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Family honors brother 42 years after tragic death at state park

By Kayla C. Elliott

Reather Martin (seated) and her children, (l to r); Richard Martin, Beverly Martin, Manuel Martin, Darryl Martin, Pamela Martin and Theresa M. Elliott.

Friends and family of Joseph L. Williams, affectionately called Stu, remember him as a kind, loving young man.

“He was never afraid of anything,” said family friend Denise Washington. “He never wanted his epilepsy to hold him back from enjoying life.” As a child, Stu attended Carter G. Woodson Elementary School, Lloyd Estates Elementary, and Rickards Middle School. On the day of his graduation from Northeast High School, he suffered an epileptic seizure and drowned at Hugh Taylor Birch State Park.

Denise was only 11 years old when she accompanied Stu on the fateful paddleboat ride in 1972. She grew up across the street from the family and called Stu her big brother. “I didn’t know how to swim. To this day, I don’t know how I got out,” Denise said. Sadly, the inability to swim is all too common in Black communities across generations.

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

-- Acts 6:3 (NKJV)

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr It’s strange how the more things change the more they remain the same. I wrote this piece back in August, 2007 and the cause that summoned a group of three men together, has morphed into a monster of a demonic drug called flakka, with the same destructive behavior –to kill and destroy! The group has grown; we’re called now to face this demon who changes constantly with the same weapon whose purpose never changes, prayer (so that we may get to know God Himself) - and watch how God works.

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Child Watch

It’s hard to be what you can’t see

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NYPD reaches out: Launches new community

policing strategy in city to build trust

By Tony Best, Special to the NNPA from the New York Carib News As New York City’s police chief William Bratton launches his new community policing strategy designed to boost relationships with neighborhoods, the NYPD’s top brass is reaching out to the Caribbean community for support and feedback about an initiative that aims to build trust in the force.

And an initial meeting arranged by Bratton and some of his top commanders and attended by Caribbean community leaders, including New York State Assemblyman Nick Perry, an assistant Speaker Pro-Tem of the lower chamber of the legislature in Albany; Dr. Roy Hastick, President of

New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton (r) is seen after having fake blood thrown on him during demonstrations in Times Square.

Photo by Ken Murray/New York Daily News

Child President meets the President of the United States.

By Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist

the Caribbean-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Rickford Burke, head of the Caribbean-Guyana Institute for Democracy; Curtis Nelson, executive Director of Sesame Flyers; and Jumaane Williams and Dr. Mathieu Eugene, two Brooklyn City Council members was described later as “informative” and a “good first step.”

“It was useful and it provided an opportunity for people to dialogue with the chief of police and to raise some of their concerns,” said Perry, a long-serving lawmaker in Albany.

Dr. Hastick described the meeting’s outcome in a similar way.

As a new school year starts, many parents are making sure their children have the right supplies from their back-to-school lists and double-checking their courses and schedules. But are we thinking about what books our children are reading? Children of color are now a majority of all public school students and will soon be a majority of all children in America yet children’s books and the publishing industry have failed to keep up with the rainbow of our children’s faces and cultures and needs and the wide variety of their daily experiences.

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U.S .S.. Black Chamber pressing auto dealers for fair return on Black dollars

African-Americans projected to spend $24 billion on automobile industry this year

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Broomfield Grocery continues serving Fort Lauderdale’s Northwest moving from place to place,

By Charles Moseley Community for 25 years wherever the seasons dictated.

Broomfield Grocery continues serving Fort Lauderdale’s Northwest Community.

Pleading Our Own Cause

If there’s one thing Black folks learned about life during the days of segregation in the “Jim Crow” South, it was that hard work and self-reliance were the common denominators required in order to survive.

There were no Costco’s or WalMarts where folks could stock up on grocery items; most people relied on living off the land to meet their needs.

For Mozell Broomfield and her nine other siblings, it was no different. Her parents were on the low end of the food chain in the world of agriculture,

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Mozell’s family eked out a living as migrant farm workers instilled by a strong Christian work ethic like so many others of that time.

Aside from developing character and the skill to persevere during those arduous times, her fate took a turn for the better.

Had it not been for her family traveling to New Jersey to tend the crops which were in season there, Mozell probably wouldn’t have met the man she would later marry and raise a family with.

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U. S. Black Chamber President/CEO Ron Busby signs Memorandum of Understanding with NAMAD President Damon Lester. Marc Bland, IHS vice president of diversity and inclusion, looks on.

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Fact Sheet: President Obama to commemorate 10th anniversar y of Hurricane Katrina

Aug. 30, 2005: A woman is airlifted to safety by a Coast Guard helicopter in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (AFP) Hurricane Katrina.

Since taking office, President Barack Obama has made it a key priority to continue and expedite the recovery and rebuilding efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.

Over the past six and a half years, the Administration has focused on supporting the needs of survivors and bolstering the recovery efforts already underway by state, local and federal officials by cutting red tape to deploy important resources quickly, investing in hard hit communities, and ensuring that affected communities build back stronger and more resilient.

The President has directed his Administration to take an

Recorder launches new STEM Page for students

By Jessica R. Key Special to the NNPA from the Indianapolis Recorder Over the past 120 years, the Indianapolis Recorder newspaper has prided itself on preparing a conscious community today and beyond. Educating the community on pertinent African-American issues of the day has been goal No. 1.

By way of the news, the historic publication has also been a staunch advocate of up-todate classroom education, particularly for Black youth. The Recorder is committed to its stance on quality, cutting-edge education and is announcing the launch of a special science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) page to be added to the newspaper. This page is part of the national Newspaper in Education (NIE) program.

all-of-Nation approach – to work closely with and support the work of all of our partners, including state and local governments, tribal and volunteer organizations, the private sector, and families.

As we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the storm, the Administration will continue its all-of-Nation approach, with the President and members of his cabinet planning to visit im-

pacted areas to highlight some of the many remarkable recovery and resilience stories across the region.

On Thursday, Aug. 27, the President will travel to New Orleans to meet with the Mayor and residents – including youth — in several neighborhoods who have rebuilt their lives over the past 10 years. While in the city, the President will deliver remarks on the region’s rebirth

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Public offices discriminate against Black Americans

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C (NNPA) – It’s an open secret that Black-sounding names can hinder employment, housing, and loan applications. Apparently, basic emails to public servants have snuck onto that list.

So concluded a recent study published by the Institute for the Study of Labor, an international research center based in Germany.

“Discrimination by providers of public services not only has a potentially detrimental impact on the economic and social lives of those affected, but is also illegal,” the study concluded.

Study shows how PrEP can protect heterosexual couples “Much of the world today is centered around STEM – even simple things we do such as the manner in which we communicate with one another. We need to preserve industry knowledge to ensure success and sustainability in the future, therefore exposing youth to various STEM industries is incredibly important to the Recorder,”

and what’s possible when citizens, city and corporate leaders all work together to lift up their communities and build back in ways that make them more innovative and positioned for economic growth. The President will be joined by Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate, who has helped spearhead and coordinate many of the Administration’s efforts and this allof-Nation approach over the past six and a half years.

said Shannon Williams, president and general manager of The Recorder Media Group.

“Our goal is to pique the interests of students at an early age so they can hopefully major in one of the industries in college and ultimately become an experienced STEM professional.”

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Jared M. Baeten, M.D., Professor of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle For serodiscordant couples, those in which one partner is HIV positive, emphasis must be placed on ensuring that the HIV-negative partner avoids HIV infection. A new study shows that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can be crucial to achieving that goal.

Researchers from the University of Washington presented the results of a study called the Partners Demonstration Project during the 2015 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2015) in February. The study was one of several that have recently produced exciting findings about the use of PrEP and how it can help to further curb the HIV epidemic.

Since it’s known that both antiretroviral therapy (ART) and PrEP substantially reduce HIV risk, the Partners Demonstration Project sought to look at how these tools could be used together in couples who are at high risk of infection.

Treatment Methods Varied The project took place in Kenya and Uganda between November 2012 and August 2014. Approximately 1,015 (presumably) heterosexual couples enrolled in the study.

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(Billy Hathorn/CC BY-SA 3.0) “While deregulation and globalization may have increased competition in the U.S. economy, thus placing pressure on discriminatory attitudes in the private sector … this has certainly been much less the case for the public sector.”

To test this hypothesis, researchers sent emails asking for basic information to more than 19,000 local public offices around the United States over two non-consecutive weeks. The emails used four names: Jake Mueller, Greg Walsh, DeShawn Jackson, and Tyrone Washington.

Public offices responded to 72 percent of emails each from Jake and Greg. For DeShawn and Tyrone, who had slightly different levels of response, 68 percent of their emails received replies.

“Our results show that emails signed with a distinctively Black name are less likely to receive a reply than identical emails signed with a distinctively white name, thus indicating the presence of discrimination in access to public services,” the report stated.

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Fifth annual Women of Color Empowerment Conference to host historic firsts, expand to genealogy of two audience full weekend of events members; and two-time Emmy

Steering Committee members for Women of Color Empowerment Conference.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Paulette Brown, Esq., who will be the first African-American woman to serve as president in the 136-year history of the American Bar Association, has been announced as the morning keynote speaker for the Fifth Annual Women of Color Empowerment Conference (WOCEC). The WOCEC’s main day of leadership presentations and expert breakout panels takes place on Saturday, Sept.

19, 2015 at Bahia Mar Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Brown’s address on “Owning Your Worth” will be among her first public presentations following the induction of this powerhouse attorney to the presidency of the 400,000member bar association.

In addition to Brown, more than 20 other accomplished presenters from the corporate, health, technology, wealthbuilding and public policy sectors will appear. Other speaker highlights include Gina Paige, founder of African Ancestry, Inc., who will present live a

nominee Judge Glenda Hatchett, whose career includes success as an attorney, judge, author, television star, and board member for three Fortune 500 companies.

Major sponsors of the Fifth Annual Women of Color Empowerment Conference include United Water, Carrie Concessions, Inc., University of Miami Women and Gender Studies Program, Law Office of Austin Pamies Norris Weeks LLC, Avenue of the Arts Executive Suites, Florida Power & Light, AXA Advisors, LLC, and Ruth’s List Florida, Inc. The WOCEC is planned by a committee of community volunteers serving under the direction of the conference’s three co-founding women’s organizations: The Links, Incorporated (North Broward County, FL Chapter); Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated (Broward County Alumnae Chapter); and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (Zeta Rho Omega Chapter). For information about the WOCEC, visit the website at www.SouthFloridaWomenOfColor.com or call Kathy Eggleston at (954) 768-9770.

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CBC session reveals how national parks can uplift Black communities

By Audrey Peterman The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Annual Legislative Conference in Washington DC is the principal event that draws Black legislators, thought leaders and concerned citizens to explore policies from a Black perspective. Arguably, if an issue does not make it to the CBC agenda, it is low on the priority list for African Americans.

So it is almost magical that this year, when the violent excesses of our racist society dominates our attention, the most beautiful, prized and exclusive

assets of America will also be onstage at the conference. In front of potentially 9,000 attendees, the session “Public Lands, Environment & Conservation: Peril & Opportunity for African Americans” will demonstrate how our national parks, forests and other publicly owned lands can be used to improve the economy and aesthetics in our communities; reduce the numbers of people channeled into the prison system; buffer us against climate change and help us restore health and viability.

Sponsored by Congressman Alcee Hastings, the session

takes place Wednesday, Sept.

16, noon – 2 p.m. Co-sponsors Rep. Corrine Brown, (Fla.) Rep. James Clyburn (S.C.) and CBC Chair the Hon. G. K. Butterworth, (N.C.,) represent districts on or near the Atlantic Ocean that are most vulnerable to rising sea levels.

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, in 2015 the US Army Corp of Engineers was found guilty by the courts of “gross negligence” for their failure to adequately design, build and maintain the levees that burst, swamping New Orleans. While the Corps is the chief agency responsible for managing flood

Farrakhan stresses importance of Black press for Million Man March anniversary

By D. Kevin McNeir Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer As the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March approaches this fall, strategies continue to be formulated and plans solidified by District officials, leaders from the Nation of Islam (NOI), prominent Black leaders and, now, the publishers of the Black press.

On Friday, the men and women who own and operate over 100 Black publications nationwide participated in an exclusive and historic conversation with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, who heads the NOI and also serves as the national convener of the upcoming march, “Justice or Else 10-10-15.”

Over 60 publishers and editors joined Farrakhan, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin Chavis, NNPA Chairperson and Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes and Richard Muhammad, NNPA Region 3 president representing the Final Call.

When the first march occurred 20 years ago, the Black press was instrumental in its success, getting out the word to Blacks across the U.S. as October 1995 drew near.

Barnes said they will play a similar role again.

“We have our marching orders to tell the stories up to

Louis Farrakhan (noi.org) the date of the march and after,” said Barnes following the conclusion of the conference call.

“It’s up to us to keep our communities informed and to empower them to carry on the vision that Minister Farrakhan has laid out.”

The Black press, including the Washington Informer, will be reporting on the march as plans continue to unfold with ongoing dialogue from Farrakhan, who said the march must take place because of the precarious situation in which Blacks now find themselves.

“The Black race is not as strong as we could be or should be,” he said. “So, the struggle is on two fronts. We cannot go to Washington and appeal to the government to intercede so that Black men and women receive

justice in our courts but then leave our own communities in shambles with us killing one another. We have to take responsibility for our own communities and work together to rid the fratricidal conflict that we see all over America.”

Farrakhan served as the spark for the first Million Man March that brought hundreds of thousands of Black men of all ages, economic backgrounds, religious affiliations and levels of education together on the National Mall. During the conference call, the minister answered questions posed by members of the NNPA, emphasizing the need for Black America to take control of its own destiny through shared economic strategies and greater support of Black businesses, families, civil rights organizations and religious institutions.

But he also criticized the policies of America that have led to the mass incarceration of Black youth, failed public schools and colleges and generations of Black families wallowing in poverty.

“The struggle cannot end on Oct. 10, 2015,” Farrakhan said.

“It will take on a new dimension of strength after the 10th. We should have a legislative agenda. We’re not asking — we’re demanding what’s rightfully ours. We built this country.

The world is before us if we take our own foot out of the way.”

Family honors brother 42 years after tragic death at state park

Stu's sister Theresa Elliott (l) and friend Denise Washington (r) speak to the crowd of family and friends.

(Cont'd from FP) A 2014 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that Black children ages five to 19 drown in swimming pools more than five times the rate of white children.

Neither Denise nor any of Stu’s family members had been back to the park before last year. Last spring, his younger sister Theresa Elliott visited the park for the first time since Stu’s accident. As she neared the lake, she stopped and choked up. “This is where my brother died,” she told her friend. She stopped to remember him and all the good times they’d shared at the park as a family. As she and her friend continued around the trail, she noticed different memorials for other individuals. She talked to her sister, Beverly Martin, and Addie

Owens, president of the Northwest Federated Women’s Club and the three began planning a memorial dedication and service right away.

Their hard work came into fruition on Aug. 15, two days before Stu’s 61st birthday.

With the help of State Park Director Dave Darth, they were able to secure a bench in his honor. Approximately 50 family members and friends gathered for the brief service, including his mother, Reather Martin; sisters, Beverly Martin, Theresa M. Elliott, and Pamela Martin; and brothers, Manuel Martin, Richard Martin, and Darryl Martin. Attendees shared brief reflections about Stu in front of a small podium, his senior class photos, and a wooden plaque of the diploma he never received.

“I wanted this to bring us all a sense of closure,” Theresa said.

We have a lot of good memories

here. This is the park where we spent our summer vacations and had family picnics. All of that stopped when he passed. I hope coming here and having the bench can help us continue to heal. His legacy will live on past all of us in a very permanent way.”

Though Stu’s life ended long ago, he made Broward County history by becoming the first Black man memorialized in the state park. Paradoxically, Fort Lauderdale is also home to the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISWHF). In 2007, the ISWHF published Black Splash: A History of African American Swimming by swimming instructor and historian Lee Pitts. “The African American experience of exclusion from the opportunity to swim in Fort Lauderdale was commonplace throughout America in the first half of the 20th century,” he wrote, “leading to what has been described as a cultural disconnect between the Black community and swimming.” Without this exclusion and disconnect, perhaps Stu could have made it to his graduation ceremony.

Adorned with a small metal plaque commemorating Stu’s life, the bench sits a few yards away from the lake. Hopefully Stu’s gentle, caring spirit will comfort family members who come to remember him, kayakers who sit for a rest after a long day, or other families seeking peace on a hot summer day.

Kayla C. Elliott is a PhD student at Florida Atlantic University. Her background is in higher education, nonprofit management, fundraising, and philanthropy.

She is a proud alumna of Fisk University and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

Members of the Diverse Environmental Leaders Speakers Bureau shown here at Grand Canyon National Park will lead the CBC Session. control projects in our country, it is immune from being sued by citizens that may be harmed by its decisions. So the only viable option to protect our communities from similar environmental disasters as a result of climate change is to get involved ahead of time.

Speakers at the CBC session include Majora Carter, the MacArthur Genius Award winner who turned a $10,000 grant from the USDA Forest into a three million dollar investment in the revitalization of her Hunts Point, Bronx neighborhood; Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah Geechee Nation, who travels the world advocating for her culture and is innovating adaptations to climate change that’s already affecting the Sea Islands; author Jarid Manos, founder of Great Plains Restoration Council in Fort Worth, Tex. whose programs divert people from prison into

environmental work; Dorien Blythers, expert in community organizing and the green economy; Jacqui Patterson, director of the NAACP’s Environmental & Climate Justice Program and Aaron Mair, newly elected president of the Board of the Sierra Club with a 30year history of environmental advocacy.

The CBC has the best record in Congress of voting for the environment, with some members rated higher than 90 percent by the League of Conservation Voters. This session will illustrate the high level of environmental interest and expertise among their constituents, and encourage them to see the environmental component in health, justice, economy, education, safety and every other issue.

Just days after the session, the Land and Water Conservation Fund is set to expire

Sept. 30. The fund was started 50 years ago by the same Congress that passed the Voting Rights Act. It collects a small percentage of the revenue from drilling and exploitation of our shared natural resources to buy land for the public’s recreational use. Not only have subsequent Congresses broken the public trust and failed to provide the dollars, but the Fund will become defunct Sept. 30 unless Congress reauthorizes it.

If Congress was loth to appropriate the funds under the law, it will be near impossible to get funding for urban parks and amenities without it. Let us know at Earthws@aol.com if your organization is willing to sign on to the letter we’re sending to the CBC asking them to support reauthorization of the Fund. Please plan to join us at the CBC Conference next month.

Farrakhan: ““Justice Justice or Else” march just the beginning

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – In a wide-ranging conference call with the Black Press, the Nation of Islam(NOI) Minister Louis Farrakhan said the upcoming “Justice or Else” rally set for Oct. 10 celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March is just the beginning of the movement.

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., president and CEO of the NNPA and the national director of the 1995 Million Man March, moderated the call, fielding pooled questions from dozens of publishers and editors from Black newspapers across the country.

Farrakhan said that walking down the steps of the United States Capitol building and seeing Black men standing together, shoulder-to-shoulder all the way down to the Washington Monument and over to the Lincoln Memorial was his most memorable experience from the Million Man March on Oct. 16, 1995. The minister boasted that the men went home and recommitted themselves to their families and wives, others registered to vote, and gang members left their weapons at home.

Critics, however, charged that little long-lasting followup was done on the local level.

Farrakhan said that those who benefit from white supremacy fear the power of unified

Minister Louis Farrakhan said the upcoming “Justice or Else”.

Blacks, Latinos and all minority people and have continued to work against that unity, since the 1995 march.

Farrakhan said that since the Million Man March, the Black community is not as strong as it should be, so the struggle for “Justice or Else” must take place on two fronts.

“We cannot go to Washington to appeal to our government to intercede to see that Black men and women tried in their courts get justice in accordance with the law and leave our communities in shambles with us killing one another,” said Farrakhan.

“We as men and women must take responsibility for our community and rid our community of fratricidal conflict and that strengthens us as we go to our government to demand justice.”

Farrakhan said that he thanked God for the women who ignited the Black Lives

Matter Movement.

“We honor the young ladies that fashioned that cry and all who have joined on but no one can rob the young sisters of the honor that God used [them] to say something that caught on and today Black lives do matter,” he said. “Let’s go to work in our communities to make sure that all of our people fall in love with their Blackness and say, ‘Black lives matter’ and Black love will make sure that Black lives matter.”

The truth matters, too.

The United States Park Police (USPP) estimate of 400,000 attendants at the origi-nal march wildly contradicted the estimated count provided by March organizers, which was roughly 1.5 million.

U.S .S.. Black Chamber pressing

relates back to the number of dealerships that we own as well as the amount of money that those particular brands market to the African-American consumer,” he says. “And so what we hope that this does - this new relationship that we’ve established - is we want to showcase the power of the AfricanAmerican dollar and recirculate that dollar so that our Black dealers can now increase the number of employees that they have working on their staffs.”

Busby points out that “the number of dealers that are owned by African-Americans is decreasing at a high rate. We have fewer dealers that are owned by Black folk now than we’ve ever had in history. But, yet we have more Black consumers who are buying vehicles than we ever had. We just got to support them like we have to support our Black banks as well as our Black media.”

By Hazel Trice Edney WASHINGTON, D.C. — This year alone, African-Americans are projected to spend as much as $24 billion on new cars and other vehicles from America’s auto industry. Yet, research shows that, commensurate with their spending, Black consumers have little to show for their support of car dealerships, except the shiny new purchases in their driveways That’s the reason that a new agreement between the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC) and the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD) was established to start solving that problem. The purpose of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed late last month, is to forge relationships with Black vendors and suppliers with hopes to “open millions of dollars of opportunity to Black businesses

across the nation,” says Ron Busby, president/CEO of the USBC. “The end goal of these agreements is to leverage USBC’s professional relationships to provide more tangible contracting opportunities for our small business members and to facilitate collaboration in the Black community.”

The announcement of the MOU took place at a press conference sponsored by Hyundai North America during the USBC’s recent 2015 School of Chamber and Business Management, an annual gathering with a goal of fostering growth of small Black businesses and economic development across the country. In a recent interview, Busby explains what the new MOU means to Black auto dealers and the Black community as a whole.

“The amount that AfricanAmericans spend on vehicles is inappropriately unequal as it

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Concert

The City of Miami Gardens welcomes Internationally Acclaimed Artists Flavour and Ivelisse Santos at AMAC Benefit Concert. The AMAC committee will host its pre-Gala Concert and inaugural AMAC Night Gala on Aug. 28 and Aug. 28 in Miami Gardens, Friday, Aug. 28, 2015 at 11 p.m., at the Betty T. Ferguson Recreational Complex, 3000 N.W. 199 St., Miami Gardens, Fla. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite atwww.AMACBenefitConcert.eventbrite.com.

AMAC Night, a fundraising gala and award ceremony honoring local dignitaries, philanthropists, business and community leaders, Saturday, Aug. 29, from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m., at the Nine 0 One Event and Conference Center, 901 N.W. 183 St., Miami Gardens, Fla. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite at http://www.eventbrite.com/ e/amac-night-fundraisertickets-16643552313?aff=es2.

Classes

Come out for a day of fun & Art, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2015 from 1 to 4 p.m., 915 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (next to Bass Brothers). FREE Art Classes for youth 10 years of age and under. The Art Hub P.O. Box 453697 Fort Lauderdale Fla 33345. For more info call (954) 495-7363 alhuggins@myartnsoul.com www.thearthub.org

Forum

Real Life Real Issues Community Forum, Tuesday, Sept.

8, 2015 at 7 p.m., at Mount Olivet SDA Church, 649 N.W. 15 Way, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For additional info call Pastor Hall at (954) 402-7074.

Reunion

Dillard High School Class of 1980 35th Class Reunion **The Reunion Itinerary** · Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 - Meet and Greet at Dave and Busters, Hollywood, Fla., 5 p.m. – Until · Friday, Sept. 25, 2015 Meet at the Hard Rock, Hollywood, Fla., 8 p.m. – Until · Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 - Signature Grand Event, Davie, Fla. (Blue and Grey Attire) 8 p.m. – Midnight The cost for this event is $70 per person. Go to the website below to purchase your ticket(s) http://www.eventbrite.com/e/ dillard-high-school-class-of80-35th-reunion-on-linetickets to purchase your tickets or contact one of the classmates listed below · Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015 - Church Service at the New Mount Olive Baptist Church on 401 N.W. Ninth Ave., Fort Lau-derdale, 9 a.m. · Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015 -Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, 12 Noon - until For additional info feel free to contact one of the following: Karen Dixon – (954) 321-6053; Kim Jones-Hubbard (954) 2885236; Cheryl Reese-Felder (954) 648-0909; Donna Rucker (95 4) 854-3442; Belinda Benton-Lewis (772) 233-1427.

Happenings at African-American Research Library and Cultural Center

African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderale, Fla. Upcoming Destination Friday events: Sept. 4 Hawaii and Nov. 6 - the Bahamas. For more info call (954) 357-6210. * Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 from 6:3o to 9:30 p.m., come say "Aloha" to Hawaii and the Polynesian Island! This age 21-plus. * Upcoming Destination Friday, Event: * Friday, Oct. 2, 2015 Antigua & Barbuda * Friday, Nov. 6, 2015 - the Bahamas.

The MuSical Paintbrush™ Productions of the Arts, Inc., will be having a Talent Show-case, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 at 2 p.m. Come out and support the community’s Newest performing and visual arts company for youth and young adult along with your favorite Dance and Performance Studios!

Electrifying Performances

by Dance To Life Studio, Faith’s Place Center For Arts & Education, Solid Gold & Pink Swans Dancers, New Macdonia Praise Dancers, Tyscot LOUD & HWR recording artist Prodigal Son, Faithville Music, and many more, There is an admission fee.

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Is Florida’s Black economy returning to pre-recession Days?

By Roger Caldwell Now that the State of Florida’s budget has been passed for this cycle, the state economists are predicting what is going to happen in next year’s budget. With actual revenue collections exceeding expectations, the state General Revenue (GR) Estimating Conference has increased its forecast. State economists predict lawmakers will have $657.5 million more than previously anticipated for the state’s next budget.

“Florida’s economy is returning to its pre-recession days, and the available funds for state budget reflect that strength. Tourism is very strong and more Floridians are able to find jobs and they are spending money throughout the state” says Dominic Calabro,

President and CEO of Florida Tax Watch.

Based on the state economists, our lawmakers will have more cash to spend because the amount appropriated to the Legislature has increased with actual revenue collection. This means that there will be more funding available for education, human services, public safety, and correction.

Some economists are predicting that the available increased funding may reach $1.6 billion.

As a Black political watchdog and pundit, I wonder how much of these financial predictions are credible, factual, and truthful. During the last Florida Legislature session, state economists predicted that there would be a billion dollar surplus, but it took a special session to pass a budget. Some-

how, the surplus funds were needed to balance the budget, and the state needed additional money from the federal government.

Somehow state economists were wrong in their forecast, or maybe the people in power are not telling the truth. Floridians are sick of Republicans telling residents how great the state is doing, but are still struggling to pay bills.

Florida Tax Watch is claiming that Florida’s economy has returned to its pre-recession days, but the Florida Black economy has definitely not recovered from the recession. For Black men in Florida’s inner cities, the unemployment rate is still around 45 percent, and there are no state programs to relieve the suffering. There were no jobs for Black youth this summer, even

One year after #MikeBrown: Response of some police, politicians not maturated

By Nicole Lee Anticipation for the commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the killing of Mike Brown Jr. by thenFerguson Police Officer Darren Wilson was high. Clergy community and civic leaders, gathered to remember

Mike-Mike’s life, death and aftermath that sparked a movement.

While Brown’s death unfortunately was not wholly unique, the response from the community was. Community members stayed in the street publicly protesting and never went home. Open defiance lasted hundreds of days. Even after the police brought out dogs and tear gas, the community refused to back down. These acts of civil disobedience inspired people around the country to defy the initial storyline of “looters” and “rioters” and to look to the deep-er issues at play in Ferguson.

This anniversary was met with protests and renewed calls for justice but it was also greeted by music, concerts, prayer vigils and strategy sessions.

While the goals remained steadfast among demonstrators and concerned folks, there was diversity in approach and tactics. Activists, artists and religious leaders were retrospective with

a keen eye toward all that still must be won.

The future of a movement was in the hands of not just Ferguson but the nation and as a movement, it must be prepared to act locally and nationally.

Yet the response of LEE the police and some politicians in St. Louis County has not maturated. Once again, vehicles and armament reminiscent of war scenes, rolled onto West Florrisant in Ferguson. On the anniversary of Mike Brown’s death while a concert headlined by Talib Kweli and Common rocked the night in Ferguson, the police ordered a group of protesters to disperse.

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Women’s equality: Are we there yet?

By State Senator Dwight Bullard On Aug. 26, 1920, the amendment guaranteeing the right to vote for women officially became part of the US Constitution. To commemorate, we celebrate Aug. 26 as Women’s Equality Day. The anniversary of this historic achievement demands recognition and celebration.

In moments like these however, I’m reminded of the countless children who ask their parents on summer trips the age-old question of, “Are we there yet?”

Regrettably, on the topic of women’s equality, there’s no doubt that there is still much work left to be done.

Just consider the following facts: Full-time female workers still earn only about 78 percent of what their male counterparts earn. For women of color, the gender pay gap is even bigger. African-American women, earn only about 64 cents, and Latinas, earn 54 cents for every dollar earned by white men. Add to that outdated workplace policies that deny women paid leave, affordable child care, fair pro-

motions, pregnancy discrimination and access to health care and a pretty grim economic picture isn’t hard to see.

On the issue of reproductive rights, there SEN. have been more antiwoman state laws BULLARD passed last year than in the previous three alone. Across the board, attacks on access to reproductive health care erode women’s ability determine the size of their families but these laws do the greatest damage to poor women and women of color who often have the greatest economic barriers to getting birth control and abortion. As Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently noted, women of means will always have options, but “choice” is moot for low-income women who live in states like Texas and Mississippi that pass laws to shut down clinics, restrict access and outlaw certain procedures.

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Bipartisan effort to reform the criminal justice system

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist Whenever I have an opportunity to rejoin the transformational activities of the civil rights organization that was founded and led by the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I am always eager to participate. Such was the case July 23 in Baton Rouge, La. The occasion was the 57th annual convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and I had been invited to participate as part of a panel on criminal justice reform.

In my younger days, I was the statewide youth coordinator for Dr. King and SCLC in my home state of North Carolina. I learned firsthand how to organize and mobilize effectively following the living example of Dr. King. I only mention this because one of my enduring memories about Dr. King was his ability to see the social change benefits of encouraging coalition-building across partisan political and racial lines.

Principles of multiracial and

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bipartisan coalitionbuilding are important to any movement that seeks to reform or change the status quo. I had no reluctance, therefore, to join a panel discussion on a topic that is dear to my heart, soul and CHAVIS spirit – “Uniting for Progress and Opportunity: Bipartisan Efforts to Reform the Criminal Justice System.”

I was pleased to join my fellow panelists: Mark Holden, general counsel and senior vice president of Koch Industries; attorney Norman Reimer, executive director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL); and noted Capitol Hill journalist Lauren Victoria Burke. The panel was moderated by Curley M. Dossman Jr., president of the Georgia-Pacific Foundation, and board chairman of 100 Black Men. GeorgiaPacific is a subsidiary of Koch Industries.

According to Mark Holden, “The criminal justice system as it is set up today is a major impediment to opportunity for disadvantaged and poor people. There is a two-tiered system where if you’re rich and guilty you get a better deal than if you’re poor and innocent.” Holden is accurate, and I agree with his principled position.

Holden is a libertarian and I am a Democrat, but we are now working together to build an effective, bipartisan national criminal justice reform movement across America.

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though many city and county agencies said they had money available.

The African American community in Florida is suffering, and the Florida Republican Legislature and governor CALDWELL does not care. The reason the Republicans in Florida didn’t care about the condition of the Black community is because they don’t need our vote to remain or get into office.

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Haiti’s critical test — and ours

TROUBLE AT THE POLLS — People are escorted out of a voting center after it was closed because of violence during parliamentary elections in Port-auPrince, Haiti on Aug. 9.

(Dieu Nalio Chery AP)

By Frederica S. Wilson wilson.house.gov Haiti faced a critical test last week when voters headed to the polls to cast ballots for the men and women who will serve in the next Parliament. The election, three years overdue, was the first of three to be held by December and will measure the nation’s ability to hold fair and transparent elections and self-govern.

In this first round, more than 1,800 candidates vied for approximately 130 seats, which in itself is extremely problematic. During the inevitable October runoffs, voters will also cast ballots to elect a new president from yet another overcrowded field of more than 50 candidates.

Its current head of state, President Michel Martelly, has governed by decree since January, when the last Parliament coincidentally dissolved on the fifth anniversary of the 2010 earthquake that killed 200,000 people. Without the same checks and balances that most democracies enjoy and not enough lawmakers to even form a quorum, Martelly has been unable to achieve much in the past eight months.

Haiti took its first tentative steps toward true democracy just days after the United States marked the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. It was a bittersweet occasion since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 ruling that eviscerated the heart of the landmark law — the coverage formula that required certain states and jurisdictions with a history of discrimination to first clear election changes with the Department of Justice.

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Blackonomics Are you having fun with today’s politics?

By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “I’ll see your two Blacks and raise you two more.”

The vast majority of CLINGMAN the news is centered on politics, specifically, the 2016 presidential race, which is 14 months away. Black people are being sucked under by a whirlpool of nonsense on TV news outlets, newspaper and magazine commentaries, lectures, and even some protests. Candidates are already going across the nation giving speeches, and the first presidential debate by the red-tie and blue-tie gangs, has already been conducted. Hmmm.

(When these politicians are on TV, they always wear red or blue ties; and we are divided by red and blue states.

The Crips and Bloods must be proud.)

Talking heads on news shows are so giddy about the political possibilities, and it is obvious that they see the upcoming election as simply “fun,” as one commentator said.

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Trump favors constructing a police state

By Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist At bottom, the plan of Donald Trump, the GOP’s political playboy, DANIELS to “solve” America’s crisis of undocumented Latino immigration is really quite simple: Turn the U.S. into a police state.

Of course, Trump and his supporters, and the rest of the GOP presidency-seekers who are following, sheep-like, in his wake on the issue don’t put it that plainly. In part, that’s because none of them are serious about implementing a deport-them-all scheme.

Even numerous conservative analysts and pundits have said that any such effort would necessarily have to last for decades and cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Trump, buoyed by his mob of rabid supporters, is hustling the GOP, and most of the rest of the GOP candidates are falling for it hook, line and sinker.

This is so even as the August 12 Gallup survey shows 65 percent of Americans support a plan that would allow undocumented immigrants to become citizens if they follow certain “path to citizenship” rules. That includes 50 percent of Republicans. Only 19 percent of Americans favor a mass deportation plan.

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Planned attacks on Planned Parenthood

By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist Conservatives are attacking Planned Parenthood so viciously that you would be forgiven if you thought that the organization CURRY was running for president as a Democrat. It is often said, “The first casualty when war comes is truth.” Actually, the first casualty of politics is truth.

That’s particularly true when it comes to the orchestrated attacks on Planned Parenthood. The anti-choice Center for Medical Progress (CMP) has released seven videos that seek to discredit Planned Parenthood. Media Matters said, “The latest video again relies on footage already debunked as highly edited, features conversations with third-party providers who acted as the middlemen between researchers and clinics, and relies heavily on the account of a technician who did not work for Planned Parenthood…”

Dr. Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, has also launched a major attack against Planned Parenthood and he should know better.

In an interview with Fox News on Aug. 12, Carson said that Planned Parenthood erects most of its clinics in Black neighborhoods as a “way to control that population.”

However, ABC’s Martha Raddatz reported, “Planned Parenthood estimates that fewer than 5 percent of its health centers are located in areas where more than one-third of the population is African-American.”

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Mike Huckabee doesn’t understand what matters

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist The 17-person race for the Republican nomination for president closely resembles a clown show, starring Donald Trump. The MALVEAUX unfortunate contrast to Trump has been the tepid rhetoric of Jeb Bush, and the usual antics of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Surgeon Ben Carson offered some diversity in the “big debate” a few weeks ago, and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina amplified her profile and earned kudos for her performance at a debate the “lesser” candidates had. After the debate, each of the candidates has had plenty to say, and maybe some of them might have been better off had they said less.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, for example, said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be “appalled” at the Black Lives Matter Movement, saying it was wrong to “elevate” some lives above others. The poor, misguided man doesn’t get it, nor does he appear to have read much more of Dr. King’s work than the “I Have a Dream” speech.

King dealt with race matters directly.

His 1967 presidential address to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) explicitly deals with racial difference asking, “Where do we go from here?” (The same title as one of his books) (Read full story on 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.

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

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

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WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday Worship Service .............................................................................. 8:00 & 11:00 a.m.

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

Communion Service (1st Sunday) ......................................................................... 11:00 a.m.

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

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

Saturday (2nd & 4th) Christian Growth & Orientation .................................. 8:30 a.m.

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

Rev. Dr. Jimmie L. Brown Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

WEDNESDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mount Calvary Baptist Church

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

Reverend Anthony Burrell, Pastor SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SUNDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Bethel Missionary Baptist Church to host revival Bethel Missionary Baptist Church will host a revival Wednesday, Sept, 2 through Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 at 7 p.m., nightly.

Guests churches include Berea Baptist Church in Miami, Evangelist of the week is Rev. Joseph Toles, Jr. Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. James E. Darling, pastor; New Hope Baptist Church of Deerfield, Rev. W.C. Jackson, pastor and Peaceful Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. R.S. Moncrief, pastor. The church is located at 211 N.W. Seventh St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Rev. Jimmy English, pastor. For more info call (954) 583-9368.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

Obituaries Elijah Bell's Funeral Services BROWN Funeral services for the late Desiree Chloe Brown –19 were held Aug. 22 at Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale with Pastor Jeff Denis officiating. Interment: Lauderdale Memorial Park Cemetery.

James C. Boyd Funeral Home BOSTWICK Funeral services for the late Bernard Livingstone Bostwick - 71 were held Aug. 22 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Pastor Mike Brennen officiating.

DAWSON Funeral services for the late Baby Girl Ja’Niya Lashae Dawson.

FLORANT Funeral services for the late Romene Gaspard Florant- 55 were held Aug. 22 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Pastor Pierre F. Gaspard officiating.

FOREMAN Funeral services for the late Baby Girl Daniella Eve Foreman

JOHNSON Funeral services for the late Willie Johnson, Jr., were held Aug. 22 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Pastor Willie Lawrence officiating. Interment: South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth, Fl.

McWhite's Funeral Home BARNES Funeral services for the late Willie Mack Barnes, Jr. - 68 were held Aug. 22 at Community

Church of God with Dr. James Curtis Eubanks officiating. Interment: Bulloch Memorial Gardens.

BEAUFORT Funeral services for the late Audrey Loretta Beaufort - 49 were held Aug. 21 at Community Church of God with Dr. James Curtis Eubanks officiating. Interment: Wilson Chapel Baptist Church, Kingstree, SC. JOHNSON Funeral services for the late Mary Johnson - 66 were held Aug. 22 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Apostle Thomas Brown officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

MAYARD Funeral services for the late Sweetlana Mayard -46 were held Aug. 22 at Washington Park National Church of God with Bishop Lipton McKenzie officiating.

MCCLENDON Funeral services for the late Almarene Atkins-McCllen-

Bertha Mullins Larkin, was born Feb. 25, 1912 in Moscow, Tenn. She departed this earth on Aug. 13, 2015, in Los Angeles, Calif. Known affectionately as “Ma Dear “by her family and friends. “Ma Dear”, always walked with a simple smile and tried her best to help somebody while possessing a strong sense of business acumen, yet remained very passionate and humble. Because she was blessed with skills in culinary arts since age 11, and expanded that blessing into her adult life which allowed she and Mr. Larkin to establish Larkin’s BBQ Grill in the late don – 81 were held Aug. 22 at Greater Antioch Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Norman E. Freeman, Jr. officiating. Interment: sunset Memorial Gardens.

MCFADDEN Funeral services for the late Eugene McFadden –82 were held Aug. 22 at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Louis Sanders officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

MITCHELL Funeral services for the late Ishmael Adolphus Mitchell – 88 were held Aug. 22 at Unity Testament Church of God with Bishop M.A. Coulson officiating.

Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home BURNS Funeral services for the late Gary Allen Burns - 64 were held Aug.22 at Mount Bethel Baptist Church with Pastor Newell D. Tucker officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

DUNMORE Funeral services for the late Rev. Randolph Dunmore - 82 were held Aug. 22 at First Baptist Church Piney Grove with Rev. Johnnie Williams officiating. Interment: South Florida VA National Cemetery, Lake Worth Fl.

1960’s. The Grill became a nationally acclaimed BBQ Restaurant and was recognized by all media which provided an appearance on NBC’s “Today Show.” She was the grandmother of Steven N. Larkin, Los Angeles, CA. In addition, Ma Dear had a host of relatives and friends.

Raise your expectations of yourself

By Willie Jolley, NNPA Columnist Michael Beckwith started a Jolley unique community in 1986 when he founded the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles. In this diverse spiritual and racial community Beckwith ministers to thousands weekly, locally and globally onsite and through live video streaming.

Beckwith had a “spiritual awakening” while attending the University of Southern California, after surviving a violent attack, where he was stabbed in the heart. This began his study of universal spiritual principles, leading to an advanced degree in theology.

He worked at “overcoming himself.” That is, not wanting to be a public figure, so that he could share messages with the world that God had given him.

That was more than 30 years ago.

The world now knows Beckwith because of the movie, The Secret and the book that followed.

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The fundraising plan is at the core of successful fund-raising. But what exactly is a fundraising plan? Is it a spreadsheet? A list of activities? A list of potential donors and funders? Our answer: it’s this and so Pearl and Mel Shaw much more.

Here are four things to consider when creating your fundraising plan.

First, your fundraising plan should be rooted in your strategic plan. The strategic plan sets the direction for your organization, and the fund development plan guides your fundraising activities so the resources needed to implement the strategic plan are available. Your fund development plan should be created as part of the strategic planning process, or as quickly thereafter as possible. Your fundraising goal should be drawn from the strategic plan. This is the core of your fundraising plan: how much do you need to raise, how will the funds be used, and what impact will result. If your strategic plan does not include financial projections, then you must put pen-to-paper and figure out your projected costs. You have to know what you are raising money for and how much it will cost in order to create an effective fundraising plan.

Second, include an initial version of the case for support. This document is a primary communication piece that focuses your fundraising. Use the projections and information mentioned above to clearly and concisely communicate your fundraising story. Use facts and figures, projected impact, and emotion to make your case to individuals, foundations, corporations and/or government agencies.

Third, define your campaign structure and roles and responsibilities. Your plan must include roles and responsibilities for staff and volunteers so everyone knows what they are responsible for and can hold each other responsible.

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This week in Houston, the nation’s oldest minority professional real estate trade association held its 68th annual convention. Founded in July 1947, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) grew from a fledgling group of one woman and 11 men from only eight locales, into today’s national network of mortgage professionals and an estimated conference attendance of more than 1,000.

Long before civil rights legislation was introduced in Congress, NAREB stood for all those who believed that owning a home in America should be both affordable and obtainable, but were somehow locked out of their own American Dream.

That kind of leadership and ser-vice deserve a celebration.

In spite of restrictive covenants commonplace as early as the 1940s, to the years of blockbusting and white flight of the 1960s, NAREB and other housing advocates held fast to their founding principles and never gave up or gave out.

The irony is that today despite their dedication and advocacy of other housing groups – or even federal laws that

tions in housing and credit regardless of race or creed – the American Dream is still elusive, especially for consumers of color. Na- Crowell tionwide, Black America’s homeownership is shrinking. A 2013 NAREB report titled, The State of Housing in Black America, found that Black homeownership rates dropped from a high level of just of under 50 percent in 2004 to 43 percent by 2013.

By late 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, only 42 percent of Black families were homeowners, more than 22 percentage points lower than that of the nation (64 percent) and 30 percentage points lower than that of whites (72 percent).

The obvious question is: Why is Black homeownership shrinking?

An analysis by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) of the most recent Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) report for 2013 showed that both Black and Latino homebuyers are typically denied access to private sector conventional mortgages that over the life of a loan are far cheaper than the government-backed offerings.

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NNPA Foundation elects new Board of Directors

The Foundation Board also elected: Al McFarlane, Dr. Larry Kaggwa, Cloves C. Campbell and Rosetta Perry.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation (NNPAF), the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that manages charitable, educational and literary activities that promote high standards in ethnic media, recently elected four new officers to its board of directors Executive Committee.

At the organization’s recent strategic planning retreat in Miami, Fla., newly elected board chair, Al McFarlane of McFarlane Media Interests, Inc., and Insight News (Minneapolis, Minn.) expressed his commitment to make the foundation a formidable force in its industry by executing what he calls his ‘seven big ideas’: 1.A capital campaign for NNPA Headquarters Building in Washington, D.C. making it a center for media integration and digital technology, and global Black Press communications hub; 2.Mobilizing Black newspapers in the US, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa and Europe around a common vision; 3.Creating strategic alliances with Latino, Asian, indi-

genous and progressive media around shared values.

4.Creating value for NNPA member newspapers and the communities we serve; 5.Demonstrating stewardship for the future of the Black Press by supporting education, training for young journalists, and by creating and identifying in-service training for Black Press professionals.

6. Promoting health and fitness as a marketing platform and quality of life priority, and 7. Promoting wealth creation, entrepreneurship and job creation.

Serving on the Foundation Board of Directors are: Dr. Larry Kaggwa, as Vice Chair. Dr. Kaggwa is the publisher of District Chronicles (Washington, DC) and professor of the School of Communications at Howard University (retired).

Cloves C. Campbell, Jr. as Secretary. Campbell is publisher of the Arizona Informant and former NNPA Chair.

Rosetta Perry, as the Treasurer. Perry is publisher of the Tennessee Tribune and author of, Getting the Word Out: African-American Wo-

Broomfield Grocery continues serving (Cont'd from FP) The man she met was Lloyd Broomfield, a native of Jamaica who was also living in New Jersey at the time.

The couple got married in 1963, raised two children, Bridget and Bernard, and was together until 2011 when Lloyd passed away.

In 1990, when Mozell Broomfield opened Broomfield Grocery, a corner store located at 751 N.W. 22 Rd., she had no previous experience in running a business. She relied on what she had learned as a junior college business student along with the assistance of a local bank’s community outreach program which provided financial assistance for small minority owned business start-ups. She will be the first to tell you she also relied on, “a whole lot of faith in God.” Broomfield found out about a special program which offered financial assistance and technical support for aspiring minority entrepreneurs in predominantly Black communalities in

Community esponse to JJamyla amyla B olden Community’’s rresponse Bolden olden’’s death continues with S unday M ar ch Sunday Mar arch

March organizer, This’l, addresses the crowd as the community comes to show their support for the family of Jamyla Bolden.

(Lawrence Bryant/St. Louis American)

By Kenya Vaughn, Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Kendric Henderson’s face cringed as she slowly limped on crutches to join the march in memory of her daughter Jamyla Bolden Sunday afternoon.

Although she herself had been shot in the leg by the same stray bullets that entered the family home and killed her last Tuesday night, the pain she expressed was also the result of a broken heart.

Henderson would ride in a pickup truck as several hundred marchers made the mile-long journey from the corner of Ellison and Canfield Drive to Koch Elementary School – where Jamyla had just started fourth grade – to release balloons in her memory.

The event was the brainchild of rapper This’l, an artist who has used his music to promote redemption from the ashes of urban decay.

For most of the march, chants that were the common soundtrack as protesters marched for

Michael Brown Jr. were remixed for Jamyla.

“Jamyla means… ,” Rasheen Aldridge shouted. “We’ve got to fight back,” the crowd answered.

“Show me what community looks like,” Aldridge said. “This is what community looks like.”

The call and response chants would continue uninterrupted for the entire march.

“Show me what a family looks like,” Bishop Derrick Robinson chimed in as they arrived at the school playground. “This is what a family looks like.”

Marchers circled around the family once the last few filed in.

“We had a lot of things that we said, but what stands out are community and family,” Jamyla’s principal Howard Fields said as he addressed the crowd. “These are our streets and these are our school as well.

I just ask that we continue to really exercise our muscle with regards to family and community and marrying that with school.”

The crowd responded with approval as if they were in Sun-

men Publishers.

Mollie Finch Belt, publisher of the Dallas Examiner, Denise Rolark Barnes, NNPA Chair and publisher of the Washington Informer, Karen Carter Richards, NNPA First Vice Chair and publisher of the Houston Forward Times, Francis Page, Jr., NNPA Second Vice Chair and publisher of Houston Style Magazine, Shannon Williams, NNPA Secretary, and publisher of the Indianapolis Recorder, and Janis L. Ware, NNPA Treasurer, and publisher of the Atlanta Voice.

day worship service.

Tammie Holland of 100.3 The Beat urged everyone to be active seekers of justice for Jamyla.

“It would be so very unfortunate if this mother could not get closure – If you say something, say something. Holland said. “We cannot have a community and a culture where it is acceptable to kill our children.

Today is far too beautiful for us to be standing here mourning for a child.”

A large constituency of the St. Louis Urban League was also on hand showing support.

“There are very few things as a grown man that make you speechless – and this is one of those things,” said Michael McMillan, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater St. Louis.

McMillan added that the Urban League was adding $5000 to the reward fund for information leading to the capture of Jamyla’s killer – nearly doubling the total reward.

“We have to do better as a community to make sure that this never happens again,” McMillan said.

This’l offered a reality check to the crowd.

“When we were chanting we were saying they and them and show ‘them’ what justice looks like. But today, the ‘them’ is us – the ‘them’ is us today,” This’l said. “I grew up trappin’. I grew up gang banging and all of that.

But at a certain point I realized that my life wasn’t meant to be tearing down my community – as a culture, as a community and as a people we need to stop it too.”

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Broward County.

“I took advantage of the program and also studied business at Broward Community College. With a $100,000 loan from the bank, I was able to purchase the two lots and build the store from the ground up, right where our store is located today,” said Broomfield.

Her husband had his own lawn service Broomfield conceded. “My husband preferred to work outside.” So, undaunted she set out to do what she had to do to make the store successful; 25 years later the store is still going strong albeit under the management of her 41-year-old son Bernard.

“It was never easy but I never gave up. In order to run a successful business you’ve got to learn how to do everything,” said Mrs. Broomfield.

Mother and son both agree that it hasn’t been easy having lost a husband and a father.

They also agree that it takes plenty of hard work to continue running the store which has had to adapt to the changes that the neighborhood has undergone, leaving them with the challenge of keeping up with a supply which meets the demands of the store’s customers which also has changed.

“In order to stay in business you’ve got to provide good customer service and give the customer what they want,” said Bernard Broomfield.

He’ll be the first one to admit that he’s made his share of mistakes along the way but through trial and error and his ability to adapt, he’s been able to keep the doors open and his business flowing and that means keeping his customers satisfied.

“When we first operated in the early days, our customers relied on us for more grocery items such as fresh meats. We even provided cooked meals.

Now our customers are always on the go; they want sub sandwiches, fast food to go. So we offer a variety of fast food items from buffalo wings to hot and cold subs and are gearing up to serve pizza in the near future.”

It’s obvious where Mozell Broomfield’s son Bernard, get’s his business savvy from. Although he’s still in charge of the store’s day to day operation, he still relies on some motherly advice from time to time.

As for now the store still offers a variety of grocery items and staples such as canned goods and household items. Bernard has opened up a thriving bait and tackle business complete with live fresh and saltwater bait, worms, and tackle.

The store is open 24 hours, seven days a week.

Bernard has become quite a savvy businessman over the years, learning to diversify as a wholesaler as well as retailer.

He even now provides products to other stores.

“The one thing that you need to do to become successful in business is don’t be afraid to ask questions from your customers to your competition and be flexible enough to change your plans when necessary.

Learn to diversify, and above all be versatile.”

For more than 20 years, the NNPAF has provided Black journalists and Black newspapers with professional development and training opportunities, has recognized and celebrated excellence in journalism and provided access to resources.

Additionally, the Foundation manages a scholarship program, an internship program, an awards recognition event

and other projects and initiatives.

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) is the trade association for the more than 200 African American-owned community newspapers across the United States, delivering news, information and commentary to more than 20 million people each week.

Since its founding 75 years ago, NNPA has consistently been the voice of the Back community by reporting news that makes history and impacts our country.

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done (Cont'd from FP) On last week when I was face to face with ‘Terror after school’, I was sure that no good would come from this bizarre behavior. Saddened and dismayed, I began to talk to a few people who felt as I did and we decided to get involved.

First we touched and agreed; we prayed, rolled up our sleeves and took the mission straight to the heart of the action, to the streets.

The only plan we had was to get involved by trying to discourage any fights that we could. And there were fights.

After our first day we did a quick analysis and a self-check to determine our next step.

We did consider the risk of bodily harm; however, we believed that the risks were worth it. The men in the group had directly or indirectly been in contact with some of the young men on both sides of the issues somewhere in their life, either at the Boys and Girls Club, school or little league sports.

On the second day, things calmed down a bit and we asked ourselves if our presences had made a difference. Our belief going into this was that, if we could just some kind of way get a chance to talk with the young men perhaps we could open lines to communicate with them. After all, we were from the hood, also.

Something happened in the early morning hours of the third day long before we took up our positions on the streets.

The event would bring our mission deeper into understanding what we were facing. About 3 a.m. Friday morning, a young Black man and father of many children, was gunned down on the same streets in the neighborhood that we are trying to make inroads to. It appears that the cycle will continue, babies reared without their fathers.

As we gathered to communicate our plan of action for that day, we found ourselves discussing the need to address the self-hatred of young Black men and the feeling of “ain’t no love in the heart of the city”. That Friday there was not one incident on the streets.

Now what?

It wasn’t over; we decided that we would meet them on the “KILLING GROUNDS” where this young Black man lost his life to the ugly face of Black-on-Black crime.

We didn’t ask about the victim’s background or what he was doing at the time of his death; all we were concerned with was how were we going to get involved with this epidemic that, if not addressed, is going to destroy us all?

We met at the memorial site, made up of teddy bears, photos of happier times in the dead man’s life, candles and a water cooler container that was being used for the purpose of collecting funds for whatever reasons.

While at the memorial standing there, we did not see anyone around in the area. As we talked about the plight of Black neighborhoods and the hopelessness that our young men and women face every day, people began to stir. A young Black woman walked through our small gathering and sat down on a plastic bucket and began to caress the photo of the dead man. We inquired to who she was. She told us that she was the girlfriend of the victim. Strangers, we were invading on sacred ground. We asked if she minded if we stayed and prayed with her.

Looking up from her seat on the bucket in the center of the group with tears forming in her eyes, she nodded her head yes. As we were getting ready to pray two trucks pulled up; one contained a preacher and the other a young man who had run the streets with the victim but who has turned his life around.

The preacher finished praying and we were just standing in this place that seemed devoid of life, a valley of dry bones with trash thrown everywhere; a placed that needed the breath of God to bring it back to life.

While standing there talking free from fear, the sound of screeching, speeding tires got our attention. The speeding car pulled up and the door was flung opened. The victim’s girlfriend went to the car. The young man in the car was the victim’s baby brother. After she told him what was going on, he hesitated, collected himself and told us “Thank you.”

Now here we were standing as men, realizing how difficult it is for those who have been hardened by life’s blows to extend themselves, bypassing the fear of rejection and the thought of being put down by outsiders to say “Thank you.”

We were humbled.

Never mind how we ever got this disconnected from this part of life. We can’t ever forget that we are all God’s children who need love no matter how uninviting and hardened we may seem.

What started out as one thing has now blossomed into something else. We have work to do.

To those of us who began this work together and to those who have asked to join in to help, thank you. We are doing this because it has to be done. Not for recognition, not for a pat on the back, not for anything other than it is supposed to be done.

Then he said to them, ‘’Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For he who is least among you all—he is the greatest.’’ Luke 9:48 Will our presence make a difference? YES, because we are stepping out on faith with the hope that God would take care of everything else.

“Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, but he with a chuckle replied That maybe it couldn’t, but he would be one who wouldn’t say so “till he tried.” — From It Couldn’t Be Done by Edgar A. Guest GOD IS MIGHTIER THAN THE LARGEST AND MIGHTIEST ARMY!

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More Black denials than access to mortgages

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist This week in Houston, the nation’s oldest minority professional real estate trade association held its 68th annual convention. Founded in July 1947, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) grew from a fledgling group of one woman and 11 men from only eight locales, into today’s national network of mortgage professionals and an estimated conference attendance of more than 1,000.

Long before civil rights legis-

lation was introduced in Congress, NAREB stood for all those who believed that owning a home in America should be both affordable and obtainable, but were somehow locked out of their own American Dream.

That kind of leadership and service deserve a celebration.

In spite of restrictive covenants commonplace as early as the 1940s, to the years of blockbusting and white flight of the 1960s, NAREB and other housing advocates held fast to their founding principles and never gave up or gave out.

The irony is that today

despite their dedication and advocacy of other housing groups – or even federal laws that guarantee equality and protections in housing and credit regardless of race or creed – the American Dream is still elusive, especially for consumers of color. Nationwide, Black America’s homeownership is shrinking. A 2013 NAREB report titled, The State of Housing in Black America, found that Black homeownership rates dropped from a high level of just of under 50 percent in 2004 to 43 percent by 2013.

By late 2014, according to

Greater Miami Convention & V isitors Visitors Bureau and American Black F ilm Film Festival announce festival return to Miami in June 2016 American Black Film Festival returns to Greater Miami and The Beaches with a three-year commitment starting with Festival’s 20th Anniversary June 15-19, 2016

the U.S. Census Bureau, only 42 percent of Black families were homeowners, more than 22 percentage points lower than that of the nation (64 percent) and 30 percentage points lower than that of whites (72 percent).

The obvious question is: Why is Black homeownership shrinking?

An analysis by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) of the most recent Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) report for 2013 showed that both Black and Latino homebuyers are typically denied access to private sector conventional mortgages that over the life of a loan are far cheaper than the government-backed offerings. Little access to private conventional loans leaves consumers of color with disproportionately high use of mortgages underwritten by government-backed programs such as FHA, VA and USDA. Those entrusted with lead-

ership positions must develop answers to these and other housing dilemmas. This national problem, as analyzed by CRL, deserves a response equal to its challenge: Blacks received only 36,903 loans – just 4.8 percent of all purchase mortgage originations in 2013, despite the Black population at 13.6 percent, exceeded 39 million residents. · Hispanic borrowers received slightly more mortgage

Black designer lights up GM

Martin Davis — a bright spot for GM.

By Freddie Allen, Senior Washington Correspondent Pictured l to r: Bruce Orosz, GMCVB Chair; Jeff Friday, founder, American Black Film Festival (ABFF); Elijah Wells, ABFF Community Showcase winner and Overtown Miami filmmaker; Connie Kinnard , GMCVB vice president, Multicultural Tourism and Development; William Talbert, GMCVB president and CEO; and City of Miami Commissioner Keon Hardemon. (Photo Credit: Exclusive Access) MIAMI, FL – Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) President & CEO William D. Talbert, III, CDME and American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Founder Jeff Friday officially announced recently the return to Miami of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) June 1519, 2016.

The ABFF will celebrate its 20th anniversary with an exciting line-up of film screenings and an extensive schedule of events and networking opportunities to be announced in the months ahead.

The highly anticipated ABFF is considered the nation’s

largest gathering of Black film and TV enthusiasts. “We are thrilled with the return of the American Black Film Festival to Miami and look forward to welcoming the thousands of attendees expected for this highly anticipated event,” said Talbert. “The diverse multicultural fabric of our community will provide the ideal setting for the festival’s 2016 milestone celebration.”

The 2016 ABFF will coincide with the GMCVB’s fourth annual Miami Film Month and includes a commitment by the ABFF to hold their annual event in Miami for the next three years. “I am so happy to

Study shows how PrEP can protect (Cont'd from Page 2) Not all couples received the same treatment. In some cases the infected partner received ART and the noninfected partner received PrEP. In other cases, only one of the two partners received treatment: Either the noninfected partner received PrEP or the infected partner received ART. Jared M. Baeten, M.D., professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington in Seattle, announced the study results at CROI 2015 and explained that the strategy of using “PrEP as a bridge to ART” involves the noninfected partner taking PrEP until the infected partner has received ART for six months. The six-month mark is significant because it is believed that by then, viral suppression will have been reached. When viral suppression is achieved, one has a very low level of HIV in the blood, making transmission of the virus much less likely.

“PrEP as a bridge to ART is not only feasible in this highrisk population but highly effective in preventing HIV transmission,” said Dr. Baeten.

Study participants saw a 96 percent reduced risk of HIV infection.

Good News for Couples The results of the study are welcome news for straight couples in which one partner is HIV positive. “These findings suggest that for heterosexual discordant couples, both PrEP and antiretroviral treatment can play an important role in HIV prevention—separately and in combination,” said Jonathan Mermin, M.D., MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, in a statement.

Researchers noted that the study also shows that not all couples have to take the same approach to preventing HIV infection. After all, with some couples, the HIV-negative partner started taking PrEP before the HIV-positive partner felt ready to begin taking antiretrovirals.

“In this situation where we had this tailored approach, not one size fits all, but depending on the needs of that couple, the level of transmission was virtually nil,” said Carl W. Dief-

celebrate the American Black Film Festival’s 20th anniversary in Miami next year,” said ABFF Founder Jeff Friday. “Aside from being one of the most desirable destinations in the world and a big attraction for festival-goers, the community has always embraced ABFF and its mission to showcase and provide a platform for African Americans in film and television.

2016 marks our eleventh festival in Miami and I’m proud to call the GMCVB a committed partner. We look forward to the celebratory four day weekend with tremendous enthusiasm it’s great to be back!” fenbach, Ph.D., director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “How we take this now and scale it within communities and within nations is a very important next step.”

Although some studies focus on one particular demographic group, the results of the Partners Demonstration Project can provide insight into HIV prevention strategies for different segments of the population, researchers said. “Our results also speak to the potential for HIV protection from integrated PrEP and ART in other high-risk populations . . . including men who have sex with men, and women at risk,” said Dr. Baeten.

The study also calls attention to the need to look at how various tools can make a bigger impact when used together.

“These results underscore the potential impact of combining the increasing number of powerful HIV prevention options to slow the HIV epidemic,” Dr. Mermin said.

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

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If you’re driving down a highway, street or tunnel anywhere in North America and you see the shimmering new headlights on the latest Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC or Buick approaching you, there’s a good chance you’re seeing the work of Martin Davis, a talented, young African American designer who works for General Motors.

Since 2012, Davis has led the exterior lighting and design studio for the automaker’s North American division, the team responsible for the exterior lighting for every brand under the General Motors’ umbrella.

Davis traces his love for design and innovation back to elementary school. He didn’t like Hot Wheels and the Lego sets that he owned weren’t intricate enough to hold his attention, even at five years old. He found that he didn’t like any of the toys sold in the stores, so he started making his own.

The Detroit-area native started collecting empty cardboard boxes that were used for transporting fruits and vegetables from the grocery store, bringing them home and just started cutting. He molded shapes with glue, tape and construction paper. There was a small closet in the entryway of his parents’ house, just big enough for a chair and his

originations at 7.3 percent of all purchase mortgage originations in 2013, even though they represent 6 percent of the population and more than 51 million people.

Similarly, in refinance mortgage lending, Black borrowers received only 191,004 – only 4.4 percent of more than 4.3 million the previous year. This comparatively low level of lending continues a trend that began after the nation’s housing crisis.

(Read full story on www.thewestsidegazette.com) creations: interior designs for a car including a dashboard and center console. Then he invited all of his friends over to “test drive” the car. He rolled out a new model about once a month.

His father, then an employee at Ford Motor Company’s stamping plant in Dearborn, Mich., shut down young Martin’s burgeoning auto operation fearing that letting the neighborhood kids play with cardboard in their closet presented a safety hazard.

That didn’t stop him from sharing his talent for design with others, including his father’s employer.

“One day I decided to send my sketches into Ford. I was still in middle school. I found an address to Ford in some magazine and put a few of my drawings in an envelope and put it in the mail,” Davis explained.

“I didn’t tell my parents anything.”

A few months went by, and the young designer began to lose hope and figured that nothing would come of his letter.

Then one day after school when he got home, his brother was waving a piece of paper at him. “’This guy from Ford called you. Here’s his number and he wants you to call back,’” Davis recalled his older brother saying.

So Davis anxiously dialed the number and the Ford employee who answered thanked him for his interests and told him that he sent the drawings over to the design department, and that someone would get in contact with him.

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Read Our History in the pages of the Westside Gazette Recognizing Our Glorious Black History

The First African American Pilot For Continental Airlines

Marlon Green was a captain and pilot with the 36th Air Rescue Squadron at Johnson Air Force Base in Tokyo, Japan having logged 3,071 hours in multi-engine bombers and cargo planes. Green flew the SA-16 Albatross with the 36th Air Rescue Squadron.

While in the Air Force and on leave, in 1957, Green applied with Continental Airlines for a position as a pilot. Green was later invited for an interview because he had left the space blank where it asked for racial identity.

However, rather than hire a Black man, Continental hired five white applicants with less flight time than Green. Marlon Green had the most experienced of the five applicants on flight test (See Colorado AntiDiscrimination Commission V. Continental Air Lines, Inc. March 28, 1963.

You can also find other court cases at Anti-Discrimination Court Case) Green had a choice to make. He could have turned to another field or fight the injustice through the courts. He chose to fight, first filing a complaint with the Colorado Anti Discrimination Commission, it took some six years with battles all the way to the Supreme Court before winning his case in 1963.

During this period of time, Green was turned down by not less than ten other commercial airlines.

The then 33-year-old Marlon Green donned the uniform of a pilot for the first time in 1963 when he started flying the turbo-prop Viscounts for Continental out of Denver to cities in the Southwest. Green finally began flying for Continental in 1965 and he remained with the company for 14 years until his retirement.

Today, thanks in part to Captain Green's pioneering efforts, the airlines workforce represents a rich diversity of cultures and lifestyles, where ethnic minorities account for more than 40 percent of the domestic workforce. Captain Marlon Green died in 2009 at the age of 80. On Feb. 9, 2010, Continental Airlines named one of its aircraft in honor of its late Capt. Marlon Green in a special ceremony at Bush Intercontinental Airport.

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Allstate and T om Joyner to celebrate family during Labor Day W eekend Tom Weekend Tom Joyner and Allstate return to Orlando this Labor Day weekend with concerts, celebrities, seminars and a huge fan fest DALLAS, TX - Tom Joyner, host of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show®, along with Allstate Insurance Company, is celebrating family fun and excitement with the 2015 Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion®. Labor Day weekend, Thursday, Sept. 3–7, 2015 families from all over the country will join Joyner and his celebrity friends for a weekend filled with stellar concerts, interaction with celebrities and leaders, enlightening seminars, and endless activities for people of all ages inside the free expo which is open to the public. Guests can also enjoy passes to Walt Disney World theme parks. The event will be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. This year the family event will feature concerts from Frankie Beverly and Maze, Teddy Riley, Yolanda Adams, and Kirk Franklin; plus a huge “fam” fest with the cast of Black-ish, a Good Times reunion, and a special appearance from the cast of Living Single.

“The Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion creates an atmosphere of one true family that celebrates people and what we love,” says Joyner, whose radio show airs in markets all over the country with an audience of more than eight million listeners. “When we first created this event, we wanted families to experience a truly spectacular vacation that was

stopping performances by Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin, Keith Sweat, Soulja Boy, Kirk

unique, all-inclusive, affordable and more than anything...entertaining. And not only have we done that, but we’ve done it for 10 years strong.

We have created a new Black family tradition that has come to represent entertainment, exclusivity and fun – and I hope we continue creating lifetime memories for families for another 10 years and more.”

Allstate Insurance Company teamed up with basketball legend and philanthropist, Dominique Wilkins, who will make an appearance at the 2015 Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion; along with Allstate’s Champions for Good who will share their inspiring stories at the event and encourage others to give back and become Champions for Good in their own communities.

Joyner created his annual “family party with a purpose” in 2003. Every year, the event features a stellar lineup of today’s hottest entertainers and the most popular names in classic and contemporary R&B, hiphop, soul, and blues. In years past, more than 14,000 guests made their way to the sold out event which has included show

Blue Eyed Blues star Ricki Lee Jones

Ricki Lee Jones

By Don Valentine This two time Grammy award winning blues vocalist recently visited Fort Lauderdale. She played the Parker Playhouse on Federal Highway, just south of Sunrise Blvd. If you ever get a chance to experience a performance at the Parker Play house

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you will agree with me that the ambiance is intimate and phenomenal.

She won her first Grammy for her renowned smash Jazz hit Chuckie’s In Love. We had to wait almost to the middle of the set for her rendition of that neoclassic genius. Then she received the accolades from the audience with her second most popular Smooth Jazz song Is that for Real.

It should be noted that she received her second Grammy award for a collaboration with blues veteran Dr. John. Rumors have it that this relationship turned amorous. Hence her relocation to New Orleans. That gossip notwithstanding, the name of the song that won her second Grammy should let you draw your own conclusion, Making Whoopee. At 61 years old, her voice is still vibrant.

One enthusiastic member in the audience shouted it out best, Girl You Still Got It. If you could have been in the audience at the Parker Playhouse to hear her new song Jimmy Choos you would agree. She still has the gift, of Blue Eyed Blues!

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FAMU scholars earn prized spots at UC Santa Barbara Research-P olicy Institute Research-Policy Florida A&M University students may be a step closer to resolving some of the most difficult issues confronting educators.

Dotson says 14-year-old witnessed Mansur Ball Bey shooting Family attorney claims teen’s account differs from initial police report

Police Chief Sam Dotson addressed the media concerning the past few days in the Fountain Park neighborhood and the announcement of initial autopsy findings that show Mansur BallBey was fatally wounded by a single gunshot wound to the back during a recent officer-involved shooting.

(Wiley Price\St. Louis American)

By Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Many were enraged when the St. Louis city police department’s preliminary autopsy results showed that Mansur BallBey, 18, died from a gunshot wound in the back.

However, at a press briefing held recently, Police Chief Sam Dotson said that does not mean he was running away when he was shot. Dotson said the two officers allege that Ball-Bey was pointing a gun at them.

“There were two officers, and they weren’t standing in the same spot,” he told the St. Louis American in an interview.

When asked if the investigation showed that one officer was standing in front of Ball-Bey and the other at his back, he said that’s still part of the investigation.

Ball-Bey, who police said did not fire a shot, was struck and pronounced dead at the scene near the intersection of Walton Avenue and Page Boulevard.

Police say they recovered the gun that they say Ball-Bey had.

On Aug. 19, four people were in the house when the St. Louis police officers served a search warrant to a house in the Fountain Park neighborhood on the 1200 block of Walton Road. Two Black males fled out the back of the house into the alley, police said. One was Ball-Bey, and the other is an unnamed 14year-old boy.

Dotson told the American that they have not yet interviewed the boy, but his interview will be crucial to the investigation.

The attorney representing Ball-Bey’s family, Jermaine Wooten, said he’s spoken with the boy several times and he said neither of them had guns.

Ball-Bey worked at the 4 a.m. shift for Fed-Ex and lived with his family in Spanish Lake.

“His record is squeaky clean,” Wooten said. “It makes no sense that he would have a gun.”

He also said his team has spoken with several witnesses who said they never saw him with a gun. Ball-Bey was visiting relatives that day, and the boy with him was a friend from the neighborhood, he said.

The boys ran because the police officers were in plain clothes and did not warn them before they fired shots, according to Wooten’s interviews with the 14-year-old.

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Four students were accepted into the 2015 University of California Santa Barbara–FAMU Summer Institute in Educational Research and Policy.

Tameisha Hinton, Thierry Pierre, Emmanuel Rodriguez, and Courtney Wright participated in the program that ended Aug.14.

The Institute utilizes a highly competitive selection process that evaluates the research

plans developed by the students and their mentors.

These plans are geared to the academic and professional student interests.

These Rattlers are focused on impacting areas that have proven problematic to the progress of educational development. Some of the areas include community psychology, counseling, equity in education, multicultural counseling processes, the effects of racism and classism on teaching and learning, programs for urban school curri-

culums to decrease the achievement gap between low socioeconomic students.

The University of California is interested in improving its African American participation in graduate study programs which hovers a less than 3%.

The UC-HBCU Initiative seeks to improve that representation, particularly in Ph.D. programs, by investing in relationships and efforts between UC faculty and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

The 2015 UCSB-FAMU Summer Institute in Educational Research and Policy Scholars, Tameisha Hinton, Thierry Pierre, Courtney Wright, and Emmanuel Rodriguez.