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South Florida rapper transforms and inspires through music, books and social media By Arri Henry Ramon “Absoloot” Robinson is not just a recording artist and a powerful speaker, he is also a selfmade social media professional. In early 2005 Absoloot began to promote himself online, quickly growing his fan base. Absoloot’s popularity grew as he received over 3.1 million views and garnered over 50,000 fans on his social media channels. His early success was recognized by VIO Mobile as he was offered a ring tone deal with sales over 150,000 digital downloads in 35 different countries! Absoloot’s list of accomplishments continued to expand when in 2012, The Huffington Post featured his single “99 Percent” as the theme song for the “Occupy Wall Street Movement”. The videos for “99 Percent” and “Watch Your Words” received First Place Awards in monthly competitions for JeeJuh.com, an online production company. Absoloot placed Second for his track “They Don’t Hear Me” with Jee Juh as well. He has a top selling album, an EP and two singles. Absoloot was picked by Hard Rock for Hard Rock Rising 2016 due (Cont’d on page 2)

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Florida judge steps down after being recorded berating 59-year-old disabled woman who later died By Latifah Muhammad A Florida judge has stepped down after video surfaced of a her ruthlessly berating a chronically ill disabled woman who later died, following her release from jail. During a preliminary hearing last Sunday (April 15), Broward County Circuit Judge Merrilee Ehrlich, repeatedly scolded Sandra Faye Twiggs, a 59-yearold mother who was in a wheelchair and was arrested on a misdemeanor charge after a disagreement with her 19-year-old daughter. Twiggs, had no criminal history and battled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, along with asthma. She was arrested and booked on a domestic violence charge on April 13, for reportedly scratching her daughter during a disagreement. Her lawyer said that the incident was a misunderstanding. In the court recording, Ehrlich begins yelling at Twiggs while asking questions that she stumbles to answer. “Excuse me! Don’t say anything beyond what I am asking you!” Ehrlich warns. Growing more exasperated, Ehrlich continues to lash out at Twiggs, who appears frail and begins coughing (Cont’d on page 3)

Elected officials and residents celebrate openair development at “The Urban” Groundbreaking Ceremony in Overtown The new OpenAir Food Market & Public Space will host art, music, culture & special events MIAMI, FL – On Wednesday, April 18 at 11:30 a.m., elected officials and South Florida based community development organization, Urban Philanthropies (UP) broke ground at “The Urban,” a new open-air space slated to open this summer in Overtown, one of Miami’s oldest neighborhoods.

Elected officials including Commissioner Audrey Edmonson, Radio Personality Papa Keith of South Florida’s 103.5 The Beat and residents celebrated “The Urban” groundbreaking at the development site located at 1000 N.W. Second Ave. Located in the heart of Overtown, the new on trend entertainment hub, “The Urban,” will house a space infused with art, music, culture, a food market and special events. The hub will provide a space for neighbors to connect, friends to meet new friends and visitors to take in the culture. Urban Philanthropies

focuses on preserving, empowering and transforming disinvested communities like Overtown. UP Board

Chairman, Craig Emmanuel said that this development is more than an entertainment space. (Cont’d on page 5)

Meet the Only Black Millennial Who Is Breaking Racial Barriers on Capitol Hill By Susan Johnes The congregational staff workforce at Capitol Hill is mostly white. But a Black college student is breaking the racial barrier in the department; working in a place that some folks are unlikely to hire people like her. The North Carolina A&T State University grad Vashti Hinton, 23, landed a full-time job in the Washington office of Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., Thursday after participating in an April 26th Mostly Sunny internship program for HBCUs students created Sunrise: 6:47am Sunset: 7:50pm by Rep. Alma Adams and Mark Walker, to Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues help persuade minority students to pursue careers on Capitol Hill. 86° 86° 85° 83° 82° (Cont’d on page 5) 69° 68° 70° 71° 71°

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Pompano Beach Native serves with the U.S. Navy half a world away with U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Theodore Quintana,Navy Office of Community Outreach YOKOSUKA, JAPAN -- A Pompano Beach, Florida, native, and 2011 Pompano Beach High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy with U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka (USNH Yokosuka). Petty Officer 3rd Class Ternisha Williams is a hospital corpsman serving with USNH Yokosuka; operating out of Yokosuka, Japan. A Navy hospital corpsman is responsible for the prevention and treatment of disease and injury, assisting health care professionals in providing medical care to personnel, conducting preliminary physical examinations, performing medical administrative, supply and accounting procedures, and maintaining treatment records and reports. Williams is proud to serve in the Pacific and fondly recalls memories of Pompano Beach. “Growing up I learned to be careful how you treat people because you never know when you would need them again,” said Williams. Moments like that makes it worth serving around the world; always ready to defend America’s interests. With more than 50 percent of the world’s shipping tonnage and a third of the world’s crude oil passing through the region; the United States has historic and enduring interests in this part of the world. The Navy’s presence in Yokosuka is part of that longstanding commitment, explained Navy officials. USNH Yokosuka is the largest U.S. military treatment facility on mainland Japan: a 47-bed core hospital in Yokosuka, near Tokyo. Branch health annexes are located at Camp Fuji and Hario, while Branch health clinics are in Sasebo, Iwakuni, and Atsugi in mainland Japan; Chinhae, Korea on the southern tip of South Korea; and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

“You make a difference every day,” said Deputy Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet Joey Dodgen. “We are the most prepared, highly trained, and the most capable force in the Indo Pacific. Our carriers, amphibious assault ships, aircraft and most importantly, our people are ready today to face regional challenges and lead our Navy’s forces in this theater, just as the officers and sailors of 7th Fleet have done for 75 years. So, thank you for all that you do.” USNH Yokosuka serves 42,000 beneficiaries throughout the Western Pacific by caring for readiness. USNH Yokosuka strives to be the premier provider of healthcare to active

duty forces and their families in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region through Joint Partnerships. “I think being forward deployed is very beneficial because it supports the mission of the overall Navy,” said Williams. Williams is also proud of receiving the Junior Sailor of the Quarter award and Sailor in the Spotlight for the hospital. As a member of one of the U.S. Navy’s most relied-upon assets; Williams and other sailors know they are part of a legacy that will last beyond their lifetimes providing the Navy the nation needs. “Serving in the Navy has presented me with opportunity to be humbler and more accepting of different people and per-

sonalities,” said Williams. “Serving in the Navy allows me to give back and help a bigger population, in turn providing more assistance to not only myself, but to my country. It’s not just a job, it’s more of a service of dedication.” Seventh Fleet, which is celebrating its 75th year in 2018, spans more than 124 million square kilometers, stretching from the International Date Line to the India/Pakistan border; and from the Kuril Islands in the North to the Antarctic in the South. Seventh Fleet’s area of ope-ration encompasses 36 mari-time countries and 50 percent of the world’s population with between 50-70 U.S. ships and submarines, 140 aircraft, and approximately 20,000 sailors in the seventh Fleet.

Former Miami Dolphins player takes Special Needs student to Prom Eighteen-year-old Lindsey Preston needed a date to prom, and her family knew the perfect gentlemen to take her: Don Jones II, the 27-year-old defensive back for the San Francisco 49ers. Don Jones also played for the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, Cleveland Browns and Houston Texans. A special-needs student had a one-of-a-kind prom date when a former Miami Dolphins football player returned to his home county in Alabama to take her to the dance. Eighteen-year-old Lindsey Preston needed a date to prom, and her family knew the perfect gentlemen take her: Don Jones II, the 27-year-old defensive back for the San Francisco 49ers. “We are friends with DJ’s family, so we asked, and he said he would love to,” said Preston’s mother, Kristi Martin. “He picked her up in a limo had flowers and was so sweet to her.” Jones told WBRC that it was a “blessing” to take Lindsey, who has Down Syndrome, to the county-wide prom for high school students with special needs. The NFL player danced with all the students at the prom and “made everybody feel spe-

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cial,” Martin told The Associated Press. Jones’ mother taught Preston when she was in elementary school. Jones suffered a torn ACL during the final game of the preseason in 2017. He played at Arkansas State before going pro, and has played for the New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, Cleveland Browns and Houston Texans.

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to his clean music and large online following. Instead of following his predecessors, Absoloot has become a trail blazer for positive HipHop lyrics. Focusing on creating positive music and images, Absoloot took things a step further by creating an anti-bullying comic book entitled “Keep Dreaming”. “The Adventures of Junior and Rubble” (comic book) is also in the works which focuses on the environment. By establishing great working relationships with the likes of 99 Jamz Radio, Pastor Marcus Davidson (PMD) Ministries, Complete Music and Video, and Life Sports Fitness, Absoloot has been able to introduce the comic book to Broward county schools and other municipalities. Once again raising the bar and within four months he’s received over 15 million Sound Cloud streams on the last four singles he released. “Paying it forward” has been instrumental in Absoloot’s success. He prides himself on making the community his foundation. Absoloot became the Ambassador of Life Sports Fitness in 2017. With Absoloot’s outstanding image in the community and positive influence through music, he was a perfect fit for the non-profit organization. As an Ambassador of Life Sports Fitness, his focus has been to assist with the growth of their fitness and audio fitness music program which help to launch their anti-bullying comic books series and participant development. Key element of the comic books are storytelling and selfexpression ,and additional comic book development will be based on participant experiences (firsthand). Absoloot’s dynamic social media profile will be utilized to raise awareness of Life Sports Fitness’s community service and program development that positively impact the com-

munities they are associated with. “After meeting Ramon on a number of occasions and him asking what could he do to help us, I finally had a meeting with him. Because of his and his partner Freeny’s, genuine sincerity to want to help, we have begun a new chapter of the Westside Gazette,” stated publisher Bobby R. Henry, Sr. with a big smile. Ramon says that, “I would like to be in the same class of those rare men in the sense of their authenticity. In that I say what I mean, and I do what I say I going to do. I just want to be a God fearing man of my word.” Whether he’s entertaining our youth or doing a School Tour to spread his message in the local community, you can always bet that he’s speaking the truth. He’s not just a voice, but also a brain and tireless worker whose goal is to spread his positive message to as many people as he can reach! Henry continued, “it is an honor for the Westside Gazette, to be the first newspaper to carry the brand new comic strip “Rap It Up”, by Absoloot and Freeny. They not only talk the talk they walk it.”

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The Unfair Shooting and Brutalization of Oswald Jay Lewis N A T I O N W I D E (BlackNews.com) — On August 26, 2014, U.S. Marshals and NYPD executed a late-night arrest in Queens, N.Y. N.Y. on a 24-year old warrant from Virgina. Inside the Queens apartment was Oswald Lewis, the individual named in the arrest warrant. After Lewis’ violent seizure by marshals he was never given his Miranda rights. He laid on the pavement, handcuffed to his injured wrist until an ambulance arrived.

Oswald Lewis’ civil complaint case #1:16 1057 (KAM JO) reveals in detail how marshals re-entered the residence and fabricated the evidence to make it appear as if Lewis was the initial aggressor. Law enforcement then made numerous false statements to media and in an affidavit to the grand jury. And testimonial statements all inconsistent to nearly all the evidence. Lewis spent just two days in Jamaica Queens hospital for his

injuries, even though hospital records show he needed at least seven days. Instead, Lewis was removed from the hospital by marshals in a horrific condition with the facial injuries shown above; a bleeding wrist with nerve tendons protruding from his left wrist caused by the marshal’s handcuffs and a 40caliber bullet still lodged in his left elbow. Lewis was taken to the federal Metropolitan Detention Center MDC in Brooklyn NY and placed in solitary

confinement for over 50 days while law enforcement narratives started the process to his unlawful conviction. Court Records show it took one year to remove the bullet from Lewis’ elbow after he made numerous complaints. The Oswald Lewis they arrested for the 24-year old non-violent warrant was not even the correct Oswald Lewis. (Read full story at: thewestsidegazette.com)

Remember the firefighter who was charged for spitting on a Black toddler and using the N-word? — Well, he just got his job back! KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Terrence Jeremy Skeen, a firefighter who spat and used a racial slur on a 3-year-old Black boy, has reportedly got his job back after his lawyers claim that he was “suspended incorrectly.” Skeen, a 42-year-old who has worked at Kansas City Fire Department for 15 years, has still been charged with battery, disorderly conduct, and assault in connection with the incident on Feb. 26, 2017 at a Hooters Restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas. The firefighter was accused of threatening to shoot a Black customer, throwing the Nword, and spitting on his three-year-old grandson. Skeen who spat and used a racial slur on a 3-year old Black boy The boy’s grandfather, Raymond L. Harris, said that the boy became separated from their family when another customer told them that a man spat on the boy. “You need to get that f—ing girl and take her back to the other side where you came from,” Skeen allegedly shouted at Harris from across the restaurant. After correcting Skeen about the child’s gender and he asked him if he really did spit on the boy. “F— you, you n—r,” Skeen reportedly told him. “I will spit on you. F— you! I will shoot you!” The manager then called the police but instead ended up throwing the Black family out of the restaurant.

Oswald Jay Lewis, before and after being shot and arrested by police.

UNT student wants closure of campus restaurant after receiving a receipt containing Racial Slur

Missouri ranks #1 in Nation for Black Homicide Victimization Ninety-three percent of Black homicide victims in Missouri were killed with guns

WASHINGTON, DC — Missouri has the highest Black homicide victimization rate in

the nation with a rate of 46.24 per 100,000, which is nearly two and half times the national

Black homicide victimization rate and 10 times the overall homicide rate nationwide, according to a new analysis by the Violence Policy Center (VPC). The annual study, Black Homicide Victimization in the United States: An Analysis of 2015 Homicide Data, ranks the states according to their Black homicide victimization rates. It is based on unpublished data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR). The study details homicide rates for 2015, the most recent year for which comprehensive national data is available. This is the 12th year the Violence Policy Center has released the study. “Each day in America, the

number of Black homicide victims exceeds the toll in the Parkland, Florida mass shooting. And just like Parkland and other mass shootings, these deaths devastate families, traumatize whole communities, and should provoke an outcry for change. The devastating and disproportionate impact homicide; almost always involving a gun, has on Black men, boys, women, and girls in America is an ongoing national crisis. We hope our research will help educate the public and policy-makers, spur action, and aid community leaders already working to end this grave injustice,” states VPC Executive Director Josh Sugarmann. (Read full story at: www.thewestsidegazette.com)

By Susan Johnes University of North Texas student Chelsea Shaw has demanded the closure of a campus restaurant after a student employee typed a racial slur on her food receipt Tuesday afternoon. After dining at Krispy Krunchy Chicken, the Black student posted a photo of her receipt imprinted with a racial slur. Chelsea Shaw took to Twitter on Tuesday to post a picture of the receipt from the restaurant that read “(ID #3088) Nigger” instead of her name. “I need answers,” Shaw wrote on her account. Immediately, her tweet gained wave on the platform, and appalled students and social media users chimed in on the conversation; tagging UNT President Neal Smatresk directly, hoping to gain some clarity. And as expected, the tweet reached UNT President Neal Smatresk who responded in a statement saying: (Read full story at:www.thewestsidegazette.com)

Haitian Civil Rights Organizations join NAACP in Florida judge steps down tional discriminatory practices.” guments as to why the AdTPS lawsuit “The Haitian Lawyers As- ministration’s decision to termidue to her treatment of Twiggs. (Cont'd from FP) BALTIMORE, MD. – The NAACP, the nation’s premier grassroots civil rights organization, filed an amended complaint in its ongoing lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for its decision to rescind the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants. Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees (HWHR) and the Haitian Lawyers’ Association (HLA) have now joined the lawsuit. The plaintiffs are represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF). The lawsuit claims that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), former Acting DHS Secretary Elaine C. Duke, and current DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielson took irrational and discriminatory government action; denying Haitian immigrants their right to due process and equal protection under the Fifth Amendment. The lawsuit argues that DHS intended to discriminate against Haitian immigrants living in the United States because of their race and national origin. “The current administration has made public hostility toward immigrants of color a point of pride,” said Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO. “The Department of Homeland Security’s decision to rescind TPS status for Haitian immi-

GASSANT grants is clearly an extension of that attitude and an example of the consequences of prejudice applied to policy. The NAACP welcomes the expertise and solidarity of HWHR and HLA in this lawsuit; as we persist in the protection of our Haitian members and in the pursuit of justice for immigrant communities.” “The Department of Homeland Security’s decision to rescind TPS for Haitian immigrants was based on their race and ethnicity,” said Samuel Spital, LDF’s Director of Litigation. “Our Constitution unequivocally prohibits any government action infected by such racial discrimination. Every person is equal before the law, and the court must condemn this Administration for its inten-

sociation decided to join this critical lawsuit because the decision to terminate TPS is unsubstantiated particularly given the fact that the conditions in Haiti that gave rise to the original January 2010 TPS designation continue to exist,” said Pedro Gassant, HLA President. “Rebuilding in Haiti has moved slowly because of devastations wrought by Hurricanes Matthew, Irma and Maria; as well as the contamination engendered by the cholera outbreak. We believe that this lawsuit has merit and painstakingly details the factual and legal ar-

nate TPS for Haitian nationals is unlawful.” “Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees provides support to hundreds of families who seek refuge in the U.S.,” said Ninaj Raoul of HWHR. “The Department of Homeland Security’s decision is a brutally cruel blow to those who have found safety in the United States after facing natural and man-made disasters in Haiti. We vehemently oppose of the Department’s stance and we are proud to join NAACP, LDF, and HLA in seeking a solution in the courts.”

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at Twiggs, who appears frail and begins coughing during the court appearance. “Ma’am do you need water? Just nod your head,” she orders before telling someone in the court to get her water, but interrupts Twiggs when she attempts to inform her of her health ailments. “Ma’am, I am not here to talk to you about your breathing treatments!” Twiggs’ daughter found her dead in her bed a day after she was released from jail. In a letter to Broward County’s chief judge, public defender Howard Finkelstein lambasted Ehrlich’ for displaying “aggressive and tyrannical behavior” that “revealed her lack of emotional fitness to sit on the bench.” “She raised her voice to many defendants, berated the attorneys, and was impatient and exasperated during the proceedings,” Finkelstein wrote. “Her handling of two misdemeanor cases at first appearance on Sunday, April 15 was shocking and an embarrassment to Broward County.” Amid mounting scrutiny, Broward Chief Administrative Judge Jack Tuter told Ehrlich “not to return to the courthouse”

Ehrlich is due to retire on June 30. According to the Miami Herald, Twiggs had trouble getting her medicine in jail and came home “starving, dizzy and borderline breathless.” “My mom is gone and there is nothing I can do about it. I’m now a teenager who will have to bury her mother, “ Michelle Ballard, her daughter, told the Herald. Twiggs was so “devastated” by the jail treatment that she could barely speak, a friend said. “They treated me so bad, all I wanted was some medical attention,” her sister, Anna Twiggs, recalled Twiggs saying. The family believes that the judge’s treatment, and the night in jail, contributed to Twiggs’ death. See the video of the courtroom recording of Ehrlich as she begins yelling at Twiggs on our website at: www.thewestsidegazette.com

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The Lake Park Harbor Marina will host its monthly Sunset Celebration on Friday, April 27 at 6 p.m., with Happy Hour until 9 p.m., at 105 Shore Dr., Lake Park, Fla. For more info call (561) 840-0160 or visit www.lakeparkmarina.com

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SMITH League of Women Voters of Broward County, Fl to host Broward League Annual Meeting on Saturday, April 28 at Plantation Preserve Golf Course and Club, 7050 W. Broward Blvd., Davie, Fla. Chris Smith, keynote speaker. For cost and additional info call (954) 735-1311 or question to info @lwvbcfl.org ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

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Broward Center for the Performing Arts of Broward County for the Celebration Showcase for students who participated in a VSA Florida artist residency. The performance will be on Monday, April 30 and Tuesday, May 1 both at 10 a.m., at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla, free and open to the community. For more info contact Dee Miller at (813) 974-0745.

South Florida Black Journalists Association will host a Career Fair on Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Broward College-Miramar Campus, 1930 S.W. 145 Ave., Miramar, Fla. (Room to be disclosed when you register.). For more info and question call Courtenay Tucker at (954) 5363533. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

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Broward County’s 17th Circuit Faith Based Community Network with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Meet & Greet Continental Breakfast on Saturday, April 28 from 9 to 11 a.m. at The Pure Church of Righteousness, 801 N.W. 14 Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Pastor Everett L. Hamilton, host pastor. For additional info call Ingrid Caton at (954) 5856001.

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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. of the Broward County Alumnae Chapter will host their Annual Children’s Reading Festival. This event is free and open to the public. Saturday, April 28 at 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Delta Sigma Theta Sorority House, 2250 N.W. 21 Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

Exhibition African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderale, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-6210. * An Evening of Comedy & Culture on Saturday, April 21 at 6 p.m. The award winning Duo Ity & Fancy Cat & comedian extraordinaire Blakka Elli, accompained by vocalists Kristian Alicia & Harold Davis. Part proceeds to benefit Walker Place of Safety for Kids. Tickets available at Eventbrite,EventsRUsOnline.com and (954) 648-2800 or (954) 825-1706 or (954) 817-6451.

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The ArtsPark at Young Circle Gallery will feature a unique exhibition of artists from the National Art Honor Society and the Photography Club at South Broward High School. “Arts Park Art” exhibit will run from Monday, April 30 to Thursday, May 10, 2018. AnArtist Reception on Thursday, May 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. For more info call (954) 9213500.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. America’s first Greekletter organization of collegeeducated African American women women who serve as the cornerstone for service and sisterhood, will be hosting their 65th South Atlantic Regional Conference, on Wednesday, April 25 thru Sunday, April 29 at 10 a.m., at the Broward County Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info contact Margaret Thornton at margo0819@aol.com (772) 5190664 or Alma Russ at aruss246@yahoo.com, (772) 559-9251. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

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The YMCA Awaken Summer Imagination, Healthy Kids Day, on Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Deerfield Park Elementary, 650 S.W. Third Ave., Deerfield Beach, Fla. Free and open to the community. Summer Camp Registration – parents please bring the following: 2017 -1040 Tax Return (copy) Birth Certificate of the child – If the child is not on the parents 1040. The child’s student ID number For more info call (954) 6235555.

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WILSON Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., will host a park bench dedication ceremony in honor Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson, former South Altantic Regional Director on Sunday, April 29 at 4 p.m., at the Skyway Elementary School, 4555 N.W. 206 Terr., Miami Gardens, Fla.

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Vice Mayor Erhabor Ignodaro and the City of Miami Gardens in partnership with S.E.E. Foundation, Inc. presents Free Community Food Distribution every Fourth Thursday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Bennett M. Lifter Park, 20701 N.W. 22 Ave., Miami Gardens, Fla.

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Miramar Today events · U.S. Citizenship and Immigrant Services hosted by Commissioner Maxwell B. Chambers on Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Miramar's Multi Services Complex, 6700 Miramar Pkwy. Miramar, Fla. · The City of Miramar presents Movie Night on Saturday, April 28 from 7 to 10 p.m., at Shirley Branco Park, 6900 Miramar Pkwy, Miramar, Fla. Bring your blankets, food available for purchase. For more info call (954) 602-3170. · Mayor Wayne Messam invites you! to join My Brother's Keeper- Young Men in High School. For additional info call (954) 602-3198. · Same Day Permitting Available Community and Economic Development Department; all applications must be completed. Applications are available on the city's website under the Building Section of the Community and Economic Development Department Every Tuesday, from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Cut-off time for the Quick Service list will be at 9:50 a.m., at 2200 Civic Center Plaza, Mira-mar, Fla. · Beyond Boundaries with Dr. Fleming Tuesday & Thursday at 10 a.m., at Miramar Multi-Service Complex & S. Central/SE Focai Point Adult Day Care. ·The City of Miramar Celebrates a special day with Mom on Saturday, May 5 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m, at the Miramar Cultural Center/ArtPark Botanical Gardens, 2400 Civic Center Place, Miramar, Fla. There is a cost.

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· Residential Reboost Healthy Food Demonstration on Wednesday, April 25 from 4 to 5 p.m., at Cambridge Square Community Clubhouse, 3841 N.W. 21 St., Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. For more info contact Joanne Joicin at (954) 498-7021. ·#RadiatingQueensInc. and Broward County Park & Recreation proudly presents free Prom Dress Giveaway on Friday, April 27 from 5 to 8 p.m., at Franklin Park, 2501 Franklin Dr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 10th Annual Shower2Empower on Friday, May 25 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Urban League of Broward County, 560 N.W. 27 Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. This Free community event is for pregnant and parenting women, fathers, and support caregivers. ·After-School & Summer Providers Training on CATCH - On day instructor training for instructors to use CATCH on Thursday, May 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Two day workshop to be certified as a CATCH trainer to train your instructors on Thursday, May 10 & Friday, May 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Children's Services Council, 6600 W. Comm. Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Participants may bring snacks and water and are encouraged to wear comfortable clothes. space limited register www.BRHPC.org/ CATCH-Training. For additional info contact Alena Alberani at (954) 5611261. ·10th Annual Shower2Empower on Friday, May 25 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Urban League of Broward County, 560 N.W. 27 Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. This Free community event is for pregnant and parenting women, fathers, and support caregivers. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

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The PEARLS Foundation Inc., the charitable arm of Upsilon XI Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. announceS its presentation of Derby Days South Florida Style: Honoring Trailblazers n the community and celebrating the Kentucky Derby, Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5 at Gulfstream Racing and Casino Park, 901 S. Fed. Hwy., Hallandale Beach, Fla. You can purchase ticket from a member or on Eventbrite at https:/ derbydayshonoringtrailblazers.eventbrite.com. For additional information e m a i l UXOPearlsFoundation@gmail.com.

Experience Camps holds Fifth annual “A Night at the Races” Derby-Themed Fundraiser in Miami to support Grieving Children on Saturday, May 5 at 5:30 p.m., at EAST Hotel Miami, 788 Brickell Plaza.

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Big Brothers Big Sister of Broward’s Swing for Kids’ Sake on Friday, May 4 at 7 a.m., at Weston Hills Country Club, 2600 Country Club Way, Weston, Fla. For more info call Cindy Schutt at (954) 8050361.

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Recruiting both High School and Adult Volunteers For the upcoming Relay For Life of Carter Park, Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lakes Event on Friday, May 18 at Carter Park for Details call (954) 445 0244.

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Students of Tomorrow Mentoring Program boasts 50 new graduates at Parkway Middle School for 2018 From Karen Grey FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Faculty and Mentors of Parkway Middle School announces the 2018 graduates of their Parkway Students of Tomorrow Mentoring Program. The program was designed to create an environment giving kids with low self-esteem the opportunity to connect with leaders and business owners, which in turn helped them to see a brighter way into the future. The majority of these 50 students, started this journey displaying low attendance problems and low grade point averages. By partnering students with 45 business professionals in fields of interest expressed

by the students, mentors were able to turn the tables resulting in a change in attitude and behavior. What was originally slated to be a one on one monthly meeting and mentoring session between mentee and mentor, quickly transitioned to weekly meetings, weekend visits and total family interaction, forging life-long relationships beyond the program. “Teachers are seeing grade point averages on the rise and attendance issues on the decrease. Students are seeing a transformation within themselves,” reports Lakesha Gary, President/CEO of Financial Partner Group and cofounding member for the program. “We’ve seen and continue to witness a rise in self-esteem among our mentees and a

confidence that was not there prior to participating in the program,” she added. “They are truly looking forward to what comes next,” concluded Gary. On Friday, April 27, at 6 p.m., Financial Partner Group will host its first ever Mentorship Program Recognition Dinner to celebrate the achievements of its first class of graduates. Men-

tors and mentees, will receive certificates and plagues in recognition of their hard work. The reception will take place at Parkway Middle School, 3600 N.W. Fifth Ct., L.auderhill, Fla. Mission Statement: We believe every great achiever is inspired by a great mentor, and with the right guidance can achieve anything. It is our

A Black woman lost her job because of her dreadlocks, so she sued and now wants the Supreme Court’s intervention By Susan Johnes A Black Alabama woman, who lost a job offer because she refused to cut her dreadlocks, is asking the Supreme Court to hear her case, dubbing her situation ‘modern-day racial discrimination.’ On April 4, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a petition to add EEOC v.

Catastrophe Management Solutions to the Court’s docket; a case with serious implications for how racial discrimination in the workplace is defined. In 2010, Chastity Jones was offered a job as a customer service representative at a call center in Mobile. Sometime after the interview, an HR manager informed Jones that dreadlocks violated the company’s groom-

“The Urban” Groundbreaking Ceremony in Overtown

(Cont'd from FP) “We have invested into the community of Overtown with this development. Our goal is to institute the surest and safest method to uplift the residents. To invest in community independence and establish a path to sustain generational wealth,” said Emmanuel. Serving as the Master of Ceremony, Papa Keith emphasized the historic importance of the Overtown community and acknowledged the people who played a part in getting the project off the ground. “It’s really nice to see good people coming together to invest back into this historic community,” said Keith. “Especially knowing that this space will have a positive impact on the residents, because history shows us that they are the ones that are often forgotten.” Keon Williams, Assistant Director of Urban Philanthropies said that “The Urban” project is both historic and exciting for Overtown. “Everything that we are planning on doing here is about the culture, craft and community,” said Williams. “[The Urban] will feature local retailers, approximately 5-7 local food trucks, a centralized bar, as well as art installations. Guests will

have the opportunity to experience live entertainment and movies. We’re also excited to provide a food forest complete with seating and growing produce for use by resident restauranteurs.” Gail Hamilton of Junction Management revealed “The Urban’s” community centered programming, which will include family focused events, art exhibitions with local artists, STEM children’s events, happy hours, meet ups and more. Junction Management will manage the open-air entertainment hub and provide programming for the community. Hamilton closed the ceremony by restating the commitment that “The Urban” project has to the Overtown community. Hamilton closed the ceremony by restating the commitment that “The Urban” project has to the Overtown community. “This project has every single aspect of community built into it... Everybody involved in this project are locals or South Florida based and representative of what this community looks like,” said Hamilton. “The goal is to celebrate Overtown, Overtown culture and Overtown businesses.”

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ing policy because they “tend to get messy.” The HR manager proceeded to tell Jones she couldn’t wear her hair that way at work. Jones refused to change her hairstyle, and as a result, Catastrophe Management Solutions rescinded the job offer. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) which took on Jones’ case, had previously been denied a chance to file the petition by both the Alabama District Court and the 11th Court of Appeals. It’s no surprise the state, which groomed both George Wallace and Jeff Sessions, is denying that this case is purely entrenched in racial discrimination. According to Vox, the LDF argues this is what modernday racial discrimination looks like; “sometimes subtle, yet intentional racial biases and stereotypes that make it hard for people of color to get jobs and advance their careers.” Of course, the LDF knows better and says that race is more than a person’s biological traits and that a growing body of research shows that race is also a social construct based on shared culture and identity. And with this argument, dreadlocks are so closely associated with Black America

Photo Via Blackmatterus.com that any company policy banning them is a race-based policy. The case appears to be about an African American worker’s right to wear natural hairstyles on the job. It’s also about how the US legal system defines race. Moreover, the case is about Black women’s efforts to push back against profoundly entrenched workplace stereotypes that pressure them to adopt white standards of beauty and professionalism. “Black women who wish to succeed in the workplace feel compelled to undertake costly, time-consuming, and harsh measures to conform their natural hair to a stereotyped look of professionalism that mimics the appearance of White women’s hair,” lawyers for the LDF wrote in their petition to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will begin picking cases to hear during its next term, in October, and we hope Jones receives the justice she deserves.

Black Millennial Breaking Racial Barriers on Capitol Hill (Cont'd from FP) “Many people told me that I wouldn’t be able ever to get a job here and it would be impossible because I wanted to wear my hair natural, I went to an HBCU, and I am a Black woman,” she said. Multiple surveys show that the Congress scores poorly when it comes to staff diversity. For instance, a 2015 study by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found that African Americans make up less than one percent of top Senate staff despite minorities representing 13 percent of the U.S. population. Since the Joint Center study’s release, the number of African American senior Senate staffers has grown from three to seven. And with the Adams-Walker program, students from North Carolina’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) get exposure to both political parties by having them split time working for Adams, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Walker, chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee. Adams and Walker said that the lack of diversity among congressional officers is a problem because staffers especially at the senior level influence senators and House members and play pivotal roles in crafting legislation. In December 2016, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., hired Capitol Hill veteran Jonathan Burks as his chief of staff, making him the first African American to hold the position.

However, Burks was hired nearly five months after Ryan posted a selfie with a room full of white Capitol Hill interns behind him. Additionally, earlier this month, White House posted a photo containing a mostly-white class of spring 2018 White House interns which questions the diversity issue. But Congress isn’t subject to some of anti-discrimination and labor laws it has imposed upon the private sector, and there’s little urgency on Capitol Hill for that to change. The Joint Center study report on Racial Diversity Among Top Senate Staff also found that although African Americans, AAPIs, Latinos, and Native Americans make up 36% of the U.S. population, they only make up 7% of top Senate staff. Luckily for Hinton, the internship is likely to make her escape a cycle that keeps many minority applicants from getting full-time congressional staffing positions because most offices require applicants to have prior experience through internships. Besides that, many African American misses the internship experience because the positions rarely pay enough to allow them to save money and spend a summer in Washington, but the Adams-Walker program does. Now that she’s on Capitol Hill, Hinton said she wants to stay after finding out that there is diversity on the Hill, especially in Democratic offices and the network of minority staffers which has undoubtedly helped her along the way. But she still feels that when it comes to diversity, Congress, like the rest of America has a lot of work to do.

purpose to encourage, motivate and inspire our students through this mentoring program by introducing knowledge and wisdom to each student. We all need someone who inspires us to be the best we can be and excel to our highest potential. Students of Tomorrow Mentorship was co-founded by a dedicated group of Broward County professionals and educators. We believe our goal is to serve

both youth and community by dedicating the time that yields meaningful impressions and lasting relationships. Our team leaders strongly believe that the slightest positive influence has the potential to change a child’s life. To learn more about the program and find out how you too can become a mentor, call (954) 8682817 or email: financialpartnergroup@gmail.com.

IV ote, W eV ote Vote, We Vote By Francis Vernon Youth suffrage has come of age not only adults play on this stage Our Vote, Our Vote will turn a new page The shouting, the shooting all filled with rage I Vote, We Vote You would not listen, as babies cried for help Or Gabby’s plea to stop, we are killing our self As bullet wounds and blood stained the living and dead You watched as our families got shot with lead I Vote, We Vote President Obama asked us to cover our shame The world is looking as we play the blame game The example they set, we are a nation in pain You use the second amendment only in name I Vote, We Vote You are sacrificing today, no one left for tomorrow Are you so heartless, do you not feel sorrow? For parents, students, teachers, fatherless and the widow I Vote, We Vote Searing the conscience of our innocent youth Tomorrow our pens and votes will tell the truth The time has come, and we are living proof You watched us die from your place aloof I Vote, We Vote Not only your 2nd Amendment right, are at stake Was it worth young lives the 2nd did make For us to be murdered just for your sake We have our voices to be heard make or brake I Vote, We Vote When we go to war we kill with AR 15’s Are we at war with our families or so it seems With eyes shut we slaughter our teens Are we still God Fearing loving human beings I Vote, We Vote Ask yourself when a child you see Remembering that child was once me Must we all die for you to be free The 15’s, the 15’s they kill you and me I Vote, We Vote For the 2nd and 3rd time we hear something must be done This roller coaster ride is certainly not fun Less love for our children, and more for our gun Was this our forefather’s intention when freedom begun? I Vote, We Vote Ask yourself in the last election did you Vote? Next to whose name on the paper you wrote No more hanging chads, a vote is a vote Will I give him or her the power of my vote? I Vote, We Vote If congress and the senate cannot agree The bickering and fighting this unlawful assembly Our parents voted for this house of bigotry Giving them control of the future of you and me I Vote, We Vote This time around things will be done differently We the survivors will be voting more effectively To remove from Washington stale coffee and sour tea Draining the swamp far out into the sea I Vote, We Vote As we grow in numbers year after year Old folks die along with those who didn’t care Our future is ours, so we must decide For truthful leaders not, those who tell lies I Vote, We Vote As we march on Washington along with me too Sending a clear message to all who we knew Many in high places not only the few The elections are coming, autumn leaves will fall too I Vote, We Vote For outlawing weapons of war, we need new laws Not amendment squabbling, it’s time for a pause The number 2 A Train is leaving the station, Vote for a cause Pass Bills of safety, your voices heard; then applause I Vote, We Vote If you can’t make a stand be you woman or man Political Party, bribery, big money in hand The people’s eyes are opened as wide as they can Soul searching has begun, to see if we are truly American I Vote, We Vote

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Ah, Sweet Irony! By Nicole Nutting For close to 500 days, we’ve endured something never before experienced in our lifetimes—the deliberate sabotage of our democracy by the public servants we elected to safeguard it. This is such a profoundly inexplicable event, it leaves us scrambling to understand exactly what is happening and how to stop it. The media struggles to put the phenomenon into context, using Nixon’s Watergate scandal as the historical template. We are left waiting breathlessly for the equivalent of the “Saturday Night Massacre”, and the Consti-

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tutional crisis leading to impeachment. Reality diverges from history, however, in that this time around our Republican-controlled Congress is no more law abiding than our President. Impeachment, being a congressional action rather than a criminal procedure, is highly unlikely under these circumstances. Well, we didn’t really want that human rights destroyer, Mike Pence, to ascend to the “throne” anyway. The anxiety-provoking powerlessness of the individual citizen probably has many of us waking every day with the silent scream, “SOMEBODY, DO SOMETHING!” Hey, good news—

guess who just grew a backbone... The Democratic National Committee, with Tom Perez at the helm, has filed a civil lawsuit in a New York federal court against the whole laundry list of players in the hijack of the 2016 presidential election! The Russians, Trump campaign members, and WikiLeaks/Julian Assange will have some ‘splainin’ to do in front of a judge. If the fruits of the Mueller investigation were to get buried by treasonous conservatives, hopefully this lawsuit would expose the corruption and keep the issue alive until there is some sort of accountability. There is historical precedent for such a ploy by the DNC. Largely forgotten is the fact that, back in Watergate days, the DNC filed a similar lawsuit against Nixon’s re-election campaign committee. They won, and the court

Charlene Crowell says that misleading promises are a key part of payday lending’s deceit. (Center for Responsible Lending) By Charlene Crowell (Deputy Communications Director, Center for Responsible Lending) awarded the DNC a $775,000 settlement on the same day that Nixon resigned in disgrace. Here is the truly delicious part: the judge assigned to hear the current DNC case, the Hon. John G. Koeltl, was a member of the Watergate Special Prosecutor Force in 1973/1974. Ah, sweet irony!

Shania sings... and then Ungrateful, Non-voting Negroes Ignore He Said - She Said Bloody War for Black Voting Rights Starbucks Conundrum dances backwards Jeffrey Boney says that African Americans have a real opportunity to let their voices be heard at the ballot boxes.

“Them White folks gone do what they wanna do anyway.”

By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA Newswire Contributor)

These are some of the many excuses given by some African Americans when it comes to exercising their right to vote; a right fought for by many people in this country—both Black and White—that has cost so many people so much; even their very lives. Obtaining the right to vote was a major part of the civil rights history of African Americans in this country. However, many Black people have turned a blind eye to the struggle that it took to obtain the right to vote, flippantly taking it for granted today. From 1880-1965, there was an allout assault on preventing African Americans from voting by having their right to vote deemed invalid. Those who sought to disenfranchise Black people knew the importance of voting. They knew that voting had a profound impact on representation, political outcomes and critical decisions that needed to be made concerning major issues. Many southern states knew that the Fifteenth Amendment prohibited blatant disenfranchisement based on race or prior enslavement, those states came up with a slew of new and innovative alternative techniques to disenfranchise African Americans. The traditional techniques of violence, such as with the Ku Klux Klan, and voter fraud relative to vote counting, welcomed new friends to the game as these new methods were introduced to American politics.

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What will you be on Election Day- a Thermometer or Thermostat? By James J. Hankins The 2018 televised revolution in our country between the Xenophobe/ Wall builders and Pontifex/Bridge builders is on. In the 1960s, when I was vice -president of the New Hanover County NAACP youth group, our fight was against segregation. We Black students at St. Thomas Catholic and Williston Senior High, trained in nonviolent protest, practiced civil disobedience by bravely marching and boycotting even as some of us were beaten and arrested. (Read full story at www.thewestsidegazette.com)

By Stephanie Fuentes and Don Valentine She Said: I’m really impressed by Starbuck’s reaction! It’s nice to see that Starbucks is taking this slap in the face like a big kid should! Closing the stores (and may I add it’s just one afternoon) for racial bias training just brings us one step closer to prevent future discrimination. You know my opinion that open communication bridges gaps in bias!

He Said: Stephanie, don’t “fall for the banana in the tailpipe. ” Starbucks is making the wrong play trying to cover one racist manager’s blunder. They should have stopped after they fired that joker and apologized. It would have been easy to demonstrate that this is not a pervasive trend in their stores. Heck, they have been advertising for years that they want to be your 3rd place. It is “Home, Work and Starbucks”. She Said: Don, this is Black and white here (no pun intended). I bet if these two men were Will Smith and Denzel Washington, the manager would have gladly given these two “Black men” service without it being asked for. I don’t know who “trained” this manager but as the CEO of Starbucks, I would be embarrassed. I mean seriously, you call the police after 2 minutes? Ignorance is bliss! He Said: Ha, Ha of course if they had been “A” list celebrities this would not have happened. As a Black man living in the state of reality this could happen to me any day of my life. The sobering part is that it has happend dozens of occasions in different ways. You're naive, if you think closing down every corporate owned store for training is going to have any real consequence. If the barista they hire happens to be a bigoted idiot their ethos will not suddenly change. Hey, I’m not a smart man, but even I know that if the company wants “butts in seats” then calling the police on people is not a good idea. MarketWatch has calculated that these locations could lose about 20% of their daily revenue, or $12 million, they should have cut 3 checks. Each check would be $100k. Two for the men arrested and one for a charity for racial diversity education problem solved!

The cautionar cautionaryy tale of Donald J. TTrrump By Steve Klinger In the summer of 2016 I wrote a song titled “Not This Time,” about an unnamed demagogue seeking power in America. The song concluded that the populace, while heading in that direction, wasn’t in enough discomfort to elect an inept, transparent buffoon. My refrain hinted broadly that, instead, a descent into authoritarianism could well happen the next time around.

Not long after a grim ordeal in front of the television on Nov. 8, 2016, and the sleepless nights that followed, I rewrote the song and called it “Next Time Came This Time.” The original was fun to sing. I don’t perform the revised version much. (Read full story at www.thewestsidegazette.com)

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Nearly eight years ago, lawmakers in the United States Congress fought for and won a number of reforms that would help ensure that everyone would play by the same financial rules. The promise to the nation was that the days of ignoring the long-term health of the national economy, as an excuse to justify lucrative and short-term profits, were over. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act gave guardrails to lenders and consumers alike. Charged to keep that vow was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Serving as the nation’s financial cop-on-the-beat, CFPB worked to bring fairness and balance to the marketplace. So much so that 29 million consumers received nearly $12 billion in restitution from illegal and deceptive practices in its first years of operation. (Read full story at www.thewestsidegazette.com)

By Nicole Nutting Shania Twain, Canadian entertainer, sang this tune in a recent interview with The Guardian: “I would have voted for him (Trump) because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest.” Oops...that song shouldn’t have been on the playlist! Next day, the backwards boogaloo on Twitter: “I am passionately against discrimination of any kind and hope it’s clear from the choices I have made, and the people I stand with, that I do not hold any common moral beliefs with the current President.” We can be grateful she doesn’t vote in US elections, but this illustrates a much larger point. There are no “backsies” in elections! Voting is a privilege, and we’re obligated to get it right the first time. If we’re to make lemonade from the lemon that was the 2016 election, it would be this: Lordy, what a wake-up call! With mid-term elections coming, perhaps we should fine-tune our approach to choosing candidates... Science or God—take your pick— gave us brain cells, but it’s OUR responsibility to use them. That Trump “seemed honest” is insufficient information to make an intelligent choice, and five minutes of Internet research would have disabused Ms. Twain of that notion. Ours is the “information age”—what candidates DO is more relevant than what they SAY, and their history is available online for all to see. We can’t be haphazard about this, or just go with the flow, or fall victim to brain-washing. To all of you wonderful people of good conscience: Make use of the tools at your disposal! Don’t believe everything you hear— question everything! Exercise your critical thinking ability! In the final analysis, make up your own mind! Never forget that this is exactly why there is a war on education—so that we’ll blindly and thoughtlessly follow along like sheep, without the brainpower to do otherwise. 2018 is our next chance to show these politicians that we don’t like the tune they’re singing. Call out the candidates who would undermine our freedoms and protections, and let’s see if we can make THEM dance backwards!

No really, how bad does it have to get? By Tom H. Hastings James Comey was fired by Trump, of course, because he was looking into Trump’s role in conspiring with Putin to fix the 2016 election. What?! Prove it! OK, how about Trump saying after on NBC that this was his reason for firing Comey? He said he was “thinking about this Russia thing” when he decided to fire him. If Barack Obama had done anything similar while president, he would have been impeached by the Republican Senate. (Read full story at www.thewestsidegazette.com)

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Jeremy Orr says that NAACP chapters around the country are hosting activities to engage communities of color in ways tied to deeper social justice and civil rights efforts. (Pixabay.com) By Jeremy Orr (Environmental and Climate Justice Committee Chair, NAACP Michigan State Conference) For most of my life, Earth Day has been a stark reminder of yet another American tradition in which the basis was formed without people of color in mind. In 1970, the first Earth Day, like the passage of the National Environmental Policy Act and the founding of the United States Environmental Protection Agency that same year, was held in response to series oil spills throughout the 1960s. Earth Day was prompted by an oil spill off the Pacific coast of Santa Barbara—a predominantly White, affluent beachfront community. To me, Earth Day has been less about promoting the public health and well-being of all individuals through conservation and environmental protection and more about protecting the pristine land owned and occupied by wealthy, White people. (Read full story at www.thewestsidegazette.com)

Playing war in Syria By Robert C. Koehler Donald Trump got “presidential” again and fired about $150 million worth of cruise missiles at Syria, accomplishing God knows what. Meanwhile, the United States, in its humanitarian largesse, has so far allowed into the country this year, of the more than 5 million external refugees the country’s civil war has produced. The insanity of these priorities is too much to fathom, so the mainstream media — the nation’s surface consciousness — makes no attempt to do so. The necessity of military action, for one justification or another (“we don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud”), is only questioned after the fact, that is to say, long after the consequences of the action have pushed Planet Earth a tad more deeply into hell. (Read full story at www.thewestsidegazette.com)

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NBA Playoffs By Byler Henry The NBA Playoffs have started and as always, it's full of excitement. So many questions: will the Warriors repeat as champions, will someone knock them off, will LeBron take his team all the way to the promised land, will there be a new team on the rise in the East? A new team has arrived in the East and they are young and hungry. The Philadelphia 76ers have been saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trust the processâ&#x20AC;?, for the past few years and it has been working. This team has made a quick turnaround, they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been in the playoffs since 2012, having a 28-54 record last year after losing Ben Simmons to a foot injury, and now they are 3rd place in the East with a 52-

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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"

McWhite's Funeral Home EVERETT Funeral services for the late Paul Ezekiel Everett, Jr. - 69 were held April 23 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth, Fla. HALL Funeral services for the late Lawrence Hall were held April 14 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel.

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Dr. James B. Darling, Jr., Pastor/Teacher WORSHIP SERVICES Worship Service ............................................................................................................ 10:15 a.m. Sunday School ................................................................................................................ 9:00 a.m. Communion Service (1st Sunday) ........................................................................... 10:15 a.m. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting ........................................................................... 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study ................................................................................... 7:00 p.m. Saturday (2nd & 4th) Christian Growth & Orientation ................................... 8:30 a.m. But be doers of the Word - James 1:22 nkjv - “A Safe Haven, and you can get to Heaven from here”

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Can America forgive itself? By Bobby E. Mills, PhD Every great nation has spiritual and moral growing pains. And, America is not an exception because it still has spiritual developmental pains related to its spiritually troubled past that continues to plague it even in the twenty first century. Thus, in our thinking and moral actions, we must strive for national unity. That is, we must always strive for national “spiritual-moral-interdependence” because: “A Nation divided against itsself cannot stand.” In so doing, there must be social and institutional processes that foster “individual-collective” spiritual and moral conscience that can be enacted into “JUSTSOCIAL-LAWS”. Unfortunately, the overwhelming support of Christian Right Evangelicals for the presidency of Donald J. Trump to represent the “sacred” and highest office in the world community has brought to the international forefront America’s “ugly-ungodly-deeds” of the past: The annihilation of Native Americans and the “ungodly-spiritual-inhumanity” of slavery. Historically, America has tried to justify its abominable sins of destroying an entire nation (Native Americans) by claiming to have built a “better-more” prosperous civilization. However, it must be stated that Native Americans thought that America was a paradise because they only consumed what they needed. Hence, the mentality of the first settlers was like unto Nero burning Rome while playing on his fiddle and declaring (claiming) that he would build a better Rome. And shortly, thereafter, Whites had an internal Civil War, because they could not get along with one other as precipitated by the “greedfactor” (economics) and “ungodly deeds”. However, there were some godly whites who knew that slavery was spiritually ungodly, and they resisted the evil of it all (John Brown). Thus, because of America’s sins of the past, we should clearly understand why we must not repeat the sins of the past. Moreover, Americans even commissioned slave ships to go to the Continent of Africa, the origin and cradle of humanity (civilization), for free labor using the barrel of guns. Question: Do Whites believe that an “eternal” civilization can be achieved through the barrel of guns or other weaponry? If so, let’s just ask: Alexander the Great, the Caesars, Gangus Khan, Egyptian Pharaohs, The Kaiser, and Hitler! Hence, the evil of a man is buried with his bones. Christian Right Evangelicals, take heed, and beware: “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” (Hebrews 9: 27). The election of Donald J. Trump is a clear historically recorded “moral-example” in America’s political history of how a “great” nation-state can lose its “national-conscience”, that is, an understanding of “Right-Versus-Wrong”. All great nations fall

ISAACS Funeral services for the late Kwasi Elson Isaacs – 40 were held April 16 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dr. Godfrey Johnson officiating. RICHARDSON Funeral services for the late Edrick Richardson 79 were held April 20 at McWhite’s Funeral Home with Pastor Eddie Sims officiating.

Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home ALFORD Funeral services for the late Elijah Archie Alford -53 were held April 21 at Community Church of God with Rev. Baron c. Mashack, Sr.

BUIEY Funeral services for the late Charity Buiey 74 were held April 21 at Olivet Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Andre Haynes officiating. Interment: True Vine Cemetery, Lake City, Fla. officiating. BYRD Funeral services for the late Dr. Joseph Robert Byrd, Sr – 70 were held April 22 at Mt. Olivet Seventh-Day Adventist Church with Pastor Lucious Hall officiating. JAMES Funeral services for the late Layvester James, Sr. - 64 were held April 21 at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center with Dr. James B. Darling, Jr officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens. RUCKER Funeral services for the late Loretta Lynn Rucker – 62 were held April 19 at New Mount Olive Baptist Church with Dr. Marcus D. Davidson officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens. WEST Funeral services for the late Mamie D. Sanders West – 85 were held April 21 at Mount Bethel Baptist Church with Pastor Connail Johnson officiating. Interment; Sunset Memorial Gardens. In Everything Give Thanks --1 Thes. 5:18

because of internal “moral-denigration”. The love of money and the “ungodly” quest for power through “White Privilege” will assure Americans of separation from God as well as unrighteousness. That is, create Hell on Earth rather than Heaven on earth! “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,” (Romans 1: 22). Christian Right Evangelicals, in electing “Donald J. Trump” to the Sacred Office of the Presidency, you fulfilled the “spiritualmoral-social” meaning as well as “reality-prophecy” of this scriptural verse: “Fools make a mock at sin: but among the right there is favour.” (Proverbs 14:9). Moreover, Christian Right Evangelicals, you failed your sacred duty to yourselves, your children, and your children’s, children. More importantly, you failed the Nation you claim to love by electing an individual, who told you in no uncertain terms that he was spiritually and morally bankrupt (troubled-one-very-side). “Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not therefore partakers with them.” (Ephesians 5: 6-7). Hence, you lost favor with God because of your spiritual failure to: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all of thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3: 5-6). Shame! Shame! Shame! “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand (Read full story at www.thewestsidegazette.com) Debra Darlene Allen was born on January 12, 1960 in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Leonard Allen and Luvenia Allen. She passed away on April 8, 2018. She was raised in New York City. Debra graduated from high school in 1977. She continued her education and obtained degrees in Mental Health Therapy and Psychology beginning at Bronx Community College. Debra completed her education at The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and Pine Bluff Arkansas. She utilized her numerous degrees in various Broward County hospitals. After relocating to Florida Debra gave her life to Christ under the ministry of Agape International Christian Fellowship. Debra possessed a loving, magnetic and welcoming personality. Any person who came into her presence gravitated to her, instantly loving her. Debra was also a well-known poet. Many of her poems were published in the Westside Gazette newspaper.

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Over the weekend, God was baiting the hook. Based primarily on my social influence, I was extended an opportunity to attend CHAT, South Florida’s Gospel Brunch (test) Tour. The expedition would allow media and other influencers to visit the Black church as a tourist, and unbeknownst to me, I was amazed by the experience from start to finish. In all honesty, being a Chris-

tian, the idea of visiting the church as a tourist did not sit well with me when I first heard the idea being discussed between CHAT CEO Stephanie Jones and Pastor Henry E. Green, Jr. of Mount Hermon African Methodist Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Jones mentioned, “The goal is not to have tourists spectate but to share in the worship experience.” The opportunity for Black business owners to become a part of Florida’s Billion Dollar Tourism industry was evident, and pastors in particular, could find unique ways to generate funds while introducing new audiences to The Word of God. While I was trying to find peace in the idea of gospel tourism, God was fishing, and He knew exactly what to bait the hook with. The Gospel Brunch excursion began with a tour of my stomping ground, Black Fort Lauderdale, led by retired Old Dillard Museum Curator Derek Davis. Davis fascinated tour attendees with his in depth his-

torical accounts of the area. Most Black churches got their start by holding church service outside under a tree. We visited those trees. We also came to understand the allure of project housing, and we even gained a better understanding of Dr. James Sistrunk, the Mizell family and what we call shotgun houses. I flashed back to my youth, a time when my great grand-

mother lived in a shotgun house. I remembered the yogurt cups she used to spit tobacco in, a can of grease sitting on the stove, and a corded wall mounted dial phone. With each visit, my mother, my sister and I could expect to receive a dollar from her. Despite what it looked like, I was convinced granny had millions stashed under her mattress in an old tin coffee can. Yet as we moved out west as a CHAT CEO Stephanie Jones and Pastor Henry E. Green, Jr. of Mount Hermon African Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Blac k Pr ess Honor s 'Giant in tthe he A ut omo tiv e Black Press Honors Aut utomo omotiv tive in the automotive industry” as some publishers that he’d Indus tr y' James F ar mer Industr try' Far armer the trade group honored him known for more than 30 years. By Freddie Allen (Editor-InChief, NNPA Newswire) As a young man growing up in the turbulent 1960s, James Farmer remembers selling EBONY and Jet magazines and Cleveland’s Call and Post newspaper on the streets of his hometown. Farmer said that he hawked the mainstream newspapers, too, but he formed a deeper connection with the stories and people featured in the Black magazines and newspapers that he sold. “Everybody read the Black Press,” Farmer said. “We grew up with it.” Fifty years later, following an award-winning career in the automotive industry that included leadership positions at General Motors (GM), an appointment to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (under President George W. Bush) and world travel as a cultural ambassador, Farmer remains one of the strongest advocates for the Black Press in corporate America today. The Black Press recently honored Farmer for his career-

Farmer, a retired vice president for GMAC and automotive industry consultant, said that he’s passionate about fostering positive relationships between the Black Press and the auto industry. (Freddie Allen/ AMG/NNPA) long commitment to diversity and inclusion in the automotive industry. The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a trade group that represents over 200 Black newspapers and Black-owned media companies in the United States, presented Farmer with the 2018 Torch Award for his dedicated service and long-standing support of the Black Press. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the NNPA called Farmer “a giant

during Black Press Week in Washington, D.C. “Over the last 30 years, the NNPA has had no greater friend than James Farmer,” Dr. Chavis said. “The name ‘James Farmer’ will always live in the hearts, the minds and the spirits of every publisher of a Blackowned newspaper.” During, the Torch Awards dinner, Farmer humbly thanked the group, which included

Farmer said that when you’re blessed, things are expected. “It makes me feel good that, they appreciate what I’ve done, while I’m clothed and in my right mind,” Farmer joked, later. “It’s quite an honor.” The 2018 Torch Award was not the first honor that the NNPA bestowed upon the career auto executive. (Read full story at: www.thewestsidegazette.com)

family, her refusal to move with us was baffling. This tour helped me to better understand her pride in her home. My history was on the hook. Our visit to Fort Lauderdale’s Woodlawn Cemetery, one of the few places Blacks could be buried in the 1920s due to segregation, was gut wrenching when we learned that plans to enlarge Interstate 95 near Sunrise Boulevard included paving over some of the dead. Amongst us, a diverse group of tour attendees inclusive of Whites, Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, Elderly and Millennials shared emotional disgust. Together, we saw with our own eyes the history of America’s blatant disregard for Black bodies. Even in death, we could not sleep in peace. My empathy was on the hook. Thankfully, Pastor Green was ready for us. His church staff greeted us with true southern hospitality, and the youth choir sang songs of rejoice before Pastor Green shook the walls with a message entitled “Faith in Desperate Times.” God was fishing. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I knelt at

the altar: unstable relationships, business deals gone bad, and more needs than money. “A certain amount of rain will fall”, said Pastor Green, but thank God, we serve a God that will get in your business.” Often times, we are surrounded by people that won’t get in our business, but I want you to recall a time when God got in your business…” The hooked was baited. I had to give thanks. God had saved my home from foreclosure, healed me from a 7 year battle with high blood pressure and delivered me from some of the most imbalanced relationships. God met me where I was to make sure I got a Word that would increase my faith, ensure healing and inspire others. It is my prayer that God met some of you in this edition of On the Scene. God still has his eye on us. Even in desperate times, He knows what to bait the hook with. Crystal Chanel Press Release Marketing, LLC, Event Hosting - Marketing Public Relations www.justpressrelease.com @PressReleaseLLC on Instagram

Annual Br owar dA war e! Campaign closes with family Browar oward Awar ware! fun and rresour esour ce fair ee health scr eenings, esource fair,, fr free screenings, community services, and entertainment By Pascious Prince LAUDERHILL, FL -- The Children’s Services Council (CSC) of Broward County, in partnership with dozens of community organizations; held its annual Family Fun and Resource Fair was held April 14 at Rev. Samuel Delevoe Memorial Park in Fort Lauderdale in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month. Now in its 10th year, the Family Fun and Resource Fair concluded the 2018

Hundreds of attendees enjoyed food and beverages, health screenings. Annual Broward AWARE! Protecting OUR Children Campaign—a four-month series of events dedicated to strengthening families and ensuring the community knows of programs and resources that can help prevent child abuse and neglect. With Rodney Baltimore of Hot 105 as Master of Ceremonies, hundreds of attendees enjoyed food and beverages, health screenings (including eye exams), raffle prizes, games, mini-workshops and resources on keeping children safe and healthy, all free of charge. Children moved through a 135’ inflatable obstacle course and posed for fun photos courtesy of Bikers Against Child Abuse. South Florida’s own Emmy-nominated singer/songwriter Alexander Star gave a rousing live performance with a medley of popular songs. Dr. Rosby Glover, executive director of Mt. Bethel Human Services Corporation, was honored with the 2018 Alan and Marsha Levy

Champion of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Award presented by Judge Kenneth L. Gillespie. The event also included a moving tribute to the late Nancy J. Cotterman, the original organizer of the Family Fun and Resource Fair and for whom the Broward County Nancy J. Cotterman Center; for-merly the Sexual Assault Treat-ment Center, was named. This year’s Broward AWARE! Protecting OUR Children Campaign theme, “There’s a SUPERHERO in all of us,” serves as a reminder that every action in service can help others and make a huge impact. The annual Broward AWARE campaign is dedicated to: • Recognizing the signs of and preventing human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of children • Preventing injury and death from unsafe sleep practices, drowning, and leaving children in unattended vehicles • Providing family strengthening resources to help keep

children at home or with relative caregivers to avoid placement in the foster care system • Providing resources to keep youth with non-violent infractions from entering and being stuck in the Juvenile Justice System • Providing supports for youth that can help them achieve their goals through mentorship, education, job internships, and training • Engaging fathers in the lives of their children as positive role models and primary caregivers Special thanks to the Broward County Parks’ & Rec Municipal District staff, Rodney Baltimore, Bikers Against Child Abuse, Men of Mt. Bethel, Alexander Star, YMCA of South Florida, Seeing the World Clinic, 99 JAMZ, Water Smart Broward, Broward Health, BSO Fire & Rescue, and everyone who helped to make this year’s Family Fun and Resource Fair a success.