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November 2016 Volume 26/ Number 11 • A Monthly Publication by Unite of Southwest Missouri, Inc •
www.unitenewsonline.org Sam Gilliam American (b. 1933)
Museum Acquisition Fund SAM 2002.30 Sam Gilliam is a contemporary African American artist associated with the Washington Color School, a style of painting focused on the process of pouring layers of acrylic paint onto unprimed canvas and letting it soak in. In the late 1960s, Gilliam began experimenting with folding and creasing his canvases, pulling them off the stretcher and draping them on the floor and from the ceiling. These "drape paintings" moved his work from the wall into sculptural, three-dimensional surfaces. His innovations as a painter extend into both sculpture and printmaking. In Ichi (Japanese for “one”), Gilliam uses both traditional and untraditional print processes to experiment with layers of color, shape, and form. The seemingly random and chaotic movement of colors and shapes across the paper relates directly to jazz music. Gilliam cites Miles Davis and John Coltrane as inspirations saying “Before painting, there was jazz. It's something that was important to my work, it was a constant. You listened while you were painting. It made you think that being young wasn't so bad.”
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Springfield NAACP holds elections for new officers Springfield, MO—On November 19, 2016, the election of officers and at-large members of the Executive Committee of the Springfield NAACP will take place at Midtown Carnegie Library 397 E. Central. Polls will open from noon to 4:00pm In order to vote in the Branch election, one must be a member in good standing of the Branch 30 days prior to the election.
Police Officers and High Schools partner to create a theatrical production on issues of Social Justice Elizabeth, NJ — Elizabeth Youth Theater Ensemble, The Office of Youth, and HBO’s Corporate Social Responsibility will implement Walking the Beat: REmixing the Ritual — an on-going arts-in-education residency with students from the Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy from October 18 – December 16, with a community See stor y on page 5
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November is Native American Heritage Month by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose. One of the very proponents of an American Indian Day was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. He persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the "First Americans" and for three years they adopted such a day. In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian
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Association meeting in Lawrence, Kans., formally approved a plan concerning American Indian Day. It directed its president, Rev. Sherman Coolidge,
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declared the second Saturday of each May as an American Indian Day and contained the first formal appeal for recognition of Indians as citizens. The year before this proclamation was issued, Red Fox James, a Blackfoot Indian, rode horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Indians. On December 14, 1915, he presented the endorsements of 24 state governments at the White House. There is no record, however, of such a national day being proclaimed. The first American Indian Day in a state was declared on the second Saturday in May 1916 by
the governor of New York. Several states celebrate the fourth Friday in September. In Illinois, for example, legislators enacted such a day in 1919. Presently, several states have designated Columbus Day as Native American Day, but it continues to be a day we observe without any recognition as a national legal holiday. In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 "National American Indian Heritage Month." Similar proclamations, under variants on the name (including "Native American Heritage Month" and "National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month") have been issued each year since 1994.
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Springfield Black History Moment Springfield, MO—This photo of the local chapter of the NAACP from 1940 is a prime example of one of the most important efforts by the History Museum on the Square. This organization has been an effective voice for the African American community for decades and its members posed for this photo in front of Lincoln School around 1940. Sadly, only a few of the people in the picture have been identified. We continue to take every opportunity to add names to the faces in our unidentified pictures to better tell the stories of this place we call home. If you see anyone you know in this or any other photo we display please let us know. — John Sellars, Springfield History Museum
Photo: Local chapter of the NAACP in front of Lincoln School cira 1940.
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are always there to help little ones shop and wrap their treasures. There’s no tax, and proceeds from the Holiday Store help fund children’s programs, concerts and more at all the libraries. Save time for some family fun that day at the Holiday Open House events, with crafts, games and treats for children. The Holiday Open Houses and Holiday Stores are open Saturday, December 3; the Library Center store runs December 3-11. Some branches will also feature a visit from Santa, so bring your camera. Here’s the schedule: Ash Grove Branch Holiday Open House and Holiday Store: 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m., coinciding with the Ash Grove city parade festivities. Library Center: Holiday Open House: 10 a.m.-noon; photos with Santa 11 a.m.noon Holiday Store: 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Saturday December 3; 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday, December 4; 2:30-7:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, December 5-9; Saturday, December 10, 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; and 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday, December 11. Library Station: Holiday Open House: 10 a.m.-noon; Santa 11 a.m.-noon. Holiday Store 10 a.m. -2 p.m. Midtown Carnegie Branch: Holiday Open House: 10 a.m.noon; Santa and Mrs. Claus 10:30 a.m.-noon. Holiday Store noon-3 p.m. Republic Branch: Holiday Open House: 10 a.m.-noon. Holiday Store: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Republic Branch: Holiday Open House: 10 a.m.-noon. Holiday Store: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Willard Branch: Holiday Open House 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Holiday Store: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Kathleen O’Dell is community relations director of the Springfield-Greene County Library District. She can be reached at kathleeno@thelibrary.org.
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Two Seasoned Animators of the Original Soul Train, Scooby Doo and Fat Albert Team Up to Bring Life to AfroKids.com Leo Sullivan and Floyd Norman have teamed up to produce AfroKids.com, an interactive website that empowers families in building children’s self-esteem and cultural heritage Los Angeles, CA — It’s a rare thing, particularly in the entertainment industry, to behold friendships that are both long-lasting and fruitful… and that continue to be productive into the 21st Century. Longtime animator/filmmaker Leo D. Sullivan is launching a new entertainment Floyd Norman and Leo Sullivan venture, AfroKids.com, with stories and creative input from his longtime friend Floyd Norman that brings their combined 100 years of experience to this century’s pre-eminent vehicle of information and entertainment distribution the internet’s world wide web. The duo formed Vignette Films, Inc. (changed later to Vignette Multimedia) in 1966 to produce educational films, as well as, contracting work on projects as diverse as the original “Soul Train” animated logo, “Sesame Street”, and many others. During the beginning of the last century, the duo shifted their focus from purely entertainment material to edutainment that would teach its viewers as well as entertain…content that makes you feel good as it does good. AfroKids.com, which is launching as you read this, is a website, a decade in the making, that will strive to serve a currently underserved and potentially vast audience: African American children and their families. These families will be treated to a variety of interactive features produced in various media styles that will engage, educate and entertain young minds and hearts.
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Health & Mental Fitness Doctor Pioneers a Different Way to Treat Stress in Children San Francisco, CA — A pioneer in the field of medicine, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is a leader in the movement to transform how we respond to early childhood adversity and the resulting toxic stress that dramatically impacts our health and longevity. By revealing the science behind childhood adversity, she offers a new way to understand the adverse events that affect all of us throughout our lifetimes. As a pediatrician, a mom and the founder/CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness, Dr. Burke Harris has brought these scientific discoveries and her new approach to audiences at the Mayo Clinic, American Academy of Pediatrics and Google Zeitgeist.
Her motivation Shortly after opening a pediatrics clinic in a low-income neighborhood in San Francisco, she began to wonder why so many of her patients had asthma and other illnesses. She especially saw that too many children were so sick with no warranted reason. She told the Washington Post, “They would have chronic abdominal pain, headaches, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, opposition defiant disorder. It could be that all these different kids have all these diagnoses, or it could be that there is one thing at the root of this.” But she finally figured it out
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"The reason why so many of her young patients were sick was because of the “high doses” of trauma in their lives."
by Kathleen O’Dell, Springfield-Greene County Library District
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after reviewing a 10-year old medical study that revealed a strong link between chronic disease and traumatic experiences during childhood. These experiences could include physical abuse, neglect, and more. Then it finally made sense to her: The reason why so many of her young patients were sick was because of the “high doses” of trauma in their lives. Doing things differently From that point forward, Dr. Burke Harris started evaluating children not just for their medical histories, but also their social histories and traumatic
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experiences. And instead of treating only symptoms, she sought to help with the root causes of the stress that were making them sick. In 2013, she launched the The Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco, as part of a national effort to revolutionize pediatric medicine and transform the way society responds to kids exposed to significant adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress. Recently, she and the Center for Youth Wellness have joined the University of California Benioff Children’s Hospital (San Francisco & Oakland) in the first ever research collaborative on toxic stress to validate an ACEs screening tool, evaluate promising interventions and identify predictive biomarkers. For more details about Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, visit www. drnadineburkeharris.com For more details about her Center for Youth Wellness, visit www.centerforyouthwellness. org
Do you have a great story to tell? Learn how to get started from award-winning author April Henry on Tuesday, Nov. 22, in Kathleen O'Dell the Library Center auditorium. She’ll discuss How to Grow Your Plot at 5:30 p.m. for age 14 and older. From 7-9 p.m. it’s What Doesn’t Kill You: A Writer’s (Sometimes Crazy) Commitment to Getting It Right, for age 12 and older. ••• Children love to do their very own holiday shopping for families, friends and teachers, and they have gifts for every age to choose from at the Library’s annual Holiday Store on Saturday, December 3. This year you’ll find a store inside six library branches. Children through age 18 can shop for gifts priced 25 cents to $6. Volunteers continued on page 11
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Modeling Civility for Our Children by Gwen Marshall
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Modeling Civility for Our Children in our own lives and to creating a productive society and a generation of civil children Presidential elections - like who will become civil adults. democracy - are messy. Learning civility also has perThat’s especially true sonal benefits for chilthis year. dren: They develop positive self-esteem, "What makes this enjoy lower stress levelection different els, and have stronger is that it has been social skills that help nasty and unfiltered, them form healthy Gwen Marshall and many adults relationships with othare confused and emotional ers. Needless to say, it's also themselves, so it can be hard great for character developto help kids understand these ment! issues and personalities," Here are a few helpful tips says Judith Myers-Walls, from Peabody Award-winning professor emeritus of child broadcast journalist, author, development at Purdue and parenting and child University. development expert, Denise This election is causing Daniels. By teaching and fear and anxiety among chilmodeling civility we can help dren of color, immigrants, our children make the world and Muslims. It has also a better place: emboldened some students 1. Look out to mimic the words and tone Look outside yourself, and of the campaign. Children encourage your children aren't born wanting to mock to do the same. Encourage or hurt others. In fact, they them to notice other kids have to be carefully taught who may be alone on the this learned behavior. That's playground or at school and why it's critical to start modwho might enjoy some comeling early; teaching our pany. children to respect others, 2. Model tolerance and show empathy, use restraint, acceptance and treat other human beings Children are naturally curiwith decency. ous and observant of difCivility means recognizing ferences. But they'll also the humanity of others and follow your lead: When you putting the common good and your child see someone above self-interest. These are who is noticeably different the values that are crucial to from you (whether through forming positive relationships disability or age or any other by Gwen Marshall SPS Office of Equity & Access
distinguishing feature), show your child by your easygoing response that these differences are meant to be accepted and understood. If your child has questions, answer them in a matter-of-fact manner, without staring or pointing. 3. Teach manners Sometimes it really is the little things that count the most. Children who learn to say "Please" and "Thank you" and "May I" create a civil environment that generates a positive response in everyone around them. 4. Serve the community Get your children involved in community service at an early age. Kids love to have small tasks to do that they can easily manage—it gives them a great sense of accomplishment and pride—and all the more when they know it's helping other people or making their community better. 5. Walk the talk Try to set a positive example in all that you say and do. No one's a saint, and no one is perfect, but making an effort shows that you believe it's
and becomes almost painful and AFRI- of course we can tell how some trick back. scenes are going to end from We have to give credit to the beginning. I am not sayTyler Perry he has put together ing that it is not funny in spots a cost effective replicable model but a faster pace in a few spots and program that he can apply could make the film even more to a variety of seasons and sitenjoyable. And there are some uations. He has enough of a aspects of the plot development following that he just needs to that are simply not plausible. But produce it and they will come. who cares after all as long as we One of the trademarks that get some laughs. is clever but works very well Hey, it’s Halloween and we is that Mr. Perry plays several all want some laughs and a few characters which shows some scares thrown in to boot. And talent but keeps the talent in Boo and Madea is a winning house and also excludes many combination for the laughs and other talented actors/actresses the $. You can tell that it is not from getting some quality expomy favorite but the no. 1 standsure. In addition, there are seving in the box office means that eral characters and regulars that someone ….well a lot of folks are part of the franchise that get like Madea at Halloween. to play their parts in most of the Let me know if you get some franchise films. scares and if Madea scares you I had a few laughs but there are a few scenes when the plot at all!!! gets played out a bit too long 82 out of 100 continued from page 8
important and worthwhile— and your child will learn that, too. (http://tinyurl.com/ DeniseDaniels) N.p., n.d. Web. Daniels, Denise. "5 Ways to Teach Your Children Civility and Why It Matters Now." Parenting. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2016. Did you know? November is Native American Heritage Month. The history of the Americas and Native American history did not begin with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. The ancestors of the people encountered by Columbus and later European explorers had lived in America for 30,000 years. I do not think the measure of a civilization is how tall its buildings of concrete are, but rather how well its people have learned to relate to their environment and fellow man. —Sun Bear of the Chippewa Tribe America’s riches are not determined solely by her continued from page 5
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russet potato, sage, parmesan, spinach Course No. 5-Butternut Squash, turnip, pork jowl and sorrel Course No. 6-Duck, fall mushrooms, fig, whiskey and almond milk And yes there were very nice descriptions under each of the menu items. So why am I sharing this …..well to give kudos and recognition to what is occurring in our burgeoning food scene and to help to give you a taste of what it is like. It was a new experience for me and I want to encourage you that if you get invited to something like this go
for it because you will be glad that you did. The ambiance was spectacular, the company was great and the food was on the level of fine dining anywhere in the Midwest. I was beyond impressed and I truly savored each course. 4 forks!
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Movie Review: “Boo! A Medea Halloween!”
the wig and the dress and stockings and clown around the screen? I have heard Well there is a lot I could the buzz that Mr. Perry was say about this movie but this going to stop the Madea is a family community paper impersonations because of so I will be nice and stay some fan feedback that this calm. First, yes I did go to was not the movie image see it because I know you as that our children and readers want to hear communities of color about it and second I need to see and emudid need a few laughs late. But of course because most of us in the end by popular know the daily grind opinion the deciin the Springpatch! sion was made that Have you ever bought Madea was not ready a ticket to something to go into retirement Lyle Foster and then once the yet. And judging by ride starts you wonthe crazy response to opender why did I do this? I had ing weekend in the country a similar feeling once the Madea is going to be around movie started but I needed to for many more years! This finish my popcorn and well I was the no. 1 movie in the was in the movies then. country on opening weekIt is not so much that I hate end surpassing even Tom Madea as a concept but how Cruise and the Jack Reacher many times can Tyler put on franchise. Boo in this case is By Lyle Foster Unite Contributing Writer
spelled MONEY! Almost 30 million boos! Oh well if it works it works. I have mentioned before in my columns that sometimes there is a comraderie with the crowd that helps to add to the overall fan experience in the movies. Unfortunately this wasn’t true in my attendance at the cinema for this film. I couldn’t holla when I wanted or scream but I survived. Now let’s be clear that most of us know that Lionsgate 2016 you don’t go to a Madea movie expecting an academy award performance and maybe that is why I
am bothered that we don’t expect or demand more. But I get the other side too that the slapstick comedy and the stereotypes that come from a bad B movie are done well enough for us to laugh and we have endeared ourselves enough with the characters that we want to see them every now and then. Well I am not even going to tell you the plot beyond what you already know that Madea is cutting up for Halloween and when there are more tricks than treats she knows how to continued on page 9
Restaurant Review: “Pop Up Food Experiences” By Lyle Foster Unite Contributing Writer
We are taking the food in a different direction today. As I have been saying the restaurant scene in Springfield is heating up and it is almost on fire. I would like to congratulate the Vandivort Hotel on being selected as the 2016 boutique hotel of the year. Outstanding! JP the general manager and all of the staff deserve a special thanks for bringing an outstanding property to our queen city. And of course their first floor restaurant …The Order…..is outstand-
ing and one of my favorite places to visit. A hot trend that you may have heard about are the pop up food experiences that take place at farms and special spaces across the city. In other words the culinary experience is not in a typical restaurant but in a place that is unique in other ways. That brings a certain element of cool to the meal because you can be a foodie in some really cool spots. Typically these food parties may go from 8 to 10 courses and they are not cheap often costing about $100 per person.
Ok I get it when you spend a hundred dollars you want to be on the top floor of the John Hancock and driven home and have a meal that ranks on the top of your list for all time eats. But the reality is that even in fairly affordable Springfield the prices are going up and the scene has changed a lot. So maybe you can guess what I am going to share is that I went to my first one a few nights ago and it blew me away!!! You are not going to believe me but I had the privilege of attending one of these dinners on Commercial Street……10 cours-
es for $100.00. If you had told me this 5 years ago I would not have believed it and I like to say nothing is impossible. But it is 2016 and things have changed not only in our city but on the northside! I want to share with you some of the dishes that delighted our culinary imagination and they were served with class and elegance. Here is a sampling and yes they had to explain a few of the dishes to me but they were scrumptious and exquisite. Course No. 4-Sweet potatoes, continued on page 9
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continued from page 1 presentation on Saturday, December 17, 2016. The program is made possible with support by Mayor J. Christian Bollwage and Police Director James Cosgrove. The Elizabeth Youth Theater Ensemble (EYTE) believes in using arts education as a community engagement and civil service tool. Over the course of three months, The Walking the Beat multi-media project will help to reinforce positive interactions between young people and police officers, ultimately creating a bonding experience amongst participants that will affect future interactions within the community at large. The program model and curriculum will be used in cities across the U.S. “We’ve been having endless conversations with theater students and artists about what we can do to not remain crippled every morning when waking up to story after story of violence. Students are asking: What can we do to help? To protect our
November 23-25 Thanksgiving Vacation (School System Closed) GED Classes are currently offered at Jarrett Middle School through a partnership between ALAS and SPS. Contact Yeni Vasquez for more information: Gf.mo.alas@gmail.com The ACT registration is $39.50, without the essay. If you would like to take the essay, the ACT registration fee is $56.50. Some colleges may require you take the essay, so do your research before you decide to skip it. art and our sanity?” says EYTE Founder Theo Perkins. Students (grades 9-12) and a diverse cohort of police officers will actively participate in creating original writing and performances about their neighborhood, local heroes and sheroes, and what their own role can be in community building. EYTE will work with school administrators to “adopt” classes in order to rehearse during school hours three days a week. Residency sessions will occur in three phases: i). Facilitated Dialogue w/ Officers and students. During this phase, the ensemble will get to know each other ii). Improvisation sessions with EYTE teaching artists. Certain characters and plots created during improvisation sessions will be selected and developed during the rehearsal process; and iii). Creativity think tanks. Participants will work together to collaborate on future community engagement and common ground methods. “We are witnessing deteriocontinued in next column
rating communication between people who live and serve within the community. We’re here to offer one method, the arts, where
we can see, hear and hold space for each other,” says Program Facilitator and Founding EYTE Teaching Artist Angela Kariotis.
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November Business Calendar of Events Tuesday November 1 Minorities In Business Monthly Networking Event 5:30 Every First Tuesday Of Each Month At Q Enotecas, 308 W Commercial St Our November guest speaker is Antonio Rucker, an Aerial Photographer with Drone-O-Nomics Tuesday November 1 The eFactory Accelerator is a 12-week intensive program to jumpstart startup and emerging companies. Selected companies receive a $30,000 investment for 8% equity. Applications are open until November 25th for Cohort #2 of The eFactory Accelerator. Cohort #2 will take place February 6 - April 28. The Q&A Open House is to answer any questions about the program. 3:30 PM 5:30 PM The eFactory, 405 N Jefferson Ave, Springfield, MO Every Wednesday in November One Million Cups: Every Wednesday morning, one or two early-stage startups present their companies to a diverse audience of their peers, mentors, educators, and advisors. This event is free and open to everyone. Springfield Art Museum, 1111 E. Brookside Dr., at 9 a.m. Happy Hour Live (every Wednesday, 5-7 p.m.) is Springfield’s premier networking event with live local music, complimentary food and liquor tastings, featuring a local nonprofit in the atrium of University Plaza Hotel. Cash bar and menu are also available. No cover charge. No fees. No dues. Just good, old-fashioned mixing and mingling.
The BusinessSection Spa/Salon For Men Raises $200K After Being Turned Down on “Shark Tank” Los Angeles, CA—Many people know Michael Elliot as the Hollywood screenwriter behind films like Brown Sugar, Like Mike and Just Wright. But he is also a successful entrepreneur who, you might say, owes his success to Shark Tank for turning him down on a deal. That's right, they turned him down and actually told him his idea of nail salons for men would never work. Success on his own Elliot opened his first salon, called Hammer & Nails, in 2013 on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Within his first seven months in business, he made $150,000 in sales, and he projected he would make $2 million in
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as a result of the exposure on Shark Tank, 8 viewers who saw Elliot helped him raise $200,000. Two of these viewers were African American women who were angel investors. In addition, since January, Elliot has sold 183 franchise licenses in eight states. This year, two locations will open in San Francisco, one will open in Santa Fe, one in Plano, TX will open early next year, and still another will
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Michael Elliot inside of his Hammer & Nails Salon
sales in 2016. This is when he made the decision to franchise his business so it could grow even more. He presented his idea on ABC's Shark Tank in
2014, but they turned him down, telling him it wouldn't fly. It flew The irony of this story is that continued on page 7
18-Year Old Howard University Student Youngest Chosen By Black Enterprise to Compete in Silicon Valley By BlackNews.com
Nationwide — Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have played a critical role in developing talent. Mr. Earl Graves Jr, CEO of Black Enterprise Magazine, has also provided significant leadership in bringing together top students from HBCUs to participate in the annual BE Tech Connext Summit. He has worked successfully with corporate sponsors to foster a pipeline of technology talent. Among the schools in attendance to this year’s summit was Howard University. Often referred to as the Mecca, Howard has a long tradition of fostering talented
Hammer & Nails
Earl Graves Jr, and David Hill, Jr.
students that make significant contributions to society. The new Dean of the College of Engineering, Dr. Achille Messac is poised to strengthen that tradition. He has three degrees from MIT and a deep passion for student success. One of the future student technology moguls at Howard
University’s College of Engineering Program is 18-year old David Hill, Jr. This young man entered Howard University at 16 years old, and has accomplished some really amazing things. A senior member of the family that established the Nobel Prize, Claes Nobel stated that, “I am proud to announce David has been selected to become a member of our esteemed organization as a national scholar.” Throughout his career, he has interned at the technology giant Corning Incorporated where he successfully contributed to the software and modeling simulation group. He has performed research on global continued on page 7
satellite systems for Leidos Corporation with Dr. Gedare Bloom; studied cyber security issues at Cisco Systems while interning on spring break at the former Sourcefire company that was acquired by Cisco Systems for $2.7 billion. This summer, David was tapped by United Technologies Corporation – Otis Elevator Vice President – Mr. Brad Sellick to work on the emerging IoT software development project that will digitally transform Otis Elevator. According to Mr. Sellick, “David exemplifies the values and traits that we look for in our engineering staff. He significantly contributed to our digital transformation initiative using Microsoft Azure IoT software and other software applications.” “I greatly enjoyed engaging with industry leaders and learning about technology innovation at the BE Tech Connext Summit. The hack-a-thon was a great success,” said Hill. Toyota Corporation and AT&T were among many corporate sponsors. According to Bloomberg Technology News, “Toyota has pledged $1 billion in investment over five
open next summer in Greenville, SC. Hammer & Nails offers men pedicures, manicures, barbering, and straight-razor shaves in an atmosphere that looks like a man cave, not a salon. It's designed to make men feel comfortable and, well, manly -- right down to a shot of whiskey! Eat your hearts out Shark Tank! For more details about Hammer & Nails, visit www.hammerandnails-salon.com years toward an artificial intelligence and robotics institute that’s leading research efforts on areas including autonomous driving. The funding going to the Toyota Research Institute is equal to what the company spent developing the first Prius hybrid, President Akio Toyoda said during a speech at the Paris Motor Show last week.” According to David Hill, “The purpose of our mobile application software during the hack-a-thon was to create an infotainment platform that would serves as a travel companion and enhance the artificial intelligence experience with automobiles. I learned that software technology can be used to increase market share and demand for products. Technology also has the ability to bridge the international cultural gap between millennials in America and Japan, because everybody likes food, music and entertainment. During my internship with United Technologies- Otis Elevator, I learned first-hand how technology will digitally transform all means of transportation from elevators to airplanes. It’s important to have continued in next column
the right technology partners in order to enable the digital transformation.” For more details on the BE
Tech Connext Summit, log on to www.blackenterprise.com/events/ techconnext/
Critics on Excluding Clarence Thomas From New African American Museum: ‘Real Discrimination,’ ‘Racist, Intolerant and Hateful’ By Penny Starr | October 26, 2016 | 5:06 PM EDT (CNSNews.com) – The new National African American Museum of History and Culture does not include some prominent black men and women in its exhibits, including Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Critics of the exclusion expressed irony that a museum dedicated to telling the African American story has chosen to omit certain blacks, Supreme Court Justice despite their success and the sigClarence Thomas nificant role they play in that story. “The fact that the Smithsonian Museum has chosen to leave [Thomas] out of the African American Museum underscores a sad truth about the American Left,” Bishop E.W. Jackson, founder and president of Stay True To America’s National Destiny (STAND), told CNSNews.com. “They are the most racist, intolerant and hateful people in our country today.” “If liberal elites had a modicum of intellectual integrity, they would tell the story of Clarence Thomas just as they do that of Justice Thurgood Marshall,” Jackson said. “It is a tribute to the greatness of our country that two very different men of different philosophical dispositions could both rise to prominence.” “Perhaps when we've relieved the African American Museum from the stranglehold of the Left, it can tell the history - including the ideological diversity - of America's citizens of African descent,” Jackson said.
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November Business Calendar of Events Tuesday November 1 Minorities In Business Monthly Networking Event 5:30 Every First Tuesday Of Each Month At Q Enotecas, 308 W Commercial St Our November guest speaker is Antonio Rucker, an Aerial Photographer with Drone-O-Nomics Tuesday November 1 The eFactory Accelerator is a 12-week intensive program to jumpstart startup and emerging companies. Selected companies receive a $30,000 investment for 8% equity. Applications are open until November 25th for Cohort #2 of The eFactory Accelerator. Cohort #2 will take place February 6 - April 28. The Q&A Open House is to answer any questions about the program. 3:30 PM 5:30 PM The eFactory, 405 N Jefferson Ave, Springfield, MO Every Wednesday in November One Million Cups: Every Wednesday morning, one or two early-stage startups present their companies to a diverse audience of their peers, mentors, educators, and advisors. This event is free and open to everyone. Springfield Art Museum, 1111 E. Brookside Dr., at 9 a.m. Happy Hour Live (every Wednesday, 5-7 p.m.) is Springfield’s premier networking event with live local music, complimentary food and liquor tastings, featuring a local nonprofit in the atrium of University Plaza Hotel. Cash bar and menu are also available. No cover charge. No fees. No dues. Just good, old-fashioned mixing and mingling.
The BusinessSection Spa/Salon For Men Raises $200K After Being Turned Down on “Shark Tank” Los Angeles, CA—Many people know Michael Elliot as the Hollywood screenwriter behind films like Brown Sugar, Like Mike and Just Wright. But he is also a successful entrepreneur who, you might say, owes his success to Shark Tank for turning him down on a deal. That's right, they turned him down and actually told him his idea of nail salons for men would never work. Success on his own Elliot opened his first salon, called Hammer & Nails, in 2013 on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Within his first seven months in business, he made $150,000 in sales, and he projected he would make $2 million in
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as a result of the exposure on Shark Tank, 8 viewers who saw Elliot helped him raise $200,000. Two of these viewers were African American women who were angel investors. In addition, since January, Elliot has sold 183 franchise licenses in eight states. This year, two locations will open in San Francisco, one will open in Santa Fe, one in Plano, TX will open early next year, and still another will
Silicon Valley
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Michael Elliot inside of his Hammer & Nails Salon
sales in 2016. This is when he made the decision to franchise his business so it could grow even more. He presented his idea on ABC's Shark Tank in
2014, but they turned him down, telling him it wouldn't fly. It flew The irony of this story is that continued on page 7
18-Year Old Howard University Student Youngest Chosen By Black Enterprise to Compete in Silicon Valley By BlackNews.com
Nationwide — Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have played a critical role in developing talent. Mr. Earl Graves Jr, CEO of Black Enterprise Magazine, has also provided significant leadership in bringing together top students from HBCUs to participate in the annual BE Tech Connext Summit. He has worked successfully with corporate sponsors to foster a pipeline of technology talent. Among the schools in attendance to this year’s summit was Howard University. Often referred to as the Mecca, Howard has a long tradition of fostering talented
Hammer & Nails
Earl Graves Jr, and David Hill, Jr.
students that make significant contributions to society. The new Dean of the College of Engineering, Dr. Achille Messac is poised to strengthen that tradition. He has three degrees from MIT and a deep passion for student success. One of the future student technology moguls at Howard
University’s College of Engineering Program is 18-year old David Hill, Jr. This young man entered Howard University at 16 years old, and has accomplished some really amazing things. A senior member of the family that established the Nobel Prize, Claes Nobel stated that, “I am proud to announce David has been selected to become a member of our esteemed organization as a national scholar.” Throughout his career, he has interned at the technology giant Corning Incorporated where he successfully contributed to the software and modeling simulation group. He has performed research on global continued on page 7
satellite systems for Leidos Corporation with Dr. Gedare Bloom; studied cyber security issues at Cisco Systems while interning on spring break at the former Sourcefire company that was acquired by Cisco Systems for $2.7 billion. This summer, David was tapped by United Technologies Corporation – Otis Elevator Vice President – Mr. Brad Sellick to work on the emerging IoT software development project that will digitally transform Otis Elevator. According to Mr. Sellick, “David exemplifies the values and traits that we look for in our engineering staff. He significantly contributed to our digital transformation initiative using Microsoft Azure IoT software and other software applications.” “I greatly enjoyed engaging with industry leaders and learning about technology innovation at the BE Tech Connext Summit. The hack-a-thon was a great success,” said Hill. Toyota Corporation and AT&T were among many corporate sponsors. According to Bloomberg Technology News, “Toyota has pledged $1 billion in investment over five
open next summer in Greenville, SC. Hammer & Nails offers men pedicures, manicures, barbering, and straight-razor shaves in an atmosphere that looks like a man cave, not a salon. It's designed to make men feel comfortable and, well, manly -- right down to a shot of whiskey! Eat your hearts out Shark Tank! For more details about Hammer & Nails, visit www.hammerandnails-salon.com years toward an artificial intelligence and robotics institute that’s leading research efforts on areas including autonomous driving. The funding going to the Toyota Research Institute is equal to what the company spent developing the first Prius hybrid, President Akio Toyoda said during a speech at the Paris Motor Show last week.” According to David Hill, “The purpose of our mobile application software during the hack-a-thon was to create an infotainment platform that would serves as a travel companion and enhance the artificial intelligence experience with automobiles. I learned that software technology can be used to increase market share and demand for products. Technology also has the ability to bridge the international cultural gap between millennials in America and Japan, because everybody likes food, music and entertainment. During my internship with United Technologies- Otis Elevator, I learned first-hand how technology will digitally transform all means of transportation from elevators to airplanes. It’s important to have continued in next column
the right technology partners in order to enable the digital transformation.” For more details on the BE
Tech Connext Summit, log on to www.blackenterprise.com/events/ techconnext/
Critics on Excluding Clarence Thomas From New African American Museum: ‘Real Discrimination,’ ‘Racist, Intolerant and Hateful’ By Penny Starr | October 26, 2016 | 5:06 PM EDT (CNSNews.com) – The new National African American Museum of History and Culture does not include some prominent black men and women in its exhibits, including Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Critics of the exclusion expressed irony that a museum dedicated to telling the African American story has chosen to omit certain blacks, Supreme Court Justice despite their success and the sigClarence Thomas nificant role they play in that story. “The fact that the Smithsonian Museum has chosen to leave [Thomas] out of the African American Museum underscores a sad truth about the American Left,” Bishop E.W. Jackson, founder and president of Stay True To America’s National Destiny (STAND), told CNSNews.com. “They are the most racist, intolerant and hateful people in our country today.” “If liberal elites had a modicum of intellectual integrity, they would tell the story of Clarence Thomas just as they do that of Justice Thurgood Marshall,” Jackson said. “It is a tribute to the greatness of our country that two very different men of different philosophical dispositions could both rise to prominence.” “Perhaps when we've relieved the African American Museum from the stranglehold of the Left, it can tell the history - including the ideological diversity - of America's citizens of African descent,” Jackson said.
Minorities In Business Monthly Networking Event
Every First Tuesday of the Month at 5:30 pm (November 1, 2016) Presentation by Antonio Rucker & Amanda McGinnis Aerial Photographers for Drone-O-Nomics Where: Q Enoteca WIne Bar, 308 West Commercial St. Bring a friend or business partner! Everyone is invited! Light Refreshments and Cash Bar Available For more information call: (417) 837-2631
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Movie Review: “Boo! A Medea Halloween!”
the wig and the dress and stockings and clown around the screen? I have heard Well there is a lot I could the buzz that Mr. Perry was say about this movie but this going to stop the Madea is a family community paper impersonations because of so I will be nice and stay some fan feedback that this calm. First, yes I did go to was not the movie image see it because I know you as that our children and readers want to hear communities of color about it and second I need to see and emudid need a few laughs late. But of course because most of us in the end by popular know the daily grind opinion the deciin the Springpatch! sion was made that Have you ever bought Madea was not ready a ticket to something to go into retirement Lyle Foster and then once the yet. And judging by ride starts you wonthe crazy response to opender why did I do this? I had ing weekend in the country a similar feeling once the Madea is going to be around movie started but I needed to for many more years! This finish my popcorn and well I was the no. 1 movie in the was in the movies then. country on opening weekIt is not so much that I hate end surpassing even Tom Madea as a concept but how Cruise and the Jack Reacher many times can Tyler put on franchise. Boo in this case is By Lyle Foster Unite Contributing Writer
spelled MONEY! Almost 30 million boos! Oh well if it works it works. I have mentioned before in my columns that sometimes there is a comraderie with the crowd that helps to add to the overall fan experience in the movies. Unfortunately this wasn’t true in my attendance at the cinema for this film. I couldn’t holla when I wanted or scream but I survived. Now let’s be clear that most of us know that Lionsgate 2016 you don’t go to a Madea movie expecting an academy award performance and maybe that is why I
am bothered that we don’t expect or demand more. But I get the other side too that the slapstick comedy and the stereotypes that come from a bad B movie are done well enough for us to laugh and we have endeared ourselves enough with the characters that we want to see them every now and then. Well I am not even going to tell you the plot beyond what you already know that Madea is cutting up for Halloween and when there are more tricks than treats she knows how to continued on page 9
Restaurant Review: “Pop Up Food Experiences” By Lyle Foster Unite Contributing Writer
We are taking the food in a different direction today. As I have been saying the restaurant scene in Springfield is heating up and it is almost on fire. I would like to congratulate the Vandivort Hotel on being selected as the 2016 boutique hotel of the year. Outstanding! JP the general manager and all of the staff deserve a special thanks for bringing an outstanding property to our queen city. And of course their first floor restaurant …The Order…..is outstand-
ing and one of my favorite places to visit. A hot trend that you may have heard about are the pop up food experiences that take place at farms and special spaces across the city. In other words the culinary experience is not in a typical restaurant but in a place that is unique in other ways. That brings a certain element of cool to the meal because you can be a foodie in some really cool spots. Typically these food parties may go from 8 to 10 courses and they are not cheap often costing about $100 per person.
Ok I get it when you spend a hundred dollars you want to be on the top floor of the John Hancock and driven home and have a meal that ranks on the top of your list for all time eats. But the reality is that even in fairly affordable Springfield the prices are going up and the scene has changed a lot. So maybe you can guess what I am going to share is that I went to my first one a few nights ago and it blew me away!!! You are not going to believe me but I had the privilege of attending one of these dinners on Commercial Street……10 cours-
es for $100.00. If you had told me this 5 years ago I would not have believed it and I like to say nothing is impossible. But it is 2016 and things have changed not only in our city but on the northside! I want to share with you some of the dishes that delighted our culinary imagination and they were served with class and elegance. Here is a sampling and yes they had to explain a few of the dishes to me but they were scrumptious and exquisite. Course No. 4-Sweet potatoes, continued on page 9
economic wealth but by her rich tapestry of multicultural diversity. We must remember to celebrate our unique heritage. Dates to Remember: November 7, 2016 Parent/Teacher Conference Day (Students Out All Day) November 8, 2016 Professional Learning/ Collaboration Day (Students Out All Day)
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continued from page 1 presentation on Saturday, December 17, 2016. The program is made possible with support by Mayor J. Christian Bollwage and Police Director James Cosgrove. The Elizabeth Youth Theater Ensemble (EYTE) believes in using arts education as a community engagement and civil service tool. Over the course of three months, The Walking the Beat multi-media project will help to reinforce positive interactions between young people and police officers, ultimately creating a bonding experience amongst participants that will affect future interactions within the community at large. The program model and curriculum will be used in cities across the U.S. “We’ve been having endless conversations with theater students and artists about what we can do to not remain crippled every morning when waking up to story after story of violence. Students are asking: What can we do to help? To protect our
November 23-25 Thanksgiving Vacation (School System Closed) GED Classes are currently offered at Jarrett Middle School through a partnership between ALAS and SPS. Contact Yeni Vasquez for more information: Gf.mo.alas@gmail.com The ACT registration is $39.50, without the essay. If you would like to take the essay, the ACT registration fee is $56.50. Some colleges may require you take the essay, so do your research before you decide to skip it. art and our sanity?” says EYTE Founder Theo Perkins. Students (grades 9-12) and a diverse cohort of police officers will actively participate in creating original writing and performances about their neighborhood, local heroes and sheroes, and what their own role can be in community building. EYTE will work with school administrators to “adopt” classes in order to rehearse during school hours three days a week. Residency sessions will occur in three phases: i). Facilitated Dialogue w/ Officers and students. During this phase, the ensemble will get to know each other ii). Improvisation sessions with EYTE teaching artists. Certain characters and plots created during improvisation sessions will be selected and developed during the rehearsal process; and iii). Creativity think tanks. Participants will work together to collaborate on future community engagement and common ground methods. “We are witnessing deteriocontinued in next column
rating communication between people who live and serve within the community. We’re here to offer one method, the arts, where
we can see, hear and hold space for each other,” says Program Facilitator and Founding EYTE Teaching Artist Angela Kariotis.
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Modeling Civility for Our Children in our own lives and to creating a productive society and a generation of civil children Presidential elections - like who will become civil adults. democracy - are messy. Learning civility also has perThat’s especially true sonal benefits for chilthis year. dren: They develop positive self-esteem, "What makes this enjoy lower stress levelection different els, and have stronger is that it has been social skills that help nasty and unfiltered, them form healthy Gwen Marshall and many adults relationships with othare confused and emotional ers. Needless to say, it's also themselves, so it can be hard great for character developto help kids understand these ment! issues and personalities," Here are a few helpful tips says Judith Myers-Walls, from Peabody Award-winning professor emeritus of child broadcast journalist, author, development at Purdue and parenting and child University. development expert, Denise This election is causing Daniels. By teaching and fear and anxiety among chilmodeling civility we can help dren of color, immigrants, our children make the world and Muslims. It has also a better place: emboldened some students 1. Look out to mimic the words and tone Look outside yourself, and of the campaign. Children encourage your children aren't born wanting to mock to do the same. Encourage or hurt others. In fact, they them to notice other kids have to be carefully taught who may be alone on the this learned behavior. That's playground or at school and why it's critical to start modwho might enjoy some comeling early; teaching our pany. children to respect others, 2. Model tolerance and show empathy, use restraint, acceptance and treat other human beings Children are naturally curiwith decency. ous and observant of difCivility means recognizing ferences. But they'll also the humanity of others and follow your lead: When you putting the common good and your child see someone above self-interest. These are who is noticeably different the values that are crucial to from you (whether through forming positive relationships disability or age or any other by Gwen Marshall SPS Office of Equity & Access
distinguishing feature), show your child by your easygoing response that these differences are meant to be accepted and understood. If your child has questions, answer them in a matter-of-fact manner, without staring or pointing. 3. Teach manners Sometimes it really is the little things that count the most. Children who learn to say "Please" and "Thank you" and "May I" create a civil environment that generates a positive response in everyone around them. 4. Serve the community Get your children involved in community service at an early age. Kids love to have small tasks to do that they can easily manage—it gives them a great sense of accomplishment and pride—and all the more when they know it's helping other people or making their community better. 5. Walk the talk Try to set a positive example in all that you say and do. No one's a saint, and no one is perfect, but making an effort shows that you believe it's
and becomes almost painful and AFRI- of course we can tell how some trick back. scenes are going to end from We have to give credit to the beginning. I am not sayTyler Perry he has put together ing that it is not funny in spots a cost effective replicable model but a faster pace in a few spots and program that he can apply could make the film even more to a variety of seasons and sitenjoyable. And there are some uations. He has enough of a aspects of the plot development following that he just needs to that are simply not plausible. But produce it and they will come. who cares after all as long as we One of the trademarks that get some laughs. is clever but works very well Hey, it’s Halloween and we is that Mr. Perry plays several all want some laughs and a few characters which shows some scares thrown in to boot. And talent but keeps the talent in Boo and Madea is a winning house and also excludes many combination for the laughs and other talented actors/actresses the $. You can tell that it is not from getting some quality expomy favorite but the no. 1 standsure. In addition, there are seving in the box office means that eral characters and regulars that someone ….well a lot of folks are part of the franchise that get like Madea at Halloween. to play their parts in most of the Let me know if you get some franchise films. scares and if Madea scares you I had a few laughs but there are a few scenes when the plot at all!!! gets played out a bit too long 82 out of 100 continued from page 8
important and worthwhile— and your child will learn that, too. (http://tinyurl.com/ DeniseDaniels) N.p., n.d. Web. Daniels, Denise. "5 Ways to Teach Your Children Civility and Why It Matters Now." Parenting. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2016. Did you know? November is Native American Heritage Month. The history of the Americas and Native American history did not begin with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. The ancestors of the people encountered by Columbus and later European explorers had lived in America for 30,000 years. I do not think the measure of a civilization is how tall its buildings of concrete are, but rather how well its people have learned to relate to their environment and fellow man. —Sun Bear of the Chippewa Tribe America’s riches are not determined solely by her continued from page 5
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russet potato, sage, parmesan, spinach Course No. 5-Butternut Squash, turnip, pork jowl and sorrel Course No. 6-Duck, fall mushrooms, fig, whiskey and almond milk And yes there were very nice descriptions under each of the menu items. So why am I sharing this …..well to give kudos and recognition to what is occurring in our burgeoning food scene and to help to give you a taste of what it is like. It was a new experience for me and I want to encourage you that if you get invited to something like this go
for it because you will be glad that you did. The ambiance was spectacular, the company was great and the food was on the level of fine dining anywhere in the Midwest. I was beyond impressed and I truly savored each course. 4 forks!
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American Legion Post 1339 E. Division St Springfield, MO 65803 417-862-9123
Calvin L. Allen, Exec. Director Springfield Community Center 911 E. Division St Springfield, MO 65803 417-866-4359
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Sherman Avenue Project Committee, Inc. Housing Org. 1228 N. Sherman Springfield, MO 65802 417-865-1203
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Health & Mental Fitness Doctor Pioneers a Different Way to Treat Stress in Children San Francisco, CA — A pioneer in the field of medicine, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is a leader in the movement to transform how we respond to early childhood adversity and the resulting toxic stress that dramatically impacts our health and longevity. By revealing the science behind childhood adversity, she offers a new way to understand the adverse events that affect all of us throughout our lifetimes. As a pediatrician, a mom and the founder/CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness, Dr. Burke Harris has brought these scientific discoveries and her new approach to audiences at the Mayo Clinic, American Academy of Pediatrics and Google Zeitgeist.
Her motivation Shortly after opening a pediatrics clinic in a low-income neighborhood in San Francisco, she began to wonder why so many of her patients had asthma and other illnesses. She especially saw that too many children were so sick with no warranted reason. She told the Washington Post, “They would have chronic abdominal pain, headaches, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, opposition defiant disorder. It could be that all these different kids have all these diagnoses, or it could be that there is one thing at the root of this.” But she finally figured it out
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"The reason why so many of her young patients were sick was because of the “high doses” of trauma in their lives."
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after reviewing a 10-year old medical study that revealed a strong link between chronic disease and traumatic experiences during childhood. These experiences could include physical abuse, neglect, and more. Then it finally made sense to her: The reason why so many of her young patients were sick was because of the “high doses” of trauma in their lives. Doing things differently From that point forward, Dr. Burke Harris started evaluating children not just for their medical histories, but also their social histories and traumatic
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experiences. And instead of treating only symptoms, she sought to help with the root causes of the stress that were making them sick. In 2013, she launched the The Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco, as part of a national effort to revolutionize pediatric medicine and transform the way society responds to kids exposed to significant adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress. Recently, she and the Center for Youth Wellness have joined the University of California Benioff Children’s Hospital (San Francisco & Oakland) in the first ever research collaborative on toxic stress to validate an ACEs screening tool, evaluate promising interventions and identify predictive biomarkers. For more details about Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, visit www. drnadineburkeharris.com For more details about her Center for Youth Wellness, visit www.centerforyouthwellness. org
Do you have a great story to tell? Learn how to get started from award-winning author April Henry on Tuesday, Nov. 22, in Kathleen O'Dell the Library Center auditorium. She’ll discuss How to Grow Your Plot at 5:30 p.m. for age 14 and older. From 7-9 p.m. it’s What Doesn’t Kill You: A Writer’s (Sometimes Crazy) Commitment to Getting It Right, for age 12 and older. ••• Children love to do their very own holiday shopping for families, friends and teachers, and they have gifts for every age to choose from at the Library’s annual Holiday Store on Saturday, December 3. This year you’ll find a store inside six library branches. Children through age 18 can shop for gifts priced 25 cents to $6. Volunteers continued on page 11
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declared the second Saturday of each May as an American Indian Day and contained the first formal appeal for recognition of Indians as citizens. The year before this proclamation was issued, Red Fox James, a Blackfoot Indian, rode horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Indians. On December 14, 1915, he presented the endorsements of 24 state governments at the White House. There is no record, however, of such a national day being proclaimed. The first American Indian Day in a state was declared on the second Saturday in May 1916 by
the governor of New York. Several states celebrate the fourth Friday in September. In Illinois, for example, legislators enacted such a day in 1919. Presently, several states have designated Columbus Day as Native American Day, but it continues to be a day we observe without any recognition as a national legal holiday. In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 "National American Indian Heritage Month." Similar proclamations, under variants on the name (including "Native American Heritage Month" and "National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month") have been issued each year since 1994.
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Springfield Black History Moment Springfield, MO—This photo of the local chapter of the NAACP from 1940 is a prime example of one of the most important efforts by the History Museum on the Square. This organization has been an effective voice for the African American community for decades and its members posed for this photo in front of Lincoln School around 1940. Sadly, only a few of the people in the picture have been identified. We continue to take every opportunity to add names to the faces in our unidentified pictures to better tell the stories of this place we call home. If you see anyone you know in this or any other photo we display please let us know. — John Sellars, Springfield History Museum
Photo: Local chapter of the NAACP in front of Lincoln School cira 1940.
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are always there to help little ones shop and wrap their treasures. There’s no tax, and proceeds from the Holiday Store help fund children’s programs, concerts and more at all the libraries. Save time for some family fun that day at the Holiday Open House events, with crafts, games and treats for children. The Holiday Open Houses and Holiday Stores are open Saturday, December 3; the Library Center store runs December 3-11. Some branches will also feature a visit from Santa, so bring your camera. Here’s the schedule: Ash Grove Branch Holiday Open House and Holiday Store: 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m., coinciding with the Ash Grove city parade festivities. Library Center: Holiday Open House: 10 a.m.-noon; photos with Santa 11 a.m.noon Holiday Store: 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Saturday December 3; 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday, December 4; 2:30-7:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, December 5-9; Saturday, December 10, 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; and 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday, December 11. Library Station: Holiday Open House: 10 a.m.-noon; Santa 11 a.m.-noon. Holiday Store 10 a.m. -2 p.m. Midtown Carnegie Branch: Holiday Open House: 10 a.m.noon; Santa and Mrs. Claus 10:30 a.m.-noon. Holiday Store noon-3 p.m. Republic Branch: Holiday Open House: 10 a.m.-noon. Holiday Store: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Republic Branch: Holiday Open House: 10 a.m.-noon. Holiday Store: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Willard Branch: Holiday Open House 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Holiday Store: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Kathleen O’Dell is community relations director of the Springfield-Greene County Library District. She can be reached at kathleeno@thelibrary.org.
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Two Seasoned Animators of the Original Soul Train, Scooby Doo and Fat Albert Team Up to Bring Life to AfroKids.com Leo Sullivan and Floyd Norman have teamed up to produce AfroKids.com, an interactive website that empowers families in building children’s self-esteem and cultural heritage Los Angeles, CA — It’s a rare thing, particularly in the entertainment industry, to behold friendships that are both long-lasting and fruitful… and that continue to be productive into the 21st Century. Longtime animator/filmmaker Leo D. Sullivan is launching a new entertainment Floyd Norman and Leo Sullivan venture, AfroKids.com, with stories and creative input from his longtime friend Floyd Norman that brings their combined 100 years of experience to this century’s pre-eminent vehicle of information and entertainment distribution the internet’s world wide web. The duo formed Vignette Films, Inc. (changed later to Vignette Multimedia) in 1966 to produce educational films, as well as, contracting work on projects as diverse as the original “Soul Train” animated logo, “Sesame Street”, and many others. During the beginning of the last century, the duo shifted their focus from purely entertainment material to edutainment that would teach its viewers as well as entertain…content that makes you feel good as it does good. AfroKids.com, which is launching as you read this, is a website, a decade in the making, that will strive to serve a currently underserved and potentially vast audience: African American children and their families. These families will be treated to a variety of interactive features produced in various media styles that will engage, educate and entertain young minds and hearts.
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www.unitenewsonline.org Sam Gilliam American (b. 1933)
Museum Acquisition Fund SAM 2002.30 Sam Gilliam is a contemporary African American artist associated with the Washington Color School, a style of painting focused on the process of pouring layers of acrylic paint onto unprimed canvas and letting it soak in. In the late 1960s, Gilliam began experimenting with folding and creasing his canvases, pulling them off the stretcher and draping them on the floor and from the ceiling. These "drape paintings" moved his work from the wall into sculptural, three-dimensional surfaces. His innovations as a painter extend into both sculpture and printmaking. In Ichi (Japanese for “one”), Gilliam uses both traditional and untraditional print processes to experiment with layers of color, shape, and form. The seemingly random and chaotic movement of colors and shapes across the paper relates directly to jazz music. Gilliam cites Miles Davis and John Coltrane as inspirations saying “Before painting, there was jazz. It's something that was important to my work, it was a constant. You listened while you were painting. It made you think that being young wasn't so bad.”
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Springfield NAACP holds elections for new officers Springfield, MO—On November 19, 2016, the election of officers and at-large members of the Executive Committee of the Springfield NAACP will take place at Midtown Carnegie Library 397 E. Central. Polls will open from noon to 4:00pm In order to vote in the Branch election, one must be a member in good standing of the Branch 30 days prior to the election.
Police Officers and High Schools partner to create a theatrical production on issues of Social Justice Elizabeth, NJ — Elizabeth Youth Theater Ensemble, The Office of Youth, and HBO’s Corporate Social Responsibility will implement Walking the Beat: REmixing the Ritual — an on-going arts-in-education residency with students from the Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy from October 18 – December 16, with a community See stor y on page 5
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November is Native American Heritage Month by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose. One of the very proponents of an American Indian Day was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. He persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the "First Americans" and for three years they adopted such a day. In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian
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