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Senator Chris Smith files for Broward County Commission District 9

By Joshua Parson FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Seeking to bring leadership skills honed in the State Capitol home to Broward County, State Senator Chris Smith (D-Fort Lauderdale) recently (Sept. 9, 2015) filed to run for the County Commission District 9 seat in the 2016 general election.

“Representing the many voices of Broward County in the Legislature has been one of my greatest honors,” said Senator Smith. “Whether it was in the House or the Senate, serving the people and improving their quality of life has always been my first priority.

As a county commissioner, I intend to continue that commitment, and build new, exciting opportunities for Broward County’s future.”

A state lawmaker for 15 years, Senator Smith is a former Democratic leader in both the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate, one of only two people in

Senator Smith Florida’s history to hold both positions. He is known as much for his leadership ability as his skill for compromise to craft sound public policy.

“Political gridlock isn’t only unproductive, it’s unacceptable.

And it hurts the very people we’re elected to represent,” said

Senator Smith. “As a leader, I worked with diverse people with diverse interests and built the coalitions necessary to get real results and real solutions for the people of Broward County and the State of Florida.”

Some of the most notable legislative achievements of Senator Smith’s efforts include critical elections reform and the creation of a unique police training academy geared specifically to boost the number of minority officers hired by Florida’s law enforcement agencies.

He was also successful in incorporating more areas of Broward into the county government structure. Along with boosting needed social services and small business growth, Senator Smith also aims to expedite annexation as an elected commissioner. “Annexing these communities means a better quality of life for all residents,” said Senator Smith. “It means new sidewalks, road improvements, and the kinds of vital infrastructure

and transportation development we need to bring good jobs and new opportunities to Broward County – without saddling the people with higher taxes. It’s a win for everyone.”

A number of Broward residents have applauded Senator Smith’s announcement, among them Jasmin Shirley: “As a life-long resident of Broward County, I welcome the experience, commitment, leadership and dedication to serving others that a community leader and fighter like Chris Smith will bring to improve the quality of life and services rendered to Broward residents. Chris will represent all of the people in this district and he understands their needs,” she said.

Her endorsement was echoed by City of Lauderhill Commissioner M. Margaret Bates and former City Commissioner of Lauderdale Lakes Eric Haynes, both of whom noted Senator Smith’s unique advantage of being able to tap into Tallahassee and the federal government for Broward County’s benefit.

How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

Psalm 13:2 (NIV)

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. This is a piece that I wrote in 2009, the only things that are different now, six (6) years later are police killings of innocent people of color have increased and the lies told by our justice system have come home like chickens to roost. Presidential candidates are not hiding behind their lies of tolerance and a war against the police has become just as violent as what some misguided officers are perpetrating against citizens. We are finding ourselves confronted with the question of which came first the chicken or the egg?

Then too, the question of which lives truly matter?

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By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent

to reason that they would be pretty high up on the priority list for resettlement.”

Bishop told AM the Government was looking at the best way to offer both temporary and permanent protection options for those fleeing the crisis.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — Brandyn Heppard usually arrives 30 minutes early for his visits to Northern State Prison in Newark, N.J. He puts his pre-approved belongings in a clear plastic bag made on-site and signs his name in the visitor logbook.

Then, he walks through the first of a few metal detectors, and stands still to have a wand waved across his body and to be patted down. Heppard is escorted through five locked or guarded doors and gates before

Syr ian mig isis: Chr is tians tto og et pr ior ity as Syrian migrrant cr crisis: Chris istians ge prior iority tt ffaces aces pr essur e tto o ttak ak e in mor e rrefug efug ees Abbo bbott pressur essure ake more efugees live and survive in will any longer be available.”

Senate Leader Eric Abetz has also highlighted the case for Christians to be prioritized.

“It should be on the basis of need and given the Christians are the most persecuted group in the world, and especially in the Middle East, I think it stands

How long before the dam breaks and…?

Fox figures demand Obama make remarks condemning violence against police days after he did just that Millions of Syrian refugees have fled areas controlled by Islamic State militants, fearing the group’s reign of terror.

(Reuters: Murad Sezer, file photo)

By Anna Henderson and Chris Uhlmann Refugees flee Islamic State’s reign of terror The Abbott Government wants to restrict any intake of Syrian refugees to minorities which are largely Christian, as passions run high in the Coalition over the way Australia should handle the crisis in Syria.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is under increasing pressure to increase this year’s humanitarian intake of 13,750 people, but has put off a decision while Australia consults with the United Nations about the best approach.

Key points: Government wants to restrict intake to minorities, mainly Christian; Julia Bishop nominates minorities like the Yazidis; Bill Shorten warns putting emphasis on one religion is “dangerous”; Backbencher says some Coalition members want “no more Muslim men”;

Labor is pushing for an additional intake of 10,000 people, while the Greens want double that number.

Beyond the debate over numbers there is an argument over what kind of refugees should be accepted.

Government ministers, like Malcolm Turnbull, have argued for accepting more Syrian Christians, and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has nominated minorities like the Yazidis.

One backbencher told the ABC the message being sent to the Prime Minister by some in the Coalition was clear: “No more Muslim men”.

Turnbull said he was very concerned about the plight of Christian communities in Syria.

“They are a minority, they survived in Syria, they’ve been there for thousands of years, literally since the time of Christ,” he said.

“But in an increasingly sectarian Middle East, you have to ask whether, the gaps, the spaces that they were able to

Pleading Our Own Cause

By Nick Fernandez Media Matters President Obama publicly condemned violence against police officers as “completely unacceptable” and “an affront to civilized society” after a Texas deputy sheriff was allegedly targeted and killed over his uniform, yet Fox News hosts spent the next several days accusing him of ignoring the crime in order to paint Obama as dismissive of law enforcement.

President Obama Issued Statement Condemning Violence Against Law Enforcement After Houston Sheriff’s Deputy Was Attacked And Killed Sheriff: Deputy Killed “Because He Wore A Uniform.” Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Goforth was assassinated on Aug. 28 while pumping gas in Houston: A 30-year-old Houston man was arrested Saturday in the fatal shooting the night before of a sheriff’s deputy who was filling the gas tank of his patrol car.

As Deputy Goforth pumped the gas, the gunman approached from behind and began firing, continuing to shoot after the officer fell to the

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Fox News hosts recently accused President Obama as dismissive of law enforcement even after he publicly condemned violence against police officers as “completely unacceptable” and “an affront to civilized society.” Fox facts! ground, the authorities said.

Investigators have not found any provocation that might have set off the attack.

“We have not been able to extract any details regarding a motive at this point,” Sheriff Hickman said. “As far as we know, Deputy Goforth had no previous contact with the suspect. It appears at the outset to be completely unprovoked.”

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get because he wore a uniform,” the sheriff said. [The New York Times, 8/29/15] Obama Issued Statement: “Targeting Police Officers Is Completely Unacceptable.

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Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks with Terrell Johnson, a participant in the Goucher College Prison Education Partnership at the Maryland Correctional Institution.

(Flickr/Department of Education/ CC BY 2.0) arriving to the bare, windowless classroom where he teaches philosophy courses as part of the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons Consortium (NJ-STEP).

This summer, the Department of Education announced an experimental Second Chance Pell Pilot program to examine how such prison education programs could be continued and expanded. It marks the first time in 20 years that qualified students will have access to Pell grants while in prison.

Last week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan invited Heppard and other corrections educators, as well as Department of Corrections administrators, to his office for a roundtable on the ins-and-outs of their work. The meeting served as a primer for Secretary Duncan’s team in preparation for the pilot application process.

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Baltimore offers $6.4 million to settle Freddie Gray case

By Ian Simpson

On June 9, 2015, this mural memorializing Baltimore resident Freddie ‘Pepper’ Gray was painted on the wall near the place where he was tackled and arrested by police at the Gilmor Homes housing project in Baltimore, Md. In the wake of protests, demonstrations and riots triggered by the April 19 death of Gray, officials said the city experienced 43 murders last month, its deadliest May since 1970. People who live in Gray’s neighborhood say one of the reasons for the spike in shootings is because police have dramatically increased response time, creating an atmosphere of lawlessness in some of Baltimore’s most crime-affected areas.

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Black Methodist leaders organize for justice

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON,D.C. (NNPA) – Flanked by images of the nine men and women at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C., and the four little girls killed in the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., among other victims of racial violence, a coalition of Black Methodist leaders stepped squarely into the current fight for racial justice.

The coalition announced its social and political goals via a “Liberty and Justice for All” press conference, held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. “We… are complicit due to our lack of follow-through. God

alerted us in March of 2010 when we gathered in Columbia, South Carolina to sound the alarm regarding the plight of African American males. Prior to Trayvon [Martin], prior to Eric Garner, prior to Michael Brown,” said Rev. Staccato Powell of Grace A.M.E. Zion Church in Raleigh, N.C. “We were saying this then.

However, to our own shame and detriment, we confess the lack of follow-through. We wrote the check, but failed to deposit the resources to make it a negotiable instrument of fact.”

Comprised of representatives from the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.), African Methodist Episcopal Zion (A.M.E. Zion), and Christian Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) churches, the coalition hopes to

influence federal, state, and local governments in changing biased and discriminatory policies. It also aims to call the faith community to political action.

About 150 clergy members, faith professionals, National Pan-Hellenic Council members, media, and more – including Black Lives Matter affiliates and a relative of Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, one of the Charleston Nine victims – attended the press conference.

At the event, A.M.E., A.M.E. Zion, and C.M.E faith leaders outlined a list of political demands, with criminal justice reform chief among them. Others included a reversal of biased drug laws, body cameras for all law enforcement and deployment of special prosecutors in

(Reuters) - Baltimore has reached a tentative $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, a Black man who died from an injury sustained in police custody, city officials said on Tuesday.

The settlement with his family will be submitted to the Baltimore Board of Estimates for a vote on Wednesday, the office of Mayor Stephanie RawlingsBlake said in a statement. She said it was not an admission of liability.

It will have no effect on the criminal trials of six officers charged with Gray’s death in April, the statement said. His death from a spinal injury sparked protests and rioting, and fueled a U.S. debate on police treatment of minorities.

“The proposed settlement agreement going before the Board of Estimates should not be interpreted as a judgment on the guilt or innocence of the cases when police kill unarmed civilians.

Other action areas included education reform, economic justice, gun control, and a restoration of broad voting rights.

In tandem with its grassroots political approach, the coalition aims to have this agenda addressed during the 2016 presidential campaign. In November, Allen University in Columbia, S.C., an HBCU founded by A.M.E. church leaders – will host a Presidential Justice Forum in which all candidates will be invited to present their criminal justice platforms.

Additionally, the presumed nominees of both parties will be invited to the general conferences of the A.M.E. and A.M.E. Zion churches in July 2016.

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officers facing trial,” RawlingsBlake said.

She said it would resolve any related civil claims against Baltimore in the Gray case and avoid drawn-out litigation.

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams last week ordered individual trials for the officers charged in Gray’s death.

The charges range from seconddegree murder to assault and misconduct.

On Thursday, Williams will hold a hearing to determine whether the trial should be moved from the largely Black city of about 620,000 people because of the uproar over Gray’s death.

The Fraternal Order of Police criticized the settlement since no civil suit had been filed and said it could sour relations between officers and City Hall.

A settlement before the trials “is obscene and without regard to the fiduciary responsibility owed to the taxpaying citizens of the city,” the union said in a

statement.

Officers arrested Gray, 25, on April 12 after a foot chase in crime-ridden West Baltimore.

He was bundled into a transport van while in handcuffs and shackles and was not secured with a seatbelt.

Gray died a week later from a spinal injury and a medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

The City Hall statement said Gray’s family would be paid $2.8 million in the current fiscal year and $3.6 million in the one starting July 1, 2016. The Board of Estimates controls city finances, and its five members include the mayor.

The payout would be the latest settlement by Baltimore over allegations of police brutality. Since 2011, the city has paid a total of $5.7 million in police-related court judgments and settlements, the Baltimore Sun reported last year.

(Reporting by Suzannah Gonzales in Chicago and Ian Simpson in Washington; Editing by Susan Heavey and Peter Cooney)

Bishop John R. Bryant, Senior Bishop AME Church, listens to a speaker during a press conference with clergymen representing the African Episcopal Church (AME) at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 2. A portrait of the slain Rev. Clementa Pinckney of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. is in the background.

(Freddie Allen/NNPA News Wire Service)

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President Obama please“man-up”

By Don Valentine The first Black President should use the last stage of his Presidency to promote his resumé. It would help pave the way for Senator Corey Booker, or former Governor Deval Patrick, if the President was more demonstrative about what his Administration has accomplished. The argument that it is not “Presidential” to accentuate your success while in office is fallacious. Particularly, when you are the first Black President. Your critics have not given you the respect the office deserves.

This President has been snubbed by the Prime Minister of Israel. He had the Governor of Arizona wag her finger in his face before cameras. The former Mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, made the farcical statement, “I do not believe President Obama loves America.” I don’t claim to be a smart person, yet I know that no per-

VALENTINE son would want the stress of being President if they did not love America.

President Obama needs to respond to the critiques on his Administration’s competency.

2015 Labor Day marked the lowest price for Holiday gas since 2004. The country is just short of the macroeconomic definition for “Full Employment”. We are almost at 5 percent unemployment, which is the definition

Governor Scott orchestrating facts with Planned Parenthood

By Roger Caldwell Fox News and the Republicans have made a conscious decision to destroy Planned Parenthood, with dishonest

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and heavily edited videos, where the truth is not important. Basically, their accusation is that the medical leadership of Planned Parenthood is selling fetal tissue for profit, and breaking the law.

This accusation is not CALDWELL true, and the media has a responsibility to stop fraudulent manufactured videos, which are not based on facts.

Abortions are 3 percent of Planned Parenthood’s business, but based on the accusations, it would appear that abortion is 90 percent of their business. When conservatives think they have discovered a liberal or progressive organization in the wrong, they go in for the kill.

Planned Parenthood has provided millions of women, men, and teenagers’ sexual health care for over 100 years. There are over 700 health care centers across the country, and they provide care, even if you are unable to pay. Some of the areas they provide health care in are birth control, body image, general health care, men’s sexual health, pregnancy, STDS, and women health.

Based on the story that was promoted by Fox, Governor Scott jumped on the persecute Planned Parenthood bandwagon, and sent out investigators to 16 locations. At these 16 locations in Florida, the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration found there was no mishandling of fetal remains at the clinics run by Planned Parenthood personnel.

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for “Full Employment”. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment has not been lower since 2007. That was just prior to the country’s recession. In fact U.S. News and World Reports documents that the economy is healthier than it’s been since 2005. Clearly, the policy the Obama Administration put into place has improved the economy. Quite a feat, given what the Bush Administration left for him to rectify.

A portion of the population, including myself, finds the President to be

Demonizing‘Black Lives Matter’

By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist Led by Fox News, conservatives are trying to discredit the CURRY #Black Lives Matter Movement by claiming incorrectly that it is a Black hate group that encourages the killing of police officers.

On the Aug. 31 edition of Fox & Friends, Elizabeth Hasselbeck asked, “Why has the Black Lives Movement – Black Lives Matter Movement – not been classified yet as a hate group? I mean, how much more has to go in this direction before someone actually labels it as such?”

Conservative pundit Katie Pavlich, without a thread of evidence, told Fox’s Megyn Kelly on Sept. 2 that Black Lives Matter is “a movement that promotes the execution of police officers.”

At a news conference on Aug. 30, the Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman acknowledged that no motive had been established for the previous day’s fatal shooting of Deputy Sheriff Darren H. Goforth outside of Houston. But that did not prevent him from linking the brutal cop murder to the grassroots group dedicated to curtailing violence.

He said, “This rhetoric has gotten out of control.” So much so, he said, “to the point where calculated, cold-blood-

ed assassination of police officers happen.” Hickman added, “We’ve heard Black lives matter, all lives matter.

Well, cops’ lives matter, too. So, how about we drop the qualifier and just say lives matter?”

Of course, there is not a scintilla of evidence that the Black Lives Matter Movement has at any point remotely supported the killing of law enforcement officers. Rather, they have highlighted the troubling number of unarmed African Americans killed by police officers. And for that, they should be commended, not condemned.

After studying FBI data, USA-Today found, “Nearly two times a week in the United States, a white police officer killed a Black person during a seven-year period ending in 2012…The reports show that 18 percent of the Blacks killed during those seven years were under age 21, compared to 8.7 percent of whites.”

Despite the highly-publicized killing of police officers in Texas and Illinois, the number of law enforcement officers killed over the first eight months of 2015 is 16 percent lower than it was over a similar period in 2014, according to FBI figures compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

So far, 26 officers have been killed this year by firearms, down from 31 over a similar period last year. More officers – 38 – died this year in trafficrelated incidents than by gunfire and another 21 died from other causes.

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Breaking the cycle of generational poverty

By Jack Cory On the opening day of the 2014 session in the Florida House of Representatives, then Speaker of the House Will Weatherford spoke at length about an issue that few leaders in government talk about — generational poverty. During his remarks, Weatherford noted “There will always be poverty — the kind that results from temporary setbacks: job loss, foreclosures

Watching as the fabric holding this society together unravels A society is supposed to bond together for the common good, but lately violence is all that the U.S. is seeing. Political, social, and racial negativity is responsible for this violent epidemic and it needs to end now.

What constitutes a society, how does

By Michael Payne, NationofChange it function? Ideally, it’s a community Leave for work, go for a walk or to of individuals who are united and the mall, attend church, go to your bond together for the common good; grade school, high school or college, or those who share the same traditions, to a movie and you can be a victim of institutions, a common culture, and catastrophic violence in an instant. No who interact with trust and respect. longer can one go anywhere in this Now does that definition even begin to country and feel completely safe. Those resemble the America in which we days are long gone in today’s America, live? This society has become one in an epicenter of violence. And that’s a which the words common good and national tragedy of monumental pro- bonding together are no longer of great relevance. portions.

Are the people of America strongly That shocking degree of violence described above illustrates what hap- united? We have a society which is pens when the fabric of a society unra- very divided with many different opvels; when the major foundations of posing factions, from political to social this country begin to crumble, the vio- to racial, that agree on almost nothing. Bonding together, working for lence escalates.

We’ve all heard the term, “You’ve the common good? That’s true of those lost it.” That sounds like this society exemplary organizations that help peothat seems to have lost its sense of pur- ple in need and distress. But where pose and direction. This is not the else do we see it? country it once was, and that’s very troubling. It has changed radically to the point that America seems to be at war against itself. A sense of fear and By Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist deep mistrust of others are among the major motivating factors of the ramKarl Marx famously wrote, “Hispant, pervasive violence. tory repeats itself, first time as tragedy, second as farce.”

So, his ghost must have eagerly joined the many living in this dimension who last week thoroughly enjoyed the two spectacles that underscore the chaos within – and perhaps even The Westside Gazette welcomes the coming-apart of – the Republican your letters. Letters must be Party. signed with name clearly legible One was Donald Trump’s playing along with a phone number and the same racist trick on Jeb Bush that complete address. No unsigned three decades ago Jeb’s dad, George or anonymous letters will be conH.W. Bush, used to grievously damsidered for publication. The age the 1988 presidential candidacy Westside Gazette reserves the of his Democratic opponent, Massaright to edit letters. The letters chusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, and should be 500 words or less. capture the White House.

How low will the GOP go?

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“Dovish”. He inherited billions of dollars in military costs fighting two wars.

Getting out of that malaise has not dissipated the safety of the homeland in a significant manner. History will reflect that the President’s achievement with Affordable Health Insurance. It will also note the Iran Nuclear accord and the ending of two wars. It would be in the best interest of future Black Presidential candidates if he would promote his resumè more. He has done a particularly good job juxtaposed to the previous administration.

Amplify those successes to make it easier for the next candidate of color, Mr. President.

Don Valentine, Free Lance, U.C. Berkeley ’89 B.S. Psychology, McGeorge Law School J.D. ‘92

or unexpected challenges … but there’s a far greater and more dramatic problem for some of our Floridians. They’re stuck in generational poverty — the persistent, year after year oppression and hopelessness that starts with grandparents, is passed on to parents and continues to their children.”

Nearly 1 million children live at or below the poverty line in Florida — roughly defined as having an annual income of about $24,000 for a family of four. Research suggests that most families need about twice that amount simply to meet their basic needs. In just three counties in South Florida nearly 500,000 children live in low-income or impoverished homes (including an astonishing 48 percent of children in Miami-Dade County). According to the Urban Institute one in six newborns in our country is born poor.

Poverty is a big enough problem, but as Weatherford noted, the cycle of generational poverty is a deeper, more troubling problem. There are families in Florida that have never known life outside of poverty. It is within this deep dark hole of generational poverty that we see some of society’s biggest problems: teenage pregnancy, high school dropouts, dependency on drugs, unemployment and incarceration. And each of these problems comes with a hefty price tag. Florida spends over $2 billion a year just on prisons.

There is an effective and cost-efficient way to break the cycle of generational poverty.

The Gantt Report The good life

By Lucius Gantt Most African Americans would love to live “the good life”!

They want the good GANTT marriage, the good relationship, the good baby mama, the good baby daddy, the good children, the good house, the good car, the good business, the good job, the good health, the good education, the good church, the good school, the good retirement, the good vacation, the good hair style, the good clothes, the good mind, the good body and so on.

Well, God helps those that want the good life that help themselves get the good life!

You have to get the good life. You can’t just sit around, lie around or sleep around and have the good life just fall into your lap someday.

The good life comes easy for some folk. Some get lucky, some inherit the good life but most people have to work hard to get the life and lifestyle they want.

Before you work, you have to recognize what the good life is to you. The good life to one person may be the worst life for someone else.

In reality, as you change, what you consider is a good life for you also changes. The good life for a child, the good life for a teen, the good life for an adult and the good life for a senior citizen may be drastically different.

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‘Angry Black’ gunmen

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist Alison Parker, a rookie news reporter at WDJB, the Roanoke, Vir. CBS affiliate, had turned 24 just days before she was murdered MALVEAUX on August 26. Her work partner, cameraman Adam Ward, was about to move to Charlotte, N.C. because his fiancé, a producer at WDJB, had a new job. Both Parker and Ward were described in superlative terms by their bosses, she as a “star” who lit up the screen and had a limitless future, he as a capable and thorough cameraman, dedicated to his jobs. By now, most have still photographs or footage of them being murdered on camera as Parker was interviewing Vicki Gardner, who led the local chamber of commerce. She was shot in the back, and has survived.

These on-air murders are about as grisly as they come, and there can be no explanation, except insanity, to account for them. What was wrong with Bryce Williams, whose real name was Vester Flanagan? Why did he stalk and then kill two of his former colleagues? He’d sued his former employer for racial discrimination and had his claim rebuffed.

Still, he maintained a sense of outrage because he felt he was treated unfairly.

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Gun violence is not the same as a video game

By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Columnist

That’s the “soft-on-a”colored”-criminal gambit.

During the 1988 campaign, the elder Bush released an ad blaming Dukakis for the rape of a White woman committed by the convict Willie Hor- DANIELS ton, an African-American, while he was out of prison on a state-sponsored furlough program Dukakis had supported.

On Aug. 31, Trump posted a video implying that Jeb Bush’s past statements of compassion for undocumented immigrant families translated to support for allowing undocumented immigrant criminals to remain in the U.S.

I used to play video games. I would play various video games, including those involving warfare and shooting. I would take FLETCHER pride if I could get my score up. I was thrilled when I was not ambushed. I would walk away and think very little more about it. The one thing about them, however, is that no one got killed.

Particularly in the case of young men, we have grown up playing “war,” or enjoying video games. In each case, no one dies. If we are playing “war” and someone is “killed,” they may need to sit out the rest of the game, go home and then we see them again the following day. In other words, there is no way to appreciate the consequences of the bullet in the games that we play.

I have found myself thinking about this as reports of escalating gun violence between African Americans spreads across the media. Some people have used this in order to avoid discussing police lynchings of African Americans, as if Black-on-Black murder somehow should neutralize any discussion of police killings of Blacks.

But that is not the point of this column.

There is a finality to death that I have come to believe that most young people do not appreciate.

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

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

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

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

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

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Faith United Church of Christ 6201 NW 57 Street Tamarac, FL 33319 954-721-1232 uccfaith@bellsouth.net faithbroward.org "Historically the First Church in the City of Tamarac!”

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

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) Christian Growth & Orientation .................................. 8:30 a.m.

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St Paul United Methodist Church 244 S.E. Second Avenue Deerfield Beach, Florida 33341 (954) 427-9407 EMAIL EMAIL:: Stpaulmeth@bellsouth.net WEBSITE WEBSITE:: saintpauldeerfield.com

Rev. Dr. Jimmie L. Brown Senior Pastor

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Sunday School .................................................................................... 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship ................................................................................ 11 a.m.

Bible Study (Tuesday) ....................................................... 11 a.m. & 7.p.m.

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

Worship Service (Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday) ........................................................... 10 a.m.

F.A.I.T.H. Academy for Children (Spiritual Formation) K-12 ................................ 10 a.m.

TUESDAY F.A.I.T.H. Academy for Adults (Spiritual Formation) - Office Complex ...... 10:30 a.m.

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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.

WORSHIP SERVICES Wednesday (NOON DAY PRAYER) ............................................. 12 -1 p.m.

Wednesday (PRAYER MEETING & BIBLE STUDY) .................... 645 p.m.

Sunday Worship Service ................................................................. 10 a.m.

Fifth Sunday Worhip Service ............................................................ 8 a.m.

Obituaries James C. Boyd Funeral Home BRYANT Funeral services for the late Felix Bryant, III - 30 were held Sept.

5 at Mount Bethel Ministries with Pastor Grantis Poole officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

McWhite's Funeral Home BLACK Funeral services for the late Frederick D. Black, Jr. – 47 were held Sept. 5 at New Mount Olive Baptist Church with Rev. Wayne Lomax officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.

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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.

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

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

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BRISSETT Funeral services for the late Amelia Natia Brissett - 31 were held Sept. 5 at Jesus Experience Ministry with Pastor Damion Orlando Archat officiating.

GEFFRARD Funeral services for the late Marie Y. Geffrard - 65 were held Sept. 5 at Kingdom Hall with Br. Jeremy Hall officiating. Interment: Hollywood Memorial Gardens.

WHILBY Funeral services for the late Ethel Mae Whilby – 81 were held Sept.

5 at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church with Dr. James B. Darling, Jr. officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home WHITFIELD Funeral services for the late Janie Bell Hepburn Whitfield - 86 were held Sept.

5 at Salvation Army Worship Center with Rev. Lazarus Dawson officiating. Interment: Lauderdale Memorial Park.

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

Community Mom celebrates 100 fabulous year dies at 102 Community Mom, Willie C. Butler, known as “Mother Dear” was born Aug. 11, 1913.

With God’s Grace now she celebrates 100 years of life. She is the matriarch to five generations. Ms. Butler is an inspiration to her children, grands, great and great-great grandchildren.

Butler has been a resident in her community in Dillard homes for over 70 years. Children knew for having a neighborhood store house, selling snacks and freeze cups. Butler was born in Fort Gaines, Ga., and raised on a farm, her parents owned over 450 acres of land. Fort Gaines, is where she met her husband Charlie C. Butler. They were married and later moved to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Their union produced three children. Charlie (Peter) Butler, Cora Tynes and Eddie Butler.

After sharing so many happy years with her husband, unfornunately in 1984 Willie B. Butler lost her husband and best friends to lung cancer.

Butler’s hobby besides cooking, was fishing, Sun-Sentinel was called out to do a report several years ago because she caught what some may call a walking cat fish. She still remembers that and also has the clipping to show.

Butler celebrated her 100th Birthday with family and friends. It was a very special day to remember. Over two hundred people attended.

KIDS TALK ABOUT GOD

Why is God full of truthfulness?

By Carey Kinsolving and friends “God is full of truthfulness because He reads the Bible a lot,” says Angela, 8.

King David wrote in the Psalms that the Lord has magnified his Word above his own name. Who’s to say the Lord doesn’t read it as well?

Corrin has a little different perspective: “God is the writer of the Bible, which is a true book.”

Erin, 6, has the authoritative word: “I know God is truthful because that is what Mom read right out of the Bible.”

After Jesus fasted for 40 days, Satan tempted him three times. In every temptation, Jesus said, “It is written,” as he quoted the Bible.

Of course, the devil quoted the Bible as well, but he distorts it for his own purpose. Just because people quote the Bible doesn’t mean they’re telling the truth.

“God is so full of truth that if we were as full of air as He is full of truth, we’d pop!” says Kaci, 9.

The Apostle John saw fullness, truth and the Word in Jesus Christ. “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).

Mark Twain once wrote, “It was ever thus, all through my life: whenever I have diverged from the custom and principle and uttered a truth, the rule has been that the hearer hadn’t strength of mind enough to believe it.”

Jesus often felt the same way. He departed from the religious customs of his day and met resistance. He said some people had ears that didn’t hear and eyes that didn’t see.

“God is full of truthfulness because if we had no God, then we would have no truth,” says Madeline, 10. “If you get to know God, then you would be full of truth.”

In our world where truth is supposedly relative, Madeline has made an emphatic statement similar to what author Norman Geisler makes when he debates atheists. He usually begins by asking, “How would you know that the Holocaust is ultimately wrong unless you knew what was ultimately right?”

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Fort Lauderdale, FL - E KAABO O! Meaning: “you are welcome� in my native Yoruba Language of Nigeria, West Africa.

Prince Emmanuel Abiodun Aderele (Prince Aderele) was born and raised in Nigeria, West Africa and is one of six siblings. Creativity, art, nature, life, sacred music, dance and drumming are just a few of the things I am passionate about. As a self-educated artist, I decided to call my artwork Yoruba Sacred Arts which involves the ‘Encoding of Sacred Symbols’ that illustrates Sacred Historical events, stories and folktale of the Yoruba people.

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Aderele shared that his role as a prince is to be a keeper of the culture.

He says that he started learning his role as a toddler. Aderele, says “It is not something that is taught but is simply living. It is being immersed in life�.

Aderele recently showcased his visual arts at the African Wardrobe Festival held at AARLC in late August. All of his work is bordered on the outside of each painting with these scared symbols. The symbols are a signature, this is the way to identify Aderele’s work. His work of art titled “Osun�, is representative of his work in sacred symbols and a tribute to women. This piece celebrates his heritage with the symbols intricately adorned in her clothing. He says Osun represents the strength of women as she endures her day-to-day struggles while still being beautiful.

Symbol: Krapa [ Krah-Pah ] Translation: Pure Heart Adinkra symbols are traditional drawings and icons, originally created by The Akan of Ghana and The Gyaman of Cote d’Ivoire in West Africa. The symbols are a representation of distinct philosophies, proverbs, beliefs and history.

The symbols in conjunction with the bright colors are appropriately represented from his homeland and in his style of use in vibrancy. The worked titled “The Elders is shown bottom left is a blending of wise faces looking at the viewer. Aderele says that it is important to pay homage to the ancestors and the elders. The are our protectors and our guides.

An accomplished Visual Artist, Master Percussionist, Sacred Yoruba Choreographer/Dancer and Arts Educator is International Artist in Residence with the Osun’s Village & African Caribbean Cultural Arts Corridor.

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Adinkra symbols are used to communicate evocative messages that represent wisdom, norms, culture and life in society.

Prince Aderele has extended his work as an artist by working as a teaching artist. His commitment to reach children through the arts has allowed him to work with well over a thousand students, in South Florida, nationally and internationally. My goal is to capture viewer’s interest; and to submerge myself in the aesthetic of each commissioned piece to ensure the comprehensive idea comes to fruition.

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The Florida Arts License Plate Program was created by the Legislature in 1994. Funds collected through the sale of these specialty plates are distributed to the counties where the plates are sold and are used to support arts organizations, programs, and activities within that county.

ART on AIDS & HIV South Florida has Highest AIDS Rates in USA. Artist of all ages have a message to share in helping this epidemic that is affecting our community.

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3 3:00 pm Cannonball Jazz Series will be held in conjunction with the Dillard Center for the arts a and the amazing students who are under the direction of band leader, Christopher Dorsey.

6 6:30 pm Every 4th Tuesday of the month musicians, singers, poets, and performers take the stage at ArtServe for Open Mic Tuesdays. Sign up or come out and enjoy some awesome talent. Hosted a

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Why is President Obama allowing Shell Oil to drill in the Arctic Ocean?

By Audrey Peterman In an impassioned article last week, I pointed out that President Obama’s devastating decision allowing Shell to drill in the Arctic Ocean runs so far counter to his environmental policy that it is important for us to know what’s behind it. Within a day I found some answers that are so chilling I’ve been striving to put the subject completely out of my mind.

But what is a citizen in a democracy if not one who will participate in the civic and political life to create the ideal s/he sees?

As someone who knows from traveling the National Parks how much blood, sweat and tears has been invested in the development of our country to get us here, I owe my 13-month old grandson the courage to take action.

Having served multiple terms on the boards of national non-profits dedicated to the public lands system, I understand the role of advisory and advocacy groups in crafting national policy. It’s exhilarating when something we’ve been working on for years finally gets to the point where it can be announced by a president as a pleasant surprise for the public.

As a citizen and an advocate, I presume a president has the final say and in the case of President Obama, the “final

say” to environmental nightmares such as the Keystone pipeline has been an emphatic “no.”

Even so, it came as a great shock to me to read the headline, “There’s more to Obama’s Arctic trip than just hypocrisy: Critics of the president’s Alaska visit should examine the National Petroleum Council’s role in pushing drilling“... Although such criticism has a point, it misses the force behind the decision to approve Arctic drilling to begin with: the National Petroleum Council (NPC) Obama’s administration oversees.

“In October 2013, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz requested that the NPC do a study on the potential for Arctic drilling. A year and half later the NPC’s Artic drilling study committee – chaired by ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson – not only published a pro-drilling report titled, ‘Arctic Potential: Realizing the Promise of U.S. Arctic Oil and Gas Resources,’ but also created an entire website and social media campaign around its release.

“Created in 1946 as the successor to the Petroleum Industry War Council, the NPC is an advisory committee to the Secretary of Energy consisting mostly of executives and CEOs of some of the biggest oil and gas companies on the planet. A case in

point: its president is Charles D. Davidson, CEO of Noble Energy, and its vice president is the aforementioned Tillerson.

As the ‘advisory’ badge makes clear, NPC advises and influences U.S. and more broadly, global energy policy.”

Say what? I didn’t know about the NPC, though I consider myself an informed citizen. I cannot blame the group for the President’s decision, but I do find it very chilling that a group of people who’ve have an overwhelming vested interest in the exploitation of our commonly held resources have so much power in a decision that could destabilize our planet.

Even more harrowing are multiple reports I found showing the geopolitical climate of aggression that is heating up the Arctic. The most cogent piece I found was in Al Jazeera titled: Russia in pole position as US falls behind in race for Arctic resources “When President Barack Obama on Wednesday (9/3/ 2025) becomes the first sitting U.S. president to set foot above the Arctic Circle, he will enter a vast territory undergoing a historic and rapid transformation. Climate change, resource competition and renewed Russian military interest threaten to turn a place marked by cooperation in the decades since the Cold War into a zone of contention.

“As the sea ice recedes, Arctic waters, including the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, are becoming more navigable than at any time in the known past. Yet in the race to stake claims in this newly accessible region, Russia is far ahead of the rest. “…. the Arctic is beginning to become militarized, and there is no forum or place to discuss security-related issues and to promote greater transparency and confidence,” said a report, ‘The New Ice Curtain,’ released in August by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. (Cont'd on Page 10)

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Aunt Jemima found after nearly 100 years Post-Katrina’s illusion of a recovery Far from the elaborate crypts at Chicago’s prominent Oak Woods Cemetery, the original Aunt Jemima lies in an unmarked grave in an area that’s more fit for the forgotten

By Erick Johnson, Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Crusader

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Her name was Nancy Green.

Away from the elaborate tombs and ornate grave markers bearing the prominent names of national celebrities, Chicago’s upper class and Black elite, she has been buried for nearly 100 years somewhere in Oak Woods Cemetery in Woodlawn.

But for decades, no one knew where her grave was located.

She never had a marker or headstone. She was born a slave, but rose to become a fascinating American success story. During her illustrious life, she was the original Aunt Jemima, whose face was on the label of millions of syrup bottles in American kitchens and supermarkets.

In life, Green had fame and fortune. But in death, she lies in obscurity. While the exquisite crypts and graves of Chicago’s first Black mayor Harold Washington; Ebony magazine publisher John H. Johnson;

Nancy Green would inspire an original image of Aunt Jemima on Pancake mix products.

Over the years, Aunt Jemima’s face has been altered to reflect changing attitudes toward Black stereotypes. and Olympian Jesse Owens attract thousands of visitors, Green would remain six feet under for decades in an area more fitting for the forgotten.

Amid the remains of politicians, business moguls, sports legends, and journalists, lie a woman whose legacy may suffer from a career portraying a “mammy” archetype that many today view as demeaning to Black women.

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By James Clingman, NNPA Columnist Katrina does not need the word “Hurricane” as a descriptor; we are on a first name basis with her.

Thousands died as a result of that storm, and others were abandoned, left to fend for themselves in unbearable heat, polluted waters, and filthy municipal facilities. Hundreds of thousands, called Clingman “refugees,” were relocated (or “dislocated”) in what could certainly be called Third World refugee camps. And many more were sent to what Barbara Bush thought was a pretty nice place, the Houston Astrodome. “… This (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them.”

Ten years later, our President goes back to New Orleans again after his five-year anniversary visit in 2010, to declare that he was “inspired” by the resilience of the people of New Orleans, and he lauded the progress made in rebuilding houses. While President Obama admitted there is more work to do and cited the inequities that existed long before Katrina came to town, some residents were more open about their dissatisfaction.

An Associated Press article by Darlene Superville and Nancy Benac observed, “Colette Pichon Battle, executive director of Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, cautioned against slapping too happy a face on New Orleans, saying ‘rebuilding since the storm favors privileged private enterprise and this illusion of recovery is not progress.’

“City residents, too, spoke of uneven recovery. ‘I think we have a long way to go,’ said Lisa Ross, 52, an appraiser. She said areas frequented by tourists have recovered tremendously but many neighborhoods have struggled.” Based on that quote, it looks like money from tourism is more important than people. But, we knew that, didn’t we?

Former President George W. Bush also returned to the scene of the crime to laud what he described as progress in the New Orleans’ education system since Katrina. Juxtaposed against his famous commendation to the head of FEMA in 2005, “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job,” his words in 2015 rang hollow.

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Westside Gazette 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project extends its reach at-risk minority boys in Duval County The nationally recognized 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project extends its reach to now include at-risk minority boys in Duval County Public Schools.

Duval County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti joined Duval County School Board Member Dr. Constance Hall (District 5) to announce the initiation of the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project beginning this school year in 10 Duval middle and high schools with a goal of securing at least 50 positive adult role models for each school. Young men in grades 6 through 12 will participate in various cultural and educational experiences such as visits to college campuses, etiquette workshops, and job and career building trainings. Students will also serve as ambassadors for the program and the school district through-out the City of Jacksonville.

The 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project aims to intervene in the lives of at-risk minority male youth in an effort to provide them with positive role models and experiences that will empower them to make good choices and encourage healthy living, responsibility, respect, and achievement. Expected outcomes include improved academic performance, reduced truancy, fewer referrals and suspensions, and increased pathways to success through mentoring and diverse experiences.

“I am extremely pleased about the growth of the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project and excited that the 5000 Role Models will become a part of the curriculum at Duval County Public Schools.

In 1992, when I founded the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project, I wanted to give hope, encouragement and the will to succeed to boys and young men of color who were at risk of dropping out of school. A quart-

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Paul Wilson, director of the 5000 Role Models (Congresswoman Wilson’s son) and Duval County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti at the school board’s meeting after Mr. Wilson’s address to the board on Sept. 2, 2015. er of a century later, the 5000 Role Models has given out more than ten million dollars in scholarships and has been transformative in the lives of thousands of young boys who might not otherwise have had an opportunity to attend college,” said Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson.

The new director of the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project, Mr. Paul Wilson, will traveled to Jacksonville on Sept. 1, to participate in a press conference and school board meeting announcing the rollout of the project. Duval County Public Schools joins Pinellas County Public Schools, which currently has 20 chapters serving over 500 students in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the program’s expansion.

The 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project has been an intricate part of the lives of atrisk youth in our community

for nearly a quarter century.

The Role Models success in impacting the lives of the myriad of students in 101 mentoring programs across the county is not possible without the unwavering support of the MiamiDade County School Board and school district.

“Without their support, I wholeheartedly believe that this expansion would not be possible,” said Congresswoman Wilson.

The in-school dropout prevention/mentoring program for boys ages 9-19, was founded by Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson, a quarter center ago, when the Congresswoman served on The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida.

The program’s goal is to provide young boys with a carefully chartered path to manhood by pairing them with adult mentors whose legitimate success can inspire them to successes of their own.

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Black youth get summer jobs boost

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – Black youth experienced bigger employment gains over the summer than White and Hispanic youth, according to analyses by Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank focused on low- and middle-income workers.

Wilson, the director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy at EPI, studied the seasonally unadjusted jobs numbers from June, July and August and discovered that Black youth (16-19 years-old) showed the largest gains among young people in employmentto-population ratio (EPOP), the share of the population that is employed, and the labor force participation rate, the measure of workers that either have jobs

or that are still looking for one, compared to last summer.

In a blog post on summer youth employment for EPI’s website, Wilson wrote that, “Summer employment was up 2.5 percentage points for Black teens, compared to a 1.5 percentage point increase for Hispanic youth and a 1.2 percentage point increase for White teens.”

Wilson said that the summer youth employment numbers are higher in general because the economy is doing better, but Black and Latino youth might have been more motivated to look for jobs by tough financial conditions at home.

“African American and Latino families were the hardest hit during the recession and had less wealth to fall back on,” said Wilson. “African American and Latino youth may have more of an incentive to get into

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the labor market and to find jobs so that they can contribute to their families.”

The summer labor force participation rates for Black and Latino youth bottomed out around 2010, Wilson said and have been increasing throughout the recovery. The summer labor force participation rate for white youth, however, flattened over the same period of time. In 2010, the summer participation rate for white youth was 43.8 percent. By 2015 that rate had fallen to 42 percent. For Black youth, the summer labor force participation rate was 29 percent in 2010 and increased to 33 percent in 2015.

Even though the Black unemployment rate increased

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from 9.1 percent in July to 9.5 percent in August, the labor force participation rate also edged up from 61.5 percent in July to 61.7 percent in August signaling that more Blacks were optimistic about finding work last month.

In recent weeks, growth on the U.S. and Chinese stock markets has sputtered as some investors speculate that the Federal Reserve may begin to raise interest rates later this month in attempt to guard against inflation.

Wilson said that the Federal Reserve has a dual mandate.

“On one hand they are charged with keeping unemployment low and on the other hand the [Federal Reserve] is tasked with keeping inflation low,” said Wilson, adding that the interest rate on borrowing money is used to balance those two economic indicators.

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Senator Chris Smith files for Broward County Commission District 9 (Cont'd from FP) “Senator Smith knows how to get things done,” said Commissioner Bates. “He’s determined to build on the success he’s achieved in Tallahassee for our community, and to take Broward to the next level.”

“As a state lawmaker, Chris Smith has worked tirelessly for Broward County,” said Haynes.

“He knows what we need, and he knows how to deliver. With the opportunity to elect him to the county commission, Broward’s future has never looked brighter.”

Residents can learn more about Senator Smith’s new campaign and his ambitious plans for Broward County by visiting his website: www.ChrisSmithforBroward.com

“You lie”! Shouted U. S. Representative Joe Wilson at a comment made by President Obama from the floor of Congress.

“I will shove this F*&%ing ball down your F*&%ing throat”, is what appeared to have been said by an upset Serena Williams over an obvious bad call to a Ball Judge at the U. S. Open Semi Finials. “I’m sorry, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time,” a disgruntled Kanye West told the audience at the MTV VMA awards as he snatched the microphone from singer Taylor Swift.

These are only a few of the noted comments of the frustrations that are bellowing from the mouths of those that are in the spotlight everyday and should, one would think, know better.

People are showing up at Health Care rallies with guns and assault rifles. The Republican Right is so wrong that it is about to cause an implosion in this country.

While the Democrats are being so politically correct they are allowing the incorrectness of others to dictate the heated atmosphere of this country.

Floods, diseases, political mutiny and lack of respect, family turmoil added with Church dysfunction; all point to a world in chaos.

While one might disagree, the obivious is for certain; we are doomed if we don’t find a way to respect one another.

How long will the enemy mock you, O God? Will the foe revile your name forever?

Psalm 74:10 Even though the vile outbursts, needed or not, show people spewing pent up irritations at those of differing hues.

Are they coincidences or are they indications of what we are about to witness on the many stages of life.

Weapons by the hundreds are being brought to every level of our schools and our students are being killed in our schools as well as continually on our streets.

Who has the remedy? Who is willing to take a stand for what is right or better yet, do we know what is right?

What we once considered unacceptable has now become tolerable and we are quick to defend that which is inadequate for an amenable way of life. It’s as if we are giving up and allowing the sick people to run the asylums.

There is only so much a people can withstand, tolerate or stomach, before something regurgitates, backs up or blows up.

The ‘finger in the dike’ won’t solve the problem; pointing fingers will not either; there must be concerted actions of ALL those concern that we don’t pull this country further apart.

I pray that what appears to be a stronghold for the wicked is only a mirage and a figment of my imagination coupled with my nothingness compared to the indeterminate KNOWLEDGE of GOD. “How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? Selah Psalm 82:2(NIV) It is not for us to know; we must have FAITH supported by good works of an equal action!

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJ) THERE IS AN APPOINTED TIME FOR EVERYTHING. AND THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERY EVENT UNDER HEAVEN — Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NASB)

Feds launch pilot college program for prisoners

Why is President Obama allowing Shell Oil to drill?

(Cont'd'd from Page 7) “In a sign of how far behind the U.S. has fallen in the push to exploit an Arctic now less encumbered by ice sheets, Obama — who is visiting Alaska — on Tuesday announced a plan to speed up by two years the building of new icebreaking ships that can help access and navigate routes for sea traffic and resource exploration. Russia has 41 icebreakers. The U.S. fleet contains two, and they are outdated. “ Whew!! I could be my own fault that I knew only vaguely of this issue and had no idea that so much is in play. I erred last week in saying we worked 20 years to keep drilling out of the Arctic, as it was specifically the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that we fought the Bush administration tooth and nail to prevent drilling. Drilling has been going on in the Arctic for a long time, except that now we know the true cost as an accelerant of climate change.

I don’t know what’s to blame that these vital issues are not front and center in American discourse. But it does strike me that as a society we are tilting at windmills while ignoring the real monsters in our midst.

(Audrey Peterman is an environmentalist and writer living in Fort Lauderdale.

Audrey@legacyontheland.com).

Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks with a participant in the Goucher College Prison Education Partnership at the Maryland Correctional Institution.

(Flickr/Department of Education/CC BY 2.0) (Cont'd from FP) “I’m extremely hopeful about the action we’re taking, and I expect it will transform people’s lives,” Duncan said. “I think it will save taxpayers a hell of a lot of money in the long term, it will reduce recidivism…we have big dreams here.”

Most prisons offer some educational options, which they fully fund. College courses, however, are only available through correspondence or partnerships with universities, and come at a cost to the incarcerated students and their families.

But those on the ground say funding is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to educating the nation’s roughly 1.5 million adults in state and federal prisons.

Blacks made up 37 percent of the males incarcerated in state and federal institutions; at 22 percent, Black females trailed White women (49 percent), but are incarcerated at twice the rate of White women, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics at the Justice Department.

“[Prison education] can become a very political issue. It’s definitely an issue of equity, but often once you bring in the criminal justice aspect of it, a lot of people start to say, well, do inmates deserve this? The equity question gets lost,” said Heppard, who is tenured at Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey.

During the meeting with Duncan and in interviews with the NNPA News Service, educators repeatedly mentioned that skepticism, in both corrections and academia, were a major challenge. “[My students] are working, they’re going to school, they’re learning a trade, they’re doing a lot of work on themselves.

They’re in counseling, anger management, and in all kinds of opportunities made available to them,” Heppard explained.

“The students taking college courses are the best of the best, they’re the people who are working the hardest on themselves, and really thinking about reforming.”

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Sept. 23-27.

Get tangled up in Disney’s 50th animated feature with Rapunzel and Flynn and enter the worlds of your other favorite Disney princesses –Tiana, Cinderella, Jasmine, Ariel, Aurora, Belle, Mulan and of course, the one who started it all, Snow White. Ahoy, Mateys! Set sail with Peter Pan, the al-ways sassy Tinker Bell and the cantankerous Captain Hook

and his pirate pals on an adventure beyond Never Land!

Trek the wilds of Africa with Simba, Nala, Pumbaa and Timon as they discover the true meaning of the ‘Circle of Life.’

Tick-Tock! Tick-Tock! Don’t be late to a very important date with Alice and the Mad Hatter as they march with the Queen of Hearts’ Army of Cards. Set a playdate with Woody and Buzz Lightyear because the toys are back in town. Relive magical moments in this ultimate Disney animation celebration coming to South Florida!

Show Times: BB&T Center Thursday, Sept. 17 - 7 p.m,.

Fri. Sept. 18 - 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m,; Saturday, Sept. 19 - 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 20 - 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

AmericanAirlines Arena Wed. Sept. 23, Thursday, Sept. 24, Friday, Sept. 25 - 7 pm, Saturday, Sept. 26 - 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 27 - 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

To discover more about Disney On Ice presented by Stonyfield YoKids Organic Yogurt, go to DisneyOnIce.com, or visit us on Facebook and YouTube.

and appeared to verify that the skimmer was installed correctly.

The second suspect is a white male, possibly in his 20s. He had short hair, a short beard and wore a baseball cap, sunglasses and a blue T-shirt.

Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Glenn Gainey

at (954) 435-2200 ext. 272 or report anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers of Broward County at (954) 493-TIPS (8477) or online a t www.browardcrimestoppers.org.

Crime Stoppers will pay up to $3,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

DISNEY ON ICE Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck and Discover endless riches when an extraordinary lineup of stories from the Disney animated film vault comes to life right in your hometown in Disney On Ice presents Treasure Trove presented by Stonyfield YoKids Organic Yogurt!

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Skimmer Crooks Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives are searching for two unidentified men photo-graphed last week by security cameras at a Bank of America in Cooper City attaching a card skimmer to a walk-up ATM. At approximately 6:45 p.m. on Sept. 1, surveillance photographs from the bank, located at 5504 S. Flamingo Road in Cooper City, show one suspect placing the device. The man appears to be a white male in his 20s with short hair and no facial hair. He wore a blue baseball cap with no logos, dark sunglasses and a dark colored T-shirt.

The second man stood nearby while the skimmer was installed. He then approached

RECOGNIZING OUR GLORIOUS BLACK HISTORY

Barack Obama, first African American President Barack Hussein Obama II (August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as the junior United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University Of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Obama served three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he ran for United States Senate in 2004. Several events brought him to national attention during the campaign, including his victory in the March 2004 Demo-cratic primary election for the United States Senator from Illinois and his primetime televised key-note address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in November 2004. Obama’s presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presi-dential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party’s nomination. In the 2008 general election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Obama is also the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

"What the (small boy) needs to know is there are men in this world who are like him, Black men, African American men, who read and write and find the whole process of academics something valuable ... The epidemic of academic failure in the African American male population is not going to stop unless we, African American men, begin to do the job that we can do."

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Five things vs. TB

By D’Joumbarey A. Moreau The Miami Dolphins preseason game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signifies one thing, that it’s only one more week until the Dolphins regular season will kick off. On Sept.

13th against the Washington Redskins, the Dolphins will be put to the test of the NFL regular season. Fans are excited because they understand how successful this season can become. For now though we’ll still have to wait. The game against Tampa Bay was the Dolphins' last dress rehearsal before the games get serious.

There’s so much excitement surrounding the Dolphins and the hype around this team is real.

We got to see a few glimpses of greatness from the second string players including Will Davis and Jay Ajayi.

Here are five things that we learned from watching the Dolphins play against the Buccaneers.

1. Famous Jameis Winston Gets Love in Miami It’s odd. Normally when people come to South Florida to play against the Miami Dolphins they don’t get that much love. Outside of the many players that hail from South Florida, like Antonio Brown, Teddy Bridgewater, T.Y. Hilton and Geno Smith, it’s odd to see someone get respect here in Miami.

One of the players here in South Florida that gets much love is none other than Jameis Winston. There were plenty of Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans dressed up in his jersey. The former Florida State quarterback has gained many fans not only from Tallahassee but also here in South Florida. It’s might seem a bit odd, but his southern roots (Winston’s from Alabama) have actually given him a big following in Miami. There were many disappointed fans all over Sun Life that he wasn’t suited up and dressed to play. Fans might be disappointed now, but soon enough the front-runner for the NFL’s rookie of the Year will be playing in his first NFL in less than a week, so there

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was no reason to get him injured in a meaningless preseason game.

2. Will Davis Isn’t Going Moreau Anywhere One of the maligned players from Jeff Ireland’s regime, Will Davis might still be suiting up as the starting cornerback on opening day for the Dolphins before it’s all said and done.

According to local reports, Davis was being shopped around for more talent. However, Davis showed some instincts that the Dolphins will need in their secondary when he picked off Mike Glennon twice. One of the interceptions was a beauty as he baited Glennon into throwing in before jumping the route in the end zone.

This season the Dolphins also drafted two rookies, Bobby McCain, and Tony Lippett, in order to help their secondary. It meant that his chance to make the team were much more slim.

However, coming off a knee injury and showing out really well against Tampa Bay increased his chances to get the starting position.

3. The Dolphins Second Team Was Sloppy Now a lot of the reason why this team is being hailed as a playoff team and a Super Bowl contender is because of the overall strength that’s on the roster. The Dolphins have starters two-deep at most positions and the overall team depth is greater than last season. However, when the Dolphins played against the Buccaneers the second string didn’t look nearly as strong as many people thought they would.

For example, wide receiver Christion Jones had a kickoff return for a touchdown that was called back because of an illegal block in the back. In addition, the Dolphins also gave up a safety because of a bad snap in the end zone. When Joe Philbin and his coaching staff made their final evaluations for the 53 man roster, they saw a lot of players who missed assignments and missed blocks. That’s something that needs to get cleaned up entering the regular season.

4. Jay Ajayi Made His Case Jay Ajayi was never on the chopping block, but his playing time was under question because of the depth at running back that the Dolphins have.

Ajayi was expected to back up Lamar Miller, Damien Williams and LaMichael James since he started off slow production wise due to battling nagging injuries.

The good finale in the preseason against the Buccaneers gave the Dolphins coaching staff much optimism though.

With his limited carries, Ajayi made the most of his time and had a productive game. Ajayi finished with 9 carries on 66 yards and a 7.3 yards per carry average.

Another punch at running back gives the Dolphins yet another weapon out of the backfield that can be utilized on offense. Ajayi still might not get much playing time in the regular season, once again because of injuries, but when he comes back healthy and if he can manage to stay healthy he could give the Dolphins a solid trio at running back.

5. Is DeVante Parker Healthy?

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only played in the finale against Tampa Bay because he was recovering from foot surgery.

However, the rookie made a catch before the game was over.

After missing an entire offseason full of practices, it was good seeing Parker on the field

www.thewestsidegazette.com able enough to run routes and make blocks. As long as he stays healthy we should expect to see him on opening day against the Washington Redskins. If there’s one thing we can learn from Parker’s game it’s that he’s going to help Ryan Tannehill blossom into one of the better quarterbacks in the NFL.

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Historic service organization inducts nine community leaders The Fort Lauderdale (FL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated inducted nine prominent community leaders into the prestigious organization on May 30, 2015. The new members bring with them exceptional experiences and talents that will allow the Fort Lauderdale Chapter to provide extended services within Broward County. The new members are Mary Jenell Blake, Donise Brown, Jaronica Byner, Yvokia Davidson, Janice Hayes, Sylvia Jones, Mia Merritt, Venessa Walker and Cassandra Wiggins.

Prior to becoming official Link members, these professional women worked as a team to render an impactful community service project to the children currently in foster care and residing at the SOS Children’s Village-Florida. Their primary goal was to engage the children in activities, workshops and physical exercise with a focus on life skills, health and nutrition. Wish list items were donated to the children by the members.

The Induction Luncheon Ceremony, held at the Signature Grand in Davie, Fla., was attended by an extensive guest list of family and friends, as well as church affiliates and community leaders. Special guests in attendance included the Southern Area Director of The Links, Incorporated, Anne Herriott, and members of the North Broward County, Greater Miami and Miami-Biscayne Chapters of The Links, Incorporated.

Damita Salters, president of the Fort Lauderdale Chapter, stated, “Our members are lifelong friends and our efforts and contributions are strategically planned to make a significant difference in the greater Broward County community.”

The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership con-sists of over 14,000 professional women of color in over 281

Ethel Fleming Pusey, dies at 93

PUSEY Ethel Fleming Pusey, a resident of Fort Lauderdale for over 70 years, passed quietly on August 20, 2015, at the age of 93.

She was the first born to Abraham and Mildred Fleming in Archer, Florida. Two other girls Anne and Daisy were born to the family.

Pusey attended Dillard High School and after moving to Chicago, Ill., she earned a AA Degree in practical nursing and certification from the Pope Culinary School. She spent many years working at both professions.

She was a faithful member of Mount Hermon A.M.E. Church. As a young girl she played the piano for Sunday School and the junior choir. As an adult, she served on the usher board and was an active member of the Francis Ferguson Board. She was involved in civic programs, library volunteer and nursing visitor.

Pusey leaves a devoted husband, Valbert Pusey, and her stepchildren, Fermeth, Melanie, Wilfred Pusey and Gaynett McLaughlin. She also leaves behind two sisters, Anne Naves and Daisy Williams.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 12 at Mount Hermon A.M.E Church at 11 a.m. Her many relatives and friends will miss her love, compassion and generosity.

chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of AfricanAmericans and other persons of African ancestry. www.linksinc.org.

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N.C. court to decide the fate of Voting Rights for Blacks Jose Mujica, Uruguay’s humble ex-president, offers to

Rev. William Barber II, the president of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP speaks during the America’s Journey for Justice at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Freddie Allen/NNPA News Wire)

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – Two pivotal court cases in North Carolina will de-

termine the balance of political power in the state for years to come, and may signal the future of voting rights nationwide, according to civil rights and voting rights advocates working in the state.

In the wake of the United States Supreme Court decision in Shelby County vs. Holder that gutted Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, North Carolina state legislators passed H.B. 589, which shortened early voting by a week, eliminated same day registration during the early voting period, prohibited voters from casting out-of-precinct provisional ballots, expanded the ability to chal-lenge voters at the polls, re-moved the pre-registration program for 16 and 17 yearsolds and implemented a strict

photo ID requirement. Lawmakers eased the photo ID requirement leading up to the N.C. NAACP vs. McCrory court case.

In that case, lawyers for the plaintiffs argued that H.B. 589 discriminates against Black and other minority voters.

Denise Lieberman, a senior attorney with the Advancement Project, a multiracial civil rights group, called the N.C. voting law “the most onerous voting law in the country” and said that it combines nearly every conceivable voter suppression tactic to attack voting at every step of the process. “[H.B. 589] makes it harder to register to vote, harder to cast a ballot, and harder to have that ballot counted,” said Lieberman.

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house 100 Syrian refugee children

While an outpouring of aid has been offered by many nations to address the Syrian crisis, a humble salute goes to Uruguay’s ex-president, who has opened his home to 100 children orphaned by the Syrian civil war.

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By Amanda Froelich True Activist, News Report Since the Syrian conflict began in 2011, over 2 million Sy-

rians have been displaced from their homes and forced to migrate to other areas. Most refugees fled to Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon. Others flocked to

cities like Germany and Hungary, hoping to find a safe haven and a new lease on life.

In response to the Syrian crisis, an outpouring of aid has been offered by many nations.

Germany, for example, offered so much aid to migrating Syrians, the police became “overwhelmed” and asked them to kindly desist. And when Iceland’s government capped its Syrian refugee number at 50, over 10,000 Icelanders opened up their homes to help those in crisis.

Now, the world’s “poorest expresident” – though the richest in spirit and humility – has opened up his home in Uruguay to one hundred children orphaned by the Syrian civil war. *Note: Jose Mujica is now Uruguay’s ex-president, as his term ended in March 2015. He was, however, already involved in offering assistance to Syrian refugees last year (October 2014), and continues to play a major role in softening the crisis.

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Wednesday, October 7th

2 to 4 PM (Networking will immediately follow) Broward County Governmental Center, Rm 422 115 S. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

FY16 Capital Projects and Contracting Opportunities Business owners and entrepreneurs, you’re invited to get information on current and upcoming Broward County Government projects. Come and learn about potential work for your business. Featured guest speakers representing various County agencies will discuss opportunities in the following specialty trades:

• Commodities • Construction

• Contract Services • Engineering

Pre-registration is strongly recommended. For more information, visit Broward.org/EconDev or call 954-357-6400.

You are cordially invited to attend our Seventh Annual “Men & Women In Religion/ Community” Banquet” The Charmettes, Inc., of Broward County extend sincere thanks and special recognition to the following “Men & Women In Religion/ Community” who graciously work and help make a difference in the church and community. These Unsung Heroes generous acts of kindness will be Celebrated on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015; seating at 2:30 p.m. The Signature Grand, 6900 St. Rd. 84, Davie, Fla. Luncheon/donation: $65.00. Please RSVP: (954) 581-6185 or (954) 6752158 on or before Thursday, Sept. 24. Top row l to r: Shirlene Chester, Devarn Flowers, Henry McNair, Stephen Dukes, Deborah Mizell, Hon. Robert McKenzie, Janice Carter, Bettye McDonald-Member, Doris Love, Willie Dudley. Bottom row to r: Kathleen McNair, Ann Lee-Event Chair, Bennie Edwards, Dr. Bennie Moultry, Miriam Merritt, Pearl Copeland, Dr. Dorothy Orr, Gwen Dudley Not Shown: Mary Hall, Barbara Lumpkins, Annie Pearl Parrish, Pastor Jimmy Witherspoon, Michael Shorter. Proceeds from this event will benefit Cancer Research and Scholarship.