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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Florida Braces Battle for Hurricane A Teacher’s
Broward County Public School veteran teacher recounts story of bullying and harassment by administrators and the district
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By Nichole Richards Part 1 of 3 A new school year has begun and students (and their parents) are slowly easing back into their scholastic routines and busy schedules. This time of year in America the media obsesses over the first day of school, overwhelming the public with back-to-school must-have advertisements. It can be particularly distressing to families who really struggle to afford supplies and clothing/ uniforms for their children. And there are more of these families than one thinks. There is another group that may strangely dread this time a year albeit for different reasons: Teachers. They are paid abysmal salaries, operate under an immense amount of pressure, and deal with a host of issues both in and out of the classroom. Administrators, too, deal with unrealistic school accountability measures and expectations with a dwindling supply of resources, particularly in Black and Brown neighborhoods. This can breed an interesting dynamic between administrators and teachers that can boil over into bullying tactics and ousters all in the name of performance and accountability. To be clear, teachers are accountable for everything, good and bad. If a student excels, it was due to the excellent teaching ability of the instructor and, sometimes, he or she is rewarded. If a student (or students) refuses to study and scores low on important standardize tests, the teacher is deemed (Cont’d on Page 5)
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“In Florida we prepare for the worst and hope for the best” - Governor Rick Scott
While Irma’s exact path is uncertain, the hurricane could make landfall in Florida by the end of the week. Georgia and the Carolinas may also be impacted with wind and rain. “Anybody in Florida should be preparing for a hurricane,” Brian Thompson, a meteorologist at AccuWeather tells PEOPLE. Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency for the state’s 67 counties on Monday afternoon. “Hurricane Irma is a major and life-threatening storm and Florida must be prepared,” Scott said in a statement. “I have continued to be briefed by the Florida Division of Emergency Management on
Hurricane Irma and current forecast models have Florida in Irma’s path – potentially impacting millions of Floridians. Today, given these forecasts and the intensity of this storm, I have declared a state of emergency for every county in Florida to make certain that state, federal and local governments are able to work together and make sure resources are dispersed to local communities as we get prepared for this storm.” Tropical storm force winds may be possible as early as Friday night 8:00pm to Saturday morning. Floridians have already begun clearing out shelves of water and non-perishable foods, as many have documented on social media.
Hurricane Safety Tips
These huge, churning storms can spell disaster. Check out the do's and dont’s of hurricane safety. Hurricanes can wreak havoc in many ways, with lashing winds, torrential rains, and inundating storm surges. Here are some tips on how to survive the fury of a hurricane. BEFORE IT HITS • Coastal residents should form evacuation plans before a warning is issued to identify a safe shelter and a route to get there.
• Prepare for a hurricane by stocking up on emergency supplies including food, water, protective clothing, medications, batteries, flashlights, important documents, road maps, and a full tank of gasoline. DURING THE STORM • As a storm unfolds, evacuees should listen to local authorities on radio or television. Evacuation routes often close as a storm develops. Dedicated professionals and improved technology have made hurricane forecasting more accurate than ever before—but it’s far from precise. For all of the tips, please visit www.thewestsidegazette.com
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You can’t erase love, but you can remove hate “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9 ESV
Future of Harriet Tubman $20 Bill threatened by Trump Administration In yet another about-face under Trump, the treasury secretary says he’s uncommitted to honoring the slavery abolitionist. Written By Nigel Roberts It was just a matter of time. President Trump’s obsession with undoing progress achieved under President Obama turned to the plan to add some color to U.S. currency.
The Washington Post reports that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday (Aug. 31. 2017) said he will not commit to Obama’s plan of putting an image of slavery abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.
Under the Obama proposal, Tubman would replace President Andrew Jackson’s image, which would move to the back of the bill. It would make Tubman, who led numerous slaves to (Cont’d on page 5)
Planned Parenthood and Black AIDS Institute announce program to expand comprehensive HIV Prevention Services at Health Centers across the country NEW YORK— Planned Parenthood announced a multi-phase pilot program to build and expand its comprehensive HIV prevention and education efforts. Gilead Sciences, Inc, a research-based biopharmaceutical company, awarded the $900,000 grant to support and expand efforts of HIV prevention and education, including the integration of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness, at Planned Parenthood affiliate health centers across the country over
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the next 18 months. It is the first significant corporate grant of its kind awarded to Planned Parenthood, and will focus critical prevention efforts in communities hardest hit by the epidemic. The grant work will be carried out in partnership with The Black AIDS Institute, the only national HIV/AIDS think tank in the United States focused exclusively on Black people. (Cont’d on page 5)
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By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. What happens when all signs of your work are erased and when you look in the history books, there is nothing that says you ever existed? Throughout our history as Black people there have been attempts to wipe out anything to say that we were ever here. This need to remove us from any account of history began when other races invaded Africa. They tried destroying all of the statues, effigies, cravings, writings and anything that resembled Black people. Throughout history there have been attempts to discredit any accomplishments of Black people, even as recently as today. The actions of Donald Trump: to remove any positive thing that former President Barrack Obama did as a Black man, to dishonor him at best and to remove his footprint forever. As we take a closer look at Trump’s presidency, in all of his attempts to outdo President Obama, he is digging a deeper grave of depravation. From fighting healthcare to pardoning unworthy people, Donald Trump is making quite the spectacle of all his shortcomings, namely his lack of intelligence. Trump is willing to bury himself and his entire presidency with all of his racism, even at the expense of deporting 800,000 children out of this country. Trump and those like him are no more than individuals blinded by a lower level of self-esteem, masked with a pompous attitude of grandeur befitting a pig wearing perfume. To anyone or any governmental entity or organization
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