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Myth of the ‘absent’ Black dad refuted

Black fathers.

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – Contrary to the myth, though Black men are more likely to live apart from their children than whites, they are more involved in the lives of their children than whites and

Hispanics, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study reports.

The report covers a sample of 10,403 men aged 15–44 years from 2006-2010.

It is true that Black dads are more likely to live apart from their children; the Pew Research Center reports that 44

percent do. However, Pew also found that 67 percent of Black fathers who don’t live with their children see them at least once a month, compared to 69 percent of white dads and 32 percent of Latino dads who don’t live with their children.

Among fathers who resided with their kids, African Ameri-

can dads were more involved in their children’s lives.

In the survey, fathers rated how often they performed certain activities with any or all of their children over the previous four weeks. Black fathers were most likely to bathe, dress, diaper, or help their children use the toilet on a daily basis. This was true for 70 percent of Black dads who lived with their children, compared with 60 percent of white dads and 45 percent of Latino dads.

Although few fathers outside the home could say they did this every day (across race), but Black dads were the top hygiene helpers (12 percent, compared to 6 percent for whites and 7 percent for Latinos).

According to a similar report from the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of all Black fathers read to their children at least several times per week. Black dads in the CDC survey who didn’t live with their children were more than twice as likely as their white counterparts to host story time every day.

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Twenty-eight years of preparation pays off

By C. Ron Allen As I prepared to leave the reception on the sixth floor at the Palm Beach County Governmental Center on Monday, I hugged Verdenia Baker and whispered, “Congratulations my Sister” in her ear.

One may think that was a rather presumptuous prediction that she would be tapped to succeed her boss as the county’s next administrator when he retires in August.

But after covering politics and government in this county for close to 30 years, I would want to think these elected officials were forward thinking to consider her hard work over the past 28 years and recognize she has prepared herself for this next chapter.

I am not naive to know that we are still in the South and the United States of America, where many still would deprive you of that well-earned opportunity to

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advance in your career because of the pigmentation of your skin.

I, like many people of color, am joyed knowing that finally, at least two people of color are given the opportunity to lead three top institutions in Palm Beach County. The third is already being led by a Black man.

Exactly one month ago, Ava L. Parker was selected as Palm Beach State College’s fifth president, becoming the first female and Black woman to lead the institution in its 82 year history. She replaced Dennis Gallon, who was at the helm for the past 18 years.

And two days later, the school district board members picked Robert Avossa, 43, currently the superintendent of Fulton County Schools in metro Atlanta, to be the next superintendent. Avosa is Hispanic and began his career in Orange County.

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BALTIMORE, MD -- Out of Hattiesburg, Miss., has come disturbing and tragic news of two police officers killed in what was described as a traffic stop.

One of the slain officers was 25year-old rookie Officer Liquori Tate.

There are four people, all are Black, charged in the death of Officer Tate, a Black man, and Officer Benjamin Deen, who is Caucasian. Details of what happened are still emerging, but it has been reported that the shooting followed a stop for speeding.

Unwarranted death and the

killing of someone with a commitment to honestly protect others is more than tragic, it is an affront to society and violation of divine law. The Bible says greater love has no man than to lay down his life for his friends. The Holy Qur’an, the book of scripture of the Muslims, says one who has saved a single life is regarded as if he has saved all lives and one who unjustly takes a life is regarded as if he killed all people.

In these verses, we have the principle that all lives matter and that those who seek to sincerely protect life are engaged in a divine work.

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Pleading Our Own Cause

L-r: Mayor Tim Ryan; Kathleen Cannon, United Way of Broward; Sheriff Scott Israel, BSO; Dr. El Sanadi, Broward Health; Jim Hall, NSU; David Scharf, BSO. From the Westside Gazette Editorial Board (WEB) Last week we attended a community press conference at the Urban League of Broward County (ULBC), along with partners from law enforcement, the medical community, public schools, faith-based community, and the United Way of Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse announced a collaborative initiative to take aim at the growing dangers of Flakka, a synthetic, highly addictive drug that is wreaking havoc throughout Broward County.

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Carlton B. Moore Freedom Foundation, Inc. awards first scholarships to three high school seniors

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Shameful misuse of a tragic death

By Richard B. Muhammad, The Final Call

What is missing from this picture is an intrical part to solving this problem?

Youlander Ross (r) mother of slain Hattiesburg Police Officer Liquori Tate (insert), is embraced by an officer after a vigil service, May 11, in Hattiesburg, Miss. Marvin Banks faces two counts of capital murder in the May 9 shootings of Officers Benjamin Deen and Tate following a traffic stop.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Carlton B. Moore Freedom Foundation Inc. awarded three $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors in memory of the late Fort Lauderdale city commissioner and lifetime champion of AfricanAmerican rights who passed away last year.

“Education is the pathway to success in our country and in our community – and this is especially important for people of color,” said Becky Jones, foundation chair. “We are delighted to offer this scholarship in memory of Commissioner Moore.

I’m certain he would be pleased to know that we are paying tribute to him by helping deserving students in their quest to

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Moore was 60 years old when he died on April 2, 2014, from the complications of a stroke he suffered on Christmas Day, 2013.

A native of Tampa, Fla., Moore attended Dillard High School and graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School. In addition to serving for more than 20 years on the Fort Lauderdale City Commission, he was president to the Fort Lauderdale Branch of the NAACP. This is the first year that the scholarships have been awarded, Jones said. Recipients, who were selected based on their grade point average, community service and writing skills, include: (Cont'd on Page 12) MEMBER: National Newspaper Publishers Association ( NNPA), and Southeastern African-American Publishers Association (SAAPA) Florida Association of Black Owned Media (FABOM)

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The missing link in Baltimore: Education Sixteen year old is working on her doctorate; has an IQ higher than Einstein

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By Kevin P. Chavous On a recent episode of The View, Whoopi Goldberg asked 16-year-old Michael Singleton why he was throwing rocks and rioting in the streets of Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray before being famously slapped and pulled from the rioters by his mother, Toya Graham. Within hours of the incident, Graham became an instant celebrity, and both she and young Singleton appeared on the popular talk show to discuss Graham’s tough love approach seen by millions.

In a soft spoken, shy voice, Singleton replied, “I went because in the past a lot of my friends have been beaten and killed. I went down there just to fight for what I stand for … my Black people.” Singleton added that he was initially embarrassed by the public smack down at his mother’s hand, but eventually realized that she was looking out for him.

Anyone watching the broadcast could tell that Singleton was basically a good kid. Unfortunately, like many young African-American men and boys living in our cities, he is confused, lost and uninformed.

And his mother, despite the best of intentions, also doesn’t know what she doesn’t know. So everyone in that environment lashes out viscerally with little

direction, focus or context. A recipe for disaster. Such is the state of our cities.

Hearing Singleton speak reminded me of the young high schooler who pulled me aside while I was visiting his school in far northeast D.C. one day and asked me, “Mr. Chavous, can I ask you a question? Can you tell me exactly what Martin Luther King did?”

How can we change the destructive dynamic borne out of ignorance and oppression?

What is the missing link? The answer, without question, is education and learning.

Like Singleton, as a young 16-year-old growing up in Indianapolis during the 1970’s, I had a negative view of the police. At the time, the city also had a curfew, which was used by some police officers to hassle African-American teenage boys. I played basketball at a suburban school, but lived in the city. For a two-year period, I was stopped at least 10 times - mostly by the same white officers - while driving from my high school to my home following our basketball games.

At various times, the officers taunted me, called me the Nword, threatened to plant drugs in my car and pushed me around. But I was lucky. Never did I talk back, try to run away or respond in a sarcastic way.

Every answer to their taunting questions was delivered in a calm voice and laced with a respectful ‘Sir’ at the end of each sentence. My father had more than prepped me as to how to handle being stopped by the police. He even went through a little role-playing for me.

My younger brother, Edwin, used to watch us with his eyes open really wide. Dad made sure I understood how to pull the car immediately to the shoulder as soon as I saw the police lights. As he instructed, I didn’t want to give any indi-

cation of possible flight. Once the car was stopped, I was told to stay in the car, with both hands holding the top of the steering wheel. Very important.

Both hands had to visible at all times. Finally, I was told to never, ever show attitude or anger, no matter how much I was pushed.

Beyond the instructions, my father took the time to educate me and my brother about the history of racism in America and the ignorance resulting there from. I was so well-armed with the history and knowledge of our people’s struggle that I came to view the officers hassling me with pity.

My father helped me understand that their ignorance stunted their growth.

With each police stop, I felt more empowered and in an odd way, intellectually superior to those officers. Knowing who I was and being educated about my history transcended the petty racism associated with those misdirected traffic stops.

My identity was secure within me and it served as the ultimate weapon against ignorance.

Today, most of the television commentators and even activists offering opinions on the state of our cities are missing the real solution. In providing these kids immediate access to a high-quality education, we give them the tools to navigate around the ignorance of others because of the confidence and knowledge gained through education. Instead of talking incessantly about how and why our cities are exploding, let’s develop a sense of urgency around getting as many kids as possible in better schools - now.

We can’t wait for the traditional school system to fix itself to save our kids. It needs to happen today. Once done, we will have provided the critical missing link to curing what ails our cities.

By Krystle Crossman Thessalonika Arzu-Embry is no ordinary 16-year-old. She is an astounding young woman who is inspiring to many. At the young age of 11, she began taking college courses. By age 14 she had earned her bachelor’s degree. This year she will be completing her Master’s degree and moving on to a doctorate program. Her mother, Wonder, stated that Embry has always had a passion for learning and began when she was very young. She said that by the time she was six she was able to read college books and understand them.

At the age of 11 the Great Lakes, Ill. resident enrolled in the College of Lake County.

She had been home-schooled by her mother her entire life and said that while college was a change from being homeschooled, it was still an environment with endless possibilities to learn and she was loving it. Her mother was nervous to let her enter college at such a young age but she knew

EMBRY that if she didn’t let her she was limiting her daughter’s success.

So Wonder encouraged Thessalonika and sent her out into the college world. Her IQ was measured at 199 (over 30 points higher than Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein). She has had no trouble at all with the college-level work and it shows.

Thessalonika moved from the College of Lake County to Chicago University and then on to

Thomas Edison State College where she earned her bachelor’s in psychology. From there she enrolled in Regent University located in Virginia. She took online courses as well as courses in the classroom. This summer she graduates with her master’s degree in organizational leadership and strategic foresight.

She is not stopping there however! Thessalonika will be moving on to obtaining her doctorate in aviation psychology.

Black leaders push for nationwide police reform

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – In the wake of the tragic death of Freddie Gray and the protests that followed in Baltimore, Black civic leaders continue to call for wholesale changes in policing and an end to police brutality in urban and predominately Black communities across the nation.

Barbara Arnwine, the president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonpartisan group that works to end racial discrimination and inequality, said that when the Civil Rights Coalition on Police Reform was formed, American society was long overdue for a concerted push to restructure policing in America and to prevent the killing of unarmed African Americans.

“We have been reactive, but we have also been proactively advancing a platform of policy reforms and recommendations for change,” said Arnwine.

Those recommendations include the passage of the “End Racial Profiling Act,” the mandatory use of police body cameras, better accountability of the use and distribution of federal military weapons and equipment to local law enforcement and reform to grand jury process.

Cornell Brooks, the president and CEO of the NAACP, said that the conversations happening around police killings in Baltimore, Ferguson, Mo. and beyond are painful reminders of how this whole issue hits home.

The NAACP is headquartered in Baltimore and Thurgood Marshall, “one of our greatest

Consumers beware: Banks made billions off of your mistake

Reported by Nigel Boys Reportedly, even though federal law requires banks to give consumers the option to “opt-in” to an overdraft program, and 68 percent of consumers said they would rather have a transaction declined than to pay a fee, banks made over $34 billion in service charges during 2012.

What’s more is that overdraft or non-sufficient fund fees make up 61 percent of this astonishing figure, according to a report from The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Pew Charitable Trusts reports even though banks are getting better disclosing their checking account terms and fees, customers are still getting charged with overdraft fees, even if they can’t remember ever having consented to the overdraft service. Looking at 45 out of the 50 biggest banks in the U.S. that hold around 66 percent of all domestic deposits, Pew found that 84 percent of these establishments charge overdraft fees for ATM or debit card transactions.

More than half the people who overdrew their checking accounts in the past year didn’t remember consenting to the overdraft service, even though a 2010 federal law requires

banks to provide this option to cover their purchases, according to Susan Weinstock.

The director of Consumer Banking at The Pew Charitable Trusts continues that this proves the law isn’t enough. “It doesn’t sufficiently protect consumers,” she said.

The Pew report found that the average fee charged by banks when consumers spend more than what’s available in their checking account is $35.

This may be reasonable if they have opted in to the overdraft program or have purchased a large monetary value item, but what happens when a $10 meal ends up costing almost $45, because they have simply gone over available amount?

What’s more, after charging an overdraft fee in the region of $35 for even a small purchase, the banks continue to charge an extended fee if that overdraft isn’t paid off within a set amount of time, making even more profit from the unwary consumer. Almost 60 percent of banks charge this extended fee, according to the Pew report.

Consumers who would like to take the option to sue a bank over its practices are now faced with the added problem of not being able to do so without following the establishment’s procedures. The report showed that 64 percent of the 45 banks in the study now have an arbitration clause which means a third party resolves the dispute.

“It’s disturbing that consumers’ options for suing over disputes are being lessened,” Weinstock said.

ARNWIRE heroes,” lived in the SandtownWinchester community where Gray was arrested, said Brooks.

“We know that when an African American man is 21 times more likely to lose his life at the hands of police than his White counterpart, this is a reason to be fearful and a reason to think about running, but it is certainly not a crime,” said Brooks.

“Freddie Gray is not just one victim. He stands in a long tragic line of victims that stretches across the length and the breadth of this country.”

Brooks expressed confidence in Marilyn Mosby, the Baltimore state’s attorney who filed formal charges against six police officers who were involved in Gray’s arrest and transport to Baltimore’s Western District police station.

“She did not punt this to a grand jury, which she could have done, but she chose instead as the prosecutor to take responsibility in bringing these charges which prosecutors in jurisdictions all over this country are quite able to do, but too often are unwilling to do,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., a legal group that fights for racial justice and raises awareness of disparities.

“This is a beginning, this is not a conviction.”

Ifill said that the Freddie Gray case allows community stakeholders, civic leaders and law enforcement officials to have a deeper and richer conversation about this issue that has roiled the country since last year.

“This year the tide has shifted,” said Ifill. “Why has it shifted? It has shifted, because cell phone videos have shown the entire the country the kind of brutality that many residents of this country live with in terms of their relationship with the police.”

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has made it harder for police to suppress the record of that brutality by offering a free software application for smartphones that allows users to save video files remotely, so that even if the file is deleted or their phone is destroyed, a record of the encounter still exists.

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The Westside Gazette is now Inside Out!

The Westside Gazette is now officially a part of the Broward 100 which will commemorate Broward County’s centennial with bold, innovative art and performance projects that attract visitors and bring Broward residents together using our arts, sports and recreation venues, natural attractions and incredible diversity to creatively bridge, bond and build their communities.

Broward 100 is framed by four distinct cornerstones of com-

munity engagement. Please visit these links: VisualEYES, Inside Out Broward, Calendar 100 and Duende.

Inside Out is a global art project that gives communities all over the world a platform to express themselves through black and white photographs. Inspired

by Parisian street artist JR and his large-format street pastings, Inside Out gives everyone the opportunity to

share their portrait and make a statement. Inside Out captures a collective message through headshots of individuals, which are printed on posters, pasted on public spaces and archived online, this global platform allows people to tell their untold stories and transform messages of personal identity into works of public art.

Since 2007, installations have appeared on walls, sidewalks, streets, skyscrapers and historic

buildings around the globe.

Each installation around the world is documented, archived and exhibited online to tell stories of community groups.

More than 234,382 people from more than 128 countries have participated.

Broward 100, is working with groups across the County to tell their stories and showcase the people who are a part of this community. For more information, to view this exhibit and see many more visit www.broward100.org Presented By: Fort Lauderdale Department of Sustainable Development, Florida Housing Authority, Westside Gazette and Sistrunk Residents Group Message: Bringing our City together through investment in our cultures and community members.

CORRECTION: In The Westside Gazette's 'Greatest Moms In The World', contest, one of the winners name was printed Mrs. Dorothy Singletary; it should have been Mrs. Dorothy Singleton. Our apologizes to her and her family. Again, Congratulations from the Westside Gazette management and staff.

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Families, activists refuse to forget lives lost to police A half-hour later she had a kind of premonition, sharp sudden pains in her neck, her body, and fell to the floor. She didn’t know what was happening. Her thoughts turned to Tyrone and his safety. She had always hoped driving her car would make things a little easier and help shield him from Black on Black violence. She could not reach him.

Later that night her partner shared news a media report

Marchers take to streets of Baltimore on May 10 as part of continued demands for justice in the death of Freddie Gray, 25, who died a week after an encounter with police.

By Richard B. Muhammad, The Final Call BALTIMORE, MD - The tears Tawanda Jones sheds flow freely at times. Her voice breaks a little. But none of it stops her from pressing for justice for her brother, who died during an encounter with police officers, and standing for others who have suffered similar losses.

The death of Freddie Gray and the uprising that followed brought attention from around the world to this majority Black city with a long history of police problems.

Before Freddie Gray there was Tyrone West, who is Ms. Jones’ brother, and there was Anthony Anderson, Trayvon Scott, George V. King and others who died in police custody, or encounters, without prosecutors finding anything was wrong.

“My family means everything to me,” said the 38-yearold educator. The two-year anniversary of Tyrone’s death is July 18, 2015. She sits in church

with family, without her big brother. She cries as she describes what happened: It was a typical summer day.

Tyrone, who worked part-time, would drive her car, pick her up and take her to work. “It worked out perfectly,” she recalled. They talked, dropped her children off, dropped her off. Tyrone went to work and some other appointments. At the end of the day, Tyrone was waiting for her.

Ironically she would talk to her brother about Officer Friendly visiting her summer class that day. They would talk about the death of Trayvon Martin, a Black teenager in Florida, and the acquittal of his killer, George Zimmerman. “We’re worried about Zimmermans there, we got Zimmermans on every corner in Baltimore,” Tyrone said, according to his sister. He got a call from a new acquaintance, a young woman, on the hot day. The tired schoolteacher agreed to have him use her car to pick up his niece and pick up the young woman who was stranded.

Concealed carry permit holders kill hundreds

George Zimmerman

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watchman who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teenager in Sanford, Fla., three years ago was involved in another shooting in the Sunshine State, again raises questions about concealed carry permits and the billion-dollar gun industry that advocates for legislation aimed at making it easier for Americans to carry firearms everywhere, all of the time.

Matthew Apperson of Winter Springs, Fla., who said that Zimmerman threatened him following a road rage incident last year, claimed that he was acting in self-defense when he fired a single shot through the passenger side window of the truck that Zimmerman was driving.

Police charged Apperson with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and firing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

The dispute with Apperson follows a series of events where Zimmerman has been accused of threatening people with guns. In September 2013, just a few months after Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder, his estranged wife and her father said that Zimmerman threatened them with a gun and in November 2013, Zimmerman’s then-girlfriend accused him of threatening her with a shotgun.

The Orlando Sentinel reported that Don West, Zimmerman’s lawyer, said that his client was armed and but didn’t

wave the gun or shoot at anyone during the altercation with Apperson. West added that Zimmerman has a concealed weapons permit and often travels with a gun for protection.

Despite the self-defense claims propped up by the supporters of concealed carry laws, the Violence Policy Center (VPC), a nonprofit group that seeks to address gun violence as a public health crisis, concealed carry permits holders are more likely to kill themselves or others during non-self defense events.

The center tracks fatalities associated with concealed carry gun permit holders at ConcealedCarryKillers.org and found that 743 people have been killed, including 17 law enforcement officers.

“In the vast majority of the 561 incidents documented (468, or 83 percent), the concealed carry permit holder either committed suicide (222), has already been convicted (184), perpetrated a murder-suicide (46), or was killed in the incident (16),” stated a press release about the website.

More than 70 people have been killed in Florida alone by concealed carry gun permit holders.

In a press release about ConcealedCarryKillers.org, Kristen Rand, the legislative director of VPC, said that research shows that concealed carry permit holders are involved in murders or suicides far more often than they act in self-defense. Rand added: “The NRA is relentlessly lobbying state and federal lawmakers to allow more concealed handguns in public despite the clear evidence that doing so puts more people in danger.”

would verify: Tyrone was dead after an encounter with city police officers while driving her green Mercedes in northeast Baltimore.

“My whole world just ended that day. I couldn’t breathe. I was here physically but spiritually, I was gone. It was heartbreaking,” she said.

Eyewitnesses told her Tyrone was beaten worse than Rodney King and officers brutalized him, she said. Police

Seminar to focus on positive interaction between police, youth

DELRAY BEACH, FL — A seminar at Pompey Park Community Center on Saturday morning will focus on how young people and police officers interact.

The two-hour seminar, titled, “You and the Law; How to Conduct Yourself When Stopped by the Police,” will begin at 10 a.m.

The seminar is designed to teach young people, in particular the members of the Delray Rocks football program, how they should act when dealing with police officers without the situation escalating to violence or arrest, organizers said.

“I think young people sometimes get the wrong idea about how to talk to law enforcement personnel, which can escalate a confrontation,” said Minister Prince Arafat, a longtime community activist and one of the organizers. “I think they are getting mixed messages. They learn in school that it’s okay to interact with the police, but on the streets, it’s another message.”

Scheduled speakers include officers from three local law enforcement agencies, attorney W. Craig Lawson and representatives from the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office.

Organizers say the seminar is necessary to protect local youth, and relevant given the recent events that took place between police and unarmed Black men Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Md.; Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in New York City.

Delray Beach Police officers, while in the police academy, take a 40-hour course focused on how to communicate and the department provides inservice training on communicating, Chief Jeffrey Goldman said.

“The most important tool my officers have is their ability to communicate,” he said.

Goldman said the training stresses treating the public with dignity and respect and also how to maintain your composure in situations officers face daily.

“Many of the citizens we talk to are in stressful or emotional situations,” he said. “That officer cannot allow himself or herself to become stressed out because of the elements.”

Mayor Cary Glickstein praised the seminar as a pro-approach to help students understand their rights and what they can and cannot do legally and as a matter of reality.

“Education is the key,” he said. “By taking a proactive approach, we hope we can create experiences where both sides walk away from the situation safe and in control.”

The seminar should only enhance the already-good relations with law enforcement in Delray Beach, said C. Ron Allen, a president and CEO of

KOP Mentoring Network, one of the sponsoring organizations.

“We enjoy a good existing relationship with our local law enforcement and we would like it to develop into an even greater one,” Allen said. “We desire the dynamics where the youth/young adults know each officer and each officer knows our youth/young adults like it was some years ago.”

Sponsors include KOP Mentoring Network, the Delray Beach Police Department, the City of Delray Beach, Stuart and Shelby construction and CRA Media Group.

Light refreshment will be served, and there will be giveaways. Pompey Park is at 901 NW Second St. For more information, call (561) 665-0151.

Youngsters prepare to march into Sandtown-Winchester community in Baltimore as part of efforts to end police brutality.

A mural honors Freddie Gray at the place where an encounter with police resulted in his death and an uprising that has touched America and the world.

(Photos by Richard B. Muhammad) officers and the medical examiner gave the family the runaround to get her brother’s body and her car was impounded, she said. It took five days to see his body, but when the family saw his body it was al-

ready made up, she said. It didn’t look like Tyrone and her family has refused to let questions about his death go unanswered.

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MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS WELCOMES MOROCCAN NATIONAL POLICE DELEGATION — Miami-Dade Schools Chief of Police and Security Ian A. Moffett poses with (l to r): Miami-Jackson Senior High Principal Carlos Rios, Moroccan National Police Public Safety Director Abderrahim Hachime, Moroccan National Police Human Resources Director M’hammed Taieb, Ms. Lakhdar, who acts as the Cabinet Administrator for Director General M’hammed Taieb, Moroccan National Police Inspectorate General Abdellah Benmansour and Janae Cooley from U.S. State Department, during a recent visit to learn about our school policing processes.

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Party

Omega Psi Phi Memorial Day Weekend Party, Saturday, May 23, 2015 from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., at IBEW Union Hall, 301 N.E. First St., Pompano Beach, Fla. There is a fee, includes food and drinks.

Program

Elder Abuse, neglect and exploitation program training, Friday, May 29, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., at 5300 Hiatus Sunrise, Fl. Seating is limited call (954) 745-9567 to RSVP.

Celebration

Dinner Sale

After years of hard work and dedication, it’s time to take a permanent vacation, join us in celebrating retirement of Gracie Miller, Pamela Williams, Major Samuel Love, Dr. Louis Sanders and Deborah Davis, Tuesday, June 6, 2015 at 12:30 p.m., at Embassy Suites 1100 S.E. 17 St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. There is fee, includes meal and gift.

The Francis Ferguson Board of Mt. Hermon AME Church sponsors its Ninth annual BarB-Que sale, Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 11 a.m., at the Family Life Center, 404 N.W. Seventh Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The menu includes rib and chicken dinner, with a free soda. For further info call (954) 2583903.

Fundraiser

Dillard Class of 71 Members and supporters: We Need Your Help… Our annual scholarship Fundraiser is scheduled for July 25. An Elegant Affair “Living Life like Its Golden” at Tropical Acres Restaurant 2500 Griffin Rd., Hollywood, Fla. Tickets will be available for pickup on Wednesday, May 20 from 6-8 p.m., and Thursday, May 21 from 6-8 p.m., at the Black Firemen’s Hall, 1612 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. We appreciate your support.

EDUCATION MATTERS Every Child Deserves a Chance to Succeed.

Conference

Judah Worship Word Ministries, International, Special Ministry to Men Conference 2015, Friday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 31, 2015 at 8:15a.m., 4441 W. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Bishop Jerome Henry of Jacksonville, Fla., guest speaker.

The community is welcomed, Dr. W.L. Mitchell, senior pastor.

For more info call (954) 7912999.

Conference

2015 AMAC Annual Airport Business Diversity Conference, Friday June 12 thru Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa. A mustattend event for Airport Professionals, Corporations and small businesses. For more info go www.amac-org.com

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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. Upcoming Destination Friday events: Sept. 4 Hawaii and Nov. 6 - the Bahamas. For more info call (954) 357-6210. Events relating to Haiti Art in AARLCC Gallery, Empire and Kingdom of the Island of Haiti W.I. May 6 thru May 31, 2015 · Saturday, May 23 – Readingpaysmore will be hosting a Children's Multicultural Book Fair. Events will feature: * Children's Art Exhibit * Children's Performance * Children Who Change the World * Children's Tasty From Around the World The Children's Multicultural Book Fair is celebrating Foster Children's month in May and International Children's Day, June 1. Note: There will be an option at this event to purchase books for children in foster care or orphanage.

For more info call (954) 5350827. · Monday, May 25 – “Toussaint Louverture et le combat des aigles” a Movie presentation, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Classes

Free SAT & ACT Prep at Regional Libraries program schedule 2015 All Sessions mandatory attendance · Session 1: SAT/ACT Grammar and Reading Techniques and Strategies · Session 2: SAT/ACT Grammar and Reading Practice · Session 3: SAT/ACT Math Techniques and Strategies · Session 4: SAT/ACT Math Practice and Science Techniques and Strategies · Session 5: SAT/ACT Science Practice and Essay Techniques and Strategies Main Library – (954) 3577504 · Saturday, May 23– Session 3: from 12 to 3 p.m. · Saturday, May 30 – Session 4: from 12 to 3 p.m.

Preneed Family Counselor

Nixon Isn’t it time to have the Conversation? Although it can be difficult, it’s never too early to discuss the future. Be prepared and help ease the burden on your family. Get peace of mind, knowing things will be taken care of the way you want them.

Celebrate a life well lived, with the significance of preserving memories that transcend generations, with dignity and honor.

For that comprehensive conversation, call Michael Nixon, preneed family counselor (954) 937-1362.

Breakfast

Mount Hermon A.M.E. Church Sons of Allen Men's Ministry Father and Son Breakfast, Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 9 a.m., at the Mount Hermon Family Life Center, 404 N.W. Seventh Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Keynote speaker is Rev. Kenneth F. Irby of Historic Bethel A.M.E. Church St. Petersburg, Fl. For more info and tickets contact Roma Roberts call (954) 854-4778 or romarober@bellsouth.net

The Urban League of Broward County is proud to introduce a new Summer Internship Program. In areas ranging from human resources to strategic planning, and from program development to marketing strategy, this internship provides undergraduate and graduate students with mentored learning opportunities. Join us as active and trusted members of our team as we address the educational, job, housing and health needs of the community. Application: March 15 - April 30, 2015 Selection: Week of May 4, 2015 Program Dates: Monday, June 1 - August 7, 2015 (10 Weeks)

CITY WIDE CLASS OF 1973 60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Alicia Rooks and I am a new author

“MADE IN 1955” “AGED TO PERFECTION” FRIDAY, JUNE 26 TO SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015

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NETTIE WILLIAMS (954) 881-3412 OR ALEX BONNER (954) 235-4339

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Alicia Rooks is a new home-grown author, the name of her book is “MARRIAGE, It’s Not Physical...IT’s SPIRITUAL!!!

(HOLY). Alicia is a member of Hope Outreach Love Center, Inc. where her pastors are Frank A. II & Elect Lady Jacqueline D. Lloyd. She has a book Reveal/Rekindle, Part I seminar (signing) on May 30, 2015 at 5 p.m., at Hope Outreach Love Center, Inc. 3271 W. Broward Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, Fla 33312.

There will be a panel discussion with pastors Frank Elect Lady Jacqueline Lloyd, Keith and Lady Chiquita Butler from Logos Baptist church of Miami, FL, Bro. Lawrence and Evangelist Tiffany Baker (HOLC), and much more.

We ask everyone to bring an open heart/mind, willing spirit, and tissues for this will be a “God” orchestrated occasion. The event is Free!!!

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Opinion

The Westside Gazette, under the Management of BI-ADs, Inc., reserves the right to publish Views and Opinions by Contributing Writers may not necessarily reflect those of the Staff and Management of The Westside Gazette Newspaper and are solely the product of the responsible individual(s) who submit comments published in this newspaper.

Time to smell the coffee with the Clintons

By Don Valentine The current donation debacle the Clintons are facing is a recidivist escapade. This behavior dates back to the Whitewater real estate malfeasances when Bill was Governor of Arkansas.

To remind you that was back in 1991.

This is 2015 and over 25 years have passed with the same Clinton shenanigans taking place.

Both Hillary and Bill accepted millions of dollars in donations from countries with nefarious backgrounds on terrorism and human rights. If you're naïve you will not believe that this was a trade for favorable actions in the future. Click your heals “Dorothy” we are not in Kansas. We are talking about the former Secretary of State of the United States. Her husband gets a half million dollar speaking fee from

Middle East sources that disagree with woman’s rights. Mr. Clinton's typical domestic speaking fee is about $300,000 less.

These miscreant global players also anticipate that they can invest now for the favor with the first female President of the United States. Not a bad roll of the dice.

Since I was not born last night, I recognize the hustle. Favors get traded

Governor Scott preparing for state government shutdown on July 1st

By Roger Caldwell It is now the middle of May 2015, and lawmakers have suggested that they are making progress with the budget stalemate. The citizens in Florida and the media have received very little information concerning the Senate and the House’s progress. This is extremely ironic because Republicans hold a majority in both Houses, but they disagree to the point that they refuse to talk to each other.

Last week, Governor Scott ordered state agencies to draw up lists of critical services that must continue if the Florida Legislature cannot pass a budget by July 1. Scott put agency heads on notice. By Monday, May 25th, there should be a list of services that must

continue when the fiscal year ends at midnight, June 30th. In the absence of a signed budget, agencies cannot spend money, and state employees would not be paid.

The state government was almost shutdown in 1992 when Lawton Chiles was governor, and Democrats were the party in power. Governor Chiles ordered a contingency plan, and state workers were grouped into two categories: essential and non-essential.

This potential shutdown became a public relations nightmare because no one knew what they were doing, and it had never been done before.

Governor Scott now finds himself in the same situation, and he is placing the blame on Andy Gardiner, President of the Senate, and Florida Senate. In letters to the agencies, the

The GOP’s lunatic center

By Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist The Republican Party doesn’t have a lunatic fringe. It has a lunatic center: a core bloc of white voters and officeholders whose ex- DANIELS treme conservatism leads them to indulge again and again in outlandish conspiracy theories and, more seriously, proposed and enacted legislation of disgraceful callousness.

The past few weeks have offered two striking examples of how dependent the Party’s base and elected officials have become on spouting and trying to enact as legislation their own worst impulses.

One involves the American military’s three-month-long Jade Helm 15 combat-training exercises that will get underway in July and spread over various sparsely populated parts of the Southwest and West from Texas to California. The military periodically engages in such exercises, and officials said they’ve chosen these states because the terrain where the exercises will occur most closely matches the terrain where combat troops and Special Forces units have recently seen and are likely to see action.

But to the conservative conspiracy bloc, Jade Helm 15 is, as one conspiracy-monger posted, part of Obama’s plan to provoke civil unrest, enact martial law, suspend the Constitution, suspend next year’s national elections, and extend his term of office indefinitely.

A poll released last week by Public Policy Polling organization found that 60 percent of those likely to vote in the Republican primaries believe that Jade Helm 15 could be a federal government attempt to take over Texas.

Pentagon officials have tried to calm the fears. And Arizona Sen. John McCain R-Ariz.), among a few other Republicans, derided the claims as “bizarre. We’ve been having military exercises in the Southwest for a couple of hundred years.”

But Texas Republicans by and large have held a firm line on pandering to the extremists. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state national guard to “monitor” the military’s activities once the exercises start. And Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Louie Gohmert characterized the conspiracy concerns as understandable because, as Cruz said, the Obama Administration “has not demonstrated itself to be trustworthy.”

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governor says that the Senate has insisted on a modified Medicaid expansion as a precondition to budget talks, and he called their actions, “controversial and divisive.”

If lawmakers are making progress, it is not CLINGMAN being reflected in the governor’s letters to his agency heads.

“It is possible that Florida Senate President, Andy Gardiner, and the Florida Senate will not agree to any budget without the specific expansion of Medicaid (at a cost to state taxpayers of $5 billion over 10 years)” Scott wrote. “Therefore, we are requesting your agency prepare a list of critical state services our citizens cannot lose in the event Florida is forced into a government shutdown on July 1st.”

Many lawmakers think Scott is taking the wrong approach by playing hardball with the Senate when he should try to be a peace maker between the two Houses. By sounding the alarm so quickly, he is alienating the leaders of the Senate, and taking sides with the House of Representatives.

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Beyond the Rhetoric

First Lady pays tribute to Tuskegee Airmen

By Harry C. Alford, NNPA Columnist Last week, I received an email from my friend, NNPA News Service Editor-in-Chief George ALFORD E. Curry. It was a White House press release and a copy of First Lady Michelle Obama’s May 9 commencement address at Tuskegee University. My first thought was: Why is George sending me this?

For some reason, I stopped everything to read it. I almost fell out of my chair when the First Lady started talking about our famous Tuskegee Airmen. George knew that as a veteran and son-in-law of one of the first four Tuskegee Airmen, Charles DeBow, it fills me with great pride every time I hear something about these heroes.

The First Lady said: “And I’d like to begin today by reflecting on that history – starting back at the time when the Army chose Tuskegee as the site of its airfield and flight school for Black pilots.

“Back then, Black soldiers faced all kinds of obstacles. There were the socalled scientific studies that said that Black men’s brains were smaller than white men’s. Official Army reports stated that Black soldiers were ‘childlike,’ ‘shiftless,’ ‘unmoral and untruthful,’ and as one quote stated, ‘if fed, loyal and compliant.’”

“So while the Airmen selected for this program were actually highly educated – many already had college degrees and pilots licenses – they were presumed to be inferior.

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The Gantt Report White eyes and Black lives and birds and crooks

By Lucius Gantt

VALENTINE in the world of politics. Hence the Latin phrase “Quid Pro Quo”. What I can’t have is a president that is not savvy enough to keep the dirt hidden.

If you are too stupid not to get caught, then you can’t be leader of the free world.

Think about it - Bill Clinton is not the first president in 250 years to cheat on his wife. He was just the first to get caught and impeached for it.

J.F.K. never had that worry. The Roosevelts are suggested to have had some murky dealings with the Rockefellers, Hearsts, and Carnegies.

They just did not get caught.

While the Clintons have been empathetic to our community, we don’t have to be sycophants to them. The country would be better served finding a leader without the exposed corruption baggage. We must have another option that aligns with our community. Might be a good opportunity for Vice President Joe Biden to toss his hat in the proverbial ring.

I love my Black friends, I love my nonBlack friends and I love my neighbors.

But most people just don’t get it!

GANTT It amazes me how many folk are so quick to judge others using their own criteria.

Why is it that I know that individual people are treated in different ways but some believe everyone and everything is the same?

Everyday I hear someone say or see where someone wrote, “The kid was shot because he was a criminal” or “They burn down their own neighborhoods”!

They say, “They can’t get a job because they’re lazy” or “They can’t figure it out because they are dumb”!

The truth of the matter is that it is easy for non-Blacks to criticize Black people and Black life but the critics can’t go to sleep and dream about living the life that most Black people have to live!

In a capitalist country, it’s all about the money.

I’ve seen a white person go into a bank and get a million dollar loan with only his signature and I’ve seen a Black man with over $100,000 in his bank account go into the very same bank and get turned down for trying to get a $30,000 loan.

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To Be Equal Obama leads discussion on A message for the Class of poverty

By George E. Curry, 2015

By Marc H. Morial, NNPA Columnist “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. / It’s had tacks in it, /And splinters, / And boards torn up, / And places MORIAL with no carpet on the floor—Bare. / But all the time / I’se been a-climbin’ on, / And reachin’ landin’s, / And turnin’ corners, / And sometimes goin’ in the dark / Where there ain’t been no light. / So, boy, don’t you turn back.”

– Langston Hughes, “Mother to Son,” 1922 If you are disposed to using the Internet as your guide, a diploma will generally be described as the proof of your successful completion of a course of study, or the bestowal of an academic degree. Speaking from personal experience, I can tell you that diploma in your grasp, occupying a prominent space on a wall or waiting to be pressed into your eager hand is so much more than the sum of your years-long efforts to be where you are today. Your degree is a key that opens a new door, a new phase of life and a new set of challenges.

Your life’s journey – and its achievements – does not end here.

Celebrate, because you’ve earned it; bask in your well-earned feeling of accomplishment today, because tomorrow you will find that there is much work to be done.

On the other side of that new door is a staircase, and that staircase may not be the kind fashioned from crystal with smooth, reliable, clear-cut steps.

Obstacles may slow or impede your climb. There may be tacks, broken floorboards and torn up carpet that would trip, or at worst, defeat someone without the training you have been so fortunate to attain. There is no shortcut here, no elevator, or by-passing of these difficult steps and turns. There is, however, the choice to apply the perseverance and commitment to excellence you have already shown in your higher education journey.

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Michelle Obama resists taking the easy way out

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist More than any other First Lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama continues to stand above those who would attempt to distort her leadership. First Lady Obama’s recent commencement address at the Tuskegee University in Alabama exemplified her courage to speak truth to the world CHAVIS without fear of repercussions.

Michelle Obama’s resilient optimism is refreshing as well as sobering. I am certain the Class of 2015 at Tuskegee will always remember the strong and poignant words of wisdom that they were given during their graduation ceremonies. But we all can learn from her timely remarks.

We live today in an increased atmosphere of racial polarization in America since the election and re-election of President Barack Obama. We, therefore, should welcome public utterances that transcend the prevalent negativity surrounding any attempt to address the question of race in the United States.

Michele Obama is perfectly qualified and strategically positioned to use her leadership in a constructive manner to advance the interests of Black America and all those who struggle and cry out for freedom, justice and equality.

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NNPA Columnist

President Obama recently participated in a long overdue panel discussion on poverty CURRY at Georgetown University. As regular readers of this column know, I have been complaining for years about the fixation this Administration has had on helping the middle class while giving only passing mentions to race and poverty.

I wrote in July 2013, “According to research conducted by Daniel Q. Gillion, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, in President Obama’s first two years in office, the nation’s first Black President made fewer speeches and offered fewer executive policies on race than any Democratic president since 1961.”

In addition, I stated, “Frederick C. Harris, director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, noted that Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address was the first by any president since 1948 to not mention poverty or the poor.”

So, I was not only delighted that Obama joined the Georgetown discussion on poverty, but elated that he candidly addressed the issues of poverty and race.

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Legalized torture of prisoners

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist Freddie Gray is neither the first, nor will he be the last person to MALVEAUX die in police custody. According to a 2011 report from the Department of Justice, 4,813 people died in police custody between 2003 and 2009 (the most recent data, reported in 2011).

However, not every state reports their data, so the number is probably higher.

A new report is scheduled to be released this year or next.

Many of those who die in police custody are bipolar or have other mental health challenges. Too many officers of the law have not been trained to deal with people with mental health problems. The mentally ill need help, not a fatal bullet.

Tanisha Anderson had a heart condition and bipolar disorder. When she was detained in Cleveland, she was pushed and forced into a prone position, which led to her death. Anthony Hall, unarmed and bipolar, was an Air Force veteran. He was running through an Atlanta street. Instead of being calmed down and clothed, he was killed. Robert Saylor had Down’s Syndrome. He was killed at the Regal Cinema Westview Stadium in Frederick, Md. over a $13 movie ticket. He was handcuffed, made to lay face down on the ground, and was asphyxiated.

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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

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

Dr. James B. Darling, Jr., Pastor/Teacher 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.

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

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

WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday Worship ............................................................. 8 a.m. & 11 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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!”

Rev. Dr. Ileana Bosenbark, Senior Pastor WEEKLY SERVICES & EVENTS SUNDAY 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

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 ElIJAH BELL'S Funeral Services

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

WEDNESDAY Worship & Arts Ministry Rehearsals (Open Auditions) - Sanctuary .............................. 7 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mount Calvary Baptist Church

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

Reverend Anthony Burrell, Pastor SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SUNDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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BOYD Funeral Services for the late Flora Boyd.

GRANT Funeral Services for the late Ginger Grant.

GORDON Funeral Services for the late Eli L. Gordon.

JOHNSON Funeral Services for the late Yolanda Johnson.

WEAVER Funeral Services for the late Alfreddie Weaver.

James C. Boyd Funeral Home GATES Funeral services for the late Eddie Gates, Jr. - 76 were held May 16 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Apostle Janice L. Dillard, PhD, officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (Central).

KENNEDY Funeral services for the late Deirdre Jean LaCueKennedy - 53 were held May 15 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Pastor James Darling officiating. Interment: Westview Cemetery.

MILLER Funeral services for the late Madie Miller - 63 were held May 16 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Brother Bon M. Boyd officiating.

McWhite's Funeral Home BURGESS Funeral services for the late Vermell TimmonsBurgess – 57 were held May 16 at New Mount Olive Baptist Church with Dr. Marcus D. Davidson officiating. Interment: Lauderdale Memorial Park.

COOMBS Funeral services for the late Errol Coombs - 62 were held May 14 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel, Elder Rodney Davis officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Central.

JEROME Funeral services for the late Louis Eddy Jerome - 67 were held May 16 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel.

OLIVER Funeral services for the late Doyen Maxwell Oliver 55 were held May 17 at Seventh Day Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale with Pastor Andrew Samuel officiating. Interment: Oliver’s Family Plot.

POUNCEY Funeral services for the late Desiree Antoinette Pouncey – 18 were held May 16 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Bishop G.K. McDonald officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home LEWIS Funeral services for the late Charles Joseph Lewis III - 69 were held May 16 at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center with Rev. Wayne Lomax officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

DAVIS Funeral services for the late Edward Daniel Davis, Jr. – 85 were held May 16 with Min. Keith Williams officiating.

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

Rev. Cal Hopkins.

M.Div) Senior Pastor/Teacher

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

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

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

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

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Kids Talk About God Who is God’s best friend?

By Carey Kinsolving The key to long friendships is a short memory, says humorist Michael Hodgin.

It’s easy to be a friend to someone who likes and respects you. Have you ever considered being a friend to someone who can’t give you anything in return or the person whose mere presence gives you a headache?

Now consider how amazing it is when the Bible records that a perfect God considers some people to be his friends. I asked my friends who they thought was God’s best friend.

Erica, 10, nominates Moses because he “led the Israelites out from under Pharaoh.”

Jesse, 11, also likes Moses because “he believed in God. He would do anything for God.” “God’s friend is Moses because he was a sweet man,” says Katherine, 7. Sweet? The man who God used to part the Red Sea? Try “meek,” which is even more remarkable. The Bible describes Moses as “the meekest man on the earth” (Numbers 12:3).

Then there’s Noah because he “told the truth,” “built a boat” and “obeyed God,” say three 7-year-olds, Carson, Halle and Josh.

Consider the angel Gabriel, says Kelly, 7, “because God used Gabriel to tell Mary that she was going to have a baby that would be God’s son.”

Dominique, 7, says, “God’s best friend is every buddy that he made.”

“I think he likes everyone the same, but me a smidgen more,” says Perry, 11.

I’m not sure about God’s loving Perry a “smidgen more,” but I know God loves everybody because John 3:16 makes this clear: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

“God has everyone as his best friends,” says Julianne, 12.

“Why would one person he made be more important than another? He didn’t die on the cross for one person. He died for everyone.”

Yes, in this sense, everyone is God’s friend. Jesus was even the friend of the man who betrayed him. When Judas came with soldiers to arrest him, Jesus greeted the traitor with “Friend, why have you come?

Jesus’ friendship with Judas was gracious. Most of us think of friendship as shared respect, trust and values. Jesus knew Judas would betray him, yet he called him “friend.”

Jesus had a group of 12 disciples he spent time with every day. On the night before his crucifixion, Jesus said he

would now call them friends “since I have told you everything the Father told me.”

Mutual friends reveal things to each other. The deeper the level of friendship, the more they can reveal. This kind of friendship is based on mutual trust.

Be like Jane, 10, who says: “I think God would be my friend because I love him very much.

He is my Father, my friend and my savior.”

“Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness,” writes the Apostle James. It’s no coincidence that immediately following this statement, James writes, “And he was called the friend of God” (James 2:23).

Think about this: As the friend of sinners, Jesus laid down his life so that we might become friends of God. Memorize this truth: “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends” (John 15:13). Ask this question: Are you God’s friend?

Listen to a talking book, download the “Kids Color Me Bible” for free, watch Kid TV Interviews and travel around the world by viewing the “Mission Explorers Streaming Video” at www.KidsTalkAboutGod.org.

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The work of your nonprofit is critically important. You’re helping young people choose the right path in life. You are challenging new forms of discrimination and civil rights violations. The teenagers enrolled in your math and science program are the engineers of tomorrow. Our seniors are protected from fraud and abuse thanks to your organization.

And disaster relief is provided around the globe because of volunteers here in the United States.

Your nonprofit’s mission and vision are the drivers for important work. Volunteer efforts play a critical role. Yet, many times your work requires cold hard cash. Why doesn’t the money just show up? And, why, if you hire a fundraiser – or a fundraising team – can’t they meet the ever increasing fundraising goal?

Tired of reality? Let’s play fantasy fundraising! It’s easy and fun. You can hire anyone you want to do anything you want for your nonprofit. The sky’s the limit. Do you need a fundraising professional who can produce the most unique and exciting event ever heard of? One who can also market value-rich sponsorship packages and sell out the event?

Write that down.

What about a professional who can build a social media presence and sustain an engaged following for your university or college? Someone who

Pearl and Mel Shaw interacts with your young alumni, keeps them up to date, creates fun and competitive giving opportunities and – at the end of the year – shows you a documented increase in alumni giving. Write that down.

Maybe your fantasy is a fundraising professional who is a well connected multi-tasker.

She knows everybody. Young professionals and highly placed executives admire her and want to be in her presence. She is a wiz at technology and in just two weeks identifies the right software to run your fundraising back office, tests its reporting functions, migrates existing data, finds those old spreadsheets and enters all the data into the new system. She also finds that stack of business cards, knows everyone personally, places a call to each, records their interests and sends each a copy of your most recent newsletter. At lunch she secures two $50,000 gifts. You love her!

We all have fundraising dreams. We want the money to show up so we can focus on the important work of the organizations and institutions we believe in. It’s understandable.

Fundraising is hard work.

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When it comes to consumer finance, traditional lenders usually review credit scores before reaching a decision. In general, the higher a consumer’s credit score is, the lower the cost of credit they will pay. Conversely, the lower one’s credit score, the higher the cost of credit and interest will likely be.

Whether applying for a credit card, auto loan or CROWELL a mortgage, bad credit histories make future credit and borrowing more expensive.

But according to a new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), there are literally 45 million consumers – most of whom are either Black or Latino – who do not fall into traditional credit profiles. Beyond race and ethnicity, the affected consumers often live in low-income neighborhoods.

“When consumers do not have a credit report, or have too little information to have a credit score, the impact on their lives can be profound,” said CFPB Director Richard Cordray. “It can preclude them from accessing credit and taking advantage of certain opportunities.”

Cordray explained, “And given that we found that consumers in low-income neighborhoods are more likely to be credit invisible or unscored, this may be limiting opportunities for some of the most economically vulnerable consumers.”

CFPB found that one in 10 consumers – some 26 million people – are “credit invisible,” meaning they have no credit history with any of the three major nationwide credit-reporting companies.

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Blackonomics The case for student loan debt forgiveness

By James Clingman, NNPA Columnist By the time you read this article, millions of college students will have graduated and be looking for jobs, many will be going on to grad school and millions will suddenly be faced with paying off college loans or contemplating obtaining a loan for graduate studies. Neither option is attractive.

Even if students are fortunate enough to have CLINGMAN a job when they graduate, if they are laden with tens of thousands of dollars in debt, it will be very difficult to save money for their future, pay living expenses and costs associated with the job they accept, and make $300-$600 in monthly payments for college loans.

For those moving on to grad school, unless they have a fellowship or some other kind of grant, they will have a tough decision to make when the loan officer at their school or the bank says, “No problem, here’s a $30,000 check to pay for your degree.”

I hate to think what it costs for an medical degree these days.

At more than $1 trillion, having surpassed credit card debt, college loan debt is an albatross around the necks of students, some of whom had no idea of what they were getting into and some who did know but refused to do anything about it until now, when it’s too late.

With the job market the way it is and has been for Black people for decades, some graduates will have an overpriced college degree without a commensurate job prospect. They will be faced with the challenge of paying back their loans while looking for a job that does not exist. Or, they will have to accept the prospect of joining the ranks of the “underemployed.”

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Child Watch

Taking care of needs of students without insurance

By Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist It’s always very challenging for a parent when their child has a serious health condition.

It’s even more challenging when their child has a serious condition, but has no health insurance to cover it. Both were true for one Texas mother whose 12-year-old daughter, Evelyn, was diagnosed with a heart defect.

Evelyn often ended up at her school nurse’s office complaining of shortness of breath.

When the nurse encouraged her mother to take her in to the doctor, Evelyn’s mother, who bakes cakes for a living, explained that Evelyn was uninsured and she couldn’t afford the specialist fees that ran into the hundreds of dollars per visit. But the nurse

knew she could put Evelyn’s family in touch with an outreach worker from the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)Texas office to help her apply for insurance.

CDF-Texas helped Evelyn’s mother with her application, which was approved, providing Evelyn the health care she desperately needed. Soon after, she had open-heart surgery to replace a non-functional heart valve. Specialists at the Pediatric Heart Clinic told Evelyn’s family she was very lucky to have had the surgery when she did. Her mother says, “It was not about luck, it was a blessing!”

Evelyn is one of millions of children whose story now has a happier ending. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Medicaid program, which,

Your feet can tell the story of bigger illness threats especially vulnerable thanks to reduced circulation to the feet.

3. Red flag: A sore that won’t heal on the bottom of the foot can be a sign of diabetes.

Elevated blood glucose levels lead to nerve damage in the feet-which means that minor scrapes, cuts, or irritations caused by pressure of friction often go unnoticed. This problem overlooked can lead to ulcers of possible amputation.

By Valecia Weeks 4. Red flag: Cold feet may be nothing-or it may indicate a If Your Feet Could Talk… thyroid issue. Women over 40 what would they say? Would who have cold feet often have they say, “I feel nice and pretty an under functioning thyroid, after that relaxing pedicure?” the gland that regulated Would they say, “Please put temperature and metabolism. some socks on me so I can avoid 5. Red flag: Numbness in calloused heels?” Or would they both feet can indicate damage say, “Let me tell you just how to the peripheral nervous unhealthy your entire body is?” system. This is the body’s way Ladies, isn’t it a nice feeling to of transmitting information be able to go to the salon and from the brain and spinal cord have your feet pampered-nails to the entire rest of the body. done, feet scrubbed… the works, 6. Red flag: Dry, flaky With the information that I am skin. You don’t have to be a jock about to give you, ladies I think to contract athlete’s foot, a you will agree with me that fungal infection that usually those feet deserve the pam- starts as dry, itchy skin that pering that we may give them. then progresses to inflammation Have you ever thought of and blisters. When blisters other ways your feet can be break, the infection spreads. beneficial? If you ever want to 7. Red flag: “Pheetake a quick glimpse at your uuuuw!” Though smelly feet health, take a sneak peek at (hyperhidrosis) tend to cause your feet. more alarm than most foot 1. Red flag: Toenails with symptoms, odor-even downslightly sunken, spoon-shaped right stinkiness-is seldom a sign indentations could indicate anemia. Internal bleeding such of something’s physically amiss. as ulcers or heavy menstrual They Just Stink. You can combat stinky feet by changing cycles can cause anemia.

2. Red flag: Frequent foot socks regularly, wash with antcramping (charley horses) could ibacterial soap and rub feet with mean that your diet may lack cornstarch.

So ladies continue to “pamsufficient calcium, potassium, per” those feet, you never know or magnesium. Pregnant wowhat story they will tell next. men in the third trimester are

Twenty-eight years of preparation pays off (Cont'd from FP) I recall, as a newspaper reporter for one of the local large dailies, wondering if I would one day see someone of color sitting in the county administrator’s seat on the dais, or even as the superintendent of schools. I am reminded of Bill Wilkins and Tony Smith, both highly qualified Black men, who served as the County’s second in command but would never – not under the commission we had during the late 1980s – be given the nod to be the top cheese. (I once got chastised after saying that so let me clarify: the majority of the commissioners then were not as liberal and ready to “gamble on” a person of color to lead this county). Simply put, I never envisioned either, given the mindset of some of the decision makers then.

Nonetheless, kudos to Baker and to the commissioners for having the fortitude to choose one of their own after a yearlong search that attracted more than 80 applicants from across the

country.

She has prepared herself well, having served as a budget analyst to impact fee coordinator and division director of the budget and finance department during her what, some sarcastically equated to a “28year paid internship.” She has been the deputy county administrator since and was directly involved with virtually every major project and issue confronting the County during this period. Yet, despite glowing performance reviews and the recommendation of her boss, there were many, including county commissioners, who were not prepared to give her a crack at the job.

In the end, Mayor Shelley Vana, commissioners Mary Lou Berger, Priscilla Taylor and Paulette Burdick, who ranked her as their first choice, propelled her to become the winner.

She was given the opportunity she deserved, not special consideration.

Baker has shown she has a deep knowledge of the County’s operations, its personnel and

together with the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), has brought the number of uninsured children to an historic low. Medicaid and CHIP provide comprehensive and affordable health coverage to more than 44 million children— 57 percent of all children in America. With the new coverage options offered by the Affordable Care Act, 93 percent of all children now have health coverage.

But we can never stop working to reach children like Evelyn who haven’t yet been connected to coverage. More than 5.2 million children under age 18 were uninsured in 2013. The overwhelming majority live with working parents and are citizens. More than a third live in three states – California, Texas, and Florida.

Uninsured children are more likely to be children of color, children ages 13-18, and children who live in rural areas.

More than half – 3.7 million –

are eligible for Medicaid or CHIP but not yet enrolled.

That’s why CDF continues to work, in partnership with AASA, The School Superintendents Association, to encourage school districts to help get all students the health coverage they need to learn and succeed in school.

The model is built around a basic question districts add to their school registration materials: “Does your child have health insurance?” Parents who answer “no” or “don’t know” are flagged and receive information from school district staff on Medicaid, CHIP, or other health coverage options. But it doesn’t stop there. Parents also can receive application assistance and often are introduced to community partners to help them successfully navigate the enrollment process the way Evelyn’s mother was connected in Texas.

CDF-Texas with its partners pioneered this technique in the

Houston Independent School District almost a decade ago and since then CDF and AASA have partnered with districts in California, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi, including small and large, urban, rural, and suburban school systems, serving elementary through high schools with a rainbow of Black, Latino, Asian, and white students.

Dr. Kavin Dotson, director of Student Services for the Lynwood Unified School District in California, put it at a recent convening at CDF Haley Farm in Tennessee, “We were unaware of the fact that there were so many students in our district that did not have health insurance.” He now believes that “every school in our country is going to make a 100 percent commitment to ensure that all students are enrolled in some type of health insurance that will meet their health needs.”

How frustrating it is that at the very same time we are celebrating Medicaid’s long and successful history and the recent bipartisan two-year CHIP funding extension and building on successful outreach and enrollment strategies, these

EDELMAN critical child health programs are under attack in Congress.

The fiscal year 2016 budget resolution proposes deep cuts in Medicaid and structural changes in both Medicaid and CHIP that will jeopardize their reach and make it even more difficult for many more children like Evelyn to get the coverage and care they desperately need.

But there’s still time to demand that Congress stop the cuts and efforts to dismantle the structure of Medicaid and CHIP. Why would they fool around with something that is working so well for parents and children?

All of us must work together to move forward not backwards to make sure all children get the health care they need to live and learn and thrive.

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County On Saturday, May 23, 2015 Healthy is the new hot health fair from 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., Healthy is the New Hot Health Fair at Joseph C. Carter Park in Ft. Lauderdale. Since July 2013 Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County has implemented Closing the Gap, a program funded by the Florida Department of Health, Office of Minority Health.

Closing The Gap aims to increase knowledge and change behaviors of minority women and men in health issues known to impact healthy birth outcomes, including healthy eating, physical activity, and HIV testing. It promotes a healthier lifestyle among Black and Latino residents who suffer higher rates of chronic disease when compared to other ethnic groups in Broward County.

According to the Florida Department of Health one out of three children are overweight or obese and 65 percent of adults are at an unhealthy weight in the State of Florida. Obesity is linked to many diseases and $34 billion will be spent over the next 17 years on chronic diseases that result from obesity.

Black and Latino residents also deal with higher rates of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease when compared with white residents in Broward County.

Through the Closing the Gap program Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies of Broward has facilitated a number of group education sessions on oral health, HIV prevention, nutriits culture. She communicates effectively with diverse members of the community, skillfully handles controversial issues, effectively directs her staff, and makes correct decisions that withstand public scrutiny and the test of time.

Let’s not forget, she also has earned the respect and trust of her co-workers, peers and elected officials.

Now that she is in the big chair, Baker has until August to enjoy the honeymoon. Then she will need to improve the mass transit system, shake up the parks department and recruit sustainable business that will provide jobs to the county.

Time will tell.

I guess I can now say by prematurely giving Baker that congratulatory hug, I am becoming cautiously optimistic that people of color are beginning to be judged on the content of their character and skills and not by the color of their skin.

C. Ron Allen can be reached at crallen@cramediagroup.com or (561) 665-0151.

tion and cooking demonstration.

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies of Broward also facilitates Sister Stroll in the parks to encourage walking to stay healthy.

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies of Broward will host Healthy is the New Hot Health Fair at Joseph C. Carter Park to promote eating healthy and healthy lifestyle for parents and children. People who come to Healthy is the New Hot Health Fair will receive information on preparing healthy food on a

budget, HIV/AIDS education as well as access to free HIV testing, and free vision and hearing testing. Individuals will participate in a Sister Stroll, Zumba and have the opportunity to receive information from a number of vendors/ community resources. There will be free food and raffle giveaways.

This event is free to the community. For more information, call Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies of Broward ( 954) 7650550.

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1987 dedicated to reducing infant deaths by strengthening families through a comprehensive approach to prenatal care, parenting, education and support services.

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Ask Alma

Few hang-out friends

By Alma Gill, NNPA Columnist Dear Alma, I have a nice majority of friends. However, I hang out mostly with my cousin. I am a year older; she is 18. With this being said, she has friends that are in her group range and vice versa. All my friends left for college while I stayed my first two years at home to save money. While being full-time at work and school, I still have leisure time. I find myself isolated because my cousin periodically hangs out with her set of friends more. I believe that because they seem to be more on her “level” and I don’t do half of the things they do. All this is fine. I just find myself bored on most occasions because I basically don’t have any friends to hang out with. I don’t think going out by yourself is that much fun and finding real friends these days are like finding money on the street. What should I do?

Sincerely, Anonymous Dear Anonymous, What a fantastic question and I’m so glad you asked. Sweet pea, you are just getting started with life. Your biggest problem should be time, LOL. Believe me when I say, there’s a world full of activities and adventures for you to explore.

Here’s what I’d suggest. If you run, join a running group.

Check out the site blackgirlsrun.com. Do you sing? Join a church or community choir. Take a cooking or swimming class. Tennis, maybe? My cousin Eric enjoys graphic design and art, check out comic-con.org. Cause TBT, the question is: what incites your interest? Once you think of something, search that particular group on Facebook. That’s a good start. How about Zumba! Girl, you gotta shake that thaang – show no shame, LOL. Excuse me, I got carried away, back to my Salt & Pepa days.

The Black Athlete Tom Brady deserves to be punished

By Omar Tyree, NNPA Columnist I woke up this Tuesday morning to another bomb of sports news dropped on the NFL: “Four-time Super Bowl winning quarterback, Tom Brady, has been suspended for the first four games of the 2015 season.

The New England Patriots will lose a first round draft pick in the 2016 NFL Draft and a fourth round pick in the 2017 draft. In addition, the Patriots organization will be fine a $100,000.”

What? Wow! All of this just for taking a little bit of air out 11 footballs for the AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts in late January?

Yes! The NFL is dead serious about keeping its game fair, while addressing dozens of team and player infractions on and off the field in its desperate attempt to hold itself to high standards of integrity, which Tom Brady has apparently not bought into.

The whole football deflation issue and accusations have been no more than big a practical joke to Tom, as he repeatedly blew off the NFL officials with aw-shucks, come-on-guys jabs at press conferences, including locker-room guffaws about him not knowing anything. But the fact remains that 11 out of 12 footballs handled by Brady in the first half of the second biggest football game of the season – that sent his Patriots team and its loyal fanbase to their sixth Super Bowl in 15 years – were manipulated on purpose, for a quarterback who admittedly likes his footballs soft

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enough to grip and squeeze a little better, particularly in cold weather games.

Well, cold w e a t h e r TYREE games are the norm in New England, and the Patriots have been known to bend the rules at all costs before. Nevertheless, Tom Brady must have considered the football deflation transgression as more of a slap-on-the-wrist variety that he need not take too seriously. However, NFL officials did not consider it all jokes and games, particularly with so many other serious issues that have circled the league in the past few years.

Once the “Wells Report” came out that it was “more probable than not” that Brady knew about a pair of Patriots team assistants who conspired to deflate the championship footballs before the game and cover-up their tracks, the professional football fraternity of players, coaches and executives, as well as a nation of fans and media were all waiting to see what would happen.

Would the all-American boy, Tom Brady, be given a slap on the wrist or a two-game suspension, as I had first predicted?

We all knew the league had to do something, or run the risk of thousands of players, coaches, fans and sports media pundits questioning how serious the NFL is about keeping the integrity of their game up the par, regardless of who breaks the rules – particularly with suspensions being handed out left and right to African-American players who get into trouble off the field.

Is Tom Brady’s “little white lies” and jokes about deflated footballs any different from the “big black lies” of football players caught up in domestic violence disputes? I’m not necessarily comparing the two infractions, because domestic violence against women and children is surely a much bigger issue. However, I am comparing the lies, and lies to league officials during competitive and or criminal investigations should be handled the same across the board. In fact, if a deflated football is such a small issue, then why even lie about it, while declining to cooperate with any further questions?

I’ll tell you why. Tom Brady knows that deflated football is cheating and he doesn’t want to admit to it. It’s the same as a baseball pitcher slapping a little Vaseline on the baseball, or a slugger using cork in his bats.

How about wide receivers and defensive backs using stickem on their hands to catch the ball better, or a track star using an-inch longer spike than usual? How about NASCAR racers having an inch-longer wing on the back of their cars, or professional basketball players obviously flopping on a play to get a foul called?

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What I’m saying is: Challenge your comfort zone, expand your horizons. It’s kool to hang out with family and friends, but take some time to explore other hobbies that may interest you as an individual.

Depending on where you live, volunteer at a hospital, or with animals at a local shelter.

Broward County's Oldest and Largest African American Owned and Operated Newspaper I know some senior citizens who would love your company. Get out and do something for someone else. There’s more to life than just empty hanging. You’re mission should be to hang out with a purpose. Pour into yourself a hobby or activity that reaps the benefits of attaining a personal goal. Something that engages you

and causes you to lose track of time. You’ll meet new friends and a variety of great people who share the same interest.

Get started now, today.

Write down every activity you’ve ever dreamed of trying, regardless of location, destination, cost or going at it alone. My advice, young heart

– run free, be brave, be bold, you can do it. Side note: I know you’re almost grown, but always tell your parents where you’re going. Before you know it, you’ll have more on your plate than you can chew. Email me back and let me know how it’s going. I can’t wait to hear!

Alma

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Janssen Therapeutics: Using medication and education to fight HIV

Janssen, Inc. World Headquarters in Titusville, New Jersey.

By Tamara E. Holmes Partnerships are key to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

No one knows that better than Janssen Therapeutics, a division of Janssen Products LP, which is dedicated to fighting infectious diseases such as HIV/ AIDS. “If we’re ever going to get to the end of HIV and AIDS, the only way we can do that is if we all work together,” says Paulette Heath, director of policy and advocacy for the Titusville, N.J.based company. “We’re talking about industry, advocates, go-

vernment and people living with HIV.” Janssen, which falls under the umbrella of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, has a long history of working with HIV. Since 2006 the company has introduced many HIV medications and been committed to educating people on how HIV medications work. The company also offers services that support adherence. For example, medication-reminder programs nudge patients via email or a smartphone app when it’s time to take their HIV medication.

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A lot of what Janssen does is offer “day-to-day support and knowledge of the disease,” says Heath. For PLWHA, that means helping them improve their general health.

For those who are newly diagnosed, “it’s really important to get them into care,” says Heath. Unfortunately, there are a number of difficult-toreach populations, and one of Janssen’s goals is to work closely with organizations that are reaching out to those communities. In 2008 Janssen launched an initiative called Linking in-Need Communities to Care, which focuses on removing barriers to HIV/AIDS treatment in disadvantaged areas.

“It’s important to make sure everyone has the care that they need,” Heath says.

Spreading the Knowledge The researchers at Janssen know better than anyone that science has improved life dramatically for PLWHA. Yet people won’t benefit from the science if they don’t understand how it can help them.

Janssen partnered with the Black AIDS Institute, the Latino Commission on AIDS, the National Association of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct the U.S. HIV Workforce Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Survey, the first national assessment of how much nonmedical HIV/AIDS service providers know about the science and treatment of the disease.

The findings of the landmark survey were troubling. In fact, respondents on average answered only 63 percent of the questions correctly the equivalent of getting a D on their knowledge of HIV treatment

issues. If the service providers don’t understand how biomedical advances such as preexposure prophylaxis can help prevent the transmission of HIV, then how are members of the community supposed to know about all of their options?

Janssen is committed to raising the bar in terms of what service providers know about HIV, and “we are working to figure out how we can help with some educational tools to fill those gaps,” Heath says.

Another initiative to help raise awareness is the Virology Portal, an educational resource for those who provide services to PLWHA. It includes a content library filled with fact sheets to help service providers better discuss HIV prevention and treatment options with clients, as well as a listing of other available client services. The portal is also a hub for service providers to get more education and training.

For those who are willing to share the latest knowledge about HIV/AIDS, Janssen has also developed educational tools such as interactive discussion guides, therapy initiation kits and community speaker programs.

Although many of the company’s initiatives are in support of HIV/AIDS service providers, Janssen also provides direct help to PLWHA. For example, a Patient Savings Program provides financial assistance to those who cannot afford the medications that they need.

As advances in science and policy change the approaches that are taken to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Janssen’s commitment to the community remains the same. “People living with and impacted by [infectious] diseases—they’re at the center of everything that we do,” Heath says.

Tamara E. Holmes is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist who writes about health, wealth and personal growth.

W.A. Stubbs Marker (Photo by Roberto Fernandez, III)

By Ockeem Levy William Alfred Stubbs was born Oct. 27, 1935 on Cat Island, Orange Creek, Bahamas, where he lived until he was 18.

When he turned 19, he chose to move to the United States. Little is known about William’s arrival in the United States, but he did eventually settle in Miami, Fla., which was the home to a vibrant Bahamian community. On Jan. 17, 1956 in Miami, Florida William Alfred Stubbs was naturalized as a citizen of the United States.

At that time he was described as being 5’8" and 130 pounds.

After obtaining his citizenship, William joined the United States Navy and served on the USS Nimble and the USS Ranger. He served on the USS Nimble for 10 months, and in November 1957, William was transferred to the USS Ranger, where he served until Sept. 16, 1959. Aside from the limited

Photo Curtesy: The National Archives and Records Administration. information gathered from the United States National Archives documents, little else is known about William Alfred Stubbs. William died in 1976 and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale.

His headstone at Woodlawn notes that he was a Seaman in the U. S. Navy.

MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS POLICE HONORS FALLEN OFFICERS — Chief of Miami-Dade Schools Police and Security Ian A. Moffett (right) and Miami-Dade County Police Department Chief J.D. Patterson, during recent ceremony held at Tropical Park to honor 72 police officers from different municipalities for making the ultimate sacrifice for their community.

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What is missing from this picture is an intrical part to solving this problem?

(Cont'd from FP) The panel consisted of a group of experts that by all means have the political clout and resources to rid us of this dreaded drug. What really caught our eyes was the fact that none of the experts look like the community in which this drug has taken root and spread.

We applaud the efforts; however it looks like the old missionary efforts, as if to say “we know for you guys.”

A picture is worth more than a 1,000 words when three deaths have occurred alone this month.

We know for a fact that we have here in our community Black people who are more than qualified to have been involved in this “press conference”.

There was a noticed absence of our Black School Superintendent, Black Police Chief, our Black Doctors over drug treatment centers, our Black elected officials, some who were in the audiences as onlookers, and our noted Black experts in the field of drug dependences.

Where were the Black experts and the heads of systems that represent the county in which this press conference was held-even in the building?

Were they even asked?

Although Flakka has reached the flashpoint of explosion within the Black community, there was little evidence of it at the press conference held at the Urban League. There was no person of color representing the Black community on the line-up of speakers who could speak to and on behalf of the Black community.

“We’ve had 16 deaths since September from this drug alone and it’s killed three this month already. Flakka is by far the most dangerous and deadly drug in the bath salt category we’ve seen thus far,” stated Broward County’s Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Craig Mallak.

As with any occurrence in this county - when the general population is mildly ill from a current condition, the Black community is on life support from the same condition.

In addition, it seemed odd that there was a spokesperson on the panel of speakers from Holy Cross Hospital and not Broward Health. It would seem on the surface that Broward Health would have more experience/interaction with patients ill from Flakka overdose than Holy Cross; then again maybe not, with changes being constantly made from a business standpoint as opposed to getting the poor healthcare needs meet.

With the press conference being held in the heart of the 33311 zip code it would appear to be a slap in the face to the community not to include some statistical information specific to the immediate area.

It would have been a grand opportunity to solicit support - financial and otherwise - from the state level, particularly since both the area State Senator (Chris Smith) and the area House Representative (Bobby DuBose), who are also residents of the 33311 area, were present at the press conference. Why were they not included in the speakers’ line-up??

Indeed a missed opportunity for additional state support.

Other than for an apparent photo opportunity, it seems as though little was accomplished in the press conference production.

If this drug has a minimal three year run, we have more than a problem.

It’s like a Shepherd’s tree; the roots are more than 68 feet deep, which creates an effect that can last for generations.

Where was the health department? HIV/AIDS, STDs, hepatitis - all this is being transmitted in a circle of Flakka users. True this is a crisis from a communicable disease impact.

Kids think this a joke. Here’s a scenario. ...a young man just recovered from a major head trauma car accident. His socalled friends take him to the clubs to celebrate and someone slipped a few crystals in his drink. He goes ballistic and this started his downward spiral all because someone wanted to see his reaction to the drug, having a ‘good time’.

How about this young lady, 19 years old, who you have known since birth, sits across from you and looks in your eyes and tells you with every piece of intellect that one could gather, “I don’t want to go into treatment. They don’t know what to do; all they will do is put you in a crazy house,” her words were really ‘psychiatric ward’.

But long term treatment would be psych support and intensive counseling, plus hospitalization for a person to get the acute medical attention for the destruction done to kidneys, nervous system and the brain.

Where, what hospitals for the indigent? We would have an influx and beds would be filled. Where do we send our families who are sick on Flakka for treatment and long-term psychiatric care?

What’s our plan as a community? What do you suggest Broward Health (Broward General), Memorial Regional for acute inpatient detox because they are both equipped with psych wards and the acute medical capability? Long term will be an issue there are very few resources available.

So collectively, what will be our push?

The alarm will need to sound from every corner and in every home - this drug will not be tolerated in our community. Whatever we have to do we do it big. Every church, every organization needs to join hands in solidarity.

We need resources. We must quickly educate our community via all media and Black churches, etc. We must mobilize the recovery community, a powerful force. Also, use street triage teams to go through areas that are severely impacted.

Allow clients to leave detox and go directly to a residential program. Once they leave residential, they can be placed in day treatment and then regular outpatient.

If a client goes to a psych unit, as demanded by the evaluation, try to transfer them to a residential unit upon release.

Although almost 50 percent of the people in our psych units are Black, it’s not the most effective tool; especially for drug addicts who have no mental health issues.

“A brook would lose its song if God removed the rocks.”

This is an eye-opener for us as a community to come together right now.

We find it very hard to effectively be a team player if we’re not in the huddle when the plays are being developed. At this stage of the game we score it FLAKKA 1, experts 0.

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Carlton B. Moore Freedom Foundation, Inc. awards first scholarships to three high school seniors

COMRIE (Cont'd from FP) · Caila Comrie, a Fort Lauderdale High School senior who plans to attend the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando and major in criminal justice. She is the daughter of Cecile Comrie. · Iman Nayton, a Fort Lauderdale High School senior who plans to attend Florida International University (FIU) in Miami and major in information systems. She is the daughter of Richea Aba El Kheir. · Terrell Nelson, a Dillard High School senior who plans to attend Florida A & M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, and major in business. He is the grandson of Theresa Nelson.

“Each winner epitomizes the spirit of Commissioner Moore, whose favorite saying was,

NAYTON

NELSON

‘When wishing won’t work, work will,’” Jones said. “We hope they will continue to work hard to achieve their dreams, make their community proud and honor the commissioner’s memory by being successful and helping the next generation to succeed, as well.”

For more information about the scholarship and upcoming fundraising events, contact the foundation at Carltonbmoorefreedomfoundation@yahoo.com.

awarding scholarships to students in the Fort Lauderdale community and helping inmates who may have been treated unfairly because of mandatory minimum sentencing. Foundation board members include: Becky Jones, chair; Ada Moore, honorary chair; Forrest Moore, vice chairman; Afrah Hamin, recording secretary; Delores McKinley, treasurer; Ernestine Williams, parliamentarian; Pamela Adams, Keith Allen, Mikal Hamin, Kenneth Gibbs, Kenitha Gilliam, Earnestine Hamersham, Earlene Striggles Horne, Cora Johnson, Johnny Jones, Cynthia McDonald, DeNese Moore, Dennis Moore, Sam Morrison, Laura Richardson, Dianne Shuller, Michelle Stoney and Cheryl Wilcox.

About the Carlton B. Moore Freedom Foundation Inc.: The Carlton B. Moore Freedom Foundation, Inc. was esta-blished in 2014 and is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization.

It was created to honor the memory of Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Carlton Moore by

Shameful misuse of a tragic death (Cont'd from FP) We pray for the healing of the family of Officer Tate, who we are told was living out a lifelong dream. His family is hurt and grieving. They need our support and our prayers.

But to have white media connect his death with the prosecution of officers in Baltimore who were connected with the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray is despicable. Six officers were accused in the death of Mr. Gray, and charges range from illegal arrest to additional accusations of failing to give medical aid and not securing the Baltimore resident in a police vehicle.

There is no connection between the call to hold police officers accountable for their actions and the wrongful killing of an officer.

Yet CNN and the white media seek to use this death, and other deaths of officers, to justify no accountability when it comes to Black lives and law enforcement.

The death of Officer Tate cannot be sacrificed on the altar of police entitlement and police oppression and justify brutal, negligent and deadly police behavior. His father described “Coco,” as the young officer was known to his family, as a “humane officer,” who treated people with care and respect.

Talk of a chilling effect among officers not so subtly hints officers won’t do their jobs for fear of facing charges. Three years ago the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland sharply criticized the Baltimore City Police Department “for failing to comply, in multiple critical respects, with a 2010 settlement in the ACLU’s lawsuit challenging a pattern of improper arrests by the department.” An initial report from an independent auditor revealed “officers did not or could not justify arrests for quality of life of-

fenses in at least 35 percent of the cases examined; that the BPD is almost one and half years late in creating a database to allow it to effectively monitor officer and supervisor behavior; and that the BPD is improperly refusing to give the auditor records of arrests that resulted in persons being released without charge, the very arrests most likely to be improper, and the ones that led to the lawsuit in the first place.

“The ACLU insisted on an independent auditor because we worried that the Baltimore Police Department would not live up to its settlement obligations in the absence of oversight,” said David Rocah, staff attorney for the ACLU of Maryland.

“The comprehensive settlement provides for significant reforms of the BPD’s arrest and monitoring practices. The suit, which was filed in 2006, and amended in 2007, was brought on behalf of 13 individual plaintiffs as well as the Maryland State Conference and Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP. As part of the settlement, the BPD committed to new policies and training to ensure officers knew the limits of their authority, and would address low level offenses with actions short of arrest whenever possible. The agreement also required the BPD to implement a new system of comprehensive data collection and monitoring, which would be overseen by an independent auditor,” said the ACLU. So there is a long history of officers failing to properly arrest people and that concern came up in the Gray case as officers could provide no real answers for why he was approached by police in the first place. Racial profiling is illegal.

Twisting of truth, insipid fear mongering and tacit threats do a disservice to good officers who do a difficult job in difficult cir-

Shooting suspects (left to right) Marvin Banks, Joanie Calloway, Curtis Banks and Cornelius Clark, charged in the deaths of Officer Liquori Tate, a Black man, and Officer Benjamin Deen, a Caucasian.

PATROLMAN DEEN cumstances. Many of these same officers are targeted and ostracized by law enforcement comrades for trying to make unjust institutions a little more just.

For a CNN host to ask if officers around the country will not do their jobs to the best of their ability and for “expert” Steve Rogers, a retired detective from New Jersey, to say it is happening already shows the depth of racial depravity in this nation.

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Native is serving with a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron that flies the MH-60R Sea Hawk field with the helicopters, I like knowing that I’m helping everyone by taking care of their paperwork to be sure their records are current,” said Campbell.

The squadron deploys its helicopters and personnel around the world aboard a variety of Navy ships, including frigates, destroyers, cruisers and aircraft carriers.

While aboard ships at sea, the squadron conducts a variety of missions.

“Our missions aboard ships

CAMPBELL

By Lt. Emily J. McCamy, Navy Office of Community Outreach.

SAN DIEGO, CA — A 2012 Plantation High School graduate and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. native is serving with a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron that flies the Navy’s newest and most technologically-advanced helicopter, the MH-60R Sea Hawk.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Paul Campbell is a yeoman with the “Magicians” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 35, based out of San Diego.

“Although I’m not out in the

Mabel Elizabeth Cospy McCullough

Cospy McCullough Mabel Elizabeth Cospy McCullough went home to be with the Lord on May 11, 2015, at the age of 82. Mabel was a former English teacher at Coral Gables High School from 1982 to 1985, and an AAP Assistant English teacher at Miami Northwestern High School from 1973 to 1982. She retired after sustaining a life-altering injury while teaching. Mabel graduated as valedictorian from Carrollton Senior High at the age of 16, and subsequently graduated from Florida International University with a Bachelors Degree in Education.

Mabel was a former member of Antioch Baptist Church in Liberty City, where she sang in the numbers 1 and 2 choirs.

Being homebound after her injury, Mabel supported Trinity Broadcast Network through tithes and made donations to a number of international causes.

Born in Carrollton, Georgia, Mabel married Fletcher McCullough in March, 1949. Together, they had three children: Fletcher McCullough III, Cristy McCullough and Vernon McCullough.

She moved to South Florida in 1956 and is survived by her daughter, Cristy McCullough; granddaughters: Kelly Camille McCullough Bodie and Ashley Marie McCullough Bodie; and great grandsons: Julian Caesar McCullough Monsalve, Diamanté Carlo McCullough Monsalve, and Isaiah Michael McCullough Griffiths. She is also survived by siblings, Ann Cospy Sims, James Cospy, and Lottie Cospy Nesbitt, as well as a host of nieces, nephews, grand and great nieces and nephews, and sister-in-laws.

Memorial Services will start at 1 p.m. at Nakia Ingraham Funeral Home, 2509 State Road 7 (State Road 441) in West Park, Fla., (between Hallandale Beach Boulevard and Pembroke Road).

include tracking and hunting enemy submarines, combatting enemy surface ships, search and rescue, communications relay, and ferrying supplies, cargo and personnel,” said Lt. Reagan Lauritzen, Commander, Naval Air Force U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesperson.

As a yeoman, Campbell is responsible for the administration of all paperwork within the squadron.

“I went to legal school and I deal with non-judicial punishment cases and support the

commanding officer when a disciplinary situation occurs,” said Campbell. “The legal aspect of my job is very interesting because I get to learn from other people’s mistakes.”

The MH-60R Sea Hawk is over 60 feet long, and can weigh up to 23,500 lbs. It is replacing the Navy’s older helicopters because of its greater versatility and more advanced weapon systems.

“The MH-60R features more sophisticated electronics, like a new low-frequency sonar and

an advanced radar system,” said Lauritzen. “The Seahawk can also launch torpedoes, fire Hellfire missiles and laser guided rockets, and carry crew served weapons” Campbell said he is proud to be a part of the 283-member squadron that is ready to defend America at all times.

“I like that I get to serve my country, it makes me feel good that I’m doing something different and am part of the ‘one percent’ who serve in the military,” said Campbell.

Being a sailor assigned to a helicopter squadron and in a deployable status means spending a lot of time away from friends and family, but serving his country makes it worth it for Campbell.

“As a yeoman, I’m capable of going to any type of command and that’s exciting to me,” said Campbell. “Traveling the world and seeing new things will be rewarding when I deploy. If I’m assigned an expeditionary, unit I look forward to helping prevent drug trafficking.”

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