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Tony Todd Packs L. A. Press Club in One-Man Play On the Life of Jack Johnson By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief HOLLYWOOD—The Los Angeles Press Club in Hollywood on Thursday evening was the place to be to get a glimpse of Black History. It was the showing of Ghost in the House, a oneman play by Tony Todd. Black History was on display in a fabulous, fearless and fantastic portrayal by Tony Todd of the life of Jack Johnson, one of the greatest boxing champion in the world even before Muhammad Ali was nicknamed “The Greatest”. Todd mesmerized the crowd with his ability to make Johnson’s appear right before your eyes as he danced around the stage stepping into his role like a champion. Todd’s one-man performance was so educational and an eye-opener for those who knew little about the life of Jack Johnson and how progressive and innovative he was as a black man in the early 1900s. He defied all to achieve his dream in boxing to be the king and the king he was yet, because of his race, a black man, he was never recognized for his achievement and went into exile in Europe to escape the racist system in America. Todd stepped right into his role from the very beginning giving the audience every bit of their money worth and more. Patricia Stubbs, a former school teacher in attendance
Photo by Gloria Zuurveen Tony Todd performing in Ghost in the House, a one-man play on the life of boxing champion Jack Johnson at the L.A. Press Club last night.
Photo by Kerstin Alm Los Angeles Press Club Board member Gloria Zuurveen and grandson Israel Matthews on the red carpet at the Ghost in the House.
said, “All of our young people in our country should see this performance because they probably have never heard of him.” She said it was a marvelous performance. Morna Murphy Martel, a writer for “Not Born Yesterday”, a senior newspaper, said, “I am British and came to America when I was teenager and I was so fascinated by the relationship in America between the blacks and whites which to me is totally ridiculous and as Patricia said young people don’t know about him.” One member in the audience during the discussion period said that Todd’s portrayal of Johnson was better than the motion pictures with actor James Earl Jones James in the “The Great White Hope”. He said about Todd, “Your performance that we, that I saw here tonight was incredible, unbelievable, mesmerizing.” He was given an applaud by the crowd in agreement with his assessment of Todd’s performance in a play that is worth watching and reflecting on the times we are living in now with many of the same racial prejudices which Johnson faced then are making Please see Ghost, page 9
Above photo by Gloria Zuurveen: Tony Todd, Brian Watts, Diana Ljungaeus and Fran Megna holding a copy of PACE NEWS. Below photo by Kerstin Alm: Gloria Zuurveen, Israel Matthews, Tamara Lewis, Tony Todd and Raymond Bell at the Ghost in the House, a one-man play with Todd.
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EDITORIAL/OPINION Publisher’s Column
Facing America’s Lynching Frenzy By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist
Dr. Gloria Zuurveen Founder /Owner/ Publisher/Photographer
Hello Everyone, Praise God because He is real. We are at the end of the official celebration of Black History but we are not to make it an end to our continue to celebrate our history as a people. Our history is to be remembered everyday of our lives. Lest we forget what our forefathers and mothers endures, we are destined to allow the oppressors continue their attempts to do it again; therefore we must never forget yet we are to forgive. Forgive so that we may move forward to all that God has in store for us. Remember the last shall be first and the first shall be last. It is what our God has promised us. So we are not to get weary when things don’t seems to go the way we think they should. We know that God has promised us that with Him all things are possible and without Him nothing is possible. So we must reflect on the promises of God and know that we as people are of royal lineage and we shall inherit all that God has in store for us regardless of those who try to keep us down. Praise God.
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We live in a era when humankind seems awash in war-driven atrocities. Men, and in some instances, boys – for this is, overwhelmingly, a matter of the sins of males – who once lived within the boundaries of decency have dedicated themselves to committing crimes of shocking depravity. Whether driven by tricked-up political ideologies, ethnicgroup grievances, or pseudo-religious mumbo-jumbo, many of these killers display a seemingly unfathomable desire to be inhuman, monstrous. I have a name for this bloodletting and the people who engage in it. I call it and them the Prime Evil. The phrase isn’t my creation. It was applied two decades ago to one man, Eugene de Kock, a colonel in South Africa’s police force during the apartheid era who directed the government’s terrorist squad that used torture and murder to try to destroy the freedom movement led by Nelson Mandela. One of that unit’s many “specialties” was, after it had finished torturing a captive, to tie him up, place him over an explosive device and detonate it. Brought to justice after the fall of the Afrikaner regime, de Kock was sentenced to more than 200 years in prison for his crimes. De Kock’s name has been in the news this winter because the Black-majority South African government announced in late January that it would parole him. I’ll explore that extraordinary decision further in my next column. My point here is that De Kock’s release reminds us that although the Internet now makes it possible for many of us to witness acts of horrific violence, such depravity isn’t new and has never been limited to just the colored peoples of the world. That fact was underscored by the release earlier this month of a report documenting how widespread and horrific the dynamic of America’s Prime Evil – White racism – once was. The document, “Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror,” was compiled by the Equal Justice Initiative, (EJI) a Montgomery, Alabama-based social justice organization. It found that between 1877 and 1950 a total of 3,959 Black Americans were murdered by a “racial terror lynching” in the twelve most active lynching states, all but one of which had been part of the Confederacy. The report defines a racial terror lynching as one whose
real purpose was not to punish an individual so much as to terrorize an entire group: Americans of African descent. Contrary to the conventional view of these murders as furtive acts done by a few on the fringe of Southern White society, EJI documents that the “lynching frenzy” murders were often barbaric communal “festivals” involving ghastly rituals of mutilation and burning – symbolic of both cannibalism and necrophilia – that were attended by dozens, or hundreds, or even thousands of Whites. Some, in which Blacks locked up in local jails were targeted, were even advertised in local newspapers in advance. Further, these “celebratory acts of racial control and domination” were bolstered by the White South’s using Christianity to justify Jim Crow. The Equal Justice Initiative wants to erect in these states, which are chock-full of memorials to the architects of the Prime Evil of Negro Slavery and Jim Crow, markers of and memorials to the lynchings at many of the sites where they happened – a plan, a New York Times article on the report noted “will involve significant fundraising, negotiations with distrustful landowners and, almost undoubtedly, intense controversy.” The latter prospect should be especially welcomed by those who think, as the EJI report states, America “must fully address our history of racial terror and the legacy of racial inequality it has created. … by urging communities to honestly and soberly recognize the pain of the past. Only when we concretize the experience through discourse, memorials, monuments, and other acts of reconciliation can we overcome the shadows cast by these grievous events.” “Tsultrim,” a reader responding online to the Times Feb. 10 article put it even more poignantly. “Imagine driving through your town today and seeing a body hanging from a lamp post, or a bridge. Imagine watching your neighbors burn a person to death in the public square. If we think this is shocking, then we must take steps to acknowledge our past, commemorate those who died, own responsibility for acts that have informed attitudes to this day. This is our holocaust. It’s past time to own it, examine ourselves, and change. Who are we if we refuse to look, refuse to acknowledge?” Lee A. Daniels is a longtime journalist based in New York City. His essay, “Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Great Provocateur,” appears in Africa’s Peacemakers: Nobel Peace Laureates of African Descent (2014), published by Zed Books. His new collection of columns, Race Forward: Facing America’s Racial Divide in 2014, is a v a i l a b l e a t w w w . a m a z o n . c o m .
DuBois and Trotter: My Civil Rights Heroes By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In the interest of full disclosure, I have been a W.E.B. DuBois fanatic since my teenage years in Tuscaloosa, Ala. I have a healthy collection of books by and about DuBois, including David Levering Lewis’ twovolume biography of DuBois (W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 19191963and W. E. B. DuBois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919), each a winner of the Pulitzer Prize. I first became enamored of DuBois at Druid High School when I learned he was the polar opposite of Booker T. Washington. In his Atlanta Compromise speech in 1895, Booker T. said in defense of racial segregation, “In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.” DuBois, on the other hand, was unwilling to settle for anything less than full economic, social and political equality for African Americans. When I learned that DuBois and I shared the same birthday – February 23 – I was ecstatic. I was born at 11:30 at night and told Mama if she had waited another 31 minutes, I don’t know if I would have ever forgiven her, not that the timing of my entry into this world was under her control. Enough disclosure. As much as I admire William Edward Burghardt DuBois – my middle name is also Edward – in temperament, I am probably more like William Monroe Trotter than DuBois. And we both pursued full-time careers in journalism. Even during Black History Month, I am surprised that Trotter’s name is rarely, if ever, mentioned. Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Trotter grew up in Boston. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard in 1895 – the same year DuBois became the first African American to earn a Ph.D from the university. A year later, Trotter earned a master’s degree from Harvard in finance but could not find a job in banking because of his race. Instead, Trotter worked at his father’s real estate company. In 1901, he and George Forbes founded the Boston Guardian newspaper, an uncompromising voice for Black liberation that routinely denounced Booker T. Washington as Benedict Arnold, the Great Traitor and an errand boy for Northern philanthropists. When Washington went to Boston to address a National Negro Business League meeting at a local Black church, Trotter repeatedly interrupted him, challenging his accommodationist views. In his autobiography, DuBois wrote that Trotter attempted to make Washington “answer
publicly certain questions with regard to his attitude toward voting and education.” Instead of getting an answer, Trotter got arrested in what was mislabeled “The Boston Riot” for disorderly conduct and served a month in jail. It is widely recognized that the founding of the NAACP grew out of the Niagara Movement. But it is not widely known that the Niagara Movement was established as a direct result of William Monroe Trotter’s arrest after confronting Booker T. in Boston. “…When Trotter went to jail, my indignation overflowed,” DuBois wrote. “I did not always agree with Trotter then or later. But he was an honest, brilliant man, and to treat as a crime that which was at worst mistaken judgment was an outrage. I sent out from Atlanta in June 1905 a call to a few selected persons ‘for organized determination and aggressive action on the part of men who believe in Negro freedom and growth.’” Answering that call for a meeting on the Canadian side of he U.S./Canada border were 59 African Americans from 17 states in what became known as the Niagara Movement. Though instrumental in the Niagara Movement and the founding of the NAACP, Trotter refused to join the nascent national civil rights group because he felt its leadership and finances were controlled by Whites. Trotter continued to press for civil rights through his National Equal Rights League. He remained an advocate for better treatment of African Americans in World War I, tried to get the racist movie “Birth of a Nation” banned in Boston and confronted President Woodrow Wilson over his policy of segregating of Black federal employees. Trotter continued to fight for civil rights until his death on April 7, 1934 at the age of 62. The William Monroe Trotter Institute at the University of Massachusetts publishes a scholarly journal called the Trotter Review. The editor of the journal, Kenneth J. Cooper, is a friend and former colleague from our days as reporters for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Several years ago, he asked me to serve on the editorial board of the Review. I quickly accepted. I just celebrated Feb. 23 as my birthday and the birthday of my hero, W.B. DuBois. But being affiliated with the Trotter Review, even from a distance, keeps me connected to William Monroe Trotter as well. DuBois and Trotter – it doesn’t get any better than that in Black History Month or any other month. George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook.
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EDUCATION & COMMUNITY NEWS Critics Say GOP Education Reform Would Hurt Poor and Black Students By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) As the Republican-led Congress prepares to update the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), civil rights groups, educators and student advocates fear that current proposals leave many poor and Black children behind. According to analysis by the Center for American Progress (CAP), a Washington, D.C. –based progressive think tank, the bill submitted by Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), eliminates accountability for low-performing schools, lowers academic standards, and abolishes targeted, statelevel graduation goals for students of color. A White House brief on the ESEA reauthorization bills said that the proposal being considered in the House of Representatives will cap spending on the ESEA for the next six years at $800 million lower than it was in 2012, eliminates “guarantees that education funding reaches classroom,” and “some especially high-poverty school districts would see cuts as large as 74 percent.” In her weekly column, Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund, said no ESEA bill would be better than the one now making its way through Congress. She wrote, “H.R. 5 also removes strong accountability provisions required to make sure the children who need help most will actually be helped. It is morally indefensible and extraordinarily expensive that we have 14.7 mil-
lion poor children in our country – 6.5 million of them living at less than half the poverty level. All of these poor children exceed the combined residents in all 50 state capitals and the District of Columbia.” Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a network of more than 200 national research and advocacy groups, said that the ESEA reauthorization proposals currently pending in Congress would strip millions of students and their parents of the protections and resources that have helped them to hold their schools accountable for equitable funding and treatment. “For the students we represent, students of color, students with disabilities, English language learners and low-income students, a strong ESEA is vital to ensuring that states and school districts are living up to their obligation to provide a quality education for all on an equal basis not just for the most privileged or wealthy,” said Henderson. On a recent call with reporters, Henderson said that the coalition of 34 national civil rights and education groups supported annual statewide assessments to evaluate student progress, transparency of the test results and additional data that empowers parents to advocate on behalf of their children. Chanelle Hardy, the executive director and senior vice president for policy at the National Urban League, said that the legacy of the Black community’s commitment to education stems from the days of slavery when Blacks
learned to read in secret and at risk to their own lives. “This is not a conversation about how we need to convince our community to care about achievement,” said Hardy. “This is about our nation’s commitment to a system of education that prepares every child for college work and life. This is a fundamental civil rights principle and a fundamental principle of justice.” William Hayes, the principal at Franklin D. Roosevelt Academy in the Glenville community of Cleveland, Ohio, also expressed concerns about the Republican proposals for reforming the ESEA, which was last updated more than a decade ago through the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) under President George W. Bush. “This vote is about equity and accountability, yet everyday my students face the brutal reality that they live in a society that has not achieved its promise for a more equitable distribution of outcomes and opportunities,” said Hayes. Hayes said that 98 percent of the students at his school are African American, 100 percent qualify for free lunch and 28 percent receive special education services. One of Cleveland’s wealthiest subdivisions borders Glenville to the north and the city’s cultural center with museums, botanical gardens and the Cleveland Institute of Music to the south, Hayes said. The Cleveland Clinic, perennially ranked by as one of the best hospitals in the nation, is just a
15-minute walk to the east of Glenville. “Surrounded by so much prosperity and bright images of the American Dream, my students could easily be forgotten, were it not for our federal government ensuring that communities remain accountable,” added Hayes. Hardy said that civil rights groups were extremely concerned about resource equity and ensuring that low-income students at majority-minority schools have access to early childhood education and high quality teachers. Researchers at CAP found that school districts spent $733 less at schools that were 90 percent minority compared to schools that were 90 percent White. That money could be spent on veteran teachers, school counselors and laptop computers. “It’s no secret that more than 50 years after Brown our communities and schools are still very much segregated however the concentration of poverty has become more exacerbated as affluent families of color have left our communities to go elsewhere,” said Hayes. Nancy Zirkin, the executive vice president of the Leadership Conference, said that no one can deny that NCLB has room for improvement, “but the proposals in front of Congress now throw the baby out with the bath water.” Zirkin explained, “These proposals bend over backwards to accommodate state and local entities that have both failed our children and avoided any real accountability for their failures.” NCLB was characterized by high stakes testing that led some
school districts to trim physical education and arts programs to make room for more rigorous reading and math course work. Educators railed against “teaching to the test” and questioned the need for multiple assessments throughout the school year. Hayes said that he wasn’t naïve to the unintended consequences of the “accountability movement” that came with NCLB, including the narrowing of the academic curriculum and the overtesting of students linked to controversial teacher evaluations, but he still didn’t believe the shortcomings of the law warranted a complete hands-off approach from the federal government. Hayes said he was frustrated at the thought of a federal government willing to step away without stepping back to the table to help to fix NCLB. Hayes added: “As a school leader I can’t imagine a time where my administrative team could ever see a problem with our students and say to teachers, ‘It didn’t work so I’m just going to let you figure it out by yourselves.’” But in the eyes of some educators and civil rights leaders that’s exactly what the Republican proposals do. “We can’t go back to a time when these schools were ignored,” said Zirkin. Hardy agreed. “We can’t assume that we have good information on student achievement based on sociodemographic factors,” said Hardy. “We have to do our part with our federal tax dollars to concentrate those resources where they need to be.”
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CHURCH & COMMUNITY NES Christian Media Barely Reaching Beyond the Faithful By Bob Smietana NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Christian broadcasters have a devoted following, with about two-thirds of weekly churchgoers and evangelicals saying they tune in to Christian radio and television on a regular basis. Christian books have a similar use by churchgoers and evangelicals and Christian movies remain popular, with about 4 in 10 Americans having seen one in the last year. But many Americans ignore Christian media. Those are among the findings of a new study on the use of Christian media from Nashville-based LifeWay Research. The study, sponsored by the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), included an online survey of 2,252 Americans and a phone survey of 1,009 Americans. “Christian media delivers teaching, music, and entertainment to a predominantly Christian constituency,” says Ed Stetzer, executive director of LifeWay Research. “Not surprisingly, those who embrace Christian teaching will value and consume these the most.” Stetzer released the study’s findings during the NRB national convention in Nashville, February 24. Researchers found demographic splits between those who frequently or sometimes listen to or watch Christian broadcasts and those who
rarely or never tune in. Self-identified evangelicals (69 percent), weekly church attenders (62 percent), and African-Americans (54 percent) are more likely to watch Christian television. They are also more likely to listen to Christian radio compared to 32 percent of all Americans. About two-thirds of evangelicals (67 percent) and more than half of weekly church attenders (57 percent) are fans of Christian radio. Just under half (46 percent) of African Americans also tune in. Overall, about 1 in 4 (27 percent) Americans frequently or sometimes listen to Christian radio. More Protestants and nondenominational Christians (45 percent) watch Christian television than Catholics (28 percent). Radio has a similar denominational split. Just under half (41 percent) of Protestants and nondenominational Christians tune in, along with 1 in 5 (21 percent) Catholics. “It’s stunning to see how many American believers are listening to or watching Christian media,” said Jerry Johnson, president of National Religious Broadcasters, an international association of Christian broadcasters and communicators. “It's also encouraging to learn how new forms are emerging.” “But we must be more effective stewards of all media
forms, especially to reach those who have yet to believe," Johnson said. Christian books fare about the same as Christian broadcasting. About a third of Americans (33 percent) say they frequently or sometimes read Christian books. Twothirds (65 percent) rarely or never read Christian books. Still, many Americans have little contact with Christian media. Two-thirds of Americans (67 percent) rarely or never watch Christian television. Those who skip church all together (94 percent) or have no religious affiliation (89 percent) rarely or never watch. Seven in 10 Americans (72 percent) rarely or never listen to Christian radio. They include those with no religious affiliation (94 percent) or who rarely (84 percent) or never (97 percent) attend church.
Christian movies have wider appeal Four in 10 (40 percent) Americans say they've watched a Christian movie in the last year. About half (51 percent) have not. One in 10 (9 percent) are not sure. Americans over 65 (31 percent) are less likely to have seen a Christian movie than those 18-29 (40 percent). African-Americans (59 percent), evangelicals (74 percent) and weekly churchgoers (64 percent) are more likely to have seen a Christian movie. Those with no religious affiliation (11 percent) and those from non-Christian faiths (37 percent) are least likely to have seen a Christian film. “Great movies hinge on great stories and the Bible is filled with great stories,” says Stetzer.” These numbers show that many Americans are watching, and perhaps this will encourage more and bet-
ter films.” Online media has more fans Christian media has found a significant audience online. One in 4 Americans (25 percent) say they watch or listen to Christian programming every week on their computer, phone or tablet, according to the phone survey. An additional 5 percent tune in online monthly. One in 10 (9 percent) watch or listen online less than once a month. “That would amount to over 60 million adult Americans each week,” explained Stetzer. Six in 10 (60 percent) never watch or listen on their computer, smartphone or tablet. Few (4 percent) Americans listen to Christian podcasts frequently. About 1 in 10 listen sometimes. Most Americans (84 percent) rarely or never listen to Christian podcasts.
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HEALTH & COMMUNITY NEWS For Many Taxpayers On Obamacare, It’s Payback Time By Anna Gorman Roberta and Curtis Campbell typically look forward to tax time. Most years, they receive a refund – a little extra cash to pay off credit card bills. But this year the California couple got a shock: According to their tax preparer, they owe the IRS more than $6,000. That’s the money the Campbells received from the federal government last year to make their Obamacare health coverage more affordable. Roberta, unemployed when she signed up for the plan, got a job halfway through the year and Curtis found full-time work. The couple’s total yearly income became too high to qualify for federal subsidies. Now they have to pay all the money all back. “Oh my goodness, this is just not right,” said
Roberta Campbell, who lives in the Sacramento suburb of Roseville. “This is supposed to be a safety net health care and I am getting burned left and right by having used it.” As tax day approaches, hundreds of thousands of families who enrolled in plans through the insurance marketplaces could be stuck with unexpected tax bills, according to researchers. Those payments could be as high as $11,000, although most would be several hundred dollars, one study found. The result is frustration and confusion among some working and middle-class taxpayers, whom the Affordable Care Act was specifically intended to help. The repayment obligations could dissuade people from re-enrolling and provide
Have Power Over By Dean L. Jones, CPM Overt belief in the science of medicine when it comes to health is becoming the normal spirit of thinking and practice. Generally, more folks are thinking that if they should get sick there is something that can fix it. Which is a reason why in the matters concerning healthful eatable choices some severe insurrection is in order. Where life or death situations matter, we are more incline to invoke spiritual thought, however, everything in-between the beginning and end seems to lean more to matters pertaining to the flesh. Particularly, attitudes and behavioral patterns relative to eating junk foodstuff and the potential negative consequences from its consumption. There is no recognized medical diagnosis of junk foodstuff addiction, nonetheless, addictive behavior is pushing product sales of chocolate, cookie and chip related items consistently upward. The patterns are so bad that scientific researchers suggest certain types of foodstuff are making people so hooked on consuming it that it mimics heroin and/or cocaine addiction manners. Added processed sugar leads the way of addictive ingredients in the foodstuff offerings. If you have any personal doubts whether or not if you may have an addictive nature to foodstuff try taking a quick abbreviated Food Addiction Scale survey produced by Yale University to see if you are showing symptoms of foodstuff addiction. How often do you find yourself consuming certain foods even though you are no longer hungry? How often do you worry that you should cut down on eating certain foods? How often do you feel sluggish or fatigued from overeating? How often do negative feelings about overeating interfere with important activities, such as work, recreation or spending time with family and friends? How often do you experience physical withdrawal symptoms like agitation and anxiety when you cut back on certain
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Dean L. Jones foods (excluding coffee, tea, cola and other caffeinated beverages and foods)? Do you sometimes keep consuming the same types or amounts of food despite significant eating-related emotional or physical problems? Have you found that eating the same amount of food no longer reduces negative emotions or increases feelings of pleasure the way it used to? To any of these questions if you answered multiple times a week or more and/or yes, then you may have a serious problem with addictive foodstuff consumption. Even if the foodstuff items are seemingly very common, such as pizza, cookies, chocolate, chips or ice cream, there still may be a problem that can come around to cause a risk to good health. Ironically, we have proven to the ability to hold on to assets, keep a job, obtain fine things, and whenever needed retain good professional services, but making poor eating choices is something too many of us fall short of demonstrating the ability to have no power over. Hence, strive to live SugarAlert! www.SugarAlert.com Dean Jones is an Ethics Advocate, Southland Partnership Corporation (a public benefit organization), contributing his view on certain aspects of foodstuff
more fuel to Republicans’ continuing push for a repeal of the law. The problem is that many consumers didn’t realize that the subsidies were based on their total year-end income and couldn’t reliably project what would happen over the course of the year, said Alyene Senger, research associate at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. “How do you know if you are going to get that promotion?” she said. “How do you know what your Christmas bonus is going to be?” In addition, Senger said the government didn’t go out of its way to publicize the tax consequences of receiving too much in federal subsidies. “It isn’t really something the administration focused on heavily,” she said. “It’s not exactly popular.” The system was intended to ensure that people received the right amount in subsidies, no more or less than needed. But the means the government chose to reconcile the numbers was the tax system — notorious for its complexity well before the Affordable Care Act passed. Enrollees who enrolled in Obamacare now are realizing that certain positive life changes – a pay raise, a marriage, a spouse’s new job – can turn out to be a liability at tax time. “We are definitely seeing some pain,” said Jackie Perlman, a principal tax research analyst at H&R Block. H&R Block released a report Tuesday saying that 52 percent of customers who received health coverage through the insurance marketplaces last year underestimated their income and now owe the government. They estimate that the average subsidy repayment amount is $530. At the same time, about a third of those enrolled in marketplace coverage overestimated their income and are receiving money back – about $365 on average, the report said. Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government made subsidies available to people who earned up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level — about $47,000 for an individual and $63,000 for a couple. For families who ended up making less than that, the federal government limits any repayments that might be due: The poorest consumers will have to repay no more than $300 and most others no more than $2,500. But the Campbells’ income last year exceeded the limit to receive federal help, so they have pay back the whole amount.
Roberta Campbell said she was only trying to do the right thing. Campbell, now 59, lost her job as a program director for the Arthritis Foundation in late 2012. She and her husband, who was working part-time as a merchandiser, downsized and moved into a smaller house. They were left uninsured but were mindful of the federal mandate to be covered as of January 2014. So they signed up for a plan through California’s insurance marketplace, Covered California. The plan cost about $1,400 a month, but they were able to qualify for a monthly subsidy of about $1,000. “We are rule followers,” she said. “We decided to get insurance because we were supposed to get insurance.” They barely used the coverage. Roberta and Curtis each went to the doctor once for a check-up. Then, about halfway through the year, Roberta got a job at UC Davis and became insured through the university. Curtis, who had been working part-time, got a fulltime job for a magazine distribution company. They notified Covered California, which Campbell said cancelled the insurance after 30 days. But with the new salaries, his pension from a previous career and a brief period of unemployment compensation, the couple’s yearend income totaled about $85,000, making them ineligible for any subsidies. Their tax preparer told them they would have been better off not getting insurance at all and just paying the fine for being uninsured. In that case, the Campbells say their financial obligation would have been much smaller – about $850. “The ironic thing is that we tried to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps,” Curtis Campbell said. “Now they are going to penalize us. It’s frustrating.” It’s not surprising that the projections people made about their income in 2014 in many cases were incorrect, said Gerald Kominski, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. The first open enrollment period started in October 2013, meaning that some enrollees based their estimates on what they earned in 2012. Kominski said that policy experts knew there would be significant “churn” of people whose incomes change throughout the year and who would gain or lose their eligibility for subsidized coverage. But he and others said there was less understanding among consumers about how that could affect their taxes. With tax season still underway, it not
entirely clear how many people will have to repay the government for excess subsidies. But along with the recent H & R block estimates based on the firm’s customers, a UC Berkeley Labor Center study published in Health Affairs in 2013 suggested the numbers would not be not small. Nationwide, 6.7 million people enrolled in marketplace exchanges through Obamacare in the first year. About 85 percent of people got federal help paying their insurance premiums. Using California as a model, labor center chair Ken Jacobs estimated that even if everyone reported income changes to the insurance marketplace during the year, nearly 23 percent of consumers who were eligible for subsidies would have to pay the government back at least some of the amount received. About 9 percent of those receiving subsidies would have to pay the full amount. If no one reported changes, 38 percent would owe money. The median repayment – if people reported income changes along the way — would be about $243 but some couples could owe more than $11,000, according to the research. The median amount due if people didn’t report the changes during the year would be $750. “The most important thing for people to do along the way is to report [income] changes so the subsidy amount is adjusted,” Jacobs said. For those who must repay money, the IRS will allow payment in installments, even after the April 15 tax deadline. Interest will continue accruing, however, until the balance is paid. Covered California spokesman Dana Howard said he understands paying back excess subsidies puts some in a difficult spot. But he said consumers who think their circumstances might change can decline the money or just take part of it. Howard also said the subsidies were designed to give the working class and middle class folks a leg up in affording health coverage. So when people get good jobs, he said, they don’t necessarily need the federal help to get insurance. “When you get that really good fortune, that has to be shared back,” Howard said. “That is just how the ACA law was written.” Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a national health policy news service. It is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Source: WebMD News from Kaiser Health News
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NEWS Activists: Voting Rights Act of 1965 As Important Now As Ever By Corey Arvin From The Black Voice News Many activists are swift to agree that the relationship African-Americans have with the history of the U.S. is complicated at best. But only one of a handful of legislative milestones have a direct impact on the continuity of African-Americans’ quality of life that they have maintained an exceptionally high regard for: The Voting Rights Act of 1965. As heralded as the Voting Rights Act (VRA) remains, multigeneration activists are worried that the efficacy of the VRA is not fully realized, thus paving the way to threats that could impede minorities’ ability to cast their election-time ballots. Waudieur “Woodie” Rucker-Hughes sees an impending threat to the VRA taking shape already in the form of a provision that will need support moving forward. Rucker-Hughes is president of the NAACP Riverside Chapter. Year-round, she and the organization are emphasizing voter registration and mobilizing the black community for upcoming elections. Rucker-Hughes finds adverse changes to VRA provi-
sions distressful, and feels strongly about those who do not participate in the democratic process. “Every chance (Riverside NAACP) gets, we are registering people to vote and making people aware to vote. There are states trying to withhold voters right now with voter ID laws and actions [similar] to Jim Crow,” she said. Voting rights for minorities were thrown into contention in 2013 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 25 in the Shelby County v. Holder case. A 5-4 majority ruled that Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional because the formula used to determine coverage for preclearance was antiquated. The case was Shelby County V. Holder. It was filed against Eric Holder, current U.S. Attorney General. Shelby County is in Alabama, which was once a hotbed for visceral racism and violence. Alabama was often at the center of the Civil Rights Movement. The Supreme Court ruling was handed the year after conservative Republicans were accused of attempting to suppress voters, particularly minority vot-
ers in ethnically diverse jurisdictions during the 2012 presidential election. “We as AfricanAmericans have an obligation to continue to stand up for what our ancestors went through… If you don't vote, you don't count. And if you don't vote, shame on you if you don’t exercise your God given right,” said Rucker-Hughes. Activists and historians have credited smaller victories for African-Americans prior to the passage of the VRA for creating a landscape that could be conducive to producing legislation such as the VRA. One of those achievements was Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated education between black and white students. Lewis “Lew” Vanderzyl, a prominent local educator and previous President of the Riverside Unified School District Board, considered Brown v. Board of Education a significant step forward for AfricanAmericans’ later civil rights advancements, but the Supreme Court decision didn’t have the sweeping effect the VRA had in southern states. “It was Martin Luther King Jr. and President Johnson
who made the difference and I think it made the difference in the Democratic Party. I think also Earl Warren may have had an influence with him being Chief Justice in Brown v. Board of Education. I don't think it had the same effect as King and Johnson with the Voting Rights Act,” he said. Vanderzyl is credited for his steadfast and unflinching support for naming the Martin Luther King High School in Riverside against a slew of racially-tinged opposition in 1998. Vanderzyl credits King as one of his foremost inspirations. “I think it has been gradual things leading up to the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act didn't have quite the same impact on the country as it did in the south. Johnson’s prophecy about Democrats possibly losing the south for an entire generation was probably accurate,” he added. According to Sylvia Martin-James, a local activist, the south was a place of tension and discord, but it was also the birthplace of action and resolutions that reverberated throughout the U.S., benefitting all AfricanAmericans. Martin-James has a
storied history of her own as a retired teacher and community leader, who helped establish the Greer Pavilion, a namesake for local, late activists Dr. Barnett Grier and his wife Jean. Martin-James said watching the recently-released movie “Selma” for the first time was a stark reminder of how circumstances of the south greatly contributed to establishing the Voting Rights Act. “We have to increase the understanding among everyone that thought and actions are put into laws. Many seldomly recognize that strong connection.” Martin-James said she longs to see younger and older African-Americans leaning upon each other to understand how voting directly impacts their lives, much like she recalls during the civil rights era when churches fostered an environment where members learned to vote. Martin-James continues to inspire blacks to vote, no matter where she happens to be at the time, she said. “Anywhere I have to be, whether coming or going from a grocery store, wherever someone calls on Sylvia, I start right there.”
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tony Todd Packs L. A. Press Club in One-Man Play On the Life of Jack Johnson (Continued from page 1)
headlines almost daily in newspapers and social media. Todd said at the conclusion of his performance that Johnson deserves a pardon from the president. He said it is on his desk it just needs to be signed. Ghost in the House is written by Ernie Hudson and Frank Megna and directed by Megna. The show is being offered to both amateur and professional theater organizations as a packaged, multi-media production. During its initial run, cultural and educational institutions will be given priority with a New York production as the ultimate goal. For more information about bring Ghost in the House to a theater near you contact: Frank Megna and Diana Ljungaeus at the Working Stage Theater, 1516 North Gardner Street, Los Angeles 90046 or phone at 323-521-8600.
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Tony Toddy performing during Ghost in the House, a one-man play at the Los Angeles Press Club in Hollywood on last night.
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FAMILY & COMMUNITY NEWS Creative College Svings: Unique Scholarships To Help Offset Rising Costs (BPT) - Does the cost of higher education scare you? If so, you're not alone. College tuition prices have skyrocketed. Over the past 30 years average tuition and fees at public four-year institutions rose by 225 percent, according to The College Board. Factor in room and board, books and living expenses, and it's becoming increasingly difficult to afford the hefty price tag of higher education. For many, applying for scholarships is essential. Valuable scholarship dollars are available to any and all kinds of students - artists, athletes, writers, mathletes and more. With a little digging you can find the perfect opportunities for you and your talents. Here are five unique scholarships examples: Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest Students who enjoy art and fashion design, or just happen to be duct tape enthusiasts, should enter the annual Duck brand Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest. With more than $50,000 in scholarship prizes up for grabs, this one-of-a-kind opportunity emphasizes originality and imagination by challenging students to create their own unique Duck Tape prom wear. Duck brand has a history of "sticking" by students, awarding more than $300,000 in scholarships over the last 15 years. The contest is open to high school students in the U.S. and Canada attending prom in 2015. For more details and full contest rules visit StuckatProm.com. Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation, Inc. scholarship Trivia talent and knowledge of random facts have probably always impressed friends, but now those skills may finally "pay" off - college costs that is. Students (and parents too) can simply register for one of the Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation, Inc. online scholarship quizzes. Throughout the year, the foundation offers
www.tall.org. Create-a-Greeting-Card Scholarship Have you ever searched for the perfect holiday or birthday card only to be left unsatisfied in the greeting card aisle? Now students with a knack for finding the perfect words or design can capture the moment, while also creating the opportunity to win a $10,000 prize. The annual Create-AGreeting-Card Scholarship from The Gallery Collection not only offers funds to the winner, but the art photo or graphic design piece will also be produced and sold as a real greeting card. Greeting card designs must be appropriate for business and consumer use. Visit www.gallerycollection.com for more information. Vegetarian Resource Group scholarships If you're passionate about the food you eat, you're already winning with a healthy body ... and now you could win scholarship dollars, as well. quizzes that test general knowledge across a variety of subjects music, books, movies, etc. - with prize amounts ranging from $250-$2,500. These scholarships are available to high school, undergraduate and graduate students in the United States. Visit cksf.org for full details and how to register. Tall Clubs International scholarship It's a "tall task" to enter this scholarship. In fact, that's it you just have to be tall. The Tall Clubs International Scholarship is available to students of aboveaverage height, who plan to start college in the fall. Tall Clubs International (TCI) identifies "above-average height" as at least 5 feet 10 inches tall for women and at least 6 feet 2 inches tall for men. Those of elevated stature could win a $1,000 prize. To apply, contact the local TCI Member Club to request sponsorship or visit
Ex-Miss. Prison Chief Pleads Guilty to 2 Federal Corruption Counts By Jeff Amy J ACK SO N, M iss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps has pleaded guilty to two counts in a federal corruption case. Epps entered the pleas Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate in Jackson. Epps and businessman Cecil McCrory had pleaded not guilty to charges that McCrory gave Epps hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes starting in 2007 in exchange for Epps steering prison contracts to companies McCrory owned or consulted for. Epps was commissioner for 12 years. He resigned the $132,700-a-year job Nov. 5, and federal prosecutors the next day released the indictment charging
Former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) him and McCrory, who’s a former state lawmaker. The 49-count indictment, sealed since August, charged Epps with 35 felony counts and McCrory with 15 felony counts. McCrory is still scheduled for trial April 6.
Every year, the Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) awards $20,000 in scholarships to students who are active in promoting vegetarianism in school or the community. If you can demonstrate a strong commitment to being a vegetarian and to making the world a better place through diet and lifestyle - this scholarship is for you. The application requires an essay that addresses various challenges and successes experienced as a vegetarian. The group offers a $10,000 scholarship as the top prize, and two additional $5,000 scholarships. Application details can be found at www.vrg.org. Ready to get creative with your college costs? All these original scholarships - and more can be found on resource sites, such as Fastweb.com. If you meet the requirements, it can't hurt to apply. Just remember, any scholarship helps reduce college costs in the long run and every little bit helps.
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NATIONAL/STATE & REGIONAL NEWS Report: U.S. Declining Crime Rates are Not the Result of Ballooning Incarceration By Zenitha Prince From the AFRO The ballooning national incarceration rate over the last few decades and the simultaneous decline in crime across the United States is by no means a case of cause and effect, according to a recent
report by the Brennan Center for Justice. Incarceration has long been a popular law enforcement tool in America: since 1970, the imprisonment rate has skyrocketed by more than 400 percent, and there are now 2.3 million Americans in
of police officers had a limited effect, they found.
University of California, San Diego Debut Statue of Sojourner Truth The University of California San Diego is now home to a life-size bronze sculpture of abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth. The statue was created by one of the university’s very own alumna, local artist Manuelita Brown. Brown stated that the six-foot statue located at UC San Diego’s Thurgood Marshall College is a “decade-long dream realized.” “Sojourner Truth serves as a drum major for social justice, equity and voting rights,” Brown said in a statement. “It is my hope that the brilliant students and graduates of UC San Diego will be reminded each day as they walk past her of what they can accomplish with a superior education.” Truth was born as Isabella Baumfree in 1797 on the Hardenbergh plantation in New York, and spent most of her life fighting for women’s rights and the abolition of slavery. In 1826, Truth and her infant daughter, Sophia, escaped to freedom. She is best known for her speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” where she speaks about the plight and oppression of women during that time period. Truth later became involved in recruiting Black troops for the Union Army during
Statue of abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth, created by artist Manuelita Brown. (Photo/ Sculpting Sojourner Community page on Facebook) the Civil War. She also attempted to secure land grants for former slaves from the federal government. Though her efforts were unsuccessful, Truth is remembered as one of the few women during that time period who advocated for women’s rights and equality. The chancellor of the university said Truth’s sculpture and “presence will serve to start conversations about who she was and what she stood for, a reminder of her influence and the need to continually address racial and gender equality.”
prison or jail. The country is a world leader in incarceration rates—the U.S. has just 5 percent of the global population but 25 percent of its prisoners. Even as imprisonment increased, crime decreased: the current crime rate is about half of what it was at its height in 1991, according to the report. Violent crime has fallen by 51 percent since 1991, and property crime by 43 percent. After reviewing more than three decades of crime data, however, researchers
concluded in the Brennan report that the explosion in incarceration had a limited influence on the crime rate. Titled “What Caused the Crime Decline?” the report found that economic and environmental factors, including changes in income, decreased alcohol consumption and an aging population played a greater role in the national crime decline. The report also pointed to the efficiency of the policing program CompStat in the cities where it was introduced; increased numbers
The findings could inform policymaking, forcing bureaucrats to devise more effective, less expensive—and less discriminatory—ways of fighting crime. “The toll of mass incarceration on our social and economic future is unsustainable,” Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Columbia University professor and the 2001 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, wrote in the foreword of the report. “When high levels of incarceration provide scant public safety benefit, it is pointless to continue using—wasting— resources in this way. Instead, the country should shift priorities away from policies proven to be ineffective and focus our energies on truly beneficial initiatives that both reduce crime and reduce mass incarceration. The evidence presented here tells us that these are compatible goals.”
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COMMUNITY NEWS Waters Awarded by South County Labor WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of House Financial Services Committee, was honored last month by California’s South County Labor organization. The group’s leadership recognized Congresswoman Waters as a “True Labor Shero” for her steadfast support of working families throughout her public service career. In her prepared acceptance remarks, Congresswoman Waters noted the precipitous rise in economic inequality throughout America and encouraged the labor movement to continue its efforts to reduce inequality and protect the financial security of working class Americans. “The time is now to renew the fight they started,” said Congresswoman Waters, referring to legendary labor organizers. “I don’t have to recite the data to you because many of you have lived it. You feel what is happening to the average working person in America. The attacks on labor unions over the last half a century have coincided with a drastic increase in income inequality, a widening wealth gap, and the uncertainty of many Americans’ financial security. Americans are the paying price for all the attempts to dismantle organized labor. This is precisely why we have to reignite the power of our unions.” Congress-
Maxine Waters woman Waters also thanked the leaders of the South County Labor for the award and their steadfast community involvement, including Joel Barton of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 11; Chester Wasko, of Operating Engineers Local 12; Dick Amemia of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers; Dawn Brawnsema of the California Teachers Association; and Richard Alonzo of UAW 148. “I also want to commend you on your outreach to our young people,” said Congresswoman Waters. “I know South County Labor is actively teaching students from our local schools about the role
labor unions play in providing equal opportunities. I can’t say enough how incredibly valuable this outreach is to the next generation. Many young people don’t know the history of labor – they simply take it for granted and believe that things have always been the way they are now. But certainly, we know that every step forward was achieved with a fight. This history ought to be imbued in our future generation.” Congresswoman Waters has held office in the state of California since 1976, when she was first elected as a state Assembly member. Rep. Waters was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990 and has served 13 consecutive terms. She has chaired the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and served as Chief Deputy Whip of the House. In 2012, Rep. Maxine Waters was elected Ranking Member of House Financial Services Committee, becoming the first woman and African American of either party to serve as the senior member of the committee that oversees the entire financial services industry, including the banking sector, the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
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Order To Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. BS152820 Petition of Valerie Torres and Mia Torres-Castaneda by their Mother Irma Castaneda, 239 E. 73rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90003, Self Represented-Litigant; Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Central District: Petitioner Valerie Torres & Mia Torres-Castaneda By their Mother Irma Castaneda filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: A. Valerie Torres to Proposed name: Valerie Castaneda b. Mia Torres-Castaneda to Mia Castaneda The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appears at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing Date: October 22, 2015 at 10:00am Dept 47, Room:507 The address of the court is same as noted above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): PACE NEWS LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA; Original Filed on January 08, 2015 in the Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles, Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk By Debra Cartier, Deputy; Kevin C. Brazile, Judge, Judge of the Superior Court. January 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 2015 PN
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015015496 The following person (s) is/are doing business as: 1. View Heights Travel, 4016 West 58th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90043 LA AI #ON N/A Registered Owner(s): 1. Hellene Gale Palmer, 4016 West 58th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90043. This business is conducted by an Individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) SIGNED:Hellene G. Palmer Title: Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on Jan.20, 2015 Expires Jan. 20 2020. Notice-This fictitious Name Statement expires five years from date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). (First Filing) Pub January 23, 30 Feb. 6, 13, 2015 PN
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20143544459 The following person (s) is/are doing business as: 1. Iglesia Misionera Pentecostes Monte Olivares Uncion Y Poder, 2858 Leeward Ave. #306, Los Angeles, CA 90005 LA, Registered Owner(s): 1. Nelis Mabel Cornejo, 2858 Leeward Ave., #306, Los Angeles, CA 90005 This business is conducted by an Individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) SIGNED:Nelis Mabel Cornejo, Title: Pastor This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on Jan. 15, 2015 Expires Jan. 15, 2020. Notice-This fictitious Name Statement expires five years from date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). (First Filing) Pub January 23, 20, Feb. 6, 13, 2015 PN
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20150031285 The following person (s) is/are doing business as: 1. Devine Design, 1500 W. 99 St., Los Angeles, CA 90047, LA; 1820 W. Florence Ave #391, Los Angeles, CA 90047 Registered Owner(s): 1. David James, 1500 W. 99 St., Los Angeles, CA 90047. This business is conducted by an Individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) SIGNED:David James, Title: Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on February 5, 2015 Expires February 5, 2020. NoticeThis fictitious Name Statement expires five years from date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). (First Filing) Pub Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015PN
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