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Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park awaits Governor’s signature

By Audrey Peterman A historic wrong will be righted July 1, 2016 if Gov. Rick Scott signs the bill on his desk, renaming John U. Lloyd State Park in Dania Beach the Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park. Sponsored by Sen. Chris Smith of Fort Lauderdale and Rep. Evan Jenne of Dania, the bill passed unanimously out of the Florida House and Senate.

The renaming will “flip the script,” positioning African Americans who led the fight to get access for Blacks to Fort Lauderdale’s beaches at the center of the story, instead of the Broward County attorney who led the opposition.

“I thought it was so important that we honor our history by naming this state park after those who gave their blood, sweat and tears so we could have access to nature,” said Sen. Smith.

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A day at the beach, 50 years ago.

A crack in the foundation can cause the whole house to crumble When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.

— Proverbs 10:25 (NASB)

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. Recent trials may leave you shaken and might even have you questioning where or what do you put your faith in. It may appear that you are unprotected and left out in the perils of danger all alone.

But, what appears ain’t necessarily what it is.

You may have come out of the conflict scared and battered - but you came out and if you were to take a close evaluation of the entire situation, you would find the true essence of the conflict.

There is nothing written in the Word that says you will never experience trials, troubles or tribulations. Nothing that says people won’t lie, defame or slander your good name. There is no guarantee that you will not experience sickness or misfortunes. In Proverbs 12:13 we read that the righteous person “shall come out of trouble”. You will not be exempt from complexities or trying predicaments but with God, even what looks like insurmountable odds, you can come out victorious. You will not be defeated by that which has been meant for your failure; He will turn it around.

What’s for you is for you and can’t nothing stop that; it might be hindered, but that, too shall pass.

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Islamic State claims Brussels attacks that kill at least 30

In Cuba, Obama says time to bury ‘last remnants’ of Cold War in Americas Congress to lift the economic embargo on Cuba, calling it an “outdated burden on the Cuban people”.

The embargo is loathed on the island. During a joint appearance with President Obama on Monday, Castro called it “the most important obstacle” to Cuba’s economic growth.

President Obama’s last day in Cuba was shadowed by the horrific attacks in Brussels, where scores of people were killed in explosions at the airport and a metro station. The President opened his remarks by vowing to do “whatever is necessary” to support Belgium.

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U.S. airports on edge after deadly Belgium bombings In this photo provided by Georgian Public Broadcaster and photographed by Ketevan Kardava two women wounded in Brussels Airport in Brussels, Belgium, after explosions were heard Tuesday, March 22, 2016.

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By Philip Blenkinsop and Francesco Guarascio U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso in the historic Habana Vieja, or Old Havana, neighborhood March 22, 2016 in Havana, Cuba.

HAVANA -- President Ba- we had to travel a great disrack Obama on Tuesday urged tance,” President Obama said Cubans to look to the future during his address at Havana’s with hope, casting his historic Grand Theatre.

Despite the enthusiasm in visit to the communist nation both the US and Cuba about as a moment to “bury the last the new relationship between remnants of the Cold War in the former foes, President the Americas”.

Obama acknowledged the deep Obama’s address opened a differences that persist, whirlwind final day on the including on human rights and island that includes a meeting democracy. With Cuban with Cuban dissidents and President Raul Castro looking attendance at a baseball game on from a balcony, he called for featuring the country’s beloved citizens to be able to “speak national team — events made their minds without fear” and possible by the normalization pick their leaders in free and of US and Cuban relations 15 fair elections.

The President was cheered months ago.

“Havana is only 90 miles enthusiastically when he from Florida, but to get here reiterated his call for the US

Pleading Our Own Cause

A pair of New York City Police Transit officers patrol in New York the subway station in Times Square, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Authorities are increasing security throughout New York City following explosions at the airport and subway system in the Belgian capital of Brussels.

Photo Richard Drew NEW YORK, N.Y. (Reuters) - Airports in major U.S. cities were on high alert on Tuesday, with police out in force after at least 30 people were killed in bombings on Brussels

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airport and a rush-hour subway train, though officials said there was no specific threat to the United States.

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Islamic State claimed responsibility for suicide bomb attacks on Brussels airport and a rushhour metro train in the Belgian capital on Tuesday which killed at least 30 people, with police hunting a suspect who fled the air terminal.

Police issued a Wanted notice for a young man in a hat who was caught on CCTV pushing a laden-luggage trolley at Zaventem airport alongside two others who, investigators said, had later blown themselves up in the terminal, killing at least 10 people.

Officials said 20 died on the metro train close to European Union institutions. It was unclear still what caused the blast but a news agency linked to Islamic State said that too was a suicide attack.

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The coordinated assault triggered security alerts across Europe and drew global expressions of support, four days after Brussels police had captured the prime surviving suspect in Islamic State’s attacks on Paris last November.

Belgian authorities were still checking whether the attacks were linked to the arrest of Salah Abdeslam, according to Federal Prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw, although U.S. officials said the level of organization involved suggested they had previously been in preparation.

Explosives and an Islamic flag were found after a flat was raided a week ago where a fresh fingerprint of Abdeslam’s had put police on his trail. It was not clear if Abdeslam had been involved at that stage in the airport attack plan.

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For transgender kids, support is key to emotional well-being Transgender children who feel supported seem to have no greater risk of depression and anxiety than other kids do, a new study suggests.

Experts said the findings are welcome news — especially in light of past studies finding high rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts among transgender children and adults.

These latest results suggest that when transgender kids feel supported in their “social transition,” their mental wellbeing is on par with their peers, the researchers said.

Social transitioning is considered an option for children who consistently identify as transgender. It means that the children take on a name, cloth-

ing, hairstyle and other characteristics typical of the gender they identify with, rather than the gender they were born with.

No one is suggesting that social transition is the answer for all — or even most — children who are gender nonconforming, said Kristina Olson, the lead researcher on the study.

“Gender nonconforming”

Penelope Patterson, seven, was born female, but identifies male with the blessing of his mother. Image from the video Mom, I’m Not a Girl” a documentary produced by Cosmopolitan magazine.

(For illustration only) means a child prefers the games, toys, clothes and other behaviors often associated with the opposite sex — but he or she doesn’t necessarily identify as a member of that gender.

“Most clinicians who support social transitions believe they are only helpful for a very small subset of gender nonconforming children — the subset who are truly identifying as the ‘other’ gender regularly and for an extended period,” said Olson, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Washington, in Seattle.

And it’s not clear that social transitioning, by itself, had mental health benefits for children in this study, according to Olson.

That’s partly because kids who are able to make the transition likely have families, friends or even whole communities generally supportive of them, she explained.

“Without further study it’s difficult to know exactly what feature of these children’s lives is causing their good overall mental health,” Olson said.

But at the very least, she said, the findings challenge the notion that transgender children are destined for poorer mental health.

The study findings were published online Feb. 25 in the journal Pediatrics.

Dr. Ilana Sherer is a pediatrician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, in Dublin, Calif., who often works with transgender children. She agreed that the findings offer a much needed positive view.

“For parents who have nonconforming children, I hope this study shows that their child can still have a happy and productive childhood,” said Sherer, who wrote an editorial published with the study.

“The news tends to cover the tragic side of being transgender — suicides and violence,” Sherer said. “But in my professional life, I see so many great kids who are living their lives with supportive families and really thriving.”

For the study, Olson’s team had parents complete standard

surveys about their kids’ depression and anxiety levels. The group included 73 children between the ages of three and 12 who had socially transitioned, their siblings, and a comparison group of 73 children who weren’t transgender.

On average, all three groups of children showed a similar level of depression symptoms.

Transgender children did have slightly higher than average anxiety scores. But, Olson said, their scores were still within range of what’s expected for most children — and well below the cutoff for a full-blown anxiety disorder.

Plus, she said, the socially transitioned children had substantially lower anxiety and depression scores when compared with gender nonconforming kids in two previous studies.

There are still plenty of questions to be answered, Olson said.

Her team plans to study these same transgender children, and others, as they grow older, to see how their mental health evolves.

But that’s only the beginning, according to Olson.

“Much more research is needed to figure out exactly when and for whom social transitions are helpful,” she said.

“The current findings really just suggest that there is a subset of children for whom social transitions are associated with good mental health outcomes. It’s the only study to even test that question.”

Sherer made the same point.

“This is just the tip of the iceberg,” she said. “I’d like studies to look at the many factors that touch kids’ lives — school, home, medical team, activities, community, religion, as well as specific medical interventions.”

SOURCES: Kristina Olson, Ph.D., assistant professor, psychology, University of Washington, Seattle; Ilana Sherer, M.D., pediatrician, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Dublin, Calif.; March 2016, Pediatrics

The Trailblazers of Broward County Present a Historical Monument Unveiling Ceremony

SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2016 10 AM - NOON SISTRUNK PARK 200 W. Sistrunk Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311

Join us as we gather to unveil a community legacy project designed by award-winning artist George Gadson.

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President Obama’s Supreme Court Decision WASHINGTON, DC – Dr. E. Faye Williams, president of the National Congress of Black Women (NCBW), said the following after learning President Obama’s selection of a Supreme Court nominee was not a Black woman as she had hoped: “Obviously, I am disappointed that while Black women were initially considered, the President in the end did not send the name of a Black woman to the Senate for consideration.

We already know the silly games that would be played with her. Sadly, I do understand why Black women have to wait again. The fact that Attorney General Loretta Lynch turned down any opportunity to be considered tells us a lot about what the process would be like under this Republican led Senate. She’s been there so she knows. I want a Black woman to be nominated when she is going to realize serious consideration for the position.

“I don’t want a Black woman to be bashed and battered by a group of men who don’t even come close to having the credentials a Black woman nominee has. We already know they wouldn’t confirm herno matter what. When a Black woman goes to the Senate for consideration, I want her to have a real and fair chance of succeeding on her merits and not de-nied because a group of insecure men can’t deal with

Miramar has a new top cop Miramar City Manager Kathleen Woods-Richardson has appointed Interim Chief

Dexter Williams as Chief of Police of Miramar, effective March 7, 2016.

“Since being appointed Interim Police Chief on Jan. 14, 2016, Chief Williams has shown

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is the unedited transcript of a series of written questions posed to Earley, each of which he answered in written detail after those questions were first reviewed and approved by his attorney.

Q: What would you consider your primary accomplishments during your tenure as Flint emergency manager? What remains to be done?

Darnell Earley: My primary accomplishment during my tenure as Flint Emergency Manager was eliminating the city’s structural budget deficit through cost cutting and containment measures. This allowed the city to return to local control under the auspices of a Receivership Transition Advisory Board.

Dr. E. Faye Williams, president of NCBW said that Judge Garland Merrick’s record indicates that, absent the opportunity to finally have a Black woman selected, he is well suited to fill the position on the Supreme Court. the fact that a brilliant President who happens to be a Black man has made the nomination.

“Judge Garland Merrick’s record indicates that absent the opportunity to finally have a Black woman selected, he is well suited to fill the position on the Supreme Court. The fact that he mentors his clerks to serve their communities is one of the key qualities that give him a positive evaluation from me. We’ve seen enough anger in the Presidential race. So, my thousands of members and I will save our hope for another day for the next nominee to be a Black woman.”

A woman holds a sign during a recent Flint, Mich., city council meeting. (Andre Smith/Michigan Chronicle)

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cratic presidential primary. And as if that wasn’t enough, Earley has also simultaneously fended off equally harsh criticism that he, as Emergency Manager #4, is also guilty for being in charge of a Detroit school system that critics claim is anti-democratic during a time when the most glaring shortcomings of that deteriorating system - buckling floors, dead rodents in classrooms, and classrooms that are either freezing or overheated have been put on wide display.

Throughout this ordeal, Earley has steadfastly proclaimed his innocence, insisting that the choice to switch over to Flint water was the decision of the former Emergency Manager Ed Kurtz and the Flint City Council and that he only followed their lead when he signed off on the decision. But until now, the man who has been at the center of two of the worst disasters in Michigan’s recent history has not agreed to go on the record and give his full account of what happened. What follows

Petty Officer 2nd Class Clarence Presley, of Pompano Beach, Fla., has served in the Navy for six years as a hospital corpsman. He is a 2002 Sewanhaka High School graduate and is currently serving with the Blue Angels.

Presley will be with the Blue Angels for the Southernmost Air Spectacular, April 2-3, 2016.

By Keith A. Owens, Michigan Chronicle Senior Editor Retiring DPS Emergency Manager Darnell Earley has been caught in the crosshairs of withering criticism for more than six months now, targeted by the media as well as a number of community activists and some politicians as well, for the damning role they all claim he played in the Flint water crisis when he served as emergency manager there. The Flint water crisis has developed into a nationwide story and even a potent campaign issue in the Demo-

Parkway Middle School in Miramar awarded National Distinction Magnet Schools of America honors them for their Performing and Visual Arts Congratulations to Parkway Middle School in Miramar, along with nine other Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) magnet schools and programs, for receiving recognition as a “Magnet School of Distinction (MSD)” for their performing and visual arts program from Magnet Schools of America!

Schools are recognized and awarded for their student academic achievement, innovative

and engaging instruction and curriculum, community engagement, professional development, and commitment to diversity.

Five schools received the Magnet Schools of Excellence, the top merit award given to a select group of magnet schools, are: Liberty Elementary School, Sprout STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Museum; New River Middle

A crack in the foundation can cause the whole house to crumble (Cont'd from FP) While the storm is raging and the waters are rising faster than gas prices and you are dumping water out of a broken window with a thimble, don’t give in to worry or give up to doubt because God said that He would bring those who are in a right relationship with Him safely through.

When you hear people talking about how they were able to come through periods of devastation and they could not tell you how they were able to do it but they did, it’s true. Backed up against the wall and nowhere to turn, you find yourself pitted against the world then you turn to the One who holds the world.

Some things you just have to experience for yourself.

That old song that says, “God bless the child that’s got its own” is so true, especially the child that has his/her own relationship with God. When YOU are going through something it becomes personal and when God works through that personally for you, that relationship is undeniable.

There are undeniable stories out there waiting to be shared by those who have experienced this grace with those who are still caught up in denial and those who are wondering which way to go, who to turn to and those who have given up.

Because we stand firmly on God’s Word, does that mean that we are “all that and a bag of chips”? No. Does that mean we will not be visited by impure thoughts, inappropriate actions? No. But it does mean that we will not be defeated by those things. We won’t let those things get in the way of us getting our blessings.

For those who may have a crack in their foundation, it’s never too late to have your foundation fixed by the One who created the Foundation. There is not a destruction known to man that can come against the Foundation built by God because He created it all. So if your foundation is being rocked and cracked by man’s/woman’s petty evil and wickedness, don’t give in to; move on up to the higher, dependable Foundation, the One that made it all. Don’t allow a crack to become a gaping hole.

“He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; He seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; upon them He has set the world.” 1 Samuel 2:8 (NIV) “Lord God our Father, I pray that my whole being - spirit, mind, soul and body - be anchored in You. Amen” WHEN GOD IS YOUR FOUNDATION NOTHING SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE YOU

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School, marine science; Sunrise Middle School, Montessori; and William Dandy Middle School, pre-medical.

Receiving the MSD, the second highest award of recognition, are: Apollo Middle School, STEM; Fort Lauderdale High School, Cambridge AICE (Advanced International Certificate of Education) Programme; Fort Lauderdale High School, pre-law and public affairs; McNicol Middle School, science/pre-engineering; Parkway Middle School of the Arts in Miramar, performing and visual arts; and South Plantation High School, environmental science and Everglades restoration.

“We are extremely proud of our school communities for making these schools outstanding learning environments,” said Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert W. Runcie. “Our schools have made it a priority to personalize learning and prepare students with the skills they need to succeed in the 21st century.”

Parkway Middle School leaders and representatives will receive a merit award plaque during an awards ceremony held at the Magnet Schools of America’s 34th National Miami, Fla., May 3 – 7, 2016.

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CHIEF WILLIAMS exemplary leadership and proven that he has the requisite skillset and experience to lead our police department into the future. As such, I have made the decision to fully appoint him as Chief of Police,” according to CM Woods-Richardson.

Chief Williams has more than 25 years of law enforcement experience — 22 of which have been with the Miramar Police Department. He holds a Bachelor of Science in public administration from Barry University and two master’s degrees from St. Thomas University: one in justice administration and the other in public management. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy.

Chief Williams has led patrol operations; internal affairs; field training operations; criminal investigations; crime scene, property and evidence; domestic violence and victim services; citizens volunteer programs and recruitment and most recently served as Assistant Chief of Police until serving as Interim Chief two months ago.

Chief Williams will oversee more than 260 employees that include command, administrative and civilian staff and be responsible for the management functions of controlling, planning, organizing, supervising and staffing for the entire police department.

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Meeting

FTL/Broward NAACP Branch Meeting, new meeting location, NAACP Branch Meeting, Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 7 p.m., at Elks Lodge 712 N.W. Second St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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Grand Opening

Jessie Trice Community Health Center, Inc. Hialeah Women’s Center Grand Opening, Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 10 a.m., at Hialeah Medical Plaza, 777 E. 25th St., Suite 316, Hialeah, Fla. For more info call (305) 691-0470.

Health Fair Partnerships Transforming Our Community’s Health (TOUCH) invites the community to the PhotoVoice Presentations to hear local students discuss their initial findings and recommendations for Good Neighbor Stores. Good Neighbor Store Initiative’s purpose is to bring awareness of healthier food options, affordable choices and tobacco-free living in neighborhood stores throughout Broward County. Monday, March 28, 7 p.m. – Lauderhill STEM-MED six-12, Lauderhill City Hall, City Commission Meeting; Wednesday, April 6, 3-4 p.m. – Dillard High School; Thursday, April 7, 3:15-4:15 p.m. – Boyd Anderson. For more info visit touchbroward.org

Community Health & Wellness Fair, free to the community, Saturday, April 9, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 244 S.E. Second Ave., Deerfield Beach, Fla. For more info call (954) 427-9407.

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Classes/Auditions

Ashanti Cultural Arts registering now, ballet and modern dance classes, Wednesdays, from 5:50 to 6:50 p.m., for ages 6-8-years-old and Wednesday, from 6:50 to 7:50 p.m., for ages 9-12-year-old at Ali Cultural Arts Center, 353 Hammondville Rd., Pompano Beach, Fla. Register online at www.ashanticulturalarts.com or call (954) 482-1553 there is registration fee.

Ashanti will have auditions for our performing group, the Ashanti Dancers. Auditions are open to ages 10-18. Students must have some experience in ballet and modern. For more info on the program go to www.ashanticulturalarts.com or call (945) 482-1553.

Celebration

The Virgil Hawkins Historical Society, Inc. invites the community to join a Celebration of Three Decades of Preserving the Legacy of Virgil Hawkins honoring Attorney Harley Herman, Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 6 p.m., at Leesburg Community Center, 109 E. Dixie Ave., Leesburg, Fla. Florida Bar Director of Diversity Arnell Willis Bryant guest speaker.

For more info call Pastor David Connelly at (352) 408-4257 or Mrs. Betty Stephens Coney at (352) 978-7739 or Dr. Beverly Robinson at (478) 279-9375.

EDUCATION MATTERS Every Child Deserves a Chance to Succeed.

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Happenings at African-American Research Library and Cultural Center

African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderale, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-6210. * Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 11 a.m., Free credit repair & bankruptcy seminar. To preregister call Desmond Hannibal, at (954)357-6224. * Destination Cuba is Muy Caliente,Friday, April 8, 2016 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Here is the schedule of Destination Fridays events in 2016: * May 6 - Haiti * September 9 - Madrid, Spain * October 7 - New York City (Harlem Renaissance) * Health consultant Verna Roberts will talk about good foods and bad foods at a presentation, Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 1 p.m.

Meeting

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Monthly meeting for Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. is the second Saturday of the month at 10 a.m., at African Heritage Cultural Art Center, 6161 N.W. 22 Ave., Miami, Fla. For further info call (786) 320 2891.

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Is anywhere safe? Finding psychological safety in a dangerous world

It was almost as perplexing as the event that caused it — family member after family member forgiving the killer of nine church members in Charleston, S.C. while pleading for justice. A stunned nation watched as the tectonic plates undergirding racial relations in the United States shifted, highlighting the enduring impact of prejudice on the safety of American citizens. The physical endangerment that intense hostility toward a group can produce is particularly unsettling when you consider the breadth of damage it can have on how the targeted group thinks about their safety. With each family member facing the prospect of shattered beliefs about personal safety, one clear question emerged: Why choose forgiveness and justice to rebuild a sense of security?

The unknown can be scary — especially after a traumatic event that invades a space once considered a safe haven from the world’s threats. At the heart of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other forms of extreme anxiety is a pervasive sense that the threat of that traumatic event has not passed

and there is a need to protect oneself from the future unknown, even if there is no threat present to support that belief.

Trauma, like the event in Charleston, can truly get into an individual’s head by restructuring how the brain appraises situations and compelling the body to remain on high alert for safety threats.

Despite the amazing capabilities of our brains and bodies, constantly remaining on alert depletes many of our mental resources for navigating other life responsibilities and compromises one of our most valuable tools for maintaining sanity: psychological safety. Believing that we have the resources to manage life stressors or can connect with someone who will help reflects one of our innate needs to form secure connections that foster a sense of stability and safety that supersede life stressors. The unknown that follows trauma can strip that sense of psychological safety we spend our entire lives building.

In the aftermath of 9/11, it was clear that many people at the towers and around the country were struggling to feel safe, regardless of reassurances from

leaders. To address this challenge, mental health professionals began employing a technique called psychological first aid. Like CPR, psychological first aid was intended to help the person move beyond the crisis by stabilizing their mental state and restoring a sense of psychological safety. A key contributor to the success of this technique was its ability to help the person to see the threat accurately (it’s real but not overwhelming) and create a concrete plan for how to get through the immediate aftermath of the crisis. For the families of Charleston victims, forgiveness was that plan.

The burden of hating someone and giving permission for them to remain in one’s personal mental space can be mentally destabilizing and recent research has shown that forgiveness provides a pathway for restoring a sense of wholeness that the traumatic event tries to steal. The forgiveness given in the courtroom was likely more about healing for the families than blind willingness to accept the act of a killer. Despite the circumstances that continued to surround these fami-

lies, forgiveness and faith provided a secure connection that made the unknown future more manageable.

The tricky part about the unknown future is that real danger still abounds. Inspiration for much of the killer’s actions in Charleston hid in plain sight: a website, an organization supporting whiteseparatism and a flag signifying much more than southern pride to many. These muses for the killer represented both explicit and implicit forms of bias that feed hostile beliefs, which can lead to tragedies such as Charleston. Fortunately, Charleston is the exception because most forms of bias are im-

plicit, or outside our awareness, and rear themselves in more subtle ways. That guy (insert ethnic name) just didn’t feel right for the job. You talk ‘white’ (read: articulate and grammatically correct).

Here’s the truth: We all show bias and good people with the best intentions can still hurt others with their biases without knowing it. Combating such a covert foe requires effortful awareness about all of our susceptibility and an active pursuit of correcting intentional and unintentional consequences of our biases. It is this ideal of justice that the United States was founded to create and strives to achieve regardless of

threats to our physical and psychological safety that remain.

Dr. Isaiah B. Pickens, Ph.D., A licensed clinical psychologist in New York City and founder of iOpening Enterprises.

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U.S. airports on edge after deadly Belgium bombings (Cont'd from FP) U.S. President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential election contender Hillary Clinton vowed to do more to take on militants, while Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump called for tighter border security and suggested U.S. intelligence services could use torture to head off future attacks.

The Obama administration was expected to tighten security at U.S. airports following the Brussels airport attack, which occurred in a public hall outside of the security check area.

U.S. Representative William Keating of Massachusetts, the ranking Democratic Party member on a House subcommittee on terrorism, said the Brussels attacks illustrate the difficulty of protecting “soft targets” outside tightly controlled security cordons.

“We should learn from this that the targets aren’t going to be just getting on the plane itself, but the airport in general,” Keating said in a phone interview.

Islamic State, a militant group that has gained control of large areas of Iraq and Syria and has sympathizers and supporters around the world, claimed responsibility.

Delta Air Lines Inc, United Continental Holdings Inc and American Airlines Group Inc reported that they had canceled or rerouted flights as a result of the attack.

Large numbers of uniformed police officers, some in tactical gear as well as National Guard members in fatigues and carrying long weapons, were on patrol at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

One guard member was overheard telling a colleague “we have to keep an eye out for bags” after reports that many of the wounded at the Brussels airport had severe leg injuries, a pattern that suggests an explosion at ground-level, possibly from a bag.

Some travelers in the United States said they hoped airports would further tighten security following the Brussels attack.

“Perhaps it should take place sooner, before you get through security. I find it reassuring,”

said Mary Ray, 71, a retired government trainer flying home to Manchester, England, from New York after a Caribbean cruise with her husband, Malcolm.

Ray said she is happy to remove her shoes or have her hands swabbed as she passes through airport security: “I think it’s a deterrent.”

Three Mormon missionaries from the United States were injured in the airport blasts, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints said. A U.S. service member and his family were hurt, U.S. officials said, but they gave no details.

‘SCOURGE OF TERRORISM’ Obama addressed the attacks briefly in a speech in Havana on his historic first visit to Cuba, vowing to support Belgium as it seeks out those responsible.

“This is yet another reminder that the world must unite. We must be together regardless of nationality or race or faith in fighting against the scourge of terrorism,” Obama said.

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Hitler may return

Will the Republican convention turn into the Wild Wild West?

By Don Valentine

By Roger Caldwell

You may have heard the quote, “If you don’t know your history you are doomed to repeat it.” Be wary about not engaging the Trump tidal wave.

The German population was passive with Hitler. They thought his concept would fade and look what happened.

Apathetic behavior from anyone reading this article will contribute to an environment that will be corrosive territory for the U.S. We know that Trump is not experienced for the office. Moreover, his narcissistic temperament is unacceptable posture to represent the country to the rest of the world. Not to mention that xenophobia is not a pillar of our union’s foundation. A candidate that acts ignorant on what the Klan is cannot be trusted to be President.

It is incumbent on every reader to take the small responsibility to affect a potential voter. Ask a coworker, gym member, church member, neighbor etc. “Did you put your vote in for

As the candidates in both parties get closer to the presidential nominating conventions, anything could happen, because the 2016 campaign is unprecedented and unpredictable.

The Democratic presidential campaign was a traditional affair, where the candidates showed respect and integrity toward each other. But, the Republican campaign was nasty, disrespectful, and ugly.

The Democrats can stand tall and hold their head up high, because the party is uniting around a progressive platform, which will move America forward. On the other hand, the Republicans are disorganized, and it appears that there will be a contested convention in Cleveland.

For the past few months, the frontrunner Donald Trump has sought to operate a campaign that was based on raw emotions of hate and human anger. Trump has sought to raise the blood lust of his racists’ supporters by advocating violent acts and threats of violence against minorities. As the ringmaster and the leader of this hate filled rhetoric, no one should be surprised at what could happen during the Republican convention.

Andrew Tobias of Cleveland.com says, “Cleveland is seeking to buy 2,000 sets of riot gear, including riotcontrol suits and collapsible batons, as part of the city’s latest move to spend a $60 million federal security grant for July’s Republican National Convention (RNC). The city also has sought to rent about three miles of interlocking steel barriers, each 3.5 feet high, and buy another 3,250 feet of interlocking barriers that each would be 6.5 feet tall for the convention.”

The RNC is scheduled for the week of July 16, and 50,000 visitors are expected to attend a contested convention. The violent ringmaster, Trump has predicted to the media, that there may be public riots; if the Republican

Trump?” Get engaged to find out why they are an advocate. Then contrast why Trump is not qualified to be President of the U.S. The incongruity of their argument will be easy to demonstrate.

The concept that one vote does not matter is fallacious. Take advantage of the window to stop this Trump tidal wave now. The passive German majority did not and the sycophants latched on to the momentum. Trump’s escalation of violence at his rallies is reminiscent of one German Corporal. History will repeat itself if you do not act.

From Mary Church Terrell to Barbara Lee: Black women in the peace movement Julianne Malveaux says that although many of us are quite familiar with Barbara Lee’s peace activism, far fewer know much about Mary Church Terrell and Addie Hunton contributions to the movement.

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA News Wire Columnist Some words seem rarely mentioned in this highly toxic political season.

We’ve heard about bombs and walls, but very little about peace. One is almost tempted, when some of the candidates are speaking, to burst into song – give peace a chance. In this Women’s History Month, it makes sense to reflect on women and the peace movement, and especially on the African American women who have been peace activists and have played a significant role in this movement.

The Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom (WILPF) was founded in 1915 in the midst of World War I. Its first chair, Hull House’s Jane Addams, cared deeply about world disarmament. Early on, though, there were criticisms of WILPF and the peace movement because African American were too often invisible. In a book poignantly title, No Peace Without Freedom, Race and WILPF, Joyce Blackwell writes about tensions within the path breaking peace organization. In a similar book, A Band of Noble Women: Racial Politics in the Women’s Peace Movement, Melinda Plastas writes that African American women combined the effects of race, gender and war, and “demanded a place for Black women in the international peace movement.

Mary Church Terrell was involved in WILPF almost from its outset, serving on its board for a time. The D.C. doyenne, who was one of the first African American women to earn a college degree, was involved in the civil rights and social justice movements. A teacher by profession, she was one of the first women to serve on the Washington, D.C. Board of Education. She played founding roles in many justice organizations, including the NAACP, the International College of Women, the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Some of her dealings with WILPF were not smooth – she was not re-elected to serve a second term on the Board of the organization, to the chagrin of many of the White women who felt that Black women’s voices needed to be heard on peace matters.

Terrell was not the only woman who worked with WILPF during its early days.

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leadership does not follow the rules to the letter of the law.

Trump has effectively done more to damage the image of the Republican Party to suggest that the leadership is out to break the rules of the convention.

The city of Cleveland seems to be preparing for a war, as opposed to a political convention. Everyone in the country knows that the Republican Party is big supporters of carrying their guns, but there has been no discussion or position taken on this issue.

In the last two weeks at Trump’s campaigns there has been overt violence, and in Fayetteville, N.C. a 78year-old white man, John McGraw, was arrested and charged with assault and battery. There has been increasing frequent acts of Trump supporters attacking protesters at his rallies, and the situations are getting out of hand. Trump has refused to accept any responsibility for the violence, and his hate-filled rhetoric continues.

“You bet I liked it, knocking the hell out of that big mouth. We don’t know who he is, but we know he’s not acting like an American. Yes he deserved it.

The next time we see him; we might have to kill him. We don’t know who he is. He might be with a terrorist organization,” says Trump supporter John McGraw.

These are the type of individuals who are preparing to attend the RNC, and they are ready to dispense hate and violence. These are dangerous times and Trump’s hate-filled supporters will probably have their guns and the Bible.

As the Republicans get ready for their conventions, protestors can turn it into a Wild West show, where the convention goers shoot first and ask questions later. Since Trump’s campaign has created a “fight club” mentality at his rallies, he is setting the Cleveland convention up for an explosion where anything goes.

The Flint water crisis is tragedy: Brings out the best in Americans

By Dr. Patricia Maryland, NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist Our nation continues to marshal support for the people of Flint, Michigan, as the city rebuilds after its water supply was found to be contaminated with extremely dangerous amounts of lead. The long-term exposure of Flint residents to lead, which even in small amounts can cause grave health problems, has raised the public’s awareness of this health crisis and prompted the call for immediate and enduring action — now and for years to come.

Perhaps the most devastating consequence of the Flint water crisis is the uncertain impact that prolonged lead exposure will have on the city’s children. We know that infants and children under the age of six are exceptionally vulnerable to lead poisoning, which can severely hinder mental and physical development and produce a host of health complications, including learning and behavioral disabilities, slowed growth, poor muscle coordination, hyperactivity, and lower IQ. More than 200 of the city’s children have already shown signs of elevated blood-lead levels, and the symptoms of poisoning can set in long after the child is no longer exposed – meaning that a child who appears well now can still face daunting health complications later in life.

We do not yet know the gravity of what has transpired in Flint. But we do know this: Flint’s children deserve every opportunity to be healthy, and we must come together to develop a comprehensive strategy that guarantees the compassionate care they need to overcome short- and long-term challenges to health.

Flint has already seen an outpouring of support from community members, nonprofits, social service agencies and healthcare providers. Organizations including the Greater Flint Health Coalition, the United Way of Genesee County and Genesys Health System – an Ascension hospital serving Flint and its mid-Michigan neighbors – are working together to maximize the benefits of their support services and develop a long-term healthcare strategy for the generation of Flint kids who might be adversely affected.

But there is still much more work to be done, and it will take all clinical resources available to address Flint’s

long-term health concerns for impacted children.

Underlying the crisis in Flint are the many socioeconomic barriers that Flint’s lowincome children and families faced long before the tragedy, including a lack of access to quality healthcare and affordable housing. In a city of more than 100,000 Americans — where 57 percent of residents are Black and more than 40 percent live at or below the federal poverty level — there are virtually no grocery stores to be found. Together, we’re working to change that and ensure that Flint’s children are not left wanting – for nutritious food, early education and access to integrated social services – ever again.

The road ahead is long, and we cannot do it alone. It will take a national effort from healthcare providers, policymakers, civic leaders and individuals to equip Flint’s children with the compassionate care they deserve.

Even the smallest act of service can help address the short- and long-term costs of this crisis. The Flint Child Health and Development Fund – created by a united committee of residents, healthcare providers and community organizations – will be used to provide social services, early childhood education, behavioral health services and more to children in Flint. The Flint Child Health and Development Fund is so important to the local community that Ascension Michigan (Borgess Health – Kalamazoo, Crittenton Hospital Medical Center – Rochester, Genesys Health System Grand Blanc, St. John Providence – Detroit, St. Mary’s of Michigan – Saginaw, and St. Joseph Hospital – Tawas City) has supported the initiative by donating to this effort.

Giving what you can is the single most effective action you can take to contribute to the ongoing care and interventions in Flint. You can contribute today by visiting www.flintkids.org.

Even after the water runs clean in Flint once again, its children – and our community – may bear these scars for years to come. And so we must confront the health ramifications of the crisis and support positive health outcomes for Flint’s children. It will require our foresight and collaboration to guarantee their long-term care.

The Gantt Report

The wrong crowd

By Lucius Gantt Some people that read The Gantt Report think I am a Florida guy.

When I used to coordinate a lot of statewide political campaigns, haters, particularly those in larger cities in the Sunshine State, would tell my clients, “Lucius ain’t nothing. He’s just a country boy from little old Tallahassee. He can’t do nothing in Miami or Tampa.”

My clients would respond and say, “We didn’t hire Lucius to work in Miami. We hired him to work statewide!”

I was born, raised and did my early schooling in Atlanta, Ga. My youngest years were spent in one of Atlanta’s most notorious housing projects, “Carver Homes”. By the time I reached 10 years old, my parents divorced and I moved with my mom to a somewhat tough neighborhood called “Fourth Ward”. It included pockets called “Buttermilk Bottom” and “Bucket of Blood”!

Once I left town, I came back frequently to see my mom, my family members and my old friends. I stopped the frequent visits after my mother’s passing.

Nowadays, when I go home some people turn up their noses at me and say to others, “That ain’t nobody. That’s Thelma’s baby boy. That’s Lucius’ son.

That’s Sheila Gantt’s brother, a Nword from the projects!”

But there are others that say, “Look at how he walks. See how he dresses.

Listen to how he talks. He is not the same.”

I am the same person but I am not the same! I graduated from college, attended multiple graduate schools and earned credits for degrees in Journalism, Philosophy and even a Master’s degree in Science.

But my friends remained my friends.

I love them still but I took my own path to where I am today.

I didn’t go with the ghetto flow. I didn’t follow the project crowd. I only went with the flows that went in the right direction. I only followed the crowd that went forward, that went toward progress and the crowd that went the best way!

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Trump’s hostile takeover of the Republican Party Raynard Jackson says that presidential candidate Donald Trump sees the Black community as an undervalued asset within the Republican Party.

By Raynard Jackson, NNPA News Wire Columnist I have repeatedly heard many of the talking heads in Washington, D.C. and the Republican establishment accuses Donald Trump and his presidential campaign of engaging in a hostile takeover of the Republican Party. I agree with them.

Having received my undergraduate degree from Oral Roberts University in tax accounting, let’s define what is a hostile takeover.

According to Investopedia, “a hostile takeover is the acquisition of one company (called the target company) by another (called the acquirer) that is accomplished not by coming to an agreement with the target company’s management, but by going directly to the company’s shareholders or fighting to replace management in order to get the acquisition approved.”

Investopedia continues, “The key characteristic of a hostile takeover is that the target company’s management does not want the deal to go through.”

Typically a company is targeted for a hostile takeover when their assets are considered to be undervalued.

Trump sees the Black community as an undervalued asset within the Republican Party.

Unfortunately, many in the party see no value in the Black community because they don’t think they will ever vote Republican. These are the consultants that go from one losing campaign to another, doing the same thing, and wonder why they never win an election.

In 2016, you still have people in the party that believe if you seek the Black vote it will alienate white voters, therefore they should ignore the Black vote.

Trump sees the Republican Party and the Black vote as an undervalued asset and its management totally incompetent. He is right on both counts.

The Republican Party, as currently constituted, is the party of old white men.

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When Jesus died on the Cross, why did he say, “It is finished”?

By Carey Kinsolving and friends “God knows,” says Mia, 5.

Yes, we know that God knows why Jesus said, “It is finished,” but the question is do you know?

The last words before death often serve as a window to the soul. Jesus not only uttered the words, “It is finished,” he shouted them. The Apostle John gives us Jesus’ last words (John 19:30), but Matthew, Mark and Luke tell us Jesus cried with a loud voice (Matt.

27:50; Mark 15:37 and Luke 23:46).

Jesus also said, “Father, into your hands, I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46). Whether this followed or preceded “It is finished” is hard to tell.

We also learn from John that Jesus said, “I thirst” before drinking sour wine from a sponge offered on a hyssop branch by a soldier.

When your throat is parched, it’s difficult to talk and even harder to shout. Before his crucifixion, Jesus refused sour wine (Mark 15:23). He wanted to be fully alert for the work he came to finish.

Concerning Jesus’ thirst, commentator Michael Cocoris wrote: “He died thirsting that we might drink of the water of life and never thirst again.”

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To date, investigations, and lawsuits have focused on a growing list of other for-profit schools and colleges including but not limited to Computer Systems Institutes, DeVry University, ITT Tech, Marinello Schools of Beauty and Trump University.

With tuition costs higher than many public colleges and universities, many for-profit college students are financially forced to take on private student loan debt at interest rates that exceed those of federal student loans. Others are advised to add related charges to credit card accounts.

One of the worst financial abuses perpetrated are against the men and women who sought to successfully transition from military to civilian life.

Many veterans enrolled and even graduated from for-profit institutions, like Corinthian, but now find there are three strikes against them: the promised better careers and high earnings never materialized, and thirdly, educational benefits that underwrote a portion of the so-called educational cost have now been suspended.

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Mexico, Oregon and Washington.

“Most of the student relief flowing from enforcement actions against predatory educational institutions has, however, pertained to student loans – not the hard-earned benefits of our nation’s veterans,” wrote the AGs. Two taxpayer funded programs, the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill and the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program are at the heart of the AGs’ concerns. G.I. Bill benefits, funded by Title IV federal student aid, provide up to $21,084 per year for tuition; additional funding covers housing, books and supplies. VR&E benefits are awarded for service-related disabilities that can include job training and education, workplace accommodations and career coaching.

Legally, for-profit colleges may receive up to 90 percent of their annual revenues from Title IV. VR&E assistance is not included as part of Title IV. If both Title IV funds – which also include Pell Grants — are combined with VR&E benefits, taxpayers are almost completely funding for-profit enterprises. “[T]he VA’s decision to provide funds to Corinthian for student veterans’ attendance at these programs should be deemed an administrative error,” said the AGs. “This administrative error deprived student veterans of their right to use their benefits at an institution that was free of erroneous, deceptive, and misleading advertising, sales, and enrollment practices.”

For the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the apparent lack of actual benefits derived from enrollment at DeVry is at the heart of a lawsuit filed in late January. Its complaint charges that one of DeVry’s key claims was deceptive — that its graduates had 15 percent higher incomes one year following graduation. FTC also cited how DeVry promised that its graduates would find jobs in their fields of study and would earn more than those graduating with bachelor’s degrees from other colleges or universities.

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Miami Heat: Congratulations to Dwyane Wade

By D’Joumbarey A. Moreau If there’s one thing we’ve learned in the last 13 years from watching the Miami Heat, it’s that you can never count out Dwyane Wade.

This past Saturday, on a court with the best team in the Eastern Conference, the Cleveland Cavaliers which feature All-Stars LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love, it was the savvy Wade who once again stole the show.

During the most significant part of the game, Wade dribbled past Iman Shumpert on a fast break and shot a floater over a trailing J.R. Smith that dropped straight in the bucket

and with that shot Wade became the only player in the history of the franchise to score 20,000 points. His place in history was further cemented because after that shot Wade became only the 41st player in NBA history to reach that plateau.

To a team player like Wade getting these individual accolades will never trump overall team success. Not only has Wade been one of the best players in NBA history to play the game, he’s also one of the greatest winners in the sport.

As the leader of a franchise and the cornerstone of the Heat, Wade’s already won three championship rings in his career so we know that his a-

Miami Heat: Another star in the making

By D’Joumbarey A. Moreau It doesn’t take long to know if you’re doing something right.

For rookies in the NBA, their path is extremely difficult depending on which team they made their roster spot on. For Josh Richardson, he had one of

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the biggest challenges trying to get playing time and crack the Miami Heat’s rotation because of the talent who’s starting over him. Richardson is listed as a 6’6 shooting guard and that only spelled a world of trouble for him on draft night because there was no way he would get minutes over Dwyane Wade, let alone play on the court at the same time as him.

But like we said before, it doesn’t take long to figure out if you’re meant to play in the NBA or not and for Richardson, this last month has been the exact evidence as to why Miami drafted him in the second round with the 30th pick in the 2016 NBA Draft.

In the month of March, Richardson has been playing his way into the national spotlight and he’s dazzled and performed extremely well during the month averaging 12.6 points while shooting 58 percent from the floor.

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genda as a player was to become a great champion. However, for as much as he’s sacrificed in his career, this accomplishment is something that should be celebrated for a long time. This is an accomplishment that we should let Wade be a little selfish about.

“I always thought, I don’t know why, that 20,000 just seemed good. When you’re in the NBA and they say you scored 20,000 points or whatever, that’s a small group and I wanted to be in that category. Obviously, because of what I’ve chosen to do, giving up some of those opportunities, missing a lot of games, my style of play, to reach that point for me is big,” said Dwyane Wade.

What’s also big about reaching the feat that Wade did is the fact he did it in his own unique way. Out of all the players who reached 20,000, Wade was the 21st quickest who got to the feat.

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Miami Hurricanes: Angel Rodriguez is heaven sent for Miami

By D’Joumbarey A. Moreau A basketball city.

Those were the three words that Miami Heat majority owner Micky Arison declared the city of Miami. We all know that basketball in South Florida revolves around the Miami Heat but there’s another team in South Florida who are doing big things and that’s the Miami Hurricanes.

This season if you have or haven’t been following the Hurricanes, it’s the perfect time to start jumping on the bandwagon because this team is on its way to making a sweet 16 run and potentially a final four run in the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

You ought to have a lot of pride when it comes to the Miami Hurricanes because this team had worked their tails off, they’ve been coached extremely well and during the NCAA Tournament, and they’ve been nailing their championship contender audition.

This year where the NCAA’s has seen upsets left and right resulting in big programs like USC, Michigan State, Baylor, and Arizona, there hasn’t been any bit of let up from Miami and that fact alone is something that should be marveled. Miami stood their opening round test against Buffalo and survived against a team who was hun-

gry to add another upset to the tournament list.

Buffalo came out determined to send Miami back to the sunshine state as they hit a barrage of three-pointers, to finish the game with 10 makes from distance. However, their three’s weren’t enough as Miami eventually pulled past and got the 79-72 win.

Additionally, when Miami had to face against Wichita State in the next round they also received their biggest test of the season.

Leading up to the game there was so much talk about Wichita State because of their best two players Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker. The dynamic duo took Wichita State to the Elite Eight in 2013 so a lot of people were expecting the senior duo to make another big tournament appearance in their last year of collegiate basketball.

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Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park awaits Governor’s signature (Cont'd from FP) “It brings everything full circle,” said co-sponsor Rep. Jenne. “This beach was put in place to enforce segregation.

Now it’s a state park, and it seemed like the perfect fit to honor two of the leaders that broke the back of segregation and desegregated beaches all over the county.”

The righting of our local history comes at the same time that the Obama Administration has been striving to right the story of our nation’s history, making places linked to the accomplishments of Americans of African, Asian and Hispanic descent part of the National Park System. The birthplace of Harriet Tubman, the home of Buffalo Soldiers’ Col. Charles Young and sites associated with

agricultural rights leader Cesar Chavez have been made national parks.

The story of the establishment of a “Colored Beach” on the remote, inaccessible barrier island in the Jim Crow era involves the steadfast demands of upright local leaders includ-

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MIZELL

THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA NOTICE OF MEETINGS 04/05/16 KCW Bldg., 600 SE 3rd Ave., Ft. Laud.

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THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA NOTICE OF MEETINGS MEETINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR CANCELLATION Date Meeting Place 4/27/16 QSEC Review of Contractors TSSC - Rm. #323 9a Pre-Qualification/ReCert.

7720 W. Oklnd Pk Blvd., Sunrise 4/28/16 Audit Committee KCW Bldg., Board Room rd 12:30p 600 SE 3 Avenue, Ft. Laud.

5/23/16 Bond Oversight Committee KCW Bldg., Board Room rd 5:30p 600 SE 3 Avenue, Ft. Laud.

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Pine Ridge Educational Center nd 9:30a -Steering Committee 1251 SW 42 Ave, Ft. Lauderdale 4/21/16 Central Area Advisory Comm.

Boyd Anderson High School 9:30a -General Meeting 3050 NW 41 St, Lauderdale Lakes 4/13/16 District Adv. Council (DAC) JAFCO Bldg.

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Participation, Series 2016A & B Refunding Update and to discuss proposed investment policy revisions and any other matters that may come before the Committee.)

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ing Dr. Von Mizell, Mrs. Eula Johnson and others who required America to live up to its stated principles of “equality, liberty and justice for all.” In Broward County that included equal rights for African Americans in every facet of life including access to the beach.

How galling it must have been to watch hundreds of white Americans and foreign tourists lounging on the beaches, while Black citizens and natives of Broward County were barred by the force of law. After years of going through county government channels beginning in the 1940s, the leaders finally resorted to direct action, “wading in” among beachgoers on Fort Lauderdale beach at AIA and Las Olas, one of the world’s premium beach destinations.

Repeated “wade ins” and agitation made county leaders aware that “business as usual” would not be acceptable. Adding insult to injury, they named the remote, inhospitable barrier island they acquired for the “Colored Beach” after the county attorney who most stringently opposed integration. (“Even today I still wear shoes on the beach from the memory of all those sand spurs we had to go through to get to that beach,” recalls one beachgoer.)

GILES The park’s new name will honor the struggles of the people who were determined to attain

DR. SHIRLEY

GEORGE & AGNES BURROWS

signated as the “Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park.”

The following structures at the Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park are designated or redesignated, as appropriate, as follows: (a) Boat ramp as the Alphonso Giles Boat Ramp. (b) Marina pavilion as the Dr. Calvin Shirley Marina Pavilion. (c) Osprey pavilion as the George and Agnes Burrows Osprey Pavilion. (d) Leatherback pavilion as the W. George Allen Leatherback Pavilion.

(3) The Department of Environmental Protection is directed to erect suitable markers designating the Von D. MizellEula Johnson State Park and the structures as described in subsections (1) and (2).

Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.

Anticipating passage of the bill, Dr. Mizell’s daughter Deborah said, “My father risked his life and career so African Americans could have the same

rights and privileges that all Broward County citizens enjoyed. Eula Johnson, a strong civil rights activist, stared down those who tried to maintain the Jim Crow status quo in Broward. No amount of historical revisionism should undermine their legacies. I am abundantly grateful to Sen. Chris Smith for his courageous leadership in ensuring that the state marker reflects both Dr. Mizell’s and Mrs. Johnson’s name as Broward County icons.”

“Before he passed Sept. 11 last year, my father was a staunch proponent of renaming the park,” said Yvette Giles of her father Alphonso. “He remembered Attorney Lloyd and witnessed the untiring efforts of Dr. Mizell and Mrs. Johnson to desegregate Fort Lauderdale’s beaches. Dad always felt that the city’s naming what would essentially be our second Black beach in honor of the attorney who worked to establish the segregated beach in Dania was a slap in the face of our Black community. Dad would be thrilled to know that the renaming is taking place to correct this injustice.”

James Arthur Davis, succumbs at 86

ATTY. ALLEN parity. Four pavilions in the park will be renamed for other luminaries in the struggle, including boater Alphonso Giles, who transported people across the water when the county delayed building a road to the park; Dr. Calvin Shirley; George and Agnes Burrows and Attorney George Allen. Sen. Smith said four other pavilions will be renamed by recommendations from the community.

Researching details for this story I was blown away by the accomplishments of the leaders being honored. The legislation awaiting the Governor’s signature also calls for appropriate signs to be erected that will tell their story: Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1.(1) The John U. Lloyd Beach State Park in Broward County is rede-

Operation PUSH: People United to Save Humanity, Founded by Rev. Jesse Jackson

In December 1971, Rev. Jesse Jackson resigned from Operation Breadbasket after clashing with Rev. Ralph Abernathy and founded Operation PUSH, otherwise known as People United to Save Humanity. Operation PUSH was organized in Chicago in 1971 and has been one of the most important social justice organizations in the United States.

A prime focus during the late 1970s was Jackson’s “Push for Excellence” educational program. However, during the 1980s, the focus shifted to affirmative action in large corporations. Operation PUSH employed selective buying techniques as tactics for increasing corporate use of Black banks, distributors, franchises, advertisers and purchasing from Black-owned businesses. Operation PUSH was successful at raising public awareness to initiate corporate action and government sponsorship.

The program persuaded inner city youth to pledge in writing to study two hours per night, which increased parental monitoring. These actions impressed Jimmy Carter, whose administration became a large sponsor after Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph Califano and Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall courted Jackson.

PUSH declined during the 1980s with Jackson’s pursuit of the presidency. In the mid-1990s, Jackson directed the merger of PUSH with the National Rainbow Coalition, a political organization he had founded a decade earlier, to form the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.

James Arthur “Jim” Davis, 86, of Tallahassee, Fla., passed at home, surrounded by his loving family on Thursday morning, March 17, 2016. A native of Apopka, Fla., Jim graduated high school and served two years as an Infantryman during the Korean War. He enrolled at Florida A&M University under the G.I. Bill, earning his Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Arts Education and his Master’s in Administration and Supervision. He later served as Department Head for Industrial Arts, Jones High School and as Principal at Taft Elementary and Phyllis Wheatley High.

He then began a long, illustrious career with the Florida Department of Education, serving in several capacities, including Bureau Chief. Jim concluded his career as Executive Assistant to the President of Florida A&M, serving as the University’s official representative (lobbyist) for governmental relations and legislative affairs.

He was well-known as an avid hunter, outdoorsman, horseman, gun collector and environmentalist. Jim’s love and legacy will forever remain in the hearts of his former wife, friend and mother of his children, Winnie Jones Davis; children, Kha White-Davis, Jacqueline Davis, H. Christopher

DAVIS (Denisa) Davis and Regina Davis; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; surrogate sons, Clayton J. Clark and Randy Erving; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

A memorial service commemorating the life and times of Jim Davis will be 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 2, at the Tallahassee Antique Automobile Museum, 6800 Ma-han Dr., Tallahassee, Fla. 32306.

Memorial contributions may be made in Jim’s memory to: The Museum of Apopkans, 122 East Fifth Street, Apopka, Fla., 32703 (407-703-1707), Attn: Francina Boykin. Services are entrusted to Tillman of Tallahassee (850-942-1950).

In Cuba, Obama says time to bury ‘last remnants’ of Cold War in Americas (Cont'd from FP) Throughout his presidency, Obama has sought to refocus US foreign policy on areas like Latin America that have received less attention than the turmoil in the Middle East and the terrorism emanating from the region. The White House hopes that restoring ties with Cuba will benefit US relations with other countries in Latin America, which have long bristled at Washington’s freeze with Havana.

Critics of Obama’s policy say he’s given up too much with too little in return from Cuba, particularly on the issue of human rights. White House officials pointed to the President’s meeting with dissidents Tuesday as a sign of Obama’s focus on Cuban repression, saying that allowing the gathering was a prerequisite for his entire visit.

It was unclear exactly which Cuban dissidents would attend the meeting at the US embassy, a matter of much speculation

and scrutiny here ahead of the president’s trip. Though Cuba has been criticized for briefly detaining demonstrators thousands of times a year, its practice of handing down long prison sentences has diminished dramatically in recent years.

The issue of political prisoners is hugely important to Cuban-Americans in the US and to the international community. Yet most people on the island are more concerned about the shortage of goods and their own struggles with local bureaucracy.

Obama’s address was carried live on Cuba’s tightly controlled state television, offering him a rare, unfettered opportunity to speak directly to the country’s citizens about his vision for the future. He revisited America’s painful history with Cuba, but kept his attention mostly on the future.

“It is time now for us to leave the past behind,” he said.

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B.T.W. High School Alum establishes major endowment

CARTER Herbert “Herb” Carter, Miami native and 1956 graduate of Booker T. Washington (B.T.W.) High School excelled for close to three decades as a corporate executive at IBM and the Siemens Corporation. Just a couple of weeks prior to his death

on Oct. 10, 2015, in Atlanta, Ga., Carter fulfilled his plan to establish an endowed scholarship fund “…to finance college education for future high school graduates at his alma mater, B.T.W. High School in Overtown Miami.”

Carter selected the B.T.W. High School Foundation, Inc. (“the Foundation”) as recipient of his gift of 120k which the Foundation will use to fund scholarships for future B.T.W. graduates with career interests primarily in math and science.

The Foundation, a 501(C)(3) entity, established in 2003, funds scholarships to B.T.W. seniors for up to a four year period. It also provides annual grants to the B.T.W. administration and Teacher of the Year, for academic purposes.

John D. Glover, Ph.D, president and CEO of the Foundation, reflecting on the unprecedented Carter gift, commented, “Herb Carter was a dear and special friend who was passionate about the future of B.T.W. and its students, especially those interested in math and science, wanted to set a standard for others to follow.”

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The 34 Annual Conference of the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida

Black Caucus Nina Turner.

Happy Birthday to our mother, Georgia Eubanks who will celebrate her 95th birthday on March 27, 2016. We love you, your children Gerald, Sandra, Marva, Beverly, Kenneth, Gail and Artrelle.

On April 1-3, 2016, the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida will host its 34th Annual Conference at the Rosen Centre Hotel, 9840 International Drive, Orlando, Fla., 32819.

“This is the year for strategic planning with the stakeholders of our community about the importance of legislating and voting,” says Henry Crespo Sr., president of the DBCF. The theme this year is “Speak to Our Issues,” and it is significant and critical, because the can-

didates seeking our votes must address our issues.

The keynote speaker at the DBCF Conference is the Honorable Mayor of the City of Newark, N.J., Ras Baraka, the son of the late Amiri Baraka, the famous poet, playwright, and political activist. Mayor Baraka was also an activist at Howard University, Principal at Central High School, a leader in America’s New Urban Agenda, and helping to create a resurgence of business in downtown Newark.

Keynote Breakfast speaker, Denise Rolark Barnes, who is the Chairwomen of the National Newspaper and Publishers Association (NNPA), will also inspire the attendees at the conference. After graduating from Howard University Law School, based out of Washington D.C., she took over as publisher of the Washington Informer in 1994.

We are also excited to have special guest and lunch speaker Tommy Ford, actor from the hit series Martin, NY Undercover,

and the movie Harlem Nights, and share some entertainment stories and celebrity humor.

There are over 18 plus chapters statewide, and the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida (DBCF), which is Affectionately called the “The Soul of Party” represents over 1.2 Million Black voters registered as Democrats in Florida (app. 30 approximately of the Florida Democratic Party as a whole).

The DBCF was established in 1983, formed to unite and increase the political power for Black Democrats who were unnoticed and underserved in the state. The Caucus is an integral part of the Florida Democratic Party’s infrastructure, with the purpose to unite talent with opportunity to facilitate voter building, education and action. www.dbcflorida.org The Democratic Black Caucus of Florida was established in 1983, to unite and increase the political power for Black Democrats who went unnoticed. The Caucus is an integral part of the Florida Democratic Party’s infrastructure, which unites talent with opportunity to facilitate voter building through educational forums effecting voter registration drives (EVRD), get out the vote (GOTV), voter action network (VAN), vote by mail (VBM), and support qualified candidates approved by the Black Caucus.

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