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NAACP Reschedules State Conference For One Day Only: Nov. 11

By Leonard E. Colvin

Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide For the first time in 88 years, the Virginia NAACP will not hold its annual multi-day state convention.

Instead, according to state President Robert N. Barnette Jr. in a press release on October 26 to the media and local chapters, a one-day meeting will be held on November 11 at the Omni Hotel in Richmond.

Barnette’s announcement followed days of Photo: Courtesy uncertainty and frustration PORTSMOUTH LEADERS AND OFFICIALS – (L-R) Brian Donahue; Rep. Bobby Scott; Sen. L. Louise Lucas; by many Virginia NAACP Councilman Mark Hugel; Vice Mayor Lisa Lucas-Burke; Councilman Vernon Tillage; City Attorney Lavonda Grahammembers who had heard the Williams; and Mayor Shannon Glover. convention was canceled but had not received official confirmation, according to various news outlets.

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“NATIONAL HISTORY BEING MADE IN PORTSMOUTH”

PORTSMOUTH The Portsmouth Marine Terminal was the site on Oct. 27 to celebrate the city’s critical role in Dominion Energy’s construction of its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project.

Recently, the first eight of 176 huge monopile foundations for the developing project were delivered to the Terminal to be staged for what will be North America’s largest offshore wind farm, about 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach.

Company, civic, and community leaders gathered at the Port of Virginia to view the first of the monopile foundations

Moving forward, more than 1,000 local jobs will be needed to support ongoing operations and maintenance for the first offshore wind project in America being constructed by Dominion Energy.

Mayor Shannon Glover which will be installed into the sea floor to support the wind turbine generators.

Once operational, the offshore wind project can save Dominion Energy customers about $3 billion in fuel costs in the first 10 years alone, Dominion

Energy CEO Bob Blue said.

“Virginia is leading the way in offshore wind,” said State Senator L. Louise Lucas, who joined Blue, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Portsmouth Mayor Shannon Glover, and a host of other elected officials at the portside ceremony. “I look forward to the finalization of this project which will help

for last weekend, arrived at a crucial moment for the civil rights organization as the convention was scheduled to host leadership elections.

The lack of communication and the uncertainty it created angered some NAACP members who said it was a result of mismanagement by the organization’s executive board and that it could have been easily avoided.

“You must be kidding me. While we are up against it, the State NAACP can’t get enough delegates to hold a convention?”

Phillip Thompson, former president of the Loudoun County branch of the NAACP and former member of the Virginia State Conference’s executive committee, wrote in an email ...see NAACP, page 5A

INSIDE:

Hunton YMCA Relocates Services To Temporary Site ...see page 3B

to diversify the grid, assist with the reduction of carbon emissions, and most importantly economic development and jobs for the citizens here in Hampton Roads.”

The 2.6 gigawatt project will provide electricity to up to 660,000 homes. Limited onshore construction is expected to begin later this year. ...see Portsmouth, page 6A

NORFOLK’S REDEVELOPMENT IN ST. PAUL’S QUADRANT ONGOING

By Leonard E. Colvin

Also, the city and Chief Reporter the Urban League of New Journal and Guide Hampton Roads are Several developments are underway in Norfolk’s downtown joining forces to bring a St. Paul’s Quadrant as the city nears the completion of the first phase of grocery store and other redevelopment with the soon-to-open new Kindred Housing Community. It commercial resources replaces Tidewater Gardens.

Relocated to a temporary location to the area. is the Hunton YMCA, which sat in the midst of Tidewater Gardens for 35 years. Plans call for construction of its new home on Brambleton Avenue.

Also, the city and the Urban League of Hampton Roads (ULHR) are joining forces to redevelop the Church Street Square shopping

strip at Church Street and East Brambleton, to bring a grocery store and other commercial resources to the area.

Two years after the Sav-A-Lot grocery store closed and a year after the Dollar General was shuddered

due to arson, the St. Paul community has been without a viable grocery outlet in the Church Street Square Complex.

During its October 24 meeting, the Norfolk City Council authorized the city to apply for a $5 million grant to help transform the shopping center, into the site of a new Food Lion Grocery Store and job training and support center.

The project will be a collaboration between the city Department of Development and The Urban League of Hampton Roads which is purchasing the five-acre Church Street Square site. According to Norfolk Economic Development Authority Director Sean Washington, the site is under contract for $3.2

By Rosaland Tyler million. ...see Norfolk, page 5A Associate Editor New Journal and Guide

Google Donates $1M To Hampton University For Digital Upgrades

CALLS CONTINUE FOR DOJ TO LOOK INTO WRONGFUL VOTER PURGE

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide

About 200 voters were recently reinstated in the city of Richmond – which has a population of about 230,000, while at least 275 misclassified voters were identified, and deemed eligible to vote.

All told, a total of 3,400 voters were removed from Virginia’s voting list,

but recently reinstated. Prince William County, said last week by email that 87 voters had been reinstated. The number had risen to 107, he said in an Oct. 27 update.

Virginians will go to the polls on Nov. 7. According to news reports, the governor’s administration first disclosed the problem earlier this month following reporting from VPM News about concerns raised by civil rights advocates over improper voter removals.

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Many organizations and individuals continue to question the total number of registered voters in Virginia. While Jeff Goettman, the chief of staff for Youngkin, said the administration suspects the errors “are the result of antiquated data systems and insufficient processes maintained over the last 20 plus years.” Democrats continue to question and criticize the GOP’s purged list. ...see Purge, page 8A

ELECTION DAY IN VIRGINIA IS NOV. 7

There was a time when the digital divide stretched across HBCU campuses, the same way acres of undeveloped land lay fallow awaiting a philanthropist’s magic touch at the turn of the century.

Now, students with cellphones, tablets and laptops spill out of renovated campus buildings that were built by turn-of-the-century HBCU students with handmade bricks. The way philanthropists like Andrew Carnegie donated funds that led to the construction of new HBCU buildings at Tuskegee Institute in the early 1900s, today’s corporate leaders and the federal government are supplying funds that are slowly wiping out the digital divide on HBCU campuses.

For example, Google recently donated $2 million to Hampton and Morehouse. According to a recent UNCF press release, Hampton will use its recent $1 million Google gift to “enable the university to expand pathways and opportunities by facilitating needed infrastructure and classroom technology upgrades.”

According to its website, Hampton also received a recent $1.76M grant from the Simons Foundation to help develop a new Stellarator Experiment Group to advance research in Fusion Plasma Science. ...see Digital, page 6A

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STUDY WILL TARGET EARLY BREAST CANCER IN BLACK WOMEN

By Stacy M. Brown

Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia NNPA NEWSWIRE Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center are spearheading a pioneering study to unravel the biological underpinnings of aggressive breast cancers in Black women.

Led by Dr. Harikrishna Nakshatri, a breast cancer researcher at the IU School of Medicine and a key researcher at the Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research at the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, the investigation holds promise for targeted treatments that could significantly reduce disparities in breast cancer outcomes among Black women.

While breast cancer incidence is now considered lower among Black women, they face significantly poorer outcomes, often developing more aggressive triple-negative breast cancers at a younger age.

“Even after you correct for socioeconomic and healthcare access factors, African ancestry is still associated with the worst outcomes,” Nakshatri emphasized. Nakshatri’s lab has been dedicated to uncovering the influence of genetic ancestry on the biology of normal breast tissue and its implications for developing aggressive breast cancers.

Women of African descent had more PZP cells in their normal breast tissue than women of Caucasian descent, according to a previous study under Nakshatri’s direction.

Notably, PZP cell numbers increase when Caucasian women develop breast cancer, while they are naturally

The investigation holds promise for targeted treatments that could significantly reduce disparities in breast cancer outcomes among Black women. more abundant in Black women.

Adding to this, Nakshatri and his team showed that PZP cells have a significant effect on how cancer cells behave and grow, especially when they interact with epithelial cells, which is where breast cancer usually starts. Researchers have also found that PZP cells are one of the sources of metaplastic breast cancers (MBC), which are rare and aggressive and make up less than 1 percent of all breast cancers.

The team drew upon tissue samples from the Susan G. Komen

Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, the world’s sole repository of healthy breast tissue, to conduct this research.

“When these PZP cells interact with epithelial cells, they trigger the production of a crucial protein called interleukin-6. This prompts distinct behavior in the epithelial cells and activates a signaling pathway known as STAT3,” Nakshatri explained.

“This is what makes tumors originating from the epithelial cells more aggressive.”

The findings have laid the

OFFICE OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PARTNERS WITH NAACP TO IMPROVE MINORITY RELATIONS

By Rosaland Tyler

... the VA and the NAACP will seek to increase the number of Black The U.S. Department of Veterans enrolled in VA health care, Veterans Affairs recently formed a partnership increase awareness of VA benefits with the NAACP. This takes place about a year and services among Black Veterans.

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after the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School (VLSC) filed a federal lawsuit against the agency for long-term discriminatory practice on behalf of a Black Vietnam veteran.

Conley Monk Jr., a Vietnam veteran and former Marine, who lives in Connecticut, filed a lawsuit against the VA in November 2022, after it denied his applications for education, housing, and disability benefits for decades. Records show the VA denied the applications of Black veterans at higher rates than their white counterparts. About 36.5 percent of all living Black veterans are receiving VA benefits, compared to 28.4 percent of White veterans.

However in April 2023, the state of Connecticut asked a judge to drop the lawsuit in a 51-page document that said Monk, a Hamden, Conn. resident, received his benefits, including retroactive payments, after he sought help from a Yale legal clinic.

The VA has been working to correct any discriminatory policies that have led to a denial of benefits for veterans of color.

When Monk filed his lawsuit in late 2022, Adam Henderson, a law student intern with the VLSC, said in a statement, “This lawsuit seeks to hold the VA accountable for years of discriminatory conduct.

VA leaders knew, or should have known, that they were administering benefits in a discriminatory manner, yet they failed to address this

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unlawful bias. Mr. Monk – and thousands of Black veterans like him – deserve redress for the harms caused by these negligently administered programs.”

Henderson added, “There

are still veterans who are putting in for benefits, getting denied and passing away. They won’t get a second chance to apply.”

As a part of the new partnership agreement,

the VA and the NAACP will seek to increase the number of Black Veterans enrolled in VA health care, increase awareness of VA benefits and services among Black Veterans, and increase recruitment of culturally-competent providers at VA. The new partnership agreement also calls for the VA and the NAACP to hold regular meetings, where the two will share expertise and knowledge, and coordinate on outreach to minority Veteran communities.

foundation for an upcoming clinical trial led by Kathy Miller, MD, a prominent figure in oncology at IU School of Medicine. Miller also serves as the Ballvé Lantero professor of oncology and holds the position of associate director of clinical research at the cancer center, in addition to her role as a researcher at the Vera Bradley Foundation Center.

“This study could help us determine if physicians need to consider the genetic ancestry of the person when deciding on possible treatments for breast cancer,” Nakshatri stated. Based on the biology of normal breast tissue, he said the study represents a significant departure from conventional treatment approaches, offering new hope for more effective, targeted treatments in the fight against breast cancer.

Remember Our Vets

On Veterans Day November 11, 2023

From The Guide’s Archives

Archives taken from the pages of the (New) Journal and Guide November 3, 1956 Edition of the Guide A Till Case in Florida?

Man Snatched From Cell; Search For Boy Under Way Special to the Guide WILDWOOD, FLA. Florida officials are making no bones about the fact that they believe they have another “Emmett Till Case” on their hands “with the mystery” disappearance from a jail cell of a colored farm worker who recently returned from a two year stay in New York City and who had been accused of yelling “Hi Baby” at a white woman.

But despite the fact that the tension which has gripped this area caused by an alleged “Hi Baby” yell at a white woman, another woman, also white, walking alongside the woman who was allegedly targeted by the yell, said she did not hear it.

Police of seven counties in central Florida, searched through the night Saturday for the man feared lynched because of the reported “yell.”

State troopers Sunday, Monday and through the week patrolled the small town of Wildwood to prevent further outbreaks of racial violence.

Colored citizens from surrounding towns continued to pour into Wildwood swelling the local population in the colored district to about 500. Some 2,000 white citizens live in the city.

More than 150 armed officers aided by bloodhounds and airplanes continued a dawn to dark search as officers said they were looking mostly at places “where a body could be found.”

The man feared lynched is Jesse Woods, 39, who returned recently from the New York City area where he worked for two years.

Woods was arrested Saturday night on a drunk and disorderly charge after his remark to the white woman was reported.

His father Arthur Woods posted a $50 bond about midnight Saturday and

started home but noticed they were followed by several carloads of white men. The elder Woods returned his son to the jail for protection.

Sheriff M.H. Bowerman guarded the jail, which is separated from the main police station, until about 1 a.m. He said everything appeared quiet, so he went home.

Patrolman E.H. Barry spotted the jail door open at 1:30 while making his rounds of the city. Upon investigating he found Woods gone. His cell was spattered with blood and disarranged.

No one who witnessed the alleged “Hi Baby” yell at the white women could confirm it. Meanwhile the FBI is looking into the case to determine if it is a federal matter.

Voluntary Segregation Is Rejected By Citizens DANVILLE, VA. Negro citizens of Pittsylvania County last week rejected a school segregation plan at a mass meeting attended by more than 300 people. Instead, the group recommended that representatives meet the school board to discuss integration and a possible date for beginning integrated classes.

The group’s actions produced a stalemate on the controversial integration issue. School officials have gone on record for maintaining segregation in the schools or closing them rather than having mixed schools. Negro parents at the meeting were just as determined to continue their efforts for integration.

Meeting at Southside High School, the group not only endorsed the desegregation decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, but proposed that the school board and superintendent build more elementary schools for all of the children rather than for any particular race. They also proposed consolidated elementary schools be built for all children and that the Citizens Committee meet with the school board and superintendent to discuss

Mrs. Eisenhower Borrows Newsman’s Pen and Shoulder

Mrs. Mamie Doud Eisenhower, wife of the President, used the pen and shoulder of P. Bernard Young Jr. to sign an autograph for May Lanuti of Oliphani, Pa., one of the panelists on “The Women Ask the President” television broadcast from Washington last week.

Young is on leave from the Journal and Guide to serve as Director of Information of the Republican National Committee Minorities Division. The scene is Broadcast House (CBS) in the capital and took place a few minutes after the telecast was concluded. One of the seven panelists was Irene Martin of Allen, Maryland, famous mother of 12 college educated children. The President later gave Young his autograph also. integration of schools in counties among others. the county and decide on a starting date for Nixon Sees Ike Taking 60 Percent of Black Vote integration.

FBI Stands By To Check Vote Denials On Nov. 6th Special to the Guide WASHINGTON, D.C. The FBI has been put on a “stand by” basis to investigate complaints that citizens are being denied the right to vote on election day.

Arrangement are now being completed to keep each U.S. Attorney’s office open throughout election day to receive complaints of election law violation and “promptly act” on such complaints.

This last word from the Department follows on the heels of last Wednesday’s announcement by a top justice Department official that there will be an all-out criminal investigation for the “purge” of thousands of qualified colored citizens from voting lists in Dixie.

Hearings along this line have already bene launched with the Justice Department already making inquiries into Negroes’ voting rights in at least five North Carolina

By P.B. Young, Jr. Vice President Richard M. Nixon launching the GOP’s final bid for votes in the West predicted that President Eisenhower will get twice as many Negro votes this year as he did in 1952.

In a prepared statement, the Vice President said his reception by colored voters in Chicago last week has convinced him that Eisenhower will have 30 percent of the Negro vote.

Nixon said, “I offer this estimate on the basis of the make-up of our crowds, the reports of local political leaders, and of usually reliable public and private polls that have come to my attention.”

Nixon, speaking for Eisenhower, and the Republican party made a most unequivocal pledge ever made on Civil Rights.

He told the large and enthusiastic Harlem audience that “there is no objective President Eisenhower is more dedicated than the realization of the American

dreams of providing equal opportunity for all of our citizens regardless of race, color or creed.”

Powell Defies Reprisal From Dems and Dixiecrats CLEVELAND, OHIO Representative Adam Clayton Powell (D-NY) said Tuesday that Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler has thrown “away the Negro Democratic vote.” in the Presidential election by calling for discipline against the colored Congressman.

Butler called on Democratic leaders to deprive Powell of any benefits he enjoyed in the party because he refuses to support the national ticket.

“The Negro people, for this matter, all decent Americans will rise up against the Democratic candidates for communist type suppression of freedom of speech,” Powell said. He appeared here Monday night in support of the Eisenhower–Nixon ticket. “Mr. Butler is using his Stalin-type suppression of speech against me because I am a Negro and because I am telling the truth about Stevenson, and I defy Stevenson personally to answer a single thing that I have said.”

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World Conference of Mayors Goes To Canada PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF SOCIOLOGY VIRGINIA TECH

By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. (Ret.)

SECONDARY CAUSES OF MASS KILLINGS

(TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM) The World Conference of Mayors, led by Mayor Johnny Ford of Tuskegee, Alabama visited with the Honorable Allister is a member of the Board of Directors of The World Conference of Mayors.

Allister Coward is also the Executive Director and leader of the National Policy Alliance Canada held the first Underground Railroad bus tour in Canada. Participants attended from many places around the world. Mayor Ford played a major role from the United States, along with others.

This historic event the first National Policy Alliance Canada US Underground Railroad bus tour to the North Buxton Museum in Buxton, Ontario saw Honorable Mayor Johnny Ford warmly greeted by the Honorable Mayor Darrin Canniff of the Chatham Kent County of Ontario.

In our own studies here in the United States, we remember the significance of Harriet Tubman and others leaving their enslavement in the United States and going to Canada—a nation that welcomed our brothers and sisters to Canada where many of them became active and productive citizens of that country. They went from enslavement to freedom by crossing the border between the U.S. and Canada. As Mayor Ford who is from Tuskegee, Alabama, and an expert on the work of Dr. Booker T. Washington, said “In the spirit of Dr. Booker T. Washington, there they cast down their buckets and made Canada their home.” Further, Mayor Ford said, “In Canada, we not only feel at home in Canada, but we also found other family here.”

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By Wornie Reed, Ph.D.

Why are the good guys so weak on gun control when most Americans Last week, the U.S. experienced its 566th mass are in favor of gun control? killings this year, with 18 people killed and 13 others wounded in Lewiston, Maine. And like many such killings, the killer used an AR-15 type assault weapon of war. And the killer, known to be mentally ill, had this weapon legally. Only in America!

Yes, the availability of guns is a primary cause of these murderous rampages.

However, there are other reasons. One of these is the weak fight by anti-gun (gun control advocates).

Gun control advocates inadvertently protect this almost unbelievable gun culture.

I was incensed again last Saturday when I listened to a congressperson being interviewed on television.

A part of the interview covered the horrendous mass shooting in Lewiston.

In her comments, this liberal Democratic congressperson dutifully decried how easy it was for this shooter to get a weapon of mass destruction.

And she predictably criticized politicians, mostly Republicans, for blocking attempts at banning assault weapons. And then I cringed when this congressperson mentioned that she favored protecting individuals’ Second Amendment Rights.

I am dismayed by the easy willingness of anti-gun or pro-gun control people to express their positions of protecting dubious rights that did not exist 20 years ago. Let’s go back 20 or so years ago – to the beginning of this 21st century and compare the fights for gun control and abortion rights.

In 2001, opinion polls showed that 26 percent of

Americans favored abortion being legal in all cases, against 15 percent feeling that abortion should be illegal in all cases, with the balance, the overwhelming majority, feeling that abortion should be legal in some instances. Thus, the public was pro-abortion.

Around this same time, in 2003, 60 percent of Americans thought that gun regulation should be stricter compared to only six percent feeling that it should be less strict, with the balance, 34 percent, preferring to leave gun laws as they were.

Notably, during 2008, the year of the Supreme Court’s Heller decision, 51 percent of the population wanted gun laws to be stricter, with 40 percent preferring that gun laws remain the same.

Only eight percent wanted them to be less strict, but that is what the Supreme Court did.

However, the majority opinions of Americans about abortion and gun control were opposed by a minority of Americans who were shifting away from democracy and toward developments that would make the Supreme Court in their image ideologically.

The opinion written in the Heller decision by the late Justice Scalia flipped the centuries-old understanding of the Second Amendment to individuals having the right to bear arms. In the early 1990s, in interviews and an article he wrote, conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger said the gun lobby’s interpretation of the Second

Amendment was one of the greatest pieces of fraud that he had seen in his lifetime.

The gun-control folks did the appropriate thing and accepted this questionable judgment of the Right-Wing Supreme Court; however, they went too far and “rolled over and played dead,” acting as if they believed that ruling to be correct and appropriate rather than contesting it publicly.

On the other hand, in 2022, the Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. And the pro-abortion folk did not roll over and play dead.

They came out fighting, and the result is that abortion is still legal in some states that would have banned abortions without these fights to protect the right to abortions.

Why are the good guys so weak on gun control when most Americans are in favor of gun control?

Also, as sociologist Richard Alba writes, “There is a glaring lack of balance in the opinion because Scalia while admitting limits on Second Amendment rights in the abstract, provides no systematic reasoning or principles that might help us establish where the individual’s right to gun ownership ends and the right of the community to live without the constant threat of gun violence begins.”

Liberals and moderates fail society by falling in line with the right-wingers to protect a right that did not exist before this right-wing Court decreed it just 15 years ago.

The FutureBizNow Conference is a leading event that explores the convergence of technology and business.

Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. (Ret.) commitment to fostering international connections and With a focus on innovation the exchange of innovative and growth, the conference ideas. gathered thought leaders, This gathering promised entrepreneurs, educators, to foster ongoing meaningful and visionaries to inspire and connections, celebrate drive progress in the digital heritage, and drive discussions age. A highlight of the event in on the intersection of Milton, Ontario, Canada was technology and community a historic event. A highlight of development. the historic event was the fact The FutureBizNow that Mayor Ford participated Conference 2023 together and was accompanied by a with “NPA Canada was more notable VIP delegation that than just an event; it shaped included Former Mayor up to be a historic moment Darryl Johnson of Mound where visionary leaders, Bayou, Mississippi who made innovators, and communities headlines when he unveiled converged to explore the the Emmett Till Movie future while honoring the Exhibition in the recently past. With a diverse lineup of opened Mound Bayou, distinguished speakers and a Mississippi African-American dynamic hybrid format, the Museum commemorating conference sought visionaries a pivotal chapter in the civil to unlock the boundless rights movement. Joining potential of the digital era. them was Rev. Dr. Al Sampson Allister Coward is Executive of Chicago, Illinois, who Director of the National holds the unique distinction of Policy Alliance-Canada being the only living person and Managing Director of ordained by the Honorable Allviziers Business Group.

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther .www.npacanada.org. He is King, Jr. also on the Board of Directors Additionally, Mayor Johnny of the World Conference Ford and the VIP Delegates of Mayors. See www. were warmly received by worldconferenceofmayors. the Honorable Mayor Darrin com and the Historic Black Canniff, Mayor of Chatham Towns and Settlements Kent County, and by the under the leadership of the Prince family, who are Honorable Johnny Ford who 7th generation custodians brings together people from and curators of the North all across the world who are Buxton Museum in Buxton. doing great things themselves This historic visit marked a to bring people together for significant milestone in the good. collaboration between the Dr. E. Faye Williams is National Policy Alliance- President of The Dick Gregory Canada and the World Society and President Emerita Conference of Mayors of the National Congress of (WCM), underscoring their Black Women.

A DIVIDED HOUSE Americans Overwhelmingly Support CANNOT STAND

By David W. Marshall

With either their support or (TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM) opposition to the After three weeks of

By Marc H. Morial Now is the time chaos, the Republicans got To Be Equal advancement for corporations to their man. In a party-line Republican Rep. Mike of critical (TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM) meet the moment vote, Johnson of Louisiana was “Diversity is being legislation, finally elected speaker of invited to the party; and they must the House, with Johnson inclusion is being asked to the individual do so tactfully receiving the votes of all 220 dance.” who holds the Republicans who cast a ballot – Verna Myers, Vice and innovatively while all 209 Democrats President of Inclusion House speaker’s David W. Marshall present voted for Hakeem Strategy at Netflix in order to make Jeffries. position has permanent and During his first speech ◆◆◆ McCarthy just as they had tremendous Marc H. Morial as the 56th speaker of the effective policy House, Johnson vowed to turned on Paul Ryan and John power that In the unfolding “rebuild and restore” the Boehner. Former Speaker aftermath of the Supreme At the National Urban changes. trust of the American people, Boehner was previously can impact the Court’s pivotal decision League’s Whitney M. Young threatened with a motion on affirmative action, Leadership Development filed complaints against which he acknowledged had to vacate but escaped the lives of every been damaged by the turmoil our country stands at a Conference in New York, Kellogg’s, Nordstrom, and removal process. of recent weeks.

“We want crossroads. It’s a juncture the Activision Blizzard alleging Black Economic Johnson was the party’s American. our allies around the world

Corporate Diversity Initiatives

where the corporate world has the power, and I’d argue, the responsibility, to reshape our understanding of diversity and inclusion in the modern age. And while the roadmap may not be as clear-cut as before, the destination remains unequivocal: an America where every individual, regardless of their background, has an equal shot at success.

For decades, affirmative action has been a tool employed to address historic and systemic inequities. However, with the Supreme Court’s new stance, corporations must be more intentional and innovative about fostering diversity.

First and foremost, it’s essential for corporations to understand that diversity is more than a moral or ethical obligation – it’s a business imperative.

Second, national polling done by U.S. Harris Poll revealed that 81 % of Americans overwhelmingly support corporate diversity initiatives.

Alliance Foundation presented their research to our affiliate CEOs and staff, detailing how companies can best navigate corporate diversity after the Supreme Court’s decision. Their presentation suggested what we’ve known all along – that corporate diversity is beneficial to the overall culture, profitability, talent recruitment and retention efforts of an organization.

However, there are instances where corporations have seen the fallout behind implementing DEI initiatives due to emboldened objectors against the change. For example, the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) filed a lawsuit against Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm run by two Black women, alleging that the fund was engaging in racial discrimination by running a grant program exclusively for earlystage companies owned by Black women. Earlier this year, America First Legal

that their diversity and inclusion policies constitute racial discrimination. Now is the time for corporations to meet the moment and they must do so tactfully and innovatively in order to make permanent and effective policy changes.

Affirmative action was birthed from a historical necessity – to redress centuries of systemic discrimination and level the playing field. But now, as the legal landscape shifts, it is up to businesses to champion the values at the core of this initiative.

The Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action has unquestionably reshaped the landscape of diversity initiatives in the corporate realm. But as businesses grapple with these changes, the essence of what diversity stands for must not be lost. Instead of viewing the decision as a constraint, businesses should see it as an opportunity to authentically and innovatively set their best foot forward.

to know that this body of lawmakers is reporting again to our duty stations. Let the enemies of freedom around the world hear us loud and clear: The People’s House is back in business.”

As the American people listen to Johnson and all factions making up the House Republican caucus, it is obvious that the internal enemies to America’s freedom and democracy are a greater threat than those from around the world. As the House members report back to duty, it is not simply a House divided between Democrats and Republicans, but Republicans versus Republicans.

The negotiations and compromises by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy resulted in a bipartisan temporary funding bill, which ultimately passed with more Democratic than Republican votes. One small act of leadership and bipartisanship triggered a motion to remove McCarthy. Hardright Republicans turned on

fourth nominee to replace the ousted McCarthy. The previous nominees, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, Rep. Jim Jordan, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, failed to unite a dysfunctional Republican caucus. The Republicans went as far as to blame the Democrats for failing to throw McCarthy a lifeline to save his job. While the predictions of a Republican red wave never materialized in the 2022 midterm election, the GOP still flipped the House, resulting in a small majority. Despite becoming the majority party in control, Republicans continue to show they remain the “party of no.” Seeing how the extreme factions of the party have taken control, few agents of unity remain within the GOP. Therefore, is it realistic to believe that the new House speaker will have the ability to “restore and rebuild” trust after the American people witnessed how a bitterly divided GOP caucus used bullying tactics and death

threats against their members over speaker votes? If there is no respect for their fellow GOP members when they disagree with each other, how can any responsible person lead this group while working in a bipartisan fashion with the Democrats when the circumstance of the nation calls for it?

With either their support or opposition to the advancement of critical legislation, the individual who holds the House speaker’s position has tremendous power that can impact the lives of every American. Therefore, any American who stands for democracy and against authoritarianism cannot trust Johnson, who, like Jordan, supported Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential elections. While some will passionately vote for the protection of the Second Amendment, the same degree of passion needs to be given to the Fourteenth Amendment. ...see House, page 5A

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Virginia Beach’s New 10-1 Election System Continued from page 1A Promotes Fairness, Trust & Accountability The new district system proved that voters know what’s best, and common citizens have the power to directly elect their representatives. However, there is an effort to back a referendum to go back to the old system.

Dear Fellow Citizens, At a recent Virginia Beach City Council meeting, the Mayor and City Council finally did the right thing and endorsed the 10-1 election system to be part of the city charter, but this did not happen without an effort

by Mayor Dyer and the previous majority to keep the status quo. Millions of dollars were spent in fighting the change in federal court and a costly public engagement campaign ensued where citizens definitively said they support the district only system.

The 10-1 election system ushers in a new era of fairness and trust and is based on council members being directly elected from voters in their district and the mayor being voted citywide. The decades-old at-large multi-vote system favored incumbents and disenfranchised many voters as noted in the federal lawsuits by Virginia Beach citizens. In past elections, some incumbents lost their home district, but were able to win because voters outside of the district voted for them. In addition, campaign finance reports highlighted that most campaign money comes from special interests, construction developers, and hospitality businesses in the city. One glaring example of how the well-connected work

House Continued from page 4A A key element of the Fourteenth Amendment grants citizenship to all persons “born or naturalized in the United States,” including formerly enslaved people, and provides all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states. The amendment authorized the government to punish states that abridged citizens’ right to vote by proportionally reducing their representation in Congress. It banned those who “engaged in insurrection” against the United States from holding any civil, military, or elected office without the approval of two-thirds of the House and Senate.

Donald Trump and his allies consistently promoted the idea of massive voter fraud and irregularities in big cities and counties with

Rev. Gary McCollum is in District 10, where the special interest candidate raised three-times the money of the grassroots winner raised in District 10.

The new district system proved that voters know what’s best and common citizens have the power to directly elect their representatives. However, there is an effort to back a referendum to go back to the old system. Those that supported the old atlarge election system led by former Virginia Beach Treasurer John Atkinson who has taken an ad in support of this effort and helped to lead the effort to kill the city’s previous attempt at establishing rail options, claim that the new system limits voters to one vote for or against.

However, this is the case in most cities and in state district elections. Further, the one person-one vote doctrine is the main basis of the Voting Rights Act. The 10-1 electoral large populations of people of color. It is the votes of minority voters that Trump, Jordan, and Johnson sought to invalidate in cities such as Detroit, Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia.

Therefore, we cannot overlook the Fourteenth Amendment concerning the new speaker.

Johnson had argued Biden’s win was bogus, and he appeared to pressure 125 House Republicans to join him in filing a brief to the Supreme Court supporting a Texas lawsuit to overturn Biden’s win in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. He told them Donald Trump was watching.

To end this chaos, the Democrats must flip the House back to the Democrats and make Hakeem Jeffries the House speaker.

David W. Marshall is the founder of the faithbased organization TRB: The Reconciled Body and author of the book God Bless Our Divided America.

He can be reached at www. davidwmarshallauthor.com

system promotes fairness and trust, by allowing you the power to directly elect your representative. Any referendum effort would be advisory only and change would have to clear federal oversight as well as Virginia General Assembly action.

Elections are the ultimate referendum and in 2022, the voters spoke loud and clear.

Any effort to resort back to the old system regresses Virginia Beach into being the sleepy county town that it emerged from. It also erases the gains of the most diverse city council ever elected and impedes progress.

Our school board also reflects new voices and opinions that further proved the new system works.

Virginia Beach is more than just the Oceanfront; it’s made of highly diverse communities all who contribute to the success of our city. The

Norfolk Continued from page 1A This transaction will not include land where the Greater Metropolitan AME Zion Church now sits on Brambleton.

Under the proposed redevelopment plan, the current shopping center and adjacent gas station would be torn down and replaced with a new development called “The Village,” Washington said during a presentation at the City Council work session on October 24.

The first phase of construction would include a 31,000-square-foot grocery store, a 12,000-square-foot rebuild of the damaged shopping center, and the 25,000-square-foot job training facility, according to Washington.

Down the road, according to the city, an 80,000-squarefoot cultural and community center, a 15,000-squarefoot commercial and small business center, and a 4,400-square-foot Sentara health clinic will be built.

new district system brings accountability to both our elected bodies in City Council and School Board. The new district system highlights district needs rather than the special interest agenda of the well financed power brokers who have benefited from the atlarge system for decades.

So here is the question: Don’t you think our elected officials should work for all of us citizens and not for themselves and well financed special interests?

While the detractors have their opinions, every citizen shares the common ground that we need to protect Virginia Beach for now and the future.

The 10-1 Election Voting System promotes fairness, trust, and accountability.

Sincerely, Reverend Gary McCollum Chairman, Due the Right Things

This development was part of the ongoing redevelopment of St. Paul’s master plan concepts, according to Washington.

The grant sought for the project would come from the Industrial Revitalization Fund through the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, (VDHCD) designed to assist in the redevelopment of deteriorated or vacant industrial or commercial structures.

This is the final round of the grant availability and about $10 million in state and American Rescue Plan Act dollars will be awarded, according to the VDHCD website. The deadline to submit the grant application was October 27.

The grant requires a 1-to-1 match in which $250,000 would come from the city for administrative and management fees; $1.25 million for the reconstruction of the Family Dollar, and $3.5 million via New Market Tax Credit proceeds from Hampton Roads Ventures, a for-profit community development group based in Norfolk.

to reporters and some NAACP members, among others according to an article in the Washington Post.

“Nobody saw this train wreck coming?

How embarrassing!”

Barnette did not explain why the postponement was needed in his email other than to say, “It was necessary to make changes so that every voting delegate could be seated.”

President Barnette told the GUIDE during an interview recently, that the convention would be canceled because a number of the local branches of Virginia’s NAACP had not submitted their annual financial and membership report reports in accordance with national guidelines and were thus not allowed to send authorized delegates to the convention.

Barnette said that instead of submitting the information to the state office via the Internet, many of the units failed to do so. Thus, not enough people qualified to vote for delegates at the event.

Without enough delegates in attendance, there would not be a necessary quorum to conduct business, especially elections for the officers of the executive committee.

Barnette will not be seeking reelection.

According to various sources, Cozy Bailey, an NAACP leader in Prince Williams County, is running unopposed and members say he will receive enough votes on November 11 to become the next state president.

The 88th State Convention would have been the state NAACP’s first in-person gathering since the COVID pandemic ended.

Barnette noted that the resurgence of the virus in some Virginia locales may have played a role in some members not coming even under normal conditions, especially elderly ones.

Along with highlighting and establishing new

policy positions, elections of executive board members and a new state president were slated.

That exercise will take place on November 11.

The new convention date will take place four days after the state legislative elections in Virginia.

All 140 General Assembly seats are on the ballot and control of the legislature hangs in the balance. The Democrats hold a slim lead in the state Senate and the Republicans have a thin margin majority in the House.

With Conservative Republican Glenn Youngkin as Governor, Republicans could change the course of the state political shade of Virginia from purple to red, if the GOP captures the Senate.

Focusing on the Black community, traditionally local and state NAACP operations turn on the getout-the-vote machinery in late October to spur turnout for the November elections.

Black voter turnout is crucial this year with only a small number of House and Senate races will determine which party controls the state’s political power.

Barnette said he was concerned and understood the frustration and anger of NAACP leaders and members across the state.

Since its founding in 1935, the Virginia NAACP has played an outsize role in battling discriminatory laws and practices in the Commonwealth, including leading desegregation efforts and helping bring an end to Jim Crow laws.

Last week the organization filed a lawsuit alleging that Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration failed to turn over public records to explain how it decided whether to restore the voting rights of felons who have completed their sentences.

Barnette and other NAACP leaders say they are also concerned about the state sending out the wrong absentee ballots in Chesapeake and Princess William County or having armed GOP supporters posted at polling sites in Spotsylvania County handing out campaign literature.

Election Day in Virginia is November 7, 2023. The polls are open at 6 a.m. - 7 p.m.

GET OUT AND VOTE!

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The digital divide is a term that Digital means some people have access to Continued from page 1A technology while others do not.

Meanwhile, Morehouse will use its $1 million gift to construct a Google Annex that will contain new computers and furniture.

Thanks to Google’s recent $1 million donation, Morehouse will also add a computer lab, study rooms, and a collaboration site for budding entrepreneurs.

Hampton University President Darrell K. Williams said in a recent UNCF statement, “We are in an unrelenting pursuit of making a reimagined academic experience a reality for our students, faculty, and staff, through digital transformation. We are delighted to receive this gift and applaud the Google and UNCF partnership for increasing access to unrestricted funds for HBCUs.”

Portsmouth Continued from page 1A Offshore construction will begin in the spring of 2024 thanks to final federal approval. The project is expected to conclude in late 2026.

“This project will play a vital role in helping us execute our mission of delivering reliable, affordable, and increasingly clean energy that powers our customers everyday,” Blue said. “It’ll enhance reliability by producing large scale electricity and adding to the diversity of our ‘all of the above’ generation portfolio.”

U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, who represents parts of Hampton Roads, also attended the celebration, praising the benefits of clean energy for Virginia and the country.

While it is impossible to list all of the private and public donations that are erasing the digital divide, Stillman College in Tuscaloosa recently received a $500,000 grant from the Google Cybersecurity Clinics Fund. Stillman will use the grant to offer free cybersecurity services to organizations and small businesses, hire students for internships in the clinic, provide scholarships, and mentor other colleges as they launch cyber clinics.

Prairie View A&M University, in Texas, has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy.

The grant program has

two goals: to develop and test high-tech materials for use in harsh environments, such as space, and to develop and encourage student interest in STEM. Fayetteville State University and North Carolina A&T State University are sharing a $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. This project aims to enhance the amount of energy-related materials science research at the two historically Black universities through collaboration with the Savannah River National Laboratory Bur before Google donated $2 million to fund new Google Annex classrooms at Hampton and Morehouse, it funded

“The Hampton Roads area is ideal and has advantages for offshore wind with manufacturing and employment that other areas don’t have,” he said pointing to the region’s port channels, coastal waters, strong workforce, and workforce development systems.

More than 750 Virginiabased workers – nearly 530 in the Hampton Roads region – have been engaged on the project or with other businesses supporting it, including redevelopment work at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal, construction of the offshore wind Monitoring and Coordination Center, maritime provisioning, ship repairs, divers, heavy lift and rigging, cyber security, food service and hospitality.

In fact, the offloading of the foundations was supported by union workers from the International Longshoremen’s Association, the largest union

of maritime workers in North America.

Moving forward, more than 1,000 local jobs will be needed to support ongoing operations and maintenance.

At the celebration, Gov. Youngkin called the project “exciting.”

“I have to thank the entire Dominion team because this project is on time and on budget. And, candidly, it particularly matters when we’re seeing projects up and down the East Coast be delayed or canceled because they aren’t on time or on budget,” he said.

Additionally, offshore wind will support Virginia’s energy needs in the future, he said.

“Virginia is growing,” Youngkin said. “Jobs are growing and opportunity is growing, and therefore we need to have a growing supply of power.”

For more info, visit CoastalVAWind.com

and constructed a Google Annex enrichment space at North Carolina Agricultural and Technology University.

The digital divide is a term that means some people have access to technology while others do not. To close the digital divide, the Obama administration launched The Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP).

It impacted more than 7,200 communities in all 56 states and territories.

The BTOP initiative awarded millions to HBCUs, upgraded broadband service for videoconferencing and increased low-income residents’ access to legal services and extended classes at Elizabeth City State University, WinstonSalem State University, North Carolina A&T University, and Fayetteville

State University, as well as to 22 legal assistance sites.

Fayetteville State and Coppin State University, also received BTOP grants to establish new public computer centers.

Similar to how billionaire Andrew Carnegie donated millions to fund the construction of new buildings at Hampton and Tuskegee, IBM in September 2020 donated $20 million to 13 HBCUs that were living in a digital desert. IBM’s gift allowed HBCUs to construct and manage the IBM-HBCU Quantum Center. IBM’s research center focuses on computer security, data mining, high-performance computing, and image processing.”

Other corporations have donated funds to wipe out the digital divide.

Two years ago, Apple and Disney announced plans to build

the Propel Center on the campus of Atlanta University. The “firstof-its-kind ideation hub” intends to “build generations of Black leaders who advance equity and justice through technology, entrepreneurship, education and social impact,” Apple said in a statement. The new partnership will connect students with Disney on two fronts.

The Propel Center was created in 2021, thanks in part to a $25 million contribution from founding partner Apple. Currently, donors are constructing a new building at the Atlanta University Center Consortium, which includes member institutions Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, the Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman College.

UNLOCK FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FARMERS, RANCHERS, AND FOREST LANDOWNERS USDA EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR DFAP TO JANUARY 13, 2024 Are you a farmer, rancher, or forest landowner who has faced discrimination in USDA farm lending prior to January 2021? You may be eligible for financial assistance through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP).

WHAT IS DFAP?

assumed USDA farm loan debt that was the subject of USDA discrimination that occurred prior to $2.2 Billion in Financial Assistance: Thanks January 1, 2021, are eligible for this program. to Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act, USDA is allocating $2.2 billion in financial HOW DOES IT WORK? assistance to eligible farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination in Multiple Ways to Apply: Producers have the USDA farm lending programs. option to apply via the e-filing portal at 22007apply.

Eligibility: Farmers, ranchers, and forest gov or by submitting paper-based forms via mail or landowners who experienced discrimination by in-person delivery to the program’s local offices.

USDA in its farm loan programs prior to January 1, Free Technical Assistance: Technical assistance 2021, and/or are currently debtors with assigned or is available for potential applicants through four regional hubs working closely with communitybased organizations.

Local Resources: Local brick-and-mortar offices are being opened across the country to ensure easy access and personalized assistance. In-person and virtual events are also being held weekly, with state-by-state information on the website.

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Our website provides comprehensive information on obtaining in-person or virtual technical assistance, supplementary program resources, and detailed program guidelines.

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Newsletter: Information about the program, resources, recent office openings, and local events across the country is also available through a weekly e-newsletter, which you can sign up for on the program site.

DFAP is all about giving you the support you deserve. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by!

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A Birthday THE NORFOLK REVIEW: Greeting From NSU Student-Run Journal Enters Its 27th Year Pres. Biden By Melissa Spellman HAMPTON ROADS Mrs. Margaret Miles Coleman, 101, displays her Birthday Greeting sent by President Joe Biden. Mrs. Coleman, a 1941 Graduate of Princess Anne County Training School (PACT), sat at the PACT Table during the NJG’s recent Impacting Lives Breakfast. She is shown with her nephew Ronnie Hawkins, NJG Publisher Brenda H. Andrews and Impacting Lives Honoree Photo: Randy Singleton Mrs. Margie W. Coefield.

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VAACC Founder Receives Legacy Trophy VIRGINIA BEACH The Board of Directors of the Virginia African-American Cultural Center, its Executive Director and staff surprised VAACC Founder and Board Chairman Dr. Amelia Ross-Hammn following the organization’s recent 5th Annual Community Fall Festival. Dr. Ross-Hammn was presented a legacy trophy which will be giving to a selected community leader or organization every year at the festival.There were several VB elected officials in attendance, including Mayor Bobby Dyer, Sheriff Rocky Holcomb, Council members, Jennifer Rouse, Joash Schulman, and Worth Remick, as well as Senator Aaron Rouse.

Many NSU students, faculty, The Norfolk Review literary magazine released and the Hampton its fall issue on November Roads community 1, 2023, highlighting the poetry, prose, art, and have neither photography of gifted writers and artists in the heard of nor community and beyond.

This fall issue comes at the know the history conclusion of Norfolk State University’s homecoming of this studentweek. So, it is fitting that run publication. the history of such a staple Fall Intern 2023 New Journal and Guide

of the university is honored and celebrated.

The Norfolk Review literary journal, housed in the English Department of NSU, is in its 27th year. Many NSU students, faculty, and the Hampton Roads community have neither heard of nor know the history of this student-run publication.

In 1986 English professor Dr. William Carroll, his son, an NSU student, and president of The English Club, William Carroll, Jr. founded a literary magazine called The Rhetorician. Its purpose was to create and publish a literary journal for student work. Dr. John Rosenman served as Executive Editor and Dr. Carroll as Faculty Advisor.

Ready to pass the publication on to the next generation, in 1996 Rosenman and Carroll bestowed the reigns of the magazine to Mr. Daniel Pearlman a young new English professor. Pearlman wanted to put a fresh take on the magazine so in 1996, with the blessings of Carroll and Rosenman, he changed the name from The Rhetorician to what we now know as The Norfolk Review.

Professor Pearlman

discussed his 20-year stint as Editor of The Norfolk Review. “I was editor in chief and it was student run like it still is today” he said. “We just wanted to get students involved with editing, deciding what is worthy of being included, what should be rejected,” said Pearlman.

He continued, “I didn’t want to make those decisions. I wanted the students to make those decisions, so they were a part of the editorial board.”

Pearlman explained that the editorial board was often made up of students from the creative writing club and creative writing classes who had an interest in joining. “We had about five to seven students who would come and decide [which submissions to include].

We took submissions from everybody. We made our decisions and published in the spring. And that’s what we did for 20 plus years,” said Pearlman.

The Norfolk Review gives a voice to writers and artists who may not get the opportunity to see themselves published. “It feels good to see your name in print,” said Pearlman. ...see Review, page 8A

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Cover of the Fall 2023 Norfolk Review

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Bill Strengthens HBCUs’ Purge Continued from page 7A Role In Africa Partnerships WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) recently introduced the HBCU Africa Partnerships Act to encourage the growth of research partnerships between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and federal agencies to advance development in sub-Saharan Africa.

“HBCUs like Delaware State University can play a critical role in helping the United States connect with members of the African diaspora and further build our partnerships with allies and partners across the African continent,” said Senator Coons. “I’m excited to introduce this bipartisan bill to promote and expand collaborations between HBCUs and federal agencies across many fields of research. This legislation builds on the historic contributions of HBCUs to U.S. international relations and ensures that they will continue to have a strong impact on our nation’s foreign policy and security.”

“Malign actors like China continue to expand their influence across subSaharan Africa, jeopardizing America’s national security interests and exploiting African communities,” said Senator Scott. “Our HBCUs are producing top-tier researchers and academics who are working to find solutions to global challenges.

Encouraging greater collaboration between HBCUs and African partners will strengthen our relationships and combat authoritarian influence, while helping to fortify the foundations that enable free-market economies to flourish.”

“HBCUs are a vital asset to our higher education system and our country overall,” said Senator Kaine. “These institutions and the talent they attract can play an important role in America’s efforts to partner with other countries around the world. This legislation would help us build the relationships between our HBCUs and federal agencies, like the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, that we need to help make happen, and to strengthen America’s partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.”

“Delaware State University is excited about Senator Coons’ introduction of the HBCU Africa Partnerships

The HBCU Africa Partnerships Act will expand partnerships and student exchange programs at HBCUs in key development areas, including food systems, agriculture, nutrition and farming, democracy, and public health.

Act. This legislation will create abundant possibilities for America’s HBCU researchers, faculty, and students to connect with their counterparts in the sub-Saharan countries of Africa,” said Delaware State University President Tony Allen, PhD. “Delaware State University’s outreach and community service capabilities already extend across the local, regional, national, and global spectrum, but it would be tremendously meaningful for our community to share research and technical expertise on the African continent – the cultural and ethnic root of most of our campus community.”

The HBCU Africa Partnerships Act will: • Expand partnerships and student exchange programs at HBCUs to build up the capacity and expertise of students, scholars, and experts from sub-Saharan Africa in key development areas, including food systems, agriculture, nutrition and farming, democracy, and public health.

• Authorize the State Department to establish a short-term exchange program for African students, scholars, and experts to spend a semester or academic year at an HBCU. • Direct the State Department to develop and increase educational grant opportunities, agency partnerships, and outreach and communications at HBCUs.

“First, we were told there was no problem,” Aaron Mukerjee, an attorney working as the Democratic Party of Virginia’s voter protection director, said in recent news reports. “Then we were told it was small, contained problem. Now we’re told it is a massive problem, with numbers large enough to swing control of the General Assembly,” “All of this confirms Republicans cannot be trusted with Virginians basic constitutional rights.”

On Monday, October 30, 2023, Virginia’s Democratic Congressional delegation sent a follow-up letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the Youngkin Administration’s improper removal of nearly 3,400 eligible voters from the

Review Continued from page 7A “The Spartan community is brimming with amazing writers, as is the Hampton Roads area and writers from around the world. The Norfolk Review wants to shine a light on these gifted writers.”

Pearlman shared why the literary journal was created.

“The Norfolk Review was created as a steppingstone for students to get their name out there and continue to get their work published in other major publications.

rolls. The letter was signed by U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (Both D-VA), and Representatives Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA03), Gerry Connolly (VA11), Donald Beyer (VA08), Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), Jennifer Wexton (VA-10) and Jennifer McClellan (VA-04).

This follows a previous letter sent on October 6th demanding the DOJ investigate whether these actions violate the Voting Rights Act or other federal laws.

“We reiterate our request that DOJ take immediate action to investigate how these removals happened and what is being done to ensure that those whose names were illegally removed from the voting rolls are informed in a timely and effective manner so that they are able to cast a vote in the November 7, 2023, Virginia election,” the letter states.

Gov. Glen Youngkin said he has asked state watchdog agency officials to investigate.

The

Gov. Glen Youngkin said he has asked state watchdog agency officials to investigate.

The Department of Elections said on Oct. 27 that all affected voters have been notified by mail.

Students like to see their name in print, and we wanted to motivate them to start at NSU and move off of the campus,” said Pearlman.

He explained the importance of keeping The Norfolk Review going. “It is important for writers to feel confident about what they write, what they say, that what they say is important, and that’s what publication means. It says what you think, what you feel, what you have observed is deep, is worthy, and you not only are a good writer but an artist as well,” said Pearlman. The Norfolk Review is important to writers in the community and beyond. It aspires to serve as a voice for writers

and artists everywhere.

There are great things on the horizon for the literary magazine.

Submissions for the Spring 2024 issue are being accepted now. Submissions are ongoing and are open to the public. This is your chance to have your voice heard and your work published.

The journal accepts poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction, creative non-fiction, photography, art, and other literary works.

To submit your work visit www.thenorfolkreview. wordpress.com or email TNRsubmit@gmail.com. thenorfolkreview.wordpress. com

Department of Elections said on Oct. 27 that all affected voters have been notified by mail.

“As of today, all but approximately 100 of these records have been processed by general registrars. ELECT staff continues to check in with localities to ensure each record is reinstated,” the department said in a news release.

View the official 2023 Norfolk Review Fall Issue at www.thenorfolkreview.wordpress.com

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Hampton Roads Workforce Council Relocates Its Portsmouth Works Center PORTSMOUTH The Hampton Roads Workforce Council recently hosted the Grand Re-Opening Ceremony for its Virginia Career Works Portsmouth Center. The center, which previously occupied space at George Washington Highway for 14 years, now is located Photo: Courtesy at a more centrally located space on Victory (Center-Left): Portsmouth Mayor Shannon Glover and (Center-Right) Shawn Avery, CEO, Hampton Roads Boulevard.

Workforce Council, cut the ribbon on new facility.

NOVEMBER 11 “HARRIET TUBMAN MUSICAL” TO TO SHOWCASE 35-MEMBER CAST PORTSMOUTH Best Local Talent II lnc. will present the Musical, “Harriet Tubman: Let My People Go,” on November 11 at 5 p.m. in the I.C. Norcom High School auditorium.

Written and directed by Linwood. D. Williams Sr., the production features Professor Frank T. Elliott and the NSU Vocal Jazz Ensemble, with original music, composed by Xavier Hendon and written by Linwood Williams Sr. With a 35-member cast, (men, women and children), attendees will

witness Harriet’s journey through the Underground Railroad, saving more than 300 slaves without losing any one of them.

The production promises amazing voices and touching music. “It is the only slave story with a happy ending,” said Director Linwood D. Williams, Sr. I.C. Norcom High School is located at 1801 London Blvd. Portsmouth VA. Tickets are $23 advance at eventbrite.com or by calling (757) 704-7600 or (803) 647-8425. They are $25 at the door.

The Virginia Career Works Center offers career services such as resume development, career building workshops, and trainings, and access to computers and teleconferencing systems.

The new Portsmouth center is open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Friday 8:30 a.m. to noon.

DECEMBER 3 Virginia Symphony Musicians To Host Holiday Concert To Benefit ForKids HAMPTON ROADS A lively holiday concert will celebrate the work of ForKids, a nonprofit organization that provides emergency shelter to families and children.

Musicians of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra with Adam Turner, Artistic Director & Conductor of the Virginia Opera take to the Harrison Opera House stage on Sunday, December

3 at 3 p.m. Childrens’ tickets are free! Get your tickets at vafest.org, (757) 282-2822, and in person at the Virginia Arts Festival Box Office.

ForKids serves 14 cities and counties in Southeastern Virginia. It was founded 35 years ago with a mission to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty for families and children.

The ForKids Housing Crisis Hotline is the central point of contact for all persons experiencing a housing crisis throughout Southeastern Virginia. On any given day, ForKids’ in-depth programs assist approximately 290 families including 870 children; ForKids’ critical services now touch the lives of nearly 70,000 individuals each year.

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CHES. RESIDENT FEATURED ON NBC NEWS: BLACKS 100 YEARS AND OLDER

By Rosaland Tyler

ALWAYS LOOK TOWARD THE LIGHT

BY DELORES DUDLEY HAMPTON ROADSʼ POET,

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NBC News recently featured Elizabeth Eley, age 100, of Chesapeake in a report on Blacks who are 100 years old or older.

Eley, who can still walk on her own at age 100, makes her bed, and attributes her longevity to having a healthy support system.

She has six children, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. When asked if she had a strong support system of family and friends, Eley said in an Oct. 27 NBC interview, “Yes, indeed.”

“My grandchildren, my family – oh, I just love them to death,” she said as she laughed.

Eley said that her secret to a long life stems from “eating good and loving people. Knowing that you’re not living for people, you’re living for the heavenly father,” she added. She enjoys making biscuits and talking to her relatives. She wants to see her grandchildren get married and “be here to help them,” she said.

Celebrations for people 100 or older are increasingly appearing on social media. For example, a TikTok post of a Black woman turning 104 received 1.7 million likes. In the video, the woman, Mason Byrd, blows out the candles on a custom birthday cake with a picture of her face. Users in the thousands said they were surprised at how

We today are often made to see life that is harsh and brings much misery, For we endure hearing of war, death, and frustration, Delores Dudley

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Elizabeth Eley through related to racism, young she looks.

Antonius Skipper, an he said “it feels better assistant professor at now.”

“It’s changed but it Georgia State University’s Gerontology Institute, said hasn’t changed too much,” resilience is one of the main he added.

Tamara Baker and factors that enables Black Alyssa Ann Gamaldopeople to reach this stage. researchers “The strongest of the Roddy, strongest tend to be those and members of the who make it to the age of Gerontological Society of 85,” Skipper told NBC America, an organization News. “If you think all that supports the study you’ve endured over your of aging, have conducted life course – I’ve been research on aging Black through racism. I’ve been adults for decades.

“Many of us can form through discrimination. networks, but I’ve been through all of social this stuff over 85 years; it’s the positive social I’m strong and resilient networks – the ones that and able to get through are going to influence those different things that you, or get behind you to go to the doctor, to do may come at me.”

Another centenarian the exercise, to eating included in the NBC report properly,” said Baker, a included Fred Smalls, professor at the University a Black man who lives of North Carolina at in Marion, S.C. Born in Chapel Hill School of 1918, he told NBC News Medicine. “Even in some that it “feels pretty good” of the more impoverished neighborhoods, if you to be 105.

When Smalls reflected have that positive social on his life, including the network, that can go a long adversities he’s lived way.”

and of nation against nation which leads us to be left in a global and sad situation.

For across the world there is so much sorrow and pain that we welcome a time that brings fun that comes yearly again, And one such celebration will come soon, We just have to await OCTOBERʼS MOST SCARY FULL MOON! And it appears every year when the time of HALLOWEEN or TRUNK and TREAT TIME draws near: Then,our eyes will see fun-filled fantasy.

Itʼs eerie,Freaks are about: ugly monsters,lizard like, Frankenstein and Lucifer and those vampires that bite.

Fright, fright, fright,itʼs HALLOWEEN NIGHT,and if you are very scared, Stay out of sight! Ha, ha,ha, Spirits all in flight!

Yet, always look toward the light, for the darkness that comes at night melts away when GODʼS beautiful Sun daily is born, and the sunrise does birth a remarkable and noteworthy light.

So let the family fantasy be until light does shine through the leaves of each tree ...

Itʼs wonderful, for Sleeping Beauty is here, that lovely girl who loved the BEAST, SNOW WHITE and CINDERELLA too, and ballerinas, last but not least And fairies all in white and pink make all forget the witchʼs ride, HALLOWEEN, what do you think? a night that some can not describe, a time when generations meet in malls,in homes, and on city streets

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Undersheriff David Rosado (R) and Chief Deputy Chris Pascal (L) with new CSO Mascot Deputies.

Ches. Sheriff’s Mascots Officially On Duty CHESAPEAKE Chesapeake’s newest deputies are sworn in and officially on duty! Chesapeake City Clerk Sandy Madison issued the oath of office to mascots Deputy Rocky and Deputy Roxie recently at the Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office. After taking the oath, Undersheriff David Rosado and Chief Deputy Chris Pascal pinned the mascots’ badges to their uniforms for the first time.

Deputy Rocky and Deputy Roxie will patrol community events to protect, serve, and engage with the children. Their first public appearance was at the CSO’s Tricks and Treats event last Saturday at the CSO Admin building where children enjoyed a trunk-or-treat, games, and a magic show.

Clothing Give Away At Macedonia

By Melissa Spellman Fall Intern 2023 New Journal and Guide

CHESAPEAKE Macedonia Baptist Church will host a Clothing Give Away Extravaganza event on November 18, 2023, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. located at 1705 Shipyard Road, Chesapeake, VA 23323. Rev. Dr. George E. Davis Jr. is the Pastor of Macedonia

Baptist. The Clothing Give Away was created to give back to the community.

This event will offer FREE clothing and accessory items for men, women, and youth. Give away items will include gently used or new tops, bottoms, outerwear, shoes, purses, and jewelry.

All items are FREE! This event is open to the community. Food and drinks will be served. Come shop and fellowship with us!

and with a grand outpouring say: “The Jekyll and Hyde” in us never sleeps,” Yes though these days show tremendous hours of hopelessness The hours of HALLOWEEN where people in costumes show off in playful senselessness, one can hear many voices that sound like joy from many a man,woman and girl and boy Yes, Halloween, it really seems brings our worst of nightmares and yet our, very best enlightened dreams OH, how we love our mismatched crazy screams of “Halloween”!

And so let us always look toward the light even in the depth of our most terrible night, For always after the storm or some horror met in night, Remember that soon will emerge the coming of soothing light!

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CELEBRATION AT MACHICOMOCO STATE PARK, NOV. 4 GLOUCESTER, VA Machicomoco State Park is hosting its annual Indigenous Peoples Celebration from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Interpretative Area on November 4, 2023.

Learn about local tribes, experience traditional dance and drums and interact with the exhibitors at this unique event.

“This event provides a great opportunity for our guests to immerse themselves in the culture and history of the Indigenous Peoples of Virginia,” said Machicomoco State Park Manager Terry Sims. “The park is rich in culture and visitors can take part in

hands-on demonstrations while they learn about traditional plant uses and the wildlife and natural resource management used by the Virginia Indians. Our goal is that visitors will continue to explore and learn about the Indigenous Peoples of Virginia and their story of persistence.”

The celebration will include dance performances at 10:30 a.m., noon, and 1:30 p.m. by the Rappahannock Native American Dancers & Maskapow Drum Group. The performances will be held at the Demonstration Circle of the Interpretive Area.

The event gathers diverse community educators

from across sectors including Virginia Tribes to celebrate and acknowledge Indigenous history, culture, and persistence in the Commonwealth. Educational vendors will be spread out through the interpretive trails for a more interactive experience. There will be demonstrations of flint knapping, cordage twisting, dugout canoe burning and fishnet tying that provide a fun opportunity to learn new skills.

The event is free, but there is a $5 parking fee.

For more information about the event or the park, call Machicomoco State Park at (804) 642-2419.

For even in scripture, it has been said that weeping may endure for a night,but joy comes in the morning, and it comes bringing light.

So hold on tightly and soon you will see THE GLORY of GODʼS LOVE upon you and me. Always look toward the light!

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HUNTON YMCA MOVES SERVICES TO TEMPORARY LOCATION

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide

The historic Hunton YMCA, which served the Tidewater Gardens area on Charlotte Street for 35 years, has been relocated from the area to a temporary location, until the planned construction of its new home on Brambleton Avenue.

Executive Director of the Hunton, Brenda Gibbs, said the youth agency moved on September 28 to a temporary home in the Ambassadors for Christ Deliverance Center at

5520 North Tidewater Drive.

When Tidewater Gardens was razed to make way for the new Kindred Community, Hunton’s customer base went with it.

The main program operating out of the Charlotte Street site was the Childcare Center over the past two years.

Gibbs said that all of the furniture and equipment have been relocated to the temporary site. But it will not open for business until it meets state and local building and health code requirement to operate as a Childcare Center.

She said that the process will

be completed shortly.

Last July the Hunton Board of Directors agreed to sell the building and its Charlotte Street property to the city. In exchange, the city provided land for the Hunton to build a new facility at the site of the Tidewater Gardens Elementary School, at Brambleton and Tidewater.

The school will be torn down in the coming months.

The Hunton Board is now engaged in planning for the fundraising, designing, and eventual construction of its new home.

Not only is the Hunton

YMCA, one of the oldest independent and Black-owned YMCAs in the nation, changing addresses, but its Board of Directors is also undergoing restructuring.

Recently Dan Bannister, the President of Bannister Automotive Group, will be the new chair, according to Cecelia Tucker, whom he is replacing.

Other new board members will be named in the coming months.

According to Tucker, the transition from the Charlotte Street facility is complete, and “we have turned over the keys

to the city.”

Tucker and the Hunton Board vowed to stay in the St. Paul’s area after its redevelopment and to reestablish its customer base and services to the renewed community.

She said various factors deterred the board from finding a temporary home near its current location until the new facility is built.

“We really appreciate the pastor and the congregation of the Ambassadors for Christ,” said Tucker. “The facility suits our needs for our program at this time.”

LOCAL VOICES

The Kraken Cracks Backen When The Right No Longer Has Might

By Sean C. Bowers

Never truly First, Sydney Powell’s, governing, now Jenna Ellis with recent GUILTY plea deals, making they are on the them two-third’s 45’s (NOW FOUND GUILTY) perpetual prowl co-defendants along with and scowl of Kenneth Chesebro, to be PANCAKE FLIPPED. “what’s wrong Thusly proving that the head of the anti-democracy snake with America” and is about to find himself all Sean C. Bowers alone on his own! “Soon, how only they can more likely to be serving in another form of federal sub-basement floor calling (break) fix it. housing than the in the White House,” thanks Chris Christie. When you LIE and are INDIGNANT with PEOPLE that question your OBVIOUS lies Sydney, Jenna, then you get cracked back, upon. NOW the KRAKEN HAS SMACKED YOUR 45 LIES out the legal justice park, all in a row, in a nice tight, growing stack-en.

We must all stand up to outlaw violence, and any form of unprotected, unacceptable, (FREE) violence-laden “call to action” expression.

It is not anyone’s right to use violence to try to win arguments that their opinions, morals, and activeshooter multiple mentalities, can’t cash.

When someone can’t out debate another on the merits of their deeds, and words with factual (tangible) evidence, you a Republican.

Change the subject, don’t ever address the issue. Need an example- New House Speaker Steven Johnson’s first questions “they (the RIGHT) shouted down the press questioner telling her to “SHUT UP!” ONLY ON THEIR RIGHT. Where the nation calls for unity, the Right pulpit-izes against equitable equality in their preachings. Their fear-based logic would burn books rather than read them overreach-ings.

When, as an unbelievable example of credibility, Jim Jordan was put forward for “House Speaker,” we and the nation were affronted at the idea to put a 2020 election denying small- little man, with a petty-bully-complex in charge of the nation’s business. Picture Dr. Seuss’ Grinch’ s heart being several sizes too small, or even a baby (W)ho, has no heart, at all.

In his sixteen years of elected political service in Washington D.C., Jordan has NEVER CREATED or PASSED a single law, bill; however, He is a serial projectile negativity vomiter, like Joseph Mcarthy, before him. He has sunken to a new ultra redneck low-water

of flamethrowing anything and everything from the Left or Joe Biden. He is an unsubstantiated bad comedic poor man’s humorist-rumorist. By constantly muckraking truth across white grievance speedbumps, this a simple soul-taking fabrication-ist-puppet. His lord and former ex-master 45, (master of the now NEW online fake combover dubbed “ORANGE U (T) JUMPY,.” like Django, the T is silent, finally.)

He only knows how to whine, pound the table or yell and scream. His offerings reek of a dysfunctional destruction-ist, in need of a child-therapist.

The modern-day GOP (GAGGLE of POPPYCOCK) does not want to pass laws, vote, or even govern. They are fine with the government shut downs. In fact, they would be perfectly fine if the government never reopened. They all want control, but never to share it or to give up any. Remember how 45’s “scorched earth “2016 inaugural address clearly laid out the total contempt that the MAGA Right has for their prank fratform. When asked in 2020 and recently for the Right’s platform, they all cling to a flawed candidate, “45, is our agenda.” They bring no solutions, no ideas, no plans, and no future, to our nation. Destroying, is a learned trait. Perfecting the destructive “You’re Fired,” lack of creation mantra, becomes their polar opposite of the “You’re Hired,” mentality. That end-game hellscape is the MAGA movement total life goal. This is the empty pit gnawing and slack-jawing at the bottom of their sanctimonious pie holes.

“White Mullet gullets to arms,” is their Charlotteville and January 6th off-color titi torch carrying their out of-tune, siren song.

Never truly governing, they are on the perpetual prowl and scowl of “what’s wrong with America” and how only they can (break) fix

it. Theirs is a strange witch’s brew conjured up and stirred

by Jenny Thomas, the wife of the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, wife who has already been bought and paid for (receipts or recusal not available or optional.) The point is, these total clowns from “IT” are showing us their hiding place is the sewer/gutter, just rolling bigger and bigger gutter balls of dysfunctional ineptitude at the American public. That’s how the Right rolls NOW, straight up, Mike Pence-d, fly-onhis-head-dead-eyed at us, the democratic republic that wants truth, accountability, and justice.

America, we are in the last frame of the game.

We have quartered our total competency, now supposedly headquartered at Mari Largo’s mini(me)bar.

The Right’s inability to tell the truth about themselves to their own voters for fear of violence exemplifies the dog who is wagging them by their cowardly tails.

Trying to destroy, that which built you, defines hypocrisy. Because they are empathetically challenged, incapable of positive creational good, unless it serves their top 1%, and their bank accounts. By all reasonable accounts, the Right long ago lost their minds and their might.

Sean C. Bowers has written the last twenty-five years, as a White Quaker Southern man, for the nation’s third oldest Black Newspaper, The New Journal and Guide, of Norfolk, Virginia, about overcoming racism, sexism, classism, and religious persecution.

Some of his latest NJ&G articles detailing the issues can found by searching “Sean C. Bowers” on the NJ&G website. Contact him directly on social media at Linkedin.com or by email V1ZUAL1ZE@aol. com NNPA 2019 Publisher of the Year, Brenda H. Andrews (NJ&G 35 years) has always been his publisher.

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MOMENTS of MEDITATION

By Rev. Dr. Archie L. Edwards, Sr.

LIVING IN THE LIGHT

“God is light” (1 John 1:5).

This is the first of three great statements about the nature of God that are found in this letter.

Following Christ means walking in the light of God’s truth, not simply as an intellectual matter, but in terms of one’s behavior. To “walk in the light” (1:7) means to live in harmony with God, who is all truth and goodness and right. But living in the light involves more than an initial confession of sin. In the first part of chapter 2, John writes of several other characteristics of the new life. Those who are Christians must deal with sin (2:1-2), obey God’s words Word (vv. 3-6), and love one another (vv. 7-11). Lest the recipients of this letter think that these requirements are too difficult to attain, or that John is subtly berating them for past failures, he adds some words of encouragement (vv.

12-14).

Dealing With Sin. For the first time in this letter (v. 1), John addresses his readers as “my dear Children” – a term that expresses both his affection and his age.

These Christians are to acknowledge their sinfulness, confess their sins, and receive the forgiveness that is available to them through the blood of Jesus (1:7,9). Sin, having required the death of God’s Son for its remedy, is totally out of place in the lives of believers. When it happens, however – as it inevitably

does – they need not despair, for there is a remedy. The one who shed His blood as an atoning sacrifice for sins (1:7; 2:2) also “speaks to the Father in our defense” (v. 1b).

Sin, the great barrier that stands between man and God, has been dealt with through Christ’s death, and those who put their faith in Jesus Christ can have peace with God. Every believer needs to have a missionary vision, and to do everything possible to see to it that the “whole world” (1 John 2:2) hears about the atoning sacrifice of Christ.

2. Obeying God’s Word.

Knowledge (vv. 3-6) is a key concept in John’s letter.

He uses two Greek verbs for “knowing” more than 40 times. To live in the light is to know God, and to know God is to obey His Word (v.

3). Knowing God results in a change of lifestyle that leads the one who knows God to do what God says. Anyone who says “yes, I have come to Know God and continue to know Him,” and yet does not obey His commands is a liar, devoid of truth (v. 4).

Obedience to the Word of is what demonstrates that one truly loves God (v. 5).

Loving One Another.

Living in the light has yet another dimension – a horizontal one. Dealing with sin and obeying God’s word have primarily to do with relationship to God loving one another, which John now discusses (vv. 7-11), pertains

to relationships with other human beings, and especially other believers.

As John introduces the topic of brotherly love, he addresses his readers as ‘dear friends” (“beloved,” King James Version). He begins by asserting that there is nothing novel about the command to love one another, for they have known about it since they first came to faith in Christ (v. 7).

And yet John goes on to say that the commandment to love one another is also something new (v. 8a). He suggests an explanation of this paradox when he says, “its truth is seen in Him and you” (v. 8b).

Loving the brethren was no longer a matter of obeying the law; it was a spontaneous out working of God’s love in their lives.

Some Words of Encouragement. A life free of sin, a life of obedience to God’s commands, a life of self-giving love – these may have sounded almost unattainable. So John now pauses to voice some words of encouragement. He addresses three groups of people – children, fathers, and young men. He tells the “children” that their sins have been forgiven because they have come to know the Father (vv. 12, 13c). He reminds the “fathers” that they know the One “who is from the beginning” (vv. 13a, 14a). To the “young men” he writes of their victorious battle with “the evil one” (vv. 13b, 14b – from whom believers should pray for deliverance (Matthew 6:13).

Living in the light means dealing with sin in our lives, hearing and obeying the Word of God, and giving ourselves in love to one another. It can be done by the power of God in our lives.

REBECCA’S WELL BY REV. DR. REBECCA R. RIVKA

MAJOR BIBLE PRAYER TITLES FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION PT. 3

I have tried to conclude this lengthy introduction but The Holy Spirit has an “After Word.” The Lord wants me to add a warning to a natural and false teaching regarding how long and how often one should pray. In the past, I have heard The Rev. Fred K. Price (deceased) and others of his generation teach this: “If you have prayed once, that is sufficient, God has heard it.

You don’t need to pray that prayer again.” Such teaching is not scriptural. The Bible teaches a litany on how long and how often we should pray.

Observe. “Pray without ceasing.” (I Thess 5:17) “ ... men should always pray and not faint ... ” (LK 18:1-25) – “We will give ourselves continually to prayer.” (Acts 6:4) – Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and cry aloud: and The Lord shall hear my voice.” (Ps 55:17).

Furthermore, we know that the Epistle of James teaches – ”But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea ... let not that man think he shall receive any thing of the Lord.” (Jas 1:6-7) Traditionally, beginning the sentence with “if “ indicates the subjunctive mood that expresses a wavering situation contrary to fact or faith. An excellent example of such unwavering faith was Nehemiah, a layman of fervent prayer, leadership and organizational skill.

Nehemiah prayed about everything. He even prayed while talking to someone or

Rev. Dr. Rebecca R. Rivka someone was talking to him.

He built Jerusalem’s wall in 52 days, praying and combining prayer with great preparation and opposition.

Observe. Certain prayers are definite and appropriate for certain situations e.g., – The Prayer of Faith. (MK 11:22-26) (Cf. Jas 5:15-16) – The Prayer of Agreement.

(MT 18:19-20) – Prayers of Intercession. (The Holy Spirit An Indwelling Intercessor.

(Rom 8:26-27) (Cf. Heb 7:25)(Jesus’ Sublime Prayer For Us On His Way To The Cross. ( John, chapter 17) (Believers interceding in prayer for family, friends, others) – Prayers of Praise, Worship and Thanksgiving.

(Believers praying and asking for nothing. Only telling the Lord Jesus how much we love, adore and appreciate Him, etc.) – Prayers of Consecration and Dedication.

(Jesus’ Nevertheless and Thy Will Be Done Prayers. (MT 26:39-46) and finally(placing ourselves in position to be used by God and not “Thy Will be done” on somebody else.

Observe. Ingredients For Petition Prayers. (1) Never place “Thy will be done” in a petition prayer. (2) Be specific. Decide what you want from Jesus then pray the scripture that promises or confirms your request BACK to Him. For example, you may say something like this: “Jesus, you have said in your Word that “if we ask any thing in Your Name You will do it that the Father may be glorified in the Son” (Jn 14:1314) and also to: “ask that we may receive that our joy may be full.” (Jn 16:24) (3) Ask Jesus for the things you want.

Then believe you have them.

You may show your sublime faith by saying: “I believe God Who calls those things that be not as though they were.”

(Rom 4:17) (4) Let every thought and desire affirm that you have what you ask for. Be patient. Remember, sometimes our Heavenly Father will hold up His children’s prayers until they reach the level of maturity to handle the answers. Also, as in the case of Daniel, prayer can be intercepted by spiritual adversarial forces. (Dan chapter 10) (5) Do not think about the problem but rather the solution. See your self out of the problem. (visualization process) (6) Base the solution to your problem on God’s Word like “Abraham who staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief ... but was fully persuaded that what God had promised He was also able to perform.” (Rom 4: 20-25) ...see Rivka, page 6B

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John Shaft, A Bad Mutha ... Shut Yo Mouth

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By Stacy M. Brown

Finally Observe. Stay away from negative people, places or things that do not support your affirmation that God has answered your prayers. Love and pray for negative people from afar.

Do not let them drag you

Roundtree’s legacy extended beyond the 1970s classics. He reprised his iconic role in the 2000 “Shaft” film, sharing the screen with Samuel L. Jackson, who portrayed his nephew.

Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia NNPA NEWSWIRE Richard Roundtree, the iconic actor renowned for portraying the suave private detective in the groundbreaking “Shaft” film series, has died at 81. His longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, confirmed that Roundtree succumbed to pancreatic cancer at his residence in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

The legendary actor, who also battled and triumphed over breast cancer in 1993, underwent a double mastectomy.

“Richard’s work and career served as a turning point for AfricanAmerican leading men,” McMinn said. “The impact he had on the industry cannot be overstated.”

Roundtree’s legacy extended beyond the 1970s classics. He reprised his iconic role in the 2000 “Shaft” film, sharing the screen with Samuel L. Jackson, who portrayed his nephew. The film was a revival that aimed to captivate a wider audience, and Roundtree and Jackson returned in the same roles for the 2019 rendition starring Jessie T. Usher.

In a heartfelt social media post, Jackson hailed Roundtree as the “prototype” and praised him as “the best to ever do it.” Jackson added,

Richard Roundtree “SHAFT, as we know it is & will always be his Creation. His passing leaves a deep hole not only in my heart, but I’m sure a lotta y’all’s, too.”

Born on July 9, 1942, in New Rochelle, New York to John and Kathryn Roundtree, the young Roundtree showed promise in athletics and academics.

He attended New Rochelle High School, earning recognition for his contributions to the school’s nationally ranked football team. In 1961, Roundtree’s athletic prowess earned him a scholarship to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.

However, his passion for acting and modeling prompted him to leave school in 1963.

Roundtree’s career took off when Eunice Johnson of Ebony magazine recruited him to model at the Ebony Fashion Fair in 1963. He joined the Negro Ensemble

Company in 1967, where he delivered a memorable performance as boxing legend Jack Johnson in “The Great White Hope.”

The pivotal moment in Roundtree’s career came in 1971, he landed the role of Shaft in the Gordon Parksdirected film.

The film’s success catapulted Roundtree to stardom, culminating in two sequels: “Shaft’s Big Score” (1972) and “Shaft in Africa” (1973). In recognition of his exceptional talent, Roundtree received the Golden Globe Most Promising Newcomer Award in 1972.

According to the HistoryMakers, throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Roundtree graced the silver screen in an array of films, including “Earthquake” (1974), “Escape to Athena” (1979), “A Game for Vultures” (1979), and “Day of The Assassin” (1979). He also made a memorable appearance in the 1977 ABC television miniseries “Roots.”

In the ensuing decades, Roundtree continued to leave an indelible mark in

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the entertainment industry, appearing in various television series such as “Soul Food,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Heroes,” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”

He secured a recurring role in the 2013 television show “Being Mary Jane” alongside Gabrielle Union and Margaret Avery.

Roundtree further graced FOX’s television series “Star” with his presence in 2017 and 2018.

In 1993, Roundtree faced a rare form of male breast cancer with unwavering determination.

His resilience led him to become a prominent advocate for breast cancer awareness, lending his voice to the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the Know Your Score Men’s Health Initiative.

Roundtree earned numerous awards, including the MTV Lifetime Achievement Award for his iconic portrayal of Shaft, an Image Award nomination in 1998, a Peabody Award in 2002, and a Black Theater Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.

down. Keep your faith in Jesus vibrant. Make every word you speak relative to a life of living faith.

Use only positive speech.

Think of the goodness of the Lord in your life and so forth. Constantly praise the Lord Jesus Christ for His Greatness: Who IS, WHO WAS, and WHO IS TO COME, THE ALMIGHTY. AMEN. Blessings and Shalom ... to be continued

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The scope of work includes all supervision, labor materials, and necessary equipment to complete the Calvert Square Envision Center Exterior Improvements at Calvert Square Envision Center. Located at 975 Bagnall Road, Norfolk, VA 23504. Furnish all labor, materials, and equipment as necessary to complete all work indicated, including but not limited to door replacement, window replacement, metal stud installation, masonry installation, window casing and interior trim installation.

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NRHA provides equal housing and employment opportunities for all persons.

NRHA does not discriminate against any applicant, resident or employee on the basis race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status, disability, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, personal appearance, marital status, political affiliation, matriculation, place of residence or business in the admission or access to or operations of programs, services or activities.

NRHA complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. An internal grievance procedure is available to resolve complaints. If you feel you have been discriminated against, you have the right to file a complaint of discrimination with the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity by calling toll free 800-669-9777.

Qualified individuals who need communication aids, services or other accommodations to participate in programs and activities are invited to make your needs known to 504/ADA Coordinator Corey Brooks at 757-623-1111, TDD: 800-545-1833. Please give NRHA seven business days advance notice to meet your needs.

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November 2, 2023 - November 8, 2023 | 7B

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