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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 - FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift.

Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them. -- Kwame Nkrumah

Dr. Brenda Snipes:

Dear Bethune Cookman University Alumni and Friends: Sixty-five years ago, on a cool September night, John Saunders (deceased) and I attended a football game between South Carolina State University and Bethune Cookman College (BCU) at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. While making our way to our seats, I heard a voice of a woman as though it was a voice from heaven. As I turned to see who it was, this elegant woman dressed in black with mink stole around her shoulders, and small black hat that sat perfectly on her head said to me, “Young man, how would you like to attend Bethune Cookman College?” I responded by saying, “I could not because I never finished high school and (at that time) did not have plans to go back.” She, Dr. Bethune, said to me, “When you do decide to go back and finish school, we would love to have you at Bethune Cookman College.”

When John and I finally made it to our seats, I asked John, “Who was that lady?” John said, “That’s Mrs. Bethune and the man sitting next to her is President Moore.” I later learned that John was already attending Bethune Cookman College on a 4-year basketball scholarship 1953-1957.

I’m telling this story because I want everyone to know how a skinny Black kid from Hollywood, Florida was blessed and inspired by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune more than sixty (65) years ago at a football game in Miami, FL. I did not attend BCU, but I did decide to go back and finish school ten years later. That same year, my wife, Anathia and I had our beautiful daughter, Vonshelle. A couple decades later, not only did I begin working at Bethune Cookman University, but my amazing daughter started attending school there and graduated Summa Cum Laude! To this day I shall never forget that voice from heaven.

That voice of inspiration. That voice that believed in me! And now, here are my concerns: After many years of loving and supporting this wonderful institution, I am disturbed that BCU may be closed in the near future. You don’t know how troubling this will be to me and many of my friends and supporters of BCU. The voice from heaven (Dr. Bethune) was the one and only person who thought I was college worthy. It is for that reason I am the man I am today and will be until I leave this earth.

Please join me and others by supporting Bethune Cookman University prayerfully and financially. ‘If God is with us, who can be against us.’ This amazing institution, the students, the staff, the professors need us!

Let’s make sure Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune’s legacy lives on.

A History of Excellence “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;” (2 Corinthians 4:17)

By Rasheed B’aithe and Bobby R. Henry, Sr. PART TWO Leaders are shaped by several things, most especially the people around them as they move from childhood to adulthood. The values we are given, the character we see modeled and the principles we are told to live by. These things become anchors of our lives.

Those who grow into leaders have all of these attributes plus one more.

They also have the desire to serve and the courage to do what others are afraid to do. And if there is one thing Brenda Snipes has never let get, in the way of her leadership, is fear.

Do you want to go back to work Dr. Snipes?

“You know I don’t have to go back to work and I don’t know if I can say I want to go back. You know I can’t say that I wanna go back.

If I go back I would have to start all over again from the ground level because I’ve

been gone for over a month, and I would have to create a new culture.”

Because technology changes so rapidly, how did the supervisor of elections office under your leadership prepare itself for these rapid changes in technology?

“Well, we always stayed on top of things that were new. And they match the needs for what we needed in our office. This was done by going to conferences, reading literature and being well trained.”

We sometimes underestimate or fail to realize the risks some of our folk are facing when they take on positions, events, or responsibilities that others want them to fail at. When you became Supervision of Elections, you were not looking for a job nor indeed financial compensation. You took the position because there was a need for someone from our community with the required skill set to meet the demand.

We know it was stated that you were working with outdated and old equipment; how did you address that issue?

“We had cutting edge equipment that we recently acquired. It wasn’t like we had a whole year in advance,

but we had the most cuttingedge equipment, and I don’t think you can buy everything on the market. You must really evaluate. We had an excellent operation, but you must invest in it. Even with the latest piece of equipment, the tabulator, I do believe, was overworked. The tabulators are high speed counters.

That machine just counted, counted, and counted every day, and if you’re counting 24 hours a day you can burn up something. You know that’s what happened to Susan, but hers was old and ours was right off the cutting room floor.

You know you got to have a lot of practice with these things and we had 12 of them and when we did the second reporting we did not have all of the pages. We had just counted them on Tuesday and the second report was later that Thursday. So, I determined that the heat caused a problem because the pages were sticking. And we didn’t have time to go back and pull things apart to see what happened. And if you don’t have the same numbers, then you must be doing something dishonest or crooked. There were so (Cont’d on page 13)

Black History Month: Two Centuries of Black History and the Black Press

God Bless, Fred D. Beneby Life Member, NAA-50-year supporter (386) 882-8401 Make Checks Payable to: BCU Institutional Advancement - Bethune Cookman University 640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd Daytona Beach, FL 32114-9986

“The Black Press is an aspect of the fabric of the Black existence in America that is not getting enough attention or support from the community,” Kisha A. Brown, the founder and CEO of Justis Connection, told NNPA Newswire.

A M E S S A GE F ROM OU R PU BL IS H E R

Deeply rooted and shall not be moved forty eight years and counting

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. As humans, most of us hope to grow up and become outstanding people in our own homes, our churches and our communities, respectable and someone who others look up to.

However, our journeys to reach that personification can be as different as there are grains of sand and as assorted as rain drops.

When I use the term I in this piece, I am referring to all of the families of the Westside Gazette, those who are here now and those who have crossed over to eternity. We toil every day to do the best that we can with what God has given us and what He has allowed us to do. We are carrying on in the footsteps of those that came before us and standing upon their shoulders, looking boldly into the future most humble, grateful and exuberantly proud to accept that honor and most importantly the favor from God. I could only imagine but one thing that could give so much pleasure and pain at the same time, and that is giving birth to a child.

Like a hungry baby drawn to full breasts of mother’s milk with love and the joy, that’s how we cherish what stewardship God has given to us.

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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent In the March 2018 story, “Race News: Chronicling the Black Press and fight for Justice,” journalist Tony Pecinovsky noted that the rocky relationship between journalism and the struggle for African-American equality, like any other courtship, is full of ebbs and flows, “Freedom’s Journal” mural outside the offices of NNPA member fluctuations that often mirror larger societal publisher, the Dallas Weekly, a newspaper that reports on changes. events in the African-American community in Dallas, Texas.

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Growing the Voices of Our Future

In a joint effort to get students involved with the Children Services Council’s 2019 Broward AWARE! Protecting OUR Children campaign: Growing the Voices of Our Future, the Westside Gazette will engage youth in a photovoice (photojournalism) project. The youth will tell their stories through the written word and through the lens of cameras they will operate as photojournalists focusing in but not limited to the Broward AWARE campaign.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

Jack and Jill get ready for oratorical competition

Layla Davidson, 12 I recently went on a trip to Washington, D.C. and visited the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist who advocated for integration not segregation and nonviolence not violence. Black History month is my favorite month because I love to learn more about where I came from and my background.

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At the South Campus of Broward College, there was an event for ages 7-19 to help people learn how to give speeches for an oratorical competition. Many guest speakers/teachers were instructing approximately 80 children about the importance of public speaking and tips on how to improve their oratorical skills. The audience had a chance to gain valuable knowledge concerning public speaking as well as the difference it can make in the potential to advance in a career and financial earning potential.

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Interviewing James Murray Sr. My Grandad

Leja Williams, 14

Brielle Henry, 9

I’m Leja Williams and I am interviewing James Murray Sr. as my grandad and I am going to be asking him 4 questions about how times have changed over the years when it deals with racism.

He lives in Dearing, Georgia and he was born on September 24, 1934 in Perkins, Georgia. He is also a minister at a church in Dearing, Georgia.

The “Sankofa” bird teaches us that we must go back to our roots in order to move forward. It is a word in the Twi language of Ghana that means to “go back and get it”.

This Sankofa statue sits at Sistrunk Boulevard and N.W. Second Avenue and reminds me of my African Heritage.

Congressman Alcee L. Hastings Joins the Westside Gazette IN CELEBRATION OF

How old were you when you came to Florida?

How old was I when I first came to Florida? I was 28-years-old when I came to Fort Lauderdale, Florida and that’s the answer to that.

How do you feel about racism?

I feel good about racism; ain’t nothing I can do about it but learn to live with it. But time has passed, and it’s a whole lot different than what it used to be so we’ll begin to get closer and closer. But one of these days it’s gonna be all over, no more racism.

Is discrimination against the African American race as prevalent as it was when you were younger?

No, it’s not the same. It’s a whole lot better now than it was then, but it’s still racism. We still having a racial problem, and we are learning to deal with it more, you know? More, in a better way and a different way. We don’t have to fight one another, you know? That’s my saying.

What do you feel like we can do as a whole to decrease racism?

We have to understand that we all is one flesh; it doesn’t matter about what color you are; we still are the same flesh. Now if we learn to love one another, we could wipe out racial problems.

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Chi Psi Omega Chapter and the City of North Lauderdale Recognize Heart Health Impact Day

TRIED-AND-TRUE, DEDICATED TO YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY!

Paid for by Hastings for Congress

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, internationally recognized February 1, 2019 as annual Pink Goes Red for Heart Health Impact Day. Sorority members across the globe promoted heart health by trading their signature pink for red attire to raise awareness about heart disease and promote life changes to increase the longevity and quality of lives of women.

Locally, Chi Psi Omega Chapter partnered with the City of North Lauderdale in encouraging all city staff to wear red. The initiate received support from most North

Lauderdale staff including Mayor Ana Ziade, City Manager Ambreen Bhatty, Assistant City Manager Mike Sargis, City Clerk Patti Vancheri, and Community Development Specialist Andrew Disbury.

Chapter members participating in the impact day event were Barbara Thomas, Sherry Brown, Ann Burnett, Bennie Edwards, Jerelene Franklin, Revertha Grace, Michelle Green, Shirley Jackson, and Bernice Pearson and Essie Potts who have both been members of the sorority for over 50 years.

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Frank Robinson Dead at 83

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Frank Robinson, a trailblazing figure who was Major League Baseball’s first African American manager and one of its greatest players during a career that spanned 21 seasons, died Thursday after a prolonged illness, according to pro baseball’s premiere website, MLB.com.

Robinson was 83.

The Hall of Famer hit 586 home runs and appeared in 14 All-Star games over the course of his illustrious career, starring with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles.

Robinson is the only player to win MVP honors in both the National and American league – in 1961 with the Reds and five years later with the Orioles. When he earned those honors in 1966 with the Orioles, Robinson won the Triple Crown when he hit

49 home runs, drove in 122 runs and had a .316 batting average.

Despite the so-called Steroid-era of the late 1990s and 2000s where statistics were greatly inflated, Robinson’s 1966 campaign remains widely viewed as one of the greatest in the history of the sport.

Even as a star in a sport that was still struggling with integration years after Jackie Robinson (no relation) broke the color line, Robinson often spoke out for civil rights even publicly aligning himself with leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1975, Robinson made history before nearly 57,000 fans at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium when he began managing the Indians making him baseball’s first ever Black manager.

MLB.com noted that, just as Jackie Robinson’s breaking of baseball’s color barrier

in 1947 had opened doors for Frank Robinson, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays and many others to play in the Major Leagues, it was Frank Robinson who paved the way for every minority manager who has followed.

“He changed the game, no doubt about it,” Orioles great Jim Palmer said in a statement about Robinson’s death.

“Very sad day here in Baltimore with the passing of Frank Robinson, the greatest Oriole of all time in my estimation and a true baseball legend who dedicated his life to the game,” said Jason La Canfora, who hosts a podcast in Charm City.

“He overcame the segregation of the 1950s to spend seven decades in the game as a player, coach, and executive,” La Canfora said.

Robinson is survived by his wife of nearly 60 years, Barbara Ann Cole.

LEST WE FORGET: Hatilloo Theatre commemorating 400 years of Africans in America with monthly interactive events The Hattiloo will commemorate the AfricanAmerican experience in “Lest We Forget,” an eight-month-long commemoration, from January to August. Each month, an interactive event is planned to reflect “the Black Experience” in America. -- Ekundayo-Bandele

By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell, Special to The New TriState Defender “Some people think we don’t have the right. To say it’s my country. Before they give in, they’d rather fuss and fight. Than say it’s my country. I’ve paid 300 years or more. Of slave driving, sweat, and welts on my back. This is my country…”

“Artists in the ’70s and ’80s like Curtis Mayfield wrote about and sang about the centuries we have spent in this country – our advances and setbacks, our triumphs and defeats, times of rejoicing and our times of struggle,” said Ekundayo Bandele, founder of the Hattiloo Technical Theatre Center.

“Some talked about the 400 years we’ve been here in America, and now, we really are here.

It has been 400 years since the first enslaved Africans came to the New World – in 1619. This is our time for remembering how far we’ve come. This year is our quadricentennial.”

Quadricentennial? So, didn’t know that was a thing? It is.

Just as “bicentennial” is the 200th anniversary of an event, the “quadricentennial” is defined by Merriam-Webster as “a 400th anniversary or its celebration.”

So yeah, it’s really a thing.

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A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE PLACES WE’VE BEEN. AND WHERE WE’RE GOING.

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EVENTS

The Westside Gazette Celebration Black History

Deeply Rooted LOCAL HAPPENINGS IN BROWARD - MIAMI-DADE AND PALM BEACH COUNITIES Summit MDC to Host Fourth Annual Black Male Leadership Success Summit, Friday, Feb. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at MDC’s North Campus, Science Complex, Room A104, 11380 N.W. 27 Ave., Miami, Fla. For more info contact Kathy Maalouf, Vice Provost, Student Affairs at kmaalouf@mdc.edu

Breakfast

Fair Town Square Boynton Beach Community Opportunities Fair, Thursday, Feb. 14 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, at Ezell Hester, Jr., Community Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach, Fla. For more info call (561) 880-5136 or email: townsquareboyntonbeach@gmail.com For accommodation under the ADA, call (561) 742-6241 or (TTY) 1-800-995-8771.

Celebration The Lake Park Harbor Marina will host its monthly Sunset Celebration, Friday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m., at Lake Park Harbor Marina, 105 Lake Shore Dr., Lake Park, Fla. For more info call (954) 840-0160.

Fair M-DCPS Food & Nutrition/ Vendor Fair, Friday, Feb. 22 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Dept of Food & Nutrition, 7042 W. Flagler St., Miami, Fla. To RSVP for this event call (305) 995-3131 or email: Proevents@dadeschools.net

Tour 2019 Lauderhill Taste Tour, Saturday, Feb. 23 from 12 noon to 7 p.m., at 5581 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Lauderhill, Fla. For ticket info go to http://www.lauderhill-fl. gov/news-and-events/lauderhill-taste-tour

Event The Miami-Dade Alliance of Gospel Music Professionals is proud to announce its Second Annual Black History Gospel Music Brunch & Award, Saturday, Feb. 23, at 9 a.m., at Bethel Apostolic Temple, 1855 N.W. 119 St., in Miami, Fla. For more info and tickets call (786) 832-2362 or send an email to miamidadealliance@ gmail.com for vendor, showcasing & sponsorship opportunities available.

“The time is always right to do what is right.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Festival Join County Commissioner Barbara Jordan and City of Miami Gardens Oliver Gilbert at the Sixth Annual Black Heritage Festival, Saturday, Feb. 23 from 12 noon to 4 p.m., at Miami Carol City Park, 3201 N.W. 185 St., Miami Gardens, Fla. For more info call (305) 474-3011.

Forum Broward County Leaders to speak at League of Women Voter’s Forum on the Status of Gun Law one year after Parkland shooting, Saturday, Feb. 23 from noon to 2:30 p.m., at Dave and Buster’s, 3000 Oakwood Blvd., Hollywood, Fla. For reservations are required in advance at https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/gun-

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Celebration History Fort Lauderdale Celebrates Black History Month with Dillard Center for the Arts Student Art Show and sale started Monday, Feb. 4 thru 28, 2019 from at New River Inn at History Fort Lauderdale, 231 S.W. Second Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For cost and additional info call (954) 463-4431.

Events Broward County Library eNews -New Peter and the Starcatchers Library Card - the colorful new cards are available at all 38 Broward County Library locations.

- Having a ruff time with Taxes? We can help get free help from tax prep specialists at your library. They’ll be on hand at participating Broward County Library location to assist you.

- Director’s Book Club, the selection for January/February 2019 is The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer, a part of Broward County Library Reads, Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 11 a.m., at the Margate Catharine Young Library, 5801 Park Dr., Margate, Fla.

“Relay for Life” Annual Prayer Breakfast, Monday, Feb. 18 from 8 to 11 a.m., at Joseph D. Carter Park, 1450 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Events City of Fort Lauderdale Volunteer Opportunities: -Saturday, Feb. 16 and 23 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., C.E.R.T. Disaster Response Training.

Limited seating: Reserve your spot contact FTL.EM@ fortlauderdale.gov - Wednesday, March 6 and Wednesday, April 3 from 6 to 8 p.m., Neighbor Leadership Academy 5. Limited seating.

To register or for more info contact Angela Hughes at ahughes@fortlauderdale.gov - Wednesday, Feb. 13 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. - Early Literacy Meeting. For more info contact Jorg Hruschka at Jhruschka@fortlauderdale. gov - Saturday, Feb. 16 from 9 to 11 a.m. - Paddle With A Purpose - Waterway and Shoreline Cleanup. For more info call Robert Figueroa at (917) 652-1050.

- Saturday, Feb. 16 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Riverwall Ambassadors. To register or for more info call JoAnn Smith at (954) 298-5607.

- Tuesday, Feb. 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Library Restocking and Mainteance-RSVP required.

For more info contact Jorg Hruschka at Jhruschka@ fortlauderdale.gov - Wednesday, Feb. 20 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Community Court. To register or for more info contact Jorg Hruschka at Jhruschka@fortlauderdale. gov - Saturday, Feb. 23 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon - Book Sorting event - Gulfstream Elementary School. For more info contact Jorg Hruschka at Jhruschka@fortlauderdale. gov - Saturday, Feb. 23 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. - Edible Food Forest. For more info contact Joan Starr at (561) 392-5911.

- Tuesday, Feb. 26 from 9:30 to 12:30 noon - Library Installations - RSVP required.

For more info contact Jorg Hruschka at Jhruschka@ fortlauderdale.gov or call (954) 709-3197.

- Saturday, March 2 from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. - Central City Beer and Wine Fest. For more info contact Jhruschka@ fortlauderdale.gov or (954) 709-3197.

- Saturday, March 9 from 8:30 to 11 a.m. - Urban Garden.

For more info call go to http:// www.handsonbroward.org

Showcase

School Board Member Dr. Steve Gallon, III presents ‘Living Our Legacy’ Third Annual District 1 Black History Showcase, Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 6:30 p.m., at Miami Carol City Senior High, 3301 Miami Gardens Dr., Miami Gardens, Fla.

Events Honoring Black History Month at Broward County Library: • Wednesday, Feb. 20 – Ragtime Music Performance: Boogie Woogie with pianist Kris Nicholson, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., at Lauderhill Central Park Library, 3810 N.W. 11 Pl., Lauderhill, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-7833 • Tuesday, Feb. 26 – The Road to Brown vs Board of Education and Desegregation in America from 3 to 4 p.m., at Southwest Regional Library, 16835 Sheridan St., Pembroke Pines, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-6580.

Book Clubs, Discussion + Lectures • Wednesday, Feb. 13 – A Day on Motown from 4 to 5 p.m., at Pembroke Pines Library, 955 N.W. 129 Ave., Pembroke Pines, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-6750 • Tuesday, Feb. 19 – Discussion: Beloved by Toni Morrison from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., at Southwest Regional Library, 16835 Sheridan St., Pembroke Pines, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-6580 • Wednesday, Feb. 20 – Art Discussion: Kehinde Wile from 2 to 3 p.m., at Deerfield Beach Percy White Library, 837 E. Hillsboro Blvd., Deerfield Beach, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-7680 • Wednesday, Feb. 20 – Odyssey Sci-Fi Book Club: Children of Blood and Bone by Toni Adeyemi from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at South Regional/Broward College Library, 7300 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, Fla. For more info call (954) 201-8825 Just for Children and Teens – Black History Month Storytimes, Crafts and more • Tuesday, Feb. 19 – Art in the Style of Jacob Lawrence from 4 to 5 p.m., at Deerfield Beach Percy White Library, 837 E. Hillsboro Blvd., Deerfield Beach, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-7680 • Tuesday, Feb. 19 – Be Creative with Clay-Celebrate the Harlem Renaissance from 4 to 5 p.m., at Jan Moran Collier City Learning Library, 2800 N.W. Ninth Ct., Pompano Beach, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-7670 • Tuesday, Feb. 19 – Tales of Wonder: Stories and crafts, all ages from 6:30to 7:30 p.m., at W. Regional Library, 8601 W. Broward Blvd., Plantation, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-765-1560 • Wednesday, Feb. 20 – Cool Kidz Book Club, grades 3-5, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., at Young at Art Museum/Broward County Library, 751 S.W. 121 Ave., Davie, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-5437 • Wednesday, Feb. 20 – PajamaRama Storytime: The Power of Music, jammies welcome, all ages, from 7 to 7:30 p.m., at Southwest Regional Library, 16835 Sheridan St., Pembroke Pines, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-6580 • Thursday, Feb. 21 – Toddler Storytime: Celebrate jazz, ages 1-3 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. and 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., at Southwest Regional Library, 16835 Sheridan St., Pembroke Pines, Fla. For more info call (954) 765-1560 • Thursday, Feb. 21 – Storytime and Craft ages 3-5 caregivers can enter during craft, from 11 to noon, at West Regional Library, 8601 W. Broward Blvd., Plantation, Fla. For more info call (954) 7651560 • Tuesday, Feb. 26 – Storytime, from 10:30 to 11 a.m., at Lauderhill Central Park Library, 3810 N.W. 11 Pl., Lauderhill, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-7833 • Tuesday, Feb. 26 – Toddler Storytime, from 11 to noon at Carver Ranches Library, 4735 S.W. 18 St., West Park, Fla. For more info call (945) 357-6245 • Tuesday, Feb. 26 – Twilight Tales from Africa, all ages from 7 to 8 p.m., a t South Regional/Broward College Library, 7300 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, Fla. For more info call (954) 201-8825

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Happening at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center AARLCC, 2650 Historic Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -AARLCC Movie Matinee Black History Month: Black Hollywood: * Queen of Katwe, Friday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. * Alex Haley’s Roots, Part 6, Tuesday, Feb. 26 from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Rated R (ages 18 and up.)

- Block Party, Saturday, Feb. 16 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

- Sankofa, Saturday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m.

- Black History Multi-Media Trivia Contest (age 10 and up), Thursday, Feb. 21 from 4 to 5 p.m. For more info call (954) 357-6209 - Soul on Ice: Black Hockey Players in the NHL, Friday, Feb. 22 from 3 to 5:45 p.m. For more info call (954) 357-6224.

- Free Wellness Workshop for Seniors/Caregivers through May 2019 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more info call (954) 357-6282.

- African Diaspora and Indigenous Burial Sites, Saturday, Feb. 26 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

- Thursday, March 7, 14, 21, 28; Thursday, April 4, 11, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

- AARLCC’s Social Dance Club, Monday thru Thursday, from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Events What’s Happening in Dania Beach - Thursday, Feb. 14 in Solidarity with Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and entire community Moment of Silence Wear White.

- 4th Annual Dania Beach Lions Moonlight Car Show, Saturday, Feb. 23 from 6 to 10 p.m., at Frost Park, 300 N.E. Second Ave., Dania Beach, Fla. - At Home Dania Beach First-Time Homebuyer Cours-es Meeting Dates: * Monday, Feb. 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. * Thursday, Feb. 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. * Thursday, Feb. 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. * Saturday, Feb. 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. * Saturday, March 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For additional info call (954) 924-6801 Register at https://www.

ApprovedByHUD.org/ upcoming-events - Free Dania Beach Tarpon Soccer Club, for boys and girls ages 3-17, Wednesday, Feb. 20 & 21, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Frost Park, 300 N.E. Second St., Dania Beach, Fla. For more info call Anthony at (954) 924-3838 or Hisham at (954) 665-6682.

- Dania Beach Believes in Fitness – Calling Volunteer Coaches. For more info call (954) 924-3838.

- Career Opportunities Now hiring. How to apply for a position: The City Dania Beach encourages online application.daniabeach.fl.gov/ jobs

Lauderhill Living Events

- Sunday, Feb. 17 – Sola Rum-Food- Wine Festival at Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, 3800 N.W. 11 Pl., Lauderhill, Fla. - Saturday, Feb. 23 – 2019 Lauderhill Taste Tour, from 12 to 4 p.m. For more info call (954) 714-3128 or visit www. lauderhill.fl.gov - Saturday, March 16 – Slow Roll and Ride a Bike with a Lauderhill Cop. Register at 9 Roll Out at 10 a.m., at Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, 3800 N.W. 11 Pl., Lauderhill, Fla.

Event AHF presents Safer Is Sexy Int’l Condom Day Burlesque Show, Wednesday, Feb. 20 from 7 to 10 p.m., at Gallery of Amazing Things, 481 S. Federal Hwy., Dania Beach, Fla. For ticket info 21+ Event www.icdfl.eventbrite.com ticket access code: AHFGA

Miramar Today Events • The City of Miramar presents Game Night Party & Play on the Plaza, Friday, March 15 from 7 to 11 p.m., at Miramar Town Center Plaza, 2300 Civic Center Pl., Miramar, Fla. For more info call (954) 602-3178 • Battle of the Beans Culinary Cook-Off, Saturday, Feb. 16, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For more info call (954) 6024357 •Mayors Chess Challenge, Saturday, Feb. 16 from 9 to 11 a.m., at Vizcaya Park, 14200 S.W. 55 St., Miramar, Fla. For more info call (954) 6023198 • The City of Miramar presents Puppy Palooza, a free event, Saturday, Feb. 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Miramar Town Center, 2300 Civic Center Pl., Miramar, Fla. For more info call (954) 602-3178.

•Join the Southcentral/ Southeast Focal Point & The City of Miramar for our Second Annual Senior 1K Walk to Wellness, Thursday, Feb. 28 at 10 a.m., at Miramar Regional Park, 16801 Miramar Pkwy.

•Free NCLEX review by Commissioner Riggs, Saturday, Mar. 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at City Hall, 2300 Civic Center Place, Miramar, Fla. • Kids Zone Health Screenings - early bird registration, Saturday, March 2 from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Miramar Town Center, 2300 Civic Center Pl., Miramar, Fla. For more info call (954) 602-3198 or email elaroche@miramarfl. gov • Attention Miramar Residents – are you a furloughed federal employee? We’re Here to Help! For more info call (954) 602-HELP (4357).

• It’s a Grand Slam for Miramar residents! City of Miramar residents night, Wednesday, Mar. 20, Sunday, Mar. 24. For more info call (954) 602-4357 • Register Now! City of Miramar Spring Camp,from 7a.m. to 6 p.m., at: Vernon E. Hargray Youth Enrichment Center, 7000 Miramar Pkwy.

(954) 602-4780 - Regional Park Aquatics Complex, 16801 MiramarPkwy. (954) 883-6955 - Vizcaya Park, 14200 S.W. 55 St. (954) 8836800 - Ansin Sports Complex, 10801 Miramar Blvd. (954) 602-4990 - Sunset Lakes Community Center, 2801 S.W. 186 Ave. (954) 602-3340.

• Miramar Women’s Empowerment Luncheon, Friday, Mar. 22, at Miramar Cultural Center, 2400 Center Pl., Miramar, Fla. •The City of Miramar is Hiring, check out Miramar;s recruitment website to view opening and to complete an application online.

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CFPB Makes Move to Support Payday Lenders During Black History Month By Charlene Crowell, by a different kind of shackle, just Communications Deputy Director with the Center for Responsible Lending and NNPA Newswire Contributor

Kathy Kraninger, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), announced the agency’s plan to repeal a rule aimed at stopping the payday lending debt trap. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

When given the chance at the ballot box, Americans overwhelmingly vote to impose a 36 percent or less rate cap. Today, 16 states and the District of Columbia have these rate caps in place, providing strong protection from payday loan sharks. In remaining states – those without a rate cap – interest rates run as high as 460 percent in California, over 400 percent in Illinois and 662 percent in Texas Jasmin D. Shirley

Webber J. Charles

In advance of its 27th annual AfricanAmerican Achievers awards ceremony, JM Family Enterprises, Southeast Toyota Distributors and JM Lexus recently held a private reception to announce the 2019 African American Achievers.

They are: Arts & Culture- Addonis Parker -Miami- Dade County- painter and muralist; Business & Entrepreneurism: James Thomas – Palm Beach County- entrepreneur and radio personality and program director for 99 JAMZ. Community Service: Jasmin D. ShirleyBroward County- senior vice president of community health services at Broward Health; Education: Webber J. Charles – Miami-Dade County-director of student achievement at Breakthrough Miami. A formal presentation will be made to the honorees at 6:30 p.m.

April 24th at the Broward County Convention Center.

Each February, Black History Month commemorates the unique American experience of Blacks in America. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown, Virginia arrival of captured and shackled Africans.

In the ensuing years, as slavery grew, so did the wealth of those who claimed our forefathers as ‘property’. By April 12-13, 1861, the wealth built on slave labor was forcefully protected with the Battle of Fort Sumter, considered by historians to be the start of the Civil War that lasted until 1865 and the war’s end.

Slavery’s iron shackles that bound women, children and men may be gone. But in today’s America, the iron has been replaced

Conservation Is Not a Game! Or Is It?

By Steve Geller, Broward County Commissioner District 5 In South Florida, climate change and sustainability are serious issues in need of serious answers. But that doesn’t mean Broward residents can’t have fun while being part of the solution.

On February 1, the Broward Water Partnership launched Play ConservationPays, an online game awarding cash and prizes. Players can go on quests to make discoveries about conservation, climate change and sustainability and answer quizzes. Players will earn points toward the final Grand Prize of $5000 in cash for first

place, $1000 each for two second place winners and $500 for each of three third place winners.

Cash prizes are sponsored by engineering and consulting firm Tetra Tech and hundreds of other prizes are provided by our partners and local businesses.

ConservationPays is a way to engage Broward residents, both those that are already saving resources and those that need to get started. As residents play, they’ll learn new ways to save and how sustainability and conservation are part of the plan to preserve our unique South Florida environment and lifestyle. Over the last seven years, Broward residents, businesses and nonprofits have

saved over two billion gallons of water! That sounds like a lot, but the impact is even greater when you consider all the energy it takes to treat and pump all that water to the treatment plant and then to the water users.

The Broward Water Partnership, made up of the County government and 17 municipalities, still offers up to $100 rebates to qualified residents, businesses and nonprofits for low-flow WaterSense® toilets. In seven years, we’ve issued 14,000 rebates. If you haven’t done it yet, visit the website to see if you, your business or your nonprofit qualify.

There are so many big

as debilitating as iron: predatory debt.

Abundant research has shown that payday and car-title lenders trap people in debilitating debt that can trigger a series of negative consequences: overdraft fees, the loss of a bank account, loss of personal vehicles and even bankruptcy. People struggling to repay these loans have been reported to forego daily living needs or needed medical treatments.

So, it is indeed troubling that in 2019, that under the Trump Administration, the federal agency with a designated mission to provide consumer financial protection took an about-face to protect predatory lenders instead of consumers on February 6. Kathy Kraninger, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the Continue reading online at: thewestsidegazette.com

challenges and we are proud that Broward County is leading the United States in creating a resilient community to manage the challenges of climate change. Even though the challenges are big, each of us can make a difference. And, together we make a big difference.

Conservation is an important, positive step toward creating a sustainable community. Plus, saving water and energy, saves you money!

So, let the games begin and let the rebates continue as we work together to ensure that our community is resilient and sustainable for years to come.

Visit ConservationPays.com for all the details or call (800) 270-9794.

And, here’s a code word to get you started: WESTSIDEWINS19. Good luck.

IT S FUN TO WIN '

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Fi t Place First Pl $5000 Second Place $1000 Third Place $500 More than 200 prizes will be awarded Use Code Word: WESTSIDEWINS19

Get to know your City.

Join us for Neighbor Support Night!

Thursday, February 21, 2019 5:30 - 8:00 pm Fort Lauderdale City Hall 100 N. Andrews Avenue For details, visit www.fortlauderdale.gov/nsn, call (954) 828-5289, or email juniar@fortlauderdale.gov.

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Who will commemorate and rally around them?

By Brian C. Johnson A few days ago, I got a call from Tangela Sears, the lead advocate for the Florida Parents of Murdered Children.

It hurt me deeply to hear her painfully and tearfully describe the struggle she and her fellow parents whose children have been murdered are experiencing in trying to get the public to give a damn about the Black lives being taken in the streets of our communities year-round. A mother whose son was also killed on February 14, 2018 came to her recently to express sadness and anger because her child’s murder in Miami was not covered in the news because of the massacre at a school in Parkland, Florida that same day. To date, her son’s murderer is still at large, and the police have no leads and no plans to make a public appeal seeking help to solve the crime.

Detectives aren’t returning calls to parents who repeatedly call to check on the status of the investigations into their children’s murders. Elected

officials aren’t returning calls to parents seeking assistance with the pursuit of justice and/ or help with financial burdens of a child being murdered. No group of loud and rambunctious advocates is pushing anyone for immediate solutions. No one is demanding a law enforcement leader be fired. No one is seeking to suspend any elected official who isn’t addressing this crisis. No news stories are being written or televised daily to shed light on this enduring crisis or the voluminous stories of despair being told by parents who expect support and justice but are receiving silence and apathy. In the meantime, they are adding more members to their group as more parents are losing their children to gun violence and are turning to each other for the help society is refusing to give them.

This week, many of us are preparing to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the MSD massacre and to remember the 17 lives lost in one of the worst school shootings in US history. This is an important moment for our community, and the horrific event that

Trump Double Talking at the Second State of the Union Address

By Roger Caldwell

Why the New York City Council Proposal to Ban Menthol Cigarettes is Wrong

By Major Neill Franklin (Ret.), Executive Director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) I dedicated 34 years of my life to public safety, enforcing the laws that our legislators placed before me.

That’s what cops do, and we trust that those laws

For over eighty minutes, President Trump preached to the American public and legislators with lofty words, which made you think, that he is a leader with integrity.

Our president has made some mistakes, but based on his second State of the Union Address, he has seen the light. He now believes by working with a bipartisan collaborative team, the divisions in the country will suddenly disappear.

President Trump’s speech received tremendous applause from the Republicans, and many times the Democrats also applauded some of his remarks. He is an articulate double talker, and he has the ability to make you think that he believes everything he says.

“We must reject the politics of revenge, resistance, and retribution – and embrace the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise, and the common good,” says President Trump. Based on this statement, it is easy to believe the president is a changed man.

It appears that the president has forgotten that there was gridlock for 35 days, a government shutdown, and millions of American suffered.

Many government workers were forced to go to work without a check, and their lives were devastated. During

the speech, not a single word was mentioned about the shutdown.

Stacey Abrams, who ran for governor of Georgia in 2018 was given the responsibility to give the rebuttal to President Trumps speech. In her response to Trump’s new bipartisan strategy, and why we should all work together, Ms. Abraham’s had this to say, “Just a few weeks ago, I joined volunteers to distribute meals to furloughed workers.

They waited in lines for a box of food and a sliver of hope since they hadn’t received paychecks in weeks.

Making livelihoods of our federal workers a pawn for political games is a disgrace.

The shutdown was a stunt, engineered by the president of the United States,” says Abrams.

If the president of the United States is able to play games with Americans lives, maybe the State of the Union Address is just one big TV show, and President is only concerned with his ratings.

On one level, it appears that America according to President Trump is winning every day, and the union is strong. Our president talks about how great the country

Continue reading online at: www.thewestsidegazette.com are well thought out, studied and based upon sound data and evidence. Later in my career, I realized that this is not always the case, as some of our laws have little to do with sound evidence and are emotionally driven by feel-good politics. That’s why I hung up my badge to advocate for sound public policy as the Executive Director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership.

Recently, the emotional tobacco topic has drawn my attention. As cigarette taxes soar, like those from California’s Proposition 56 where taxes rose from 87 cents to $2 per pack, so do black markets that fund criminal gangs and crews. Prior to the passing of Proposition 56, a third of California’s cigarette sales came by way of the black market. Now with a $2 per pack tax, that percentage will certainly increase and the localized banning of menthol-flavored cigarettes will help to drive this number even higher.

The raising of taxes and banning of menthol-flavored smokes begins a very dangerous move to the days of alcohol prohibition, when it wasn’t illegal to drink alcohol, but it was criminal to manufacture, transport and sell it. Driven underground, the Continue reading online at: www.thewestsidegazette.com

occurred at MSD High School last year deserves the solemn remembrance of the lives lost, caring support to all affected and collective determination to prevent it from ever happening again that an entire county/nation will unite to give it.

Hard stop. No equivocation.

No caveat added. Zero dilution intended.

At the same time, are we being grossly negligent, insensitive and even complicit to the accumulating despair of so many other parents who have lost children to gun violence but can’t seem to get so much as a sustained local effort to

even acknowledge their children’s deaths?

Why aren’t we mad as hell about the lost lives of hundreds of our children to gun violence that continues to escalate with no end in sight?

When will we have a solemn remembrance of these lives lost, caring support to all affected by these recurring tragedies and collective determination to prevent these child murders from ever happening again?

For more information about the Florida Parents of Murdered Children and to help their cause, please contact Tangela Sears at (786) 2861104 or via email at tangelasears@gmaill.com.

About the Author Brian C. Johnson is the President/CEO of the Minority Builders Coalition, Inc., and he is a founding Board Member for the Broward County Black Chamber of Commerce.

Brian also is the Vice Mayor of the City of West Park, Florida. Follow Brian on Facebook: Brian C. Johnson and Instagram: Brian_C._Johnson.

Blackface and Privilege

By Kelvin Palmer An October, 29, 2014, VOX. com article by Jenee Desmond Harris, Don’t get what’s wrong with blackface? Here’s why it’s so offensive, is a lesson for the racially privileged.

The article includes excerpts from a 2012 Huffington Post essay by David Leonard, Just Say No to Blackface. Leonard wrote, “Blackface is part of a history of dehumanization, of denied citizenship, and of efforts to excuse and justify state violence. From lynchings to mass incarceration, Whites have utilized Blackface (and the resulting dehumanization) as part of its moral and legal justification for violence.”

Moreover, connecting Blackface to privilege, Leonard said, “The ability to be ignorant, to be unaware of the history and consequences of racial bigotry, to simply do as ones pleases, is a quintessential element of privilege. The ability to disparage, to demonize, to ridicule, and to engage in racially hurtful practices from the comfort of one’s segregated neighborhoods and racially homogeneous schools reflects both privilege and power. The ability to blame others for being oversensitive, for playing the race card, or for making much ado about nothing are privileges codified structurally and culturally.”

Therefore, it appears blackface is the outward expression of inward hate.

Slipping into darkness

By Don Valentine and Nicole Nutting He Said: Nicole the “Founding Fathers” put the 25th amendment into the Con stitution for this President. Forget waiting for an impeachment trial. Can you make any argument to me that he is “fit and capable” to perform the duties of the Presidency?

I cannot. We MUST pull the proverbial rip cord and let Vice President Pence finish out the term.

She Said: Funny, I Googled “the 25th amendment simplified” and Trump’s photo was at the top of the page! Sadly, you may be engaged in wishful thinking because, so far, he has been able to perform the duties of the office--we just hate the way he’s done it.

He Said: I appreciate your perspicacity, but there exists a plethora of episodes to validate why Mr. Trump is unfit for office. Do you recall that on January 24th 2016 C.N.N. ran a quote of Mr. Trump saying “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue, shoot someone, and not lose a vote.” I ask you, in this era of rampant mass shootings,

is that the leadership of a rational and fit Commander-inChief?

She Said: Don, he’s a showman, a con artist, and possibly “crazy like a fox!” His apparent irrationality could easily be a calculated ploy, and it’s undeniably effective at manipulating his gullible and fearful base.

Unless Trump’s juvenile fast food diet finally clogs an important artery, we may just have to ride this out until 2020. Buckle up!

He Said: Wow Trump demonstrated yet again why he is too ignorant of the laws to hold office. The Washington Post “Trump lauded the abolition of civil rights.” The President is to Void of experience with Constitution law to complete his duties. Civil rights have not been removed from the laws.

IDIOT! Readers if you are concerned PLEASE email one of our Senators and speak up.

Senator Rick Scott (202) 224 - 5274.

Senator Marco Rubio (202) 224-3041.

The Gantt Report The Financial

Wall

By Lucius Gantt President Donald Trump said in his campaign to become Commander in Chief that Mexico would pay for his beloved wall on the United States southern border.

Now, Trump says if Congress doesn’t approve his plan to build an unnecessary and undesired wall with taxpayer dollars, the President will consider shutting down the United States government again and again!

Well, in my opinion, African Americans have had walls around Black neighborhoods ever since slavery days!

Today, the hood walls are more felt than seen. Walls in Black communities are not “big beautiful walls of concrete or reddish, rusted steel slats.

Black community residents in every state are kept confined by walls of red lines!

The walls that restrain residents of ghettos, barrios and predominately Black rural communities are financial walls!

Residents in red-lined communities, for the most part, stuck where they are and stuck how they are because banks, mortgage lenders and business loan officers suppress African American access to capital.

Instead of working with Black men, women and families to get them money to buy homes and finance businesses, financial institutions constantly try and figure out reasons and ways to not give Blacks financing.

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Black Millennial Voices: Stop the Torture of U.S. Prison Inmates

MDC’s heat and electricity being off to more than 1,600 inmates caused the facility to become a tortuous below-freezing block of ice during the recent extreme cold weather in New York, forcing inmates inside the detention center to endure sub-freezing polar temperatures.

By Malika Elmengad We are so proud of the thousands of young people who stood for hours and days in blistering cold weather outside the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York to raise their fists and voices in protest over the poor treatment of inmates and terrible conditions in the jail.

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This Worship T his and Every Sunday at the Church of Your Choice

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

Deeply Rooted 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!

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Williams Memorial CME “PRAYER IS THE ANSWER” Rev. Cal Hopkins (M.Div) Senior Pastor/Teacher 644-646 NW 13th Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33311 (954) 462-5711(Ministry Office Line) (954) 462-8222(Pastor’s Direct Line) Email: wm_cme@bellsouth.net ( Church} pastorCal50@yahoo.com (Pastor)

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

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

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

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

We STRIVE to PROVIDE Ministries that matter TODAY to Whole Body of Christ, not only the Believers, but also for those stranded on the “Jericho Road”!

“Celebrating over 85 Years of FAITH and FAVOR! Come to the WILL ... We’ll show You the WAY: Jesus the Christ!”

Mount Nebo Missionary Baptist Church 2251 N.W. 22nd St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 P.O. BOX 122256, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 (954) 733-3285 * Fax: (954) 733-9231 Email: mountnebobaptist@bellsouth.net

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WORSHIP SERVICES

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

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

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

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

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

Rev. Danny L. McKenzie, Sr. Senior Pastor WORSHIP SERVICES & BIBLE STUDY

Sunday .............................................................................. 7:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

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

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

Fifth Sunday ..................................................................................... 10:00 a.m.

"Reaching Our World One Person At A Time"

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

Rev. Dr. James B. Darling, Jr., Pastor/Teacher WORSHIP SERVICES

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

Sunday Worship Service ............................................................................................. 10:15 a.m.

Communion Service (1st Sunday) ........................................................................... 10:15 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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.

Harris Chapel United Methodist Church Rev. Stanley Melek, M.Div E-MAIL:stanley.melek@flumc.org 2351 N.W. 26th Street Oakland Park, Florida 33311 Church Telephone: (954) 731-0520

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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.

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

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

Rev. Dr. William Calvin Haralson, Pastor SERVICES

Sunday School .................................................................................. 10:15 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship ............................................................ 11:00 a.m.

Bible Study (Wednesday) ............................................................... 7:30 p.m.

"Reaching beyond the four walls touching lives, touching communities".

Living Waters Christian Fellowship Meeting at Central Charter School Building #5 4515 N. St. Rd. 7 (US 441) Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33319 (954) 295-6894

SUNDAY SERVICE: 10 a.m.

Rev. Anthony & Virginia Burrell

“Jesus said, let anyone who is thirsty come to Me and drink.” (John 7:37)

Reverend Henry E. Green, Jr., Pastor 401 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 Phone: (954) 463-6309 FAX 954 522-4113 Office Hours: Tuesday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Email infor@mthermonftl.com

SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES Worship Service ..................................................................... 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Fifth Sunday ONLY .................................................................................... 10 a.m.

Church School ........................................................................................ 9:15 a.m.

BIBLE STUDY: Wednesday ....................................................................... 10 a.m.

Gems & Jewels Ministry Senior Wednesday Wednesday (Bible Study) .................................................... 12 Noon & 7 - 8 p.m.

Daily Prayer Line ...................................................................................... 6 a.m.

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A time to be born Cynthia Marie Watkins was born on June 22, 1960 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Idell Howard and the late Jake Watkins.

A time to grow In her early life, Cynthia decided to follow Christ and was baptized as an outward sign of her faith. She was a devoted member of the New Mount Olive Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. During her faithful time as a member, she served on the usher board and always greeted everyone with a warm and welcoming smile. A true Florida native, she grew up in the Broward County Public School system; she would later be employed by the Broward County Public School District.

Her genuine love for children was one of the many reasons her work was geared toward helping them. In her later years, she was employed as a crossing guard. Cynthia enjoyed her life.

She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends,and she loved to laugh and fellowship with them all. One of her many passions was her love for cooking, especially Sunday dinner.

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BURKE Funeral services for the late Fred Oneil Burke - 57.

ANDERSON Funeral services for the late James C. Anderson - 66 were held February 9 at Mount Hermon A.M.E. Church with Rev. Henry E. Green, Jr. officiating.

Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

GOMEZ Funeral services for the late Ana Soledad Gomez.

JONES Funeral services for the late Betty Jean Jones – 72 were held February 9 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Min. Brando Spann officiating. Interment: Westview Cemetery.

LEFFEW Funeral service for the late Miss Arnie’ Jeanette Leffew were held February 8 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel.

LONDON Funeral services for the late Brother Willie James London – 78 were held February 9 at Mount Zion A.M.E. Church with Bishop Leroy London, Sr. officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (Central).

REDDICK Funeral services for the late Joe Collins Reddick – 76 were held February 9 at Bethel AME Church with Rev. Wayne Lomax officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (South).

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Cynthia loved her community

SMITH Funeral services for the late Deacon James B. Smith, Sr.- 93 were held February 9 at New Bethel Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Frazier Arnold officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

WRIGHT Funeral services for the elate Runcie Deloria Wright – 65 were held February 5 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Min. Johnnie B. Horne, Jr. officiating. Interment: Southern Memorial Park, North Miami, Fla.

and was civic minded and could often be found working on several local campaigns. Her passion shined when she worked on her nephew/son’s Bobby DuBose’s campaign as he sought public office. She was a fixture on his campaign trail and worked in the trenches to help him become elected city commissioner and later Florida State House Representative.

A Time To Die… On Tuesday February 5, 2019 the good Lord in his divine

AUSTIN Funeral services for the late Rhonda Ramsey Austin – 49 were held February 9 at McWhite’ s Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Vinson Miller, Sr. officiating.

DAVIS Funeral services for the late Devon Wilbert Davis – 56 were held February 9 at McWhite’ s Funeral Home with Pastor Chelsea Roberts officiating.

SPENCE Funeral services for the late Lois Marjorie Spence – 79 were held February 9 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery Central.

Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home COVIN Funeral services for the late Beulah Mae Covin - 90 were held February 9 at Mount Bethel Church with Pastor James G. Dye officiating. Interment: Mullins Cemetery, Chauncey, Ga. DUDLEY Funeral services for the late Andrea Fay “Lay” Walker-Dudley 53 were held February 9 at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev. Lazarus Dawson officiating.Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathig.”

-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

wisdom called our sweet Cynthia home to glory.

A Time To Mourn…

Cynthia leaves behind parents: George and Idell Turner; sisters Diann Ricks (preceded her in death), Sarah “Pam” Wilson, Bernita Watkins, Katina Watkins Payne; brothers: Robert Archer (Eva), Jake “Bang” Watkins, Neville Turner, Lloyd Turner (preceded her in death) in addition to a host of sorrowing nieces, nephews, cousins, uncles.

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Spike Lee Says He Has Had it with Willie James Howard

Gucci and Prada’s Racism

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

By Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Legendary film director Spike Lee said he’s done with Prada and Gucci after both companies trotted out racist clothing and handbags.

Lee, whose films include “Do the Right Thing,” “She’s Gotta Have It,” “Malcolm X,” and “BlacKkKlansman,” said in a TMZ interview on Friday, Feb. 8, that he’s boycotting the luxury brands until they hire some black designers to hold them accountable.

His announcement came in the wake of a second Blackface controversy from the Italian Fashion houses. First Gucci was blasted for unveiling a new $890 blackface sweater.

Prada then joined the fray, releasing a leather handbag with the caricature of what appears to be a monkey in black face dangling from straps of the bag.

The figure is the infamous “Sambo,” which immediately stirred cries of

racism.

“Until they hire some Black designers to be in the room when [these things] happen … when it happens…

I’m boycotting,” Lee said.

“It’s obvious to people that they don’t have a clue when it comes to racist, Black face hateful images. Wake up,” he said.

Gucci did issue an apology for its ridiculously offensive balaclava jumper and officials said it’s been pulled from all stores. Gucci officials also vowed to increase diversity across the company ... but Lee told TMZ that he’s taking a wait and see approach.

Neither Prada nor Gucci representatives responded for comment.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Willie James Howard (born July 13, 1928) was a 15-year-old African American living in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida. He was lynched for having written a “fresh” letter to a white girl (Cynthia Goff, his co-worker at the Van Priest Dime Store), on January 2, 1944. The girl’s father, A.P. “Phil” Goff, a former state legislator, along with S.B. McCullers and Reg H. Scott, allegedly went to Willie’s house and took the youth from his mother at gunpoint. They picked up Willie’s father, James Howard, at the Bond-Howell Lumber Company where he worked, then drove to the Suwannee River east of Suwannee Springs, where they bound Willie by the hands and feet, and forced the youth to choose between getting shot and jumping into the Suwannee River.

After his father said he could do nothing to save him, Willie jumped into the river and drowned.

Goff, McCullers and Scott signed an affidavit which stated that they had only wanted James Howard to whip his son and, rather than be whipped by his father, Willie had committed suicide by jumping into the river. James Howard also signed the affidavit, but after selling his home and moving to Orlando, he recanted. Harry T. Moore, of the NAACP, interviewed the parents. After a county grand jury failed to indict, Moore was able to get a federal investigation started, but no convictions followed. Goff, McCullers and Scott died without having to face murder charges.

A documentary film on the murder, Murder on the Suwannee River, was produced in 2006 by Marvin Dunn, a historian, who tried to get Charlie Crist, then attorney general and later governor of Florida, to reopen the case, but to no avail; neither was his case investigated under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act.[2] It is frequently cited as comparable to the case of Emmett Till, who was also lynched (at age 14) for allegedly making advances at a white woman at a grocery store.

History Fort Lauderdale celebrates Black History Month with Dillard Center for the Arts Student Art Show and Sale in February “Father N Son,” a watercolor and ink pen artwork by Keith Jinks, will be on display from February 4 – 28 as part of Dillard Center for the Arts’ Black History Month student art show and sale at History Fort Lauderdale.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – History Fort Lauderdale, proud steward of our community’s past by making our heritage accessible and engaging to residents and visitors, will honor the contributions and creativity of our African American community during Black History Month. The nonprofit organization will present a visual art show and sale by students from Dillard Center for the Arts from February 4 – 28.

“History Fort Lauderdale is pleased to spotlight the creativity, innovation and storytelling of the emerging young African American artists at Dillard Center for the Arts during Black History Month,” said Patricia Zeiler, executive director of the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society. “We invite visitors of all ages to glimpse the world through their eyes and to further explore the significant multidisciplinary contributions of our African American community year-round via our exhibits and special programs.”

The month-long exhibit of visual arts media from the talented advanced placement art students at Dillard Center for the Arts, co-curated by Celestin Joseph, instructor at Dillard Center for the Arts, will highlight the cultural diversity of African Americans who contributed to, and are still impacting, the vibrant fabric of Fort Lauderdale.

Entry to the show and sale is free with general admission - $15 for adults; $12 for seniors and $7 for students (through age 22 with a valid student ID). Admission is always free for members, military and children ages six and under.

For more information about History Fort Lauderdale, please call (954) 463-4431 or visit us online at historyfortlauderdale.org. Follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/ftlhistory on Instagram @ftlhistory and on Twitter @FLLhistory.

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Ben Wilson and his book cover for Black Chronicle NATIONWIDE (BlackNews.com) -- Ben Wilson’s Black Chronicle Book I 1778-1956, a Black history publication whose time has come, will be re-issued for the yearlong 400-year celebration of African American history beginning in January of 2019. HR1242, a bill signed into law in 2018 honoring this celebration, will also honor the many contributions made by African Americans to the building of the USA, despite Chattel Slavery, Jim Crow and 2nd class citizenship.

Mr. Wilson compiled this classic work from a series of newsletters by Henry Hampton, producer of Eyes on the Prize.

Wilson’s book, written in newspaper format, is designed to facilitate learning, understanding and appreciation of Black history.

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Black History Month: Two Centuries of Black History and the Black Press from Front Page “Exploring this relationship, in all its nuance and complexity, is especially important today as we try to discern and understand contemporary reality, a reality the Trump Administration increasingly attempts to obscure and mystify with its reliance on “alternative facts…’ ‘…facts’ that oftentimes lack quantifiable, tangible evidence,” Pecinovsky said.

In that context, he said Fred Carroll’s book, “Race News: Black Journalists and the Fight for Racial Justice in the Twentieth Century,” is a welcome addition to the understanding of both journalistic and AfricanAmerican history.

Some historians have rightly begun to see the struggle for African American equality through the lens of the “long Civil Rights revolution.”

“Thankfully, Carroll also sees the role of ‘race news’ through the lens of a long struggle and notes that early twentieth century commercial publishers proudly traced

their lineage back to black journalism’s beginnings… to its very first newspaper, Freedom’s Journal, which was founded in 1827,” Pecinovsky said.

He also noted that the “black news industry was owned, produced, and consumed primarily independent of white oversight,” thereby enabling black journalists to “package their mission of ending racial discrimination and securing citizenship rights within a profit-oriented, objective presentation of current events designed to cater to the many interests of the largest possible black readership.”

The Black Press remains as viable as ever.

“The Black Press is an aspect of the fabric of the Black existence in America that is not getting enough attention or support from the community,” Kisha A. Brown, the founder and CEO of Justis Connection, told NNPA Newswire.

Justis Connection is an organization committed to

connecting top legal talent of color to local communities and Brown said the Black Press plays a large role in telling the stories of those communities.

She said African Americans need to honor that.

“We rally to support athletes and artists who are ‘wronged’ by the system but what we fail to honor is the voice of the Black Press that has been capturing our stories for centuries,” Brown said.

“Long before Black Twitter and online blogs … and so the Black Press is not only an essential voice, but it is also a historical and cultural archaeological goldmine that

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St. Elmo Brady, the first African-American to earn a chemistry Ph.D., is being honored on Feb. 5 with a National Historic Chemical Landmark. Credit: University of Illinois Archives

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” – Dr. Mae Jemison, first

African American female astronaut

WASHINGTON -- St. Elmo Brady, the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry, is being honored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) with a National Historic Chemical Landmark. The designation will be celebrated on Feb. 5 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which awarded Brady his doctorate in 1916.

The event coincides with February’s Black History Month.

“This landmark designation recognizes the outstanding accomplishments and leadership impact that Dr. Brady has had on the chemical profession,” says ACS Immediate Past President Peter K. Dorhout, Ph.D., an alumnus who will present the university with a bronze plaque about

Brady at the designation ceremony.

“I am proud to be an alumnus of the university that was part of his legacy — dreaming, designing and executing the creation of four outstanding and impactful chemistry programs that have each worked to ensure access to higher education and the chemical professions for so many young African American men and women over the last century.”

“Brady’s most enduring legacy involves his efforts to enhance and create undergraduate curricula, graduate programs and fundraising efforts at four historically Black colleges and universities: Fisk University, Tuskegee University, Howard University and Tougaloo College,” says Jonathan Sweedler, Ph.D., director of the university’s School of Chemical Sciences. Each of those campuses

FEBRUARY 14 - FEBRUARY 20, 2019 • PAGE 11 will host a celebration of Brady’s achievements and mount a plaque in his honor.

Brady was born in 1884 in Louisville, Kentucky. After earning a bachelor’s degree at Fisk in 1908, he taught for four years at Tuskegee and then earned his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois.

He returned to Tuskegee to teach for four years, then continued his career at Howard and Fisk — where he served as chair of the chemistry departments — and at Tougaloo.

Brady died in 1966. Additional information about his life and achievements can be found at www. acs.org/bradylandmark.

ACS offers a variety of resources for Black History Month. They include: • An infographic about Brady and four other African Americans who have made notable advances in the chemical sciences in the past 170 years • A celebration of the achievements and contributions of 11 African-

Americans who overcame great odds to pioneer some of the most important scientific discoveries and developments in U.S. history • Videos about African American chemists • Five Black chemists who changed the world • Spotlighting Black chemists and chemical engineers • Previously dedicated landmarks for African American chemists George Washington Carver, Percy Julian and Norbert Rillieux.

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Celebrating African American Writers Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961): The Harlem Renaissance in France

Part I of II “I am colored and wish to be known as colored, but sometimes I have felt that my growth as a writer has been hampered in my own country.

And so — but only temporarily — I have fled from it.” (Paris Tribune, 1923) Around the beginning of the 20th century, the city of Paris began to attract people from all over the world including a significant number of male and female African American writers. They began to form a growing dynamic community in the French capital and over the years, they created a vibrant expatriate literary group.

Prevailing among them, “The New Negro Movement” was born from the myth and hospitality of French culture. As such, Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) stood out as a major voice of the Harlem Renaissance movement on the French soil. She has been often overlooked and she needs to be rediscovered.

Born in April 1882 in Fredericksville, New Jersey, she was the daughter of an African Methodist Episcopal minister in an all-Black community founded by Quakers and comprised

of escaped slaves who found refuge in that locality. Her family moved to Philadelphia in her early years. In 1900, she graduated from the Philadelphia High School for girls where she was the only Black student and received a scholarship to attend Cornell University in New York. In 1905, she made history again by becoming the first Black woman accepted into the university chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, a prestigious academic honor society. In 1909, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in classical languages from Cornell University. Twenty years later, she received a Master of Arts degree in French from the University of Pennsylvania.

She excelled as a graduate student. W. E. DuBois (1868-1963), author and sociologist, provided her with a teaching job at Fisk and became her mentor. Subsequently, she taught at Douglas High School in Baltimore and later at M Street High School in Washington, D.C, one of the best secondary education schools for Blacks in the US at that time. In 1912, she began contributing to The Crisis, W. E. DuBois’ influential publication. It was the official

A MESSAGE FROM MAYOR DEAN J. TRANTALIS During Black History Month and throughout the year, Fort Lauderdale is proud to honor the achievements of African Americans and the profound impact they have had on the progress and advancement of our City.

Fort Lauderdale’s 108-year history is filled with courageous men and women who have overcome extraordinary challenges in the struggle for equality and justice.

Pioneers such as Dr. James F. Sistrunk, Dr. Von D. Mizell, and Dr. Calvin Shirley fought racial discrimination in the practice of medicine and paved the way for equal opportunities in the health care profession. Eula Johnson, the first president of the local NAACP, put her own life at risk leading the wade-ins that resulted in the integration of Fort Lauderdale’s beaches, and W. George Allen, the first African American to graduate from the University of Florida Law School, led the court battle to abolish segregation in Broward County Public Schools.

These are just a few of the many heroes we honor for their immeasurable contributions to the strength of our City and the character of our community.

We are inspired by the sacrifice and resolve of all those who came before us, and we are grateful for their determination and spirit, which has moved us closer to achieving equality for all.

As we celebrate Black History Month, let us reaffirm our commitment to investing in people of all colors, creeds, and ethnicities, providing them with the tools and resources for success, and by doing so, continue to ensure that Fort Lauderdale’s diversity remains our greatest strength.

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magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1910

by W. E. B. Du Bois, Oswald Garrison Villard, J. Max Barber, Charles Edward Russell, Kelly Miller, W. S. Braithwaite and Mary Dunlop Maclean.

Before the Harlem Renaissance was in full swing, Fauset traveled to Europe every summer and in 1919, she accepted an invitation from W.E.B. Du Bois to become the editor of the Crisis magazine in New York.

1914: Fauset’s First Trip to Paris In 1914, she traveled for the first time to Paris and spent a summer at the Sorbonne University.

Like many writers of the Harlem Renaissance such as Langston Hughes, she envisioned Paris as a sought-after place for artists, a land of opportunity for Black people who experienced getting education, work, in fine getting racism and colorism in the United States. In a living plus fighting everyday against a March 1922 issue of The World Tomorrow, A some inhibition of natural liberties.”

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“Power Rising” 2019 Summit for Black Women to reconvene in New Orleans Feb. 22-24

CA Senator Kamala Harris and Former GA Minority Leader Stacey Abrams to address gathering

NEW ORLEANS - Building on the historic success of the 2018 Power Rising Summit, Black women will reconvene in New Orleans, Louisiana from February 22-24, 2019. Last year’s summit brought together Black women across ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, political affiliation, socioeconomic status, and gender experience. This year’s summit comes on the heels of a historic and transformative election in which Black women led the effort to elect the most diverse and female Congress in our nation’s history with more than 20 black women serving in Congress for the first time ever. The summit is excited to announce two inspiring speakers this year, women who have been leading efforts to improve the lives of Black women and all women in this country, Senator Kamala Harris (D- CA) and Former Georgia Minority Leader and Founder and Chair of Fair Fight Action Stacey Abrams.

The 2019 Power Rising Summit will also feature speakers across various industries including author, educator, and commentator, Melissa Harris-Perry, Congresswoman Karen Bass, Beverly E. Smith, President, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Linda Goler Blount, MPH, President & CEO of Black Women’s Health Imperative, and Reverend Traci Blackmon, the Executive Minister of Justice & Local Church Ministries, United Church of Christ.

With more speakers to be announced over the next two weeks.

Power Rising 2019 will once again assemble to provide a safe space for a crosssection of Black women to have meaningful and challenging conversations, connect on critical issues, and commit to future collective work. In attendance will be Black women representing 35 states including Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington, DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,

Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington state, and West Virginia.

Over the course of the weekend, Black women and girls will take part in over 50 workshops and panel discussions bolstered

by Power Rising’s five pillars of activism and engagement: Culture, Community and Society; Business and Economic Empowerment; Education, Technology, and Innovation; Health & Wellness; and Political Empowerment. The Summit will also include timely and necessary conversations around #MeToo and sexual assault of Black women and girls.

While Black women continue to excel in many areas of life including politics; business and entrepreneurship; academia; and entertainment and media, there remain a host of racial barriers that impact Black women’s ability to succeed. Regardless of education and income level, Black women are four times more likely than white women to die in childbirth. Despite being enrolled in college at a higher rate than any other group, Black women are still paid 61 cents for every dollar paid to white men. The 2019 Power Rising Summit will celebrate the gains Black women have made from politics to the C- Suite, while Continue reading online at: thewestsidegazette.com

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Meet the 32-Year Old Who Just Became the Youngest Black Woman Elected to Congress From Black New.com CHICAGO, IL — Lauren Underwood, a 32-year-old African American registered nurse, has made history as the youngest Black woman to be elected to Congress.

In her new role in Congress, she hopes to use her skills and experiences to fight for people who don’t have access to affordable health care.

On Thursday, 116th Congress was sworn into office and it made history as the most diverse group having 127 women.

One of those is Lauren Underwood, who also made history as the youngest Black woman in the Congress. She won as the representative of Illinois’ 14th Congressional District.

Underwood earned a Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the University of Michigan and graduated as Magna cum Laude. She then took her Masters program at Johns Hopkins University, where she also worked as a research nurse.

Underwood joined the politics in 2010 as part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services where she worked to implement the Affordable Care Act. She was appointed by the Obama administration in 2014 to assist with public health emergencies and disasters, such as the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

Underwood herself had a pre-existing heart condition she was diagnosed with at the age of 8. The care she received from the doctors and nurses is what actually inspired her to work in healthcare as well. It also gives her an upper hand in understanding appropriate laws and policies for Illinois families.

“I have a two-year opportunity to make a real difference and represent the people of the 14th, and they have placed their faith in me,” Underwood said at a recent Congressional Black Caucus event. “They’ve given us a chance. I have to prove myself, and we will, beginning on day one, where I’m leading an effort to reform this government.”

She has since been excited to be a part of “a moment of history” in the U.S. Congress that she had always hoped for.

“Diversity of thought, geographic diversity, age, race, gender, life experience are all great things that we each bring to this Congress of the United States, and I’m really proud to be part of a caucus where I’m not ‘the only,’” she told the Chicago Tribune.

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FILM REVIEW:

What Men Want

By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic It’s about time Taraji P. Henson, after a string of B-movies (Proud Mary, Acrimony), rocked a bonafide comedy. On talk shows her innate sense of humor is evident. On the big screen (Hidden Figures, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and small one (Empire) she’s built a solid, award-winning rep in drama. Now she’s digging into ribald humor and has surrounded herself with the right producers (Girls Trip), director (Adam Shankman, The Wedding Planner, Hairspray), screenwriters (Tina Gordon, ATL; Peter Huyck, Veep) cast and crew. If most of the ingredients are right, the cake will turn out just fine.

The source material for this flagrant, shameless comedy is What Women Want (2000), directed by Nancy Meyers and starring Mel Gibson. (Remember the days when he was loved?). He played a chauvinistic advertising executive who, after a freak head injury, could hear what women thought. He used that advantage to rally against a female exec who got a promotion he wanted.

In the process he learned life lessons. Hold that thought.

Fast forward 19 years. Ali Davis (Henson) is a top agent at an elite sports management

Photos from “What Men” Want, starring Taraji P. Henson firm. She drives a Porsche (leased), has an overlyattentive assistant (Josh Brener, The Front Runner), whom she treats like a dog and a bevy of girlfriends (Tamala Jones, Wendi McLendon-Convey, Phoebe Robinson) she counts on for moral support. Ali needs all those trappings if she is to survive the constant stream of disappointments and derision she encounters with her male peers at Summit Worldwide Management.

The source of Ali’s biggest frustration is that she can’t make partner and is constantly over-looked by her boss Nick (Brain Bosworth, former Seattle Seahawk), who stifles her: “You don’t connect well with men. You do well in your lane. Stay in your own lane.” Even though she handles top star athletes like Lisa Leslie and Serena

Williams, her achievements are marginalized by her colleagues.

The agency is trying to land the next big basketball draft pick, a skinny talented young player named Jamal Barry (Shane Paul McGhie).

That’s the easy part. He’s managed by his pushy, stagedad, health-freak father Joe “Dolla” Barry (Tracy Morgan), who is a pain in the ass. That’s the difficulty. The agent who signs Barry will be the next hot shot at Summit.

Can Ali take the crown?

What Women Want, was a genteel, safe romantic comedy. What Men Want, is not. Twenty minutes into it, the outrageous sight-gag sex scenes, flippant dialogue and over-the-top performances yank the old premise firmly into the 21st century with a brand of humor fans of Bridesmaids will enjoy. There

BLACK HISTORY MONTH celebrates the struggles & accomplishments and brings awareness as well as respect to one group of people that were once overlooked in American history. In so doing it does not negate nor does it put down other races as being unequal to or without relevance to their contributions to the world. In celebrating Black history we are actually celebrating cultural diversity at its best.

It is true that a rising tide lifts all boats, therefore a celebration of one culture by all should be seen as such.

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Join with us as we welcome in the “rising tide” through Black History Month in welcoming in cultural diversity.

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isn’t one subtle comic turn in this entire film. That gives Henson a chance to show her Tiffany Haddish side, which is more than willing to do anything to make viewers laugh.

Tucked into the debauchery are moral-tothe-story subplots that are somewhat touching. Ali’s romance with the hunky bartender Will (Aldis Hodge, Straight Outta Compton) involves his young son Ben (Auston John Moore) and Ali’s selfish deceit. Her egocentric antics test her friendship with her girlfriends. And, the way she treats her assistant Brandon, who is gay, goes from patronizing and vile to dehumanizing. Ali’s got issues. Lots. And when she’s being introspective, she Continue reading online at: thewestsidegazette.com

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By Lauren Poteat, NNPA Washington Correspondent Following the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, NAACP President Derrick Johnson and Political Strategist Donna Brazile took part in a special “State of Black America” forum in search of the answer to, “Where do we go from here?”

Held at the Howard University Interdisciplinary Building, Johnson utilized the event as an opportunity to give his rebuttal to what some deemed a “contentious presidential address” and issued a call to action.

“It’s unfortunate that [Trump’s State of the Union speech] was a distraction from Stacey Abrahams’ ‘State of the Union,’ that served as a reality for African Americans who weren’t accepting the fact that the current president has been one of the best galvanizing forces to turn out the Black vote,” Johnson said Recalling the 2008 presidential elections and the nostalgia that it left behind, Johnson went on to reference the wakeup call that all Americans were handed — post President Barak Obama — during the Trump era.

“If you remember in 2008, we celebrated what we thought was impossible,” Johnson continued.

“Commentators then began to talk

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NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson joins political strategist Donna Brazile, for “Where Do We Go from Here,” a discussion on the state and future of race in America held at the Howard University Interdisciplinary Building. (Photo: Courtesy Photo) about a post-racial society, and here we are some 11 years later, recognizing that the occupant of the White House gives us a daily reminder of why we as a people must stick together and stay together.”

“What the president has done

has opened up the eyes of so many people,” Johnson continued. “This nation has still not dealt with race and its appeal to the lowest common dominator of us as a community.

We really need to take a step back and focus on what’s important,

particularly in this era.”

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Study Name: Cognitive Training with and without tDCS to Improve Cognition in HIV Funding Source: National Institute on Aging; study is approved by the Institutional Review Board of Nova Southeastern University.

Principal investigator: Raymond L Ownby, MD, PhD, MBA (Professor at NSU) Contact for referral or more information: Rosemary Davenport, RN, MSN. Phone: 954-262-1804.

Location: The study is being done at the Davie Campus of Nova Southeastern University. Study offices are in the Center for Collaborative Research, about two blocks east of University Drive and a bus stop. Free parking is available as well as valet parking on several days during the week.

What is the study about?

People with HIV often have problems with thinking, paying attention, and remembering things. This is a research study to find out if doing mental activities on a computer, with or without transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS, can help with these problems. tDCS means having a small electrical current placed on the head in a spot where it may affect how the brain works. Other studies have shown that tDCS may help people learn faster and do other mental activities better.

People in the study will either play a car

racing game or watch educational videos on a computer.

The electrical current used for tDCS is small, 1.5 milliamps. That can compare that the current that lights up a flashlight bulb, which is 300 to 500 milliamps. Even though the current is small, many people can feel it and may not like it. It may feel like an itching, tingling, or burning. For some people, the feeling goes away after a few minutes, but some people feel it the whole time that it is on.

Who is eligible?

People who are 50 years of age or older, treated for HIV infection, and have problems with remembering, thinking clearly, or have slow thinking can be in the study. Participants must be right handed. Some medical conditions and medications will make the person not eligible. People are screened over the telephone for many issues.

What will people do in the study?

People who are interested can be screened over the telephone. After that, if it looks like they might be eligible to be in the study, we will ask them to come for testing.

After testing, we will be able to tell the person whether they can be in the study. No matter what, the person will be paid $40 for coming to our offices.

If the person is eligible, they will come for 9 more visits. Visits 1, 8 and 9 will require 4

“Dr. Brenda Snipes: a history of excellence” from Front Page many people who assumed that if this is not right, what did y’all do?”

You knew you would be under intense scrutiny and you knew there would be standards of performance others in your position had not had to meet before. Knowing too that even in our community there were those who had little confidence in your abilities. You did not let that stop you.

Dr. Snipes, at one time in your professional life you were a trainer of educators. Those who were selected to participate in your training program had to meet certain criteria.

Someone once said that you didn’t care about the meeting of criteria; you wanted to know if they were afraid of what they had to learn. You were concerned if they allowed themselves to be intimidated by a training, how would they respond to critical situations in their teaching life? And how would that fear impact the students? You never allowed fear to control your life and wouldn’t let any student of yours have any other mentality.

If you would please describe to us what that operation looked like with the room full of tabulating machines, what size and how many people were in there?

“Around the walls we had shelves, but we had about 12 machines and there were about 50 to 60 people from the Parties and the media. It was the most cramped space! All of this was done where we were counting. The entire area where we counted the votes was replete with cameras. The area was no bigger than this room, maybe 30 by 30 ft. Now, I will say when I first went into that position we engaged in a lot of talk about a new building and money was set aside for a new building.

Then we ran into the real estate problem. It bottomed out. When things got better we got on it again. The Supervisor of Elections office really needs to have its own facility. I don’t care who’s in there.

“Another thing I would say is that the legislators, when they put all that information on the ballot and every person had at least five pages front and back minimum, and Hollywood had six pages front and back minimum and see these things are not looked at as a part of the process, they are a part of the process and the problem. And I will tell you something else that’s a problem. It’s a perception problem, and that is how we do vote by mail ballots.

“We have to start sending our vote by mail ballots out by 45 days before election. That’s for the military because these people can be all over the world. It doesn’t matter where they are; we must do it 45 days before and we’ve never missed a deadline.

“We sent out over 299,000 that were valid, but when you count over 299,000 you probably have sent out another 100,000 that didn’t come back or came back without the right information. So, when that happens, and we say to voters just get that ballot back in here before 7 p.m. on election night, that is the most asinine law that we have in elections.

Now remember, we’ve had over 299,000 votes by mail, lots and lots of ballots. So, all of them are not mailed back in to us. They may have just been walked in or they could have sent them in. And they can walk them in two minutes before seven as long as we have them in by 7 o’clock. That is a valid ballot time wise as long as we have them in by 7 o’clock. So, the legislators need to get strategic by backing that date up.

“When we start early voting or sometime earlier out from election day, that should be the new deadline for receiving vote by mail ballots.

With all of these intricate parts, which includes counting the votes and matching the signature among others, how is the public sufficiently educated on this?

to 5 hours. We will ask the person to answer questions and complete some other psychological tests. For each of these visits, the person will be paid $80.

During the other visits (2 to 7), the person will interact with the computer (playing a racing game or watching educational videos) and receive either actual or sham tDCS. Participants are assigned to groups randomly.

These visits take 30 to 45 minutes. For each of these visits, the person is paid $40.

Total compensation for people who complete the study is thus $520 dollars over about two months. Visits 1 to 8 must be completed in a three-week period, while visit 9 is about one month after visit 8.

Thirty years ago, a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS was a death sentence for many. As the years have gone by, though, advances have been made in the area of treatment and People Living With HIV (PLWH) are living longer. That is not to say that we don’t suffer from other conditions that come with age. To that end, Nova Southeastern University and the National Institute on Aging have teamed up to conduct a research study on PLWH over 50 and their thinking and memory.

The study is geared to determine if a non-invasive, painless brain stimulation treatment known as transcranial direct current stimulation will help with these problems. Dr. Ray Ownby, MD, PhD, MBA, the director of the study, states that the pilot of 120 people showed enough success that the university received federal funding for this study.

“We want to see if we can reach people about this, for purposes of the research study,” stated Dr. Ownby. “We know that younger people living with HIV suffer with memory loss, but we are particularly looking at the older generation now.” This study does not require taking medication. There is a telephone screening process to determine your eligibility. Contact Rosemary Davenport, RN at (954) 262-1804 to see if you qualify. If eligible, you will be compensated for your participation in the study.

Dr. Raymond Ownby is the Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Nova Southeastern University.

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Sola Rum, Food & Wine Festival is this Sunday, Feb. 17 The Lauderhill Regional Chamber of Commerce presents its Fourth Annual SoLa Rum, Food & Wine Festival will take place on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019 from 6 to 11 p.m. on the grounds of the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, 3800 N.W. 11 Place, Lauderhill, Fla. 33311. I am super excited to attend as I am a huge fan of rum and soul music. It was announced earlier this week that this year’s entertainment includes Grammy Nominated Artist Jazmine Sullivan. Jazmine Sullivan is a seventime Grammy nominated artists whose known for some of her greatest hits like Need You Bad, Bust Your Windows and Forever Don’t Last. With her heart-tugging lyrics and soulful ballads, Sullivan is more than a R&B/Soul singer, she is a connector and I am thrilled to have her in my hometown, the City of Lauderhill.

The SoLa Rum, Food & Wine Festival showcases wineries, rum distilleries and cultural vendors in a beautiful outdoor environment. The festival highlights the soul of South Florida’s entertainment, food, blended cultures, samples of Afro-Caribbean rums and delectable wines.

Wine enthusiasts and dining aficionados who are looking for an elevated outing can upgrade to the intimate VIP Experience; complete with a cocktail hour, special gift bags, and chef prepared three-course dinner/wine pairing presentation. All event patrons must be 21 years old and present valid identification upon entry to the festival.

“Last year’s festival was like no other and we are looking forward to topping everyone’s experience this year,” said Maria Munro, Managing Director, SoLa Rum, Food & Wine Festival.

“Throughout these past three years, events like SoLa have strengthened the central Broward Region’s reputation as a destination for culturally diverse communities, cuisine, entertainment, and arts -- a true ‘Floribbean’ lifestyle,” Munro added.

General Admissions tickets are $45; VIP Experience tickets for one person is $100 and $180 for two persons. VIP Ticket sales end on Feb. 15. For more information about purchasing tickets, event lineup, vendor & sponsorship participation and more, visit solarumfoodwinefest. com or evenbrite.com.

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The City of Lauderhill’s MLK Task Force in its 19th Year Celebrates MLK Day & Black History Month with its 2nd Annual “Old School Music Celebration” featuring Deniece Williams & Howard Hewett LAUDERHILL, FL -- The City of Lauderhill and the MLK Task Force host several events around the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday and Black History Month.

After the Elementary School Civil Rights Spelling Bee and the Middle School Brain Bowl have come to an end, the Task Force is excited to announce its 2nd Annual OLD SCHOOL MUSIC CELEBRATION featuring Deniece Williams “Let’s Hear It for the Boy,” “Silly,” “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late”), Howard Hewett (“Second Time Around,” “For the Lover in You” and South Florida’s own Old Skool Gang. This ticketed event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Lauderhill Performing

Arts Center (LPAC), 3800 N.W. 11 Pl., Lauderhill, Fla. 33311.

The MLK Task Force Founder and Chair M. Margaret Bates explains, “When I began the Task Force 19 years ago, I never dreamed we would have so many events surrounding MLK Day and Black History Month. With a hard-working committee like the MLK Task Force, the programming has evolved from a single one-night gala to a multi-week educational series focused on educating and empowering our youth.

Now that we are bringing two months of activities to a close, please join me and for some “Grown Folk Celebrations” as we take it back in time with Trailblazers like Deniece

Williams and Howard Hewett at the LPAC! Bring your friends and family and let us have some fun!”

Tickets are on sale now starting at $35, and VIP tickets are also available. To purchase, you can log on to www.lpacfl.com or call (954) 777-2055. The LPAC Box Office is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday – Friday and Noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Don’t miss this unforgettable concert experience starring these award-winning singer-songwriters.

Seats are limited, and this event always sells out!

The proceeds benefit college-bound high school students via the MLK Scholarship Fund.

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Forgeries of African American Art on the Rise

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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia For African American artists, prior to 1980, exhibition venues were few, museum opportunities rare and there wasn’t concrete infrastructure for Black art.

“Before that time, the primary infrastructure for African American art lay in the hands of academia,” said Larry “Poncho” Brown, one of Maryland’s most prolific artists.

Brown noted that such talented individuals as Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden and others stood above the industry prior to the 1980s while the Harlem Renaissance, AfriCOBRA, and other Black art movements were the last of the noted revolutions in African American art.

Today, the recent boom in museums has revealed a devotion to African American artists and the increasing amount of attention paid to these artists has led to a significant rise in forgeries, according to a new report.

The ART Newspaper reported that, in the past few weeks alone, there have been many fakes purporting to be the work of Alma Thomas, Beauford Delaney, Charles White, Romare Bearden and Bob Thompson.

“It’s a whole generation: you could go from A to Z through the list, from Charles Alston to Charles White. I am seeing fakes attributed to all of them,” New York-based gallerist Rosenfeld told the newspaper.

Propelling the fakes market is the fact that many of these artists were overlooked or undervalued in their lifetimes, so scholarship and

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expertise in their work is limited. “You simply can’t go back to the source any more, and there is only a handful of people who worked firsthand with a lot of these artists while they were alive,” Rosenfield said.

“Forgers know they can capitalize on that.”

For artist Jonathan Green, who owns the popular Jonathan Green Studios in Charleston, S.C., forgeries are of little surprise. “In my 40-year career, I’ve run into more fraud than you can shake a stick at,” Green said.

“Fraud has been around since the beginning of time.”

Because African American artists are now appreciated, there’s a high-value placed on their work and that keeps the fraudsters working overtime, Green said. Also, because

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the “Bad

Boys of Reggae” Inner Circle

Award-winning NIU Steelband

with performances by:

director dies at age 82

Fondo Blanco n Aloha Islanders Multiple cultural acts n

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Alexis remembered as ‘musical genius’ by former student, fellow Trinidadian

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By Kelsey Rettkee Alexis died after a months-long illness at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb. Liam Teague – current NIU Steelband director, professor of music and head of steelpan studies – spoke fondly of his former colleague and friend.

“He was like a father figure to me,” Teague said. “I’m 45, and he was 82, but we were the best of friends. From the first day I came to the [U.S.] at 18-years-old, he was there for me through practically everything.”

Born Jan. 15, 1937, in Port-of-Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, Alexis came to the states in 1964, first as a member of the National Steelband of Trinidad and Tobago, according to his obituary. He was known across the world as a performer, composer, instructor and builder of steelpan instruments.

Alexis taught for 12 years at a high school in St. Paul, Minnesota, and then at NIU’s School of Music from 1985 until his retirement in 2017. Alexis co-directed the NIU Steelband with Al O’Connor and, later, Teague. Alexis was given an honorary doctorate from NIU and awarded the lifetime achievement Chaconia Silver National Award

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from Trinidad and Tobago in October. “[Alexis] came to this country with $5 in his pocket, and he didn’t really know how he was going to make it, but that’s a testament to his fortitude and vision,” Teague said. “He taught himself how to build and tune the musical instruments.”

Alexis lived in DeKalb with his wife, Yuko Asada, and is survived by his children.

“He was just one of those people [for whom] it wasn’t just about personal success,” said Teague, who lives in DeKalb. “He really opened many doors for a lot of younger people, myself included. And I think that’s why so many people are hurting, because they understood his generous spirit.”

Aside from his musical skills, Alexis’ legacy will be his effect on people, Teague said.

“There’s so much that could be said in terms of what [Alexis] has done for music, but one of the things that really stands out for him is how much he showed genuine love to people he cared about,” Teague said. “So many people talk the talk, go on social media and say how much they love you, but when it comes to really showing those actions, he was always there for me and all the others.”

Legacy is not leaving something for people, it’s leaving something in people.

Food trucks n Cultural exhibition area Children’s fun zone n Fireworks finale

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At 94, The Legendary Cicely Tyson Remains an ‘Optimist’

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Fifty-Five Strong: The Largest Congressional Black Caucus Kicks Off the 116th Congress “I am proud to witness the ceremonial swearing-in of the largest @OfficialCBC in history. With 55 members and @ RepKarenBass serving as their chairwoman, the Congressional Black Caucus is stronger than ever,” wrote Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez.

Photograph by Djeneba Aduayom for TIME

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent At 94, the legendary actress and freedom fighter, Cicely Tyson, absolutely stuns on the cover of TIME. Clad in an elegant Michael Couture dress and stylish Taffin earrings by James de Givenchy with hair and makeup by Armond Hambrick, Tyson graces Time’s cover this month in celebrate of the magazine’s second annual “Optimists Issue.”

In the issue, Tyson talks openly about her more than six-decade acting career, from her film debut in “Carib Gold” in 1956, to her most recent role as Annalise Keating’s mother in ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder.”

“When I made the decision to use my career as a platform, to try to make a dent in some of these injustices that I witnessed and experienced in life, I said if I just reach one person, one person, then I will be happy,” Tyson told TIME. Born in Harlem New York City on December 19, 1933, Tyson’s parents were immigrants from Saint Kitts and Nevis in the West Indies, according to her biography at Continue reading online at: thewestsidegazette.com

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By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor As the new Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (D-Calif.) was handed a large gavel from outgoing Chairman Cedric Richmond (DLa.) it became clear that the new CBC would be making a sizable mark on the next Congress.

The new CBC includes the youngest African American woman to be sworn-in to the U.S. House in history, Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.), as well as Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the first Muslim females ever elected to Congress. Rep. Tlaib occupies the seat held by long term Congressman John Conyers (D-Mich.) who retired from Congress on December 5, 2017.

The new CBC features nine new members of the U.S. House bringing the group to a total of 55.

The 116th Congress will be the first time that the Congressional Black Caucus will ever have over fifty members.

Bass, 65, served as the former Speaker of the California House and was the first-ever African American woman ever to hold that position.

“Honored to have been sworn in as 26th Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus today.

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It is with this love that I/we passionately put our shoulders to the grinding stone everyday to carry on the legacy of the Black Press.

No matter the difficulty, the length of time or our status, with the help or involvement and influence of others, one can fall from respectability faster than tachyons move (tachyon is a particle that always moves faster than light. The word comes from the Greek tachys, meaning swift, quick, fast, rapid).

Perhaps that is the height and complications associated with failure, the ‘fall from grace’, if you will, that causes most of us to fear stepping into leadership roles.

As I look back over the 48 years of our involvement in the dissemination of information to our readers, I am overwhelmed and bursting with joy of how the community has supported us and how God has shown us favor.

It is not always a pleasurable chore to serve and to be a servant.

What appears to be a joyful moment of basking in bliss quickly fades away faster than a snowflake on an open campfire.

Be that as it may, we are honored to be in the business of “Pleading our own cause” as “Soldiers without swords”; for almost half a century we have dared to be a voice for our people.

We vow to continue to be a preeminent example of the Black Press of America no matter how “Stony the road we trod” or having feet no less beautiful than those who preach or print the gospel.

For 48 years the Westside Gazette has tried to hold fast to the precepts and fundamental strengths and tenets of the Black Press while standing in the gap “Pleading our own cause.”

That gap will forever increase as long as we allow advertising dollars from those businesses that

take from our readers their hardearned dollars and spend those dollars to advertise with the ‘Other’ newspapers.

That gap increases when our own tries to destroy us. That gap continues to increase as long as the church and the Black Press fail to communicate on common ground.

That gap is increased every time we allow businesses to use us for placing their press releases, but do not spend their advertising dollars with us.

That gap increases as long as we allow businesses to disrespect us.

But like David, we understand that it all belongs to God. We know that everything is divinely provided; it is incumbent on us then to practice proper stewardship by giving back in all areas of our lives.

The hurt and spoil are inseparable from the joyous occasions that come from the satisfaction of fulfilling the role of a good servant.

Pain is evident, yet it matters not when there must be a voice that speaks truth to power for the voiceless and the truth must be told.

Throughout our 48 years, one thing has been for certain and that is the loyal commitment of our readers to support their publication.

Now that time will be truly tested.

Our newspaper does not get a presidential bailout nor is there a stimulus package for us. We will have to rely on what our predecessors made it on and that was Black people and people of a moral conscience PURCHASING the newspapers.

As we go through the sharing of our history not only in this month, but throughout the year, let’s ask these questions in reference to our history: how much are you giving and is it enough for the quality of our being?

The Children’s Services Council of Broward County (CSC) joins the celebration of Black History Month and recognizes the enormous contributions of millions of African American men and women in the creation, building and the enduring promise of our Nation.

The CSC works every day to improve the lives of the children and families of Broward, by funding programs that promote equity and well-being.

Children’s Services Council of Broward County 6600 W. Commercial Blvd., Lauderhill, Florida 33319 954-377-1000 info@cscbroward www.cscbroward.org