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Friday, January 26, 2018

GoFundMe: Thousands Across the Country Participate in #BlackPantherChallenge

Redwood City, Calif. – After raising over $40,000 on GoFundMe to take Harlem children to see “Black Panther” in theaters next month, New York resident Frederick Joseph launched the #BlackPantherChallenge. He called on others to start a GoFundMe in their community to take more kids to watch Black Panther in the theater.

In just a few days, the #BlackPantherChallenge has received support from thousands of people across the country including Jemele Hill, Snoop Dogg, Chelsea Clinton, Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Chris Baker, J.J. Abrams, and Katie McGrath.

Additionally, The Omaha Star, Nebraska’s largest African American newspaper, started a GoFundMe for kids in Omaha.

Thousands of people have donated to a GoFundMe, created a campaign in their community, or shared the #BlackPantherChallenge online. To date, 70 campaigns have raised nearly $75,000, helping thousands of kids see the movie next month. Donations have come in from all 50 states and 15 countries around the world.

In response to the #BlackPantherChallenge, GoFundMe created a centralized location to allow anyone to start or donate to a GoFundMe to help more kids watch Black Panther. GoFundMe also donated $100 to 10 campaigns participating in the #BlackPantherChallenge.

“All children deserve to believe they can save the world, go on exciting adventures, or accomplish the impossible. I am grateful that all of you have answered the call and are taking action to help more kids watch their heroes on the big screen,” said Frederick Joseph. “Let’s keep pushing forward. If you’re a teacher, buy tickets for your entire classroom. If you’re a coach, take your team. If you’re a community leader, do some organizing and get the kids and parents in your community to the theater.”

To donate to the Omaha Star #BlackPantherChallenge, please visit: www.theomahastar.com or our facebook page Omaha Star Inc.

Omaha Native Serves Navy Role in Pentagon

Emilio Carter

Navy Chief Petty Officer Emilio H. Carter, from Omaha, has arrived for a three-year tour of duty as a Chief Security Administrator / Security Manager with Joint Staff, Pentagon, District of Columbia.

He was previously serving under Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit (EODESU) One, San Diego Calif.

Carter is the son of Mitchell Washington of Omaha, and Darlene Carter of San Antonio, Texas.

He graduated in 1999 from Omaha North High School, and earned a bachelor’s degree in 2013 from Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, Texas.

‘If You See It – Hear About It – Report It!’ A campaign to put your voice to use and make a difference in the community gets a boost at 4 p.m. Sunday at Immanuel Community Church, 2761 Lake St. The community is invited to attend this important event with the family of Kyle Leflore, a soldier fatally shot during an apparent robbery while home on leave, and the families of other homicide victims. Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer, City Council President Ben Gray, Commissioners Chris Rodgers and Mary Ann Borgeson and other community leaders are expected to be on hand to launch “If You See It – Hear About It – Report It!” The “If You See It – Hear About It – Report It” campaign relaunches a city-wide effort to raise public awareness of the importance of reporting criminal activity to law enforcement. It was developed by Pastor Bobby Loud, Kyle Leflore’s uncle, and other family

members in response to his killing.

“Somebody spoke out and two people were arrested in Kyle’s death,” Pastor Loud said. “But we know many families still wait for their cases to be solved.”

While the campaign acknowledges the success of previous efforts to encourage people to come forward and report crime, more is needed, and it’s needed in every corner of the city.

Campaign organizers hope to stress that an informed, alert, and engaged community willing to report crime not only plays a critical role in helping solve crime, but also in helping stop crime.

People may be less likely to commit a crime if they know they will no longer be protected by silence.

During the coming week, the campaign message will be widely distributed from bus benches to billboards and posters in local businesses.

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Symone D. Sanders Appointed Spring 2018 Resident Fellow Cambridge, MA – The Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School recently announced the appointment of its Spring Resident Fellows.

Native Omahan Symone D. Sanders is one of the six 2018 Spring Fellows.

Symone is a strategist and CNN political commentator who rose to prominence during her tenure as the national press secretary for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.

At 25, she became the youngest presidential press secretary on record and was named to Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of 16 young Americans shaping the 2016 election.

Currently she is a strategist for Communications and Political Outreach at Priorities USA. She also serves as principal of the 360 Group LLC where she provides strategic communications guidance to organizations, businesses, individuals, campaigns and candidates and helps clients find sound solutions to tough political and social problems.

A communicator with a passion for juvenile justice, Sanders is the former chair of the Coalition of Juvenile Justice

Emerging Leaders Committee and former member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice, where she worked to raise the profile of young voices in the fight for juvenile justice reform and bring millennial perspectives to policy conversations.

She has been featured on multiple news networks and profiled in national newspapers and magazines.

For more than half a century, Fellows participating in the semester-long program have shared views on civic engagement, and their knowledge and experience on a range of topics. Spring Fellows will lead discussions on U.S. trade policy, racial equality, policing, and local governance, the impact of technology on politics, social activism, the development of public policy from conservative and progressive frameworks, and the future of the two-party system.

The Resident Fellows program is central to the IOP’s commitment to inspire student engagement in public life and to increase interaction between academic and political communities. Over the course of

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the semester, Fellows regularly interact with students, develop and lead weekly study groups, collaborate with other IOP programs, and participate in the intellectual and social life of the Harvard community.

“We are very excited for the contributions that this diverse and inspiring class of Fellows will make to students at the IOP and Harvard. Not only will they engage the campus in the most relevant political conversations of today, but they will also provide invaluable guidance and mentorship to students,” said Fellows program student co-chairs Abby Bloomfield, ‘20 and Shreeya Panigrahi, ‘19.

Norfolk Takes ‘Baby Steps’ at MLK Breakfast

By Mike Buhler mbuhler@norfolkdailynews.com Fifty years after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Norfolkans continue to make progress toward seeing his dream of an America where people are not judged “by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

That was a major theme of the city’s inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast at Northeast Community College. About 100 people attended the breakfast at the college’s Lifelong Learning Center, which featured speeches by Norfolk Mayor Josh Moenning, Northeast president Dr. Michael Chipps and Vickie Young, the keynote speaker and president of the Omaha branch of the NAACP. “It was a day that we could all come together and celebrate and honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and talk about how we build a stronger community – one that encourages engagement and enhances diversity and inclusion effort,” Moenning said. “It’s a new beginning and this is a great start.”

Three and a half years after Norfolk gained notoriety for a Fourth of July parade float depicting an outhouse as the “Obama Presidential Library,” Monday’s breakfast represents a major step forward on race relations in Northeast Nebraska – which Young acknowledged in her speech.

“We do have a long way to go – but at the same time, we’ve come a long way,” Young said. “It takes baby steps, and those baby steps may come over a period of a couple of days to a couple of years. I was here in 2014 when things were not as great for the city of Norfolk or for the state of Nebraska – but those who have an interest and/or a desire for the greater good, we came together and said that we would work together to improve the situation.

“To have an event such as the Martin Luther King breakfast honoring Dr. King – and what he stood for on his birthday – to be able to do that, it palpitates my heart. It makes me proud to be affiliated with people who have that desire.”

While Young said she is pleased that the city and the nation have made strides on racial issues over the past 50 years, she believes that the work is not completed yet.

“We have to be intentional if we want to eliminate

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racism, if we want to shine a light on discrimination and police brutality – we have to be intentional,” Young said.

“We have to work together to make that happen and not be afraid.”

Young encouraged those in attendance – the majority of whom were white – to do more for race relations than having “one black friend” or “one Latino friend.”

“We have to do a better job of establishing race relations here,” Young said. “Not just at this college, not just in this city, but in the state of Nebraska.”

Dr. Chipps told those in attendance Monday morning that Northeast has a student body consisting of students from 20 countries. He also added that His Excellency Edward Yakob Sawerengera – Malawi’s ambassador to the United States – and Wild Ndipo, the mayor of Malawi’s secondlargest city, have talked of sending their children to college at Northeast.

“It is the first step of a long journey, but it’s going to be a good journey,” Chipps said. “The beauty is that people are open to really making change. I think change is not easy in any of our lives – I don’t care who we are – but we really need to be open to it, especially a college. Of all places, it needs to be the place of free thought, of expression and of changing people’s lives.”

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Kitchen Council Introduces Duane Foster, Owner, D’s Catering

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Duane Foster’s providing the support for businesses to passion for cooking has been simmering thrive.” since he was a teenager. He was inspired, That support is already manifesting in he said, by the best: “My mother is the best food entrepreneurs such as Foster, who MAILING ADDRESS: cook I’ve ever seen in my life; a southern- said D’s Catering is going to be unique, 2216 North 24th Street Omaha, Nebraska 68110 style woman who cooked for her family. showcasing his made-from-scratch homeShe just started teaching me.” style cooking and his specialty: “I have a WEB ADDRESS: Foster had long dreamed of opening his signature-type barbeque. I do a charcoal www.theomahastar.com own catering business, but that dream had and smoked-type meat. That’s what I’ve Like Us on Facebook been deferred – until now. D’s Catering been doing since I started smoking.” is finally coming to fruition; and Foster is “The launch of Kitchen Council is a E-MAIL ADDRESSES: the very first entrepreneur to sign on with collaborative effort – a state-of-the-art eleanor@omahastarinc.com Kitchen Council, the region’s unique food food incubator offering ‘foodpreneurs’ an fwilliams@omahastarinc.com startup incubator, which officially opens in affordable option to test their startup in phyllis@omahastarinc.com tcooper@omahastarinc.com February. an environment that offers advice, support Backed by the Greater Omaha Chamber, and a commercial kitchen on a membership Notary Services available during business hours Monday – Wednesday – 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. the Iowa West Foundation and the Council basis. Members receive 24/7 access to Thursday – 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Bluffs Area Chamber of Commerce, professional equipment to test their ideas, Kitchen Council’s facility – 2,500 square products, and market viability – a strategy Member of the National Newspaper Publishers Association feet in Council Bluffs, IA – gives members that greatly reduces the cost barrier for MILDRED D. BROWN: Founder, July 9, 1938 access to a fully-equipped commercial new food businesses, which typically DR. MARGUERITA L. WASHINGTON: kitchen; business development assistance have to invest great amounts in expensive Publisher, 1989 - 2016 Duane pictured in his workspace at and other resources. equipment, tools and licenses, without Kitchen Council.

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Frankie Jean Williams: Copy Editor across the country right now, and southwest We expect incredibly delicious stories Photo by John Sliffe Tanya Cooper: Circulation/Retail Coordinator Iowa is well equipped to capitalize on this of innovation, commitment and culinary Greater Omaha Chamber Carl Hill: Retail Distributor growing trend. With Kitchen Council as a success to be born of this effort; and we we increase the viability of the region and Eleanor Riggs: Adminstrative Services Representative newly available asset to entry level food can’t wait to taste the results.” David G. its people.”

Debra Shaw: Social Media Administrator Kitchen Council exists to lower barriers entrepreneurs, we have the opportunity to Brown, president and CEO, Greater Omaha THE OMAHA STAR believes that America can best lead the world away from racial and national make our mark on the food industry,” said Chamber to entry for food businesses. It is located at antagonism when it accords every man, regardless of race, color or creed, his human and legal rights.

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Authority (MECA) is opening up the search for a naming rights captured and terrified Nebraska in late 1957 and early 1958, will Please be advised that the Omaha Star ownership does not partner at downtown Omaha’s Arena and Convention Center. be presented March 8-11 on the Florence Community Theatre employ staff writers who charge for preparing and submitting At Wednesday’s regularly scheduled meeting, the MECA Board of stage.

Local author Doug Marr’s show is a riveting recount of articles for the general public. Should you encounter such, please Directors approved an agreement with consultant group Professional the fear Nebraskans felt, and the trial of two teenagers accused advise Phyllis Hicks at 402.346.4041.

Sports Partners (or PSP) to help secure the facility’s next naming of the worst crime in state history. rights partner. The details of that contract can be found in the Between December 1957 and early January 1958, 19-year-old binder of agenda items made available every meeting in the MECA Charles Raymond Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend, boardroom.

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Sullivan Room

LOCAL NEWS THE OMAHA STAR Page Three Ward Enters Race for Governor

On Jan. 16, the staff and clients of the Royal Oaks/House of Hope Assistant Living facility surprised Charles A. Sullivan, a long-time resident, by naming a part of the facility after him.

Everyone knows that Charles uses the Commons room, where the television is located, to fellowship with other residents while enjoying every sporting event being broadcast. Anytime the staff and visitors need to find Charles, if he is not in his room, most likely he will be found in the Commons room.

Because of his outgoing personality and willingness to help when he can, the staff and residents voted to name the Commons room the Sullivan Room. The staff, clients, along with friends and his nieces, Phyllis Hicks, Bridgett Smartt and grand-niece Cheryl Bowles, were on hand to surprise Charles with this honor.

Comedian Jeff Dye to Headline Child Saving Institute’s Cabaret 2018 Child Saving Institute’s (CSI) Board of Directors will present its biggest fundraiser of the year – Cabaret 2018 – on June 2 at 6 p.m. at the Omaha Marriott Downtown at the Capitol District, 222 N. 10th St. This year’s event features one of today’s hottest comedians and star of the NBC docuseries show “Better Late Than Never,” Jeff Dye. Dye is a nationally touring comedian, actor, host, prankster and Bigfoot enthusiast. He has appeared on “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon, finished third on “Last Comic Standing,” and had his own “Comedy Central Presents” special. His latest album, “Live from Madison,” has been a top 10 album on the Billboard Comedy Charts and is playing exclusively on Sirius XM. Cabaret guests support this work by purchasing tables or tickets for a fun evening that includes cocktails, dinner, and laughter. Chairs for the

event are Tasso and Emily Sideris; Co-chairs are Addie and Robert Hollingsworth.

To sponsor a table, purchase tickets, or for more information, visit childsaving.org or phone 402504-3661.

Funds raised from the evening support CSI’s quality programs, including parenting classes, emergency shelter for children and youth, therapy, older child adoption, foster care, and developmental early childhood education.

CSI is dedicated to the prevention, intervention and healing of child abuse, neglect, and abandonment. CSI has met the changing needs of metro area children for more than 125 years based on the belief that ALL children should have homes where hope is kindled and dreams can be achieved.

Legendary North Omaha community activist Vanessa Ward announced her candidacy for the Democratic Party’s nomination for governor of Nebraska at the Livestock Exchange Building in Omaha on Jan. 15. She will challenge incumbent Governor Pete Ricketts in the general election. When elected Ward will be the first female African American governor in American history.

Billed as an uncommon talk with the people, much of Ward’s words focused on returning government power to the people, and ending the influence of the rich and powerful on our system of government. She said, “Getting started is the most natural thing on earth. All we have to do is to acknowledge that we need each other – as human beings and as partners in our democracy.”

Living most of her life below the poverty line, Ward will challenge Governor Pete Ricketts, one of the wealthiest men in America. He is the son of T.D. Ameritrade founder, Joe Ricketts, and brother of Chicago Cubs owner, Tom Ricketts. Forbes Magazine estimates the family’s net worth at $2.1 billion. According to financial reports provided to state and federal oversight bodies, Governor Ricketts has spent over $12 million of his own money on Vanessa Ward his campaigns, and over $500,000 on other campaigns in support of his political agenda.

Ward rose to prominence in Omaha by challenging gangs, businesses, churches, civic leadership and her neighbors to come together to end the deception, anger and violence in North Omaha. For her efforts, she has been awarded the Dorothy Richardson Award; the American Red Cross Hero in the Heartland Award; the Key to the City awarded by Mayor Jean Stothert; NeighborWorks America’s Gold Volunteer of the Year Award which was presented by President Barack Obama; and the City of Omaha named the street where she lived after her.

Addressing the question of whether or not she was worried about the challenges that stack-up against her, Ward said, “Nebraskans are some of the best people on this planet - honest, hard-working and fair.

If they can’t see what’s right with me, and what’s wrong with my opponent, then it’s my fault. It’s not racism. It’s not sexism. It’s not the money. Those things are just adversity, and I know all about that.”

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homes as you are continue to repair and buy I can hardly of the people that no good money and invest it “Dedicated to the service now doing, save your believe that the bonds that you and that evil shall not go cause shall lack a champion wisely. Buy more Savings Omaha Star has if and when things unopposed.” may be comfortable been in existence for change. seventy-two years a former pastor of the newspaper, Mildred In an introduction to Reverend Joseph Forbes, and I have been the said, “Mildred was Gilbert wrote: St. John A. M. E. Church publisher for the It is with profound pleashe made her paper To the Citizens of Omaha: a friend of the pastors ... last twenty years. It a platform. She Publishing Co., and [sic] sure that the Omaha Star available anytime we needed seems like yesterday well trained journalistic ministry. She believed that organization of energetic, by saw her work as a that I started after my One entire page day a paper of the people, minds, give to you this God had given her a calling. aunt Mildred Brown We here and now wish devoted to the work of the people and for the people. its was per edition was expired. Some of the Omaha Star dedicates community, submitted by to have you know that in the churches in the you have been supserving the general public existence to the task of the pastors. porters almost from It shall be our policy the struggle for was possible. concerns humanly her way Among every of the start. Others Brown’s primary path of duty in the behalf to move in an unerring racial equality. Mildred became supporters it already had. She worked bringing to you the local Star was in selling Many others became supportfoothold in Omaha than Black America in Omaha, early role in the Omaha for equalas the years went by. sincere it, as well as the national an excellent salespermany organizations to work you I want to give my news of the city as we find of ads. She was not only of tirelessly with the National ers recently. To all of backing for the welfare could use the ads as a tool She was a member of highlights, promoting and son; she found that she to ity and peace.

Colored People thanks. to sell newspaper ads Black America in general. for the Advancement of is fascinating. The Omaha the citizens of Omaha and her activism. She refused the She Association Working at a newspaper Publishers Association, sea of journalistic advenemploy black workers. because this is our paper.

(NAACP), the Black As we launch out into the of companies that did not Star is especially fascinating her readers to procan the support of the general League, the Urban League Anyone who is interested ture, we sincerely request also used editorials to encourage and she challenged National Business Plains Black museum.

This paper is about us. in when we as a group must military Nebraska, and the Great and issues. Where else test the segregation of the public. The time is at hand was submit their story, events the Martin Bomber plant During the time during which it was active, she Omaha Star a firm foundaSince the recent recession, begin to build. Give the them to apply for jobs that She De Porres Club, and also this State can this happen? and reading support and in Bellevue, Nebraska. rollerthe spokeswoman for the at Offutt Air Force Base tion by way of subscribing an emotional, financial after the paper has also been who is widely remem- allowed it to meet in the Omaha Star building in turn will build an enterhired Charles Washington, we will assure you that we are determined to persevere. and a mouthpiece and a to support their own facility. coaster at times but we civil rights, as a reporter the club ran out of funds to contact us concerning bered for his work for prise worthy of consideration, working in the commuI encourage the public who was the executive She spent countless hours or even if you want to columnist. Whitney Young, force for the people of Omaha. commucomplaints, recommendations are certainly apprecithe Star as a mouthpiece Urban League before eventu- nity, receiving over one hundred and fifty In addition to offering the secretary of the Omaha the “Unsung Heroine director of the National compliment us. Your comments community in Omaha, nity service awards, including the NAACP, one of ally becoming the executive for the African-American in behalf of the community by editorials. the community to realize ated. The staff is working Award” for service awarded Urban League, contributed Gilberts also encouraged a better and more enlighten honored power 16,000 Africanboycotts to call attention only thirty-five people in the country to be and trying to always have The paper supported the positive effect the buying was small, and is an outstanding cater often time of her death. She paper. Our staff is very if they would carefully and she and her staff were you. with this award by the Americans could have employed to discrimination, B. Johnson as a always working to satisfy that are Lyndon they and businesses President team to by to also appointed their purchases only support base and I wish well.

East Germany to investigate treated the community We have a large religious goodwill ambassador to African-Americans and for the support of the churches following the conissue of the paper, Edward express sincere thanks, alleged human rights violations worked to improve Specifically, in the second clergy leaders.

She also members of the North Omaha in the community and the our struction of the Berlin Gilbert pointed out that least, I want to thank carriers and her office an ice cream shop Last but certainly not the lives of the newspaper would not be black community were patronizing which would be have there not did advertising, that someone Ice Cream, advertisers. Without workers. If she learned of at 24th and Lake, Reed’s published. Advertisements hiring practices over she would buy them bags an Omaha Star Newspaper enough food at home, targeted for their discriminatory an the printing of the publicalarded The newspaper carriPorres Club. Gilbert spent and retail sales pay for groceries to supply their a decade later by the De advertisers have stuck with Christmas or Easter party shop and counted at least tions. Many of our older us. ers often received a special hour outside the ice cream Newer ones have joined work, when they might approving of their us throughout the years. adverin gratitude for their hard one hundred African-Americans that they don’t have to were given all year. their purchasing power.

Others have the feeling them receive the only gifts they hiring practices through Americans we will give in 1989, the Omaha Star divorced in 1943, and tise because as African At the time of her death Mildred and Edward Gilbert in Star readers look at the a circulation of 30,685 her maiden name, Brown. our business anyway. Omaha and had a staff of twenty, and Mildred resumed using for those who support us Mildred Brown wrote, Omaha Star, the longest advertising in the paper thirty-nine states. In 1969, As the publisher of the from those advertisers. persist? The answer newspaper run by a woman, we encourage them to purchase or think our readers “Why then do Negro publishers of his press, all of operating black-owned refuse deprived neighborhood news and For those advertisers, who is clear. If the Negro is Mildred Brown provided to market to, we encourage through the years since than fifty years. The paper are not important enough the tortuous gains achieved commentary for more shop to ask those merchants lost, and tomorrow’s Negro by calling attention to our readers when they his emancipation will be served an important function of the powerful forces, they don’t? If they continue people in the black commuthat do not advertise Why youth will be at the mercy our the accomplishments of bigurge of I Star, newspaper ramparts the The man the Omaha values.

North and South that still to refuse to advertise in $$ nity and emphasizing positive got Mildred Brown their products. Remember who received awards, or otry, prejudice and discrimination.” to do so. From readers to stop buying recognized individuals compelled had previously been closed persisted because she felt speak. new jobs in industries that civic she had established readers, supporters, merIt announced acts of the first edition of her newspaper, Thanks again to my staff, to African-Americans. good all others They highlighted one She guided the newspa- a challenge to herself and her staff, “that no contributing writers and advertisers, “troublemakers.” chants labeled pride and community charity. not of the continued existence eras of the Civil Rights cause shall lack a champion and that evil shall week in order to continue through the tumultuous who lend support to making neighborhood family per staff were On the occasion per to the demonstrations Your help is greatly appreciMildred Brown and her in to foster a sense of community. Ms. Brown again Movement, from segregation the Omaha Star possible. for late go unopposed.” of their community, Brown to the racial unrest of the bright and continued future of the 1950s and 1960s, of the Star’s ninth anniversary, ated. I look forward to a the certainly champions outspoken voice in the wildercommunity, congratulated The Omaha Star reported particular. She was an 1960s and early 1970s. pledged her support to the not the Star in the Omaha community.. of its businesses and that occurred both locally ness that the tortuous gains of their emancipation triumphs and the tragedies North Omaha on the growth end. up this advice for her Mildred Brown was not are lost, and she worked tirelessly toward that and throughout the nation. fast development, and offered get any further a interested in letting discrimination neighbors. wishes to urge that you The Star on its anniversary

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“You can’t rain Stepping Saints, on our parade,” said one of lining up for the as the drill team gathered to the Salem The NAACP has pray before 21st named Derrick Members laughed biennial Native Omahans their board of directors, Johnson, Day soaked uniforms as they recalled performing parade. the organization’s vice chairman of The unanimous interim president. in raindecision was the Saints have over the years, 50 to be exact. committee of For 50 years the board of directorsmade by the executive stepping and thrilled crowds with their precision during the that Association’s stories and much always-on-beat rhythm section. high 108th annual convention Many in Baltimore. The the parade when laughter were shared the NAACP is the night before close to 100 largest team staffers rights organization and oldest civil gathered for their former members and drill celebration.

50th anniversary executive committeein the U.S. The reunion of the board is Saturday morning comprised of 14 during the parade, people. wore name tags the alumni members On May 19, with their dates their participation of service. They announced that the NAACP board consider ministry of Salemservice because they were Cornell William the contract of an outreach Baptist Church.

Brooks, the outgoing team co-founder president, would According Salem’s pastor, Phyllis Hicks, it was in August to drill Brooks’ contract not be renewed. the Rev. J.C. 1966 that ended on June holding a parade Wade Brooks began 30. to celebrate Salem’s Sr., had the idea of his tenure as NAACP Derrick Wanting Johnson President in May annual youth month. to shine a spotlight of 2014.

(NAACP) on all of the of the church, “I am thrilled youth a quickly began drill team was formed. The Derrick Johnson to announce that my friend girls choreographing and colleague while the boys marching routines, CEO. I could has been appointed interim developed beats not think of a president routines. Many to accompany more qualified better, more battle-testedand the of the young individual to guide people found or transition period,” the their said Leon Russell, NAACP through this niche and after board of the NAACP. their the chairman of the first performance, “Derrick’s longtime encouraged him to take decisive service with the Association Rev. will allow action to deal Wade to make will also serve with daily challenges. as the primary the drill He spokesman for have every confidence team the NAACP. I in Derrick and permanent. new endeavor will support him every in this As the rain In a statement step of the way.” came is truly an honor released on July 22, Johnson down said and a privilege Saturday morning, president and to be named the that it CEO of an organization interim aboard Ollie decades. the that he’s served Trolley, for “There’s a lot Hicks of and several of waste any time work that needs to be done the and we won’t getting to it. We original members threats to our are facing unprecedented democracy and marveled at the we will not be sea sidelined while of blue created See NAACP by continued on t-shirts worn by the Carolina blue Although page 2 current and alumni illness members as Jeanpierre and keeps Hicks on the sideline, they filled the Jeffrey co-directors Synceree street. as they carry on the Riggs look to her for guidance legacy. and leadership

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The Omaha Section - National Council Negro Women of Inc. recognizes individuals community for outstanding achievement. in the year individuals Each are recognized in medicine, education, for excellence involvement, embodimentleadership, community of the Mary McLeod Bethune Legacy and Awards will be youth in excellence.

McLeod Bethune presented at the annual Mary Award Luncheon at 11 a.m. at on Aug. 26 the DC Centre, 11830 Stonegate Dr. The community is invited to important event. attend this The keynote speaker Esq., Human Resources is Shawntal M. Smith, and Talent Development Leader for Omaha Precious Davis Home for Boys. also a social Field of Medicine Smith is justice attorney.

Award “Extraordinary The theme is Rising above Women: Breaking Barriers, Lives.” Omaha Challenges, Transforming Section, NCNW women of African advocates for descent as they families and communities. support their It fulfills its mission through research, community based advocacy and national and health, education, services and programs on Omaha Section, and economic empowerment.

NCNW is a 501c3 organization. non-profit Omaha Section Davis, Field of 2017 Award recipients: Precious Rone, Field of Medicine Award; Beverly A. Education Award; Julia D. Anderson Willa Visionary Award; Midder, Theola M. Cooper Cooper, Community Theola M. Community Supporter Award; Supporter Cannon, Bethune Briana Concept Book Award Wasmoen, Bethune Award; Lara Concept Denise Lee, Mary McLeod Book Award; Bethune Legacy Award; Aariona Hagler, Youth Award in Excellence For more information or to obtain contact Perlie tickets, Whitley at 402-320-0375. tickets on-line, For go 2017 Mary McLeodto Eventbrite.com and enter under Search Events Bethune Awards Luncheon or Category.

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Lands, commonly of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned known as the were hired after Freedmen’s Bureau, the war to provide who and ex-slaves, relief to refugees received hundreds requesting assistance of letters from freedmen wrote to the Bureau in locating lost relatives. One ex-slave from Texas with in locating “my a request for assistance own dearest relatives” list of sisters, and included nieces, nephews, whom he had uncles, and in-lawsa long been from twenty-four years separated when he was sold in Virginia before. Others in local newspapers, took out advertisements lost family members offering rewards for the return of (Wilma A. Dunaway, American Family The Africanin England: Cambridge Slavery and Emancipation (Cambridge, University Press, 20013), Reconstruction, 257. 33 Foner, 82.)

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Award Winner Edwin Hawkins Passes Away Pleasanton, CA – Edwin Hawkins, the four-time Grammy Award-winning leader of The Edwin Hawkins Singers’ 1969 million-seller, “Oh Happy Day,” died Jan. 15 at his home in the Bay area, after a bout with pancreatic cancer.

Hawkins He was 74 years old.

“It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Edwin Hawkins – a celebrated artist, innovator and music icon. Though he will be greatly missed the world over, the message of love, life, and encouragement that he incorporated into his music gives us all the same hope that we’ll join him in heaven and sing ‘Oh Happy Day.’” the Hawkins Family said.

One of eight children, Edwin Hawkins was born Aug. 19, 1943 in Oakland, CA and raised in the Campbell Village projects. He discovered music early and began playing the keyboards in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) denomination at the age of five. He and his friend, Betty Watson, co-founded the 46-member strong, Northern California State Youth Choir, in 1967 so that they could attend the annual COGIC convention. They recorded an album, Let Us Go Into The House of The Lord, to finance the trip. The 500 copies they ordered didn’t come in time for the trek but one of the LPs eventually fell into the hands of a rock music DJ, Abe “Voco” Kesh, at KSAN-FM Radio.

He began to play the Hippy-Soul song in the Bay area and soon the song’s success spread east.

“My mother had an old hymnal and I had a knack for rearranging hymns,” Hawkins once said. “‘Oh Happy Day’ was an old hymn and I rearranged it. It was actually one of the least likely songs to become a hit. There were some much stronger songs on there.” Record executive Neil Bogart picked up the song and distributed it through Buddha Records. “Oh Happy Day” reached No. 2 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and No. 4 on the Pop Singles chart in 1969. Their rendition won them a Grammy in 1970 for Best Soul Gospel Performance. The tune has sold over 7 million copies to date and it established Hawkins’ career. I wasn’t planning to go into the music business and I wasn’t looking for a record deal,” he said in the book ‘Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia.’ “The record’s success decided my fate.”

In 2001, The Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.) ranked “Oh Happy Day” No. 63 on its Top 365 Songs of the 20th Century listing. The song has been covered by dozens of artists, including Quincy Jones, Johnny Mathis, Glen Campbell, Aretha Franklin, Jason Mraz, Susan Boyle, The Oak Ridge Boys and Elvis Presley. The tune was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 and it was included in the National Recording Registry in 2005.

Hawkins is survived by his siblings Carol, Feddie, Daniel, and Lynette.

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Knowing The True Teachers From God

By Carey Kinsolving And Friends “When eating a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree,” says an ancient Vietnamese proverb.

Good teachers are like those who plant fruitbearing trees. Psalm 1 says that a wise person, who meditates in God’s Word day and night, is like a tree planted by rivers of water that brings forth fruit in its season.

“God’s teachers speak for God and not for themselves,” says Emily, 12. “They get all their teachings from the Bible and nothing else. The only reason they teach is for God’s glory.”

Jesus taught only what he heard from his Father.

His followers called him Rabbi, a title of dignity given by the Jews to their doctors of the law and their distinguished teachers. Jesus’ haters called him demon possessed and sought to kill him.

Jesus warned about false teachers when he said, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits,” (Matthew 7:15-16a).

“So if someone says, ‘Once you do 20 good deeds, you will go to heaven when you die,’ and that is not what it says in the Bible, then they are not a true teacher of God,” says Andrea, 11.

The kind of teaching or preaching that advocates good deeds as the road to heaven appeals to our ego. It feels good, but it’s deadly. It glorifies self instead of God. The gospel of grace whereby Jesus died on a cross to pay the penalty for our sins shows the depths to which we have fallen. The fact that God had to exert such extreme measures to make our salvation possible is a severe blow to our ego. It

shows that we cannot save ourselves. We need a savior. We must trust in Christ and his work on the cross, not ourselves or anything we can do (Ephesians 2:8-9).

The Apostle Paul reserved a special curse for those who teach a false gospel: “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed,” (Galatians 1:8).

Yes, there is a special curse for those who teach another way of salvation or a mixed teaching such as Christ plus our good deeds, penance, etc. If there is one thing you want to avoid at all costs, it’s being under a curse from God. Life is too short to have God opposing you.

Those who teach God’s Word have a heightened responsibility. God will hold them accountable.

“My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment,” (James 3:1).

The first order of business when deciding if someone is a true teacher of God is to discover what they teach about the person of Jesus Christ.

The Apostle John says this is priority one.

“By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God,” (I John 4:2-3a).

Think about this: Whether Jesus is both God and man in one person and salvation is by grace through faith alone in Christ alone are two essential issues that will often separate the true teachers of God from the false ones.

Memorize this truth: I John 4:2-3a previously quoted. Ask this question: Are you listening to true Bible teaching?

January 26, 2018

Deaths & Funerals Olive C. Boggus Mrs. Olive C. Boggus, age 98, passed away Monday, Jan. 22, at a local care center.

Survived by sons: Thomas H. (Terrie), Lansing, MI, Francis O., Des Moines, IA, & Julius A. Boggus, Omaha; 6 grandchildren, 5 greatgrand, nephews, cousins, other relatives.

Funeral Service 11 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 29, at Church of The Resurrection.

Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home. *** Hollis M. Bradley Mrs. Hollis M. Bradley, age 72, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 16, at her residence.

Survived by husband: Walter Bradley; son: Tracy ( Lois) Bradley, Atlanta, GA; daughters: Debra ( Jon) Lucas, Sherry Bradley, Omaha; brothers: Robert Floyd,, Clarence Howard, Mobile, AL, Tommie Lee, Evergreen, AL; sisters: Minnie M. McDougle, Omaha, Rose Robbins, Evergreen, AL, Lena Lawrence, Babylon, NY;

9 grandchildren, 7 great-grand, nieces, nephews, other relatives.

Funeral Service: 9 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 27, Mt Moriah Baptist Church.

Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home. *** James Grigsby Jr. Mr. James Grigsby Jr., age 92, passed away Monday, Jan. 15, at a local care center.

Survived by son: Robert Grigsby; daughter: Diane Howard; sister: Johnnie Mae Gilliam, Omaha; 7 grandchildren, 8 great-grand, 2 great-great-grand, nieces, nephews, other relatives.

Funeral Service: 11 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 24, Salem Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Selwyn Q. Bachus, officiated.

Interment: Omaha National Cemetery Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home. *** Nels C. Liliedahl Mr. Nels C. Liliedahl, age 60, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 16 at his residence.

Cremation Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home. *** Timothy McNeil Jr. Mr. Timothy McNeil Jr., age 91, passed away Friday, Jan. 19, at a local hospital.

Cremation Graveside Services 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 26, Forest Lawn Cemetery Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home. *** Joanie B. Wilder Ms Joanie B. Wilder, age 63, passed away Friday, Jan. 12, at her residence.

Survived by son: Stacey C. Wilder; brothers: Matthew, Clarence, & William Wilder, Omaha; sisters: Nettie Lee Benning, Denver, CO, Jacklyn Sherrod, Pompano Beach, FL; nieces, nephews, other relatives.

Funeral Services were held 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at Paradise Baptist Church, Rev. Greg Ashley, officiated.

Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home.

Someone Remembers, Someone Cares

By Dr. William Holland We’ve heard the old saying about how life was never promised to be a rose garden and we can acknowledge spiritual truth in this statement.

Along with this way of thinking, we can also include that every rose has its thorns. If our path was always smooth, along with plenty of money and felt wonderful every day, we would not understand what it means to desperately seek Him. There would be no desire or need to pray or demonstrate faith which are essential spiritual building blocks in our relationship with God. You see, the Lord did not intend for us to worship creation and have the independence to live however we want. He desires that we worship Him as the creator and live according to His will. Each person is given a few years on this earth as an opportunity to know God and allow Him to transform us and prepare us to live with Him forever, which is what life is all about.

I absolutely believe in miracles from heaven and have personally seen them, but we also need to remember this life is only temporary and intended to be experienced with the awareness of humility, respect and trust in the one who is in total control.

Since Adam and Eve sinned in the garden and God changed the way the human race was living, mankind has been given a much more difficult fate. Along with things like the atmosphere and the plant and animal kingdom being altered,

our DNA is hindered with imperfections and susceptible to abnormalities and disease. These hardships and places of desperation are not only a reminder to keep focusing on the promises of heaven but is a sincere occasion to draw nearer to Him. If you or a loved one is facing a serious illness, there is plenty of discouragement and negativity but at the same time there are certain truths that can fill us with peace and joy. Having the right attitude even as we walk through the valley of the shadow of death can change defeat into victory. Here are a few things that illness cannot do. It cannot stop our love. It cannot keep us out of heaven. It cannot hinder our faith or take away our peace. It cannot erase or ruin our memories. It cannot harness our courage or destroy our confidence. It cannot steal our joy. It cannot conquer our spirit. It cannot keep us from Jesus or shatter our hope. In Hebrews chapter 4 and verse 16 we are given this promise, “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”

If we are in Christ today, we can say with all confidence that one way or another we will be healed. Whether in this life or in the next, God’s great love and mercy will make us whole!

Today, may you be surrounded in His glorious presence as He ministers His comfort and peace to your mind, body and soul. Someone remembers, someone cares – your name is being whispered in someone’s prayers.

Rev. Wyatt T. Walker, MLK’s Right Hand, Dead at 88

By Angela Helm The Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, a fierce civil rights advocate and strategist over many generations, died Tuesday at his home in Chester, Va. He was 88 years old.

His death was announced by the Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network on Twitter; Walker was the 27-year-old organization’s first board chairman.

Like many unsung heroes of the civil rights movement, Walker’s name may not be as familiar as some others, but his works were long.

As an ordained Baptist minister, the good reverend had his hand in everything from the desegregation tactics of King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference to fighting housing discrimination in New York City. The New York Times reports that Walker also helped to supervise South Africa’s first fully representative elections in 1994, after the apartheid regime fell there.

Walker helped circulate one of King’s most deeply felt and inspiring works, “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” one of the most important blueprints of the civil rights movement, and helped

to organize the 1963 March on Washington, which culminated with King’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech.

King was said to have described Walker as “one of the keenest minds of the nonviolent revolution.”

It seemed as if Walker was destined to fight the good fight no matter who it was against. At one point, the Times reports, infamous drug kingpin Frank Lucas put a hit on him, but Walker said that because he had been involved in the struggle in the Deep South, he “was accustomed to dangerous situations.”

Wyatt Tee Walker was born on Aug. 16, 1929, in Brockton, Mass., the 10th of 11 children, and a grandson of slaves. He received an education at the HBCU Virginia Union University, earning a bachelor’s degree with honors, in both physics and chemistry, at age 19. He pledged the Gamma chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and met King (also an Alpha) while in college. He also obtained his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Virginia Union’s Graduate School of Religion. In 1950, he married Theresa Edwards, with whom he eventually had four children: Wyatt Jr., Robert, Earl and Ann.

Walker began his civil rights work in Virginia, and served as president for five years of the Petersburg branch of the NAACP and as state director of the Congress of Racial Equality, which he co-founded in 1958.

He joined the SCLC in 1961 – personally recruited by King – and eventually moved to Atlanta to serve as its first full-time executive director. In 1965, Walker moved to Harlem, where he initially was a minister at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church. Two years later, he became the pastor and chief executive of the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ, a post he held until 2004.

During the 1970s, Walker served as urban affairs specialist to New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, helping advise on racial relations and integration. In 1975, he completed his doctorate at Colgate Rochester Divinity School.

Of his myriad civil rights works, the Times reports that as pastor of Canaan, Walker oversaw extensive development of church-sponsored affordable housing, housing for the elderly, and what the church calls the oldest senior-services center in Harlem. He also established Harlem’s first charter school, the Sisulu-Walker Charter

School (named for Walker and the South African anti-apartheid leader Walter Sisulu).

In addition to the National Action Network, Walker had been chairman of the Freedom National Bank. After retiring from Canaan after suffering a series of strokes, he moved to Virginia in 2004, where he remained until his death.

Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture collected his papers from the period 1963-1982. They include both personal and official correspondence, papers and lectures on a wide variety of topics, and are available for research.

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Sunday School .................8:45 a.m.

Excluding First Sunday Tuesday Evening Service.........7:00 p.m.

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“Jesus is the light of the world” REV. JAMES P. WALKER, SENIOR PASTOR mtcalvarycommunitychurch.org

PASTOR JARROD S. PARKER 3616 Spaulding Street, Omaha, NE 68111 Phone: 402-451-0307 Email: smbcsecretary@stmarkbaptist.org

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Sunday School – Sunday 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School .................................................... 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship Experience ......... 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Food and Fellowship.................... 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday (WOW) Word On Wednesday... 7:00 p.m.

“Strengthing Families for Victorious Living” PASTOR RORDY SMITH PASTOR RAMONA SMITH PO Box 1703 2402 Franklin St. Bellevue, NE 68005 402-292-9499 Web: www.BibleTruthMinistries.org Sunday School..................................9:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service...............10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study......6:00 p.m

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ST. MARK BAPTIST CHURCH

5112 Ames Avenue Omaha, NE 68104 Ph: 402-457-4216

www.ambassadorswc.com 402-341-1866 5417 N 103rd St. Omaha, NE 68134

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DR. RALPH B. LASSITER, PASTOR 2602 N. 24th St. Off: (402) 451-8800 - Fax: (402) 451-8522 mtmoriahomaha.net pastorlassiter@gmail.com

REV. RALPH LASSITER, SR.

Sunday School ...................................... 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship ..................................10:45 a.m.

Overcomers in Christ...............Sunday 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible-Prayer Service 11:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m

“Come Get Your Hilltop Experience” REV. PORTIA A. CAVITT, PASTOR 5544 Ames Avenue, Omaha, NE 68104 Telephone: 402-451-8322 • Website: www.cmumc.net Email: clairumc@cumc.omhcoxmail.com

REV. PORTIA A. CAVITT, PASTOR

Sunday School………………………8:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship Experience………...10:00 a.m.

Monday Bible Study…………………6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study….…….…….7:00 p.m.

FAITH MISSION CHURCH PASTOR BERTHA JACKSON 2532 Binney Church: 402-451-1474 “The Church On A Mission For God”

PASTOR BERTHA JACKSON

MT. NEBO MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday at 10:00am Family Night each Wednesday at 7pm The Daily Journey each Wednesday at Noon Saturday Prayer from 7 - 8am

Our Mission: “To exalt the Savior, edify saints, evangelize sinners and elevate society.”

SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH Serving God and One Another in the Spirit of Excellence REV. DR. SELWYN Q. BACHUS SENIOR PASTOR 3131 Lake Street Omaha, NE 68111 402-455-1000 www.salembc.org

Come Experience the Power of God Where Faith and Fellowship is Fostered 3336 Lake Street • 402-453-4079 Fax: 402-453-7082 Gacoll4@aol.com • Website: omahasharonsda.com

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REV. WALTER B. JONES, PASTOR 2301 North 45th Street, Omaha, NE 68104 Ph. 402-934-6020 • Fax 402-453-3190 E-Mail: wrjallied@cox.net

REV. WALTER B. JONES

SATURDAY SERVICE: Sabbath School……………………9:30 a.m.

Divine Worship…………………11:00 a.m.

PASTOR GARY S. COLLINS & MRS. LORETTA COLLINS, J.D.

TABERNACLE OF FAITH CHURCH

Sunday School………………………….9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship…………11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible & Prayer Service………6:30 p.m.

Pastor Barbara Mitchell 2404 Fort Street, Omaha, NE 68111 402-455-1800 Church 402-455-3390 Fax

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HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH Missouri Synod 2723 N. 30th Street 402-453-1583 Sunday School................................10:00 a.m.

Church Service...............................11:00 a.m.

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JOY OF LIFE MINISTRIES COGIC PASTORS ERIC AND CYNTHIA BUTLER 6401 N. 56th Street • Omaha, NE 68104 Ph: 402-399-9628 E-Mail: Jolpastor@aol.com Sunday School...................................9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship...............................10:30 a.m.

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PASTOR BRIAN PAGE 5555 Larimore Avenue Church: 402-346-8427 www.pleasantgreenomaha.org Wednesday: Prayer Power Hour ......................................12:00 p.m Thursday: Youth For Christ ............................................6:00 p.m Prayer & Bible Study ....................................7:30 p.m Sunday: Worship..............................................8:00 a.m.

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RISING STAR MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor Darnell N. Johnson, Sr. 1823 Lothrop Street, Omaha, NE 68110 Phone: 402-451-3700 Fax: 402-451-3700 Email: Risingstarbaptchurchone@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook at RisingStarMBCONE Sunday Sunday School…………….............. 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship…...........10:45 a.m.

Tuesday PASTOR DARNELL N. JOHNSON, SR. & LADI J Tuesday Night Teaching……...........6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting/BIBLE Study............7:00 p.m.

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH FR. DAVE KORTH • DEACON JIM CHAMBERS 22nd and Binney Street • 402-451-5755 • www.sacredheartchurchomaha.org

KOINONIA AND FRIENDS OF CHRIST PASTOR TONY E. SANDERS JR. 3208 Corby Street Omaha, NE 68111 DEACON JIM CHAMBERS, FR. DAVE KORTH

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Sunday Service ...............................10:30 a.m.

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Wednesday Bible & Prayer Service ....7:00 p.m.

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“The Church Where Fellowship is Real” PASTOR TERRY L. ARVIE 5501 N. 50th Street Ph: 402-451-4245 Fx: 402-451-2130 office@mtnebo.omhcoxmail.com www.mtneboomaha.org Family Hour of Christian Education.............9:00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship .................................10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting .....................7:00 p.m.

Youth/Children Ministry Focus (Wednesday) 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Night Adult Bible Study ................7:30 p.m.

Worship Service – Sunday 10:15 a.m.

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Sun. 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. & Noon (Spanish) Reconciliation: Sat. 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. or by appointment Pastor: Rev. Vitalis Anyanike

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WEDNESDAYS Prayer 6:00 PM Worship 7:00 PM

HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH

REV. KENNETH A. ALLEN, PASTOR 2215 Grant Street Omaha, NE 68110 Ph: 402-346-1502 Fx: 402-344-2720 Sunday School ..................................9:00 a.m.

Worship Services ...........................10:40 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer Services ...........6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study .......7:15 - 8:00 p.m.

REV. KENNETH A. ALLEN

THE WORSHIP CENTER North 24th Street Church of God “Presenting the Never-Changing GOD to an ever-changing World!”

DR. STAN RONE - SENIOR PASTOR 2021 N. 24th Street • Omaha, NE 68110 (402) 341-4297 Sunday Kingdom Academy 9:00 a.m.

Worship Celebration 10:15 a.m.

Tuesday Prayer Hour 7:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon Wednesday Power Hour (Prayer/Bible Study) 6:30 p.m.

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COMMENTARY January 26, 2018 In the Presence of a Giant Killer Op-Ed Fred Gray – The Man and His Legacy Murante Legislation is the

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By Terri L. Crawford, JD

Height Of Irresponsibility In a time when Nebraska is facing a $200 million budget shortfall, Senator John Murante has introduced expensive, fear-based “solutions” to a problem that doesn’t exist, and has done so in a way that will both create huge burdens on state and county budgets, and make it more difficult for eligible Nebraskans to vote. This legislation package is the height of irresponsibility.

LB1064 - Citizenship Check 1) Part of the purpose of this bill is to “declare an emergency.” What emergency? Is Senator Murante implying that we are in a state of emergency from non-citizens voting in our elections? There is simply no evidence for this claim. This is fear-mongering at best.

2) LB1064 would require Nebraska to check the citizenship status of each registered voter on a computerized statewide system through the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE) when determining a voter’s eligibility to vote. SAVE has been described by the Department of Homeland Security as a database that was not a foolproof way of verifying citizenship. An additional concern is the cost of using such a system. For consumer agencies the costs are around 50 cents per name to use.

LB1065 - Adding Digital Images and Electronic Signatures to the voter rolls.

Create Electronic Poll Books.

1) The use of digital images will simply create more grounds on which voters can be turned away at the polls. Maybe I grew a beard since I had my photo taken? Maybe it’s an old photo?

Maybe I had surgery? This legislation leaves the photo-matching up to the election official.

This could significantly increase the number of provisions ballots issued, which is especially problematic given…

2) Page 23 (lines 5-30): “A provisional ballot cast by a voter pursuant to section 32-915 shall not be counted if: …(h) The voter fails to appear before the election commissioner or county clerk within seven days after election day or the voter’s identity is not confirmed if the voter voted provisionally under subdivision (1)(f) of section 32-915.”

If on Election Day the election official decides I don’t look enough like my digital photo, I will cast a provisional ballot. After that, I have to appear before the election commissioner or county clerk in person within seven days to confirm that I am who I say I am? This means I have to take a day off of work to appear in person and produce a photo ID, which, according to this same bill, will include the same photo that was in the electronic poll book in the first place. There is simply no way this law will not result in more rejected ballots from eligible Nebraskans. The Nebraska constitution says that “elections shall be free,” and that Nebraskans can vote “without hindrance.” This

“The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice” – Martin Luther King Jr.

legislation violates either of those requirements.

3) Our current voter rolls include voter’s names and addresses. This new system would include names, addresses, Digital images, and electronic signatures. This information is vulnerable to hacking and exploitation. The burden to protect this information falls on the Secretary of State’s office. Where does Senator Murante plan to get the money to upgrade our digital security? This upgrade will be essential with passage of this legislation, and will be expensive.

As we just celebrated the King Holiday and prepare to observe Black History Month in February, let us be clear, Black history starts on Jan. 1 and ends on Dec. 31. It’s 24/7, 365 each year. On Jan. 15, we celebrated a King, in every sense of the word.

A man the world will never forget; who changed the course of history and the trajectory of Civil Rights in America. A great man indeed. But we would be remiss, if we did not also honor and pay homage to the “Giant Killers,” who were also part of the trajectory of Civil Rights that changed our course forever.

A “Giant Killer,” is known as a person or a team of people who defeats a seemingly much more powerful opponent. For many, when we speak of a “Giant Killer” the conscious mind conjures up the biblical image of David. According to the parable, King Saul, the entire Israelite army and Goliath too, recognized that David cared so deeply about respect for God that he was willing to put his own life on the line, and even though Goliath ridiculed and insulted David, the giant bully soon discovered that David had the heart of a champion and unparalleled skill on the battlefield. After David killed Goliath, King Saul rewarded him, but David’s greatest reward came from God as noted in Acts 13:22 (NLT): … God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart.”

Thanks to the efforts of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, on January 15, 2018, at the Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon, I had the distinct pleasure to be in the presence of a Giant Killer analogous to David. A man with a heart of a champion and skills in a courtroom battle that is only rivaled by predecessors like Thurgood Marshall. A man after the heart of God and the community he serves. This man is none other than the great Fred Gray, legendary Civil Rights attorney.

Many of the landmark cases handled by Fred Gray occurred during his first decade as a lawyer, a time which led to an extraordinary six-decade career in the law. He has been involved in almost every major civil rights case in Alabama since he became a lawyer, representing freedom riders, sit-in demonstrators, and students seeking to desegregate public schools, colleges, and universities throughout the state. He also filed the federal lawsuit on behalf of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the protestors, which led to protections for the Selma-Montgomery March, which helped to secure passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Fred Gray was one of the first two African

LB1066 - Voter ID 1) There is an inherent contradiction in this legislation, one that will result in the disenfranchisement of veterans and students.

On page 2 lines 15, 19-20, the bill says that IDs from “postsecondary educational institution…” and “issued by a branch of the United States Armed Forces” are acceptable forms of identification. Yet Senator Murante has amended the current language to require “…photographic identification which is current and valid at the time of the election and which shows the same name and residence address of the voter that is on the precinct list of registered voters…” Military IDs do not include living addresses. Neither do Student IDs. For a veteran to try to exercise the right to vote, produce a valid military-issued photo ID, and that still not be enough to satisfy Senator Murante’s threshold for eligible voter defies common sense, and is an insult to Nebraskans who have dedicated themselves to keeping our democracy safe.

2) This legislation requires the Secretary of State to provide “...without payment of a fee, a photographic identification prescribed by the Secretary of State that meets the requirements of this act…” This will result in millions in lost revenue for the state budget. The most conservative calculation we can find is an annual loss of $1.9 million – that’s only if you provided free IDs to voters who are already registered to vote who don’t currently have a valid state issued ID or driver’s license. There is no mechanism to enforce that, however.

Under this law, the Secretary of State would be required to issue free photo IDs to all eligible applicants. So realistically, we’re looking at as many as 300,000 free IDs, which could cost the state more in the ballpark of $8 million in lost revenue. The counties receive $3.50 per ID from the $26.50 fee to purchase a driver’s license or state ID, so county budgets will suffer tremendously.

John Cartier, Director of Voting Rights Civic Nebraska (formerly Nebraskans for Civic Reform)

Long time no see! Truthfully, I am still reeling from that 2016 election. I don’t have much to say, but I recently read two articles that made me want to say a little something.

You know that Alexander Payne, the Hollywood director or producer? He said he is moving back to Omaha and one of his first priorities is to restore and reopen Omaha’s oldest restaurant King Fong’s. To quote the immortal Sam Cooke, “Ain’t that good news?” If I have to be on sodium overload at least I want to enjoy it. I always rationalized that climbing all the stairs leading to King Fong’s offset the salt and calories in that shrimp egg foo yong and shrimp fried rice.

The older I get, the deeper my appreciation of the ‘good ole days’ becomes. I was reading about that #BlackPantherChallenge and the Omaha Star’s hefty endeavor to take 190 kids to see Marvel’s Black Panther. Back in the day, we had several movie theaters in our north Omaha community; most of them were within walking distance. Let’s see, there was the infamous Ritz Theater. Just being in the theater was an event let alone seeing a movie. Then there were 3 or 4 other theaters: the Lothrop, the Beacon and the Military come to mind. On sunny Saturday afternoons, a group of us from the neighborhood could walk to the Beacon on 29th and Ames Avenue, see a movie, then walk home, and when we arrived back home, it was still afternoon. Now kids in the neighborhood have to rely on mass transportation to get to the theater, if their parents do not have vehicles to drop them off. That means going to a movie is an all- day process. And, with the outrageous cost for a ticket and snacks added to bus fare, going to the movie for some kids is just a dream. As extreme as it sounds, that’s real talk.

So I encourage you to donate to the Omaha Star’s effort. All I could afford was a $20 donation, but

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By Debra L. Shaw

when I called the Star office, they told me my $20 would pay admission for 3 kids, with a couple of dollars to apply toward snacks. Do something good for somebody you don’t know, and watch karma pay you back.

Well, I do have a couple other random thoughts from my over-crowded mind: To quote Sojourner Truth – “Ain’t I a Woman?”

Everyone is up in arms because a bunch of rich women say they been sexually harassed, groped, and patted on the butt. Don’t get me wrong, abuse is abuse, but who cried for our women, girls and babies who have been sexually abused in every way imaginable for hundreds of years?

Sisters don’t put too many miles on your Jordans marching with the rich folks till they answer sister Truth’s question in the affirmative.

Seems Monique is asking, “Ain’t I a comedian?”

She accusing Netflix of racial and gender bias cause they offered her $500,000 for a stand up special, Amy Schumer $13 million, and Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle got $20 million each.

Monique, you at the house, take the $500,000.

That’s about $500,000 more than Lee Daniels, Oprah and Tyler Perry will offer you.

Anybody see the Golden Globes? They nominated a bunch of black folks to shut us up and then they shut us out. To quote Gomer Pyle, “Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!” You young folks don’t know Gomer Pyle? Do whatever y’all d Facebook, snap chat, no, no - google him.

Another question, did Meghan McCain ever see The View before she joined the cast? When it comes to politics, Whoopi, Sunny and Joy kick butt and take names: Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Jedediah Bila, Candace Cameron Bure. Meghan, put on your big girl panties and quit expecting favor because you your daddy’s daughter. Or join the ranks of the other conservative co-hosts and QUIT. Well, that’s all that’s on my mind. Happy 2018.

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Americans elected to the Alabama Legislature after Reconstruction, no small feat. In his masterful groundbreaking litigation acumen, he represented the victims of the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, obtaining a financial settlement as well as a formal apology from the President of the United States. Mr. Gray’s legal career has spanned more than half a century, with his landmark civil rights cases found in most constitutional law textbooks, including: Browder v. Gayle, which integrated the buses in the city of Montgomery, 1956, Gomillion v. Lightfoot, the case that opened the door for redistricting and reapportioning legislative bodies across the nation and laid the foundation for the concept of “one man, one vote,” 1960: William v. Wallace, which resulted in the court’s Order in Alabama to protect marchers as they walked from Selma to Montgomery to present grievances as a result of being unable to vote, 1965; Mitchell v. Johnson, one of the first Civil Rights actions brought to remedy systematic exclusion of Blacks from jury service, 1966; and Lee v. Macon, which integrated all state institutions of higher learning in Alabama, as well as most elementary and secondary school systems.

There were many martyrs, champions and reluctant heroes of the Civil Rights movement, many have gone unsung, but none will ever be forgotten. It is rare, however to share time and space and delight in the presence of a Giant Killer such a Fred Gray. From very humble beginnings, he saw desegregation, discrimination and Jim Crow, none of which however, stopped his arc from bending towards justice. Thank you for the opportunity of a lifetime!

Dr. Terri L. Crawford, B.A., M.A, J.D; University of Nebraska Omaha, Department of Black Studies - Adjunct Professor; Political Awareness and Involvement Chair, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. (OAC ).

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It is amazing to experience the power of mentoring in every spectrum of learning concerning your abilities and discovering your full potential. Mentors offer mentees leverage in a variety of fields such as technology, medicine and education. Characteristics of successful people usually include a mentor/ mentee relationship that directs their path to effective accomplishments with their life skills, educational objectives and work goals.

The quality of mentoring matters. Mentors must inspire the best and bring out hidden attributes as well as talents within their mentees. Having a mentor is equal to having a secret weapon or even having super powers. Mentors have insight regarding how to manage roadblocks, maneuver barriers and determine milestones because they have been there and done that before. On this site, https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/22/mentors-arethe-secret-weapons-of-successful-startups/, it states that top-performing mentors and proteges in a New York study met together three or more times in support of new entrepreneurs starting their own businesses. This consistent contact was critical. In fact, all the new entrepreneurs out

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performed their competition due to a sustaining mentor/mentee relationship. It is important to utilize your mentors’ talents to the fullest. The best mentors are very busy individuals. Visit the site for more details regarding this concept.

Tools of the trade come in all forms. It is extremely important to gain knowledge through your educational journey. Yet, recognize that nothing compares to firsthand experience.

Gaining that wisdom through a mentor is very valuable. In addition to education and your own understanding, you must diversify your experiences by volunteering in various areas such as politics, religion and with non-profit groups to gain a wide range of experience outside your comfort zone while working beside people with different views and values. Mentors can assist with finding alternative ways to grow and expand horizons. Time spent in a mentoring relationship is time well utilized no matter how full your days are. Do not underestimate the benefits of a mentor relationship. Any investment in another person’s development is a worthwhile commitment to improving a life.

The burning question is always this: “Will you step up to the plate and become someone’s mentor?” Go to the following website and select the program that fits your availability https:// mmpomaha.org/.

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January 26, 2018

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From L to R: Beverly Rone, Lorraine White-Jackson, Carol Gray, Viv Ewing, Amanda Paris & Vira Brooks

By Amanda Paris

Metropolitan Community College will host seven events celebrating Black History Month.

The events will feature prominent national and local speakers and culminates with a video discussion. All of the events are free and open to the public at various MCC locations.

“The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration” will be a book discussion led by Carol Mitchell, professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities. The discussion will be held Jan. 30, 11 a.m.-noon, in room 110 of Building 10 at the Fort Omaha Campus, 30th and Fort streets.

“Weathervanes of Democracy: Adolescents in African-American Literature” will feature Michael Hill, Ph.D., dean and associate professor at the University of Iowa, as he explores how black communities see their children, especially during the Civil Rights Movement and afterward.

The question arises from Hill’s own experience as a student in the 1980s and 1990s. Hill’s discussion will be held Feb. 6, 12:30-1:45 p.m., in room 114 at the Elkhorn Valley Campus, 829 N. 204th Street.

Byron D’Andra Orey, Ph.D., professor of Political Science at Jackson State University will lead “Us Versus Them: The Great Racial Divide” on Feb. 6, 6:30-7:30 p.m., in room 120 of the

Industrial Training Center at the South Omaha Campus, 27th and Q streets. Orey’s discussion will explore the current political climate and its effect on persons of color and its potential mental health consequences.

“Unshackled: Education for Freedom, Student Achievement and Personal Emancipation” will feature Omaha-native Marcia Watson-Vandiver, Ph.D., assistant professor of Urban Education at Towson University. Guests will hear from Watson-Vandiver as she connects the historical and contemporary importance of education as a transformative tool for social mobility and highlights needs in urban education. The discussion will be held Feb. 8, 6:30-8 p.m., in room 201 at the Institute for the Culinary Arts on the Fort Omaha Campus, 32nd Street and Sorensen Parkway.

“History of Blacks in STEM, Not Hidden Figures” will be led by Stephanie Adams, Ph.D., dean of Engineering at Old Dominion University, on Feb. 12, 6:30-8 p.m., in room 201 at the Institute for the Culinary Arts on the Fort Omaha Campus, 32nd Street and Sorensen Parkway.

A video and discussion of “Arc of Justice” will be held Feb. 15, 1-1:50 p.m. in room 114 at the Elkhorn Valley Campus, 829 N. 204th St. Attendees will learn about the Civil Rights Movement and the journey of African-American farmers in the South.

For more information on these events, contact 531-MCC-2253 or bvelazquez@mccneb.edu.

When Dr. Stan Rone, Coordinator for the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance (IMA) Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Luncheon, offered the National Council of Negro Women Inc. (NCNW) the opportunity to present an award to the wife of famed civil rights attorney Fred D. Gray, the answer was overwhelmingly “yes.” Gray was the keynote speaker at the MLK Luncheon on Jan. 15.

Omaha Section, NCNW President Viv Ewing, Ph.D., presented the award to Carol Gray.

Not only does Carol stand tall beside her husband, she provides the strength at the base of Gray’s column. She is stylish, an intelligent strong leader, positive role model, community advocate for social justice, and entrepreneurial. While living in Cleveland, Ohio, Carol co-owned and co-managed a successful 8-location dry cleaning business for over 40 years. She was a member of the Cleveland Cleaners Association, Ohio Dry Cleaners Association, National Dry Cleaners Association, and the National Council of Negro Women Inc. Carol met and married Fred D. Gray in 2000 and relocated to Tuskegee, Alabama.

Carol embodies the principles of Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. - to empower women to be more effective leaders, increase the social and economic status of women, and to further the career advancement and earning power of women.

During Gray’s keynote speech at the MLK Luncheon, he said, “My wife Carol and I have traveled all over the world, and not once has anyone given her an award.” He expressed his gratitude to the National Council of Negro Women for recognizing her.

NCNW will host their 2018 Spring Fling Fashion Show & Harambee Brunch on March 17 at 10 a.m. at the UNO Milo Bail Ballroom. Tickets are available on Eventbrite, search Harambee Brunch Omaha The Salvation Army exceeded its $2.8 million Tree of Lights Campaign need in Omaha and Council or contact Perlie Whitley at pwhitley29295@q.com or 402-320-0375. For membership, contact Pam Bluffs this year. Red Kettle contributions at retail outlets increased considerably in Council Bluffs and Battle King at 402-210-7980. were down slightly in Omaha. Direct cash donations increased considerably in both communities.

“The community responded to the human needs of our most vulnerable neighbors again this year,” said Major Greg Thompson, Divisional Commander. “This generosity helps us serve the needs of 100,000 persons living in poverty this year alone.”

John and Wende Kotouc, Executive Co-Chairs of American National Bank, chaired this year’s campaign and appreciated the collective efforts of the Omaha and Council Bluffs communities.

“To all the volunteers, thank you for your dedication and efforts,” John Kotouc said. “Working together towards one common purpose, we can make a difference.”

Family Housing Advisory Services has been awarded a $20,000 grant from First National Bank Thompson emphasized that only about one-half of The Salvation Army’s philanthropic cash needs are of Omaha, which also operates as First National Bank Fremont and First National Bank North raised through the Tree of Lights Campaign. Additional funding from individual donor, corporate and Platte. Family Housing Advisory Services’ mission is to improve the quality of life and eliminate foundation support is needed throughout the fiscal year. poverty by helping people achieve housing stability and financial security. This funding will Contributions to the Tree of Lights Campaign support the Human Needs Fund, which provides help develop financially-wise consumers through education and coaching, encourage residents funding for food, housing, material assistance, youth development, behavioral health, older adult to build wealth through financial incentives and matched savings, prepare foster care youth to services and anti-human trafficking programs. Nearly every program within the Human Needs Funds financially transition to adulthood and alleviate poverty through tax credits. requires substantial private support. Out of every dollar raised, 87 cents goes directly to program “Together we change communities by educating and empowering individuals and families, support. one household at a time,” said Teresa Hunter, Executive Director/CEO of Family Housing Advisory Services Inc. NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT In total, First National Bank of Omaha has awarded more than $1.1 million in community AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS development grants to 51 organizations in Nebraska, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, South Dakota and Texas. The grants, which support affordable housing, educated workforce and economic development programs, mark the bank’s final disbursement of grant funding for the year. First January 26, 2018 National Bank awarded a total of $1,840,000 in community development grants in 2016 to City of Omaha, Nebraska organizations across its seven-state service area.

1819 Farnam Street To learn more about Family Housing Advisory Services, Incorporated visit www.fhasinc.org Omaha, Nebraska 68183 To view First National Bank’s 2016 “First in the Community Impact Report” and learn more (402) 444-5150 about the full extent of its community contributions, please visit: https://www.firstnational.com/ site/about-us/in-the-community/index.fhtml.

These Notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the City of Omaha, Nebraska.

Salvation Army Exceeds $2.8 Million Tree of Lights Campaign Need

Family Housing Advisory Services Receives $20,000 Grant

NOTICE TO PUBLIC DEPARTMENT OF DISTRICT OPERATIONAL SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2017- 2018 The School District of Omaha has addressed the issue of asbestos in schools in a cautious and protective manner.

The School District of Omaha will continue with the ongoing asbestos Operations and Maintenance programs, including periodic surveillance inspections that are conducted every six months and the mandatory third-year complete re-inspection of all schools, which was last completed in 2015. The next three-year re-inspections are scheduled to be conducted in 2018.

With the advent of the Asbestos Hazardous Emergency Response Act (AHERA), it has been the policy of the Omaha Public Schools to manage the asbestos in place except where the asbestos-containing material may degrade or may be disturbed because of planned renovation or remodeling.

In compliance with Federal Rules and Regulations, the School District of Omaha has conducted asbestosrelated activities in every building except those that have been declared asbestos-free. The following is a list of asbestos-free buildings: Ashland Park/Robbins Elementary Bancroft Elementary Beals Elementary Belle Ryan Benson West Elementary Blackburn Buffett Magnet Middle Castelar Elementary Central Park Elementary Chandler View Elementary Davis Middle Distribution Center Druid Hill Elementary Dundee Elementary Educare at Indian Hill Educare at Kellom Field Club Elementary Fontenelle Elementary

Fullerton Magnet Gateway Elementary Gomez Heritage Elementary Harrison Elementary ILP Program at Saratoga Jackson Elementary Jefferson Elementary Kennedy Elementary King Science & Technology Magnet Liberty Elementary Marrs Magnet Middle McMillan Magnet Middle Miller Park Elementary Minne Lusa Elementary Monroe Middle Mount View Elementary Parrish Picotte Elementary

Ponca Elementary Prairie Wind Elementary Rose Hill Elementary Saddlebrook Elementary Sherman Elementary Skinner Magnet Springville Elementary Standing Bear Elementary Student Transportation Transition Program at PVA Transition Program South Virtual School US Mills Building Wakonda Elementary Walnut Hill Elementary Washington Elementary Western Hills Elementary Wilson Focus Yates

Please know the ongoing efforts of the School District of Omaha related to the management and control of asbestos-containing materials are geared singularly toward providing a safe and healthy environment for students, employees and occupants.

If you have any questions or would like to review the management plan, please feel free to contact the school district’s asbestos program manager, Shelley Bengtson at (531)-299-0180.

The asbestos management plan is located in the administrative office of each building and is available for review during normal business hours.

Mark A. Evans Superintendent of Schools

Request For Release of Funds On or after February 13, 2018 the City of Omaha will submit a request to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) for the release of approximately $14,000,000.00 of Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds for the Neighborhood Action and Fact Redevelopment Area.

Finding of No Significant Impact An environmental review with respect to this program has been made by the City of Omaha, and it has been determined that it will not have a significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record on file at the Omaha Planning Department, Suite 1111, 1819 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, and may be examined or copied weekdays 8:00 A. M. to 4:30 P. M. The Environmental Review can also be found on the Planning Department’s website at https://planninghcd.cityofomaha.org/holisticneighborhood-revitalization/neighborhood-action-fact.

Public Comments Any individual, group, or agency disagreeing with this determination or wishing to comment on the projects/programs may submit written comments to the Omaha Planning Department. Comments will be able to be left on the City of Omaha’s website as well. All comments received by February 13, 2018, will be considered by the City of Omaha prior to submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.

Release of Funds The City of Omaha certifies to HUD that Jean Stothert, in her official capacity as Mayor of the City of Omaha, consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. HUD’s approval of the certification satisfies satisfy its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the City of Omaha to use HUD program funds.

Objections to Release of Funds HUD will accept objections to its release of funds and the City of Omaha’s certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following basis: (a) the certification was not executed by the certifying officer of the City of Omaha; (b) the City of Omaha has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipient has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by the HUD; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that a project/program is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to the HUD at the Omaha HUD Office, Edward Zorinsky Federal Building, Suite 329, 1616 Capital Avenue, Omaha, NE, 68102-4908.

Potential objectors should contact the HUD Field Office to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

Jean Stothert Mayor, City of Omaha

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Ask Alma: I Moved in with My Boyfriend and His Wife. Now I’m Pregnant.

By Alma Gill NNPA Newswire Columnist Dear Alma, I really enjoy your column and I could really use some advice. I’ll try to keep this short. I had a long-term relationship and we broke up and he moved to a new state. After three years, we started talking again on Facebook and then one thing led to another and we got back together. We were still having problems and we broke up again. Within a year he married someone else.

I was heartbroken and couldn’t believe he married somebody else after all that we had.

Fast forward, it’s been five years and I have not been in another relationship like the one we had. He and I started talking again, we met up and everything fell back into place. Instead of leaving his wife and kids he decided we all should be together and his wife agreed.

Things have been cool for the last 8 months.

I recently found out I am pregnant and I’m so happy and so is he. She, on the other hand, seems to be treating me differently. We are not jelling the way we were and I don’t understand. I was thinking maybe I should move out, what do you think?

Signed, Perplexed Sister-wife Dear Sister-wife, I think somebody’s gotta tell you, so, it might as well be me – your boyfriend’s wife doesn’t like you; she never has, but she’s in “crazy” love with her husband. Unless I’ve been hit by a midnight train to Georgia and forgot about it, I can’t think of one woman who willingly wants to share her husband.

That doesn’t mean she won’t do it, just trust me when I say, that wouldn’t be her first option. Nope, girl, a “clear headed, got it going on, ain’t got no time for foolishness” woman requires her man to love her with his whole heart, but that’s not what we have here.

Don’t get me wrong, if an open marriage is what you seek, more power to you, but that’s not what you’re talking about. You and he had a long-term “on-again, off-again” relationship, that didn’t work. In my book, that makes this something else.

Your threesome has just become one too many, so I’d suggest you sleep with one eye open. If Mrs. #1, (um, that’s right) isn’t as happy as you are about the pregnancy, clearly, she will soon bring this train ride to an end.

The question is, will she ask you to transfer or make it your last stop. Then again, if she decides to disembark, hold off on your happy dance, ‘cause, to be truthful, you’ll never be enough woman for that man. He is using you and he is using her. One or both of you need to be sick and tired of being sick and tired – and shared.

My advice, move out of her house to your own place and make your baby a priority. There are no if, ands or buts about it. Sometimes it’s difficult to love ourselves the way we ought but mothers can love their children better than they love themselves, you’ll see. That, my dear, needs to become your new problem. As a matter of fact, you and I need a telephone call, email me your number.

Meanwhile, I hope you realize you’re sleeping with the frenemy and you don’t even know it. Recognize and identify your worth, grab ahold of it. Your sweet new baby needs you to “woman up.” Kick that brainwashing, cheating, deceiving holder of your heart to the curb. He’s used up enough of your time.

Something to Talk About ‘The Path You Choose’

By Ashley Marie Dantzler Life is short. How many times have you heard that and felt absolutely no emotion? Why? Well, in that moment life doesn’t seem short, it seems long and prosperous at times. But the moment we hear of loss; loss of property, loss of mental stability, or loss of life, we reflect instantly, that truly life is short. But it’s not the life you get, it’s the life you change.

We can’t change another person. We can only change ourselves, in hope that our change will inspire others to do the same. I recently had to reflect on how short life is, with the experience of loss. I reflected, I grieved and then I smiled. The loss of a loved one to either natural or unnatural circumstances can be extremely heavy on the mind and the heart. We are after all only human, and to carry the weight of knowing that someone is gone and won’t return, can become an unhealthy situation. Many people dealing with a mental illness can find themselves in an even worse condition than those of a sound mind. This is not a question of strength; for I am a believer that God will never put more on you than you can bear. But this is a concern for those already dealing with chemical imbalances and misfiring of the brain. When loss occurs and others, family and friends, see that a person with a mental illness is suffering more than usual, it is important that they have a safety plan in place.

A safety plan is a way that a person can identify what works for them, the safe places that they can go, and their support team. I implore you that if you do not have a safety plan that you speak with your provider and work with them to make a cohesive plan in case of emergencies.

Safety plans are just one way we can help each other in times of crisis and loss. Other ways are meditation, prayer, and relaxation techniques. Talking about the situation with someone you trust, could do one of two things, relieve the pressure of the situation so that you are able to have a sounding board; or it could cause more unrest within yourself. Do what helps you in these times; that is the most important piece of a safety plan.

Life is short, is not a phrase that should scare you. It should in all actuality empower you to live every day fully and to be the best you you can be in every situation, every day. When dealing with loss, one must put things into perspective and I believe that using your coping skills and support system is one way to get through tough times.

This world is full of darkness, anger, and hatred, but if you are patient a cloudy sky will always reveal a slither of light, and that is the path we are to walk.

If you are searching for the right provider for your support system, there are places right here in our community that can help you uncover the light.

Brooks Counseling & Consulting LLC – 402-215-3893 CHI Health Psychiatric Associates (Immanuel) – 402-572-2916

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4 Tips for Achieving Success Without Waiting Your Turn Forget the time-honored tradition that younger workers need to “pay their dues” before moving up the ladder of success.

These days many young people see no need to wait their turn – and their refusal to patiently stand in line is the right idea, says Michelle A. Turman, author of Jumping the Queue: Achieving Great Things Before You’re Ready (www. jumpingtheq.org).

“They understand that if what they want doesn’t happen within a certain amount of time, they can move on to something different, or go create an opportunity that works for them and their lifestyle,” says Turman.

Such an ambitious attitude might not match the stereotype of today’s young people, but that’s because the stereotype is often off base, Turman says.

“I do a lot of business with young professionals, and they are nothing like the lazy, selfiesnapping narcissists they are often portrayed as,” she says. “They are motivated young people who realize the world is changing and that they must change with it.”

But they do face a problem.

For all their enthusiasm and big ideas, they lack the tools and experience they need to execute and implement those ideas, which means they could use a little guidance along the way, Turman says. She offers a few tips for passionate and impatient young people who don’t want to wait their turn to achieve great things: • Find a mentor. Having good mentors is critical to success, Turman says. “I recommend a local mentor because meeting in person, face-to-face, really matters,” she says. “Part of the mentor-mentee relationship is about hearing stories or advice from a different perspective, which in turn allows you to think more introspectively.”

A mentor gives you someone to lean on when you’ve had a bad day, she says, but it’s also the mentor’s job to challenge you.

• Believe in yourself. If you’re determined to achieve success now, and not later, you can’t take the easy road. “This is about creating your own path and holding your head high,” Turman says.

• Ignore the naysayers. With every risk you take, there likely will be naysayers who will insist you

are too young, too inexperienced or just plain unprepared. Turman says your strong belief in yourself will need to come into play here, and you will want to avoid your detractors and refuse to let them derail your progress.

• Make your health a priority.

There’s nothing wrong with hard work, but know when to draw the line, Turman says. “Not enough is said or written about the toll that stress takes on your health, your body and your relationships,” she says. “You have to be able to step back and say, ‘I’ve done my best.

I have put in enough hours at work this week.’ The culture places a higher value on work time than on ‘me’ time, but if you don’t prioritize me time once in a while you will burn out and the work time will slowly kill you.”

When people wait until they are “ready” to achieve their goals, they risk missing opportunities, Turman says.

“Being ready is overrated,” she says. “Tune out the noise, rise above the detractors and start believing in yourself – even when no one else does.”

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Creighton REACH Receives Award for Innovation and Excellence Racial and ethical approaches to community health (REACH) is a bi-weekly column featuring articles that focus on reducing health disparities in the African American community. It will include topics submitted by Creighton University Health Sciences Multicultural and Community Affairs (HS-MACA) department.

By Dr. Richard L. Brown, Ph.D., FACHE Executive Director, REACH, Creighton University The Center for Promoting Health and Health EquityREACH is the recipient of the Rev. John P. Schlegel S. J. Diversity Award for Excellence and Innovation. This award was presented at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recognition Ceremony on Jan. 16 at the Hixson-Lied Auditorium of the Mike and Josie Harper Center. As an award winner, the REACH program received a plaque in recognition of their distinguished work in the community.

This award is given to Creighton University faculty, staff or administrators to recognize and celebrate achievements within the Creighton community for innovation and/ or effective initiatives, which support local, regional and national communities.

The ceremony was attended by a variety of individuals including university staff, students, political and community leaders.

Specifically present was the HS-MACA and REACH Program staff, along with community partner representatives from Charles Drew Health Center, Omaha Housing Authority, Nebraska Center for Healthy Families, clergy, Douglas County Health Department, Omaha Public School’s After School Programs, Creighton School of Medicine, and several REACH Certified Health Ambassadors.

The REACH Initiative

To promote healthier, longer lives among African-Americans, Creighton University’s Center for Promoting Health and Health Equality (CPHHE) Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program successfully implemented a $1.5 million Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) basic grant over the past 3 years; along with a $300,000 addition to be applied in Year 4 as a scholarly project led by the Health Sciences Multicultural and Community Affairs (HS-MACA) Department. According to the Douglas County Health Department’s 2007 Health Status Indicator Report, cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death among African-Americans in the Omaha area. Moreover, African-Americans in Omaha experience more cardiovascular deaths and worse quality of life than the majority population. To fulfill its purpose, Creighton University’s CPHHE-REACH program implemented the policy, systems and environmental improvements (PSE) approach (evidence/research-based strategy) to prevent cardiovascular disease risk factors through increased physical activity within the Omaha community.

Creighton University’s CPHHE-REACH program established a walking trail system that offers accessible and convenient physical activity opportunities throughout

Omaha. Within the framework of this initiative, ninety-two (92) exterior/interior walking trail signs were developed and installed which map out walking trails specific to North Omaha locations to be used by the public. In addition, eighty-four (84) destination signs were placed within the community indicating neighboring landmarks (including distances and timeframes) that individuals can walk to as an added form of physical activity.

Solid community partnerships allowed the development of further initiatives which promote diversity, cultural sensitivity, awareness and healthy living throughout the community i.e. Creighton University’s CPHHE-REACH Health Ambassador Program, annual physical activity community events, bicycle rack installations and health promotions. Creighton University’s CPHHE-REACH program established a Health Ambassador Program (the first of its kind) where selected community members were chosen to cultivate relationships and engage the community in physical activity events/opportunities. To date, there are fifty-six (56) trained, certified and equipped Creighton University CPHHEREACH health ambassadors advocating for diversity within communities with a focus on health disparities, physical activity and cardiovascular disease.

6 Unconventional Ways to Stop Snoring An estimated 90 million American adults snore, according to sleepfoundation.org.

And over half the country – 59 percent – has a partner who snores.

Millions of people are looking for remedies, and after years of unsuccessful tries with more traditional methods, it may be time to try other techniques to stop the sawing of logs. However you go about solving the issue, it’s important to take it seriously and address it in some way.

“Snoring is more than just annoyance,” says Dr. Gene Sambataro, DDS (www. juliandentist.com), author of the book Stop The Snore. “There are serious health consequences for ignoring what could be a bigger issue. If you know someone who snores, then you can no longer wait to find out what is going on.”

Sambataro lists interesting and effective ways people can address their snoring: • Dental or oral devices. The goal of resolving sleep-disordered breathing is to remove the obstruction in the airway. The tongue is usually the culprit. One device that can be recommended for the snorer or sleep apnea sufferer is the mandibular

advancement device. “This is one of the most widely-accepted dental appliances for the treatment of sleep apnea. It’s useful in forcing the lower jaw down and forward slightly,” Sambataro says. “By creating an appliance that is worn at night, an oral physician can help a patient’s jaw carefully and methodically move forward, which automatically moves the base of the tongue out of the back of the throat.”

• Use a tennis ball. Snoring is almost always worse when you sleep on your back. This causes your tongue to fall back in your throat, which then disrupts your airflow. One solution is to attach a tennis ball to the back of a T-shirt, making it uncomfortable to sleep on your back and forcing you to sleep on your side.

“Eventually, side sleeping should become a habit and you won’t need a tennis ball attached,” Sambataro says.

• Do tongue aerobics. Muscle weakness within the tongue, mouth, and upper throat may lead to snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Strengthening exercises called myofunctional therapy target the facial muscles used to chew and swallow.

Research shows that doing certain facial and tongue exercises every day can reduce your chances of snoring.

• Change your pillows. The allergens in your bedroom and in your pillow may contribute to snoring. “If you feel fine during the day but obstructed at night, these things may be contributing to your snoring,” Sambataro says. “Everyone should evaluate whether your pillows are creating some nasal congestion due to a reaction to the material.

• Nose cones. These are placed in each nostril to expand the nostrils. This technique has a similar effect as strips, without the irritation of removing them in the morning.

• Nasal sprays. When used regularly, sprays can help eliminate any bacteria or fungus that are mucous-producing and cause obstruction of the nasal airway.

“Be careful not to look for quick fixes,” Sambataro says. “Today’s American society is intent on finding solutions for instant gratification. There are remedies out there – traditional and unconventional – but you should be thorough to remedy what can be a serious problem.”

YOUTH/NATIONAL/EVENTS/CLASSIFIED ADS Engagement Instead of Payment

January 26, 2018

By Nick Juanitas

Throughout the day and often on weekends, you can find the families of scholars at Nelson Mandela Elementary volunteering at the school.

Nelson Mandela is a free private elementary school with 180 students, located on 30th street in North Omaha. In lieu of tuition, the school asks each family to donate twenty hours of their time.

There are many ways that parents, grandparents, and even aunts and uncles choose to get involved.

These range from helping cleanup after lunch, to creating bulletin boards, or reading to scholars in class. Third grade parent, Ashley Kuhn, enjoys volunteering because it allows her to be with her daughter and her friends during the school day. “I enjoy volunteering at Nelson Mandela because it gives me the opportunity to observe my scholar in the school setting, get to know her friends and classmates and develop a relationship with the teachers and staff. It’s extremely important to me to be active and volunteer at my child’s school because it creates consistency in the message that we are sending our children and the overall message is that we are one team that is established solely for our child’s success.”

Due to busy work schedules for most families, finding time for parents and relatives to come in and volunteer was becoming difficult. Dr. Susan Toohey, principal of Nelson Mandela, came up with Weekend Warriors, as a way for families of each grade to donate time on Saturday mornings.

“Identifying and then removing barriers for parent engagement is key to the success we have experienced. We have a dedicated and dynamic Parent Advisory Committee and they gave us key feedback that Saturdays would be helpful as an

option for engagement hours. We also found that the personal invitation to participate is extremely important so that everyone is involved.”

Along with Weekend Warriors, field trips are one of the most popular ways that families choose to volunteer. From taking the scholars to the pumpkin patch or helping them with science experiments at Metro Community College, field trips are a great way for volunteers to have fun with the scholars and earn a good portion of their engagement hours. All the help and engagement from parents and relatives, allow Nelson Mandela to operate as smoothly as possible, and the school makes sure to reward parents who go above and beyond in their help.

Certificates of completion are given to families in front of the whole school during violin concerts, after they have reached twenty hours of engagement. Additional gifts, ranging from Nelson Mandela coffee mugs and sweaters, to ornaments and glass art, are given when families reach fifty, seventy five, and one hundred hours.

Lastly, the ultimate reward that some families covet; the names of the volunteers who give one hundred hours of their time are put on a plaque at the entrance hall to the school, for all scholars and families to admire. “Research has confirmed over and over again that the more involved families are in their child’s education, the more successful that child will be in school.

For us to move the achievement needle, we need to make engagement fun, meaningful, important and celebrated. We feel that we are on the right road to making that happen. We have amazing families at Nelson Mandela Elementary and we could not be what we are today without them,” concluded Dr. Toohey.

Snoop Dogg Drops $25k For Colin Kaepernick’s Million Dollar Pledge

By Diannah Watson BlackAmericaWeb.com Colin Kaepernick, the former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, is on a mission to raise $1 million to donate to various charities. Kaepernick is not alone in his efforts as many celebrities have joined his cause. Rapper Snopp Dogg recently dropped $25,000 into Snoop Dog and Kaepernick the Kaepernick’s pledge. Kaepernick posted on Instagram thanking the rap legend.

“It’s no secret that Uncle @snoopdogg has transcended into global mega stardom and even though he’s busier than ever, our brother still finds time to give back to the Community in so many ways.

Like a true OG, Uncle Snoop didn’t even flinch when I reached out to him about being part of my #MillionDollarPledge,” expressed Kaepernick on Instagram.

Snoop stepped it up even more and said he would donate $10,000 to the Mother’s Against Police Brutality which Kaepernick is gamed to match.

In another Instagram post, Kaepernick details what the organization Mothers Against Police Brutality is all about. It unites, “mothers who have lost their children to police. MAPB is the new voice for justice for victims of police brutality and deadly force,” wrote Kaepernick.

He later posted that Snoop Dogg was supposed to donate an additional $15,000! When Uncle Snopp stops by he really stops by.

Kevin Durant, Jesse Williams, Steph Curry and a long list of others celebrities that have donated to the cause.

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In The Village!

Things to do, people to see, places to go.

Jan. 26 – Registration is now open for the Union for Contemporary Arts’ February Co-Op Workshops. Interested in picking up a new skill to expand your creative practice or maybe brushing up on a rusty medium that you once loved to use? Snag a spot in one of our artist-led Co-Op Studios workshops!

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Jan. 27 – 5th annual Omaha Teen Summit will be held from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center, 6401 Dodge St. This is an opportunity for students in grades 8 and above to learn, network and solve problems plaguing them. To register, visit: omahateensummit.eventbrite.com Jan. 28 – Free workshop and movie showing of The Help: Mamie in America from 1-4 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 7020 Cass St. To register visit eventbrite.com. This event is hosted by Ashlei Spivey of Ay Spivey.

Jan. 29 – PromiseShip, the new Nebraska Families Collaborative, begins 2018 with the opening of a new office at 4530 Maass Rd, Ste 200, in Bellevue. An open house will be held from 4-6 p.m. PromiseShip serves Douglas and Sarpy counties by providing child well-being and safety services for children and families involved in the child welfare system.

Jan. 30 – View the Super Moon and return early the next morning (1-31) to view the lunar eclipse! Homestead National Monument has planned viewing events and adjusted building hours at the Heritage Center to allow for viewing of these astronomical spectacles! On January 30, the Homestead Heritage Center will remain open until 7:00 p.m. On Wednesday the center will open at 5:00 a.m. A viewing area will be established at the Heritage Center. Dress for the weather and bring extra layers or a blanket.

Jan. 31 – UNMC Center for Reducing Health Disparities will host an unconventional presentation to share a qualitative academic study on community violence entitled, Listen to my Story: Perspectives of African-American Mothers and Male Offenders on Violence in Omaha, Nebraska. A group of local poets will use their creative spirit and energy to give life to the narratives of mothers and male offenders

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who have experienced violence in Omaha. This event will be held at KANEKO, 1111 Jones St., from 6-8 p.m. Tickets are available at https:// www.eventbrite.com.

Feb. 3 – Max I. Walker will host the 11th annual Ultra Chic Boutique from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at A View on State Street, near 134th & State. Nearly 3,000 dresses will be for sale on a cash only basis. All proceeds will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association of Nebraska Chapter.

Feb. 3 – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. statewide Founders Day Celebration will be hosted by the Omaha Alumnae Chapter. Rev. Dr. Gwendolyn E. Boyd, the 22nd National President, will be the featured speaker at their 11 a.m. public luncheon to be held at Hilton Omaha, 1001 Cass St. To purchase tickets, phone Marla C. Bachus at 402-681-1092.

Feb. 4 – Frances Mendenhall will lead a presentation and discussion on the carbon fee and dividend plan to address global warming at Holy Family Church at 11 a.m. after the 10:00 mass. Holy Family is located on 18th St. between Cuming and Izard. The public is invited.

Since a carbon tax with revenue going to foster renewable energy is not politically feasible a carbon fee and dividend is the best response our government can make. Read more about it at https://citizensclimatelobby.org/basics-carbonfee-dividend/ Feb. 10 – Take Time to Love Yourself at Clair Memorial United Methodist Church, 5544 Ames Ave, from 10 a.m. till noon. Receive free massages, skin care, aromatherapy, important health education and healthy snacks. For more info, contact Theola Cooper at 402-444-3367 or theola.cooper@cityofomaha.org Feb. 10 – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Omaha Alumnae Chapter hosts Side Saturday Hustle – How to Build a Business Without Quitting Your Day Job at 2 p.m., at Nebraska Methodist College, 720 N. 87th St., room 3216.

This event is free and open to the public. RSVP to email Loleta Robinson at lmrobinson1016@ gmail.com Feb. 12 – Sweet Hearts Dinner & Dance for married and engaged couples at the DC Center, 11830 Stonegate Dr. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and dinner begins at 7:00. To purchase tickets phone Aryka at 402-637-5502 or Joshua at 402637-5501.

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YOUTH/EDUCATION NEWS

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Juniors Participate in Leadership Conference More than 100 juniors, from 10 Omaha area high schools served by College Possible and Avenue Scholars, participated in the Youth Frontiers Leadership Conference on Wednesday at the NorthStar Foundation. This unique leadership development opportunity inspires students to take responsibility for making their schools places of kindness and respect. Full of activities that motivate and inspire students leaders to set the tone for improving their school environments, the leadership conference helps students acknowledge and accept their “ability to respond” and examine how their daily choices impact their classmates, teachers and the greater community.

“This is a great event for our juniors which allows them to meet students from across the Omaha area, hear what issues they are facing in their high schools and learn from each other. I think each student who attended learned something about themselves and their peers, all while having fun and working to create positive change in their school and community,” states Katie Cunningham, Program Director.

January 26, 2018

100 Black Men Of Omaha To Host African American History Challenge The 100 Black Men of Omaha Inc. (100) will host its 18th African American History Challenge (AAHC) on Feb. 3 at 4 p.m. at North High Magnet School, 4410 N. 36th St. The goal of the competition is to foster an appreciation of AfricanAmerican history and culture in Omaha youth. The competition is open to the public at no charge.

Students from area middle schools and high schools will compete for cash prizes and an opportunity to represent the 100 Black Men of

Omaha – on a national level – at the 2018 100 Black Men of America’s annual conference in Hollywood, Fla. By marshaling support from the corporate, philanthropic and educational community, this event has been sustained for eighteen years. This year’s event sponsored in part by Cox, OPS and the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

The mission of the 100 is “to improve the quality of life in Omaha by helping our youth reach their fullest potential.” We seek to achieve our mission

through mentoring, education, health & wellness and economic empowerment programs.

Today, over 100 chapters nationally and internationally make up the 100 Black Men of America, Inc., an alliance of leading AfricanAmerican men representing a myriad of professions including business, public affairs and government.

For more information about the 2018 African American History Challenge or the 100, call 402934-7065 or visit www.100blackmenomaha.org.

2017 Competition Champions

AAHC Junior Division: Beveridge Magnet Middle School Front Row: Eric L. Ewing, Springfield McCauley, Ximena Herrera Baro, Lillian McEvoy, Sheila McCauley Beveridge Coach and James Mason, Jr. Back Row: Bill Alexander, Sherman Willis, Michaela Jackson, Beveridge, Assistant Principal; Richard Webb, Chad Carlson Beveridge Coach and John Davis.

AAHC Senior Division: Burke High School Front Row: Eric L. Ewing, Gaye Lannan, Burke Assistant Principal; Maylana Russell and Kaylin White, Abby McNair Burke Coach and James Mason, Jr. Back Row: Bill Alexander, Sherman Willis, Richard Webb and John Davis.

Track and Field Association Recognizes Over 100 Youth

By Keith Harris The United States of America Track and Field Nebraska Association (Nebraska USATF) held its Annual Awards Banquet Sunday at the DC Centre in Omaha. The event hosted nearly 400 guests and recognized more than 100 youth athletes for their stellar performances during the 2017 youth summer track season. The highlight of the event was the formal introduction of scholarships which are geared toward assisting Nebraska graduating high school seniors with the cost of transitioning to college. The Nebraska Association endeavors to promote the benefits of continued involvement with track and field far beyond youth and high school participation by offering scholarships.

During the program the parents, coaches, and supporters of honored athletes were thanked for being in support of the young athletes. The association’s President Rubin Carter and the organization’s Youth Chairperson TammyRa Jackson recognized that track requires a strong commitment from youth participants and their families.

There are many lessons that come from involvement in the sport that helps kids

to learn important life lessons in addition to improving youth performance that can be transferred to other sports. The national mission of USATF is to provide vision and leadership to the sport of track and field in the United States, and to promote the pursuit of excellence from youth to masters, from grassroots to the Olympic Games.

The first official Nebraska USATF Scholarship recipients that were recognized at the 2018

banquet were Taleah Gully of Westside High School and Haley Miller of Plattsmouth High School. Congratulations to the scholars and to all of the excellent future elite athletes who were recognized.

Youth, ages 8 to 18, participate in summer track and field starting in March and ending in August each year. There are many teams in Nebraska. Interested parents can visit http:// nebraskausatf.org for more information.

TammyRa Jackson, Haley Miller, Taleah Gully and Keith Harris. Photo: LaTricia Harris Photo: DaRion Archie

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BORN TO BE GREAT By the time she’s ready to attend college, the majority of all jobs will require education and training beyond high school. Jobs in healthcare, community services, and STEM will grow the fastest among occupational clusters. To be ready for these jobs of the future, students in grades K-12 need learning experiences that meet them where they are, engage them deeply, let them progress at a pace that meets their individual needs, and helps them master the skills for today and tomorrow.

The Every Student Succeeds Act empowers parents like you to make sure that the opportunity for a great education is the standard for every student. To learn more, visit www.nnpa.org/essa.

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