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Jeb Bush Is Wrong The Piercing Cry

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Thomas Dorsey, creator SoulOfAmerica.com Black travel Better than any postal service site, recently pays a visit to Greater Fort Lauderdale

28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and my Father are one.

John 10:28-30 (KJV)

By Charles Moseley Travel industry entrepreneur Thomas Dorsey, a native of Baltimore, Md., turned a casual interest in travel into the premier online travel site known as SoulOfAmerica.com, which specializes in travel information of particular interest to Black travelers. SoulOfAmerica.com is uniquely designed to address the needs of Black travelers as it cap-tures the Black travel experience across the globe.

From Malibu to Martha’s Vineyard, from Montego Bay to Mozambique, SoulOfAmerica.com has captured the imagination of Black travelers worldwide.

Dorsey arrived in sunny Fort Lauderdale two weeks ago at the invitation of Albert Tucker, vice-president of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (GFLCVB). During his recent travel junket to South Florida, Dorsey got a bird’s eye view of the Sistrunk Corridor, City of Miramar, and participated “From our beautiful beaches and restaurants, to our top-tier annual leadership conference, to in the Women of Color Conferthe more than 20 culturally relevant sites he toured, we hope Publisher Dorsey and Soul of America ence, co-founded by Attorney have found that Greater Fort Lauderdale can compete with the best destinations in the U.S. to Bernadette Norris-Weeks and Kathy Eggleston of Avenue welcome visitors seeking multicultural experiences,” said Eggleston.

Aside from receiving a tour of the Sistrunk Corridor compliments of local African American Executive, which is among historian Dr. Kitty Oliver, Tucker cited several additional reasons for Dorsey’s visit. several Black owned professional buildings in and (Cont'd on Page 3) around the Sistrunk Corridor.

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. God showed more of His brilliancy over the weekend, with His display of a rare supermoon lunar eclipse on Sept. 27-28, 2015. Lunar eclipses happen when Earth’s shadow blocks the sun’s light, which otherwise reflects off the moon.

Something happens more miraculous than that.

There are at least 1.78 deaths per second every second of every day, at least by man’s calculations.

That maybe intriguing to you, but what baffles me is that God has the best Postal Service ever conceived, created and operated. He delivers His precious cargo without having ANY mishaps.

According to USPO F010 Basic Information, postal mishaps may include the following: No postage, Incomplete, illegible, or incorrect address, Mail unclaimed, Mail refused by the addressee at time of delivery, Minimum criteria for mailability not met and Addressee not at address (unknown, moved, or deceased [this is where God specializes]).

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NNPA Black Press honors The time is ripe for economic justice - #BoycottChristmas Black leaders

By Charlene Muhammad National Correspondent In his call for ‘Justice Or Else,’ the 20th Anniversary gathering of the Million Man March on Saturday, Oct. 10, in Washington, D.C., the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan also called for a

boycott of Christmas. Leading experts and economists agree the time is now and the time is ripe for the Muslim leader’s clarion call for economic justice, they told The Final Call.

“Absolutely, the timing is perfect! I think that Black people in America are reaching another level of consciousness,”

said Dr. George Fraser, CEO of FraserNet Inc., which works to increase opportunities, wealth and jobs for Blacks.

The Black Lives Matter movement is pricking the consciousness of Black folks. Black women are even changing their hairstyles to be more natural, and youth—dubbed the Millen-

nials generation—are wearing more dashikis and African garb, Dr. Fraser pointed out as examples of what he sees as a result of an increasing awareness.

He said it reminds him of the 1960s and the Black Power movement, a time when Blacks were really conscious and knew who they were and what they were about.

“From a timing standpoint, from a psychological moment, I think yes, the timing is precisely right. But I think the timing is always right, but it’s up to the elders,” said the marketing guru. The Black community needs leadership and he feels it’s up to people like him, Minister Farrakhan and others who have generations of consciousness to guide the younger generations, he said.

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Obama lauds Black women at CBC dinner

By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – During his speech at the 45th Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) Phoenix Awards Dinner, President Barack Obama celebrated the critical role that Black women have played in “every great movement in American history” and pledged to address challenges they face in the workplace and in the criminal justice system.

The ALC of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) focuses on issues affecting the Black community, domestically and abroad, and included policy fo-

rums on health, education, economic empowerment, Blacks in media and the criminal justice system.

In his speech, President Obama touted national economic success following the Great Recession in the United States and the millions of people who gained access to health care through the Affordable Care Act. He also noted that none of it would have been possible without, “CBC taking tough votes when it mattered most.”

President Obama explained, “Whatever I’ve accomplished, the CBC has been there.”

During this year’s ALC Phoenix Awards Dinner, the foundation honored Fred Gray, the first civil rights attorney for Rosa Parks; Rev. William Bar-

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ber, II, the president of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP; Juanita Abernathy, civil rights activist and wife of the late Ralph Abernathy and the late Amelia Boynton Robinson, who has been hailed as the “Rosa Parks” of the Selma, Ala. voting movement.

President Obama praised the leadership of Black women displayed during the Civil Rights Movement, even though their contributions were often marginalized.

“Women were the foot soldiers. Women strategized boycotts. Women organized marches."

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NNPA President and CEO, Benjamin F. Chavis (l) and NNPA Chair Denise Rolark Barnes (r) present Roland Martin with a 2015 NNPA Leadership Award.

(Roy Lewis/Washington Informer)

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent

President Barack Obama delivered the keynote address. (Freddie Allen/NNPA News Wire/File photo)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – At a reception during the 45th Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) Annual Legislative Conference, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) honored five Black luminaries with its Leadership Awards.

The awards are given to those who have demonstrated leadership in the Black community and support of the Black Press.

Held at the Washington Marriott Marquis, which is partially Black-owned, the reception drew a large crowd of conference attendees and Black Press supporters.

Misty Copland, Roland Martin, Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (D-Md.), Rahiel Tesfamariam, and A. Shuanise

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Roland Martin was recognized for his work in broadcast media and dedication to Black news, and was the first honoree of the night to address the audience.

“For folks who don’t know, I’ve actually run three Black papers. I’ve always made it clear that the first dollar I earned in media was from a Black newspaper. My first television dollar was from a company that was Blackowned,” he said.

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'Willing Minds and Busy Hands': The Percell Marc Maynor Maynor,, Jr Jr.. Memorial Scholarship Foundation

By Jillian Smith The Percell Marc Maynor Memorial Scholarship Foundation (PMMMSF) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Florida on March 23, 2012. Marc’s father decided to form a not-forprofit foundation to honor his son’s tragic death. The scholarship provides financial assistance to deserving high school graduates who desire to attend an accredited college or technical school. “Willing Minds and Busy Hands�, were united to take a stand for higher education and academic growth of our youth and young adults is a phrase that summarizes the goals and objectives of the PMMMSF. Annually, the scholarship will provide financial assistance to graduates of Broward County high

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We are always soliciting tax deductible donations to help support exceptional young people who are truly our future.

Marc attended church on a regular basis. He was an example for his peers. Marc dem-

www.thewestsidegazette.com onstrated the importance of an education by obtaining a high school scholarship to Chaminade-Madonna High School in Hollywood, Fla. He excelled in the classroom as well as on the field playing football and running track.

On Sept. 10, 2010, Percell Marc Maynor passed away at the age of 23. During his memorial service he was described as a great young man with a compassionate heart, lively spirit, Good Samaritan and an outstanding athlete. These are all qualities hoped for in the current and future scholarship recipients.

The first recipient to receive the scholarship was Gregoire Carter Narcisse from Davie, Fla. At the completion of his final year in high school, he managed to earn a diploma and an Associate of Arts Degree simultaneously.

After graduation, he attended Florida State University (FSU) at the age of 16, where he became the youngest graduate in FSU’s history by later earning a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and

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Officers of the Percell Marc Maynor Memorial Scholarship Foundation are, l-r: Mary Riley, treasurer; Judy Tolbert, vice president; Percell Maynor, Sr., chief executive officer (CEO); Dorothy Cooper, secretary; (Mrs. Hattie Harden, president, not pictured).

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After completing his Bachelor’s degree he went on to pursue a Master’s of Science in Education with a concentration in Sports Administration at the University of Miami, where he successfully graduated at the age of 19. While studying hard, Gregoire managed to work and

NARCISSE complete internships for various organizations such as the Philadelphia Eagles, Home-steadMiami Speedway, and Morgan Stanley. He currently works as a Financial Representative at Northwestern Mutual.

Another noteworthy scholarship recipient was Enzo Nitti who was chosen by Marc’s football coach (Coach Guandalo) as the second award winner.

Enzo is from Venezuela and was brought to the United States so that he and his sister would have access to better opportunities and resources.

Coach Guandalo felt this student embodied the same qualities he saw in Marc, which made him an excellent choice for the scholarship.

Recently, the PMMMSF was asked by Sandra Hunter, director of the Northwest Federated Woman’s Club of Broward County to purchase a 55� color television. The officers of the foundation presented the television to the organization on Aug. 27, 2015. The presentation included Marc’s best friend, Darryl Campbell and members of Marc’s family.

The officers of the PMMMSF are as follows: Mr. Percell Maynor, Sr., chief executive officer (CEO); Mrs. Hattie Harden, president; Mrs. Judy Tolbert, vice president; Mrs. Dorothy Cooper, secretary; Mrs. Mary Riley, treasurer.

If you would like to contribute to the PMMMSF please make all checks and money orders payable to Percell Marc Maynor Memorial Scholarship Inc. and mail to P.O. Box 6145, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 333106145.

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JIMMERE Reported by Liku Zelleke Not too long ago, Gwen Jimmere found herself divorced and out of a job at the same time.

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Bahamian Family Day combines culture, history, and family fun all in one day

Bahamian Americans representing eight generations gathered in one big family reunion celebration at Oswald Park on Sept. 26, 2015 for their first Bahamian Family Day in 40 years.

(Photo by Norman’s Photo Land)

By Charles Moseley Families representing eight generations of Bahamian heritage gathered for the first time in over 40 years to celebrate “Bahamian Family Day” on Sept. 26, 2015 at Oswald Park in Fort Lauderdale.

One would be remiss not to include the many accomplishments of Bahamian immigrants regarding the integral role they played in the growth and development of South Florida from its inception. It is fairly safe to say that without the ef-forts of Bahamian settlers, South Florida would not be what it is today.

South Florida has a rich Bahamian cultural heritage which stems back to the beginning of the 20th century. Bahamian

immigrants settled in South Florida over 100 years ago; then as now like every other immigrant people, Bahamians came to America in search of “The American Dream.”

Driven by the hope of greater opportunities for their families, they came by the thousands, one family after another, providing a willing and able workforce in the agricultural industry. Bahamian pioneers were instrumental in developing the land which provided the foundation for cities throughout Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach Counties. This is particularly true in the Broward municipalities of Dania Beach, Pompano Beach, and Deerfield Beach.

Thomas Dorsey, creator SoulOfAmerica.com (Cont'd from FP) “The reason that the GFLCVB brought Thomas Dorsey, of Soul of America, to Greater Fort Lauderdale include: so that the GFLCVB can portray the historical elements on Soul of America, which is one of the leading web sites for Black travel; to have Dorsey meet and talk with leaders and community folks from the Black community so that he has an authentic overview of the Black community; to participate in the Women of Color sessions so that he can talk of the growth of conferences and activities that are taking place in the Black community and the economic benefits that Blacks bring to Broward County; and finally, to visit the City of Miramar and see the growth of that community and highlight the fact that they have an all Black commission and a variety of great venues for individuals of color.”

Prior to his current adventurous endeavors one might say Dorsey, was somewhat of a professional student. He holds multiple degrees including a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Communications and a Master’s of Science Degree in Information Science from the University of Pittsburg which Dorsey says,” helped me prepare for the Digital Information Age, first as a COBOL programmer, then as a software manufacturing & distribution project manager at Hewlett Packard.”

He furthered his education at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he majored in Marketing and minored in Entrepreneurial Studies.

“I spent my first eight years after business school working as a Product Marketing Manager in Silicon Valley corporations and one year as Director of Business Development for an Internet video technology business in San Francisco. From 1997-2000, I spent 3 overlapping years as an entrepreneur and trailblazer launching the first travel website targeting college-educated African Americans technology business in San Francisco. From 19972000, I spent three overlapping years as an entrepreneur and trailblazer launching the first travel website targeting collegeeducated African Americans,” said Dorsey.

“In the last 14 years, I have taken my award-winning travel website to a point where it attracted a multi-million dollar competition from American Airlines. I figured out ways to drive up their cost burn rate to the point where they exited the business.”

Dorsey took time out from his busy schedule to share some professional insights with The Westside Gazette newspaper on what has made SoulOfAmerica.com a leader in the industry.

W.G.: African Americans represent a substantial segment among travelers.

What are some things that you’ve learned over the years about Black Traveler’s that you could share?

Dorsey: We like urban and beach destinations more than the average American traveler.

Our age tends to be a few years younger as well.

W.G.: Do you feel the travel industry is reaching out to African American tourists, particularly when it comes to mediums which directly target the African American traveler?

Dorsey: Yes they are reaching out, but there are doing it with mainstream media vehicles.

Technically, Trip Advisor, Yelp (etc.) have more bells and whistles than us, but we touch the soul of Black travelers.

W.G.: What are some of the most accommodating cities in the U.S. which you’ve travelled which are most attractive to African American travelers and perhaps some hidden gems that they might not be aware of?

Dorsey: I love Chicago when it’s not cold and San Francisco anytime. More people should check our Charlotte, Norfolk, Hampton & Virginia Beach, Sedona and Portland. Add Brazil to your bucket list.

W.G.: What advice would you give to our readers concerning how to become informed consumers when it comes to making their travel and or vacation plans?

Dorsey: Study four travel websites and if going to Europe, read Rick Steve’s books. Though visiting West Africa and Egypt is a bit touchy right now, don’t hesitate to visit South Africa and Mozambique.

Bahamian Americans from near and far, all walks of life, representing the old and new enjoyed a festive afternoon of island cuisine, Caribbean music, and family commodore.

Many who attended were surprised to find out that folks they had known for years turned out to be family members.

Such was the case of Fort Lauderdale Chief of Police Frank Adderley, who recounted some of his family background.

“My family is originally from Long and Cat Island, Bahamas.

I’m the descendent of the Adderley and Burrows family.

Florence Adderley and Celeste Burrows were my two grandparents from Long Island. My father George was the youngest of 12 siblings. I have three siblings; Sam, George and Galvin.”

“I’ve seen people here that I’ve known for many years and just never realized that we were

related. For me to have lived here in Fort Lauderdale to come here in contact with people like Gary Jolly, who I’ve known since high school, and find out that we were related, definitely was an eye opener, “added Adderley.

Mackinley Smith who was born in Fort Lauderdale and raised in Pompano Beach, knows a little bit about making history firsthand. He served on the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department for 21 years becoming its first Black sergeant and Captain.

“Our plan is to hold this event annually. We’re just one big family. Today we’re from all over including Deerfield Beach, West Palm Beach, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Pompano Beach.”

The event was historically significant in that family members were able to share firsthand accounts of their rich family history; which essentially helped to carry on their Bahamian heritage from one family member to another all during the course of one afternoon. Some who gathered expressed the hope of carrying on this tradition for years to come.

Edna Elijah’s grandfather was Tom David Smith, a patriarch of the Smith Family.

Elijah shared her vision as one of the organizers of the family reunion.

“I’m one of the Smith’s Clan that helped organize this family gathering. We have about seven or eight different generations represented here today. This is the first time we’ve done this in nearly 40 or 50 years. We hope to do this event annually so that our young children will be able to succeed in keeping our roots alive for future generations to come.”

Adderley’s nephew Garvin put things into perspective as he recounted what made this event so special to those in attendance.

“Today’s event represents a gathering of our heritage, our culture, and our roots. This has

Cashed in on successful business within two years Staff Blogger Reported by Liku Zelleke John Henry is a New Yorker that many in the startup community not only know of, but aspire to imitate. At 22, he built and sold an ondemand concierge service – in just two years.

Working towards becoming a jazz musician, Henry had to work in any job he could land to make ends meet. One of those jobs was as a doorman where he opened and held doors and hauled packages for Wall Street’s elite. It was there that he observed opulence and wealth firsthand, but says that “it didn’t feel obtainable.”

After switching jobs and moving to a high rise in Brooklyn, Henry came in contact with millionaires from various backgrounds.

There was a dating coach, a professional rock climber, musicians and writers, but the most fascinating of them all was an ex-con who’d served 18 years in prison and created a multi-million dollar laundry service empire upon his release.

That ex-con eventually became Henry’s closest confidant.

“He was sentenced at 19 years old; out at 37. By the time I met him at 44, he was already a self-made millionaire because he understood the value of time,” Henry said.

The ex-con noticed the friendly doorman’s knack for remembering names and anticipating needs and struck a deal with him: if Henry brought clothes to his laundry plant, he would charge him less to have them cleaned, thus ensuring he made a handsome profit.

To build his clientele list Henry reached out to his fellow doormen.

“I started going around here in Harlem for no other reason than it just resonated with me.

I went to all the doormen in my cheap suit, with my cheap briefcase and my cheap business cards and I was like, ‘Hey, my name is John Henry. I’m a doorman too, and I understand that you’re the key to the building’,” Henry recalls.

From his own experience he knew that residents complained about everything to doormen and so Henry made it a point to come around every day and buy them coffee, hoping to build relationships. It worked, and he soon had a growing list of clients as the doormen started recommending him.

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been an exciting as well as a fascinating experience.”

Emerson Blatche represented a contingent of senior citizens partaking in the afternoon’s festivities. His father was James Blatche and his mother was Bernice Poitier. Emerson left Broward County when he was 18 years old. He owned a successful grocery store business with two stores in Hartford, Conn. and one in Springfield, Mass. He know resides in Boca Raton, Fla. “Today was very exciting for me because I didn’t realize I had so many family members. I left here when I was a kid. I’m very happy that I made this affair and I plan to continue coming back every year as long as the Lord let’s me live.”

For those interested in learning more about the history of

many of the families in attendance author Laura Lucas has compiled a historic overview.

Roots, Branches and Twigs is a collection of historical records for the entire African American community in the city of Deerfield. It includes the names of settlers and pioneers, census images from 1900 thru 1935, many Declaration and Petition for citizenship, WWI and WWII images and photographs, the second book You Must Be Dreaming is the oral history and biographies from the early pioneers and the community of Deerfield 1940 US Census images as well as photographs and family pictures.

Both books are available on Amazon.com and are discounted through the end of the year.

HIV and aging

Currently, about one quarter of all people living with HIV, about 290,000 people, are aged 55 or over National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day is a day to reflect on the successes and challenges of aging with HIV. Currently, about one quarter of all people living with HIV, about 290,000 people, are aged 55 or over. Most were infected at younger ages and have benefited from the improving medicines that can make living with HIV more like a traditional chronic disease. Compared with younger people, people over the age of 50 who are living with HIV are more likely to know their HIV status and to be virally suppressed.

Medical management of HV has simplified over the years, however, additional medical conditions associated with aging occur in older people already living with HIV. The management of multiple medical conditions requires awareness of the potential for drug interactions and a coordinated approach to care. As more people live into older ages with HIV, there are other areas that deserve greater awareness and action: · The possibility of increased HIV transmission among older people. People aged 55 and older represent about 5 percent of all new HIV infections in the United States. However, as more people age with HIV, transmission may also increase. HIV (and STD) prevention and sexual health information focused on older age groups is key to prevent further transmission. · The importance of early diagnosis. Persons aged 50 and over accounted for almost one-fifth (18 percent) of new HIV diagnoses in 2013. Starting antiretroviral medications early in the course of HIV infection and staying on it can protect health and extend life – in some cases, nearly equal to that of someone without HIV. Routine HIV testing through age 65 per US Preventive Services Task Force guidelines, with more frequent testing for those at higher risk, is the best way to detect HIV as early as possible. · Awareness of the social issues that can accompany living with HIV into older ages. Older people living with HIV often experience stigma and discrimination, which can lead to social isolation, loneliness, depression, minimize health-seeking behaviors, and create concerns with elder care situations. · The need for caregivers trained to meet the needs of older people living with HIV. Assisted living centers, nursing homes, and home health care providers need caregivers educated in the specifics of caring for people living with HIV and other conditions.

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Let’s Get Down with Care, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 from 6 to 9 p.m., at Hagen Park, 2020 Wilton Dr., Wilton Manors, Fla. A cross between a health fair and a town meeting, focusing on care for the HIV infected. It will show what the community has to offer to help people in need or healthcare, even if they have no insurance. There will also be a DJ and other fun stuff. For additional info contact Leslie Washington at (954) 5687373 (2240).

Unveiling

Join the community for a very special unveiling, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 from 6 -7 p.m., at Central Region Family Success Center/Edgar P. Mills Multi-Purpose Center, 900 N.W. 31 Ave., Fort Lau-derdale, Fla. This #VisualEYES building mural is part of a countywide installation of public arts projects in celebration of Broward County’s Centennial, Broward 100 – Celebrating the Art of Community. Come early! After School@Family Success from 36 p.m.

Open House

Calling all educators!

BrightStar Credit Union will host a free Teacher Open House on Thursday, Oct. 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Young At Art Museum, 751 S.W. 121 Ave., Davie, Fla. Free for teachers, homeschool educators, PTA members and their families, there will be tours of the Museum and educators will have the opportunity to learn about all that Young At Art Museum has to offer, including programs, school field trips and more. Participants also will have a chance to visit the Museum’s current exhibition, Transformation of Echo: World of Dreams, a hyper-natural menagerie and sculptural installation

by Fort Lauderdale-based artist Leah Brown.

Admission is free for teachers and their families. Please RSVP: reservations@youngatartmuseum.org.

For more information about Young At Art Museum, call (954) 424-0085 or visit YoungAtArtMuseum.org.

Free Events at Broward County Libraries

Make wellness a priority with events, resources and classes at Broward County Library that emphasize healthy living. For additinal info call (954) 3577402. * Friday, Oct. 10, 17, 24, 2015 - Free meditation class from 11 a.m .to 1 p.m., at African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For additional info call (954) 357-6282. * Saturday, Oct. 3, 10, 17, 2015 - Meditation for your health, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., - Saturday, Oct. 3, 10, 17, - Ta Chi adults and teens welcome, from11 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Carver Ranches Library, 4735 S.W. 18 St., West Park, Fla. For additional info call (954) 3576245. * Saturday, Oct. 3, 12, 2015 - Chair Yoga with Ester, from 12 to 1 p.m., at Main Library, 100 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For additional info call (945) 357-7444.

Events

Fort Lauderdale Historical Society Bringing History to Life, 2015-2016 Calendar. All exhibits, events and lectures take place at the New River Inn Museum of History, 231 S.W. Second Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For time and additional info call (954) 463-4431 or www.flhc.org info@flhc.org Events · Saturday, Oct. 3 – Broward 100 Celebration Seminole · Sunday, Oct. 4 – Family Fun Day - Ofrendas Exhibit · Saturday, Oct. 31 – Trick or Treat on Second Street Exhibits · Sunday, Oct. 4 – Ofrendas Exhibit Broward 100 Lecture Series · Monday, Oct. 12 – Dia de los Muertos

EDUCATION MATTERS Every Child Deserves a Chance to Succeed.

BCPS invites the community to participate in Strategic Plan survey Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) is developing its new 2016-2019 Strategic Plan, and invites parents, students, staff and community members to participate in the planning process by completing a web-based survey. The survey provides valuable feedback, which will be used to further the District’s current goals and priorities.

Three years ago, the School Board identified three core areas of focus: High Quality Instruction, Continuous Improvement and Effective Communication, and outlined goals and priorities as part of the 2012-2015 Strategic Plan. In an effort to align the Strategic Plan with the state’s Florida Standards Assessments requirements and gather stakeholder input, the District will use the 2015/16 school year as a planning year for developing the 2016-2019 Strategic Plan. This brief survey is just one way the District will receive valuable input and feedback from the community.

The online survey is available on the District website through October 12, 2015.

The survey is anonymous, and parents, students, staff and community members are encouraged to participate. To access the survey, visit browardschools.com from any computer or mobile device and click on the Strategic Plan survey icon.

A Call to Prayer

Pink Prayers is an annual event sponsored by Dr. Diane Lazare and Spirit-Led Ministries in support of Breast Cancer Awareness, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015 at 10 a.m., at Lauderhill Mall, 1267 N. State Rd. 7 Lauderhill, Fla. A prayer support to every person that has been affected by Breast Cancer.

Forum

Dania Beach Citizen Action Network, Community Forum Meeting, the Fourth Monday of each month at Ebenezer SDA Church, 134 N.W. 12th Avenue Dania Beach, Fla. For additional info call Miranda Adams at (954) 650-1511.

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Happenings at African-American Research Library and Cultural Center

African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderale, Fla. Upcoming Destination Friday events: Sept. 4 Hawaii and Nov. 6 - the Bahamas. For more info call (954) 357-6210. * On Display - Children of Caribbean Heritage Art in Focus * Upcoming Destination Friday, Event: * Friday, Oct. 2, 2015 Antigua & Barbuda * Friday, Nov. 6, 2015 - the Bahamas. * The Black Holocaust “ M A A F A ” Memorial 2015 Black Lives Matter! A Historical Timeline of the Black Holocaust presented, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 at 2 p.m. For more info call (954) 849-5861. * Friends of the Broward County African-American Research Library and Cultural Center will host its 2015 Annual Awards Luncheon on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, at 12 noon at the Renaissance Plantation, 1230 S. Pine Island Road, Plantation, Fla. The 2015 honorees include Lt. Col. Leo Gray, Tuskegee Airman for Lifetime Achievement; Derek T. Davis, Old Dillard Museum, Calvin Hughes, NBC anchor and journalist and Barbara Sutton Williams, retired educator for Community Services and Distinguished Achievement; Zarline Scott, retired educator and Senator Chris Smith, politician for Heritage and Community Service. For more info visit www.friendsofaarlcc.org or call Edith Gooden Thompson at (954) 850-1423.

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Child Watch

The piercing cry of child poverty

By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Pope Francis speaks out faithfully and forcefully against poverty and has been called “the pope of the poor.” But on his first visit to the United States there was demoralizing news about poverty, especially child poverty, in our nation – the world’s largest economy.

Despite six years of economic recovery, children remain the poorest group in America.

Children are poor if they live in a family of four with an annual income below $24,418 –$2,035 a month, $470 a week, $67 a day.

Extreme poverty is income less than half this.

New Census Bureau data reveal that nearly one-third of the 46.7 million poor people in the United States in 2014 were child-

ren. Of the more than 15.5 million poor children, 70 percent were children of color who already constitute the majority of our nation’s youngest children and will be the majority of all our children by 2020.

They continue to be disproportionately poor: 37 percent of Black children and 32 percent of Hispanic children are poor compared to 12 percent of White, non-Hispanic children. This is morally scandalous and economically costly. Every year we let millions of children remain poor costs our nation more than $500 billion as a result of lost productivity and extra health and crime costs stemming from child poverty.

The Black child poverty rate increased 10 percent between 2013 and 2014 while rates for children of other races and

Coding class, then naptime: Computer science for the kindergarten set

By Anya Kamenetz Back when Grant Hosford’s older daughter was in first grade, she signed up for an extracurricular class, building robots with a programmable Lego toy called Mindstorms. Hosford, a dot-com entrepreneur, came to visit the class and was startled to see that Naomi, who loves science and math, was both the only girl there and the youngest by a couple of years.

“My first reaction was not, ‘Oh, I’m going to go build a coding company.’ My first reaction was, ‘What can I build for my daughter that will help her down this path?’”

Hosford did go on to be a cofounder of a company called codeSpark. Its game-like software, The Foos, teaches basic computer programming skills — “the ABCs of coding”— with no reading necessary. It’s aimed at children as young as five, and it has been downloaded 700,000 times so far in 150 countries.

The Foos is part of a trend toward increasing emphasis on code as a fundamental literacy.

You may have heard about the Hour of Code nonprofit initiative, which claims tens of millions of student participants; or New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio’s recent announcement that he intends to require teaching of computer science in all grades for all students.

“A computer science education is literacy for the 21st century,” the mayor said at the announcement.

Educators, researchers and entrepreneurs like Hosford are taking that analogy very seriously. They’re arguing that the basic skills of coding, such as sequencing, pattern recognition and if/then conditional logic, should be introduced alongside or even before traditional reading, writing and math.

Programming Primer To Hosford, this early introduction is key to broadening participation in STEM disciplines. “If we were teaching coding like reading and math, we would break it down into bitesize chunks, make it more fun with songs and stories, and give students two decades to reach mastery,” Hosford says. “With coding we throw you in the deep end in high school or college and are surprised when most kids drown.”

According to this thinking, the skill sets required for coding and the three Rs will all reinforce each other. And the engaging nature of many gamelike tech tools will help draw in young learners who may not be as inspired by traditional lessons. And there is some evidence for both of these claims.

Sam Patterson is a technology integration specialist at a private school in Silicon Valley. He’s also the author of a forthcoming book on programming in the early grades. “The focus is on inspiring teachers to design digital lessons that use programming as a mode of expression, similar to what we would do with writing,” Patterson says.

Along with The Foos, Patterson often uses Kodable, another app that doesn’t require reading, as well as two more programs called Tynker and ScratchJr, to teach programming to young children.

In a typical lesson, students might write a story and direct animated characters to act it out. Or they could use the

program to build an animated model, say, of an ocean habitat.

“In ScratchJr, with firstgraders you can ask them to create a moving model of something,” Patterson says.

“Say they’re studying a coral reef: You can teach them about loops and ask them to create a model for a reef using fish and sharks. They swim back and forth, talk to each other, maybe one eats another one.”

In the old days, this kind of project might have been done with crayons or a shoebox diorama. “We may have had students draw a picture,” Patterson says. “Now we’re upping the ante and giving them a more cognitively complex task to do, in addition” to the science content of the lesson.

The benefits, says Patterson, are manifold. “It’s super highengaging because the kids love programming and robots. We can get more learning objectives out of it.” The students are practicing sequencing, putting ideas in a given order; and syntax, matching abstract symbols with ideas; both skills crucial for regular reading, writing and arithmetic.

The lure of software can help motivate reluctant readers and English-language learners, Patterson claims. “Up until second grade, I’m using programming to build literacy, and from

Don’t teach your kindergartner JavaScript; he can’t handle all that caffeine.

(Photo by Jose Luis Pelaez Inc./Blend Images/Corbis) the middle of second grade on, they’re developing literacy to do better at coding,” for example by reading the instructions within a game.

Skills In Sequence Marina Umaschi Bers is a professor of both child and human development and computer science at Tufts University. She studies technology and early learning. She’s also the

Meet Gwen Jimmere – The first African American woman (Cont'd from Page 2) Jimmere is the owner of patents for natural hair care product that include rights to utilities, designs, and plants. Her products allow for the washing, conditioning and deep-conditioning and detangling of hair – all the result of her hard work and perseverance.

“It’s a major time and money saver. It truly is incredible, and as you might imagine: it’s our best seller. This was something I created in my kitchen. I put a ton of time and work into perfecting the formula and I wanted to protect my creation,” she says.

Jimmere knew that she had to protect her work and patenting was the only way to go.

She says, “I wanted to protect my invention from imitators because I knew I could be sitting on a gold mine. Also, I kept hearing Kevin O’Leary from Shark Tank saying, ‘What do you have that’s proprietary about your business?’ I wanted to ensure ownership, as well as a legacy for my company.

“In its most obvious sense, owning a patent can stop others from stealing your invention and profiting off of your hard work.

But intellectual property (IP) can also be a part of wealth building. Many entrepreneurs don’t attempt to even apply because of the costs involved when using an attorney, or they don’t feel they can navigate the process themselves. I have three trademarks and one patent and I’ve never used an attorney or intermediary (such as LegalZoom) for any of them. There’s a lot of education, sweat equity and time involved when applying for IP by yourself – but it is well worth it.”

HIV and aging (Cont'd from Page 3) Work is underway in many of these areas. CDC offers resources for all people living with HIV through its campaign HIV Treatment Works, and features older people living with HIV in its antistigma campaign, Let’s Stop HIV Together. The Department of Health and Human Service’s Administration on Aging features a website with resources on HIV and Aging. All activities support the National HIV/AIDS Strategy’s call for broader HIV education across the lifespan—including among older Americans.

In just the past few years, we have seen the percentage of people living with HIV who are over the age of 65 increase 91 percent — from 32,000 people in 2007 to 61,200 people in 2012. These numbers will continue to increase as people continue to live longer and more healthily with HIV. This is first and foremost a success.

But history will judge us not only on the advances in testing to help people learn of their infection and in medications to keep them healthy, but also in supporting people living with HIV across their lifetimes. National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness day draws attention to this need, and it is up to all of us to meet it.

By Jonathan Mermin, M.D., M.P.H., Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Dr. Sean Cahill, PhD, Director, Health Policy Research, Fenway Institute

co-developer of ScratchJr and a commercially available robotics kit called Kibo.

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ethnicities declined slightly. The Black extreme child poverty rate increased 13 percent with nearly 1 in 5 Black children living in extreme poverty. Although the Hispanic child poverty rate fell slightly, Hispanic children remain our largest number of poor children.

Nearly 1 in 4 children under 5 years old is poor and almost half live in extreme poverty. More than 40 percent of Black children under 5 are poor and nearly 25 percent of young Black children are extremely poor.

New state data show child poverty rates in 2014 remained at record high levels across 40 states, with only 10 states showing significant declines between 2013 and 2014. In 22 states, 40 percent or more Black children were poor. In 32 states, more than 30 percent of Hispanic children were poor. And in 24 states, more than 30 percent of American Indian/Alaska Native children were poor. Only Hawaii had a Black child poverty rate below 20 percent while only two states, Kentucky and West Virginia, had White, non-Hispanic child poverty rates over 20 percent.

The rates are staggering, especially when we know there are steps Congress could take right now to end child poverty and save taxpayer money now and in the future. In CDF’s recent Ending Child Poverty Now report based on an analysis by the nonpartisan Urban Institute, we proposed nine policy changes which would immediately reduce child poverty 60 percent and Black child poverty 72 percent and lift the floor of decency for 97 percent of all poor children by ensuring parents the resources to support and nurture their children: jobs with livable wages, affordable highquality child care, supports for working families like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC), and safety nets for basic needs like nutrition, housing assistance and child support.

Congress must make permanent improvements in pro-work tax credits (both the EITC and the CTC), increase the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) benefit, and expand housing subsidies and quality child care investments for children when parents work. To complement gains in these areas and to reduce child poverty long term, we must ensure all children comprehensive affordable health care, high-quality early childhood development and learning opportunities to get ready for school and a level education playing field to help all children achieve and succeed in life. It is a great national, economic and military security threat that a majority of all children in America cannot read or compute at grade level and that nearly threefourths of our Black and Latino children cannot.

Data show key safety net programs lifted millions of people, including children above the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) poverty line, between 2013 and 2014. These supports all reduced child poverty: SNAP (4.7 million people), rent subsidies (2.8 million people), and the Earned Income Tax Credit and the low-income portion of the Child Tax Credit (roughly 10 million people including more than 5 million children). There also is strong evidence these measures will provide long-term benefits for children.

We know how to reduce child poverty but keep refusing to do it. How can our Congressional leaders even discuss spending as much as $400 billion to extend tax cuts for corporations and businesses while denying more than 15.5 million poor children – 70 percent non-White – the opportunity to improve their odds of succeeding in school and in life?

We can and must do more right now as children have only one childhood.

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Opinion Dear Editor, Black men must become dutiful, obligated and functional in the capacity of servants and protectors of the Black neighborhood they reside in, depending on policemen to protect us from ourselves merely demonstrates the absence of natural law being practiced among our group.

When we observe the birds, insects, fish and animals in their natural environment we observe a regulated order and discipline among their respective species. These species aren’t looking to other species to protect them; they instinctively serve and protect themselves, a natural order that the Black man in America has been socially engineered to be an opponent to the service and protection of self and neighborhood. The Black man after 160 years up from physical slavery still looks to the white man for protection even in his own neighborhood where the men of the neighborhood are by nature ordained by God to be the vanguard and protectors of their women, children and neighborhood.

However, many of the males among our group are the ones breaking the peace and destroying our neighborhoods because we aren’t consciously aware of our natural responsibility as men in our own neighborhood. Yet, by nature we as men of our own

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The Gantt Report Political parties don’t deserve respect

By Lucius Gantt

neighborhoods have a divine responsibility to protect our women and children and make a safe and secure environment for them.

Consider the ways of the ant; no foreign intruder will encroach on its colony and not encounter serious consequences. All too often death is the penalty for such careless intrusion.

Ants are fascinating little creatures.

As tiny and humble as the ant may appear, some species are armed with venom and are bold and courageous in defense of their colony (neighborhood).

Some species of ants are known to put animals and even human beings to running, scratching and hollering for intruding on their colony. The ant’s social life is well organized and worth observing and applying in our own Black neighborhoods. Notice when ever an ant colony is trampled upon by one’s carless foot how the vanguard (soldiers) immediately appear to investigate the damage to the colony and if the intruder is not present to incur swift retaliation, then the worker of the damaged structure begin rebuilding their colony.

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Jeb Bush is wrong about Blacks wanting ‘free stuff’

By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush thinks he can become president of the United States if Republicans can double their share of the Black vote in several key states. But he, like his GOP comrades, is demonstrating how not to accomplish that goal.

Bush’s latest failure came last week when he continued a longtime Republican tradition of trying to portray African Americans as addicted to welfare and government handouts. He was speaking at the East Cooper Republican Women’s Club annual Shrimp Dinner in Mount Pleasant, S.C. According to the Washington Post, this is what happened: “Look around this room,” a man told Bush, who spoke to a mostly white crowd. “How many Black faces do you see? How are you going to include them and get them to vote for you?” asked the man, who was white.

“Bush pointed to his record on school choice and said that if Republicans could double their share of the Black vote, they would win the swing states of Ohio and Virginia.”

Then Bush uttered this clunker: “Our message is one of hope and aspiration. It isn’t one of division and get in line and we’ll take care of you with free stuff. Our message is one that is uplifting – that says you can achieve earned success.”

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A new breed of bigoted politicians

By Oscar H. Blayton, NNPA Guest Columnist Among the many windswept cliffs that stand guard on the shores of the island of Okinawa, one is known for its particularly gruesome history.

“Suicide Cliff” is located on the southern portion of Okinawa. It is so named because thousands of Okinawans took their own lives at the site as American forces advanced across the island in 1945 during the last months of World War II. Twenty five years later, flying low over cliffside memorials honoring the dead of various towns and villages who perished there, I was struck by the fact that so many people felt compelled to rush to their own destruction.

I soon learned that for tactical reasons, and to further their own doomed war effort, the Japanese army had terrified Okinawan civilians with tales of extreme cruelties they should expect at the hands of the approaching Americans. The island’s people had their minds manipulated to the point that many chose to kill themselves rather than fall into the hands of a ruthless enemy.

Eventually, the people of Okinawa came to realize that these were “useless deaths” as the Americans turned

By Roger Caldwell Governor Scott is telling the country that he runs a tight ship in Florida, and in 2016 there will be a surplus of over a half billion dollars in the treasury. Republicans who control and run everything in the state are excited and putting in their pet projects for the 2016 session. In certain circles, the governor can stick out his chest and justify that his fiscal policies are working.

With all this surplus cash in Florida’s treasury, it would appear that our governor is not robbing Peter to pay Paul. But in our prisons, they are chronically understaffed, and one in eight unemployed Floridians received benefits from June 2014 to June 2015.

Maybe our governor is preoccupied with saving money for the state; therefore, certain segments in the state are not that important.

The lack of staff in prisons is costing the state millions in overtime, and auditors with the National Institute of Corrections are calling the condition an “emergency.” An emergency is when chronic understaffing results in facilities falling below safe staffing levels, and presents a danger to the public, staff, and inmates. Unfavorable working conditions are contributing to high turnover rate of new hires, which are dropping out before they complete their training.

By Don Valentine

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Florida saves money, cuts prison staff and unemployment benefits

Syrian migration crisis I’m of the opinion the current Administration is too “dovish”. The European migrant crisis is the optimum time for this Administration to marshal the E.U. arsenal with our assets.

The European political climate is ripe with disdain for what the economic forecast of bringing in over a million refugees will provide.

Each country will have to dip into their reserves for, lodging, water, food, and assimilation needs for the hundreds of thousands of refugees they are each agreeing to absorb.

The economically strong countries, according to the World Bank 2014 report on the E.U., have a finite amount of resources to assist the migrants.

These countries like Germany, United Kingdom, France and Italy will not exhaust their cushion on the Syria issue.

This would be a fortuitous time to assemble the Allies to fix the Syria issue. Russia is in the process of putting a “Boots on the Ground” force in place in Syria. They want to maintain their southern naval base in that region.

Their goal could be achieved, as Putin

out not to be the monsters portrayed by the Japanese army.

In the years since viewing this tragic site, I learned it is not unusual for people to be manipulated into a mass hysteria that makes them act against their own self-interest, or even to rush toward their own self-destruction. In this cycle of the U.S. presidential election, we have extraordinarily clear examples of the type of propaganda and demagoguery that leads to this type of madness.

Donald Trump is the poster child for destructive demagoguery. This bloviating bigot has pulled the Republican Party down to new lows and, in the process, dumbed down the national political discourse to a point where America is gnawing at its own flesh in an attempt to expel nonexistent horrors.

Echoing the likes of former Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama and the two Virginia senators, Harry F. Byrd Sr. and Harry F. Byrd Jr., Trump feeds his followers platters of noxious vitriol that are devoid of facts.

suggested, in his U.N. address like a W.W. I.I. effort.

Russia could be brought into the Global fold. The U.S., E.U. and Russia can all combine their tools to eradicate the roaches of I.S.S.L. The U.S. could take the lead on the early exit of President Assad. The E.U. could stop the flow of 1.5 million migrants, and Russia could keep their southern presence. The aligned groups could, with a strong U.S. leadership, stabilize the three Arab Tribes in the region. President Obama, the environment is verdant if you want to lead. You have a serendipitous opportunity to cement your legacy of not being a soft leader but rather, a strategic commander who left the world in a better place. Nobel Peace Prize worthy? Again?

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

The Department of Corrections budget has been cut by $500 million in the last seven years. In order to correct this problem, it would require a significant commitment of attention and resources to change the conditions. The Corrections Secretary received an additional $17.5 million last year, but after hiring 2,200 corrections officers, they lost 1,400 for a net gain of 800 officers.

In another report last week, the National Employment Law Project ranks Florida at the bottom of the list of unemployed people who actually receive state unemployment insurance. From June 2014 to June 2015, just one in eight unemployed people in Florida received benefits according to the report. This appears to be a new low in the state under Scott, but six years ago, 30 percent of those out of work received weekly payments.

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To Be Equal Pope Francis’ message of compassion

By Marc H. Morial, NNPA Columnist “I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me… I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” – Matthew 25:35-36, 40 Like power, with compassion comes great responsibility. So much more than a feeling, the person with compassion is compelled to transform their compassion into intent, and most importantly, action. To be compassionate is to see, to feel and to do something.

The recent arrival of Pope Francis on our shores has rekindled our national conversation over how we will protect and care for our marginalized, provide access to our disenfranchised communities and promote justice for all.

Francis, the spiritual leader of more than a billion Catholics the world over, has placed the poor and the treatment of the poor at the center of his papacy.

But, his message of mercy, compassion and service as the engines of much-needed change is not solely limited to the Catholic faithful.

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Black and Latinos working together

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist If there was ever a propitious time for African Americans and Latino Americans to unite to advance the cause of freedom, justice, equality and economic empowerment, it is now. Today, more than ever, the rapidly changing

national demographics and the potential political and economic power as a direct result of Latino and Black unity in America cannot be overstated.

We are now in the middle of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 to October 15, across the United States.

It is important to note that during this

The Gantt Report is read around the world and wherever TGR readers are politicians are there also.

There are also political parties everywhere. Political parties are in the United Kingdom, in the United States, in Europe, in Africa, in Asia, they are in the Caribbean and they are in South America.

You can love your political party but don’t even go to sleep and dream about respecting it.

No political party, wherever it is, deserves your respect; individuals do!

Don’t get me wrong, there are a few “good” people in most political parties but if you look at the mass membership of any political party you will find devils, beasts, racists, crooks, criminals, drug users, people abusers, con men, whores and some of every other kind of men and women!

You see, the political party in a nation, state, community or a neighborhood is usually made of from residents of that place. Whatever kind of people you will find in your neighborhood, so to speak, you can find in the political parties of that neighborhood!

Don’t be surprised if the elected official and party member that represents you takes a bribe, gets caught with drugs, gets accused of domestic violence or gets pulled over by cops for drunk driving.

In my 20-year career as a government lobbyist I’ve seen politicians of both major political parties accepting money and other “gifts” from people.

I’ve seen married political party members soliciting prostitutes and seeking sex from staff members and colleagues.

I’ve seen actual fist fights take place that involved members of political parties. I’ve seen elected officials knock on the door and enter drug houses!

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Ben Carson’s ugly hypocrisy

By Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist From the moment he surfaced in 2013 as white conservatives’ latest “Great Black Hope,” Ben Carson has made any number of offensive remarks typical of the conservative commentary of the Obama years.

But early last week, apparently goaded by a GOP presidential primary that’s set a cesspool-level standard for expressions of bigotry and callousness, Carson released what is undoubtedly his greatest hit: He said a Muslim American should not be president of the United States.

“I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that,” he said on NBC’s Meet the Press. Reminded that Article 6 of the Constitution explicitly demands there be no religious qualification to hold “any office or public trust in the United States,” Carson doubled down that Americans should “not put people at the leadership of our country whose faith might interfere with carrying out the duties of the Constitution.”

Carson apparently didn’t see the irony in the fact that he, a candidate for the nation’s highest office, was declaring he’d put his personal beliefs above the Constitution.

The blowback for that idiocy was so scorching that at week’s end Carson tried to gin up a “new” controversy to push his blatant appeal to bigotry into the background: he resorted to the old Black-conservative stand-by of claiming that the GOP had done a better job ridding American society of racism than the Democratic Party.

But we can’t afford to ignore just how despicable Carson’s gambit was.

For one thing, just what kind of Muslim-American individual does Ben Carson think would surface as a potential candidate for the presidency?

We don’t have to guess. We have plenty of “real” Americans of the past and present to tell us what our future Muslim-American candidate will be like: Like John F. Kennedy, who broke the barrier against Catholic candidates running for the presidency; or like Colin Powell; or Condoleezza Rice; or Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, or her colleague, Ruth Bader Ginsburg; or Barack or Michelle Obama; or, yes, like Ben Carson.

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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

Westside Gazette 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

SERVICES

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

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

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

St. Ruth Missionary Baptist Church

WORSHIP SERVICES

145 NW 5th Ave., Dania Beach, FL 33004 (954) 922-2529

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

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

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

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

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

Faith United Church of Christ 6201 NW 57 Street Tamarac, FL 33319 954-721-1232 uccfaith@bellsouth.net faithbroward.org

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.

"Historically the First Church in the City of Tamarac!”

Rev. Dr. Ileana Bosenbark, Senior Pastor WEEKLY SERVICES & EVENTS SUNDAY Worship Service (Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday) ........................................................... 10 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mount Calvary Baptist Church

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

Reverend Anthony Burrell, Pastor SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SUNDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where the kingdom of God is increased through Fellowship.

Leadership, Ownership and Worship F.L.O.W. To Greatness!

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

Dr. James B. Darling, Jr., Pastor/Teacher WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday Worship Service .............................................................................. 8:00 & 11:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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James C. Boyd Funeral Home HALL Funeral services for the late Ruth Maude Hall - 73 were held Sept. 26 at N a t i o n a l Church of God with Rev. Homer Pew, Jr. officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

SMITH Funeral services for the late Paulette Smith - 50 were held Sept.26 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Pastor Emmanuel Jenkins officiating

McWhite's Funeral Home DELICE Funeral services for the late Leana Delice - 59 were held Sept. 26 at Salvation Army Church with Sister Laurane Simon officiating.

Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery.

GRIFFIN Funeral services for the late Franklin “Blue” Griffin - 80 were held Sept. 26 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. D. Young officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Central.

HARDEN Funeral services for the late Annie Lee Robertson Harden - 59 were held Sept.

26 at Greater Faith CCHL with Elder Anthony Taylor officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

JOHNSON Funeral services for the late Ilinda S. Johnson – 54 were held Sept.

26 at Faith Center with Pastor Patrick Jules officiating. Interment: Lauderdale Memorial Park.

LEWIS Funeral services for the late Trudie Lee Lewis – 83 were held Sept. 26 at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Ricky Scott officiating.

Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

MOMPREMIER Funeral services for the late Melia Mompremier – 94 were held Sept.

26 at Berean Fundamental Baptist Church with Rev. Keno Osne’ officiating. Interment: Baileys Memorial Gardens.

ROKER Funeral services for the late Deaconess Leila Ann Roker – 80 were held Sept. 26 at New Mount Olive Baptist Church with Rev. Sabrina Pinder officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.

THOMAS Funeral services for the late Wesley Thomas – 71 were held Sept. 26 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jerry Thomas officiating.

WILLIAMS Funeral services for the late Elisha Williams, Jr. – 65 were held Sept.

26 at Bethleham Baptist Church with Rev. Ronnie Bank officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home LONDON Funeral services for the late Clara London - 78 were held Sept. 26 at Bible Church of God

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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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KIDS TALK ABOUT GOD How can a wife submit to her husband?

By Carey Kinsolving and friends (Part 2 of 2) “My mom could mow the yard, feed the dogs, work in the garden and help us with our homework instead of making my dad do it,” says Mary, 8. “My mom could also make food for special occasions, go grocery shopping, take us to doctors’ appointments, pick our clothes every morning and fix our breakfast, lunch and supper.”

Mary, did you forget something? In her spare time, your mom could start a business that makes $250,000 a year so you and your dad can spend summers at your beach house in the Fiji Islands and weekends playing golf.

“The men make up the rules,” says Andrew, 8. “We fix stuff.

We are brave. We are strong. We are fun. We are funny.”

Andrew, it’s true that God ordained men to exercise servant leadership in marriage, but it’s not a license to pound your chest.

“Wives should respect and obey their husbands,” says Kendall, 10. “Now, if the husband tells her to do something wrong, she should tell him it is wrong and not do it. The husbands should let their wives make some choices on their own. Husbands should ask their wives’ advice before making a big decision, but the wife must not barge in and make all the decisions for her family.”

Kendall’s answer contains much wisdom. Scripture clearly states that wives should submit to their husbands as they would to the Lord in everything. Jesus, as the servant leader, should be the role model for every husband. But if he’s not, watch out.

Submitting to an egomaniac with Bishop Jo- won’t be easy. No husband posseph Knight offi- sesses the authority to make ciating. Inter- his wife sin. If a man tells his ment: Forest wife to cheat, lie or steal, she should respectfully refuse. A Lawn Memorial godly woman can ask the Lord Gardens – Cen- for wisdom and speak the truth tral. in love if her husband is open to receive it.

Kendall also said husbands MANN should delegate some decisionFuneral sermaking to their wives and convices for the late sult them before making big Walter Cul- decisions. Wives need breathlen Mann, Sr. - ing room. Don’t try to micro72 were held manage their lives. Men who Sept. 25 at New consult with their wives disMount Olive cover that a woman’s intuition Baptist Church with Dr. Rosalind is at times remarkably accurate.

Osgood officiating.

(Read full story on www.thewestsidegazette.com) MARPLE Funeral services for the late Kimberly Lynn Mayple – 49 were held Sept.

28 at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center with Pastor James B. Darling, Jr. officiating.

PORTER Funeral services for the late Doris K. Porter – 80 were held Sept. 26 at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center with Pastor James B. Darling , Jr. officiating.

WILSON Funeral services for the late Ruth Jones – Wilson – 91 were held Sept.

26 at St. Paul A.M.E. Church with Rev. T. Blair officiating. Interment: Shady Oaks Cemetery, Leesburg, Fl.

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Blacks still shortchanged in mortgage market

By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Columnist Financial security can often feel like a tug of war with earnings and income on one side and the cost of living and debt on the other. Which side wins can determine whether a household is mired in insurmountable debt or gains the financial ability for a better life.

For many families, the path to that better life is through homeownership. If you’re Black or Latino, however, wanting and getting are often two different things.

In 2014, borrowers of color and families with low-to-moderate incomes continue to be shortchanged in the mortgage market, according to the newly-released Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)

report. One of the few reports that tracks data by race and income, the HMDA report tallies how many mortgage loans were approved and by type.

To put it another way, the HMDA numbers reveal whether Black America is getting its fair share of mortgages. In 2014, the numbers show that communities of color got a lot less: 1. Out of 1,736,000 conventional mortgage loans for purchases last year, Black borrowers received only 45,544; Latino borrowers fared better, receiving 87,570. Only 2.6 percent of these loans, typically the most affordable and widely available, were made to Blacks and just 5 percent for Latinos.

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Beyond the Rhetoric A Major Blow to Women and Minority-Owned Businesses

By Harry C. Alford, NNPA Columnist (The following are excerpts from testimony I gave before the Civil Rights Commission explaining the discriminatory practices via an Executive Order placed

by President Barack Obama).

Blackonomics Teaching our dollars to make sense

By James Clingman, NNPA Columnist

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When Donald Trump first spoke about his intentions to run for president and called out Mexicans and Hispanics in general, here’s what happened. Yes, there were protests in the streets by Latinos who felt they had been insulted

by Trump, but further action was taken, not by Latinos but by corporations.

According to an article by Sarah Berger, with the International Business Times, “[Macy’s] said they would no longer carry Trump’s menswear collection, which featured shirts, ties and watches.” Further, “Macy’s is not alone: NBCUniversal, Univision, mattress maker Serta and other companies have also cut ties with Trump… The broken deals point to the growing influence of Hispanic consumers in the United States.

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A Project Labor Agreement (PLA) is between an owner of a specific construction project and applicable labor unions. It is an agreement that union rules must be followed from the beginning to end of the project. In essence it becomes very cumbersome for a non-union shop to participate. For instance, union wages must be paid to the non-union shop plus the union level medical benefits and pension plan even though the money will never be credited to the non-union shop employees.

Also, the non-union shops must pay union dues. Consequently, a PLA pretty much blocks the use of non-union shops and their employees. PLA’s are mainly used on local, state and federal projects as private corporations find them wasteful and too expensive.

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Think big, act big

By Willie Jolley, NNPA Columnist Jeffrey Hayzlett is a marketing powerhouse who has built a massive business from the ground up. He started as a small town cowboy who loved to talk to small businesses about marketing.

He soon became a popular speaker in his town, sharing ideas on how to help small businesses market their products and services and make more money. He was so effective that he was recruited by

Kodak to be in their marketing department and soon became their chief marketing officer.

While at Kodak, he was able to help them grow their brand with national television success as a partner with Donald Trump on his Apprentice television series. He has since left Kodak and created the C-Suite Network and has become a national television and radio talk show host.

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Wild Water Switcheroo contest winner is from Miramar The Broward Water Partnership (a collaboration of 18 local governments and water utilities) has selected the lucky homeowner who will receive new water and energy saving appliances including a refrigerator, washer, dryer, dishwasher, irrigation system and water-conserving plumbing fixtures in for the kitchen and bath.

Each submission needed 3 parts: · A completed application · A narrative explaining why you should be selected and why conservation pays · A create piece of some kind to demonstrate why conservation matters

Recently, Hillary Clinton held a Facebook Q&A and responded to a question regarding Jeb Bush that he recently made in South Carolina that Democrats offer African Americans “free stuff.”

Charles Amuzie Secretary Clinton, what do you think about Jeb Bush’s comments about African-Americans and “free stuff” last week?

Hillary Clinton That kind of rhetoric is deeply insulting, whether it comes from Jeb Bush or Mitt Romney or Donald Trump. I think people are seeing this for what it is: Republicans lecturing people of color instead of offering real solutions to help people get ahead, including facing up to hard truths about race and justice in America. Not to mention - Republicans have no problem promising tax breaks and sweetheart deals to their corporate friends, but when Democrats fight to make sure all Americans have access to quality, affordable health care, early childhood education, and job training, that’s giving away “free stuff”?! Talk about backwards. And that’s not all. I’m calling for an end to the era of mass incarceration, criminal justice reforms, and protecting voting rights, but Republicans across the country are making it harder to vote. That’s wrong and it’s got to change.

-H. Pictured: President hopeful Hillary Clinton with Marquis Boston, a Little Rock, Ark. native and former janitor who now works two jobs, seven days a week, as a collections agent and hotel switchboard operator.

Better than any postal service (Cont'd from FP) Yes, our life here on earth can be like mail/packages being delivered by a Special Post Office, specializing in Priority Mail with guaranteed delivery on time every time. The guarantee goes on to stipulate that there are no prevailing conditions including natural disasters or man-made catastrophes that can prevent delivery.

You see, the Post Master understands just how valuable and rare every piece of mail that comes in contact with His hands are. He knows the Jeweler and Potter personally and the Tailor who crafted the fine garments entrusted in His care for transporting.

He, the Post Master and the Inspector General are all in one and are well assured and indemnified on getting every parcel of mail to its appointed destination free from harm and damage.

Even though the mail has traversed across a muliassortment of terrains, it is undamaged because it has the stamp of approval on it. That is a universal stamp used across the world that promises that the Post Master’s guarantee is recognized ANYWHERE, from the far reaches of outer space to the bottomless pits of the ocean where the leviathan lives; no hurt, harm, or danger can befall this mail in the hands of the Great Post Master because it has His stamp of GRACE on it.

The Post Master knows the final destination of all the mail, the times of arrival, the conditions of packages, what’s in the packages and whether or not a detour is needed for some of the packages.

Packages/mail are never discarded because of damage; this Post Master specializes in reconstruction, makeovers and restorations.

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” this perceived maxim of the U.S. Post Office pales in what the Great Post Master has arranged in His delivering operation.

Since He is the Author and the Finisher of every letter/life, weather condition, rout and passage, contents and capabilities, He knows how to, when to, and where to, of the final destination and arrival time of every piece of mail.

“Dear God, You are the great Mail Carrier of every single piece of mail/life. I do entrust my life in You for carrying me to my final destination with Your approval stamp of GRACE to my appointed destination, HEAVEN.” Amen.

THE GREAT POST MASTER HAS NEVER DELIVERED A BROKEN PIECE OF MAIL

Armed with the knowledge of our past, we can with confidence charter a course for our future.

Malcolm X

The top applicants included: Jim Barber from Plantation who built a website, the deBlasio family from Davie who created a poster, Mercedes Eques of Pembroke Pines who prepared a humorous Powerpoint presentation, Leckie Scott of Coral Springs who wrote a poem, Michael and Lisette Ruiz of Davie who wrote a rap song, Maria Hernandez of Sunrise created a flyer and Jennifer Jhon of Fort Lauderdale created a video with her kids.

The winner is Monique Francis of Miramar who wrote a poem(see poem below) and whose children created illustrations. In her narrative, Ms. Francis noted that as single mother of 4, she’s learned to ‘trim the fat’ financially and that using the washing machine and irrigation system less, she could really see a difference in her water bill. “It doesn’t take much to cut back, as the outcome is not only beneficial for us now, but also for future generations. Clean water equals life and water conservation ensures our future survival. Small changes today equal big rewards tomorrow,” she wrote.

Thanks to BrandsMartUSA and WaterOptimizer™, she’ll get to trade her energy and water using appliances and irrigation system for brand new conservation models.

“The partnership goal for this program was to help people understand that conservation is something we can all do and that when we save water we save money, too,” said Jennifer Jurado, Ph.D., Director, Broward County Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division. “The ability to save isn’t limited to waterconserving toilets or even waterconserving appliances. By changing our behavior, for example, irrigating less or using the washing machine less, as Ms. Francis pointed out, we can each do our part.”

For the next year, Ms. Francis will keep track of water and energy savings so that the Broward Water Partnership can document what’s possible.

“I’m so thrilled,” said Ms. Francis. “I can’t wait to get started.”

Conserve

By Monique Francis Changing minds and attitudes, Omitting all the waste.

Now-a-days we must conserve to Save the human race.

Environmental consciousness will help create the change, Reclaiming water, cutting back and making use of rain.

Valuing our water will secure our planet’s fate Ensuring that we all survive to see another day.

She has published small initial research studies in the past few years showing that working with a programming tool improved young children’s skills on traditional sequencing tests and related tests of executive functioning. For example, before going through a robotics and programming curriculum, when asked to describe the process of brushing their teeth, children gave just three or four steps. Afterwards, they were able to break down the

process into 20 or more steps.

“If you get better at sequencing, it has a measurable positive effect on reading comprehension,” she says. “A parent can have their kid engage in coding with the knowledge that a lot of kids won’t become programmers, but there is this broad-based benefit.”

The idea of introducing software widely in kindergarten or even preschool is not without controversy. Victoria Dunckley is a child psychiatrist in Los Angeles who has just published a book called Reset Your Child’s Brain, about the dangers of technology use. She has prescribed total abstinence from screens to hundreds of patients, to cut back on the symptoms of a wide range of childhood mental ailments, from ADHD to OCD. “Even educational screen time can cause a lot of issues,” Dunckley says. “A lot of these kids can’t tolerate any kind of screen time at all. I used to be able to just write a note for the kid to take to school to say, don’t have any computer time. But that’s changed with iPads and the Common Core.”

She would prefer holding off introducing screens in classrooms until middle or even high school. “I am horrified by the flipped classroom,” she said.

Winner Monique Francis (inset) and family. “It doesn’t take much to cut back.”

From Honey Rand Bers and Patterson actually agree, to a point. They believe that in the early childhood years especially, long periods spent passively in front of a two-dimensional screen would be developmentally inappropriate.

“Working with tangible objects is fundamental for young kids,” Bers says. That’s why her Kibo robot kit can be programmed by physically rearranging wooden blocks, a sys-

Dave Zuchowski, President & CEO of the Hyundai Corporation shares a moment with NNPA National Sales Representative Steven Larkin, during the Congressional Black Caucus, at Hyundai’s kick off event for their foundation’s fight to eradicate childhood cancer, “Hope on Wheels.”

tem called CHERP. Similar to alphabet blocks, each one represents an instruction, such as “forward,” “back” and “spin.”

They snap together to complete a “story” for the robot to act out.

It’s important to “be able to move between on-screen and on-floor activities,” Patterson agrees. His solution is robots. He often introduces programmable toys like Sphero, Ollie, Dash and Dot, which roll around and carry out simple instructions; remote-controlled airplanes; and LED lights that can be programmed to flash in colorful patterns.

“I’ve got first-graders who have the basic skills to program a smart house,” he says. In addition, he usually has at least two students work together on each device, to help develop their social skills while they learn.

Besides fears about safety, and a lack of resources for devices and software, the third biggest obstacle to wider introduction of coding in kindergarten is probably a lack of knowledge and confidence on the part of teachers and parents. But Bers stresses that engaging kids in the expressive use of technology can start simply, with equipment you probably already have in schools or at home.

“Start with what the child wants to do, not with what the technology can do,” she advises.

“Make a card for Grandmother’s birthday or a slideshow of your last vacation.

Sometimes using Word can be very powerful.”

Recognizing Our Glorious ACTIVIST, EDUCATOR, SUFFRAGIST AND JOURNALIST WHO AM I? I am best known for my work with the anti-lynching campaign.

I began my activist work at age 22, hwn in 1884, I successfully sued the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company after being forced from my first-class sea, in favor of a white man, and moved to the “Jim Crow” car.

The verdict was later overturned on appeal by the Tennessee Supreme Court.

(1862-1931)

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By D’Joumbarey A. Moreau The Miami Dolphins haven’t lived up to the billing for the entire NFL season. Many people expected this team to compete for a playoff spot and it looks like they won’t make it anywhere near close to the postseason. When fans saw them play against the Buffalo Bills, it wasn’t a pretty sight. People left the parking lot angry and hostile. Nevertheless, there is plenty of time for the Dolphins to get their act together and to turn the season around.

Almost a quarter of the season is finished for the Dolphins and our quarter of the season report card is coming very soon.

However, we’re going to look at the last three games the Dolphins have played and point out the most glaring problems on the roster. Here are five areas of improvement the Dolphins need to make if they want to make it into the playoffs.

1. More Physicality The beginning of the Dolphins problems has to start with the lack of physicality that the Dolphins have on their roster.

During the Joe Philbin era, he’s gotten rid of the players on the team who had strong personalities. You know the type of players who have that dog in them.

The type of players who ooze aggression and that get so angry that it inspires the teammates around them.

Some of those alpha dog type players were Brandon Marshall, Richie Incognito, Vontae Davis and Karlos Dansby. Most of these players are people who went on to have better careers and made their respective teams better after leaving Miami. The Dolphins are going to need to address the issue of them not being physical enough.

Time and time again we see the de-fensive line get pushed around. Time and time again we’ve seen the offensive line not hold a block. Speaking of the offensive line....

2. Better Offensive Line play The Miami Dolphins haven’t been able to consistently protect Ryan Tannehill. At the beginning of the season, a lot of people were clamoring that the Dolphins needed Evan Mathis. It’s only been three weeks later, but it’s safe to say the Dolphins really need Evan Mathis. Miami hasn’t been able to protect Tannehill to save their lives and it’s directly correlating to their lack of success on the field.

Against the Buffalo Bills, we saw Tannehill face a number of pass rushers and he was facing the blitz the entire game.

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Tannehill finished only getting sacked twice, but he was under heavy pressure the entire game.

Speaking of pressure...

3. The Defensive Line It’s only been three games, but it looks like the defensive line of the Miami Dolphins isn’t what many people were expecting it to become. The Dolphins defensive line on paper is their highest paid unit. A huge part of that is because of the massive contract that defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh signed this offseason.

Even though Suh signed with the Dolphins, his impact hasn’t been profound on the field quite yet. People already want to write his contract off and call him a wash, but it’s way too early for that.

Nonetheless, the Dolphins were expected to stop the run and make quarterbacks routine-ly feel the heat with their defen-sive line. The complete opposite has happened during the beginning of the season. The Dolphins are going to need to create pressure from their defensive line for a multitude of reasons.

Firstly, the Dolphins need to stop the running game. Teams have been able to run the ball down their throat and pick up first downs. Secondly, if the Dol-phins can apply pressure on quarterbacks, it makes the rest of the entire defense’s job easier.

4. The Secondary The good news is if you’re a fan of watching exciting plays then you should watch to the Miami Dolphins play football on Sundays. The bad news is if you’re a fan of the Miami Dolphins then you might not want to watch because the exciting plays are happening to them.

The Dolphins for the last two weeks have given up a number of incredible plays to the opposing team. Last week Allen Robinson gave the secondary the work all over the field. This week we got to see the Buffalo Bills handle business all game long.

Wide receivers like Percy Harvin, and Sammy Watkins all had great games against Miami. The secondary was picked apart and what made it worse is that Tyrod Taylor was doing the damage. Miami looks like they need to find another second string cornerback or they’re in for a lot of problems the entire season. Brice McCain who was signed to play opposite of Brent Grimes hasn’t lived up to the billing.

5. Coaching The biggest indication that this team needs serious help is the way that the Miami Dolphins are responding to the coaches. Well in all reality the Dolphins aren’t responding to their coaching staff at all. It’s only been three games and the Dolphins have been outscored a grand total of 81-44. The last game against the Buffalo Bills one of the worst efforts that the Dolphins have played within the last 10 years.

Joe Philbin this season needs to outsmart his opponents. Rex Ryan came into town and executed a game plan so flawlessly that his defense held Miami to 14 points at home. The blitz was coming from every portion of the field and Ryan was exploiting safeties and corners.

Philbin looked like he was outclassed by a more experienced and better head coach. When Rex Ryan can take Tyrod Taylor and turn him into Michael Vick

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Fort Lauderdale, FL., Broward County kicks off its 100 year celebration Duende with the dedication of “Feathers of Hopeâ€? Mural that is a part of its Arts Renaissance called VisualEyes. The mural was created and constructed by artist Nate Dee. Nathan Delinois (Nate Dee) is a native South FloridLDQ DQG KDV QXPHURXV LQĂ€XHQFHV IRU KLV XVH RI FRORU 7ZR RI WKH LQĂ€XHQFHV WKDW DUH SURPLQHQW LQ KLV ZRUN evolve from his Haitian heritage and from street art.

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The goal of the Broward 100 Mural Project is to create artworks that are located in all sectors of the community and make a county-wide tribute to Broward County with the clear and artistic message that the visual arts are essential to a strong community.

VisualEYES will also engage galleries and museums to create opportunities to showcase artists and build new social bonds through public art.

Artist Yvette Michele Booth

ARTon AIDS & HIV

South Florida has Highest AIDS Rates The mural is set to be dedicated as a peace and in USA. Artist of all ages have a mesinspiration celebration to be unveiled live on Peri- sage to share in helping this epidemic that is affecting our community. scope and to the public on Thursday, October 1st, 6-7PM at the Edgar P. Mills Multi-Purpose Center, 900 NW 31st Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. The mural is part of a county-wide installation of public art projects in celebration of Broward County’s Centennial, Broward 100 - Celebrating the Art of Community.

All murals in the project required the artists to interact with the community to better understand the Audrey Ljung, a human services regional coordiutility of the building on which the painting would be nator at the Mills Center, who has worked as a liaison created, as well as the community surrounding it. for him, said after seeing his plan for the mural, “His work is excellent. I am really happy to have him as $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH RIÂżFLDO %URZDUG &RXQW\ 'XHQGH the artist. He speaks to the conscience of and ethnic website for the mural. Nate Dee found that many makeup of the community.â€? families used the Mills Center, a multipurpose cenTo learn more about Nate Dee you can visit his ter, so he focused the mural around the family VisualEYES encourages connectivity and commuand the concept of hope. Nate shares his insight nity engagement through a series of public art works. website at http://www.natedee.com on art through quoted from his artist statement.

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DUENDE EVENTS: THURS 1st - 6:00 pm -7:00 pm, 900 NW 31st Ave, The “Feathers of Hope�

VisualEYES Mural representing Strength, Community, Family, Peace and Inspiration will be unveiled at the Edgar P. Mills Multi-Purpose Center FRI 2nd - 8:00 pm - 3:00 am, SW 2ND ST, Grand Opening Take-over street performers, Drum Battle, Live Bands and DJs, Flash Mobs, Dance, Rock, Jazz, Hip Hop, Street Art, Light Shows & Projections SAT 3rd - 11:00 am - 3:00 am, SW 2ND ST Party of the Century, Interactive & Cross Cultural Music, Dance & Performance, Top Musical Acts - An international blend of Dance, Hip Hop, Salsa, Reggae, Pop and House, SAT 3rd - 11:00 am - 5:00 pm - ESPLANADE PARK & AMATURO THEATER- The Big One Hundred!

Fun, Free and FabulousFamily-friendly Experiences and Performance Events, Interactive Art Booth, Art Bus, Bounce House, Egg Time Capsule, Musical Instrument Petting Zoo, Nest Lounge, Costume Tent, Edible Art Stations SAT 3rd - 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm, BROWARD CENTER - “We...â€? The Passion & Rhythm of the People Created by Broadway Director & Cirque Dreams Founder Neil Goldberg - A Broadway-style extravaJDQ]D IHDWXULQJ %URZDUGÂśV ÂżQHVW WDOHQWV SUN 4th - 3:00 pm – 10:00 pm, DUENDE A.M.P. FESTIVAL POMPANO BEACH – , A.M.P. Festival Site Local bands compete for Most Amped Performance and winner will perform at 6:30 pm followed

by Sammy Figueroa, Otis Cadillac, The Jason Taylor Foundation’s Bluapple Poetry Network and Body and Soul Dance Theatre.

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HOLLYWOOD ARTSPARK YOUNG CIRCLE FRI 2nd - 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Duende Funtastic Friday, Enjoy family fun in the Meadow 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Duende ArtsPark Movie, Featuring The Boxtrolls (Animated - PG).

SAT 3rd - 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm, Duende ArtsPark Live!, Featuring LEGACY a 10 member band featuring the sounds of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.

For more information visit duende.broward.org Photography Credits: Westside Gazette Stock Photography, ART on AIDS & HIV, VisualEYES Artist Yvette Michele Booth

SCRUBBING OUT THE STIGMA by joining the World AIDS Museum & Educational Center and Artist Yvette Michele by sharing the art in Social Media. This is the message from the artist, “Silence is Violence- No Shame�, Darius Daughtery

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October 1, 2015 Happy 85th Birthday to our loving, sweet and wonderful "Aunt Dot" Dorothy Dillard We love you very, very much, your familly

68TH UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BIRTHDAY -- Dear Fellow Tuskegeeans: Sept.

18, 2015 was the 68th birthday of the United States Air Force. Of the scores of photographs used to tell the story, the Air Force selected my image below for the front poster. Please share with me one of the greatest honors I have ever received. What humbles me most is the fact that so many others made my success in the Air Force possible. It began at “Mother Tuskegee” in 1957.

The president, administrators, professors, teachers, and students were all part of it. Those of us who came after the original Tuskegee Airmen were privileged to stand on powerful shoulders! Those of you who walked the hallowed grounds

and halls are part of the legacy. Those of you who served in the military during my career may also take credit for helping to inspire me to become who I am today. Thus, my appearance on the birthday poster of USAF reflects your accomplishments, contributions, encouragement, love, and support. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart, and to God be the glory!

Respectfully, Col. Richard Toliver, USAF, RET.

Wednesday, October 7th

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

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

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