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International Women’s Day Yesterday, the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, was quite a celebration! The day was marked by events, rallies, marches over bridges, web chats, proclamations, statements, speeches, and parties all over the world. Even Google joined the festivities with a beautiful, multi-colored women-centered masthead! Throughout the day, my inbox was overflowing with Happy International Women's Day emails from organizations working to secure women's equality – to end violence against women, to guarantee equal pay for equal work, to ensure educational equity for girls. It was a day marked by pride for the achievements women have accomplished and determination to continue the fight for full equality. I spent the day in Wa s h i n g t o n , D.C., where I attended the International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State. The awards ceremony, hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with special guest Michelle Obama, paid tribute to outstanding women leaders worldwide. It recognized their courage and leadership as they fight for social justice, human rights, and the advancement of women. The 10 honorees recognized with this prestigious award included Roza Otunbayeva, President of Kyrgyzstan, who is Central Asia's first female head of state and head of govern-
ment in a traditional, majority Muslim country. She rose up as a leader in her country's second attempt to shed authoritarian rule and has built the first functioning democracy in Central Asia. Also honored was Henriette Ekwe Ebongo, one of the most influential journalists in Cameroon. Ebongo, a political activist and publisher of Bebela, a weekly independent newspaper, has spent her life advancing freedom of the press, human rights, good governance, and gender equality. Guo Jianmei, whom I met a few years ago, is China's best-known female lawyer. She founded the Women's Law Center at Peking University, and when the university bowed to official pressure and closed the center, established her own law firm where she works tirelessly with a corps of lawyers she trained to bring public interest cases on behalf of women, migrants, and other vulnerable groups. Two awardees, Nasta Palazhanka, a leader of the opposition youth movement in Belarus, and Yoani Sanchez, a blogger, technological innovator, and civil society leader in Cuba, were prevented by their repressive governments from travelling to the U.S. to receive their awards. These amazing awardees were chosen from among 87 exceptional women nominated by U.S. embassies worldwide for their extraordinary work in advancing human rights. The Dean Acheson Auditorium at the State Department was packed with women from social justice organizations who work daily to improve the lives of women and achieve equality. First, I bumped into my colleague Wendy Patten, a senior policy analyst at the Open Society Foundations, who engages in advocacy on U.S. human rights and civil liberties issues, and later saw my col-
league June Zeitlin, who leads the CEDAW Task Force, which is advocating for U.S. ratification of the International Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination A g a i n s t Women. It was inspiring to be in a room filled with other women who, like I, have dedicated their lives to the fight for women's equality. As the ceremony concluded, this room full of passionate and committed social justice advocates erupted in joyful applause. The ceremony provided us with an opportunity to bask in the glory of the manifold accomplishments of women around the world and re-
energized us for the fight ahead. We filed out of the auditorium, friends hugged each other goodbye, then everyone rushed on to the next meeting or back to our offices to continue the critical work of seeking to bring about a world where women can be full equals in all aspects of our lives. If you want to join the party next year, start today to do your part to bring about gender equality. Work with us as we seek ratification of CEDAW and enactment of the Paycheck Fairness Act in Congress. Support us as we fight gender stereotypes that limit women's ability to advance their careers and restrict women's and men's roles in the family before the Supreme Court. And help us as we advocate in local school districts around the country for equal educational opportunities for girls, including those who are pregnant or parenting young children and those who do not want to be segregated in classrooms apart from boys based on unsupported claims about brain differences between the sexes.
Office of COUNCIL PRESIDENT ANTHONY YOUNG District four Weekly Update COMMISSION APPOINTMENT Councilmembers reappointed Juan Gallegos and Dr. Shirley Weber to the Citizen’s Equal Opportunity Commission. Dr. Weber, long-time District 4 resident and SDSU professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies, will serve another two-year term on the commission that monitors the city’s EOE hiring and contracting policies and procedures.
YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW: FRIDAY FARMERS MARKET People’s Produce Farmers Market is open 2 – 6 p.m. every Friday, 606 Euclid Ave., in Chollas View. This month the market is introducing a new local farmer who is offering apples and pears. Victory Gardens San Diego will be announcing upcoming growing/gardening classes, and a monthly growers group gathers at 6 p.m. on the last Monday of each month at 5106 Federal Blvd. For more information call: (619) 262-2022 or online, please visit: www.projectnewvillage.com.
KEEPING KIDS SAFE Neighborhood safety is the focus of a community forum on Wednesday, March 9 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Bell Middle School, 620 Briarwood Road. Parents, youth, residents, businesses and property owners are invited to attend the free event that will include a light dinner and speakers from city and county governments, local schools, law enforcement and health and human service organizations. For more information, please contact Roosevelt Williams III in Council President Young’s office: (619) 236-7010.
US BANK RECRUITING US Bank will be recruiting employees for banking positions on Friday, March 11 from noon to 2 p.m. at the South Metro Career Center, 4389 Imperial Ave. Bring an updated copy of resume and list of professional references. For more information, call: (619) 266-4200, or go online: www.metrocareercenters.org.
SHARING WITH THOSE WHO CARE Bayview Baptist Church will host a Family Resource Fair on Saturday, March 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 6134 Benson Ave. Information will be available on nutrition, health, fitness, education and employment resources. Contact: Nate or Kevin at (619) 266-3621.
SENIOR CAREGIVER JOBS Heritage Senior Care will be hiring caregivers on Thursday,
March 17 at 9 a.m. at the South Metro Career Center, 4389 Imperial Ave. Bring an updated copy of resume and list of professional references. For more information, call: (619) 266-4200, or go online: www.metrocareercenters.org.
HONORING THE PAST, SHAPING THE FUTURE Poinsettia Star Club will host its 2011 Black History Breakfast on Saturday, March 19 from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Tubman Chavez Multicultural Center, 415 N. Euclid Ave. For more information, contact Katie Jones at (619) 266-8207.
PANCAKE BREAKFAST Broadway Heights Pancake Breakfast will be held on Saturday, March 26 from7:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Mountain View Recreation Center, 641 South Boundary Street. Suggested ticket donation is $5. For more information: (619) 582-8147.
Food assistance available Council President Young wants to eliminate hunger and is reaching out to help needy residents in District 4 put food on their tables. If you or someone you know is in need of food assistance, please call our office at (619) 236-6644 to find out about food distribution sites and other resources available in your neighborhood.
CESAR E. CHAVEZ MEMORIAL BREAKFAST 13th Annual Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Breakfast will be held on Monday, March 28 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the San Diego Convention Center. For more information, contact sponsor: Sherman Heights Community Center, (619) 232-5181.
year, in response to a vote of the people, the Redistricting Commission will be adding a new Council district and be charged with dividing the City into nine Council districts. Upcoming Redistricting Commission meetings:
SBA LOANS FOR WINTER STORMS An April 4 deadline is approaching for U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) low-interest loans being made available for residents adversely affected by the severe winter storms, flooding, and debris and mud flows that occurred Dec. 18 2010 through January 4, 2011. These federal disaster loans are available to homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes and private, non-profit organizations whose property was damaged or destroyed by the disaster. Loans up to $200,000 are available to homeowners to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate. Homeowners and renters are eligible for up to $40,000 to repair or re-place damaged or destroyed personal property. Business of any size and private, non-profit organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real es-tate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other business assets. To apply online, go to https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela or for more information, call: 800-659-2955 or email: disas-tercustomerservice@sba.gov.
DRAWING NEW DISTRICT LINES Get informed and share your opinions with the 2010 Redistricting Commission. The San Diego City Charter requires that the City be redistricted at least once every 10 years. This
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Dr. Carolle-Jean Murat: A Shaman amongst us
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ittle did I know that my divine appointment would lead me to Dr. Carolle, one of San Diego’s most influential women. Not by normal standards but by the standard of the spirit world. As a world class OB/Gyn, that title ladies and gentlemen is by far her least accomplishment. I bring to you one of the most gifted Shamans I have ever met. If you don’t know what a Shaman is let me explain. In African societies and in the ancient world, Shamans are mediators and healers that communicate in both the spiritual and material world. On all dimensions they are gifted with free reign this is exclusive to the Shaman. The Shaman is most often female and is held in high regard more than any other community position including the church pastor. I named this article Divine Appointment; A Shaman Amongst Us, because I don’t really know if San Diego knows the treasure Dr. Carolle is. Upon meeting Dr. Carolle I noticed the word “Nurture” seemed to hold a special power to her and myself. My first inquiry to her was where had she been hiding all of my life? With this robust enthusiasm she answered back to me; where have you been? I thought to myself good question. She then suddenly jumped and said let’s take a walk, following her every move, she explained intrinsically like only a spiritual healer can, how plants continue to teach her how to heal human beings. Her garden of course is exquisite and full of life’s lessons. She showed me how one plant that had received nurturing, not just attention but exactly what it needed when it needed it. The other plant she pointed to, had not received enough all of what it needed when it needed it. “And look she said, Look at its fruit.” Dr. Carolle then pointed to me to show me her orchids, she says “I was to have five orchid flowers this year, but because I was too busy, I did not nurture it properly”. “She stresses that all human beings need what she calls “Healthy Boundaries.” As she explains it, healthy boundaries are proper environments that create growth, they are enforced and re-enforced. She walked me to a plant that symbolizes a person who is incarcerated or restricted over a period of time. The lack of freedom she says “Creates brown thin leaves. No room for possibilities creates dry, rough rigid branches and simply grows only to a point and never to grow beyond itself.” We talked and talked and just like that, she blurts out oh yea… “The Inner Child! The inner child is the ultimate quality of my plants” she says. You know Cheryl, “Damage and growth is never continued on from the event of the damage. The event stays current in the unconscious mind and creates disease, psychosis and emotional issues. “The child or inner child likes to gloat in their righteousness and the adult protects it and rationalizes the inner child’s behavior.” Dr. Carolle says. As we talked for over three hours I knew I had found a friend and a lot to think about. A kind spirit she is but a fierce force to be reckoned with as well. She states “Healers are tough, they must be tough.” Dr. Carolle stands about 5’11 and proud, she’s proud to know her journey no matter how rugged. She says “The most important key for healing is owning your truth. “Owning your pain.” Being a mediator of the world of spirit and being a medical doctor, you will not be able to fool Dr. Carolle. She will see right through you. Being a well respected medical doctor and spiritual healer in the old traditional way, Dr. Carolle brings nurturing and tough love to the world of healing. She states that you can’t heal the body with out the help of spirit. “It absolutely can’t be done” Dr. Carolle says. And one more thing Dr. Carolle adds, “I don’t heal just the body, if you think you are going to come to me and just say I have a problem here solve it, I won’t waste my time.” “I must get to the cause. You must surrender your options, your mind and your own unproductive and un-effective solutions, says Dr. Carolle.” Her new book Voodoo in my Blood; From Medical Doctor to Shaman, due to hit the stands around winter 2011 is sure to hit home. What I experienced the day of meeting her, I understand the title. The title is about the exodus we must all face, back to our core. Down to the inner child, that inner child robbed of something. As life allowed her to learn through lessons; it is life’s hardships that made her remember. While telling me her compelling stories, it is the jolt of pain that allows us to reconnect, recollect the memories. Dr. Carolle says
“it’s back home, it’s in there, in your chest. But most importantly all African people around the world have a past that has been denied, and there lies the root of illness.” “I’m just a messenger of light, says Dr. Carolle.” She uses prayer as a way to soothe the body as she begins to explore the sickness or the body’s pain. I found her to be one of the most fascinating San Diegans I’ve met to date. San Diego is some how different, it seems richer and full of life and of course light. We agreed that to be aware is the greatest gift of all. Please if you didn’t get anything from this article, understand that you share this pleasant city with one of the most powerful and spirited human being’s God has created. Dr. Carolle’s last words to me were about making fun of my schedule, she proudly stated “I gave you my whole morning, now let me finish.” I learned many things that day, one being that time is not money, money isn’t valuable. Time is energy, time is spirit. And yes that Dr. Carolle gave to me freely. BIO: Born and raised in Haiti, educated in Haiti, Mexico, Jamaica, and the US, Dr. Carolle Jean-Murat is a board-certified gynecologist, a senior fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a medical
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Have We Cut Off Communication With God? Last week, my editorial discussed some of the things that God has given us, and how when God gives us a task to do, we cannot hand it back. This week, I would like stay with that train of thought. I stated in last week’s editorial that God heard the moaning and groaning of the suffering of our foreparents as they were locked into slavery. The work was hard and the days were long, and the master’s lash was mighty mean. And yet our foreparents withstood the test of time and prayed their way out of bondage. Now today, we find ourselves much like the Israelites stumbling around in the wilderness, as we do not know our way. Have we lost contact with God? I have always wondered why God gave us hair and named it as a woman’s glory in the Bible. Yet Black women have all but committed genocide against their hair. I remember my elders telling stories about survival and would always say, “I was so afraid that my hair stood up.” A police officer told me once that after a robber pulled a gun on him, his hair turned grey over night. The old wise men said that hair is our antenna by which we communicate with God. Hair receives messages and communicates with the universe the same way antennas do with cyberspace. It has also been so often said to me that we are God’s chosen people. Yet we have given up on our hair. I wonder if God has given up on us? I wonder what happens to that natural
EDITORIAL born instinct of communication when we tie or braid synthetic hair onto our God-given hair. If you tied a different type of metal to the bay of a TV station or a radio station you would get mixed signals because you have interrupted the flow of communication. With the different kind of attachments we are putting on our hair, I wonder if we are interrupting God’s spiritual communication. Until Next Week, Willie Morrow
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OMNILOGUE© - “All of us communicating with each other, so that we all come to a collective understanding, so that we all work toward the same goal.” © VISION
The Earth is a single community, and its people a single family… Most American Christians are familiar with Dr. Charles Stanley. Many know of his son, Andy Stanley, author of the book, “Visioneering.” In chapter 2, Stanley describes the difference between a dreamer and a visionary. Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference. Dreamers think about how nice it would by for something to be done. Visionaries look for an opportunity to do something. (I added the underlines) I believe we are all visionaries. But most of us have pretty small visions. The Earth has more than 6 billion people. Can you envision that? The United Nations, the World Bank and The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement do it every day. So do the CIA, INTERPOL and Walmart. Not only do they see all 6 billion people, they are anticipating what the world will be like when there are 9 billion people. According to the United Nations, in spite of war, famine, disease, the crap we eat for food, and all the other causes of human death, the Earth family could hit 9,000,000,000 before 2050 – less than 40 years from now, when most of us, and almost all of our children will still be alive. What is your vision for that world – for YOUR family in that world? And that is the issue. What are we thinking about for our children and our family? Not only in your household, but in your community? Do you have a VISION for the future of your community? Or have you given up? It’s a tough world. Most of the time it seems like the whole world is against us. But the fact is, there is no circumstance we cannot rise above, and no obstacle we cannot overcome. The secret and the power lies with us – within us. What will San Diego look like 10, 20, 50 or 100 years from now for people of African Descent – our family? What will it look like for your family? Currently there are about one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) Black people in San Diego County. That is about fifty thousand (50,000) families. That’s way less than 6 billion. Can you envision that? Can we create a VISION for Black families in San Diego County? Not the whole world – not yet. Remember, the difference between dreamers and visionaries, is that Visionaries envision themselves MAKING a difference. Most importantly, Visionaries look for an opportunity to do something. Habakkuk 2:4 say, “Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.” It means to write out your vision in such plain language that anyone who reads it can see their part and do their part. Your vision should be plain enough so that the people in your vision can understand it and run with it. You have to have a plan. More on that later. CMH
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Church’s Ministry Is to Feed the Hungry “It’s what God put in our hearts to do.” By Christine Huard lemongrove.patch.com The line starts forming early in the morning at the Lemon Grove Lutheran Church where, on the first and last Friday of each month, free food is distributed by the Samoan Independent Full Gospel Church. Pastor Ula Tausaga and First Lady Mai Tausaga, the church’s leaders, and a small team of volunteers prepare the bags of food to be handed out and give numbers to those waiting in the line. The first Friday, which is reserved just for residents of Lemon Grove, draws from 300 to 400 people, according to Mai Tausaga. The last Friday is open to anyone in the area in need of help, and can draw up to 600 people. “It’s a lot of people,” Mai Tausaga says. At the food distribution on March 3, the ministry handed out 349 bags of food to Lemon Grove residents through its partnership with the Lutheran church, Feeding America, the San Diego Food Bank and the Alpha Center. The church's food ministry provides ongoing support to those in need in the area. It offers a free soup dinner every Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lemon Grove Lutheran Church, and runs a daily food pantry.
“It’s what God put in our hearts to do,” she says. “When we saw the need we tried to do something, because we had seen a lot of people— not just at church—asking for food, blankets and clothing. We opened our hearts and minds to it.” When they started the food ministry “seven years and four months” ago, Tausaga says, they were serving about 100 people. The program now serves up to 600 people on the last Friday of the month when the food distribution is open to everyone in the area. “It’s growing and growing,” she says. “Especially now with the economy.” To receive food on the first Friday, Lemon Grove residents are asked to bring something that shows they live in the city—but no one is turned away. And those who help out in the morning to get bags ready for handing out, get to go first in line. Other volunteers are needed as well to help organize, bundle and distribute the bags of food. Those interested can contact Pastor Ula or First Lady Mai at 619-251-6834. The Samoan Independent Full Gospel Church food ministry distributes food the first and last Friday of the month starting at 9 a.m., and going until all the food is gone.
National Women's Hall of Fame: Coretta Scott King and Billie Holiday Among 2011 Inductees
“Cleanliness is next to Godliness”
Today on International Women's Day, the National Women's Hall of Fame has announced its 2011 inductees which include the late civil rights icon Coretta Scott King and legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday. Eleven American women that have made valuable and enduring contributions to our nation will be honored. These women will be formally inducted on September 30th and October 1st, 2011 in Seneca Falls, the birthplace of the American Women's Rights Movement. The National Women's Hall of Fame is the nation's oldest membership organization recognizing the achievements of great American women. Inductees are selected every two years based on their lasting contributions to society through the arts, athletics, business, education, government, humanities, philanthropy and science. From a group of over 200 completed nominations, a national panel of judges conducted a rigorous scoring process and selected eleven women for Induction. The National Women's Hall of Fame 2011 Inductees are: St. Katharine Drexel Dorothy Harrison Eustis Loretta C. Ford Abby Kelley Foster Helen Murray Free Coretta Scott King Lilly Ledbetter Barbara Kikulski Donn Shalala Kathryn Switzer "From an early suffragist to a Civil Rights pioneer; from a university president to trailblazers in health and science; each of these women have demonstrated fortitude, perseverance, intelligence and hope. Their experiences provide both an example for each of us to emulate and a challenge for each of to embrace. What began in Seneca Falls comes full circle this October, when this phenomenal group of Inductees convenes in the birthplace of women's rights," said Christine Moulton, Executive Director of the National Women's Hall of Fame. Enough said.
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Mrs Rosia Strader CELEBRATES 105 Photos courtesy of Forney Johnson Born March 6, 1906 in Glendora, Mississippi, her parents were John and Polly Scurlock; her mother lived to be 103yrs olds. Mrs. Rosia is one of eight children; her parents were farmers and share-croppers. Rosia moved to San Diego in 1952, Mrs. Staader is known to her family as Big Mama, Grand Mama, Mama and Gramps. Charlie Brown her grandson took BIG MAMA out for her 105th Birthday at Hometown where all the family members could come and have a ball and they came out big time! The grand children, great-grand kids and of course the great-great-grand kids. The love and the attention were overwhelming. ROSIA is of sound mind and greeted all of her loved ones. She would stroke their faces with her fingers instantly would know who she was talking too. To the youngest grand child who was only eleven months old. Mrs. Strader is a member of Greater Trinity Baptist Church. The deacons bring her communion every first Sunday.
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March 12, 2011 – Unemployment Dips February’s jobs number were something to smile about as it is more encouraging news showing that we are continuing to make our way out of the worst financial disaster the country has seen since the Great Depression. The jobs report shows that 192,000 jobs were created in February and unemployment has dropped to 8.9 percent. Death Penalty Outlawed in Illinois Wednesday, Democratic Governor Pat Quinn abolished the death penalty in his state of Illinois. His decision to sign the measure into law appears largely rooted in the fact that there is no way to guarantee that innocent people would not be executed under the law. Governor Quinn said of the ban, “If the system can’t be guaranteed, 100-percent error-free, then we shouldn’t have the system,” he continued, “It cannot stand.” All 15 men on the state’s death row have had their sentences commuted and they will now serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. 20 people in the state on death row have seen their sentences overturned when evidence surfaced that they were wrongly convicted. Hot New Michael Jackson Song ‘Slave to the Rhythm’ Surfaces Michael Jackson was well known for his perfectionist style. This style often led the King of Pop to produce massive amounts of music for his albums, the majority of which would usually not make the cut. Unlike the controversial new album
‘Michael’ that was released by Sony last year, this song is undeniably Michael Jackson. The upbeat track features nearly all of Michael Jackson’s signature styles including his multiple vocal ranges and one of a kind adlibs toward the end of the song. Despite the title of the song and a chorus that plays “She’s a slave to the rhythm, a slave to the rhythm, the rhythm of love”, the song has nothing to do with the dance floor. The song is a metaphor about a woman who has become a slave to the rhythm of the monotony of her daily routine and being unappreciated. In the tune Jackson sings, “She dances at the crack of dawn, and quickly cooks his food, she can’t be late, can’t take too long, the kids must get to school” and “She dances to the kitchen stove, dinner is served by nine, he says this food’s an hour late, she must be out of her mind.” A snippet of the track made its way around the internet in December of last year, then a longer version with interruptions by a DJ surfaced later that month, then in January 2011, the full uninterrupted version of the song made its way online. It is unclear exactly what Michael Jackson era the song is from, but it is unquestionably Jackson’s newer style. Many fans believe it is from Jackson’s ‘Invincible’ album (his final of all new material during his lifetime) or a newer track from the music Jackson was working on leading up to his ‘This Is It’ concert series. The track is said to be produced by hit-maker Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins. To listen to the track, go to Google.com, type in the title of this article and click the first link from Examiner.com, the track is available to listen to in full.
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How the middle class became the underclass By Annalyn Censky NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Are you better off than your parents? Probably not if you're in the middle class. Incomes for 90% of Americans have been stuck in neutral, and it's not just because of the Great Recession. Middle-class incomes have been stagnant for at least a generation, while the wealthiest tier has surged ahead at lighting speed. In 1988, the income of an average American taxpayer was $33,400, adjusted for inflation. Fast forward 20 years, and not much had changed: The average income was still just $33,000 in 2008, according to IRS data. Meanwhile, the richest 1% of Americans -those making $380,000 or more -- have seen their incomes grow 33% over the last 20 years, leaving average Americans in the dust. Experts point to some of the usual suspects -- like technology and globalization -- to explain the widening gap between the haves and have-nots. But there's more to the story. A real drag on the middle class One major pull on the working man was the decline of unions and other labor protections, said Bill Rodgers, a former chief economist for the Labor Department, now a professor at Rutgers University. Because of deals struck through collective bargaining, union workers have traditionally earned 15% to 20% more than their non-union counterparts, Rodgers said. But union membership has declined rapidly over the past 30 years. In 1983, union workers made up about 20% of the workforce. In 2010, they represented less than 12%. "The erosion of collective bargaining is a key factor to explain why low-wage workers and middle income workers have seen their wages not stay up with inflation," Rodgers said. Without collective bargaining pushing up wages, especially for blue-collar work -- average incomes have stagnated. International competition is another factor.
The average American's income has not changed much, while the richest 5% of Americans have seen their earnings surge. This chart includes capital gains. While globalization has lifted millions out of poverty in developing nations, it hasn't exactly been a win for middle class workers in the U.S. Factory workers have seen many of their jobs shipped to other countries where labor is cheaper, putting more downward pressure on American wages. "As we became more connected to China, that poses the question of whether our wages are being set in Beijing," Rodgers said. Finding it harder to compete with cheaper manufacturing costs abroad, the U.S. has emerged as primarily a services-producing economy. That trend has created a cultural shift in the job skills American employers are looking for. Whereas 50 years earlier, there were plenty of blue collar opportunities for workers who had only high school diploma, now employers seek "soft skills" that are typically honed in college, Rodgers said. A boon for the rich While average folks were losing ground in the economy, the wealthiest were capitalizing on some of those same factors, and driving an
even bigger wedge between themselves and the rest of America. For example, though globalization has been a drag on labor, it's been a major win for corporations who've used new global channels to reduce costs and boost profits. In addition, new markets around the world have created even greater demand for their products. "With a global economy, people who have extraordinary skills... whether they be in financial services, technology, entertainment or media, have a bigger place to play and be rewarded from," said Alan Johnson, a Wall Street compensation consultant. As a result, the disparity between the wages for college educated workers versus high school grads has widened significantly since the 1980s. In 1980, workers with a high school diploma earned about 71% of what college-educated workers made. In 2010, that number fell to 55%. Another driver of the rich: The stock market. The S&P 500 has gained more than 1,300%
since 1970. While that's helped the American economy grow, the benefits have been disproportionately reaped by the wealthy. And public policy of the past few decades has only encouraged the trend. The 1980s was a period of anti-regulation, presided over by President Reagan, who loosened rules governing banks and thrifts. A major game changer came during the Clinton era, when barriers between commercial and investment banks, enacted during the postDepression era, were removed. In 2000, the Commodity Futures Modernization Act also weakened the government's oversight of complex securities, allowing financial innovations to take off, creating unprecedented amounts of wealth both for the overall economy, and for those directly involved in the financial sector. Tax cuts enacted during the Bush administration and extended under Obama were also a major windfall for the nation's richest. And as then-Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan brought interest rates down to new lows during the decade, the housing market experienced explosive growth. "We were all drinking the Kool-aid, Greenspan was tending bar, Bernanke and the academic establishment were supplying the liquor," Deutsche Bank managing director Ajay Kapur wrote in a research report in 2009. But the story didn't end well. Eventually, it all came crashing down, resulting in the worst economic slump since the Great Depression. With the unemployment rate still excessively high and the real estate market showing few signs of rebounding, the American middle class is still reeling from the effects of the Great Recession. Meanwhile, as corporate profits come roaring back and the stock market charges ahead, the wealthiest people continue to eclipse their middle-class counterparts. "I think it's a terrible dilemma, because what we're obviously heading toward is some kind of class warfare," Johnson said.
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Is An Elevated Cholesterol Bad? The lists: 4 most congested roads, 10 worst bottlenecks
Dr. Grady P. Anderson, Jr., MD Elevated cholesterol means that you have hypercholesterolemia. Over the years this come to be looked upon as a disease. The fact is that it is a symptom. So why has does your doctor treat this symptom? Well most doctors got a few lectures in nutrition while in medical school. Your body needs cholesterol. So if your cholesterol is elevated then this means that your body is not breaking down the cholesterol that your liver is making. It is not the fast food you eat that makes you fat. Most drugs that are used to lower cholesterol have an adverse effect on your bones. As an orthopaedic surgeon my interest is in maintaining good bone health. I will tell you that there two cells that need to be functioning well for good bone health. These are osteoclasts that are responsible for the removal of dead bone and this allows osteoblast to come in and lay down new living bone. The prescription drugs that are part of class known as bisphosphonates and include such drugs as Actonel. Aerdia, Bonefas, Bonivia, Didronel, Fosamex and Reclast all act to block the action of osteoblast. This group of drugs has been linked to the following: Osteonecrosis of the jaw bone,
Cancer of the Esophagus, Atrial Fibrillation, Fractures of long bones and Severe Musculoskeletal Pain. The drug Fosamex was originally released for the treatment of Paget’s disease or Ankylosing Spondylolitis both of which are in fact the result of a genetic error in carbohydrate metabolism. Back in 2000 I was doing some work for the Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Riverside, CA where I saw an African American lady with the diagnosis of an ulcer on the inside of her ankle. She had been treated by the vascular surgeon for several months and it had not healed. When I took her she informed that she was had Sickle Cell Disease. It is a disorder that is seen in Africa in which the red blood cell is sickle shape as opposed to being round. This was natures way of trapping the parasite in that was injected into her blood by a mosquito. She was being seen by me for a pre-op for a below knee amputation because the ulcer would not heal. She had excellent pulses and had hair growing on her toes. There was no reason to “cut” off her leg. She told me she was taking glucosamine/chondrotin sulfate she had gotten from Costco. I told her to try taking more like 3-4 tablets at a time 3 times per day and try some fresh pressed apple cider not juice along some raw milk They were also taught that sugars were used only for energy. However, a biochemistry textbook called Harpers Biochemistry 10th edition listed what have been called essential sugars.
Volunteer helping Survivors of Violent Loss group By Lisa Deaderick, UT After a friend of Lori Dorsey-Guillory’s teenage daughter was murdered, a community meeting that was supposed to address improving the safety in the community turned into some people focusing on themselves. That upset the mother of the young man who was killed, and Dorsey-Guillory. “The look on her face broke my heart. It hurt. I mean, she had lost her child and I still had mine, and there was already guilt right there,” she said. “And then to see the look on her face and her heart being broken just hurt even more.” She decided that she wanted to do something for the people in her neighborhood who were losing their children. Dorsey-Guillory, 43, lives in Lincoln Park and is a rehabilitation specialist with the San Diego Unified School District. She began volunteering with the Survivors of Violent Loss Program about two years ago. The program is a support service for people who have lost someone in a violent death and provides counseling services, activities with others in the program, support at court appointments and more. She wanted to “bring relief to those who have lost loved ones violently” and has led group support meetings and one-on-one counseling sessions with clients who are sent to her through the program. She currently spends about six to eight hours each month helping others deal with their pain. In her training, Dorsey-Guillory has learned to teach her clients to relax while normalizing a situation that isn’t normal. “When someone dies naturally, usually the family anticipates it. And although you don’t
Lori Dorsey-Guillory want to see them die, you can accept it,” she said. “When someone’s murdered, it’s like they’re just snatched from you, and most people, all they remember about the person is the way they lost them.” The goal is to help survivors remember the life of the deceased, so that the way they died is less of a memory, she said. And through this work, she’s learned that she’s stronger than she thought. “When people would first tell me their stories, I would just well up inside, and now I’m able to hold my composure... instead of going into grief with them, I’m able to offer them comfort,” she said.
County not on the Top 10 national lists By Robert J. Hawkins If you drive to work on San Diego County’s highways, you may want to question this news: The annual INRIX national rankings for the Top 10 congested metropolitan areas, bottlenecks and worst traffic corridors are out – and San Diego didn’t make any of the lists. INRIX gathers real-time traffic data from 20 countries, using a variety of sources – from highway sensors to 4 million GPS -equipped vehicles to traffic databases. They claim to have accurate data for one million U.S. miles of road, including 599 in San Diego County. INRIX data analysts conclude that America’s drivers are “back on the road to gridlock,” after recording 11 straight months of increasing congestion. As the nation’s unemployed return to work, INRIX is predicting 9 million more daily work trips by the end of 2011. The list of top congested metropolitan areas is largely unchanged from 2009. The same cast of characters populates the top five slots: Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Washington DC and Dallas/Fort Worth. San Francisco moves up a slot, to No. 6, and Houston moves down one, to No. 7. They are followed by Boston, Philadelphia and Seattle/Tacoma. San Diego checks in at 13th – up from 17th in 2009. Unclear is whether San Diego’s roads got worse or whether congestion lessened in other cities. San Diego congestion had been steadily declining, from 12th worst in 2006, to 14th in 2007, to 15th in 2008 and 17th in 2009. The nation's worst bottlenecks are almost exclusively in Los Angeles and New York, with only Chicago and Pittsburgh muscling into the Top 10. Curiously, San Diego doesn’t even show up in the list of Top 100 bottlenecks. But let’s drill down to San Diego’s roads – because a traffic jam in New York City is of no use if you’re stuck on eastbound State Route 78 around
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Just Keeping It Real With Angela Harris Relationship Conversations How Do I Learn To Love Myself? This was a beautiful question posed to me. I found that this woman wasn't an anomaly, that there are many men and women out there who honestly don't know the answer to that question. It's been said, "Love your neighbor as thyself", "do unto others as you would have others do unto you". I had to ask the question; if you don't really know how to love, or treat people, do those phrases become subjective? Here's what I am suggesting? If I came from an environment that cussing someone was the norm, I then replicate that norm, hence when I cuss someone out I don't necessarily see that as not treating someone the way I feel I wouldn't want to be treated, because it's has worked for others in my life, right? If my parents beat me senselessly, and I look at myself, on the surface I say; "It must be okay because I turned out okay", but did you? If I was involved with someone who never seemed to have anything good to say about me, or was physically abusive, I must have deserved it, didn't I" If my father, or family member or other men in my life raped me, isn't that how all men treat women, Is it? In order to learn to love ourselves, treat someone as we want to be treated we have to be willing to first go down the road of identifying what is healthy behavior. I need to be sure I know what love is in order to give love to its fullest. Let's glimpse at this concept - I had a friend once tell me; "You should believe I love you because I tell you so." In my head I thought, "Really?" Here's why, riddle me this... is "love" a word or an action? If you said an action then you are definitely right. Peek into this thought process, if I treat you with love and respect, if I consider you at times over my own desires and wants, if I treat you with kindness, if I am ready to forgive quickly, if I seek what is in the best interest of you and those you love, if I really listen when you talk to me, if I support you at whatever stage you are in your life with encouragement, if I treat you in a selfless manner and not a selfish one, if I take the time to get to know you and shower you with a love than embraces, encourages, corrects with kindness and respect, and doesn't set our to provoke you, would I really need to tell you I love you, or is it shown in my actions? I submit my actions tell you everything. You either feel love or hate. You either feel kindness or meanness. You either feel treasured or treated like trash. You either feel valued or devalued. You either feel honored or taken for granted. The ultimate question is, within these statements, which do you prefer to be treated? Ah, it is then that you can begin down the path that helps you understand how you can learn to love yourself. You need to see yourself through the eyes of your Creator and then take the position that you are in agreement and no one, I mean absolutely no one can come into your life and define you in any other way! If you have any questions you would like answered you can ask them on this blog, on facebook facebook.comlconnectwithangelaharris.com, twitter keepingitrea1AH, or email me at theharrisgroup@cox.net
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Q&A with Jennifer Vanica President/ CEO of the Jacobs Family Foundation part 2 What is the Jacobs Family Foundation’s mission related to events and meeting space? In 1998, when we moved our headquarters to the southeastern San Diego community, we wanted to create a central gathering place to encourage people to come together, preserve cultural traditions and celebrate multicultural unity, and promote the social and economic strength of the community. We purchased an abandoned building on Federal Boulevard and created the Jacobs Center as a place for resident teams and community groups to host events, hold meetings, and discuss issues of common concern. As the community designed Market Creek Plaza, planning began on the Joe & Vi Jacobs Center. Resident teams challenged us to address three goals in addition to expanding the community gathering space available in the old building: 1) to create a community asset that could compete with downtown hotels for local events, like weddings and banquets, 2) to attract business to the community by tapping into San Diego’s $8 billion dollar hospitality industry, and 3) to create local jobs and train people. As a centerpiece of The Village at Market Creek, a business was envisioned that would partner with the community to bring together the diverse history and cultures of the neighborhood and its residents, attract people from throughout San Diego County and around the country, and offer full-service support for seminars, conferences, and events. That business was named Market Creek Events & Venues (MCEV). It was set up as a business? It was set up as a “social enterprise”, which means it is a business with two bottom lines. Our primary goal is “social” – to hire and train local residents and create an asset that will ultimately become community-owned. Market Creek Events & Venues is the largest such social venture launched by the Jacobs Team todate. MCEV was set up to manage Celebration Hall, the Market Creek Amphitheater, and a
growing number of venues that will be added to the Village over time. The community design also called for MCEV to run a commercial kitchen, a cultural culinary academy, a catering business, and a conference services center, as well as offering classes in events management and audio-visual support. Studies showed that creating state-of-theart, mid-sized facilities and venues that can accommodate up to 1,000 people in one location and 8,000 or more collectively could attract as much as $5 million to this community. Residents felt that even through this community was only four miles from downtown, it had been on the outside of the busy San Diego tourist and meeting trade. Capturing this level of economic impact could create over 200 new jobs. What about community groups? Was Market Creek Events& Venues set up to serve these groups? Yes. As a business, MCEV must generate revenue to create jobs, hire and train. As a double-bottom-line social enterprise, it must always balance its financial bottom-line with its social purpose as a community gathering space…a challenging and delicate balance. If you are selling a product, you have the cost to manufacture the product and the cost to advertise and distribute it. If you sell it for less than these costs, you go out of business. If you sell a large enough quantity at a profit, you can afford to carve out a portion to give away. That was the idea behind this social enterprise model. Attract enough regional business to be able to provide low or no cost space to community groups and public gatherings. Is it working? MCEV is in start-up, and we know we haven’t gotten it right. But we are continuing to revise the business model. Last year, Market Creek meetings and events brought 73,000 people to the community for cultural celebrations and conferences. The nearly $700,000 that outside groups and corporations spent here Continued on page 23
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JACOBS Continued from page 19 generated approximately 30 full-time jobs. While these groups paid a competitive market rate, it is not yet at a level that can support the operating costs associated with the level of community demand for free or discounted space. This may be a goal that will take three to five years to fully achieve. In the meantime, we have taken several actions. We have created a special space within the Joe & Vi Jacobs Center, called the Community Room, for gatherings of 75 people or less at a very nominal rate (currently $20/hour). We now offer special packaged rates for those looking to host events in Celebration Hall on a limited budget. We are making the Market Creek Plaza Amphitheater available at no charge for community and cultural events. In addition, our team is working to raise charitable
March 12, 2011 - Page 23 training in events management, and five-star service. We strongly encourage groups to use all community locations so economic impact and jobs stay here! As the strength of the southeastern community grows, we can envision a referral network for each other’s venues, so we don’t continue to lose business to downtown. In addition, we ask that if residents or local groups find a better price outside the community, give us or one of the other local venues the opportunity to compete for your business in quality, service, and price. Does Market Creek Events & Venues hire locally? What has been its impact? In its first two years of operation, MCEV has hired and trained 150 community residents, providing over 4,000 hours of training in everything from food service to managing conference technology. This will expand as more events are booked.
‘creating state-of-the-art, mid-sized facilities and venues that can accommodate up to 1,000 people in one location and 8,000 or more collectively could attract as much as $5 million to this community.’ funds to expand assistance to community groups hosting public events for community benefit. Are you currently providing this help for community groups? Yes. Last year, 87 community groups utilizing Market Creek’s venues received discounted belowmarket rates, nine were provided with a full fee waiver, and over $250,000 in grants were provided to sponsor community events to further reduce the cost. Several organizations and corporations, such as Sempra Energy and the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International, have helped expand the resources available for this support. Is it competitive with other community locations? We see our primary competition as the downtown hotels. The teams that planned Celebration Hall and MCEV wanted to complement the great spaces that were already in their community, such as the MLK Hall at Bayview Baptist Church, so there would be a range of meeting, event, and conference options available. They wanted to accommodate any size group, large or small, and in the case of Celebration Hall, they wanted to be able to offer full-service banquet capability, a culinary academy,
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How can the Jacobs Center improve the Black History Month celebration? We have a deep commitment to supporting cross-cultural understanding and believe that highlighting the history, heritage, heroes, and traditions of cultural groups is vitally important. We provide sponsorships and venues for community groups that organize a number of important African American observances – the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Breakfast, Heritage Day Festival, and Juneteenth. We have also supported Kuumba Fest through the purchasing of tickets, so community youth can participate, and fund billboards honoring important historical African American figures during Black History Month. Other cultural celebrations that we sponsor include Cesar Chavez Day, Samoan Flag Day, Somali Independence Day, and others. A cross-cultural working team is currently designing a Center for Community and Cultural Arts, with an exhibit space on the second floor of the Joe & Vi Jacobs Center, to expand on these efforts. If you have other ideas about roles we might play as part of Black History Month or other observances throughout the year, we welcome your ideas.