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Minimum wage hearings emotional By J. Coyden Palmer Lawmakers were forced to call for a second hearing when an unexpected large turnout of people appeared in City Council chambers on Nov. 10 for a hearing on raising the minimum wage. The committee received testimony on three different proposals to hike the city’s base hourly wage from the current $8.25 to $10, $13 and $15. There were no votes taken on any of the proposals. Many in the progressive caucus are in favor of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, including mayoral candidate Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd) and Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th). Fioretti stated that this past March, 86 percent of voters approved raising the minimum wage, and he thinks it is the responsibility of local government to listen to voters. “I am co-sponsoring, unequivocally, a $15-an-hour increase,” Fioretti said. The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and the Illinois Retail Merchants Association spoke in opposition to a local or state minimum wage hike. The Illinois Restaurant Association said it supports an increase to $10.65 an hour. “We believe that wages should be set by the market,” said Elise Houren, spokeswoman for the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce.

But, that view was challenged by several people who say the image of minimum wage workers is something that is being used against them in this debate. People who are raising families and single mothers

make up a large portion of people working minimum wage jobs, according to the government’s own data. Supporters say the public still has the idea that people who work these jobs are just high school stu-

dents or college kids during summer break. “Minimum wage jobs are held by people who raise families. That is the reality in 2014, and we need $15,” said Anna Marin. (Continued on page 2)

VETERAN’S DAY IN Chicago was marked by hundreds of residents converging on the loop in a peaceful protest to demand action by elected officials on the state and city minimum wage, as well as a number of other city policies and issues. (See story on page 2)

Lynch nomination will test relationship with congress By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In what may be the first test of the GOP-controlled, United States Senate’s willingness to work with the White House, President Barack Obama nominated United States Attorney Loretta Lynch to succeed Eric Holder as the next attorney general. If confirmed, Lynch would become the first Black woman to serve as Attorney General. During a ceremony in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, President Obama said that he couldn’t be prouder of Attorney General Eric Holder and that “our nation is safer and freer, and more Americans – regardless of race or religion, or gender or creed, or sexual orientation or disability - receive fair and equal treatment under the law.” Praising his new nominee, President Obama continued: “It’s pretty hard to be more qualified for this job than Loretta. Throughout her 30-year career, she has distinguished herself as tough, as fair, an independent lawyer who has twice headed one of the most prominent U.S. Attorney’s offices in the country. She has spent years in the trenches as a prosecutor, aggressively fighting terrorism, financial fraud, cy-

bercrime, all while vigorously defending civil rights.” Lynch earned degrees from Harvard Univer-

sity and Harvard Law School and served as a United States Attorney of New York under President Bill Clinton, a position she returned

to during the Obama Administration. “She has boldly gone after public corruption, bringing charges against public officials in (Continued on page 3)

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Education Funding and Proposed SB 16 discussed See story on page 3

LYNCH HAS A reputation for being tough and has been praised for being unflappable and not one to seek the limelight, even when prosecuting high profile cases. (White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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NEWS

Neighborhood leaders mobilize to take back Chicago Hundreds of Chicago Residents Demand Action on State Minimum Wage, $15 City Minimum Wage, Elected Representative School Board, and Reform of Chicago Housing Authority On Tuesday, November 11, over 800 neighborhood residents from across the city of Chicago came together to demand that elected officials listen to the voice of community members, instead of continuing to allow corporate elites to dictate city policy. A week after the elections, just before veto session, and at the start of the Chicago election season, marchers sent a clear message that the voice of the people will not be stifled. Amisha Patel, Executive Director of Grassroots Collaborative explained, “We do not forget the 50 closed schools, the public worker layoffs, the privatization deals that rewarded corporate insiders, or the city budgets that closed mental health clinics, cut funding for libraries, and hurt communities. A global city needs to take care of its neighborhoods. Our campaigns for a living wage, an Elected School Board, and CHA reform are part of something larger – we are fighting to win a city that prioritizes community need, not corporate greed.” The event connected the mandate

for increasing the state minimum wage to a multi-issue city agenda that supports working families in the city. Residents from across the city came together because they expect elected officials to represent them, not the bankers and CEOs who are pulling their strings. Alvesta Sanders, a member of Action Now, explained, “Raising the state minimum wage to $10.65 will put money in the pockets of over 1 million working people in Illinois, people who are struggling to get by on $8.25. As a mother and resident of the Englewood neighborhood, I know how badly working families need a living wage. No one who works full time should have to struggle to put food on the table or live in a homeless shelter.” Participants called on city legislators to do more for Chicago minimum wage workers where the standard of living is higher. The mayor’s proposed minimum wage ordinance would largely leave out many Chicago workers, including tipped and domestic workers. “Chicago is a service city. The mayor and aldermen love being served from casual to fine dining restaurants. But they want to pay us just $4.95 or $5.95 an hour. Once again, tipped workers are being left out,” said Nataki Rhodes, tipped worker and member of Restaurant Opportunities Center Chicago.

“Thirteen dollars is not enough for a livable wage in Chicago. Why is the mayor only listening to the restaurant lobby? Tipped workers deserve living wages too!” In the spirit of Veterans Day, the crowd heard from Vince Emanuele, an Iraq War Veteran and member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. “Many of my family members are

veterans. Many veterans are working-class. As schools, mental health facilities and homes are closed, trillions of dollars are spent on wars abroad. For example, the Illinois budget deficit is only $45 billion. Yet, since 2001, Illinois taxpayers have spent $72 billion on U.S. wars. There is no separating wars abroad and austerity at home.”

One of the ways that community leaders are pushing back against the corporate elites controlling our city is by fighting for an elected representative school board. Currently the school board is controlled by the mayor and has in the last few years massively disinvested in public schools, especially in Black and (Continued on page 17)

TAKING THE FIGHT directly to the headquarters of corporations in opposition to legislation that would better serve the communities in Chicago, protesters marched with eight feet tall puppets of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Ronald McDonald and Loop Capital Chairman James Reynolds, Jr., and Alderman Bank of America.

City council approves Kurt Summers Jr. as City Treasurer The Chicago City Council Wednesday approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s appointment of Kurt Summers Jr. to fill the vacancy of City Treasurer, effective December 1, 2014. “Kurt Summers has the experience, the values, and the integrity

we need of everyone who holds public office,” Mayor Emanuel said. “I am confident that he will become a vital member of the city’s financial team and help manage the city’s investments effectively, efficiently, and in a way that promotes opportunity for every Chicagoan.”

Minimum wage hearings (Continued from page 1) “This talk of workers making low wages being unskilled is nothing more than efforts to dehumanize and place people in castes,” said a spokesperson for Action Now, which supports a large increase in the minimum wage. The Illinois Restaurant Association believe wages should be increased, but not to $15 an hour. Sam Toia, the association’s president, said the organization believes $10.65 is a fair wage increase. He said anything more than that could lead to hundreds of restaurants closing throughout the state as they would no longer be able to stay in business. Hairston immediately countered that argument stating that is nothing more than an excuse that has been used by big businesses to stay away from some communities and to justify the high salaries of corporate big shots. 2

“If raising the wage is what will keep businesses out of neighborhoods, then why aren’t they here now?” asked Hairston, who has been unsuccessfully lobbying for nearly two years to bring a large chain grocery store to her ward. Mayor Rahm Emanuel backs a plan that was recommended to him by a committee charged with studying the issue. The committee recommends raising the rate to $13-an-hour over a four-year period. Ald. Will Burns (4th) is a member of the committee and said the wages need to be raised in a responsible way as to not hurt small businesses with just a few employees. “We must have a balanced approach to addressing this issue, so that we are fiscally responsible to all parties involved,” Burns said. The second hearing on the issue is expected to take place sometime in early 2015.

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Kurt Summers Jr. The Office of the Treasurer works to ensure that the City’s capital funds are effectively and profitably invested, in addition to overseeing the City’s financial education and literacy programs. Mr. Summers is expected to draw upon nearly 15 years of experience within the financial services community and in public service in his new role. He previously served as Chief of Staff to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and as her appointed Trustee for the Cook County Pension Fund. “I am humbled and honored that the mayor has presented me with

this opportunity to serve as the next Treasurer of the City of Chicago,” Summers said. “I intend to bring to the Treasurer’s office a focus on financial stewardship, accountability, innovation, and investment. This is not a short-term investment for me. I am committed to having a longterm impact, and I will work to earn the support of Chicagoans. I believe, if we leverage our financial capital and capabilities, we can invest in the type of economic development that transforms every neighborhood in the city.” “I want to congratulate Kurt Summers on his appointment as Treasurer for the City of Chicago. I witnessed firsthand Kurt’s commitment to service, drive and work ethic when he served as the head of my transition team and then as my Chief of Staff. Coming into office, we faced our toughest challenges around the state of the County’s finances. We were confronted by a staggering deficit, with few resources and little time. With Kurt’s help, we unanimously passed a balanced budget that solved for a $487 million in deficit in less than two months,” Cook County Board President Preckwinkle said. “Under Kurt’s leadership, we reformed the way the County does business, saving taxpayers over $400 million annually from the 1% sales tax reduction, implementing county-wide

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performance management, and strengthening the County’s procurement rules. He left a lasting mark on Cook County government and I have no doubt he will do the same as the Treasurer of the City of Chicago.” Mr. Summers most recently served as senior vice-president at GCM Grosvenor. Before taking his first position in public service with Cook County, he was Managing Director at Ryan Specialty Group, a specialty insurance services firm. In addition, he previously served as Director, chief financial officer, and head of business development at the Balton Corporation. Mr. Summers also gained financial expertise as a member of the Industrials Group of the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs. His diverse background, which includes time spent working in both the public and private sector, will serve him well in his new role. Kurt Summers is a life-long Chicago resident and a graduate of Whitney Young High School. He received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with Management Distinction High Honors in Finance and International Business, with a minor in East Asian Studies, from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. www.chicagocrusader.com

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Education Funding and Proposed SB 16 discussed By J. Coyden Palmer A panel discussing potential changes in funding public education in Illinois took place Nov. 11 at the Chicago Union League Club at 53 W. Jackson. The discussion centered on Senate Bill (SB) 16, which needs to be passed by the House before Jan. 14 after sailing through the Senate. The bill would restructure how state monies are used to fund public schools. It would call for wealthier school districts to receive less money, while poorer districts get more. The entire panel agreed the key will be funding the poorer districts without taking away the quality of education from others. “I’ve gotten really positive feedback from people in my district who understand the problem and want to help,” said state Sen. Daniel Bliss (D-Evanston), who represents areas along the North Shore, one of the wealthiest areas of the state. “They want to make sure they don’t lose out on the quality of education. But they also understand and I believe are willing to sacrifice because they understand the moral value and how by doing so helps the entire

state.” Participating on the panel was Attorney Andrea Zopp from the Chicago Urban League, Robin Steans, a former teacher and executive director of Advance Illinois along with Ralph Martire of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. Steans said the people of Illinois should have trouble sleeping at night because of how the state funds education. She said dividing up state monies in an equal amount to each district only makes the funding gap wider as some districts have more problems than others. The Chicago Urban League filed a lawsuit against the Illinois Board of Education in 2008 claiming Civil Rights violations because of the funding problems. Part of the suit has been dismissed but it is still ongoing. Zopp explained how poor communities are taxing their residents to the max but it still is not helping because the people in those communities do not make a lot of money so taxing them higher does not work. “Income has become a bigger indicator of future success more than race and other social factors,” said

Andrea Zopp Zopp. “There is a higher tax rate in Harvey then there is in more affluent school districts, but Illinois spends 25 percent less on educating poor kids. Communities that need the most funding get the least and it has an effect of poor children’s academic results. SB 16 is about closing the formula to something that is equitable. Currently there is $1,000 less spent in a poor school district per pupil.” Martire disagreed with Zopp and

said he believes the gap in funding has more to do with race than it does income. He said raising taxes, paying off the state pension deficit and other financial moves would make it easier for the state to restructure education funding because it would allow for more money to be put into the education pot. “We are having significant problems educating African American children in Illinois,” said Martire. “If you put more money into this plan you will see a better distribution of the back end; adequacy with equity.” He said under the current format African American students are hurt the most by the funding formula. Martire said 55 percent of African American students in Illinois live in the top five percent of impoverished school districts. African Americans makeup 93 percent of the low income students even though they are only 33 percent of the entire student population in Illinois. Bliss said there is a lot of hard work ahead and not a lot of time for SB 16. With a new legislature to be sworn in come January, if SB 16 is not passed before then, it will

Ralph Martire have to go back to the beginning. He added he does not expect the bill as it is written today to be the final draft to be voted on. “SB 16 is in no way a perfect bill or one that will fix our state’s education funding problems,” Bliss said. “It is however a step down the long road. As it stands now a giant chunk of state money doesn’t go towards balancing inequity. SB 16 will do that.” The Chicago Public Schools has taken a neutral stance on the bill.

Lynch nomination will test relationship with congress (Continued from page 1) both parties,” said President Obama. “She’s helped secure billions in settlements from some of the world’s biggest banks accused of fraud, and jailed some of New York’s most violent and notorious mobsters and gang members.” President Obama said that one of Lynch’s proudest achievements was the civil rights prosecution of the New York City police officers involved in the brutal assault of the Haitian immigrant Abner Louima. After police busted up a fight outside of a nightclub and arrested Louima, Justin Volpe, a white police officer, sodomized the Haitian immigrant with a broomstick in a New York City police precinct. Volpe pled guilty to a number of charges

associated with the 1997 attack and is currently serving 30 years. The city awarded Louima nearly $9 million in a settlement. Lynch was credited for working behind the scenes and navigating the city’s prosecution of the racially charged case. In 2013, Holder asked Lynch to chair the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee and recognized Lynch and her staff for being instrumental in implementing the Justice Department’s “Smart on Crime” initiative. “Throughout her career, and especially during her tenure as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York – during both the Clinton and Obama Administrations – Loretta has earned the trust and respect of Justice Department

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA announces his nominee for Attorney General, Loretta E. Lynch, to succeed Eric Holder, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) www.chicagocrusader.com

employees at every level, in Washington and throughout the country,” said Holder. “She is held in high regard by criminal justice, law enforcement, and civil rights leaders of all stripes. And from her time as a career attorney, prosecuting highprofile public corruption cases, to her leadership of sensitive financial fraud and national security investigations, she has proven her unwavering fidelity to the law – and her steadfast dedication to protecting the American people.” Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, a civil rights group that advocates for social, economic and political equality, applauded the nomination of Lynch to be the next Attorney General. “She is an excellent and worthy choice to succeed Attorney General Eric Holder in his groundbreaking work for the American people,” said Sharpton. “Though we have not always agreed on cases, I have always seen her operate in the most fair, balanced, and just manner. Americans would be served greatly by her becoming our next Attorney General and the president should be given kudos for such a nomination.” In a written statement on Lynch’s nomination, Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of more than 200 civil and human rights groups, said that Lynch would bring stability to Department of Justice. “Lynch would bring a steady hand to guide the Department of Justice

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and would make history as the first African-American woman to serve as Attorney General,” said Henderson. “Having already unanimously confirmed Lynch twice as U.S. Attorney, we urge the Senate to approach its third confirmation process with integrity and expedience in the lame duck session.” But Republicans have already signaled that they don’t have any plans to take up the nomination until the new Congress in 2015, leaving some Washington watchers to speculate about what President Obama will have to give up to get Lynch confirmed by the majority-Republican Senate. Earlier this year, the president made a deal with Senate Republicans to fill vacant seats on federal judicial benches in Middle District and Northern District of Georgia. The deal involved nominating Leslie Abrams for the United States court of the Middle District of Georgia and Eleanor Ross to the United States Northern District of Georgia. Abrams and Ross would become the first Black women to serve lifetime appointments as federal judges in Georgia, but the Democratic-controlled Senate hasn’t voted on either candidate. The compromise also drew the ire of prominent Congressional Black Caucus members and civil rights leaders, because of two other nominees: Michael Boggs and Mark Cohen. Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) criticized Cohen, because he led the team defending the state’s laws re-

quiring photo identification to vote. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) spoke out against Boggs for voting against removing the Confederate battle emblem from Georgia’s state flag when he served as a state legislator. The Democratic-controlled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (DNev.) also failed to bring President Obama’s nomination for U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy up for a vote, because it was reported that Reid wasn’t confident that he had enough votes to get him through. Republican lawmakers and the National Rifle Association attacked Murthy over one of his 2012 tweets that said: “Tired of politicians playing politics w/ guns, putting lives at risk b/c/ they’re scared of the NRA. Guns are a health care issue.” The problems that President Obama had getting qualified candidates confirmed to key positions with a Democratic-controlled Senate may foreshadow greater challenges now that the GOP controls both houses of Congress. Still, some lawmakers remain optimistic. In a statement on Lynch’s nomination, Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Marcia L. Fudge (DOhio) said that President Obama showed that he is uncompromising and determined that our country’s top attorney be dedicated to doing what is right for the American people. Fudge said, “I commend President Obama for this selection, and request the confirmation of Ms. Lynch without delay.”

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EDITORIAL BLACK VETERANS AND REPARATIONS Veterans Day is celebrated on the 11th of November in America, and it has been celebrated since the year 1919 at the end of World War 1. This day was set aside to honor the service of veterans of the United States Military. It is an official federal holiday. African Americans have served in American wars since before the beginning of the holiday, yet Jim Crow, lynchings, and other maltreatment has kept African Americans from truly having the same quality of opportunity that others have enjoyed. African Americans started off as 3/5ths human at the time of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, though some would argue that this related to Congressional representation issues and not to innate humanity. Only later after the addition of the Bill of Rights, did Blacks become full citizens. Even though that is the case, today Black people are still not wholly compensated for the years of free service as slaves as well as service in the armed forces. For some reason, all of this falls far from the psychological comprehension of a lot of white people. They think that all Black people have to do is to “get over it.” They don’t seem to comprehend the depth of depravity of the institution of slavery, or the marginalization of Blacks that has been a hallmark of this condition. Black people have been denied adequate housing opportunities, jobs, education and more. Africans were torn from the continent and were forced to labor for free for several centuries. Once emancipated, they were expected to fit seamlessly into the society that had oppressed them, even though they were deprived of family, of their own name, and more. The institution of slavery in America was an insane atrocity, yet today it is though the ancestors of the enslavers have developed a strange kind of amnesia that allows them to deny any responsibility for what happened to Black people while, at the same time, denying them opportunities today. In spite of this, Black people have excelled in just about every endeavor that has been attempted. Black veterans have served, sometimes in segregated regiments, and have come home to maltreatment. Many of them have been able to overcome whatever hardship that they encountered, but others have not fared as well. You can see some of them blankeyed in the streets begging and/or apparently homeless. The ravages of war have played a cruel game on some of them, and while they have suffered, so have their families, by extension. People who have fought for this country against dubious enemies should not have to come home and face harsh conditions. This is where reparations come in. Even though all veterans who were honorably discharged have access to all types of freebies and various types of government assistance, Black veterans often need even greater help. This is due to the unique position that Blacks occupy in America. Some say that in this so-called “post-racial society,” that special consideration need not be given to Blacks. America has elected an African American president, which means he occupies arguably the most powerful political position in the Western world and, if we extend our view to agree that America has more juice than even the Chinese and Soviets, he is the most powerful political figure in the whole world. Yet, though this is the case, he is still being called the “N” word by whites who oppose him. President Obama has endured more vitriol coming from the general electorate than almost any other president to date, and a great deal of this is due to his perceived race. Now, how does President Obama tie in with the idea of reparations? His treatment has been able to bring to stark focus that fact that Jim Crow didn’t die; he’s alive and well waiting to thwart Black opportunities at every turn. In other words, if an obviously intelligent and capable Black president is met with such atrocious opposition, then think about what the average Black person must face, and this includes veterans. Because of this, some type of reparations are deserved; there must be some attempt at “repair,” and this should take place sooner than later! A luta continua. 4

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Reflecting on Mr. Harold Anderson Dear Editor: How does somebody who is not a doctor fight a disease? I was deeply moved to read about Mr. Harold Anderson, whose recent passing was reported in the Chicago Crusader. I never met him but his story is a story of how a person who is not a doctor or scientist can contribute powerfully to the fight against a bad disease. Sickle cell disease affects thousands of people in the Chicago area, predominately African-Americans but also Latinos, South Asians, Greeks, Italians, Arabs, and people from other ethnic backgrounds. This inherited condition causes unpredictable episodes of intense pain in the bones and joints. Easy fatigue, difficulty tolerating cold weather, and greater chances of infection all can make life very difficult. And yet people with sickle cell have achieved huge success in life, including celebrities like Miles Davis, T-Boz, and Mobb Depp, business and religious leaders, doctors and lawyers and scientists, and many have productive lives into their 70’s or 80’s. Mr. Anderson helped found the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois (SCDAI) and Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA)- these groups continue to find new ways to build public awareness of sickle cell with (traditional) approaches like walk-a-thons and bro-

chures, to new social media and “Bold Lips” challenge. His legacy also includes the Advisory Councils of the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Centers at University of Illinois and University of Chicago. Community partnership helped make these centers among the leaders in medical progress in sickle cell: patients who altruistically volunteer to test new treatments and help make possible the approval of one safe and effective treatment - hydroxyurea, how sickle cell damages the retina at the back of the eye and treatment with lasers can halt the process before the eye suffers bleeding and blindness, and how pregnant women with sickle cell can be managed as safely as possible. Mobilizing the community as partners provide the doctors and researchers with important insights on important problems. Community members can help speak for patients who might be too sick to speak for themselves. Community networks can also help make patients aware of medical advances and research results. And now? New generations of community partners carry on the legacy of Mr. Anderson, and new progress is being made in the fight to relieve suffering from sickle cell. Community participation, in the vein of that spearheaded by Mr. Anderson, is now nurtured by Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) that offers training and opportunities for partnership in research to fight many different diseases. There are more new ideas proposed for sickle cell treatment than ever before, more interest

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by pharmaceutical companies in testing and developing useful medications than ever before, and more clinical studies available for patients than ever before. Adults are being cured of sickle cell with transplant, more at University of Illinois than at anyplace outside of National Institutes of Health. Children can be screened for stroke risk and treated to prevent the stroke from occurring. But will re(Continued on page 17)

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Democratic Party Seems Out Of Touch Beyond the Rhetoric By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The mid-term national election (2014) will go down as the biggest landslide since 1928. The Democratic Party suffered a full fledge repudiation from the voters of America. This was caused by the Democratic Party leadership. We have a President who often lies to the American people and his puppets in the Senate and House of Representatives cannot or will not convince him to change his ways. His initiatives such as the Affordable Care Act are hurting our populace and his party doesn’t seem to care about the damage. All of the scandals from the IRS, State Department, National Security Agency, “Fast and Furious,” Secret Service, ISIS, etc. seem to have no resolution coming as his administration continues to try and cover them up. America’s image and international prestige have been damaged and are in need of serious repair. The majority of the American citizenship is totally disappointed and is demanding change. The elections on November 4 gave us all an opportunity to show our despair. It resulted in a stronger Republican population

Harry C. Alford in the House of Representatives and a takeover of the U.S. Senate. I still think that our President still doesn’t get it. He should follow the wisdom of former President Bill Clinton. When the people said “no” to his direction he change his direction just enough to maintain their support. Our current President is like “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.” He does not have the luck of Ad-

miral Farragut during the Civil War and history will not be kind to his legacy unless he transforms his persona. The Democratic Party has become a victim of a “power flush” – as we say in Washington, DC. No longer will Senator Harry Reid, soon to be former Senate Majority Leader, block legislation coming out of the House of Representatives. He has more than 200 bills on his “shelf” and denies them a Senate vote just to please the President. The new Senate Majority Leader will be Senator Mitch McConnell and he is going to resurrect the disrespected bills and pass them onto the White House. The President will have to do one of two things – sign them or veto them. He may go down as the President with the most vetoes in the history of our nation. The bottom line here is the gridlock is over and efficiency can return. There needs to be an end to stalling on the scandal investigations. Not only will the House committees feel reinvigorated and start prowling again but the Senate committees will now join the investigations. Yes, more hearings are coming in a big time way. Indictments and hard times will affect the lives of those who have lied before Congress.

The former Senate operated four of the last five years without an approved budget. That is going to change now with responsible leadership returning to the Senate. How can you run a town let alone a nation without a budget? Our debt should start getting under control and our economy should start to improve. Wall Street celebrated after the election and that will result in a better economy and many more jobs. We can now stop the business wrecking acts of adverse regulation. Led by the Environmental Protection Agency, this administration attacked business with more than 3,000 rules – all of which cost serious money and amounts to reduced sales/production and precious jobs. These unnecessary rules cost our economy billions of dollars annually. There was more good news from the election. We now have 5 more Blacks in the House of Representatives. Three are Democrats and two are Republicans. Alma Adams is from North Carolina; Bonny Watson Coleman is from New Jersey and Brenda Lawrence from Michigan – all Democrats. The two Republicans are Mia Love from Utah and Will Hurd from Texas. Also, Corey Booker from New Jersey and

Tim Scott from South Carolina were both reelected to the Senate. Diversity is improving. Finally, maybe the time for monolithic support by Black voters will start to end. We are the only ethnicity that blindly follows one exclusive party and it has cost us dearly. I heard one prominent Black female say on Radio One, “Blacks should always vote Democratic. It doesn’t matter who is running, just vote Democratic. Afterwards, we can go and eat fried chicken.” That is so moronic! It is also dangerous. Now that we have elected officials in both parties we cannot be taken for granted. Let’s be conscious of what the candidate is selling. Never assume the vision of someone based on their political party affiliation or race. It is a new day in America. The recession is going to end and our security will once again be strong. Jobs are coming and businesses are starting up. Catch up Democratic Party. You are welcomed to the “land of plenty”. Mr. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce®. Website: www.nationalbcc.org. Email: halford@nationalbcc.org.

Time for Black Democrats to Switch By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The midterm elections are over, the final numbers are in and they don’t look pretty if you’re a progressive. So, I am going to propose something our national African American leaders should have suggested a long time ago: It’s time for us to switch. No, not to the Republican Party. That would be tantamount to drinking Jim Jones Kool-Aid (Young people, Google “Guyana Massacre”). It’s time to switch our emphasis from politics to economics. I remember Al Sharpton, speaking at the 2004 Democratic convention, saying Blacks had decided to ride the (Democratic) donkey as far as it would take us. Well, Al, that donkey has taken us as far as we can go in politics, even into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Now, it’s time to park that old, tired pack animal on a farm and try a new mode of transportation. Even when we have given it our best, politics have never delivered the expected results. I am old enough to remember how exuberant we were with the election of the first wave of Black big city mayors: Carl Stokes in Cleveland, Richard Hatcher in Gary, Ind., Ken Gibson in Newark and later, Tom Bradley in Los Angeles, Andrew Young in Atlanta and David www.chicagocrusader.com

Dinkins in New York. We saw Doug Wilder elected governor of Virginia, the cradle of the Confederacy. The outgoing governor of Massachusetts is another African American, Deval Patrick. In January, we will have not one, but two Blacks in the U.S. Senate (Cory Booker and Tim Scott), the largest African American contingent ever in the upper chamber. And the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), which bills itself as the conscience of Congress, has behaved as though it was unconscious the last six years, too afraid to even critique President Obama for fear of facing a backlash back in their home districts. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri, stated: “Well, I’m supposed to say he [Obama] doesn’t get a pass, but I’m not going to say that. Look, as the chair of the Black Caucus I’ve got to tell you, we are always hesitant to criticize the president. With 14 percent [Black] unemployment, if we had a white president we’d be marching around the White House.” The undisputable truth is that Obama needed pressure from Blacks and progressives to make him a better president. When he offered his version of Ronald Reagan’s trickle down economic theory – if you take care of America as a whole, it will trickle down to what Jesse Jackson calls boats

George E. Curry stuck at the bottom. How has that worked out for Black America? And instead of being grateful for the silence of the lambs, Obama has an inexplicable need to criticize his supporters even more than his opponents. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) can shout “you lie” during a State of the Union speech and ice cool Obama could essentially ignore the public slight. But appearing at a 2011 CBC dinner, the president urged his audience to “Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your

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marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.” Even before his party’s butt kicking last week, President Obama was doing what he always does – blame his most ardent supporters. On April 10, less than seven months before the midterm elections, the Washington Post gave this account: “President Obama said at a fundraiser Wednesday night that Democrats suffer in midterm elections in large part because black and Latino voters – among other groups – don’t turn out to vote. “‘Our voters are younger, more unmarried women, more AfricanAmerican and Latino voters,’ Obama said at an event in Houston. ‘They get excited about general elections; they don’t get as excited about midterm elections.’ “Obama added: ‘…we have this congenital disease, which is in midterm elections we don’t vote at the same rates.’” Obama is correct in saying African American and Latino voters don’t turn out for midterm elections at the rate they do for general elections. But that’s true of all voters, not just people of color. Yet, Obama chose to place the blame on the shoulders of people most loyal to him and his

party. While there have been some meager improvements since the economic meltdown Obama inherited, Blacks still face staggering unemployment and severe income and wealth inequality. As the National Urban League stated in its 2012 State of Black America report, “… almost all the economic gains that blacks have made in the last 30 years have been lost in the Great Recession that started in December 2007 and in the anemic recovery that has followed since June, 2009.” Blacks are on the verge of spending $1.3 trillion a year, according to a Nielsen’s study. It’s time to shift our attention to economic development and empowerment. I am not saying we should abandon politics – we shouldn’t – but it should no longer be our primary focus. Let’s get off of that donkey. 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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REPARATIONS AND AFRICAN CENTERED EDUCATION (Dr. Conrad Worrill, Chairman Emeritus of the National Black United Front (NBUF) located at 1809 East 71st Street, Suite 211, Chicago, Illinois, 60649, 773-4930900, Fax# 773-493-9819, E-mail: nbufchic@sbcglobal.net, Web site: nbufront.org)

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The movement to implement an appropriate African Centered Curriculum in predominately African in America inner city schools is critical to the on–going struggle for the lib-

eration of African people in this country. We must continue to demand that the truth be taught as we continue to struggle to build the Reparations Movement in America. This movement has now become popularly known as the African Centered Education Movement. Simple stated, it focuses on teaching the truth concerning the contributions of African people to the development of civilization in all subjects. We must continue to heighten the dialogue concerning the importance of this movement, particularly as it relates to the question of reparations. Over the last fifty-years, African people in America have been organizing to change the white supremacist nature of the American public school curriculum. This organizing work has continued, in part, through the work of the National Black United Front (NBUF) and its World African Centered Education Plan. Through the work of NBUF and other African-centered organizations, African people in America continue to organize for massive African Centered Curriculum change. There is not a day that goes by that someone does not call my office seeking information and help on

how to start the process of changing the curriculum in their school. Parents are becoming more and more dissatisfied with what their children are being taught. They are also beginning to realize how much isn’t taught. It is clear that the public school system is the place where African America children receive a significant portion of their view of the world and the history of the world. And, it also is a place where large numbers of African in America youth are mis-educated under the system of white supremacy through the ideas and interpretation of history that is presented to them. Let’s turn to Carter G. Woodson’s great book, The Mis-Education of the Negro to get some further insights into this problem. Woodson observes “the so–called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker people.” For example, Woodson says, “The philosophy and ethics resulting from our educational system have justified slavery, peonage, segrega-

tion and lynching. The oppressor has the right to exploit, to handicap, and to kill the oppressed.” Continuing on Woodson explains that, “No systematic effort toward change had been possible for, taught the same economics, history, philosophy, literature and religion which have established the present code of morals, the Negro’s mind has been brought under control of his oppressor.” Concluding on this point Woodson states, “The problem of holding the Negro down, therefore, is easily solved. When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.” Therefore, it is inspiring to see so many of our people waking up all over America and seeking the truth concerning the real contributions of African people to the world. Through study groups, conferences, Black talk radio, information network exchanges, African Americans are coming into a new African consciousness that seeks to reclaim the African mind and spirit. Through the Portland Model Baseline Essays, the work of the Kemetic Institute, the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC), and other

writings and curriculum materials, Africans are becoming much more aware of the following points that must be incorporated into the curriculum. 1. Africa is the home of early man. 2. Africa is the cradle of modern man. 3. Africa is the cradle of civilization. 4. Africa once held a position as world teacher including the teacher for the western world. 5. There was and there still is a continental wide unity in Africa and in the African communities around the world. 6. The first time Africans left the continent was not on slave ships. 7. Africa and African people all over the world have been under siege for nearly 2000 years and only recently by European slavery and colonization. 8. There is an African Diaspora all over the world today. 9. African people have resisted domination on the continent and all over the world. 10. Even under slavery, colonization, segregation, apartheid, African people have made monumental (Continued on page 17)

No Democratic Message, No Democratic Vote By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Pundits are likely to spend the next several weeks attempting to explain the many reasons that Republicans simply kicked the Democrats square in the hind parts to dominate both houses of Congress in ways that had not been expected. With turnout at abysmal low –33 percent – two thirds of the electorate didn’t think this election important enough to participate in. President Obama had it right when he said he heard them. Many of those who cared enough didn’t have the opportunity to vote since voter suppression laws may have reduced the number of people willing to vote by 2.4 percent. The reduction of early voting days, the requirement of additional ID (in Kansas proof of citizenship can be requested), the elimination of sameday registration were among the tools Republican state legislatures used to suppress the vote, especially the African American vote. The tactic worked. Too many traces were decided on minuscule margins, and laws that encouraged, not discouraged, voter par8

ticipation might have made a difference. In North Carolina, Senator Kay Hagan (D) lost by just 48,000 votes, or 1.7 percent of the vote, despite a robust Moral Monday movement that encouraged voter participation. In Florida, the governor’s race was decided narrowly, and the current governor reduced the ways former felons had to restore their voting rights. There were some cases were Republicans simply trounced Democrats – Mitch McConnell (R) rather handily won his race over Alison Lundergan, a refreshing female candidate who had support from the Clintons, among others. In Maryland, the one-time frontrunner, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown lost to Republican Larry Hogan, a businessman who hit hard on tax increases without offering a single idea about how he might pay for the programs he supported and cut (as he promised) taxes and spending. Too many Democratic Senators were elected on the Obama coattails in 2008, and chose to jog away from the President this election. Instead of running away from the President, Democrats needed to embrace him. The

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Dr. Julianne Malveaux economy has improved, and President Obama’s proposal to increase the minimum wage will help millions of low-wage workers. Millions more Americans have health care since the Affordable Care Act was passed. The Obama administration hasn’t tooted its own horn enough, and the Senators who have supported

his work, even tepidly, ought to have been the ones to toot it. Some, like Hagan, ran from Obama because he wasn’t popular in their state. They lost anyway. Imagine if Democrats were as united as Republicans in putting a message out there. Noneconomic issues, such as ISIS and the handling of the Ebola virus presence in the United States, have been among the reasons President Obama’s popularity has plummeted. The fact that Democrats have yet to promote a strong, cohesive, economic justice agenda is another. You can’t sleep with Wall Street on one hand and talk about wage increases on another without showing that Wall Street and corporate America pay their fair share of taxes. When Democrats send out mixed signals, the Democratic base is indifferent to a mid-term election and people stay home. Republican dominance might not have the effect Republicans hope for it to have. President Obama still has veto power. And Republicans have the opportunity to squander their legislative dominance, setting up the opportunity for a Democratic victory in 2016. But this 2014 election

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ought to remind Democrats that the development of a progressive agenda, with fair pay, health care, quality education, and social and economic justice at its base, will result in an energized base in 2016. It ought to remind Democrats that reliable allies aren’t so reliable anymore. Dems lost traction among unmarried women and people under 30, so they have to have a plan to win them back. Republicans tend to be consistent with their message, even if their message is devoid of real programmatic meaning. They connected their Democratic opponents to President Obama so that those ambivalent about the president either stayed home or voted for Republican candidates. What Democrats failed to understand is that they couldn’t run away from the president and mobilize the base that supported him, and that part of their message had to be their support of successful economic programs? No message, no votes, no victory. That’s the lesson for 2016. Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist based in Washington, DC www.chicagocrusader.com

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LAUGHING OUT LOUD We could hear the laughter coming from two federal prisons after the Bald Eagle loss his job to a billionaire private investor with no political experience and who didn’t even tell voters what his platform was. Who was laughing

The Pink Panther of the U.S. Congress can’t seem to convince the white folks of the Cloudy Times that he ain’t no crook. They continue to dog Bobby Rush because he won’t tell them where he laid $1 million that he got from AT&T almost a decade ago. Not satisfied that no wrong doing has come up, they are now happy to learn that he’s being investigated for not paying thousands of dollars in rent to Draper and Kramer for that piece of office he got on 35th Street. Looks lak somebody want Rush gone so they can turn over his district to their hand-

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Seem lak de colored chillens who backed Bruce “I DONT GIVE A F ABOUT YOUR PENSION” Rauner done begged them up some transition team placement. After being roundly denounced the day after he stole we mean won the governor’s race because he didn’t put a single Negro on his so-called transition

sidered a Republican sellout. While some people were laughing hard at how she played the dozens on election night, many people were again scratching their heads. Why? Because, according to one email: “Don’t she know a mayor’s race is coming up and she’s gonna need some of them people to get her precious Fioretti elected mayor?” Said one replyer to that email: “They are sellouts, but everybody knows you can’t say that stuff out loud? Didn’t she and that Mary Mitchell publicly attack Jesse Jackson for having that baby out of wedlock, too? Didn’t she used to work for Jesse? Don’t she work with Roland? I guess she don’t mind being out there like that.”

Rod Blagojevich you ask? Rod Black-OH-Vich and former Congressman Jackson JUNIOR. Quinn united with his fellow Democrats to quickly impeach the Elvis-loving Rod even though 80 percent of Negroes in Illinois loved de man. It must be sickening to the Eagle that one of the people he teamed up with was then Sen. James Meeks, who made some crazy ass statement about his good friend Blago while

James Meeks team, Rauner quickly turned to his dark-skinned puppet box and tapped sometimes DemocratSometimes Independent fmr Sen. James Meeks, McDonald’s pioneer Willie “Can’t Really Sang” Wilson and roof-top preacher Corey Brooks, among a couple of others to his group. De problem is some of these people have no experience in state government, and the ones that do don’t know what they doing, said one man who said he didn’t vote for Quinn because he didn’t like his running mate. In de meantime, we hear a group of West Side sell-outs are already writing grants to tap into some newfound “anti-crime” money that Rauner may spread around as payment for them doing what they do best—keep up www.chicagocrusader.com

Jesse Jackson Jr. standing in the General Assembly. As for Jesse JUNIOR, he too, was heard giggling from his jail cell because he must think that what happened in Illinois is a direct statement to President Obammy, whose justice department led the charge in putting the former 2nd Congressional District leader in prison. -Ima-

Bobby Rush picked University of Chicago and brie cheese-fed lackey in the City Council. Looks lak dey movin’ on all the “movement” politicians like Danny Davis and anybody else that used to stand up to de white man. With Jesse JUNIOR behind bars, William Beavers silenced, Rickey Hendon caught up, Bobbi Steele run out of county government, Dorothy Tillman reduced to WVON, and and two Negro congressmen in and out of federal investigations that go no where, all de people got left to stand up for de people is Jesse White. Is there a grand plan to get rid of all these people who had some ties to civil rights and protest history in de town? Or is it just a coincidence that whitebred, post-racial Negroes like Corey Booker are being developed across the country to take these seats traditionally held by a certain type of Black politician?

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HEARD AROUND TOWN: Colored folk on the South and West Side are scratchin’ their heads as they try to figure out who this Jesus “Chuy” Garcia person is and why come they need to make him their mayor. Said one dude with his pants hanging down, “I don’t vote.” Then another person across the street said, “I ain’t never heard of this cat.” Then somewhere around Madison Street one lady pushing a baby stroller said, “I hate Ron Emanuel, or whoever he is, but where this Mexican come from?” Another woman about 60 years old but dressed like she was 13, told someone, “I ain’t never seen him before. I was in Al-

Jesus Garcia abama when all that Harold stuff happened. So, I guess he’s okay with me. I don’t like that little man we got now.”

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EDUCATION

GSU receives two national awards for excellence Dual Degree Program Cited as a National Model of Innovation The American Association of State Colleges and Universities announced Governors State University and its Dual Degree Program as one of the inaugural winners in a

ty presidents spoke to me about their wish to replicate the DDP pathway at their institutions,” said Governors State University President Elaine P. Maimon. In looking at what’s facing public higher education, AASCU President Muriel A. Howard said,

GSU’s AIDA MARTINEZ and Roshaunda Ross receive the Institutional Excellence for Students in Transition Award from Jennifer Keup, Director of the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition during the FYE/Students in Transition Conference ceremony in Denver. practices on supporting students in tributions to the field. And we look port our transfer students,” said transition. We are honored that forward to exploring new and in- Roshunda Ross, Director of the they recognize our efforts and con- novative ways to continue to sup- GSU Dual Degree Program.

DR. ELAINE P. MAIMON, president of Governors State University, receives the AASCU’s Inaugural Excellence and Innovation Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

new awards program honoring member institutions for excellence and innovation in several major areas of campus life and leadership. The Student Success and College Completion Award went to GSU for the university’s Dual Degree Program that gives students a pathway to two degrees – an associate degree and a bachelor’s degree. The university provides Transfer Specialists who guide community college students in creating an individualized four-year academic plan. The program also locks in the GSU tuition rate when students are admitted to DDP and is good for two years after starting at GSU. In announcing the award, AASCU said, “With degree completion a national priority, Governors State University has developed a comprehensive approach for transfer students, the Dual Degree Program, that increases the number of students earning both an associate and a bachelor’s degree. The campus’ partnership with 17 area community colleges provides extensive support to facilitate transfer and completion.” “I was thrilled to represent GSU at the presentation of AASCU’s Inaugural Excellence and Innovation Award. This national recognition for the Dual Degree Program is the result of many people working together at the university and at our 17 partner community colleges. After the ceremony, many universi10

“State colleges and universities have dealt with enormous challenges during the past decade, yet they have remained committed to their missions of student access and success, and regional and economic progress, as well as a dedication to advancing the quality and distinction of their institutions. The innovative and collaborative approaches our members have engaged to successfully address their missions inspired us to create this awards program to foster recognition of their work.” A Second Honor for GSU’s Dual Degree Program The National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition recognized the GSU Dual Degree Program with a second award. During its conference in Denver last week the NRC launched this new award for “… institutions that have designed and implemented outstanding collaborative initiatives enhancing significant transitions during the undergraduate experience. Award recipients … have demonstrated the effectiveness of the initiative in supporting student success, learning and development at a variety of transition points beyond the first college year and in responding to unique institutional needs.” “The National Resource Center is the epicenter of research and best

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Agreement will maximize educational benefits for Illinois student veterans The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has joined Illinois elected officials, veteran and student groups, and several state agencies in support of a rule change that will maximize educational benefits for Illinois veterans. The rule change will ultimately provide veterans with greater flexibility in meeting the costs of post-secondary education. Today’s announcement is part of an agenda at all levels of government to keep Illinois as the most veteran-friendly state in the nation. “We are grateful to Sen. Durbin for his leadership and advocacy on this important issue for our Illinois student-veterans,” said Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. “This effort has brought the voices of others to the conversation, and we are grateful that we have a positive outcome and way ahead for our veterans using state and federal education benefits they earned through service.” “Veteran students shouldn’t be forced to choose between the benefits offered by the State of Illinois and those offered by the federal government, yet that’s exactly what many Illinois veterans have been forced to do in recent years,” Durbin said. “These veterans risked their lives to serve our country. Now it’s our turn to deliver on the promises we made to them. Unfortunately, Illinois veterans have been faced with an unfair choice – forgoing the state education benefits to which they are en-

GOOD NEWS! VETERANS attending school in Illinois will now be able to apply their Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to tuition and fees and then make up the difference using an applicable Illinois Veteran Grant or Illinois National Guard Grant funds administered by the state. titled so they could claim the feder- use both their federal and state al benefits that help pay for books benefits during the same academic and housing. In August, I reached term, they often do not receive the out to the VA to get the federal full value of their federal benefits. support needed for this common The proposed waiver will allow sense rule change. I look forward higher education institutions to to continuing to work with the first apply Post 9/11 GI Bill beneState of Illinois and the VA to as- fits to a student’s tuition and fees, sure that Illinois veterans are get- and then make up the difference ting the most out of their service- using applicable Illinois Veteran related education benefits, and I Grant or Illinois National Guard thank Governor Quinn and the Grant funds administered by the Illinois VA for their perseverance state. The proposed rule change will on this issue.” The change involves a proposed help veterans maximize their benewaiver to Illinois administrative fits by allowing them to first access rules regarding the simultaneous their federal benefits before they use of federal Post 9/11 GI Bill expire. These benefits cover tubenefits and state student veteran ition, fees, housing and books. It (Continued on page 17) benefits. Currently, when veterans

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Peace inspired art mural connects two communities One month after they began constructing a Peace Mural on the rail viaduct at 63rd Street and Wallace Avenue, two local organizations and many inspired volunteers celebrated its completion in October. Representing the words it bears - Peace, Hope, Love and Unity - the mosaic masterpiece now frames the gateway between Englewood and Woodlawn. Youth, college students, adults and seniors alike from the com-

munity and beyond worked side by side from start to finish. At the completion celebration they enjoyed music, raffle prizes, food, refreshments and camaraderie while admiring their collective handiwork. Concerned by the violence occurring among youth in their neighborhoods, finding solutions to it became a focal point of the South Side women’s group, EarthHeart Foundation, which initiated the project. Design for

VOLUNTEERS LEARNED ON the spot how to use various mediums in the creation of the mural on the viaduct wall at approximately 600 W. 63rd Street.

SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS HOPING to inspire peace through art in the Englewood and Woodlawn communities created an art mural on a viaduct wall using youth, college students, adults and senior volunteers from within the community and other areas. the mural was done by the Green and lives and brings together di- teaching design and the necessary Star Movement, while support verse groups of women to uncover creation of the mural’s microelecame from 20th Ward Alderman their commonalities and address ments. A non-profit organization, Willie B. Cochran and Metra, as concerns together. The Green Star Green Star works closely with the well as from individual donors Movement works in Chicago to community youth to install items through Kickstarter, a web-based inspire students and community such as the Bricolage, while also crowd funding campaign. members to design and realize teaching basic fundamentals of EarthHeart Foundation was public art by using the designs sculpture, mosaic, painting, and founded on the idea that women and sweat equity of the youth and some construction techniques. have a unique perspective on and adults living in the neighborhood For more information, visit ART ability to solve challenges on is- where the projects are located. THAT HEALS PEACE MUsues of their neighborhoods, cities Projects start with workshops RAL.

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By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, MSJ By Raymond Ward GETTING HIS LIFE!: Famed musician Theophilus London has returned after a two-year hiatus with his new album “VIBES.” Executive produced by Kanye West and adorned with cover art by legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, VIBES is a collage of “experimental pop, gallant R&B and ‘80s new wave inflection, most striking in its mix of top-of-the-charts pop intuition, leftfield sensibility, and artful, giddy experimentation,” says Fader Magazine. The title of the album is a reflection of the driftless spirit of collaboration that permeates the record. “The album is called VIBES because everything that happened Kanye West creatively and spiritually just all vibed together,” explains London. “Everyone who worked on it with me did it on a family level. We all vibed together. You couldn’t even plan it. It was all vibes.” The 12-song LP took nearly two-years to create following Theophilus’ relocation to the deserts of Palm Springs to join his inspiration and Motown-legend Leon Ware to serve as creative producer on the album. London has long admired the work of Ware—who has worked with the likes of The Isley Brothers, Ike and Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Quincy Jones, Minnie Riperton and Maxwell, as well as great moments in soul music as Marvin Gaye’s classic “I Want You” and Michael Jackson’s first Gold record “I Wanna Be Where You Are”— and had even reimagined the album cover of Ware’s eponymous Theophilus London 1982 album for his major debut album, 2011’s Timez Are Weird These Days.

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NOT...GETTING HER LIFE!: If you are/were a fan of the performer Aaliyah, then you might want to skip “Aaliyah” The Princess of R&B” which airs Saturday, at 8:00 PM on Lifetime. The networks latest “budget challenged” drama follows the rise to fame, followed by the tragic death of the singer Aaliyah ... played by actress Alexandra Shipp .... and rumor has it the film is DREADFUL. I even heard that Wendy Williams is the “Producer” of this mess, so that explains a lot. If you’re bored, or the weather is bad, then tune in...at least you’ll be able to “drag” the show with your co-workers around the water cooler on Monday.

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Free community screening of ‘I Learn America’ The Chicago office of international educational nonprofit Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation present a free public screening of the new documentary “I Learn America: One High School, One School Year, Five New Americans” on Wednesday, November 19, at 6

tyconversations. “I Learn America” follows five immigrant teenagers over the course of one year as they strive to master English, adapt to families they haven’t seen in years, confront universal trials of adolescence, and search for a future they can claim as their own. The

tion of newcomers into our communities. Facing History and Ourselves is an international educational and professional development organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and anti-Semitism in order

“I LEARN AMERICA” Winward School in Los Angeles participants p.m. at the AMC River East 21 themes of the documentary inter- to promote the development of a sect with the teachings of Facing more humane and informed citi(322 E. Illinois St.) The screening will be followed History and Ourselves, which zenry. By studying the historical by a Community Conversation combats racism, anti-Semitism development and lessons of the with filmmaker Jean-Michel Dis- and prejudice and nurtures democ- Holocaust and other examples of

UCLA “I Learn America” participants sard and students featured in the racy through education programs documentary, which has inspired worldwide. Through professional viewers at film festivals across the development and individualized United States. Seating for this free coaching, Facing History supports film screening and Community teachers in fostering transformative Conversation is limited and ad- dialogue in their classrooms to help vance reservations are recom- students think critically about ismended at 312-345-3203 or sues of diversity and identity, incluwww.facinghistory.org/communi- sion and exclusion, and the integraBlacks Must control their own coMMunity

genocide, students make the essential connection between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives. For more information, visit facinghistory.org. The Allstate Foundation, es(Continued on page 17) www.chicagocrusader.com

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LOCAL CELEBRITIES JOIN UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IN SUPPORT OF THIRD ANNUAL DIABETES COOK-OFF: In observance of National Diabetes Month, “The Southside Diabetes Project” at the University of Chicago will host its 3rd Annual Diabetes Cook-Off Competition on November 15, 2014. The event is free and open to the public. The cook-off is an opportunity for amateur chefs from the community to compete and share their best diabetes-friendly healthy recipe and to demonstrate that healthy diabetes-friendly food can be delicious, affordable and enjoyed by the entire family. Awardwinning chef Matthais Merges of Hyde Park’s A10 restaurant, talk show host Cliff Kelley from WVON 1690 AM, Julia Hudson (sister of Jennifer Hudson who is battling diabetes) and many more will serve as panel judges. Contestant’s recipes will be judged in four categories: entrée, side dish, dessert and snack for a grand prize of $500 and many other great prizes! The semi-finalists will compete on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 12:30 p.m. at the Washburne Culinary Institute, 740 West 63rd Street Building U. For more information on this release or to schedule an interview contact William J. Booker, Publicist at 708-691-0931 or Yolanda O’Neal, Project Manager at 773-702-2939, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago or visit www.southsidediabetes.com

early, the GSU Civil Service Senate is sponsoring the GSU Annual Fall Vendor Fair. The shoppers paradise will feature arts and crafts, perfect gifts, and unique creations on Wednesday, November 19, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., in the Hall of Governors on the university’s main campus, 1 University Parkway, University Park. The event is free and open to the public. Interested vendors and crafters are encouraged to participate. Space is limited. Governors State University is located at 1 University Parkway, University Park. For more information or to register, call 708-2357559.

WOMEN’S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER WORKSHOP: On Monday, November 17, from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., the Women’s Business Development Center is sponsoring a workshop on “Connecting to Cash: A Candid Conversation about Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs.” Are you interested in finding out what it really takes to access funding to fuel your business growth? Hear from entrepreneurs and finance experts who will share tips to access funding to fuel your business growth. Moderated by Kristin Tews, host of Tomorrow’s Business Today (formerly Personal Best Radio) on WGN radio, panelists include Juan F. Ortiz, vice president of Community and Small Business Banking for Wintrust, and Linda Quarshie, founder and owner of Art of Athletics. The cost is Free. It will be held at the Blue Buddha Boutique, 1127 W. Granville Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659. To register, visit http://goo.gl/IP1OO8. For further information about these or other WBDC workshops, visit http://www.WBDC.org or call 312-8533477.

CHICAGO WOMEN IN PUBLISHING (CWIP) PRESENTS “WRITING FOR THE WEBWHAT CONTENT MARKETING IS AND WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW:” Please join Chicago Women in Publishing (CWIP) on Wednesday, November 19 for a program on content marketing. If you’re not sure what the term means, think of content marketing as copywriting for the next generation. Anyone can create a blog and post on it, so how do you distinguish yourself in the feeds of your friends, colleagues, and industry professionals? If you’re just dipping your toes in these murky waters, where do you start? If you’re experienced in creating traditional web content, how can you translate that experience into copywriting for the Internet? Content marketing expert Andy Crestodina will give the rundown on the ins and outs of content marketing, so you can be a pro at writing for the web. He’ll cover: What exactly is content marketing? Is this stuff new? Which marketing channels are involved in content marketing? How do you find the topics that will connect with an audience? How is writing for web different? How do search engines work? Bonus: Andy will also share a few tricks for managing social media. Don’t miss your chance to learn how to create cutting-edge content for today’s digital world! This will take place on Wednesday, November 19, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Suite 2310 on the 23rd floor of the Four40 building, 440 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60603. There is $8 discounted parking for attendees in the building’s underground garage off Financial Place and Congress. CTA bus stops and elevated and subway stations are adjacent to the building on three sides. Register online at: https://www.formstack.com/forms/?1840961-3OELE3nviv; Send a check payable to CWIP, P.O. Box 268107, Chicago, IL 60626, or call 773-5080351.

SHOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA AT GSU: Just in time to help you get your holiday shopping done

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD AND HOLIDAYS OF LIGHT AT THE MSI: The

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LOUIS VIVERITO, SUPERVISOR of Stickney Township, has announced that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn presented Stickney Township with a check for $200,000 for the construction of an addition on the Stickney Senior Center. The presentation took place Wednesday, October 22 at the Stickney Senior Center, 7745 Leamington, Burbank. Pictured is Supervisor Viverito introducing Governor Quinn. 73rd annual Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light is ONGOING at the Museum of Science and Industry through January 4, 2015. This exhibit began as a United Nations Day salute to the Allies during World War II. Now the exhibit has grown into a forest of heartwarming trees and homemade displays. Across the Museum’s Main Floor, guests will enjoy more than 50 trees and displays beautifully decorated by volunteers from Chicago’s ethnic communities representing their diverse culture and holiday cus-

toms. In the Rotunda, MSI’s 45-foot Grand Tree will be decked out with more than 30,000 twinkling lights and hundreds of ornaments and festive trimmings. A mix of festive holiday tunes play throughout the Rotunda; “snow” falls every half hour; and on the weekends and select weekdays, guests can enjoy performances of various ethnic dance and choral groups on the Holiday Stage. This year’s celebration and Grand Tree are themed to highlight the temporary exhibit Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives, presented by D23:

The Official Disney Fan Club. In honor of the season, explore new artifacts and experiences in this exhibit, including a section on the making of the animated film Frozen and costumes from films such as The Santa Clause and Maleficent. In the Animation Academy, guests can learn how to draw a favorite character: holiday versions of Mickey and Minnie have been added to the sketch list! The Museum of Science and Industry is located at 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. For more information, visit msichicago.org.

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ARTS AND CULTURE

Civic Orchestra, Chicago Chorale and Lyric Opera’s Ryan Center partner for Mozart Mass The Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association’s prestigious training ensemble for emerging professional musicians, joins forces with the acclaimed Chicago Chorale and guest artists from Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center for a performance of Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor, K. 427 on Monday, November 24, 8 p.m. Elgar’s concert overture In the South (Alassio) opens the program. Conductor Nicholas Kraemer will lead this rare performance of a choral masterwork by the Civic Orchestra, the Civic’s first-ever performance of the work and only the third time that it has been presented at Orchestra Hall. Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor, K. 427, was composed in Vienna when the young composer was engaged to Constanze Weber. An incomplete work that is missing parts of the Credo and Agnus Dei portions of the traditional Roman Catholic Mass, the work’s premiere at St. Peter’s Abbey in Salzburg featured Weber as soprano soloist. Nicholas Kraemer, who makes his Civic Orchestra debut in this performance, is familiar to Chicago audiences as the Principal Guest Conductor of Music of the Baroque. An internationally acclaimed organist, harpsichordist and conductor recognized for his specialty in Baroque and early classical music, Kraemer is Permanent Guest Conductor of the Manchester Camerata, and Princi-

Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi, soprano

Jesse Donner, tenor

Laura Wilde, mezzo-soprano

Will Liverman, baritone

pal Guest Conductor of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. He also leads members of the CSO in subscription concerts featuring Bach’s complete Brandenburg Concertos Nov. 20-25. The November 24 performance also marks the Civic Orchestra’s first-ever collaboration with Chicago Chorale, A Chicago premier alladult volunteer chorus led by artistic director Bruce Tammen. Guest artists from The Ryan Opera Center, Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi, soprano; Laura Wilde, soprano; Jesse Donner, tenor; and Will Liverman, baritone, join Kraemer and the two ensembles for the performance, which extends an ongoing partnership between the Ryan Opera Center and Civic Orchestra that began in 2012 with a performance led by Sir Andrew Davis, Music Director of Lyric Opera of Chicago.

The Civic Orchestra, a signature initiative of the CSO’s Negaunee Music Institute, provides exceptional career-bound musicians with access to the musical resources of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and hands-on training experiences with the musicians of the CSO and some of today’s most sought-after conductors including CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti. Under the guidance of Principal Conductor Cliff Colnot and CSO Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma, the Civic Orchestra musicians develop as exceptional orchestral players and engaged citizen musicians. Chicago Chorale was founded in 2001 by Hyde Park singer, conductor, and current artistic director Bruce Tammen, upon the request of several members of the Hyde Park community that he create a choir devoted to singing challenging

choral repertoire. The organization has grown to a 60-voice ensemble with the highest artistic and community reputation. Repertoire ranges from early music to the present and includes well-loved choral works as well as overlooked masterpieces. The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center is the professional artist-development program for Lyric Opera of Chicago. Formerly known as The Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, it was established in 1974. Since its inception, the Ryan Center has been recognized as one of the premier programs of its kind in the world. Its roster of distinguished alumni who perform regularly on the stages of leading international opera houses includes René Barbera, Harolyn Blackwell, Nicole Cabell, Elizabeth DeShong, Mark S. Doss, Christo-

pher Feigum, Elizabeth Futral, Roger Honeywell, Joseph Kaiser, Maria Kanyova, Quinn Kelsey, Gregory Kunde, Dina Kuznetsova, Emily Magee, Amanda Majeski, Susanna Phillips, Matthew Polenzani, Christian Van Horn, Amber Wagner, and Erin Wall. All Civic Orchestra of Chicago concerts at Symphony Center are free, but tickets are required. Seating is general admission, and there is a non-refundable $2 per ticket service fee for all concerts. A maximum of six tickets are allowed per concert, per household. Ticket reservations and purchases for Civic Orchestra performances at Symphony Center can be made online at cso.org, in person at the CSO box office at 220 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, or by phone at 312-294-3000. For more information, visit cso.org/civic.

CHATHAM CHORALE ENSEMBLE (CCE) presents “A Fall Concert,” Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. at The First United Methodist Church of LaGrange, 100 W. Cossett Ave. in LaGrange, IL. Admission is FREE. Charles Thomas Hayes (center) is founder/director of CCE.

The Hyde Park-Kenwood Chapter of Lyric Opera of Chicago presents Wendy Skoczen, Librarian of Lyric Opera of Chicago, in “Minding the Score - What it takes for artists onstage, backstage, and in the pit to be on the same page” Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at The Logan Center for the Performing Arts, 915 E. 60th St., Room 800. There is no charge for Prepaid Members; Other members - $15; non14

members - $20. The Logan Center Café will be open for refreshments. For further information, contact Claude Weil at 773-246-3854 or cmweil@aol.com. ******** The Saint Felicitas Adult Choir and Friends present “MADIBA A Celebration of the Magnificent Life of Nelson Mandela,” Sunday, November 23, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. at St. Felicitas Catholic Church, 1526 E.

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84th St. (corner of 84th & Blackstone). The life of the late former South African President will be depicted through outstanding choral and solo musical arrangements, youth dancers and storytelling. Special guest performers include Milas Armour, baritone; Gwen Hilary, storyteller; and the “Expressions of U Dance Troupe,” Yolanda Sandifer, choreographer. Blacks Must control their own coMMunity

The ticket donation is $15. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance by mail. Make checks or money orders payable to the St. Felicitas Adult Choir and mail to the church address above. Tickets purchased by mail will be held at the door. James S. Hammond is Music Director; Gloria Farris is the accompanist. The Rev. Gregory Rom is the Pastor of St. Felicitas Church. www.chicagocrusader.com

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A Moment to Super Size Your Thinking By Effie Rolfe Become comfortable with being uncomfortable. Recently, my sister shared a weekly lesson from the Curves’ Member Guide entitled, “Embracing Change.” The first three words are ‘change is difficult.’ We all know this to be very true. Most can attest that change is still difficult even when it promises to have a positive impact on our lives. For any change of habit, to have a chance to take root, we must have a step-by-step plan of action. To merely jump into change for emotional reasons is not likely to produce a lasting effect. In order to get through the pain of dealing with change, you must become comfortable with being uncomfortable. You must believe that the change is for the better, and that

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it will not always involve the difficulty that it now does. You must be willing to look for bright spots in the midst of what seems like misery. It’s my belief that the fear of not doing a thing must become greater than the fear of doing it. Not until you become truly disgusted with the status quo and mediocrity of life, are you willing or even forced to move ahead to untapped territory. That new territory is fertile ground waiting to grow you into the full potential of your dreams and destiny. Change is about fear—false evidence appearing real. Fear is why the average person would rather stay in a miserable relationship, surroundings and circumstances than forge ahead. Motivational Speaker, Les Brown shared a quote that “Most people would prefer a known hell rather than an un-

known freedom.” Why, because, it’s human nature to fear the unknown? This is why everybody wants to go to heaven but no one wants to die. Fear of the unknown is what causes people not to fully embrace change. Thus, the average person is afraid to play so they die with their music still in them. For this reason, the richest place on earth is and has always been the cemetery. Far too many God given gifts and talents have wasted away because of fear. This is also the primary reason that public speaking is ranked closely with life changing events such as the birth of a child, marriage, death of a loved one and moving to a new home. Needless to say that fear is simply an immobilizer—it paralyzes rather than allows freedom of movement. What have you allowed to prevent

you from moving forward? It’s time for you and me to get out of our comfort zones and become uncomfortable enough to live the life of blessings that God predestined. The only way to ever experience this life is to get up and move away from your comfort zone into your new world of freedom. Once you start moving—change is inevitable. You can succeed, you have done more difficult things than this, and you have what it takes to follow this plan. Will you become comfortable with change…? Effie Rolfe is an Author of “Supersize Your Thinking,” Media Personality and Motivational Speaker. You can contact her at effierolfe.com or on twitter.com/effiedrolfe.

The Crusader Gospel Corner Multiple Stellar, Dove, and Grammy® Award-winning gospel superstar Fred Hammond is releasing his highly-anticipated new album I WILL TRUST, on Monday, November 17. Hammond, who underwent an excruciating double knee surgery in January, pours his soul into this project and

Will Trust,” “Festival of Praise,” and “It’s Only the Comforter.” Recently, fans turned out in droves for an early taste of Hammond’s album on his recent hit fall tour entitled, “Festival of Praise Tour,” where he and tour-mate Donnie McClurkin performed in 30-plus cities within two months. Hammond’s talent covers a wide range including Executive Producer along with his brother Raymond Hammond. His prolific songwriting talents have delivered songs including “No Weapon,” “Celebrate He Lives” and “We’re Blessed” and continue to be clearly displayed in full force on every track. A member of Bishop TD Jakes Potter’s House Church, his ongoing journey to recovery takes flight in his robust vocals—stirring melodies to strengthen listeners in their faith, inspire deep reflection, and give praise. Continuing on the road this month in support of the album, Fred Hammond will hit Dallas, Houston and Atlanta the week of release, with a special album-re-

Fred Hammond delivers his most intimate album to date. The talented singer and musician shared that his fans didn’t know for nearly 20 years he was in pain with his knee which made it difficult to walk through airports and perform. Now the Detroit native is back better than ever with his latest project featuring a strong mix of anointed ballads and footstomping praise, the 12-track offering is Hammond’s personal and powerful declaration of faith and victory. I WILL TRUST is available now for pre-order on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play. Upon pre-order, fans will receive instant access to three stand-out tracks: “I www.chicagocrusader.com

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lease listening event at Houston’s Windsor Village United Methodist Church on the evening of November 17, as well as an in-store album signing at Atlanta’s Life Way Christian Store on November 18. Also, stay tuned as Hammond reunites again with Donnie McClurkin for more dates on the Festival of Praise Tour expected in January 2015. Congratulations to Gospel Music According to Chicago better known as GMAC. The Chicago community choir will celebrate its 7th year anniversary entitled “Old Time Religion” this Friday, November 14, 7:30 p.m. at Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church, 5141 S. State Street where Rev. Eric Thomas is Pastor. EPM Music recording artist Chrystal Rucker will be the featured musical guest. The admission is free and all are invited to attend. Thomas Alvin Keel and the York Ensemble presents a musical service on Friday, November 14 at 7 p.m. at The Temple of Glory International, 311 E. 95th Street in Chicago, Rev. Fredrick Wilson, Jr. is the host Pastor. Free admission and open to the public. Also, congratulations to Pastor Dan and Linda Willis along with the Lighthouse Church of All Nations, 4501 W. 127th Street in Alsip for their 37th year anniversary. The celebratory services were held during the Saturday and Sunday services in the churches’ new facility. Earlier this year in September, the ministry had their grand opening for the brand new facility that accommodates nearly 5,000 members of more than 40 nationalities. On a very sad note—the religious community has lost a General in the Christian army— renowned Teacher, Speaker and Pastor—Dr. Myles Munroe. He was founder of the Bahamas Faith

Ministries International and preparing for his annual leadership conference scheduled to begin earlier this week. It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Myles Munroe. Today, November 9, at approximately 5 p.m. local Bahamas time, Dr. Munroe, his beloved wife Ruth, and several key members of their staff passed in a plane crash. There were nine passengers aboard and confirmations of the deaths are still coming forth. The

planned for November 10 through 13, which is hosted by Dr. Munroe and his ministry, Bahamas Faith Ministries International. Dr. Munroe had an incalculable impact on the world with his demonstrative, illuminating Kingdom teachings. Please keep their children, Charisa and Chairo, the remainder of their family as well as the congregation and loved ones of the others who passed in your prayers.

Eddie Robinson Dr. Myles Munroe rain is rumored to have played a role in the crashing of the Lear 36 Executive Jet Dr. Munroe, his wife and staff were aboard. At 4:07 p.m. local time, the passengers were travelling from Freeport, Grand Bahama Island to Nassau where the plane was said to have “exploded on impact” in the Grand Bahama Shipyard while in the process of landing. Please keep his children and church family in your prayers. The party was headed to their Global Leadership Forum,

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Lastly, we extend condolences to the family of Eddie Robinson, legendary pianist and composer for the late Mahalia Jackson. “I Saw The Light from Heaven” is a song he composed while a member at Greater Harvest MB Church in the 60s. During his later years, Robinson played as staff musician for St. Andrews Temple and for services at Leak and Sons. Services are pending. Our prayers are extended to the family of Ms. Sandra Harper the mother of radio personality, Dana Divine. The homegoing services are scheduled for Saturday at New Faith Baptist International in Matteson.

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Englewood has a new Mini Dollar Plus store Some Englewood residents are not walking as far to make purchases in their neighborhood thanks to the Mini Dollar Plus store, a new African American owned and operated business, which recently held its grand opening event. Mini Dollar Plus located at 412 W. 71st Street was established by owner Monique Vining in response to her concerns over residents not having the convenience of a dollar type store nearby and in providing more employment opportunities in the community. The store has been in the planning for a little over a year and was selffunded by Vining with “a wing and a prayer.” Vining was looking for a business investment when she was presented with the idea of opening the Mini Dollar Plus in its current location. “We thought we could make

the biggest impact in an area that has been inundated with a lot of negativity and contribute to the rebuilding of Englewood,” Vining said. The store’s location is adjacent to several other African American businesses. Neighbors include the Deli King, Barracuda’s Computer Repair, the Christ Center of Truth Church, and the Cultural Connection store on the corner. During construction Vining noticed “Most of the people around here don’t drive so I said we have to get this store open no matter what so they don’t have to travel so far. Once we opened, we realized there was more that we could do.” The store is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. with the help of volunteers. Read more at chicagocrusader.com.

FRIENDS, FAMILY AND residents of the community attend the recent grand opening of Mini Dollar Plus located at 412 W. 71st. The celebration included Jesse White and his Tumblers, 6th Ward Alderman Roderick Sawyer, and Cook County Commissioner Robert Steele. In addition to the food, games and giveaways, the youth in attendance received free horse rides.

Civil rights leaders, clergy, labor and veterans join call to end predatory practices By Charlene Crowell A diverse group of civil rights leaders representing Blacks, Latinos and Asian-Pacific Islanders have joined forces to call for major changes in auto dealer compensation. Together, the organizations are calling for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to use its rule-making authority to stop dealer markups on auto interest rates that in 2009

Charlene Crowell cost consumers $25.8 billion in extra interest payments. In an October 31 letter to Richard Cordray, CFPB Director, leaders of 11 organizations wrote, “It is our experience that discretionary, non-risk based pricing in lending often leads to discriminatory results. This is often the result of practices that, while not discriminatory on their face, lead to discriminatory impact.” Participating organizations are: Center for Community Change, the Greenlining Institute, the In16

sight Center for Community Economic Development, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the League of United Latin American Citizens, NAACP, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, National Council of LaRaza, National Urban League, the William C. Velasquez Institute and the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL). When consumers buy and finance their vehicles at car dealerships, they open the door for dealers to earn additional compensation by raising the financial institution’s actual interest rate. Car dealers make the loans to buyers and then sell the financing to a bank or other institution that allows the interest rate markup. The practice known as “dealer reserve” or “dealer participation” has a long history of discriminatory impact. To illustrate how dealer markup works, consider this example: Assume that a bank is willing to buy a loan from a dealer as long as the loan is for at least five percent interest. The bank then gives the dealer the discretion to add an additional two percent interest markup as compensation for the loan. Then the dealer will tell the consumer, “Good news! We got you a great rate – seven percent!” Meanwhile, the consumer has no idea that two percent of the interest goes to the dealer. The additional interest can add hundreds, if not thousands, of additional dollars of interest over the life of the loan. “Dealer markup has a long history of discrimination and has caused consumer of colors to pay more for their car loans than they should,” said Chris Kukla, senior vice-president with the Center for Responsible Lending. “This also goes beyond consumers of color –

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because this is a hidden fee, any consumer could end up paying a higher interest rate than necessary. That’s why we are calling for this practice to end.” In their letter, the organizations pointed to a related consent order against Ally Bank that determined Black, Latino and Asian-Pacific Islanders actually paid more for their loans than white borrowers with the same credit profile. Over the life of these auto loans, the disparities cost thousands of consumers an extra $200 to $300 per loan.

“This is not the first time this practice has resulted in allegations of discrimination,” wrote the advocates. “In the mid-1990s, a series of lawsuits against some of the nation’s largest auto lenders showed evidence of rampant discrimination against borrowers of color in auto lending transactions. Not only were borrows of color more likely to have the interest rates on their loans increased by the dealer; but those borrowers were also sold higher interest rates than their similarly-situated white peers.”

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Currently, CFPB and the Department of Justice are investigating at least six other financial institutions making auto loans. “Our organizations have continuously fought for equal credit opportunities for all Americans,” said the advocates. “Unlawful discriminatory practices have no place in our credit markets.” Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at Charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.

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Neighborhood leaders mobilize to take back Chicago (Continued from page 2) Brown neighborhoods. “In the Bronzeville area, CPS has closed or turned around 15 schools over the same number of years. In fact, CPS has forced an action on more than 150 schools during the same time period that has resulted in the further destabilization of communities of color. CPS policy hurts children and communities,” stated Erana Jackson with Kenwood Oakland Community Organization. “We need an Elected Representative School Board.” On a day predicted to bring a freezing polar vortex to the city, participants also focused on the critical reform needed to the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) so that more people can be put into homes before another brutal Chicago winter. “I have been homeless for three years, from 2011-2014. During that time, I signed up for every open housing waitlist available. It took me three long years to finally find a place. It was the longest three years of my life,” said Mary Nelson, leader with the Chicago Housing Initiative. “To know that CHA has $430 million in extra cash just sitting idly that could be used to place people in housing makes my stomach curl. How many people could the mayor

have housed with this $430 million?” This year, as a result of growing community pressure and media coverage, CHA finally released 3,000 vouchers, more than ever before. However, permanent change is needed. The Keeping the Promise Ordinance, currently sitting in the Housing Committee, would provide much needed reform and oversight of CHA. After calling on elected officials to take action, participants took the fight directly to corporations dictating the policy hurting Chicago neighborhoods. Hundreds marched to several corporate players stifling legislation to help working families while profiting off of poverty wages, toxic interest rate swaps, and social impact bonds, like McDonalds, Bank of America, and Loop Capital. Marchers also interacted with large eight-foot puppets of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Alderman Bank of America, Alderman Ronald McDonald, and Alderman Loop Capital. Still reeling from the largest school closing in US history, Chicago residents expressed outrage over the continued dumping of precious public education dollars into the private hands in the form of toxic swap deals. “While children lose their schools, their teachers and their programs,

corporations like Loop Capital continue to make millions of dollars off of the Chicago Public Schools and the City of Chicago. Every year, the city pays out $72 million dollars to cover losses in “toxic swap” deals, agreements entered between banks such as Loop Capital, and CPS and other City of Chicago departments. We are here at Loop Capital to deliver a message to CEO Jim Reynolds: Mr. Reynolds, the Toxic Swaps deal must come to an end. It is time to renegotiate. We are here to take back Chicago,” stated Rosemarie Sierra, member of Pilsen Alliance, to cheering crowds. As new legislators prepare to assume power in Springfield, residents made it clear that Chicago neighborhoods will no longer tolerate politics-as-usual in the form of budget cuts, privatization, community disinvestment, corporate taxpayer handouts, and entrenched inequality. “As Chicago election season nears, community members are sending a message to legislators: we need policies that work for working families,” said Amisha Patel, Executive Director of Grassroots Collaborative. Grassroots Collaborative is Action Now, American Friends Service Committee - Great Lakes Region, Brighton Park Neighborhood

Council, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Chicago Teachers Union, Enlace Chicago, Illinois Hunger

Coalition, ONE Northside, Service Employees International Union Healthcare Illinois Indiana

MINI DOLLAR PLUS’ Justin Blake (right) stands with Secretary of State Jesse White (left) and 6th Ward Alderman Roderick Sawyer (center).

REPARATIONS AND AFRICAN CENTERED (Continued from page 8) contributions to arts, science and politics. These ten points, and others, have become the basis upon which we can judge the white supremacy pub-

lic school curriculums content in textbooks and other learning materials. In other words, these points have become the basis of determining whether the truth is being taught in

the public schools of this country. In seeking the truth about the Reparations Movement, join an organization that is working on this great, just, and mighty issue. The Truth will set us all free!

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Continued from page 4) search capacity expand to maximize the speedy testing of these new treatments? Will educational outreach make people aware of the latest advances in proven care? Will health policy and insurance rules limit patients’ access to the cures with transplant? We appeal for community partnership in the legacy of Mr. Harold Anderson. Respectfully submitted by: Lewis L. Hsu, M.D., PhD Pediatric HematologyOncology, Children’s Hospital University of Illinois

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ered politically astute and understood the power and nuances of our vote. Unfortunately I have seen that go in the opposite direction right before our eyes. The latest example comes from State Representative LaShawn K. Ford. Ford started whining a couple of days ago that the governorelect did not have any West Side representation on the transition team. DUH!! Has Ford ever heard “to the victor goes the spoils?” If there was no all-out support for Bruce Rauner like there was with a few South Side ministers, then the West Side has nothing coming plain and simple. Ford is acting as though Rauner is not having to deal with statewide issues, just Chicago. It is sad that as long as he has been in office he doesn’t understand the political process better. Maybe someone who ask For how many of his non-supporters or those who supported his opponents got any kind of appointments from him. Ford is not by himself though in

lacking understanding of the political process. Voters Black, White and Hispanic have railed against making the state income tax hike permanent. So many want the 5 per cent tax rolled back to the previous 3.8 per cent. They sound like children talking to the legislature when they keep saying “but you promised.” Well, nobody knew the economic recovery would take so long to get in gear and that Illinois would be lagging behind. While the nation’s and state’s economies were chugging at a snail’s pace, Illinois needed that tax hike money to run the state. Guess what? The state still needs those tax hike dollars. If the tax hike dollars go away, the only way the state will stay out of deeper debt is by cutting services. Rauner never said he had a method for fixing the deficit but folks voted for him anyway. Now, they are about to see the error of their ways. Betty Lassiker

(Continued from page 12) tablished in 1952, is an independent charitable organization made possible by subsidiaries of The Allstate Corporation. The Allstate Foundation partners with nonprofit organizations on community initiatives that promote “safe and vital communities,” “toler-

ance, inclusion, and diversity,” and “economic empowerment.” Teen driving and empowering victims of domestic violence have been priorities for the Foundation since 2005. For more information, visit www.allstatefoundation.org.

Agreement will maximize (Continued from page 10) will also allow veterans to retain more of their state benefits for future use, and will reduce the cost to each school of providing educational services to veterans. “This is a great development for our student-veterans who are using both state and federal education benefits,’ said Rodrigo Garcia, Acting Director, IDVA. “We are grateful to Senator Durbin and Governor Quinn for their leadership, and for all who contributed to this effort.” The proposed change must first be acted upon by the state’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, but the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs support was seen as key to getting the rules changed. U.S. Senator Richard Durbin and Congressional representatives actively sought this federal support, and as a result Senator Durbin re-

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ceived a letter recently stating the department’s support for the proposed rules change. The new rules could be in place by the summer of 2015, in time for veterans to take advantage of this new flexibility in the 2015-16 school year. Others active in supporting the outreach to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs included Representative Bill Foster, (IL-11th) Representative William Enyart (IL-12th), the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Illinois Community College Board, Illinois Department of Military Affairs, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, Illinois Joining Forces, Illinois Board of Higher Education, the Council for Adult & Experiential Learning, Student Veterans of America, Western Illinois University, and Lincoln Land Community College.

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HOUSES FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, DEPARTMENT COUNTY DIVISION CHANCERY ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT A U T H O R I T Y ; P l a i n t i f f , s . v TAMARA KENNON; BMO HARRIS N.A., FKA BANK, N.A.; HARRIS D e f e n d a n t s , CH 10214 14 OF SALE NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, December 4, 2014 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged estate: real Commonly known as 7316 South Woodlawn Chicago, IL 60619. Avenue, 20-26-122-029-0000. P.I.N. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be for inspection open For information call Sales Department at Manley Deas Plaintiff's Attorney, Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 1 4 - 0 1 4 5 5 2 JUDICIAL SALES INTERCOUNTY C O R P O R A T I O N (312) 444-1122 Selling Officer, I632085 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt - CHANCeRy diViSiON StAte FARM bANK, F.S.b. Plaintiff, -v.eVeLyN J. WRiGHt, MiNeRVA CONdOMiNiuM ASSOCiAtiON defendants 13 CH 07731 6518 S. Minerva Ave., unit 2S Chicago, iL 60637 NOtiCe OF SALe PubLiC NOtiCe iS HeReby GiVeN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 17, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on december 18, 2014, at the Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker drive - 24th Floor, CHiCAGO, iL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6518 S. Minerva Ave., unit 2S, Chicago, iL 60637 Property index No. 20-23-118-035-1005. the real estate is improved with a residential condominium. the judgment amount was $219,472.99. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to the Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. the balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. the subject property is subject to gen-

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HOUSES FOR SALE eral real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS iS” condition. the sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. the property will NOt be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. if this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). if this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/18.5(g-1). iF yOu ARe tHe MORtGAGOR (HOMeOWNeR), yOu HAVe tHe RiGHt tO ReMAiN iN POSSeSSiON FOR 30 dAyS AFteR eNtRy OF AN ORdeR OF POSSeSSiON, iN ACCORdANCe WitH SeCtiON 15-1701(C) OF tHe iLLiNOiS MORtGAGe FOReCLOSuRe LAW. effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HeAVNeR, beyeRS & MiHLAR, LLC, 111 east Main Street, deCAtuR, iL 62523, (217) 422-1719 if the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. the Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. tHe JudiCiAL SALeS CORPORAtiON One South Wacker drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, iL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALe you can also visit the Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. NOte: Pursuant to the Fair debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. i630069 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON u.S. bANK, NAtiONAL ASSOCiAtiON Plaintiff, -v.eFFie e. yOuNG, uNKNOWN OWNeRS ANd NONReCORd CLAiMANtS defendants 12 CH 019859 7338 S. CALuMet AVeNue CHiCAGO, iL 60619 NOtiCe OF SALe PubLiC NOtiCe iS HeReby GiVeN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 29, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 2:00 PM on december 3, 2014, at the Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker drive - 24th Floor, CHiCAGO, iL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 7338 S. CALuMet AVeNue, CHiCAGO, iL 60619 Property index No. 20-27-116-028. the real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to the Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. the balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. the subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS iS” condition. the sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. the property will NOt be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. if this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). if this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/18.5(g-1). iF yOu ARe tHe MORtGAGOR (HOMeOWNeR), yOu HAVe tHe RiGHt tO ReMAiN iN POS-

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SeSSiON FOR 30 dAyS AFteR eNtRy OF AN ORdeR OF POSSeSSiON, iN ACCORdANCe WitH SeCtiON 15-1701(C) OF tHe iLLiNOiS MORtGAGe FOReCLOSuRe LAW. effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: COdiLiS & ASSOCiAteS, P.C., 15W030 NORtH FRONtAGe ROAd, Suite 100, buRR RidGe, iL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-11-42214. tHe JudiCiAL SALeS CORPORAtiON One South Wacker drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, iL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALe you can also visit the Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. COdiLiS & ASSOCiAteS, P.C. 15W030 NORtH FRONtAGe ROAd, Suite 100 buRR RidGe, iL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-11-42214 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 019859 tJSC#: 34-15804 NOte: Pursuant to the Fair debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. i631752 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON WiLMiNGtON SAViNGS FuNd SOCiety, FSb dbA CHRiStiANA tRuSt AS tRuStee FOR HLSS MORtGAGe MASteR tRuSt FOR tHe beNeFit OF tHe HOLdeRS OF tHe SeRieS 2014-1 CeRtiFiCAteS iSSued by HLSS MORtGAGe MASteR tRuSt Plaintiff, -v.uNKNOWN HeiRS ANd LeGAteeS OF LeWiS C. WHeeLeR, G.P. O’CONNOR AS tRuStee ANd/OR HiS OR HeR SuCCeSSORS, OAK FiNANCiAL ACCePtANCe iNC., PAtRiCiA WHeeLeR, uNKNOWN OWNeRS ANd NONReCORd CLAiMANtS, WiLLiAM P. butCHeR, AS SPeCiAL RePReSeNtAtiVe FOR LeWiS C. WHeeLeR (deCeASed) defendants 13 CH 023424 7525 S. LANGLey AVeNue CHiCAGO, iL 60619 NOtiCe OF SALe PubLiC NOtiCe iS HeReby GiVeN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 28, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 2:00 PM on december 3, 2014, at the Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker drive - 24th Floor, CHiCAGO, iL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7525 S. LANGLey AVeNue, CHiCAGO, iL 60619 Property index No. 20-27-406-012. the real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to the Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. the balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. the subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS iS” condition. the sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. the property will NOt be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. if this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). if this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/18.5(g-1). iF yOu ARe tHe MORtGAGOR (HOMeOWNeR), yOu HAVe tHe RiGHt tO ReMAiN iN POSSeSSiON FOR 30 dAyS AFteR eNtRy OF AN ORdeR OF POSSeSSiON, iN ACCORdANCe WitH SeCtiON 15-1701(C) OF tHe iLLiNOiS MORtGAGe FOReCLOSuRe LAW. effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: COdiLiS & ASSOCiAteS, P.C., 15W030 NORtH FRONtAGe ROAd, Suite 100, buRR RidGe, iL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-09-23129.

tHe JudiCiAL SALeS CORPORAtiON One South Wacker drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, iL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALe you can also visit the Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. COdiLiS & ASSOCiAteS, P.C. 15W030 NORtH FRONtAGe ROAd, Suite 100 buRR RidGe, iL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-09-23129 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 023424 tJSC#: 34-15781 NOte: Pursuant to the Fair debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. i631753

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, DEPARTMENT COUNTY DIVISION CHANCERY SUPREME FINANCE CORPORATION; P l a i n t i f f , s . v RICKY HARRIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS NON RECORD AND C L A I M A N T S ; D e f e n d a n t s , CH 4949 14 OF SALE NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real s t a t e : e Commonly known as 6622 South Champlain, Chicago, IL 60637. 20-22-228-030-0000. P.I.N. The mortgaged real estate is a 6 units or less building. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession. Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Ms. Shannon C. McKinley at Plaintiff's Attorney, Crowley & Lamb, P.C., 221 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 670-6900. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I631164

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION RES-IL ONE, LLC; P l a i n t i f f , v s . PIERRE A. CHESTANG-GRIFFIN AKA PIERRE A. GRIFFIN; UNKNOWN OWNERS; NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; AND UNKNOWN TENANTS. OCCUPANTS AND LEASEHOLDS D e f e n d a n t s , 13 CH 25602 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real s t a t e : e Commonly known as 6336 S. Morgan St., IL 60621. Chicago, 20-20-203-033-0000. P.I.N. The mortgaged real estate is a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Ms. Jennifer J. Sackett-Pohlenz at Plaintiff's Attorney, Clark Hill, PLC, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 9 8 5 - 5 9 1 2 . INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I631146

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division. Paper Street Group, LLC, as successor in interest to Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, P l a i n t i f f , v s . Robertine A. Nyther a/k/a Robertine Nyther, an individual, and Elwood P. Nyther, an individual, Gradie Partlow, an individual, and Unknown Owners, Heirs, Legatees, and Non-Record Claimants, D e f e n d a n t s . 09 CH 6533; Sheriff's No. 140742-001F. Pursuant to a Judgment made and entered by said Court in the above entitled cause, Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, will on December 3, 2014, at 1:00 P.M. in Room LL06 of the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, Chicago, IL, sell at public auction the following described premises and real estate mentioned in said Judgment: PIN: 20-15-405-015-0000.Address: 6041-6043 S. St. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, IL 60637.Improvements: Residential property.Sale shall be under the following terms: Certified funds of not less than ten percent (10%) at the time of sale, and the balance to be paid within twenty-four (24) hours thereafter, plus interest at the statutory rate from the date of sale to the date of payment.Sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments, and any prior first mortgages. Premises will be OPEN for inspection. For information: Contact Scott A. Nehls, Fuchs & Roselli, Ltd., Plaintiff's Attorneys, 440 W. Randolph, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. No. (312) 651-2400.This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.I629704 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON OCWeN LOAN SeRViCiNG, LLC Plaintiff, -v.FRANCiSCO eudAVe, RAFAeL ZuNiGA JR., City OF CHiCAGO, uNited StAteS OF AMeRiCA, uNKNOWN OWNeRS ANd NONReCORd CLAiMANtS defendants 14 CH 002903 6514 S. ebeRHARt AVeNue CHiCAGO, iL 60637 NOtiCe OF SALe PubLiC NOtiCe iS HeReby GiVeN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 20, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 2:00 PM on November 26, 2014, at the Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker drive - 24th Floor, CHiCAGO, iL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6514 S. ebeRHARt AVeNue, CHiCAGO, iL 60637 Property index No. 20-22-217-027. the real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to the Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. the balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. the subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS iS” condition. the sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the united States, the united States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 u.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the united States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. the property will NOt be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. if this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). if this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/18.5(g-1). iF yOu ARe tHe MORtGAGOR (HOMeOWNeR), yOu HAVe tHe RiGHt tO ReMAiN iN POSSeSSiON FOR 30 dAyS AFteR eNtRy OF AN ORdeR OF POSSeSSiON, iN ACCORdANCe WitH SeCtiON 15-1701(C) OF tHe iLLiNOiS MORtGAGe FOReCLOSuRe LAW. effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: COdiLiS & ASSOCiAteS, P.C., 15W030

NORtH FRONtAGe ROAd, Suite 100, buRR RidGe, iL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-30630. tHe JudiCiAL SALeS CORPORAtiON One South Wacker drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, iL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALe you can also visit the Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. COdiLiS & ASSOCiAteS, P.C. 15W030 NORtH FRONtAGe ROAd, Suite 100 buRR RidGe, iL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-30630 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 002903 tJSC#: 34-15123 NOte: Pursuant to the Fair debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. i630840 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON NeW PeNN FiNANCiAL, LLC d/b/A SHeLLPOiNt MORtGAGe SeRViCiNG AS SuCCeSSOR SeRViCeR tO ReSuRGeNt MORtGAGe SeRViCiNG, A diViSiON OF ReSuRGeNt CAPitAL SeRViCeS, LP Plaintiff, -v.CHARLeS L. GRAy, uNKNOWN HeiRS ANd LeGAteeS OF AuStRALiA GRAy A/K/A AuStRALiA GRAy ROGeRS, City OF CHiCAGO, StAte OF iLLiNOiS - dePARtMeNt OF HeALtH CARe ANd FAMiLy SeRViCeS, uNKNOWN OWNeRS ANd NONReCORd CLAiMANtS, WiLLiAM P. butCHeR, AS PeRSONAL RePReSeNtAtiVe defendants 10 CH 051519 7828 S. SAiNt LAWReNCe CHiCAGO, iL 60619 NOtiCe OF SALe PubLiC NOtiCe iS HeReby GiVeN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 20, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 2:00 PM on November 26, 2014, at the Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker drive - 24th Floor, CHiCAGO, iL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7828 S. SAiNt LAWReNCe, CHiCAGO, iL 60619 Property index No. 20-27-427-034. the real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to the Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. the balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. the subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS iS” condition. the sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. the property will NOt be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. if this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). if this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/18.5(g-1). iF yOu ARe tHe MORtGAGOR (HOMeOWNeR), yOu HAVe tHe RiGHt tO ReMAiN iN POSSeSSiON FOR 30 dAyS AFteR eNtRy OF AN ORdeR OF POSSeSSiON, iN ACCORdANCe WitH SeCtiON 15-1701(C) OF tHe iLLiNOiS MORtGAGe FOReCLOSuRe LAW. effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: COdiLiS & ASSOCiAteS, P.C., 15W030 NORtH FRONtAGe ROAd, Suite 100, buRR RidGe, iL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-10-38098. tHe JudiCiAL SALeS CORPORAtiON One South Wacker drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, iL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALe you can also visit the Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. COdiLiS & ASSOCiAteS, P.C. 15W030 NORtH FRONtAGe ROAd, Suite 100 buRR RidGe, iL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-10-38098 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 10 CH 051519 tJSC#: 34-15107 NOte: Pursuant to the Fair debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. i630833

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Improved quality of Medicare plans and steady premiums are great news By Marilyn Tavenner, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Fall is a wonderful time of year. Changing leaves. Cooler weather. It’s also the season for people with Medicare to review their current Medicare coverage, as Medicare Open Enrollment begins. As we prepare for Medicare Open Enrollment, which began on October 15 and ends on December 7, Medicare wants everyone to know that quality continues to improve both in Medicare Advantage and in the Part D Prescription Drug Program. Each year, plan costs and coverage can change. During open enrollment, seniors and people with disabilities across the country have the opportunity to review their current Medicare coverage and see if they want to make any changes for the next year. It’s important for people with Medicare to take the time to make sure their current situation still meets their health care needs best. To help people choose a plan, Medicare calculates plan “star ratings” for Medicare health and prescription drug plans. Each plan gets a number of stars on a scale of 1 to

5—with 5 being the best—based on quality and performance. These ratings are designed to help people with Medicare, their families, and caregivers compare plans, in addition to information on their premiums and benefits. This year, people with Medicare who choose to enroll in a Medicare health or prescription drug plan will have access to more high-rated, four- and five-star plans than ever before. Approximately 60 percent of Medicare Advantage enrollees are in a Medicare Advantage Plan earning four or more stars in 2015, compared to an estimated 17 percent back in 2009. Likewise, about 53 percent of Part D enrollees are currently enrolled in stand-alone prescription drug plans with four or more stars for 2015, compared to just 16 percent in 2009. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, enrollment in Medicare Advantage will increase to 42 percent to an alltime high of over 16 million and Medicare Advantage premiums will have decreased by 6 percent. For people with Medicare, this is good news in how they receive care. Plans that are higher rated deliver a high-level of care, such as improving the coordination of care, managing

diabetes or other chronic conditions more efficiently, screening for and preventing illnesses, making sure people get much-needed prescription drugs, or getting appointments and care quickly. A high rating also means these plans give better customer service, with fewer complaints or long waits for care. If you have Medicare and need assistance, you can visit Medicare.gov, call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800633-4227), or contact your State

Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP). You should have received the 2015 “Medicare & You” Handbook and important notices from your current plan, Medicare, or Social Security about changes to your coverage. If you’re satisfied with your current coverage, there’s nothing you need to do. Better quality in Medicare health and prescription drug plans isn’t the only good news for people with Medicare. For most seniors who

have Original Medicare, the 2015 Part B premium will stay unchanged for a second consecutive year at $104.90. This means more of seniors’ retirement income and any increase in Social Security benefits will stay in their pockets. The Part B deductible will stay the same as well Medicare is working hard to make sure this good news continues so that seniors and people with disabilities will continue to get the health care coverage they deserve.

NOW UNTIL DEC. 7 is open enrollment for Medicare for those who need health insurance or wanting to change their current coverage. Those who choose to enroll in a Medicare health or prescription drug plan will have access to a higher-rated, four or five star plan.

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