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385+ killed by cops in 2015

NYPD officers.

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By Herb Boyd, From the New York Amsterdam News Over Memorial Day weekend in Chicago, 56 people were shot, 12 of them fatally. These

numbers leaped from a story about the controversy surrounding Chiraq, the title of Spike Lee’s new film. Many residents are upset by the title that blends Chicago with Iraq,

thereby suggesting the city of Chicago and the country of Iraq share a similar level of violent deaths. Supporters of the film believe that rather than feel outrage over the film, residents

should be outraged over the reality of the fatalities in Chicago.

Another set of numbers that grab your attention is from a recent study by the Washington Post that reports the police, nationwide, have killed 385 people during the first five months of this year—more than two a day, the Post said.

“About half the victims were white, half minority,” the report stated. “But the demographics shifted sharply among the unarmed victims, two-thirds of whom were Black or Hispanic.

Overall, Blacks were killed at three times the rate of whites or other minorities when adjusting by the population of the census tracts where the shootings occurred.”

The situation in Chicago and the report from the Post probably did not escape the Rev. Al Sharpton during his speech last Friday at the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland. Introduced as one of “God’s trombones,” Sharpton warmed to his topic in a hurry, stitching his narrative to the upcoming 2016 election before dealing with the pressing issue of police misconduct and the mounting number of unarmed Black men killed by the police.

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Civil rights and education advocates release reports on massive resource inequities in public schools

Chicago public schools votes 49 school closures.

Scott Simpson, Simpson@civilrights.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, two civil rights and education organizations released major reports documenting the massive resource disparities in public schools nationwide. The Leadership Conference Education Fund released its new report on resource inequity in public schools across the nation. Education Law Center released its fourth National Report Card on how the states fund public education.

Cheating our Future: How Decades of Disinvestment by States Jeopardizes Equal Educational Opportunity examines in-depth how a lack of resources helps to create vastly unequal education opportunities, even

for students within the same state. It profiles schools in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Colorado, and South Carolina and vividly presents the types of inequities students and educators face every day. The report follows the work of the Equity and Excellence Commission created by an act of Congress and appointed by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. The report is from The Leadership Conference Education Fund, a nonprofit civil rights organization based in Washington, D.C., which is the sister organization of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

“States across the country are systematically underfunding the schools most attended by students of color,” said Wade

Pleading Our Own Cause

Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference,

a coalition of more than 200 ntional civil rights organizations. “Knowingly denying vulnerable students access to the most basic resources—AP classes, up-to-date technology, expanded learning time, or basic facilities—is a moral failure that cheats these communities out of their futures.”

In addition, the Newark, N.J.-based ELC released its fourth national report card on the 50 states’ school finance systems, Is School Funding Fair? A National Report Card, showing that most states still don’t provide equitable resources for the millions of students attending schools in high poverty districts. These students are the most vulnerable and need additional resources and supports because their educations are at risk.

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Celebrate and empower creativity

By Arriale Henry Get excited!

The art scene is resurging in Broward County and we are eager to be a part of the movement with the birth of our new Visual Arts section!

We hope that this newest installment – featuring local artists and events, from painting to clothing design - encourages you to experience culture, explore the city, particularly the artist community, and perhaps even dabble in its greatness. In case you haven’t thought about art since grade school, it’s imperative for you to know that art is essential for

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You don’t have to be a special bee to get honey from the ’comb I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

Psalm 139:14 (NASB)

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. We can learn a lot from what we may consider lower forms of life.

After all to live is to be able to adapt and get along with others of your own kind and the ones who are different.

My father use to tell me all the time that you didn’t have to be the ones that were allowed to go inside to reap benefits.

When he use to tell me this I didn’t fully understand, I guess it was because I wanted to be “It”, you know, one of the insiders.

My dad, as he usually is, was right-when the people going in were receptive to their responsibilities to those who could not come in.

I was not trusting of the ones who were allowed inside to do the “right thing”, after seeing and being a part of those that were allowed inside.

Witnessing how quickly some change after a short time of being allowed in- they morph into giant scorpions from little bitty lizard eggs- how scary.

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Knowing better, doing better: Anthony Galloway In February, the Black AIDS Institute (BAI) published the results of the first U.S. HIV Workforce Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Survey, the largest study ever conducted of nonmedical personnel working with PLWHA in the United States. The results were alarming: The HIV/AIDS health-care providers at health departments and AIDS service and community-based organizations GALLOWAY who were polled answered only 63 percent of questions correctly—essentially earning a AG: In my opinion, it’s very grade of D for their knowledge important my colleagues get a of HIV science and treatment, grasp on the nuances of HIV. I while earning the equivalent of didn’t realize there were so an F on treatment-related ques- many nuances. I didn’t realize tions. how the drugs worked and how In part four of this five-part the HIV drugs impact the series, we interview African A- different stages of HIV, from merican HIV University Science the point of infection to how and Treatment College Fellow HIV continues to develop, how and Black Treatment Advocates Network member Anthony many copies of HIV are made Galloway (AG), a prevention and how we as individuals can program manager at the AIDS impact that. A person that is Foundation of Chicago.

HIV positive can have so much AE: In your experience, control over their health and what science and treatment how HIV impacts their body. knowledge do nonmedical As service providers, it becomes providers to PLWHA need vital that we have all of the to help their clients stay science and treatment tools and healthy? information to relay that to our clients.

AE: What types of noneveryone, regardless of age or background. It’s funding is ty- medical personnel do your pically the first to go in most clients with HIV/AIDS inneighborhood schools but we, teract with? as a community, have the power AG: Advocates, HIV testers, to sustain its glory. It is a needed case managers, patient navipositive creative outlet in a society engulfed with negativity, gators and peer navigators are especially amongst our youth. people I think of as having the We’ll feature art contests, local first and often the most contact happenings, historical art facts with clients. It is essential for and much more. them to be able to relay science “Art speaks to the soul and causes one to feel…” according and treatment information— to the spearhead of this new information that can actually section, Artist Yvette Michele prolong their [clients’] lives.

Booth. This feeling, she deAE: From what you’ve scribes, whether it be pleasur- seen, do nonmedical proable or disgusting, causes viders have the knowledge healthy brain stimulation by to pass on that informaprovoking thoughts and contion? versation.

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Death of Black woman after police encounter sheds light on mental health, police abuse and cries for justice

By Charlene Muhammad From The Final Call

homicide. Black women’s interactions with law enforcement have also resulted in tragic outcomes brought to light in Alesia’s case and many others.

“One of the things it shows is people continue to talk about police brutality (and) Black men, which is a legitimate point, but we also have to look at what’s been happening with Black women,” stated economist and educator, Dr. Julianne Malveaux.

“Why was this woman treated as less than a human being? Why was she met with violence when she reached out for help? And why, too often, do we see Black women and

their cases ignored,” Dr. Malveaux argued.

What happened to Thomas cannot be allowed to happen to another Black woman much less any human being, Dr. Malveaux and other concerned activists and advocates told The Final Call. But in order for that to happen, people need to know how Alesia Thomas and her children were failed by the system in the first place.

Killed in a desperate attempt to get help The 35-year-old died July 22, 2012, following a struggle with the officers who attempted to arrest her at her home. Her crime: leaving her children ages 12 and three outside a police

station at 2 a.m. According to reports, Thomas struggled with drug addiction, mental health problems and brought her children to police because she could no longer care for them.

Audio recording reports revealed Ofc. O’Callaghan told Thomas in vulgar and derogatory slang terms that she would “punt” her v*gina, which she did. Police dash cam video shows Ofc. O’Callaghan, a white, 18-year LAPD veteran, repeatedly kicking her in the stomach and genitals and striking her in the throat while Thomas was handcuffed and in leg restraints. She later died.

The coroner’s report listed the cause of death as “undetermined” and stated cocaine intoxication appears to have also contributed as a major factor in her death.

“She was kicked, and she was killed,” said Dr. Malveaux, but Thomas did what she was supposed to do, which is take her children to a safe haven if parents have worries about the way they’re treating their children.

“She would have been treated better if she left them (her children) on the corner. She went to a place that she perceived as a safe place, and it

Daytona to stop asking about criminal convictions

During the February commission meeting, Mayor Derrick Henry asked Tairu how much this issue would impact the City of Daytona Beach specifically. While hard figures weren’t available, the number of homeless population on the streets including those with criminal records was cited.

LOS ANGELES, CA (FinalCall.com) – Alesia Thomas, a Black mother with mental health challenges, ended up arrested, punched, kicked and dead after an encounter involving five white LAPD officers, but only one of them, Mary O’Callaghan, currently stands trial.

Ofc. O’Callaghan could only serve a maximum of three years if convicted of assault. Where is the anger, outrage and cry’s for justice ask a litany of Black women monitoring the trial in what they say will be a predictable outcome of justifiable

City announces plan to ban checkbox from job applications the box be removed, including Mykal Tairu, one of the most ardent supporters.

Tairu is Florida program coordinator of the Vincentian Reentry Organizing Project (VROP), a grassroots organization that partnered with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to ensure a positive outcome.

“It’s almost impossible to find a job. No one wants to hire you when you check the box on convicted felon,” said Tairu. “The premise of the campaign is that anything that makes it harder for ex-offenders to find a job makes it likelier that they will re-offend, which is bad for society.”

Mykal Tairu applauds Daytona Beach’s decision to “Ban the Box” during an announcement recently on the steps of City Hall. Those joining him included city and community leaders.

(Photo credit Duane C. Fernandez)

By Penny Dickerson From the Daytona Times Daytona Beach joined a growing number of cities around the country this week when it officially announced it was banning the box on applications that asks if someone has been convicted of a crime.

Applicants applying for city employment can now be assured they will be assessed based upon their qualifications versus potential discrimination for having a criminal record of a misdemeanor or felony.

The announcement came on Monday on the steps of City Hall where municipal officials

were joined by community organizers who have been at the forefront of the local campaign known as “Ban the Box.” Plenty of support A Daytona Beach City Commission meeting held in February attracted more than a dozen citizens who requested

Local impact City commissioners previously were given packets by VROP, including a sample copy of the ordinance from the City of Tampa that highlighted its benefits.

If someone was offered a job and the background check caught a “red flag” for a conviction that may not be compatible with the place of employment, the person that’s applying gets the opportunity to explain it. It is at that time a decision would need to be made by the city if wants to move forward with hiring that individual.

Federal judge orders last ‘Angola Three’ inmate released

Albert Woodfox

By Cain Burdeau Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) The last of the “Angola Three” inmates, whose decades in so-

litary confinement on a Louisiana prison farm drew international condemnation and became the subject of two documentaries, was ordered released Monday.

The ruling would free 68year-old Albert Woodfox after more than 40 years in solitary, which human rights experts have said constitutes torture.

U.S. District Judge James Brady of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ordered the release of Woodfox and took the extraordinary step of barring Louisiana prosecutors from trying him for a third time.

A spokesman for the Louisiana Attorney General said the state would appeal Brady’s ruling to the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “to make sure this murderer stays in prison and remains fully accountable for his actions.”

Tory Pegram of the International Coalition to Free the Angola 3, who is working with Woodfox’s lawyers on his release, said they are all “thrilled that justice has come for our innocent friend.”

Woodfox was placed in solitary confinement in 1972 after being charged in the death of a Louisiana State Penitentiary guard in April of that year. The prison farm is more commonly known as the Angola prison and it is Louisiana’s only maximum-security prison.

Woodfox and two other state prisoners became known as the Angola Three because of their long stretches in solitary confinement at Angola. Other members of the Angola Three were prisoners Robert King and Herman Wallace.

Woodfox and Wallace, who were both serving unrelated armed robbery sentences, had said they were singled out for harsh treatment, including isolation, because of their political activism. Woodfox and Wallace were former Black Panthers and helped establish a prison chapter of the Black Panther Party at the Angola prison in 1971, set up demonstrations and organized strikes for better conditions.

Wallace, convicted with Woodfox of murder in the death of guard Brent Miller, died last fall only days after a judge freed him and granted him a new trial. King was released in 2001 after his conviction in the death of a fellow inmate in 1973 was reversed.

Across the state Similar policies have been adopted in 13 states and over 100 cities and counties, including Jacksonville, St. Petersburg, Orlando and Tallahassee.

According to Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, his city removed the box from city applications with a clear understanding of how it will benefit local residents.

“The numbers in our own community show that we cannot afford to ignore this issue.

Last year, over 1,700 formerly incarcerated individuals returned to Leon County and almost 200,000 more are expected to be released in Florida over the next five years,” Gillum told the Daytona Times on Wednesday.

Gillum emphasized that statistical and anecdotal evidence shows time and again that “Ban the Box” policies are one piece of the solution for helping people with records enter the employment market, and ultimately become responsible citizens.

(Read full story on www.thewestsidegazette.com) Woodfox has been tried and convicted twice in the guard’s death, but both convictions were overturned.

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Alesia Thomas (Courtesy Photo) was not a safe place for her by any stretch of the imagination,” Dr. Malveaux continued.

A further problem underscored in this case is there are available mental health and social service resources but they’re differentially available, she pointed out.

Dr. Sandra Cox, executive director of the Coalition of Mental Health, Los Angeles, sighed as she told The Final Call the incident occurred directly across the street from their building.

Ms. Thomas followed the public plea to parents, advertised by Children and Family Services, and other agencies which is the directive to call 21-1, take your child to the fire department, the police department or a hospital, said Dr. Cox. The directive is advertised everywhere, she said in defense of the slain mother.

“She just didn’t walk away from them and leave them in the middle of the street … and then this happens to her. The message that goes out loud and clear as far as I’m concerned is don’t take your children to the police department, because your mother may get killed and you may end up being an orphan,” Dr. Cox told The Final Call.

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ROC United responds to Chipotle’s new paid sick day and vacation policies

Celebrate and empower creativity (Cont'd from FP) There are many therapeutic qualities and business-boosting opportunities when it comes to art as well— we’ll explore these notions more in future issues.

Although Booth is new to South Florida, she immediately saw the need for support & exposure and will actively do so as the editor of this section.

As an artist of color, she is making incredible contributions to Black art history through her vibrant paintings and business savvy background.

We at the Westside Gazette Newspaper look forward to creating an interactive platform for artists, students and art enthusiasts. Together with Yvette Michele Booth, we’ll invite you to witness and engage with this form of expression that dates back thousands of years.

Did you know that many slaves arrived to America as artisans and some were able to retain some of their wages to obtain freedom for their families? Revolutionary!

For more information about Artist Yvette Michele Booth, please visit her website at www.yvettemichele.com Stay tuned for what’s in store!

The following statement is from Saru Jayaraman, co-director and co-founder of Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United, on Chipotle’s recent announcement regarding paid sick days and vacation for all employees: “The significance of Chipotle offering paid sick days and paid vacation to all their employees, including entry-level positions, cannot be understated. The vast majority of workers in the restaurant industry have access to neither of those basic benefits, posing a particular problem for our collective public health, as research shows that 60 percent of restaurant workers have been forced to work while sick.

“We commend Chipotle for its commitment and leadership in continuing to move the restaurant industry forward.

ROC sends it’s thanks to CoCEOs Monty Moran and Steve Ellis, and to their entire team, for taking seriously the issues most important to restaurant workers.”

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Representative Clarke-Reed working diligently in Tallahassee during Special Session TALLAHASSEE, FL — after a week of long, detailed and passionate floor debate on expanding health care for Floridians, State Representative Gwyndolen “Gwyn” Clarke-Reed worked through the weekend as an at-large budget conferee.

House and Senate members negotiated through the weekend to resolve differences between the two chambers and Representative Clarke-Reed,

D-Deerfield Beach, as an atlarge member, took part in many of those discussions. She is intent on quickly and efficiently completing the work the citizens expect lawmakers to complete.

Differences between Republican leaders resulted in an early end to regular session and the need for this special session.

The people are counting on us to do the work required of us and to do so quickly. Rep. Clarke-Reed is committed to

doing her part.

Rep. Clarke-Reed, who is also the Vice Chair of the Broward Legislative Delegation, is working diligently with her Broward counterparts and other members and staff, to make sure that Broward County is not left out of this year’s state budget.

“I was elected to serve not only residents of my district and Broward County, I was elected to serve the residents of Florida

and I will work hard towards a fair and equitable budget,” Rep. Clarke-Reed said.

Special Session began on June 1 and is scheduled to continue through June 20. Legislators must produce a balanced budget in areas of Education, Health Care, Justice, Transportation and Economic Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Government Operations.

Broward Commissioners approve 2015 Charter Review Commission Members From Kimberly Maroe BROWARD COUNTY, FL - Broward County Commissioners have selected the 19 members who will serve on the 2015 Charter Review Commission (CRC.) The Charter Review Commission is authorized and empowered to conduct a comprehensive study of any or all phases of county government, including significant, regional, long-term and complex issues facing Broward County in the coming decade.

Recommendations of the Charter Review Commission will help determine the design of Broward County government, and how it should function to best meet the needs of the people. Recommendations must be voted on by the public.

Each County Commissioner chose two members to serve on the CRC from their district and one person was approved by the Board to serve at-large. * Vice Mayor Martin David Kiar/District 1- Cynthia Busch, James Gray Kane; * Commissioner Mark D. Bogen/District 2- Roslyn Greenberg, Katherine Richards * Commissioner Stacy Ritter/District 3- Thomas McDonald, Marilyn Leto * Commissioner Chip LaMarca/District 4- Cynthia M. Guerra, David Di Pietro * Commissioner Lois Wexler/ District 5- Monica Navarro, Carlos Reyes * Commissioner Beam Furr/ District 6- Larry S. Davis, Suzanne Gunzburger * Mayor Tim Ryan/District 7- H. Colins Forman, Jr. , Grant Smith

Reverend Willie Jackson succumbs Reverend Willie Jackson, born February 15, 1918, relocated from rural North Florida to Fort Lauderdale in 1940.

Following his entrepreneurial instincts, he labored profusely to achieve a better way of life for himself and his family, eventually becoming one of Broward County’s pioneers in the Black community as the sole proprietor of Jackson’s Groceries and Sundries community store while engaging in various real estate ventures over the years.

A devoted husband to his wife (Jane) of 61 years until her passing in 2002, and devoted father to his eight children, he also remained true to his faith, serving as Pastor of Mt. Zion God’s Church, House of Unity for 35 years.

Willie was also a member of the Thomas Raines Masonic Lodge 484, Prince Hall Affiliate.

Despite not having much

formal education, Willie became one of Broward County’s successful African Americans. As a “self-made” man, he was guided by a higher power, and as such, he remained true to his God, never once forgetting his origins.

Throughout the years, Willie continued to assist many others, not only financially, but spiritually through his ministerial counseling. According to his daughter Dr. Olivia Jackson, “… his role as a father extended beyond his biological children, as he served as a role model for many others throughout the community and church.”

Willie departed on June 5, 2015 and leaves behind eight children: Gladys Ganzy, Carrie Jackson, Rose Raysor, Ruthie Rhodes, Virgus Jackson, Patricia Mosely, Willie Jackson, Jr. and Dr. Olivia A. Jackson; one brother, Aaron Raines; 19 grandchildren; 30 great

385+ killed by cops in 2015

her brother Joell told the press, had a mental breakdown on the evening of Nov. 12, and the family called 911. But instead of an ambulance, the police showed up. Upon being escorted to a patrol car, Anderson became disoriented, and when she demonstrated some reluctance, she was taken down in a “judo” hold. Her head hit the concrete pavement and another officer placed his knee on her back.

She was then forcibly thrown in the backseat of the police car with the officers still holding her down, practically smothering her, her brother said. Anderson never opened her eyes again or spoke another word.

If Sharpton addressed this issue, it wasn’t reported, although he did briefly mention Officer Michael Brelo, who fired 49 of 137 police shots at Williams and Russell at the end of a

(Cont'd from FP) Sharpton said he had come at the request of family members of several recent victims of police shootings, including family members of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old who was shot and killed by the police, an incident still under investigation, and of Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell, two other victims of police violence whose names are invoked at the marches and rallies.

In fulfilling that request, Sharpton said, “If it takes all the breath in my body, they will never stand alone, and we will not be quiet.” According to The Guardian newspaper of London, Sharpton said he had not come to Cleveland for a “Black on Black fight,” but there were “bigger fish to fry.”

His appearance in Cleveland was timely from a national standpoint because CBS’s 60 Minutes featured a segment on Cleveland, with a special report on the death of Tanisha Anderson, who was killed by the police 10 days before Rice was shot and killed.

Anderson, according to what

Rep. Clarke-Reed, who is also the Vice Chair of the Broward Legislative Delegation, is working diligently with her Broward counterparts and other members and staff.

NBA Finals predictions

By Byler E. Henry

BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: From l to r standing: Commissioner Chip LaMarca, Commissioner Lois Wexler, Commissioner Dale V.C. Holness, Commissioner Barbara Sharief, Commissioner Mark D. Bogen, Commissioner Beam Furr and Commissioner Stacy Ritter. L to r sitting: Vice Mayor Martin David Kiar and Mayor Tim Ryan.

Lori Moseley * Commissioner Barbara * Commissioner Dale V.C. Sharief/District 8- Anil Apana, Holness/District 9- Suzette A. Maylor, Burnedette NorrisWeeks At-Large: Jose A. Izquierdo The Broward County Charter serves as the Constitution for Broward County Government. It was originally adopted in 1974, and provides for the appointment of a Charter Review Commission every 10 years.

REV. JACKSON grandchildren; 15 great great grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Services will be held at McWhite Funeral Home, 3501 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on June 20, 2015, 1 p.m.

Public viewing is Friday, June 19 at McWhite Funeral Home, 5-9 p.m. car chase. Brelo, who leaped onto the car’s hood and unleashed 15 of his shots into the windshield, was acquitted on two counts of voluntary manslaughter.

The Post’s report notes that the police are authorized to use deadly force only when they fear for their lives or the lives of others. “So far,” it was reported, “just three of the 385 fatal shootings have resulted in an officer being charged with a crime— less than 1 percent. The low rate mirrors the findings of a Post investigation in April that found that of thousands of fatal police shootings over the past decade, only 54 had produced criminal charges. Typically, those cases involved layers of damning evidence challenging the officer’s account. Of the cases resolved, most officers were cleared or acquitted.”

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

-- Proverbs 4:23, 24

This year’s NBA finals is shaping up to be a battle to the finish. For the first time in NBA final’s history games one and two have both went into overtime.

Down 1-0, the Cavaliers seized the moment in game 2 to tie the game up at one game apiece, winning in overtime 9593.

Both cities have a long drought of no championships.

Golden State’s last championship and finals appearance was in 1975, while Cleveland does not have an NBA title, and last appeared in 2007.

LeBron James is on a mission to bring Cleveland their first NBA championship. In game one, LeBron led the Cavs with 44 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists but it wasn’t enough for the win.

In game two however, he posted a triple double with 39 points, 16 rebounds, and 11 assists. He has the ring in his sight, but with Kyrie and Love out for the finals, LeBron is going to have to carry a heavier load.

It’s going to be a bit tougher without Love’s 3-point shooting and Kyrie to help with ball handling responsibilities. How-

ever, the league MVP Stephen Curry is also determined to bring the Warriors another championship.

He had an efficient game one with 26 points, 4 rebounds, and 8 assists. However in game two he didn’t play very well, shooting 5 for 23 from the field (21.7 percent), but teammate and the other half of the shooting duo Klay Thompson contributed 34 points.

I do not expect this as the case for game 3 heading into Cleveland. I’m sure Curry can turn it around and show the same performance as game one.

If both of the splash brothers can get it going in game three, it’s going to be a long night for the Cavs.

I’m looking forward to seeing game 3, and I believe it is going to be an excellent shooting display. I originally predicted the Warriors to win the series in five, but I’m changing the number of games from five to six.

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr will make the necessary adjustments to rally his troops to be ready for game three.

I can’t wait, game 3 starts June 9 at 9 on ABC. Tune in to see who wins.

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Conference

2015 AMAC Annual Airport Business Diversity Conference, Friday June 12 thru Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa. A must attend event for airport professionals, corporations and small businesses. For more info call (954) 357-6400.

Breakfast

Mount Hermon A.M.E. Church Sons of Allen Men's Ministry Father and Son Breakfast, Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 9 a.m., at the Mount Hermon Family Life Center, 404 N.W. Seventh Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Keynote speaker is Rev. Kenneth F. Irby of Historic Bethel A.M.E. Church St. Petersburg, Fla. For more info and tickets contact Roma Roberts call (954) 854-4778 or romarober@bellsouth.net

Happenings at African-American Research Library and Cultural Center

African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderale, Fla. Upcoming Destination Friday events: Sept. 4 Hawaii and Nov. 6 - the Bahamas. For more info call (954) 357-6210. * Teens Matters, teen expressions what’s on your mind?

Saturday, June 20, 2015 from 3 to 5:30 p.m., at AARLCC, For additional info call (954) 9524887.

Summer Reading Program

Luncheon

A Plus Foundation, Inc. charitable arm of Chi Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will host its Second Annual Emerald Luncheon to benefit scholarships for deserving graduating seniors in Broward County, Saturday, 11:30 a.m., June 20, 2015, Signature Grand, 6900 State Road 84, Davie, Fla. For more information, contact www.chipsiomega@info.org.

The Summer Reading Program will be at held Tyrone Bryant Library, 2230 N.W. 21 Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Participation earns raffle chances at Amazon and Publix gift cards, raffle entries can be earned by reading or listening to audio books whenever you want. For additional info call (945) 357-8210. · Saturday, June 13, from 11 to 12 – Adult Financial Heroes: Rebuilding Credit Register online @ www.broward.org/Library/ read or come in to register.

The NAACP Florida State Conference and Ocwen Financial Corporation presents “Help & Hope for Homeowners” Saturday, June 20, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Urban League of Broward County, 560 N.W. 27th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Join us to receive info on down payment assistance programs and one-on-one sessions with industry professionals. For more info or to RSVP, please call (855) 4592514 or emailinfo@FLNAACP.com.ý

Concert

March Event

Rev. Dr. Carol Nash-Lester, Bethel Apostolic Temple and the Bethel Temple Community Development Corporation are proud to announce “Thankful Thursday” A Black Music Month Concert, Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 7:15 p.m., at 1855 N.W. 119 St., Miami, Fla. For concert tickets and more info call (305) 688-1612 or (305) 454-6139. You can inquire via email at adminasst@bethelapostolictemple.org or blonja@gmail.com

Expo

New Mount Olive Baptist Men of Valor presents The 100 Man Cancer Awareness March, Saturday, June 27, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, processions will began at the African American Research Library & Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Multiple professional on-site examinations and screenings available. Education and vital information, in conjunction with Mount Olive Health Ministry and the Men Ministry of Mount Bethel, First Piney Grove Church, Mt Hermon AME, Dr. Hamilton’s Foundation, & Community Health Education Alliance Inc. Dr. Marcus D. Davidson, Sr. Pastor.

For additional info call (954) 463-5126.

Event Third Fashion & Home Design Expo, presented by LVL Unlimited Productions, Saturday, June 20, 2015 from 1 to 6 p.m., at Sunrise Civic Center, 10610 W. Oakland Park, Blvd., Sunrise, Fla. For booths space and additional info call Veronica Mayo-Smith at (754) 422-3256.

Yard Sale

A major yard sale, offering household items and furniture, Saturday, June 27, 2015 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., on the lawn of Unity of Delray Beach Church, 101 N.W. 22 St., Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, Fla. ** All large items such as appliances in working order & furniture must be brought to the west lot on June 27 ONLY before 8 a.m.

For questions call Laurie Durgan at (561) 276-5796.

Chistrian Fellowship CDC, a nonprofit organization has partnered with Farm Share and LiL ones Inc Summer Food Feeding Program to provide fresh produce and meals to families and youth in our community.

Families can receive fresh produce and baked goods on the last Saturday of each month. The free food Distribution at Christian Fellowship MBC will be Saturday, June 27, 2015 from 9 a.m. -12 noon. at 8100 N.W. 17 Av., Miami, Fla. Youth from pre-school to 18 years old can receive lunch and a snack Monday through Friday on a day to be announced within the next few days. For additional information call Ms. Anna Jackson at (305) 6268189.

The Parks and Recreation Division’s Special Populations Section and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Broward County will host the second of three Free Friday Night Socials for 2015, Friday, June 12, 2015 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at Anne Kolb Nature Center, 751 Sheridan St., Hollywood, Fla. The program includes music, dancing, socializing, door prizes and refreshments. Note: Direct supervision of participants is not provided. For more info call the Special Populations Section (954) 357-8170 or NAMI Broward County at (954) 316-9907, or email SpecialPopulations@Broward.org.

Summer Program

The Parks and Recreation Division’s six neighborhood parks, located in the Broward Municipal Services District (BMSD), will offer the annual Summer Recreation Program, provided Free on weekdays starting Monday, June 15 and ending Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with early drop-off available from 8 to 9 a.m. and late pick up from 5 to 6 p.m. This year’s theme is: “Fun ‘n’ Fit”. The program is for ages 6 to 17 at Franklin, Lafayette Hart, Reverend Samuel Delevoe and Roosevelt Gardens parks, for 6 to 10 at Boulevard Gardens Community Center; and for ages 13 to 17 at Sunview Park. Weekly field trip (optional) entails a minimal charge; field-trip participants must also purchase a $5 T-shirt that must be worn on all field trips. Field-trip will be Mondays for Delevoe, Tuesdays for Boulevard Gardens and Sunview, Wednesdays for Franklin, Thursdays for Roosevelt Gardens and Fridays for Lafayette Hart. Note: There will be no program on Friday, July 3, 2015. · Boulevard Gardens Community Center, 313 N.W. 28 Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info call (954) 3576867. · Franklin Park, 2501 Franklin Park Dr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-7080. · Lafayette Hart Park, 2851 N.W. Eighth Rd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-7970. · Reverend Samuel Delevoe Park, 2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info (954) 357-8801. · Roosevelt Gardens Park, 2841 N.W. 11th St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info (954) 8700. · Sunview Park, 1500 S.W. 42nd Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-6520.

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Meeting

The Blanche Ely Class of 1966 is now meeting to prepare for their 50th Class Reunion in 2016. Meetings are scheduled for the Fourth Thursday of every month, will be held 6 p.m., at the Mitchell-Moore Center, 901 N.W. 10th St., Pompano Beach, Fla. For more info Fredrekia Manuel-Forde at (954) 240-8498 or Joann at (954) 614-9269.

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New community resource center for the prevention of youth suicide

By Renee Crotts TAMARAC, FL — University Hospital and Medical Center (UHMC) and The Jason Foundation, Inc. (JFI) celebrated the grand opening of The Jason Foundation Community Resource Center at UHMC on May 27. The new Center will provide access for the community to resources and edu-

cational materials that help in the awareness and prevention of youth suicide. Located in The Center of Behavioral Health at UHMC, The JFI Community Center is the first in Broward County and the 88th in the U.S. “This was an incredible event with non-profit organizations, educational leaders, and members of the community

coming together,” says Clark Flatt, president and founder of JFI. “I can’t be more proud of the work our JFI Representatives and the staff at UHMC are conducting.”

JFI is dedicated to the prevention of the “Silent Epidemic” of youth suicide through programs that equip young people, educators, youth workers and parents with the tools and re-

STEM majors awarded $25,000 per year for college gardless, I just wasn’t sure how I was going to pay for it. The biggest thing for me with having the Buick Achievers’ scholarship is the fact that I didn’t have financial stress.”

Grayned joined the Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society and Ebony Fire, Hampton’s dance troupe, where she was team captain her senior year.

The Stone Mountain, Ga. native said that traveling with the football team and performing with the band were great experiences and provided a creative outlet while helping her to hone her leadership skills.

Those experiences may not have been possible without the Buick Achievers’ scholarship she received four years ago.

The General Motors Foundation started the scholarship program in 2011 in an effort to increase the pipeline of students flowing into careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). A 2013 study on STEM jobs conducted by the Census Bureau reported that Blacks account for just 6 percent of the STEM workforce even though they make up 11 percent of the labor market in the U.S. Karen Nicklin, the manager of educational initiatives at the GM Foundation said that the group targeted first generation students, veterans and children of veterans, children from diverse backgrounds and students from low-income households in an effort ensure that that a quality education was affordable and accessible to more students. Since the program’s inception, 3400 students have received nearly $28 million in scholarships to attend college.

“Students can receive up $25,000 dollars and the scholarships are renewable for up to five years for some eligible majors,” said Nicklin. “Those eligible majors are all STEM or automotive-related majors.”

Last year, 15 percent of the Buick Achievers scholarship class was Black. Applicants for the scholarship have to enroll full-time at an accredited fouryear college or university based in the United States or Puerto Rico for the entire 2015–16 academic year. There are more than 40 majors that are eligible through the program, including computers science, graphic design, finance and chemical engineering. A full list of majors and eligibility requirements is available at www.BuickAchievers.com.

“Awards are renewable for the given years noted above or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first.

Renewal is contingent upon maintaining a cumulative 3.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale), full-time enrollment and continuing to major in an eligible field of study,” according to the program’s website.

Grayned credited the program for providing opportunities for Black students to attend historically, Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) continuing a legacy started by their parents or starting a new one in a nurturing and culturallyrich environment unique to Black colleges.

Knowing better, doing better:Anthony Galloway

about taking care of their HIV and will also take advantage of some of the newer prevention technologies. People revving up their knowledge around the science of HIV can do nothing but make the fight that much stronger.

For more information about the African American HIV University, visit blackaids.org or call (213) 353-3610, ext. 100.

April Eugene is a Philadelphia-based writer.

Morgan Grayned, Buick Achiever from Hampton University.

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – When Morgan Grayned opened the envelope from the Buick Achievers’ scholarship program and learned that she would receive $24,000 a year to attend college, she screamed and danced and ran around her house with the letter.

She posted it on Facebook.

Her mom called the scholarship a blessing.

Grayned applied for the scholarship less than a week before high school graduation with limited expectations. That was four years ago. Recently, Grayned, 22, graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in finance from Hampton University on Mother’s Day, a great gift for her mom, a single parent who had wholeheartedly supported her throughout her entire academic career.

“Coming from a single parent household, I just knew that I needed assistance to [pay] for college,” said Grayned. “I knew that I was going to go re-

(Cont'd from FP) AG: No, I don’t think so. The science-and-treatment-knowledge survey shows that people are lacking in the science when it comes to talking about HIV, and Black people are the ones mostly impacted by that. We have a whole lot of people who are perceived to know a lot more about HIV than they do, and that is very concerning.

AE: What do the providers you described have to know in order to get clients to go and stay on treatment?

AG: They need to know the stages of HIV, the life cycle of HIV, and have an understanding of the role that classes of drugs play in HIV treatment.

And I think folks need to know how HIV impacts the body; that although they may feel healthy, HIV is still doing damage to one’s body.

AE: Do your clients seem to know about any of the recent biomedical advances, like pre-exposure prophylaxis?

AG: I think they do. I do think that more and more people are learning about PrEP and understanding the role PrEP can play, and because it’s so new, I think people are still kind of learning it. It’s a new prevention technology, so people aren’t gonna have the same level of information.

AE: What are you doing to pass on information you’ve learned about PrEP? AG: I put on a workshop. We also have a PrEP working group and a community-planning group that are working to expand PrEP knowledge across the Chicago region. We know

that locally, our health departments, both state and city, are very interested in PrEP. AE: What role will science and treatment knowledge play in helping us reach the goal of ending the epidemic?

AG: I think that as people become more and more engaged in the effort to understand science and treatment, more PLWHA will feel confident

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Ribbon Cutting (l to r) Clark Flatt, president, JFI; Joseph D. Melchiode, CEO, UHMC; Sharon Blaire-Moxam, director, UHMC Behavorial Health Services; Bob Hale, HCA East Florida Division VP, Behavioral Health Services; Michele Ray, SVP/CEO, JFI; and Manon Lepage, director, UHMC Behavioral Services Outreach, Physician & Provider Relations. sources to help identify and assist at-risk youth. It was founded by Flatt after his 16year-old son Jason committed suicide in 1997. Since then, through its network of supporting businesses and organizations, Community Resource Centers and other programs, JFI has become one of the largest youth suicide prevention efforts in the country.

The Center for Behavioral Health is a 60-bed inpatient unit, with eight-beds dedicated to children and adolescents.

Their partnership has the potential to help save many young lives that are taken by suicide every year. Suicide is a leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. today. It is the second leading cause of death for youth

ages 10-24.

“We’re proud to partner with JFI to bring this important resource to our community,” says Joseph D. Melchiode, CEO, University Hospital and Medical Center. “It’s important for people to know the warning signs of youth suicide and to have a place they can turn to for help.

We’re here to help children and adolescents cope and manage the issues in their lives in healthy ways, as well as their families.”

University Hospital and Medical Center, an HCA hospital located in Tamarac, Fla., is a 317-bed medical center and health care complex, serving the Broward County community since 1974. Fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Ac-

creditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the hospital is known as a leading center for innovative medical care, a reputation maintained through its excellent staff and dedication to facility expansion and technological advances.

The Jason Foundation is a nationally recognized leader in youth suicide awareness and prevention programs. JFI employs a “grass-roots” approach utilizing a network of Community Resource Centers to reach communities across the nation.

Through the efforts of both the corporate office and the community resource centers, JFI’s suicide prevention programs are in use in all 50 states and several foreign countries.

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Opinion

The Westside Gazette, under the Management of BI-ADs, Inc., reserves the right to publish Views and Opinions by Contributing Writers may not necessarily reflect those of the Staff and Management of The Westside Gazette Newspaper and are solely the product of the responsible individual(s) who submit comments published in this newspaper.

By Lucius Gantt

Use vinegar and sugar to avoid the summer brain – drain

By Don Valentine ‘The long break of summer vacation should not be viewed as a respite for academic dalliance. I personally was a voracious reader as a child. My mother did not have to inspire me to pick up a book or magazine. In retrospect, if she had forced me to face my fear of learning Spanish I would have been better acclimated for life in Florida. The moral of that story is not to let little “Stevie” waste the precious practice time summer provides to work on

an academic pratfall. We all intuitively know the value of going to college.

Where you go to college is one of the lasting footprints of your career. The summer is too valuable a time to not practice and strengthen an academic frailty.

Parents take the lead here and influence your nascent academicians to hone and polish the areas where they are struggling. It could be math, reading, writing, civics, science or a language; it does not matter. Every aspiring scholar has an area that needs

Florida lawmakers ready to reach an agreement on budget

By Roger Caldwell Florida lawmakers are getting ready to start their second week in their special session, and they say they have struck agreement on the overall shape of a CALDWELL spending plan for the budget. Even though, the House was in the process of killing the Senate’s Florida Health Insurance Exchange (FHIX), everything was going great from Senate President, Andy Gar-diner’s (R-Orlando) point of view. A couple of week ago, the two Houses were not talking to each other, calling each other derogatory names, but now they look forward to working together.

“While today’s debate is over and votes have been cast, the critical healthcare challenges facing Florida still remain. We appreciate the spirited debate of our colleagues in the House and look forward to working together over the next two weeks to complete a balanced budget for our state,” says Andy Gardiner.

Florida politics is a strange game, because there are never any permanent friends or permanent enemies.

No one knows what has transpired in the last two weeks, but Senate President Andy Gardiner is ready to build a state budget without the $2.8 billion in federal money the state would receive if FHIX was approved.

When the last session ended abruptly during the spring, the two Houses needed four billion dollars to create a balanced budget. But, something has changed and now the two Houses are saying that they are close to agreeing on a framework for a balanced budget. The Senate leadership at this point is not offering any details of how dollars are being distributed, but the work is getting done.

During the second week of the session, the Legislature will begin budget conferences, to patch together an agreement, which everyone can live with. They will take millions of dollars and determine where limited resources will be appropriated and delegated.

Since the House has decided to kill the Senate’s FHIX Program, there are fewer funds to work with, and approprate to health care, roads, education, environment and countless other priorities.

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improvement. Not to mention a chance to elevate an area and get into “Advanceed Placement” class. Put your child or niece/nephew on a weekly structured plan toward improvement.

Get them ready for the rigors of next fall.

For example, you could challenge them to complete two grade appropriate books per month. Have them complete a written summary of the book.

If they can do it in a timely manner then reward them with a small treat.

They might want to go to the beach,

Time for young people to stop the violence

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist I only recently embraced my status as an “elder.” Actually, I describe myself as an “episodic elder,” eager enough to take one of those lovely “senior” MALVEAUX discounts when it serves my purpose, yet reluctant to turn in my party card.

Elder status hit me upside the head, though, when a young woman told me she was “tired” of my generation preaching to hers.

I’m willing to stop preaching when young leaders step up. I applaud the Black Lives Matter movement, and am excited when those who are of not African descent join this movement.

Still, I am waiting for the same young leaders to demand that their peers stop killing one another. I’m not embracing the right-wing hype about Black-on-Black crime, because they don’t address white-on-white crime.

I’m not suggesting that the movement for police reform take a back seat to anything else (after all, we can have more than one movement at a time). I am suggesting, however, that young African Americans confront their peers and say “enough.” When “elders” say it, we are accused of preaching, but someone needs to say it.

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White racism affects Feds and states successfully team up to prosecute more than Blacks

By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Columnist In the context of the responses to the lynchings of African Americans by police and racist citizenry, greater FLETCHER and much needed attention has been focused on the question of race and racism in the U.S. Particular attention has been raised about the historic and current oppression and demonization of African Americans, i.e., anti-Black racism. While this awareness is critical, we must at the same time recognize that the racism which we have encountered since the origins of this country is integrally linked to the larger system of racial capitalism.

“Race,” that is the artificial division of humanity based on manufactured inferiority and superiority, was imposed on North America and Latin America by European colonists/invaders, beginning in the 16th century. Such a division had not previously existed but became an essential means to guarantee that the settler-colonies could sustain themselves in two respects. First, there was a need for an oppressed workforce to perform all of the tasks necessary to make the colonies thrive, in the interests – of course – of the colonial elites.

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housing bias

By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Columnist Three recent and separate enforcement actions involving feCROWELL deral and state agencies together prove how coordinated efforts against housing and credit discrimination can lead to equitable settlements for those whose rights have been denied. Further, the actions illustrate how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) works in cooperation with other federal and state agencies to ensure that everyone harmed is protected by federal or state laws – or both.

On May 26, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) resolved the largest disparate treatment in redlining in the agency’s history. The settlement is also one of the largest redlining complaints brought by the federal government against a mortgage lender.

Associated Bank, based in Wisconsin and operating in multiple states, denied Black and Latino mortgage applicants loans from 2008-2010, particularly in large minority neighborhoods.

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The indictment of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and the disclosure that he may have been sexually involved with at least two boys while serving as a high school football and wrestling coach in Illinois exposes the hypocrisy of the self-appointed morality police.

It turns out that Hastert is the latest in a long line of “family values” spouting Republicans who led the charge to successfully impeach President Bill Clinton for lying about his extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.

VALENTINE eat pizza or see a movie. The reward they earned is the sugar. The real value is the small incremental improvement they make toward an easier fall class work.

If they don’t finish in a timely manner, then they get an extra duty task.

My Dad called them chores when I was a boy. Vinegar by any name is meant to be avoided. This template can be used for whatever subjects your child finds challenging. The key is to make them hone their academic talents.

An easy way to get started is to “Google-Search” for exercises that are grade level specific and insert the subject. Use the “Sugar and Vinegar” paradigm and I forecast academic improvement next fall.

Blackonomics

Some African Americans have “buzzard luck”! They can’t kill anything and nothing will die!

On the other hand, more than a few Black people are like personal GANTT injury lawyers that have a dead baby case. Those Blacks get an economic come up when someone dies.

Let me explain. Good parents always try their best to leave their children something when they take their final journey to The Land of Plenty.

They purchase life insurance policies that will cover funeral arrangements and also leave the children with an extra few dollars to help them make it without Mom and/or Dad. Other parents work hard to create revenue generating businesses to leave to their children that the kids can sell or continue to operate to keep a money stream going.

Perhaps the best thing parents and grandparents can leave children and grand children is land. Blacks in the rural South are more likely to have land that has been passed down for generations than their big city or urban counterparts.

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Child Watch

‘I’ versus ‘We’

Charity is not a substitute for justice

By James Clingman, NNPA Columnist

By Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist

“In the Northern CLINGMAN states, we are not slaves to individuals, not personal slaves, yet in many ways we are slaves of the community…It is more than a figure of speech to say that we are a people chained together. We are one people – one in general complexion type, one in degradation, one in popular estimation. As one rises, all must rise, and as one falls all must fall. Having now, our feet on the rock of freedom, we must drag our brethren from the slimy depths of slavery, ignorance, and ruin. Every one of us should be ashamed to consider himself free, while his brother is a slave.” Frederick Douglass

In his speech the night before his murder, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. repeated the Biblical parable of the Good Samaritan who stopped and helped the desperate traveler who had been beaten, robbed, and left half dead as he journeyed along the road from Jerusalem to EDELMAN Jericho. The Good Samaritan is traditionally considered a model of charity for his willingness to treat a stranger as a neighbor and friend. Dr. King agreed that we are all called to follow his example and serve those around us who need help. But he reminded us that true compassion—true justice— requires also attacking the forces that leave others in need in the first place.

Many of the cracks in America’s edifice Dr. King identified over a half century ago are deeper today. CEO compensation and corporate greed and welfare have skyrocketed to morally obscene levels while middle class and minimum wage workers and people seeking work have been left behind.

In 2012-2013, 4.9 million American households, including 1.3 million with children, had no cash income, relying only on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) to stave off the wolves of hunger—a program Republican majorities in both houses of Congress seek to shred while increasing government welfare to the wealthiest individuals and corporations.

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One conclusion I have drawn from working in the collective economic empowerment vineyard for years is that “We” fail because “I” gets in the way.

Black folks adore the statement, “I am because we are, and because we are, therefore, I am.” Oh, if we would live by that statement rather than merely recite it. Frederick Douglass and other ancestors knew they were all in this thing together, and that no Black man or woman would rise without the rest of us rising. Have we come so far since his time that we no longer believe in the collective? Have we achieved so much and risen so high as individuals that we have lost sight of our brothers and sisters?

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Slavery thrives in some countries

By Lekan Oguntoyinbo, NNPA Columnist

However, while publicly vilifying Clinton, key Republican leaders had participated in or were continuing extramarital affairs with women or, like Hastert, boys.

The impeachment of CURRY Clinton was presided over by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde of Illinois.

“Ironically, Hyde turned out to have been guilty of his own extramarital indiscretions.

A couple of weeks ago, law enforcement officials in Mauritania arrested nine people for OGUNTOYINBO doing something the government considers radical: protesting slavery.

In 1980, Mauritania became the last nation in the world to legally abolish slavery, an institution that that had existed in the poor, landlocked Islamic West African country of fewer than four million people in the middle of the Sahara for more than 700 years.

The operative word here is “legally.”

More than 30 years later, the enslavement of Blacks by the ruling Arab Berber class stubbornly persists. It is estimated that about 4 percent of Mauritania’s population, or about 140,000 people, are enslaved.

Over the years, the government has passed a couple of additional antislavery acts, but they are rarely enforced. For the most part, the government has taken a see-no-evil approach.

Senior government officials often deny that the practice still exists – despite glaring evidence to the contrary.

But in recent months, Amnesty International and other human rights groups say the Mauritanian government appears to have maintained a campaign against the nation’s nascent anti-slavery movement.

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Hastert indictment spotlights Republican hypocrisy

By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist

The Gantt Report The deadly come up

To Be Equal Nebraska executes its death penalty

By Marc H. Morial, NNPA Columnist “The reality is that capital punishment in America is a lottery. It is MORIAL a punishment that is shaped by the constraints of poverty, race, geography and local politics.” – Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative, Founder and Executive Director The last time the state of Nebraska carried out an execution was Dec. 2, 1997. The inmate, Robert E. Williams, was put to death by electric chair.

In a stunning vote – a vote that may signal a growing, national discontent with capital punishment as a feature of our nation’s criminal justice system – Nebraska recently became the first Republican-led state in more than four decades to abolish the death penalty.

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers – the majority of them Republicans – voted to override Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts’ veto of a bill to repeal Nebraska’s death penalty – a bill that has been introduced in the legislature every session since 1981.

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

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

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

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

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

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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”

St. Ruth Missionary Baptist Church 145 NW 5th Ave., Dania Beach, FL 33004 (954) 922-2529 WORSHIP SERVICES Wednesday (NOON DAY PRAYER) ............................................. 12 -1 p.m.

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

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

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

Obituaries ElIJAH BELL'S Funeral Services ANDRADE Funeral Services for the late Noe Garcia Andrade.

BAPTISTE Funeral Services for the late Laurentz Baptiste.

BROWN Funeral Services for the late Wilston Brown.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mount Calvary Baptist Church

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

Reverend Anthony Burrell, Pastor SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SUNDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where the kingdom of God is increased through Fellowship.

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

A FAMIL Y THA T AMILY THAT PRA YS PRAY TOGETHER ST AYS STA TOGETHER

“PRAYER IS THE ANSWER” 644-646 NW 13th Terrace Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 (954) 462-5711(Ministry Office Line) (954) 462-8222(Pastor’s Direct Line) Email: wm_cme@bellsouth.net (Church} pastorCal50@yahoo.com (Pastor)

Rev. Cal Hopkins.

M.Div) Senior Pastor/Teacher

Dr. James B. Darling, Jr., Pastor/Teacher

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"

Williams Memorial CME

FILMORE Funeral Services for the late Robert Filmore.

FULSOM Funeral Services for the late Vernell Fulsom.

SEVERE Funeral Services for the late Emmanuel Severe.

VIXAMAR Funeral Services for the late Mazilus Vixamar.

James C. Boyd Funeral Home ANDERSON Funeral services for the late Sister Effie Gwendolyn Anderson 78 were held June 6 at Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Dr. Leonard L. Ward officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Central Cemetery.

JOHNSON Funeral services for the late Gregory Van Johnson - 49 were held June 6 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Elder Allen Johnson officiating.

NORTHCUT Funeral services for the late Jeffrey L. Northcut - 50 were held June 6 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Bishop L.L. Ward officiating.

McWhite's Funeral Home MITCHELL Funeral services for the late Frederick Lee Mitchell, Jr - 57 were held June 7 at Daughters of Zion Seventh-Day Adventist Church with Elder Wesley Brice officiating. Interment: Delray Beach Memorial Municipal Cemetery.

Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home

COLE Funeral services for the late Lunette Dobson Cole - 98 were held June 5 at New Mount Olive Baptist Church with Rev. James Melton officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

SMALL Funeral services for the late Jeremiah Smalls - 82 were held June 6 at New Mount Olive Baptist Church with Dr. Marcus D. Davidson officiating. Interment: South Florida VA National Cemetery, Lake Worth, Fla. WILLOUGHBY Funeral services for the late Cynthia L. Willoughby 61were held June 6 at St. John Church of God Apostolic in Jesus Name with Bishop Eugene Wilson officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

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!”

Kick-off celebration of Christian Fellowship’s 48th anniversary Special by JEBA Media, Inc. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY — Celebrate the 48th Anniversary of Christian Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Benjamin H. Parrott in the First annual Festival of Choirs featuring the gospel quartet Brothers, Dwight Moment featuring Symphony and Vision Saturday, June 27 at 5 pm., at Christian Fellowship MBC at 8100 NW 17 Ave., Miami, Fla. The event will be hosted by Ms. Marian Morrison.

Pastor/teacher Benjamin H. Parrott’s commitment extends to the community, where he especially cares about today’s youth and hopes the young artists featured in the Festival of Choirs will inspire other youth to cultivate their talents and skills.

The gospel group Brothers began in their grandfather’s church - The Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale, where the family sang with their mother, aunts, sisters and brothers in some capacity every Sunday. Demetrius Elliott, the oldest brother, didn’t take the family singing together too seriously until three years ago when his mother passed and he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

He said: “She always wanted me to get a group, but I didn’t want the commitment. A month after she passed, it was then that God told me to start the group. No one believed me except my brothers; however, everything fell into place and that is when I knew that it was the right time."

Brothers’ new single God Made A Way, co-written by Elliott and Tadarius McCombs, debuted nine months ago and is receiving steady air play. It has just been added to the rotation on HOT105 FM. The internet play is hot, too, with the group receiving air play on Power of Praise Radio, Rejoice America Radio and Synergy OneRadio. Elliott said: “I didn’t anticipate how many people sent the song to these radio stations. First one called and then another and another. We are very excited.”

Brothers consists of singers Aaron Reid, Jahari Meilzee, Brandon Hurts and Demetrius Elliott with DeAntoine Fields playing lead guitar, John Robison on the drums and Ricardo Smith on bass guitar. As they stated: “This is how grand-

daddy told them to do it on the stage, and they haven’t stopped.” Aaron Reid says: “They put me on the instruments and I began to teach myself to play the drums, bass guitar and the key board. I started playing for the 11 am service and the 7:30 service and then I would stay after to continue practicing. I can just hear something and I already know how to play it.”

The group is very busy performing throughout Florida and the U.S. They have worked with the Alabama Girls, Doc McKenzie and Keith The Wonder Boy. “When I’m not performing with my group I’m performing with other groups. I’m booked almost every weekend,” says Reid. “My music gives me peace. I could be angry or going through something and I pick up my guitar and I’m at ease.

Playing music helped me stay out of trouble.”

Elliott goes on to say that their “singing is an outlet and God is in control, but we’ve brought a different, younger sound that is very relatable, emotion filled because we are assured of the anointing and we believe that you can bring God anywhere.

“We give our all so that our rehearsals look like performances. Sometimes it seems that we sing harder than we sing on the floor. For me it’s because I saw my mom one day and lost her the same day, so you never know when it’s the last time. So we sing as if it’s our last time. Giving it All. Everything, everything to the Glory of God.” Catch Brothers on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/ 4brothers.23.

Tickets are $20. To purchase printable tickets online go to ChristianFellowshipMBC.org Donations are welcomed and appreciated or contact Anna Jackson at (305) 6268189 if you cannot go to the website to purchase “E”.

For additional information, media inquiry and groups of 20 or more call (305) 835-0321 or at JEBAMedia@Yahoo.com.

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the “Air Police” for the federal government. It enforces regulations and rules that are self-set and approved

by Congress. One area of enforcement is the ozone, ALFORD which is matter floating through the air we breathe. The measurement is in “Parts per Billion” or ppb.

In March 2008, the ppb standard was set at 75 parts per billion.

Any area with less than 75 ppb is considered in attainment and economic growth such as construction, development, infrastructure, etc. can proceed. Any area with more than 75 ppb is considered non-attainment. A designation of “non-attainment” – when an area is not meeting the ozone standards – means no economic development, no new construction, and no job creation in that area. In areas classified as in non-attainment, EPA can override state permit decisions, such as upgrading new or existing facilities via the most effective emission reduction technologies, without consideration of costs and federally-supported highway and transportation projects can be suspended.

The good news is that many localities have come under attainment and growth is now being realized. The bad news is that the EPA wants to stretch its muscle and change the rules. It wants to lower the standard from 75 ppb to a new and maybe impossible 65 ppb. If the EPA has its way (the way of environmental extremists), most of our nation will have to close down any construction and economic activity underway. According to the National Association of Manufacturers, such an extreme move would reduce our Gross Domestic Product by $140 billion, resulting in 1.4 million fewer jobs, and cost the average U. S. household $830 in lost consumption, with Blacks being the last hired and first fired as usual for each year from 2017 through 2040.

One local area’s business community is speaking out about already feeling the negative impact of EPA’s ozone proposal.

Baton Rouge, La. and the surrounding area is home to many successful manufacturing and industrial facilities that help drive the economic livelihood of the area and the country as a whole. In recent years, the state has worked hard to decrease ozone levels in Baton Rouge. Following a period of non-attainment, Baton Rouge was found to be in compliance with the current 75 ppb ozone standard in April 2014.

Meanwhile, Baton Rouge has been experiencing an economic boom in the last few years with a great deal of the U.S. manufacturing renaissance taking place there.

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Owning a building can be a turning point in the life of a nonprofit. A building represents positive attributes: permanence, ownership, longevity, visibility, stability, status and achievement. You can control your destiny, make improvements, and expand when needed. You have an asset to leverage for future projects. No one can make you move.

Fundraising for a building is also a milestone. In addition to securing funds for annual operations, you will need to simultaneously raise funds for the building. Questions regarding strategy, leadership, and financing need to be addressed.

A new building may require an expanded or new board, especially if your current board doesn’t have the experience, connections, and fundraising expertise required by a capital campaign.

The process of planning for a new building can be longer than anticipated. Knowing your organization’s needs is the first step. Creating consensus is the next. Then come discussions regarding location, and whether to purchase or renovate an existing building, or build a new one. Sooner or later the discussions – and decisions – will center around money.

There are fundraising questions to be answered such as: Where will the money come from? Will our current donors continue their annual support and make additional gifts for the building? Who will lead the campaign? How much money do we need to raise?

The fundraising goal should derive from your building and/ or renovation plans. But how do you create a realistic goal?

“It could be that a new building will create even more challenges than the ones the organization faces in its current location.”

This observation was raised by Sam King, senior vice president and financial advisor at Pinnacle Financial Partners in Memphis during a recent conversation. An experienced banker, fundraiser, and nonprofit board member he has a

Pearl and Mel Shaw list of questions for nonprofits to consider as they begin the process of planning for a capital campaign.

Here are a few: In addition to constructing the building, can you raise enough money to sustain the building? How will you cover increased utility and maintenance costs year-overyear? How will you fund improvements and repairs? If you take a mortgage, how will you service the debt? Can your organization qualify for a mortgage?

“Will a new building hurt your organization? Will you have a big building with no programming? Will a new building create problems greater than those you face now? If you intend on raising all the money first, how long will it take to have “cash in hand” – no pledges? And what happens if you don’t raise all the money that you need?”

King raises important questions based on years of experience. Take the time you need to make the right decisions. Ask others who have gone through the process to share their guidance. This is a big decision – make it a positive one.

Copyright 2015– Mel and Pearl Shaw Mel and Pearl Shaw position nonprofits, colleges and universities for fundraising success.

For help with your fundraising visit www.saadandshaw.com or call (901) 522-8727.

Hurricane Season is June 1 through November 30 each year

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White House Committee selects BCPS in expansion of Turnaround Arts Program Celebrities Cameron Diaz, John Lloyd Young and Carla Dirlikov to work with three Turnaround schools

Recently, the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities announced the expansion of its successful Turnaround Arts initiative to include three elementary schools in

Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) – Bethune Elementary School, Lake Forest Elementary School and Walker Elementary School – in an effort to narrow the achievement gap

and increase student engagement through the arts.

BCPS is one of five school districts in the nation, and the only school district in Florida, selected to partner with Turnaround Arts. The selected schools will receive arts education training and resources to address their individual needs.

Resources include a summer leadership program, in-school professional development, partnerships with community arts education and cultural organizations, art supplies, and musical instruments. “We are excited to partner with Turnaround Arts to provide training and resources for this kind of instruction in our

District’s highest priority schools,� said BCPS Superintendent Robert W. Runcie. “Classrooms that are rich in the arts help us to provide important opportunities for creative expression and discovery in developing well-rounded students.�

Additionally, the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities announced that “Turnaround Artists� Cameron Diaz, John Lloyd Young and Carla Dirlikov will adopt BCPS Turnaround Arts schools, and work directly with students and teachers to support their arts education. They join a number of other high-profile artists who will also adopt Turnaround Arts schools for the length of the program, working with stu-

dents, schools and communities to highlight their success. “All children deserve to have access to the arts, not only to discover their passion, but as a tool to engage them in the joy of learning,� said Cameron Diaz, actress and Turnaround Artist. “Turnaround Arts is an amazing organization, and I look forward to working to inspire the students at Bethune Elementary to discover and reach for their dreams.�

Attorney Andrew Weinstein, appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, was instrumental in expanding the Turnaround Arts program to South Florida. “It’s an honor and an opportunity to be part of the Turn-a-

round Arts program. Traveling to schools in Washington, D.C., New Orleans and Boston has given me firsthand experience about this program and its incredible potential to impact the students of Broward County,� said Weinstein.

For more information about the Turnaround Arts program and profiles of selected schools visit: http:// turnaroundarts.pcah.gov.

‘Civil Rights in the Sunshine State’ exhibit at AARLCC

Prepare now - Hurricane Season begins today The season runs from June 1 to November 30 BROWARD COUNTY, FL - With hurricane season starting today, residents are reminded now is the time to prepare for possible tropical weather. While the weather in South Florida is normally idyllic for most of the year, residents are most vulnerable to the damage and devastation of hurricanes between June 1 and Nov. 30. “In the 10th year after Hurricane Wilma, we’re reminded of the importance to prepare early at the beginning of the hurricane season. With so many things to think about when a storm threatens, it’s critical to start getting your plan together now,� said Miguel Ascarrunz, Director of Broward County Emergency Management Division.

To assist with hurricane preparation, Broward County has launched a new Hurricane Preparedness Guide designed

for viewing on computers, tablets or mobile devices. The new printer-friendly publication allows readers to have the feeling of reading a magazine formatted issue, with page turning capabilities.

Additional features include zoom capabilities to improve online. The improved guide provides a wide range of valuable resources such as how to develop a hurricane plan, a hurricane shelter map, how to safeguard your home before the storm and keeping safe after the storm.

Stay Connected: Broward County offers residents and businesses a variety of ways to stay connected to receive important information before, during and after an emergency. ¡ Visit our comprehensive Hurricane website for preparedness information to help with emergency plans, re-

You don’t have to be a special bee to get honey from the ’comb (Cont'd from FP) Needless to say after crushing a few eggs my invitations with that type of those inside parties were less than the weight of “aerographite� which equates to almost nothing; as a matter of fact, what they thought of themselves was equal to the same density of aerographite.

When the weight of our selfishness outweighs the needs of others-we weigh nothing!

Left out of those circles that seem to be “all that� taught me some valuable lessons. Lessons which have made me to understand, that it’s not necessarily what’s on the inside that counts, so much as it is getting what’s on the inside out to those who need it.

We place too much time and effort on trying to get to the inside. The meaning ‘getting to the inside’ can be a representation of having the mindset of the elitists-thinking that we are “all that and a bag of chips� you know what I’M SAYING, the “crim della crim�, the seared marble on a Porter House Steak.

For all practical purposes we’re just some skin on the ham hock and a piece of strickalean(fried pork fat), which is just as good and those of us who really know, in times of trouble, it will get you through.

When all of our energy spent on the treadmill of expectations of gaining access to the inside we become one worn-out heap of fabricated junk; in the Bible it’s called “a pile of dung.�

The true being that conforms to the accurate expression of being an� insider� in all honesty is one who turns the whole inside out so that all of the good contents can be splashed upon all.

Bees can be awfully gifted. Not only do they learn how to overcome difficulties by doing, but they can really absorb by observing other bees. Bees are true mathematicians. They do a dance, no not the wobble, but they do dance to communicate where food is and the direction and position of the sun.

Throughout their development, they have learned the art of storing the most amount of honey while using the least amount of resources.

In the context of a ‘honeycomb’ only certain bees are allowed inside. While inside they stir up enough ruckus that honey splashes outside on the other bees who are not allowed inside; everybody gets a taste of the good stuff.

Most gracious God I pray that we as humans can learn a lesson from the bees. As their honey never spoils may we have such an effect on others-not to spoil them from our on contamination. Amen.

AS SWEET AS HONEY IS, KNOWING GOD IS SWEETER.

plenishing emergency kit supplies and ensuring everyone is Ready.Set.Safe for this hurricane season. ¡ Check out Broward County’s A-Z Planner with links to hurricane preparedness and safety information on more than 60 topics, from airports and animals to water and windows. ¡ Encourage family and friends to subscribe to Broward County Emergency Updates, important public safety information delivered via email before, during and after an emergency. ¡ Follow us on Twitter at ReadyBroward and like us on Facebook at BrowardEMD to be among the first to hear emergency updates. ¡ Call the Broward County Call Center at 311, or (954) 831-4000, for updates and general hurricane preparedness information. ¡ Bookmark Report Home Damage on your smartphone or other mobile device so you can report damage to your home and help first responders assess damage in the immediate aftermath of a storm.

About Emergency Management Division The Broward County Emergency Management Divi-sion develops and implements comprehensive emergency planning response, mitigation and recovery activities in order to save lives and protect property in emergencies. Technical assistance is available to develop and maintain emergency plans for all types of hazards. Free training and presentations are available to the public on request. For more information, visit Broward.org/Emergency, follow us o n T w i t t e r . c o m / ReadyBroward, like us on Facebook.com/ BrowardEMD or call (954) 831-3900.

How To Use The Shopping Guide As hurricane season approaches (June 1 – November 30), all residents are encouraged to get prepared by creating a family hurricane plan and assembling a hurricane supply kit.

These preparedness steps are key to safely weathering a storm, or any other disaster.

The eight-week Shopping Guide identifies the basic items required to comfortably sustain you and your family for threefive days following a storm that may leave you without power and potable water.

Adding a few items to your regular shopping list each week is the easiest way to complete your Hurricane Kit with minimal impact to your budget.

This Guide also includes information for preparing a Hurricane Kit for infants, the elderly and your pet. A “how to� guide for creating a family plan and assembling a first aid kit are also included.

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BROWARD COUNTY, FL – Beginning Monday, June 15 through Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC) is showcasing Civil Rights in the Sunshine State, a special exhibit produced by the Museum of Florida History. Through videos, interactive elements, and narratives, visitors can explore the significant contributions Florida made to the state and national civil rights movement. “This exhibit explores the actions of Floridians that led to historic legislation and the struggles the civil rights movement faced in Florida,� says Elaina Norlin, Regional Library Manager.

The Museum of Florida History produced Civil Rights in the Sunshine State in collaboration with a number of uni-

versities, organizations, and individuals. Many of the photographs on display are from the State Archives of Florida. Civil rights activists from Tallahassee, Jacksonville and other cities served as advisors on the exhibit, along with historians from Florida State University, the University of Florida, Florida A&M University, and the Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network (FAAHPN).

The exhibit is one aspect of a number of initiatives undertaken by the Florida Department of State to commemorate the historic signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The Museum of Florida History is part of the Florida Department of State’s Division of Cultural Affairs.

The AARLCC is located at 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lau-

derdale, Fla. 33311. Call the Welcome Desk at (954) 3576210.

For more information about Broward County Libraries, visit broward.org/library.

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Miami Dolphins Rookies Rebuilding Together event FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — The Miami Dolphins Rookie class on Friday, June 5, 2015 participated in its second community service project at L.A. Lee YMCA Family Center in Fort Lauderdale.

Miami Dolphins rooket Class working hard to rebuild & beautifuy L.A.Lee YMCA. Photo by Jason Jones

Reel-ality TV Talk

Can you play nice with others?

By Marquesa LaDawn, NNPA Columnist This week was interesting because all of my favorites seem to have something in common. It was LaDawn about the struggle of “playing nice with others.”

But before I go there, I have to talk about the biggest story on Reality TV. I don’t usually write about the Kardashians but I had to say something with it being a big story – Bruce becoming Caitlyn!

I love it! Bruce making this big decision changed the world, not to mention his life. The perception of a transgender person has shifted. We’ve all been educated. I do think he was the ideal person to take on this mission. Yes, I know he has a lot of kids and was a married man. I can only imagine the emotional confusion that his family is experiencing. That being said, being famous is a good thing and a bad thing.

I admire how Bruce put his feelings aside for so many years for his family. But, he’s right, he’s got to live for himself and that means as Caitlyn.

I think he chose well!

The ladies let it all out on RHOA via Kandi’s family ski vacation. I must say, the Tuckers and the “old ladies gang” are addictive. This week, Todd is fed up with the family blaming him for, well, everything. He’s tired of Kandi accepting their issues. It was refreshing seeing Todd express himself to his relatives and hear-ing them say the ladies Serena Williams, are crazy. a champion on (Read full story on www.thewestsidegazette.com)

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LEGAL NOTICES PUBLICATION OF BID SOLICITATIONS Broward County Board of County Commissioners is soliciting bids for a variety of goods and services, construction and architectural/engineering services. Interested bidders are requested to view and download the notifications of bid documents via the Broward County Purchasing website at: www.broward.org/ purchasing.

June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2015 IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: 295-10179 DIVISION: FC-04 ROSE GALLOWAY, Petitioner and JOHN GALLOWAY, Respondent

NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE (NO CHILD OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT) TO: JOHN GALLOWAY Address/Residence Unknown YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a action for dissolution of marriage has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defense, if any, to it on Deborah Pino, Esq., whose address is 2701 West Oakland Park Blvd., Suite 410-15, Oakland Park Florida, 33311 on or before June 16, 2015, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 175 Northwest First Avenue, Miami Florida, Florida 33128 before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request.

You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address: (You may file Notice of Current Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the clerk’s office.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings. Dated May 4, 2015.

Michelle Jerez, Deputy Clerk June 11, 18, 25, July 2, 2015

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By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Serena Jameka Williams is more than one of the greatest tennis players in the world. She comes from a Black American family that has come to epitomize what it means to consistently struggle and triumph to success in professional sports and in family life. Most importantly, however, is Serena’s demonstrated commitment to freedom, justice and equality.

Across the world, Williams has evolved to symbolize a true champion in the world of global sports as well as a vibrant role model for young women who dare to push forward for equality on the international stage of history. Having just won the French Open against Lucie Safarova in Paris, Serena has now won 20 major tennis singles championships.

At the age of 33, she still has a tremendous career ahead of her as she continues to win tennis competitions throughout the world. Today, she is ranked as the number one female tennis player in the world. Serena and her sister, Venus, also an internationally recognized tennis winning legend, are admired by millions of people.

But it has not been an easy journey. The Williams family has had to overcome many hardships and difficulties. As Black American women tennis stars, each has had to face multiple forms of racial prejudice and stereotypes in sports and in the media. Yet, because of the irrepressible spirit and strong determination of the Williams family, Serena continues to soar to the heights of achievement and success.

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“Being in the position that we’re in – being in the NFL with the Dolphins organization – people look up to you, children look up to you,” Dolphins fifth round draft pick Bobby McCain said. “It feels good to help people

in need. Having the rookies out here, having us come together as one unit with the Dolphins partnering with Rebuilding Together; it just feels good to come out and serve the community.”

In partnership with Rebuilding Together Broward County, the rookies beautified the L.A. Lee YMCA by painting walkways, stairwells, mulching the herb garden and play areas AS well as assembling picnic tables as part of their effort to immerse themselves in service to the South Florida community.

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FAMU and Siaya County, Kenya governor signs MOU to promote international collaboration and “Dean Taylor is to be comresearch exchange mended for his steadfast efforts TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) Provost Marcella David and Siaya County, Kenya Governor Cornell Rasanga Amoth signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on June 5, 2015. The MOU will open the door to enhancing educational and research opportunities between FAMU and Siaya County as well as provide a roadmap for further expansion by FAMU in Kenya and East Africa.

The MOU will enhance access to quality education for the people of Siaya County. It will also provide for joint educational and research activities, exchange of students and scholars, and increased funding opportunities for the College of Agriculture and Food Sciences (CAFS) from agencies such as USAID, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other global organizations.

Siaya County is located in the southwest part of Kenya

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FAMU Provost Marcella David (l) and Siaya County Governor Cornel Rasanga Amoth (r) sign a memorandum of understanding. Governor Amoth’s Agriculture Chief of Staff Dr. Omamo Kevin Ndai (c) joins them. and has a population of more than 840,000. It is one of 47 counties in the nation. Under the Constitution of Kenya, county governments oversee county health services, trade development, pre-primary education, implementation of specific national government po-

licies, and public work and services.

David praised CAFS Dean Robert Taylor, Ph.D., and his staff for forging the agreement that will put FAMU at the forefront of U.S. land-grant institutions in terms of fostering collaborative ventures with African nations.

FAMU CAFS Dean Robert Taylor, Ph.D. (r), and Beverly Taylor (l), met with Mama Sarah Obama in her rural home in Kenya to gain support for FAMU and Siaya County’s partnership.

Blacks ‘segregated’in low-paying retail jobs

to bring us to the point where we can sign this MOU that will lay the groundwork for immense opportunities between FAMU and Siaya County,” said David. “The agreement is a critical piece of President Elmira Mangum’s vision to have FAMU become a best-in-class, landgrant doctoral research unversity with an international presence, and to provide opportunities for our students to obtain a global education that is vital for success in the 21st century global economy.”

The MOU also supports President Barack Obama’s initiative to improve food security in Siaya County. President Obama’s grandmother, Mama Sarah Obama, is currently an ambassador of food security in Siaya County.

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By Jazelle Hunt, W a s h i n g t o n Correspondent

Sunrise June 14, 1949 Sunset Jan. 14, 2014 It’s been a long lonely painful year since we lost you ‘Mom’.

We miss your smile, love and hugs every day of our life. You were the sweetest and kindest mom a kid can ask for. Our heart still breaks each and every day of our life for all the memories we have as a family. We were so blessed to have you in our lives, until God took you home to heaven. Mom, you will always be our angel and you are in our hearts everyday. The pain will never go away. But I know you are watching over us. I also know we will meet again in Heaven, when God sees fit. Your Grandkids and Greatgrands miss your hugs and kisses; conversation and food.

Mom, I miss your coffee and I wish you can send us a salmon patty from Heaven.

Forever Our Hearts, missing you like crazy, your Family

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – More than 1.9 million Black Americans work in retail, accounting for 11 percent of the industry’s total workforce.

Despite being the second-largest source of employment for Black workers, new data from the NAACP and Blacks paid less in retail. (Photo credit equality advocacy or- Tomwsulcer/CC0 public domain) ganization, Demos, finds that ago… but certainly by circumthe industry is rife with racial stance, by industry practice. inequality and poor earning Even where we don’t have overt potential. discrimination that violates Title According to the report, titled VII [of the Civil Rights Act], “The Retail Race Divide,” full- there are subtle forms of distime Black and Latino sales- crimination that may also viopersons earn 75 percent of the late Title VII, but are less obwages of their white counter- vious,” says Cornell Williams parts. For Black and Latino Brooks, president and CEO of cashiers, the figure is 90 percent. the NAACP. Further, Black and Latino work“It’s not necessarily that a ers are sometimes stuck in “occu- company has a policy that says pational segregation;” not only African Americans and Latinos are they overrepresented in low- should be overrepresented at wage industries such as retail, the cash register and in lower but they’re also overrepresented paid positions. But rather, if in the lowest paying positions they do not have policies to enwithin these industries. Consure that African Americans sider: Black people make up 11 percent of the retail force, but 6 and Latinos have access to and percent of those in managerial are encouraged to apply for better paying positions as manaor leadership roles.

“They are, in effect, segre- gers, there’s something progated by color and income. Now, foundly wrong.” not segregated as a matter of (Read full story on law, as was the case many years www.thewestsidegazette.com)

Anaya Collins had been swimming since the age of eight-year-old as a competitive swimmer with Florida Gold Coast. She attend Boca Raton Preparatory International School in Boca Raton Florida. At 16 she currently swims under the leadership of Coach Allen William of Boca Raton Swim Team in Boca Raton, Fla., and trains with the Swim Academy at her school Boca Prep. Anaya has traveled to compete within the United States and internationally. Her most recent accomplishments took place this month for her second international appearance attending the 2015 Intersek Deportivo in Costa Rica. There students affiliated with the Sek International schools competed against each other from sports ranging from swimming, running, soccer, basketball, and an aquathon. Anaya has the privilege in representing her County the United States and School and brought home the 3 Gold medals, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze in the events she competed in. We are proud of Anaya and look forward to her continued success and accomplishments with swimming. Anaya is the daughter of Penelope Wimberly and John Collins.

Destane’ Henry, we are extremely proud of you and all of your achievements throughout your middle school journey. You maintained honors/advanced classes every year; you achieved the A/B honor roll numerous times - with the majority of these being high school classes. Your grades were well maintained, allowing you the honor to be on the William Dandy Middle School “Wildcats” cheerleading team all three years, as well as a little league cheer team & an all-star cheer team! We ask God’s continuous favor and blessings in this next four-year journey into high school. Loving you always, Mommy (Cicely) & Daddy (Dedrick, Sr).

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