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Government Shutdown harder on Black Workers

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although the shutdown of the federal government that began Tuesday is affecting all Americans, a disproportionate portion of the 800,000 furloughed federal workers are African Americans, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Because government jobs have been more available to Blacks than private sector employment over the years, especially under de jure segregation, Blacks, who comprise 13.6 percent of the U.S. population, make up 17.7 percent of the federal workforce.

Overall, people of color represent 34 percent of the federal workforce. Latinos are 8 percent of government workers, Asians are 5.8 percent, Native Americans are 2.1 percent and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders are .40 percent of federal employees. People of color are 37 percent of the U.S. population, a figure projected to grow to 43.3 percent as soon as 2025 and 57 percent by 2060.

Federal workers considered non-essential to the functioning of government were instructed not to report for work as of Tuesday, the first day of the new fiscal year, because Congress failed to pass a permanent or interim budget in time to prevent a federal shutdown,

THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN occurred despite President Barack Obama’s meetings and phone calls to those who wanted to tie the budget to de-funding the Affordable Care Act. the first in nearly two decades. ers to the White House for a late afternoon movement on the part of President Obama or After being criticized by Republicans for meeting Wednesday. Top Democratic and House Republicans. Obama has maintained “sitting on the sidelines” as the government Republican leaders in both chambers were ex- his position that Congress should pass a clean shutdown moved into its second day, Presi- pected to attend. budget bill for fiscal 2014. House Republi(Continued on page 3) dent Obama invited House and Senate leadEarlier Wednesday, there was no sign of

Obamacare in Chicago confusing to Blacks

By Wendell Hutson Now that President Barack Obama’s national Affordable Care Act (ACA) plan is off and running many Black Chicagoans said they are more confused now than when the enabling legislation was passed in 2010. Sandra Foster, a single 47 year-old South Side resident, has been without health insurance since 2009 when she lost her customer service position due to her employer downsizing.

“I have gotten sick three or four times since I lost my job,” she recalled. “I went to Stroger Hospital on the West Side and waited in long lines to register and finally see a doctor. But it did not require a lot of expertise, just patience. I tried registering online for ‘Obamacare’ but it was too complicated so I left it alone.”

However, Foster’s story was repeated Tuesday when health insurance marketplaces became active for consumers to shop for insurance plans based on their income.

Reggie Perkins is a 49 year-old part-time employee with a wife and two children,

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, in getting the Affordable Healthcare Act passed was able to achieve what several previous presidents could not do.

ages 14 and 17. He lost his full-time manufacturing job in 2011 and said he has not been able to find full-time employment that would allow him to have health insurance.

“Everyday I wake up praying that no one gets too sick that they need to see a doctor.

This national health insurance mandate is right on time,” he said. “I have never really been a ‘computer guy’ so I called to get helping enrolling. I was on hold for 20 minutes before I hung up.”

The Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace launched its website, www.getcoveredillinois.gov, October 1 and allows consumers to review various health insurance plans and costs until December 15. Actual coverage won’t begin until Jan. 1, 2014 and the federal government would help cover monthly premiums for low-income and unemployed individuals.

Still, the state’s new insurance market stumbled out of the gate with computer glitches, long hold times and an online en-

INSIDE THIS ISSUE CHICAGO CRUSADER PUBLISHER Dorothy R. Leavell shares her experiences with students at the Pritzker Elementary School. Leavell joined other HistoryMakers recently who visited several Chicago Public Schools. (See story and more photos on Page 11)

rollment delay for small businesses. Illinois, however, was not alone when it came to implementing the Affordable Care Act. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, it was a rocky start for many government-run insurance exchanges across the country as computers froze and online enrollment was postponed for several hours.

And at a Tuesday, October 1 news conference Governor Pat Quinn acknowledged that some problems occurred on the first day, but insisted things would improve so that 1 million people in Illinois currently without health insurance could soon be covered.

“While there may be bumps along the way, this is a turning point in our nation and the state as we strive to provide decent health care to all,” Quinn said. “We are (Continued on page 3)

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County Board President holds West Side community meeting

By Wendell Hutson After meeting with South Side residents last month at a community forum in Chatham, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle recently met with West Side residents in North Lawndale.

Joining Preckwinkle at United Baptist Church, 4242 W. Roosevelt Road, was Cook County Commissioner Robert Steele (D-2nd Dist.), Alderman Michael Chandler (24th Ward) and other community stakeholders as she talked about the county’s main objectives.

“County government has two basic responsibilities. One is public health and the other is public safety,” she said. She added that 35 percent of the county’s $3 billion budget goes to public health and 40 percent goes to-

Toni Preckwinkle

ward public safety.

She also spoke about the status of Cook County Jail where on more than one occasion this year an inmate was mistakenly released. “When people think of our jails, usually they think of people serving a sentence.

When in fact she noted that only 10 percent are serving a sentence and 90 percent are awaiting trial,” explained Preckwinkle. “(And) 70 percent of the people awaiting trial are for nonviolent offenses, (while) 30 percent are awaiting trial for murder, rape, robbery or battery.”

She described the jail, which is at its 10,000-person capacity, as an institution at the intersection of racism and poverty when you look at the disproportionate number of Black and Hispanic inmates. Most minority inmates are unable to post bail and end up sitting in jail for at least one year before their cases are heard.

“We are dealing with poor substance abusers by incarcerating them and detaining them, instead of treating them. We have dealt with our substance abuse issues in this country as a criminal justice issue rather than a public health issue,” said Preckwinkle, who added that 82 percent of the jail population, regardless of their charge, have illicit drugs in their system. About 1,500 inmates are processed daily at the jail and all inmates entering the jail are tested for

AT A WEST SIDE COMMUNITY meeting with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, residents were told about what changes are needed to reduce overcrowding at Cook County Jail and the main priorities of Cook County government. ter at $600 a day. drugs and given a medical examina- opment of our community.”

And after being overwhelmed with tion.

But beyond housing drug addicts State Senator Mattie Hunter (D- and those with mental issues, Preck- questions from residents, Steele asChicago) added Black men domi- winkle said cost is what hurt taxpay- sured them changes are forthcoming. nate the jail’s population. “Black men ers the most. According to the Cook “We may not have all of the answers, are overwhelmingly incarcerated and County Sheriff’s Office, it costs $143 but we have an open dialog to conscores of Black families throughout a day to house an inmate at the jail. tinue addressing the issues we face, our nation are fatherless.” Hunter Preckwinkle said the county could working together, truly makes the said. “Our children need to see Black cut costs by placing more, non-vio- difference,” Steele said. “What we are men supporting the community, lent offenders on electronic monitor- trying to do is not always send people helping our youth achieve academic ing. However, a greater cost to tax- to jail. But what we are trying to do success and show how much educa- payers is housing inmates at the are alternatives to keep people out of tion means to the growth and devel- Juvenile Temporary Detention Cen- jail.”

The Modern Slavery and Apartheid

Pass laws used against two African Americans for practicing Pan Africanism

By Shaka Barak, President, The Marcus Garvey Institute Part III Prince Asiel Ben Israel and Gregory Turner through their practices of Pan Africanism, have been accused of conspiring to break laws of the United States. This charge of not having a license/pass to talk to Africans from the Motherland Africa, after three decades each, engaging in communicating with Africa and the African diaspora sounds like a government conspiracy. It seems that the real intent of the United States government is to keep the African in America ignorant about the richest of Africa, and a long history of Africans working with Africans. Just like Prince Asiel Ben Israel and Gregory Turner, for almost 200 years Pan-African leaders have emerged on several continents and from many Islands to teach us the value of Africa as our Motherland. With nearly 13,000,000 sq. mi. of the richest territory, and as a source of unimaginable wealth for her scattered children to reshape their lives with mother Africa stands as a beacon that her children might come home by. The forerunners to our brothers are Paul 2

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Malcolm X Cuffe, Martin Delaney, Bishop Henry M. Turner, Marcus Garvey, Amy Garvey, Henrietta Davis, Queen Nzinga, Kwame Nkrumah, Malcolm X, and President Robert Mugabe, just to name a few. Marcus Garvey, the greatest of them all not only pointed home to Africa but he wrote, “We believe that Africa is the legitimate, moral and righteous home of all Africans.”

Furthermore, he wrote, “We believe in establishing in Africa that brotherly cooperation which will make the interest of African natives, and the American and West Indies African, one and the same in a com-

mon partnership to build up Africa in the interest of our race.” Our leaders emerged to show us the way when the white man had his foot on our necks. We were justified and intelligent enough to look for alternatives, whether the white man liked it or not. Whites have always come up with some kind of law to “keep Black men in their place,” and to control us. The passes on the plantations, the pass laws of Apartheid and the bus rules specifically for Africans in America were made to control us. If not for women like Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat to a white on the bus, which was a law in the south, we might still be forced to treat whites like they are superior to us, and stand on demand. Today Prince Asiel Ben Israel, and Gregory Turner are told they need a license to talk to, consult with, or lobby for certain Africans, that are sanctioned and that the United States refers to as foreigners. Our African brothers and sisters from Zimbabwe are not foreigners to us.

They are a part of the African family, and the government ought to keep its nose out of family business.

In fact, we must question are these not just another set of unjust laws, that need to be voted off the books.

Robert Mugabe These laws interfere with us embracing our African heritage, which is our human right, but also for the first time it interferes with us linking up with an African leadership in Africa, that is willing to stretch out their hands in fellowship, and cooperation for the economic, and political development of Africans at home in Africa and abroad. America can’t give us full employment, can’t end our poverty, cant stop the violence, but access to the wealth of

Africa could.

These attempts are reminiscent of the days of slavery, when the white overseer in order to make an example to frighten the enslaved, would beat one of us to death. When we were made to watch the beating or murder, we would never step out of line. Since it’s hard to kill them, out of the fear of making martyrs, they use the old FBI trick of neutralizing Prince Asiel Ben Israel, and Gregory Turner. They used investigative techniques reserved for terrorists, to spy on these brothers. Likewise, in 1967, J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, launched a Counterintelligence Program” and he made it clear that, “ The purpose of this new counterintelligence endeavor is to expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize the activities of the Black nationalist…” The indictment of our brothers is not because of any wrongdoing, but rather to frighten us away from their ideas. He further states, “You are also cautioned that the nature of this new endeavor is such that under no circumstances should the ex(Continued on page 16)

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Hunter honored with Illinois Substance Abuse award “I am humbled to receive this award for my work to fight substance abuse. Named after my mentor, Dr. Bakeman, it is a magnificent way of honoring his legacy.”

– Sen. Mattie Hunter State Sen. Mattie Hunter (DChicago) received IADDA’s C. Vincent Bakeman Memorial Award on September 5th for her outstanding work as a certified licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor and consistent advocacy for substance abuse treatment as a public servant.

The late founder and former CEO/President of Human Development Resources, Inc., Dr. C. Vincent Bakeman worked across a variety of disciplines, including behavioral health, strategic planning,

education, research and substance abuse. Dr. Bakeman was committed to his dream of providing equal access to substance abuse treatment and prevention for all.

“I am humbled to receive this award for my work to fight substance abuse. Named after my mentor, Dr. Bakeman, it is a magnificent way of honoring his legacy,” said Hunter who spent eighteen years working under the leadership of Dr. Bakeman. “It’s important that we continue to find ways to ensure everyone struggling with substance abuse issues has resources to fight their addiction.”

IADDA established an award in memory of its former chairman, Dr. Bakeman to honor leaders who promote the same core values and dedication to increasing access to substance treatment.

MICHAEL HOUSE IS joined by his wife, Doris (left) and long-time friend Chicago Crusader Newsgroup Publisher Dorothy R. Leavell recently at WVON where friends hosted a party for House, who announced his retirement as President and Publisher of the Chicago Defender Newspaper.

law marks the biggest healthcare overhaul since the launch of Medicare half a century ago.

One new provider, Land of Lincoln Health, is offering 35 plans and is the first and only consumer operated and oriented health insurance plan (CO-OP) in Illinois, said Daniel Yunker,

CEO of the nonprofit organization.

“We used feedback from Illinois residents to inform the design of our plans, making them clear, simple and affordable,” Yunker said. “We have a wide network of physicians and hospitals and a focus on helping people under-

“I want to thank IADDA for its commitment to preventing drug and alcohol abuse.” Hunter said.

Hunter’s outspokenness in 2010

regarding the widespread heroin crisis in Chicago and her efforts toward justice reform for nonviolent, non-drug related offences with the

Illinois Disproportionate Justice impact Study (DJIS) contributed to IADVA’s decision to give her the award.

Obamacare in Chicago confusing to Blacks (Continued from page 1)

launching a new state of health care for more than 1 million of our uninsured relatives, loved ones, friends and neighbors. Get Covered Illinois will make healthcare more affordable than ever for those who need it.”

Quinn added that the federal

stand, purchase and use their health insurance coverage.” He added that consumers have three levels of coverage to select with them.

“We offer bronze, silver and gold plans and all are plans are PPOs (Preferred Provider Organization),” Yunker told the Cru-

sader. “The difference between a PPO and HMO plan is access to health care. Some of our plans offer a higher, monthly premium but lower out-of-pocket expenses [such as prescriptions and deductibles]. What’s important is the total cost, not just the monthly, premium.”

Government Shutdown harder on Black Workers (Continued from page 1) cans, at the prompting of its ultra conservative Tea Party wing, are seeking a one-year delay in some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The White House meeting is an attempt to break the stalemate.

The impasse came about as a result of a Republican-controlled House determination to tie any budget measure to defunding the Affordable Care Act, the major provisions of which went into effect Tuesday.

On Monday, President Obama warned about the consequences of a federal shutdown.

“With regard to operations that will continue: If you’re on Social Security, you will keep receiving your checks. If you’re on Medicare, your doctor will still see you.

Everyone’s mail will still be delivered. And government operations related to national security or public safety will go on. Our troops will continue to serve with skill, honor, and courage. Air traffic controllers, prison guards, those who are with border control — our Border Patrol will remain on their posts, but their paychecks will be delayed until the government reopens. NASA will shut down almost entirely, but Mission Control will remain open to support the astronauts serving on the Space Stawww.chicagocrusader.com

tion.”

Obama added, “I also want to be very clear about what would change. Office buildings would close. Paychecks would be delayed. Vital services that seniors and veterans, women and children, businesses and our economy depend on would be hamstrung.

Business owners would see delays in raising capital, seeking infrastructure permits, or rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy. Veterans who’ve sacrificed for their country will find their support centers unstaffed. Tourists will find every one of America’s national parks and monuments, from Yosemite to the Smithsonian to the Statue of Liberty, immediately closed. And of course, the communities and small businesses that rely on these national treasures for their livelihoods will be out of customers and out of luck.

“And in keeping with the broad ramifications of a shutdown, I think it’s important that everybody understand the federal government is America’s largest employer. More than 2 million civilian workers and 1.4 million active-duty military serve in all 50 states and all around the world. In the event of a government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of these dedicated public servants who stay on the job will do so without pay — and several hun-

dred thousand more will be immediately and indefinitely furloughed without pay.”

The shutdown could have dire consequences for our national security, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service.

According to the report, “Shutdown of the Federal Government: Causes, Processes, and Effects,” published Sept. 23: “A federal government shutdown could have possible negative security implications as some entities wishing to take actions harmful to U.S. interests may see the nation as physically and politically vulnerable,” the report stated.

If the past is any guide, the shutdown might be short-lived. The longest federal shutdown lasted 21 days, from Dec. 16, 1995 to Jan. 6, 1996. In the past, furloughed federal workers received retroactive pay for the time they were out. But there is no assurance that would happen this time. Members of Congress are exempt from furloughs.

There is also concern that the shutdown will be another setback for the already shaky economy.

Moody’s Analytics estimates that a three to four week shutdown could cost the economy about $55 billion, about equal the combined economic disruption caused by Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm

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Sandy.

When the government was shutdown in fiscal year 1996, according to the Congressional Research Service report: Health – New patients were not accepted into clinical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical center; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ceased disease surveillance; and hotline calls to NIH concerning diseases were not answered.

Law Enforcement and Public Safety – Delays occurred in the processing of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives applications by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; work on more than 3,500 bankruptcy cases reportedly was suspended; cancellation of the recruitment and testing of federal law enforcement officials reportedly occurred, including the hiring of 400 border patrol agents; and delinquent child-support cases were delayed.

Parks, Museums, and Monuments. Closure of 368 National Park Service sites (loss of 7 million visitors) reportedly occurred, with loss of tourism revenues to local communities; and closure of national museums and monuments (reportedly with an estimated loss of 2 million visitors) occurred.

Visas and Passports – Approximately 20,000-30,000 applications

by foreigners for visas reportedly went unprocessed each day; 200,000 U.S. applications for passports reportedly went unprocessed; and U.S. tourist industries and airlines reportedly sustained millions of dollars in losses.

American Veterans – Multiple services were curtailed, ranging from health and welfare to finance and travel.

Federal Contractors – Of $18 billion in Washington, D.C.-area contracts, $3.7 billion (more than 20 percent) reportedly were affected adversely by the funding lapse; the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was unable to issue a new standard for lights and lamps that was scheduled to be effective January 1, 1996, possibly resulting in delayed product delivery and lost sales; and employees of federal contractors reportedly were furloughed without pay.

Speaking in the Rose Garden Tuesday, President Obama said: “I will not negotiate over Congress’s responsibility to pay bills it’s already racked up. I’m not going to allow anybody to drag the good name of the United States of America through the mud just to refight a settled election or extract ideological demands. Nobody gets to hurt our economy and millions of hardworking families over a law you don’t like.”

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EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL TREASONOUS OPPOSITION TO OBAMACARE The Affordable Care Act, nicknamed “Obamacare” after its originator, President Barack Obama, was signed into law in 2010 and was re-affirmed in 2012. It is the law of the land, yet there is a bitter fight that is dividing the country and has resulted in a government shutdown because of political infighting.

The healthcare issue has been an important one for many years. This is because over 40 million Americans are without healthcare coverage. There have been various and sundry proposals on the table, but they all have been shot down for one reason or another. You may recall that former President Bill Clinton introduced a healthcare plan whose development was spearheaded by former First Lady Hillary Clinton.

The plan drew such derision from the pundits and almost everyone else that it was dumped. In hindsight, the plan was a cafeteria style deal that would have given just about everyone a choice about what they wanted. It was probably too complex and too ahead of its time.

The notion of a single payer plan has been floated as an option in the past when it was found that Canadians, who utilize this strategy, pay far fewer dollars for healthcare and for prescription drugs. The problem with a single-payer plan, according to some, is that it smacks of “socialized medicine,” since it would guarantee that everyone would have access to care. Of course, it didn’t help that insurance companies would be by-passed, i.e., the middlemen would be removed in such a plan, and that just wouldn’t go over well in capitalist America. The sticking point is the cost of healthcare, which keeps going up and up and is out of reach of many citizens. People without healthcare are treated shabbily, and some have even died because they did not have the funds for quality healthcare. It is one of the glaring areas that demonstrates the growing chasm between the rich and the poor.

President Obama, to his credit, has thrown his considerable hat into the ring in an attempt to do something about this dreadful state of affairs. His plan, The Affordable Care Act, is modeled after one that was introduced by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Even though this is the case, he has faced a wall of resistance so tough that it has forced a government shutdown, which will hopefully be only temporary.

The real issue, however, is that this is an open battle between those who value money over human lives. Every legislator that has stood in opposition to Obamacare has quality health insurance and will not ever have to face the hardship that ordinary Americans would face in the event of a catastrophic illness. They seem heartless and cold, and they have not offered a viable alternative that would address the needs of America’s most vulnerable citizens, a group that is growing in size every day. And if proof of this cavalier attitude needs further testimony, just think about this: legislators are willing to allow a government shutdown for political reasons without regard to all of the federal workers whom they deem “non-essential” who stand to be furloughed as a result. And for the curious record, workers on the space station are NOT non-essential!

The legislators who are spearheading this anti-American access to affordable care by opposing a bill that was signed into law borders on treason! Whatever the outcome of the current skirmish, Americans need to go to the polls during the next elections with their thinking caps screwed on tightly!!! A luta continua.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR They are only fooling themselves Dear Editor: If Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police superintendent Garry McCarthy think we can’t see through their shallow gestures toward our community, they are worse off than I thought.

The mayor has been at it longer than McCarthy, but the police honcho’s latest revelation that he often visits the homes of the victims of fatal shootings was flat out disgusting.

And what was even more revolting was that he said after his visits he goes back to police headquarters and talks with detectives and in a few days the investigation is back in full gear. And not too long after that it is not unusual for an arrest to be made.

Why does it take the head of the police department to get action on these shootings? If the cops aren’t doing the job why is the mayor breaking the bank paying overtime so these guys can take up more booths at Dunkin Donuts?

I am positive McCarthy thought he was sharing some positive information with the reporter.

What it shows is that like so many others have said, the police superintendent is clueless about how Chicago functions.

And the mayor is no better.

From his move to trying to rename Stony Island to the head-

patting he routinely does of CPS students, Emanuel doesn’t try to solve problems in our community. He will issue a news release condemning the violence on the south and west sides, but that is about it.

Nothing Emanuel is doing has reduced crime or raised the educational levels in our community.

I just hope folks aren’t fooled by these latest gestures. Neither of these men are sincere.

Patty Melvin

Let’s follow up on WVON conversation Dear Editor: Having a 30-year background with a major advertising agency I was especially interested in the recent conversation on WVON between Cliff Kelley and members of Chicago’ Black media, including the Crusader publisher Dorothy Leavell. I have to say that I was not surprised that the focus of the discussion was the recent Nielsen Report that detailed how white-owned advertising agencies and white-owned corporations are not spending advertising dollars in Black-owned media outlets.

This is not just a slap in the face to those Black newspapers and radio stations, but to the Black community in general. We patronize those companies and then

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they don’t have the decency to advertise with the Black media. I don’t think these white people realize how valuable the Black dollar is.

If we stopped shopping at some of these places of course they would still be in business, but without our dollars their profits would go down. One of the companies mentioned during the WVON show was Walgreens.

Walgreens has a store just about every three blocks in our community, but their advertising doesn’t (Continued on page 16)

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Shaking up Denver

By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist There have been times in the 20 year history of the National Black Chamber of Commerce that we had to put on our agenda a major lawsuit. It is in our mission to promote the interests of Black entrepreneurs. Much of that is advocacy, public policy, procurement enhancement, etc. But sometimes you can bundle that all up and give it a steroid shot by filing a lawsuit against an entity that seems to oppose all of that. Such was the matter with US West. The 14 state telecom (now known as Quest) was a powerful force in the industry. It was developing a reputation as being aloof to Black businesses and, believe it or not, the Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce was afraid to confront them on this important matter.

Every now and then I would get a complaint about them. I decided to go over to the General Services Administration (GSA) and look at telecom minority participation records. Every report had US West dead last in minority participation. Specifically Black participation was a zero, “nada,” “goose egg,” down right nothing. Thus, I sent out a message on the next

Harry C. Alford eblast to our database: “If you feel your company has been discriminated against by US West contact our office for follow up.”

We got seven complaints. Three of the complaints were by trucking companies (located in Phoenix, Omaha and Des Moines). Their contracts were abruptly cancelled on the same day within a 20 minute period and were replaced with white owned trucking companies. It definitely smelled like a conspiracy. The other firms were a

supplier, a janitorial firm and two IT firms. Seven complaints were enough to start a war. We all met in St. Louis at the law firm of our selected attorney. We unanimously decided to file a discrimination lawsuit. We filed it and the war was officially on.

It was our intention to expand this complaint into a class action lawsuit but we would have to have meaningful participation from Black firms in Denver, the base of US West. Therefore, we asked for a meeting with the management of the Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce. We went there and explained the merits of the lawsuit.

We asked the 40+ businesses there had any of them done business with US West, the corporate giant of their hometown. Not one hand went up. We assumed they would be in support but to our surprise they were horrified. “I can’t mess with US West!” “They could destroy my company.” “They could destroy my business.” Wow! I felt like Harriet Tubman trying to convince slaves to jump the fence and run to freedom. They had no will to fight.

Finally, our attorney stood up and stated, “Listen! We have come to this town to put our foot up US West’s behind and if you want to

get in the way we will put our foot up yours.” The timid group thought we were crazy. Sleepy towns like Indianapolis, Denver, etc. need to be shaken. Controversy can be your ally in these types of situation. From this meeting we decided to get right up into US West’s face. We announced that being that we had a major lawsuit in Denver, the NBCC would bring its annual convention to the city.

The times were getting contentious and then I got a phone call from one of the opposing attorneys. He said, “Mr. Alford your attorney is about to miss a very serious deadline in filing. If he doesn’t produce required documents, which were seriously past due, by next Friday the judge will throw your lawsuit out.” Besides being shocked I wondered why they were helping us. I had to act quickly. I went to my old friend in Indianapolis, Attorney Robert Webster (white veteran of the civil rights bus rider movement who worked on Indianapolis cases with us). He took over and saved our case.

US West hired my childhood companion and first cousin as a vice president. They got the intelligence on my mind from him.

He later told me “I let them know

that you could not be intimidated and had a bite like a pit bulldog. It is best to settle with him.” At the same time I was given some very sexy controversy about one of the executives who was in the chain of command over their minority business office. In the last deposition, I told it all (hoping it was true). They abruptly ended the deposition.

That same day CEO Richard McCormack offered me a flight back to D.C. on their corporate jet. He informed me he would be on the plane also (a planned meeting he had in D.C.). We flew out and discussed our philosophies through the air. At the end of the flight he said they would settle the case. They did and our guys got paid!

The Black folks in Denver still can’t figure out how we were successful and are still alive. As one of their Black businesses told me recently, “Denver Black businesses are pushovers.” There is some truth to that.

Mr. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce®. Website: www.nationalbcc.org. Email: halford@nationalbcc.org.

The Truth about ‘Obamacare’

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Major provisions of the Affordable Care Act went into effect on Tuesday and, like all new programs, there was a certain amount of uncertainty and confusion.

But making things worse are the deliberate lies that have been told by what some call Obamacare.

To shift through the various charges, I turned to our friends at FactCheck.org for an independent, nonpartisan analysis. Here, in their words, is what they found: Claim: 8.2 million Americans can’t find full-time work partly due to Obamacare.

FactCheck.org says: False.

This assertion from the Republican National Committee echoes other conservative claims that the law is hindering part-timers from finding full-time jobs. But the RNC’s 8.2 million figure was the total number in June of part-time workers in the U.S. seeking fulltime work — what the Bureau of Labor Statistics calls ‘part-time for economic reasons’ — and there’s no evidence from BLS numbers that the law has had an impact on such workers. There were more in this “part-time for economic reasons” category in March 2010, when the Affordable Care Act was signed into law (9.1 million). The www.chicagocrusader.com

latest figure, from August, is 7.9 million.

Claim: The law is a job-killer.

FactCheck.org says: Overblown.

It’s true nonpartisan economic analyses have estimated a “small” loss of mainly low-wage jobs because of the law. But as one expert told us, there hasn’t been much analysis of this impact of the law because, he believes, economists think the impact will be minimal. Still, Republicans have continued to push the idea that the law will have a significant effect on jobs. This claim made our “Whoppers of 2011” list, and it has continued to be pushed in various forms — with the latest being the claims about part-time work.

Claim: Premiums are going up because of the law. Premiums are going down because of the law.

FactCheck.org says: It depends.

Our short answer — “it depends” — may be unsatisfactory to readers, but whether you’ll pay more or less than you would have without the law depends on your circumstances.

Are you uninsured and have a preexisting condition? You’ll likely pay less than you would have otherwise.

Are you uninsured but young and healthy? You’ll likely pay more (without accounting for any subsidies you may receive). Are you insured through your employer? You likely won’t see much change either

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Claim: All of the uninsured will pay less on the exchanges than they could now on the individual market, even without federal subsidies.

FactCheck.org says: False.

President Obama made this claim at an Aug. 9 press conference, saying that beginning Oct. 1, the 15 percent of the population that’s uninsured would be able to “sign up for affordable quality health insurance at a significantly cheaper rate than what they can get right now on the individual market.” Obama went on to emphasize that that was before including federal subsidies.

“And if even with lower premiums they still can’t afford it, we’re going to be able to provide them with a

tax credit to help them buy it,” he added. But even Obama’s secretary of health and human services, Kathleen Sebelius, has acknowledged that young persons would likely pay more and older Americans would likely pay less on the insurance exchanges.

Claim: You won’t be able to choose your own doctor.

Claim: The government will be between you and your doctor.

FactCheck.org says: False.

These claims are variations on the fear that the government will be taking over health care — choosing your doctor, telling him or her what treatment to administer, etc. But the law doesn’t create a governmentrun system, as we’ve said many times. It actually greatly expands business for private insurance, by about 12 million new customers, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates. And individuals will choose their own doctors, just as they do now.

Claim: If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.

FactCheck.org: Misleading.

Obama has repeatedly made this claim, and the White House continues to use the line on its website.

The law doesn’t force Americans to pick new plans or new doctors, but the president simply can’t make this promise to everyone. There’s no

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guarantee that your employer won’t switch plans, just as companies could have done before the law. And if you switch jobs, your new work-based coverage might not have your doctor as an in-network provider, either.

Claim: Congress is exempt from the law.

FactCheck.org says: False.

Congress isn’t exempt from the law. In fact, members and their staffs face additional requirements that other Americans don’t. Beginning in 2014, they can no longer get insurance through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, as they and other federal employees have done. Instead, they are required to get insurance through the insurance exchanges.

For the complete report, go to: http://www.factcheck.org/2013/0 9/obamacare-myths/ 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 Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook.

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COMMENTARY

THE MAAFA AND CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (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 idea that Christopher Columbus discovered America on October 12, 1492 has been thoroughly dismantled by the African

Centered and Indigenous Native Movements over the last forty year period.

As Rosemary Richmond of the American Indian Community House in New York explains, “Columbus did not discover anything. A society 10,000 years old was here ... America was not an unpopulated barren territory. It had rich civilizations and nations.”

As a result of the defeat of the Columbus myth, African people in America have begun to focus on what was really happening during the time attributed to this 500 year old lie.

What has emerged as a result of the defeat of this lie is a movement to acknowledge and commemorate the millions of African people who lost their lives through the chattel slave trade of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries.

This movement is called the “African Holocaust of Enslavement” which we refer to as the “Maafa.” The term Maafa is a Ki Swahili word for disaster that we are now using to reclaim our right to tell our own story.

Since 1992, in numerous cities throughout the African communities in America, during the period of what was once the Columbus Day events, programs have now

been established to pay reverence to our lost ancestors of the African Holocaust of Enslavement or Maafa.

It must be made clear that, “No African was waiting as a slave to be traded to the Europeans. In all regions of Africa, from which Africans were transported, the African was involved in a brutal war declared by the European aggressor, interested in exploiting the human and natural resources of the richest continent on earth.”

In this context, “These Africans who became prisoners of war were placed in detention camps and then transported to America to be enslaved by the benefactors of their captors. No African began his or her ordeal as a slave. Africans were reduced to slavery.”

The national campaign to honor and pay tribute to our ancestors who were victims of the African Holocaust of Enslavement / Maafa, is focusing on: Reconciliation of the historical reality of the ancestors with the historical memory of their descendants.

Healing the wounds between Africans in the Diaspora and continental Africa.

Enshrining of the ancestors who have struggled against the enslave-

ment process.

As our ancestor, the late Brother Hannibal Afrik observed, “Unfortunately for our race, these African victims have never had any commemorations or decent burials. To our African Ancestors, we have no monuments to attest for their suffering, nor have we reconciled the past with the present.”

Brother Afrik continues by pointing out, “As a people, we have never collectively performed the appropriate rituals to guide the souls of our departed ancestors to their proper resting places. Their bodies have rotted unceremoniously in the soils of Africa and in the cold, watery graves of the Atlantic Ocean.”

The African Holocaust of Enslavement Project explains that, “Between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, at least fifty to one hundred million men, women, and children were captured, kidnapped, or brought from Africa by European slave traders to be sold into concentration labor camps of the Americas.

These enslaved African prisoners of war provided the labor in the mines and the plantation systems of the Americas to enrich the Europeans and provide the foundation for their current economic well being.”

Further, the Project makes these profound points: “The brutal genocidal war against African people resulted in the largest forced transportation of any group of people in the history of mankind.

The loss of life from this process is immeasurable, but estimates put it at least around one hundred million over the four hundred years of the African Holocaust (14411898).”

As a part of the process of recapturing the African mind and spirit, it is imperative that we pay homage to our ancestors of the African Holocaust / Maafa by taking time out every year in an organized and programmatic way by acknowledging their spirits.

Over the last several years this campaign has begun to get the attention of large numbers of African people who have become inspired by participating in the African Holocaust / Maafa programs.

Dr. Julianne Malveaux Actually, it’s not just about the Affordable Care Act, it is about President Obama and Republican resistance to anything he proposes. Their attitudes go beyond partisanship to venomous distaste. You’d have to go back to the nineteenth century to find members of Congress so rude as to holler out “you lie” as a President spoke, assertions that that thing would happen “over my dead body” are far more common. It has always amused me when people so quickly offer their dead bodies up for discus-

sion, as if they so lightly value their living bodies that they’d offer their dead one in the name of public policy. Just recently, Rand Paul said the federal government would bail out Detroit over his dead body, and years ago Dick Armey (R-TX) said the minimum wage would pass over his. Last, I heard the minimum wage rose and Armey is still living, though no longer in Congress.

If the government does shut down “nonessential” employees will not be paid. The bumbling Congress, however, will continue to be compensated for the little they do. Many Congressional representatives don’t care because they don’t need the money. A large percentage of our “lawmakers” are millionaires. Last time there was a government shutdown, people were paid retroactively. This time, back pay is unlikely. With so many government employees experiencing pay cuts because of furloughs, an additional pay cut is onerous. Congress seems unconcerned with the plight of the average government worker.

The only good news in this mess is that the American people aren’t

stupid. Most of them blame gridlock on House Republicans. The last time government shut down in 1995-96 (when two shut downs lasted a combined 26 days), the people responded by giving President Bill Clinton a second term nine months later. Clinton defeated rival Bob Dole in part because of Dole’s leadership in the government shutdown. With 2014 midterm elections imminent, one wonders if House Republicans may have something to worry about. They ought to worry, anyway. When he spoke at the Congressional Black Caucus dinner in late September, President Obama asked people to gear up their activism for the 2014 elections. If the House of Representatives looked more like the Senate, (or if more Republicans had good sense) perhaps we could avoid this constant budgetary brinkmanship that has plagued us for the past four years.

All African people should get spiritually prepared to participate in this year’s African Holocaust / Maafa Programs. By actively participating, your soul will connect with our ancestors and help in the continued effort to give honor and respect to them. We must, “Let the Healing Begin With Us!”

BUDGETARY BRINKMANSHIP

By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist

I have no idea whether Congress finally evaded the government shutdown that would happen on October 1. I do know, however, that I am sick of the budgetary brinkmanship that plagues our government. Every few months there is some crisis or another that has the House of Representatives and the White House at loggerheads. This time, Republicans in Congress want to defund Obamacare as part of the budget that must be passed and say they are willing to let government close to meet their goal. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says that Republicans are holding a gun to the American people’s heads and he isn’t lying.

It doesn’t stop on October 1. The back-and-forth exist because Congress has not passed a budget the way it normally does since 2009. Now, government has operated through a series of continuing resolutions that make it difficult for federal departments to know how much they have to spend. And if Congress passes an agreement to 6

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keep the government open, it will only keep it open through November or December 15, depending on which version (House or Senate) of the law passes. Another upcoming deadline is the October 17 deadline to raise the debt ceiling or further imperil our oncesolid credit rating. In each instance, Republicans have another opportunity to crow about their fiscal mindedness and argue about Obamacare. But, as Harry Reid has said, Obamacare is the law of the land. It takes effect October 1, government shutdown or not. The Republican House may despise Obamacare, and they may change some provisions of it, but they can’t stop it now.

Indeed, Republicans are gearing up for the debt ceiling debate, which is another opportunity for brinksmanship. If they remove the Affordable Care Act from negotiations, it will surely resurface when the debt ceiling is discussed. We can spend the rest of this year, and part of next, with this budgetary brinkmanship, all driven by the fact that many Republicans simply cannot stand the notion of the Affordable Care Act.

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Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C. 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.

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GRAND WESTBOARD Is somebody spiking the West Side’s water supply with that Wild Turkey because it looks like people over there are losing their hot-dang minds. There’s a whole lot of mumbo jumbo going on that Ima finds amusing, crazy and a bit odd...like getting gas from eating carrots. So this week’s column is devoted, in part, to the good folks ‘round Austin and Lawndale and Garfield Park, and to that brother with the big whoo-ha who snuck up on Ima when she fell off her Hoverround.

-ImaTHE THRONE Any reader of this column knows that a whole lot of eyeballs are focused on two congressional seats—one on the South Side and the other on the West Side. Not sure what’s going on, but if the rumors are true, Congressman Danny K. “Is My Voice Deep Enough,” Davis had better watch his back. Folks are running around saying he’s done went to bed with the devil—and the demon we is talking about is about five foot two, likes to shut down Negro schools and use F-bombs instead of saying hallelujah. This imaginary pact has upset so many folk they aren’t even whispering no mo’ about wanting to replace him in 2014. Last week we told you about a bunch of buzzards flying over the head of Bobby Rush, well the sharks be swimming ‘round the feet of Davis.

The first shark is said to be a embattled alderman in the 29th ward who has told a few people that she is tired of fixing potholes and being hollered at by senior citizens. Deborah Graham, one www.chicagocrusader.com

Danny Davis of the Emanuel Minions, is trying to raise a paltry $100,000 to take Danny on. In the meantime, we hear outgoing alderman Bob Fioretti (who supposedly got talked out of running against Danny in 2010) is said to be eyeballing the throne. Not surprisingly, another alderman, who is teeter tottering between the 7th and the 1st has told all of his friends that his University of Chicago/David Axlerod/Rahm/ will do anything to get away from po’ (N-words) is also salivating.

We hear that shorty-pie Will Burns said he wants to go to Washington and he don’t care which one of these long-time, Negro congressmen he replaces.

State Senator Pat Watkins’ name is also being bantered around. With her crack days behind her, folks say she can probably relate to de people and she’d be better at ‘praying and hoping’ for district jobs than the rest of the lot.

Now de words being spoken on the West Side is “Danny is too old,” and “Danny sold us out with the mayor’s race,” and “what has Danny done for us lately,” and “Danny didn’t give me no scholarship,” and “Danny ate all the catfish at Wallace’s...” and more crazy stuff lak dat. The biggest refrain we hear is that Mr. Davis ought to just go somewhere and sit down because it is the “Joshua Generation’s” turn to lead and if Danny and them other ‘old heads’ won’t die quick enough then its time that highminded young folk (who are secretly backed by crafty white folk) kill them politically. Now Ima been scourin’ her bible and she can’t find the scripture where Joshua snuck up behind and pushed Moses off de mountain, danced on his open grave and then declared himself de new leader of the Children of Israel.

But maybe we need a new bible.

We is also hearing talk of some young, union employee being

pumped up to get in the congressional race by a handful of preachers, some people in Oak Park and a lady with a little dog.

All of a sudden he has become a regular fixture at Operation PUSH, which has the West Side base of an anorexic gnat.

In the meantime, Davis has disappeared from the public eye except his routine community programs and he ain’t opened his mouth on food stamps and the government shut down either.

Well, we hopes Mr. Davis is reading dis because every time he hears dat music from Jaws he ought to look around.

-ImaNEW WIG

Party in the late 2000s, this guy and his gang of thugs also got some new tactics under his belt. Now that he’s been “mainstreamed” because people are so used to him doing crazy stuff that he’s become a “leader,” he will probably be successful in infiltrating various political campaigns which will (once again) result in people getting indicted.

what looks like a bogus story about him and some housing deal, they are now going over everything in this man’s history—including his birth certificate—to find wrong doing. They might even jump up Tea Party-style and say he was born in Togo. At any rate, his political dreams of running for higher office looks dead in the water.

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CAT ON DE LINE

BLAME IT ON THE ALCOHOL

Lashawn K. Ford has better keep those open job announcements he sends out on his own desk. His political enemies are working overtime to figure out how to root him out of the statehouse. After cooking up

Is that a new hairstyle Ald. Emma Mitts is sporting? It looks ...interesting, but she should tilt it slightly to the left.

-ImaMORE TRICKS A snitch tells us that a West Side troublemaker got $25,000 in new money to start up with his agentprovacateur type tactics against Democrats once again. Trained by the people who made up the Christian Coalition in the 1990s and the Tea

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Lashawn K. Ford

How did the Tribunal newspaper get ‘ahold of information about 29th Ward Deborah Graham giving a liquor license to a business connected to an ex-felon and reformed gangbanger? Don’t enough people in South Austin get drunk?

Do we really need more? Well, the janitor from the 5th floor of City Hall swears that little newspaper tidbit came from somebody who works in that building. “Ima, we all know who is the Leaker-in-Chief, and we been hearin’ talk dat he don’t want no big shakeups to de City Council when he gets ready to steal, I mean, run for re-election in 2015. ‘Cept for Walter Burnett, he want everybody to stay put. Knowing dat Deborah gots her eyes set on a bigger office may have ticked him (Continued on page 16)

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JOB FAIR: U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly will host a job fair on Friday, October 4, from 10 am to 2 pm, in the atrium of South Suburban College, 15800 State Street, South Holland. More than 50 employers with available job openings will be on hand to meet jobseekers. Participating employers represent a variety of industries, including banking, healthcare, retail, insurance, government, transportation, and more. In addition, representatives from South Suburban College will be there to inform the public about continuing education programs. For more information on the Job Fair, call 708679-0078.

care. FLY (Fearless Leading by the Youth) also created a video about the campaign this summer which will premiere at the town hall. Also this summer the mighty Kenwood Oakland Community Organization officially joined the Trauma Center Campaign.

As the coalition and allies continue to grow, hospital leaders and elected officials are starting to listen. We need to keep up the pressure and make our voices heard! Join us and bring your questions and ideas directly to hospital leaders from the University of Chicago, South Side Hospitals and Elected Officials. For more information contact FLY at 773-217-9598.

STEM CAREERS EXPLORED AT SCIENCE WORKS-COOL JOBS, HOT CAREERS EVENT: Science Works: Cool Jobs, Hot Careers takes place Friday, October 4 from 9:30 am-2:30 pm and Saturday, October 5 from 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago; 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive. This event is free with Museum entry. Students and families will get the unique chance to learn directly from STEM professionals at a free two-day event. With an array of dynamic speakers, hands-on activities and one-on-one discussions, attendees will be able to discover what “cool jobs” in the science, technology, engineering and medicine (STEM) fields have to offer—like exploring space or assessing crime scene evidence. Young minds will receive valuable advice on pursuing futures in STEM occupations—which are some of the most in demand, and fastest growing, occupations in the U.S. job market. Nearly 75 professionals will be stationed throughout the Museum, ready to answer questions, lead an interactive activity or demonstration, and talk about their career of choice. For more information, contact Julie Parente, 773-753-6249, julie.parente@msichicago.org, or Renee Mailhiot, 773947-3133, renee.mailhiot@msichicago.org.

A STUDY IN MIDWESTERN APPROPRIATION EXHIBIT AT HYDE PARK ART CENTER: On Sunday, October 6, from 3 to 5 pm, Hyde Park Art Center will hold an exhibition reception for A Study in Midwestern Appropriation. Curated

by Michelle Grabner, the show looks at the humorous and self-deprecating works of Midwestern artists whose output defies notions of artistic ownership. The Hyde Park Art Center is located at 5020 South Cornell Avenue in Chicago. For more information call 773-324-5520 or visit www.hydeparkart.org.

TRAUMA CENTER TOWN HALL MEETING: What can be done to get a South Side trauma center? Please come to a meeting about this topic on Saturday, October 5th, from 12 pm – 2 pm at University Church, 5655 S. University Avenue (on the corner of 57th street and University Avenue). Invited Guests include: Dean Kenneth Polonsky of the University of Chicago Hospitals; U.S. Congressman Bobby L. Rush; and leaders of Chicago trauma centers and South Side hospitals. There are no trauma centers on the south side. For three years youth and community leaders have been protesting and demanding a south side trauma center.

This summer Congressman Bobby Rush introduced legislation for an addition of $100M a year for trauma 8

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AUTHOR ROBERT MARTIN AT CPL: In October, the Chicago Public Library presents several diverse author programs as part of its free monthly Authors @ the Library series, as well as a couple of special events spotlighting the One Book, One Chicago selection. All programs take place at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State Street, in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium (Lower Level), unless otherwise noted. On Wednesday, October 9 at 6 pm, Robert Martin discusses his recent book How We Do It: The Evolution and Future of Human Reproduction, shedding light on life’s most intimate mysteries. Martin traces our reproductive lifeline back to its earliest roots, revealing the hard science—and the primate origins—behind sex cells, mating behavior, gestation and the way we care for our young. For more information, please call 312-7474050 or visit chicagopubliclibrary.org.

ONLINE STORYTELLING FESTIVAL ABOUT DIVERSITY: Five professional storytellers from Chicago will be taking part in a unique storytelling festival focused on diversity from October 9-11 that will be held entirely on Facebook. Stories Connect Us All is the world's first-ever online storytelling festival to focus on building bridges between cultures.

During the three-day festival, participants can log onto the Stories Connect Us All Facebook page (www.Facebook.com/- StoriesConnectUsAll) to watch personal video stories from a

CHICAGO NATIVE NAVY Seaman Chad House assembles a M-240B machine gun aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean Sept. 12. The ship was underway, conducting engineering exercises. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kimberly L. Romanowski) different professional storyteller every half hour, from 8 am to 10 pm (CDT) each day. Over the three days, you can hear 72 stories by over 60 professional storytellers! The Chicago speakers include Jasmin Cardenas, Gwen Hillary, Edie Armstrong, Earliana McLaurin and Julie Ganey.

Gwen Hillary will talk about attending the first integrated public high school on Chicago's South Side in the 1950s, while Edie Armstrong of the Black Ensemble Theater will talk

about experiencing discrimination at a university in Iowa in 1970.

THE FEAR HAUNTED HOUSE AT NAVY PIER RETURNS OCTOBER 10 – 31: Be prepared for a frightening night out as the awardwinning and wildly popular haunted house, THE FEAR, returns to Navy Pier October 10! Brought to you by the producers of Statesville Haunted Prison, this haunted attraction will be the scariest place in Chicago this Hal-

loween season! THE FEAR features both a nighttime haunted house that caters to adults and a low-scare, lightson attraction during the day. It was rated as one of Haunted Attraction Magazine’s “25 Must See Haunts” for 2009 and voted “Chicago’s #1 Haunted House” by the users of hauntedhousechicago.com in 2008.

THE FEAR is back from the dead and better than ever. Please visit navypier.com or www.thefearhauntedhouse.com for more information.

Extended Coverage Lending your car to a friend?

Think carefully before you do it.

You are not only lending the value of your vehicle but also—under many policies—your full insurance protection.

miums on that coverage; the car owners do. ***

*** How good a friend is that person? And how good a driver?

When will the car be driven? Many serious accidents occur between the hours of ll p.m. and 3 a.m.

Does that friend drink and drive?

In many expensive accidents, the drivers did.

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Protect your car and yourself. We can help at Community Insurance Center, Inc., 526 E. 87th Street, your insurance headquarters. We have been serving the community since 1962. For more information about the services we provide, call (773) 651-6200. You can also reach us via email at: sales@communityinsurance.com or visit the website at www.communityins.com.

*** Insurers are especially concerned when teenage drivers lend a car to a friend with less-than-mature judgment. *** If that friend gets involved in an accident, you may be sued and held responsible, even if you were not in the car at the time of the accident.

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BUSINESS

Black and Latino wealth drops to record lows

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist As part of the 43rd annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Conference, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) unveiled new and disturbing research on how communities of color are suffering a worsening racial economic disparity. The State of Housing in Black America reveals that while the private sector and financially secure consumers recover financial ground from the Great Recession, much of Black America is being economically left behind.

Long-time civil rights activist Benjamin Chavis, Jr., wrote the report’s foreword advising, “African-Americans have a large buying power nowadays, yet we continue to be the most foreclosed and wealth-depleted community in America. We cannot and will not just be bystanders as the American economy continues to rebound.”

Julius L. Cartwright, NAREB president added, “Not only has our homeownership rate plummeted, but also accessing mortgage credit has become nearly im-

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possible outside of government insured programs such as the FHA and VA.” The report examines how African-Americans and Latinos have been cut off from the housing market and home finance in addition to employment opportunities. Further, according to the report, until economic equity and recovery are added to the long-standing issue of equal access to housing, the ability for communities of color – Black and Brown – to build wealth will remain an elusive and distant dream.

For example, today the majority of mortgage loans made to African-Americans are FHA backed.

Long-lured by FHA’s low down payment requirement (usually 3.5 percent), today’s costs for these loans have increased, particularly in the areas of mortgage insurance and fees. Consequently, although available, FHA loans will cost more over the life of the loans and they will also be higher than a decade ago.

By contrast, the report states that loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, “are all but impossible for many African-Ameri-

Charlene Crowell cans to secure.” The typical credit scores of borrowers for these mortgages are in the upper 700 range with down payments at or near 20 percent and usually resulting in a more affordable monthly payment.

According to James Carr, lead author of the report, “One of the major problems with most proposals to revamp Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is that access and affordability is not the driving goal of those recommendations.

Rather, risk sharing between the private and public sector seems to

be the driving mantra.”

In the meantime according to the report, nearly 5 million borrowers remain either in the foreclosure process or are seriously delinquent on their mortgages.

Between January 1, 2007 and May 31, 2013, nearly 14.8 million foreclosure notices were filed. Since the onset of the crisis, African-Americans had 7.8 percent of mortgage originations, but 11.6 percent of completed foreclosures. When similar statistics for Latinos are combined, people of color are more likely to have completed foreclosures at a rate higher than 70 percent.

The loss of homes to foreclosures is also lost family wealth.

While African American and Latino families respectively lost 53 and 66 percent of their net worth, non-Hispanic white households lost wealth was limited to 16 percent.

The report states, “More than 90 percent of the amount of total aggregate wealth lost during the collapse of the housing market and the subsequent recession has been recovered. However, this wealth recovery is not equally shared across households as a

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large proportion has occurred for stocks that are disproportionately held by high-income, typically non-Hispanic white households.”

The report urges measurable progress in four key areas before consumers of color can begin to financially recover: Reducing the existing number of underwater mortgages through principal reduction; More consumer mortgage purchase originations; Easing of tight mortgage credit; and Reducing the growth of investor purchases that transform former owner-occupied dwellings into rental properties.

“Owning a home has been the most successful vehicle for people of color to build wealth,” observed Carr. “But with a tightening housing market and weak labor market and no exceptional programs to assist communities battered by the crises, the outlook does not look promising.”

Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached atCharlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.

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Preventing youth of color from entering legal system is focus “Engaging & Educating the Community in Preventing Youth of Color with Behavioral Health Challenges from Entering the Legal Justice Systems” was both the topic and the goal of a dialogue meeting hosted by Chicago Area Project (CAP) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (HHS/SAMHSA) recently at the University of Illinois/Student Center West, 828 S. Wolcott St. in Chicago. The two-day dialogue meeting is part of a series of meetings convened by HHS/SAMHSA in order to examine best practices in which the community can collaborate with the justice system to reduce the penetration of youth of color with behavioral health disor-

sentatives to begin the process of developing recommendations that will lead to preventing this type of disproportionate minority contact.

Youth involvement in the dialogue was extremely important. As Rashid Saafir, President/CEO of the Bobby Wright Comprehensive Behavior Health Center, pointed out during the meeting’s closing exercise: “The youth added a new dimension. They allowed us to truly think outside the box.”

An example of how impressed the adult participants were with the youth contributions is the invitation that was extended by Judge Patricia Martin from the Cook County Juvenile Center. Judge Martin invited the youth representatives to attend one of her monthly judges meeting so they could share their

YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES CESARIO WILLIAMS and Antonio Monix presented a rap poem in which Cesario presents a picture of reality and Antonio asks, “Is this really our reality?” ders into the justice system. The na- experiences and ideas with other Jutional dialogue meeting was held in venile Center judges.

Washington, DC in April 2013.

The importance of having this diKey stakeholders representing alogue in Chicago was stressed by youth, community/faith-based, David E. Whittaker, Executive Dimental/behavioral health, substance rector of Chicago Area Project. “It is abuse, law enforcement, judicial, urgent we have this conversation education and justice systems now,” states Whittaker. “Chicago joined together with youth repre- juvenile justice statistics reveal that

YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE ARNETRA JACKSON presents a $100 Bill Exercise on September 12, 2013. During the exercise, she kept asking, “Who wants it.” Everyone wanted it, even if it was crumpled up and thrown on the ground or ripped in half. Arnetra’s message: “Why is a $100 bill more valuable than our youth.”

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PICTURED ARE THE Adult Stakeholders and Youth Representatives who attended “Engaging & Educating the Community in Preventing Youth of Color with Behavioral Health Challenges from Entering the Legal Justice Systems,” a dialogue meeting hosted by Chicago Area Project (CAP) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (HHS/SAMHSA) on September 11 - 12, 2013, at the University of Illinois/Student Center West, 828 S. Wolcott St. in Chicago.

Blacks accounted for 79% and Latinos accounted for 17% of the 22,877 juvenile arrests made in 2012. Many of those arrests (4,287) were made in Chicago Public Schools, which has the highest suspension, expulsion & arrest rates of Black students in the U.S. Statistics also indicate that mental health, substance abuse and other traumainformed behavioral problems contribute to juvenile involvement in the criminal justice system.”

The Dialogue Meeting, which was facilitated by Paulo Gregory Harris and La Terre Cole, utilized small group breakout sessions followed by presentations to the whole group in order to focus on discussion areas including: • Trauma and behavioral health issues which contribute to disproportionate number of youth of color, at-risk of arrest or involved in the juvenile justice system; • Stigma and public awareness of trauma and behavioral health for youth of color; • Benefits of proper guidance and positive peer support; • Explore the role for youth, family, community members, community-driven/faith-based organizations, schools, law enforcement and the justice system in collaborative efforts; • Strategies for preventing trauma impacted youth of color from entering the justice system.

Goals that were developed during the dialogue included: • Creating a system where both teachers and students come together to create a safe and cooperative learning environment.

• Developing workable collaborations between individuals, communities and systems.

• Making resources more available for youth and their families in communities throughout Chicago.

• Holding first responders to a higher level so that access to services are provided before involvement in the juvenile justice system.

• Creating stable, healthy communities that promote working to-

gether on common interests and political advocacy and which promote self-sufficiency.

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YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES KENNETH EL, Jamal Jackson and Cesario Williams present their vision of what would make the future better for youth of color. One of Cesario’s statements really resonated with everyone in attendance: “The problem is not the people, it is the game that’s being played.”

YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE RITA RIOS listens to Edith Crigler from the Illinois Prison Review Board as she makes a point during a small group breakout session on September 12, 2013.

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Committed to excellence, committed to education

By Samuel C. Lee “I am Committed” rang through the hallways last Friday as students changed classes at the A.N. Pritzker elementary school. That morning, The HistoryMakers hosted their national 4th Annual Back To School With The HistoryMakers program, which targeted students in Chicagoarea schools and across the nation.

This program afforded students the opportunity to hear top African American leaders encouraging them to COMMIT to excellence and to finishing their education. Pritzker eighth grade students Ciera Johnson, Taya Ellis, Christina Curry, and Louis Martinez escorted famed gospel musician and singer Dr. Stanley Keeble and the Crusader Newspaper Group Publisher and EditorIn-Chief Mrs. Dorothy R. Leavell for the day. The eighth graders escorted

Keeble and Leavell on a tour of the school, visiting a newly remodeled library, art and computer classes and explored the hallways full of student designed art before heading to Pritzker auditorium for a brief morning assembly.

Arriving at the auditorium, Mr. Jerry Weissbuch, history teacher and host formally welcomed and introduced Dr. Keeble and Mrs. Leavell to the school’s 4th and 6th grade classes.

After the welcome, the school choir performed four amazing songs, ending with “We Shall Overcome” followed by the official welcome video from The HistoryMakers. Leavell then spoke with the classes for a few moments, highlighting the theme to stay committed to education. Leavell encouraged the students to finish their education, using an example of one student choir member staying committed from falling off the stage

DR. STANLEY KEEBLE speaking with students about some of their art work during class.

DOROTHY LEAVELL WITH student host, Louis Martinez, Taya Ellis, and Christina Curry sharing thoughts on the school’s newly remodeled libaray.

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SEVERAL PROMINENT CHICAGOANS who have had positive impacts in law, education, publishing, business and community service participated in a news conference with the HistoryMakers organization last week. Gathered at South Loop Elementary School (l-r) were: CPA Lester McKeever; Ward; Leaura Materassi-Eaton, director of special projects at Chicago Public Schools; Dorothy R. Leavell, publisher of the Chicago Crusader Newsgroup; Juliana Richardson, executive director of the HistoryMakers; Phillip Jackson, executive director of the Black Star Project; Annette Gurley, Chicago Public Schools chief of teaching and learning; Eugene Morris, CEO of E. Morris Communications; Merri Dee, radio and television personality; Josie Childs, founder of Harold Washington Legacy Comm.; Rufus Williams, former president of the Chicago School Board; Judge William Cousins, Retired Appellate Court judge; and Yvette Moyo, founder of Real Men Cook. (Photo by Worsom Robinson) while he performed earlier in the program. Following Leavell, Dr. Keeble led a question and answer session with the school choir and classes about his start in Gospel music and his commitment to excellence in the area of music.

Crusader Newspaper Publisher Mrs. Leavell, went on to speak to Weissbuch’s history class. Well prepared, students in the 7th and 8th grade class began asking questions after Leavell formally introduced herself and her background in journalism. Students asked questions ranging from, “what is your position on the “Stand Your Ground” law, to THE PRITZKER SCHOOL choir joins hands during the morning “what’s your favorite interview you’ve done for the newspaper.” Students HistoryMakers assembly singing “We Shall Overcome.” took great interest in her association with the delegation that visited Nigeria during the late 90’s. Students were completely enthused yet sad, that the class was coming to an end. Mrs. Leavell left students with a quote from one of Dr. Martin Luther King’s speeches, which states ‘if you are a street sweeper, be the best street sweeper there is.” Leavell expressed to the students not necessarily to be a street sweeper, although there is nothing wrong with it, yet whatever you choose to do in life, commit to doing the best you possibly can and commit TWO FOURTH GRADE Students look at the Chicago to excellence.

Crusader Newspaper while at the school assembly.

PRITZKER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, Dr. Joenile Albert-Reese, escorts Dr. Stanley Keeble and Dorothy Leavell through the school after speaking with students.

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ENTERTAINMENT

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, MSJ

By Raymond Ward

THE ANOINTED HARVESTERS PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH CHRISTIAN KEYES

Join “The Anointed Harvesters” for a classy and creative fundraiser filled with delicious food, great entertainment from up and coming Chicagoland talent, and an intimate conversation with their special celebrity guest; actor/writer/singer, Christian Keyes, best known from his roles in stage productions by Tyler Perry, such as, “ Madea Goes To Jail,” and BET’s “Let’s Stay Together.”

My Last Day Without You

Christian Keyes

LETICIA AND NIKLAS take a break during their day together.

“My Last Day Without You” is partment. But by some strange an independent film that is play- quirk, the two of them end up ing in limited release starting Oc- spending most of the entire day tober 4. The film will screen at together, after he has left the ofAMC River East in downtown fice complex from where she was Chicago. just laid off.

This heartwarming film plays Leticia is an aspiring singer and out like a romance novel and stars musician, and her father, Pastor the beautiful Nicole Beharie, who Johnson, is played by veteran accurrently stars in the hit televi- tor Reg E. Cathey. Pastor Johnsion series Sleepy Hollow. “My son is a humble preacher running

The Anointed Harvesters (AH) is a Chicagoland-based 501c3 nonprofit arts organization whose mission is to empower, inspire and uplift the communities of the world through the arts. They are excited to host their first annual fundraiser, taking place Friday, October 18, 2013 at 7:00 PM at Pierre’s Banquet. A $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to an up & coming artist who has demonstrated excellence, skill and dedication in the areas of film, television and/or theater, either as talent or behind the scenes. Keyes will inspire & motivate others as he shares his journey in the industry in a unique format, similar to that of the renowned “Inside the Actor’s Studio” Drama School.

“I am honored to be involved with this event,” says Keyes. “I enjoy giving my time to people and organizations that are focused on being a blessing to others.” The Anointed Harvesters are thrilled that Keyes accepted their invitation. “One reason we chose Christian Keyes as our special celebrity guest is because he embodies another aspect of our organization, which is DIY: Do-It-Yourself,” says VP and co-founder, Maisha R. Carter. “Mr. Keyes works within the Hollywood community as an actor & singer, but he is also a screenwriter, a songwriter and producer....a creator of opportunity for himself and others. And we truly believe he is a rising star with the best in front of him.

The mother/daughter duo, Shebeta and Maisha Carter, served over the Drama ministry at Living Word Christian Center, under the leadership of Pastor Bill Winston, for over 13 years. In 2003, they cofounded The Anointed Harvesters, and together they have produced stage plays and mentored aspiring playwrights and actors. They have been heavy supporters of the Englewood Film Festival and served as the Executive Producers of the feature film “Of Boys and Men” starring Robert Townsend and Oscar Nominee, Angela Bassett. “Of Boys and Men” was released on DVD in 2011 by Warner Bros. and is enjoying a successful run on BET.

REG E. CATHEY AND Ken Dukin on the set of “My Last Day Without You” with one of the movie’s principals.

Last Day Without You” speaks to a church on a shoestring budget, love that comes in a package that and he doesn’t know that his is unexpected, after Beharie, who daughter is lollygagging with a plays Leticia, meets a German stranger from overseas. But Letiman named Niklas, played by cia has her own baggage, because Ken Dukin, during a chance en- she is having doubts about her counter. Little does Leticia know faith and God, especially since that Niklas has come to New she just lost her job. She had just York to lay off everyone in her de- moved out on her own and is ea-

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ger to get her music career going on full blast. She is as equally excited about a concert later on that night, but her world is turned topsy turvy when Niklas visits her workplace.

Innocently, Leticia exposes Niklas to Brooklyn and other ways in which he is unfamiliar—enough so that he falls madly in love with her.

“My Last Day Without You” is loosely based on the experiences of one of its writers, Christoph Silber, who met his wife on the subway in Brooklyn.

“We developed numerous treatments over the years, eventually settling on a love story between two characters that appear very different on the surface - a German on the corporate fast-track; and a pastor’s daughter from Brooklyn with musical aspirations,” said co-writer Stefan Schaefer. “Fortunately, the screenplay appealed to some amazing actors, who in turn took the story to places I could never have anticipated. Additionally, the music composed by Scott Jacoby and performed by lead actress Nicole Beharie elevate the film tremendously.”

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ENTERTAINMENT

Englewood Film Festival celebrating third year

By J. Coyden Palmer A film festival, showcasing some of the best Black independent filmmakers in the country, will take place October 24-27 at venues on the city’s South Side.

The Englewood International Film Festival, with this year’s theme “Family Time,” is starting to get traction and more attention locally. Created by Chicagoan Mark Harris, he is using the festival to change the image of the Englewood community, in addition to giving Black filmmakers, actors, writers, directors and others in the industry a place to show their talent to the world.

“Eventually I want to get this to a point where we are able to employ people year round and have this as one of the prestigious film festivals in the world,” Harris

showcased at the Chatham Theatres, 210 E. 87th Street.

Harris said for him it is important to keep the events in the community. He said while the festival could be held anywhere in the Chicago area, he wants to make it accessible to people in the Black community. He said the films featured deal with African American issues that are not often seen in the mainstream film community.

“We have complained, and rightfully so, about our image in the media,” Harris began. “This is a chance for everyone to come out and hear alternative messages and solutions to some of the problems we have in an artistic format. We have to be able to tell our own story but we also have to support those stories with our presence and finances when they are being told.”

Erica Hubbard Actress and Chicago native Erica Hubbard will be one of the panelists at this year’s festival.

Hubbard starred in the ABC se-

ries “Lincoln Heights” and is a graduate of Columbia College.

She is currently a cast member of the BET show “Let’s Stay Together.” Hubbard said the film festival is important for Chicago.

“This festival is unique in that it is taking place in an urban, community setting,” Hubbard said via phone earlier this week. “For me it’s always good to do something in my hometown, but this festival gives Chicago thespians, writers and others in the industry the exposure we desperately need.

Everyone thinks you must be in Los Angeles or New York, but I think Mark has proven you can be successful in Chicago. The city has done a lot to make filming in Chicago easier for companies, as they are shooting ‘Transformers’ here currently. The festival raises Chicago’s profile and Englewood in particular.”

Harris’ latest work, “Black Coffee, No Sugar, No Cream,” will be the red carpet opening film on Oct. 25. Entrance to this special event will be $28. Harris said the film is a story about Robert (Darrin Henson), who believes his world is crushed after he is fired from a company that his father built from the ground up. Harris said it is a great film about discovering your purpose in life. Harris said many people are going through tough times and a film like this gives perspective about what to do when you are faced with a life transition.

Also appearing at the festival will be actors Darrin Dewitt Henson and Richard Gallion.

Admission prices for the films will be only $8. All of the panel discussions are free. For more information on the festival visit their website at www.eiff.org.

George Tillman, Jr. to be honored at the 49th Film Festival

Darrin Dewitt said. “We’ve come a long way in three short years and the community is really starting to get behind us.”

The first year, Harris held the festival in the auditorium at Lindblom Math and Science Academy. Last year opening night was held at Kennedy-King College. This year the festival will open with a panel at the Hiram Kelly Branch Library, 6151 S. Normal and all films will be

The 49th Chicago International Film Festival (October 10-24, 2013) will honor writer, director and producer George Tillman, Jr. with a Career Achievement Award at the 17th Annual Black Perspectives Tribute Friday, October 11.

The red carpet event starts at 6 p.m. at the AMC River East 21 (322 E. Illinois St.) and will be followed by a special presentation of Tillman’s latest film The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete.

Award-winning actress and native Chicagoan singer Jennifer Hudson, who stars in the film, is scheduled to join Tillman on the red carpet and at the Tribute. Fox 32 News anchor, Robin Robinson, will host the evening. An After-party at Altitude at the W Chicago - Lake Shore hotel will immediately follow the tribute and film presentation.

“As a producer, George Tillman, Jr. has played an important role in opening the doors of Hollywood to a new generation of African-American filmmakers and artists,” said Founder and Artistic Director of the Chicago International Film Festival Michael Kutza. “As a writer

My Last Day Without You (Continued from page 12) his wife. Luz sets out to claim giveness and compromise among what she says God has driven her many of its characters. And a to, by asking Pastor Johnson if look into the different Brooklyn the two of them can become a neighborhoods is an especially couple. nice touch. Check your local list“My Last Day Without You” is ings for screening times in the a delightful film, full of love, for- Chicago area. www.chicagocrusader.com

and director, Tillman has told funny, inspiring and heartbreaking stories that capture the energy and complexity of the African-American experience. We are pleased and honored to present him with this award and we are also delighted to welcome back past Black Perspectives honoree Jennifer Hudson to the Festival. Hudson shares Tillman’s deep love for this city. I am quite sure this evening will be special for both of them.”

Directed by Tillman and written

by Michael Starrbury, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete stars Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks, Anthony Mackie and Jeffrey Wright. Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen, and Bob Teitel produced the film with Alicia Keys, Susan Lewis, Clay Floren, Aimee Shieh, Julio Depietro, Keith Kjarval, Mary Vernieu and Amy Nauiokas, executive producing. Wright, Hudson and Mackie are previous Black Perspectives honorees.

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete is a beautifully observed and tremendously moving film about salvation through friendship and the way transformation sometimes can happen just by holding on long enough. During a sweltering summer in New York City, 13-year-old Mister’s (Skylan Brooks) hard-living mother (Jennifer Hudson) is apprehended by the police, leaving the boy and 9-year-old Pete (Ethan Dizon) alone to forage for food while dodging child protective services and the destructive scenarios of the Brooklyn projects. Faced with more than any child can be expected to bear, the resourceful Mister nevertheless feels he is an unstoppable force against seemingly unmovable obstacles. But what really keeps the

GEORGE TILLMAN WITH Sylvan Brooks and Ethan Dizon. pair in the survival game is much spawned the Barbershop 2: Back in more Mister’s vulnerability than his Business and Beauty Shop. He also larger-than-life attitude. directed Notorious – about the life Columbia College Chicago grad- and death story of the Notorious uate Tillman became inspired to B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace). make films on his own after seeing The 49th CIFF will also feature its Cooley High and Taxi Driver. In Spotlight Africa Program, the third 1994, Tillman wrote and directed year of the World Cinema Spotlight his first feature film, Scenes for the Program. The Program highlights Soul. Shot entirely in Chicago using the exciting and diverse range of local talent and resources, the film contemporary filmmaking from caught the attention of Doug across the African continent and McHenry and George Jackson who features innovative works and excitacquired it for Savoy Pictures for ing new voices from Algeria, Chad, $1M. Following on the momen- Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, tum of this success, Tillman began Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, South to write a script, loosely based on his Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia and Zimown life – Soul Food, whose success babwe. led to other movies directed by Till“The Spotlight Africa program man, including Men of Honor, an provides an amazing opportunity to epic story inspired by the life of Carl explore contemporary filmmaking Brashear, a man who battled the ob- across Africa. The cinematic culstacles of racism, a lack of educa- tures represented are as varied and tion, and the loss of his leg to be- impressive as the continent is grand. come the United States Navy’s first While the films in the program are African-American Master deep sea diverse in terms of theme and style, diver. they are fully engaged with social, Tillman co-produced the MGM political, and moral questions and film, Barbershop, whose success (Continued on page 14)

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Musical Director Chew is triumphant at 65th Annual Emmy Awards Composer and Music Producer Ray Chew, is high on the heels of his triumph as Musical Director for the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2013 on CBS. The broadcast – which drew its highest ratings since 2006 with a viewership of 17.6 million – saw Chew composing over half of the musical backdrop for the three plus hour ceremony, celebrating the brightest stars in television.

Host Neil Patrick Harris introduced the band with the moniker “Ray Chew and the Network

Notes,” and “Chew approved.”

The music maestro is geared to move forward with several other opportunities in TV and film as a composer, broadening his sound into scores and soundtracks.

Chew has locked down a new short film entry for this year’s Sundance Film Festival as well as TV specials on the 2014 calendar.

Ray Chew and his wife/business partner Vivian Scott Chew continue to bolster their 2013-14

production calendar projects which include several official Super Bowl events, Donald Trump’s Miss Universe NBC broadcast from Moscow and the Black Entertainment TV (BET) Honors.

Also on the horizon, Chew will launch two new musical acts under his production company, in addition to his continued commitment to NARAS (the Grammy organization) and Aaron Davis Hall, City College as a Board Member.

Jubilee showcase celebrates 50 years of great gospel Music Hello, I’m Sid Ordower and welcome to ‘Jubilee Showcase,’ the program presenting songs truly American: gospel, spiritual and jubilee songs - the great inspirational music of the past and present.”

Every Sunday morning from 1963 until 1984, these words opened a unique local television show in Chicago - a half hour of AfricanAmerican gospel music hosted and produced by a straight-laced white man who seemed part reporter, part politician, part preacher all at once.

Fifty years ago, Ordower, a civil rights activist, had little idea he was beginning to build one of the most comprehensive collections of gospel music ever, let alone a vital piece of Chicago’s and America’s history. He wanted to bring what he called

Albertina Walker “that fine American music” to a larger audience. Jubilee Showcase featured inspiring performances by the Barrett Sisters, Jessy Dixon, Albertina Walker, the Staple Singers and many other gospel luminaries.

There was an even an appearance

by Thomas Dorsey, the father of this musical genre. The show aired on the Chicago ABC affiliate WLSTV (Channel 7) and won a National Emmy Award for a “pioneering project in television.”

The Jubilee Showcase archive is the single largest collection of historic Gospel music television footage in the world, and consists of 100 half-hour programs, which have never been seen by a national audience on television. And now, for the first time, these rare performances have been compiled into a 14

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75th presentation of Handel’s Messiah at St. Mark United Methodist Church The public is cordially invited to the annual “Kick-Off ” reception for the 75th presentation of Handel’s “Messiah” by the Chancel Choir of St. Mark United Methodist Church, October 6, following each of three worship

Sunday - December 15, 2013 at 5:00 PM. The soloists are Jonita Lattimore, Soprano; Gwendolyn Brown, Contralto; Henry Pleas, Tenor; Arthur Griffin, Jr., Bass; a string ensemble and Charles Gar-

Staples Singers true ‘best-of’ program and are available for all to see. For people who grew up with this music, it will not only be a joyous experience to hear these amazing artists perform, but for most fans, it will be their first time seeing them perform as well.

Jubilee Showcase will celebrate its 50th anniversary during a PBS (Public Broadcasting System) Pledge Show. The show will air live on WTTW, the Chicago PBS affiliate, on October 10, at 9 p.m. (central time) and in December, will be shown on PBS stations throughout the United States. The hour-long broadcast will present historic footage from the television show.

Clifton Davis will host the program. An actor, singer, songwriter and minister, Davis is best known for his roles in television sitcoms That’s My Mama and Amen. He was recently featured on TV One’s

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Life After and is a regular host on the Trinity Broadcasting Network.

When asked why he agreed to serve as the pledge show’s host, Davis explained, “First of all, I love gospel music. I love historic gospel music. Every time we review this on television, a new generation has a chance to be introduced to something that inspired us back then.”

Portions of the broadcast were filmed at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters on Chicago’s South Side.

Featured Artists and Songs • Albertina Walker, Amazing Grace (her first solo appearance on television) • Inez Andrews and The Caravans, Oh, Mary Don't You Weep • The Soul Stirrers, Oh, What a Meeting • The Staple Singers, Help Me Jesus • The Norfleet Brothers, Precious Lord • Albertina Walker and The Caravans, Wade in the Water For more information about Jubilee Showcase, please review the following online resources: Jubilee Showcase Website, http://www.jubileeshowcase.com Jubilee Showcase Facebook Page, http://www.facebook.com/jubileeshowcasefan Jubilee Showcase YouTube Channel, http://www.youtube.com/user- / /Rhythmandlight/about

St. Mark United Methodist Church services: Reception times are 9:00 AM, 10:45 AM, 12:30 PM. The 75th performance of Handel’s “Messiah” will be presented by the Chancel Choir of St. Mark United Methodist Church, 8441 St. Lawrence Ave., in Chicago on

ner Kendrick, Organist/Choirmaster, conducting.

Rev. P. Devon Brown is Senior Pastor and Rev. Dr. Barbara Morgan is the Associate Pastor of St. Mark United Methodist Church.

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(Continued from page 13) all share a strong sense of story matched by a singularly unique visual style,” said Programming Director of the 49th Chicago International Film Festival Mimi Plauché.

“We are thrilled to be presenting our Spotlight Africa Program and to be a part of the Academy’s commitment to providing expanded access to outstanding international cinema.”

Movies included under the Spotlight series are The Battle of Tabatô Guinea-Bissau/Portugal; Black South-Easter South Africa; Burn It

Up Djassa Ivory Coast/France; Comrade President Zimbabwe; Grigris Chad; and the highly anticipated Mandela: A Long Walk To Freedom UK/South Africa, starring Idris Elba as Mandela, among many others.

Festival screenings will be held at the AMC River East 21 Theater (322 E. Illinois St.), with individual passes available for purchase. For more information about the Tillman event and the 49th Chicago International Film Festival, visit www.chicagofilmfestival.com.

Please visit www.chicagocrusader.com to read exclusive excerpts from the Rev. Al Sharpton’s new book “The Rejected Stone.”

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SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING

A Moment to Super Size Your Thinking

By Effie Rolfe You’re the King and you’re invited to come in—are some of the lyrics of Donald Lawrence’s beautiful praise and worship song entitled, “When the Saints Go to Worship.” Actually, for me this melody was love at first sound, when Lawrence initially recorded it in 2000 with his choir the TriCity Singers. He recently rerecorded the track on his latest project—20 Year Celebration Vol. 1, Best for Last, which features the incomparable vocals of Kelly Price, who according to Lawrence, “She’s a singer’s singer!”

Well anyways, since I am one of Donald’s biggest fans and purchased the CD and was listening while driving this past Sunday. I began to meditate on the powerful

Kelly Price lyrics…we welcome you in –we welcome you in—you’re the King and you’re invited to come in—to this sanctuary—this tabernacle and

cerning our lives. Unfortunately, too often we take matters into our own hands, which sadly equates to leaving God out. The more I listened to this song, the more I realized that God is simply in search of anyone who will allow his presence to abide and reside as priority. Behold I stand at the door and knock and if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him (Revelation 3:20-22 NIV). Actually, God has no respect of person…he is so willing whenever to use whoever will allow him the opportunity to come in. What great news that it doesn’t matter who you are, where you live, your socio-economic level, your age, ethnicity, gender, status or if Effie Rolfe you’re invited to come in. The more I listened, the more I pondered the question, why should we have to invite God into our lives? I mean, isn’t He omnipresent— everywhere at the same time? In Psalm 139, King David speaks of God’s never ending presence, “If I ascend into heaven, You are there, if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there Your hand shall lead me and Your right hand shall hold me.”

Then the revelation hit me…we are so busy with the cares of life that we spend very little time with the Giver of life. Sadly, we are all guilty of not continuously seeking the guidance and presence of our heavenly Father con-

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food insecurities every year, Catholic Charities is dedicated to offering year-round nutrition programs including daily dinner programs, after school and summer meals and snacks, food delivery for the home bound and emergency food pantries. In 2011, Catholic Charities provided more than 20 million meals in Cook and Lake Counties.

“It is our calling to help our neighbors in the greatest need – whether that is providing them with enough food to help them until their next paycheck or helping them secure full-time employment so they can fully support themselves,” said Monsignor Boland.

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ence. Additionally, to know that God has a solid purpose filled plan for your life filled with blessings that you could never image should be worth at least a few minutes of your time. So on behalf of me, my family, the city of Chicago, this nation and the world—Lord I am extending a personal invitation—you’re the King and everyday you’re invited to come in.

Have you invited God into your plans today...? ©Effie Rolfe is the author of “Supersize Your Thinking,” a Media Personality and Motivational Speaker. You can visit my website: effierolfe.com or follow me at twitter.com/effiedrolfe.

The Crusader Gospel Corner On Friday you’re invited to Progressive Life Giving Word Cathedral as they kick off their 30 years in the ministry at 4500 Frontage Road in Hillside. Apostle Donald and Lady Gloria Alford invite you to the month-long celebration beginning this Friday, October 4th at 7:30 p.m. Featured guests each Friday will be Bishop Darrell Hines, Pastor John F. Hannah, Evangelist Lemmie Battles, Pastor DeAndre Patterson as well as Pastor Willie James Campbell. October 1 is the Red

DeAndre Patterson ness of the Apostolic Faith, 12 S. Oakley Boulevard in Chicago.

Special guests for the evening will feature Bishop Melvin Crittenden and others. On Saturday, October 5 at 11 a.m. the guest speaker for the celebration luncheon will be Bishop Charles H. Ellis, III at the Drury Lane Conference Center, 100 Drury Lane in Oakbrook. For tickets visit www.-

“Hunger Heroes” recognized at annual award ceremony Recently Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago hosted the 8th Annual “Hunger Heroes” Award Ceremony. Several volunteers and organizations, nominated for their dedication, awareness and action to eliminate hunger in their communities this past year, were honored and presented with an award by Monsignor Michael M. Boland, President of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

The Eighth Annual Anthony DeSantis Hunger Awards reflected on the success of National Hunger Action Month. The award is named after Chicagoan Anthony DeSantis who tirelessly fought for hunger causes and to end the needs of the hungry.

Throughout September, National Hunger Awareness Month, Catholic Charities participated in a national movement to help end hunger. With more than 850,000 Cook County residents facing

you’re thin or pleasingly plump.

Simply put—God’s criteria, is a willing heart. In fact, the more available hearts—the more work can be done for the kingdom.

The only way God can do anything in the earth realm or in this world is by using ordinary people like me and like you. We are heaven’s hands, feet, ears, eyes, mouth piece—in other words we are the body of Christ and our mission should be God centered to bring salvation to the world in every area.

Take time during this day that God has given you and prayerfully give it back to him. Yes he wants priority in your life, but allowing him to use some of your life can make a world of differ-

John Hannah Carpet Leaders Gala. Apostle Alford and Progressive have recorded several projects, his latest is Apostle Donald Alford and The Gathering of Worshippers that featured the Stellar Award winning single, “All I Want to Do is Bless Your Name.” Also his book was released in 2011 entitled, “Don’t You Tell Me it’s Too Late.”

For more information about the celebration call 708- 544-8700.

Greater Bethlehem Healing celebrates their 7th Year Pastoral and 70th Year Birthday Celebration for Bishop Chester and First Lady Florence Hudson of Living WitBLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN COMMUNITY

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greaterbethlehemhealing.org or call 312-226-7980.

Get ready for an evening of traditional gospel music going Back Down Memory Lane on Monday, October 7 at 7 p.m. at Mount Pisgah M.B. Church, 4600 S. King Drive. Special featured guest will be Mrs. Catherine Baymon and the reunion choir of Mt. Pisgah along with Dr. Lou Della Evans-Reid and the Traditional Gospel Choir.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and admission is free to the public.

Congratulations to Nate Thompson, host of the X’Perience Radio Show who celebrated its third year anniversary show, Thursday, October 3 from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. at WBGX Gospel 1570AM, 5956 S. Michigan Avenue. According to Thompson, “This year is gonna’ be crazy! We are doing a live in-studio concert and we want you to join us that night.

We are asking that you arrive no later than 11:30 p.m. so everything will be in place before we go on air. If you are unable to attend in studio, please still tune in or call into the station and celebrate with us,” said Thompson.

For any questions or concerns, please contact Hazel Gill at 773234-8260. The show’s mission is to support local music ministries.

The Voice of a Child goes on the road heading to Sweet Holy Spirit Church, 8621 S. South Chicago Avenue in Chicago and will feature Bishop Larry Trotter.

The original stage play was written and directed by Chicago actor, Richard Gallion. Although, the star of the play also is filming the highly anticipated movie Transformers, the star of the stage play has been preparing intensely to take the show around the city.

For more information call 773653-7424.

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(Continued from page 7) off. Could be he trying to dirty this girl up...” Now this is the same janitor who told me he love me back in 1947 and to pour rubbing alcohol down the kitchen sink to unclog the drain—so take what he be sayin’ with a grain of salt. But it’s too bad

Ike Carruthers Who knows—but he is sure using his power behind the scenes to control some thangs in his part of town.

Well, we don’t know what god, we mean Jesse White, has to say about all of this, but things will only go down if the Potentate says so.

-ImaDeborah Graham Sister Graham ain’t never distinguished herself as a true leader. This child had so much potential.

-ImaPRESIDENT ACREE? Say it ain’t so. Somebody in the alto section of the You Goin’ Ta Hell Less You Love Jesus Baptist COGIC Church told somebody who told somebody who told Ima that good-looking, good-singing, Ebonic-speaking preacher Ira Acree is about to be the next president of the national (no, not local) NAACP. They also say it’s gone take an act of God for those bougie NAACPers in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and New York (and the Jewish people who really control that organization) to hire Mr. Acree for dat job. They say they’d rather go get Ben Chavis-Muhammad again before they get some West Side preacher whose only platform has been local crime and standing up against churches having high water bills.

-ImaI LIKE IKE That’s what a bunch of cracklin’ and hot sauce eatin’ people is saying in Austin. Now that Ike Carruthers is scott free and running around town like a rooster, we hear he may be gettin’ ready to re-enter politics—despite his corruption credentials. He is so beloved over there that folks say he might wind up a Cook County Commissioner in no time. They are pointing to an aging Earlean Collins and a devoid Robert Steele. Will he wind up on the front side again?

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IMA’s MAILBAG Dear Ima, I’m writing to say how much I enjoy the... Chatterbox. It is so funny!

I like reading between the lines too. ... However, I would like to take this opportunity to throw my two cents in regarding a previous column about Danny Davis being investigated. ...I want Ima to know the

truth about Rep. Davis. Please don’t cry a river for him because he isn’t the most upstanding knight-inshining armor congressman. My daughter was blindsided and hurt by him a couple of years ago when he revoked a $3,000 college scholarship from her after publicly awarding it to her at a grand ceremonial scholarship luncheon. We kept waiting for the actual award to be applied to her tuition, only to be told many months later that “oops we made a mistake!” She was so hurt, humiliated and in tears to find out that the three thousand dollars was not going to be applied to her tuition. I hate to have to put it this way, but Danny Davis is not an honorable man. Rep. Davis called me to tell me in his exact words “that it’s unfortunate, and that there are many disappointments in life and that my daughter just has to get over the disappointment.” He didn’t even try to straighten it out, offer any kind of explanation, or find some money elsewhere or even scrape up a “consolation prize.” Just gave me a phone call to say “get over it.” So since The Chatterbox is a gossip column, I thought I’d add a few buzz words and facts of my own as an FYI to the chatter.” Keep up the good work at the paper.

Signed Mrs. (Name Withheld)

Kathleen Burne

Indiana visit makes Chicago woman a millionaire Indiana resident Kathleen Burney visits her younger brother in Chicago more often than she visits anyone else. “Out of eight siblings my baby brother and I are the closest, which is why I visit him often. I never imagined this visit would turn into a million dollar celebration!” she said after winning $1 million playing an Illinois Lottery $300,000,000 Cash Spectacular instant ticket.

Burney and her brother were shopping when she decided to try her luck and buy a $300,000,000 Cash Spectacular instant lottery ticket. While in the car on the ride home, she used a penny to scratch the ticket. “I couldn’t stop screaming when I saw the three pineapple

symbols with the $1 million number next to it. My brother had to hit the brakes!” she said excitedly. Burney didn’t mind extending her visit by a few days in order to present her winning ticket at the Illinois Lottery Prize Center in Chicago.

A retired therapist with two children, Burney plans to use the Lottery windfall to help her family and buy her brother a new car. “We take care of each other like all brothers and sisters should. We grew up like best friends. I want to help him, my children and then donate a portion to my church.” When asked if she had advice for other lottery players she said, “Keep playing but do it responsibly.”

The Modern Slavery and Apartheid (Continued from page 2) istence of the program be made known outside the bureau…” This was done to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Elijah Muhammad, Noble Drew Ali, and every leader we have had back to Marcus Mosiah Garvey.

The goal of the government is to try to punish Prince Asiel Ben Israel and Gregory Turner at a public lynching (court), just as in the days of slavery in America that would put fear into the other potential Black Nationalist, so that they would never raise their hands or even a verbal protest against the slave master. The tactic of making the other slaves docile through torture, murder and massacre, used in America during 250 years of slavery, and 90 years of semi-slavery, under the segregationist laws of “Jim Crow,” is being used today.

There is nothing more dangerous to white supremacy than when Africans in America have tried to forge relationships with their brothers and sisters in Africa. First they use the media and propaganda against our leaders, and when that

does not work they seek to destroy them publicly. White America does not want the poorest people to access the richest continent, and therefore undo their permanent poverty status. With the wealth of Africa, used in African factories, Africans could soon sell trains, planes and cars, and not dope on a street corner. Africans with Africa’s resources would become the wealthiest people in the world.

Prince Asiel Ben Israel, and Gregory Turner for a combined 60 years have been working to bring together, Africans from a dozen nations, to work on issues that affect both. This was also done by Marcus Garvey (August 17, 1887-June 10, 1940) on a mass scale. Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association, in the 1920’s had an economic plan called the African Communities League, that built grocery stores, restaurants, a newspaper, laundries, tailoring shops, factories and a shipping company.

His work spread, especially through his Negro World newspaper throughout Africa, to raise the people’s consciousness. He too was persecuted by the United States gov-

ernment that led to him being, framed, shot and wounded, indicted, arrested, tried with an all-white jury, convicted, sentenced, imprisoned and later deported from the United States in 1927. Garvey’s work among his people was to eventually rise in Africa and reverberates down to the present in Prince Asiel Ben Israel, and Gregory Turner.

EDITOR’S NOTE: In the September 21st issue we ran Part II of The Modern Slavery and Apartheid series and inadvertently we did not run Part III in our September 28th issue. This installment is Part III and Part IV will run in our October 12th issue.)

(Part IV to be continued next week)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Continued from page 4) reflect how much Black people spend in their stores on the South Side and the West Side.

I am not saying it should be Walgreens but I do believe there should be a selective boycott of retail operations that do not advertise, or do very little advertising on Black radio and in Black newspapers.

As a retiree and someone with time on my hands I am more than willing to call together all of the Black newspaper and radio

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station owners to put together a strategy to determine who we should ask the Black community to begin boycotting.

It has been true for decades that the Black media is the only outlet Black people have to consistently get our stories told. It is time the Black community supported those who have always supported us.

Roy Overton www.chicagocrusader.com

Preventing youth of color. . .

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(Cont’d from page 10) cuss points of leverage, strategies and next steps. One of the next steps was a Dialogue Participant-Luncheon Debriefing/Next Steps Implementation Meeting at Chicago Area Project on September 26th.

One of the highlights of the Dialogue Meeting was the youth participant exercises. In one exercise, youth representatives Kenneth El, Jamal Jackson, Antonio Monix and Cesario Williams presented rap poems based on the theme, “This is My Reality.” In the $100 Bill Exercise, presented by Arnetra Jackson, the question was asked, “Who wants it.”

Everyone wanted it, even if it was crumpled up and thrown on the ground or ripped in half.

Arnetra’s message: “Why is a $100 bill more valuable than our youth.”

JUDGE PATRICIA MARTIN from the Cook County Juvenile Center was so impressed by the youth representatives who attended the dialogue that she invited them to attend one of her monthly judges meeting so they could share their experiences and ideas with other Juvenile Center judges. Judge Martin extended the invitation during the closing circle exercise on September 12, 2013.

“Hunger Heroes” recognized . . . ing hand and friendly face by welcoming new volunteers and dinner guests at the agency’s evening supper for the homeless or those at risk of homelessness..

Casa Catalina Leadership Team- Each year, Casa Catalina provides 900,000 meals to the Back of the Yards Community with a small staff and an army of volunteers.

Azteca Foods-. Since the inception of its fall fundraiser five years ago, Azteca has provided $25,000 in sponsorships. Outside of that,

(Continued from page 15) 150 Azteca staff members have participated in the annual Greater Chicago Food Depository Hunger Walk raising over $3,000 in support of Catholic Charities’ Casa Catalina Food Pantry in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Great Lakes Naval BaseEach year 200 Navy volunteers serve 6,500 meals – more than 175,000 meals since the programs’ inception! Along with the services they offer to the hungry, Navy volunteers also assist

LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF JASPER

) ) ) ) SS: )

IN THE MATTER OF THE ) TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-) CHILD RELATIONSHIP OF:) ALYA RICHARD ) And ) TONI RICHARD ) KENNETH HUDSON ) UNKNOWN ALLEGED ) FATHER )

IN THE JASPER CIRCUIT COURT RENSSELAER, INDIANA Cause No.:37C01-1307-JT-126 SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION & NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING

) ) )) ) ) TO: Toni Richard and Kenneth Hudson and Any Unknown Alleged Father Notice is hereby given to the above noted parent, whose whereabouts are unknown, and who are the parent of Alya Richard (date of birth November 25, 1999), that a Petition for Involuntary Termination of your Parental Rights in the above named Child, has been filed by the Indiana Department of Child Services, Jasper County Office, in the Jasper County Circuit Court, and YOU HEREBY COMMANDED TO APPEAR before the Judge of said Court at the Courthouse, in Rensselaer, Indiana, (telephone 219-866-4941), on the 16th day of December, 2013 at 10:30 o’clock A.M., to attend an Initial hearing/Termination hearing and to answer the Petition for Termination of your Parental Rights in said Child, and YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if the allegations in said petition are true, and/or if you fail to appear at the hearing, the Juvenile Court may terminate your parent-child relationship; and if the court terminates your parent-child relationship you will lose all parental rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations including any rights to custody, control, visitation, or support in said Child; and if the court terminates your parent-child relationship, it will be permanently terminated, and thereafter you may not contest an adoption or other placement of said child, and YOU ARE ENTITLED TO REPRESENTATION BY AN ATTORNEY, provided by the State if applicable, throughout these proceedings to terminate the parent-child relationship.

THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES, is Emily N. Lyons, 105 E Drexel Parkway, Rensselaer, IN 47978; telephone (219)866-4186.

with various food drives, helping struggling families with house painting and yard work and they are a major contributor to Catholic Charities Lake County Christmas Gift Program.

Walmart Foundation- In 2011, the Walmart Foundation awarded a grant of $225,000 to increase the capacity of Catholic Charities’ Summer Food Service Program. The program provides breakfast, lunch and snacks to school aged children who qualify for free and reduced-rate meals during the regular school year.

For more information about Catholic Charities’ programs and the “Hunger Heroes” 8th Annual Award Ceremony visit www.catholic charities.net.

To place an ad in the CHICAGO CRUSADER call 773-752-7500

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Date this 26th day of September, 2013. _______________________ Clerk of Jasper County *Note to Publisher: Publish in the The Chicago Crusader Newspaper once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks, beginning immediately.

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Tips on keeping your kids healthy this school year Childhood obesity rates have skyrocketed over the past 30 years. Right now, one-third of American kids are overweight or obese.

“Unfortunately, healthy eating for kids isn’t always stressed consistently.” says Debbie Blacher, founder of Wholesome Tummies, a children’s food franchise devoted to bringing nutritious meals to schools. “Many kids lack access to nutritious food and good information about healthful eating and behaviors.”

Since most kids consume half their daily calories at school, healthy eating habits must be addressed both at home and in the classroom, she stresses. Blacher, a mom herself and an expert on crafting healthful school lunches, is offering these lunch packing

be found at www.wholesometummies.com.

But nutrition is only half the equation. As screen time competes for kids’ attention, active time is decreasing. And exercise is crucial to preventing obesity, improving motor skills and providing a social outlet.

fortable? Look for telltale signs and find a coach that works well with your child.

More information about kids’

fitness or to find a Great Play Franchise near you can be found at www.GreatPlay.com. There are some trends not worth following — and an unhealthy

lifestyle is one of them. With the right tools and tricks, you can be a positive influence on your kids’ health.

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Unfortunately, not all kids are receptive.

“One of the biggest challenges is getting shy kids to participate,” says Jyl Camhi, co-founder of Great Play, a children’s gym franchise that uses interactive technology and a progressive curriculum based on motor-skill development.

Camhi is offering tips to coax a

CHILDHOOD OBESITY IS increasing and several health experts stress providing children with healthy foods can curb this growing trend. tips for parents: • Make a bento box: Instead of packing the traditional entrée and sides, make lunch out of small snacks in a multi-compartment box. Hardboiled eggs, raisins, an apple or other fresh fruit, crackers, tuna fish, pasta salad, veggies, dips and more.

• Travel the world: Go with an international theme each day, such as Mexican, Asian or Italian.

Include an educational note about the meal’s origin.

• Include a surprise: Kids love surprises, such as favorite photos, stickers or a reminder about an upcoming event. A lunch box surprise can make your child’s day extra special.

Busy parents may not have the time to pack lunch each day. But programs like Wholesome Tummies are providing schools with affordable, healthy, kid-friendly lunches. More information can www.chicagocrusader.com

child forward in a group fitness scenario: • Allow spectating: The first time in a new environment can be emotionally draining. Stay for an entire class and return the next time.

• Never force participation: Be a source of comfort for your child while he or she sits on the sidelines. Your child will feed off your energy.

• Look for peer leaders: Outgoing children are often thrilled to help another child feel more comfortable.

• Sometimes leaving helps: Oftentimes kids behave better when they don’t have a parental crutch to lean on.

• Pay attention to leaders’ personalities: Whether it’s classes, sports or school, the leader can make or break the experience.

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