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NAN, Black Broadcasters stage candidates’ forum at New Birth

Sen. Rich, Congressman Hastings and former Gov. Crist.

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By Derek Joy The South Florida Chapter of the National Action Network (NAN) joined the Black Broadcasters in staging a political can-

didate’s forum at New Birth Cathedral of Faith.

While Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls headlined the forum, a number of political incumbents and candidates were

on hand for the question and answer session.

“Let tonight be the springboard for what we have to do.

This is the National Action Network’s ‘Souls to Enroll - Opera-

tion Lemonade Part II’,” said NAN President Rev. Al Sharpton, in a brief introductory teleconference.

A media panel of Black American journalists began with an answer to the question of the Black media’s impact.

George Curry, editor of the National Newspaper Publishers’ Association (NNPA), Daytona Times/Florida Courier Publisher Charles Cherry III, Guy Thomas, publisher of the Haitian American Business News, Gospel Truth Publisher Sandy Walker, Joseph Beauville of Radio Mega and the Westside Gazette Publisher Bobby R. Henry, Sr., sat on the media panel.

“Black media gives the Black community a voice. Without a voice we’re silent. The media and the church has been a motivator for change in our community,” Walker said.

Cherry, who is also an attorney, said: “Freedom of the press is the most important right we have in our community. It’s a sense of mission that we continue to have despite obstacles, the economy and the internet.”

Leaning on the shield “Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me.” But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.”

1 Samuel 31:4

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. The expression, “Leaning on the shield,” has I’m sure many different meanings to several different fraternal orders and organizations as well as their sister affiliations. Be-that-as-it- may I’m sure that the crux of the matter is for help, safety and the reassurance of trust.

As this country prepares to celebrate its day of independence, I can’t help but reflect on how America has leaned so heavily and dependently upon her shield of protection that was brought to this country in chains aboard ships stacked as cargo like sardines in a can in conditions not fit for swine.

From that mournful day to this one, America has yet to recognize this human shield as a worthy emblem or as an ornamental badge of courage or identifying insignia for the services rendered in the continual viability of this country.

In every war or enemy that has come against Americafrom without and from within-these human shields did not run, hide or scurry off to some distant country like trader dogs with tails tucked cowardly between their legs. Instead, they stood and are still standing in opposition to all comers who wish to bring America to her knees.

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Broward Health is closing its (Cont'd on Page 9) school based primary care Human rights and faith-based groups call for federal centers and opening at new investigation into disturbing scalding death at Florida prison locations Darren Rainey died being blasted with scalding hot water; ACLU of Florida, Florida Justice Institute, Amnesty International, Florida Council of Churches, NAACP sent letter to Atty. Gen. Holder urging federal investigation into series of inmate deaths and abuse of mentally ill detainees in Florida facilities.

MIAMI, FL – Recently, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida, along with the Florida Justice Institute, Amnesty International, the Florida Council of Churches, and the Florida Conference of NAACP Branches called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the disturbing scalding death of Darren Rainey at a Miami area prison.

In a letter sent recently to Attorney General Eric Holder, the groups also called for the DOJ to investigate reports of mistreatment of mentally ill inmates at Florida correctional facilities.

On June 23, 2012, Florida corrections officers locked Mr. Rainey, a prisoner with mental illness, in a closet-size shower stall at the Dade Correctional Institution (DCI), a facility of the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC), as a form of punishment. He was left unattended, and after approximately two hours of being blasted with scalding hot water with temperatures that were later measured as high as 180 degrees, Mr. Rainey was found dead – his skin separated from his body.

Rights groups call for Congress to act on the voting

During a press conference highlighting the one-year anniversary of the Shelby County v. Holder case, Henderson said, “Voting is the language of American democracy: if you don’t vote, you don’t count.”

Henderson added: “Discrimination at the ballot box is unfortunately still alive and well across America.”

A study by the Leadership Conference on recent voting rights violations said, “Between 2000 and June 2013, there were 148 Section 5 objections or other Voting Rights Act violations recorded across 29 states. Texas had the most with 30.”

The report also said that the abuses ranged “from an instance in Kilmi-chael, Mississippi, when the town cancelled a general election for the office of mayor and board of alderman after Blacks had come a majority of the registered voters, to the closure of polling places in heavily minority areas.”

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By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – One year after the United States Supreme Court gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, “the right to vote for all is under grave threat,” says Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of nearly 200 civil and human rights organizations.

Last summer, in Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court struck down section 4 of the VRA, a key provision of the law that defined which states and jurisdictions with histories of voter discrimination had to pre-clear any changes to voting rules with the Department of Justice or a federal court.

Henderson, Rep. Fudge (D-Ohio) and Miller, talk about the 2014 Voting Rights Amendment Act at a press conference on Capitol Hill. (Freddie Allen/NNPA) After the ruling, Republican lawmakers in Texas, North Carolina and other states rushed to pass restrictive voter ID laws that often block poor and Black voters from the ballot

Pleading Our Own Cause

box. Attorney General Eric Holder, Department of Justice, and civil rights groups countered by filing lawsuits in a number of states across the country.

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By Starla Vaughns Cherin While Broward Health is closing its school based primary care centers like William Dandy, Lauderhill Middle and Amadeo Trinchitella Deerfield Beach High School they are opening new, improved larger medical facilities one mile away from the previous locations.

Operating since the 90’s, Broward Health’s school based primary care centers serve students, their families and the entire community with full service medical care from primary care for children and adults as well as obstetrics, specialty referrals, health counseling and social services.

Having outgrown the spaces and planning for the future, to accommodate the newly insured influx expected from the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and those still uninsured due to Florida’s opting out of Medicaid expansion to states through the ACA, Broward Health sought sites that were visible from the street, easily accessible and larger.

Expanded Hours The new facilities operate until 7 p.m. on Mondays and until 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Instead of two rooms for patient care there are eight. Instead of 10 waiting room chairs there are 35.

“Our expanded hours and bigger facilities help with better patient flow for our current clients and the newly insured.

It improves access to preventive health care services people put off and delay due to affordability,” says Vice President of Community Health Services, Jasmin Shirley.

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“There is another group of people who are still uninsured because Florida did not take the Medicaid expansion. They need access to care like anyone else. We serve them as well as those who pay operating on sliding fee scale based on income and household number.

“All sites are open to anyone whether insured or not,” Shirley adds. “If you are below 200 percent of federal poverty level we can assess you and your household and charge based on income and number of people in household. We have offered these services at all of our sites since 1993.”

Florida has the nation’s second-highest rate of uninsured residents younger than 65 — a total of about 3.8 million people, or about 25 percent of the state’s population, including more than 500,000 younger than 19, according to U.S. Census data in 2013. Broward County’s uninsured rate is 26 percent, or about 392,000 people.

Caring Place Mrs. Dawna Wright-Mullings has been a client with Broward Health for 10 years.

Originally she went to the Lauderhill location which was nearer her home. One day she was unable to get an appointment at the time she needed and was referred to the William Dandy location. She’s been going there ever since.

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Martin and Coretta King awarded Congressional Gold Medal

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – During a recent ceremony on Capitol Hill, lawmakers from the United States Senate and House of Representatives celebrated the anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King with the Congressional Gold Medal.

“The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did more than help end discrimination in America,” said Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio). “The Civil Rights Act established that legal discrimination would no longer be a barrier to what one could achieve; but that achievement should be solely determined by one’s ability and ambition.”

Fudge added that Dr. King and President Lyndon B. Johnson exemplify the principles on which our nation was founded.

L-r: Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King, Bernice King and Lonnie Bunch III accept the Congressional Gold Medal from Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Capitol Hill and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). (Photo credit Freddie Allen/NNPA)

Fugitive tests positive for marijuana before fleeing the country

By Jimmie Davis, Jr. After being arrested for vehicular homicide in the deaths of Deborah G. Peterson and James Carr – Daniela Torres was given a bond with conditions of reporting to a Pretrial Services Program to remain drug and alcohol free - but the thing is she tested positive for marijuana before fleeing the country to Brazil.

According to the State’s Discovery on page #3, statements 12 and 13 reads: (12) That after conducting an interview with the witness Stephen Samuels, Sergeant J. R. Wigfall removed the defendant (Daniela Torres) from Trooper Assaroupe’s vehicle in order to conduct an interview. (13) After allowing the defendant (Daniela Torres) to relieve herself in the woods off the locus quo, Sergeant Wigfall escorted her to his vehicle to conduct his questioning.

Now the possibility exists that when the State Trooper allowed her to, “ relieve herself in the woods” – she had the prime opportunity to stash any drugs that she may have had in her possession.

To make matters worse Torres failed to report to court on numerous occasions, which automatically violated her probation, and by law she was supposed to be taken into custody as soon as her urine samples showed up dirty.

Furthermore, once she didn’t show up for court the Judge

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was supposed to order a bench warrant for her arrest.

“Daniela Torres tested positive for weed,” said Attorney Diego Asencio on Saturday at the Pat Larkins Community Center located in Pompano Beach during a forum entitled “A Mother’s Cry for Justice” to raise awareness in the community about the tragic death of Peterson and Carr.

“The court did nothing and was supposed to take her passport – but it didn’t.”

The door was open for Torres to hop a plane to Brazil, where she’s now living as a fugitive, because the case has been botched by the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office.

The treachery began when Torres left the All Stars Sports Bar & Grill located at 2201 W. Sample Rd. in Pompano Beach with blood alcohol content nearly twice the level at which Florida drivers are presumed impaired, and then beyond belief she got in her dad’s Saab and drove along Interstate 95 and slammed into the back of Carr’s sedan, causing it to flip.

Even though Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Trooper Eula Brown told her superiors that she smelled alcohol coming from Torres – she wasn’t arrested until several months later.

A third passenger Calvin Baggs was in the car and survived to tell of the gruesome event. “I was busted up really good, and I saw blood all over

take her passport away.” The Deborah G. Pterson Foundation, Inc. presented an event ‘a Mother’s Cry for Justice’ which was held at the E. Pat Larkins Community Center on Saturday, June 14, 2014.

Rep. John Lewis, former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), called Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, his brother and sister and said that they taught civil rights activists of the day the way of peace, the way of love, and the way of nonviolence.

“Through their actions, their speeches, and their writings they helped create the climate for the passage of the Civil Right Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965,” said Lewis, the last living speaker from the historic 1963 March On Washington.

Lewis also said that without the leadership of President Lyndon Johnson, there would be no Barack Obama as President of the United States.

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) sponsored the legislation that honored the Kings with the Congressional Gold Medal and called on lawmakers to work together to ensure equal access to the ballot box for all Americans.

“If the Reverend and Mrs. King could speak to us now, if our predecessors who passed the Civil Rights Act could speak to us now, would they not challenge us to come together across lines of party and geography in a great cause?” asked Levin.

“Would they not encourage us, for example, to pass legislation

restoring the protections of the Voting Rights Act?” Fudge agreed.

“The Civil Rights Movement and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 established equal opportunity and equal protection under the law for every American. Together we must protect it,” said Fudge. “We must fulfill the promise of the Civil Rights Act by ensuring every American’s right to vote is protected. Let’s pass the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014.”

Lonnie Bunch III, the director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, where the medal will be housed, said that he was humbled and honored to help preserve the legacy of the Kings.

“As a result of their sacrifices and their commitment to a fairer America, many of us have experienced possibilities once unimaginable, said Bunch.

Bunch continued: “There is nothing more powerful than a people, than a nation, that is steeped in its history and there are few things as noble as honoring all of our ancestors by remembering [them]. With the acquisition of this medal, the Smithsonian will ensure that as long as there is an America the courage the impact and the legacy of Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King will be honored, preserved and remembered.”

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PETERSON Deborah and James,” said Baggs as tears dripped from his eyes while at the podium during the forum. “I knew if I would have closed my eyes I would surely die. So I called on Jesus.”

It’s not easy to talk about death especially when it’s your only child, but that’s what Martha Wright has been doing by starting the Deborah G. Peterson Foundation to help the less fortunate and raise funds to get the legal support to extradite Torres from Brazil.

“I’m not going to stop until Torres gets extradited,” said Wright. “We are going after the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office to get the truth about what occurred.”

State Representative Perry Thurston is very familiar with the legal matters of this case, because he’s a criminal lawyer by trade that’s also a candidate running for Attorney General.

“As the next Attorney General I will work with the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office to get Torres back to serve justice,” said Thurston. “It’s very unfortunate that they didn’t

CONGRATULATIONS — To the Attucks High School Class of 1964 Hollywood, Fla. Celebrated their 50th Class Reunion at Hillcrest Country Club Hollywood, Fla. on Saturday, June 14, 2014, some classmates came from as far as Alabama which included Angeline Ward-Perry & Clinton Perry, Montgomery, Ala.; Eugene Washington, Decatur, Ga.; Augusta Clark, Grambling, La. and Fred & Alfreda Pinkston, Atlanta, Ga. Many local classmates, Ms. Shirley James Williams, Mrs. Maxine Jones Brown, Mrs. Othena Cherry Johnson, Mrs. Corliss Wells Griffin, Ms. Sara Joyce Mitchell, Mrs. Hattie Moss Sampson, Mr. Marvin Cunningham and General Stanley. All were present along with other classmates for the Gala Golden 50th Class Reunion celebration.

Congratulations to all!!

Fourth Annual Strike for a Cure - Zeta Rho Omega Chapter’s bowling tournament

PanHellenic teams and other participants.

Submitted by Dr. D.S. Wilson, Zeta Rho Omega Reporter The ladies of Zeta Rho Omega Chapter continue to make a difference by supporting an Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated health committee’s initiative to combat kidney disease with a bowling tournament with proceeds benefiting

The American Kidney Fund.

The American Kidney Fund is proud to be a health charity organization of choice in a fouryear partnership with the sorority, under the leadership of the President JoeAnn Fletcher, First Vice President in charge of Programs, Afrah Hamin, Second Vice President in charge of Fundraising, Annette John-

son Hurry, the Health Committee Co-Chairmen Keisha Harden, Dr. Lynette Johnson, Dr. Margaretta Kearson, Rachel Noel, and Dr. Sylvia SloanJones, health committee members, and full support from the chapter members.

The bowling tournament was held at Strikers Family Sports Center, with the event

open to the public. Individual entry fees for both adults and children, the tournament fees included two hours of bowling, bowling shoes, food, soft drinks, charitable contribution to benefit kidney disease, and souvenir T-shirt. All participants were eligible for various prizes.

The Fourth Annual Strike for A Cure was a huge success!

Nearly one out of every three people with kidney failure is African American. All proceeds benefitted the American Kidney Fund. As the nation’s No. 1 source of treatment-related financial assistance to kidney patients; in 2013 the American Kidney Fund provided direct assistance to more than 87,000 dialysis patients in all 50 states and every US territory.

We are very happy to announce that The Fourth Annual Strike for a Cure Against Kidney Disease was a sold out event. Members of Emerging Young Leaders attended the tournament and also raised funds for the cause, as well. In addition, members of PanHellenic teams included the following: Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. The Zeta Rho Omega Chapter health committee’s co-chairmen along with its committee members also plan a series of informational healthy lifestyle programs. For further information, please contact www.zetarhoomega.org.

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My European Adventure

View from Arc De Triomphe in Paris.

By Ashleigh Hicks Ashleigh Hicks was a Summer Intern with the Westside Gazette in 2011 now she is a Journalism student at the University of Florida where she joined the National Association of Black Journalists and writes for the UF chapter’s publication, Zion Magazine.

Ashleigh states, “Because of my experience working with you in 2011 and the knowledge and confidence that I acquired as a student journalist I would like the opportunity to work with you and your staff again. Thank you for allowing me to write another piece for the Westside Gazette.

I really enjoyed my time abroad and I’m happy to be able to share my experience with others.”

When I was little, I used to fantasize about giant medieval castles, historic wonders of the world, cobblestone streets filled with diverse people and dialects, and majestic sights that most would only see on postcards.

Instead of drifting to sleep or running outside to play like most kids, I often grabbed a juice

box, sat and watched a History Channel special on kings and queens and the plethora of cultures that make up our world.

Little did I know that more than a decade later, I would be going to some of the places I’d only seen on television or in textbooks.

On May 5, 2014, I found myself in Miami getting ready to catch a nine-hour flight to Paris, France with about 80 other students from the University of Florida’s College of Journalism & Communications. Before the month was over, I would visit Paris and Normandy, France, the French coast, London, England and Barcelona, Spain. I had an idea of what my experience would be like in Europe, but I couldn’t imagine how much I would learn or how much fun I would have with my classmates.

It didn’t quite hit me that I was in Paris until a couple of days after arriving. At first, it just seemed like Washington D.C. with French-speaking people, but after seeing some of the sights, including the Palais Garnier Opera House, the Arc de Triomphe and none other than the Eiffel Tower, I truly

felt like I was in the City of Lights. On an average day, we would travel by subway to class and then spend the rest of the day taking in sights, eating delicious cuisine (the French eat bread with everything) and attempting to converse with locals.

We took a trip to the Louvre Museum, a former French palace, and went through exhibits filled with magnificent sculptures, paintings and arNORFOLK, VA. — Airman Rashad Porter, an aviation boatswain’s mate (fuels) from Miami, Fla. and 2010 graduate from American Senior High School, is serving on one of the world’s largest warships, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). USS Harry S. Truman is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and one of only 10 operational aircraft carriers in the Navy today, protecting and defending America on the world’s oceans.

Tens of thousands of young American men and women are deployed around the world doing just that, and they are there around the clock, far from our shores, defending America at all times.

Approximately 2,500 men and women make up the ship’s company, which keeps all parts of the aircraft carrier running smooth-ly — this includes everything from washing dishes and preparing meals to handling weaponry and maintaining the nuclear reactors.

Another 2,500 or so form the air wing, the people who actually fly and maintain the aircraft. “I never cease to be impressed with the type and quality of work that goes on aboard Truman each day,” said Capt. S. Robert Roth, the carrier’s commanding officer. “Our team is filled with highly qualified young adults in many cases, 19 and 20

chitecture from cultures ranging from the ancient Greeks to the French Revolution. As a fan of ancient Egyptian culture and art, I was excited when we stopped at a large Sphinx sculpture. Our tour guide then told us that we wouldn’t have time to go through the massive Egypt exhibit because we had to go through the Greek and Roman exhibits as well as others. I looked at that man like

he had three heads. I had already planned to spend time in the Egypt exhibit and wasn’t happy that it wasn’t deemed important enough to be a part of our tour. I decided to go back to the Louvre two days later and see as much of the exhibit as I could before the museum closed. I returned the following day ready to finish exploring the rest of it. The collection of

Egyptian artwork-statues, hieroglyphics, sarcophaguses and paintings-were some of the most beautiful pieces of architecture I have ever laid eyes on and well worth returning twice to see. As great as my experience at the Louvre was, it still wasn’t my favorite part of France.

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South Florida book festival returns to AARLCC

By Steve Vinik

years old and they’re out here running a complex propulsion system safely, serving as air traffic controllers, operating sophisticated electronics, launching and recovering aircraft when we’re underway, and keeping this floating city alive and functioning. I can’t express how proud I am to be a part of this team.

They performed at the highest level, day in and day out during our recent nine-month combat deployment and are continuing to do so here at home.

Their professionalism, dedication and commitment to excellence are second to none.” (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Gary Ward/Released)

The South Florida Book Festival is returning to the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC) on July 25 -26, 2014, with an even greater variety of authors and events.

Leading off as keynote speaker is Congressman James E. Clyburn, a risk taker who once organized Civil Rights sitins, walked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and was elected to Congress in 1992 where he has worked closely with Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. His longtime friend Congressman Alcee L. Hastings is expected to join Clyburn on the stage.

The two-day festival will feature a trio of bestselling writers – Eric Jerome Dickey, Donna Hill and Pamela Samuels Young. Also featured will be Dr. Carl Hart, a neuroscientist and frequent national guest on PBS, CNBC, and Fox News.

Workshops will conducted by a financial analyst from Chicago named Kembala Evans and a local author/poet of a Caribbean flavor, Geoffrey Philp.

There will be a fun forum on natural hair care and a sampling of Caribbean cooking with three local chefs. Several prominent women writers of Haitian descent will share their vision – Mahalia Solages, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel and M.J. Fievre.

Moderating the author events is S. James Guitard, a national bestselling author of Chocolate Thoughts, Mo-

CONGRESSMAN CLYBURN cha Love, Blessed Assurance, Delilah’s Revenge and A Hot Mess. A native of New York, Guitard now resides in the Washington, D.C., area. He was a featured writer at last year’s book festival.

This festival is sponsored by the Friends of African-American Research Library and Cultural Center with assistance from Broward Public Library Foundation, Whole Foods Market, Bright Star Credit Union, Literally Speaking, Bank of America and National Sales Network.

The fun begins on Friday evening, July 25, with “An Evening with the Stars.” Tickets for this event are $25 in advance or $30 at the door and include one autographed book from a featured author.

There will be an evening of light jazz with hors d’oeuvres and wine courtesy of Whole Foods Market. This is a glamorous event, so dress to impress.

To purchase tickets go to www.sfbf.eventbrite.com.

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African-American Research Library Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderale, Fla. Book Talk, Wednesday, July 9, 4 at 6 p.m., Gloria George will share her story “about a girl who had a dream to be someone in life with high expectations the name of her book is I’m Still Standing.

For more info call (945) 3576210.

Event

On Saturday, July 12, 2014 there will be a Voter’s Registration Campaign at Williams Memorial C.M.E. Church, 646 N.W. 13 Terr., Fort Lauderdale.

You may register or check your voter status from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Staff from the Supervisor of Elections office will be on site along with staff from State Representative Perry Thurston’s office to answer any questions that you may have.

If you have moved recently, changed your name, or would like to change your party affiliation, be there. The Poll worker applications will be available.

Tournament

Broward Ebony Golf Association, Inc. (BEGA) Seventh Annual Golf Tournament, Saturday, July 19 and Sunday July 20, 2014 at The Country Club of Coral Springs, 18000 W. Sample Rd., Coral Springs, Fla. For additional info call (954) 753-9000.

Event The Crockett Foundation will host its 6th Annual Health Festival in Partnership with Zeta Rho Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Pompano Citi Centre 1955 N. Fed Hwy. Pompano Beach, Fla. (Vendors needed contact Henri Crockett a t henri@Crockettfoundation.org

Program

Conference/ Luncheon

Abundant Life Health and Fitness Center, Inc., to host Sixth Annual Battered and Abused Women and Girls conference/luncheon, Saturday, July 19, 2014 at 11 a.m., Cambria Hotel and Suites of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 141 S.W. 19 Ct., Dania Beach, Fla. on Stirling Rd., Dania, Fla. To educate and provide resources for victmis of domestic violence. For more info call Dr. Vera Stevens.

Free Meals (for kids and teens 18 and under) Meals will be served at 2161 N.W. 19 St. Breakfast will be served 8-9 a.m., lunch will be served 12-1 p.m. If any questions or concerns call (954) 730-3442.

Meeting Lauderhill Women Club, meets the first Thursday of each month, at 7 p.m., at the Sadkin Center, 1176 N.W. 42 Way Lauderhill,Fla. For more info call (954) 739-6941.

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4th of July Fire Works Event · FORT LAUDERDALE: The Fourth of July Spectacular on Fort Lauderdale Beach off AIA and Las Olas Boulevard will begin at noon with music, games, and contests. Will take off at 9 p.m. For a complete schedule, visit fortlauderdale.gov. · SUNRISE: There is a full day planned in Sunrise for July 4. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., there will be a “Marching Through History” Parade and Family Fun Day. The event will take place at City Park and feature floats going west along Sunset Strip to City Park. At City Park, there will be free food, rides, and entertainment.

5 to 10 p.m., the BB&T Center will host an outdoor concert with fireworks at 9 p.m. · HOLLYWOOD: The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s Fourth of July celebration begins at 6 p.m. with fireworks at 9 p.m. Entertainment and various activities will be set up, from rock climbing to face painting and music. And for the FIFA fans, you can even watch the game at the Hard Rock’s watch party at 4 p.m. · D E E R F I E L D BEACH: Muddy Waters Restaurant and Raw Bar will host its annual July 4 barbecue. The tropical restaurant’s celebration will be complete with drink specials, roast platters, and kids’ activities. · DAVIE: Flamingo Gardens will kick off Independence Day with its Old Fashioned Fourth event from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It will feature a free antique-car show, games throughout the gardens and wildlife sanctuary, watermelonand pie-eating contests, ’50 music, and a barbecue. You’re even encouraged to dig up your best ’50s costume for a chance to win prizes. · HOLLYWOOD: The Star Spangled Fourth of July Celebration will take place onHollywood Beach and Broadwalk beginning at 2 p.m. Children’s activities will be set up at Charnow Park from 2 to 6 p.m.

The fireworks show is at 9. From 4 to 8, free shuttles will be available for transportation from downtown to the beach, where the fireworks display will be. · LAUDERDALE-BYTHE-SEA: This beach town’s festivities will begin with an Independence Day parade starting at 10 a.m. that will depart from Town Hall and finish at El Prado Park. Music, food, and games will be set up throughout town during the afternoon, and the night will conclude with the fireworks show at 9. · D E E R F I E L D BEACH: You can expect a variety of activities at the Fourth of July celebration in Deerfield Beach, including live entertainment, arts and crafts, and food vendors. All activities will be by the main beach parking lot. Live Performances, the event begins at 1 p.m. and will conclude with a fireworks display at 9. · PEMBROKE PINES: The Independence Day Celebration takes place at the Pines Recreation Center Festival Grounds beginning at 6 p.m. and finishes with a fireworks show at 9. The event will feature a food truck-round-up, family activities, rides, and arts and crafts. There will also be a free concert by Pocket Change. Visit ppines.com. · Pompano Beach: The annual July 4th Beach Bash Extravaganza will begin at noon and will be topped off with fireworks at the Pompano Beach Pier at 9 p.m. Pompano Beach Boulevard will host live music and dance, arts and crafts, an antique-car show, and food trucks. Visit pom-panobeachfl.gov.

Happy Summer

The summer is almost upon us, school will be out next week and of course you have plans for your kids, or grandchildren?

No? Well, have no fear, there are plenty of options to choose from and the staff of the Broward Cultural Division has compiled a long list of arts camps for you!

Whether you live on the west side of Broward in Coral Springs, Weston, or Southwest Ranches; or on the east side near Fort Lauderdale or Pompano Beach, there are so many arts-related programs that will engage children. Let us know which program you try and what you liked about it.

You can email us at CulturalDiv@Broward.org. *Coconut Creek: Broward College Kids and Teens Summer College July 7 – July 18 * Coral Springs: Coral Springs Center for the Arts Next Stop Broadway June 9 – August 15 * Coral Springs Museum of Art: Summer Camp Artshops June 9 – August 15 * Davie: Broward College Kids and Teens Summer College June 16 – July 11 * University Center for the Performing Arts: Children’s Performing Arts Camp June 9 – August 15 * Vista View Park: Learning Goals Academic Camp June 16 – August 8 * Young At Art Museum: Summer Art Camp June 2 – August 22 FORT LAUDERDALE * Ashanti Cultural Arts: Summer Camp June 9 – August 8 * Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre: Theatre Camp June 9 – August 1 * JMJ Photographic Services: Photo FUN Summer Camp July 28 – August 1 * Makers Square: Summer Camp Sessions 1 + 2 June 10th – July 17th * NSU’s Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale: AutoNation Academy of Art + Design June 9 – August 15 * South Florida Ballet Theatre: Gotta Dance Camp II August 5 – 16 HOLLYWOOD * Art and Culture Center of Hollywood: Summer Camps June 9 – August 15 * South Florida Ballet Theatre: Gotta Dance Camp I June 9 – 20 PEMBROKE PINES * Broward College: Kids and Teens Summer College June 16 – July 25 * City of Pembroke Pines: Summer Program June 9 – August 14 POMPANO BEACH * Bailey Contemporary Arts: Bailey Summer Explorers June 9 – August 1 SOUTHWEST RANCHES * Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School: Summer Institute June 9 – August 1 WESTON * Inside Out Theatre: Performing Arts Summer Conservatory 2014 June 9 – June 27.

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MISSING ENDANGERD PERSON -- Due to the length of time that Scott has been missing, detectives have now categorized this investigation as a missing endangered person. Detectives are following up with all leads and would like to speak to any of Scott’s acquaintances to attempt to gather more information surrounding her disappearance. Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of this missing person is urged to contact the Fort Lauderdale Police Department at (954) 828-5700, Detective

Brice Brittenum at (954) 828-5898 or Broward County Crime Stoppers at (954) 493-TIPS. ORIGINAL 06-27-14 (Capt. F. Sousa): The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is requesting assistance from the public in locating a missing female.

Trukita Jaquita Scott was last seen on June 26, 2014. Her parents became concerned when she did not return home or pick up her kids from daycare.

Law enforcement officials have conducted a canvass of the area and have not been able to locate her. Scott is described as a 24-year-old, B/F, 5’06", 135lbs., and medium build. It is unknown what she was last wearing. She is known to drive a 2007 Nissan Altima, Champagne in color, bearing Florida License Plate BCVX16.

Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of this missing person is encouraged to contact Detective Rosalind Wilson at (954) 8285570.

Groups call for Congress to act on the VRA (Cont'd from FP) Because local elections operate outside of the national media spotlight, voting rights transgressions often receive little attention, until it’s too late.

Then voters and non-profit advocacy groups with limited resources are forced to file costly lawsuits and wait. Last summer’s Supreme Court ruling that invalidated the preclearance coverage formula of the VRA made it more difficult for those groups to seek redress.

Testifying before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on the one-year anniversary of the Shelby County v. Holder decision, Sherrilyn Ifill, president and directorcounsel NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. said that many discriminatory changes have been enacted, but have gone undetected or unchallenged.

“Some have said that other provisions of the Voting Rights

Act are sufficient to deal with discrimination in voting. This is also not true. Litigation is costly, time-consuming, and can only address voting discrimination after it has gone into effect and after the democratic process has been besmirched with the taint of discrimination,” said Ifill.

“Moreover, even the assortment of civil rights law organizations that, like my own, are committed to representing voters in such cases, could not keep up with litigating the litany of changes that have been unleashed in just the first year after the Shelby County decision.”

In January, a bipartisan group of Washington lawmakers accepted the Supreme Court’s challenge to update the VRA, by introducing the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014.

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Human rights and faith-based groups call for federal investigation

(Cont'd from FP) The letter to Attorney General Holder explains that state and county officials have avoided investigation and public accountability for Mr. Rainey’s death, which is not the only recent death of an inmate in a Florida prison. Despite the fact that the autopsy was completed 18 months ago, the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner has declined to release the autopsy report to either the public or the Rainey family.

Although a DOC investigation into the death has been re-opened, the department will not investigate whether anyone should be held accountable for the death of Darren Rainey.

From the letter: “After two years, no one has been held accountable, and indeed it appears that no one will

be held accountable for the death of Darren Rainey, unless an investigation is conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice.

“Darren Rainey’s death is one of seven Florida prison deaths now under scrutiny. But particularly because Florida corrections officials and other agencies have gone to such lengths to avoid an investigation that could hold someone accountable for his death.

"We urge the U.S. Department of Justice to explore the need for an investigation of the death of Darren Rainey, allegations that scalding hot showers are or have been used as a form of punishment on other mentally ill inmates as well as other forms of inappropriate punishment..”

The letter is available here: http://aclufl.org/resources/ letter-doj-investigation-flprisons/

Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer

By Marsha Rose Joyner Special to the AFRO Part I of a II Part Series “History does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past.

On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are

unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do.”

– James Baldwin Since “winners” write the history, and they are usually male, very little is written about the women who played an important part in our struggle.

Everyone knows about Rosa

Parks and Coretta Scott King.

In Baltimore, there was Juanita Mitchell and Lilly Mae Jackson.

Every January and February, the media fills us with the stories of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as if he was the lone star in the movement. But it was Black women who sacrificed the most in the bus boycott.

The women who worked in the basements of the churches to move this movement along;

the women who walked picket lines in the rain, mud, and snow; women who were secretaries and receptionists who dealt with foul-mouthed Whites on the phone, who did the dirty work that was not recalled; these women were written out of the history books.

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LEGAL NOTICE Pursuant to F.S.98.075 (7), notice is hereby given to the voters listed below that your eligibility to vote is in question. You are required to contact the Supervisor of Elections in Broward County, Florida, no later than thirty (30) days after the date of this publishing in order to receive information regarding the basis for the potential ineligibility and the procedure to resolve the matter. Failure to respond will result in a determination of ineligibility by the Supervisor and your name will be removed f rom the statewide voter registration system. If you have any questions pertaining to this matter, please contact the S upervisor of Elections at: 115 South Andrews Avenue, Room 102, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 or call: 954-357-7050.

Notice is hereby given to: / At the Last known address: Ryan E Adlam 4321 NW 4 th St Plantation, FL 33317 Radcliffe Barnett 1481 NW 19 th St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Juan P Beltran 5147 NE 19 th Terr Pompano Beach, FL 33064 Mario Bove 1831 NE 41st St Pompano Beach, FL 33064 Theartis L Brown Jr 1471 SW 5 th Ave Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Jarvis Carson 601 NW 3 rd Ct Hallandale Beach, FL 33009 John H Coleman 1528 NW 1st Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Derek L Daise 131 NW 15 th Ct Pompano Beach, FL 33060 Dana Doss 1555 S Hiatus Rd Davie, FL 33325 Marcus J Edwards 6190 Woodlands Blvd, Apt 304 Tamarac, FL 33319 Marc K Florestal 13681 SW 49 th Ct Miramar, FL 33027 George E Frazier 1700 NW 58 th Terr, Apt 4-R Sunrise, FL 33313 Zachary D Goodwin 14024 NW 20th St Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 Ronnie D Greene 3121 NW 7th Terr, Apt 106 Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33319 Ronald J Hammons 421 NW 7th Terr, Apt 2 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Milton Hayes 1125 NW 44 th Terr Lauderhill, FL 33313 Tony Hobbs 8500 N Sherman Cir Miramar, FL 33025 Terry D Humphrey 3520 NW 33 rd Ave Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33309 Randy Jenkins 3230 NW 17th St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Marvin E Johnson 1221 NW 3 rd Ave, Apt 330 Pompano Beach, FL 33060 Johnny Keaton Jr. 525 NW 22 nd Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311

Notice is hereby given to: / At the Last known address: Chroniques C Alberic 2124 NW 7th Ct, Apt 1 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Jonah Beaulieu 2110 NE 42 nd Ct, Apt B Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 Shelly I Berkowitz 1516 N Andrews Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Eric L Bray 1851 NW 47th Ave Lauderhill, FL 33313 Leverron G Brown 4951 NW 15 th St Lauderhill, FL 33313 Víctor M Casado Jr 959 SE 2 nd Ave, Apt 210 Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Amanda L Conner 565 Vista Isles Dr, Apt 2014 Sunrise, FL 33325 Dean M De Carlo 8219 NW 2 nd Manor Coral Springs, FL 33071 Kristian L Dudas 3811 NW 21st St, Apt 103 Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33311 Maurice L Felder 4820 NW 18th St Lauderhill, FL 33313 Keith E Flowers Jr. 760 NW 17th Ct Pompano Beach, FL 33060 Joseph Frazier 1570 NW 5 th Ave Pompano Beach, FL 33060 Phillip R Grant 736 NW 5 th Ct Hallandale Beach, FL 33009 Howard R Haas 21531 NW 3 rd Pl Pembroke Pines, FL 33029 Andre D Hampton 1247 NW 55 th Ave Lauderhill, FL 33313 Frank W Hill 6095 SW 41st St Miramar, FL 33023 Michael L Holmes 1206 NW 17th St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Anthen Jackson 25 NW 10th Ct, Apt 1 Dania Beach, FL 33004 Chavalier D Johnson 1207 NW 17th Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Earvin S Jones Jr 1435 Sussex Dr North Lauderdale, FL 33068 Kim M Kerwit 9577 SW 1st Ct Coral Springs, FL 33071

Notice is hereby given to: / At the Last known address: Kerry J Alston 2511 NW 30th Way Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Lakeith Bell 12457 SW 44th Ct Miramar, FL 33027 Gino Bironi 4250 NE 11th Ave Pompano Beach, FL 33064 Ashley J Brin 2341 SW 31st Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312 John R Burton 4000 NE 10 th Ave, Apt 13 Oakland Park, FL 33334 Margaret D Casey 3577 Riverside Dr Coral Springs, FL 33065 Alexander Cruz 6107 NW 71st Ave Tamarac, FL 33321 Fritz S Demesyeux 6511 SW 10th St North Lauderdale, FL 33068 William S Dunmore 1811 SW 10th St, Apt 2 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312 Melissa S Feldmann 11658 NW 30 th St Coral Springs, FL 33065 Jerry Flowers 825 NW 27th Ave, Apt 8 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Mark E Fultz 231 NW 76 th Ave Margate, FL 33063 Larry D Green 1480 NW 22 nd St, Apt B Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Daniel M Haile 4230 SW 19 th St West Park, FL 33023 Leonard Hankins 2400 NW 22 nd St, Apt 23C Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Monte Hill 1045 NE 8 th Ave, Apt 67 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33304 Aaron P Howard 2171 NE 2 nd Ave Pompano Beach, FL 33060 Terrance J Jackson 830 NW 5 th Ave Pompano Beach, FL 33060 Dwayne Johnson 1207 NW 17th Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Kurt S Jones 1700 Blount Rd Pompano Beach, FL 33069 Virgil A Lemons 137 NW 7th Ct Deerfield Beach, FL 33441

Notice is hereby given to: / At the Last known address: Lemay Barfield 5747 SW 19 th St West Park, FL 33023 Ronnie L Bell 102 Governmental Center Ft Lauderdale, FL 99999 John R Black 6426 SW 20th Ct Miramar, FL 33023 Edward J Brown III 1023 NW 7th Terr Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Donell A Bynes 6701 W Oakland Prk Blvd, Apt 3-105 Lauderhill, FL 33313 Tarvuell Clark 1210 NW 13 th Ln Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Andrew R Cunningham Jr. 5170 SW 40 th Ave, Apt 8E Dania Beach, FL 33314 Junior S Dhaity 1610 NW 58 th Terr Sunrise, FL 33313 Rick Dykes 4210 NW 21st St Lauderhill, FL 33313 Willis L Fleming 1636 NW 12 th CT Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Don H Ford 890 NW 33 rd Terr Lauderhill, FL 33311 Jason D García 7932 SW 3rd Ct North Lauderdale, FL 33068 Jessica A Greenberg 6261 NW 120th Dr Coral Springs, FL 33076 Vanessa Hall 1720 NW 37th St, Apt 20 Oakland Park, FL 33309 Matthew S Harris 1819 Washington St Hollywood, FL 33020 Terrance J Hill 117 NW 13 th Ave Dania Beach, FL 33004 Sean C Howard 889 SW 2 nd Ave Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Carl L Jefferson 2313 NW 59 th Way Lauderhill, FL 33313 Marquis L Johnson 1601 NW 15 th Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Morris L Jones 2813 S Oakland Forest Dr, Apt 101 Oakland Park, FL 33309 Marvin F Lewis 635 NW 24th Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311

George C Liesenberg 3708 W Park Rd Hollywood, FL 33021 Quincy McCall 1340 SW 6 th Ave Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Heather M Merlino 3300 SW 15 th Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33315 Willie Miller 736 NW 14 th Terr, Apt 3 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Cedric T Moore 1312 NW 2 nd St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Kyle J Napoli 2141 NE 41st St, Apt 7 Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 Daniel P Nugent 451 Banks Rd, Apt 5 Margate, FL 33063 Carleton R Petrillo 509 Tilford X Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 Wayne E Purcell 2700 NW 99 th Ave, # B621 Coral Springs, FL 33065 William R Rankins 6212 Colonial Dr Margate, FL 33063 Phillip D Reynolds 999 W Prospect Rd Oakland Park, FL 33309 Victoria D Roundtree 1120 NE 9 th Ave, Apt 12 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33304 Tamara L Salkeld 1902 Dewey St Hollywood, FL 33020 Wentz Smith 1709 NW 15 th St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Jessica Steffey 300 SE 22 nd St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 James C Thurston III 2180 NW 3rd St Pompano Beach, FL 33069 Gail M Walker 1120 NE 9 th Ave, Apt 18 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33304 Mary H Wilcher 1221 NW 3 rd St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Brandon Williams 712 SW 10th St, Apt 3 Dania Beach, FL 33004 Berisford A Willoughby III 541 NW 34 th Terr Lauderhill, FL 33311 Leonard R Wright 1221 NW 8 th St, Apt 76 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311

Bernice J Marion 519 NW 8 th Ave, Apt 5 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 James N McCommon 5160 SW 26 th Ave Dania Beach, FL 33312 David M Middleton 2341 SW 42 nd Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33317 Cheryl F Mitchell 4021 NW 8 th Terr Oakland Park, FL 33309 Carlton W Mosley 8000 Hampton Blvd, Apt 412 North Lauderdale, FL 33068 Cory Neal 590 SW 27th Ave, Apt 16 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312 Charles C Parker 7672 Ramona St Miramar, FL 33023 Johnny L Pines 3416 Willow St Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33311 Michael L Purnell 3445 W Broward Blvd Lauderhill, FL 33312 Robert M Recchio Sr. 7460 NW 18 th St, Apt 205 Margate, FL 33063 Curtis J Roberson 11840 NW 27th Ct Plantation, FL 33323 Larry L Roy 671 SW 28th Way Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312 Lovett Shazier 3330 Spanish Moss Terr, Apt 312 Lauderhill, FL 33319 Beth A Sosa 2701 NE 8th Ave Pompano Beach, FL 33064 Russell L Sweeney 2869 NW 9 th Pl Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Deborah A Tolbert 2236 NW 56 th Ave, Apt 9 Lauderhill, FL 33313 Keith B Wamley 2222 Fillmore St, Apt 205 Hollywood, FL 33020 Cedric D Wilcox 6290 NW 14 th St Sunrise, FL 33313 Stephanie M Williams 2801 SW 71st Terr, Apt 1006 Davie, FL 33314 Alan S Wiseman 1425 NW 3 rd St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Pedro Zabala 528 SW 24th Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312

Michael C Martin 2430 NW 81st Ave Sunrise, FL 33322 Samuel L McDowell 5736 SW 27th St, Apt B West Park, FL 33023 Micheal A Miller Sr. 116 NW 28th Terr Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Jermaine C Mitchell 1303 NW 4 th St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Ryan N Moyer 3338 Chickee Ln Margate, FL 33063 Steven Newton 2056 Scott St Hollywood, FL 33020 Elwood N Patterson III 2001 N 26 th Ave, Apt 33 Hollywood, FL 33020 Latonya Y Polk Russell 1281 NW 43 rd Ave, Apt 206 Lauderhill, FL 33313 Stephen C Puzo 417 SE 18th Ct Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 April Reese 4651 NW 10th Ct, Apt E205 Plantation, FL 33313 Judonna M Robinson 797 NW 13 th St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Wilson J Ruiz 18331 SW 55 th St Southwest Ranches, FL 33331 Charles E Shorter 500 NE 16 th St, Apt 7 Ft Lauderhill, FL 33304 Myron A Stanley 34 SW 5 th Ave, Apt 2 Dania Beach, FL 33004 Cordell C Taylor 2306 Van Buren St, Apt 2B Hollywood, FL 33020 Antaun D Trowell 2020 NW 29th Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Clarence Ward 35 NW 6 th Ave, Apt A Dania Beach, FL 33004 Marcellous B Wilcox 1729 NW 18 th St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Tammie Williams 146 SW 11th Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312 Cleveland J Woodson 2507 NW 4 th St Pompano Beach, FL 33069 Angelo A Zepeda 2811 N Course Dr, Apt 107 Pompano Beach, FL 33069

Robert D Mauney 269-F SW 2 nd Ave Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Michael K McGrit 305 NW 14 th Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Derrico J Miller 6260 S Falls Circle Dr, Apt 107 Lauderhill, FL 33319 Russell G Mood 2211 Adams St, Apt 3 Hollywood, FL 33020 Nathaniel Murray 2226 NW 55 th Terr Lauderhill, FL 33313 Todd Nickel 401 NW 51st Ct Oakland Park, FL 33309 Lenden A Pendergrass 2536 NW 20 th St, Apt W Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Lorenzo J Pulliam 3512 NW 29 th St Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33311 Napoleon Ragland 1151 NW 9 th Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Chester B Reid 713 NW 4 th Ave, Apt 2 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Scott W Rothstein 30 Isla Bahia Dr Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 Patrick J Salcedo Jr. 7320 NW 45 th Ct Lauderhill, FL 33319 Warren E Small 509 NW 21st Terr Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Edward J Starkey 1220 NW 29 th Way Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Jude T Thompson 541 NW 34 th Terr Lauderhill, FL 33311 Kevin M Turnquest 920 NW 7th Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Alfred Whitfield 900 NE 14 th St, Apt 21 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33304 Alfred Williams Jr. 745 NW 12 th Ave, Apt C Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Willie Williams 2605 NW 13 th Ct Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Chris Wright 2930 NW 9 th Ct Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311

Dr. Brenda C. Snipes Supervisor of Elections Broward County

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The Black Press –The voice of BlackAmerica Ben Chavis NNPA Columnist Part I Amidst last week’s annual convention of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Annual Convention in Portland, Oregon, I was reminded repeatedly that Black Americans have had a long, storied tradition of newspaper publishing. Since the first publication of Freedom’s Journal in 1827, Black American publishers have worked heroically to earn the title “Voice of Black America.” From the east coast to the west coast, in big cities and in small towns, NNPA publishers continue have a sustainable economic development impact within the heart of the Black American community.

For more than 187 years, the Black Press in America has stood courageously to articulate and print the

news interests of Black America. But please do not take this history lightly or for granted. We must never forget how the long struggle to attain the right to vote was “blood soaked” by the sacrifices and sufferings of civil rights leaders and activists.

Similarly, the historic struggle of Black Americans to engage in the enterprise of freedom of press has been also soaked with sacrificial blood, facing down lynch mobs, and enormous economic inequality challenges. There is a long list of Black newspapers in the U.S. that have been dynamited, deliberated destroyed and the target of successive arsons.

During the 1898, race massacre in Wilmington, N.C, the Daily Record was burned to the ground by 1,500 racist vigilantes who were angry at the audacity of Alexander Manly, the Black American publisher of the newspaper. Manly had written a bold edito-

Freedom and independence embrace the politics of nation. Won that status by defeating political inclusion England in the Revolutionary War.

By Derek Joy And so, we celebrate another Fourth of July. Independence Day. JOY It is the 238th year of the Republic of the United States of America as a free and independent

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Thus, the Framers drafted what would be ratified by the 13 Colonies and the United States was born to be governed by the U.S. Constitution.

Curious thing happened. Having fought and defeated the British Army and Navy, the Framers allowed salary of people of color to be legislated into law. They fought so that they would not be subjects of the Monarchy, only to enslave others as their subjects.

History has told the stories of what has transpired since. Jumped out at me like a ray of sunshine when I was attending the Jet Blue ‘Soar With Reading Program at the African American Library and Cultural Center in Fort Lauderdale..

There was an entertaining event with the performance of Random House Books Magic Tree House characters Jack and Annie, along with Ben Markus, Chris Nurse and Mitchell Lopez of the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Professional Soccer Team.

Two sessions that entertained and encouraged children to read. Here they were, some 300 elementary school children in each of two different sessions. And the thought of the recent tragedy in a depressed Liberty City neighborhood of Miami.

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Bush marched us off to war while cutting V.A. benefits

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist In 2003, we were lied into a war with Iraq. Just about everyone now admits that. FLETCHER At the same time that we were being lied into the war, the then Bush administration was cutting benefits to veterans. This was such an odd set of circumstances. At a point when the U.S. was preparing for war, at a point when one must expect casualties, the Bush administration cut benefits.

The current crisis in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which has been described as a situation of long waits, in some cases allegedly leading to the deaths of patients, cannot be understood in the absence of a discussion of funding cuts, insufficient funding, and retaliation against workers who have identified the depth of the problems at the VA. In fact, it is fair to say that many of the most vocal critics of the VA, on the Republican side of the aisle, were equally unwilling to fund the VA to the extent that it has needed funding. Why? The VA gets very high marks from veterans for the actual service that it delivers. Their expertise with physical, emotional and psychological wounds and injuries simply cannot be matched in the non-VA health care systems.

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rial opposing the brutal and wanton patterns of unjust lynching of Black men and women in the state.

Sixty-five years later, the Wilmington Journal, published by Thomas C. Jervay, Sr. CHAVIS and family, was bombed with sticks of dynamite by a paramilitary group known as the Rights of White People (ROWP). Still, the Wilmington Journal never missed a week publishing. The Jervay family of Black-owned newspapers in Raleigh and in Wilmington emerged over the years to epitomize the history of moral integrity and high value of NNPA member publishers.

Some ask why it is necessary to be reminded of the history of the Black Press. It is necessary because we cannot afford to be ignorant of our past if we intend to have a better future for generations to come. The Black Press is one of the most valuable assets that we have in our communities.

I wrote a of series of columns recently on the “Civil Rights Movement and Hip-Hop.” We received positive responses from readers across generations. For the next few weeks, I will write a series of columns on “The Black Press: The Voice of Black America.”

Today, there are numerous vexing challenges facing Black America. At the same time, there are enormous opportunities to advance the cause of freedom, justice, and equality for Black

America and for all people who yearn and struggle for a better quality of life.

One of the most crucial recognized international human rights is the universal right to “self-determination.”

Self-expression is key to self-determination. The NNPA is the epitome of self-expression of Black America. We live in a global media age. The print media is the bedrock of multimedia and social media. Digital media augments – and not supplant – the printed word. That is especially true among African Americans who over index on technology.

Thus, we intend to strengthen the #VoiceofBlackAmerica @NNPABlackPress every second, hour, day, week, month and year.

Next year will mark the 75th anniversary of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. I am excited and passionate about helping to enhance and advance the significant interests of the Black Press in the U.S., in the Caribbean, in Brazil, across Africa and throughout the world. Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 75th Anniversary of NNPA: The Voice of Black America.

Our struggle for freedom, justice and equality continues. I am optimistic about the future. We have been given the baton of history at a time when have some of best newspaper publishers, freedom-fighting journalists, business leaders, teachers, preachers, lawyers and other professionals, along with the most talented and gifted generation of youth that we have ever been blessed to witness. Nothing can hold us back from winning but ourselves.

The Republicans trying to Right-wing gets it wrong sue the President for doing on Mississippi

By George E. Curry his job NNPA Columnist

By Roger Caldwell In Minnesota last week, the President made some jokes about Speaker Boehner get- CALDWELL ting ready to bring a lawsuit against him. The Republicans have spent the last five years trying to block and obstruct every initiative that President Obama has worked to implement.

It has never made sense, but when you are angry, your thinking is not logical.

In response to Republican obstruction, the President has declared this the year of action, instead of waiting for the Congress to do nothing. President Obama is using his executive powers to circumvent the inaction from the House that is controlled by the Republicans.

The President said jokingly, “In the heat of the moment, I may have said, I want to raise the minimum wage, so sue me when I do it. But I didn’t think they’d take it literally.”

Speaker Boehner is on a mission, and no one really knows why he is suing the president, but he is going to do it anyway. At this point, he is consulting with the best legal minds in the country, and everyone knows a lawyer will sue for any reason.

The President is calling this maneuver a “stunt for attention” but the experts are calling this an attempt to organize the different segments in a divided Republican Party. The radical right believes that Boehner is not a true conservative, and the speaker is trying to change their minds with the lawsuit.

With Boehner’s lawsuit, he challenges the President’s use of his executive power, and this procedure is similar to repealing the ACA 50 times.

The members of the House knew they did not have a leg to stand on, but they could tell their supporters that they were doing something. It was never about winning or helping Americans, it was all about playing games.

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Child Watch Marching back to Mississippi

By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Those of us in Mississippi last week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer know very well none of it could have unfolded in the way it did without the quiet and courageous leadership of Robert Moses and David Dennis. Bob, a Harlemborn son of a janitor and graduate of Hamilton College had studied philosophy at Harvard, He left a job teaching mathematics at New York City’s private Horace Mann School to work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinat-ing Committee (SNCC), and in 1961 began leading a voter registration project

If you ever doubted that conservatives were CURRY sore losers, the recent Senate election in Mississippi should remove all doubt.

After complaining for a half century about Blacks not voting for Republicans, African Americans did just that in the GOP runoff between incumbent Senator Thad Cochran and State Senator Chris McDaniel, a staunch Tea Party supporter. And because Blacks did not vote for McDaniel against their best interest, right-wingers are livid.

Rush Limbaugh called Blacks who voted for Cochran “Uncle Toms.”

According to a transcript of his radio program, he said: “I wonder what the campaign slogan was in Mississippi in the past couple of days: Uncle Toms for Thad? ‘Cause I thought it was the worst thing you could do as an African American. Voting for a Republican is the absolute worst thing you could do, but somehow they were made to believe that voting for old Thad would be fine and dandy.”

Later in the program, Limbaugh said, “…Insider Republicans in the Senate bought nine percentage points, eight or nine percentage points from the Black Uncle Tom voters in Mississippi (interruption). Well, isn’t that what they call Clarence Thomas?

Condoleezza Rice? They call ‘em Uncle Toms, the Republicans. These guys had voted for Thad? Uncle Toms for Thad.”

Glenn Beck chimed in: “I have a question for every Black Democrat in Mississippi: What the hell has this 90year-old fart – a White Republican, the same White Republican that for years the Democrats have been telling you are nothing but old racists – you tell me exactly what Thad Cochran did for you.”

The Gantt Report Fake heroes

By Lucius Gantt One reason The Gantt Report is different from most columns is that I don’t parrot other editorial writers. I don’t read GANTT columns by other writers, then comment about them and then pretend to you that I was influenced by some other writers.

I mostly read history or facts. I like non-fiction.

In that regard, I also like watching documentaries and historical programs on television.

Recently, I watching a show about civil rights struggles in America and I had a tremendous revelation! Forty or 50 years ago Black people were feeling the same way then about heroes as they feel about Black heroes today.

And what feeling was that?

Black folk feel as long as you were “there”, you are a hero!

Let me explain. When students were getting beaten at lunch counters or on public transportation for protesting unjust laws and unfair policies and you were outside, 50 yards away, and just “there”, later you will be called a “hero”.

Today, it is not unusual to hear brothers talking about how they took part in the Million Man March. Now, some of the guys never saw Minister Louis Farrakhan in person in their lives but if they were in the city of Washington, DC at the time they will claim to have been a million man marcher and later they will be called a hero.

People who are just “there” at a Trayvon Martin rally, or people who were just “there” at a state capitol sit in or people who were just “there” at a Black community political forum with Bishop Victory Curry and did little or nothing to help Bishop Curry or to get results at other events and activities will lead you to believe that they are heroes!

But the people who stand up and speak out for you day after day, year in and year out, morning, noon and late at night are pretty much hated.

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Voting while Black in Mississippi

By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Last week, AfricanAmerican voters in Mississippi proved Blacks DANIELS will vote for a Republican candidate – when doing so meets the time-honored tradition all American voters have always followed: they judge it to be in their self-interest.

On June 24, Thad Cochran, the courtly, six-term senior senator from Mississippi, eked out a narrow 51-to49 percent victory in a special Republican primary runoff contest over a Tea Party favorite by doing something rarely seen in Republican primary contests in the last half century: actually appealing to Black voters.

Cochran’s turning back two-term state senator Chris McDaniel, in effect, assures his return to Washington come November.

And the post-election parsing of the vote makes it clear he’ll owe his continued presence there to the state’s Black electorate. McDaniel, who has a nasty history of extremist comments and racially-coded appeals to bigotry, and last year delivered the keynote speech to a meeting of a state chapter of The Sons of Confederate Veterans, actually got 1,400 more votes than Cochran in the June 3 GOP primary. But he didn’t surpass the state-mandated 50percent vote-total threshold to win it outright. Thus, the special runoff.

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in Mississippi, where voting was a White sport with no or few Blacks allowed to play in many counties.

Dave, who grew up in a Louisiana sharecropping family, had been a Freedom Rider and sit-in organizer in Louisiana before becoming the Mississippi director for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). In 1962, Bob and Dave became co-directors of the newlyformed Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), a coalition of the major national and local civil rights organizations working in Mississippi.

After continuing frustrating and dangerous struggles to gain visibility for their efforts against Mississippi’s racist violence and exclusion of Black citizens from political participation, including the right to vote, Bob Moses created the Freedom Summer strat-

egy seeing the need to engage white volunteers for whom the country would care more.

He and Dave worked tirelessly with others to plan and coordinate the logistics for recruiting mostly white students aided by Allard Lowenstein who reached out to campuses across the county. Those students converged in the state to join with local Black citizens, SNCC workers, and local civil rights workers to fight for the constitutional rights of Black citizens including the right to vote.

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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

Worship T his and Every Sunday at the Church of Your Choice This

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.

1-800-254-NBBC * (305) 685-3700 (o) *(305) 685-0705 (f) www.newbirthbaptistmiami.org

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.

Where the kingdom of God is increased through Fellowship.

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.

Sunday School .............................................................................. 8:45 a.m.

Sunday Morning Service ............................................................. 10:00 a.m.

Williams Memorial CME “PRAYER IS THE ANSWER” 644-646 NW 13th Terrace Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 (954) 462-5711(Ministry Office Line) (954) 462-8222(Pastor’s Direct Line) Email: wm_cme@bellsouth.net (Church} pastorCal50@yahoo.com (Pastor)

Rev. Cal Hopkins.

M.Div) Senior Pastor/Teacher

The WITNESS of “The WILL” Sunday Worship Experiences ................................................................ 7:45 and 11:00 a.m.

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

Tuesday Night Triumph {Prayer, Praise and Power} Prayer Meeting ................................................................................................................ 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study ........................................................................................................................ 7:30 p.m.

We STRIVE to PROVIDE Ministries that matter TODAY to Whole Body of Christ, not only the Believers, but also for those stranded on the “Jericho Road”!

“Celebrating over 85 Years of FAITH and FAVOR! Come to the WILL ... We’ll show You the WAY: Jesus the Christ!”

Obituaries McWhite's Funeral Home DUROCHER Funeral services for the late Swanique Durocher – 44 were held June 28 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Veronica Clarke officiating. Interment: Westview Cemetery.

DURRANT Funeral services for the late Icinda Albeerta Durrant - 88 were held June 28 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Cecil Lamb officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery Central.

ROSS Funeral services for the late Henry Ross 73 were held June 28 at New Life Ministries with Pastor Curtis T. Miller officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery Central.

SENE’ Funeral services for the late Christian Sene’75 were held June 28 at The Kingdom Hall.

Interment: Lauderdale Memorial Park.

Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home BLATCH Funeral services for the late Gregory Roosvelt Blatch 61were held June 28 at

Saint Helen’s Catholic Church with Father Wesler officiating.

Cosmetologist, hairstylist and Miami civic leader Sybil Johnson dies at 93 Sybil C. Johnson, veteran cosmetologist and the first African American woman appointed to the Miami-Dade County Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Commission in 1971 by Mayor Stephen P. Clark

By Dedrick D. Henry, Sr. Sybil’s Maison de Butè, a beauty salon located in the Bunche Park neighborhood of Opa-locka, Miami opened its doors in the 1950s by cosmetologist and hairstylist Sybil Cleare Johnson. Johnson died in her Miami home alone at the age of 93.

Johnson, a hard-working and sensitive business-woman that contributed to her community finding their own voice and inner strength.

For over 50 years, Johnson, played the role as therapist, adviser, counselor, friend, aunt, grandmother, motherfigure and confidante to the

Horace Silver, pioneer jazz pianist, composer, dies at 85

MOMENT Funeral services for the late Betty Jean Moment - 81were held June 28 at Holy Temple Restoration Ministries with Dr. G. Bernard Pope officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

By Dedrick Henry, Sr.

CHINA Funeral services for the late Alexian China were held June 28 at Jordan Grove Missionary Baptist Church Miami, Fla.

Horace Silver, the prolific jazz pianist and composer who co-founded the legendary Jazz Messengers, has died. He was 85.

RAINEY Funeral services for the late Marie B. Rainey - 91 were held June 30 at First Baptist Church Piney Grove with Rev. Dr. Derrick J. Hughes officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens.

Casey Myers Funeral Services ALVAREZ Funeral services for the late Tony Alvarez.

ATTEBERRY Funeral services for the late Wayne Atteberry.

CAMPBELL Funeral services for the late Darnell Campbell.

COX Funeral services for the late Gerald Cox.

hundreds of regulars who visited her for hair care.

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Silver died Wednesday at his home in New Rochelle, NY of natural causes, according to his son, Gregory.

Silver was born Sept. 2, 1928, in Norwalk, Conn. His father, John Tavares Silver, was an immigrant from Cape Verde. Growing up, Silver heard the folk music of his father’s homeland and Black gospel music in church. But after listening to Jimmie Lunceford, Silver knew his path was music. Silver began his study of music on an old, upright piano his uncle had salvaged.

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Meshach Taylor dead at 67, ‘Designing Women’ star dies after battle with cancer

By Jessica Goodman Meshach Taylor, the actor best known for playing Anthony Bouvier on “Designing Women,” died on Saturday, June 28 after a battle with cancer. His agent confirmed the news to the Hollywood Reporter. He was 67.

Taylor died in his family’s home in Altadena, Calif. and his family posted a note on his Facebook page, saying, “It is with love and gratitude that we sorrowfully announce that our darling, amazingly brilliant and dynamic Meshach, the incredible father, husband, son and friend, has begun his grand transition.”

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Bobby Womack, legendary R&B singer, dies at 70

FLEMING Funeral services for the late Maddie Fleming.

FORD Funeral services for the late Mary Ford.

HAUGHTON Funeral services for the late Trellany Haughton.

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WILSON Funeral services for the late Calvin Wilson.

Bobby Womack, a colorful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who influ-

enced artists from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, has died. He was 70. Womack’s publicist Sonya Kolowrat said Friday that the singer had died, but she could provide no other details.

With an incomparable voice few could match, Womack was a stirring singer and guitarist in his own right and a powerful songwriter whose hits like “Across 110th Street,” ‘’If You Think You’re Lonely Now” and “I Wish He Didn’t Trust Me So Much” captured the imagination of future stars in rock ‘n’ roll and R&B. (Read full story on www.thewestsidegazette.com)

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JetBlue soars with reading program landed in Fort Lauderdale

By Derek Joy JetBlue Airlines brought its Summer Literacy Campaign, “Soar With Reading”, to the African American Research Library and Cultural Center.

The airlines and its national partners - Random House Children’s Books and New York Times Best Selling Author Mary Pope Osborne gained the support of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers Soccer Franchise to sponsor this two part event for 600 area elementary school kids.

“We’re thrilled that JetBlue and the Magic Tree House are here today,” said Aneatra King, coordinator for Broward County Library. “This encourages kids to read and the magic of reading.”

So, the program proceeded to entertain kids during two hour sessions.

“We’re here to encourage you to read,” said Ben Markus of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, who was joined by Strikers’

Children get autographs from Fort Lauderdale Strikers’ Chris Nurse and Mitchell Lopez. players Chris Nurse and Mit- powerful tool in the world. knowledge is power.”

The event was staged as the chell Lopez. “Reading is the most Reading is knowledge and

U.S. Soccer Team competed in the World Cup of Soccer. It gave Markus a chance to tell the kids that soccer has the most fans in the world. Soccer is played on all seven continents and in every country in the world, Markus said.

Reading came into play when Albert Ruiz enlisted the help of Taniyah Day in reading from Osborne’s book, Soccer on Sunday. Day was one of the 300 kids who attended the first session.

Magic Tree House Characters Jack and Annie were joined

by Mariah Graham in an entertaining song encouraging kids to read and become members of the Magic Tree House reading program.

“It started with a small group in Deerfield four years ago,” said JetBlue Supervisor Swati Dholakia. It’s grown tremendously. We didn’t have a facility as big as this center.

We’re very thankful the Strikers supported us.

“Our pilots couldn’t do their jobs if they couldn’t read,” Swati told the kids. “No matter what you do you have to be able to read in order to be successful; rewarding can help you discover things about sports, history, science and the world."

NAN, Black broadcasters stage candidates’ forum at New Birth

Education and Media panelist (Cont'd from FP) Henry, while recalling how his father, Levi Henry, Jr., founded the Westside Gazette in 1971 after being misquoted by a mainstream newspaper, said: “We have a mission, a responsibility to inform people. We can’t deny or forget who we are or where we came from.”

Those answers set the stage for questions to Senator Nan Rich, the former State Legislator, former Republican Governor Charlie Crist and an education panel composed of Doug Futhill, Felicia Bronson, Dr. Antonio White, Lynn Summers, Dr. Marcus Bright, Valthena Brown and Ronald Marcello.

“If you didn’t want us before, what makes us think you want us now, other than for the money,” said White, in speaking against public school funds being used for vouchers to pay

private school tuition for students.

These panelists addressed questions on such pressing issues as public education funding, the FCAT, the CORE Curriculum, school vouchers for public school students to attend private schools, the schools to prison pipeline and more.

“The thing that I saw was that the people didn’t get a chance to ask questions from a grassroots level,” said El Portal Village Mayor Daisy M. Black.

“The media and the education panel was very professional.

But I think they should have allowed the grassroots people to ask questions.”

Crist and Sen. Rich, who appeared separately were grilled by the panel on hot button issues, including the difference between themselves and opponents.

Henry asked both Crist and Sen. Rich how much money had been raised by the Democratic National Committee and how

much would be spent on advertising with women and minority businesses?

Neither could answer that question. Rich acknowledged having raised limited funds, while saying she anticipated advertising in the Black media.

Crist, likewise, didn’t know how much the DNC had raised, but said: “I don’t know what the percentages are. I can assure you it will be significant.

More than you’ve ever seen.”

Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (Dem., Fort Lauderdale), called Crist and Rich to task and gave the answer. In fact, Hastings challenged the entire Democratic Party and the audience.

“I feel, after listening here tonight, and countless other events, you all know that’s BS,” said Hastings. “The Democratic Party spent $8-billion and only .08-percent in the Black Community.

“One thing I know is that we’re (Blacks) are hurting and

(Photo by wwjr Photography) will continue to hurt. We need to address these issues. If voting is really nothing, not important, then why are so many Republicans trying to suppress your right to vote?”

See excerpts of Congressman Hastings presentation on www.thewestsidegazette.com.

Independence Day • July 4th

Broward Health is closing its school based primary care centers (Cont'd from FP) “The place can be as large and comfortable as everything but if the people there don’t have empathy and show any sort of caring, it’s not worthgoing to,” says Wright Mullings.

“They are loving and caring.

Especially my doctor Dr. Kim Jolly, she is so good I don’t think there is a second like her.

She talks to you and finds out what’s wrong. She takes care of the total body. Not just because I say my head hurts and give you some pills. She just doesn’t treat the headache she finds out if there is something else and what is causing it. What can be done to alleviate it?

“It’s not just the doctors it’s the whole crew. Everyone in there is caring. There are no salty faces. Ask a question and they smile when they talk to you. When they walk in and pass you they say how you doing Mullings. My sister died and they encourage me so much.

Every time I go they ask if everything is alright and if I need any counseling and such. It’s a healthy place and healthy atmosphere.

“I have passed by the new center and it is beautiful. It’s a little closer than William Dandy and right next to the drivers license bureau. The hours are better they stay open until seven and we don’t have the interruption of the school announcements,” says Wright-Mullings.

New Locations

From July 2013 to March 2014 those sites received 11,719 encounters Broward Health expects that number to double.

William Dandy and Lauderhill Middle will be consolidated into one facility located in Lauderdale Lakes at 3716 W. Okld. Pk. Blvd. on the southeast corner of State Road 7 (441) and West Oakland Park Blvd. Bank of America is on the right and the Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle Drivers License Center is on the left. It is located near a Broward County Transit pick-up point and is easily accessible from the I-95, State Road 7, and the Turnpike.

Broward Health Margate Health Center is in the Crossroads Shopping Center at 5109 Coconut Creek Parkway. It is close to Atlantic Vocational Technical School and the Lakes of Margate apartments. The Margate Center serves Northwestern Broward covering Margate, Coconut Creek and North Lauderdale.

The two new health centers were partially funded by a Low Income Pool (LIP) grant. Broward Health was awarded $866,642, as part of the match grant. “Broward Health was awarded the LIP grant because within the two areas now being serviced by the Margate and Lauderdale Lakes Health Centers, there are 52 census tracts designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas. With the addition of these two new locations, patients will no longer have to travel a long distance to

receive primary medical services,” says Jennifer Smith Broward Health Corporate Communications Specialist.

The two new health centers were partially funded by a Low Income Pool (LIP) grant. Broward Health was awarded $866,642, as part of the match grant. “Funding grant from LIP funds matched $900,000 with $600,000 to fund construction and build out the two sites,” said Broward Health President and CEO Frank Nask. “It increases access to health care which is critically important to the Affordable Care Act. As people get insurance they will have a place to go. It is vitally important to our community to have access and the opportunity for primary care services and preventive medicine.” · Broward Health Lauderdale Lakes Health Center, 3716 W. Okl.d Pk. Blvd. , Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. 33311 (954) 759-7557 — Mon.: 8 a.m.

- 7:30 p.m., Tuesday - Thurs.:8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and Fri.: 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. · Broward Health Margate Health Center, 5109 Coconut Creek Pkwy. Crossroads Shopping Center Margate, Fla. 33063 - (954) 759-7477 — Mon.: 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Tues.Fri.: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Primary care (adult & children); health screenings; family planning and counseling; Referrals to specialty care; physical examinations; obstetrics/ gynecological exams; case management/disease state management; immunizations; nutritional counseling and social services.

It’s America’s birthday, and we’ve got a lot to celebrate!

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That message was repeated

by King, Ruiz, Markus, Nurse and Lopez, who, with the help of several kids, demonstrated passing and other skills in the game of soccer.

Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House characters were equally skillful and entertaining in encouraging kids to read, explore the magic of learning through reading.

The characters, which are from Los Angeles, travel the country entertaining and encouraging kids to read with the Magic Tree House Program.

“Our mission is to inspire humanity with our ‘Soar With Reading’ Program” said JetBlue’s Kate Wetzel. “It is translated in many languages around the world. It also encourages kids to donate books to other kids.

“We generated $750,000 worth of books that have been donated in the past. Our goal is to have $500,000 worth of books donated by the end of the summer,” added Wetzel, while noting that JetBlue has staged this event in its other markets, including Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, the Dominican Republic and Orlando.

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FPL investing in major upgrades to electric system Blackonomics The power of power talk serving Miramar, including the Broward Sheriff’s Office By James Clingman NNPA Columnist EMS telecom tower, and other local improvements Upgrades part of FPL’s ongoing program to strengthen a record number of power lines in 2014 JUNO BEACH, FL – Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) today outlined its 2014 electric system upgrades in the Miramar area that will benefit local homes and businesses. The company has started work on strengthening and upgrading major power lines and equipment throughout its system to help communities recover faster following major storms while improving everyday reliability for customers.

2014 Work in Miramar This year’s investment includes upgrades to eight main power lines serving key facilities in the Miramar area, such as the Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue Emergency Medical Services telecom tower. The projects strengthen the electric system to better withstand major storms and allow for faster service restoration following power outages. The work includes installing stronger utility poles designed to withstand wind gusts of 145 mph or more.

Overall, FPL is upgrading 60 major power lines in Broward County in 2014 – a record number. Other improvements in Miramar this year include: inspecting approximately 1,300 utility poles for strength, clearing vegetation – a common cause of power outages – from 185 miles of power lines and inspecting 11 major lines with advanced infrared technology.

“FPL’s 2014 plan includes more projects to strengthen the electric system than ever before, including several in the Miramar area. While severe weather is likely to result in power outages, a stronger electric system means less damage, faster service restoration and more reliable service in all weather conditions,” said Manny Miranda, FPL vice president of power delivery. “This year, we’re investing more than $170 million throughout our system to strengthen the power lines and equipment that serve es-

Floridians could share $200 million in mortgage relief

By Dedrick D. Henry, Sr. A $550 million settlement between 49 state attorneys general and SunTrust mortgage

LEGAL NOTICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL: RFP NO. 14-071/LJ Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners is soliciting sealed proposals from qualified proposer(s) for supplying: TITLE:

Palm Beach County Disparity Study

Date of Issuance: Proposal Due Date:

June 26, 2014 July 28, 2014

PURPOSE: Palm Beach County is soliciting proposals from qualified and experienced consultants to conduct a study to determine if there is a disparity between the number of minority and women-owned businesses that are ready, willing, and able to perform construction, professional services, and goods and services contracts and the numbers of these same business types who are actually participating in these same types of contracts with the County and if so, whether such disparity can be attributed to discrimination.

Please visit Palm Beach County Purchasing Department website: www.pbcgov.com/purchasing June 26, July 3, 2014

PUBLICATION OF BID SOLICITATIONS Broward County Board of County Commissioners is soliciting bids for a variety of goods and services, construction and architectural/engineering services. Interested bidders are requested to view and download the notifications of bid documents via the Broward County Purchasing website at: www.broward.org/ purchasing.

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could bring up to $200 million in relief to Florida borrowers.

The three-year settlement, which was negotiated to address mortgage servicing and foreclosure abuses, is similar in terms to 2012’s National Mortgage Settlement. Florida having the highest concentrations of Sun Trust will receive 40 percent of the $500 million for mortgage relief.

SunTrust must provide particular Florida borrowers with principal reductions and other loan modifications. Over 8,000 Florida borrowers serviced by SunTrust who lost their homes to foreclosure between Jan.1, 2008 and Dec.31, 2013, will share $40 million.

SunTrust will also be responsible for paying another $10 million to the federal Government for losses it caused the Federal HOUSING Administration, Department of Veteran Affairs and the Rural Housing Service.

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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE FIRMS I COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERS Procurement No. 05-13 June 25, 2014 Dear Brokers: The CareerSource Broward Council of Elected Officials and the Broward Workforce Development Board, Inc., through their administrative entity, CareerSource Broward (CSBD) is issuing this Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) for Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Services.

CareerSource Broward is seeking proposals from licensed commercial real estate brokerage firms or brokers with experience in providing commercial real estate brokerage and advisory services regarding commercial leasing and/or purchase transactions. The selected broker will represent CareerSource Broward in its pursuit of approximately 16,000 - 18,000 usable square feet which may be retail space, office space, strip mall, mall or taxpayer type space to house the CareerSource Broward North One-Stop Career Center. CSBD is considering both purchase and lease options.

Additional details regarding the space and location may be found in the specifications included as a part of the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

The RFP is electronic and can be accessed from the CSBD website http:/ /www.careersourcebroward.com. lnterested proposers will need to register in order to be able to download the RFP so that they can also see all RFP questions and answers.

RFQ responses must be received by July 31, 2014, 4:30 p.m., after which date CSBD will not accept proposals.

The RFQ is structured as a yes/no, fill in the blank application to make it easy to complete and apply. Responders are also requested to submit some exhibits.

sential community facilities such as hospitals, fire stations, water treatment plants and other facilities that are crucial to people as they recover from a storm.”

A Long-Term Commitment When the planned 2014 work is completed, FPL will have made the following improvements in and near Miramar since the last major hurricane season in 2005: (Read full story on www.thewestsidegazette.com)

The recent gathering of serious, conscious, and intelligent brothers and sisters in Washington, D.C. on June 21 was so refreshing and stimulating.

The event was called Power Talk One, and it was organized by Carl Nelson, radio talk show host par excellence, whose show is carried from 4-7 p.m. weekdays on WOL-1450, in the District of Columbia and across the nation. Gatherings like this one are too few and far between, and I am so excited about its future plans, which will be shared in various circles very soon.

Some doubted the turnout would be significant, but there was standing room only at the Plymouth Baptist Church after 1,200 people showed up. The sanctuary was filled, including the balcony and choir sections, as well as the overflow room where attendees could listen to the proceedings. It was scheduled to end at 6 p.m., but continued until 9 p.m.

Power Talk One was sponsored by a Black-owned corporation, Radio One, which is significant because too often Black event planners and organizers run to corporations owned by non-Blacks for financial support. A few years ago, I spoke at a Juneteenth Celebration and said, “How can we celebrate our freedom if we cannot pay for our freedom celebration with Black dollars?”

My point was and is that we should not overlook the pleasant and rare fact that a Black company was the sole sponsor of Power Talk One, a Black event. Props to Cathy Hughes and Radio One. Power Talk One brought in men and women from Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, North Carolina, Detroit, Georgia, Illinois, Oklahoma, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Florida, and points in between.

They came because of Carl Nelson’s powerful radio show and his many years of dedication and commitment to the unyielding pursuit of knowledge

and commensurate action.

They came because they know Carl’s show informs Black folks (and anyone else who listens) of CLINGMAN important issues that will have a positive effect on his audience.

They came because they know the Carl Nelson Show features a wide variety of guests, many of whom should be featured on TV news shows and national panels that deal with Black issues but are not included on the usual list of Black go-to guys and gals.

They came because the Power Talk One list of speakers comprised the likes of Claud Anderson, Francis Cress-Welsing. Tony Browder, Umar Johnson, Patricia Newton, and the venerable and indefatigable Dick Gregory. Yeah, that was the icing on the cake and those brothers and sisters turned the place out.

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fingerbody; ·Funnails, toes; gal infecti·Repeated ons of the vaginal inm o u t h , fections (yeast and trichomonas); ·Development of lots of warts; ·Exa-cerbations of prior conditions, such as eczema, psoriasis, herpes infection; ·Shingles; ·Night sweats; ·Weight loss and ·Chronic diarrhea These HIV symptoms usually disappear within a week to a month and are often mistaken for those of another viral infection. During this period, people are very infectious, and HIV is present in large quantities in genital fluids.

More persistent or severe symptoms may not appear for 10 years or more after HIV first enters the body in adults, or

within two years in children born with HIV infection. This period of “asymptomatic” infection varies greatly in each individual.

Some people may begin to have symptoms within a few months, while others may be symptom-free for more than 10 years. Even during the asymptomatic period, the virus is actively multiplying, infecting, and killing cells of the immune system. The virus can also hide within infected cells and lay dormant.

The most obvious effect of HIV infection is a decline in the number of CD4 positive T (CD4+) cells found in the bloodthe immune system’s key infection fighters. The virus slowly disables or destroys these cells without causing symptoms.

A healthy, uninfected person usually has 800 to 1,200 CD4+ T cells per cubic millimeter of blood. If the HIV infection goes untreated, the amount of these cells in an individual’s blood progressively declines. When the CD4+ T cell count falls below 200/mm3, a person becomes increasingly vulnerable to the opportunistic infections and cancers that typify AIDS, the end stage of HIV disease.

As the immune system worsens, a variety of complications start to take over. For many people, the first signs of infection are large lymph nodes or “swollen glands” that may be enlarged for more than three months.

out until three-six months after potential HIV infection, as it can take this long for antibodies to be produced.

The HIV RNA test, however, may detect whether HIV is present in a person’s blood within nine-11 days of infection, and test results can be available within a few days to weeks.

The Western blot test is usually carried out if results from the HIV RNA or HIV antibody tests are positive. It is used to confirm whether HIV is present in the blood.

There are also two home tests available that have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

One of these involves taking a blood sample and sending it to a laboratory for testing, while the other involves taking a swab of the gums with a device to ob-

tain a sample of oral fluids before inserting the sample into a test solution. If the results of these tests are positive, they must be followed up with a Western blot test.

Early symptoms of HIV are gone, there may be no symptoms for months to years. Then, the following symptoms may occur over the course of one–three years: · Swollen lymph glands all over the

About.com Early symptoms that you may experience a month or two after becoming infected may last a couple of weeks. These include: · Rapid weight loss; ·Dry cough; ·Recurring fever; · Night sweats; ·Extreme, unexplained fatigue Swollen lymph nodes in armpits, neck, or groin; ·White spots on the tongue or in the mouth or throat; · Headache; · Discomfort from light Rash Depression and · Irritable mood Advanced Symptoms of HIV After the initial symptoms

HIV testing The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that every individual between the ages of 13 and 64 undergo an HIV test as part of routine medical care.

People at high risk of HIV infection - such as those who have had unprotected sex, or who have sex in exchange for money or drugs - are recommended to have an HIV test at least once a year.

There are three main tests that can detect HIV. The most common is the HIV antibody test, which can detect HIV antibodies - proteins produced in response to HIV infection - in urine, blood or mouth fluids.

This test is not usually carried

How can HIV be transmitted?

By CDC A person who is infected with HIV can transmit the virus through certain bodily fluids, such as blood, semen, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids and breast milk. In order to transmit infection, the fluids must come into contact with a mucous membrane (found inside the vagina, rectum, mouth and opening of the penis), damaged tissue or receive an injection directly through the blood stream from a needle or syringe.

In the US, the virus is most commonly contracted through unprotected sex with an HIV-infected partner, and sharing needles,

syringes or other injection-drug tools with a person infected with HIV. HIV may also be transmitted to a child by an infected mother through pregnancy, birth or breastfeeding, or a person may become infected through receiving blood products or organ/ tissue transplants contaminated with HIV, though such incidences are rare.

As stated previously, many people with HIV may not experience any symptoms, or the symptoms may even be mistaken for other illnesses. If a person believes they are at risk of HIV, the best way to find out is to undergo an HIV test.

CDC estimates that 1.1 million people in the United States are living with HIV – and nearly one in six of those are not aware that they are infected. infected each year. In Approximately 50,000 people become newly addition to recognized risk behaviors, a range of social and economic factors places some Americans at increased risk for HIV infection.

Prevention efforts have helped keep the rate of new infections stable in r e c e n t years, but continued growth in the number of people living with HIV ultimately may lead to more new infections if prevention, care, and treatment efforts are not targeted to those at greatest risk.

Is the stigma attached to HIV discouraging testing?

A recent study, led by Dr. Rashida Ferrand of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK, suggests that a stigma attached to HIV infection may beiscouraging HIV testing in low- and middleincome countries.

According to AVERT, HIVand AIDS-related stigma stems from the fact that HIV infection is associated with certain behaviors - such as homosexuality, prostitution and drug addiction - that are already frowned upon in many societies.

Many religious or moral beliefs also cause some individuals to believe that HIV infection is a result of moral negligence and that the infected person should be punished.

From the study, Dr. Ferrand and his team found that of 2,831 children eligible for HIV testing, 75 percent were offered it and 54 percent consented. However, they discovered that one of the main reasons health care workers did not offer testing to the children was that they felt the child’s caregiver would not consent on behalf of the child, as it could blemish the reputation of the child or family.

“The fear of the stigma faced by the child and their family seems to be discouraging care-

givers from testing children for HIV,” says Dr. Ferrand.

“However, with improved clarity of guidelines, engagement with staff and organizational adjustments within clinics, it should be possible to harness the commitment of health care workers and properly implement HIV testing and counseling.”

But it is not only individuals in developing countries who are affected by stigma and discrimination related to HIV and AIDS. The infection is stigmatized globally, and many health care professionals believe it is stopping people from receiving treatment.

Although an issue such as stigma is difficult to tackle on a global scale, it is something that is being addressed in the fight against HIV. Many individuals believe it comes down to the issue of education, not just about the infection itself but about the laws and policies that may protect an HIV-infected individual from being discriminated against.

AVERT explain that many people living with HIV are unaware of their rights in society.

Therefore they need to be educated in how to challenge any .

“We can fight stigma,” said Ki-Moon. “Enlightened laws and policies are key. But it begins with openness, the courage to speak out. Schools should teach respect and understanding. Religious leaders should preach tolerance. The media should condemn prejudice and use its influence to advance social change, from securing legal protections to ensuring access to health care.”

But of course, tackling the stigma associated with HIV relies on changing people’s attitudes about the condition something of a challenge. But Ki-Moon remains positive that it can be done.

“Above all,” he said, “we must recognize that those who bear the stigma of HIV should not be those who live with the disease.

It is those who allow it.”

For more information on HIV and AIDS visit AVERT or AIDS.gov.

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South Florida African American HistoryMakers included in groundbreaking archives move to the Library of Congress

W. George Allen, Cecil Hayes, Andrew Ingraham and James B. Lockhart.

Avis T. Bailey, U.S. Senator Honorable Edward W. Brooke, Albert Dotson and Patricia Stephens Due.

Dorothy Fields, Valerie Norman-Gammon, Enid C. Pinkney and Dr. James Rosser. manent repository.

This unique collection of thousands of hours of interviews captures African American life, history and culture as well as the struggles and achievements of the Black experience. James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress says: “The HistoryMakers’ archive provides invaluable first-person accounts of both well-known and unsung African Americans, detailing their hopes, dreams Garth Reeves and accomplishments - often in The HistoryMakers, the na- the face of adversity. This cultion’s largest African American turally important collection is video oral history archive a rich and diverse resource for (www.thehistorymakers.com), scholars, teachers, students and is proud to announce that ef- documentarians seeking a more fective immediately the Library complete record of our nation’s of Congress will serve as its per- history and its people.” The HistoryMakers Founder & Exe-

cutive Director, Julieanna Richardson adds: “The HistoryMakers represents the single largest archival project of its kind since the Works Progress Administration’s initiative to document the experiences of former slaves in the 1930. This relationship with the Library of Congress represents a momentous occasion for our organization. With the Library of Congress serving as our permanent repository, we are assured of its preservation and safekeeping for generations to come.”

Some of the HistoryMakers in the Fort Lauderdale, Fla. area whose life stories are included in our collection are: · Atty. George Allen — Civil rights activist and lawyer W. George Allen was born on March 3, 1036 in Sanford, Fla. In 1962, Allen earned his J.D. degree from the Univeristy of Florida Law School. He was the first African American to earn a degree at the University of Florida. · Interior designer, Cecil Hayes was born April 25, 1945, in Malone, Fla. Graduating from Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. in 1963, Hayes received a B. A. in art education from Florida A&M University in 1967. She was chosen as one of the Top Female Interior Designers in South Florida. Hayes is recognized by Who’s Who in Interior Design. · Entrepreneur Andrew Ingraham was born on Aug. 20, 1954 in Nassau, Bahamas. He completed his studies before moving to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. President and cofounder of the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers created to increase the number of African Americans developing, operating and owning hotels in America. · Corporate executive and lawyer James Blakely Lockhart was born in New York City on May 27, 1936.

After high school, Lockhart attended Boston University, earning his B.S. in 1957 and his

J.D. in 1959. After serving in the Army until 1963, Lockhart went to work for the Treasury Department as an attorney in the office of the chief counsel, where he remained until 1965.

He is the past chair of the Bay Area Urban League and he is currently the chairman of the social action committee of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity and vice chair of the Boule Foundation.

Some of the HistoryMakers in the Miami, Fla. area whose life stories are included in our collection are: · Avis T. Bailey — A captain and ship pilot, who founded the Captain Avis T. Bailey Mariner’s Foundation to mentor inner-city youth and educate them about maritime careers. · Hon. Edward W. Brooke, III — Served in the U.S. Senate for 12 years, and helped write the 1968 Civil Rights Act. · Albert E. Dotson, Jr. — An attorney specializing in land use and zoning, and federal and local government procurement contracts and compliance. · Patricia Stephens Due — led a lunch counter sitin, and served as field secretary for CORE in their first voter education and registration project in North Florida, registering more Blacks than anywhere else in the South. · Dorothy Fields — Founded the Black Archives, History & Research Foundation of South Florida, and also successfully restored the landmark Lyric Theater in the historic African American community of Overtown. · Evan Forde — Was the first African American scientist to participate in research dives aboard a submersible, and remains one of only a handful of Black oceanographers in the United States. · Valerie NormanGammon - A media executive and Emmy Award-winning television producer, who has won three NAACP Image Awards for her work with The

Essence Awards. · Enid C. Pinkney — A community activist dedicated to ensure that the role of African Americans in Miami’s history is acknowledged and preserved. · Dr. James Rosser — A hospital chief executive and medical professor specializing in minimally invasive surgery. · Garth Reeves — Was named the publisher and chief executive officer of the Miami Times, founded by his father in 1923.

The HistoryMakers’ collec-

Leaning on the shield These human shields of color whose pigmentation, because of the ways they were treated should have blocked out; “ O say can you see by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming..., Yet, in all their show of affection for this country they were cut off from observation and their great deeds are still being hidden from her celebrated his-tory.

As defenders of a hostile home land that we didn’t ask to come to nor to give up our African citizenship to be a part of. One might have drawn the conclusion based on our treatment here, that we reneged on a promise to build this country for free and if not we and all of our offspring would die trying!

Our shelter, that was forced upon us for the work given in the cultivation of this place to all its prominence hewn out of a wilderness of, “No you can’t Nword and no Nword you never will,” has been in a house of hell and a bed of thorns.

Protection for us from someone or some things, from a threat, peril, or unpleasant familiarity has not been found in the shelter of a loving, protective and welcoming homeland; it has been given in the form of a pie taken from a scene in book and the movie The Help; if you are not familiar with this reference- the pie was made from SugarHoneyIceTea! As I mull over our role in this country I equate it with the likeness of the definition to the word SHIELD and to the synonyms associated with it. I would venture to say that we can also find comfort in the synonym armor.

To really feel the comfort level of the word armor I need to add bearer along with it; subsequently we have the word armor bearer.

The armor bearer was a person responsible for the care of a king, officer or other leader. His job was to refresh, protect and assist his officer. To which I do believe that the American Black people have performed admirably. The drawback is that we have only received the hind parts of a donkey to suffice for our efforts.

The obsolete definition or synonym for shield is: forbid.

I can honestly say and prayerfully submit that if we continue to follow the same paths of our yesteryears, we will be a forbidden access to a dream of precious people..

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tion is housed in the Library’s Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation, a state-ofthe-art facility located in Culpepper, Va. The HistoryMakers is also working to make the collection available to users worldwide through its groundbreaking digital archive (http:/ /www.thehistorymakers.com/ digital-archive) that currently has users in 51 countries across the globe.

For more information on The HistoryMakers and its video oral history collection, please visit www.thehistorymakers.com.