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Legendary journalist, Black Press Columnist George Curry remembered as Champion of Civil Rights

A viewing on Saturday will be from 8:30-11 am.

Ragland said a viewing will also be held on Friday evening, Aug. 26, with Rev. Jackson speaking, but the time and venue have not been confirmed by deadline. Additional details will be announced this week.

Having grown up in Tuscaloosa during the height of racial segregation, Curry often said he “fled Alabama” and vowed never to return when he went away to college. However, Ragland said he always told her to return him home to Tuscaloosa upon his death.

Shocking rumors of his death circulated heavily in journalistic circles on Saturday night until it was confirmed by Dr. Bernard Lafayette, MLK confidant and chairman of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference shortly before midnight.

“This is a tragic loss to the movement because George Curry was a journalist who paid special attention to civil rights because he lived it and loved it,” Lafayette told the Trice Edney News Wire through his spokesman Maynard Eaton, SCLC national communications director.

Curry’s connection to the SCLC was through his longtime childhood friend, confidant and ally in civil rights, Dr. Charles Steele, SCLC president.

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By Hazel Trice Edney Another great soldier’s sword from the Black Press has been placed back in its sheath forever.

—Bobby R. Henry, Sr. (TriceEdneyWire) - Renowned civil rights and Black political journalist George E. Curry, the dean of Black press columnists because of his riveting weekly commentary in Black newspapers across the country, is being remembered this week as a legend.

Curry died suddenly of heart failure on Saturday, August 20. He was 69.

“He stood tall. He helped pave the way for other journalists of color to do their jobs without the questions and doubts,” said the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. with whom Curry traveled extensively, including to the funeral of President Nelson Mandela. “He was a proud and tireless advocate of the Black press, serving two tours as editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s news service.”

Curry’s fiancée Ann Ragland confirmed that the funeral will be held Saturday, August 27, at 11 am at the Weeping Mary Baptist Church, 2701 20th Street, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Rev. Al Sharpton will give the eulogy.

CURRY

Endorsement: The act of making a public statement of your support for something or someone When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.

29:2 (NKJV) Over the past weeks, the public and the Westside Gazette’s Editorial Board (WEB) have had the opportunity to witness and appraise the viewpoints and agendas of the numerous candidates in the upcoming elections. The straightforward, reasonable, and optimistic understanding into our community’s concerns and necessities, and you all’s willingness to scrutinize the problems and take notes thoroughly to the public’s questions and concerns, sets you all far apart from the other candidates in your particular races, along with their predictable practices and talk.

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HIV therapy for breastfeeding mothers can virtually eliminate transmission to babies

President Barack Obama Executive Order commutes sentences of 214 inmates generating local implications

By Charles Moseley Michelle Alexander, national best-selling author of the book entitled The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness writes a scathing report on the devastating impact that the criminal justice system has had on people of color from a historical perspective. Here is an excerpt from her work.

“Jarvious Cotton cannot vote. Like his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather, he has been denied the right to participate in our electoral democracy. Cotton’s family tree tells the story of several generations of Black men who were born in the United States but who were denied the most basic freedom that democracy promises—the freedom to vote for those who will make the rules and laws that govern one’s life. Cotton’s great-greatgrandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Ku Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation. His father was barred from voting by poll taxes and literacy tests. Today, Jarvious Cotton cannot vote because he, like many Black men in the United States, has been labeled a felon and is currently on parole.”

According to TheHIll.com, former President Bill Clinton’s

Breastfeeding regimen can almost eliminate HIV transmission.

By National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Martin Moore looks to be released from a lengthy prison sentence over the next 18 months due to President Barack Obama’s decision to reduce sentences of inmates who received extremely long prison sentences for non-violent drug offenses.

(Inset Moore with his father Carlton Moore) Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ing drug crimes. The mandated justice system in America is in implemented funding for tens life sentences were known as dire need of reform.

TheHill.com continued, of thousands of community the “three-strike” provision.

“The law is blamed by some for Today, groups with diverse police officers and drug courts, rising incarceration rates, constituencies ranging from the banned certain assault weathough as we will explain later, NAACP, to Black Lives Matter, pons, and mandated life senthat trend actually began in tences for criminals convicted and top level officials within the 1970s. of a violent felony after two or the Republican Party are in (Cont'd on Page 3) more prior convictions, includ- agreement that the criminal

Pleading Our Own Cause

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For HIV-infected mothers whose immune system is in good health, taking a three-drug antiretroviral regimen during breastfeeding essentially eliminates HIV transmission by breast milk to their infants, according to results from a large clinical trial conducted in sub-Saharan Africa and India.

These findings from the ongoing Promoting Maternal and Infant Survival Everywhere (PROMISE) study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, support the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines introduced in 2015 that recommend lifelong antiretroviral therapy for all pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV. PROMISE investigators found that both three-drug maternal antiretroviral therapy and daily infant nevirapine were safe and effective at preventing HIV transmission during breastfeeding. Overall, infant mortality in the study was extremely low, with nearly all babies surviving their first year of life.

“These findings add to the considerable body of evidence confirming the benefits of antiretroviral therapy for every person living with HIV,” said Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

“Maternal antiretroviral therapy safely minimizes the threat of HIV transmission through breast milk while preserving the health advantages of breastfeeding, as the high infant survival in this study underscores.”

PROMISE is funded by NIAID and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), both part of NIH, and is conducted by the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials network. Researchers will present the new results in a poster at the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, on July 19. The findings also were presented at the pre-conference 8th International Workshop on HIV Pediatrics on July 16, 2016.

PROMISE, which began in 2010, is a multi-component study that aims to determine how best to safely reduce the risk of HIV transmission from HIV-infected women to their babies during pregnancy, delivery and after childbirth, while preserving the health of both mother and child. Study results reported in 2014 identified the superiority of a three-drug regimen for the mother over other regimens for preventing perinatal HIV transmission during pregnancy and delivery.

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Trum p’ s speec h in W isconsin addr esses po ver ty ime in tthe he Blac k community ump’ p’s speech Wisconsin addresses pov erty ty,, cr crime Black

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA News Wire Contributor During a campaign speech in Wisconsin, Trump appealed to African American voters offering an alternative to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

“Hillary Clinton has had her chance. She failed,” said Trump. “Now it’s time for new leadership.”

After the speech, Trump conducted another internal shakeup that installed Breitbart News CEO Steve Bannon as a frontline advisor to his campaign.

The speech in West Bend, Wis., where the Black population is less than 7 percent statewide, comes only three weeks

after Trump declined to speak at the NAACP’s annual convention in Cincinnati, the National Urban League’s annual convention in Baltimore, and most recently, the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Washington, D.C. Still, Trump maintained that it is the Democratic Party that “has taken the votes of African Americans for granted.”

Trump said that Democrats just assumed that Blacks would support the party and haven’t done anything to earn Black votes.

“It’s time to give the Democrats some competition for these votes, and it’s time to rebuild the inner cities of America – and to reject the failed leadership of a rigged political system,”

said Trump. “The problem in our poorest communities is not that there are too many police, the problem is that there are not enough police.” Trump’s speech suggests that, as a president, the New York businessman may push even more punitive justice reform policies in the U.S., a country that leads the world in incarceration with over 2.2 million people behind bars.

Trump also said that Clinton was directly responsible for the recent unrest in Milwaukee “and many other places within our country” and claimed that Clinton was “against the police.”

Protesters marched in Milwaukee last weekend following the shooting death of Sylville Smith as he fled from police.

Smith was armed with a handgun and failed to comply with commands to drop his weapon, according to Milwakee police.

CNN reported that, “at least six businesses were torched, cars were burned and four officers injured,” in violent clashes with police. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett set a 10 p.m. curfew for residents younger than 18 years-old.

Trump said that the violence and destruction that occurred in Milwaukee following the recent police shooting was an assault on the right of all citizens to live in security and peace.

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Donald Trump addressed poverty and crime in the Black community at a recent speech in West Bend, Wis. Photo taken during a speech at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md. (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

NA ACP Florida S ta te Conf er ence 73r d NAA Sta tate Confer erence 73rd Class of 2020: Highest number of minority ann ual conven tion n ex on th in Orlando annual convention nex extt m mon onth The NAACP Florida State Conference will hold its annual medical students ever COM recognized as national leader in recruitment, retention state convention next month ORLANDO, FL— The This year’s state convention and graduation of African American medical students.

NAACP Florida State Confe- will host a statewide candidate’s CHARLESTON, SC — The Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Medicine (COM) has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as having the fifth largest number of African American medical students in the U.S., outside of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In addition, the American Association of Medical Colleges ranks MUSC COM in the 96th percentile for medical schools with the most African American students.

In the 2015-2016 academic year, COM enrolled 129 underrepresented minority (URM) medical students, or 18 percent of the medical student body. Of those students, 95 (13 percent of the student body) identified as African -American. The class of 2020 has 19 percent URM students, continuing the upward trend.

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The Medical University of South Carolina’s 184th commencement ceremony back in 2013 at the McAlister Field House on the campus of The Citadel. The Honorable Donna Christensen, M.D., United States House of Representatives for Virgin Islands, gave the commencement address.

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IF YOU DON'T VOTE; DON'T COMPLAIN

rence will hold its 73rd Annual State Convention on Sept. 8 through Sept. 10, 2016 in Orlando Fla. This year’s theme is “Our Lives Matter, Our Votes Count”. This year’s convention will feature a historic criminal justice symposium on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 that includes guests from the U.S. Attorney General’s Office, FDLE, state prosecutors, public defenders, and activists from the Dream Defenders and Black Lives Matter Movement.

“I am excited to announce the details of this year’s historic convention,” says Adora Obi Nweze, president of the NAACP Florida State Conference and member of the National Board of Directors. “We have secured top notch speakers from around the country and will have a dynamic speaker for our Freedom Fund Gala closing out the convention.”

forum featuring candidates from around the state of Florida on Friday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. On Saturday, Sept. 10, nationally renowned speaker, Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (11th District, Ohio) will be the keynote speaker for the Freedom Fund Gala. Congresswoman Fudge was the first African American and the first female mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio and a Past National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The convention will also feature training sessions focused on the NAACP Game Changers: economic sustainability, education, health, public safety/ criminal justice, voting rights/ political representation and expanding youth/young adult engagement. Other state convention presenters include

Adora Obi Nweze Vanita Gupta, U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Hershel Lyons, Chancellor of the Florida Division of Public Schools and several national NAACP officials.

For more information on the NAACP Florida State Conference State Convention, to become a member or for event tickets, please visit www.FLNAACP.com or email info@FLNAACP.com.

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Chicago’s Black community stunned by latest police shooting

By Erick Johnson, The Chicago Crusader, NNPA Member Chicago police have shot another teenager, and gangs are allegedly planning to retaliate for his death.

For years, racial tensions and gun-violence in Chicago have been brewing, but this summer, the city is on the verge of boiling over with police shootings, homicides and rising discontent with a justice system that has failed many Blacks for decades.

And in the middle of it all is a new Black police chief who’s on the hot seat.

On Thursday, July 28 amid the sweltering heat of summer, a Chicago police officer shot and killed 18-year-old Paul O’Neal, triggering a wave of protests and anger from Blacks who are still reeling from the brutal police killing of Laquan McDonald nearly two years ago.

It happened in the South Shore neighborhood, a predomi-nately Black middle-

class community where First Lady Michelle Obama grew up.

O’Neal died a violent death.

Police said that he was driving a Jaguar that was stolen from Bolingbrook, a suburb west of Chicago. Police officers fired 15 shots at O’Neal as he sped through the South Shore neighborhood. He crashed into two police cars then fled on foot. According to accounts, a third officer chased O’Neal behind a home where he fatally shot him in the back. While he lay face down, bleeding from his gunshot wound, O’Neal was violently handcuffed.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled O’Neal’s death a homicide and the autopsy report showed that he was killed by a single gunshot wound to the back.

The city’s Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) on Aug. 5 released nine videos from the officers’ body cameras.

The videos can be seen on YouTube. While the recordings show what happened before

and after the shootings, none of the videos showed the actual shooting. The body camera of the officer who shot and killed O’Neal was not turned on; stirring suspicions among many Blacks who believe the act was again part of an effort to protect officers involved in controversial shootings.

One video shows O’Neal being handcuffed and an officer is heard saying “Black a— mother——.” Afterwards, another officer can be heard saying “F——— shooting at us.”

IPRA called the video footage “shocking and disturbing.”

Legal analysts have said that without the video of the actual shooting, it will be difficult to bring charges against the officers involved in the teenager’s death. The officers who were videotaped before O’Neal died have a greater chance of being charged with a crime, legal analysts say.

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Wayne Hemingway Arnold throws his hat in the political arena in “As a seventh generation a run for County Commissioner Floridian it is a great honor to

By Charles Moseley Back in 1971, when Wayne Hemingway Arnold built his home in Southwest Broward on an acre of land, “there was nothing but orange groves out here,” said the 76-year-old candidate running for the District 5 Broward County Commission seat. Now his Davie neighborhood has grown considerably with an interesting mix of moderate homes, multi-million dollar estate properties, and a trailer park community; all representing a diverse population along the income spectrum, among local residents.

Arnold grew up in humble beginnings in northern Florida where he and his family lived in Tallahassee. As a young boy he aspired at one time to become a farmer but as fate would have it, his life took on a different path.

“As a young boy we were poor but we were happy. I always thought I would be a farmer like some of my relatives.

In fact, in elementary school I was a member of Future Farmers of America. But I had other dreams as a young boy walking through those woods and cow paths of North Florida that someday I could make at least $12,000 a year,” said Arnold.

The self-made entrepreneur spent most of his adult life in the restaurant industry beginning as a short order cook and working his way up through corporate management, to owning seven Arnold’s Royal Castle Restaurants in South Florida at one time and two Arnold’s Fried Chicken Restaurants in northern Florida.

“For 52 years I have been associated with the restaurant business. Most of those years Royal Castle Systems, Inc. was very much a part of my business

work years. GOD helped me through many tough times and opened doors of opportunity.

Now in my late 70s, I realize there is much more to living then making money. I think back now when I was a young boy planting my own pole beans and mustard greens and walking the woods and cow paths of North Florida not realizing what the future holds. I really didn’t know we were poor. I just knew we were happy and dreaming of things yet to come.

And, in 1953 we moved to South Florida.

“I’ve had a love affair with our county and South Florida in general. But there is much that has been left undone. We must right the wrongs that exist even in these modern times.

Broward County has to take many steps forward to bring real jobs and real opportunities to the poorest among us. That is why Wayne ‘Hemingway’ Arnold will never take money from ‘special interest’.

“Well today we have been so blessed and my net worth has put me in the bracket of paying $77,000 a year in my 2015 income taxes,” he added.

The self-described “former hippie from the ‘60s, named several former Florida elected officials as having an impact on his political views which helped shape his interest in government and politics. Two of those politicians which he admired included Congressman Claude Pepper and former Florida Governor LeRoy Collins.

“Meeting and campaigning for people of the stature like Senator Claude Pepper who worked so hard for our Senior Citizens and those with disabilities.”

“He was always a leader in the fight for Social Security and minimum wages. As a young 18-year-old lad I got to

Wayne Hemingway Arnold has had a long record of community service as well as being a successful businessman who now wants to bring those experiences to the Broward County Commission. know Senator and Mildred Pepper and they asked me to help with young people in his campaign. He was not successful in his effort to return to the United States Senate but I’ve always considered him to be a dedicated public servant who was not interested in securing wealth for himself or his family.”

“I first met Governor LeRoy Collins in Tallahassee where we lived until 1953. He was a young outstanding Florida senator who possessed great courage and wisdom that helped him lead Florida in a new positive direction of race relations. He was the first governor in the South who proclaimed in his soft voice that prohibiting Blacks from eating at lunch counters was morally wrong.”

Arnold shared some of his views during a recent interview with the Westside Gazette Newspaper.

Westside Gazette (WG): Mr. Arnold share a little bit about your community involvement?

President Barack Obama Executive Order commutes sentences (Cont'd from FP) Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders — who voted for the 1994 crime bill — has frequently noted on the campaign trail, correctly, that the U.S. has, by far, the largest prison population in the world (though we have noted that his promise to cor-rect that dubious distinction in his first term would be an almost impossibly tall order).”

Forrest Moore shared the following overview of his older brother Martin’s arduous journey within the criminal justice system.

• Martin was arrested in 2007, I’m sure you have the case, charges, and sentence.

At the sentencing in Panama City federal court house the judge made certain remarks about Martin’s past, that he had been let “off the hook” with prior sentences and only received, “slaps on the wrist” and that he would make up for that with judgment on that day. It sincerely hurt my soul, there alongside my

father gasping at the judgement of Judge Smook of two life term sentences. My father and I drove back from Panama City to Fort Lauderdale questioning why, how, when, where ... Why would this crime warrant that type of judgment, how would we be able to deal with the situation at hand, when would we be able to see Martin a free man out of prison, and where we ultimately start the process.

My family, all stunned by the news, all stayed optimistic and helped with the transition of his sentencing. My father was the most frequent visitor, with regularly scheduled trips to Coleman Federal Correctional and trips to Pollock Louisiana Federal Facilities, but Martin received support from the entire family.Both grandmothers have visited along with aunts, cousins, and close family friends.

• My father, along with Martin’s attorney Michael Hursey and Martin, began the appeal process, with the help of family and friends that are in the law field. Decisions and ap-

peals were brought to the appeals courts. The processes took years and some worked towards my brother’s favor, yet no changes were made with his sentencing.

• Over an eight to nine year span my father endured a great deal of stress over the situation. Along with health complications and a hurting heart over the ordeal he entered the hospital 2013 Christmas night. After months of hospitalization, from emergency room to ICU, back and forth, he ultimately passed April 2, 2014, still trying to make efforts to see his son free again.

In his passing the, fight for Martin, which was his objective of the most importance, had to continue. At Carlton’s [Moore’s] celebration of his life and legacy, his pastor, Dr. Simon Osunlana, gave a eulogy that sent tears to most of the crowd, and ignited others to help in the efforts of his dying efforts to see Martin free. That eulogy sparked the creation of the Carlton B. Moore Freedom Foundation.

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have served over the years on so many town boards & committees. I still remain one of the Parks & Recreation and Open Space Advisory Board members.

I have served on the Town of Davie following years. Site Planning Board, the Water Advisory Board, the Charter Review Board, the Economic Steering Committee, the Community Redevelopment Agency and the Community Relations Board (CRA), Former President of the South Broward Democra-tic Club.

W.G.: Why did you decide to seek public office?

“Friends who know my commitment and desire to be a part of public service encouraged me to be a candidate for Broward County Commis-sion District 5. Therefore I decided

to throw my hat into the ring. I would only be a candidate if I could self-fund my campaign so that I could be free of “special interest” monies. And, that is what I have done. When elected I promise to represent the folks in my District 5 and all of Broward County. “ W.G. What makes you feel you are the best candidate for the job of County Commissioner?

“I’ve had a successful business all of my adult life. I learned how to make a payroll.

I am not a life time politician. I made decisions based on short and long term goals. I’m only obligated to the voters and residents of our county....not “special interest”.

W.G. What do you think are the biggest issues facing Broward County and how do you plan to address those issues?

“I believe, public safety, real jobs that offer more than a bare week to week existence. A major revamping in education opportunities both technical and scientific. No increase in sales tax. Hopefully the public wont buy this turkey. Sales tax is regressive and hurts the folks who can least afford i.e. need to be proactive in services for the elderly and handicapped. And finally I think we need the reinstatement of convicted felons’ rights. As it exists in Florida today, every day of a felon’s life is ruined.Broward should endorse this measure and bring it to the voters of Florida for action.”

W .G.: What are your views regarding the Democratic and Republican nominees for president of the United States?

“I oppose Donald Trump. I will vote for the Democratic Nominee Secretary Clinton.”

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Good evening, on Friday Aug. 26, 2016 at 7 p.m., The Broward County Task Force SpeakOut Team will be showing “Saving Grace” at the Northwest Gardens MegaPhone in the Sisrunk Corridor “Saving Grace” was a documentary that focused on HIVAIDS in Broward County; Bobby Henry from the Westside Gazette will be speaking on the importance of knowing your status, I would like for your organizations to come out and support our efforts in spreading awareness around HIVAIDS in our community. Our goal is to get the community to start having conversations about HIVAIDS and to get our youth to engage in healthy sexual practices. This event is Free to the community, please support our efforts

Discussion

City of Hallandale Residents and Neighboring Communities join local residents and community leaders for a lively discussion about safety and wellness in our City of Hallandale Beach community on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2016 from 6 to 8 p.m., Hallandale Church of God 305 N. Dixie Highway, Hallandale Beach, Fla. Dinner will be served and raffle prizes will be available.

Conference

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Hughes Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson or Radio One, Inc. the largest African American owned and operated broadcasting company in the nation, will be the luncheon keynote speaker for the Sixth Annual Women of Color Empowerment Conference (WOCEC), Friday, Sept. 9-11, 2016 at Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort, 321 N. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For time and additional info call (954) 768-9770.

Conference

The Ethiopia Africa Black In-ternational Cong r e s s (E.A.B.I.C.) is offering two programs on Traditional African Health and Wellness (both physical health and economic health), on Saturday, Sept. 3 and 17, 2016. Saturday, Sept. 3, from 12 noon to 5:45 p.m., African Meditation Techniques, Satuday, Sept. 17, 2016 from 3 to 5:45 p.m.. Economic Health for African Communities. For more info call (954) 371-9746.

Reunion The NAACP Florida State Conference will holds its 73rd Annual State Convention on Sept. 8 through Sept. 10 in Orlando. This year’s theme is “Our Lives Matter, Our Voice Count, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 at Rosen Centre 9840 International Drive Orlando, Fla. For more info on the NAACP Florida State Conference State Convention to become a member or for event tickets, visit www.FLNAACP.com or email info@FLNAACP.com

EDUCATION MATTERS Every Child Deserves a Chance

The North Dade/ Miami Carol City H.S., Class of 1967, is celebrating our 50th Class Reunion next year! You are cordially invited to join us on a Cruise aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Carnival Conquest Sept.

24-30, 2017 for a six-day cruise bound for Jamaica and the Dominican Republic among other islands. For additional info contact Charles Jackson (305336-6293) or Cheryl Watts Brown (305-333-7613).

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Broward County Park Calendar of Events

Thursday, Saturday, Sept.

1 thru Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016 · Saturday, Monday Sept. 3-5, 2016 - Tropical Splash at Central Broward Regional Park & Stadium, Lauderhill, 3700 N.W. 11 Pl. Lauderhill, Fla. from 9:30 a.m. to 5:20 p.m., for all ages. There is entrance free. For further info call (954) 357-5400. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit #18 #19 #36 #40 #81 and #441 Breeze. · Monday, Sept. 5 - Delevoe Civic Association Meeting, from 7 to 9 p.m., for all ages, at Reverend Samuel Delevoe, 2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-8801. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit #40. · Tuesday, Sept. 6 – AfterSchool Program Open House, from 5 to 6 p.m., for all ages at Boulevard Gardens Community Center, 313 N.W, 28 Terr., Fort Lauderdale. Fla. After-School, for ages 6 to 10years-old. For more info (954) 357-6867. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit #9 #22 #40 and #81. · Tuesday, Sept. 6 – AfterSchool Program Open House, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., for all ages, at Reverend Samuel Delevoe Park, 2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info (954) 357-8801. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit #40. · Tuesday, Sept. 6 – AfterSchool Program Open House, from 5 to 6 p.m., for all ages at Roosevelt Gardens Park, 2841 N.W. 11 St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info (954) 357-8801. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit #11 #36 and #40. · Thursday, Sept. 8 – After-School Program Open House at Franklin Park, 2501 Franklin Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Fla, from 5:30 to 6 p.m.

For more info call (954) 3577080. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit #11 #36 and #40 · Thursday, Sept. 8 – After-School Program Open House at Lafayette Hart Park, 2851 N.W. Eight Rd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla, from 5 to 6 p.m.

For more info call (954) 3577970. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit #11 #36 and #40 · Thursday, Sept. 8 – Washington Park Homeowners Association Meeting, from 7 to

9 p.m., for all ages. For more info call (954) 357-7970. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit #11 and #40. · Monday, Sept. 19 – Boulevard Gardens Civic Association Meeting, 313 N.W. 28 Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 7 to 9, for all ages. For more info (954) 357-6867. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit #9 #22 #40 #81. · Monday, Sept. 19 – Friends of Franklin Park Civic Association Meeting, 2501 Franklin Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info call (954) 3577080. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit #11 #36 and #40. · Sunday, Sept. 25 – Free Jamming In The Park at Secret Woods Nature Center, 2701 W. State Rd. 84, Dania Beach, Fla, from 1 to 4 p.m., for all 16 and up. Bring your favorite instrument and join an acoustic music jam. For more info call (954) 357-8884. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit #6. · Tuesday – Family Night With Food Trucks – Food Truck Invasion at Plantation Heritage Park, 1100 S. Fig Tree Ln, Plantation, Fla., from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., for all ages. Approxim · Free Computer Room Boulevard Gardens Community Center, 313 N.W, 28 Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Hours vary. Computer open to the public. For more info call (954) 357-6867. his park is accessible from Broward County Transit Route #9 #22 #40 and #81 · Free Computer Room Reverend Samuel Delevoe Park, 2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for all ages, hours vary. Computer open to the public. Users must sign in before and sign out after use. For more info call (954) 357-8801. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Route #40 · Volunteers in Park Program, at Roosevelt Gardens Park, 2841 N.W. 11 St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for ages 13 and up hours vary. Assist in the park for volunteer service hours. For more info call (954) 357-8700. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Route #11 #36 and #48 · Volunteers in Park Program at Lafayette Hart Park, 2851 N.W. Eight Rd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla, for ages 13 and up hours varys. For more info (954) 357-7970. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Route #11 and #40. · Volunteers in Park Program at Boulevard Gardens Center, 313 N.W, 28 Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., for all ages. For more info call (954) 357-6867. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Route #9 #22 #40. · Mondays – Fridays After-School Program at Franklin Park. 2501 Franklin Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 2 to 6 p.m., for ages 6 to 17 For more info call (954) 357-7080. Tis park is accessible from Broward County Transit Routes #11, #36, and #40. · After-School Program at Roosevelt Gardens Park, 2841 N.W. 11 St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 2 to 6 p.m., for ages 6 to 17. For more info call (954) 357-8700. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Routes #11, #36, and #40. · After-School Program at Boulevard Gardens Community Center, 313 N.W. 28 Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 2 to 6 p.m., for ages 6 to 10.

For more info, call (954) 3576867. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Routes #9, #22, #40, and #81. · After-School Program, Lafayette Hart Park, 2851 N.W. Eight Rd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 2 to 6 p.m., for ages 6 to 17. For more info, call (954) 357-7970. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Routes #11 and #40. · After-School Program at Reverend Samuel Delevoe Park, 2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 2 to 6 p.m., for ages 6 to 17. For more info call (954) 357-8801. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Route #40.

· Mondays- Fridays – Fitness Center Open at Reverend Samuel Delevoe Park, 2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 6-8 p.m., for ages 18 and up, there is a fee.

For more info. Call (954) 3578801. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Route #40. · Teen Program at Lafayette Hart Park, 2851 N.W. Eight Rd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 6 to 8 p.m., for ages 13 to 17. Supervised homework time, indoor and outdoor games, sports, special events, and more.

Pre-registration is required.

Space is limited. For more info call at (954) 357-7970. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Routes #11 and #40. · Volunteers in Parks Program at Franklin Park, 2501 Franklin Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., for ages 13 and up. For more info call (954) 357-7080. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Routes #11, #36, and #40. · Volunteers in Park Program at Lafayette Hart Park 2851 N.W. Eight Rd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., hours varies, for ages 13 and up. For more info call (954) 357-7970. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Routes #11 and #40. · Fitness Center Open at Reverend Samuel Delevoe Park, 2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 6-8 p.m., for ages 18 and up there is fee. Picture ID required and County waiver must be signed. For more info call (954) 357-8801.

This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Routes#40. · Fitness Center Open at Reverend Samuel Delevoe Park, 2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., for ages 18 and up.

Picture ID required and County waiver must be signed. For more info call (954) 357-8801.

This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Route #40. · Mondays – Senior Program at Boulevard Gardens Community Center, 313 N.W. 28 Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., for ages 50 and up. Field trips, table games, socializing, speakers, and more. Registration is required. No programs on October 3 and December 26. For more info call (954) 357-6867. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Routes #9, #22, #40, and #81.

Daily · Computer Room at Franklin Park, 2501 Franklin Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for adults. Free use of computers. Users must sign in/out to use computers. For more info call (954) 357-7080. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Routes #11, #36, and #40. · Computer Room at Lafayette Hart Park, 2851 N.W. Eight Rd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for all ages. Free Computer room is open daily. For more info call (954) 357-7970. This park is ac-cessible from Broward County Transit Routes #11 and #40. · Computer Room, Reverend Samuel Delevoe Park, 2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for all ages, hours vary. Free. Users must sign in before use and sign out after use. For more info call (954) 357-8801. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Route #40. · Computer Room at Boulevard Gardens Community Center, 313 N.W. 28 Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., hours vary.

For more info call (954) 3576867. This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Routes #9, #22, #40, and #81. · Computer Room at Roosevelt Gardens Park, 2841 N.W. 11 St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for all ages, hours vary.

Free. Use of computers. For more info call (954) 357-8700.

This park is accessible from Broward County Transit Routes #11, #36, and #40.

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Opinion In my opinion:

By Joe Major This opinion piece is presented in the same format that we received it with incorrection included.

Bobby R. Henry, Sr. Publisher Is the so-called Broward County oldest Black Weekly Newspaper (Probably self titled.) Westside Gazette Black enough to hold such a title even if, they gave themselves this title? Unless, Black struggles are obvious do we see the Westside Gazette covering those issues that are seriously, important to the Black Community.

Is Black and other Minorities getting their Fare-share of Contracts, Sub-Contracts and other, Small Businesses at the Broward County, Government level even, with a Black County, Administrator in place. Why is the Westside Gazette appears to be remainning silent on these issues? Is it because his wife is the Broward County Administrator and or is it because the Broward County, Commission is not, a true reflection of Broward County’s population? If, any of this is true one would expect a Black Newspaper to

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In a not so subtle slap in the face to proponents of Amendment 2, a key

Message to Black clergy and political operatives: Please vet judicial candidates before Black Community is Dying from the hands of an endorsement Unexpected Killer (THE SCHOOL SYSTEM) By Johnny L. McCray,

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.

beat this disparity to existence giving Blacks their rightful place to the top of the food chain especially, and wherein the Owner appears to be a NAACP person. Is this all the Omegas has to offer?

Why is that the Westside Gazette holding Broward County Black Elected Officials and Black Churches accountable for seeking more earned Broward County, Commission seats as Federal, State and Local government mandated giving Blacks more political power and resources? Blacks doing nothing is worse than, what Blacks are saying White folk are doing to them.

Why isn’t the Westside Gazette doing anything about the Blacks Officials claiming to have White County, Commissioners as friends and associates but, those Blacks cannot, get those so-called White friends to respect their people right to political empowerment?

WHY IS BLACK FOLK, COMMITTED TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BUT, BLACKS ARE BEING DENIED REPRESENTATION BY AND THROUGH WHITE BROWARD COUNTY, COMMISSIONERS DEMOCRATS FOR DECADES? DO HILARY OR OBAMA HAVE AN ANSWER FOR TH

Obama Administration says 'No' to medical marijuana Opinion Editorial by Clarence V. McKee, Esq.

AUGUST 25 - AUGUST 31, 2016 • PAGE 5

agency of President Obama’s Administration has “just said no” to medical marijuana in Florida and elsewhere!

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced that marijuana will remain a Schedule 1 drug and continue to be illegal “for any purpose” under the Controlled Substances Act as is the case with heroin and cocaine. Such drugs have been determined by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to have no medical use.

The announcement further stated that marijuana meets the three requirements for placing a substance on the Schedule 1 list: • Has a high potential for abuse.

• No currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.

• A lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.

Further undercutting Amendment 2 proponents, the DEA cited a Health and Human Services evaluation that shows marijuana has no ‘‘currently accepted medical use’’ because “the drug’s chemistry is not known and reproducible; there are no adequate safety studies; there are no adequate and well-controlled studies proving efficacy; the drug is not accepted by qualified experts; and the scientific evidence is not widely available.”

Stating that “there is no evidence that there is a consensus among qualified experts that marijuana is safe and effective for use in treating a specific, recognized disorder, the DEA concluded: “The known risks of marijuana use have not been shown to be outweighed by specific benefits in well-controlled clinical trials that scientifically evaluate safety and efficacy.”

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The Pinocchio Report - A vicious cycle of lies to Black & poor communities!

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All across the country Black Communities are being killed off from a number of factors. Poverty, despair and hopelessness brought on by joblessness and poor economic opportunities are the main culprits. However, there is another factor among us, a silent killer if you will, that has done more damage to our communities than any other contributing factor. That killer is the MIAMI DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM..

In Miami Dade County, the Public School system is run by Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. It is the 4th largest School District in the entire country, with a 5.6 Billion dollar annual budget. To the average citizen, Mr. Carvalho is a charismatic leader who can do no wrong. He even won Superintendent of the Year a few years back. However, to the Black community, he is Robin Hood in reverse, an individual who steals from the poor and makes promises he seldom keeps.

When he first came into office, he vowed to improve on the paltry 1.4% in business the School District was doing with Black Contractors. 7 years later those numbers are still the same.

3 years ago he promised the Black Community they would receive a lion’s share of the contracts if we supported him in securing a $1.2 Billion dollar General Obligation Bond. 3 years later, with most of the money already spent, very few Black Businessmen and Women received opportunities from the Bond.

But what kills the Black Community more so than most, is giving Black Children less opportunities to succeed than children in other, more affluent communities. And in this area, Carvalho and the Miami Dade School system leads the pack. Last year, MDCPS rolled out 53 new Schools of Choice programs. Only 3 of such programs landed in the Black Community. This year, MDCPS plans on rolling out approximately 57 Schools of Choice programs and the numbers in the Urban Core will receive is just as abysmal as last year.

If you do not give our students the same opportunity to succeed as you have given others our community dies.

If you also factor into this equation that very few Blacks employees are promoted across the board, the lack of

Last week, I wrote an editorial published in this paper —Broward Circuit Judge Does Not Deserve to Be Re-Elected. I prefaced my commentary by stating that in over three decades of practicing law, I had never written an article opposing a judicial candidate in any election.

In support of my position that Judge Matthew Destry is unfit for retention on the bench, I cited four cases which exemplify his predilection for harsh and unfair sentencing. One of the four cases I cited involved first-time drug offender, Maxime Cherilus, who was convicted of delivery of cocaine after he delivered a sample of cocaine to an undercover police officer in a sting operation. The delivery of the cocaine was arranged by a friend of Cherilus’ brother, who later turned out to be a police informant. At sentencing, prosecutors recommended an 18-month sentence followed by two years of probation, while the defense requested that Cherilus be given probation. Destry pronounced a 10-year prison term, which Cherilus subsequently appealed to Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals.

A day after my commentary went to print, the Court of Appeals overturned Destry’s sentence in a blistering opinion which condemned the sentence as a violation of Cherilus’ constitutional right to due process.

“Clinton will have to tackle the fact that people of color do not see their reflection in her,” says Angelique Roche, a board member at Yale’s Women Campaign School. “What Clinton has done is establish a ‘people’s campaign.’ She has hired a number of people of color in leadership positions and created an atmosphere of inclusion, separating her candidacy from the rest of the pack and putting her campaign light years ahead of her Republican counterpart.”

Even though many Black women and some Black men respect the Clintons, they don’t trust Hillary, and they are struggling to support her. Blacks in general are disillusioned with the political process, and after we give the candidates our vote, we don’t hear from them until it is time to vote again.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR GUIDELINES The Westside Gazette welcomes your letters. Letters must be signed with name clearly legible along with a phone number and complete address. No unsigned or anonymous letters will be considered for publication. The Westside Gazette reserves the right to edit letters. The letters should be 500 words or less.

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Soaring into the 2016-2017 school year with excellent expectations

By Maureen S. Bethel “On your mark, get set and ready for an incredible, dynamic 2016-2017 school year.” Yes, it’s time to return from summer adventures and vacations. It’s also time to return to the educational journey that will eventually lead to successful life experiences.

The staff at each school has planned diligently and purposely for all areas and initiatives of educational programming where the aspect of failure will not be an option for any student this year.

Why Blacks should vote for Hillary in the 2016 election

By Roger Caldwell

resources in the Urban Core and the erosion/ redistribution of CAPE funding, Title 1 funding and you can see the death of our community is imminent. We are calling on both the State and Federal Departments of Education to launch thorough audits into the fraudulent use of Title One dollars targeted for closing the Achievement gap in poor communities. We are also seeking a full investigation into the lack of funding and establishment of School Choice Options consisting of Career and Technical Programs, high performing fully funded Magnet Programs in Dade Counties poor and neediest communities. The attachment is the history of ICARE’s (Inner City Alumni for Responsible Education) dealings with the District and the shell game this Superintendent has played with the Black community during his tenure as the Superintendent of MDCPS. -The Pinocchio Report-A demand for inclusion & change!!

ICARE officers from Miami Dade Urban Core school’s Alumni Associations Northwestern –Larry William –Chairman; Miami Central - William DC Clarke- President; Miami Central Darryl Holsendolph; Miami Norland Milton Parrish; Miami JacksonHarriette Greene and Angie Canty; Miami Edison- Alvin Smith; Miami Carol City- Ulysses Harvard and Northwestern –Cleveland Morley

Hillary has not been prosecuted or found guilty of breaking any laws, but each week her name is connected to a different scandal.

Every week Trump is calling Hillary corrupt, and cheating is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about her. Most Blacks think both the candidates are crooks and both are lying.

In 2016, there is no excitement in the election for Blacks, and many think Hillary is taking our vote for granted.

Trump is a bigot, race hater and an obstructionist, who says when he wins the election; he will repeal every bill President Obama has passed. This is obviously someone that 95 percent of Blacks and 80 percent of Hispanics will not support.

So Hillary is stuck with the job and responsibility to convince Blacks, that she is not just giving lip-service to Black voters. Angelique Roche stated that Hillary was running a “people’s campaign” but in 2016 Blacks want specific issues that impact our communities.

“I will do everything that I possibly can, to not only do the best to understand and to empathize, but to tear down the barriers of systemic racism,” says Hillary at a debate.

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It’s back to school for the joy of learning where all efforts are being made to make a significant difference in the lives of all students. This school year will be filled with timely new adventures - the presidential election, political issues, STEM initiatives that were incorporated into the total curriculum during 2013 - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and other programs that need special attention after a systematic review and analysis of the students’ strengths and weaknesses, from the previous school year assessment, that were identified for future implementation. Students from all walks of life will be the eminent concern and focus for the next 180 days.

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Trump, us and reaching out

By Pastor Rasheed Z. Baaith Dr. Ben Carson believes it really doesn’t matter how Trump is reaching out to Black people and other people of color as long as he reaches out. I can’t decide if that is ignorance or madness.

And how can he be reaching out to us by talking about us to other people not like us?

Nor do I believe that you touch people’s hearts by insulting them and diminishing their achievements.

Trump and those who surround him are obviously unstudied people. Anyone who has researched the history of Black people in this country knows that we have defeated tremendous odds just to survive up to this point in America’s history.

It is not an overstatement or hyperbole to say no other people on the planet have done what we have done with so many odds against them or with so much institutionalized opposition. We are very much aware of what we don’t have and why we don’t have it. The statistics about our schools, our families, and the lack of opportunities are not just numbers on paper for us; they are realities we live each day.

He can bemoan and insult the Democratic Party all he wants.

While it is true that the Democrats have come short on too many occasions, it is equal-y true that all of the political progress we have made for the past 50 years has for the most part, been done through the aegis of the Democrats.

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Is it true that DonaldTrump Should Olympians get a does not see color? tax break?

By Dr. P. L. Wright Ph. D. According to Donald Trumps’ lawyer, Trump does not see color. What a misleading statement for him, or anyone to say with everything that is occurring in and out of the Black community. The Black community is suffering with so many types of problems that are so different than those of most everyone else.

They are being neglected of their taxes that are being diverted to other areas to keep up while neglecting their Black community. There is also neglect of proper education, jobs, banking, social benefits, affordable housing, and many of them are being shot down by the police with accusations that they had a gun that was never found or proven to have been there, (he made a fast move toward a weapon or something that was never found there), or just being purposely shot in the back with no accountability for the police to face.

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By Don Valentine “Op-Ed’s” are an ancillary tool to stimulate thought and discussion. Let’s focus on a topic that is more benign than a reflection on the “Donald” and the election. Did you know that the Olympic winners pay an earned income tax on their monetary prizes? According to the U.S.A. Today, that meager sum equates to $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze. Just like the lottery winner, you have to pay the tax man. Now challenge your cognitive skills to ponder is this fair?

I will posit that a tax free prize is akin to a politician kissing a baby.

Both sides of the aisle bask in the glow of supporting that legislation. At the risk of sounding like the “Grinch”, does N.B.A. All Star Kevin Durant or Michael Phelps need a tax break?

Phelps, as reported by National Public Radio, is worth over $55,000,000.

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With that being said, we express the will of the Westside Gazette today to give our endorsement in support of the following campaigns:

Tim Canova, Democrat for Congress

Willie Jones, Candidate for Broward County Sheriff

Florence Barner for County Court Judge, Group 3 Dr. Rosalind Osgood Candidate for Broward County School Board, District Seat 5 Our purposes both to vote for each of you in the upcoming elections and to encourage our readership and others to the significance of your strategies and capabilities of moving our communities in the favorable directions of equality in education, fairness in national policies and equal justice for all.

We are anticipating your achievement.

Yours in the struggle, Bobby R. Henry, Sr. Publisher Westside Gazette’s Editorial Board

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Church Directory

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

Bethel Missionary Baptist Church 2211 N.W. 7th Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33061 Church: (954) 583-9368 Email: bethelmbchurchfl@att.net

Reverend Jimmy L. English PASTOR WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday Worship ............................................................. 8 a.m. & 11 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

Rev. Dr. Jimmie L. Brown Senior Pastor

SERVICES

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

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

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

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

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.

Obituaries James C. Boyd Funeral Home EUBANKS Funeral services for the late Sandra Michelle Brown-Eubanks – 48 were held Aug. 20 at Lighthouse Worship Center C.O.G.I.C. with Elder Wilfred Gooden officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

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"

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

Email infor@mthermonftl.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LANE Funeral services for the late Annie S. Lane – 82 were held Aug. 20 at James C. Boyd‘s Memorial Chapel with Deaconess Mary Miller officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens MACKEY Funeral services for the late Deacon Larry C. Mackey, Sr. - 54 were held Aug. 20 at New Mount Olive Baptist Church with Dr. Marcus D. Davidson officiating.

McWhite's Funeral Home DINKINS Funeral services for the late John Calvin Dinkins – 82 were held Aug. 20 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel.

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KIRKLAND Funeral services for the late Mary Ella Kirkland - 75 were held Aug. 20 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Evangelist Evelyn Eusebio officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

MACK Funeral services for the late Denise Camille Mack - 57 were held Aug. 20 at Kingdom Hall with Hollis Holloway officiating.

STOKES Funeral services for the late Roberta B. Stokes – 72 were held Aug. 20 at Ben-nett Temple Church of the Lord Jesus with Pastor Corey Fuller officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Central.

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The names of God Question: Why are there many names of God? And what are the names?

Answer: Names do mean something. Names correspond directly to the one designated by the name. For example, the name Kenneth comes from the Greek word “to know”. So a person named Kenneth is supposed to be knowledgeable.

And the Hebrew meaning for my name, David, is “beloved”.

This is true of God. The Bible refers to God by many different names, and each name reveals some aspect of God’s character or his relationship with us.

1) Yahweh/Jehovah – is the Lord 2) Jehova-Elohim – The Lord is God 3) Jehovah-Elyon – The Lord God most high 4) El-Shaddai – The Almighty God 5) Jehovah– ireh – The Lord will provide 6) Jehovah–Repheka – The Lord is our healer 7) Jehovah Sabaoth – The Lord of Host 8) Jehovah–Nissi – The Lord is my Banner 9) Jehovah–Shalom – The Lord is peace 10) Jehovah-Shammad The Lord is There

GOOMBS Funeral services for the late Lovender Bet h u n e Goombs - 86 were held Aug. 20 at Dayspring International Church of the Nazarene with Rev. David Rambarron officiating. Interment: Lauderdale Memorial Park.

JOHNSON Funeral services for the late Mitchell Frank Johnson, Jr. - 68 were held Aug. 20 at Mt. Zion AME Church with Rev. George Hardy officiating. Interment: South Florida VA National Cemetery, Lake Worth, Fla. SILLS Funeral services for the late Walter Sills, Jr. – 83 were held Aug. 20 at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev. Ricky Scott officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

WASHINGTON Funeral services for the late Elouise M. Washington – 86 were held Aug. 20 at Mount Nebo Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. G. Bernard Pope officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

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REV. DEAL 11) El Olam- The Everlasting God 12) Jehovah-Rash - The Lord is my Shepard, I shall not want 13) Jehovah-Taidqenu - The Lord is our Righteousness Reverend David Deal is the pastor at Every Christian's Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Please write to Revered Deal to care of the spiritual editor, Westside Gazette, 545 NW 7 Terr, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl 33311, or e m a i l David.Deal55@gmail.com

Dr. Elton Keith Gaddy June 26, 1956August 20, 2016 PHENIX CITY, AL- Dr. Elton Keith Gaddy, 60, of 22 Peacock Drive, Phenix City, Ala. passed Saturday, August 20, 2016 at Columbus Hospice.

Funeral service will be held 11a.m. (EST) Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016 at Body of Christ Church International, Phoenix City, Ala. with Bishop Gregory K. Blue, pastor and Pastor Fred Davis, officiating.

Interment is 10 a.m. (EST) Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ala. Visitation is Friday, Aug. 26, 2016 from 2 - 8 p.m.

EST with a family hour from 5 - 7 p.m. EST according to Taylor Funeral Home, Inc. Dr. Gaddy was born June 26, 1956 in Monmouth, N.J. to the late Robert V. Gaddy, Jr. and the late Delores Sullivan Gaddy. He attended Dillard High School, Morehouse College and Meherry Medical School. He was a member of the AMA, Phi Beta Sigma and served in the U.S. Navy. He was employed as an Internal Medicine Physician.

Survivors include his wife, Lora Edna Gaddy of Phenix City, Ala.; two sons, Sya McDaniel Gaddy and Evan Micheal Gaddy both of Phenix City, Ala.; one daughter, Christine Llarice Gaddy of Phenix City, Ala.; one brother, Christopher Vans Gaddy of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; two grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.

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Steele and Curry grew up together in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where they played football at Druid High School. Curry bloomed as a civil rights and sports writer as Steele grew into a politician and civil rights leader.

“He was a pacesetter with the pen. He saw things that other people didn’t see,” said Steele. “And once he saw those things, he embraced them and exposed them in terms of putting information into the hands of people who would normally be left out of the process, meaning the African-American community.”

Ragland, Curry’s fiancée and closest confidant, drove him to the Washington Adventist Hospital emergency room after he called her complaining of chest pains Saturday afternoon. He insisted that she take him instead of calling an ambulance. She said he reained conscience throughout the cardiac tests and the doctor assured her he would be fine.

But his heart took a sudden turn. She said the doctor tried to explain to her that the turn was totally unexpected. “He said, ‘He was okay, but then his heart just stopped.’”

Curry’s closest colleagues knew and respected him for his journalism and his demand for excellence, which was sometimes expressed in a no nonsense, drill sergeant style of communicating. But, Ragland said the one thing that most people don’t know is “how, even though he was so brash sometimes, how compassionate he was for other people.”

She gave an example of his being at a recent doctor’s appointment and meeting an older man who was having difficulty walking. She said Curry not only helped the man along but bought him lunch.

Curry began his journalism career at Sports Illustrated, the St. Louis Post Dispatch, and then the Chicago Tribune. But he is most revered for his editorship of the awardwinning former Emerge Magazine and more recently for his work as editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association from 2001-2007 at NNPA offices located at Howard University.

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Although many American families have modest financial means, there is nothing small about their hopes. Owning a home has long been an important part of the American Dream.

Just as a college education can open doors to America’s middle class, a home is more than just where families come at the end of the day. It is also where children are raised, memories are created and – how, historically, most American families built wealth.

Discriminatory government policies of the past prevented many Blacks and Latinos from building wealth via homeownership. Older consumers may still recall the difficulties of obtaining a mortgage loan before laws were enacted to require equal credit access.

Despite these laws, discriminatory lending practices during the recent era of subprime loans erased many of the financial gains that Black and Brown families made since the enactment of the Community Reinvestment Act. Instead, these consumers were targeted for predatory, unsustainable loans. A key measure of the foreclosure crisis is that these families lost one trillion dollars in wealth.

Even families whose homes were preserved, but located nearby multiple foreclosures also lost wealth. Many of these families still remain underwater on their homes – owing more than they are now worth.

Nowhere is this reality truer than in America’s most populous state: California. New research by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) highlights how post-housing crisis lending trends perpetuate racial wealth gaps and housing segregation. Additionally, these practices erect yet another barrier to wealth creation for these communities.

CRL’s analysis of first-lien, owner-occupied home purchase mortgages made from 20122014, reveal a lack of access to conventional mortgages for many Black and Brown consumers - even when these consumers had higher incomes greater than the median areas where they live.

“These post-crisis mortgage lending trends in California help to inform our continuing national discussion of homeownership and the importance of responsible mortgage credit,”

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commented Sarah Wolff, report author and a CRL senior researcher. “The communities that lack access to mortgages post-crisis are the very same communities that were disproportionately affected by foreclosures and lost wealth during the housing crisis.”

CRL’s analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data in California found that: § More than two-thirds of homebuyers in every race or ethnic group had middle or high incomes for their area; § Among Black consumers receiving mortgages, 79 percent had middle or high incomes relative to other households in their areas. Similarly, among Latino borrowers, 66 percent had these same income levels. § Few conventional mortgages, the most affordable and sustainable loans, were made to African-American and Latino consumers; and § The dearth of access to conventional mortgage loans shifted Black and Latino homebuyers to higher-cost, government-insured mortgage loans such as VA and FHA. Most of the homes purchased were also in majority minority census tracts.

“Recent law [Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act], has made today’s loans much safer for borrowers than those of the past,” states the report. “Most importantly, the law’s Abilityto-Repay requirement ensures that lenders confirm that a potential borrower can afford the loan. However, restricted access to credit in the post-crisis period has resulted in the very same families and communities which have been historically disadvantaged finding it difficult to access today’s responsible mortgages.”

CRL’s analysis found that Asian-Americans were the only consumers of color to enjoy broad mortgage access in California. Whites and Asian-Americans combined accounted for more than 75 percent of all mortgage loans reviewed during the study period.

The report also analyzes four large California counties: Alameda, Fresno, Los Angeles and Solano. While regional differences are apparent, statewide trends were also evident in these counties. For example, Black consumers who represent 14 percent of Solano’s population, received only 8 percent of that county’s loans and 72 percent of those were governmentinsured loans.

Similar figures for Blacks were consistent in the other three counties studied, with African-American borrowers in both Los Angeles and Alameda Counties receiving 4 percent of respective county loans. In Fresno County, Blacks received only 2 percent of that county’s mortgage loans.

Smaller lenders focused on these populations and geographies compared with larger lenders.

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Dear Gabby: You are forever our champion Sisters launch #PrettyBrownGirls4Gabby Campaign to uplift Gabby Douglas despite negative media during Rio 2016 Olympics around champions to win multiple gold medals in a single Olympic Games. Although these two young women are equally very accomplished and Gabby proved to the world that she has the athleticism to be an inspiration for years to come, there was a dark cloud of separatism that took place.

This year, we witnessed greatness from several Black women, two even on the same team, yet only one was targeted to create defeat rather

Pretty Brown Girls 4Gabby -- 10 and 11-year old sisters, Laila and Aliya Crawley, share heartfelt message for Gabby Douglas to stay strong despite hurtful social media commentary about her hair.

By Lauren Bealore NATIONWIDE — Every four years, the world of sports brings us a showcase of some of the most awe-inspiring athletes that use their bodies to be advocates for their country and help us all be patriotic cheerleaders for a national dream.

This year, like any other, I sat in front of the television screen, searched for representation of my own ethnic and genetic make-up, and proceeded to be their biggest supporter. However, this year during the 2016 Olympics in Rio felt different.

There was a different sense of victory that took place. I found that I was not cheering on a young Black woman in one specific category or simply one specific person.

I was presented with multiple Black women of all shapes, sizes, and sports that gave me this sense of pride for the historical Olympic Games like never before. To see this upward mobility of Black women dominating not just sports but the highest honor of this industry was beyond fulfilling and helped me to be a patriot for an internal dream. Unfortunately, my uplifting spirit did not coincide with the social media critics that shared the same ethnic and genetic make-up, which has led to an eye-opening conversation about self-awareness and appreciation.

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.

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In the Black community, mainly for women, we have experienced decades of being desensitized to criticism. Our multi-faceted, Afro-centric, anti-European looks have never been glorified by society, even when reaching the highest height of success, we are still held in captivity by the subconscious mental imprisonment of mainstream standards of beauty and acceptance… and unfortunately the most recent victim was our former American media princess Gabby Douglas.

Gabby entered our lives and stole our hearts in the summer of 2012, the first African-American woman in Olympic history to become the individual allaround champion, and the first American gymnast to win gold in both the individual all-around and team competitions at the same Olympics. Currently, Gabby and newcomer to our lives Simone Biles are the only two American all-

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than triumph before she could even compete. A 20-year-old successful Gabby Douglas representing a country and community in which some have decided to treat her as a catty, high school cafeteria bundle of gossip and ridicule for nothing more than a laugh at a very cheap expense. Both Gabby, Simone, and several other young women have shown us that collectively, we are a great asset to the world of sports but instead, we saw the use of divisive support in order

to secondarily marginalize a woman within her own community.

It is apparent that there is a sense of dual consciousness with women of color: the idea of wanting representation to matter to further our identity in society but also helping to push the negative stereotypes that catapult our perception in society.

This unfortunate media blitz has resulted in an organization advocating for young

girls of color to take a stand and create a call to action of support. Pretty Brown Girl, successfully launched by Sheri Crawley in 2010, is a social enterprise whose mission is to encourage girls to celebrate the beautiful shades of brown skin all over the world while inspiring positive self-esteem and confidence. Inspired by her two daughters, their scope focusing on positive imagery of girls and women of color has created a buzz in several national publications including the Associated Press, NBC online, USA Today online, and Huffington Post online just to name a few.

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Obama, Biden pull out all stops for Patrick Murphy for U.S. Senate As President Barak Obama and Democrats concentrate on taking control of the US Senate, they place Patrick Murphy high on the list of candidates to make that happen. For President Obama, a Democratic majority in the Senate is critical to preserving his legacy. The President has endorsed Murphy who is taking his message to voters

the old fashioned way by reaching out: Murphy enjoys the fellowship of getting to know people in their communities throughout the Sunshine State.

While President Obama confirms his support for Murphy in television ads, Vice President Joe Biden is often on the campaign trail with the Congressman.

Crisscrossing the state together they have visited Jackson Soul Food in Miami, Chef Eddie’s Restaurant in Orlando, and at Olean’s Café in Tallahassee.

“It’s the honor of a lifetime to campaign with Vice President Biden,” said Murphy. “I’m thrilled to have the support of Florida Democrats from Democrats a-

At home with the Formans

Jenkins and Forman

By Vern Dooling Brenda Jenkins met Howard Forman five years ago while working at the Clerk’s office in Broward County. Howard Forman, Broward’s Clerk of Court for more than 16 years says, “It was something very special about her; I liked her immediately.” They have been married now for four years. Brenda says her job at the Clerk’s office gave her the inspiration to run for the Clerk’s position.

Howard Forman is retiring in December. “I am calling it quits for now, but who knows what I will do next,” says Howard.

The couple, who reside in Davie, says they have a lot to be thankful for, including improved health.

“When I met Howard, he was battling several serious illnesses. His diet was off and he was not eating properly and taking care of himself.” Mrs. Forman continues, “After changing his diet and insisting that he eliminated some of the bad carbs and sugary treats from his diet, he has lost more

than 70 pounds and is enjoying a better quality of life.”

With a wide grin Brenda explains, “We have our date nights and we have managed to maintain a wonderful friendship with mutual respect for one another.”

Born in Troy, Ala., Brenda Forman was raised by her grandmother. “My Mother died when I was 10 years old and it was devastating of course. My grandmother stepped right in and raised us with Christian values and a belief that you could do anything you want to do if you put God first. We went to church often, and were taught to respect others and to do the right thing, no matter what.”

Brenda says she decided to run for her husband’s seat after much prayer. She really believes in her heart this is what she is supposed to do.

“I believe those teachings have prepared me for overcoming many obstacles and for such a time as this. I’m operating on faith,” Brenda says.

“Howard has managed to successfully run the Clerk’s of-

fice for many years. It is a wellrun machine, with many loyal and devoted employees; I’m looking forward to continuing his legacy. My time as an employee at the Clerk’s office has equipped me with the skills and the know-how to run the office.”

Brenda says her campaign to replace her husband as Broward Clerk of Court has had its obstacles. “The people that we thought would support us with campaign contributions did not happen. They made promises but did not come through, it was disheartening, but I have managed to press on. I get out and knock on doors and try to meet as many people as I can. I was recently endorsed by Broward County’s Black Elected Officials and the Concerned Clergy of Broward County, which is a true honor.

“I am asking the voters of Broward County to remember me at the polls. I am out there, and I’m believing for a good showing in next week’s election.

I am qualified to serve the residents of Broward County as their next Clerk of Court. I am the only candidate with the experience of actually working in the Clerk’s office and I am looking forward to working with the staff to make the necessary changes to improve the services that are offered by the Clerk’s office. I want to travel the county, to inform the citizens about the services that we offer.”

Some of the improvements that she would implement are: longer hours for residents to pay their fines and get information, and broader technology to improve the overall functions of the Clerk’s office.

“I am so proud of my wife, she has campaigned tirelessly and is out in the community seven days a week, and she never complains. She wants to win so that she can continue my legacy and to improve the services to benefit the community.”

If she is successful in her race, Brenda Forman will be the first woman and the first African American to hold the position of Broward’s Clerk of Court.

Gene Townsel presents Berklee voice professor in singers’ reunion workshop & showcase Berklee VVoice oice PProfessor rofessor Jeff RRamsey amsey brings star studded profile to local worship

TOWNSEL On Sept. 16 – 18, 2016 the laid back tropical town of Deerfield Beach, Fla. will host the Singers Dream Reunion Workshop and Dinner Showcase at the Hampton Inn Hotel and the Royal Fiesta Event Center. This workshop/showcase will be a very special one in that it’s featuring Vocal Music Professor Jeff Ramsey from the Berklee School of Music in Boston.

All singers, musicians and artists that have been, or desire to be, taught, coached or mentored by internationally acclaimed Singer/Musician/Teacher Gene Townsel and Ramsey are encouraged to register for the workshop and audition for

the showcase right away for space is limited.

Ramsey, in addition to teaching and coaching the aspiring artists at Berklee, is a recording artist in his own right with two CDs to his credit and has worked with such notable artists as Al Jareau, Lailah Hathaway, Maxwell, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion, just to name a few.

Townsel, having started his career right here in South Florida in addition to having had studios in Los Angeles and now in Deerfield Beach, has received rave reviews from the stages of Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Bangkok, Acapulco, Aruba, Curacao and Singapore to name a few and has taught, coached or worked with such notables as Margaret “Shug” Avery, Marcus Houston & Immature, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Darlene Love, Rev. James Cleveland, Dr. Margaret Pleasant Douroux, and the list goes on.

This gala event is scheduled for onsite registration on Friday, Sept. 16 at the Hampton Inn followed by the workshop on the 17th and the dinner showcase at the Royal Fiesta Event Center in Deerfield Beach. Tickets and pre-registration forms are available at The Source, 230 Lock Rd., Deerfield Beach, Fla. Pre-registration is $40, on site is $45; dinner show-case advance tickets $45 for singles and $85 per couple. Door tickets are $50 for singles and $95 or

RAMSEY couples. Plan your vacation around this landmark event that will feature work-shop participants, Recording Artist Jeff Ramsey, event founder Gene Townsél and other guest celebrity artists.

Come and share your talent and experiences and encourage these aspiring artists as they seek to sharpen their skills, learn about the music industry and how to establish careers in secular and gospel music.

Confirm your space now for the workshop and the showcase as space is limited. Group hotel room rates are available online through http:// group.hamptoninn.com/ singerdreamworkshop. For information or registrations or call (561) 436-0868.

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, Vice President Joe Biden and Democratic US Senate Candidate Patrick Murphy are greeted by Olean McCaskill, owner of Olean’s Café during a surprise visit to the popular restaurant, cross the street from FAMU.

Vice President Biden and candidate Murphy place their orders. Vice President gets his favorite, Mac & Cheese and black eyed peas. cross the country — including President Obama.”

In the television ads, President Obama encourages Floridians to support Murphy for U.S. Senate saying, “I count on Patrick Murphy. You can, too.”

The President also campaigned for Murphy in June and recorded a radio ad telling

Florida voters, “I need Patrick Murphy in the Senate.”

Vice President Biden has been similarly described Murphy as “the real deal” and a “raw talent.”

It isn’t hard to figure out why Obama and Biden are backing Murphy’s Senate campaign.

Murphy has been a reliable ally

for President Obama in Congress, from supporting the Affordable Care Act and the President’s Climate Action Plan, to working to protect a woman’s right to choose and defending Social Security and Medicare.

Murphy has campaigned hard to fix our criminal justice system and immigration reform, which are priorities he shares with the President.

“I’m proud to be standing up to defend President Obama’s legacy,” said Murphy. “It’s a humbling responsibility, too.

We have achieved so much in the last eight years from passing the Affordable Care Act to raising the minimum wage for millions of federal workers. In the Senate, I promise to build on that progress.”

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Strategies for getting the vote out American community should implement most or all of the following strategies: 1. Every church and organization should form an Election Committee and that committee should implement strategies to get the African American vote out.

2. Every church in each geographic area should have an Election Forum and invite surrounding churches and organizations to attend. There should be a panel consisting of candidates for office and other community leaders. We should

ask the panel questions like: A. What are the plans for each candidate to unite the country?

B. What are the plans for each candidate to continue to improve the economy? C. What are the plans of each candidate to stop the shooting of young Black boys and police officers?

D. What are the plans of each candidate to stop terrorism?

3. Provide volunteers and select times to help all voters to call (954) 357- 7055 to get mailin ballots which require no postage. We could have telephone partners to assist the voter in

Dr. Elton K. Gaddy, MD transitioned at 60

him at the hospital earlier this year,” Singletary said softly.

“He was just jovial and happy and talking.

“He was looking forward to going back home and acted like nothing was wrong. He told me that he was being released (from the hospital) because his body cannot take anymore chemo right now. But he was never down and out . . . no matter what the situation. He always had a positive outlook and stayed upbeat.”

Survivors include his wife, Lora Edna Gaddy of Phoenix City, AL; two sons, Sya McDaniel Gaddy and Evan Micheal Gaddy both of Phoenix City, AL; one daughter, Christine Llarice Gaddy of Phoenix City, AL; one brother, Christopher Vans Gaddy of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; two grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.

The media and the newspaper continually indicate that in order to make a difference in the coming elections, the African American population must vote in large numbers in 2016. We need to increase the numbers that voted in 2008 and 2012 when parents, grandparents, and churches prepared their families and other African Americans to vote and assisted them to get registered, fill out a Mail-in Ballot or get to the polls to vote. We cannot sit back and do nothing!

Since the church is still the

focal part of the African American community, “We must “step up” this time or our lives will dramatically change for the worse in the future. We cannot listen to someone who is not African American trying to convince African Americans of our plight and telling us how to vote. We know what we need to do. We cannot be fooled.

We know that we cannot tell people who to vote for because we must be non-partisan, however, we can assist in the voting process.

Every church in the African

Singletary visit with Gaddy at the VA hospital in Atlanta.

By Shakey Daddy Monroe Every so often, a person comes along that makes an indelible impression on those around him. Dr. Elton K. Gaddy, MD is being remembered as one of those people as friends gathered to remember him.

Gaddy, 60, passed away on Aug. 20 at Columbus Hospice in Columbus, Ga., after a 10year battle with prostate cancer.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Aug. 27 at Body of Christ Church International in Phoenix City, Ala. The wake is from 5 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 26 at Taylor Funeral Home in Phoenix City.

“I’ve never known him to talk bad about anyone,” Sam Singletary said. “He was always an upbeat and easy-going person.

“I can’t ever remember him having a bad day to the point where he’s cursing and swearing. That’s not Elton.

We’ve been friends for over 40 years. I can’t say how he acted with other people all the time, but I never knew Elton to have an enemy. I never knew him to have anything bad to say about anyone. He was a good dude.

He was just a happy-go-lucky nice guy. I really didn’t know his parents that well, but I know they raised a good person.”

Friendship forged at Morehouse Singletary, a Fort Lauderdale native and former Dillard High School basketball standout, forged a close friendship with Gaddy, while they were students at Morehouse College during the mid-70s. Gaddy was also a Fort Lauderdale native and Boyd Anderson High School alumni He and Singletary attended the same church, First Baptist (Piney Grove) growing up but there was no interaction until Morehouse.

“Those two years (age difference) we had between us is why we really didn’t run in the same circles,” said Singletary,

who roomed with Gaddy three years at Morehouse. “If I said five words to Elton when I was growing up, I might be exaggerating.

“But when we hit Morehouse and wound up being roommates, it was like a total surprise.

I would run with him and he would run with me. Some of his friends became my friends and some of my friends became his friends. We stayed friends for over 40 years.”

Singletary, Class of 1972 at Dillard, was among the last allBlack graduating class in Dillard history. Gaddy, the Class of 1974 at Boyd Anderson, was among the second graduating class in its school history.

After graduation from Morehouse, Gaddy entered Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., earning a medical degree in internal medicine. After medical school, Gaddy served in the U.S. Navy before going into private practice in Phoenix City, Ala. Singletary, who spent his career working for Delta Air Lines in Atlanta, said he and Gaddy remained close friends and kept in touch via telephone.

“There was probably a span where I didn’t lay eyes on Elton in the flesh was probably about 20 years,” Singletary said. “But we always managed to stay in touch.”

Singletary said Gaddy had a strong love for Dillard High sports. There were numerous conversations about the Panthers legendary basketball and football teams. His favorite Dillard players included Joe Bynes and Robert G. (St. Pete) Williams, respectively. Singletary said it was amazing how Gaddy could recall many of those big games that Bynes and Williams played in, especially when Dillard played archrival Blanche Ely High School.

Final farewell Singletary recalls his final visit with Gaddy. It took place in April at the VA hospital in Atlanta.

“I remember going to visit

calling to request the mail-in ballots. Mail-in ballots must be mailed or dropped off at either the Main Office or a Branch Office in time to arrive at the Supervisor of Elections Office before the closing of the polls on Election night.

4. We should encourage voters to get Mail-in ballots because if it is storming or there are illnesses, deaths in the family etc. on Election Day, their Mail-in vote will still be delivered and counted.

5. If it is legal to use church buses and vans to transport voters to the polls during Early Voting, before Bible Study, on Sunday after church, and on the General Election Day, then we should do it. If it is not legal to use church buses and vans to take voters to the polls, we should use our own vehicles to “carpool voters to the polls”. You should have automobile insurance and should transport others at your own risk and expense.

6. Schedule a day to wear the colors red, white and blue to support unity in our country.

7. Wear stickers that say “All Lives Matter”.

8. Continue to register voters until the time expires.

9. Explore ways to help people get picture ID’s in the event

they do not have one. (Example: Help your family members learn to drive so they can get a driver’s license containing a picture ID).

10. Since national speakers, for example: Rev. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, are not very visible at this time; we must encourage local African American speakers to speak for and to the African American community about voting.

11. Continue “Souls to the Polls” by utilizing cars and/or walk groups to walk from the church to the nearby polls to vote on Early Voting Days and on Election Day. Even if you have already voted, walk with them to show your support.

12. It is our responsibility to those who died to make voting possible, for all voters to vote in all elections, which include all Primary and General Elections Please implement these strategies in your churches and organizations. These strategies should be implemented all over America through the Black news networks like the Westside Gazette, Miami Times, the Pittsburgh Courier; radio personalities like Tom Joyner, Rodney Baltimore, etc.; through leaders like Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson; and through conferences and convention affiliations.

Childr en er vices Council rreviews eviews staff Children en’’s SSer ervices recommendations for 2016/17 budget Set to vote on final version at upcoming meeting

LAUDERHILL, FL — At their May budget retreat, the Children’s Services Council of Broward County (CSC) members reviewed staff recommendations for the upcoming fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2016.

The CSC funds and supports over 100 programs that serve children and families in an effort to empower Broward’s children to become responsible and productive adults. For its May meeting, the staff of the CSC made funding recommendations to the council based on alignment with the council’s core mission, past program performance, funding utilization, community input and a variety of other factors. The staff recommendations totaled approximately $80 million.

Seltzer after the meeting. “Their passion and hard work was quite evident in their questions and suggestions to help address existing and new areas of concern in our community.” At the upcoming June 16 meeting, Council members will vote on final approval of the FY 2016/17 budget.

The CSC is an independent taxing authority that was established by a public referendum on Sept. 5, 2000, and reauthorized on Nov. 4, Preliminary reports from the 2014, which, through Public Broward Property Appraiser’s Act, Chapter 2000-461 of the Office estimate that the values laws of Florida, authorized the of properties increased across CSC to levy up to 0.5 mills of the county roughly 7 percent. property taxes. The role of the Staff proposed this additional CDC is to provide the leadrevenue be utilized to fund more providers for abuse and ership, advocacy and resources neglect prevention, increase necessary to enhance children’s services for families in relative lives and empower them to care, add staff at juvenile di- become responsible, productive version programs, provide sub- adults through collaborative sidized child care for vulnerable planning and funding of a populations, and a variety of continuum of qua-lity care. other services to enhance the Follow us on Twitter at lives of Broward’s children. @CSCBroward and on “I commend the council’s con- Facebook. For more information tinued commitment to the child- about the Children’s Services ren of Broward County,” said Council of Broward County, CEO/President Cindy Arenberg please visit www.cscbroward.org.

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Donors, sponsors generously support African American History Museum

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA News Wire Contributor Sponsorships and donations have been pouring into the new Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), which is set to open on Sept. 24 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Most recently, the popular 1990s R&B group En Vogue donated their performanceworn dresses to the museum.

“Our dresses from the ‘Never Gonna Get It/My Lovin’ video and the ‘Giving Him Something He Can Feel’ video will be debuting in the Smithsonian African American History museum

on Sept. 24,” group member Terry Ellis said. “So, we’re really super excited about that.”

NBA Icon Michael Jordan also announced this month that he was providing a five million dollar gift to the museum along with his game-worn 1996 NBA Finals jersey.

The museum will reportedly place the famous jersey in a wing called “Michael Jordan Hall,” that will feature stories of 17 historic athletes.

In a news release, Jordan noted athletes like Jesse Owens whose “talent, commitment and perseverance broke racial barriers and laid the ground-work for the successful careers of so many African-Americans in

athletics and beyond.”

Also, in a statement, museum director Lonnie G. Bunch III said Jordan’s contribution will enable museum “visitors to explore how sports were used to break barriers as a way to gain full participation in American society.”

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of AfricanAmerican life, history, and culture. It was established by an Act of Congress in 2003, following decades of efforts to promote and highlight the contributions of African-Americans, according to the museum’s website.

New Criminal Justice instructor sees bright futures for his students Coming from a family predominantly made up of police officers and educators, it’s no surprise James E. Combs, Jr. the new Butler Tech Criminal Justice Instructor, has entered the classroom in this season of life.

“It’s like a breath of fresh air,” said Combs, who is a retired Dayton Police Officer with 21 years of experience, five of those years as an Academy Instructor.

Combs has taught Criminal Justice at Meadowdale, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and Ponitz Career Technology within the Dayton School District, since 2006. He holds a five-year teaching license in Criminal Justice and is a recent graduate of Wright State University, where he obtained his Master of Education degree this past spring.

During the first week of classes at Butler Tech, Combs made

some observations about his students. “I saw a twinkle in their eyes of interest more than curiosity,” he said. “These students are serious about criminal justice, and the sky is the limit for opportunity.”

Combs says students can expect to take an objective view of the subject matter, and a lot of hard subject matter is in store.

“We’ll look at where our society is now in criminal justice and also take a historical perspective of the turbulent journey to get where we are now,” he said.

Combs plans to pull from the knowledge and experience of Sir Robert Peel, a former British Prime Minister and the founder of the Metropolitan Police Service. One of Combs’ favorite quotes from Peel is, “The police are the community, and the community are the police.”

When Combs isn’t teaching

COMBS or policing, he can be found in the kitchen. He enjoys cooking Italian food, but it’s his gumbo that brings the family to the dinner table. Combs and his wife Phyllis have been married 35 years and reside in Waynesville. They have two adult children, Dominic and Ashley.

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The National Museum of African American History and Culture officially opens to the public following the dedication ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016.

(Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA) To date, the museum has collected more than 36,000 artifacts.

Nearly 100,000 individuals have become charter members of the museum and, when it opens, it will be the 19th and newest museum of the Smithsonian Institution.

Museum officials noted the four pillars upon which the NMAAHC stands: It provides an opportunity for those who are interested in AfricanAmerican culture to explore and revel in this history through interactive exhibitions; It helps all Americans see how their stories, their histories, and their cultures are shaped and in-formed by global influences; It explores what it means to be an American and share how American values like resiliency, optimism, and spirituality are reflected in African American history and culture; and it serves as a place of collaboration that reaches beyond Washington, D.C., to engage new audiences and to collaborate with the myriad of museums and educational in-

stitutions that have explored and preserved this important history well before this museum was created.

Earlier this year, The Hartford, a popular financial services company, announced its founding sponsorship of the museum.

The company made a $1 million contribution over five years to support the design and construction of the building.

“The Hartford has been a part of American history for more than 200 years, growing, thriving and changing along with our nation,” said Susan Johnson, head of diversity and inclusion at The Hartford. “We are proud to be a

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On Feb. 22, 2012, the Smithsonian broke ground on the NMAAHC at a five-acre site on Constitution Avenue between 14th and 15th streets in Northwest Washington, D.C. The 400,000-square-foot building has five levels above ground and four below. It will have exhibition galleries, an education center, a theater, café and store as well as staff offices.

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Remembering the Battle of Negro Fort, one of the most important and forgotten events in U.S. history, 200 years later

By Daniel Rivero In the early 1800s, the Western world was like a gigantic, real life game of Risk. The Napoleonic Era was coming to a close. The United States and Haiti were newly independent.

Several independence wars were underway in Latin America. The U.S. dealt a staggering defeat to the British in the War of 1812. Vast parts of Western civilization were seemingly being redrawn every year.

It was against this backdrop that, 200 years ago today, the United States would wage what was arguably one of its most consequential, yet largely forgotten, military attacks: the Battle of Negro Fort, in which American troops destroyed a settlement of free, armed Black people and Native Americans, killing hundreds.

The battle took place in Spanish Florida, just across the Georgia line. Though most people have never heard of it, it serves as a particularly brutal and resonant reminder of the American desire to ensure that Black people were kept as slaves, and that Native Americans would submit to the nation’s territorial ambitions.

What’s more, the issues at play on July 27, 1816 continue to bedevil America two centuries later: the supposedly existential threat posed by Black people with guns; the tendency to wage war on foreign soil under the pretext of national security; the legacy and racist policies of

Andrew Jackson, which are still being debated today; and an eternally troubled relationship with Latin America.

If there was a forgotten moment in American history that should be revived in today’s textbooks, I would argue, this would be it. Outside of academics and Florida history wonks, the incident barely measures in the national consciousness.

But for all the reasons listed above, it should be front and center.

In 1816, Florida was nominally owned by the Spanish.

The territory had become a steady headache for Washington, mainly because it had become a safe haven for escaped slaves from Georgia and Alabama.

Chief among these problems was the place that came to be known as Negro Fort. Just past the Spanish side of the Apalachicola River, a community of about 1,000 escaped slaves and Native Americans was thriving.

(In its official history of the fort, the National Park Service refers to it as a “precursor” to the Underground Railroad.)

From what we know of the society that existed there, it was a multicultural, agriculturebased community. Native Americans mixed freely with escaped American slaves who fled from Georgia and Alabama, alongside escaped slaves who fled from Spanish territories.

The ramshackle group of the fort’s inhabitants were led by a man called Garçon, a 30-year-

old escaped slave, of whom virtually no biographical information exists. He led alongside a Choctaw chief, whose name is unknown.

As if all of this wasn’t enough to raise the blood pressure in white Washington, the community was also armed.

Word of this place where armed, free Black people and natives were building their own lives spread through the Deep South. White people got very worried.

“It’s hard for us to understand how terrified [Washington] was of that little fort,” Paul Ortiz, a professor of history at the University of Florida, told me recently. “It represented anarchy, chaos, and most of all anti-slavery.”

U.S. National Archives and Records This 1937 photograph from the National Archives shows the spot where the battle took place. On the other side of the river was Georgia, on the side where the photo was taken was Spanish Florida.

The arms had been provided by a British general, who had been patrolling the area during the War of 1812. He made good with the residents, built them a fort and gave them arms and ammunition to fight the Americans with, if necessary.

In return, a Union Jack flag flew over the site. (The Spanish, who had little control over territory that was technically theirs, evidently could do nothing to stop this.)

The combination of free Black people, guns and Britain was too much for then-General Andrew Jackson. He was desperate to eliminate Negro Fort— even though it was ostensibly beyond American reach in Spanish territory. In a letter to Commander Edmund Gaines ordering an assault, Jackson was very clear about his feelings towards the fort (emphasis added): I have no doubt that this fort has been established by some villains for the purpose of murder, rapine, and plunder, and

that it ought to be blown up regardless of the ground it stands on. If you have come to the same conclusion, destroy it and restore the stolen Negroes and property to their rightful owners.

Jackson’s revulsion was about more than pro-slavery sentiment. There was more at stake in the Negro Fort. Jackson saw a connection to the wave of independence struggles being waged throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

Slaves in Haiti had successfully won their own freedom a mere 12 years earlier. The Mexican Independence War was in its sixth year. South American liberator Simón Bolívar was rallying support for his cause in the Caribbean. Spain’s hold on Central America and the Caribbean seemed in jeopardy.

In his forthcoming book Our Separate Struggles Were Really

One: African American and Latina/o Histories, University of Florida’s Ortiz explains that the U.S. refused to back these wars in large part because they doubled as anti-slavery movements. “Jackson and [Washington insiders] were absolutely terrified about what was happening in Latin America,” said Ortiz. “And when they looked at Negro Fort, it was seen as a place that undermined slavery in the Southeast, and it had to be dealt with harshly.”

Nor did Washington feel the need to support the kind of independence movements that had won the U.S. its own freedom in the not-too-distant past.

In a letter to his brother around that time, future-President and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams rejected any connection between the liberation movements in Latin America and the American Revolution. He wrote that there were funda-

mental differences between the U.S. and Latin America—differences that he wanted to maintain: The resemblance between this [Latin American] Revolution and ours is barely superficial.

In all their leading characters the two Events, present a contrast, instead of a parallel— Ours was a War of freemen, for political Independence—This is a War of Slaves against their masters—It has all the horrors and all the atrocities of a servile War. As Adams, Jackson and many of their contemporaries saw it, that threat was knocking on America’s door, and it had to be neutralized.

So on that fateful day 200 years ago, Negro Fort came to an end.

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