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Fifty-One Senators and 233 House Members Flunk on Civil Rights BALTIMORE – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), America’s premier civil rights organization, has released its Civil Rights Federal Legislative Report Card for the first session of the 115th Congress (Jan. 3, 2017 – Dec. 22, 2017). Since 1914, the NAACP has published a report card assessing the voting patterns of each member of Congress on critical civil rights legislation. The 2017 Legislative Report Card assigns each member of Congress a letter grade (on a scale of A to F) for his or her voting record on “bread and butter” civil rights legislation during each session of Congress. Forty-four Senators received an “A” grade, four received (Cont’d on page 10)

“On 02/08/18 my daughter and I attended an event 50 years later commemorating the death of my brother and two other students shot and killed on campus at South Carolina State University. Needless to say-returning six days later on Valentine’s Day hearing the news of students at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas being shot down. Imagining the pain and suffering of the families what they are going through as my family. No family should suffer the loss of a love one by way of gun violence. NO FAMILY SHOULD SEND THEIR LOVE ONE TO SCHOOL AND RECEIVE A CALL THEY ARE DECEASED.” Samuel Hammond of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Zenobbie H. Clark “My thoughts about the MSD Shooting is one of hurt and sadness! No child should have to go to school worrying about whether or not they will return home

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Roses were laid around the memorial on the 50th anniversary. because someone decides to “shoot up a school” and no parent should have to bury a child ; as my parents had to, 50 years ago! Why wasn’t there outrage about the three young men that were gunned down on the campus of South Carolina State University in 1968? As with MSD

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK, N.Y — Leadership development, mentoring, and Rites of Passage are the focuses of the new From the Fire: Leadership Academy for Young Men on July 22-Aug. 3, 2018. Operated by At the Well Conferences, Inc.; a provider of events for teens since 2009. The inaugural two-week boarding program at Princeton University is designed for young men of color in the ninth, tenth or eleventh grades of high school. Danny Glover The Program Chair is the actor and director Delroy Lindo. He has provided memorable performances in films such as The Cider House Rules, Heist, Clockers, Crooklyn, Malcolm X, and Ransom. Lindo’s passion for the plight of minority boys is leading the actor to take an active role in the program’s development. Lindo states, “My hope is that the experience of From the Fire

High School, those three young me and the 27 other students who were injured did nothing to provoke the National Guardsmen. Was it because it was the 60’s and it was during the Civil Rights Era and Dr King wasn’t involved or was it because Black (Cont’d on page 12)

will give students a boost to take the next steps in whatever goals they have planned for their lives.” The keynote speaker is actor, producer, and humanitarian Danny Glover. Glover has been a commanding presence on screen, stage, and television for more than 25 years. Additional speakers include former NBA stars Charlie Ward and Jason Richardson, Honorable Ras J. Baraka, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, artist Hank Willis Thomas, attorney Kevin Harden, and music professor Aaron Dworkin. From the Fire’s curriculum and programming is research-based and designed by educators and leaders with decades of experience in young adult education and social change activism. It is rooted in the spiritual and intellectual traditions forged in the justice struggles of African Americans. The Leadership (Cont’d on page 10)

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Black pharmacists from Duval County were among the participants at the Florida PrEP Institute. On Jan. 10, 2018, the Florida Department of health took action to encourage more medical professionals in the state to prescribed pre-exposure pro-phylaxis (PrEP) when it invited experts from San Franciso’s Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to conduct the Florida PrEP Institute -- training about PrEP Ifor state and local health professionals as well as communitybased organizations. (Cont’d on page 5)

By Nichole Richards Pompano Beach, FL - If there is one positive takeaway from the last two weeks it would the undeniable power of youth voice. The tragic shooting at Stoneman Douglas has forced the world to acknowledge it. It would be difficult not to feel convicted by the courage and clarity from these teenagers as they speak truth to power and demand long overdue change. Despite the different serious debates and implications (namely racial) one can justifiable make, one thing is for certain: children can be awe-inspiring. On February 24th, one such inspirational youth graced the stage at Pompano Beach’s Historic Ali Cultural Arts Center, emphasizing that greatness can

On February 14 in one of the deadliest school massacres seventeen people were killed, three staff members and fourteen students. Mt. Hermon AME Church put on a candlelight memorial for the seventeen victims, which also touched on the topic of ending gun violence. There were seventeen candles lit and a moment of silence to remember the victims: Alyssa Alhadeff, 14, Scott Beigel, 35, Martin Duque Anguiano, 14, Nicholas Dworet, 17, Aaron Feis, 37, Jaime Guttenberg, 14, Chris Hixon, 49, Luke Hoyer, 15, Cara Loughran, 14, Gina Montalto, 14, Joaquin Oliver, 17, Alaina Petty, 14, Meadow Pollack, 18, Helena Ramsay, 17, Alex Schachter, 14, Carmen Schentrup, 16, and Peter Wang, 15. Reverend Henry E. Green Jr., was one of the first to speak at the podium. “The students of Stoneman Douglas High School, friends and classmates have been mercilessly murdered. We know senseless gun related tragedies first hand in the AME church, with the loss of life at Emanuel AME Church where several parishioners were killed in a prayer meeting. We mourn the mass murders of worshipers in churches and schools across the nation.” Dylann Roof murdered nine members of the church. Many other reverends from different churches took the podium to speak. Rev. Dr. Brett Opalinski from the United Methodist Church spoke about being tired of having to speak under these circumstances. “I have to tell you I’m tired. I’m tired of speaking at events like this, there’s been too many these last few years, Charleston, Orlando, Parkland.” In 2016, Omar Mateen shot in an Orlando nightclub and murdered 49 people. After a standoff with the Orlando Police (Cont’d on page 5)

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come at any age. For one night only, Matthew Whitaker, the world-renowned teen prodigy from Hackensack, New Jersey, gave a spectacular jazz performance. His second time at The Ali, Matthew is a highly talented, critically acclaimed pianist, percussionist, organist, who has travelled the world performing (Cont’d on page 12)

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Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the NNPA, signs a historic agreement with the NAACP, designed to help mobilize voters for mid-term elections and to increase membership for the 109-year-old organization, as NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson (l) and Dorothy Leavell, the chairman of the NNPA, look on. NEW YORK — During its annual public board meeting in New York City, the NAACP announced several key partnerships designed to expand the reach, impact, and effectiveness of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organizations. During its public annual board meeting, the Association announced partnerships with key organizations of color designed to help mobilize voters for mid-term elections and increase membership for the 109year-old organization. The NAACP signed agreements with the NNPA: The Black Press of America; the National Minority Pan Hellenic Council; the African American Institute and The LINKS today as part of an overall strategy by the NAACP to shift resources towards mobilization efforts for the 2018-midterm elections.

“Working with partners remains a critical part of unifying the Black community as we prepare to make our voices heard at the polls and on ineffective public policies,” said NAACP National Board Chairman Leon W. Russell. “These groups have answered the call to work with us to expand membership and our ability to educate our community on the need for aggressive civic engagement.” Partnerships included Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) with: · The LINKS: A group of nearly 15,000 professional women of color, with 285 chapters in 41 states, the District of Columbia and the Bahamas. · National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA): Also known as, the Black Press of America, NNPA is a trade association of the more than 200 African American-owned com-

munity newspapers from around the United States that reach millions weekly. · Africa-America Institute (AAI): An organization created to expand education on Africa, increase capacity building and foster relationships between Africans and African Americans. · National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC): Is an international organization representing nine International Greek letter Sororities and Fraternities: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. (Read full story at: www.thewestsidegazette.com)

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The Originator of Black History Month By Don Valentine Far too few people know where the genesis for Black History Month came from. Carter G. Woodson was the second African American to receive a doctorate from Harvard, after W.E.B. Du Bois. Known as the “Father of Black History,” Woodson dedicated his career to the field of African-American

history and lobbied extensively to establish Black History Month as a nationwide institution. He also wrote many historical works, including the 1933 book The Mis-Education of the Negro. He died in Washington, D.C., in 1950. He was the son of a former slave. Mr. Woodson established the scholarly publication Journal of Negro History in 1916,

and to help teachers with African American studies, he created the Negro History Bulletin in 1937. Woodson also formed the African Americanowned Associated Publishers Press in 1921. Outside of his writing pursuits, Woodson held down several positions in academia. He served as principal of the Armstrong Manual Training

Famed Graffiti Artist Cey Adams is featured arts mean business speaker in March

ADAMS FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Business for the Arts Broward (BFA) presents its Arts Mean Business Speaker Series featuring renowned artist Cey Adams discussing “Creating Awareness Through Art” on Thursday, March 8 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Stache Bar Drinking Den + Coee Bar, 109 S.W. Second Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Underwritten by the BBX Capital Foundation with additional community support from Greenspoon Marder, The Community Foundation of Broward, American Express and Stache, the event is free and begins with a continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. followed by the presentation at 8 a.m. Adams will highlight his personal story and convey how working with young people through art can inspire change in the world. Artwork created by Adams and Broward County youth in partnership with the

Urban League of Broward for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s walk also will be unveiled. Adams emerged from the downtown graffiti movement to exhibit alongside fellow artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. The New York City native appeared in the historic 1982 PBS documentary Style Wars, which tracks subway graffiti in New York. He served as Creative Director for Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons’ Def Jam Recordings, where he co-founded the Drawing Board, the label’s in-house visual design firm, creating visual identities, album covers, logos, and advertising campaigns for Run DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Notorious B.I.G., Maroon 5, and Jay-Z. He exhibits, lectures and teaches art workshops at institutions including the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History

and Culture, MoMA, Museum of the City of New York, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and more. Adams draws inspiration from 60’s pop art, sign painting, vintage comics and popular culture. His work focuses on themes including pop culture, brand identity, cultural and community issues. Adams also worked with the Urban League of Broward County and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) to engage youth in the afterschool program in a three-day service learning project as the Urban League of Broward County seeks to educate middle school age youth about healthy relationships and the value of protecting themselves against preventable diseases such as HIV. It is critically important that learning begins at a young age on the risks associated with unhealthy relationships and poor decision making. Communities of color are substantially impacted by HIV and it’s becoming increasingly more challenging to prevent the disease among youth. Students interacted with Adams and members of the Urban League staff to share their thoughts, lessons learned, energy and frustrations about the subject matter. Together Adams and the students de-signed the banner for the March 18 AIDS walk. To RSVP to the Arts Mean Business Speaker Series with Cey Adams, call (954) 940-5344 or email rvegas@bfabroward.org.

No vel Explor es Misconduct in Br ookl yn’s Novel Explores Brookl ooklyn’s L egal Sy stem System By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In January 2014, Kenneth Thompson made history by becoming the first African American district attorney of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. As Brooklyn’s district attorney, Thompson “ordered his office not to prosecute low-level marijuana arrests, in part to devote more resources to fight gun crimes, rape and domestic violence. He said he also wanted to spare younger New Yorkers from ‘the burden of a criminal record,’” according to the New York Daily News. “He also moved to vacate or supported the dismissal of convictions of 21 people wrongly convicted of murder and other offenses…and presided over the prosecution against Police Officer Peter Liang in the accidental shooting death of Akai Gurley at the Pink Houses.” In October 2016, Thompson died from cancer, but his career has been immortalized in a novel by Frederic Block, a senior United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York. In an interview with Above The Law (ATL), a website that provides news and insights about the legal system, Block said that “Race to Judgment” is based in part on Thompson’s life. Block told ATL that when he presented a signed copy of the book Thompson’s widow, LuShawn she told him that the book was a wonderful way of perpetuating Thompson’s legacy. Block said that early in his career, Thompson tried one of his first cases in front of the judge as a federal prosecutor. “I was impressed with his ability and immediately knew he was going places,” said Block.

‘Race to Judgment’ is a reality-fiction novel dedicated to the legacy of Kenneth Thompson Brooklyn's first Black District Attorney. (SelectBooks) Block continued: “Since then, I followed his career with great interest as he rose to the pinnacle of the New York legal world. ‘Race to Judgment,’ my new reality fiction novel, which explores themes of corruption and misconduct in the Brooklyn criminal justice system, is loosely based on Ken’s career. It is dedicated to his memory.” Block’s book draws from his more than two decades on the federal bench and tackles such cases as the 1991 Crown Heights riot that pitted African American and Orthodox Jewish residents against each other during an especially tense time in Brooklyn. According to a description of “Race to Judgment” on Amazon.com, the reality-fiction novel, “tracks the rise of the fictional African American civil rights protagonist Ken Williams… from his days as an Assistant United States Attorney through his meteoric rise to unseat the long-term, corrupt Brooklyn [District Attorney, because of a spate of phony convictions against Black defendants, including another one of the judge’s real cases (JoJo Jones in the book) for the murder of a Hasidic rabbi.” Thompson’s legacy lives on as the inspiration for the main

character in “Race to Judgment,” and readers will recognize the close professional relationship between Thompson and Block. Block’s biography on Amazon.com said that he was appointed United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York on September 29, 1994, and entered duty on Oct. 31, 1994. He assumed senior status on Sept. 1, 2005. “During his 23 years on the bench, Block has presided over a number of high-profile cases, including the trials of former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, Kenneth ‘Supreme’ McGriff, Peter Gotti, Lemrick Nelson, and nightclub magnate Peter Gatien,” the biography said. A press release about the book said, “With ‘Race to Judgment,’ Frederic Block has not only created an exciting novel, but he also provides an insider’s look at the New York criminal justice system—from the deplorable conditions at the Riker’s Island prison, to the mistreatment of African American prisoners, to the practice of stopand-frisk which has disproportionately targeted minorities.”

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Do you know Marie M. Daly By Nicole Nutting

WOODSON School in Washington, D.C., before becoming a dean at Howard University and the West Virginia Collegiate Institute. Mr. Woodson was one of the first prominent members of the historic Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

As we teeter on the cusp of Black History Month and Women’s History Month, I offer a shout out to a woman who fits in BOTH categories! Future chemist Marie M. Daly was born on April 16, 1921, in Queens, New York. The pioneering scientist was the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States, and her groundbreaking work helped clarify how the human body works. Daly came from a family who believed strongly in the power of education. Her father, Ivan C. Daly, had emigrated from the West Indies as a young man and enrolled at Cornell University to study chemistry. A lack

A story of the African American Press deeply rooted in the South HOUSTON — Awardwinning book designer William Gordon aka Bill Lee in posthumous collaboration with former Neiman fellow, William Gordon, Sr. announces the distinctive memoir New Man Down South. Go behind the pages of the Memphis World, Tuskegee Institute’s Service magazine, newspaper PM and the New York Star as Gordon, Sr. — former editor of the Atlanta Daily World, one of the nation’s foremost African-American newspapers — gives one of the only first-hand accounts of the daily operations of the Negro press. New Man Down South transports the reader back to the South of the early 20th century. Gordon, Sr. shares his personal testimony of growing up in the sharecropping fields of Mississippi, to the segregated streets of Memphis to Atlanta at the very beginnings of the civil rights era. The narrative alongside photographs, advertisements, articles, editorials, and inter-

Mock-ups of New Man Down South, a 284 page, leatherbound hardcover book, 7" x 9" uniquely designed to be an aesthetically beautiful “autobiographical archive.” views with American icons such as Jackie Robinson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., recreate these newspapers to illustrate the reason for — and importance of — the Negro press in American history. Following the 30-day Kickstarter campaign launched Feb. 1, the limited edition book will be made available in the Spring of 2018. (Read full story at: www.thewestsidegazette.com)

DALY of money blocked his path, however, and he was forced to quit college, instead returning to New York City where he found work as a postal clerk. Daly didn’t waste time in completing her studies. She finished her master’s degree in just a year and then, in 1944, enrolled at Columbia University as a doctoral student. Aided by her own ambition and intelligence, She was further helped by timing. World War II was at its peak, and employers were looking for women to fill the jobs left by the scores of men who’d been sent overseas to fight. In addition, Columbia’s chemistry program was being led by Dr. Mary L. Caldwell, a renowned scientist who helped blaze new trails for women in chemistry throughout her career. In 1955, she returned to Columbia, working closely with Dr. Quentin B. Deming on the causes of heart attacks. Their groundbreaking work, which was later relocated to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York, disclosed the relationship between high cholesterol and clogged arteries. That work opened up a new understanding of how foods and diet can affect the health of the heart and the circulatory system. Thank you, Dr. Daly. You are a true icon in the long list of African American Women Role Models!

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Class of 1971 meeting on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 4:30 p.m., at Black Firefighter Hall, 1612 Sistrunk Blvd., (NW Sixth St). Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (65th Birthday Committee should plan to arrive by 3:30 p.m. to review locations and dates for this event. For more info call Betty Davis at (954) 629-7907. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

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Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is celebrating 60 years and everyone is invited to the party on Sunday, March 4 from 1 to 4 p.m., at (One East Las Olas Blvd.) Admission is free. For additional info call (954) 262-0258.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Zeta Rho Omega chapter, in partnership with the AKAdemic Foundation, Inc., is hosting their Pink Ice: Pumps, Pearls and Denim on Friday, March 9, 2018, at the Signature Grand, 6900 St. Rd. 84, Davie, Fla. Reception begins at 6:30 p.m. dinner, dancing with Valerie Tyson Band from 7:30 p.m. - 12 a.m. The proceeds are tax deductible. Send PayPal payments to AKAdemicFoundation@gmail.com or make checks payable to AKAdemic Foundation, Inc., P. O. Box 9811, Fort Lauderale, Fla., 33310.

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Mamma Curry’s Closet Inc. is having a Fundraiser for our new program , W.I.N.G.S. "Winning In-Spite of Negativity Navigating Great Success" on Friday, March 2, 2018. Free delivery for 4 or more dinners or you may pick up from 558 W. Melrose Cir. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Lunch starts at 11 a.m. We will probably be in your area because we normally deliver to Sunrise H.S. and Dillard Elementary. Dinner includes: Fried Red Snapper, Seafood Rice, Coleslaw, Corn on the Cobb & a choice of Pepsi, Mountain Dew or Lipton Tea. For more info call (754) 5511329 or email sidneyscatering@gmail.com to per-order. Be advised that food prepared may contain these ingredients: milk, eggs, wheat, soybean, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish. * Please advise of any food allergies before you place your order Thanks in advance

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Florida Health Broward County Events · Survivors Stroll on Saturday, March 3 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Delevoe Park, 2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale. Event to raise awareness and support those affected by rape, incest, molestation. For more info contact Angine Moss at (954) 962-6868, hosanna$youth@gmail.com · Adams Tabernacle of Faith AME Church will host its first Mind Body and Soul Health Fair on Saturday, March 10, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 20851 Johnson St., Suite 115, Pembroke Pines, Fla. This event is to inform the community about health and wellness issues, and about health resources. For more info contact Sonya Reese at (954) 210-3188.

Tropical Krave and OneBlood. Blood drive to support the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School community and Broward County hospitals #PINTFORAPINT on Sunday, March 4 from 12 to 5 p.m., at Tropical Krave, 222 Commercial Blvd., Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Fla. To support the students, faculty, staff, and families of MSD High School and our local medical personnel who saved numerous live.

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Farm Share Partners with City of Miami Gardens Councilwoman Lisa C. Davis for a Free Food Distribution on Friday, March 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Robert Sharpe Towers, 103 N.W. 202 Terr., Miami Gardens, Fla. To register contact Tiffany Achille at (305) 622-8094.

Wilton Manors is announcing that the City will be hosting its Annual City of Wilton Manors Island CityWide Yard Sale on Saturday, March 10 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Hagen Park. For information call the Leisure Services Department at (954) 390-2115 or (954) 390-2130.

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Sistrunk Business Owners' Police Forum & Breakfast on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 9 a.m., at the Fort Lauderdale, Police Sistrunk Substation, 1291 N.W. 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Join Chief Maglione & Commissioner Robert McKinzie, to discuss concerns and collaborate on solutions relative to our business community. A light breakfast will be served for all attendees. RSVP by calling (954) 828-5824, or by emailing StevenSc@fortlauderdale.gov

The Fort Lauderdale Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. hosts its annual Debutante Cotillion and Master’s Ball on Saturday, March 24, 2018, a formal affair. All interested young ladies and gentlemen who are in 12th grades are encouraged to apply each year. For more info on the event call (954) 303-1051 or (754) 4228084.

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NOMINATIONS The Aging and Disability Resource Center is seeking nominations for the 2018 Broward Senior Hall of Fame. Candidates must be local residents, 60 years of age and older, who have performed in a highly commendable manner, in the Broward County Volunteer Sector for 5 years or more. Nominations, in 200 words or less, should include: the senior’s name; age; address; telephone number; email address; and a description of why the individual is being nominated. A special committee, led by Broward County Mayor Beam Furr will meet, in March, to study the 2018 nominations, and choose the new members. Electees will be honored in May, which is Older American’s Month, at a special breakfast calendared on Friday, May 4 at the Renaissance Fort Lauderdale-Plantation Hotel. Their names also will be placed on a plaque that is displayed in the Broward County Government Building. Nominations should be received by the ADRC on or before the end of business on Friday, March 9, 2018. Mail the data to: Broward Senior Hall of Fame, 5300 Hiatus Road, Sunrise, FL 33351; Email to: jonesd@adrcbroward.org; or send your data online at: http:// adrcbroward.org/ seniorhalloffame.php. For further information, please call the Aging and Disability Resource Center at (954) 7459567.

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NAACP Files Suit against Myrtle Beach for Racially Discriminatory Practices during Black Bike Week The National NAACP, the Myrtle Beach Branch of the NAACP and three individuals filed a complaint and motion for preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina alleging that the City of Myrtle Beach and the City of Myrtle Beach Police Department discriminate against African American tourists. The complaint alleges that there are stark differences in the treatment of African American bikers during Black Bike Week compared to the treatment of majority-White bikers during Harley Week. Both events occur in May with Black Bike Week held over the Memorial Day Weekend and with Harley Week ending a week before Black Bike Week starts. The two events attract a similar number of visitors to the Myrtle Beach area. According to the complaint, the City of Myrtle Beach and its police department impose no formal traffic plan during Harley Week. However, during

City and Police Accused of Separate and Unequal Treatment of Black Bikers versus White Bikers Black Bike Week they restrict the main two-way thoroughfare, Ocean Boulevard, to a single lane of southbound traffic. All vehicles entering Ocean Boulevard at night are forced to travel through a 23-mile loop with just one exit. On Saturday night of Black Bike Week, it could take over six hours to complete the loop. The complaint also alleges that the City deploys far more police officers during Black Bike Week than Harley Week and that the police officers utilize overly aggressive policing tactics against African Americans. As described in the complaint, the City seeks to make Black Bike Week sufficiently unpleasant for the mostly African American motorcyclists, hoping that they stop attending the event and that it ceases to exist. The NAACP believes the city

and police are attempting to deter African Americans tourists and bikers from visiting Myrtle Beach. “All citizens are entitled to equal protection under the law and have the rights of expression, assembly and association,” said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. “The City’s traffic plan and overly aggressive policing tactics during Black Bike Week violate those fundamental constitutional rights. The Association will continue to use the courts to fight such blatant discrimination.” In 2003, the NAACP successfully challenged the City’s previous traffic plan for Black Bike Week. In 2005, the district court granted the NAACP’s motion for preliminary injunction, finding that differences in the traffic plans between Black Bike Week and Harley Week

PREP INSTITUTE COMES TO THE SUNSHINE ST ATE STA the rate among Black females is almost 18 times that of White females. So getting health-care providers on board with PrEP is particularly important for Florida’s Black residents. “Knowing that Florida leads the country in terms of HIV cases among Blacks, the Black AIDS Institute wanted to be a part of this training process to ensure that the services offered were inclusive culturally of Black communities,” says national HIV/ AIDS consultant Leisha McKinley-Beach, the Institute’s manager of health departments. (In other efforts to increase PrEP uptake within the state, Miami-Dade County has been working to ensure that physicians are fully informed about PrEP. Gainesville and Orlando are also getting the word about PrEP out to Black communities. And last month, Florida health officials announced that the state will start providing PrEP free of charge by the end of 2018.) Sharing Eye-Opening Information The objectives of the Florida PrEP Institute were, first, to train health professionals about the benefits of PrEP and, second, to help participants develop a plan of action for when they return to their propective communities. “The goal was to bring county health departments together with community-based clinics to develop organizational implementation plans to figure out what it was going to take to offer PrEP in their clinics over thenext six months,” says Jonathan Fuchs, M.D., MPH, director of the Center for Learning and Innovation within SFDPH’s Population Health Division, and an associate clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. ”Our SFDPH team

has extensive experience in developing these types of summits and institutes, and we applied what we learned to help Florida address their burgeoning HIV epidemic through PrEP scale-up.” CBOs were given a say in the PrEP Institute—and it was eye-opening. “I think people were most impressed with the way we launched the institute with a PrEP consumer panel,” says Dr. Fuchs of the inclusion of the AIDS movement’s foot soldiers in local CBOs. “Hearing directly from patients/ clients about what worked and what was challenging during their PrEP experience was critical to the success of the sessions that followed.” The fact that some community organizations brought previous PrEP-implementation experience to the table was a real plus. “It seems like the community organizations in some areas were much more advanced in their strategies for PrEP than the health departments, which is why it became a beautiful marriage to have those community organizations there,” McKinleyBeach says. ”They were serving as leaders. They were doing the work.” Participants left the Florida PrEP Institute with draft PrEP implementation plans that they can continue to develop in conjunction with local stakeholders and decisionmakers within their home institutions. The Florida Health Department plans to have a second PrEP institute, according to McKinley-Beach. Candace Y.A. Montague is an award-winning freelance journalist in Washington, D.C. Her work has been featured in several online and print publications, including The Washington Post and The Grio.

Mt. Hermon AME Church has Memorial

enough is indeed enough. How many more innocent people must die and how much more blood must be shed before something is done. Whether it’s children, teens, or adults, lives are being taken, and nothing is being done.

(Cont'd from FP) A three-day interactive, hands-on experience, the Florida PrEP Institute included expert lectures, information sessions and discussions to help state and local health departments and community-based organizations (CBO’s) to develop plans for coordinating PrEP services throughout the state. The Black AIDS Institute, along with Cicatelli Associates, National Community Health Partners and the Capacity Building Assistance Provider Network, helped lead the instruction. Florida: Ripe for Change While many states have seen HIV infection rates decline, Florida’s HIV rates remain strikingly high. According to AIDSVu, Florida has the third-highest HIV prevalence in the nation, behind only New York and Maryland. In 2014, 609 out of every 100,000 people in the state were living with HIV. The state’s rate of new HIV diagnoses is tied for second nationally with Georgia and trails only Louisiana. Within Florida itself, the 2015 HIV Surveillance Report (pdf) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that South Florida has the highest rate of new cases, at 38.8 per 100,000, more than three times the national average. In 2014, Blacks accounted for 57 percent of AIDS deaths (pdf) in the state. But as disturbing as these HIV rates are, they are even higher among Black Floridians. According to the Florida Department of Health, in 2013, at 95.5 per 100,000, the HIV prevalence among Blacks (pdf) in the state ranked fourth nationally, trailing only Washington, D.C., Maryland and New Jersey. The rate of Black males living with an HIV diagnosis is 4.5 times that of White males, and

(Cont'd from FP) Department, he was shot and killed. “We’ve come tonight to lock arms with our fellow faith participants to say indeed enough is enough. Like my friend who came before me, I am also tired.” – Rev. Cal Hopkins (Christian Methodist Episcopal Church) After all these mass shootings, many are fighting for legislation to enforce stricter gun control laws and end senseless gun violence. According to CNN, there was article published which states the United States leads the world in mass shootings. In this study, mass shootings are defined as having four or more victims, not including gang killings or multiple family members killings; between 1966 and 2012 there were 90 mass shootings in the United States. Now added to the list are the Orlando nightclub shooting, Sandy Hook El-

ementary, Emanuel AME Church, Colorado Theatre shooting, and the Stoneman Douglas shooting. Stricter gun laws must be enforced, because

were likely motivated by race and in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Shortly after this decision, a settlement agreement was entered requiring the City to impose the same traffic plans for Black Bike Week and Harley Week. However, in 2015, after that agreement expired, the City imposed a new traffic plan even more restrictive than the 2003 plan. “The Court found that the earlier plan was likely motivated by race and now just a few years after the consent order expired, the City has come

back with an even more restrictive plan; it is clear that the City is once again discriminating against the African Americans who attend Black Bike Week,” said Reed Colfax of Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, which represents the Plaintiffs. “During annual Black Bike Week, the City of Myrtle Beach and its Police Department resort to behavior that subjects African Americans to rules and restrictions that are clearly racially motivated,” said Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Un-

Delta Eta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. holds health seminar On Jan. 8, 2018 The Delta Eta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. held a health seminar for the public called “Get Fit and Stay Fit”. The seminar took place at the African-American Research Library and Culture Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. There was a panel of experts which included Dr. Walter Campbell, (Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine), Demetrice Morrison, (Registered Dietician), and Beverly Glover, of Beverly’s Organic Natural Juices. Each panel guest offered their expertise on how we could enhance and even change our health for good simply by the choices we make with the foods and drinks we consume. Dr Campbell and Dietician Demetrice Morrison talked about how what we consume can change the prognosis on many healthcare issues and how healthy eating and living could provide opportunities to

heal our bodies naturally when facing a crisis, even helping to avoid disease altogether in some cases. Ms. Glover furthered the discussion by sharing many different types of natural juices and alkaline waters to get our bodies in check. At the end of the sessions, there was a wide array of healthy juices and water for each participant to sample. In addition, the sorority provided several healthy snacks for guests that included fruit cups, nuts, healthy chips, and water. These items were provided along with a “Get Fit” canvas bag for each participant and a free FitBit watch for the first 50 people to arrive. The event was an all-around success and action packed. Eventhough the doors have closed for this year’s event, The Fort Lauderdale Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority awaits the opportunity to enlighten the community again next year as a part of its MLK health intiative to “Get Fit and Stay Fi

der Law. “This draconian set of rules and restrictions don’t apply during Harley Week, the Country Music Festival or during other major public events. By subjecting African Americans who travel to Myrtle Beach for Black Bike Week to secondclass treatment, officials are resorting to conduct from a bygone era. With our lawsuit, we are turning to the courts to protect the rights and dignity of those seeking equal treatment under the law.” Black Bike Week is the one time of the year when the majority of the tourists in Myrtle Beach are African American. It is also the only time of the year when the city and police impose such an obtrusive traffic plan for tourists. Such tactics are noticeably absent during the weeks of Spring Break, or Fourth of July celebrations. “The City’s traffic plan does not facilitate traffic,” said Myrtle Beach Branch NAACP President Mickey James. “It does not promote public safety. Unfortunately, it is designed to discourage African Americans from attending Black Bike Week.” “White bikers do not have to go through that, so why should we?” said individual plaintiff Simuel Jones, a Black Bike Week attendee and former U.S. Marine. Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Law Office of Peter Wilborn, and the NAACP Office of the General Counsel represent the plaintiffs.

LEGAL NOTICE Pursuant to F.S.98.075 (7), notice is hereby given to the voters listed below that your eligibility to vote is in question. You are required to contact the Supervisor of Elections in Broward County, Florida, no later than thirty (30) days after the date of this publishing in order to receive information regarding the basis for the potential ineligibility and the procedure to resolve the matter. Failure to respond will result in a determination of ineligibility by the Supervisor and your name will be removed from the statewide voter registration system. If you have any questions pertaining to this matter, please contact the Supervisor of Elections at: 115 South Andrews Avenue, Room 102, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 or call: 954-357-7050. Notice is hereby given to: / At the Last known address: Kathy L Aaron 6211 NW 18th St Sunrise, FL 33313-4610 Kevin R Biasi 2224 NW 8th St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Robert W Burton 5661 NE 18Th Ave APT 113 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33334 Pedro L Colon th 152 NE 38 St Apt 80 Oakland Park, FL 33334 Jeffrey A Daley 9520 Hudson St Miramar, FL 33025 Thomas E Dillon 8681 NW 24th Ct Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 Jeffery L Edwards Jr 2700 NW 56th Ave Apt 206 Lauderhill, FL 33313 Jill M Henderson 650 NW 3rd Way Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Aves Z Kenaya 210 NW 4TH Ave Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Julia E Mack 270 Iowa Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312 Derek A McKinney 2424 NW 21st St 5 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Franklin W Paulino st 17365 SW 31 Ct Miramar, FL 33029 Briana R Rahmings 3811 NW 21st St APT 306 Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33311 Carlton M Salter 1729 Lauderdale Manor Dr Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Roberta S Tarlow 2218 Anchor CT Dania Beach, FL 33312 Iziah Underwood th 5600 NW 9 Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33309

Notice is hereby given to: / At the Last known address: Spencer J Altschuler 3600 Oaks Clubhouse Dr. 403 Pompano Beach, FL 33069 Theri L Blacksheare 2950 NW 55th Ave Apt 1 A Lauderhill, FL 33313 Willie L Butler 1070 NW 25Th Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Martavius B Corker-Tukes 3560 Jackson Blvd Ft Lauderdale , FL 33312Joshua T Daniels th 9060 SW 20 St Miramar, FL 33025 Ivan F Dominguez 781 SW 64th Ter Pembroke Pines, FL 33023 Alonzo Fuller Jr 849 NW 16th AVE Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Joann Hines 17001 NW 22Nd ST Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 Lisa M Kramer th 4931 NE 28 Ave Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 Easton D Massey 612 NW 15th Ave Apt 612 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Elfriede G Merchant 7840 NW 50th St Lauderhill, FL 33351 Paul J Pelkington 4719 SW 46th Ln Davie, FL 33314 Pedro Ramos 3730 SW 48Th Ave Apt 103 Pembroke Park, FL 33023 Travis D Spencer 1270 SW 6th Way Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Kerry Ann A Thompson 400 Lock Rd Apt 15 Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 Joseph B Valcarcel 6401 Wiley St Hollywood, FL 33023

Notice is hereby given to: / At the Last known address: Raymond L Alvarado 1725 SW 44th Ter Ft Lauderdale, FL 33317 Brandon L Burroughs 1600 NW 6Th Pl Apt 3206 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Calvin E Butts 4160 NW 21st St Apt E-120 Lauderhill, FL 33313 James T Crudup 200 NW 4th Ave Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Lawrence K Davis th 10640 NW 29 Ct Sunrise, FL 33322 Carlos M Duque 8920 NW 15th Ct Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 Willie Garcia 3101 SW 14Th St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312 Mercedes A Holmes 4550 NW 11th St Lauderhill, FL 33313 Rodney B Laster JR 515 NW 18th Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Ralph E Mata 1480 NW 161st Ave Pembroke Pines ,FL 33028 Clifford H Morgan th 6570 SW 20 ST North Lauderdale, FL 33068 Jean-Max Philippe Auguste 12021 NW 29Th Pl Sunrise, FL 33323 O'Neal Robinson Jr 2345 Farragut St Apt 2 Hollywood, FL 33020 Charles J Stewart th 1230 NW 8 St Unit 207 Ft Lauderdale, FL 3331 Thomas L Thompson 11437 Lakeview Dr Coral Springs, FL 33071 Kyle R Weber 6063 NW 16th Ct Margate, FL 33063

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Darvin A Wilfork 5861 NW 16th Pl APT 108 Sunrise, FL 33313

Christopher L Williams 4591 NW 19Th ST APT 104 Lauderhill, FL 33313

Notice is hereby given to: / At the Last known address: Joseph A Becht 816 NE 18th Ave Apt 2 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33304 Geneva Burton 2540 NW 39th Way 104 Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33311 Tabitha M Choates 2045 SW 61st Ave Apt A Miramar, FL 33023 Michael D Curry 471 Sunshine Dr Apt 6 Coconut Creek, FL 33066 Donna D Diah th 1815 NW 58 AVE Lauderhill, FL 33313 Andre A Dyges st 8321 NW 21 St Sunrise, FL 33322 Rhonda P Gittens 7330 Stirling Rd Apt 105 Davie, FL 33024 Michael O Kelly Sr 1606 NW 7Th Pl Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Kenneth C Link 5821 NW 28th St Lauderhill, FL 33313 James L McFadden 1917 NW 46th Ave Apt D Lauderhill, FL 33313 Daniel GOltarsh 1717 Coral Ridge Dr Ft Lauderdale, FL 33305 James T Quarles 615 NW 10Th Ave Apt 201 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311 Sally V Rose 4740 NW 114th Ave Sunrise, FL 33323 Edwidge Surin th 1730 SW 86 Ave Miramar, FL 33025 Johnny L Tyler 2201 Greene St Apt 1 Hollywood, FL 33020 Dara B Webman 3320 Atlanta St Hollywood, FL 33021

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Three strategic ways to: Strict Gun Laws, Coordinated Mental Health, Security based on environment” By Mei-Ling Ho-Shing Marjory Stoneman Douglas student This traumatizing experience has brought Florida, Parkland, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas together as a community. It has been a week since the massacre and it has been a rollercoaster. Nicholas Cruz was “mentally unstable” and only 19-years-old but was able to purchase a military grade weapon. He also owned ten guns and machinery that were not made for hunting… they were made to slaughter. Over the past week, the news and politicians have been monitored about what happened. For decades we have been speaking about people who kill each other on the streets, officers who kill unarmed citizens, and individuals who take the lives of others in public places. Gun violence has reared its ugly head in multiple scenarios : Columbine High School, Treyvon Martin, the Charleston Church Shooting, Pulse Night Club Shooting, and many others. During this tragic event, we hid behind teacher’s desk or ran off campus. We feared for our lives, shaking

alongside our peers. Some of us prayed over each other, most of us cried, and many reminisced about family and friends. Of the seven minutes of pure fear and faith, we just hoped for security for ourselves and everyone else prone to violence. Later on, first responders smashed our windows and entered our room. As we were evacuating ,we witnessed unbearable things that no human being should ever see: the evidence of the attack. We finally were able to reunite with each other, one loved one at a time. Now that we can all agree that no mother should live in fear that when their child leaves to go to school or to the mall, or even to church, that they will not come home, that bullets are fair and equal in target. We can come together to work towards a solution to this problem. Three strategic ways: · Strict Gun Laws · Coordinated Mental Health · Security based on environment Strict Gun Laws are a necessity for us to move forward with gun control. Sadly, there are way too many loopholes in the so called “Gun Laws”. In some cases, a person does not have to

be 21 to buy a rifle…they have to be 18. On the other hand, in order to buy a handgun, you have to have a permit and be the age of 21. Why is that? Military weapons are roaming the streets in the hands of those who cannot even purchase a beer on their own. Why is that? Changes NEED to be made. As a nation we cannot sit down nonchalantly and act like these facts are not a problem and a threat. In addition, coordinated Mental Health would be a strategic way to end gun violence. In a bigger circumstance, such as mass shootings, the shooter is always subscribed to be on a spectrum of autism or suffer from mental health, besides the point that a person mentally unstable is able to purchase a gun is beside me. Mental Health is usually looked upon as a negative thing when, in fact, it is positive. Therapists need to be given to each individual and should work alongside police. There needs to be a database in order to track a person's sensitivity and mental state. Therapists need to work with reinforcement. Mental evaluations need to be a requirement in case that risk others or themselves.

For the healing process to begin Sheriff, Scott Israel must resign PEOPLE: There are times in this life when you get put in the middle of a situation, and all you can do or say is...... the Right Thing. This is one of those times for me, since I have been writing about the tragic occurrence that transpired in a South Florida high school two weeks ago......!! What I am about to reveal is a story of Two Friends of mine...... one who lost his life in the horrific shooting on February 14 at Stoneman Douglas High, and the other who is trying to keep his job, because of “terrible failures” under his charge, both prior to, and during the shooting. The first friend, Aaron Feis, was the Douglas assistant football coach and security guard, who after hearing gunshots, ran towards the shooting scene, with No Weapon and wearing No Bulletproof Vest for protection, to render assistance to anyone who was in Harm’s Way. Aaron ended up shielding several students, saving their lives, but in the process, was mortally wounded, costing him his own life. AARON WAS A FRIEND WHO WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME, BUT SADLY HE WILL NEVER BE THERE AGAIN!! Aaron and I talked all the time, about myriad things, and as I have said before, he was there for me when I had children at Douglas High, keeping me abreast of everything they did,

No Joke:The ‘Punchline State’ Makes History for Something Good both “good and bad.” He was the kind of person who would give you the “shirt off his back” if you needed one. And, to prove my point, he Gave His Life for several students on February 14. He had one child, a daughter, who is 8, and whom he “doted” over, like there was not another child in the entire world. He “watched” over my children, when they were at Douglas, the very same way. YOU DO NOT GET MANY FRIENDS LIKE AARON FEIS!! My second friend, Scott Israel, is the Sheriff of Broward County, Florida, and I have known him for many, many years. Before entering Douglas, my son played football, and my daughter was a cheerleader with the Coral Springs Chargers youth football program. Scott’s triplets (two sons and a daughter) were younger than my chil-

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by controversy I’m Happy the Philadelphia Eagles Won the Super Bowl, but I Refused to Watch It. Bill Fletcher Jr., said that he skipped the entire NFL season and the Super Bowl.

Lynette Monroe says that Killmonger’s interpretation of justice is relatable and his passionate pursuit of freedom echoes the aspirations and frustrations of a generation. By Lynette Monroe (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) This commentary contains major spoilers. Marvel’s big screen adaptation of “Black Panther” has surpassed all initial expectations of its debut and topped $700 million after its second weekend. “In terms of raw dollars, it is the second-biggest second weekend gross of all time between Universal/Comcast Corp.’s Jurassic World ($106.5m) and Lucasfilm’s The Force Awakens ($149m),” Forbes.com reported. “It has now earned $400m in ten days of release, which makes it the third-fastest grosser of all time (for now) behind only Jurassic World ($404m) and The Force Awakens ($540m).” (Read full story at www.thewestsidegazette.com)

By Perry E. Thurston Jr.

This season, however, I took a complete break from watching the NFL and, as a result, missed the game entirely. While the coup de grace was the exiling of quarterback Colin Kaepernick by the NFL owners, I have to confess that this break has been coming for a while. In 2013, when it was announced that Heisman Trophy winner and former Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos player Tony Dorsett had been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (a brain disease afflicting many former football players) I took it very personally. Dorsett and I are the same age and there were ways that I felt as if we were old friends; despite never having met. Watching him on television, year after year, it almost felt as if we had grown up together. Dorsett’s diagnosis brought home the catastrophic side of football, a side

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By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist)

By Beverly Colson Neal The month of February is recognized as Black History Month and while the Black community has come a long way, we must not forget our past if we are to harness our full potential and turn it into power for good. African Americans weren’t freed until after the Civil War when the 13th amendment was enacted that freed all slaves. We didn’t have full citizenship until the 14th amendment was enacted to guarantee it. With these amendments, we didn’t have the right to vote until the 15th amendment was passed. There was a time when our community didn’t have a voice, especially before the passing of the13th amendment, where slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for representation in Congress. The 2020 Census is our one opportunity to ensure that every single Black person is counted. According to the 2017 Census, Blacks make up 16.8% of the total population in Florida. That means Blacks are almost 1 out of every 5 people in the third most populous state in the country. The 2020 Census is just around the corner and preparations for it are already happening. The Census happens once every 10 years and measures the number of people living in the United States. The Census is important for two main reasons: representation in the United States House of Representatives and federal funding for programs. Before the 13th amendment was ratified, (Read full story at www.thewestsidegazette.com)

Stronger Gun Laws Is Not the Answer We Don’t Need Stronger Gun Laws. We Need Stronger Communities. Raynard Jackson says that even if guns were outlawed in the U.S., a person determined to commit an act of violence will always find a weapon. By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist)

Florida just made history as the first state to have an African American represent it in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statutory Hall Collection. By approving HB 139 and its SB 472, the Florida Legislature chose to replace a statue of a Confederate Army general - Edmund Kirby Smith - with one of Mary McLeod Bethune, an iconic figure in American history whose influence was felt far beyond the borders of the Sunshine State. The decision to place a statute of Bethune in the Capitol is significant. There are currently no statutes depicting black Americans in the National Statutory Hall Collection, and Bethune will only be the 10th statue to depict a woman in a collection that still has more statutes commemorating confederate officers (12) than women. The selection also demonstrates how state leaders came together to avoid what could have been a debilitating controversy of race. Instead of simply removing the Smith statute from the U.S. Capitol, lawmakers agreed to relocate the statue to Tallahassee and “make it available for public display,” thus avoiding false claims of “re-writing history.” The truth is Bethune embodies the best of Florida, and the fact that an overwhelming majority of state lawmakers thought her accomplishments were worthy enough for this high honor bodes well for a state that is too often maligned for its eccentricities. For a moment, forget the “hanging chads,” the weird crimes involving sex, scams or machetes, and the other antics that have made Florida a favorite punchline for comedians and late-night television hosts. Now our state can boast of a political achievement that brought men and women from different races, cultures, and family histories to forge an agreement that now separates Florida from the rest of the country. Of course, it helps to have an iconic historical figure that can foster pride and unity. Florida is blessed to have such a person in Bethune.

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Furthermore, more security in schools based on its environment. Schools are all created based on a small variety of models. On the contrary, not all schools can be built and secured the same way. Based on location and environmen. a school needs to be secured and built by having those in consideration. Meanwhile, in low income schools, they do not go through the same procedures and drills other schools go through. Security is less than and is not reliable. All children have the right to be safe within their schools. no matter where they are attending. To conclude, students should not be living in fear of theirs safety. Teach ers, staff, students, and administrations are there to better our future. Why should they go to school in fear? If a child can go to church and leave in a body bag, what world do we live in? Why should parents worry about their children’s lives, after kissing them goodbye in the morning? As a nation we need to answer these questions, and not ignore them.

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Here we go again. Another school massacre and another overreaction by liberals who want to play politics with the Second Amendment. On Valentine’s Day, 17 students were murdered by a former classmate at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., a small community west of Boca Raton. As tragic as the murders were, sometimes I am confused by the way people react to tragedies. In the aftermath of a mass shooting, many people want the government to immediately pass new gun control laws. The hard truth is that there is absolutely nothing the government can do to protect you from tragedies like the horrific massacre in Parkland. Tragedy, by definition is, “an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.” Sometimes good people are beset by tragedies, randomly and without warning. (Read full story at www.thewestsidegazette.com)

Duck and Cover By Winslow Myers Once those articulate Florida high school students, God love them, are finished exposing the craven emptiness of politicians like Marco Rubio and others subverted by the NRA, they might want to turn to nuclear weapons as another sacred cow ripe for the “we call B.S.” treatment. The acute dangers of gun violence and nuclear weapons offer ominous parallels. Both are deadly serious issues that provoke absurd levels of avoidance and paralysis. For 22 years, pressure from the NRA upon the Center for Disease Control caused Congress to defund research into gun fatalities. Opportunists like Rubio duck and take cover from the obvious root cause of our endless mass shootings; the glut of unregulated guns, turning to any other explanation no matter how implausible, and in order to avoid shutting off the spigot of blood-soaked NRA cash. The solutions to keeping children in schools safe from mass shootings have never been hidden. There is a (Read full story at www.thewestsidegazette.com)

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

Reverend Jimmy L. English PASTOR WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday Worship ............................................................. 8 a.m. & 11 a.m. Sunday School ........................................................................... 9:30 a.m. Wednesday (Prayer Service & Bible Study) ............................... 7:30 a.m. Saturday (Women Bible Study) ............................................................ 8 a.m. "Baptized Believers working together to do the will of God"

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

ORDER OF SERVICES Sunday Worship ........................................................ 7:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Sunday School ....................................................................................................... 9:30 a.m. Tuesday (Bible Study) ......................................................................................... 6:45 p.m. Wednesday (Bible Study) ............................................................................... 10:45 a.m.

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

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

Dr. Marcus D. Davidson, Senior Pastor WORSHIP SERVICES & BIBLE STUDY Sunday .................................................... 7:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School ............................................................................ 10:00 a.m. Wednesday Noonday Service .................................. 12:00-12:30 p.m. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting ............................................ 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study ................................................... 7:00 p.m. Where the kingdom of God is increased through Fellowship. Leadership, Ownership and Worship F.L.O.W. To Greatness!

Rev. Stanley Melek, M.Div 2351 N.W. 26th Street Oakland Park, Florida 33311 Church Telephone: (954) 731-0520

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.

Shaw Temple A.M.E. Zion Church 522 N.W. Ninth Avenue Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Church: (954) 462-1413 or (954) 647-8254 Email: AMEZ522@yahoo.com

Rev. Dr. William Calvin Haralson, Pastor SERVICES Sunday School .................................................................................. 10:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship ............................................................ 11:00 a.m. Bible Study (Wednesday) ............................................................... 7:30 p.m.

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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)

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 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.

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Mount Hermon A.M.E. Church Rev Henry E. Green, Jr. PASTOR 401 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 Phone: (954) 463-6309 - FAX 954 522-4113 Office Hours: Tues. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Email: infor@mthermonftl.com

SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES Worship Service ................................................................................... 10 a.m. Church School ..................................................................................... 9:15 a.m. BIBLE STUDY: Wednesday ................................................................... 10 a.m. Gems & Jewels Ministry Senior Wednesday Wednesday (Bible Study) ............................................... 12 Noon & 7- 8 p.m. Daily Prayer Line ...................................................................................... 6 a.m. (712) 432-1500- Access Code296233#

Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church 1161 NW 29th Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33311 (954) 581-0455 ● Fax: (954) 581-4350 www.mtzionmbc1161.com

Dr. James B. Darling, Jr., Pastor/Teacher WORSHIP SERVICES Worship Service ............................................................................................................ 10:15 a.m. Sunday School ................................................................................................................ 9:00 a.m. Communion Service (1st Sunday) ........................................................................... 10:15 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”

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Oakland Park "The Miracle On 33rd Street" 420 N.E. 33rd Street Oakland Park, Florida 33334 Church: (954) 563-3060 Email: mtzion420@gmail.com

Rev. George A. Hardy, Pastor SERVICES Sunday Church School ................................................................... 8:45 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship ........................................................... 10:00 a.m. Tuesday Night (Family Prayer & Bible Study) ........................... 7:00 p.m. Wednesday (Prayer Conference Line) ................................................ 8:00 p.m. (Dail (786) 233-6715 - Acess Code 703513) Oakland Park CDC (Senior Activity Center) Daily ............10 a.m. & 2:00 p.m.

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Obituaries James C. Boyd Funeral Home COOPER Funeral services for the late Mary L. Cooper - 85 were held Feb. 24 at New First Church of God In Christ with Bishop L.L. Ward officiating. Interment: Pineview Cemetery. ORTIZ Funeral services for the late Christine Ortiz – 78 were held in Chaquanas, Trinidad. WILLIAMS Funeral services for the late Christine Delane Williams – 53 were held feb24 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Min. Trahern LaFavor officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (Central).

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The WITNESS of “The WILL” Sunday Worship Experiences ................................................................ 7:45 and 11:00 a.m. Sunday School ................................................................................................................. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday Night Triumph {Prayer, Praise and Power} Prayer Meeting ................................................................................................................ 7:00 p.m. Bible Study ........................................................................................................................ 7:30 p.m. We STRIVE to PROVIDE Ministries that matter TODAY to Whole Body of Christ, not only the Believers, but also for those stranded on the “Jericho Road”! “Celebrating over 85 Years of FAITH and FAVOR! Come to the WILL ... We’ll show You the WAY: Jesus the Christ!”

Victory Baptist Church Independent Pastor Keith Cunningham 2241 Davie Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 Church Telephone: (954) 284-9413 Visit: www.victoryweb.org Sunday School ...................................................................................... 9:45 a.m. Worship Service Sunday Morning……………………… ................................. 11:00 a.m. SundayEvenn igServcie………………………………………. ......................................... 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening Bible Study & Prayer…………………. ..................... 7:00 p.m. Saturday Morning Soul Winning/Visitation………………… .................... 10:00 a.m. Men’s Fellowship (Every 2nd & last Tuesdays)……………………… ............. 6:00 p.m. Ladies Fellowship (the last Saturday of each month)…………………………. 5:00 p.m. Youth Fellowship (Every Friday)…………………………. ................................... 6:30 p.m. Discover GOD Let Us Help You Find The Way To Jesus Christ

Lavern Ferguson passes at the age of 67 By Browns Funeral Home Lavern Ferguson, 67, of West Palm Beach, Fla, passed away on February 21, 2018. A public viewing will be held Friday, March 2, 2018 from 6 to 8 p.m., at Greater Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, 1340 W. 30th St., Riviera Beach, Fla. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 12:00 PM at Greater Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, 1340 W. 30th St., Riviera Beach, Fla. Complete funeral arrangement entrusted to the care of Brown’s Funeral Home, 1004 S. Dixie Hwy, Lantana, Fla. For more info call (561) 533-5256. Vern Ferguson is survived by his son Edwin Ferguson, Esq. (Keli) of Riviera Beach; daughter, Dr. Erika Ferguson, MD of Chicago, Illinois; grandson, Xavier Ferguson; mother, Ruby Cox Ferguson of Hollywood, Fla; Brothers: Dr. Michael Ferguson and Kenneth Ferguson (Denise); Sisters: Linda Thomas, Cheryl Ferguson, Charlotte Ferguson of Nashville, TN, Dr. Pamela

Smith (Dennis), Angela Ferguson, Esq., Ruby Ferguson (Mike); father-in-law, Jimmy Williams; mother-in-law, Helen Williams; Sisters-law: Rhoda Whitfield (Danny), Cheryl Johnson (Demetrius), Karen Barnes; Brother-in-law, Will White (Sheree); a devoted friend, Trina Pender of West Palm Beach, Fla; and a host of loving aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and sorrowing friends.

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McWhite's Funeral Home BENEBOW Funeral services for the late Jordan Matthew Jones-Benbow . BROWN Funeral services for the late Anthony Lewis “Cap” Brown, Sr. - 75 were held Feb. 24 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Jimmy Witherspoon officiating. DAVIS Funeral services for the late Ralph Davis 83 were held Feb. 24 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. George Derico officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

FRANCOIS Funeral services for the late Fritho Francois 50 were held Feb. 24 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Pasteur Christian Choute officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Central. HOLLY Funeral services for the late Oneather Williams Holly - 89 were held Feb. 23 at New Mount Olive Baptist Church with Pastor Anthony Burrell officiating. Interment: Jordan Baptist Church, Barnwell, S.C. WILLIAMS Funeral services for the late Aneita McIntosh “Sunshine”Williams - 75 were held Feb. 25 at Mount Olivet Seventh-day Adventist Church with Senior Pastor Lucious Hall officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home BATTLE Funeral services for the late Lula Mae Battle - 90 were held Feb. 24 at Roy Mizell and Kurtz Worship Center with Dr. James B. Darling officiating. PETERSON Funeral services for the late Richard “Pete” Peterson – 75 were held Feb. 24 at Mount Hermon A.M.E. Church with Rev. Henry E. Green, Jr officiating. Interment: Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

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Black History Moments: Celebrating the remarkable life of West Coast Activist Frances Albrier In honor of Black History Month, historian Dania Ramey Berry asks curators from the National Museum of African American History and Culture to share important stories of trailblazing African American figures. National California activist and labor organizer Frances Albrier with a look at powerful images that encompass her life’s work. Frances Albrier was a 20th century activist, politician, and labor organizer who led several important campaigns for equality in Northern California. She was the first AfricanAmerican woman welder in the shipyard industry during World War II and was active in the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the Brotherhood for Sleeping Car Porters, the National Council for Negro Women (NCNW), and a host of local organizations in the East Bay Area. Materials donated to the National Museum of African American History and Culture by her late daughter, Anita Black, allow us to salute her activism and honor her legacy. Albrier’s life teaches us about migration, labor and political activism on the West Coast, a region that is often associated with radicalism during the mid-late 20th century. Planting Seeds of Leadership Frances Albrier was born Frances Mary Redgray in Mount Vernon, New York on September 21, 1898. Her parents welcomed twins that day, but Frances’ sibling died at birth. Three years later, during a second pregnancy, her mother died after giving birth to Frances’ sister. The family responded to this loss by send-

Photograph of Frances Albrier wearing a Red Cross uniform, 1942. (Photo: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture Frances Albrier Collection, 2010.60.10.001.) ing the girls to live with their paternal grandmother in Tuskegee, Alabama. There, Frances grew up in a close Black community that valued education, activism, and religion. She attended Tuskegee Institute and benefitted from Booker T. Washington’s leadership and philanthropy. From him she learned that money earned through skilled trades could (Read full story at www.thewestsidegazette.com)

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African American math tutor's books, Family Math LLC, helping families across the country learn math — The books are written from the point of view of a math tutor who realizes the importance of tutoring and family involvement for learning any subject. They are two of the main ingredients for learning. The books cover: Basic Math, Pre-Algebra, and Introductions to Algebra & Geometry. — MANTECA, CALIF. -(BlackNews.com) — Johnny Bowens, the author of Family report what people are saying about his math books.

Bowens says he is getting nothing but positive responses from people of all backgrounds who have used his books. He says, “I have had people hoping

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Alumni of T ony A ward®Winning Broadway Revival The Color Tony Award Purple playing at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County John Doyle (Sweeney Todd, For more information, please

MIAMI, FL – Producers announced full casting of the Tony Award ® -winning Broadway revival of The Color Purple (@bwaycolorpurple) which will be presented at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@ArshtCenter) for a limited time on Feb. 27 through March 4, 2018. Tickets are on sale now. Tickets to The Color Purple are available through the Arsht Center Box Office in person at 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, Fla., by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at arshtcenter.org. Ticket prices start at $29. Cast members from the 2016 Broadway revival lead the touring company, including Adrianna Hicks (Aladdin, Sister Act Germany) as Celie, Carla R. Stewart (Ghost – national tour, Rent – regional) as Shug Avery and Carrie Compere (Holler If You Hear Me, Shrek the Musical – national tour) as Sofia.

They will be joined by Gavin Gregory (The Color Purple Revival, The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess) as Mister, N’Jameh Camara (X: Or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation) as Nettie, J. Daughtry (The Color Purple Revival, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) as Harpo, along with Darnell Abraham, Amar Atkins, Kyle E. Baird, Angela Birchett, Jared Dixon, Erica Durham, Bianca Horn, Gabrielle Reid, C.E. Smith, Clyde Voce, Nyla Watson, J.D. Webster, Brit West, Nikisha Williams and Michael Wordly. Based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and the Warner Bros. / Amblin Entertainment motion picture, The Color Purple is adapted for the stage by Tony- and Pulitzer-winner Marsha Norman with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray. Tony Award®-winning director and scenic designer

Company) recreates his awardwinning work for the national tour, alongside costumes by Ann Hould-Ward, lighting by Jane Cox, sound by Dan Moses Schreier and wig & hair design by Charles G. LaPointe. The revival of The Color Purple opened to great acclaim in summer 2013 at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory, followed by a Broadway bow on Nov. 10, 2015 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The Color Purple went on to win two 2016 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical, two Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical, the 2017 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theater Album and a Daytime Emmy®. The Color Purple played 483 performances on Broadway, closing on Jan. 8, 2017.

visit ColorPurple.com The North American tour is produced by Scott Sanders Productions, Roy Furman, Troika Entertainment, David Babani, Tom Siracusa, Caiola Productions, James Fantaci, Ted Liebowitz, James L. Nederlander, Darren Bagert, Candy Spelling, Adam Zotovich, Eric Falkenstein/Morris Berchard, Adam Blanshay Productions, Tanya Link Productions, Jam Theatricals, Independent Presenters Network and Carol Fineman. The Color Purple is part of the 2017-2018 Broadway in Miami season presented by Florida Theatrical Association, Broadway Across America and the Adrienne Arsht Center along with presenting sponsor Bank of America and with support from Nicklaus Children’ Hospital.

Johnny Bowens, author of the Familly Math LLC book series. the difference in the world. Before getting the books, his daughters were failing their middle school math classes. He got the books and used them. Through the use of Family Math LLC, his daughters were able to pass their math classes and graduate. Bowens also told the story of a young adult needing to pass the GED exam. She had attended a GED help center, tried book after book, and used all the recommended websites for GED help. None of those things helped her. She got Family Math LLC and said the books made the math crystal clear to where she was finally understanding it. One young man told Bowens his books helped him to pass the SAT exam. He’s now in college and preparing for his career. A former policeman told Mr. Bowens his books helped him a great deal when tutoring his fiance’s teenaged daughter. She was studying common core math. He said at first he was completely lost trying to help her. He got Family Math LLC and was then able to understand and explain her math book to her. Bowens had a fascinating story involving a corporate executive. She was up for a promotion and a pay increase on her job, but she had to pass an

exam involving math. The information in Family Math LLC helped her pass the exam. She got the promotion and the pay increase. He says the books are comprehensive, resource math books that were written to take the confusion out of learning math. They are a 340+ page Main Book and a 60+ page Workbook. Both books were $39.99; now they are $29.99. They’re also available in an ebook format at Amazon Kindle for $9.99. Since his books were published in late 2016 many, many people have been helped to finally learn math. He says, “If you didn’t learn math before it might not have been your fault. Math books have been written in a confusing way for many, many years. Learn math, review math, help your kids (or others) learn math through Family Math, LLC. The math books for families (and schools).” The books have been featured in a variety of places. One of those places was ESPN’s Unlimited series. The physical, paperback books or the e-book are available at Amazon.com (Kindle). The website for Family Math LLC is www.FamilyMathLLC.com. The paperback books are also available on the website..

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Ford announces new STEAM column for the Black Press Raising Emotionally Competent Children How my grandparents taught me to love myself

Ford Announces New STEAM Column for the Black Press Focused on Opportunities By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In an effort to encourage young people to pursue and succeed in STEAM careers (Science, Technology Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics), Ford announced a new quarterly column dedicated to showcasing opportunities in STEAM. The column will appear on BlackPressUSA.com and will be available to NNPA members through the NNPA Newswire. The NNPA is a trade group that represents more than 200 Black-owned media companies, operating in the United States; the member publications reach more than 20 million readers, combined, in print and online every week. The new column will begin in March. “Rest assured, this will not be a self-serving platform,” said Renah Carlisle, a sales zone manager for Ford’s Phoenix Region. “Both Ford and the NNPA support STEAM initiatives and it is a reminder to our children, that the impossible is possible.” This year, there will be more than 8 million jobs available in STEAM and the federal government alone will need an additional 10,000 workers for information technology and cybersecurity, Carlisle said. “In tandem with other programs and initiatives, with the launch of this new STEAM column, we’re excited to not only put a focus on an important issue impacting our youth, but to also offer [another avenue] to increase awareness, considera-

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Renah Carlisle, a sales zone manager for Ford’s Phoenix Region said that both Ford and the NNPA support STEAM initiatives and “it is a reminder to our children, that the impossible is possible.” Ford officials made the announcement about the new STEAM column, during the 2018 NNPA Mid-Winter Conference in Las Vegas. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA) tion and participation in exciting, dynamic career opportunities available to all young people everywhere,” said Carlisle, in a press statement about the new STEAM column. NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., said that the NNPA was excited to join Ford in this important conversation about the future of our youth. “Across the country, our members serve as the voice and advocate for the communities they serve,” said Chavis, in a press statement about the new STEAM column. “The unsettl-

ing fact that every 26 seconds a student drops out of high school should be impetus enough for leaders, mentors and all who care about the future of our youth to develop a pipeline for future leaders in STEAM careers.” The statement continued: “Both NNPA and Ford share a mutual commitment and support for STEAM initiatives and are excited to support innovation, differentiation and opportunities that help our youth ‘Go Further’ in tech,” and explore the limitless potential of the future.

The children in America: Have been here before By Roger Caldwell With eloquence and passion, America’s children who are really young adults, (both men and women) are sharing their truth with the world. Many in America are not prepared for integrity (integrity?), and many refuse to believe that our young men and women have something significant to tell or teach us. But a truth movement is sweeping the country, and the leaders are our young men and women (the youth). Many Americans are in denial that there is a pervasive sickness in the country, an addiction to guns, and many of our leaders are quiet. When there are 24,000 people in 2018 who have been injured by guns, and 11,000 have died by guns, something is wrong. Gun violence has become a way of life in America, and some think the solution to the problem is to put more guns on the street. “On Feb. 14, a gunman stormed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida, killing at least 17 people and injuring 50. Parkland police arrested former pupil Nikolas Cruz 19, who was expelled from the school in 2017,” as reported by Inogen Groome of The Sun. “In 2018, on American school properties, there have been 18 shootings ,and 5 shootings have resulted in students and teachers being killed or injured. Since 2013, there have been over 290 incidents involving gun violence on school campuses in America,” according to Everytown. This averages out to around one shooting every week.

Last week President Trump held listening sessions with young adults, parents, teachers, and authorities. His conclusion was to fight fire with fire. This essentially means that Trump is calling teachers to become armed to prevent school shootings. The National Rifle Association (NRA) thinks this is a great idea, and they are ready to commit finances to help get the teachers trained. This is an awful and insane idea from the president and the NRA. The NRA has some Americans thinking that banning automatic, semi-automatic, and assault weapons is an attempt to eradicate individual rights and freedoms. More guns will never be a solution to mass shootings including shootings at schools. Trump and Wayne LaPierre (President of the NRA) are a threat to American sanity, and we cannot shoot our way out of our rifle and gun addiction. Jason Taylor of the Daily Insurgency says, “We are insane. We have lost our collective mind and a tyranny of a minority is ruling this country into a slide of destruction that may have no end, and we may never climb back out of the insanity that has taken over America.” Gun control and courage to take a stand against it is the logical solution to the mass gun addiction in America. According to a website “Truth about Guns,” they estimate there are over 400 million guns and rifles with legal ownership in America. There are no records of illegal ownership of guns, and

Actors Danny Glover and Delroy Lindo (Cont’d from FP) Development component will provide transformative education in the form of small group projects, critical reading and writing sessions, and dynamic speakers. Delroy Lindo Mentorship is offered as a form of “deep caring” to overcome widespread indifference to these most vulnerable young men. Each participant will be paired with a male mentor who will receive training and the opportunity to attend the event’s Closing Ceremony at Princeton University. The Rites of Passage component will be a journey of self-discovery that unlocks the hidden resilience of the students as fundamental to their manhood. The young men will participate in a host of experiential activities that create and hone life skills.

Full scholarships are available based upon need. Toby Sanders is the co-founder and director of Curriculum of From the Fire and holds a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. He states, “We are offering guidance and instruction that encourages these students to see the power within them and others.” Held simultaneously will be the eighth year of the At the Well Young Women’s Leadership Academy for current 10th and 11th grade girls of color. The actress Nicole Ari Parker will serve as program chair. The application deadline for all programs is March 31, 2018. Partnerships and donors are sought to secure scholarships for students of both academies. For more information and to apply, go to www.atthewellconferences.org.

it is probably in the hundred millionaire range. Since the shooting in Parkland Florida, students have launched a movement that is reshaping the gun control debate, and the NRA, the president, and Republicans are concerned. “The student movement is forcing donors to cut funding to the NRA and pressuring lawmakers to stop taking money from the politically influential gun rights group. The teenage activists themselves are collecting millions of dollars from celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney, and organizational know-how from groups including the Women’s March,” says Andrew Hay of Reuters. The youth have always led the change during political crisis, and with the power of social media, there is an almost instantaneous mobilization. Our young people are inspiring many Americans with their courage, and we all should work together to bring sanity back, and change gun laws in America.

I don’t remember my grandparents assisting me with homework beyond holding up flash cards for me to recite. They could have, I just don’t remember. I do remember Lil’ Bow Wow’s release of “Beware of Dog” in 2000 followed by my incessant pleading to hang his poster on my bedroom wall. I also remember hearing my mother’s inevitable “no” as she repeated her “no posters on these walls” policy. In a fast-paced, tech-obsessed world, and assisting your child with homework can prove a daunting task. New teaching methods are adopted every day. Even professionals with ad-vanced degrees are not necessarily equipped to help children with homework. However, all parents should feel empowered to teach their children social and emotional development. Social and emotional competence yields similar academic gains as strictly educational interventions. Parents, churches, and communities bear the brunt of the responsibility for socializing children. This is where we, as a community, have an opportunity

Report Card for 2017 Congress (Cont'd from FP) a “B,” and 51 received an “F”. Alabama Senators Jeff Sessions and Luther Strange both received an “I” as neither served a complete term. Twenty-two members of the House of Representatives received middling grades of “B,” “C,” and “D,” and 14 received an “I” for incomplete. In the House of Representatives, 233 members received a failing grade of “F”. “The 2017 report card underscores a growing divide in Congress of those who are committed to protecting people’s rights and those more interested in protecting the rights of the rich and powerful,” said Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO. “The abundance of ‘A’s and ‘F’s is a powerful reminder that without continued vigilance, the freedoms that we’ve fought so hard to attain, can and will become a thing of the past. We will not let that happen. The NAACP evaluated members of the Senate on 18 key civil rights votes and members of the House of Representatives on 20, comparing their “yea” or “nay” with the NAACPs’ key legislative priorities. The subjects of these votes included: the confirmations of

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to shine. A report from the Brookings Institution, published in May 2015, called for the prioritization of social and emotional development as the U.S. Congress worked on the bill that would become the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), that was signed into law by Barack Obama in December 2015. The report, titled “Social and Emotional Development: The Next School Reform Frontier,” claims social and emotional competence directly correlates to a child’s ability to learn and achieve in school. The report cited the findings of a study of more than 200,000 students from kindergarten to high school who participated in social and emotional development learning (SEL) programs at school. The study found that students who completed SEL programs demonstrated greater social skills, less emotional stress, better attitudes, fewer conduct problems, and more frequent positive behaviors, such as cooperation and help for other students—benefits that translate to the workplace. In November 2017, after all 50 states and the District of Columbia submitted their state ESSA plans, Lauren Poteat reported that states were ignoring opportunities to address social

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Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General; Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education; Scott Pruitt at Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and Neil Gorsuch as an Associate Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court. It also includes the move to “Repeal and Replace” the Affordable Care Act; the tax overhaul; restrictions on gun purchases by “mentally incompetent” veterans; death penalty sentence expansion; sanctuary cities; mandatory minimums for aliens; and equal pay data. “Our Legislative Report Cards are essential resources for NAACP members and the public to understand how their US House members and Senators vote on issues of highimportance to our community,” said Hilary O. Shelton, Director of the Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy. “Ours is a practiced, nonpartisan, and quantitative assessment meant to educate the public and urge politicians to do better when it comes to advancing civil rights.”

Monroe says that parents, churches, and communities bear the brunt of the responsibility for socializ ing children. competency in the new national education law. Social and emotional development is a child’s ability to understand and control his/her feelings, acknowledge and respect the feelings of others, and to form meaningful relationships. In layman’s terms, social/emotional development is the authoritative, waving finger of your mother, father, grandma, grandpa, aunt or uncle saying: “Remember who you representin’, when you walk out this door.” Or, for those of us familiar with Christianity, social and emotional development echoes Proverbs 22:6: “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” So, what can Black parents do to supplement the lack of school-based SEL programs? Here are a few things my grandparents did. 1. Respect Your Child’s Voice : If there was a rule I didn’t agree with, my grandma always took the time to hear my perspective. She didn’t listen just waiting to reply; she listened intently, to understand. Most times I didn’t change her mind, but a few times I did. Those experiences taught me that my voice was valid, that you didn’t’ have to agree with someone to understand their perspective, and that simply acknowledging someone else’s perspective can create an environment for enlightenment. 2. Give Your Child Tangible Heroes: There was a ‘no posters on these walls’ policy in my house. I am almost certain my grandma didn’t want posters of celebrities on her wall for respectability devotions. However, the unintended outcome was an elevated perception of self-worth. Since, my grandma never provided me the opportunity to idolize my favorite pop stars, I learned to look to the people around me for role models and guidance. Ultimately, I learned that whatever tools I needed to succeed were already within me. I learned how to control my behavior. I held the sole responsibility for my choices and whenever I felt confused, the first people I looked to for help were in my immediate support system. (Read full story at: www.thewestsidegazette.com)

THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA NOTICE OF MEETINGS 03/06/18 KCW Bldg., 600 SE 3rd Ave., Ft. Laud. Board Rm 10:00 a.m. Special School Board Meeting ± (Expulsion) 10:05 a.m. School Board Operational Meeting 03/13/18 KCW Bldg., 600 SE 3rd Ave., Ft. Laud. Board Rm School Board Workshop 10:00 a.m. 03/20/18 KCW Bldg., 600 SE 3rd Ave., Ft. Laud. Board Rm 10:00 a.m. Special School Board Meeting (Expulsions) 10:05 a.m. Regular School Board Meeting School Board Meetings ± Public speakers listed on the March 6, 2018 School Board Operational Meeting agenda will be heard at 5 p.m. or immediately following the meeting, whichever is earliest. Public speakers listed on the March 20, 2018 Regular School Board Meeting will be heard 12:00 p.m. or as close to that time as possible. Workshops ± Public speakers will be permitted three minutes each to address a topic at the conclusion of Board Members' discussion on the topic. The times for items on the agenda are only estimates. The actual start times for these topics may vary up to an hour or more depending on the nature of the items and the length of the Board discussions and public comments. The School Board of Broward County, Florida, prohibits any policy or procedure which results in discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, marital status, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation. Individuals who wish to file a discrimination and/or harassment complaint may call the Director, Equal Educational Opportunities/ADA Compliance Department at 754-321-2150 or Teletype Machine (TTY) 754-321-2158. Individuals with disabilities requesting accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, (ADAAA) may call Equal Educational Opportunities/ADA Compliance Department at 754-321-2150 or Teletype Machine (TTY) 754-321-2158. Any person who decides to appeal any decision made at a meeting(s) announced in this notice with respect to any matter considered at such meeting(s) will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. Telephone conferencing or other telecommunications media technology may be used in the conduct of this meeting to permit absent members of the Board or committee to participate and to be heard by those persons in attendance at the noticed location of the meeting.

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SCORPIO-Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the mood for adventure. If a short trip isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t possible, spend some time exploring a subject that interests you so that you feel as if your mind has traveled someplace new. Arm-chair traveling with a good book will help still your restlessness. The deed is done. I must wait for the results to unfold. 7, 19, 28

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CANCER-Stop sometime this week and take a quick inventory of how right your instincts have been recently. If you are like most. The count is probably high! This is an excellent week to simply smile when people offer advice. You know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best for you, so trust your instincts and do that. This week is the week the Lord has made. I rejoice in it. 42, 46, 55

CAPRICORN-Balance is an important skill. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working too hard, the urge to play is going to be nearly irresistible this week. However, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been playing too hard, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a terrific week to restore some order to your work. Keep smiling! I quiet all confusion. 11, 26, 27

LATEST LOTTERY RESULTS Miami Heat guard Josh Richardson (0) brings the ball up court against the New Orleans Pelicans during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, in Miami. The Pelicans defeated he Heat 109-94. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach) By Anthony Chiang MIAMI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Josh Richardson has already shown a lot of growth this season. But whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the next step in the versatile wing playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evolution? â&#x20AC;&#x153;To understand he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to defer,â&#x20AC;? coach Erik Spoelstra said. Richardson entered Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home game against the 76ers averaging 13.3 points on 45.5 percent shooting from the field and 38.2 percent shooting from 3-point range to go with 3.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.9 blocks this season. The 24-year-old is averaging career highs in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks in his third NBA season. But Spoelstra believes thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room for even more growth, like what Richardson did in December. He averaged 17.4 points on 54.6 percent shooting in 15 games that month while playing in a primary role with Hassan Whiteside, James Johnson and Goran Dragic each missing multiple games in December. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it was pretty important just knowing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m capable of,â&#x20AC;? Richardson said of that strong stretch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The team doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need me to be that every day a lot of the time. But when I need to do it, then I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there. I think the talent and the aggression is there. I just need to start being that guy more often now because coach Spo said he wants

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me to be more aggressive and assertive, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I need to do.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the next step for Richardson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He can continue to grow this season,â&#x20AC;? Spoelstra said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is his time on both ends of the court. He is so impactful for us. I want him to be ambitious. I want him to be more for our team. He has that kind of upside. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a great teammate. He knows how to impact winning.I also would like him get out of his comfort zone and push it even more. J-Rich is a very talented, very good basketball player. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know what his ceiling is. I just want him to keep pushing to find new levels.â&#x20AC;? Richardson has already become one of the Heatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top twoway options. Among the 171 NBA players who have played in at least 40 games and are defending at least eight shots per game this season, Richardson owns the secondbest opponent field-goal percentage at 39.5 percent behind only Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jaylen Brown. Dwyane Wade returned to the Heat less than a month ago, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already noticed a difference in this seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version of Richardson from the rookie he played with in 2015-16. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First of all, his confidence is the biggest thing. Second would be, you just see all the work heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put in. You can see it on the basketball floor,â&#x20AC;? Wade said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But his confidence is sky high. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always, from the beginning when he came in as a second-round pick, been a kid that had that confidence. But now he got a little extra swagger to it. A couple 30-point games and hitting big shots and all those kind of things, it helps.â&#x20AC;? So does the four-year, $42 million extension Richardson signed with the Heat in September. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just knowing that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m secure here, it definitely helps,â&#x20AC;? Richardson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Knowing that they want me here, it gives me a lot of confidence knowing that they had enough faith in me to offer me that.â&#x20AC;?

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It’s Women’s History Month. As we begin to celebrate Women’s History Month, I am still in awe of the ways in which women were depicted in the movie Black Panther. Our female energy filled the theater and touched daughters, mothers, sons, and fathers in an indescribable manner. Black Panther may have had the leading role, but true to real life, Black

women shined through. Angela Bassett played a role of soft power. Lupita Nyongo played a compassionate warrior. Danai Gurira was strong, loyal yet submissive. And Letitia Wright portrayed a family-oriented technology genius. Our layers were well represented and not downplayed in any manner. We were not angry, weak, ratchet, uneducated, overly sexualized

or space fillers. We were human and vital to society. Thankfully, Christopher Jacques (one third of The Big Three Alliance) gets it and has secured some of the region’s most insightful women, including Dr. Tasha and community activist Valencia Gunder to be panelists at his next Table Talk event, themed The Women of Wakanda. This edition of Table Talk will be moderated by Yours Truly, Crystal Chanel, on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 7 p.mm and held at Wynwood Gardens, 270 N.W. 23 St., Miami, Fla. 33127. The attempt by Black men to keep the conversation going is admirable. Within our communities, it is well known that Black women are the secret sauce to the success of most families, businesses and movements. Yet in spite of social inequality, racial injustices, and economic despair that we sometimes face, we still rise. We have a long history of great accomplishments from the self-made Millionaire Madam C. J. Walker to First Lady Michelle Obama who reminded us to go high when they go low; from the writings Dr. Maya Angelou who encouraged us to embrace being a phenomenal woman to Katherine Johnson, a once hidden figure who calculated the trajectory for America’s first trip to space. Names like Serena Williams, Eva Duvernay, Angela Rye and countless others remind us of what is possible. However, as we celebrate, I would be remised if I didn’t

College planning and scholarship forum The Northwest Federated Woman’s Club By Janice Hayes On Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, the Northwest Federated Woman’s Club of Broward County, Inc. (NWFWC) hosted its fourth annual college planning and scholarship forum. The forum was well planned to accommodate students from six high schools in the surrounding communities: Boyd-Anderson, Dillard, Fort Lauderdale, Plantation, Piper and Stranahan High Schools. Each year the NWFWC raises thousands of dollars to provide students with tuition assistance. The NWFWC Scholarship Committee is comprised of some of the members of the club including: Monique Jones, Mary Lesene, Addie Owens, Stephanie Powell, Almena Roberts, Patricia Taylor and Theodora Williams. They invited several presenters to give the students information on how to navigate life after high school. They discuss college preparation, vocational/technical school options, job placement, finances and mentoring. The presenters were engaging and encouraged the students to interact with questions and comments. Mrs. Barika Williams, the Brace Advisor for Plantation High School gave the student concise insight on college preparation. Ms. Ashley Buchanan, the Associate Director of Admissions and Registration at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Ms. Caitlin Hall, FAU’s Scholarship Coordinator spoke candidly with the students about making decisions on their college and career paths. In addition, Mr. Sandhers Paul, a representative from BB&T bank distributed financial literature and resources. The students were very attentive to Mr. Michael Shorter, a member of the trustee board of Bethune Cookman University (BCU) and Mrs. Jacqueline Shorter, President of BCU’s Alumni Association as they shared practical insight on college life and becoming successful adults. They gave the students real-life scenarios with pragmatic advice on dealing with issues that impact their future. “I am a little disappointed that more students are not tak-

remind us to stand in the gaps for Comedian Monique Williams. I do believe that no matter what it looks like she is battling for equal pay. Despite decades of activism, marches, and protests, the fight for gender equality, especially for Black women continues. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, sistas worldwide desire to be celebrated and elevated to our rightful places. We want to be recognized not only for our strength but for our contributions to the advancement of humanity. We want the world

letters, verification of family income, an essay and a photo. The scholarship awards ceremony will be held on June 10, 2018 in conjunction with the Dillard Alumni Class of 1964 and 1968. These entities come together with a common purpose to provide deserving students with scholarships to further their education. The cost of attending college can be daunting for most families. Scholarships are crucial for bridging the gap between the increasing cost of tuition and what a family can afford to pay out of pocket. For more information contact the NWFWC atnwwomansclub@bellsouth.net or (954) 730-3442.

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Orangeburg massacre survivors continue to ask why perception that law enforcement is not on the side of those in these communities,” Dr. Bobby Donaldson, the director of University of South Carolina’s Center for Civil Rights History and Research, told Fox News. “Fifty years later, as we think about Ferguson and other similar incidents…now you’re having people who were now in their 70’s reminding their own children and grandchildren that this, these ideas of police brutality, have a very long history.” All the officers involved in the shootings went to trial but were later acquitted. Many of them have since passed away. One protester, Cleveland Sellers, was the only person convicted for inciting a riot. He spent seven months in jail but was pardoned 25 years later. The survivors and family members of those killed were promised an investigation in to the killing – but they said it never came. South Carolina State University’s official yearbook photographer, Cecil Williams, said he remembers the protests vividly. Williams arrived at All Star Bowling Lane to capture photos of the black college students protesting the illegal racial segregation there. He said he heard glass break and this caused everyone to panic. “A student accidentally broke a window,” he said. “When he broke that window in this bowling alley, everyone started running, and I did, too.” What unraveled that night still haunts him to this day. “One of the most terrible acts of violence I have ever seen was when a young lady student fell to the pavement and two Orangeburg city police begin clubbing her,” Williams said, “for really nothing.” Angry protesters threw rocks at businesses. Over the next two days, tensions grew. Fearing the students would riot or destroy more property, Gov. Robert E. McNair called in the National Guard.

On Feb. 8, more than 200 students gathered on campus and within hours, Samuel Hammond, Henry Smith and 17- year-old high school student Delano Middleton lost their lives during clashes with police. Kennerly, who ended up joining the Army, said the killings were senseless. “Why was deadly force used on unarmed students?” Kennerly asked. “I was shot three times while crawling back toward the interior of the campus. I was unarmed with no provocation on my part. Within a year after this horrifying event, I was in South Vietnam fighting for my country, a country that merely 11 months earlier was trying to kill me. Help me to understand that.” The Orangeburg massacre did not receive as much media attention as the shootings on Kent State and Jackson State a few years later. Experts say it had nothing to do with race – just unfortunate timing. Less than two months later, civil rights icon Martin Luther King – which had written a litter to the Justice Department demanding an investigation on the Orangeburg massacre – was gunned down. Months later, presidential candidate Robert Kennedy was also killed. Former South Carolina Gov. Jim Hodges, the first politician to speak out against the officers, told Fox News that pain is still felt in the state over the 50year-old incident. “I really do think it’s important for us as a state to try to help people achieve closure,” Hodges said. “And to acknowledge the injustice that was going on in our state and country at that time, try to help people move forward on it.” PLEASE WATCH VIDEO OF ORANGEBURG MASSACRE At: www.thewestsidegazette.com Story by Terace Garnier | Fox News and Comments from the sisters added by Bobby R. Henry

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Just one glance at Matthew’s schedule on his website reveals a very busy year for the young prodigy. Concerts overseas in Indonesia, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Germany as well as in Atlanta and New York pack his calendar. You can find him playing at most jazz festivals and concerts around the world. “Germany is my favorite so far,” he confessed, “But I am really excited to play in Indonesia. I haven’t been there yet.” To keep up to date with Matthew, visit his website at www.matthewwhitaker.net

(Cont'd from FP) Lives didn’t matter then or now? I applaud the MSD’s community and it efforts to shine a light on gun control so that an incident like this one should never happen again! I have to wonder about my brother Sam, Delano and Smitty. Where is the justice for them? Is it because they were born a different, “Hue”?” —-Diana Carter. Bair Middle School Reading Teacher On a cold night in February, Thomas Kennerly saw his normally quiet and peaceful college campus turn into what looked like a war zone. “It was one of the most horrifying things that I could ever imagine,” said Kennerly, who was a senior at South Carolina State University on Feb. 8, 1968, when police gunned down a group of unarmed black students protesting on campus in what became known as the Orangeburg massacre. “To see your friends and classmates crawling and realizing they were hurt.” The students for three days had been protesting racial segregation at a bowling alley in Orangeburg, a small town 45 miles south of Columbia, S.C. Ac-counts from the time say the Bblack students started a bonfire on campus, and clashes led to an officer being injured. Police officers – which claimed they mistakenly believed they were being fired at – sprayed the students with bullets. Three students died and 30 were injured in the ensuing chaos. Kennerly, one of the survivors of the massacre, was shot three times, once while crawling away from officers. Fifty years later, Kennerly and others still question why the Orangeburg massacre ever happened. Decades before Black Lives Matter started in 2013 to protest police brutality, this incident still feels raw for those on the predominantly Black campus who felt wronged by law enforcement. “I think these historical incidents very much feed into the

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ing advantage of the scholarship opportunities we have,” said Addie Owens. “It’s our hope to work with the schools to make sure students know that we have scholarship so that more students will apply each year.” This year the first scholarship recipients will be graduating from various colleges. They applied the first time the NWFWC launched its scholarship program. The eligibility requirements and application process closed on March 17, 2018. Students in the 2018 graduating class must have a minimum 3.0 GPA, submit an application, their official high school transcript, SAT/ACT scores, two recommendation

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in Europe, Asia, Africa, and across the United States. He has been profiled on Ellen, The Today Show, and CBS Sunday morning and received high accolades from the jazz world. At only sixteen years old, Matthew has accomplished what typically takes a lifetime…and he has achieved this level of success despite a surprising disability: he is blind. Matthew has gone beyond not allowing his disability to hold him back; he dominates it. Blind since birth, he first showed interest in music when he was three years old. “I taught myself Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” He laughs. As a toddler, he had played the song by ear. Although the only musician in the family, Matthew comes from a family connected by music. “I can’t play, but I know what sounds good.” Said his father, Moses Whitaker, “My dad, Matthew’s grandfather, had a large collection of music.” “He still does,” added Matthew, “I liked listening to his music and I guess that influenced me.” It was a profound influence as Matthew is a genius on the keys. His impressive performance spanned several recognizable tunes among selections

from his first album, Outta the Box, which includes pieces of his own written work. His joy on the stage is palpable and his expertise undeniable. Accompanied by Bill Muter on guitar, Christian Davis on bass, JD Anderson on drums, and Drew Tucker on vibraphone, Matthew demonstrated a command of the stage despite being the youngest. He led the band as if they had been playing together for years. It had only been four hours. “He makes it easy,” joked Bill Muter, guitarist. Despite his success, awards, and accolades, Matthew remains humble and respectful. He even seems nonchalant about his prodigy-status, in that “uncaring caring way” only teenagers understand. “It feels good [to be called a prodigy],” Matthew laughed, “I am proud of it.” It is clear Matthew is less concerned about his super-stardom and concentrating on his love affair with music and creating. When asked which musician/s he would like to work with, his stipulations are clear and simple. “That’s a hard question.” He replied, “But any musician, really. A real musician who loves to play.” It is a revolutionary response in this era of “mumble rap” and autotune.

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An Ev ening wit h tthe he Blac k Judg es Evening with Black Judges than Frink, Judge Kal Evans, Judge Florence Barner, and Judge Fabienne Fahnestock. Also, in the judicial line-up were retired Judge Mary Rudd-Robinson and Judge Zebedee Wright. Magistrate Phobee Francios is one of the candidates seeking appointment by Governor Scott to fill a recently vacated seat. Judge Ilona Holmes asked for a moment of silence for the

victims and families of the Parkland tragedy. She shared that after 23 years, she plans to retire from the bench next year but will continue to play an active and integral role in the community. Each judge spoke pasionately about the potential for every lawyer who wants to serve as a judge to work diligently and stay focused because good judges are needed and because we need more Black judges on the bench. “We need Black judges that

Dr. Steve Gallon, III recognizes the 2018 5000 Role Models of Excellence Wilson Scholars

By Janice Hayes The Fort Lauderdale/Broward NAACP hosted “An Evening with the Black Judges” event on Thursday, February 22, 2018 at New Hope Baptist Church. This event afforded the community an opportunity to learn more about the judges and judicial processes. It was standing room only with people from diverse demographics in attendance. Rev. Young and the staff of Little Learners Academy brought 18 children from their school to the event. These young children ranged in age from four to eleven years old. There were seniors, veterans, politicians, sorority and fraternity members, community advocates, lawyers,

school alumni classes, Longshoremen, Lodge members, retirees and others from various communities, professions, groups and individuals. Gordon Weekes, Chief Assistant Public Defender, was the master of ceremony. He meticulously introduced every judge and gave the audience a personal glimpse of their personal path to the bench. Marsha Ellison, President of the local NAACP, gave an uplifting welcome address along with Rev. Ricky Scott, Senior Pastor of New Hope. There are currently eight Black judges serving in Broward County: Judge Ilona Holmes, Judge Elijah Williams, Judge Kenneth Gillespie, Judge Michael Robinson, Judge Kea-

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will think and act differently,” said Judge Elijah Williams. Judge Williams is one of the most respected judges on the bench and serves as a mentor to other judges. Judge Gillespie stressed the importance of diversity on the bench. Judge Michael Robinson emphasized the need to speak truth to power with solution-focused ideas. Judge Frink discussed the appointment process and challenged lawyers to seek judgeships. Judge Barner gave encouraging advice to other young women seeking office. Judge Evans and Judge Fahnestock elaborated on the importance of mentorship and helping other young people from the inner-urban core make good choices by instilling hope.

Retired Judge Mary Rudd Robinson shared her experience and perspective on seeking a judgeship. She said the key was perseverance. Retired Judge Zebedee Wright expressed his gratitude and pride in the progress that has been made in Broward County with more Black judges on the bench. Weekes reminded the attendees to contact the governor’s office and encourage him to consider Magistrate Phobee Francois for his appointment to fill the vacant seat. Broward County is increasingly becoming a more ethnically diverse community. When we value diversity, we acknowledge that our differences are an asset to our democracy.

In the Armed Forces At the February Dade County School Board meeting, Dr. Steve Gallon III recognized the 2018 5000 Role Models of Excellence Wilson Scholars. The 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project was founded in 1993 by U.S. Rep. Dr. Frederica S. Wilson, a steadfast supporter of improving public education. The mission of the 5000 Role Models is to intervene in the lives of at-risk youth and provide them with alternatives to dropping out of school and self-destructive behaviors. This year, Wilson Scholars included students from the following senior high schools: Coral Gables, Coral Reef, Felix Varela, Miami Coral Park, Miami Jackson, Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College, Miami Northwestern, Miami Palmetto, Miami Senior, North Miami, and William H. Turner Technical School of the Arts. Since the inception of the program, more than $10 million in scholarships have been awarded to graduating seniors. The item was co-sponsored by School Board Chair Perla Tabres Hantman, Vice Chair Dr. Martin Karp,and Board members Dr. Lawrence Feldman, Lubby Navarro, Dr. Marta Perez, and Mari Tere Rojas.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Osric C. Manning graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training also earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Manning is the son of Sharon E. Manning of Lauderhill, Fla.

He is a 2015 graduate of Vilseck High School, New York, N.Y.

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