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Tenth anniversary of the Core DJs includes the Black Press Mothers are so special

By Westside Gazette’s Generation Next

"The audience of DJs and artists was incredibly receptive and they responded swiftly to the call of action." -- Jineea Butler, contributing columnist to the NNPA

The Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Holiday Inn on Collins Avenue on South Beach in Miami, Florida was the place to be this past weekend. The 10th Anniversary of the Core DJs three-day event was filled with engaging activities for all in attendance, including a panel discussion, music, awards ceremony and much more.

It can be difficult to get a DJ to play your music; it used to be called payola and even more challenging for daily newspapers to even consider them for a music review. However, there is hope if they belong to Core DJs World Wide and read the Black Press of America newspapers.

Core DJs World Wide has instigated a relationship with the National Newspaper Publishers Association [NNPA Black Press of America] – with this combination of over 500 of the most high-ranking DJs and more than 200 Black owned and operated newspapers, which can assure that both of their efforts of serving each population can be achieved.

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Therefore the soldiers did these things. But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then He *said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.

John 19:25-27 (NASB)

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. Mother’s Day brings about a safari of emotional adventures of periods of development that have brought meanings to life’s most challenging situations. Even when frustrations surround and abound like the torrential rains and tormented winds of nature’s furriest hurricanes, a mother’s love shields like a Knight’s shinning armor.

When worriation engulfs us like the suffocating smoke and dust from the 911 catastrophe of the terrorist attacks on New York’s Twin Towers, a mother’s smile warms the heart like a soothing cup of hot chocolate on a cold night.

It’s a mother’s wit and wisdom that unravel confusion faster that a cat can wink it’s eye or a the flapping of a humming bird’s wings.

Anxiety has no place in a mother’s bosom. For it is here that life support is suckled from the inner core of her being to the yearning receiving soul for growth and nourishment.

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One of the most powerful legal associations in America now has a Black female president

BROWN

By Your Black World The American Bar Association is one of the most powerful legal organizations in the United States. There is now a Black woman running this ex-

traordinary group.

In August, Paulette Brown is going to take over as the president-elect of the organization, making her the first Black female to ever hold this post. She is going to be president-elect for one year before taking the helm in 2015. According to Afro.com, Brown was born and raised in the city of Baltimore, later attending Howard University.

She started off wanting to become a social worker, but eventually decided to go into the legal profession.

She’s a graduate of Seton Hall University and has been practicing law for 38 years. She is currently a partner in a law firm in New Jersey with a specialization in labor law, employment law and litigation.

“When I first started going to court and so forth,” said

Brown, “I had the usual experiences. ‘Are you the defendant? Are you the court reporter? Are you the plaintiff?

No? Well then, who are you then?’ It never occurred to them that I could be the lawyer.”

Despite her achievements, Attorney Brown still runs into those who aren’t accustomed to seeing such high-powered Black women. She says that she was asked just a few weeks ago if she was a flight attendant during a plane ride.

“My father always said there were no girl jobs and no boy jobs,” said Brown. “My brother had to wash dishes and clean up just like we did—and my father did, too. He did laundry, he cooked, he did everything.

And he went to work every day.”

Brown’s achievement is what many experts hope will

be the first of many. To date, the United States Supreme Court has had an overabundance of Jewish representation, but has not had a single African American female on the bench.

Additionally, many leading law schools rarely grant tenure to African American women.

Harvard Law School, for example, only granted tenure to its second African American female in its nearly 200 year history. This move was made in response to criticism that then Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan hadn’t hired or tenured any African Americans for either tenured or tenure track positions during her six years on the court.

Can these institutions claim to be among the best in the world when they are so ignorant as to keep brilliant Black

women from having a shot at these opportunities? There is nothing intelligent about racist/sexist exclusion.

The American Bar Association has 400,000 members,

which makes this appointment significant.

Congratulations to Attorney Brown. We hope you do good things with this new-found power and responsibility.

From Detroit to LA, NAACP Prez has history of ‘selling out’ Leon Jenkins

By Zenobia Jeffries From The Michigan Citizen Leon Jenkins, the Los Angeles branch NAACP president who awarded LA Clippers basketball team owner Donald Sterling with a Lifetime Achievement award among other commendations, lived, worked and won notoriety in Detroit.

Jenkins was a 36th District Court judge between 1984 and 1987. During that time, he was caught lying about his residency to get lower auto insurance rates, fixed tickets and accepted other bribes, according to the California Bar Journal.

He was also observed on FBI surveillance taking money.

In 1991, the Michigan State Bar Review said Jenkins “sold the public trust” and was disbarred in Michigan, and eventually, in California.

Leon Jenkins, the Los Angeles branch NAACP president who awarded LA Clippers basketball team owner Donald Sterling with a Lifetime Achievement.

Pleading Our Own Cause

He was also removed from the bench by the Michigan Supreme Court.

The State Bar Review found Jenkins: “Systematically and routinely sold his office and his public trust, . . . committed wholesale violations of the most elementary canons of judicial conduct, and brought grave dishonor upon this state’s judiciary.”

The Los Angeles NAACP fell under criticism because of its role in awarding Sterling his second lifetime achievement award in five years.

Sterling has had more than one sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit filed against him, including a 2009 federal housing lawsuit where the U.S. government accused him of refusing to rent to Blacks and Latinos. He settled that lawsuit for $2.73 million.

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CHILDREN’S DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT CENTER PATIENT, 10-YEAR-OLD DOUBLE AMPUTEE, BRIAN DOUGLAS INSPIRED CROWD AT 5K 4 KIDS RACE -- His heart and determination helped raise funds for the not-for-profit and stimulated two new grants, providing Douglas with swimming lessons and new running blades. A double amputee, Douglas will be recognized for his heart and determination from when he participated as Race Captain and ran across the finish line without any formal running prosthetics. This moving photo of Douglas crossing the finish line with his friends was picked up by the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) and the Amputee Blade Runners Foundation (ABR). The CAF recently awarded Douglas a $1,500 grant to cover the cost of swimming lessons which he will take at the International Swimming Hall of Fame this summer.

The ABR also generously offered Douglas a grant for a new set of high-tech running blades. He will travel to Nashville in June to be fitted for his blades which will be adjusted as he grows, allowing Douglas to become more physically active and compete in next year’s 5K 4 Kids Race.

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Mo’Nique shows the power of Med students don’t wait to give back speaking up to shatter stigma

Mo’Nique

By Tamara E. Holmes The third in a series of profiles about the 15th Anniversary Black AIDS Institute Heroes in the Struggle Gala Reception and Awards Presentation honorees.

For the last 20 years, Mo’Nique has taken on standup, film, television and literature. But behind the glare of the cameras, she’s also taken on a greater cause: raising awareness about HIV/AIDS. For Mo’Nique, HIV/AIDS is personal. After helplessly watching her best friend, Charisse, die of AIDS in 2002, Mo’Nique decided that she could make a difference for other PLWHA by using her power as an entertainer to educate others about the disease. “I watched my friend really suffer in silence,” she says. While people with other illnesses, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease, feel free to discuss their health sta-

tus without judgment, people like Charisse often feel that they must keep their illness a secret, Mo’Nique says.

That element of secrecy also played out in Mo’Nique’s own family when her uncle died of AIDS, though some relatives publicly stated that he died of kidney failure. “There is no other disease that we treat that way,” she says. Though it’s been 12 years since Charisse died, “It’s still looked upon like it’s a sin, so a lot of our brothers and sisters die in silence.”

Lifting the Shroud of Secrecy To help shatter that silence, Mo’Nique has appeared in public service announcement campaigns, donated proceeds from performances to AIDS organizations and partnered with The Black AIDS Institute as well as media organizations such as Essence magazine and Viacom to raise awareness of HIV/ AIDS. She has shared her personal story and also told how those she loved lived and died with the disease. She’s also contributed to the book Not in My Family: AIDS in the AfricanAmerican Community, a collection of personal essays about how the disease has ravaged the Black community.

As Mo’Nique’s celebrity has grown, so has her impact. Since taking the stage as a stand-up

comedienne in her hometown of Baltimore, she’s appeared on such shows as HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, Apollo Comedy Hour and BET’s Comic View. She won the starring role in the television series The Parkers and hosted Showtime at the Apollo while also making appearances in such shows as Ugly Betty, The View and The Game.

She’s also made a name on the big screen in such movies as The Queens of Comedy, Baby Boy, and Two Can Play That Game. It was her portrayal of Mary Jones in the movie Precious, however, that earned her not only an Academy Award and the Special Jury Prize for Acting at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival but also Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, British Academy of Film and Television and NAACP Image Awards.

While Mo’Nique has been garnering success, she’s taken on issues such as body image and personal acceptance. She created Mo’Nique’s F.A.T. Chance, a reality miniseries and beauty pageant for full-figured women, and co-wrote The New York Times best-seller Skinny Women Are Evil and a follow-up, Skinny Cooks Can’t Be Trusted.

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Disabled veteran receives $20,000 in home renovations from Home Depot

Pictured from l to r: Disabled Army Veterans George Carswell, City Commissioner Keon Hardemon and City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado.

By Jimmie Davis, Jr. Minnie Lee Spann purchased her home back in 1964, and since her death George Carswell (her son) has been in charge over the estate and taking care of the property.

The house had fallen into disrepair because Carswell is a Vietnam Veteran that became diagnosed with a permanent debilitating health condition and he didn’t have the finances to shell out to refurbish the house.

By all safety standards the house wasn’t safe and sound it was on the verge of collapsing but thanks to $20,000 worth of renovations from the Home Depot Foundation the house is now safe, secure and equity has been restored into the property located at 1152 N.W. 58 St. in Liberty City.

“Home Depot came out and completed the renovations to my house in 30 days,” said Carswell during an interview at his newly renovated house. “Even the store manager Alberto Contreras came out and worked as hard as the regular employees.”

Carswell took the Miami Times on a tour of the house and it was just so amazing to see all of the work that Home Depot revamped. For beginners Home Depot built a memorial rose garden in honor to Carswell’s dearly departed mother.

New sod was planted around the house to give it an energetic sensation that it was alive along with the new paint – windows – doors and mailbox that gives a home a sense of pride.

Now when it comes time to do laundry, which was originally done on the back of the house where mosquitoes were constantly bombarding the family – Home Depot provided a new washer and dryer inside the house.

“The house was in deplorable conditions and not livable,” Contreras said. “If the house wasn’t repaired it would’ve been demolished.”

Upon entering the house the first thing that’s noticeable is the living room with new laminated floors – paneling – ceiling and Carswell says no significant work has been done on the house since 1978.

The kitchen has been brought up to date on restoration as well with a new cabinets, stove, microwave, and floors.

He even has a completely modernized bathroom – new water heater and three brand new air conditioners.

Putting Carswell’s house back together came through a grant from Home Depot in conjunction with the City of Miami Veterans Services Office and the Veterans Home Rehabilitation Program (VHRP),

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which stems from the Florida Veterans Foundation.

“We are delighted to say that these renovations and others throughout the city are possible as a result of the partnership forged by the Mayor’s Office,” said Lt. Colonel Antonio “Mico” Colmenares, USMC, Director, District 8, Florida Veterans Foundation. “ With limited funding Colmenares says this initiative will assist as many Veterans as possible and there’s four other Veterans projected to receive help during this calendar year.

Carswell just happens to reside in District 5, but the program targets other districts as well. “I am elated to support the Veterans throughout my district,” said Vice-Chairman, City of Miami Commission, Keon Hardemon, District 5. “Their tenacity has provided me an opportunity to serve this community and I am grateful for that.”

In October of 2013 Tomas Regalado, City of Miami Mayor created the City of Miami Veterans Services Office, which makes the modifications through a partnership that pays with some of the cost associated with helping Veterans.

“I am proud to be involved through my office of Veteran’s Services with improving the living conditions for Mr. Carswell,” said Regalado.“My goal is to ensure that our Veterans are treated with the respect and dignity they deserve. We are trying to get them the services they need.”

The Mayor would especially like to thank Home Depot and the Florida Veterans Foundation.

Future medical professional begin helping communities long before they earn their medical degree.

(Photo by Michael L. Jones)

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – According to the American Association of Medical Colleges, there are only 2.3 physicians for every 1,000 people in the United States. That number is even lower in some states with large African American populations, such as South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, and Mississippi.

Enter the Student National Medical Association. The SNMA is the oldest and largest studentrun organization of medical students of color. It not only cultivates the pool of medical professionals of color and nurtures thousands of mostly African American student members as they matriculate through medical training, but it also instills a duty to serve, particularly in communities where health care access is inadequate.

“The people in this organization are the next wave of medical leadership, and will practice largely in underserved communities of color,” says SNMA national marketing manager, DeJuana Thompson.

She began positioning herself for her current position after seeing SNMA members from the University of Alabama

chapter volunteer clinic services around her hometown of Birmingham. “They were offering medical services in our community that we normally didn’t have access to. Once I saw that, I’ve been involved ever since.”

In 2011 when Thomson began working with the SNMA, a new initiative to deepen the SNMA’s community impact was brewing next door in Mississippi. That year, a team led by Michael L. Jones at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, launched the Community Health Advocacy Training Program. The program partners with churches and other community hubs to train lay people to become health advocates in their neighborhoods.

“Mississippi leads the nation in most chronic diseases, such as high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease,” says Jones, who works as the director of Healthy Linkages at the University Medical Center while running the CHAT program in his spare time. “But we also have low rates of health literacy, and a low number of primary health care physicians.”

In one free six-hour training, volunteers learn to accurately measure blood pressure, weight, body mass index, and glucose levels, interpret medication in-

structions, provide basic nutritional counseling, and help others navigate the health care system. The program also trains both lay people and medical professionals to create more advocates by teaching others these clinical skills. To date, Jones and his volunteer partners have trained approximately 2,500 advocates, mostly in the Jackson, Miss. area.

“We wanted to devote attention and resources to laypeople in the community, and empower them to take a more active role in their healthcare,” Jones explains. “Because if we could empower those individuals, they’re the ones who touch people every day. They’re the ones who are trusted in their communities. I’m not going to be able to have the same reach.”

The following year, Amber Clark, a student at Brown University Alpert Medical School (and then-community service liaison for SNMA Region 7), learned about Jones and the CHAT program through a mutual colleague and brought it to the SNMA. For the 2013 SNMA Community Health Advocate Training pilot program, Jones trained 25 medical students of color from all over the country to go into their schools’ surrounding communities and develop more community health advocates.

“We wanted a wildfire effect,” Clark explained. “This program is important for minority communities because we’re the most adversely effected by these disparities that are 100 percent preventable.

We have to let [communities] know, you have a say in your health, and we’re giving them the tools to do that. It’s very uplifting and empowering.”

The CHAT program isn’t the only way SNMA student members address their communities’ disparities.

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Broward Virtual School named Middle School National Finalist in 2014 Siemens 'We Can Change the World Challenge’ Congratulations to Broward Virtual School (BVS) on recently being named Middle

School National Finalist of the 2014 Siemens," We Can Change the World Challenge."

The BVS middle school team, Forces of Nature, led by eighthgrader Anais Lozada and

seventh-grader Sylvana Galvis, with Team Teacher/Mentor Christopher Gates, is one of the

Presidio to Yosemite Pilgrimage honors Buffalo Soldiers legacy

South Florida-based National Park leaders Audrey and Frank Peterman.

By Audrey Peterman South Florida-based National Park leaders Audrey and Frank Peterman will join scores of people boarding two buses from the Presidio of San Francisco on June 7 journeying up to Yosemite National Park to honor the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers, who protected that park in 1899 and 1904.

The solemn and celebratory event, “Buffalo Soldiers" from the Presidio to Yosemite: First Annual Trail Retracing” is the brainchild of Bay Area native Teresa Baker, who created the first African American National Parks Weekend last year. Using social media, she encouraged people across the country to visit a national park one specific weekend. Thousands respond-

ed to the call and sent her photos of their groups in national parks.

The Buffalo Soldiers Retracing is the landmark event this year and will draw attention to the Buffalo Soldiers who served our country nationally and internationally. As members of the U.S. Military the 24th Infantry and the 9th Cavalry protected both Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks in 1899, 1903 and 1904.

They are largely responsible for the survival of the Giant Sequoia Trees which, at more than 2,000 years old, were alive when Jesus was born.

“It’s amazing how little of this history is known,” says Ms. Baker. “I think it is important for us to recognize the role that our forbearers played in protecting some of our country’s most iconic national parks.”

“Even though the Buffalo Soldiers wore the uniform of the U.S. Army, their ethnicity combined with the racial prejudice of the time made the performance of their duties quite challenging,” says the National Park Service. “In the early 1900s, African Americans were routinely abused, or even killed, for the slightest perceived offense.

They occupied one of the lowest rungs of the social ladder, a fact which served to undercut the authority of any Black man who served in any position of power. Yosemite and Sequoia’s Buffalo Soldiers had to be simultaneously strong and diplomatic to fulfill the duties of their job but to avoid giving offense.”

Last year President Obama designated the Col. Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument to honor

them, and legislation is moving through Congress to designate a Buffalo Soldiers Trail across the national parks.

Buses provided by the Presidio will pass through the historic Lombard Gates on on June 7, the same gates through which the Buffalo Soldiers rode to get to the parks. Enroute to Yosemite, the pilgrimage will stop at the City of Los Banos where the Buffalo Soldiers rested, and enjoy the hospitality of that city which is among the sponsors of this event. In Yosemite participants will camp out and enjoy a hike led by Robert Hanna, a direct descendant of John Muir.

The highlight of the event will be a Sunday conversation with Park Ranger, Author and media star Shelton Johnson, who was instrumental in bringing the Buffalo Soldiers’ story to light. At his invitation Oprah Winfrey visited the park in 2010 and produced two episodes focusing on the Buffalo Soldiers.

The pilgrimage will return to the Presidio late Sunday night.

The diversity of participants and supporters illustrates the growing collaboration among all races and sectors in the enjoyment and protection of our national parks and great outdoor spaces.

They include Outdoor Afro, whose leader accepted the National Wildlife Federation’s Communications Award alongside President Clinton April 30; the National Parks Conservation Association; the Petermans’ Earthwise Productions; the City of Los Banos where the Buffalo Soldiers camped on Day 7 of their 16-day ride up to Sequoia; the Texas Buffalo Soldier Association and the Buffalo Soldiers' Motorcycle Club.

For more information contact Ms. Baker, Tmbaker1165@gmail.com, or Audrey@legacyontheland.com.

Broward Virtual School, Middle School Team Forces of Nature (l to r): Sylvana Galvis, seventh grade, Christopher Gates, teacher/mentor and Anais Lozada, eighth grade.

50 highest scoring teams in the nation in the competition.

As environmental advocates and stewards, the team’s project researches the causes, as well as initiates solutions, to energy and environmental issues through local outreach and education efforts.

Their independent gardening project will provide vegetable and fruit plants to families who otherwise would not be able to afford them. The project will also provide families with additional resources for planting and nurturing a healthy garden and produce.

The Siemens Challenge panel of judges included Dis covery Education’s partner organizations, educators and science professionals. Judging was based on local environmental issues or problems, community engagement, scientific approach, creativity and ability to replicate.

As a national finalist team, each student will receive a Siemens ‘We Can Change the World Challenge' green prize pack and a finalist certificate.

BVS will receive a 'We Can Change the World' finalist banner to display.

The Siemens "We Can Change the World Challenge," provided by the Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education, gives students the opportunity, tools and inspiration to improve their schools, their community and their world through project-based learning.

Middle school student teams' from across the country were challenged to create sustainable, reproducible environmental improvements in their local communities.

For more information about the Challenge, visit www.wecanchange.com.

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New businesses arrive on historic Sistrunk Boulevard The Northwest Progresso Flagler Heights CRA welcomes new businesses to the historic boulevard

From Petula Burks, Public Information Specialist FORT LAUDERDALE – The City of Fort Lauderdale Northwest Progresso Flagler Heights CRA is pleased to welcome The Business Executive Center to historic Sistrunk Boulevard.

The Business Executive Center is located in the Sixth Street Plaza – 597 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Business Executive Center is a business incubator providing executive suites and accelerated business development programs for targeted firms in high growth industries.

The incubator program is designed to address critical areas of growth and development such as: Strategic Planning, Access to Market, and Access to Capital.

With the city primed for proactive business growth and economic development in the business arena, the Business Executive Center is excited a-

bout being able to offer the entrepreneur another resource for advice, a place to begin with small office space and room to expand, and experts that will mentor them through the business growth process.

The Business Executive Center offers the following: Executive Office/ workspace, private office, shared office space, cubicles, virtual office space and temporary shared workspace.

Amenities: Designated office work space, Corporate address, Answering Service, Internet and telephone systems, Mailing Service, Shared Office Assistance, Print Center and Conference room/ meeting space The Business Incubator Program offers: Accelerated Program Services, Business development services, Strategic planning, Business registration, Certifications, Benchmark assessment, Access to capital, Loans, Grants, Private/ Equity In-

vestment, Creative Financing, Trade insurance, Access to Market, Public and Private Contracting Opportunities, Export trade leads, Business to business matchmaking and Sales Plan Development In addition to the accelerated program services, when businesses establish their offices in the Business Executive Center, they can take advantage of Enterprise Zone Tax Incentives, Job Creation Tax Incentives, Urban Area Funding Incentives, and Job Creation Grant Incentives.

In addition to the Business Executive Center, five new offices have made Sixth Street Plaza their home.

ANDe International, LLC. ANDe International is a Global Business Development Consulting firm and operator of the Business Executive Center.

ANDe offers a range of global business solutions to help SMEs succeed in local, national and international markets including, new product and business

development, market research, feasibility studies, market analysis and selection, market entry strategy, brand development, overseas marketing and promotion, product launch and trade show support services.

Adams Consulting, Inc. Adams Consulting Group is a full service public outreach and engagement-consulting firm. The business is dedicated to designing and implementing strategic public involvement and successful Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) programs for large impactful public transportation, planning, neighborhood revitalization and quality of life infrastructure improvement projects.

Kombining Koncepts Kombining Koncepts is a minority owned design firm focused on interior decorating and renovation design. Their services range from quick rearrangements of residential/ commercial interior spaces using existing furnishings and accessories to total house make-

overs entailing complete renovations interior and exterior spaces and high-end custom new home construction.

BahnTaba BahnTaba is a grassroots partnership of individuals, businesses and organizations who believe in the arts and cultural sector as an essential asset and powerful component of community well-being. BahnTaba was conceived as a vehicle to advance the value of arts and culture at the community level, cultivate creative industries and promote human rights.

BahnTaba is a cultural destination at the heart one of Broward County’s Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts.

Opportunities to connect, create and engage sets the tone to refresh and express at BahnTaba’s location. Partake of locally sourced goodies, morsels and libations in the café or relax and use the internet in the Wi-Fi lounge. Access a la carte business services, take

classes and workshops, enjoy performing and visual arts exhibitions in the gallery, work on your enterprise while in good company at the member business center or lease affordable office space.

Making Miracles Network Making Miracles Network (MMN) is a non-profit organization providing medical and food resources to the homeless.

MMN provides a single location where medical and social service providers collaborate to serve the homeless with food and medical attention.

Join the Business Executive Center along with all of the new additions to historic Sistrunk Boulevard during the week of May 12–16, 2014 from Noon to 6 p.m., for an open house. Mark your calendar for our Grand Opening Open House on Wednesday, May 14th from 5 to 7 p.m. For details, call (954) 247-8832 or email info@andeinternational.com.

We look forward to seeing you on the Boulevard.

PLEASE READ AND PASS IT ON! -- Kids are putting Drano, tin foil, and a little water in plastic drink bottles and capping it up - leaving it on lawns, in mail boxes, in gardens, on driveways etc. just waiting for you to pick it up intending to put it in the rubbish, but you’ll never make it!!! If the bottle is picked up, and the bottle is shaken, even just a little - in about 30 seconds or less it builds up enough gas which then explodes with enough force to remove some your extremities. The liquid that comes out is boiling hot as well. Don’t pick up any plastic bottles that may be lying in your yards or in the gutter, etc. Pay attention to this. A plastic bottle with a cap, a little Drano, a little water and a small piece of foil.

Disturb it by moving it; and BOOM!! No fingers left and other serious effects to your face, eyes, etc. Please ensure that everyone you know is aware of this dangerous activity.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOTHERS

Comprehensive Stroke Center at Florida Medical Center Offers Stroke Patients a Higher Level of Care

When it comes to having a stroke, remember to act F.A.S.T. The acronym F.A.S.T. stands for face, arms, speech and time.

Each word is an important indicator of a stroke. At the onset of a stroke, a person’s face will start to look uneven. One arm will drift downward when asked to raise both, and speech will become slurred. Be proactive about time, if you observe any of the above signs, call 911 immediately. The faster blood flow is restored to the brain, the lower the risk of disability or death.

When transported to a Comprehensive Stroke Center, like the one at Florida Medical Center, stroke patients have access to a higher level of stroke care. “We are proud to be among the top 10 percent0 in the nation for the treatment of stroke,” said Gabrielle Finley-Hazle, Florida Medical Center Chief Executive Officer. “The multi-disciplinary team of physicians and nurses paired with some of the most advanced technology make the difference for the patients at Florida Medical Center.” The hospital’s bi-plane special procedures room allows interventional cardiologists to remove clots in the brain or the neck using advanced 3D digital imaging.

The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Florida Medical Center is one of only five hospitals in Broward County that is designated as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Agency for Health Care Administration, and among only 28 comprehensive

stroke centers in Florida. The center’s dedication to quality care has been recognized with several awards including the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines Gold Plus for the treatment of Stroke. The hospital is also a recipient of the Target: Stroke Honor Roll award. In addition, Florida Medical Center has been recognized with multiple Health-grades Distinctions such as the Stroke Care Excellence Award for 20112012, being ranked among the top 10 percent in the nation for the treatment of stroke for 2011-2012 as well as being a 5star recipient for the treatment of stroke for 2009-2012.

To learn about stroke screenings at Florida Medical Center, please call 1-866498-LIFE (5433).

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Brunch

Mother’s Day Brunch, Saturday, May 10, 2014 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Maxwell Room, 10 S. New River Dr., E. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info call Bernadette Jefferson, at (954) 881-8375, NO CHILDREN.

Open House

The community is cordially invited to the Cora E. Braynon Family Health Center, Open House, Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 3:30 p.m., at 200 N.W. Seventh Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. RVSP by Tuesday, May 6, 2014. For more info to RSVP call (954) 759-7400.

Celebration

The Jessie Trice Community Health Center (JTCHC) is holding a grand opening celebration for its new Miami Gardens facility, Saturday, May 17, 2014 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 4692 N.W. 183 St., Miami, Fla. This event is free.

For more info call (305) 9488063.

Workshop

Caring for the Caregiver Workshop, May 17, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., at New Mount Olive Baptist Church, 400 N.W. Ninth Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Sponsored by VITAS Innovative Hospice Care in partnership with Mount Olive Caregivers Ministry. The workshop is FREE and registration is required. Call (954) 463-5126 to register by May 8.

For more info contact lmorton@mountolive.org

Expo

World Wide Community Based Coalition Annual Entrepreneurs Coalition Expo, Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 7 p.m., at Collins Community Center, 3900 N.E. Third Ave., Oakland Park, Fla. Bishop Dr. Ivory Wilson, founder of W.W.C.B.C., keynote speaker. This is event free. For more info call Prunette Bennett at (863) 612-6250 or Takesha Bynes at (754) 2445352.

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Old Dillard Museum,1009 N.W. Fourth St., Fort , Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For cost and additional info call (754) 3228828. Featuring local musicians and artists from our South Florida. * Saturday, May 17, 2014 Florida Emancipation Day Mini Festival Walker Elementary Auditorium & Courtyard.

Workshop

The Business Development Workshop Series is a free monthly workshop series presented by the Office of Economic and Small Business Development - in partnership with the Purchasing Division, Saturday, May 17, 2014 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Weston Branch Library, 4205 Bonaventure Blvd., Weston, Fla. Featured Topic: Aspiring Entrepreneur and Inventor - Take Your Idea to the Next Level.

Event

SAVE THE DATE Friday, Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17, 2014 Relay For Life of Carter Park, Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lakes, North Lauderhill 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., at Joseph C. Carter Park 1450 W. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. This is an organized, over-night community fundraising event.

For more info contact Ms. Pam Beasley-Pittman, Chair (954) 445-0244 or Ms. Audrey Campbell (954) 564-0880 ext.

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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. South Broward Alumnae Chapter will host a “Literary Interlude”, Saturday, May 17, 2014 from 5 to 7 p.m., at Grand Café, 12389 Pembroke Rd., Pembroke Pines, Fla. For tickets and additional info call (954) 303-3585 or emailing info@dstsouthbroward.org

Conference

The Aging and Disability Resource Center of Broward County has calendared its 33rd Annual Aging Network Conference for Tuesday and Wednesday, May 20 and 21, 2014 at Southwest Focal Point Senior Center, 301 N.W. 103rd Ave., Pembroke Pines, Fla. The theme of the conference is “Safe Today Healthy Tomorrow.” Outstanding speakers will address a multitude of issues, such as legislative advocacy, and how to protect your assets, your health your documents and you. For more cost and additional info contact Karen at the Aging and Disability Resource Center, (954) 745-9567 or visit the website at adrcbroward.org.

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Chi Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will host its Seventh Annual Relay for Life event Friday Night 6 p.m. until Saturday Morning 10 a.m., May 16 and 17, 2014, at Joseph Carter Park, 1450 W. Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The event is in partnership with the American Cancer Society. Participants will celebrate survivorship, remember those lost and fight against cancer. The public is invited to attend. Learn more by visiting Chi Psi Omega webpage. http:// main.acsevents.org/site/TR/ ?team_id=1584782&pg=team&fr_id=56862 or visit us at www.chipsiomega.org.

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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Broward Alumnae Chapter is hosting its 36 annual “In Pursuit of Excellence” Scholarship Awards Ceremony on Sunday, May 18, 2014 at 3 p.m. at Dillard Center of the Arts Theater, 2501 NW 11 St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Forum

Chi Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated will partner with the brothers of Alpha Lambda Omega Chapter of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Incorporated to host a youth forum, “Understanding Your Civil Rights”, the forum is for teenagers and young adults ages 11-19, will be held Saturday, May 31, 2014 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., at Castle Hill Elementary School, 2640 N.W. 46 Ave., Lauderhill, Fla. Continental breakfast and a bag lunch will be provided. For additional info visit the chapter’s website at www.chipsiomega.org or contact Josetta Patterson at (954) 410-6673.

Event Relay for Life of Carter Park, Lauderhill, Friday and Saturday, May 16-17, 2014 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., at 1450 W. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info on how you can get involved, and/or start a team contact Pam Beasley-Pittman, at (954) 445-0244 or Audrey Campbell at (954) 564-0880 ext.

7533 or audrey.campbell@cancer.org

African-American Research Library Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderale, Fla. ·Educator Joyce H. Clark will be holding six class sessions for families, adults and young people. The sessions cover the following topics: ·Friday, May, 9, 2014 from 2 to 3:30 p.m., VITAS Innovative Hospice Care presents…

An afternoon with Jane Allen Petrick, Hidden in Plain Sight: The Other People in Norman Rockwell’s America, Friday, May 9, 2014 from 2 to 3:30 p.m., Fla. For more info call (561) 396-3867.

Breakfast Reigns and Pours Creations Company Charity Breakfast, Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 9 a.m., at 311 N. University Dr., Plantation, Fla. Offers six free services to legal age adults who wish to enhance their skills and broaden their horizon. For more info about the donations and invitation to the Breakfast Buffet: visit our website: reignsandpours.com (954) 4844168.

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Chi Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated will partner with the brothers of Pompano Beach Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated for the annual Diamonds and Pearls on Saturday, May 17, 2014, from 8 p.m. until 2 a.m. The Courtyard by the Marriott, 2440 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For additional information, visit the chapter’s website at www.chipsiomega.org or contact Kimberly L. Dupont at (954) 708-5285.

The Florida Conference of Muslim Americans cordially invites you to a free community forum on health and business, entitled “Building a Strong Community through Business and Health”, Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 2 p.m., at Mount Hermon Family Center 404 N.W. Seventh Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The presenters will include Michael Rashid, a pioneer in the Medicaid managed care industry, who was recently appointed to the National Advisory Council on Minority Health Disparities at the National Institute of Health, Florida State Senator Chris Smith, and Jasmine Shirley, Vice President of Health Services at Broward County Health Department. Earlier on Saturday there will be a series of workshops beginning 8:45 a.m.. The workshop presenters include Sheryl Dickey, President of Dickey Consulting Services Inc., Alfred Battle Jr., CRA Director of Sustainable Development in Broward County, and Growing Broward, a group of urban farmers.

Space is limited and going fast. Make reservations now and take advantage of the great opportunity to gain more knowledge on Health, the Affordable Health Care Act, Urban Farming, and Business. Also on Saturday, May 17 at 7 p.m., the Florida Conference of Muslim Americans will host a Banquet and a concert featuring world renowned Melton Mustafa Sextet. For more info on how to register your organization, contact Abdul Muhsin at (305) 790-4445, email abdulm4me@gmail.com, or www.masjidalansar.org, click on Florida Conference of Muslim Americans event.

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The question no one is asking Donald Sterling

“The rape of innocence”

Jefferson, the chief author of the Declaration of Independence, contradictions became a way of life long before he bedded and had children with Sally Hemings, a Black woman.

Jefferson will forever be inextricably linked to these words in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

At the time our Founding Fathers were proclaiming unalienable rights from God, most of them were enslaving God’s dark-skin creations. Jefferson enslaved nearly 200 African Americans.

As Columbia University history professor Eric Foner wrote, “Slaves, of course, experienced the institution of politics and law quite differently from white Americans. Before the law, slaves were property who had virtually no legal rights. They could be

bought, sold, leased and seized to satisfy an owner’s debt, their family ties had no legal standing, and they could not leave the plantation or hold meetings without permission from CURRY their owner.”

And White owners did not need anyone’s permission to violate Black women.

Jefferson began having sex with Sally Hemings, one of his domestic servants, when she was a teenager.

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation acknowledges that it “and most historians believe that, years after his wife’s death, Thomas Jefferson was the father of the six children of Sally Hemings mentioned in Jefferson’s records, including Beverly, Harriet, Madison and Eston Hemings.”

South Carolina, like Virginia, had laws prohibiting both interracial marriage and intercourse between Blacks and Whites. If a free Black man had sex with a White woman in South Carolina during the Colonial period, he would automatically lose his freedom, according to Judge A. Leon Higginbothan, Jr.’s book, In the Matter of Color.

Years later, Strom Thurmond’s interracial dalliances would represent the height of hypocrisy.

Running for president in 1948 on the Dixiecrat ticket he said: “I want to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, there’s not enough troops in the army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and accept the Negro into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our homes and into our churches.”

Fifty years ago, Thurmond led the filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act, still the longest debate in Senate history.

Thurmond referred to Negroes as “nigras.” But while publically despising Blacks, he had a different attitude in the bedroom, impregnating his parents’16-year-old maid. The daughter of that encounter, Essie WashingtonWilliams, wrote in her autobiography, “As much as I wanted to belong to him, I never felt like a daughter, only an accident.”

Armstrong Williams, a Black conservative who began working for Thurmond in 1978, recalled the senator confirming he was WashingtonWilliams’ biological father.

“The subject came up again while the senator and I were attending a South Carolina State football game in Orangeburg. He mentioned how he had arranged for Mrs. Williams to attend the college while he was governor…,” Williams wrote. “‘When a man brings a child in the world, he should take care of that child,’ he told me, and added, “‘She’ll never say anything and neither will you. Not while I’m alive.’”

And neither did – until after Thurmond’s death.

Considering the history of Thomas Jefferson and Strom Thurmond, no one should have been surprised when Donald Sterling told his mistress, who described herself as part Mexican and part Black: “It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you’re associating with black people. Do you have to?…You can sleep with [Black people]. You can bring them in, you can do whatever you want. The little I ask you is not to promote it on that … and not to bring them to my games…

“I’m just saying, in your lousy f******* Instagrams, you don’t have to have yourself with, walking with Black people…Don’t put him (Magic Johnson) on an Instagram for the world to have to see so they have to call me. And don’t bring him to my games.”

Donald Sterling, far from being a rarity, simply added another link to the long, scandalous U.S. history of hypocrisy.

“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.” (Psalm 127:3) There is little denial that the world is full of BAAITH madness and incomprehensive behavior. There are events happening here and all over the globe that are staggering in their insanity, cruelty and barbarity. More and more the victims of these acts are children.

Such is the case of the more than 200 girls kidnapped in Chibok, Nigeria on April 14th of this year. The girls stolen by an Islamist militant group by the name of Boko Haram (which roughly translated means “Western education is forbidden”); have said they will sell the girls. Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram said the girls will begin their new lives “as servants.” The girls kidnapped are between the ages of 16 – 18 although Boko Haram is reputed to have kidnapped girls as young as 12 years of age.

Boko Haram believes girls and women don’t need education especially Western education because their duties should be pleasing their husbands and raising children. That belief is both ignorant and tragic. An uninformed woman will raise uninformed children, the mother of every child is that child’s first teacher and mothers cannot teach what they do not know.

Why any father would want a woman that is illiterate to raise his children is way past any understanding I have.

Particularly in this day and time.

The buyers of the girls being kidnapped are said to be men from Chad and the Cameroons paying as little as twelve dollars for these children. Although the term “men” seems inaccurate and expansive. What “man” would force such brutality on a child? And as long as these girls have been gone chances are great most if not all of them have been sexually abused.

Why hasn’t the American media given the missing girls the same kind of coverage they’ve given a missing plane or the remarks of some old school racist? For the same reason the lives of young Black boys don’t have the value of young white boys. None can deny with a straight face or an honest conscience that if these girls had been blond and blue eyed, the news coverage would be immediate and unceasing. The media would have led the charge to find the missing 100.

Whether we want to admit it or not, the media is a force that once unleashed can bring change and transformation to policies of behavior even to terrorists groups.

Yet the greater question is why haven’t more African Americans, especially an African American President with two daughters, been more outraged and more determined to lend all the assistance needed to bring these girls home? Is our disconnect from the Continent so great that we can’t feel what the parents of those girls are feeling?

Think about it: what if you sent your daughter to school and she never comes home because she has been taken by a group of men who intend to sell to the highest bidder and as a result she will live out her life where her only value is as a womb and a cook. Add to that scenario the fact you will never hear from her or see her again. What would your state of mind be?

How those facts didn’t make April 14 the worst day of this President since his taking office is sad. I’m thinking these girls don’t have the complexion for the connection with him.

Still as influential as President Obama can be, it is the responsibility of the Nigerian government to rescue these girls. Their inability to do so and the lies they have told about what has happened display an incompetence that borders on willful uselessness. If Nigeria cannot or will not protect its children, it will have the future it does not want. An empty one.

To Be Equal

Supreme Court once again became a willing accomplice in the recent onslaught of attacks on 50 years of civil rights progress. On the heels of last year’s decision by the court to dismantle MORIAL the Voting Rights Act of 1965, on April 22, the Court ruled that Michigan voters had the right to ban race, i.e. affirmative action, as a factor in college admissions. The court’s decision undermines a landmark 2003 ruling that affirmed the use of racesensitive admissions policies at the University of Michigan Law School because of a compelling interest in fostering diversity in higher education.

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By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Why would a White racist have sex with a person of color?

That’s the question that few people in the media want to raise, let alone address. But it is an age-old contradiction not limited to Donald Sterling, the hate spewing soon-to-be former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Beginning with slavery in the original colonies – even earlier in Africa with the arrival of European colonizers – White men have forced themselves on Black women. Caucasian men from Thomas Jefferson on the left to South Carolina Senator and longtime arch-segregationist Strom Thurmond on the right have projected one image in public while having sex – even children – with Black women under the cover of darkness. They were talking White (superiority ) while sleeping Black.

I don’t for a moment pretend to know how to explain this obvious contradiction. But in the case of Thomas

Motherhood often reflects the politics of political multitasking

By Derek Joy It is that time again. . .

Mother’s Day!!!

There’s no denying it. The hardest of hardened criminals. Count the successful ones among us and everybody in between. Each was born to a mother.

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That is one area where equality is quantifiable. A mother is a mother. So on this one day in the year when America sets its collective attention to paying homage to mothers.

See them as the inJOY valuable, irreplaceable and so much more. Yes. They bear the children. Care for them, nourishing and nurturing, while balancing other demands in life.

An overwhelming majority of mothers are employed. Regrettably, women have yet to reach parity in America’s workforce. Yep. Women in the workplace earn about 77 cents for each dollar their male counterparts earn.

Sure seems like double duty within a dirty system. And they are exploited in the worst ways just to land and hold a job. No need to wonder why women who multitask as mothers and a job.

And the single mothers have even more tasks to balance.

All things considered, it is a special day for those special ones who have been blessed to be mothers. Think about that collective power, strength.

Imagine what Florida Gov. Rick Scott would do if all the mothers of the state descended on the Capitol steps, making demands of some sort. Go a step further and make demands of every political incumbent and candidate.

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“Thugs in the desert” at the Bundy Ranch

By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist One can be forgiven for thinking the contest for the most outrageous, publicly-exposed DANIELS racist behavior of recent weeks was between Cliven Bundy, the chiseling Nevada rancher, and Donald Sterling, the despicable billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.

As New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow wrote last week of Sterling’s now-famous taped rant, both men’s words offer “a rare and vivid exposition of the historical themes and loopy logic of the racist mind: possessed of derangement, detached from reason, bereft of morality.” Further, Blow’s column is a must-read for its sharp-eyed analysis that the racedriven pathology of both Sterling and his mistress, V. Stiviano, provides “a disturbing peek at the intersection of racism, misogyny and privilege.”

In one sense, that tips the scale between the two toward Sterling. He’s so deeply mired in the psychosexual muck of the slave-master mentality – of being attracted to a woman of African-American and Mexican-American parentage while deluding himself that he’s dominating Black men because he’s so personally powerful and attractive.

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Sotomayor: A voice of reason among reckless rhetoric

By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Race matters… because of the long history of racial minorities being denied access to the political process… because of persistent racial inequality in society — inequality that cannot be ignored and that has produced stark socioeconomic disparities.”

– Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court of the United States.

Two weeks ago, in a disturbingly lopsided 6-2 vote, the United States

By Pastor Rasheed Z. Baaith

A ‘Sterling’ example of our confusion Let me get my disclaimer out of the way first... The U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC) is a business organization. Our sole purpose is BUSBY to improve the lives of Black people by actively working to change the market environment. We advocate for improvements in capital access, increased opportunity and the transfer of the skills necessary to successfully, and profitably compete in America’s economy.

Despite this clarity of purpose, we are often called upon to weigh in on issues that typically are addressed by civil rights or social justice organizations. For certain, we are Black in America, so we do have opinions about continued evidence of inequality, racism, bigotry, discrimination and hatred being directed against Black people. But, as I said, we are a business organization, so our perspective is always going to be a business perspective.

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Florida juvenile justice system and Florida Bar dehumanize mother and daughter for four years From On Point Media Group A mother and daughter’s four year experience with the Florida Juvenile Justice System and the Florida Bar has compelled this reporter to expose the inherent injustices in both systems. The events that occurred to this family in Florida demonstrate that there is a comprehensive abuse of power, and a callous indifference to their civil and human rights. There is a history in the state of discrimination and racist behavior toward African Americans, and the treatment of this family has escalated to a “hate crime.”

This four year ordeal began on a warm 2009 Halloween evening, in Mount Dora, Florida at a festival called “Ghost Walk.” The group consisted of the mother’s thirteen year old African American daughter, and 10 to 14 youths of diverse racial and gender backgrounds. They were leaving the event and walking down the street to call their parents to pick them up.

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Billion dollar debt buying and collection abuses

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Are you or someone you know being pursued or harassed late CROWELL into the evenings and on weekends by debt collectors? If so, research shows that you are among one in seven Americans being pursued by debt collection agencies. In a newly-released chapter in its State of Lending series, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) found that debt buying and debt collection is big, big business.

Among publicly-traded debt buyers’ income grew from $582 million in 2009 to more than $1 billion in 2012.

And amid these billion dollar deals, scant regulation allows profiteers to take advantage of financially-distressed consumers, often securing court judgments for debts that may not even be owed. A 2009 Federal Trade Commission analysis of 3.9 million consumer accounts, found only 6 percent of the accounts came with any documentation.

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The Gantt Report Black hostages

By Lucius Gantt The government that you love, currently led

by Commander in Chief President Barack ObaGANTT ma, is often referred to as “the world’s policeman”.

Yes, the United States was quick to send troops to Grenada to fight Cuban soldiers, they were quick to send troops to Kuwait to stop Iraq from taking land that allegedly belonged to Iraq, they were quick to send soldiers to Iraq to look for weapons of mass destruction that were never found because there were none, they were quick to launch bombs in Libya to try to kill the duly elected leader and all of his family and they wasted no time in sending weapons to Syria to arm terrorist members of Al Queda that are fighting against Syrian President Bashar alAssad.

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St. Ruth Missionary Baptist Church 145 NW 5th Avenue Dania Beach, FL 33004 Office: (954) 922-2529

Bishop Victor T. Curry Senior Pastor/Teacher

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Bethel Missionary Baptist Church 2211 N.W. 7th Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33061 Church: (954) 583-9368 Email: bethelmbchurchfl@att.net

Reverend Jimmy L. English PASTOR WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday Worship ............................................................. 8 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Sunday School ........................................................................... 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday (Prayer Service & Bible Study) ............................... 7:30 a.m.

Saturday (Women Bible Study) ............................................................ 8 a.m.

"Baptized Believers working together to do the will of God"

First Baptist Church Piney Grove, Inc. 4699 West Oakland Park Blvd.

Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33313 Office: (954) 735-1500 Fax: (954) 735-1939 fbcpg@bellsouth.net

Rev. Dr. Derrick J. Hughes, Pastor SUNDAY SERVICES Worship Services .......................................................... 7:30 & 10:45 a.m.

Children's Church ........................................................ 7:30 & 10:45 a.m.

Communion (First Sunday) ......................................... 7:30 & 10:45 a.m.

New Members' Class .................................................................... 9:30 a.m.

Church School .............................................................................. 9:30 a.m.

Baptist Training Union (BTU) .................................................... 1:00 p.m.

Wednesday (Bible Study) ...................................... 11:15 a.m.. & 7:00 p.m.

Harris Chapel United Methodist Church Rev. Juana Jordan, M.Div E-MAIL:juana.jordan@flumc.org 2351 N.W. 26th Street Oakland Park, Florida 33311 Church Telephone: (954) 731-0520 Church Fax: (954) 731-6290

SERVICES Sunday Worship ................................................. 7:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School .............................................................................. 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday (Bible Study) ........................................... 11a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Mount Calvary Baptist Church

800 N.W. 8th Avenue Pompano Beach, Florida 33060 Church Telephone: (954) 943-2422 Church Fax: (954) 943-2186 E-mail Address: Mtcalvarypompano@bellsouth.net

Reverend Anthony Burrell, Pastor SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SUNDAY

New Member Orientation ........................... 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School ................................................ 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service ........................................ 11:00 a.m.

WEDNESDAY Prayer Meeting ............................................... 6:00 p.m.

Bible Study ..................................................... 7:00 p.m.

"Doing God's Business God's Way, With a Spirit of Excellence"

New Birth Baptist Church The Cathedral of Faith International Bishop Victor T. Curry, M.Min., D.Div. Senior Pastor/Teacher 2300 N.W. 135th Street Miami, Florida 33167

ORDER OF SERVICES Sunday Worship ........................................................ 7:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School ....................................................................................................... 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday (Bible Study) ......................................................................................... 6:45 p.m.

Wednesday (Bible Study) ............................................................................... 10:45 a.m.

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New Mount Olive Baptist Church 400 N.W. 9th Ave., Ft. Lauderdale 33311 (954) 463-5126 ● Fax: (954) 525-9454 CHURCH OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 8:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Dr. Marcus D. Davidson, Senior Pastor WORSHIP SERVICES & BIBLE STUDY Sunday .................................................... 7:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School ............................................................................ 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Noonday Service .................................. 12:00-12:30 p.m.

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting ............................................ 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study ................................................... 7:00 p.m.

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Leadership, Ownership and Worship F.L.O.W. To Greatness!

Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church 1161 NW 29th Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33311 (954) 581-0455 ● Fax: (954) 581-4350 www.mtzionmissionarybapt.com

Rev. Dr. James B. Darling, Senior Pastor WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday Worship Service .............................................................................. 8:00 & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School ............................................................................................................... 10:00 a.m.

Communion Service (1st Sunday) ......................................................................... 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting ........................................................................... 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study ................................................................................... 7:00 p.m.

Saturday (2nd & 4th) Growth & Orientation ........................................................... 9 a.m.

But be doers of the Word - James 1:22 nkjv - “A Safe Haven, and you can get to Heaven from here”

WORSHIP SERVICES Bible Study (Wednesday Night) ...................................................... 6:45 p.m.

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PLASIMOND Funeral services for the late Marcel Plasimond.

WAITE Funeral services for the late Winsome Waite.

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GEORGE Funeral services for the late Vitasse St.George–74 were held May 3 at Grace fellowship Church with Pastor Sam Labade officiating.

Interment: Our Lady Queen of Peace, Royal Palm Beach, Fla. POWELL Funeral services for the late Jaqueline Ruth Powell –60 were held May 3 at Holy Family Episcopal Church with Rev. Horace Ward officiating.

TERRY Funeral services for the late Frankie Mae Terry –83 were held May 3 at Pilgrim Christian Universal Church with Bishop L.L. Ward officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.

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Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery (Central).

LOUISSAINT Funeral services for the late Yolande Louissaint - 56 were held May 3 at South Florida Haitian Baptist Evangelical Church of Dania.

MCCRAY Funeral services for the lateTameisha McCray - 26 were held May 3 at M.E.C. Ministries of Pompano with Bishop Otis L. Kemp officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

PRINGLE Funeral services for the late Prince A. Pringle-81 were held May 3 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Elder Samuel Mobley officiating.

THOMPSON Funeral services for the late Recordo Clive Thompson - 69 were held April 30 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel Bishop Joseph Fagan officiating. Interment: Gayle Family Plot, Greenfield,St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, WI.

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BRIHM Funeral services for the late Sister Kathy Michelle Brihm -56 were held May 3 at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church with Bishop C.E. Glover officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Debate over religion’s place in public continues

By Rick McCrabb Staff Writer BUTLER COUNTY — If trying to rebuild a football program coming off its worst season in school history wasn’t difficult enough, now Middletown Middies first-year coach Chris Wells has to deal with complaints from a group of people in Wisconsin who have taken issue with the way he interacts with his players.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, based in Wisconsin, sent a letter to the Middletown City School District April 17 complaining that Wells “crosses the line” because he “endorses and promotes his religion” when acting as a district employee. Wells has engaged in religious conversations with his players, has prayer with them during workouts and team meals and has invited some to his church, the letter said.

In response, the district told Wells last week he must cease and desist with the religious talk. And since Wells agreed, he wasn’t disciplined, said Sam Ison, the district’s superintendent.

Wells, 41, a 1991 Middletown High School graduate, didn’t return any of the messages left for him by the Journal-News.

Rebecca S. Markert, staff attorney for FFRF, said she was pleased with how the district handled the complaint because it was “a quick victory.”

The Wells situation set off a firestorm of debate in Butler County and beyond about the concept of separation between church and state. In the days since the article on Wells appeared in the Journal-News, it has been shared 130 times by readers on the newspaper’s Facebook page and received 104 comments, most of them in support of Wells’ religious beliefs, though others sided with the FFRF. Wells isn’t the only person the organization has targeted.

Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney has also been

contacted by the FFRF. The organization complained that Swinney’s appointment of a team chaplain and incorporation of Bible study, devotionals and team attendance at church services as examples that Swinney’s staff is forcing religion on its players.

But some religious supporters have questioned if such meetings and activities are voluntary and there are no repercussions for anyone who chooses not to attend or participate, is there really a violation? They say providing an opportunity to practice religion is not the same as an official endorsement of religion.

A school in Jackson, Ohio, came under fire recently from the FFRF and the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio over the continued display of a portrait of Jesus Christ on school property. The painting hung in Jackson Middle School since 1937 and it was donated to the school by a student group.

The school attempted to argue the portrait was part of a “limited public forum” but eventually agreed in court to remove it from the school, reportedly to avoid “risking taxpayer money.”

The two sides then began negotiating a formal settlement, but those talks stalled when it was discovered the portrait was never removed from the school. Instead, it was moved to an art closet, and then brought out for a prayer meeting on the school lawn that was attended by school faculty and administrators.

This violation of the court agreement prompted another round of legal filings by both sides, delaying the settlement and increasing legal fee, according to the groups. The eventual undisclosed settlement was paid for by the district’s insurance company.

The FFRF has 20,000 members across the country, including more than 500 in Ohio, Markert said. The group sent 938 letters of complaint, mostly to school districts, last year, she said. She said 42 of them were mailed to Ohio, which ranked in the Top 10 of complaints, she said.

Once districts receive the letters and understand the group’s motives, she said, they typically comply with its demands. She said the First Amendment is “so clear” and all her organization wants to do is “protect the students” who may be intimidated by the strong religious beliefs of a school official, teacher or coach.

She called students “a captive audience,” which makes them more susceptible to the religious pressure.

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My time in Washington has given me a real primer on the phrase “flavor of the week.” This week, all of the buzz in the nation’s capital is housing. Specifically, the Senate Banking Committee is set to consider Johnson-Crapo, a significant piece of legislation that would completely reconstruct the housing finance system as we know it, eliminate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In their place, the bill would create a new government-backed mortgage-bond insurer and regulatory agency called the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation (FMIC) to oversee the secondary mortgage market.

But since there is no African-American member of the Senate Banking Committee, it is worth reviewing why this issue is so important to millions of current and prospective African American homeowners – and why the current proposal is a dangerous one.

In the past five years, the privately-owned, publicly-traded Fannie and Freddie have been central to bringing stability to the federal housing market, with a full return to profitability earlier this year. But with Johnson-Crapo, Congress is threatening to jeopardize that stability and undo years of resilience from American taxpayers. That’s the wrong direction.

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Economy is still recovering

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During 2013, the U.S. economy experienced a reasonable level of growth. The 3.4 percent growth rate in the second half of 2013 represented a solid growth rate, but not enough to trickle down to those who live at the periphery of the economy.

Those with low or stagnant wages might find that their lives have not improved by 3.4 percent. Indeed, the gains from gross domestic product growth may mostly be captured by the wealthy.

The first quarter of 2014 was an amazing disappointment.

Instead of the modest growth of 3.4 percent from the second half of 2013, the economy grew by just one tenth of one percent.

This is the one of the slowest growth rate in the five years of so-called economic recovery.

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Based on these data, the economy grew more than 300 times slower than it did in the last half of 2013. Some say we are growing at a snail’s pace, but even the most sluggish snail can do better than this.

Can we blame this stagnant economy on the harsh winter we have experienced? Between snow, hail, sleet and rain, housing starts have slowed. People who might hit the malls are staying home. People aren’t buying cars at expected rates.

Since consumer spending drives about three-quarters of our nation’s economic growth, postponed spending dampens growth. But consumer spending has not slowed as much as GDP has.

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Part One of a Two Part Series Readers of our column know we are supporters and promoters of women’s philanthropy including women’s foundations and giving circles. Mel likes to joke, “what about men’s philanthropy?” Now we have an answer: the Ujima Legacy Fund – an African American male giving circle. Knowing that men don’t want to be out-

done by women, and that women want to support men, we bring you this interview with Reginald Gordon, one of the fund’s founders. In addition to supporting and growing African American men’s philanthropy Gordon is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Eastern Virginia Region of the American Red Cross.

Let’s start at the beginning.

We asked Gordon about the events that led up to creation of the fund. “The Ujima Legacy Fund grew out of a series of conversations that we had in a barbershop,” he began. “A group of African American men decided to hold monthly conversations in a downtown barbershop a few years ago.

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Sean J. Combs (Puff Daddy): The Power and the Glory of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group

By Malik A. Azeez New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music started a new course on Sean Combs on April 4, 2014.

The course is a new History and Criticism course entitled “Sean Combs and Urban Culture.” Students can get twocredit course hours for the course.

In addition, this course will explore the social, cultural and political changes of the 1990’s and how Mr. Combs ascended to success by those changes.

Furthermore, the course deals with how the man-Sean Combs has influenced American society.

Sean Combs is a rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, actor and business owner. In 1993, Combs established Bad Boy Records. Some of the artists that were signed included: The Notorious Big, Faith Evans, Craig Mack, 112, Total and Father MC. Similarly, Combs created The Hitmen, his inhouse production team, who recorded: Mary J. Blige, Usher, TLC, Mariah Carey, Jodeci,

Boys 2 Men and Aretha Franklin.

Moreover, Sean Combs recorded his debut single “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” in 1997 on Bad Boy Records, as well as his first album, 'No Way Out'.

Currently, in April 2014, Combs is a business owner of monumental proportions through his company-Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group (BBWEG). BBWEG is based in New York and includes Bad Boy Records, an entertainment company and a media business. Some of the

Tenth Anniversary of the Core DJ’s

DJ Predator, DJ Mike Smoove, DJ Averi and DJ Malik Shabazz .

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(Cont'd from FP) “We want to merge the hip hop community with the Black media,” said Tony Neal, CEO and Founder of Core DJs World Wide. Now we have two welldefined voices reaching the people.”

Partygoers mingled and munched while listening to heart thumping sounds by several DJs including the Core DJs. (Special K and Teddy Ted who have been pioneers in the industry since 1982).

The event presented a Stroll and Step Competition and the Ultimate Battle of the DJs where guests were entertained by host Entertainer, Owner and CEO of Pack Rat Productions Sheryl Underwood who is an element of Core DJs World Wide. She articulates how important environments like these are instrumental for creating incredible outcomes for the up and coming artists.

“I just love what I’m seeing here because there’s so much unity,” Underwood said. “This is how you select the next president.”

Jineea Butler, President of Hip Hop Union, who came up with the idea to structure this coalition to recognize that there was no meeting of the minds between the two organizations.

“There was no type of conversation taking place between the Black press and the hip hop

community,” Butler said. “We have to support one another.”

The Greatest Mix included a conversation with Jineea Butler, President of the Hip Hop Union, NNPA, Chairman Clovis Campbell, New Orleans Data Weekly Publisher, Terry Jones, the legendary JazO from Kingz Kounty Media Group, CoreDJ founder, Tony Neal, and was moderated by George Curry, Editor-in -Chief of NNPA News Service.

“We have created a political interest group,” said Brooklyn recording artist and producer JazO. “Musicians as well as members of the community will benefit from this partnership.”

“The audience of DJs and artists were incredibly receptive and they responded swiftly to the call of action. Everyone in the many generations represented mutually agreed that together we can utilize our collective power to change the landscape of our economics, politics and music. The NNPA will serve as a guide to shape the stories, the positive messages and creative energy it witnessed at the Core into more powerful entrepreneurs and businesses,” added Butler.

On Sunday, The Core DJs Worldwide 10 Year Anniversary held a Conference Gospel Showcase & Sunday Brunch which was hosted by James Fortune with a special guest performance by Mario J. Brown who preformed his hit Song, “Glory”.

"It was a time to share great business information that small companies can take advantage of to promote their business or artist-and to add to that I received an award for ‘ A Legendary DJ-yeah me, Big Man Kelly!”

One of South Florida’s hottest DJs, and now an award winner Big Man Kelly was impressed by the business atmosphere.

“The Core DJ event serves a couple of purposes. Number one it builds a networking system to work with DJs and promoters in the entertainment industry, that’s the biggest asset. Next is the extreme amount of useful information and a weekend that gives you the opportunity to showcase your artistic abilities. That’s where my company ‘Big Man Productions” comes in.

We provided the sound and reinforced the panels. It was a time to share great business information that small companies can take advantage of to promote their business or artistand to add to that I received an award for ‘ A Legendary DJyeah me, Big Man Kelly!”

A live performance by Hakim Green handpicked by KRS- One and music by the legendary DJ Scratch at the 10th Anniversary of the Core DJ’S NNPA Reception was an amazing collaboration.

As a highlight to the affair, guests were invited to the Mayweather vs. Maidana Fight Viewing Party.

Core DJs has in its showcase of talents DJs galore as well as models, singers and rappers, coupled with the knowledge of the industry- one should seriously think about joining this team and subscribing to the Black newspapers that cover them.

“The event was great. The dialogue and feedback was excellent as well as the concerns from the participants. It feels good to reach out to the local DJs they definitely need the support of the Black Press and the community. On behalf of the NNPA and The Core DJs, we would like to thank all our sponsors, performers, guests and DJs for a successful event,” stated NNPA Chairman, Clovis Campbell.

From Detroit to LA, NAACP Prez has history of ‘selling out’ (Cont'd from FP) Sterling received the NAACP Lifetime Achievement award that same year.

Jenkins, who says he has known Sterling for almost 20 years, defended his organization’s plans to honor the bigoted NBA team owner by saying he has a record of contributing to minority organizations.

“Mr. Sterling’s organization, on a consistent basis has brought in numerous minorities and inner city kids to games,” Jenkins told the LA press. “Almost every game, there is a

section where there are young people. He has also, in the years we looked at, contributed to a lot of minority charities, including the NAACP.” Jenkins said Sterling’s organization gave more money to the minority community than other local LA sports franchises.

He declined to say how much Sterling has recently given to the organization but described the amount as “insignificant.”

Jenkins, who called Sterling’s comments “devastating,” says the civil rights organization would return the money and withhold the award Sterling was scheduled to receive this month.

Jenkins graduated from Wayne State University Law School and was admitted to practice in 1979. In 1984, he was appointed by Gov. James Blanchard to 36th District Court.

Jenkins moved to California in 1990 and tried to keep his California law license, stating his community service, which included pro bono work and his efforts with the local NAACP should allow him to continue to work as a lawyer. He was denied and lost the license in 2001.

In media reports, Jenkins has also said he would forgive Clipper’s owner Sterling.

other businesses are record production, management, clothing design and restaurant operation. Equally important, BBWEG encompasses the following business assets daily: television and film production; Blue Flame Marketing and Advertising; Sean John clothing line; Music Publishing and social programs. Still further, Mr. Combs is the majority owner of BBWEG which has sales annually of $400 million with 600 employees.

With respect to his entrepreneurial works, Sean Combs is highly successful. He is the majority owner of Bad Boy Records; Combs has a venture in Diageo’s Ciroc Vodka; two clothing lines-Sean John and Enyce and the digital cable television network REVOLT, which is a partnership with Comcast. Also, other entrepreneurial achievements are: Designer of the Dallas Mavericks alternate jersey and fragrances-Sean John (SJ). The SJ fragrances

are: 1) Unforgivable Woman (Perfume); 2) Unforgivable (Cologne); 3) SJ Empress (Perfume) and SJ I Am King (Cologne) .

His production as a recording artist, record producer and actor are great. Some of the albums produced by Bad Boy Records include: No Way Out, 1997; Forever, 1999; The Saga Continues ...2001; Press Play, 2006; Last Train to Paris, 2010 and The Electric Lady, 2013.

Whereas, his credits as an actor are for the films: Made, 2001; Monster’s Ball, 2001; Carlito’s Way: Rise to Power, 2005 and the 2004 Broadway Play, “A Raisin in the Sun.” Additionally, Combs was the producer of the soundtrack for the film- Training Day and executive producer for the film-A Raisin in the Sun, produced for television.

Ultimately, Sean J. Combs is the consummate rapper, entrepreneur, business owner, actor and record producer who is having incredible success. He

COMBS exemplifies first-class business standards, he is a business genius and produces the best entertainment products, with integrity, which is the power and the glory of BBWEG. Also, on Saturday, May 10, 2014, at 10 a.m., Combs will deliver the 146th Commencement Address at Howard University in Washington, D.C. And he will be receiving an honorary doctorate in humanities from Howard University.

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The World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum in St. Augustine, Florida "Honoring The Legacy: A Tribute To African Americans In Golf”

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Ribbon cutting ceremony pictured are: Robert Williams USGA, Mario Chiodo, Ty Votaw PGA TOUR, Jack Peter Chief Operating Officer of The World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum, Renee Powell, First Ohio Golf Hall of Fame and First Lady of Golf Award by The PGA of America 2003.

Cutting the ribbon is Dr. Charlie Sifford, Dr. Johnny A. Gaffney Jacksonville Florida City Council Member, Wendell Haskin PGA, Steve Mona CEO of the World Golf Foundation, Pete McDaniel lead writer for the project, and James Lacey Dent on the African American professional golf stars Story and photos by Frank Powell 50th Anniversary of Pete Brown’s historic win across the The exhibit opened one day Red River in a little Oklahoma before a major milestone, the border town called Burneyville that nobody had ever heard of.

The Memorabilia highlights the long, rich history of African Americans in golf starting with pioneers like John Shippen in Corporate Resource & the late 1800s to Dr. Charlie Materials Management Sifford, who broke golf’s color 1608 S.E. 3rd Avenue barrier as the first official TOUR Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 (954) 847-4200 pro and became the first African American inducted into the INVITATION TO World Golf Hall of Fame reRESPOND mains the only Black in the WGHOF. And only Tiger FORMAL REQUEST Woods, who is of African American descent, is a shoo-in to join FOR PROPOSAL him. However, that doesn’t diNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT SEALED minish the importance of the PROPOSALS SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE exhibit, for it not only acknowlTO THE FORMAL RFP MUST BE SUBMITedges, but honors the contribuTED BY 3:00 PM, THURSDAY MAY 22, 2014 FOR THE BELOW LISTED CATtions of myriad of Blacks to the EGORY. A PUBLIC OPENING OF THE development of the game in this PROPOSALS SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE country.

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By Dedrick D. Henry, Sr. On Saturday, at Hodges Stadium on the Campus of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, the Raiders captured another state title in Track and Field.

For the Raiders boys’ this is their fifth consecutive state title and for the girls’ this is their tenth state title. The Raiders’ Rasheed Tatham, ranked number one in the quarter mile finished first in the 400 meters.

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St. Thomas Aquinas' Kendall Ellis captured her fourth 400-meter state title and helped the Raider girls win their 10th state title.

(Photo by Gary McCullough) Grimes finished first and fourth in the 300 and 110 hurdles competition. Ryan Crozier finished first and second in the discus and shot put.

The Raider girls’ Kendall Ellis won her fourth state title in the 400 just missing a state record time.

St. Thomas Aquinas’ Krystal Sparling finished first and fourth in the 100 and 200, Diamond Spaulding finished second in the 200.

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Former NBA player Keyon Dooling teams up with community activist Joe Toliver to form Dooling Enterprises

By Staff Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -- Author, life coach, motivational speaker and former NBA Player Keyon Dooling teams up with Joe Toliver, avid community activist, to form Dooling Enterprises for a conglomerate of business ventures.

These two South Florida natives have also chosen to keep philanthropy at the core of their business model.

“Dooling Enterprises has been a vision for quite some time, and I am excited about the future of this business and the impact we will make in South Florida,” Dooling said. “With Joe’s extensive experience in not-for-profit management, local relationships and community building along with my tenure as a leader in professional sports, Dooling Enterprises definitely has a great recipe for success.”

Dooling Enterprises will focus on several business ventures and further develop its social responsibility arm The Respect Foundation to bring awareness to sexual assault and mental health and wellness.

Dooling will serve as President of the new business enterprise and will generate opportunities in South Florida and throughout the country. Toliver will serve as CEO responsible for leading the day-to-day operations and leveraging opportunities to assure optimal return on investments.

Dooling, most recognized for his skills and leadership on the basketball court playing for 13 years in the NBA, was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He entered the NBA in 2002 as a starter for the LA Clippers and spent 13 years on the court until encountering a life-altering experience that changed his career path. He

re-mained committed to his love for the game and was resilient in overcoming the obstacles he faced, landing a front office job with his former team, the Boston Celtics. Dooling has taken his experiences on and off the court to serve as a motivational speaker, promoting child abuse prevention, mental health and wellness as part of the NBA’s Team Development Summit.

Mr. Dooling has provided motivational presentations for the Utah Jazz, Washington Wizards, Philadelphia 76ers, Memphis Grizzlies and most recently the Fatherhood Summit hosted by CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien. Dooling also authored a new book entitled “What’s Driving You? How I Overcame Abuse and Learned to Lead in the NBA” that will be released this summer. The book has been converted into a monologue called “What’s Driving You”. It is a part of the I Am Respect Tour performed by Dooling for

Obama Administration to grade teacher training

President Obama and Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers.

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – Teachers have always graded students. The Obama administration feels the time has come for someone to grade teachers.

Teacher training programs—from colleges and universities, to for-profit certification courses and non-profit preparatory programs—have few, if any, external evaluation systems to check for and improve quality. In fact, only five states (Tennessee, Ohio, North Carolina, Louisiana, and Florida) gather data on quality among their in-state programs.

“We have about 1,400 schools of education and hundreds and hundreds of alternative certification paths, and nobody in this country can tell anybody which one is more effective than the other,” said Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan said when announcing the new federal initiative.

The Department of Education plans to build upon existing strategies, and guide every state to develop its own evaluation systems. The plan also intends to create a “feedback loop” by making the information gathered available to aspiring teachers, schools and districts, and the public.

Teachers beginning their careers feel especially ill-equipped.

Darryl Green worked as a salesman before coming a teacher in Baltimore County 16 years ago – and he is glad that he did.

“I was not prepared at all,” he recounted. “My content analysis was fine, but… entering the classroom setting is totally different than portrayed in the books. It was my first career that really helped me with my second. With sales you have to educate a person, then you can sell them on something. With

teaching it’s the other way around.”

Green was not alone.

Newly-released data from the Department of Education show 62 percent of new teachers don’t feel prepared when they enter the field. Yet, 96 percent of teaching candidates pass their licensing exams.

And the students who suffer from teachers without proper training are the students who need the very best instructors.

“From my observation, it seems new teachers are placed in low-performing schools.

Even if the school is not underperforming, new teachers are given classes with the most challenges,” said Adrian Layne, a veteran teacher in Kentucky’s Jefferson County Public School system. “Some teachers are not ready for the schools in which they are placed.”

Some, such as non-profit training program, Teach for America, welcome the federal intervention.

“We are very pleased that the administration is taking action to help us identify and learn from top-performing teacher-preparation programs,” said co-CEO Elisa Villanueva Beard. “We stand with our colleagues across the education community in our commitment to ensure that all teacher preparation programs are supported in producing capable teachers for our nation’s children.”

Green also welcomes the program—but for different reasons.

“We most definitely need these standards. I’m seeing too many new teachers coming in at different levels, depending on what school they come from,” says Green, who was his school’s Teacher of the Year in 2012 and is preparing to earn a master of arts in teaching. “If the teachers don’t know what to expect, how can the students know what to expect?”

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, offered partial praise for the plan.

“We need a systemic approach to preparing teachers and a higher threshold to ensure that every teacher is ready to teach on his or her first day in the classroom,” Weingarten said. “This is what we’re looking for in any change to state or federal policy. Not a quick-fix, test-and-punish, market-based ranking of programs, but real solution-driven change that will support programs in preparing confident and competent teachers… but the devil is the details and we’ve got to get this right.”

Identifying those details— the factors that should be used to rate teaching programs—will be tricky.

Layne believes the measurements should consider basic statistics and demographic information, such as number of graduates who become teachers, but feels student performance should be off limits. .

Green believes that teacher performance should be one of the markers of program success; and that student performance, including standardized test scores, should be a part of that evaluation.

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which he shares a formidable tale of life deferred, interrupted but ultimately triumphant.

Toliver has volunteered and worked professionally in the social sector in numerous leadership roles for more than 20 years. He is a community builder who continues to foster and advocate for strategic frameworks, utilizing defined approaches to produce results reflective of a community’s needs.

Most recently, Toliver served as Vice President of Philanthropy and Communications for the Urban League of Broward County. He was responsible for overseeing operations for the fund development, marketing, public relations and events departments. He previously held positions with the United Way as Director of Grant Administration and Director of Community Mobilization and Empowerment. “This is an exciting venture. I am overcome with pride to have grown up in

Former NBA Player Keyon Dooling teams up with Joe Toliver, avid community activist, to form Dooling Enterprises for a conglomerate of business ventures Fort Lauderdale and to take on a similar passion for this comthis new entrepreneur role, as munity and will make it our top it connects me with the legacy priority to operate in its best inof my parents, who owned and terest.” operated businesses in the For more information and to Sistrunk community during my support the work of the Respect youth” Toliver said. “What is Foundation, visit also special, Keyon and I share www.respectfoundation55.org

Students from Miami Edison Senior High selected to participate in Pathways to Progress

By Jimmie Davis, Jr. Students attending Miami Edison Senior High don’t have to fret any longer over obtaining summer employment because twenty five of them have already been selected as the recipients of a prestigious grant from the Citi Foundation, which allows them to participate in the highly distinguished Pathways to Progress summer youth employment program.

Students are scrambling trying to obtain summer employment because they need a reliable source of income to purchase their school uniforms, supplies and help their parents out by purchasing groceries.

“Through Pathways to Progress we will connect young people with opportunities to fuel their own career ambitions,” said Citi CEO, Michael Corbat in an email. “Our program will teach them to develop the skills that are needed in a 21st century economy.”

Pathways to Progress is a three-year $50 million commitment from Citi Foundation to give 100,000 low-income youth in the United States the opportunity to develop the workplace skills and leadership ex-

perience they must acquire to have a competitive advantage.

Miami-Dade’s share of the pot is $300,000 and that’s because all together 100 MiamiDade County High School students will be the recipients of the grant. The money and summer positions will be divided up among Edison, Booker T. Washington, Miami Jackson and Miami Northwestern.

William Porro, Special Projects Administrator for the City of Miami says the students will be working throughout the city in various capacities such as customer service, clerical, computers and outdoor field activities.

“Our intent is to match the students up with the occupations they signed up for,” Porro said. “We want to provide real jobs for the students.”

Students will be paid an hourly wage of $7.93 and will work approximately 35 hours per week.

This is the largest single commitment ever made by the Citi Foundation, the philanthropy branch of Citi Group.

James Dominique, Vice Principle of Edison says the hiring process was on a first come first serve basis.

“The schools as well as the students are fortunate to have this program,” Dominique said.

“These students are truly in need. I’m sure this experience will open up their eyes.”

The program is focusing on 10 of the largest U.S. cities where Citi has a presence: Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, Newark, St. Louis, San Francisco, Washington DC and of course Miami.

The Citi Foundation will be working with community partners, government officials, and Citi volunteers to help students develop workplace skills and leadership experience they are going to need to secure gainful employment.

Tomas Regalado, City of Miami Mayor, says this is a fan-tastic opportunity for the students because it will teach them basic principals such opening up a bank account, how to manage their money, profes-sional development and having a good work ethic.

“The program will create a solid group of men and women that will lead them into the workforce,” Regalado said. “It’s an honor for Miami to have this program. We are creating a pathway for 100 families.”

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The North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus Foundation announces 2014 Education Scholarship Event slated for June 6

ADAMS RALEIGH, N.C. - The North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. announces June 6 as the date for its 2014 Education Scholarship Event.

The Education Scholarship Event is an annual one day event designed to 1) raise funds for scholarships for students attending the 10 participating Historically Black Colleges and Universities in North Carolina and 2) educate the community on issues and topics that impact the citizens of North Carolina.

The event, whose theme is “Continuing the Investment in Promising Futures: Scholarship-Education-Success,” will be held at Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center, 4700 Emperor Blvd., Research Triangle Park, Durham, N.C. According to Foundation Chair Rep. Alma Adams, representative for North Carolina District 58 and candidate for U. S. Congress, to represent North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District, “The economic chal-

lenges facing young people today continue to increase. The ability to pay for a college education is an impossible task for many people who desire a college education.” She adds, “It is our duty and responsibility to ensure access to higher education for these young people, who are the workforce of the future. The funds raised generate the power needed to sustain young futures through education. The situation remains critical. The rising cost of attending college and the resulting debt, make financial support through scholarships, even more important.”

Even in tough economic times, the North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus Foundation has provided support to higher education in North Carolina for more than 28 years by awarding need-based scholarships to students attending one of the 10 participating Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in North Carolina.

The cornerstone activity of the one-day Education Scholarship Event is The William L. Wainwright Scholarship Banquet on June 6, 2014 starting at 7 p.m. The keynote speaker for this ticketed event is U. S. Congressman G. K. Butterfield, representing North Carolina’s First District. The fee for this scholarship fundraising dinner is included in the full event registration of $75, which also includes the Networking Luncheon, Issues Briefings, Memorial Service honoring deceased members of the NCLBC and Scholarship Reception. The fee to attend only The William L. Wainwright Scholarship Banquet is $50 per person.

Kirstie & Kristie Bronner launch the next phase of their exceptional career With strategy, the source, and sweat, genius isn’t necessary for success

CONGRESSMAN BUTTERFIELD The North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus Foundation June 6, 2014 Education Scholarship Event includes: Issues Briefings (Survival of HBCUs, Affordable Care, Learning The New Rules for Voting in NC), a Networking Luncheon, a Memorial Service Honoring Deceased NCLBC Members and The William L. Wainwright Scholarship Banquet with Keynote Speaker U. S. Congressman G. K. Butterfield. Full event information is available at www.NCLBCF.org. For more information contact event Co-Chair Delores Parker at (919) 271-6417 or Co-Chair Lisa Hodges at (919) 441-8061. Scholarship Information: Visit www.nclbcf.org

Kirstie Alexandra Bronner, Dr. Xavier Cornejo, designer of the book cover and Kristie Alexis Bronner. young women have unleashed countability, counsel, and

By Bunnie Jackson-Ransom their skills, knowledge, per- friendship. WOF Ignite meets ATLANTA, GA. — Kirstie sonalities, and tireless energy, every Thursday evening at the and Kristie Bronner, best known on those who will listen. People, Riverside EpiCenter, 135 Riveras the “Bronner twins” who young and old, are listening to side Parkway at 7:30 p.m.

It was almost a year ago since graduated as double valedictori- what they have to say. Versed the media blitz that introduced ans from Spelman College in with the legacy of the Bronner the Bronner Twins, now 23, 2013 making national news family and with God in their when they graduated from headlines, have launched the lives, they are already a force Spelman College, both music next phase of their budding, in the 21st century, sometimes majors with a 4.0 grade point extraordinary career. Wise be- referred to as the “God Genera- average. The young women are yond their years, Kirstie and tion.” currently focused on a career Their latest achievement, path with the youth ministry Kristie have combined their talents to write a book Double Double Vals: The Keys to and music department at Word Vals: The Keys to Success in Success in College and Life of Faith Family Worship CaCollege and Life Beyond, re- Beyond, is a small part of their thedral, which is led by their cently published and celebrated ministry and the work they do father, Bishop Dale Bronner. at a recent Book Launch Party at Word of Faith Family Wor- Their immediate plans are to held at the Riverside EpiCenter, ship Cathedral [WOF]. They grow their ministry, record a lead the WOF Ignite Youth contemporary Christian CD, Austell, Ga. Serving as youth pastors at Ministry, which is designed to and to write another book. See Word of Faith Family Worship help young people grow by pro- the Bronner story on YouTube Cathedral, Austell, Ga., these viding an environment of ac- and Google.

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AfricanAmerican HIV University Science and Treatment College Training 3

By Gerald Garth The African American HIV University Science and Treatment College (AAHU STC) seeks to increase the HIV/AIDS science, treatment and prevention literacy of Black Americans by training AAHU Fellows who are also members of the Black Treatment Advocates Network (BTAN). The 16 Fellows, who represent community-based and AIDS service organizations

nationwide, develop strategic action plans to respond to the AIDS epidemic in their communities.

AAHU SCT consists of three five-day training sessions.

Trainings 1 and 2 focus on science and community mobilization, respectively. Conducted most recently this March, Training 3 centers on planning and implementing each Fellow’s community strategy and developing his or her evaluation in-

ternship, in which Fellows assess the needs of their communities and build a strategic plan to respond to the findings.

Consisting of lectures, group discussions, reading and interactive learning activities, the module prepares each Fellow to use public health approaches to develop strategies to strengthen his or her respective BTAN network.

Under the guidance of training and capacity-building coor-

dinator Denishia Clark, on day 1 the Fellows presented in-formation about their city’s demographics, epidemics, targeted population, available services and unmet needs, as well as identified resources, BTAN partners and projects.

On day two, Fellows received training on how to conduct successful public health initiatives, including methods of planning programs and evaluating evidence-based research. Re-pre-

Free dental services to be provided May 23 Pompano Beach Family Dental to participate in Veteran’s Free Dentistry Day POMPANO BEACH, FL – Veterans in the Pompano Beach community will have the opportunity to receive free dentistry services ranging from cleanings, fillings and extractions at Pompano Beach Family Dental located at 1239 S.W. 26th Ave. on Friday, May 23,

2014.

Pompano Beach Family Dentistry will be improving the oral health of veterans as part of Veteran’s Free Dentistry Day, a day dedicated to providing dental care to deserving veterans in our community.

“This event is a great op-

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portunity for us to share our time and resources, and say thank you to the veterans in our community,” said Dr.

Council approves increased funding for Special Needs Children in Summer Care LAUDERHILL, FL – For many parents, finding quality care for their children during the summer is difficult enough.

That challenge increases dramatically for families with children with special needs. At their April meeting, members of the Children’s Services Council of Broward County (CSC) approved additional funding of 22 slots for summer camps at the YMCA of Broward County and Smith Community Mental Health, allowing for a total of 380 children with special needs to attend.

The CSC has been a major supporter of safe, supervised afterschool and summer programs for children and youth with special needs since its inception. Maximizing Out-ofSchool Time (MOST) programs for children with special needs offer smaller and more flexible

staff to child ratios, and fun, educational activities such as SMILE Reading and Touch Math More curricula. than 80 percent of children with special needs that attend CSC-funded MOST programs have improved reading and language development, while 100 percent of those attending improved their social interactions with teachers and other students. For more information on MOST programs and all other CSC funded programs, visit www.cscbroward.org.

The Children’s Services Council of Broward is an independent taxing authority which was established by a public referendum on Sept. 5, 2000, which, through Public Act, Chapter 2000-461 of the

laws of Florida, authorized the Council to levy up to 0.5 mills of property taxes. The role of the Council is to provide the leadership, advocacy and resources necessary to enhance children’s lives and empower them to become responsible, productive adults through collaborative planning and funding of a continuum of quality care.

Follow us on Twitter at @CSCBroward and on Facebook. For more information about the Children’s Services Council of Broward County, visit www.cscbroward.org.

Women living with HIV and healthy pregnancies

By William R. Short, MD, MPH Many women living with HIV wonder if they can have healthy pregnancies. Happily, the answer is yes: With good medical care, women with HIV can have healthy, HIV-negative babies and be strong and healthy parents.

The first step is for women who are HIV-positive to have a candid talk with their HIV provider about whether they want to have children, now or in the future, and the options available to them if they do. Some women with HIV may not feel comfortable talking about such a personal decision, but it is an important talk to have. Some HIV providers might not bring it up, and some might not have the necessary expertise. In such cases, they might refer the patient to an OB-GYN specialist with specific expertise working with women with HIV.

When an HIV-positive woman is ready to have a child, it is important for her to talk with her HIV provider to make sure she is healthy during this time.

For an HIV-positive woman, this includes appropriate and consistent treatment for HIV before she gets pregnant.

Current treatment for HIV enables HIV-positive women to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. In the past, prior to effective HIV drugs, one in four HIV-positive women transmitted their infection to their baby. With today’s very effective HIV medications taken before and during pregnancy, the risk of the baby getting HIV is less than 2 percent. If the mother’s viral load is very low and she has no other medical reasons for a Cesarean delivery, an HIV-positive woman can deliver vaginally.

After the baby is delivered, it is important for HIV-positive women to avoid breastfeeding as mothers can pass HIV to their babies through breastfeeding. Instead, women should give their babies for-mula or ask their doctor about getting human breast milk for the baby from a milk bank.

Having HIV does not mean not having children. Women with HIV can have healthy babies by optimizing their health through medical care for their HIV guided by a supportive health care provider.

Read more about preventing HIV transmission from mother to child during pregnancy, labor and delivery, or breastfeeding on this CDC webpage.

AIDS.gov also offers information on its Having Children page.

Thomas Roth of Pompano Beach Family Dentistry.

“Our team is committed to lifetime dental care because good oral health is integral to overall health. By participating in this program, our goal is to engage patients and encourage them to adopt an ongoing oral care program and a lifelong regimen of preventative care.”

Either one free cleaning, filling or extraction will be provided per patient on Friday, May 23rd between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. For more information, call (954) 974-2140 or visit www.PompanoBeachFamilyDental.com.

Patients will be accepted on a first come first served basis.

One third of Americans are living without dental insurance and current economic conditions leave little room to afford dental procedures. Without events like Veteran’s Free Dentistry Day, dental care simply isn’t an option for many uninsured people.

sentatives from Janssen Therapeutics and Gilead Pharmaceuticals offered support.

Paulette Heath, director of policy and advocacy at Janssen, said, “Making people aware of treatment versus treatment education, and everything in between, is important.”

On day three, Fellows learned how to conduct a community-needs assessment to drive their BTAN chapter’s planning and development. The Black AIDS Institute’s chief de-sign officer, Alan Bell, provided synopses of BTAN tools and branding.

The Institute’s training and evaluation coordinator, Rebekah Israel, updated the Fellows on the Brown Bag Lunch Program, which disseminates information to communities, on day 4. “The program makes resources accessible and available to those who may not otherwise have them,” Israel said.

Day five included information on how to build effective networks and programming by preparing draft proposals and presentations. Fellows’ knowledge, skills and tools were as-

sessed. Each Fellow’s program deliverables include monthly reports detailing webinars and activities that he or she conducts, as well as personal feelings and interactions, ideas and goals, problems solved and significant occurrences in his or her local network.

“BTAN is the best tool we have to help people who are living with HIV and look like us to reach viral suppression by educating them about the importance of getting in care and staying in care,” said Leisha McKinley-Beach, the Institute’s director of stakeholder engagement and technical assistance, who provided support throughout the week.

Through ongoing efforts like BTAN and AAHU, individuals and organizations around the nation are working tirelessly to end HIV/AIDS in Black communities.

Go here for more information or to learn how to become an AAHU Fellow.

Gerald Garth is a Los Angeles-based writer, actor and accountant who works for The Black AIDS Institute.

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Black unemployment dips to five-year low

The Black unemployment rate fell to 11.6 percent in April.

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate fell to 11.6 percent in April, the lowest mark since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, according to the Labor Department’s latest jobs report.

In January 2009, the Black jobless rate was 12.7 percent.

The last time the Black unemployment rate dipped below 12 percent was in November 2008 when the rate was 11.5 percent.

The economy added 288,000 jobs and the national unemployment rate was 6.3 percent in April, down from 6.7 percent in March.

On the surface, the 0.4 percent decline in the unemployment rate may cause some to

celebrate, but Valerie Wilson, the director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy at the Economic Policy Institute, said much of the improvement was the result of people exiting the labor market.

The labor force participation rate, a measure of people who are either employed or currently looking for work, declined from 63.2 percent in March to 62.8 percent in April.

During the recovery following the Great Recession, Wilson said that the declines in the labor force participation rate have been smaller for Blacks, especially Black women.

In December of 2007, at the beginning of the Great Recession, the labor force participation rate was 70.7 percent for Black men over 20 years-old and 76.3 percent for white men.

The labor force participation rate was 63.4 percent for Black women over 20 years-old and 60.2 percent for white women.

Since then, white men over 20 years-old have shed 5.6 percent from their employment participation rate, the sharpest decline of all adult worker groups. Black women over 20 years-old have experienced a 1.7 percent decline, the lowest drop of all adult worker groups.

Wilson said that the Black labor force has been “remarkably resilient” as Blacks continue to search for jobs in the face of a challenging job market.

Wilson added that by letting the unemployment insurance benefits expire for millions of struggling Americans at the end of 2013, Washington law-makers have taken money out the hands of people that would fuel the economy and job growth by spending on food and other necessities.

Wilson said that the expiration of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits contributed to the anemic GDP growth over the first quarter of this year.

“That points to how important it is that people continue to have access to those benefits, because they are important, not only for the stability of their own individual household, but also for the continued growth of our economy,” said Wilson.

Congressional inaction on extending the unemployment benefits during this period of economic recovery is without precedent.

In a post on the website for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Chad Stone, chief economist for the center wrote that “long-term unemployment remains a particular concern” and highlight’s the need for Congress to take action.

“Over a third (35.3 percent) of the 9.8 million people who are unemployed — 3.5 million people — have been looking for work for 27 weeks or longer. These long-term unemployed represent 2.2 percent of the labor force,” wrote Stone. “Before this recession, the previous highs for these statistics over the past six decades were 26 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively, in June 1983, early in the recovery from the 198182 recessions. By the end of the first year of the recovery from that recession, however, the longterm unemployment rate had dropped below 2 percent.”

When lawmakers managing that recession finally ended the emergency program in March of 1985, the long-term unemployed accounted for 1.2 percent of the labor force, one percentage point lower than the current 2.2 percent mark.

Although one month’s jobs numbers don’t make a trend, the number of jobs created in April combined with upward revisions for February (197,000 to 222,000) and March (192,000 to 203,000), could be a sign that the economy is slowly gaining ground.

“We need to see more [job growth] like we saw in April,” said Wilson. “Hopefully, that’s not an anomaly.”

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Mothers are so special (Cont'd from FP) Death has no shadow over the memories of her laughter that covered us lightly and politely as if it were dew. - “As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended on the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for ever more.” Psalms 133:3 Her comfort and the contagiousness of her joy are God’s expression of how magnificent He is. He who wounded a man. Took a rib from man and through man’s wound made a woman.

In pain a mother’s love fought back fear on the brink of death to allow life to enter this world through her.

With joy she is food for her children served on a platter of lessons.

The reality that God would employ a human mother to carry and bring His Son into humanity has bequeathed upon motherhood its utmost admiration.

Try as we might with the greatest acumen of any doctorial thesis, search the vastness of the celestial exosphere and explore the uncharted seas there you will find nothing to compare with the innate and precious composition God endowed in a mother’s love.

God as the Mother and Father of all that is, I thank you with every grain of sand and if I had as many tongues as there are stars in the heavens I could not thank you enough for giving us a mother and all her love. —Bobby R. Henry, Sr.

GOD MUST HAVE CREATED MOTHERS IN HIS OWN IMAGE. Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers!