Urban Views Weekly October 5, 2016

Oct. 5, 2016

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The Feasibility of the National Museum of African American History and Culture

As I watched the grand opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on television, I was filled with excitement and emotion. I was excited about this historic moment, and what it means for the African American community and the nation. I thought of my great grandfather William Harrison Hammond, an ex-slave who became superintendent of schools in Shelby County, TN and the founder of Oak Spring Baptist Church in Arlington, TN which he pastored for 65 years.

The museum honors and appreciates millions of African Americans like him sharing their stories with the country and the world.

“The study was an important management tool that helped shape campaign planning and design; identify where money could come from...”

I reflected on the great honor I felt when I was included as part of a team of 10 development professionals who conducted the fundraising feasibility study designed to learn whether or not the American public – and especially the African American community – was committed to help bring to life the 100 year dream for such a museum. Each team member interviewed 30 African American stakeholders from across the country to learn if they were open and willing to be engaged, and if they would provide financial support.

The United States Congress was considering legislation to build and sustain the proposed museum, and had set out specific criteria that needed to be met. Congress needed to know how much could be initially generated from the private sector to meet the matching requirement that would come with federal funds. The feasibility study provided information that answered Congress’ questions.

An important piece of information revealed during the study related to the museum’s location. We tested the concept of a museum that would be part of an existing Smithsonian site. This was unpopular with those interviewed. They felt that the impact African Americans have made on this country deserved more than being housed in existing or expanded Smithsonian properties.

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independent site on the National Mall, and their voices were heard.

the National Museum of African American History and Culture addressed these issues and more. The results demonstrated that America would support the proposed museum with both attendance and finance. The study was an important management tool that helped shape campaign planning and design; identify where money could come from; identify who could advocate for the campaign and museum; and learn where museum artifacts could come from. As a form of market research, the study gave the project legitimacy. It was one part of the process that culminates now with the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Mel and Pearl Shaw are authors of the new book FUNdraising Good Times Classics Vol. 1 now available on Amazon.com. For help growing your fundraising visit www.saadandshaw.com, or call (901) 522-8727.

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As a precautionary measure, women are advised to perform breast self-examinations at least monthly in order to see or feel changes. Talk to a doctor about your risk for breast cancer, especially if a close family member had breast or ovarian cancer. Your doctor can help you decide when and how often to get mammograms.

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Learn the Facts about Mammography #1 Every woman should work with her doctor to develop a breast health plan. #2 A mammogram is a low-dose x-ray picture of the breast.

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a chance to raise awareness about the importance of early detection of breast cancer. Make a difference! Spread the word about mammograms and encourage communities, organizations, families, and individuals to get involved.

Did you know? Breast cancer can occur in men. Over 2,000 men are diagnosed each year. Breast cancer may occur in men. Men at any age may develop breast cancer, but it is usually detected in men between 60 and 70 years of age. Male breast cancer makes up less than 1% of all cases of breast cancer.

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#4 All facilities that offer mammograms in the U.S. must meet the same high standards set by the FDA.

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Women’s Health (OWH) launched the Pink Ribbon Sunday Mammography Awareness Program to educate African Americans regarding early detection of breast cancer through mammography. The program strives to reduce breast cancer health disparities by providing community leaders with free resources to develop mammography awareness programs tailored to regional needs.

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Turning a blind eye…#WhiteChurchQuiet Hear no evil…See no evil…Speak no evil. Really?

Where does that leave, “the struggle against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this ‘dark world’ and against the spiritual forces of evil…?” Right now the shooting deaths of black men by those sworn to “protect and serve” remains a legitimate and “normalized” practice that is prevalent across this country and is increasingly played out in the public square on social media, sometimes in real time. We are watching the literal executions, on television screens large and small, not at all unlike snuff films (which are illegal), but are produced and sold on the seamy underground market. No matter what “side” you may come down on, you cannot pretend that this is normal, humane, or what equal protection under the law in America should mean.

And in the face of this phenomenon, those who “hold these truths to be self evident” say nothing. #WhiteChurchQuiet is trending on Twitter. Truth, justice and righteousness seem to have lost their power in much the same way as public execution without judge, jury or trial seem to have taken on a new urgency when Black lives are at stake. Where is the outrage among the Evangelical community? Where are the voices that like to tout #AllLivesMatter? Silent.

protest the killing of Black men at the hands of law enforcement officers, most of whom have still not been charged with any crime or even reprimanded for abuse of power or violating the standards of good police practices. Most are on paid leave pending the outcome of ongoing investigations including those opened by the Department of Justice. Meanwhile, a community grieves the loss of fathers, husbands, sons, brothers and friends. The community is left traumatized and devastated by this ongoing campaign on the Black citizens of this nation and still, #WhiteChurchQuiet.

In silence there is complicity, in silence there is agreement, in silence there is participation in this ongoing slaughter. We are, right now, in a defining moment in our history and The Church does not get a pass. No one does. There is an undeniable racial platform being touted in this political season. Not that racial politics aren’t always present in the political discourse in America, because it is a part of this nation’s historic legacy, but because we are about to elect the next President of the United States this discourse has been brought front and center in the public debate. History will ultimately tell the story of both America’s shame and/or silence AND her courage in the struggle for equal protection under the law, justice, liberty and freedom for The pattern of weekly shooting deaths of Black men and women in America has created ALL Americans regardless of race, class, gender, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation a clear and present danger to the lives of all Black Americans of all faiths and belief or national origin. There’s still time to STAND UP, to SPEAK UP, to engage in the systems and still, the #WhiteChurchQuiet. Black struggle to move America forward towards the pastors and believers all over this country have been aspirations of inclusion, equity and equality for ALL. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates, Ph.D. witnessing the marginalization of Black Lives in Flint, #WhiteChurchQuiet needs to change that #hashtag.

Founder and Artistic Director where the poisoning of a whole generation of Black To remain silent means you have made a decision to The Conciliation Project and Associate Professor children can be likened to a new type of genocide.

Not See, Not Hear, Not Speak. The struggle is real.

In Milwaukee, in Minneapolis, in Charlotte, in You can continue to be a part of the problem Virginia Commonwealth University Atlanta, in Chicago, in San Diego, just in the past 35 or engage ACTIVELY in interrogating solutions.

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Romare Bearden:

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frican American culture is so rich in history, traditions, and rituals.

Everything from the food we eat, the way we worship, and the colloquialisms we use have been passed down through generations, and connect African Americans across the nation, regardless of region. Too often, though, the black community is defined by negative stereotypes and assumptions, and rarely viewed through the complex nature of our being. Our story is unique, and the eyes through which we view the world are different than our non-African American counterparts. Unfortunately, our unique story is rarely told from our perspective, and the ones that are told rarely cross over into mainstream media.

covers from the Romare Bearden Foundation’s archive.

Bearden began his artistic career while studying at New York University. He took on the role of lead cartoonist and art editor for the school’s monthly journal, The Medley. Vision and Activism takes visitors on a complete journey of Bearden’s artistic development, beginning with the social and political cartoons he produced for various black journals dedicated to social purpose. In 1935, after finishing his studies at NYU, Bearden began working for the Baltimore Afro-American as a weekly editorial cartoonist.

His unique style quickly became Wrapping It Up At The Lafayette a distinguishing trait, one that sets him apart from the cartoonists we’re more familiar with today. Through his sketches, we get a glimpse into racial prejudice, war, and politics through the eyes and Until Romare Bearden. perspective of Black Americans in the 1930s.

Richmond’s Black History Museum & Cultural Center’s newest traveling exhibition, “Romare Bearden: Vision and As his career progresses, we see more complex works Activism,” displays the works of the renowned artist who and the exploration of other techniques through which dedicated his life’s work to activism and telling that story to portray Black through various mediums.

American life. His For over 50 years, Charlotte, 1937 painting, Soup North Carolina native Kitchen, depicts realRomare Bearden used oil life social concerns paintings, watercolors, and that stemmed from photomontages to not only the Depression era. It depict, define, and celebrate is with this painting African American life, but to that we see the parallel also push for social change between Blacks and during a tumultuous time Whites in America in our nation’s history. His during this financially desire was to present an stressing time—and honest narrative about black realize how similar life—completely raw and those experiences devoid of any propaganda. actually were.

The exhibit boasts over 50 pieces of Bearden’s work, including limited edition prints and several magazine The exhibit also showcases powerful cover art from 6

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publications such as TIME magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Black Enterprise, and TV Guide. Moving to Harlem in the 1940s, Bearden’s purview shifted, and he became more involved in the state of affairs in New York City. Using his famous collage technique, Bearden created captivating covers for these publications, speaking to the pressing issues of the city, again, from the perspective of Black Americans. He developed collages that showcase the city’s Mayor at a time of social and racial strife, as well as pieces that spoke to the need for education reform for the city’s Black population.

The exhibits discussion of education reform doesn’t begin and end with the New York Times Magazine’s cover, but his famous The Lamp work, developed from a sketch Bearden drew of Susan Taylor, longtime editor of ESSENCE

History Museum’s Latest Exhibition mbers the Artist’s Call for Social Change the boardroom, Black musicians, and the industrial work our Black men were an integral part of. He made it his life’s mission to play an active role in the liberation of his people, freeing them from damaging stigmas and harmful propaganda.

magazine, also speaks to that issue. In the screen print, Taylor is reading to her daughter, speaking to the heavy education many Black parents had to conduct at home to supplement the separate and unequal education system. In fact, that piece of work, courtesy of the Nanette Bearden Estate, later came to represent the case of Brown v Board of Education in the 2005 US Stamp collection, commemorating important movements in the Civil Rights Movement.

All in all, Bearden’s art allows the world to view an often misunderstood and stigmatized people as beautifully complex, culturally and politically aware, and a people who have endured and overcome struggles both with America and because of her. His 1978 Black Enterprise magazine cover, for example, puts on display the upward mobility of African Americans. In this piece, he portrays Black men in

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is one of unity within the community, with depictions of real, raw relationships between Black Americans.

What’s incredible about the Black History Museum & Cultural Center is its use of Bearden’s very life outside of art was technology to tell a complete spent encouraging and supporting and comprehensive Black aspiring artists to participate narrative of Black history, in the black freedom movement dating back to ancient alongside him. Through the Studio civilization and constantly Museum, a Harlem-based museum updating as history is he helped found with a group of continually made today. It’s fellow artists, Bearden created a clear that its modern design space where black artists could attracts a younger audience, perfect their craft. He believed perhaps an audience that in the transformative power art once viewed museum visits held, and supported those who as an activity reserved for Black Enterprise wanted to be a part of the social the older generation. Now transformation. that the youth are in the door, drawn to the museum’s use of When asked, “What is the most technology, the exhibits are effective role an artist can play in able to fill the gaps in history. the freedom movement?” Bearden Their first exhibition, Funky answers, “Do everything in your Turns 40: Black Character power not to just protest a failed Revolution, commemorated world, but depict one where the 40th anniversary of iconic community responsibility and love 1970s Saturday Morning are real.”

Cartoons that featured positive Black characters for the first The themes of community time in television history. With responsibility and love are showcased Romare Bearden: Vision & throughout this traveling exhibit, Activism, our youth and young particularly with the detailed adults gain exposure to one watercolor and oil paintings. The of the most important visual watercolors use themes of religion artists of the 20th century. and unity through shared religious The narrative of Black life in experiences, and also retell a positive light continues, and popular biblical and religious tales, those messages and stories are something that continues to be an what need to be told. As we integral part of the Black community. honor the mark Bearden made Circus His oil paintings, while abstract, focus during his time, we must also primarily on themes of music. Though he’s able to tell recognize the place he holds in today’s world. The Black a thousand tales with his art, the greatest story he tells History Museum opens the door for such recognition.

Photos: ©Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York NY

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The Deal

How to Tackle Your Grocery Bill

or several, of the apps that give you cash back when you buy groceries. Sometimes you can even earn cash back on general purchases like a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk. Depending on the app and food, you may need to verify the purchase by scanning the barcode and sending a picture of your receipt.

Food shopping can quickly take over your budget despite your best intentions. Perhaps it’s due to impulse purchases, unplanned shopping trips, food going bad or a combination of all three. If you’re looking for ways to save money while enjoying nutritious and delicious meals, consider these money-saving tactics.

The store you choose can also significantly impact how much you’ll spend.

Stick to your budget to save time and money. Look at your food budget before making a trip to the store. If you don’t have one yet, figure out your overall budget including food costs with a simple budget worksheet.

Knowing how much you want to spend and actually spent can help you make informed decisions.

Plan out the week’s meals with your budget in mind. If you make dishes that rely on the same staples, you can save money by using leftovers to create a new dish. But mix things up to avoid boredom.

into action. Plan for the occasional indulgence and let yourself make impulse purchases occasionally, but try to stick to the list.

Make your trip to the grocery store even easier with a shopping list. Sticking to a list can help limit food waste and make it easy to get in and out of the grocery store. If you share food shopping duties with a spouse or partner, you can avoid double purchases by using grocery apps that let you create and sync shopping lists.

You can also often save money at grocery stores by joining the store’s loyalty program. Members get exclusive discounts, and some programs offer additional savings at partner stores. Check your membership account online or with the app before checking out, as some programs have electronic coupons that you need to “clip” to get the savings.

Stack different discounts and deals to rack up savings.

Once you enter the grocery store, it’s time to put your plan

One way to increase your grocery budget is to use one,

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Strategically plan your shopping route. Planning your grocery shopping after reviewing your local stores’ weekly sales and coupons can help you determine what to buy where. Also take the time to explore your neighborhood stores, as one grocer may frequently have high-quality yet inexpensive produce while another might have a great butcher.

No matter where you shop, be mindful of how the store’s design can entice you to make purchases. The outside ring is often where you’ll find the fewest processed foods; however, you might notice that you need to walk to the back of the store to grab milk or eggs. The store hopes you’ll be tempted by something you see along the way.

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How to Guide

How to Choose a Mattress Ever try sleeping on an old mattress? Chances are, you didn’t feel rested in the morning. Sleep deprivation will affect your mood, health and job performance. A good night’s sleep is sometimes all it takes to wake up the next day feeling ready to conquer the world.

personalized experience without disturbing the other person’s sleep.

Standard mattresses can exacerbate allergies if you are sensitive to lint, cotton, dust or dust mites. If you, or your partner, have allergies, consider getting a latex, foam or water mattress. You might also think about getting a hypoallergenic mattress cover.

A new, quality mattress that provides you with a restful night’s sleep is well worth the price. Investing in a mattress is one way to improve your quality of life.

When you are looking at actual mattress options, the following are popular choices:

Don’t be confused by the choices available. Take it a step at a time and you will find the perfect mattress.

Ask your friends and family for recommendations, and then start browsing. Or you can scour the Internet for information and start narrowing your choices.

Purchasing a mattress is a long-term investment in your health and self-esteem. Don’t be afraid of looking at pricier options. Often, expensive mattresses may be on sale or part of a closeout event. Quality mattresses last longer, so you will not have to go through the trouble of buying another mattress in a year or two. Or worry as much about the mattress sagging and breaking down.

Consider your bed size. Is it time to buy a bigger bed?

Perhaps you would like to sprawl out and relax.

Here are a few other things to keep in mind:

Pillowtop mattresses are famous for their softness; however, they do have levels of firmness. They also require a larger bottom sheet because the pillow top adds to their extra thickness.

Do you need a firm or soft mattress? People with a bad back, neck or leg pain, or other circulatory problems might require firm support to keep their spines aligned. Other people prefer flexible support that fits the contours of their bodies.

Do you sleep with another person? Mattresses made of memory foam might be beneficial, as it will give you a

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Coil spring construction is a great choice for people who want a firm mattress. This option has the ability to keep your spine aligned. Most mattress stores can show you samples of their product lines. Choose the best construction you can afford.

“Memory” or high-density foam, or latex mattress, is helpful if you have physical issues, such as skeletal pain or circulatory problems. This mattress conforms to the shape of the body. It also minimizes pressure points from the head, shoulders and hips.

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the best bang for your buck can help you avoid these traps.

Stick to inexpensive foods. Consider choosing storebrand rather than name-brand products as they’re often cheaper, but not necessarily lower quality. You may also want to consider changing what you buy. Filet mignon can be delicious, but so can cheaper cuts of meat and there’s a lot of advice online for how to best prepare them. Staples, such as rice, beans and canned or frozen goods are also a low-cost way to supplement meals.

Bottom line. Buying food is a necessity, but you don’t have to overspend to keep a well-stocked fridge and pantry.

By planning your meals and grocery trips, using the money-saving tactics above and carefully choosing where you shop, you can save time and money — and cook up something delicious.

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Adjustable air mattresses allow each person to change the firmness through electronic and mechanical devices that control air chambers. It is an ideal choice for partners who need to have different mattress preferences. You can also alter firmness for yourself, depending on your physical condition.

When shopping for a mattress, don’t be afraid of lying down and trying it out. Roll over and pay attention to how your body

feels. Are you comfortable?

Inquire about the mattress guarantee or warranty. A standard warranty is 10 years.

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