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Obama earmarks $1 billion for fight against heroin and prescription drug abuse

By Terry Shropshire President Obama is putting the battle against the catastrophic effects of prescription drug abuse and the heroin epidemic near the top of his administration’s list of priorities. After years of simply locking up addicts, Obama plans to make it easier for doctors to use anti-addiction drugs in the fight against these maladies.

“This is something that has been a top priority of ours for quite some time. My job is to promote the safety, the health, the prosperity of the American people,” Obama told a crowd of about 2,000 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza for the 5th annual National Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit. He was responding to a question about why he felt the need to fly into Atlanta, home of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and address this issue head on.

“That encompasses a whole range of things. It means that we’re tracking down ISIL leaders, and it means that we’re responding to natural disasters, and it means that we’re trying to promote a strong economy. And when you look at the staggering statistics in terms of lives lost, productivity impacted, costs to communities, but most importantly, cost to families from this epidemic of opioids abuse, it has to be something that is right up there at the top of our radar screen.”

This is part of a package of new initiatives announced during the president’s visit to Atlanta on Tuesday, March 29. The plan includes increased efforts to expand addiction treatment and increase coverage for mental health and substance abuse services. These initiatives are in addition to the $1.1 billion he proposed in February.

Overdose deaths from opioids — drugs that include heroin as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone and hydrocodone — continue to be the leading cause of unintentional death for Americans, rising 14 percent from 2013 to 2014.

Every 19 minutes someone dies from an opioid overdose, according to statistics compiled by the CDC. “I think the public doesn’t fully appreciate yet the scope of the problem. And my hope is that by

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being here today, hearing from people who have gone through heroic struggles with this issue, hearing from the medical community about what they’re seeing, that we’ve got the opportunity to really make a dent on this.”

Obama crystallized his point by emphasizing that more people are killed because of opioid overdose than traffic accidents. “I mean, think about that. A lot of people tragically die of car accidents, and we spend a lot of time and a lot of resources to reduce those fatalities,” he said.

“And the good news is, is that we’ve actually been very successful. Traffic fatalities are much lower today than they were when I was a kid because we systematically looked at the data and we looked at the science, and we developed strategies and public education that allowed us to be safer drivers,” Obama said.

Obama sat on a panel and listened to former drug addicts tell their story of abuse. He also talked about his own fight to quit smoking cigarettes.

“We medicate a lot of problems and selfmedicate a lot,” Obama said. “The problem we have right now is [the fact that] treatment is underfunded.”

Obama said the U.S. can cut opioid abuse in the same way it has lowered tobacco use and traffic fatalities. Obama said we have to fight addiction like we did car accidents.

“My daughters’ generation understands very

clearly, you don’t drive when you’re drunk and put on your seat belt,” Obama said.

Obama listened as two people on the panel opened up about their addiction to heroin and prescription drugs, including a woman in her 20s. She was a champion swimmer who slipped a disk in her back. The woman used some of the most powerful prescription painkillers to cope and quickly became addicted to them. Eventually, this woman transitioned to using heroin.

Health officials who addressed the conference earlier in the day said doctor training will be key.

“Changes must start with us,” said Dr. Patrice Harris, chairman of an American Medical Association task force on the crisis.

“It is working,” Harris said. “For the past two years, the total number of prescriptions for opioids has decreased.

“Physicians have changed their prescribing practices for many reasons, which is a good sign, a sign of progress, but I think we all can agree that there is more work to do,” she added.

The CDC’s new guidelines include physical therapy, exercise and over-the-counter pain medication use before turning to painkillers like morphine and oxycodone.

President Obama, after listening to the harrowing and heartbreaking stories from formerly productive citizens who unwittingly became addicted to powerful prescription painkillers and then graduated to heroin, is pleased the country is experiencing a paradigm shift in its perspective of drug addiction.

“It’s heartbreaking,” Obama said. “And the fact is that for too long, we have viewed the problem of drug abuse in our society through the lens of the criminal justice system.

Now, we are putting enormous resources into drug interdiction. When it comes to heroin that is being shipped in from the south, we are working very aggressively with the Mexican government to prevent an influx of more and more heroin.

We are now seeing synthetic opioids that are oftentimes coming in from China through Mexico into the United States. We’re having to move very aggressively there, as well.”

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Urban League of Greater Atlanta joins Atlanta Death threats force Atlanta women’s clinic Citizens Review Board ADW Staff The Urban League of Greater Atlanta is pleased to announce its membership on the Atlanta Citizens Review Board (ACRB), following a unanimous vote by the Atlanta City Council at its Monday, March 21, 2016 meeting.

“We have been working directly with other nonprofits and government agencies on criminal justice and neighborhood safety issues intensely over the last several years,” said Nancy Flake Johnson, president and CEO of the ULGA. “We are pleased to join as a new member of the ACRB Board to serve with other well-respected organizations and citizens of Atlanta that work in the space of social justice and equality. We appreciate the confidence that the Atlanta City Council and ACRB place in our expertise; and we are committed to advancing the mission of the board.”

The ACRB provides citizen oversight of misconduct accusations against sworn members of the police and corrections departments in the City of Atlanta. Equally important, it strives to help prevent incidents of police or corrections misconduct and

City of Atlanta high school students present ideas for improving Metro Atlanta ADW Staff Reports Eight City of Atlanta high school students who participated in the Atlanta Regional Commission’s youth leadership program presented their ideas for improving metro Atlanta at this week’s ARC board meeting.

The students were among 50 teens from the 10-county region who took part in the Model Atlanta Regional Commission, a youth leadership program that involves six months of study, debate and hands-on activities regarding regional issues and challenges.

“I am so impressed with the innovative ideas that these young leaders have developed,” said Kerry Armstrong, ARC board chair. “These resolutions have the potential to help improve quality of life throughout the region. They deserve our careful review.”

Students served on MARC committees that submitted the following resolutions to the ARC board for consideration: • ‘Adopt a Grandparent’ program – Encourage strong, multi-generational communities through the pairing of an older adult and high school students, promoting an improved emotional and physical health for both parties.

• ‘Mentor Match program’ – Match elementary school students with successful high school students as mentors to reduce gang-violence and, ultimately, improve graduation rates.

• Upgrade recycling bins – Encourage the adoption of improved recycling bins, modeled after containers used in Germany, that include separate spaces to sort common recyclable materials such as paper, plastic, aluminum, glass, as well as regular trash.

• Promote recycling programs in schools – Encourage students to be more active members of the “green” movement by forming partnerships between local governments and school systems and encouraging local governments to add student representation to their sustainability and “Keep Beautiful” teams.

• Future Fair – An educational and entertaining event aimed at high school and college students to involve them in the Atlanta Region’s Plan and its vision for the region’s future.

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abuses of civil rights, and to reduce the amount of money needed to satisfy judgments and settlements based on such allegations.

The ACRB also promotes public confidence in law enforcement and lessens the possibility of future incidents of unrest.

“Community residents and law enforcement officials all have a great stake in promoting positive relationships and supporting safe, vital neighborhoods throughout Atlanta,” Johnson said.

“The Urban League works extensively with several ACRB current and new members and has great respect for the people and organizations that are represented on the board. We look forward to serving alongside them and continuing the board’s brand of integrity and forthrightness.”

“A strong ACRB helps build the trust necessary to pave the way for a true partnership between community residents and law enforcement,” said ULGA board chair Nick Nelson. “We are proud to play a key role in this effort that complements the League’s mission of civil rights advocacy and social justice for families throughout the city and region.”

Model Atlanta Regional Commission Class of 2015-16 City of Atlanta Delegation Pictured from left to right: Doug Hooker, ARC executive director; Colby Williams; Lucy Grant; Henry Cox; Khari Crooms; Mariko Shaw; and Kerry Armstrong, ARC board chair. Not pictured: Francis Fataki, Maya Hogan and Anya Lomsadze • MARC website -- Create a website for current, former and prospective MARC students to encourage participation in MARC, help MARC committees share information, and keep alumni engaged.

• Sidewalks website – Promote walkability and safe sidewalks through the development of a website that enables residents to inform local governments of sidewalks that need maintenance or areas that could be better served by sidewalks.

• Promoting healthy environmental practices – Create a social media campaign on Twitter to educate students about environmentally friendly transportation practices and provide tips and reminders that encourage them to adopt habits that are good for the environment.

Turmoil in the Middle East is forcing ISIS Women’s Health Care to spend thousands of dollars to change its name. The terrorist group, ISIS, which has claimed responsibility for the recent deadly Belgium attacks, has created unfortunate confusion for the Atlanta area women’s facility.

The unveiling of the new company name will be held at a community support rally at 10 a.mm on Thursday, March 31 at its 1015 Mansell Road Roswell, Georgia office.

Dr. Hughan Frederick originally selected the name ISIS 10 years ago for its tie to the Egyptian goddess of motherhood.

After much consideration, and after dozens of threatening phone calls, Dr. Frederick decided that it was time for a name change for the safety of his employees and patients.

“I’m not going to lie. This is hard,” said Frederick. “We’ve spent a decade and thousands of dollars perfecting and building our brand in this community, now it’s all out the window. But instead of being sad, we want to turn this into something positive and fun. We’ve had to undergo a complete image change from pamphlets, to websites, to business cards.”

ISIS Women’s Health Care employs nearly 30 people in three offices. They are affiliated with North Fulton Hospital and Emory Johns Creek Hospital. For many years the ISIS name has become synonymous with “a better birth experience” in the north Metro Atlanta area.

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BUSINESS Sadie G. Mays celebrates 69 years

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Residents, family members, volunteers and friends gathered last Wednesday, March 23, to celebrate a major milestone for an Atlanta mainstay. Sixty-nine years ago on March 23, 1947, the Sadie G. Mays Health & Rehabilitation Center admitted its first patient.

“We’ve come a long way,” said President/CEO, Charles Robinson, Jr., “with the help of our friends.” he continued.

The attendees were greeted by Fulton County Commissioner Emma Darnell, Georgia State Senator Vincent Fort, and Board Chair Samuel Bacote, III, among others. They all gathered to

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take an ‘epic’ photograph to mark the occasion, then everyone enjoyed music, ice cream and cake. Originally known as the Happy Haven Nursing Home, it was founded by Sadie Gray Mays, a social worker, community leader, and wife of Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, President Emeritus of Morehouse College.

Sadie Mays was one of the first quality nursing homes to care for local citizens, regardless of race or circumstance.

Today, the 206-bed, nonprofit, skilled nursing facility is highly-rated and has been listed on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Nursing Homes list three times.

Kelly Rowland makeup line for ‘Chocolate Girls’

By Julee Wilson and Lauren Porter We already love Kelly Rowland for her stunning voice, enviable figure, and firece representation for black women. And now we can add yet another item to that evergrowing list -- the Grammy Award-winning singer has revealed that she’ll be launching a makeup line created specifically for women of color. Insert: Praise dance!

We caught up with Rowland on Monday night -- at an event sponsored by Claritin and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America -where she gave us the scoop on the exciting new project.

“My makeup artist Sheika Daley and I are actually starting a makeup line we’re making sure we make, well, we’re starting off with lashes and then we’re going to have it grow for

all women,” Rowland told Essence. “But definitely making sure we have our chocolate girls covered. Gotta get the chocolate girls in there! We have to have that, you know. I think Iman has done a beautiful makeup line and I want to do it too!”

Any brown girl knows there’s definitely more room for diversity at the beauty counter. And while beauty brands are increasing paying attention to the needs of women with darker skin tones, the industry still a long way to go. We can’t wait to get a glimpse of what Rowland will be offering.

There’s no word on a launch date for the makeup line -- but we’ll keep you posted.

You can also look out for Rowland’s new album in the coming months, as well as a book that she explained is “exciting” but sadly “can’t even say what it is yet.”

AARP Georgia Names Lee Baker, CFP® as New State President AARP Georgia is pleased to announce the appointment of Lee Baker, CFP® as its new State President. In partnership with the State Director and in collaboration with other appropriate volunteers and staff, the State President positions AARP in the state to achieve the AARP vision, mission, and strategic priorities.

Throughout his professional career, Baker has demonstrated strategic thinking and planning, leadership and team building ability, and the ability to engage and work effectively with diverse populations.

Since 1986, while still a student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Baker has been helping individuals and small businesses make smart financial decisions. After graduating with a degree in Industrial Engineering, he began his financial career with local employee benefits firm, Lindaman Insurance. His passion for financial planning and the desire to, “Bring a little bit of Wall Street to Your Street,” led him to establish Apex Financial Services in 1998.

Baker has been actively involved in the Financial Planning Association (25,000 members) and its predecessor organizations, the Institute of Certified Financial Planners (ICFP) and the International Association for Financial Planning (IAFP) since 1998. In 2007, Baker served as President of the Georgia Chapter of the FPA. In 2008, Baker became the first African American to serve on the National Board of Directors of the FPA. This leadership role demonstrated his success in promoting collective work among diverse communities for shared common financial goals, even during the country’s recession.

He also served on the Advisory Board of the Emory University Certified Financial Planner® Program, in addition

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to the Board of Directors for the Wesley Community Centers, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to meeting the needs of underserved youth and senior populations. Baker currently serves as President of the Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization and Advisory Board Chair of the Clark Atlanta University CFP Program.

Baker was the spokesperson for AARP’s Financial Freedom Initiative, which offers free, interactive, financial workshops for communities to empower and educate individuals with tools, strategies and resources to help them to achieve short and long-term financial security. His service has been pivotal in engaging multicultural communities by growing relevance and impact. Baker’s media experience includes serving as a contributing writer for MarketWatch (Wall Street Journal Online), in addition to being quoted in Black Enterprise Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Financial Planning Magazine, Dow Jones - Financial News, Money Magazine, Wealth Manager, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, The Denver Post, Essence Magazine, SmartMoney Magazine, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Baker has also made television and radio appearances on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Focus Atlanta, WSB-TV, A Woman’s Place – Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters, National Public Radio, and WYZE-1480 AM. Baker and his wife live in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Both are active members of Antioch Baptist Church North, where Baker is Chairman of the Trustee Ministry. They have two young children.

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NCNW Greater Atlanta continues legacy of founders

Over 200 women commit to continuing the community building work of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune and Dr. Dorothy I. Height A historic number of black women spanning generations and professions were recently sworn in to establish the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) Greater Atlanta Section; a clear indication that Millennials are dedicated to carrying on NCNW’s commitment to improving the quality of life for women of African descent and their families. Family, friends, local politicians and civil rights legends filled the pews at Ben Hill United Methodist Church to witness the largest chartering ceremony in the organization’s rich history.

NCNW chair, Ingrid Saunders Jones, proclaimed, “NCNW is alive and well.”

“It is my pleasure to certify you as a community-based section of NCNW. You are joining at a very significant time in the organizations history. Today issues facing women of African descent are serious and urgent. ” The former Coca-Cola executive continues, “I look forward to working with all of you as we focus on education, health, financial literacy and entrepreneurship. We’re pleased to have Janice Mathis as our new executive director. Her leadership will propel us into the future, as will your leadership.”

The NCNW Greater Atlanta Section has identified several areas of focus including: education, human and sexual trafficking and assisting foster care youth who age out of the system and often become homeless and civic engagement.

“When we announced that we were creating a new section to embrace the

Photo Caption: Alexis Scott, NCNW Greater Atlanta First Charter Life Member; Ingrid Saunders Jones, NCNW Chairman of the Board; Lois Keith, NCNW Board Member; Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King, NCNW Greater Atlanta Charter Member; Janice Mathis, NCNW Executive Director and Member of Miami NCNW Section greater Atlanta communities the response was remarkable,” says Diane Powell-Larche’, founding president of NCNW Greater Atlanta Chapter. “Atlanta area women are eager to continue the 81-year legacy of our beloved founder, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune and long time leader, Dr. Dorothy Irene Height of empowering, motivating, and supporting black women, children, families

and our community.”

Fulton County Commission Chairman, Dr. John H. Eaves, presented a proclamation declaring March 20 NCNW Greater Atlanta Day in Fulton County. Eaves also commended the group on their long rich history and urged the women to compete for communityoriented grants that become available.

Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King, daughter of the

late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a member of the new NCNW section delivered the welcome address saying we have to work for a more peaceful world Quoting her late mother Coretta Scott King saying “Women (of the National Council of Negro Women) if the Soul of the Nation is to be saved, you must become a Soul. Time is of the essence so let’s get moving.”

Patricia Russell-McCloud, J.D., noted author and orator, was on hand to present the charter charge. “Paging Greater Atlanta Section because there is work to be done. It’s time to not only talk about it but be about it.

African American families are fractured. Be mission minded. Don’t major in the minor. Be prepared. And sisters, be a sister to your sister, when you get to the 46th floor be willing to send the elevator back down. Until all of us have made it, none of us have made it.”

NCNW is a Washington, D.C.-based international non-profit organization making a difference in the lives of nearly four million women, children and families throughout the world through research, advocacy, and community-based services and programs.

The organization was founded in 1935 by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. Dr. Dorothy Irene Height, President Emerita, led the organization for more than fifty years before passing in 2010. For more information, please visit www.greateratlantancnw.org. Email us at greateratlantancnw.com, follow us on Twitter: @greateratlncnw Face Book: NCNW Greater Atlanta Section and Instagram @ greateratlantancnw.

First black woman Nascar driver joins Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build Tia Norfleet, first African American Female licensed Nascar Driver, has been confirmed to participate in Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity’s “Women Build” taking place on April 2, April 5, April 7 and April 9 at 2338 Glebe Court, Lovejoy, Georgia.

Norfleet will join with other women empowerment organizations such as: The WNBA Atlanta Dream, the only all-female ownership group in Atlanta professional sports; Atlanta Women Realtors, a network of successful realtors, advancing women as professionals and leaders in business; 100 Female Entrepreneurs, a key organization for millennial and emerging women in business; Single Wives Club, an organization that educates, empowers and inspires single ladies to become better women before becoming wives, and many more organizations for women. The Women Build is an annual project that empowers women to build homes and enable them to positively impact the lives of families by making home ownership a reality. Proudly Sponsored

by African Pride, this four-day build challenges all-women volunteer teams to come together to actively work to build a home for LaTonya Flugence and her family.

Women possess all that is needed to create a dramatic change in our community. for Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity SCHFH Women Build. Each volunteer is asked for a contribution to help fund the builds supplies and materials.

Volunteer dates will take place on April 2, April 5, April 7 and April 9 at 2338 Glebe Court, Lovejoy, Georgia Southern Crescent Habitat’s Women Build is a safe haven for women to practice and excel, no matter what their skill

levels. The program nurtures, recruits and train women to build and maintain simple, decent, healthy and affordable homes in their community. This year’s build is dedicated to LaTonya Flugence. Ms. Flugence is a working mother of two sons, Kavious, 20 years of age and Kyle, 17 years of age. She has volunteered at her local Habitat Restore and has successfully completed her sweat equity and is ready to move into her new home.

“I am thankful for Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity and to the woman that are coming together to help build, support, and donate their time to invest in me,” says Flugence.

SCHFH believes that everyone deserves a decent place to live. The affiliate has created opportunities for hard working people to own an attractive and affordable home. To qualify they must have a stable job with a 2-year tenure, spend more than 30 percent of their monthly income on rental housing, meet income requirements and invest 300 hours in sweat equity (building homes) and home ownership (financial and home maintenance) education. Our organization has helped over 300 families in South Atlanta.

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Beyonce’s latest video to feature Brown, Martin and Rice

By Desire Thompson Beyonce’s upcoming single is off to a great start following rumors the stars of her next video will be the mothers of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and Tamir Rice.

The reports began with the most knowledgeable Bey source around–the Beyhive.

Fans noticed 13 unlisted videos were uploaded to the singer’s Vevo page and her iTunes page was down temporarily on March 23.

Rumors of an April album release have been bubbling for months, and new updates on her music pages have fans more than thrilled about the unknown project. Lezley McSpadden, Sybrina Fulton, and Samaria Rice will be reportedly holding photos of their slain sons in the video, says Vibe. The children, aged 18, 17, and 12, were killed in incidents with police officers within the past four years.

Mrs. Carter has quietly attended peace rallies with Trayvon

Martin’s family in the past and donated money to Ferguson and Baltimore protesters with her husband Jay Z. Sources close to the couple claimed they wanted to maintain a low profile while donating funds and supplies to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Black History Month was kicked off in the best way by Bey, when she dropped the politically charged video for “Formation.” She kept her Black Power theme going the next day with a performance at Super Bowl 50, which honored Malcolm X. The singer’s “Formation Tour” also begins in April.

Meanwhile, many critics slammed Beyonce’s new pro-Black message. Police officers have vowed not to work at her shows and politicians have claimed the singer is inciting violence.

Regardless, the show will always go on. Are you ready for Beyonce’s new album?

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Kadeem Hardison and Jasmine Jussie Smollett spreads Guy team up for ‘K.C. Undercover’ awareness about HIV epidemic

By Sonya Eskridge One of our favorite couples, Dwayne Wayne and Whitley Gilbert, are coming together again on The Disney Channel!

Ok, maybe not Dwayne and Whitely as we know and love them. Jasmine Guy will be doing a guest spot on “K.C. Undercover,” starring Kadeem Hardison and Zendaya Coleman.

We already love Zendaya, but getting Jasmine and Kadeem back is the big news here.

Blavity.com reports that Jasmine is going to be playing a rival secret agent that’s been incognito for years. K.C., played by Zendaya, and her dad, played by Kadeem, reach out to her to help them in their campaign against their nemesis, “The Other Side.”

And this won’t just be a one-off appearance, this is going to be a three-story arc! Get your popcorn ready because Jasmine’s storyline starts on April 10.

With about 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United States, there’s no reason the conversation about the issue should be slowing down. Actor Jussie Smollett, who has been an outspoken advocate for HIV/AIDS prevention, delivered that message loud and clear in a conversation with HuffPost Live last week.

The “Empire” star warned against considering HIV/AIDS to be a problem from “yesteryear.”

“We get attached to these hashtags and it becomes this social media fad,” he said. “But it’s almost as if HIV/AIDS stopped being the thing to talk about before social media came around. We’ve gotta bring that back because we’re not done.”

In recent years, the estimated incidence of HIV has remained stable at about 50,000 new HIV infections annually, but gay men and African Americans are still most affected.

With new infections still occurring, the actor stressed the importance of knowing one’s HIV status and being open about it.

“Getting tested, knowing your status, being responsible for yourself and other people is so important — being honest with yourself, number one, so you can be honest with everyone else,” he said.

Smollett also shared words of optimism for those who have been infected and are seeking proper treatment.

“We have to remember that it’s not a death sentence. You can live with it and you can live a beautiful, wonderful life with it, but it’s also something that we can prevent,” he said.

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City Council members ask NBA MSC HAS THEM ALL to relocate the 2017 NBA All-Star Game to Atlanta The Chairman of the Community Development and Human Resources Committee, Andre Dickens, brought forward a resolution requesting that the National Basketball Association consider relocating the 2017 NBA All-Star Game and weekend of events from Charlotte, N.C. to Atlanta.

The resolution was introduced at a meeting of the Community Development and Human Resources Committee.

The measure, supported by Council President C e a s a r Mitchell and Finance E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e Chairman Alex Wan, invites the NBA to consider relocating the 2017 NBA All-Star Weekend due to the passage of House Bill 2, a measure that discriminates against members of the LGBT community. The bill was signed into law

by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory last week.

The NBA is currently considering pulling the 2017 game out of North Carolina in response. It’s scheduled to be held on Sunday, February 17.

“The City of Atlanta draws strength from

our diverse community,” said Council President Mitchell. “This unity creates our city’s embracing spirit, a quality that has made Atlanta the destination of choice for numerous international business conventions, professional and college sporting events, as well as one of the largest concentrations of Fortune 500 companies in the nation. We would certainly welcome the opportunity to show that very spirit as the host of the 2017 NBA AllStar Weekend.”

“Atlanta is a vibrant, energetic city that would be an outstanding host to the 2017 NBA All-Star Weekend,” said Chairman Dickens.

“As the home to the civil and human rights movement, our diverse set of people and businesses welcome this global event with open arms.”

“Atlanta affirms that inclusion and equality are integral to our city’s success as a tourist location for over 40 million visitors each year,” said Chairman Wan, who was also a co-signer of a resolution that passed unanimously by the Atlanta City Council on March 7 opposing HB 757.

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GCBW salutes Women in government at Women’s History Month Celebration

By Terry Shropshire Atlanta’s first lady, Sarah Reed, was among an illustrious group of women who were honored at the Georgia Coalition of Black Women’s Women’s History Month celebration.

Held at The Carter Center in Atlanta and sponsored by Delta and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the annual awards luncheon saluted women in government along with an unplanned tribute to the founder of GCBW, Rita Jackson Samuels. Honorees were: DeKalb Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson, Esq; Atlanta First Lady, Sarah E. Langford Reed, Esq; Eloisa Y. Kementich, PhD, president and CEO of Invest Atlanta; and State Senator Nan Orrock.

“We are proud to have these women represent us,” said Samuels. “We still need to get more women elected to office, especially in places where women are the majority voters. We have to remind people of the power women have at the ballot box.”

One-by-one prominent Atlanta women stepped to the podium and underscored the importance of advocating for women in leading roles. Each speaker also offered a story about Samuels and applauded her for her candid advice and consistent leadership since her days working alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin; Xernona Clayton, founder of the Trumpet

GCBW honorees (L-R): Bettieanne Hart, GCBW Board; Senator Nan Orrock; DeKalb Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson; Dr. Eloisa Y. Kementich, Invest Atlanta; Rita Jackson Samuels, GCBW Founder; Atlanta First Lady, Sarah E. Langford Reed; Felicia Davis, GCBW Board; and Helen Butler, GCBW Board.

Awards; Riverdale Mayor Evelyn Winn Dixon, and Cathelean Steele, First Lady of SCLC, were among those bringing greetings.

“It’s not easy to get this many women leaders together – especially during Women’s History Month. Thank you for taking time out to recognize our esteemed honorees. We appreciate

the men coming out as well, a special thanks to Hank Stewart and Dr. Joseph Lowery,” adds Samuels.

Ambassador Andrew Young was out of the country, but sent a video message congratulating the honorees and included his own humorous Rita Samuels story.

Reflecting on the accomplishments of women since the organization was founded 35 years ago and the work ahead, Felicia Davis, vice president of GCBW and director of the Building Green Initiative said, “Thirty-five years ago, women made 59 cents to a man’s dollar. Today it’s 63 cents for Black women and 79 cents for women overall. And 35, years ago the first woman was appointed to the US Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Today, we are trying to get the first Black woman appointed.”

The subject of electing more women to office and the first Black woman Supreme Court Justice was discussed in detail during the Ballot Power of Women Voters Conversation that followed the award ceremony. Facilitated by Helen Butler, executive director of Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda, panelists included Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Meredith Lilly, a Senior Advisor at the U.S. General Service Administration (GSA).

The GCBW is a unique women’s advocacy organization with a special focus on Black women and girls with the understanding that their empowerment benefits all women, families and the broader community. Credited with helping to elect Black women to offices throughout the State, the organization has worked to educate the public about the status of women including the fact that women are the majority registered voters in Georgia.

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Centennial Olympic Park Drive will be transformed into the biggest block party of the summer when Slide the City arrives on June 25. Last summer more than two thousand sliders slipped and splashed down the giant water slide. Event organizers expect 2016 to be bigger and better than ever.

“This unique event was a huge success last year, but for 2016 we are going to be adding some fun entertainment to give it more of a community feel,” said John Malfatto, Slide the City co-owner. “You can experience your hometown like never before!”

This massive event is better than the average block party. Families, friends and neighbors are invited to take a break from the heat, speeding through three city blocks

on inner tubes. Along with the one-of-a-kind slide, the block party will include food, music, local vendors and street entertainers.

Sliding starts at 9 a.m. Participants can purchase a single, triple or ultimate slider pass during a selected wave time and are encouraged to sign up before April 22 to take advantage of the opening rate. Pricing starts at $10.

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African billionaire businessman named 2016 Morehouse College commencement speaker

Strive Masiyiwa, one of Africa’s most influential businessmen and Zimbabwe’s first billionaire, will address the Morehouse College class of 2016 during the 132nd Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 15, at 8 a.m. on Morehouse’s historic Century Campus.

It will be an extra special day for Masiyiwa, the founder of the global telecommunications firm, Econet Wireless.

The first nine Andrew Young International Scholars, all whom came from African orphanages and were sponsored by Masiyiwa’s Higher Life Foundation, will be among those receiving their degrees that day. One of them will be 2016 International Rhodes Scholar Prince Abudu from Zimbabwe.

Masiyiwa, a cell phone pioneer, fought a landmark constitutional legal battle for five years that ended a state monopoly in telecommunications and forced the opening of the African sector to private capital. He serves on a number of international boards, including the Morehouse College Board of Trustees. In 2015, Forbes Magazine named Masiyiwa one of the “Ten Most Powerful Men in Africa” while a year earlier, CNN Fortune Magazine selected him as one of the “World’s

50 Greatest Leaders.”

Masiyiwa and his wife, Tsitsi, are members of the Giving Pledge, a commitment by the world’s wealthiest individuals and families to dedicate the majority of their wealth to philanthropy. They also finance the Higher Life Foundation, which provides scholarships to more than 42,000 African orphans. Masiyiwa was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by Morehouse College in 2012 in recognition for his philanthropic and humanitarian work across the African continent.

The day before receiving their diplomas, the class of 2016 will get a spiritual address from The Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley during the Saturday, May 16 Baccalaureate ceremony at 3 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel.

Wesley is pastor Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Under his leadership, the church has grown to nearly 7,000 members and nearly 80 ministries.

With a passion for young people, Wesley leads a church that this year hosted their 14th Annual HBCU College Festival, where $2.1 million in scholarships were awarded to high school seniors.

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Why we the people should support Apple vs. the FBI

The irony of Apple Inc. defying a court order that authorizes the FBI to investigate the 2015 San Bernardino shootings by unlocking the gunman’s encrypted iPhone should not be lost on those who have followed, or who have been a part of movements against racial oppression.

With no hesitation, and as part of its commitment to protecting civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan made it clear that forcing Apple to unlock that iPhone would be unlawful, unconstitutional, and set a dangerous precedent that implicates the security and privacy of millions of Americans.

But considering the FBI’s history of selective surveillance in communities of color, its fight against Apple all seems like a strange case of overfed chickens coming home to roost.

From the perspective of many who struggle to empower the oppressed, law enforcement and intelligence agencies have long worked for corporate interests to ensure market stability and access to markets. It is further believed that movements that are militant in character or movements that seek independence and selfdetermination for people of color have long been regarded as a threat to corporate dominance. The government’s history of protecting corporate interests has been labeled by some activists as the “Industrial-Police-Intelligence Complex,” or “IPIC.” Recent developments should leave routine targets of FBI surveillance to wonder about their own fate given the FBI’s willingness to go after a major corporation with such vigor.

Historically, the FBI has demonstrated little reluctance to closely monitor and scrutinize the activities of activists in communities of color.

FBI director J. Edgar Hoover was the architect of the agency’s infamous Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), which was marked by extensive surveillance of activists, surreptitious opening of mail, illegal break-ins, frame-ups and harassment. The Black Power Movement and the Black Panther Party in particular were prime targets of COINTELPRO operations, and to this day there are victims of FBI activities who remain in prison.

The American Indian Movement (AIM) was also a focus of COINTELPRO operations.

Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall, in their book “The FBI’s Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement” describe how in 1976, a young

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Americans often see Cuba upside down President Obama’s historic trip to Havana, Cuba — the first American president to visit since Calvin Coolidge in 1928 — opens the door to a new era in relations not only with Cuba, but also with our neighbors across the hemisphere.

Extensive press coverage of the trip will feature the President’s meeting with Cuban leader Raul Castro, the Tuesday baseball game pitting the Cuban national team against Tampa Bay, the president’s meetings with business leaders and with Cuban dissidents. We’ll get pictures of aged Chevy’s held together by duct tape, of lovely but crumbling Havana mansions, of Cuba’s lively culture and its widespread poverty.

Cuba surely is a poor country. Its government, while still enjoying popular support, is a far remove from a democracy. Freedom of speech and assembly are greater than most realize, but still severely policed. But much of what we think about Cuba is upside down, and inside out.

First, in many ways, the president’s initiative to normalize relations with Cuba isn’t so much ending their isolation as ending ours. Cuba has enjoyed good and growing relations with our neighbors across the hemisphere for years. In recent years, those countries have threatened to exclude the U.S. from hemispheric meetings if we continued to demand that Cuba’s exclusion. We have sought to isolate Cuba for over 50 years; we ended up isolating ourselves.

Second, for many across the world, Cuba, not the U.S., has been on the right side of history. Cuba stood with Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress while the U.S. was supporting the apartheid government and labeling Mandela a terrorist. When South Africa invaded Angola in the mid-1970s to block the independence movement there, it was Cuba, not the U.S. that sent troops to force South Africa’s withdrawal. One of the first visits Mandela made after he was freed was to Havana to thank Fidel Castro for his support, hailing the Cuban revolution as “a source of inspiration to all freedom-loving peoples.”

Similarly, for many across Africa and Latin America, Cuba is known for supplying doctors and teachers, aiding in the development of nations emerging from colonialism. America, too often, has been either allied with the former colonialists or hostile to the emerging independent movements.

Third, while some of Cuba’s poverty is

self-inflicted, some is also the direct result of 50 years of the embargo. Cuba is a small island, 90 miles off our coast, without its own oil. Before the revolution, tourism was a leading industry; foreign investors were central to the economy.

The revolution upended that order. The embargo severed those and any new ties. In the Cold War years, the Soviet Union alone provided a lifeline for the regime. Since the end of the Cold War, more and more countries have chafed at the American embargo and begun to deal with Cuba.

Fourth, most popular leaders in South America see Cuba as an example of proud, national independence. In many ways, our hostility to Castro elevated his stature across the world.

Emerging populist leaders in South America don’t plan to imitate Cuban socialism, which is being slowly reformed. But they are envious of Cuba’s health care and education systems, which provide Cubans with a standard of health and educational opportunity far above most developing countries.

Fifth, Cuba has not been closed to us; we have been closed to Cuba. The Cubans have been looking for a dialogue for years. When I went to Cuba in 1984, I met with Fidel Castro and even took him to church. We negotiated the release of 22 American and 26 Cuban political prisoners. He was ready for a dialogue then, but the U.S. continued its no-talk policy until President Obama finally launched his historic initiative.

Reform will come slowly in a Cuba that is still proud of its revolution and anxious to preserve its gains in health care and education. Its foreign policy will remain proudly independent. The regime remains on guard against U.S. efforts to undermine it from within.

B ut reform will come slowly here also. To this day, Congress refuses to lift an embargo that punishes a small neighbor off our coast. To this day, our arrogance and ideological blinders make it hard for us to see Cuba whole. The president has opened the door. Increased travel, cultural exchanges and the beginnings of business investment will push it open further.

Most Americans already support normal relations and an end to a policy that has failed for over half a century. And one day, we can hope, even the ideologues and zealots in the Congress will get the message.

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Indian woman named Anna Mae Aquash was reportedly interrogated by an FBI agent about the whereabouts of two AIM leaders, and she was later found dead. According to the book, the FBI told Aquash’s family she died of “natural causes,” but an independent pathologist who examined the body found a bullet wound in her head.

In 2012, it became necessary for the ACLU of Michigan and the ACLU’s national office to initiate litigation to compel production of documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act that concerned any FBI surveillance that may have been inspired by portions of the agency’s operations guide that authorized agents to “…identify locations of concentrated ethnic communities in the (FBI) Field Office’s domain…” There were specific ACLU concerns about the targeting of Arab and Muslim communities based on one document the agency disclosed that stated, “Because Michigan has (a) large Middle-Eastern and Muslim population, it is prime territory for attempted radicalization and recruitment by these terrorist groups.”

The operations guide also permitted collection of information about “the locations of ethnic-oriented businesses and other facilities.”

It suggested as well that more individualized information could be collected about the “behavioral and lifestyle characteristics” of suspected security threats. The guide noted: “Focused behavioral characteristics reasonably believed to be associated with a particular criminal or terrorist element of an ethnic community (not with the community as a whole) may be collected and retained.”

In an apparent connection to the operations guide, FBI documents show that in Atlanta the agency monitored what it characterized as “Black Separatist” groups. In San Francisco, an agency document argued in favor of the racial mapping of Chinese and Russian immigrant communities. Latino communities were targeted as well.

Because large corporations like Apple have not usually been the focal point of overreaching by the FBI, activists from communities of color look on with interest and an intuitive understanding that a monster created to protect the corporate world nevertheless has a mind of its own, and not even corporations are off limits unless and until someone tames the monster.

That “someone” must be “we the people.”

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