ple who don’t live in your restaurants and other places household, especially when that do not require masks. We it may be difficult for you are all in this together!” to stay six feet apart • Masks should be worn by all vendors in the mall, • Cavalier (‘Chevy’) Johnson, Milwaukee Common stores/markets, restauCouncil President - "It’s imrants, barber shops, and portant to wear a mask not just salons to protect yourself – it’s import• Masks should be worn by ant to wear a mask to protect everyone gathered for relieveryone around you. When we gious services

all wear masks, we’re not just protecting essential workers from possible COVID-19 infection, we’re also protecting our grandparents, we’re protecting wash it. our children, we’re protecting • Remove the mask by untyour economy, and we’re protecting it or lifting off the ear ing our community." loops without touching the front of the mask or your face. • Wash your hands immediately after removing your mask. • Regularly wash your mask with soap and water by hand or in the washing machine. It’s fine to launder it with other clothes. And finally, here are a few mask precautions: • Brigitte Hyler Richerson, • Don’t put masks on anyone Alpha Kappa Alpha Sororwho has trouble breathing ity Chapter President -“I or is unconscious or otherwear a mask because it’s the wise unable to remove the least I can do to make a differmask without help. ence. It’s a simple step we can • Don’t put masks on chilall take to help get rid of the dren under two years of coronavirus. People need to stop age. politicizing wearing masks, and • Don’t use face masks as care more about each other!” a substitute for social distancing. Here are a few guidelines Remember, you can help for putting on and taking off keep your loved ones and a cloth mask: others safe by regularly prac• Wash or sanitize your ticing these three simple hands before and after put- things: 1) wear a mask (propting on and taking off your erly), 2) practice social dismask. tancing (six feet between you • Place your mask over your and others (e.g., the length of mouth and nose, using two adults—arms spread on your chin as an anchor. either side without touching, • Tie it behind your head as illustrated above) whenevor use ear loops and make er you are in public, and 3) sure the mask is snug. wash your hands often. Be • Don’t touch your mask safe and stay healthy! while wearing it. • If you accidentally touch your mask, wash or sanitize your hands. • If your mask becomes wet or dirty, switch to a clean one. Put the used mask in a sealable bag until you can

The Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) Program is a culturally-tailored program that aims to provide education, resources to secure healthy foods, and active living supports for adults at-risk for developing lifestyle-related diseases; and, to empower adults to make changes in their physical and social environment to improve nutrition and physical activity. ‘Like’ their Facebook page that’s full of videos of healthy recipes and low-cost, no-cost exercise. Resources The CDC has a YouTube video demonstrating how to make your own mask. To learn more, visit www.youtube.com/watch Free masks are available at the following locations: • Milwaukee Health Department offices, 841 N. Broadway, 286-3521 • Keenan Sexual Health Clinic at 3200 N. 36th St., 286-8840 • Northwest Health Center at 7630 W. Mill Road, 2868830 • Southside Health Center at 1639 S. 23rd St., 286-8620 • The Milwaukee Times Newspaper, 1938 N. Martin Luther King Dr. (limited availability)

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