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INSIDE PAGE 5 Missing Black Girls Dr. Johnnie Barto, a sexual predator and the Individuals and Organizations Trying to Help

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pediatrician, gets up to 158 years in prison “He held himself out as a pillar in his community — a family pediatrician, an elected member of the school board, a regular attendee at church,” the state attorney general said.

By Corky Siemaszko

(Left) Skylar Mannie (Right) Iniaya Wilson (NCMEC)

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Have you seen Iniaya Wilson?

Just 14, Iniaya has been missing from her Columbus, Ohio home since January 25.

She’s African American, has brown hair and brown eyes. She stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds.

Have you seen Skylar (Cont’d on page 5)

Pennsylvania pediatrician who admitted to molesting several generations of children was sentenced Dr. Johnnie Barto heads into Cambria County Courthouse Monday to spend the rest in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, on March 18, 2019, for his sentencing in the sexual assault of more than two dozen of his life in prison after children. (Todd Berkey / The Tribune-Democrat via AP) 18 now-grown women took turns pleading with the court to throw the book at him, with many calling him a (Cont’d on page 11)

Homeless Black Teen Gets Accepted into 17 Colleges — And He Was Not Part of a Cheating Scandal

CNN Ignores‘Moral’Issue in Refusing to Meet with NABJ

The old Mizell Center may not be a phoenix; however, we are!

20 [a] Those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. 21 He said to the sons of [b] Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’ 22 then you shall inform your children, saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.’ Joshua 4:20-22 (NASB)

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr.

NABJ President Sarah Glover (Crusader Newspapers Photo)

Miami-Dade Suppliers & Businesses attend final call for Super Bowl LIV Business Connect Program

Dylan Chidick, the homeless teen who has been accepted into 17 colleges.

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPANewswire Correspondent

From Jessica Modkins

NABJ President Sarah Glover said she’s stunned that CNN canceled a planned meeting to discuss the importance of diversity and Black representation within the ranks of the network’s executive news managers and those who report directly to the cable channel’s president Jeff Zucker.

“It’s a moral issue,” Glover told NNPA Newswire in an interview on Tuesday, March 12.

MIAMI, FL – March 18, 2019 – Hundreds of business owners gathered to network and understand what it takes to do business with the National Football League (NFL) when South Florida hosts Super Bowl LIV in 2020. In its final session to reach Miami-Dade County disadvantaged businesses & suppliers, the Super Bowl LIV Business Connect program sponsored an informational session on Saturday March 16, 2019

(JERSEY CITY, N.J.) — Dylan Chidick, a 17-year-old teenager from New Jersey who has had several challenges including homelessness, has recently been accepted to 17 colleges. He is determined to be the first in his family to go to college.

“The dream I want to achieve, I have to have a lot of determination,” Dylan, who moved to the US from Trinidad at the age of 7, told CBS. Life has been tough for him and

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Golden sledgehammer demolition for the L. A. LEE YMCA/Mizell Community Center. No matter how you try to make it sound pretty, it’s still ugly and the name Mizell was in this community first.

I was out fishing on the dock while on the phone talking to my daddy when all of a sudden, I noticed my rod and reel moving.

Needless to say, it was too late. My rod and real had just been snatched from the deck. I watched it slide into the deep waters, but I couldn’t stop it even after given it a valiant effort without jeopardizing my life.

This reminded me of how easily precious things, things of historic value that might mean the world to some, yet considered as (Cont’d on page 8)

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent “Presidential elections and the voter experience have long been fraught for Black people. From racist poll taxes to made-up literacy tests to the egregious rollback of voting rights over the past 50 years, American democracy has, at times, felt like a weird and failed social experiment.” — Patrisse Cullors “Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. There is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than the duty we have to ensure that right. … It is wrong—deadly wrong—to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country.

There is no issue of states’ rights or national rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.” — President Lyndon B. Johnson, from ‘The Voting Rights (Cont’d on page 11)

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Growing the Voices of

Our Future

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

A Graduation of Excellence Story written by:

Oniya Deanna Rolle, 14 Nova Middle School

Graduation season is here and for 78 mothers and their children, this was their moment to shine. The room was filled with smiles and glee. I had the pleasure to be invited to Healthy Families Broward Graduation Ceremony that was put together

by Ms. Tina Hudson, Program Manager.

“This program is geared towards promoting positive parent child relationships through growth and development.

Hudson feels this program is dynamic, and within a year the program continues to grow. “This program is about helping single struggling mothers by aiding them with tools for success and making life better for their child,” said Hudson.

Meshel Hangs is a founder with the

Children’s Services Council and is proud to be a sponsor offering opportunities and resources to families of the graduates. Some of these mothers are homeless but that has not stopped their determination to complete this program. It’s a privilege to have people supporting them to have a superior lifestyle for their children.

Concluding my interview of graduates, sponsors and the director of the program, I’ve come to notice everyone had something in common…Happiness!

A moment of excellence was the reward for these graduates. The smile on their face and a display of joy was the moment of excellence for all these special graduates.

Top 3 photos taken by:

Leja Williams, 14 Leja’s audio interview can be heard online at: thewestsidegazete.com

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Collene Carpenter and Michelle Hages of CSC

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Cosey Proctor, III - 14 Layla Davidson, 13

In celebration of Women’s History Month, I’d like to tell you about Avis Proctor, a woman WHO started from humble beginnings and worked her way to the peak of her career. Avis is a native of the Virgin Islands and migrated to the states when she was seven years of age. From the very beginning she was a hard worker. As the youngest member of the household, she quickly learned

This month our church is celebrating my dad’s 9th pastoral anniversary. I am grateful for my dad. He is one who helps the community and loves helping others. He thinks about others before himself.

In other words, he is selfless.

I would like to give a round of applause to him because I have watched him grow as a Pastor, a leader, a husband, a father and many other roles.

I love you and there is nothing you can do about it.

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“ O u r ch i l d r e n a r e o u r g r e a t e s t t r e a s u r e . T h e y a r e o u r f u t u r e . ” - N E L S O N M A N D E L A

Jemele Hill: ‘I’m sort of all out of apologies.’

I’m sort of all out of apologies.” (Photo: Harlan McCarthy)

By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell, Special to The New TriState Defender

“I like being at The Atlantic,” said former ESPN journalist and commentator Jemele Hill.

“I’m a lot less apologetic.

There was no way the University of Memphis Journalism Auditorium was going to hold the crowd waiting to hear TV sports journalist and political lightning rod, Jemele Hill speak about the First Amendment. A quick

shift to the University Center Ballroom solved that problem.

Despite a very public and controversial departure from ESPN, Hill brought the smoke. Hill is no shrinking violet and she continues to tell it as she sees it. She was engaging, unapologetic, and still controversial – a fullfledged champion of the First Amendment.

Hill was featured at this year’s Annual Norm Brewer First Amendment Lecture.

She had famously tested the limits of the First Amendment while at ESPN when she tweeted that President Trump was “a white supremacist who surrounded himself with other white supremacists.”

The White House called for her immediate dismissal.

But it was a separate Twitter post that sealed her fate. Hill blasted Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who told his players that anyone who kneels would not play. Hill said Jones had put African American players in a difficult position, adding, “Change happens when

advertisers are impacted.

If you feel strongly about JJ’s statement, boycott his advertisers.”

Given that ESPN broadcasts NFL games, network executives bought out her remaining $2.5 million contract to end the relationship.

“I could have stayed, but I knew it was time to go,” she said. “And they knew it was time for me to go. That’s just what it was.”

On Tuesday, Hill took on every subject, no holds

barred. Students asked pointed questions and she answered them all without hesitation. Hill expressed concern for the direction journalism is going and urged students to push themselves.

“I am deeply concerned about journalism in this era,” she said. “It concerns me when being educated and well-read is called ‘being an Continue reading online at: thewestsidegazette.com

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State voter rolls have become Republicans latest tool to disenfranchise voters. According to a 2018 report by the Brennan Center for Justice (BCJ), researchers found that four million more people were purged from state rolls between the federal elections of 2014 and 2016 than between 2006 and 2008. Much of that increase came from states that were previously required under the VRA to get election changes cleared in advance, before that part of the law was gutted by the Supreme Court in 2013.

For the record, purges in and of themselves aren’t bad. They’re commonly used to clean up voter lists when someone has moved, passed away, and more. Problems arise when faulty criteria is used to determine names for removal. When flawed, the process threatens to silence eligible voters on Election Day — especially in states where purge rates are high. Also, when used in combination with Voter ID, it creates an impenetrable barrier that disproportionately affects seniors, as well as minority and low-income voters, most of whom are renters and tend to relocate every 12-18 months.

The BCJ report found that from November 2008 to November 2010, the median purge rate in Florida was 0.2%. That number jumped to 3.6% from 2012 to 2014. And new data estimates that between December 2016 and September 2018, Florida may have purged more than 7% of its voters.

Vulnerable Voting Machines Computerized voting machines have been around since the 1990s. Since their introduction, these machines have continuously shown themselves as vulnerable portals for malicious activity and a risk to our democratic rule for

free and fair elections.

At the 2017 DefCon Conference in Las Vegas, a conference attended by hackers and security enthusiasts from across the country, hackers were able to infiltrate thirty machines of five different variations. Some attempts were achieved in a matter of a few minutes.

Those who were familiar with the shortcomings of these machines were not surprised by the news. The general public, on the other hand, were eagerly awaiting an update on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russian probe and paid little attention to a news story about a conference full of computer nerds.

A popular but unsubstantiated belief by many is that voting machines are tamper resistant because they aren’t connected to the Internet. Leading up to the 2016 general election, former FBI Director James Comey made a similar claim when it was reported that Russia attacked voter databases in twenty-one states (some reports claim that number may be as high as thirty-nine). Comey was quoted as saying, “The vote system in the United States… is very, very hard for someone to hack into because it’s so clunky and dispersed. It’s Mary and Fred putting up a machine under the basketball hoop in the gym. These things are not connected to the Internet.”

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When Juanita Jackson Mitchell died in 1992 at the age of 79, she was praised as one of Maryland’s heroines and as the matriarch of a family whose name became synonymous with civil rights causes.

“It was fitting that she received recognition because she was always one of those unsung champions of the cause and one who needs to be celebrated during both Black History and Women’s History month,” said Shane Carter, a self-described “Black history buff.”

Mitchell, the daughter of legendary NAACP leader Lillie Carroll Jackson, spent most of her life fighting against racism and segregation.

“I am an old freedom fighter. I came up in that tradition,” Mitchell once said in describing her upbringing.

Mitchell’s parents, who were living in Baltimore at the time, were traveling in Hot Springs, Arkansas when Mitchell was born.

She’d later become one of the first Black women to graduate from the University of Maryland Law School and the first Bblack woman to practice law in the state of Maryland.

Her late husband, Clarence M. Mitchell Jr., was a nationally recognized Capitol Hill lobbyist for the NAACP and her children, Michael B. Mitchell and Clarence M. Mitchell III, went on to become state senators.

Mitchell and her family frequently moved across the South as her father showed feature films in church basements, often the only facilities available to Black people while she was growing up. While her father changed movie reels, Mitchell would recite poetry to the moviegoers, according to BlackThen.com.

In 1937, Mitchell became the NAACP’s

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University of Maryland School of Law graduate Juanita Jackson Mitchell in cap and gown with her sons Clarence M. Mitchell III, Keiffer Mitchell, and Michael Bowen Mitchell. College Park, Maryland./Photo By Paul Henderson, circa 1950. Maryland Historical Society, HEN.00.B1-043.

first national youth director and visited the Scottsboro Boys in prison. Under her leadership, the NAACP youth groups launched a letter-writing campaign to protest the conviction of the Scottsboro Boys.

They also set up a fundraising drive to help support the young men.

She also led the key NAACP Baltimore branch during the same crucial period.

Mitchell founded the Baltimore CityWide Young People’s Forum in 1931 and the NAACP Youth Movement in 1935.

In 1942, she directed a march on Maryland’s Capitol with 2,000 citizens, as well as the first city-wide “Register and Vote” campaign. The campaign resulted in 11,000 new voter registrations on the books.

In 1958, Mitchell directed the NAACP’s “Register to Vote” campaign, which resulted in over 20,000 new registrations.

She was appointed to Presidential Commissions by Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Mitchell was also a member of various organizations that supported the well-being of African Americans, such as Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the National Association of Negro Business, and the Black American Professional Women’s Club.

In 1986, she was inducted into the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame.

“Folks like Juanita Jackson Mitchell are the folks we often miss during Black History Month and during Women’s History Month because everyone wants to concentrate on celebrities and superstars,” Carter said. “But people should take a minute to look at the history of our real heroes,” he said.

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EVENTS The Westside Gazette Celebration Women History Month

Announcement

Andrew Gillum to host Major Announcement in Miami Gardens, Wednesday, March 20 at 5 p.m., at Smith Conferene Center, Florida Memorial University, 15800 N.W. 42 Ave., Miami, Fla.

Program

Fair

City of Miami Gardens Councilman David Williams, Jr., in Conjunction with Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation & Open House Spaces Department, presents Transition Resource Fair, Tuesday, March 21 from 5 to 7:30 p.m., at Betty T. Ferguson Recreation Complex, 3000 N.W. 199 St., Miami Gardens, Fla. For more info call (305) 7557848.

Event Fatherhood Mentorship Program 7th Annual Me & My Dad Challenge, Saturday, March 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Joseph C. Carter Park, 1450 W. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (All Broward County Male Role Models and their families.

Judge Kenneth L. Gillespie, keynote speaker. Kickball Tournament, Swimming, Giveaways and much more.

Outreach Event For Small, Minority-Owned Businesses, Tuesday, March 26 from 5 to 7 p.m., at 2300 N. Jog Rd., #1W-47, West Palm Beach, Fla. The School District of Palm Beach County Office of Diversity in Business Practices and Palm Beach County Office of Equal Business Opportunity. (Space is limited!)

For question call Kerry Williams at (561) 328-9022.

Deeply Rooted LOCAL HAPPENINGS IN BROWARD - MIAMI-DADE AND PALM BEACH COUNITIES Event

Join the Urban League of Broward County, Saturday, March 23 - Walk at 10 a.m., Music Festival at 11 a.m., at South Beach Park on Fort Lauderdale Beach (just N. of the B Ocean Fort Lauderdale). Support the Urban League and Match Your Gift

Yard Sale Yard Sale, Saturday, March 23 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Northwest Federated Women’s Club Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Rain or shine $10 to rent a space, $15 if you’ll need a table. (Secure your space by Saturday, March 16. Contact Latoya or Towanna at (954) 730-3442 for inquires. * Renter is responsible for providing own tent. The NWFWC will not be responsible for damaged/ lost items.

Program

The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Zeta Chi Chapter, Fort Lauderdale, Florida will host its Annual Dr. Malcolm Black Talent Hunt Program on Saturday, April 6, from 12 noon to 3 p.m., at Joseph C. Carter Park (formerly Sunland Park), in the Kathleen C. Wright Multipurpose Center, 1450 W. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The event will feature local middle and high school students from the surrounding communities. For additional info please call (954)-809-8844.

What’s Happening in Dania Beach

Events

* League of Women Voters of Broward County, Broward County Solar Co-op Open - Offers affordable Solar to Broward County Communities, Wednesday, March 20 at 11 a.m., at Young At Art Museum, 751 S.W. 121 St., Ave., Davie, Fla. * League of Women Voters of Broward County Forum, Friday, March 22 from noon to 2:30 p.m., at Dave and Buster’s, 3000 Oakwood Blvd., Hollywood, Fla. Reserve tickets via credit card using Eventbrite https:// www.eventbrite,com/e/ know-the-facts-effective-advocacy-for-reproductive-rights-tickets-57050707201

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* Dania Beach Parks & Recreation presents Friday Night Light Movie Night & Kickball Game, Friday, March 29 at 5:30 p.m., at C.W. Thomas Park, 100 N.W. Eight Ave., Dania Beach, Fla. * Every Second and Fourth Friday of the month, at C.W. Thomas Park, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., for ages 6 to 16.

For more info call (954) 924-3692 or DaniaBeachFl.Gov/Sports. Refreshments will be served. * Dania Beach presents The Skils Factory Youth Football Workout, Tuesday, and Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday, noon to 2 p.m., at C.W. Thomas Park. * Career Opportunites: Now Hiring. How to apply for a position: The City of Dania Beach encourages online application. daniabeachfl.gov/jobs

Meeting

Dr. Robert W. Taylor, Dean and Director of Land-grant Programs at Florida A&M University, will host a recruitment information event, Saturday, March 23 at 2 p.m., at Tyrone Bryant Library, 2230 N.W. 21 Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Outlining programs, internship opportunities, career goals, advance study abroad opportunities for students in FAMU’s College of Agriculture and Food Sciences. All parents, Alumni, School Principals, Counselor and other community leaders are cordially invited to attend and to encourage students to also attend.

“Success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.”

-- Michelle Obama

Historic Dorsey-Riverbend Civic Association Homeowners Meeting, Monday, March 25 at 7 p.m., at North Fork Elementary School, 101 N.W. 15 Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Monthly Meetings are on the Fourth Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Open Enrollment now accepting & renewing membership for 2019.

Event

Broward County Black Chamber of Commerce in Partnership with Broward College presents Get Listed Expanding Opportunities in Government & Beyond, Monday, March 25 from 6 to 8 p.m., at Broward College, Cypress Creek Administrative Center, 6400 N.W. Sixth Way, Room 348 Fort Lauderdale

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Happening at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center

AARLCC, 2650 Historic Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - Living my Best Life in 2019: Free Wellness Workshop for Seniors/Caregivers now through June from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more info call (954) 357-6282. Diabetes Self-Management (1 Session), Thursday, March 21, 28, April 4, and 11.

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

- Women’s History Event, Tuesday, March 19 from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.

- Multi-Media Trivia Contest, Wednesday, March 20, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

- Getting My Groove Back, Learning my self: health and wealth, Saturday, March 23 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

WIN prizes including beauty treatment and more.

- A Peer Into the AARLCC Vault -Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection’s Afro- Brazilian Culture now thru March 31.

- AARLCC Gallery Display, Saint’s and Orisha’s by Myron Ferguson aka Linx now thru March 30. Meet the Artist Fri #DestinationFridaysSeminoles & Saturday, March 23 from 2 to 2:30 p.m. at Getting My Groove Back.

- On Display in Special Collections - Moorish Spain:al Andalusian Afrikan Aesthetics.

Adult Programs - Monday & Wednesday in March - Adult Literacy Class from 5 to 8 p.m.

- Adulting 101: Mock Interviews from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Computer Training Center - Youth Programs - Free homework help, every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m.

- Tuesday, March 19 -Women’s History Month Stort time from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.

- Saturday, March 20 Make & Take a Wind Chime, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, March 25-27 Spring Break Tech Day from 3 to 5 p.m., Robotics ages 8 and up.

- Thursday, March 28 Spring Break Game Day, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.*Computer Classes - Saturday, March 20 from 6 to 7:30 in the Meet the Computer - Saturday, March 23 from 1 to 2:30 p.m., in the Meet the Computer - Wednesday, March 27 from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in the Meet the Computer - Saturday, March 30 from 1 to 2:30 p.m., in the Meet the Computer Youth Programs - Free Homework, Help, Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m.

- Tuesday, March 19 Women’s History Month Story time from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m., children ages 3-5.

- Wednesday, March 20 Make & Take a Wind Chime, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., ages 8 and up Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, March 25-27 Spring Break Tech Days from 3 to 5 p.m.

- Thursday, March 28 Spring Break Game Day, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Miramar Today

• City of Miramar Swearing In ceremony, Wednesday Mar 20 at 6 p.m., at Recepetion in Miramar Cultural Center Banquet Hall, immediately following ceremony.

• Musical Tribute to Stevie Wonder presented by the Miramar Community Theatre, Thursday, Mar. 21 • Women’s Empowerment Luncheon, Friday, Mar 22, from noon to 2:30 p.m., at Miramar Cultural Center, 2400 Civic Center Place. For more info call (954) 602-3143 • I Love Freestyle Music Tour, Saturday, Mar 23 at 5:30 p.m., at Miramar Regional Park Amphitheater • Florida Grand Opera presents, Frida at MCC, Saturday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m.

•It’s A Grand Slam for Miramar Residents. Resident receive special tickets at Hard Rock Stadium. Wednesday, Mar. 20; Sunday, Mar. 24 •Kids Play, Teacher Plan. Register Now!, Friday, Mar 22 and

Wednesday, June 5 • Miramar Library hosts: Local Author Forum with an female panel, Saturday, March 23 from 12 to 2 p.m.

•MCC presents, Maxi Priest, Saturday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m.

•Commissione Maxwell B. Chambers hosts Puppy Palooze, Saturday, Mar 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Miramar Town Center, 2300 Civic Center Pl. For more info call (954) 602-3178.

• Fire Station 100 Open House, Wednesday, Mar 27 from 6 to 8 p.m.

• MCC Spring Camp registration is open, Sunday, March 25-29.

• Spring Junior Chef Camp at Vizcaya Park, Monday, Mar 25-29 • Movie Night at Shirley Branca Park, Saturday, March 30 from 7 to 10 p.m.

• iEN Concierto! El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico,Saturday, Mar. 30, at Miramar Regional Park Amphitheater.

• 8th Annual Little Broadway Open House, Saturday, Mar 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at MCC • Dance Yourself Into Shape at Miramar Free Zumba Classes, Thursdays, at 6 p.m.

• Attention Miramar Residents – are you a furloughed federal employee? We’re Here to Help! For more info call (954) 602-HELP (4357).

• It’s a Grand Slam for Miramar residents! City of Miramar residents night, Wednesday, Mar. 20, Sunday, Mar. 24. For more info call (954) 602-4357 •Money Management & Homeowner’s Symposium, Sunday, Mar 31, at 2:30 p.m., at 2300 Civic Center Pl. Miramar, Fla. - Miramar City Hall.

(Workshop is Free, but you Must register: eventbrite: tinyurl.com/miramarhomeworkshop For more info call (954) 602-3154 or (954) 998-7500.

Training

Join Mayor Gilbert for Hands-Only CPR Training, Saturday, March 23 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Betty T. Ferguson Recreational Complex, 3000 N.W. 199 St., Miami Gardens, Fla. Sign up at the front desk.

For more info call (305) 9284CPR.

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n celebration of Women’s Month we would like to say congratulations to our Black Female Judges both sitting and retired. Florence Taylor Bonner, Fabienne Fahnestock, Phobee François, Vegina Hawkins, Ilona Holmes, Stephanie Moon, Jackie Paul, Ann Mary Rudd Robinson A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions.

The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and, typically, in an open court.

The Qualities of a Good Judge There should be no doubt about a Judge’s individual or professional ethics.

A judge’s personal standard of ethical conduct should stand out amongst any fellow citizens. His or her moral compass should be grounded with a spiritual force not connected to wickedness or demonic forces.

Judicial temperament is a character trait that incorporates both the ability to apply the law to the facts and to understand how a judicial decision will affect the human beings appearing before the court.

Patience, openmindedness, courtesy, tact, courage, punctuality, firmness, understanding, compassion, humility and common sense and the willingness to listen

should be used in communicating with counsel, jurors, witnesses and parties.

A high level of intelligence to apply legal rules, analyses and procedures to different facts and circumstances, and the ability quickly to perceive, comprehend, and understand new concepts and ideas.

A judge must have bravery and principle: Legal “Bravery” is “the willingness to do what the law requires the judge to do even though the course the judge must follow is not the popular one”. “Principle” is not being influenced by the identity, race, gender, political status, wealth or relationship of the party or lawyer before the judge. More fundamentally it is not doing what the judge knows to be wrong.

Experience, education and art of communication is key. The ability to express oneself clearly, concisely, and grammatically, whether orally or in writing. It includes the ability to listen.

A judge should be giving in his or her civic and profession.

A judge must have the best character, publicly, as unacceptable conduct is nonnegotiable. He or she should have a positive reputation in every professional and residential community.

These ladies without question display and act with the utmost the aforementioned qualities. Thank you ladies for your willingness to serve and to judge.

The Broward Event Scene is Popping, and Press Release has the Deets!

The first quarter of the year is almost complete, and if you’re like me, 2019 has been running at a million miles a minute since January 1. Entrepreneurs and influencers such as myself are learning the importance of scheduling time with family, friends and even themselves. Otherwise those aspects of their lives could get neglected. To accomplish work-lifebalance, I am recommending that you check on the Broward event scene for a variety of events that can help you achieve balance in both your professional and private lives.

Broward County is known amongst event planners as a living room neighbor as most residents prefer TV time at home over a night out with family or friends. This makes it a challenge for most event organizers and promoters to create successful events. As a Broward, specifically Lauderhill native, I take interest in seeing local events activate our leaders, activists and creatives. Broward is where the heart is, and

Missing Black Girls from Front Page Mannie?

From Lancaster, Calif., Skylar is also Black and just 13 years old. She was last seen on Feb. 14.

She has black hair, brown eyes, stands 5 feet 5 inches and weighs 130 pounds.

The two are among the estimated 64,000 Black girls and women across the United States that have gone missing.

Iniaya and Skylar are also among an unfortunately growing number of young people listed in the “critically missing” section of the expansive database of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

That includes girls and women of all backgrounds, an important distinction because of the lack of media coverage of African Americans who’ve gone missing.

That has spurred activists and some in Congress to action.

In efforts to address the problem of missing Black children nationwide, Reps.

Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), and Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) initiated the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls in 2016. Through the caucus, they hope to create public policies that “eliminate significant barriers and disparities experienced by Black women.”

According to BlackNews. com, members of the caucus

believe that more federal assistance and collaboration is needed to further eliminate the problem.

“I feel like knocking on every attic, every garage to see where those girls are,” House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi said. “Let’s be an example to the world that we can’t rest until these girls are found.”

Further, the nonprofit Black and Missing But Not Forgotten, also has focused its attention on spotlighting and finding missing African Americans.

Since 2007, the organization has sought to develop relationships with media, government agencies and the public to ensure that missing African Americans receive prompt attention and concern to garner the best possible outcomes for each case.

A 2010 study about the media coverage of missing children in the United States discovered that only 20 percent of reported stories focused on missing Black children despite it corresponding to 33 percent of the overall missing children cases.

The report revealed that missing Black youth – especially Black girls – are underreported in the news and it seems that many people don’t even care.

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our social scene is just as entertaining, empowering and educational as any other metropolis. Pop-Up dinners featuring local chefs, urban art showcases, the farmer’s markets, food truck festivals and church carnivals are all a part of what makes Broward so special. Our public events showcase the amazing talent, inclusive of professionals and creatives who live, work and play in Broward County.

Yet, often, Broward events are under attended. We tend to offer a myriad excuses to justify our busy schedules, but here at On The Scene, we want you to know that The Scene needs you, your family and friends. Let this event guide edition of On The Scene remind you to support and enjoy Broward’s event scene.

Our collective absences can be discouraging, so ask yourself, when was the last time you supported the Broward’s urban event scene. If you are looking for cool things to do while flipping the channel, consider the events below.

March 23 - Chef Kiara Hardy’s Intimitate Pop Up 6 Course Dinner on Las Olas March 30 - The M.O.C.’s Wine Tasting and Soul Concert April 6 - Sci-Fi Saturdays April 13 - 2nd Annual BOSS Talk Expo April 20 - It’s Social Media - Social Media Strategy for Business Owners, etc.

May 4 - $500 Spades Tournament Full event details are on Press Release Marketing social media pages. Sooooo get off the couch, out of the house and meet us at one of the upcoming events listed above.

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Let’s Celebrate Women’s History Month 2019 In 1987, Congress declared March as National Women’s History Month in perpetuity. A special Presidential Proclamation is issued every year which honors the extraordinary achievements of American women. As we celebrate Women’s History Month, it gives us the opportunity to share and reflect on the economic impact of women entrepreneurs. Women in business tend to face challenges due to the lack of access to small business financing, compared to our male counterparts. Fortunately, our friends at Accion and VCOZ can share valuable resources for accessing capital.

As a small business owner, I was devastated when the country went through one of the worst recessions in history. We lost 62 percent of our revenue in 2011 after winning the SBA Minority Small Business Champion of the Year Award, in 2010.

However, we were able to do what entrepreneurs do best. We

rebounded resoundingly by winning the National Association of Women Business Owners - 2014 Woman of Distinction Award. We added more services to our portfolio offering and have consistently experienced growth in our business over the years. In 2018, we went on the be honored by National Association of Women Business Owners with the Entrepreneur of the Year award and the City of Las Vegas, recognized us as the city’s 2019 Trailblazer honoree.

Since the resurgence, I have personally become a small business advocate. I’ve invested my personal time, money and resources to assist our small business community in experiencing the same resurrection we did. I’ve traveled to Washington D.C. and Carson City on many occasions to sit with the White House staff and state legislators to discuss legislative issues that could increase opportunities for small business owners. I have had the opportunity to work with

Small Business Majority advocacy group to communicate the concerns of small business owners around the country.

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Please feel free to contact me or visit us at www.periwinklegroup.com if you need support for your small business. It is both my pleasure and my passion to help grow your brand in 2019, and beyond.

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“Green Book” Hollywood Subtle Racism

By Don Valentine and Nicole Nutting

He said: It’s appalling this historically incorrect movie won the best picture of the year for the Academy awards. White folks still don’t rationally understand the nuances of the irony of their efforts.

The members of the Academy voted on this not “Sterling” movie to try and balance the bad press that Blacks have not been getting enough representation. The Softball choice for Best Picture would have been “Black Panther”. Instead, they gave a left handed slap by giving it to a movie showing again A WHITE MAN HAVING TO SAVE THE HELPLESS BLACKIE! It is incredulous to believe that the Black pianist would need to be counseled on how to navigate around his own Black community or know the need for the “Green Book”!

She said: Everything is in “the eye of the beholder”, my friend.

I saw it differently, and thoroughly enjoyed the karma of a White man doing menial labor for a Black man! As the story unfolds, we realize that each man “saves” the other in an equal and reciprocal fashion. Accurate history is less important here than the concept of human engagement, especially now as a counterpoint to the current political turbulence. The topic and timing are probably not a coincidence--I think this movie should be required viewing for White folks!

He said: What gives me anxiety Nicole is that the male and females that understand the incongruity of the film will not need to be spoon fed the message. The people that don’t acknowledge their racial intolerance will never understand the problem with the theme of this film.

She said: Granted, but let’s face it--no rabid bigot is going to willingly attend a lecture series about the Jim Crow South! However, set him in front of a big screen with a box of popcorn in his hands and he might inadvertently learn something. In your shoes, I’d be wildly impatient waiting for these boneheads to catch up. While they may not be capable of swallowing the whole enchilada at once, small bites are far more digestible!

Jobs Report Shows what ‘African Americans have to Lose under Trump

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent The latest report from the U.S. Labor Department has provided still another answer to the infamous question of “What the hell do [African Americans] have to lose?”

That question, of course, was posed by Donald Trump during his successful run for president in 2016. With racial tensions, prejudice and bigotry ever increasing and among the responses to Trump’s question, another answer for Black America is jobs.

The latest jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department revealed that the unemployment rate for Black workers moved in the wrong direction for the third consecutive month.

The report shows that

Press the Pause Button on College Admissions Outrage Armstrong Williams is a conservative columnist. To find out more about Armstrong Williams and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators. com.

By Armstrong Williams, NNPA Newswire Contributor The media is baring its rancid teeth again. We have more people whose lives we can now rip apart. In the latest frenzy of outrage and recrimination, the collective disdain and finger-pointing and “how could they-ism” of the media establishment has new, fresh meat: the wealthy and sometimes famous and sometimes powerful parents who were involved in a scheme to bribe and cheat to get their children into college.

Let me be clear: what these parents did is wrong. What the coaches did is wrong. What the test-proctor cheaters did is wrong.

But let’s also consider this: the whole college admissions system is rigged, and wrong, and instead of simply tsk-tsking these people who allegedly illegally paid to help their kids, maybe we should also consider why what seem to be otherwise good and upstanding people would be driven to engage in this kind of behavior.

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Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA unemployment increased from 6.8 percent in January to 7 percent in February.

Overall the country’s unemployment rate declined to 3.8 percent in February, but only 20,000 jobs were created.

President Trump tweeted a quote attributed to Stuart Varney, who said on Fox & Friends there is no better time to be an American worker and that “we have the strongest economy in the world.” Trump added, “So true!” But his tweet ignored the fact that analysts expected the economy to add 180,000 new jobs.

Among the major worker

groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.5 percent), Whites (3.3 percent), and Hispanics (4.3 percent) decreased in February.

The jobless rates for adult women (3.4 percent), teenagers (13.4 percent), Blacks (7.0 percent), and Asians (3.1 percent) did little to move the needle and analysts said the unemployment rate for Hispanics has never been this low.

“Now would be the time for the Federal Reserve to worry,” said William Spriggs, a chief economist at the AFLCIO and professor in the department of Economics at Howard University.

“Three straight months of increases in the Black unemployment rate from three straight increases in unemployed workers.

They better listen to Neel Kashkari [president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis],” Spriggs said.

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The African American Business Project Melvin Lorenzo Kelly The purpose of the African American Business Project is to promote African American Economic empowerment and Independence in the United States of America for present and future African American generations. African Americans earn approximately 1.3 trillion dollars annually in the United States of America, and over 80% of what we earn and spend goes into the hands, pockets, and bank accounts of another race of people which equals approximately 850 billion dollars annually; it is time for a change. It is time for a change. Volunteers Needed.

Obtaining our economic independence in America will involve a nationwide urban revitalization project and nationwide manufacturing on a global level competitively. Within this newsletter I would like to share some information with you related to the responsibility of three major departments within the United States government. However, before I do so let me Continue reading online at: www.thewestsidegazette.com

An Open Letter to Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters Regarding Racist White Presidents

By Robert Oliver Rev. Jackson, the following is from a recent news article: “Jesse Jackson says Trump would probably have been ‘with the stormtroopers’ on ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma”: “Famed civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, here to commemorate the 1965 voting rights march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, said he believes President Trump would probably have been on the side of the ‘storm troopers’ who beat protesters in what has gone down in history as ‘Bloody Sunday.’

“Yahoo News asked Jackson what he thought Trump ‘would have been doing’ if he was in Selma at the time.

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Surviving R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby....and who else “I got through two episodes of the Lifetime series documentary “Surviving R. Kelly” before I was in distress and completely revolted.

That’s all.” — Joy Doss, Special to The New Tri-State Defender

By Joy Doss, Special to The New Tri-State Defender As rational, thinking adults, we kinda knew something was amiss with Michael. We subscribed to the Peter Pan and/or asexual fallacy ’cause we needed to.

We knew “Aruh Smelly” was stinkin’ no doubt. Hello? Aaliyah. We just didn’t know how funky it was. For me, it took a sec to completely divest (“TP.3 Reloaded,” “Chocolate Factory,” “12 Play”). His music was permissive. It created a space for a spring awakening, let’s say. It worked for us, as my generation was coming of age.

At least it worked when we thought he was talking about women who had already come of age. Welp. He has been scrubbed from my entire musical existence for the past several years, not even a digital trace left behind. “Backyard Party” got me caught up for awhile (radio only) but then I heard my baby girl singing along and it turned my entire stomach.

No mas.

I got through two episodes of the Lifetime series documentary “Surviving R. Kelly” before I was in distress and completely revolted.

That’s all.

AND SIR, THAT WAS YOU ON THOSE VIDEOS!! And hits keep coming. So just stop.

“Bill Cosby” was a stunner. America’s Dad? C’mon man! Sixty women ain’t telling the same lie bruh. “The Cosby Show,” “Fat Albert” and “A Different World” are still required TV in my household. The man changed the game. He upended stereotypes of Black families and young black people, giving live and direct portraits of Black excellence. And he gave us full bodied, round, multidimensional characters. Why, Bill, whyyyyy?

Our collective cultural conscience has been assaulted. It feels like a gut punch. Like everything we thought we knew now makes no sense.

The world has gone mad I tell ya! It’s probably fair to say that many of us feel violated too, though obviously in a verrrry different, metaphorical

way.

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The Black Women Jailed for ‘Stealing’ an Education The Inequity of the Elite College Admissions Scam Tanya McDowell/

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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Actress Lori Loughlin was taken into custody by the FBI Wednesday in Los Angeles after she, fellow movie star Felicity Huffman and 48 others were charged in a $25 million college admissions scam that ABC News said has prompted repercussions from Hollywood to the boardrooms of major corporations.

A former cast member on the ABC sitcom “Full House,” Loughlin and Oscar-nominated actress Huffman are among 33 parents charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in the nationwide scam to get their children into elite colleges, including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and the University of Southern California.

Social media is abuzz over this case, and many are wondering whether anyone will spend time in jail for their crimes.

For some, it’s another example of the difference between when the white “elite” are charged with crimes compared to poor people of color.

“Kelley Williams-Bolar and Tanya McDowell enrolled their children into Public School Districts in which they did not reside,” one Twitter user with the handle @dlnodots wrote.

“They were both jailed for these crimes. Should Felicity Huffman

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LETTER TO THE NATION Part Two

How can we not honor those who have been forgotten in time and from our history books? They were leaders and freedom fighters who were murdered for slave rebellions and uprising in a never-ending pursuit of freedom. How can we not honor and mourn those who lost their lives in white riots that destroyed communities like Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921?

How can we not honor the thousands of African Americans who died fighting in every war that this country has had, yet we continue to be treated as second class citizens on a daily basis?

How can we not give honor to those freed Africans who were businessmen and farmers who were lynched, and their lands taken from them and their families members? How can we not remember those who have been victimized by government medical experimen-

equal school systems designed to undermine our economic opportunities. And let us not forget the school to prison pipeline along with the unfair practice of sentencing African Americans to longer prison terms for the same crimes. How can we not protest against the millions of acts of racism and discrimination of oppression that is the societal norm in our country?

It is my opinion that the civil war never truly ended for African American people. It was merely agreed that white people would stop killing each other and that descendants of enslaved Africans would continue to be persecuted daily in our society. Based on that, it is understandable why millions voted and elected our current

tation, the assassination of our leaders, and those who were denied the right to vote

for generations? Gerrymandering of voting boundaries is used to reduce our voting power and political influence.

Still today our children are subjected to separate and un-

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Comcast Formally Launches Afro and Cleo:Two New Black-Centric Networks

Yves Bollanga, Michelle Rice Urban One Founder Cathy Hughes (left) with Urban One President and CEO Alfred Liggins III (Center) and Cleo TV “New Soul Kitchen” Star Chef Jernard Wells

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent During a star-studded evening complete with a Red-Carpet entry at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., Comcast formally announced the addition of two television networks that highlight the company’s commitment to diversity.

TV One’s Cleo TV and Afrotainment’s Afro are the latest independent channels to receive broad distribution on Comcast’s cable systems.

“African Americans have stories to tell and we’re not monolithic people; we come from different backgrounds,” said Michelle Rice, the general manager at Cleo TV. “I’m excited that this is by us, for us and there’s going to be a lot of great content that reflects our lifestyle,” said Rice, who joined cast members from various Cleo TV shows, executives from Comcast Afro and others in celebrating the launch of the new channels at the Newseum on Thursday, March 14.

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(LOS ANGELES, CALIF.) — Recently, the NAACP announced that Anthony Anderson is set to return as host for the 50th NAACP Image Awards.

Anderson is a two-time NAACP Image Awards Winner for his role on Blackish and will be hosting the show for the sixth consecutive year.

Winners for the 50th NAACP Image Awards will be revealed during the twohour LIVE TV special airing on TV One on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 9 p.m.

Eastern/8 p.m. Central from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Anderson is currently the star and Executive Producer of ABC’s multiaward-winning sitcom, Blackish, a fourtime NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Comedy Series. Anderson is also set to star in the upcoming Netflix film Beats.

“We are pleased to have Anthony as our host for our 50th anniversary. Anthony’s charisma on stage has won over our audience and continues to bring in new viewers every year. As we recognize the best of the best artists for their accomplishments over the past year, we couldn’t be prouder to do so with Anthony by our side,” said President and CEO Derrick Johnson.

In addition to the live telecast, TV One will air the 50th NAACP IMAGE AWARDS: TRIBUTE SPECIAL, sponsored by Toyota, immediately preceding the show at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central. The tribute special honors this year’s nominees, past winners and significant moments. Hosted

by Urban One Founder and Chairperson

Cathy Hughes, the special features indepth one-on-one conversations with director/actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield, singer/actor John Legend, actor Stephan James, actress Loretta Devine, music industry legend Clarence Avant, soul singer Kenny Lattimore, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters. The network will provide promotional support for both programs on TV One, Radio One and Reach Media, Interactive One, and via a multi-platform marketing campaign.

As previously announced: Voting is now open to the public for all general categories of the 50th NAACP Image Awards. Individuals do NOT need to be members of the NAACP in order to cast their votes and are welcome to participate at vote.naacpimageawards.net/. All votes must be submitted no later than March 13.

Voting is now open for Entertainer of the Year to be announced during the 50th NAACP Image Awards live telecast.

Individuals do NOT need to be members of the NAACP in order to cast their votes and are welcome to participate at vote. naacimpageawards.net/. All votes must be submitted today, March 4.

In addition to the traditional awards categories, Congresswoman Maxine Waters will be honored with the prestigious NAACP Chairman’s Award, bestowed in recognition of individuals who demonstrate exemplary public service and use their distinct platforms to create agents of change.

The 50th NAACP Image Awards production team includes: Executive Producers Reginald Hudlin and Phil Gurin;

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Director, Tony McCuin; Co-Executive Producer, Byron Phillips; Producer, Robin Reinhardt; and Executive in Charge of Production, Rachel Frimer.

For all information and the latest news, please visit the official NAACP Image Awards website at www.naacpimageawards.net or on Facebook at naacpimageaward and Twitter @naacpimageaward (#ImageAwards50).

Super Bowl LIV Business Connect Program from Front Page at Florida International University.

The Businesses Connect team works in partnership with the Miami Host Committee to create opportunities for experienced, qualified and certified business owners to compete for contracting opportunities related to Super Bowl LIV while encouraging NFL contractors, partners and primary suppliers to source products and services from local suppliers.

The most requested vendor categories are as follows: audio/ visual, barricades, cable & networking suppliers, carpet/ flooring, catering food & beverage, courier services, decor, entertainment, equipment rentals, event staffing, fencing, event production, and more. This event was produced by Hip Rock Star who worked over time to pull together this unforgettable experience in less than 10 days.

If you were unavailable to attend the final informational session there is still time to register online before the deadline. All Business Connect vendors must meet the following qualifications: • Women, minority, LGBT or veteran-owned businesses showing 51% ownership by the designated minority classification.

• Businesses must have been in operation 3 years or more as of May 24, 2016 in MiamiDade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.

• Businesses must be experienced, certified, and in good financial standing.

• Businesses must be direct source for the work they compete for and or contracted to perform.

• Businesses must be located in the Tri County area: MiamiDade, Broward, or Palm Beach County.

• Businesses must have the capacity to deliver the premiereevent goods and services needed to help NFL contractors produce their Super Bowl events.

The online vendor registration deadline is on March 29, 2019. The vetting and selection process ends on April 30, 2019 with notification emails of acceptance and rejection to be sent out by April 30, 2019.

About the Super Bowl LIV Business Connect Program: The Super Bowl LIV Business Connect Program is a partnership between the National Football League (NFL) and the Miami Super Bowl Host Committee.

The program aims to provide diverse, qualified and certified South Florida area businesses opportunities to compete for

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is excited to announce the fifth annual Lionfish Removal and Awareness Festival May 18 and 19 at AJ’s Seafood & Oyster Bar and Harbor Walk Village in Destin.

Come out and celebrate the fight against invasive lionfish with the FWC and the Emerald Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Activities will include: fillet demonstrations; familyfriendly games and activities; art, diving and conservation booths; and the world’s largest lionfish spearfishing tournament, the Emerald Coast Open. Satisfy your taste buds by visiting any of the participating locations of Lionfish Restaurant Week (May 10-16) for your opportunity to try this delicious invasive. Learn more by visiting ReefRangers. com.

Interested in having a booth at the event? Apply today.

Do you harvest lionfish? Register for the Emerald Coast Open lionfish tournament.

Interested in being a volunteer or sponsor? Learn more at EmeraldCoastOpen.com. Thanks to our Gold sponsor, Reef Safe Suncare.

The 2019 Lionfish Challenge removal incentive program will begin May 18 and continue through Labor Day (Sept. 2).

More details on how to get rewarded for your harvest coming soon to ReefRangers.com.

What is Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day? Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day (the first Saturday after Mother’s Day each year) raises awareness about lionfish, a nonnative, invasive species that has the potential to negatively impact native species and habitat.

Questions? Contact the FWC Division of Marine Fisheries Management at 850-487-0554.

Links. Support Florida lionfish control programs by purchasing new Rep Your Water lionfish hats from the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida.

A M E S S A GE F ROM OU R PU BL IS H E R continued from Front Page

The Miami Super Bowl LIV Host Committee were all present for the Miami-Dade County Final Call Networking Session. Pictured from left to right are Michael A. Zimmer, President; Miami Gardens Councilwoman Katrina Wilson; Rodney Barreto, Chairman; Miami-Dade County Commissioner Daniella Cava; Rashad D. Thomas, VP Business Connect & Community Outreach; and Brian D. Bishop VP Partnership & Marketing.

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special event related contracts connected to the Super Bowl in Miami. The Business Connect Program is focused on creating contract opportunities for certified minority, woman, veteran, lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender-owned businesses.

Businesses selected for the program will

be profiled in the Business Connect Resource Guide. The Business Connect Resource Guide is an online database of approved, registered businesses that helps the NFL, Super Bowl contractors, and event producers to identify and select local businesses to partner with to produce their Super Bowl LIV events.

Homeless Black Teen from Front Page family. His younger twin brothers both have serious heart illnesses and they have been in and out of homelessness.

“My family went through a lot and there has been a lot of people saying, ‘you can’t do that,’ or ‘you’re not going to achieve this,’ and me — getting these acceptances — kind of verifies what I have been saying. I can do it and I will do it,” he said.

He has already proven himself as the senior class president at Henry Snyder High School and a member

of the honor society. Now, he wants to enter college to achieve his dreams for his family.

His mother, Khadine Phillip, took courage to ask for help from the non-profit “Women Rising” and Dylan is more than grateful for it.

“Making herself vulnerable and putting herself out there, that made me determined to never let us get back in that situation again,” Dylan said.

“She is a great example in doing everything necessary to help her children,” Roseann

Mazzeo, executive director for Women Rising, said.

The organization was the one who provided them permanent supportive housing as Dylan expects for his last acceptance letter from the College of New Jersey, which is his “top school right now.”

Moreover, all the costs for his college applications have been waived, considering his financial situation. Once he picked his preferred college, he said he wants to study political science.

CNN Ignores ‘Moral’ Issue from Front Page “The diversity discussion is not a buzz word, it’s really serious discussions we are seeking to have with major media companies,” she said.

After AT&T agreed to a deal last summer to acquire Time Warner and CNN, NABJ officials reached out to AT&T CEO Randall L. Stephenson who responded in a positive manner, Glover said.

The plan was to then meet with CNN and Zucker – a meeting was scheduled for Jan. 22.

A pre-meeting between CNN and NABJ officials was held two weeks

earlier to discuss the Jan. 22 agenda.

In the pre-meeting, NABJ shared who would be present at the Jan. 22 meeting, which included news personality and NABJ Executive Board Member Roland Martin as part of a four-person NABJ delegation.

At that time, CNN did not express any concerns, Glover said.

“It was not until the business day before the Jan. 22 meeting that CNN expressed their desire to not have Roland Martin present,” she said.

Glover and NABJ said that was insulting and they would not dis-

dung to others, can slip away even when you’re watching it.

It appears that there was something going on behind the scenes sort of a like under the water as the fish lay in wait for my bait. Yes, I was fishing, and I should have kept my eyes on my property.

Unlike fishing, the Mizell Center lay in wait because some City officials and others who were not concerned about previous plans that had been agreed upon by citizens, planning experts and others who had the welfare of the community at heart. Obviously when the opportunity presented itself, along came a big fish that was made aware of the bait dangling in the waters of procrastination, purposeful neglect and greed and whoop, there it goes.

Not only the things that we need to make a living but also what we should cherish are vanquished in a split.

Now, the fact that they are demolishing the old Mizell Center feels like something is slipping away and we can’t get it back. Part

invite anyone from their delegation, particularly a longtime board member like Martin.

As the meeting approached and after five months of preparations, CNN canceled the session only hours before the scheduled time of the meeting.

“We’ve had discussions with other broadcasting companies as well as print and digital companies and we’ll continue to have those discussions,” Glover said.

She said CNN likely doesn’t understand that the meetings

of our Black history is being torn down. Black history is torn down but those who know the segregated history of the city of Fort Lauderdale and what was once on those grounds will never let it be forgotten.

That building, we may never get it back and to those who voted and supported the undermining of this community with bribes, political pay offs and promises, to you, karma has a way of coming right back at you.

No matter the dismantling, L. A. Lee YMCA Board Members, City of Fort Lauderdale Housing Authority and the Fort Lauderdale City Commissioners and former Mayor, because of your input and votes, a part of our history will be wiped from our eyes, yet the blood in that soil will never go away. Perhaps one day you may here it screaming from the ground asking, “why was it necessary to remove this place in the manner in which you did?”

I say to you and like my fishing rod that holds a meal at the end of it, it’s gone and I can’t get it back.

are part of NABJ’s three-year Strategic Plan, which includes bringing advocacy issues front and center.

“We’re implementing the strategic plan which is very thoughtful and it’s important to our mission,” Glover said.

Other networks like Fox, CBS, ABC, and NBC all have complied with NABJ requests for meetings, Glover said.

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Man does not live by bread alone:

THE HUNGER STRIKE Nine members of the Circle of Brotherhood are participating in a hunger strike while living inside rough-and-ready tents at the corner of 62nd Street and 12th Avenue in the heart of Liberty City on the grounds where the Miami riots of 1980 started.

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr.

Ed Haynes, Spokesman, The Circle of Brotherhood

The name stems from the nine months it takes for a baby to be born and the grounds where they are living are where the 1980 Miami Riots started.

Nine strong Black men have spent the last 12 days living off nothing but water and sleeping on cots, living inside roughand-ready tents at the corner of 62nd Street and 12th Avenue in the heart of Liberty City on the grounds where the Miami riots of 1980 started. Two times a day medics check on their health status.

“Our group is made of some of the men who have come from the streets of this city and who realize that some of them may have contributed to the current violence and want to change it. We can try to correct it,” said Ed Haynes, a member and one of the spokesman for the group.

The men, name “The Hunger 9,” all members of the Circle of Brotherhood, are participating in Operation Hunger Strike to increase awareness of gun violence.

Their goal: to end gun violence where they live, work and play. The length of the hunger strike has not been determined.

“This wasn’t born out of an event or an incident. Everywhere you go people have priorities. Some people’s priorities are to build a wall. Our priority is to stop the killings in our community,” said Lyle Muhammad, the Brotherhood’s executive director and spokesman.

On the grounds of the makeshift tents is a tee-shirt garden. In the garden hangs tee-shirts of those who have been killed by gun violence.

There is a tee-shirt of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old Miami Gardens teen who was killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman at his father’s Central Florida home as Martin was returning from buying some Skittles at a local convenience store. Muhammad said Martin’s parents had visited the site.

Another tee-shirt was for Isaiah Balbona, an 18-year-old highlighted in a Miami Herald series on gun violence and youths, who was shot dead when he was ambushed in a car in Opa-locka last December as his sister sat beside him.

“The Circle of Brotherhood is more than a group of men protesting gun violence.

“We are about making a difference in the lives of those who live here,” Haynes said.

Seven days into the strike there had not been any deaths as it related to guns.

Then on Saturday, a 6-year-old child in his Miami Gardens home found a gun and accidentally took his own life.

A few blocks away from the protest on Sunday, a 15-year-old boy was shot in the legs. There was no report on how he was doing or the reasons for his shooting.

The Circle of Brotherhood goes into the hardest areas to make a difference.

Ed Haynes in speaking for the group stated that the beliefs of the group are tied into the history before this. “We believe that we can make a difference because we helped to create this mess and we can help to clean it up.”

Sleeping Quarters

“T-shirt Garden” Memorial of those who were victims of gun violence.

Potable Water for Showering

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Family That Together, Together AF amily T hat Prays T ogether, Stays T ogether

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

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

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

Dr. Marcus D. Davidson, Senior Pastor

WORSHIP SERVICES & BIBLE STUDY

Sunday .................................................... 7:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reverend Jimmy L. English PASTOR

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Reaching Our World One Person At A Time"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

SUNDAY SERVICE: 10 a.m.

Rev. Anthony & Virginia Burrell

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rev. Dr. William Calvin Haralson, Pastor SERVICES

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

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

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

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

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.

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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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Obituaries James C. Boyd Funeral Home MILLS Funeral services for the late Patsy B. Mills 84 were held March 16 at First Baptist Church Piney Grove with Rev. Derrick J. Hughes officiating. Interment: Faith Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Ocala, Fla. OLIPHANT Funeral services for the late Tiffany Chantel Oliphant - 39 were held March 16 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Bishop L.L. Ward officiating.

McWhite's Funeral Home CARRIDICE Funeral services for the late Dillian Douglas Carridice - 70 were held March 13 at Lighthouse Seventh Day Adventist Church with Pastor Andre Campbell officiating. Interment St. Toolies Seventh-Day Adventist Church Carridice Family Plot, St Toolies, Jamaica, W.I. DOE Funeral services for the late Willie “Joshua” Doe 84 were held March 16 at McWhite’ s Funeral Home Chapel.

HOLLY Funeral services for the late Essie Mae Holly - 71 were held March 16 at Holy Tabernacle United Church of God, Inc., with Pastor Jessie Roberts officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

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DUNCAN Funeral services for the late Willie Ralph “Boo” Duncan 62 were held March 15 at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center with Sr. Pastor Quinton Phillips officiating.

FELDER Funeral services for the late Queen Ester Felder - 85 were held March 15 at First Baptist Church Piney Grove with Rev. Derrick J. Hughes officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Central.

HOLLAND Funeral services for the late Essie Mae Holland - 92 were held March 16 at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center with Wayne Holloway officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

“God Knew Every Hair on Your Head Before You Got Here and He’s Holding You In the Palm of His Hands Watching To See How You Handle Things.”

--Carolyn L. Mosby, Educator

Father Augustus Tolton is one step closer to being the First Black American Saint Father Augustus Tolton is one step closer to being the First Black American Saint A Vatican committee has unanimously voted to send the sainthood cause of the first African American priest in the United States to the next stage.

By CatholiNews Agency CHICAGO — A Vatican committee has unanimously voted to send the sainthood cause of Father Augustus Tolton, a former runaway slave and the first African American priest in the United States, to the next stage.

Father Tolton was born into slavery in Monroe County, Missouri, in 1854 and escaped to Quincy, Illinois with his family during the Civil War. He studied for the priesthood in Rome because no American seminary would accept him on account of his race. He was ordained in 1889 and served for three years at a parish in Quincy, eventually accepting an invitation to come to Chicago, where he led St. Monica parish until his death in 1897.

A nine-member theological commission at the Vatican voted unanimously Feb. 5 that Tolton’s sainthood cause, which began in 2010, be moved forward and presented to the “Ordinary Meeting of Cardinals and Archbishops,” the Archdiocese of Chicago announced last month.

There the members will take a final vote before presenting a “Decree of Heroic Virtues” to Pope Francis for approval.

Father Tolton would receive the title of “Venerable” after that decree’s approval, which indicates he “lived the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity and the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance at a heroic level,” the archdiocese said.

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Buddy Guy

Last Living Blues Icon

By Sonia Henry

My name is Richard K. Dunn, Sr., founder of Men2Boys Mentoring Program, a Non-Profit 501(C)3 Tax Exempt Organization. Men2Boys has been operating in Broward County Florida since April 2010. Our mission is to provide adult male Mentoring (i.e. Group Mentoring and “Teen Coaching”) to boys and young males in our community and the surrounding area.

To encourage, empower and equip; to educate, energize and elevate young males to make responsible choices, smart decisions, recognize their passions and discover their purpose My purpose is to inspire a program that provides a generation of boys and young males the information, influence, advice and guidance through mentoring discussions, workshops, seminars, conferences, events and activities.

In many cases today, through struggles and failures in and out of the classroom, young males develop self-destructive habits. They are then ill-equipped to identify and eliminate these bad habits, and therefore they lose faith in the possibilities for their futures. This loss of hope leads to negative consequences.

Men2Boys’ goal is to establish inter-generational communication that focuses on the responsibility of making positive and productive choices and decisions; every day choices and decisions, long and short-term choices and decisions.

Our goal is to also promote the Importance of Education. Academic achievement and student success, meeting short term and long-term goals in education is a direct focus of Men2Boys.

We also promote the idea of selecting and creating positive and productive friendships and eliminating our negative friendships. Additionally, we advise and guide young males on how to manage the relationships in their lives and to identify important relationships from casual relationships.

Men2Boys is a male only (single gender) program to ensure focus, to emphasize seriousness and to create bonds. We are also responding to the growing number of young males being raised in fatherless homes. Many of these young males are falling through the cracks at school or are already entangled with the juvenile justice system.

We provide adult male Mentoring for young males, most of whom are facing a turbulent transition to manhood and we offer a positive support system to help them avoid the pitfalls that will derail their lives and, in many cases, destroy their futures.

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The legendary greatest living blues artist in the world, eight-time Grammy ® Award winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Buddy Guy, performs in the Au-Rene Theater on Friday, March 22.

Buddy Guy according to Wikipedia: “He is an exponent of Chicago blues and has influenced eminent guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr. and John Mayer. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a house guitarist at Chess Records. ”

He was born in 1936 and now is 81-years-old. This is most likely his last tour, not to be missed as a piece of musical history in our lifetime. Buddy Guy, without a doubt, influenced some of the best guitarists known to man and was once described as “the best guitar player alive” by Eric Clapton!

As the elder statesman of blues guitar players, he spoke about his anxiety on the state of the blues. When he started, his audiences were all Black — except, he tells NPR, for the occasional cop. “In the ‘60s, the blues fell out of fashion with middleclass Blacks and the music found a new audience when artists like Eric Clapton

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Voter Suppression from Front Page Act Address’ New U.S. Census data projects that in in 2045 the United States will be “minority white,” and with several factors considered, The Progressive succinctly noted the implications: In thirty years, more potential voters will be non-white.

Donald Trump continues to prime audiences with his racial fear-mongering and rhetoric of white nationalism and, nationwide, Republicans have gone out of their way to prevent non-white people from voting, as also noted in The Progressive.

According to the Pew Research Center fewer than 3 percent of black people are registered as Republican and fewer than 15 percent of Latinos register Republican.

Voter suppression, it’s totally clear, is about racial politics more than party politics.

It’s also clear that voter suppression is one of the

many lingering and lasting effects of the 500-year-old Transatlantic Slave Trade.

“The whole idea of the slave trade was the disenfranchisement of our human rights,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said in an interview with NNPA Newswire at the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s recent Rainbow Push Coalition Wall Street Project.

“Voter suppression is the disenfranchisement of our human and civil rights and that’s why our struggle must have continuity because we’re still fighting for justice and equality,” Sharpton said.

Jackson agreed.

“Clearly, disenfranchisement has been the theme from the time they brought our people over here on slave ships from Africa,” Jackson said.

“What you see with voter suppression and disenfranchisement is a product of the slave trade for sure,” he said.

During the 2018 midterm elections, voter participation was more than 10 percentage points higher than it was in the 2014 midterm elections, demonstrating Americans’ demand for change and increased enthusiasm for exercising their civic duty to vote.

That said, nearly 120 million eligible Americans did not participate in the November elections, according to a report from the Center for American Progress.

The report noted that widespread voter suppression – particularly against historically marginalized groups – is a reoccurring problem in the United States.

Each election cycle, untold numbers of eligible Americans are prevented from voting due to barriers in the voter registration process, restrictions on casting ballots,

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Dr. Johnnie Barto, a sexual predator pediatrician from Front Page “monster.”

Dr. Johnnie “Jack” Barto, 71, was hit with a sentence of 79 to 158 years in prison, virtually guaranteeing that he will die behind bars, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.

Shapiro called the disgraced doctor a “serial predator,” saying Barto preyed on children “to feed his own sick desires.”

“He held himself out as a pillar in his community — a family pediatrician, an elected member of the school board, a regular attendee at church,” Shapiro said. “My office unraveled Barto’s web of lies, deceit and assault of children, and today he’s been held accountable for his crimes.”

“People trusted him,” he added. And Barto did not

abuse only the children he saw at his practice — Laurel Pediatric Associates, located in the Johnstown suburb of Richland Township. He also preyed on family members, including a 7-year-old and a 14-year-old.

Barto’s sentencing came a day after several women — who said the doctor mole-sted them when they were children — described in a lengthy interview with NBC News how the Johnstown community rallied behind him in 2000, the first time he was accused of abusing children.

“Twenty years ago, this predator could have been stopped,” Jennifer Goetz, 42, said on the steps of the Cambria County Courthouse.

Goetz, who said she was about 8 when Barto violated

her in 1984, said, “Today is a bittersweet day for me.”

Erika Brosig, who said she was 12 when Barto molested her in 1994, said the doctor had enablers who also need to be called to account.

“Parents were making complaints frequently about Dr. Barto,” she said. “We want to find out who did know and what was the level of their responsibility.”

Brosig was among the women who gave victim impact statements during the sentencing in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, before Cambria County Common Pleas Judge Patrick Kiniry.

Shapiro read one the victim impact statements

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Anthony B Takes a Ride on Yellow Cab Karaoke for Taste the Islands Experience

Dr. Michael Lomax and the UNCF Continue to Champion

HBCUs

For more than 14 years, no one has championed the cause of a good education for African Americans and other underserved students better than Dr. Michael Lomax, the president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund.

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent For 75 years, the United Negro College Fund has been lighting the way to better futures for young people and leaving little doubt to the importance of its catchy but all-too serious slogan: “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”

And, for more than 14 years, no one has championed the cause of a good education

DR. ROSALYN ARTIS

for African Americans and other underserved students better than Dr. Michael Lomax, the president and CEO of UNCF, which counts as the country’s largest provider of scholarships and other educational support for students of African descent.

“Many [African American students] are choosing historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs),” Lomax said this week after hosting a luncheon where he helped to deliver a State of HBCUs address.

“HBCUs have more enrollment today than in the era of segregation. We had a decline in enrollment of about 10 percent because of the Parents Plus loan fiasco in 2012, but enrollments are growing,” Lomax said.

Many African American millennials are applying to HBCUs, but many are finding that they can’t afford to attend without the benefit of more scholarships and grants, he said.

“That’s why we’ve called

on Congress to double the Pell Grant, not just for HBCUs, but for all private institutions which are endangered species in this country,” Lomax said.

Since its founding, UNCF has raised more than $4.8 billion and has helped at least 450,000 students earn degrees at UNCF-member HBCUs. With 37 member colleges and universities, the UNCF also advocates for the importance of minority education and college readiness.

Lomax pointed out that UNCF institutions and HBCUs remain highly effective, awarding nearly 20 percent of African American baccalaureate degrees.

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L-r: Singer Anthony B, Chef Thia (Taste the the Islands producer and TTIX Yellow Cab Karaoke host).

Now pulling into its third week on air, the next episode of TTIX Yellow Cab Karaoke finds singer-turned-producer-and-cab-driver Calibe Thompson and guest rider Chef Thia, joined by reggae singer Anthony B. Together they ride around Broward county, chatting about the singer’s early life growing up in rural Jamaica, his love of studio energy, and his respect for women.

The Anthony B episode premiered Monday, March 18, 2019 exclusively via all Loop News and Digicel platforms, with additional websites and Caribbean television stations premiering weekly episodes on Tuesdays.

For more on TTIX Yellow Cab Karaoke, visit www.ttiexperience.com or follow on Instagram @TTIXEvents.

Watch the Anthony B promo on youtube at https://youtu.be/nTBqvOG_ZNc. About TTIX Yellow Cab Karaoke In each episode of TTIX Yellow Cab Karaoke, celebrity guests are surprised to be driven by their friend and Taste the Islands

Islands

host),

Calibe

Thompson

(Taste

TV show producer-turned-taxi-driver, Calibe.

She takes each artist around Broward County singing along to some of their biggest hits, new music, and personal favorite records. In true Calibe fashion, she still squeezes in some time to find out what’s been going on recently in the celebs’ lives.

About Taste the Islands Experience (TTIX) TTIX is an unforgettable Caribbean culinary experience featuring gourmet bites, Caribbean cocktails, tropical ambiance, and fabulous people. Attendees enjoy authentic sights and sounds of the Caribbean, celebrity cooking demos, an artisan shopping village, live music and more at this year’s 3rd annual Taste the Islands Experience. April 26 – 28, 2019 in downtown Fort Lauderdale. For more information log on to www.ttiexperience.com.

“Taste the Islands” is a Caribbean culinary and travel television series that airs nationwide on PBS stations and Create TV to an audience footprint of 246 million.

If you educate a man, you educate an individual. If you educate a woman, you educate a nation.” - African Proverb

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Miami Dolphins sign Fitzpatrick MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The Miami Dolphins today announced they have signed quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick is entering his 15th NFL season and has spent time with St. Louis (2005-06), Cincinnati

(2007-08), Buffalo (2009-12), Tennessee (2013), Houston (2014), the N.Y. Jets (201516) and Tampa Bay (201718). In total, he has played in 141 career games with 126 starts and completed 2,575-of-4,285 passes (60.1 pct.) for 29,357 yards and

190 touchdowns. His 29,357 career passing yards are 11th among active NFL players and his 190 touchdowns are 12th. Fitzpatrick’s 100.4 quarterback rating in 2018 was the highest of his 14year NFL career and his 9.6 yards per attempt was

the best mark by an NFL quarterback since 2000 (Kurt Warner). He originally entered the league as a seventh-round pick (250th overall) by St. Louis in the 2005 NFL draft.

Major Prostate Cancer

Research Targeting African Americans Set to Begin

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent For African American men, prostate cancer is real.

Health statistics paint disturbing trends, including that 60 percent of Black males are more likely to develop prostate cancer than any other race.

Just as unsettling, African American men are twice as likely to die of prostate cancer than any other ethnic group.

The seriousness of this disparity isn’t lost on a national network of prostate cancer researchers and experts who have joined forces to study prostate cancer in African American men.

The team has received a $26 million grant as part of former Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative to

conduct the largest study ever to look at the underlying factors and reasons that put African American men at higher risk for developing and dying from prostate cancer.

The initiative is called the RESPOND study – Research on Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry: Defining the Roles of Genetics, Tumor Markers, and Social Stress.

Over the next four years, 10,000 African American men with prostate cancer will be recruited from Cancer Registries in seven states – California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Texas and throughout the Detroit Metropolitan area in Michigan.

Cancer registries are located in each of the 50 United States.

“Lots of people don’t know about cancer registries so when

African American men are twice as likely to die of prostate cancer than any other ethnic group. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

we contact people that we’ve identified through the registry sometimes they are angry,” said Denise Modjeski, the study coordinator for RESPOND at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Department of Preventive Medicine.

“We tell them it is very complicated process that grants access to the contact data, and it’s all for the greater good,”

Modjeski said.

“But, of course we honor people’s wishes and if they tell us they don’t want to participate in any study ever, we never contact them again,” she said.

However, the RESPOND study counts as a little different.

“Most cancer registries like this only send out ‘letters of invitation’ to people from the study’s local cancer registry,”

Modjeski said.

“RESPOND will also include volunteers, which means they can hear about us and either contact us through the website or through our toll free number,” she said.

Volunteers can reach out from all over

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City of Riviera Beach and Riviera Beach CRA Welcome the National Association key infrastructure Beach as well as Florida of Black Scuba Divers for 2019 Annual Spring Dive inimprovement projects that Black Sports Hall of Fame, interest, and provide scholarships for college students studying marine and environmental sciences.

About the Riviera Beach CRA

The Riviera Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) mission is to guide the City’s redevelopment efforts. The CRA makes investments of public funds

Park at 10 a.m. for a show and tell with interested RIVIERA BEACH, FL youth to demonstrate diving – The City of Riviera Beach equipment and discuss the (City) and the Riviera Beach education and certification Community Redevelopment requirements to dive safely.

Agency (CRA) are excited The divers will then lead a to welcome the National dive. The public is invited to Association of Black Scuba attend both the demonstration Divers (NABS) to dive and and the morning dive. explore the famed Blue “We are honored and Heron Bridge at Phil Foster excited that NABS has chosen Park on Saturday, March our City as the location 23, 2019. The divers chose for their 60th anniversary the Blue Heron Bridge dive,” said Annetta Jenkins, because of its distinction by Director of Neighborhood the Professional Association Services for the Riviera Beach of Diving Instructors CRA. (PADI) Sport Diver magazine “We hope this event as the best dive site in the will inspire our area youth world in 2013. This dive will to explore the wonders of be the 60th anniversary of the diving right in their own backyard,” said Debrah Hall, organization’s Spring Dive.

The festivities begin on Administrative Clerk for the Friday, March 22, 2019 when City and visit liaison.

NABS divers will board the “Discover the Palm Beaches Narcosis with Captain Alex is thrilled to see this first for a look at picturesque annual event showcasing local reefs and dive sites. the exquisite marine life at That evening, participants Phil Foster Park,” said Jorge will gather at Riviera Beach Pesquera, CEO, Discover the Marina Village Event Center Palm Beaches. for an exclusive reception. Divers can expect to see On Saturday morning divers a diversity of marine life seahorses and will meet at Phil Foster including

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pipefish of all sizes and colors, octopus, including the Atlantic long arm, sea robins, flying gurnards, batfish, frogfish, stargazers, and over 100 different species that live in the ocean.

About NABS NABS was established in 1991 by Ric Powell and Dr. A. Jose Jones. Ric Powell and Dr. Jones were two of the earliest African Americans to become certified divers.

Their collaboration resulted in the creation of NABS, an organization dedicated to the purpose of fostering camaraderie among African American divers and addressing the unique concerns of the African American community. Since its founding, NABS has grow to over 3,000 members across the country and internationally with an active mailing list of over 900 members. Part of the NABS vision is to promote scuba diving, water sport achievement, environmental awareness and conservation, help develop educational programs that will stimulate

can act as a catalyst for attracting private funding and development, creating jobs and helping improve the quality of life for City residents. The CRA is at the heart of the dramatic transformations underway within its district.

The NABS Annual Spring Dive Event is sponsored by the Riviera Beach CRA, CDC and the City of Riviera

ICYG, The Palm Beach Cunty Sports Commission, Discover the Palm Beaches, Cheney Brothers, Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation, Riviera Beach Parks & Recreation, and McCray’s Barbecue.

For more information, contact Annetta Jenkins at (561) 844-.3408 or ajenkins@ rbcra.com.

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Time For A Change: Samuel Ings in 2019 Transparency and Inclusion

By Roger Caldwell ORLANDO, FL -- Over 150 friends, supporters, family members and financial sponsors were on hand as African American Commissioner Samuel B. Ings officially launched on Thursday 3-152019, at I Drive Nascar, his campaign to be the next Mayor of Orlando. To many in the city, and the attendees in the room, Ings announcing his candidacy was a big surprise.

Mayor Dyer was expected to win his 5th term with no formidable candidate, and his machine would keep rolling.

In the past elections, only 30% of the residents in the city have voted because there was no voice willing to listen and speak without fear and boldness about issues in the city. Some call it progress and others call it gentrification, but two decades ago, there were around 20,000 African Americans living in Parramore, and now there are only 8,000. During Mayor Dyer’s time in office, many of the downtown residents have been pushed out for economic development.

With over 70 million tourists in 2018 coming to Orlando, crime and safety is on everyone’s mind. At the kick off, Commissioner Ings laid out his 5 point platform that answered many of the questions that are on the minds of ma residents and his supporters.

On the top of the list was the first platform point, crime prevention and public safety, and the commissioner has served 30 years with the Orlando Police Department, retiring as a captain.

He wants to increase the number of police sub-stations,and improve the relationships with police in the different communities. The second platform point is economic development, where he proposes positive opportunities for small and large businesses, entrepreneurs, and non- profit organizations to partner, which will help create jobs for the entire city.

The third platform point is improvement of roads and infrastructure. There is a crisis with the infrastructure system, and roads need to be repaved, sewer lines need repair, and roads must be re-designed for safety.

The fourth platform point is affordable housing. “Mayor Dyer knows it is morally wrong to displace families who have lived in Orlando for many years. Orlando has been rated as one of the worst cities for affordable housing, and this must stop,” says Commissioner Ings. Finally the fifth platform point is an inclusive Orlando, regardless of your race, sex, religion, eco-

Rep. Bennie Thompson wins efforts to make Medgar Evers Home National Monument

nomic status or gender, ”If an issue is important to you, it is important to me.”

At Commissioner Ings’ kick off, the supporters were excited and engaged, and there was an abundance of passion and fire. “There is a lack of public safety, a lack of public infrastructure, a lack of green spaces, a lack of inclusion, a lack of affordable housing, a lack of regard for the will of the people, and a new era of leadership is needed in our city,” says the Commissioner.

The event was hosted by Alejandro Pezzini, CEO of AMP Group and Pablo Rosenberg, Founder, Partner of AMP Group. Siad Lufti, President of Lufti Investments and Va-

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cation Lodge also spoke on the program, as well as highlighting the character and transparency of Ings’ leadership.

Ings ended his speech exclaiming,” This is my city, your city, our city. I promise with my leadership there will be a better Orlando for everyone.”

Visit www.ingsformayor.com and follow his campaign on all social media platforms regarding his vision for the city beautiful.

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By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor

On June 12, 1963, voting rights activist Medgar Evers was shot dead outside his home in Jackson Mississippi. Evers, who was a World War II veteran, was the NAACP field secretary in Mississippi.

He was murdered by Byron de la Beckwith, a white supremacist, Klansman and member of the White Citizens’ Council. Evers’ killer would not be convicted until 1994, after an all-white jury deadlocked in 1964 allowing de la Beckwith to roam unpunished for Evers’ murder for three decades.

Because of the work of Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the Evers’ house at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, will now become a national historic landmark. The house where Medgar Evers’ was fatally shot was built in the first planned middle-class subdivision for African Americans in Mississippi after World War II. Thompson has been working on the honor for Evers for over ten years.

The home was owned by Tougaloo College and later restored for tours. In 2017, Edgars’ home was designated a National Historic Landmark. The John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, signed March 12, 2019, included language that designates Evers’ home as a national monument.

On January 14, Rep. Thompson reintroduced the Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act. “In my capacity as Congressman of the Second Congressional District of Mississippi, to author this legislation to honor the sacrifice of Civil Rights Icon Medgar Evers and his widow, Myrlie, by designating their home as a National Monument. This legislation is of great personal importance to me. I, like many others, was inspired by the magnitude of determination Mr. Evers showed by dedicating himself to others and fighting against adversity. The designation of his home is an everlasting tribute to his legacy.”

Evers worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi and end the segregation of public places. Ironically, the hospital that Evers was admitted to, after a delay, was the first time that an all-white hospital in Mississippi admitted an African American.

In October 2009, then Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, a former Mississippi governor, announced that USNS Medgar Evers, a cargo ship, would be named in his honor. The ship was christened by his wife, Myrlie Evers-Williams on November 12, 2011.

Medgar Evers, who served in the U.S. Army, is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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NJ Middle School Teacher Calls Students ‘N Word’

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent A science teacher at a New Jersey School has been suspended with pay after allegedly calling students the “N-word.”

Bruce Bassetti was suspended last week after heatedly reprimanding students at Penns Grove Middle School in Southern New Jersey.

“I’m tired of these n-----s,” he allegedly said.

The incident has left parents fuming mostly because the school district officials refused to address the matter with them, and guidance counselors haven’t offered any services to the students in the wake of the incident.

“We want our babies to be able to come to school in a safe and productive space, and get an education,” said Walter Hudson, the chairman of the National Awareness Alliance and former Penns Grove (N.J.) school board member.

Attempts to reach Bassetti were unsuccessful.

District Superintendent Zenaida Cobian said the incident was “a personnel matter.”

“School districts in New Jersey must abide by NJ Law, board policies and teacher negotiated agreements when dealing with personnel matters,” Cobian said.

When pressed as to why she won’t take a meeting with concerned parents, Cobian said she’d schedule a

meeting, but the incident would not be discussed.

With approximately 450 students in grades 6 to 8, the middle school’s minority enrollment is more than 70 percent, much higher than the state average of 54 percent.

It’s diversity score of 0.67 means there’s little chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group.

Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity scores closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.

At a subsequent school board meeting, solicitor Mark Toscano told parents that board members were aware of the situation involving Bassetti but could not discuss personnel matters.

Hudson said the district should do a better job of vetting personnel.

“At the end of the day, the kids are affected,” Hudson said.

“This is why the issues exist in our Bruce Bassetti was suspended last community because of leadership like School in Southern New Jersey. yours.”

Later, Hudson continued, even by Hudson were whether there was writing an open letter to the District. any outreach from the guidance “We send our children to school to get department in terms of providing an education and learn to be future counseling to all students leaders in the world. We put our tax involved and did the principal or dollars into public schools, trusting superintendent contact parents to that the institutions will make sure make them aware of the alleged expectations are carried out in a safe matter that took place. environment,” Hudson said. “It’s “Parents in the community say obvious expectations are not being such outreach did not happen,” met in the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Hudson said.

School District.”

“You can reach out to students Among the many concerns raised who were impacted and inform

T-Boz:

“Doctors said I wouldn’t Live past my 30’s & never have kids”

Tionne Watkins, better known as T-Boz (Photo credit: WeLoveOldSchool.com)

From BlackDoctor.org After over 30 years in the music business, Tionne Watkins, better known as T-Boz of the legendary, multi-platinum girl group TLC, along with the remaining member, Ronzonda “Chilli” Thomas, finished up their fifth and final studio album, but are still touring to sold-out shows around the world.

As she is nearing the age of 50, we reflect on T-Boz health condition and there was a possibility she wouldn’t even be here to tell the story.

In early 2010, T-boz she revealed she had secretly suffered from complications related to a brain tumor in addition to battling sickle cell anemia.

The 48-year-old star mother of one, revealed that she has been waging a secret battle against a brain tumor that was diagnosed in 2006, saying that she underwent a seven-hour surgical procedure that same year, during which doctors peeled the tumor from her brain stem by making a cut behind her ear. She says she was determined to not make her struggle known to the public.

“I didn’t want pity. I was there to help sick children,” T-Boz says. “Because people are often shocked to hear news like that, I kept it under wraps until now so that I can focus on service, and on raising money for the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia. I was not interested in gaining pity for myself.”

While the surgery was successful, it left T-Boz with one side effect: poor balance. In her recovery, she educated others on sickle cell anemia while working on new music with a positive message.

“Doctors, they didn’t give me a happy ending,” T-Boz said, reflecting on her brain tumor and her sickle cell anemia. “‘You won’t live past 30, you’ll be disabled your whole

life. You’ll never have kids. I was looking around the room like, ‘I don’t know who he’s talking to cause that’s not my story.”

Apparently, T-Boz was right. Just take a look at beautiful daughter, Chase.

Tumors that originate within brain tissue are known as primary brain tumors.

Primary brain tumors are classified by the type of tissue in which they arise. The most common brain tumors are gliomas, which begin in the glial (supportive) tissue.

There are several types of gliomas, including the following: • Astrocytomas arise from small, starshaped cells called astrocytes. They may grow anywhere in the brain or spinal cord. In adults, astrocytomas most often arise in the cerebrum. In children, they occur in the brain stem, the cerebrum, and the cerebellum. A grade III astrocytoma is sometimes called anaplastic astrocytoma. A grade IV astrocytoma is usually called glioblastoma multiforme.

• Oligodendrogliomas arise in the cells that produce myelin, the fatty covering that protects nerves. These tumors usually arise in the cerebrum. They grow slowly and usually do not spread into surrounding brain tissue.

• Ependymomas usually develop in the lining of the ventricles. They may also occur in the spinal cord. Although these tumors can develop at any age, they are most common in childhood and adolescence.

There are other types of brain tumors that do not begin in glial tissue.

T-Boz is currently back in the studio and touring with bandmate Chili and Lil Mama.

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week after heatedly reprimanding students at Penns Grove Middle their parents without giving compromising details,” he said.

Double standards and a lack of transparency from school leadership is very disappointing and it’s disconcerting that when teachers make accusations against black and brown students, there are often no investigations – students are automatically suspended, or police are called in, Hudson stressed.

“When Black and brown

students say a teacher has used a racial slur, district leadership loves to fall back on policies that undermine the safety and welfare of students, making it seem like those students are wrong for standing up for themselves — as if they are lying,” he said.

“We pay $109,147 to a principal who gives good evaluations to some bad teachers,” Hudson said.

“If this teacher comes back, civil unrest will follow.”

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Old Dillard Foundation awarded grant from Funding Arts Broward for 2019 arts programming Old Dillard Foundation (ODF) has again been awarded a grant from Funding Arts Broward (FAB!), a nonprofit, volunteer-based arts organization committed to preserving and cultivating the arts in Broward County, Florida. The $`5,500 grant will be directly applied to the 2019 Cannonball Adderley Jazz Concert Series.

“Old Dillard Foundation is excited to receive this Funding Arts Broward grant for our 2019 Cannonball Jazz Series.

ODF presents this series in cooperation with the awardwinning Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Program,” said Pat West, President of the Board of Directors]. “We value the role that FAB! plays in our community which allows us to present artistic programs for all to enjoy.” We use these funds to bring renown jazz artists to our community.

FAB! awarded a total of

24 grants this year valued at $180,000. Since its inception and with this grant cycle, FAB! has now provided more than $3 million to local visual and performing arts groups.

“FAB! is proud to support the Old Dillard Foundation as part of its mission to enrich the local arts community by funding the presentation of diverse cultural programs,” said Carolyn Lee, president of FAB!. “ODF is a deserving recipient of this grant based on the impact that their artistic program will have on Broward County residents and visitors.”

For more information about FAB! including how to get involved, email fundingartsbroward@ gmail.com or visit www. fundingartsbroward.org.

About Funding Arts Broward (FAB!) Funding Arts Broward, (FAB!) is a non-profit

volunteerbased arts organization committed to preserving and cultivating the arts in Broward County, Florida.

FAB!’s mission is to enrich the local arts community by funding Broward County based visual and performing arts organizations that meet eligibility requirements and present high-quality programs to the public. Since its inception in 2003, the organization has granted more than $3 million to local visual and performing arts programming. Individual memberships along with corporate partner contributions from BBX Capital, Casa D’ Angelo Ristorante, Nova Southeastern University, Pallant Insurance, Northern Trust Bank and Craig Zinn Automotive Group fully fund the grants each year.

BROWARD COUNTY, FL - Local authors and aspiring writers - your time has come!

Broward County Library is rolling out BiblioBoard, a new, free service that lets current and future self-published authors create and professionally format their books into digital and printready formats.

Local authors can increase the exposure of their books by submitting it to the SELF-e Program for inclusion in the statewide Indie Florida Collection as well as a chance for national exposure if chosen by Library Journal.

Currently, Broward County Library customers can use BiblioBoard’s Create, Share and Discover components to: publish an eBook; submit their own eBook for review and possible inclusion in our Local Authors @BCL eBook collections (submissions will be reviewed by Library’s Collection Management staff) and to discover self-published eBooks to read.

This new service is part of Local Authors @Broward County Library, a new, ongoing initiative launched by Broward County Library in partnership with the Florida Center for the Book.

Readers are encouraged to support our homegrown talent by checking out great works of fiction

by South Florida writers.

“One of the most important roles of a public library is to embrace and harness their community’s creativity,” says Broward County Libraries Director Kelvin Watson. “We already do that by providing physical spaces, including our Creation Station Labs, but BiblioBoard gives us the opportunity to offer creators a digital space where they can archive and share their work.

We’re really looking forward to seeing what evolves with this initiative and its impact on our Local Authors program.”

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Cy Emery announces release of ‘Hiding in the Light: The Hunt’

Book tells coming of age story about effects of bullying, the measures one takes to be accepted YORK, PA. – Cy Emery admits that he was bullied when he was a kid. Once he became a teacher, he had students who had been bullied. His own kids experienced bullying as well.

This subject prompted him to write “Hiding in the Light: The Hunt” (published

by Xlibris), a young adult, action-adventure, coming of age story about the effects of bullying and the measures one takes to be accepted.

Set in the South in the late 1960s, the book takes readers to the journey of Joseph Graham’s efforts to find himself and accept himself while facing the injustices of adversaries. They mock his differences: his looks, his speech, and his thoughts are different from the other boys. This brings unwanted attention from the neighborhood bullies. The bullies and the affluent within his community all draw lines in the sand, and he is pushed to the middle. He searches

for a way to escape his life of lack. But poverty, anger, and abuse offer no open doors.

So, he struggles to stand and fight the slings and arrows of his haters until his moral compass is shattered.

Graham becomes a pawn in the street game of thuggery. Trying hard to prove himself and fit in, he takes on the persona of his alter ego. Through this fictional character, he can hide his sorrows in the light.

He pretends the hurt does not hurt until he loses himself within his alter ego and spirals out of control; landing at death’s door. All while the bullies continue to sucker punch him with their verbal beat-downs. It was not until he met the one, he calls, “The Smartest Man Alive,” that his sun began to shine.

“Bullying is learned! A child was not born a bully,” Emery points out. “There are certain factors that make one a bully; anger, jealousy, overly aggressive behaviors, cultural

issues, neighborhood factors, group dynamics. I want my audience to understand that bullies bully from a position of power; either by physical strength, numbers and or the law/rules are in their favor.”

About the Author Cy Emery is an educator with a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in health education. He is a champion high school and collegiate coach. An author, mentor and motivational speaker, he is the recipient of the A.I. Garner Leadership Award, the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives: Distinguished Community Service Award and the Martin Luther King Leadership Development Institute’s Foot Soldier Award for Youth Leadership Development. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the proud father of three sons.

When in Dakar, Senegal to visit the Museum of Black Civilization, also check out a Black-owned book store called Chez Alpha Books

The team at Chez Alpha Books is made up of young African women from different countries.

NATIONWIDE (BlackNews.com) -- Tourists planning to visit the new Museum of Black Civilization in Dakar, Senegal should also take a moment to check out Chez Alpha Books, an English bookstore committed to writers from The Diaspora, fiction /non-fiction stories related to the history, and experiences of people from The Diaspora along with other world literature.

Chez Alpha Books is an African American/Senegalese venture led by Angela Franklin-Faye, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio living in Dakar. Historically Senegal is a Francophone country, yet several years ago Franklin started selling books in English. She comments, “It was never about one language having priority over another. At that time, there was a growing interest in English, and we wanted to be able to provide a diverse range of fiction and non-fiction books to that audience as all the bookstores in Dakar were selling books in French. Also, the diverse and empowering stories we wanted to share were more easily accessible in English. At present, Chez Continue reading online at: www.thewestsidegazette.com