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Chicagoans Protest Bank of America By Royce Stahan Protestors organized by Action Now convened recently in front of a downtown Bank of America office to express their displeasure in alleged fraudulent practices. The Bank of America at LaSalle and Adams was lined with protestors in blue and white Action Now shirts, who held signs and chanted “Bank of America has to go.” Action Now is a grassroots community organization that has worked with homeowners looking to fight for change in mortgage servicing by Bank of America, which has recently been under federal scrutiny. A civil lawsuit was filed on June 7 in a Massachusetts federal court accusing Bank of America’s mortgage servicing unit of fraudulently denying loan modifications to homeowners. While this sounds like a regular occurrence that has caused friction between homeowners and their mortgage company recently, there’s a twist in this lawsuit. Six former employees and one contractor of Bank of America filed the complaint in sworn statements. “Bank of America’s practice is to string homeowners along with no apparent intention of providing the permanent loan modifications it promises,” said Erika Brown, customer service representative of the bank from June 2009 through June 2010, in an affidavit. “The processes Bank (Continued on page 3)
ACTION NOW MEMBERS protest in front of one of Bank of America’s downtown offices. The protest ended after about 30 minutes when bank officials offered to meet with homeowners who said the bank had acted fraudulently when it came to mortgage modifications.
State and City team up on crime By J. Coyden Palmer In two separate news conferences this week, Governor Pat Quinn and Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy touted the city’s drop in crime while announcing new resources residents can use to fight crime in their community. Speaking on the city’s West Side July 8, Quinn signed new laws that will help fight gang crimes and protect those who aid law enforcement in these efforts. Quinn said putting the responsibility on communities to help fight crime can not be done if they are not given the proper resources. “All Illinois residents have the right to be safe in their homes, schools and on our streets,” Quinn began. “These new laws give us more tools to fight gang violence,
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crack down on the criminals and protect those who are doing the right thing for public safety.” House Bill 1139, sponsored by State Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch (D-Westchester) and State Sen. Patricia Van Pelt (D-Chicago), creates the Gang Crime Witness Protection Act. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority will establish a Gang Crime Witness Protection Program to assist those who are actively aiding in the prosecution of gang crimes. The program will reimburse counties for assistance they provide victims and witnesses, including temporary living costs and moving expenses. The new law takes effect immediately. The sponsors of the legislation said it will help resolve the problem of people not
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Mary Alice Thatch: From ‘Janitor’ to NNPA Publisher of the Year (See story on page 3)
wanting to help police solve crimes for fear of retaliation or being labeled a “snitch.” “This legislation will empower people who might be afraid to testify against members of organized crime regimes,” said Van Pelt, whose West Side district has a high crime rate due to street gangs. “If witnesses are willing to tell the authorities everything they know about criminal activity, they can help stop the violence that is rampant in our communities.” Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-7) said there must be a change in the mindset of people who do not believe in helping the police fight crime. He said despite the ra(Continued on page 2)
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Concealed Carry now the Law in Illinois Citizens will be carrying on city’s streets by early 2014 By J. Coyden Palmer After years of battling with the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, pro-gun rights individuals in Illinois are beaming with pride after the General Assembly on July 9 overturned Governor Pat Quinn’s veto on a concealed carry bill passed in May. That means Illinois now joins the other 49 states in the nation with some form of concealed carry. Quinn used his veto power on the bill last week and added several restrictions, but those changes fell on deaf ears when it got to the House and Senate. “If the governor wants to get serious about crime, let’s find out about all the shootings going on in Chicago,” said State Rep. Brandon Phelps (D-Harrisburg), who authored HB
183. “They’ve got the strictest gun laws in the nation, but they still lead in shootings and murders.” Phelps had called Quinn’s veto last week “political grandstanding” meant to appease his liberal Chicago democratic voter base. Before this week’s vote a confident Phelps
ALTHOUGH ILLINOIS LEGISLATORS voted to overturn Gov. Pat Quinn’s amendatory veto of their conceal carry law, Illinois still must wait before legally carrying guns in public.
Gridiron Classic youth camp heads to Chicago The Gridiron Classic (GIC) recently announced a relationship with NRG Energy to bring the popular youth camps to the Chicago area. The Gridiron Classic offers a one-ofa-kind sports platform for youth ages 8–17 to meet and play with pro football players and celebrities. The Chicago event will be July 20 and will feature former Miami Dolphin Alphonso Roundtree, current and former professional athletes, and local community leaders. Online registration is available at www.thegridironclassic.com. There also will be on-site registration beginning at 8 a.m. July 20. The camp takes place at Altgeld Park, 515 S. Washtenaw. The classic began in Houston, Texas in 2009 and besides expanding to Chicago; the event also is held in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. Each city’s activities will include youth football and cheerleading camps, celebrity player meet-andgreets, a health fair, a High School Stud Combine, and a celebrity flag football game. Participants will be admitted on a first-come, first-serve basis, based on camp and event capacity. “I am very excited to join forces with NRG and key supporters in the City of Chicago to increase the offering of quality youth sports camps in the Chicago area,” said Roundtree, executive director and founder of Gridiron Foundation of Triumph and organizer of the Gridiron Classic. “We are continuing to grow our program and expand our reach. We are focused on creating youth camps that provide meaningful and memorable 2
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told reporters Illinois was going to make history. Phelps also said he heard from numerous people in Chicago’s African American community urging him to push forward because Black lawmakers traditionally voted against concealed carry. That did not change in the vote to
experiences that positively impact young people regardless of background, economic status, or athletic ability.” According to Roundtree, each year, GIC offers an unrivaled opportunity for children to interact with and learn from influential thought leaders, celebrities, and youth advocates in the sports and business community. This year promises to be one of the biggest years for the Gridiron Classic to date. “Empowering local programs is very important to NRG and its employees,” said Manny Rodriguez, Vice President of Sponsorship and Charitable Giving, NRG. “We are proud to serve Chicago and support the Gridiron Classic, which allows us to make a meaningful difference in the great communities in which we operate.” In addition to NRG, event sponsors and partners include the Chicago Park District, Chicago Hope Academy, Lucky Strike, Gatorade, Nike, and Sinai Hospital. For all information and latest news, please visit the official Gridiron Classic website at www.thegridironclassic.com. About Gridiron Classic Beginning in the city of Houston in 2009, the Gridiron Classic, now in its fourth year, continues to grow rapidly and has established a strong reputation for using the power and influence of sports to positively impact the lives of young people. Additional information is available at www.thegridironclassic.com. Visit us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @gridirongift.
override Quinn’s veto. Only Marcus Evans, Monique Davis, Al Riley and Esther Golar voted yes. Others in the Chicago area Black caucus either voted no or had an excused absence. Shawn Gowder of the Citizens Defense League of Chicago was in Springfield for the vote. A pro-gun advocate for the African American community for over a decade, Gowder said the mood in Springfield was split when the final vote was announced in the Senate. He said pro-gun activists were elated
while gun control advocates were disappointed. “You could tell by looking at people’s faces which side of the issue they were on,” Gowder said. “This has been a long time coming. It’s been a long hard fight. It’s a marvelous victory not just for myself, but for all law abiding citizens.” Law enforcement agencies want the public to know that just because the law is on the books, people cannot begin to carry a concealed weapon until they have a CCW license issued by the Illinois State Police (ISP). Illinois will not recognize a concealed carry license from any other state, as most others do. Any person who wants to carry a concealed firearm in Illinois is required to have a CCW license except current peace officers and retired police officers eligible under the Illinois Retired Officer Concealed Carry (IROCC) Program. A CCW license will cost an Illinois resident $150 and $300 for out of state applicants. The license is good for five years. The ISP now has 180 days to make applications available to the public with the passage of the new law, said ISP spokesperson Monique Bond. The ISP intends to have applications available via the ISP webpage. Within 60 days of becoming law, the Act mandates the ISP to begin approval of certified firearms instructors and firearm training courses. The ISP website will provide a registry of instructors and approved classes so citizens will
know where to go for instructions. Concealed carry applicants must meet the following requirements: Be at least 21 years of age Have a valid FOID card Have not been convicted or found guilty in this State or any other state of: • A misdemeanor involving the use or threat of physical force or violence to any person within the last 5 years. • 2 or more violations related to driving while under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination thereof, within the last 5 years. • Not be the subject of a pending arrest warrant, prosecution, or proceeding for an offense or action that could lead to disqualification. • Not have been in a residential or court-ordered treatment for alcoholism, alcohol detoxification, or drug treatment within the last 5 years. Submit a completed Concealed Carry License Application. • Successfully complete 16 hours of firearms training, including classroom and range instruction. In the coming weeks and months The Crusader will continue with updates on this topic. Included will be articles on how to deal with police as a concealed carry permit holder, how best to store your weapon in your vehicle and what are the best products, including holsters and other items CCW license holders will need.
State and City team up on crime (Continued from page 1) tionale of some, there has to be a partnership between law enforcement and the community. “To see crime and not report it or not share information with law enforcement, is not really the idea of whether you are ‘snitching’ on somebody, but it’s the fact that you are trying to protect your community, your neighborhood and your people,” Davis added. McCarthy, speaking at an Englewood police station, announced the
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CPD website has been updated to be more user friendly, along with a new Twitter account people can use to report crime. Perhaps the most groundbreaking change though will allow citizens who call 911 the ability to text a photo of a crime taking place or a suspect directly to police. “If we have a picture of a criminal committing a crime, and we’re approaching the scene, we might catch the guy two blocks away,” McCarthy said. “Usually that criminal is not on the scene and our best officers don’t go right to the scene. They get the description and they canvass the area and that’s how they pick up the criminals.” Photos will go to the city’s Crime Prevention Information Center, and then images with valuable information will be forwarded to officers in the field. McCarthy said residents will be able to come forward anonymously with tips. Officers receiving the information will never know where it originated. McCarthy said the cell phone has become a valuable crime fighting tool. In addition, McCarthy announced a pilot program using Twitter that is being rolled out in
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three communities that will allow police to share information such as community alerts, missing person reports and other valuable information with residents. The three areas where the program will be tested are Englewood on the South Side, Garfield Park on the West Side and River North. Residents can follow and share information about crimes via these Twitter handles: Englewood, @ChicagoCAPS07 River North/Gold Coast/Old Town, @ChicagoCAPS18 Garfield Park/West Side, @ChicagoCAPS In addition to the law signed to help combat the “snitching” problem, Quinn signed House Bill 2768, also sponsored by State Rep. Welch, along with State Sen. Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park). It requires school principals and assistant principals to report any illegal weapons use or possession, or any illegal gang activity, to the proper law enforcement officials. The bill also requires courts and law enforcement officials to notify principals when one of their students is detained for illegal gang activity. The new law takes effect Jan. 1. www.chicagocrusader.com
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Rapper Waka Flocka joins new anti-violence organization Several artists from across the country recently joined a new Chicago-based anti-violence initiative – “Street Order: A Call to Action to Increase the Peace” to bring some solutions to thwarting the shootings and killings in the city. The movement, led by Museum 44 “Where Hip Hop Meets History” program, attracted the support of Plugged Fella Music Group, Blok Club DJs, and United In Peace, Inc. The launch also included Brick Squad Monopoly recording artist “Waka Flocka Flame,” who was in Chicago for the “I AM Art” panel discussion, during the Rainbow PUSH Convention. Other local Chicago Artists joined Waka, at the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, 10406 S. Maryland Ave. were: Bo Deal, Chella H, Scientific, Naki The Beat Man, DJ Radio Champ, DJ Kool Ant. Media Partner Urban Grind TV and Da Konnect Media filmed the important event. Flocka said violence is related to economics, not directly tied to music. He said when he chose to invest in the community by shooting music videos with local artists Bo Deal, P. Rico, Zona T and Bo Bo. The videos were produced on the West Side and South East Side without a hint of violence. He added, hundreds of local residents showed up for the shooting of each video. The rapper said that he attended a game at Whitney Young High School during one of the city’s most violent weekends, but there was none at the game. He said that is a clear indication that it is not the
WACKA FLOCKA (center) RECENTLY told an audience that Chicago’s violence is not related to the rap music genre, but economics. The rapper shot several music videos on the city’s West Side without incident.
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“Some might say —how can someone who makes hood music dare to try to stop the violence. Our philosophy is who better to do it? “We understand that it takes a voice such as Waka to reach the youth and to spark a change among them because of his influence.” About Museum 44 Museum 44 “Where Hip-Hop Meets History” named in honor of the 44th president, Barack Obama, is the youth and young adult division of the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, aimed at combating violence among youth through creative arts.
Mary Alice Thatch: From ‘Janitor’ to NNPA Publisher of the Year By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If the Wilmington Journal ever holds a contest to determine who began work there at the youngest age, Mary Alice Jervay Thatch would win hands down. Literally. “My daddy used to say that I started at 3 or 4 months old, when I started crawling around on the floor,” Thatch recounted with a hearty laugh. “I was hired as the janitor to clean the floor – with my diaper.” Thatch is now editor-publisherowner of the newspaper, the same positions her father, Thomas C. Jervay, Sr., held when she was scooting around the office. She shared, not only a love for journalism with her father, but a
strong sense of devotion to the community the Wilmington Journal serves. The Journal is across the street from where Alex Manley edited another Black newspaper, the Daily Record, in the late 1890s. Wilmington was a hotbed of White supremacy. Right-wing Whites rioted in 1898 and forced elected officials from office in the only recorded government coup d’état in U.S. history. A group calling itself the Committee of Twenty-Five issued a document on Nov. 9 of that year called the White Declaration of Independence. It contended that the U.S. Constitution had never anticipated the “enfranchisement of an ignorant population of African origin” and that “the men of the state of North Carolina who joined the
Chicagoans Protest Bank of America (Continued from page 1) of America uses, and the instructions it gives its employees, appear to be designed to avoid modifying mortgage loans.” Brown alleged that while she was an employee, she was instructed to tell every homeowner that their file was “under review,” despite the computer showing the file hadn’t been accessed in months or the homeowner had been rejected for a modification. Banks have recently been given cash incentives to modify certain home loans under the government’s Home Affordable Modification Program. The program was implemented to expedite the modification process and help up to 4 million homeowners who had underwater mortgages, but has been ridiculed by unsatisfied mortgage holders. After the protestors were on the site for nearly 30 minutes, Bank of America officials spoke to Action Now organizers and asked them to
genre that is the problem. This May, the organization United In Peace introduced Flocka to the campaign, and he agreed to support it. He was to headline a benefit concert last month, but was forced to postpone it. That benefit date has shifted to a back-to-school performance. All of the artists who agreed to perform at the June benefit have signed on for the rescheduled concert. We are very pleased that these artists have chosen to use their gifts in the genre of Hip Hop, to help address the violence in our community, David A. Peterson, executive director of the A, Philiph Randolph Pullman Porter Museum (APRPM) said.
end the demonstration, offering to work with those in attendance who were denied a modification or stalled in the process. “I think the protest got the attention of those who needed to be paying attention so I think it was a very valuable experience,” said Dan Kleinman, policy director for Action Now. “It’s a positive step moving in the right direction to begin the discussion for more just and prompt mortgage servicing.” Among other claims being leveled by Action Now members, the affidavits revealed charges of lying to the federal government and public about its loan modification performance, firing employees who questioned the bank’s practices and giving bonuses and gift cards to officials who met quotas to foreclose on clients. “We were just here to get what we’re entitled, which is a fair review of the documentation,” Tim Rivard, foreclosure outreach coordinator for Action Now, said about the protest. “A lot of these people were entitled to a
modification of their mortgage but they weren’t getting them and didn’t even get a chance. It’s just not right, especially when the government is using our tax money to bail out these big banks. The least they can do is stop kicking people out of their homes.” Action Now Board Member Marie Gashaway said during the protest she believes in fighting for justice whether she is directly affected or not. “We are trying to get Bank of America to be held accountable for what they’re doing to our people,” Gashaway said. “We’re here to make sure something gets done. What affects any person affects me. If they take my house, next door it’s going to affect your house.” Bank of America has denied any wrongdoing related to mortgage modifications, calling the allegations “entirely baseless” and saying there is no evidence that warrants enforcement action to be filed against the company.
union did not contemplate for their descendants a subjection to an inferior race.” According to an account of that period by an Albany, N.Y.-based research group called Filling in the Gaps in American History, “In August, Black newspaperman, Alex Manley, wrote an editorial in response to a speech supporting the lynching of Black men as a deterrent, as well as punishment for their interest in White women. His comments about White men lusting after Black women were the subject of heated talk among all communities. One of the loudest voices was that of Alfred Moore Mary Alice Jervay Thatch
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Bishop Trotter launches prostate cancer awareness campaign A new prostate cancer awareness campaign “Mega Faith Meets Mega Science Project” is the latest initiative launched by Bishop Larry L. Trotter, senior pastor of Sweet Holy Spirit Church. Trotter, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer this spring, was recently joined by several Chicago area health care officials to announce the program at his church. Trotter agreed to document his battle with cancer by allowing videotaping of his preparation for his surgery, the process and procedure of his surgery; the radiation/chemotherapy as well as his recovery at home. The surgery was performed at Rush on May 22. Doctors said his prognosis is good as the cancer was diagnosed in its earliest stage. The organizations participating in the Mega Faith Mega Science Project includes: • National Association of Health Services Executives – Chicago Midwest Chapter • The Center for Faith and Community Health Transformation • Academic Medical and Health-
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Bishop Larry L. Trotter care Partners • Advocate Healthcare System • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University • Rush University Medical Center • University of Chicago – Urban Health Initiatives • University of Illinois – Hospital & Health Science System • UIC – Center for Clinical and Translational Science Trotter also will do several public service announcements throughout the year. Saturday, July 13, 2013
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EDITORIAL URBAN KILLING FIELDS There is a situation sometimes discussed by those in the know that goes like this: If you throw a frog into a pot of boiling water, the shock of the scalding water will result in a violent reaction from the frog who will immediately attempt to jump out of danger. On the other hand, if you place the frog in a pot of lukewarm water and gradually increase the heat, the frog will remain in the pot and eventually boil to death, because of an inability to detect the subtle changes in temperature. In other words, he was not aware that he was in the proverbial “hot water” until it was too late. Something like this is now happening on the mean streets of Chicago and in other Black communities around the country. Chicago has long been in an epidemic of Black-on-Black murders, and they are increasing at an alarming rate. Over the recent Fourth of July weekend, 70 people were shot and 12 were killed. One of the victims was a 5-year-old boy who was shot in the stomach and who had to have his spleen, kidney and pancreas removed during surgery following the event. Children have increasingly been fair game for mindless miscreants wielding guns. People become alarmed; they attend funerals, and then everything returns to normal until the next round of killings which, currently, are happening on an almost weekly basis. What will it take for people to realize that we are in a real crisis? Evidence of the seriousness of this “ostrich with its head in the sand” syndrome can be seen in public media. For example, on Facebook, at least two educators noted that they had lost a valued student to seemingly random gunfire within the past week. Yet, some of the people who made comments about the murders seem to see themselves as being detached from what happened by saying things such as “I’m sorry to hear about your loss.” Your loss? Anytime one of our youth is cut down by gunfire, it becomes OUR loss! This is happening to OUR community. And though the wellwishers are to be commended for their sympathy, they’re missing the point. Denial may be the reason why the following retort is thrown about whenever the issue of our children killing each other surfaces – “It happens in the white community too, they just don’t focus on it that much.” Common sense should tell us, however, that any community averaging between two or more killings a week will certainly shout it from the rooftops! If you can’t see a problem, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to fix it. But this problem in the Black community is “in your face;” it is up close and personal. Some of the ideas thrown around about the causes of the current situation include the usual suspects: poverty, joblessness, and selfhatred, although in actuality, it is more complex than just these issues. In the past, Black people were impoverished for years in urban ghettos, but the kill rate did not approach what is happening now. In regard to joblessness – some of the perpetrators have money, even if possibly ill-gotten. They are often responding to gang “beefs,” which are usually based on the notion that someone was “dissed,” i.e., disrespected. Probably the most culpable reason lies in self-hatred. Black people are killing each other because they do not value Black lives. Moreover, there has been a rift in the spiritual fabric of the community that is evident not only in Black-on-Black murder, but in many other issues such as the unwillingness or inability to support each other economically. Finally, Black-on-Black violence is not merely a gun control issue; with the levels of violence that we are currently witnessing, if guns were taken away, people would find some other weapons to accomplish their dastardly deeds. The Black community needs a serious wake-up call. If we do not heed the warnings, we will be like that frog that remained in the pot until it was too late! A luta continua. 4
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sharpton’s move raises doubts Dear Editor: I have mixed feelings about the news that Rev. Al Sharpton will be leasing an apartment in the Austin community. According to Sharpton, he wants to bring more national attention to the out-ofcontrol violence Chicago is experiencing. When I first heard the news about his planned move I was reminded of that old Chicago political phrase “don’t nobody want somebody that nobody sent.” And I couldn’t figure out who sent Sharpton. Initially I believed he just didn’t know the city’s vibe well enough to be effective. But after reading that he wants to do his television show here two-to-three times a week, and actually try to work with local legitimate activists; I reconsidered my original position. In my mind, Sharpton will be able to bring some additional and maybe unexplored resources to the city. His past tells us that Sharpton is not afraid to call people out – especially high profile folks. That has not been the case with many working on the issue here. We know that Sharpton has President Obama’s ear and may be able to give him a grassroots perspective that Obama’s former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel couldn’t. Unlike many of our local minis-
ters, Sharpton will be able to rally the troops in massive numbers. I also think that featuring local people of all backgrounds on MSNBC can have a favorable impact. Of course only time will tell. Once before Sharpton promised to move here, and that didn’t materialize. His grassroots National Action Network never really got traction here after he picked the daughter of a prominent minister to head it. But I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one. What can that hurt? Carl Milton
Quinn’s gun action was the right move Dear Editor: Gov. Pat Quinn just enacted a veto that took some key elements out of the state’s recently passed concealed carry law. I think Quinn did the right thing by limiting when and where people can take their weapons legally. Of course a lot of legislators are ticked off for any number of reasons. To me they don’t have any room to gripe mainly because they had six extra months to craft legislation that would have been veto proof, but chose to wait until the 12th hour to cobble a bill. The buzzwords seem to be “common sense.” Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem much of it going around when it comes to this
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gun legislation. Yes, I agree with those in Springfield who say Quinn didn’t participate enough in the end of the negotiating process with the legislators. That also is a Catch-22 situation because if Quinn had been spending a lot of time in the concealed carry talks, there would have been those who criticized him for ignoring other important state issues. This all amounts to a do-over for Quinn and the legislature. If the lawmakers decide they want (Continued on page 7)
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A Real way to save our Mortgages BEYOND THE RHETORIC By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It is now five years since the great financial crisis of 2008, which saw housing markets plummet, the stock market swoon, and millions of Americans lose their jobs in the wake of the recession that ensued. While many sectors have recovered - for example, the stock market has eclipsed pre-crisis levels and we are once again creating new jobs, albeit at too slow a rate - one area still lags woefully behind. There are still tens of millions of homeowners with “underwater mortgages” and millions of Americans struggling or unable to afford the payments on their mortgage loans. A very high number of them are Black. The effect is a drag on housing prices, neighborhoods pocketed by abandoned homes and foreclosures, and consumers who can’t contribute to an economic recovery by spending money on consumer goods, since they are burdened down by mortgages they can’t afford. America caught a cold and Black America caught pneumonia. In fact 34% of our total net worth evaporated right before our eyes.
Harry C. Alford There are many factors that have contributed to this state of affairs. Many of our largest mortgage servicers failed to even communicate with borrowers who were unable to keep up on their mortgage payments, much less worked with them to find ways to keep them in their homes. The federal government set up several programs to try to help distressed homeowners, but their impact has been spotty, and
few lenders have used them to reduce mortgage principal for distressed, underwater borrowers to levels that are financially sustainable for the homeowner. An example of how the federal government has done some good, but not enough is the Federal Housing Administration, or FHA. The FHA, to their credit, has established loan modification programs to help borrowers keep families in their homes, by modifying the payments to a level the homeowner can afford. The FHA has also required FHA servicers to explore whether borrowers are eligible for such modifications. FHA has even recognized that some servicers are not doing a great job in helping defaulted FHA borrowers, and is exploring ways to put more pressure on these servicers - including asking Congress for legal authority to take servicing away from poor servicers. Unfortunately, FHA has not taken the obvious step to make sure that all FHA borrowers get a fair shake - by retaining qualified entities that do extensive borrower outreach, - actually going out to the homes and meeting with the homeowner in person, to walk them through the process of seeing if the house can be saved. FHA could quickly and easily test out the effec-
tiveness of such an approach by testing out a pilot program to do this for 50,000 to 100,000 defaulted FHA loans, to quickly determine its impact. This is a practice that is commonly followed in the private sector. Mortgage owners and private mortgage insurers of distressed mortgage loans are hiring firms to do this “high touch” servicing and in-person borrower outreach. It is a winwin. Reducing payments to an affordable level can keep families in their home when otherwise foreclosure would be inevitable. This gives homeowners a fair second chance. But it is also good for the owners of the mortgages. The alternative foreclosure - is much more costly. The lender recovers more from the defaulted asset when the borrower can resume payments that it would ultimately recover under foreclosure and the lender avoids the significant property deterioration that commonly occurs during a long foreclosure period. Of course, some homeowners will not qualify for a loan modification for some, there is no real way to keep them in the home. But here again, in-person outreach paves the way for a different type of win-win result, where the homeowner agrees to do a short sale, allowing the
home to be sold at the current market price. This is much better for the homeowner’s credit history than a foreclosure, and it provides a higher return for the owner of the mortgage loan. Finally, all this is better for our nation’s economy and our neighborhoods. These actions will address the backlog of defaulted homes which are a drag on housing prices, alleviate the neighborhood deterioration from having abandoned homes, and give homeowners a chance to get back on their feet. The housing crisis has been severe so our actions to address its impact must be equally strong. It is without doubt that Black homeowners were targeted with these sub-prime mortgages and the rules were loosen to make a quick buck by mortgage brokers. It became a dream transformed into a nightmare. The suffering is more than a stock exchange drop. Real lives have been threatened or destroyed. The “Cavalry” did not come for these victims. Thus, we must come and save the American Dream. Mr. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce®.Website: www.nationalbcc.org. Email: halford@nationalbcc.org.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is becoming the new Thurgood Marshall By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist If you’re looking for the justice on the Supreme Court who mirrors Thurgood Marshall’s tenure on the bench, it is not Sonia Sotomayor, the “Wise Latina.” And it certainly isn’t Clarence Thomas. It is Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the nation’s highest court. This became clear in the Fisher v. University of Texas affirmative action case. With Elena Kagan recusing herself, the court voted 7-1 to send the case back to court of appeals for additional review. The lone dissenter was Ginsburg. “The University of Texas at Austin (University) … has steered clear of a quota system like the one struck down in Bakke, which excluded all nonminority candidates from competition for a fixed number of seats….” she said. “Justice Powell’s majority opinion in Bakke “rules out a racial quota or set-aside, in which race is the sole fact of eligibility for certain places in a class. And, like so many educational institutions across the Nation, the University has taken care to follow the model approved by the Court in Grutter v. Bollinger.” In sending Fisher back to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, the 7-1 majority emphawww.chicagocrusader.com
sized that the lower court should apply a standard of strict scrutiny, meaning the University must prove that it has tried all available raceneutral approaches before allowing race to be considered a factor in admissions. Ginsburg wrote in her dissent, “I have said before and reiterate here that only an ostrich could regard the supposedly neutral alternatives as race unconscious.” Continuing to address the issue of race directly, Ginsburg said, “I have several times explained why government actors, including state universities, need not be blind to the lingering effects of ‘an overtly discriminatory past,’ the legacy of ‘centuries of law-sanctioned inequality.’ Among constitutionally permissible options, I remain convinced, ‘those that candidly disclose their consideration of race [are] preferable to those that conceal it.’” In Shelby County v. Holder, the Voting Rights Act challenge, Ginsburg filed a dissenting opinion that was joined by Stephen G. Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan. The conservative majority struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, effectively gutting one of the nation’s most effective tools to curb discrimination against Black voters. “In the Court’s view, the very success of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act demands its dormancy,” Gins-
George E. Curry burg said. “Congress was of another mind. Recognizing that large progress has been made, Congress determined, based on a voluminous record, that the scourge of discrimination was not yet extirpated.” She explained, “The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) has worked to combat voting discrimination where other remedies had been tried and failed. Particularly effective is the VRA’s requirement of federal preclearance for all changes to voting laws in the regions of the country with the most aggravated records of rank discrimination against minority voting rights.” Quoting a 1966 decision in South Carolina v. Katzenbach, Ginsburg said, “A century after the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments guaranteed citizens the right to vote free of discrimination on the basis of race, the ‘blight of racial discrimination in voting’ continued to “infec[t] the
electoral process in parts of our country.” The Voting Rights Act directly addressed that infection, Ginsburg stated. “Although the VRA wrought dramatic changes in the realization of minority voting rights, the Act, to date, surely has not eliminated all vestiges of discrimination against the exercise of the franchise by minority citizens,” she said. “Jurisdictions covered by the preclearance requirement continued to submit, in large numbers, proposed changes to voting laws that the Attorney General declined to approve, auguring that barriers to minority voting would quickly resurface were the preclearance remedy eliminated.” Ginsburg noted, “After considering the full legislative record, Congress made the following findings: The VRA has directly caused significant progress in eliminating first-generation barriers to ballot access, leading to a marked increase in minority voter registration and turnout and the number of minority elected officials. But despite this progress, “second generation barriers constructed to prevent minority voters from fully participating in the electoral process” continued to exist, as well as racially polarized voting in the covered jurisdictions, which increased the political vulnerability of racial and language minorities in those jurisdict-
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ions.” She noted that Congress, not the judiciary, should have the final say on voting matters. “The Constitution uses the words ‘right to vote’ in five separate places: the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-Sixth Amendments. Each of these Amendments contains the same broad empowerment of Congress to enact ‘appropriate legislation’ to enforce the protected right. The implication is unmistakable: Under our constitutional structure, Congress holds the lead rein in making the right to vote equally real for all U. S. citizens. These Amendments are in line with the special role assigned to Congress in protecting the integrity of the democratic process in federal elections.” That’s language that would make Thurgood Marshall proud.
George E. Curry, former editorin-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Website, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook. Saturday, July 13, 2013
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STUDYING OUR HISTORY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR (Dr. Conrad Worrill, National Chairman Emeritus of the National Black United Front (NBUF), located at 1809 East 71st Street, Suite 211, Chicago, Illinois, 60649, 773-493-0900, Fax# 773-493-9819, E-mail: nbufchic@sbcglobal.net, Web site: nbufront.org)
Dr. Conrad Worrill The African Centered Education Movement has brought a new meaning to the annual African American History Month celebrations that have become so popular. That new meaning of African Centered thought, as defined by Dr.
Wade Nobles, “is nothing more than a term categorizing a quality of thought and practice which is rooted in the cultural image and interest of African people and which represents and reflects the life experiences, history and traditions of African people as the center of analyses.” With this definition, the challenges before us become clearer as we continue the struggle for the liberation of African people. Through the African Centered Education Movement, African American History Month has now become the catalyst for the intense study of Africa and the history of African people throughout the world 365 days a year. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, who founded in February of 1926 what at that time was called “Negro History Week,” would indeed be inspired by the continuing discussion and debate over the infusion of the contributions of African people in all subjects. Dr. Woodson was deeply concerned that the contributions of African people to this society and the world were not given their proper recognition. Dr. Woodson’s great book The Mis-Education of the Negro, written
in 1933, described in the first chapter titled, “The Seat of the Trouble,” the essence of what the African Centered Curriculum Movement is battling against today— 80 years later. Dr. Woodson explained that, “Of the hundreds of Negro high schools recently examined (1933) by an expert in the United States Bureau of Education only eighteen offer a course taking up the history of the Negro, and in most of the Negro colleges and universities where the Negro is thought of, the race is studied only as a problem or dismissed as of little consequence.” Continuing on, Dr. Woodson gave an example of, “an officer of a Negro university, thinking that an additional course on the Negro should be given there, called upon a Negro Doctor of Philosophy on the faculty to offer such work. He promptly informed the officer that he knew nothing about the Negro. He did not go to school to waste his time that way. He went to be educated in a system which dismissed the Negro as a nonentity.” Obviously, since the writing of this great book, we have come a long way in our battle against chal-
lenging the white supremacy foundation of the American public school curriculum. However, we still have a long way to go! The Black Movement of the 1960s gave us an impetus to reexamine our history and its impact on this country and the world. This movement brought on renewed interest, on the part of our people, to study our history. We moved from the use of the term “Negro” in referring to ourselves and began to use “Black” as the more appropriate way to describe who we are. We went from Black History Week to Black History Month. In fact, some of us began to refer to the month of February as Black Liberation Month. It was through the movement of the 1960s, particularly the Black Power Phase that we began to reidentify with our homeland— Africa, and the interconnection of African people throughout the world. The Black student movement of the 1960s sparked demands for courses in Black Studies that lead to the famous strike at San Francisco State University. After a long battle with the ad-
ministration at the university, the students finally won a victory for the first Black Studies Program to be established at an American college or university. As a result, a movement for Black Studies erupted all over America and stimulated at the elementary and secondary levels demands from courses dealing with Black History. As we have come full circle today in our general acceptance of being African People, whose ancestral homeland is Africa, we are also beginning to recognize that African American History Month celebrations and activities are great, but the contributions of African people must be emphasized throughout the year. There is no question that the setting aside of the month of February, as an extension of Dr. Woodson’s original idea of “Negro History Week” is something that we need to continue to support and institutionalize vigorously. However, we are quite clear that the real meaning of African American History Month in this era, is to take the spirit from all the celebrations, great speeches, great enter(Continued on page 7)
LIMITING WOMEN’S RIGHTS By Julianne Malveaux I was twenty when Roe v. Wade was decided. A year before the decision, a young woman who lived in my dormitory attempted to abort herself and hemorrhaged so badly that she was hospitalized. I’ll never forget the blood on the floor of her room, and the anguished screams of her roommate. The young woman never returned to school, her promising future cut short because she could not obtain a legal abortion. Now, there is an effort to return to the days of back alley abortions, or the days relatively wealthy women left the country to obtain legal and safe abortions. Republican-dominated legislatures in several states are committed to limiting and perhaps even eliminating women’s right to choose. The same Republicans who would limit a woman’s right to choose, are the same who say there are too many government regulations. Some would dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency, institute a flat tax, eliminate the minimum wage and dismantle affirmative action. In North Dakota, the governor signed legislation to outlaw abortion after only six weeks of pregnancy. The law may not be constitutional but its passage sends 6
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Julianne Malveaux a dangerous signal to women who support choice. Texas State Senator Wendy Davis (D) garnered national headlines (and the appreciation of many women) when her 11 hour filibuster defeated (at least for now) a proposed Texas law that would forbid abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The Texas law would also require abortion clinics to have additional equipment, making them far more expensive to operate. The North Carolina legislature has presented a similar law to the governor, who promised not to sign such legislation when he ran for office. But the governor does not have to sign
the legislation for it to become law, since his failure to sign will effectively ratify the law. Should Governor Pat McCrory veto the law, there are enough votes to override his veto. Senator Marco Rubio is likely to introduce similar legislation in the United States Senate, making the effort to limit women’s right to choose a national mandate. Meanwhile, a January Gallup poll indicated that just 29 percent of all Americans support overturning Roe v. Wade. Eighteen percent said they had no opinion, and 53 said that Roe should not be overturned. The Republican push to limit abortion rights, though, effectively limits or overturns Roe v. Wade. While many suggest that African Americans are more conservative on things like abortion rights, a 2012 poll by the Public Religion Research Institute, two-thirds of African Americans, support a woman’s right to choose. Marcia Ann Gillespie, former editor of both Essence and Ms. Magazines once wrote, supporting the right to choose, that choice is the essence of freedom, and many of those who support abortion rights do so not because they want women to have abortions, but because they want women to have choices. Limiting abortions to less than 20
weeks, increasing licensing requirements, forcing women to wait 24 hours (or more) before getting an abortion, requiring doctors to show pictures of fetuses, are all ways to erode abortion rights, and limit women’s choices. Many Republicans don’t want to increase the minimum wage, but they want to limit women’s options. The zeal they exhibit for limiting abortion isn’t matched by zeal to feed children once they are here. Indeed, between sequestration and proposed legislation, dollars available for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the old Food Stamps program) have been falling. In other words, these folks care about unborn children until they are born, then they can go for self. Many of those who would not regulate the economy, would regulate what a woman does with her body. And this movement is gaining. Some cite religion, and others quite cynically talk about the children that are “killed” even before a fetus is viable. While Republicans are not the only people who oppose abortion rights, as state legislatures have turned Republican, the effort to pass laws limiting abortion rights has renewed impetus. I don’t think anybody “likes” abortion, but it is an effective way to
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end unwanted pregnancies, and many women make this choice for financial and other reasons. Shouldn’t women use birth control? Of course, but there is no form of birth control that is infallible (not to mention the abortions some women have in cases of rape and incest), and attacks on organizations like Planned Parenthood reduce the amount of sex education and contraception available. Forty years ago, women were shackled by their inability to make choices. Now, women have options and possibilities. Any woman who has an aversion to abortion doesn’t have to have one. It’s that simple. I don’t remember the girl’s name that hemorrhaged in my dorm. I do remember her big orange Afro, her quick smile, and her love of learning. And when I think of her, I think of Langston Hughes writing about “a dream deferred.” We can’t go back to those days of back alley abortions. Just as Republicans are going state by state to limit women’s rights, those who support choice should go state by state to preserve them. We need more state legislators like Senator Wendy Davis. We can’t go back! Julianne Malveaux is an economist and author. www.chicagocrusader.com
GOSSIPTARY By Ima Gontellit EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is published as political satire, street gossip and humor, and therefore should not be considered as fact but rather as matter of opinion. None of the items therein are collected by the news gathering staff of the Crusader Newspaper Group. Items forwarded to The Chatterbox are kept confidential unless otherwise requested by the author in writing. For submissions please forward to: AChicagoCrusader@aol.com. Original photography and artwork are permitted. Thank you for reading!
WAS IT WORTH IT? Ima been watching how thangs been playing out ‘bout the domestic abuse charge made against Tio Hardiman from CeaseFire by his wife. It seems that all the charges have been dropped that the wife made. The University of Illinois quickly fired his behind without him having his day in court and now he bees unemployed, joining the ranks of the 14 or so percent in Chi town. So Ima hopes the wife got a job to support them since she filed the charges that got the man fired. Sometimes we women are not quick enough to realize that calling the po po ain’t the answer when thangs aren’t going right at home. Now that the wife done had time to think about it she says she wants to save her marriage. Would have been nice had she thought about that before bringing the police into it. ‘Sides they (the police) were glad to ar-
Tio Hardiman rest the brother and take the eyes of the community off of them, who can’t get a handle on the real violence in town. -ImaIT DON’T LOOK GOOD!! Ima been looking at some of the goings on at the Trayvon Martin murder trial in Florida and it makes me sick to my stomach ‘cause it seems like Zimmerman is going to get off free. There seems to be somethig wrong with our system of justice in this case.
-ImaI HOPE Y’ALL WAS LISTENING Ima have a hard time listening to the radio since somebody decided she don’t need to be listening to smooth Jazz no more. I know, I know y’all thought Ima was a hip-hop gal. So Ima is dialing the radio and hears two or three negroes shouting at each other so I had to stop and listen. Ima knowed there was a familiar voice. It turned out to be Gator.
to be able to fix for ourselves. We sho nuff need help. The 4th of July weekend was a super violent mess with folks getting shot left and right. And even the babies and little children ain’t safe. It wasn’t too long ago that Ima remembers Rev. Al said he was
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He call himself the Urban Translator but he was having a hard time translating his message to Matt McGill on WVON. Seems Gator didn’t understand he had to listen more than talk and McGill didn’t understand Gator’s strong suit aint listening. By the time they was done shouting at each other nobody was talking. Ima thought Clear Channel, WVON’s boss had pulled the plug on VON. -ImaAGAIN??? News reports say Rev. Al Sharpton is gonna set up shop on the west side so he can help us with the bloody streets we don’t seem
Rev. Al Sharpton
coming to Chicago and before he could settle in an apartment the FBI or somebody gave him a one way ticket back to New York. Now Ima got to admit he wasn’t a friend of the United States President back then, so maybe, just maybe he will stay for a while this time. Now Rev. Jesse Jackson may not be too keen on the idea, but we’ve got to get these killers to understand they’re committing genocide and it’s past being out of hand.
Youth targeted for business ownership program
George Zimmerman
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Continued from page 4) to override Quinn’s amendatory veto; there needs to be a lot more discussion. This time though Quinn will need to do more than hold a news conference when he wants to present his concealed carry rationale. If he has to send a surrogate to every negotiating session, so be it. It is critical though that Quinn be somehow immersed in these talks, and the
other elected officials are honest and open in why they want particular elements of any revised concealed carry legislation. At the forefront of it all should be the reality that too many of our children are in danger of being the next statistic about a young Chicagoan or suburban child being shot to death.
(Continued from page 6) tainment and festive events to establish as a major agenda item in our movement, the serious study of the contributions of African people 365 days a year. The basis of the current African Centered Education Movement, whose objective is to take control of the education of African people in
America as we struggle to insure that the truth is taught in all institutions, in our communities and particularly in our schools. We must take the spirit of the African American History Month to another level. Our history must be studied throughout the year. Our history is 365 days a year. BLACK POWER!
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Now what Ima feels was central to the case was the fact that Zimmerman was told not to pursue the 17-year-old and that’s exactly what he did. He wanted to be the macho policeman he had failed to be because of his wimpish ways and saw this as his opportunity to show the law enforcement agencies that they had made a mistake about him. This foolishness cost this young man his life and it ain’t no doubt in Ima’s mind that racism was at the core of the whole thing. This stand your ground law in Florida ain’t nothing but a way for white folks to kill some of our own for no reason except they look suspicious ‘cause they got a hoodie on. I don’t know how our folk gonna react if Zimmerman is set free, but it don’t look good!!!
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Members of the 100-year-old National Business League, an African American business advocacy organization, will launch an after school, weekend and summer program to help urban youth learn how to acquire their own businesses. The organization will use a model curriculum developed by Generation E in Battle Creek, Mich. according to King Taylor, national spokesperson for the business league. He said the program currently is seeking two Chicagoans to work as program tutors. He explained that initially there will be up to 20 students. Sessions will convene three days each week. Taylor explained Chicago was chosen for this pilot program because of the city’s size, as well as the fact that it ranks second only to New York City in terms of financial transactions. He added that youngsters here need the kinds of exposure to business that is available throughout the city. According to Anderson Turner, Chicago representative for the league, the program focuses on business ownership, not simply operating a business. The pro-
THE NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE was founded 100 years ago by Booker T. Washington and like-minded men to advocate for economic development among African Americans. Today that same organization is expanding its mission to help young Black students learn about owning businesses. gram will operate from an office when it comes to ownership.” in the 7000 block of S. South He said that can be reversed by Chicago Avenue. Taylor said the helping young people understand organization plans to open in they can own businesses, hire employees and create wealth. September. Taylor said it is critical that this Those interested in being teachgeneration of youngsters learn about business ownership be- ers can reach Turner at 773-752cause “we are the second largest 2100x205 or Taylor at 314-435consumer group, but dead last 1664.
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MUNTU DANCE THEATRE AND GALA: Muntu Dance Theatre presents Rhythm Keepers & Global Griots on Saturday, July 13, 7 PM at the Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th (at Drexel Blvd.). Free parking is available in the lot at the corner of 60th and Drexel. Come experience this unique collaboration between Muntu, under Artistic Director Amaniyea Payne, and Home Tone Music and Arts Foundation under the musical direction of Lucius Bell. Witness the World Premiere of “Urbanization”- new choreography by guest artist Asiel Hardison. Tickets: Adults - $30, Seniors/Students w/ID - $15, Children under 12 $10. Purchase by phone: 800/8383006 opt. 1 or 773-241-6084. Early Bird Discount Code: EBRK - $10 off Adult ticket. Visit http://muntusummer2013.- bpt.me. Also, support Muntu’s Summer Gala, hosted by Sonya Blakey, from Inspiration 1390 AM, in the Logan Center Courtyard immediately following the performance. There will be live entertainment featuring Chicago’s own Maggie Brown. Gala Tickets are $125 and includes VIP seating for the concert & post show reception with dinner, live entertainment, dancing and auction. Proceeds from the gala go to support Muntu’s productions and Arts for Community Empowerment programs for youth. KKK AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM: The DuSable Museum of African American History presents, KIN KILLIN’ KIN, by artist James Pate. The opening date of the exhibit is Saturday, July 13, and is available during normal business hours. KKK - “Kin Killin’ Kin” is a powerful and thought-provoking series of images that reflect artist James Pate’s deep love and even greater concern for the epidemic of youth violence in the African American community. If he were a singer, he would sing about it. If he were a dancer, he would dance about it. If he were a journalist, he would join the thousands who write about it. James Pate is a master visual artist who has directed his artistic vision to one of the most critical social ills of our time...youth violence. In the KKK ”Kin Killin’ Kin” series, James Pate reveals a negative social reality in hopes of finding collective and positive solutions to a problem that touches us all directly or indirectly. Pate’s powerful images are a visual call-to-action to find solutions to youth and gun violence in the community. They were created in hopes of engaging our youth and community in acknowledging the harsh reality of gun violence, and to dialogue positive alternatives and solutions towards negative behavior. The exhibit is organized by SHANGO: Center 8
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for the Study of African American Art and Culture, Inc., and EbonNia Gallery, Curated by Willis Bing Davis. The DuSable Museum is located at 740 E. 56th Place in Chicago. For more information, please visit www.dusablemuseum.org. SPECIAL DEAL ON SHREK THE MUSICAL AT THE CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: See Shrek come to life for as little as $13! Save $5 on children’s tickets to select performances at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier! The Chicago Shakespeare Theater is pleased to offer you a special deal on Shrek The Musical, playing Saturday, July 13 through September 1 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, which you can now share with your family for as low as $13. Simply use promo code “EMERALD” (re: Emerald City Theatre Company, www.EmeraldCityTheatre.com) to save $5 on children’s tickets to Saturday-Sunday performances in July when you order online or at 312-595-5600. In this 75minute live stage musical, everyone’s favorite ogre Shrek joins wise-cracking Donkey on a life-changing adventure to rescue the cursed Princess Fiona. This beloved but far-fromtraditional fairy tale journey illuminates the value of friendship and shows that true love is more than skin deep. CST patrons also save 40% on Navy Pier parking, making Shrek The Musical “far, far and away” the best way to spend a day of family fun this summer. Call the Box Office at 773-935-6100. FREE TICKETS FOR 7th ANNUAL CHICAGO DANCING FESTIVAL: Free tickets to the 7th Annual Chicago Dancing Festival, the “Free-to-All” Festival at venues across downtown Chicago, will be released on Tuesday, July 16, Wednesday, July 17, and Thursday, July 18. (The Chicago Dancing Festival which will be held August 20 – 24). During the Festival’s five-day run there are five completely free performance showcases, though tickets for indoor events must be reserved in advance. Co-produced by internationally renowned choreographer and native Chicagoan Lar Lubovitch and highly esteemed Chicago dancer Jay Franke, the 2013 Chicago Dancing Festival features top ballet, modern, ethnic and rhythmic dance companies from Chicago and across the country. Tickets will be released in a staggered format so that each venue releases its tickets on a different day, as follows: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at Noon - Tickets for “The Harris at 10! Anniversary Special” performance on Tuesday, August 20 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance will be available in person at the Harris Theater Box Of-
fice, 205 E. Randolph Drive or by calling 312-334-7777. Limit two (2) tickets per order. Wednesday, July 17 at Noon - Tickets for the “Dancing in Chicago” performance on Thursday, August 22 at the Auditorium Theatre will be available in person at the Auditorium Theatre Box Office, 50 E. Congress Parkway, online at www.ticketmaster.com/auditorium or by calling 800-982ARTS. Not available at Ticketmaster Outlets. Limit two (2) tickets per order. Thursday, July 18 at Noon Tickets for the “Solitaire – A Game of Dance” performances on Friday, August 23 at the Museum of Contemporary Art will be available in person at the MCA Stage Box Office, 220 E. Chicago Avenue or by calling 312-397-4010. Limit two (2) tickets per order. No tickets are needed for the outdoor “Celebration of Dance” Grand Finale performance at the Pritzker Pavilion, Saturday, August 24. Any tickets unclaimed at 15 minutes prior to curtain time will be released to those in a Stand-by line. Stand-by lines begin one hour before the performance, in person only. All tickets will be held at Will-Call. All seating for all venues is general admission.
COMMISSIONER KARI K. STEELE of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago will address the 3rd District Seniors, Thursday, July 18 at 2 p.m. at 3rd District Police Station, 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Officer Angela Mack Browner, coordinator, announced that Steele will discuss the proper disposal of pharmaceuticals. Steele was elected November 6, 2012 to her first term as a Commissioner. Steele is a chemist, an environmentalist and a community leader. She has more than 11 years of experience working as a chemist. She has worked at both the Jardine Water Purification Plant (as a water chemist) and The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (as a water sampler and lab technician). This background makes Commissioner Steele uniquely qualified to discuss and analyze proposed operational changes and operational efficiencies. Commissioner Steele has a Pre-Med degree in Chemistry from Xavier University of Louisiana. DU SOMETHING HARMONIOUS! The Sounds of History jazz series continues at the DuSable Museum of African American His-
tory! Come to a FREE CONCERT on Wednesday, July 17, 6 8:30 PM. For more information, visit www.dusablemuseum.org.
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America’s retirement crisis: Growing older and poorer New research shows 38 million have no retirement assets
the report. “These twin challenges amount to a severe retirement crisis that, if unaddressed, will result in grave consequences.” Financial experts recommend that retirement assets be the equivalent of 8-11 times annual income to preserve a standard of living. Many experts also recommend retirement fund contribution rates ranging from 10-15 percent to eventually reach adequate retirement funds. But what if there is no retirement plan or option for workers? In 2011, according to the report, 44.5 million people worked for an employer that did not sponsor a retirement plan. Even among fulltime employees, 35.2 million had no access to a retirement plan. Lowwage industries, regardless of size, were found to be the least likely to offer a retirement plan. Today the average working household has virtually no retirement savings. The median retirement balance for all working-age households is $3,000 and only $12,000 for those nearing retirement. The shortage of available funds for retirement adds yet another complex dimension to the hope for a full financial recovery. In the aftermath of the worst financial crisis
By Charlene Crowell As more Baby Boomers continue to retire, a new research report has found that the nation is facing a trillion dollar retirement savings crisis. According to the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS), 38 million Americans – 45 percent of working age households – have no retirement account assets at all. Among all working households, 92 percent do not meet conservative retirement savings targets for their age and income. As a result, the collective retirement savings gap among working households ages 25-64 ranges from $6.8 to $14 trillion, depending upon the financial measure used. NIRS analyzed the readiness of all working-age households using data from the U.S. Federal Reserve. “The heart of the issue consists of two problems: lack of access to retirement plans in and out of the workplace –particularly among low-income workers and families –and low retirement savings,” states
Charlene Crowell since the 1930s Great Depression, communities of color face financial challenges worsened by disproportionate unemployment, foreclosure-blighted neighborhoods and in many instances, lower incomes and markedly less wealth than the general population. While some might assume that America’s workers make poor financial decisions, earlier research by the Center for Responsible Lending determined that the typical household
has just $100 left each month after paying for basic expenses and debt payments. After controlling for inflation, the typical household had less annual income at the end of 2010 than it did at the beginning of the decade, 2000. Households headed by persons aged 55-65 saw the largest losses in wealth. People at or nearing retirement lost an average of $90,000 from 2007-2010. Additionally, CRL found that income declines in communities of color are higher in part due to declines in over-representation in two types of employment that historically provided stable and secure jobs: manufacturing and construction. These two industries respectively suffered job losses of 10 and 20 percent. African-Americans who formerly worked manufacturing and construction jobs lost more than twice the number of jobs between 2007 and 2011 than they previously gained in the pre-recession decade. The new NIRS report offered three specific actions to remedy the retirement crisis: 1. Strengthen Social Security, the primary source of retirement income for low and middle-income
Americans; 2. Expand low and middle-wage workers’ access to high-quality, lowcost retirement plans with professional investment management and risk pooling; and 3. Expand eligible income limits and credit rates for the federal Saver’s Credit that reduces income tax liability by 10-15 percent on the first $2,000 in contributions to a qualified retirement account. Without long-term solutions to the retirement crisis, NIRS concludes, “An increasingly dependent elder population will likely place increased strain on families and social service organizations. . . .American workers, employers, and policymakers need to look closely at what we need to do individually and collectively, so that everyone can build sufficient assets to have adequate and secure income after a lifetime of work.” Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at: Charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.
Smartphones: The New Necessity By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil Does anyone remember what life was like before cell phones? Almost makes you wonder how in the world we were able to drive to unfamiliar places without our trusty GPS app, play those addictive games, take so many glamorous “selfies” to upload on your favorite social networks and much more. Seriously, how many of us nearly would hyperventilate from separation anxiety because we’ve left our phones at home? Or worse, in a car or a cab (this just recently happened to me). Our cell phones have become glued to our hips. Today, they are more of a necessity than a luxury. And the numbers definitely agree with this statement. The latest Nielsen insights tell us that 61% (more than three in five) of U.S. mobile phone consumers ownednot just any phone – but, a smartphones over the most recent period measured March-May 2013. This is a 10% increase over the same time last year. Even though 53% of U.S. smartphone consumers use Android devices, compared to 40% who own iPhones, Apple remains the smartphone operating system manufacturing champ because it is the sole manufacturer of the device; while many different companies offer Android OS models and share in that www.chicagocrusader.com
Cheryl Pearson-McNeil 53% slice of the smartphone market share pie introducing – new competitors every other day, it seems. Blackberry (3%), Windows (2%) and others (2%) round out the remainder of the market. Are you wondering who owns what? Smartphone ownership in the Black community jumped to 69% from 54% between 2013 and 2012. Across all demographics, most smartphone owners in the U.S. are women, with three out of five using the devices. And, as you might imagine, ownership is highest among young folks; specifically
the 25-34-year-old Millennials with 78% market penetration. Right behind them, three out of four mobile consumers between 18 -24 already own smartphones. And, even though those of us over 35 might be behind, we’re moving up fast. If you’ve followed my iPhone “adventures” in this column over the last couple of years, you know that even though I might have been intimidated initially, I’ve successfully overcome my technological challenges to master several generations of iPhones. I am now the owner of an iPhone 5 and I dreaded getting a new phone because that meant I had to switch over all of my chargers! However, the change has not been so bad, I’ll have to admit. In fact, even though smartphone penetration has been lowest among Americans 55+ the ownership numbers among these savvy consumers has almost doubled over the last year and is now at 42%. Of course, not only are smartphone owners capable of entertaining ourselves for hours on our lightweight companions, we can handle all manners of business or find the answer to nearly any question or solution to any problem. We can also use our mobile apps to make smart economic decisions. Nielsen insights tell us that smartphone users spend 87% of their time using mobile apps; women slightly edge out
men, with more than 28 hours versus 25 hours a month, respectively, and 13% of their time using the mobile web. How’s this for thinking economically? I was intrigued by a recent Nielsen NRG survey on movie trailers which says that 15% of us check out movie trailers and previews on our smartphones before we decide to spend money on tickets, up from six percent in 2010. If you don’t like the preview, you don’t have to spend your money at the movie theater, which is not as cost-effective as it used to be some years ago. Besides talking, smartphone owners in the African-American community take full advantage of all the mobile web access and other features, more than any other demographic groups. For example, we love to tweet and are 30% more likely to visit Twitter than, the aver-
age consumer, from our smartphones. Sixty-four percent of us visited a retail site or app on our phones. Sixty-one percent of African-American smartphone consumers read product reviews. Fiftyseven percent researched and compared prices on our phones. Half of us visited a shopping site or app and 38% of us did a bargain search for mobile coupons. So the next time you find yourself checking your latest social media posts on-the-go, texting, shopping or playing a game, remember that with every little “tap,” your consumer power is working. Cheryl Pearson-McNeil is senior vice president of Public Affairs and Government Relations for Nielsen. For more information and studies go to www.nielsenwire.com.
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Marquette Bank Continues 47-Year Tradition and Awards Scholarships Neighborhood bank celebrates 47th annual Scholarship Program Marquette Bank, a neighborhood bank, continued a 47-year tradition by awarding $2,500 scholarships to 54 graduating seniors from neighborhood high schools in Chicago and the southwest suburbs. A total of $135,000 was awarded to local students. Funded by the Marquette Bank Education Foundation (MBEF), scholarships were awarded to students recommended by their guidance counselors and principals. Students were selected based on financial need, scholastic achievement and a record of volunteer service in their respective communities. “While having good grades and demonstrating a financial need were important determining factors in selecting scholarship recipients, students who gave back to the community through volunteer activities and service stood out the most,” George Moncada, President and CEO of Marquette Bank, said. “We’re happy the participating schools have chosen students who share a similar passion with Marquette Bank of helping others, and we wish this year’s recipients the best of luck with their future education,” Moncada said. Since 1967, over $2.6 million in scholarships has been awarded to nearly 1,400 high school students from Chicagoland neighborhoods. The scholarship can be used for any post-secondary education program, including: four-year universities, community colleges and vocational training schools. Listed below are nine African American 2013 Marquette Bank Education Foundation Scholarship recipients (information includes the student’s name, high school and institution student is planning to attend and is categorized by high school location): Aurora • Derric McCallister of Aurora; Waubonsie Valley High School; Illinois State University Chicago • Christopher Simpson of Chicago; Hales Franciscan High School; Edward Waters College • James Fagan of Chicago; Leo Catholic High School; Southern Illinois University • Loreal Hill of Chicago; Science Fine and Performing Arts; University of Illinois - Chicago • Daryl Hope of Chicago; Urban Prep/Englewood Campus; Morehouse College • Donjenae Moore of Chicago; Paul Robeson High School; Benedict College • T’Mia Ross of Chicago; Maria High School; Undecided 10
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THE MARQUETTE BANK EDUCATION FOUNDATION awarded 54 scholarships of $2,500 to local graduating high school seniors on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Since 1967, over $2.6 million in scholarships has been awarded to nearly 1,400 students from Chicagoland neighborhoods. • Tikia Travis of Chicago; Simeon Career Academy; University of Illinois - Chicago • Jamauri Tylon of Chicago; Lindblom Math & Science Academy; Western Illinois University The Marquette Bank Education Foundation Scholarship Program is part of the Marquette Neighborhood Commitment, where each quarter the bank focuses on a different area of need, including: shelter, hunger, education and health/wellness. For more information on the Marquette Bank Education Foundation Scholarship Program, call 1888-254-9500 or visit: www.emarquettebank.com/about_foundatio n.cfm. About Marquette Bank: Marquette National Corporation is a $1.6 billion diversified financial holding company for Marquette Bank. Marquette Bank has been a locally owned and operated bank providing personalized banking service since 1945. Marquette Bank is a full-service, customer-focused neighborhood bank that serves the financial needs of Chicagoland communities, offering an extensive line of financial products including retail banking, home financing, trust services and business banking. Marquette Bank has a lending portfolio of almost $1 billion in Chicagoland and offers home mortgages, multifamily lending, commercial mortgages, lines of credit, commercial real estate loans and small business lending. Marquette Bank regularly offers free financial literacy and education seminars, workshops and classes to customers, schools, senior groups, community organizations and local residents including personal financial and home buyer education classes. Marquette Bank has 23 retail branches located in Chicago, Aurora, Bolingbrook, Bridgeview, Evergreen Park, Hickory Hills, Lemont, New Lenox, Oak Lawn, Oak Forest, Orland Park,
Romeoville and Summit, Illinois. Marquette Bank provides customers mobile banking, online banking and telephone banking options and free access to over 55,000
Allpoint and Starsf ATMs worldwide. Marquette Bank is an Equal Opportunity Lender, Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC.
Follow Marquette Bank on Twitter or like the Bank on Facebook for special offers and news. For more information visit: http:// www.emarquettebank.com or call 1-888-254-9500.
Two Chicago area students will receive NFL retirees scholarships A Westinghouse College Prep student along with one from J. Sterling Morton High School each recently received $12,000 scholarships for the college educations thanks to the National Football League Players Association – Chicago Chapter. The program known as “Dollars for Scholars” attracted hundreds of
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applicants. Every year “two studentathletes who have demonstrated exemplary academic achievements” are awarded the scholarships. The students must be seniors. Imanne Mondane, who is graduating from Westinghouse, with a 3.79 grade point average, will attend the University of Notre Dame. “Notre Dame has been on the top of my list, but I knew it was going to be expensive and I have a limited amount of loans, so this scholarship is going to help me out a lot,” Mondane said. She added, “it’s nice to have my efforts recognized and see my hard work translate into something that will benefit my future. I’m grateful that I can take the next step towards my career with the financial backing I’m getting through this scholarship,” Mondane added. Johnson, a product of a single-parent home, plans to attend Wisconsin Lutheran College. While at Morton High School, Johnson attained a 3.89 grade point average. “This scholarship means a lot to me,” said Johnson. Johnson hopes to inspire others along his academic journey.
EMIL JOHNSON graduated with a 3.89 GPA from J. Sterling Morton and is headed to Wisconsin Lutheran College.
State teachers invited to DuSable’s Summer Institute All Illinois grades K-12 public school educators are invited to attend the DuSable Museum Amistad Commission Summer Institute on Thursday and Friday, July 25 and 26. The all-day institute is designed to assist with developing curricula, lesson plans and educational materials that encourages practical, yet impactful ways to use the core subjects of; language arts, math, social studies, science and visual arts to teach the African American experience.
During this free, two-day institute, dynamic educators and guest lecturers will provide stimulating; demonstrations, museum tours and workshops on best practices for using the origins, and odyssey of the African American experience to across the curriculum. Attendees also will learn about existing resources for the development of impactful and integrated educational content that promotes the thoughtful alignment
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of Illinois State and Common Core State Standards and assessments. The summer institute is free, but space is limited. To register, contact Jomo Cheatham at jcheatham@dusablemuseum.org or 773-9470600 ext. 223. The first five outof-town guests can receive financial support for lodging. Educators who agree to develop lessons may receive a stipend. Those interested also may text “DuSable Events” to 72727. www.chicagocrusader.com
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Peace Tree remembers Activist Hallie Amey A Peace Tree was dedicated recently in honor of the memory of community activist Mrs. Hallie Amey during a gala Dedication Ceremony in front of the Wentworth Gardens Park Field House, 3770 S. Wentworth Ave. The Peace Tree Dedication, co-sponsored by Wentworth Residents United for Survival, Chicago Area Project and the World Harmony Run symbolized the hope for an end to violence in the Wentworth Gardens community. The Peace Tree was originally planted in August 2011. That tree planting coincided with the start of a successful and ongoing series of
as one — One tree with many branches. Everything has been peaceful since the tree was planted and our peace circle program started. It has been very peaceful.” The peace tree was dedicated in honor of Hallie Amey because of Ms. Amey’s role as founder of the Wentworth Residents United For Survival, Harris said. Mrs. Amey, a vocal champion for low-income housing, was a longtime resident of the Chicago Housing Authority’s (CHA) Wentworth Gardens. Throughout her time living in CHA’s Wentworth Gardens, Mrs. Amey was a dedicated activist and a strong advocate for resident pro-
grams and needed services in the community. Because of her dedication, she was appointed to the post of CHA Board Commissioner according to Harris. Mrs. Amey passed away in 2011, but her legacy continues today through the Wentworth Residents United For Survival and its many programs including the peace circles. Speakers at the event included State Senator Mattie Hunter, Alderman Pat Dowell, Pradhan Balter from the World Harmony Run, Rickey Williams from Chicago Area Project, Evelyn Spicer from the Habitat Co. and Hallie Amey’s daughters VictoriaAmey-Flippin and Frankie Amey. The ceremony was kicked off by a children’s parade led by the Exodus Drum and Bugle Corps from the Austin neighborhood and a group of World Harmony Run runners carrying a torch. The peace tree was donated by the World Harmony Run, a global torch relay, which seeks to strengthen international friendship and understanding. As a symbol of harmony, runners carry a flaming torch, passing it from hand-to-hand traveling through over 100 nations around the globe. The Sri Chinmoy
WENTWORTH GARDENS RESIDENTS Fantasia Cooke, 6, and Rakeisha Wade, 9, Princess Baxom, 9, and Verkia Wilbourn, 10, hold the World Harmony Run torch. As a symbol of harmony, World Harmony Run runners carry a flaming torch, passing it from hand-to-hand traveling through more than 100 nations around the globe. Peace Tree is named after the late, trol and retiring maintenance man visionary leader of the World Har- McKinley Madgett. mony Run. The dedication of the The Peace Tree Dedication CereSri Chinmoy Peace Tree, named af- mony culminated with the unveilter the visionary leader of the World ing of the plaque, which reads: Sri Harmony Run, is part of a series of Chinmoy Peace Tree Dedicated In Peace Tree plantings and dedica- Memory of Hallie Amey. tions that the World Harmony Run Chicago Area Project and it’s affiliis doing in partnership throughout ate organizations like Wentworth
VICKIE HARRIS PRESENTS a certificate of appreciation to Beatrice Harris, LAC President. The inscription is “for your undying love for the Wentworth Gardens Community.”
VICTORIA AMEY-FLIPPIN and Frankie Amey share their mother’s photo during ceremonies dedicating a peace tree. The tree was dedicated June 28 at the Wentworth Gardens. The daughters are assisted by Isaac Allen, 23, and Ishmeal Adullah, 17, from the Exodus Drum and Bugle Corps. peace circles designed to address the increase of violence that occurred when many people moved into Wentworth Gardens after being displaced from several CHA developments that were torn down including Cabrini Green, Le Claire Courts, Ida B. Wells, Dearborn Homes, Stateway Gardens, Robert Taylor Homes, and Ickes Homes. “Before the peace circle program started and the peace tree was planted, there were many fights and lots of violence because everyone was new to each other,” said CAP/Wentworth Gardens Community Organizer Vickie Harris. “The peace tree symbolizes the coming together of our community, united www.chicagocrusader.com
THE PEACE TREE dedication culminated with the unveiling of a plaque which reads: Sri Chinmoy Peace Tree dedicated in memory of Hallie Amey.
STATE SEN. MATTIE HUNTER and Alderman Pat Dowell were among those who received certificates of appreciation from Wentworth Residents United for Survival.
the city of Chicago. Another highlight of the Peace Tree Dedication Ceremony was the awarding of several certificates of appreciation by Wentworth Residents United For Survival. The first certificate was given to former Wentworth Residents United For Survival activist Beatrice Harris by her daughter Vickie Harris who currently leads the organization. Other certificates were received by Hunter; Dowell; Williams; Balter; Mrs. Amey’s daughters; Ed James from Exodus Drum and Bugle Corps; Spicer; Nikkiya McNeal; and Valerie Dehoyos from Charter One Bank; Carman Benson, Head of Wentworth Gardens Tenant Pa-
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Residents United for Survival have been partnering with The World Harmony Run since 2007 when the World Harmony Run participated in one of Chicago Area Project’s Olympic-style CAP Games. David E. Whittaker, executive director of Chicago Area Project stressed the importance of the partnership between the World Harmony Run and CAP and their affiliate organizations. “CAP’s partnership with the World Harmony Run creates a symbolic gesture that inspires the hope in young people,” Whittaker pointed out. “Just as this peace tree is dedicated and continues to grow, so can peace grow in (Continued on page 13) Saturday, July 13, 2013
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By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, MSJ By Raymond Ward YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!: Women (and men) spend an absolute fortune on skin care products to help them stay youthful looking. Now, celebrity skin-care authority Scott-Vincent Borba shows how to get radiant, younger looking skin the gourmet way, with skinsaving “superfoods,” recipes and do-it-yourself facials that rebuild skin from the inside out in the new book, “Cooking Your Way To Gorgeous.” (HCI Publishing; $14.95) You are what you eat...It’s an expression everyone has heard in relation to one’s waistline, but it also holds true for the complexion. In Cooking Your Way To Gorgeous, Scott-Vincent Borba shares his philosophy that outer beauty often begins on the inside. When you feed your skin what it needs on the inside, you banish problem areas and regenerate healthier, younger-looking skin in the quest for a radiant, litfrom-within-glow, skin is often overwhelmed with endless creams and serums, however, what we put in our body is an integral part of skin
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health and maintenance. “What we eat, what we use on our skin and what ingredients are in our products must work in synergy to have the optimum effects, ScottVincent explains. “When you eat nourishing foods and then apply products with those same key nutrients, you’re boosting the ingredients power and therefore the results are seen twice as fast!” A pioneer in the super food arena, Scott-Vincent recognizes the healing power of ingredients and their benefits, both internally and externally. From years battling cystic acne and helping Hollywood’s elite become red-carpet ready, Borba reveals the most powerful anti-aging foods for glowing skin, serving a wealth of delicious skin-friendly recipes plus make-it-yourself facials and scrubs from items you probably already have in your fridge or pantry. Whether your skin problem is wrinkles, pimples, brown spots, or blackheads, Scott-Vincent Borba reveals hundreds of simple and effective techniques plus natural home remedies that are just as effective as an overpriced cream or lotion. His natural ingredients recipe for exfoliating is wonderful for stimulating cellular turnover and smoothing skin’s texture. To create a natural face scrub, he suggests heading to the fridge and picking up some greens (NO....not your collard greens you’re saving for Sunday’s dinner!). “Take a handful of kale and mince it finely. Mix this in a bowl with mint extract and plain gelatin or pectin,” Scott-Vincent advises. “Kale will gently slough off the dull, dead skin, while the mint opens the pores and the pectin helps the mixture to adhere. Skin will be left smooth and radiant.” With Cooking Your Way To Gorgeous, you can become a “beauty foodie,” indulging in amazing cuisine that makes you look truly amazing. Who knew that turning heads could be as simple as turning on your oven, blender, or stove top?
CHRIS BOYKIN AS Alioune and Cliff Chamberlain as Zack discuss Zack’s finances in a scene from Belleville. In a play that examines relation- Alana Arenas, and Alioune, even though her role is small in ships and mental illness, the new played by Chris Boykin, are the this production. Most of the offering at Steppenwolf Theatre landlords of this small Parisian scenes are between Abby and called Belleville shows Abby com- apartment, in which the play cen- Zack, as she frets over her sister’s ing home from work, not long af- ters entirely in the living room. imminent delivery and Zack tries ter she and her husband have moved from the United States to the hip, ethnically diverse neighborhood of Belleville, Paris. She is home because she didn’t have any yoga classes to teach, but she finds that her husband, Zack, is home, also, in the bedroom watching X-rated movies. Their exchange around this discovery is kind of weird, and it finally ends up with them discussing what new things she had purchased for Christmas gifts. Belleville is a play that moves kind of quickly, as we watch one couple wrangle over finances and Abby’s need to feel close to her family back home. The other mature couple, Amina and Alioune, is all business with a young child that they are raising. Press materials describe it as “a great theatrical ride—funny, scary, insightful and surprising.” The difference between the two couples, even though they are both migrants to ALANA ARENAS AS Amina and Chris Boykin as Alioune have Paris, is glaringly obvious. Abby is always anticipating or a difference of opinion. trying to call her father back Kate Arrington plays Abby and to keep her together, as she is heading toward another breakhome. But this is mainly because Cliff Chamberlain is Zack. her sister is expecting a baby at Arenas is one of my favorite down, because she has stopped (Continued on page 13) any time. Amina, played by Steppenwolf ensemble members,
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Chicagoans win trip to the Essence Music Festival BMOA and V-103 send lucky winners to New Orleans to Essence’s annual “Party with a Purpose” Beyoncé, Charlie Wilson, Maxwell and other top names in R&B and Soul music created fireworks on-stage at this year’s Essence Music Festival, which kicked off on the 4th of July in New Orleans. Three lucky Chicagoans were there to see these hot performers light up the stage, courtesy of the Black McDonald’s Operators Association (BMOA) of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana and Chicago radio station, V-103. V-103 hosted a radio contest allowing Chicagoans to call-in for a chance to win the all-expense-paid trip. The BMOA also hosted an in-
store event where visitors could enter to win at the McDonald’s restaurant. Three winners were chosen: two on-air and one in-store. “This was a great experience! I am so thankful for the free trip. It came just in time for my one-year wedding anniversary,” said winner Jasmine Weatherspoon. Other winners were Kattie Hall and Daniel McDuffie. The BMOA has supported the Essence Music Festival for a number of years. Last year they sent two deserving teachers who were nominated by their students to New Orleans for the Festival. “Staying connected to the community and giving consumers a chance to experience McDonald’s products at exciting and culturally-rich events like the Essence Music Festival, gives us great pride,” said
SEVERAL LUCKY WINNERS of the all expense paid trip to the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans are from L to R: winner guest Yolanda Kelly, on-air winner Kattie Hall, on-air winner Jasmine Weatherspoon and guest Robert Wilson at the Essence Music Festival. All photos are by Flowers Communications Group.
the community and the latest McDonald’s product news, visit the website at BMOAChicagoland.org and follow the BMOA on Twitter at @BMOA- ChicagoLand. About the BMOA
THE BMOA BEVERAGE Destination contest included festival VIP access, hotel accommodations and airfare for winners (l-r) Daniel McDuffie, Jasmine Weatherspoon and Kattie Hall with guests Jeremy Walker, Robert Wilson and Yolanda Kelly at hotel destination. tion reform. For up-to-date inforBMOA President Ron Lofton. Winners of the BMOA Beverage mation on the BMOA, its work in Destination Contest received a prize package that included Essence Music Festival VIP access, hotel accommodations and airfare to one of the ultimate summer destinations. Drawing more than 350,000 attendees annually, the Essence Music Festival, also known as “the party with a purpose,” features more than 30 artists, popular speakers and daily seminars on a variety of current topics from healthy living to educa-
The Black McDonald’s Operators Association of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana is a membership organization of 15 owner operators who are dedicated to empowering minds and building leaders in the communities they serve. This is achieved through signature educational and community outreach programs, employment and career development programs and embodiment of the spirit of entrepreneurship. BMOA members are committed to assisting the next generation of McDonald’s owner operators, encouraging the importance of reading, writing and life skills, and giving back to the community.
Peace Tree remembers Activist . . . (Continued from page 11) their community. Also, just as this peace tree needs to be watered and nourished in order to flourish, peace in their community can be nourished by the positive thoughts and actions of these young people and their families.” Wentworth Residents United for Survival is an affiliate organization of Chicago Area Project.
BEATRICE HARRIS PRESENTS a certificate of appreciation from Wentworth Residents.
The Chicago Area Project was created in 1934 by the sociologist Clifford R. Shaw to address the problems of juvenile delinquency in some of the poorest communities in Chicago. Through its community based affiliate organizations and special projects, the CAP staff collectively provides human and financial resources to its affiliates to promote leadership in youth, their parents and their entire community.
ENTERTAINMENT: CHICAGO STYLE (Continued from page 12) taking her anti-depression medication. Zack knows that this won’t be a pretty picture, and he is doing all he can to keep his household together—under the threat of eviction—and to keep his wife on an even key also. Amina and Alioune play Senegalese landlords who are trying to run their management business, and only Alioune knows that Zack hasn’t paid rent in four months. These four months are probably for as long as the couple has been in the apartment. Amina www.chicagocrusader.com
is all business, and Alioune has sort of clouded his business relationship with Zack by coming by to smoke reefer with his tenant. So it is hard going when he finally demands the rent payment. After Zack shares this with Abby, their relationship is even more tense, and they both seem destructive, in ways that could be deadly. The end of Belleville, which is a “taut, edgy psychological thriller that asks: does anyone really know who they’re with?” is sad and unexpected. Belleville is Steppenwolf ’s end of the season
performance, is written by Amy Herzog, directed by Anne Kauffman and is playing at Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre through August 25, 1650 N. Halsted St). Tickets run from $20 – $78. For more information, call 312-3351650. Next week, look for my enlightening interviews with rock musician, author, actor, public speaker and director Ice T and director Jorge Hinojosa, as they bring to the big screen the documentary, Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp, which hits theatres July 19 BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN COMMUNITY
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ARTS & CULTURE Mathieson Mayer to leave Lyric Opera of Chicago at the end of 2013 Director of Marketing and Communications since 1988
Barbara Wright-Pryor CSO’s Music Director Riccardo Muti named prize winner in Italian homeland On the heels of an outstanding spring residency in Chicago that included a “Rivers Festival” introducing new generations to composer Florence Price (18871953), the first Black female to have a work played by a major symphony orchestra (the CSO in 1933), CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti has been named the winner of two prestigious prizes after returning home to his native Italy. On Thursday, July 4 in Mirandola, Maestro Muti received a Special Prize of the Pico della Mirandola Award in honor of his performance on that same day with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra for the victims of the 2012 Emilia-Romagna earthquakes, which devastated the northern Italian region, as well as his ongoing participation in “Le vie dell’Amicizia” (Paths of Friendship) initiative of the Ravenna Festival. Founded by Muti in 2004, the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra was joined by young instrumentalists and singers from music schools and organizations in the Emilia-Romagna region, members of the Italian Youth Symphony, and the Chorus of the Teatro Municipale di Piacenza performed an all-Verdi program that featuring excerpts choruses, arias and symphonic works with soloists Teona Dvali (soprano), Anna Malavasi (mezzo-soprano), Francesco Meli (tenor), Nicola Alaimo (baritone) and Luca Dall’Amico (bass). This benefit concert was another event “Le vie dell’Amicizia” (Paths of Friendship) initiative Awarded every two years, the Pico della Mirandola Award is named after Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, the Italian Renaissance philosopher best known for writing “Oration on the Dignity of Man,” which is considered the manifesto of the Renaissance. Maestro Muti’s Award was a spe14
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cial distinction in honor of his concert for earthquake victims and his ongoing work with the Paths of Friendship. Also receiving the award this year is Rajendra Pachauri of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an organization that received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007; Wanda Milletti Ferragamo, honorary president of Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.; Maria Luisa Locatelli, president of Aries Biomedical Devices; and film director Egidio Veronesi. On Saturday, July 13, Maestro Muti will receive the Premio Giustiniano for Arts and Culture from the City of Ravenna. The award, Ravenna’s top prize for arts and culture, will be given after he leads a concert performance of Verdi’s “Nabucco” as part of the 2013 Ravenna Festival. “The decision to grant Maestro Riccardo Muti the Premio Gius-
Susan Mathieson Mayer, director of Lyric’s marketing and communications department for the past twentyfive years, has chosen to leave her current position at the end of 2013, Lyric’s general director Anthony Freud announced recently. Mathieson Mayer will work as an independent marketing and communications consultant for a variety of organizations. She will retain an association with Lyric, consulting on media-related and marketing projects. “It is an honor to work for this great company,” Mathieson Mayer said. “However, I now want flexibility in my professional career so that I can spend more time with my husband, Friedrich Mayer, who is retired.” Freud said that the appointment process to recruit Mathieson Mayer’s successor is well underway with an announcement expected within the next several weeks. “Susan has earned an international reputation for arts marketing and is widely acknowledged as one of the leading practitioners in the field today,” Freud said. “She has made a major contribution to the company during her tenure, and will be greatly missed by her colleagues, Lyric’s Board of Directors, and the artists. Just as Susan had big shoes to fill when she succeeded the legendary Danny Newman, so too will Susan’s successor.”
Mathieson Mayer joined Lyric in 1988 and has the distinction of completely selling out the season for sixteen consecutive seasons (1989/90 through 2004/2005) – a record unequaled in the performing arts field. With its 25,000 season ticket holders, Lyric remains a leader in subscription sales and audience development. Because of Lyric’s expanded programDanny Newman (2002) (Photo credit/Barbara Wright-Pryor)
Susan Mathieson Mayer ming and effective marketing, Lyric just announced a 15% increase in attendance for its 2012/13 season over the previous season. Mathieson Mayer has spearheaded a wide variety of audience-building initiatives for Lyric, as well as numerous high-profile branding projects for the company, including the 2011 advertising campaign “Long Live Pas-
sion,” which featured Lyric’s creative consultant and superstar soprano Renée Fleming; the naming of the Lyric Opera Bridge; and a series of Lyric Operathon fundraising posters that featured celebrities ranging from Michael Jordan to Bono. In 2000, Mathieson Mayer was named one of the country’s Top 100 Marketers by Advertising Age – the only professional in the arts to be nominated. Prior to joining Lyric, Mathieson Mayer headed her own arts marketing firm. She was also director of marketing for the arts festival of the 1986 World’s Fair in Vancouver, where she sold out 102 of the 106 events. While at the Vancouver Symphony in the 1980s, she built the subscription base to 42,000 – at the time, the largest orchestra subscription audience in the world.
MIC continues 25th anniversary celebration of Chicago Duo Piano Festival
Riccardo Muti tiniano 2013 is in tune with the cultural production of our city, of which the music is a very important element,” said Ravenna Mayor Fabrizio Matteucci. “And thanks to the constant presence of Maestro Muti, our Festival has become one of the most important European events hosting the most interesting of expressions of contemporary music and art. And it is due to the Festival’s ‘Paths of Friendship’ that the message of peace and brotherhood conveyed by the music has been able to reach various parts of the world torn by war. We are proud to have the Maestro Riccardo Muti as an honored fellow citizen of Ravenna.” The Premio Giustiniano, a prestigious mosaic work created by the internationally renowned mosaic artist Marco Bravura, is organized by the George Gordon Byron Cultural Association.
The Music Institute of Chicago continues its 25th anniversary celebration of the Chicago Duo Piano Festival at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, in Evanston through Sunday, July 21. Faculty Extravaganza Concert— Tuesday, July 16 at 7:30 p.m. In this popular event, members of the Music Institute faculty offer a varied selection of four-hand and two-piano repertoire. Performers include Maya Brodotskaya and Irene Faliks, Inah Chiu and Sung Hoon Mo, Alexander Djordjevic and Mark George, Elaine Felder and Milana Pavchinskaya, Mio Isoda and Matthew Hagle, Katherine Lee and Soo Young Lee, and Xiaomin Liang and Jue He. Guest Recital: Olga and Yuri Sherbakov (Oleyura Duo)—Friday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. Olga and Yuri Sherbakov (Oleyura Duo), a brilliant wife and husband duo from Odessa, Ukraine, making their Chicago debut, are 1st prize winners at the Rome International Competition for Piano Duos in both two piano and piano, four hands categories. They have been featured at the San Francisco International Festival, The First International Piano Duo Festival in Israel, Internazionales Festival Deutsche Musik, Festival of Greek Culture, Festival Musicale delle Nazioni, and Saint-Petersburg Piano Duo Festival. They have performed in prestigious halls in Kiev, Jerusalem,
Rome, Moscow, Venice, St. Petersburg, Oslo, and Tel-Aviv and have appeared as guest soloists with The Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, The Israel Chamber Orchestra, The Crimean Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Norwegian National Opera. They are professors at Odessa State Academy of Music. They teach master classes in Ukraine and abroad. They are founders and artistic directors of the International Piano Duo and Chamber Music Festivals “Crimea
Dialogues” and “Odessa Dialogues”. They have performed frequently as guests and soloists with the Odessa Philharmonic Society. For the Chicago Duo Piano Festival, Olga and Yuri Sherbakov perform works by Ukrainian and Russian composers, including Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos. Tickets for each concert are $30 for adults, $20 for seniors and $10 for students and are available at musicinst.org or 847.905.1500 ext. 108.
LEGAL NOTICE TO: CJ, CASEY, BIG T OR ANY OTHER UNKNOWN FATHER OF A FEMALE CHILD BORN ON THE 26TH DAY OF MARCH, 2012; IN THE STATE OF IOWA. THE MOTHER OF THIS CHILD IS MCKANZIE BREWER. You are notified that there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of Court for Muscatine County, a petition to terminate parental rights in case number JV005647 which asks that your parental rights be terminated as it relates to your child born on the 26th day of March, 2012, in the State of Iowa. For further details contact the clerk’s office. The petitioner’s attorney is Oubonh White, Assistant Muscatine County Attorney, Muscatine County Attorney’s Office, 420 East Third Street, Muscatine, IA 52761, 563-263-0382. You are notified that there will be a hearing on the petition to terminate parental rights before the Iowa Juvenile Court for Muscatine County, at the Courthouse in Muscatine, IA on the 29th day of August, 2013, at 10:30 o’clock a.m. You are further notified that unless on or before this time and date of hearing, you appear, or, you serve, and within a reasonable time thereafter file, a written special appearance, motion or answer, in the above-named Court at the Courthouse in Muscatine, IA, judgment by default will be rendered finding your parental rights to be terminated as demanded in the Petition. You are further notified that you are entitled to be represented by an attorney. If you are unable to employ counsel, you may apply to have counsel appointed by filling out an affidavit of your financial situation. You should do this immediately. Jeff Tollenaer Dates of Publication: _______________________ _______________________ _______________________
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A Moment to Supersize Your Thinking By Effie Rolfe RIGHT NOW FAITH is…? There are several scriptures that speak to what faith is including ‘Calling those things that are not as though they are’ (Romans 4:17) and ‘…the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen’ (Hebrews 11:1). According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of faith is to believe, to have complete trust and confidence in something although there is no proof that it exists. Simply put, your faith is what you believe and it will show people who you are as well as those things you petitioned soon revealed. Because faith is as faith does—it’s only a matter of time until the manifestation is plainly seen as you declare your beliefs
through your body language, actions, decisions and words. Thankfully, God has given each of us a measure of faith. It’s similar to time, in that we all have 24 hours in a day—no more no less. But the question remains, how are you using what you’ve been given? Unfortunately, when there is such abundance, one may ask why so many people, especially Christians, lack in finances, health, love and the basic necessities of life? If we only need a fraction of faith equivalent to a grain of a mustard seed, perhaps the problem is we really don’t believe what we pray? Or maybe we lack understanding of how faith works? A favorite African proverb is ‘when you pray move your
feet.’ Once you ask—believe and then continue to walk in your gifts and callings as you move in confidence closer to your manifested promise. Faith always requires action, not because you are working your way to what you want—but because getting to where you desire is a process. We must be fully convinced that whatever God has promised is a done deal. The Apostle Paul said, ‘…we are more than conquerors and I am persuaded….’ (Romans 8:37,38). Faith is hearing, saying, praying, praising, singing and believing the Word of God concerning your destiny. In other words, if you are more than a conqueror—don’t say ‘I’m hanging or trying to make it….’
Your thoughts and words creates your reality, therefore you must be emphatic about your life. You have a choice—faith to receive blessings or fear—to be left without. My prayer is to focus on God’s word so you can plainly declare your faith. As you believe— you will receive. So, when things seem humanly impossible, know there’s always the weapon of faith! Trust, believe and have confidence with unwavering faith it’s already done! Now faith is...what? Effie Rolfe is the author of “Supersize Your Thinking,” a media personality and motivational speaker. You can contact her at effierolfe.com or on twitter.com/effiedrolfe.
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Author shares story of The Crusader Gospel Corner overcoming adversities The Rev. Romal Tune, author of the recent brilliant acclaimed release, God’s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens is in Chicago working with Chicago Pastors Phil Jackson, Alvin Love, Otis Moss III, Marshall Hatch, and Stephen Thurston, sharing his journey as a teen in Los Angeles with youth, community activists, parents, guardians, neighborhoods and faith centers. Tune’s book is a roadmap about faith in God’s transforming power which helped him in his own personal journey. He grew up in poverty amid crime and violence but today he is a speaker, author and social justice advocate. When asked about how tragedy and gun violence is impacting the lives of children, youth, communities and families, he wrote, “It’s bigger than talking about drugs, guns, gangs and crime. It’s about restoring families, helping kids heal, forgiveness of mistakes and seeking a better future for our children.” This thought provoking book is down to earth and offers his life experience, prayers, and stories about “at-risk” youth in the Bible. On Friday, July 12 and throughout the weekend, Tune will share his story and offer a book signing at the following locations in Chicago: Friday, July 12 at 6:30 p.m. Hatch, Love and Thurston will host a book signing at the Gallery Guichard which is at 3521 S. Martin Luther King Drive. Saturday, July 13 at 7:00 p.m., Pastor Phil Jackson will host a freeGod’s Graffiti Concert at The House Covenant Church which www.chicagocrusader.com
is located at 3827 West Ogden. Sunday, July 14, 2013, Dr. Otis Moss III will host a God’s Graffiti book signing at Trinity United Church of Christ after the 11 a.m. worship service. Tune said he is looking forward to sharing his story with children, teens, young adults, parents, guardians, communities, and faith centers – anyone who would like to hear his story and learn about quality resources that will make a difference in children’s lives. Find out more information about the Reverend Romal Tune at www.romaltune.com. Follow Rev. Romal J. Tune on Twitter: www.twitter.com/@RomalTune.
Happy belated birthday to Rev. Dr. Clay Evans the Godfather of Ministry who recently celebrated his 88th birthday on June 23rd. Friends, family and loved ones gathered at the historic church he founded, Fellowship Baptist Church, for an anointed musical salute. “You know I pastored for 50 years and preaching for about 63 years,” said Dr. Evans. “I thank the Lord that He has allowed me to see my 88th birthday. The Lord has been good to me—my theme song—it is no secret what God can do—the Lord has used me in a marvelous way to preach the gospel. And I want my life story to be for his glory that it might inspire others to live for him. I have been inspired by others too numerous to name and now I want to inspire people to live for Him,”
Trinity continues annual city-wide revival Trinity United Church of Christ (Trinity UCC) at 400 West 95th Street will offer its annual city-wide revival, Sunday, July 14; Monday, July 15, 16 and 17; and Sunday, July 21. On July 14, Dr. Bruce F. Williams, Senior Pastor of Bates Memorial Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky will preach life changing sermons during the 7:30 a.m., 11 a.m., and 6 p.m. worship services. And the Rev. Romal Tune, author of the newly released, God’s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens will talk about his personal experience growing up as an African American male in Los Angeles and present a book signing after the 11 a.m. worship experience at Trinity UCC. July 15 through Wednesday, July 17 at 7 p.m. Chicago’s own, Dr.
Bruce F. Williams Marcus Cosby, Senior Pastor of Wheeler Baptist Church in Houston, Texas and Dr. Howard-John Wesley, Senior Pastor of Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virg. will preach empowering words. Sunday, July 21, Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Pastor Emeritus of Trinity UCC will preach transforming sermons during the 7:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship experience.
Dr. Clay Evans shared Evans. Nearly 13 years ago Evans appointed Rev. Charles Jenkins as the young pastor of Fellowship Baptist and hasn’t slowed down since, “Every Sunday I’m preaching somewhere,” said Evans, “I have to pick the things I do—when you’re young you can just jump into everything, now I have to make choices because I don’t have the strength but I’m still involved. “ He continued, “It is a marvelous thing the favor I’ve received with young preachers who help me along the way. The song ‘If I Can Help Somebody, Along The Way...Then My Living Will Not Be In Vain.’ If you don’t want your living to be in vain then help somebody else, so that even when you die—you will still live. I never worried about my name being on street signs or buildings. I want to live on in people…buildings will burn down and trees will blow down, but if you live in the lives of people you will live forever.” Living in the hearts of people is indeed Evans’ life story, under his leadership, Fellowship Baptist Church known as the ‘Ship’ recorded classic hits—Room at the Cross,
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Bringing in the Sheaves, I’m Blessed, What He’s Done For Me, Have You Got Good Religion as well as their popular theme song heard on their TV and radio broadcast for nearly 47 years, What A Fellowship. “From 1971 to 2001, we recorded one to two albums every year,” said Royal Warren, former Assistant Minister of Music under Evan’s sister, Lou Della Evans Reid. “Several musicians left because Rev. Evans allowed his sister to be the Minister of Music at his church.” Also, the Clay Evans $cholarship Foundation is another way Evans lives on, “The scholarship foundation started in 1974 and has blessed over 150 students with over $150,000 in Brownsville and Chicago to attend colleges nationwide,” said Helen Warren, Executive Board member. Although the Brownsville, Tennessee native’s hometown does have a road named in his honor, Evans maintains, “I still say I want to be planted in the hearts of men and women, which is vital to the kingdom.” His resounding message continues, “May the Lord Bless you real good...!” Saturday, July 13, 2013
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.JULIUS T. OCREY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 09 CH 42684 637 EAST 92ND PLACE Chicago, IL 60619 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 16, 2010, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 5, 2013, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 637 EAST 92ND PLACE, Chicago, IL 60619 Property Index No. 25-03-415-015-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $163,869.89. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/151507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffʼs attorney: Anthony Porto, FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC, 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (866) 402-8661 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com.. Please refer to file number C09100064. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (866) 402-8661 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@falillinois.com Attorney File No. C09100064 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 26122 Case Number: 09 CH 42684 TJSC#: 33-12690 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiffʼs attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I544097
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-WL2 Plaintiff, -v.NARLY LAUGHLIN, PATRICK LAUGHLIN, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PRAIRIE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 12 CH 01323 5636 S. PRAIRIE AVE., UNIT 2S & P8 Chicago, IL 60637 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 14, 2012, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 12, 2013, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5636 S. PRAIRIE AVE., UNIT 2S & P8, Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-15-110028-1005 (UNIT 2S); 20-15-110-0281016 (PARKING UNIT P8). The real estate is improved with a residential condominium. The judgment amount was $156,005.48. Sale terms: The bid amount, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special
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taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgageeʼs attorney. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffʼs attorney: HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgageeʼs attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 12 CH 01323 TJSC#: 33-14720 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiffʼs attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I544714
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC Plaintiff, -v.SUSAN M. GREENE A/K/A SUSAN GREENE, SUSAN M. GREENE AS TRUSTEE UTA DATED 12/21/06 AND KNOWN AS THE SUSAN M. GREENE TRUST, MELDA PRICE AS TRUSTEE UTA DATED 12/21/06 AND KNOWN AS THE SUSAN M. GREENE TRUST, UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES UTA DATED 12/21/06 AND KNOWN AS THE SUSAN M. GREENE TRUST, HSBC BANK NEVADA, N.A., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 11 CH 001771 8258 S. WOODLAWN STREET CHICAGO, IL 60619 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 2, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 5, 2013, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 8258 S. WOODLAWN STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-35-124-128. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiffʼs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-11-00980. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-11-00980 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 11 CH 001771 TJSC#: 33-11759 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiffʼs attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I544024
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‘Step Up, Get Tested’ campaign provides month-long HIV testing According to the Chicago Department of Public Health, there are more than 22,000 people living with HIV; over half of these cases have not progressed to AIDS. However, with an increase in awareness, more HIV diagnoses are made each year. Fewer people die as a result of getting tested and become knowledgeable of their status. After a month long initiative, Chicagoland National HIV Testing Collaborative offered free HIV tests to thousands of Chicago residents from June 5 to June 27 for their ‘Step Up, Get Tested’ campaign to help decrease these statistics. The first testing event was held in the heart of Chicago’s West Loop at the Thompson Center with a goal to motivate Chicagoans to get tested. Throughout the month of June additional testing events were held daily at CTA train stops, community events and clinics. ‘The Step Up, Get Tested’ campaign concluded the month-long HIV testing initiative on National HIV Testing Day, June 27 hosting their final testing event at Fantus Clinic, 1901 W. Harrison St. and held a town hall
meeting ‘Speak Out!’ at the Ruth Rothstein CORE Center, 2020 W. Harrison St. The town hall meeting served as a platform for HIV providers and consumers to discuss and address the service gaps and share strategies to improve services. “Because of our efforts, thousands of Chicagoans now know their HIV status and can take measures to stay negative or to access lifesaving treatment if positive,” states Anthony Galloway, co-chairperson for the Chicagoland National HIV Collaborative. “Our month-long testing activities and town hall meeting were tremendously successful. We look forward to building on that success to reinforce routine HIV screening all year round and to promote the importance of linkage to care for HIV positive individuals.” The Chicagoland National HIV Testing Collaborative recognizes sponsors Alere, Orasure Technologies, Walgreens, Wet Lubricants, Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois Lottery and the Chicago and Illinois Departments of Public Health for this month’s
ANTHONY GALLOWAY (Co-Chair), Ald. Walter Burnett and Eddy Kuras (Co-Chair) at the Chicaogland National HIV Testing Collaborative final testing event for their Step Up, Get Tested campaign. (Photo by John L. Alexander, JLA Media) National HIV Testing Day (June About Step Up, Get Tested long testing push screening all year 27), the Chicagoland National HIV round and to promote the imporStep Up, Get Tested is a citywide Testing Collaborative hosted a series tance of linkage to care for HIV unified effort that brings AIDS ser- of testing events throughout the city positive individuals.” vice and community-based organi- and offered free rapid HIV testing zations together to scale up HIV test- services, prevention education, and ing in the most underserved com- other resources. For more informawas talking to Dorothy [Leavell],” munities of Chicago. As a part of tion visit www.stepupgettested.com. Thatch recalled. “I was serving on the NNPA Foundation Board at the time. I was secretary, and she was chairperson of the foundaWest Point Missionary Baptist munity. The initiative was part of the tion. I was talking about what had Church’s Dare to Compare Com- church’s domestic violence and advobeen said, and she said, ‘That’s an munity Resource and Safety Festival cacy ministry. That ministry is led by NNPA project.’ I said, ‘If you say offers activities for all ages ranging Deacon Erica B. Davis. so.’ She talked to Danny [Bakefrom inflatable jumping jacks to legal Attendance at the annual event has well, then president of the NNPA] clinics. quadrupled since that first year and and the rest is history.” The free festival begins at 11 a.m. West Point continues to collaborate Not yet. July 13 at Ellis Park, 3566 S. Cottage with more community organizaThe Wilmington Ten Pardons of Grove. Besides games, there will be tions to build partnerships and share Innocence Project was officially health screenings, spoken word, storesources and provide a sense of conlaunched in Washington, D.C. at ry telling, carnival games, a youth nectedness, reducing the risk of viothe 2011 Black Press Week lunbasketball clinic, as well as entertainlence and increasing the safety and cheon at the National Press Club. ment. health promotion within the comThe two-year campaign resulted There will be food, raffles and give- munity. Our desire is also to provide in outgoing North Carolina Gov. a-ways, health screenings, HIV rapid an adult protective shield around our Beverly Perdue issuing pardons of testing, music, entertainment, a legal community which fosters a sense of innocence on Dec. 31, 2012 to clinic, a “kids corner” that includes safety and security; the concept of the Wilmington Ten. Although a bouncers, carnival games, prizes, sto- the village for the nurture and wellfederal appeals court had overrytelling, a host of vendors, and free being of the children in the village, turned their convictions in 1980 school supplies. There also will be Davis added. because the prosecutor had, special guests, including spoken Sponsors and partners of the festiamong other things, failed to turn word artists Queen Alexis, Elle Monval, known as “partners who care,” over evidence that was favorable to et, and nationally-known spoken include Fourth Ward Alderman Will the defense, the Wilmington Ten word artist, M’Reld Green The Poet. Burns; Chicago Defender, Northwere released from jail, but they This is the fifth year of the festival eastern Illinois University Center for were not fully exonerated. Not unaccording to West Point Pastor the Inner City Studies, Wintrust-Hyde til the governor pardoned them. “The box of papers was the real Rev. L. Bernard Jakes. He added Park Community Bank, BMO Harkey to getting the pardons,” that 10 agencies and community- ris Bank, Big Buddies Youth SerThatch said. “What was con- based organizations participated in vices, Juice Tyme, Magnolia Spice tained in [prosecutor James] ‘Jay’ the first Dare to Care festival in Sep- Teas, Shepherd’s Touch Ministries, Stroud’s papers was what con- tember 2009. The pastor explained Graphix by Dzine, Inc., RLT Collecvinced Gov. Perdue that this was the purpose of the event was to en- tion, Doric Lodge #77, International truly, as she put it, ‘naked racism.’ gage the Bronzeville community in Union of Elevator Constructors, LoWhen the announcement was an effort to increase awareness about cal 2, and the Black Women’s made, I hollered all over the the violence that impacts our fami- Lawyers’ Association of Greater house,” she said. “This was the lies and communities and offer ac- Chicago. For additional information, you biggest accomplishment that we cess to resources that may help to strengthen families and begin to may visit www.wpmbc.org or call have ever made in North Caroliweave the social fabric of our com773.538.7590. na.”
Mary Alice Thatch: From ‘Janitor’ to NNPA . . . (Continued from page 3) Waddell, a former Confederate Officer and Democratic US Congressman. He wanted to oust Republicans and Populists from local and state government in the upcoming election. Waddell used Manley’s editorial to incite anger towards people of African descent being allowed to vote, let alone hold public office and implored White citizens to ‘choke the Cape Fear with carcasses’ if need be to remove the Republicans in power during the 1898 elections.” Thomas C. Jervay, Sr., an outspoken supporter of the falsely convicted Wilmington Ten, never forgot about the path Manley had paved, especially after his own newspaper was bombed in 1973. The bomber wrote a letter to Jervay, which he turned over to prosecutors. “Mr. Manley’s paper was right across the street from where the Journal is housed now,” Thatch stated. “Both were bombed because of positions the papers took, which really shows the power of the Black Press.” Recalling her conversations with her father, Thatch said, “He would say, nobody is going to do to me what they did to Manley. I am going to be vocal, I am going to represent my people, I am going to say what I want to say, but nobody is going to run me out of town. This man is going to be prosecuted for what he did.” And he was. In 1974, Lawrence R. Little, who identified himself as propaganda minister of the miliwww.chicagocrusader.com
tant Rights of White People organization, was found guilty of planting dynamite that exploded at the Journal’s office. After four days of testimony, an all-White jury found him guilty and a White judge sentenced him to life imprisonment. Despite hate mail from White supremacists over the years, Jervay, who served as chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) in the 1950s, never tempered his demand for justice and equality. Neither has his daughter, Mary Alice. At an event in 2011, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Wilmington Ten’s false convictions, Louis Hines, a local International Longshoreman Association official, issued a challenge. “He said, ‘There are two things we have got to do in Wilmington,’” recalled Mary Alice Thatch, who was in the audience. “‘And those two things are to seek compensation for these 10 folks, and we’ve got to always make sure that the doors of the Wilmington Journal are open.’” The next day, in a meeting in her office, Thatch told several members of the Wilmington Ten: “I don’t know how we’re going to do it, but we’re going to do it. I’m going to take this to somebody much bigger than I. I cannot do this by myself in Wilmington, but I promise you that I will get somebody that can help us.” And she did. “The next day or the day after, I
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