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Trump backer apologizes for Clinton blackface tweet Mark Burns, an AfricanAmerican pastor and surrogate for Donald Trump,

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apologized Monday night and again Tuesday for tweeting a cartoon of Hillary Clinton in

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr.

North Carolina, Florida brace for tropical weather

Pastor Mark Burns speaks at a Donald Trump rally in Oklahoma City, OK. (Photo by David Terry, The Vista)

With the storm centered about 70 miles south of Cape Hatteras, a tropical storm warning was in effect for much of the Outer Banks.

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But he said he still stood by his message that Clinton and Democrats pander to the African-American community.

“The last thing I want to do is to offend people. The tweet was not designed to anger or stir up the pot like it did. It was designed to bring how I feel, a very real reality, as to why the Democratic Party, and how I view it and how I interpret it, have been pandering and have been using Black people just for their votes,” Burns said in remarks on Periscope Monday night. ”The last thing I want to do is to anger people, I really am a unifier.”

“I’m going to apologize for the offensive picture that many thought was offensive, but I’m not apologizing for the message that it was carrying,” Burns said.

Tuesday morning Burns apologized again via Twitter.

The original tweet, which no longer appears on his timeline, included a meme of Clinton in blackface with a Tshirt that says “No hot sauce no peace!” The image, captured in a screenshot posted by CBS News, also shows her holding a a sign that says “#@!*6' the police.”

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Sharpton eulogizes George Curry: ’I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith!’

TUSCALOOSA, ALA. (TriceEdneyWire.com) -One minute the congregation was somber and in tears; the next minute they were rocking to choir music in the pews; the next minute they were laughing in fond memory; and then they were shouting and applauding on their feet.

That was the range of emotions that marked the packed house during the “Celebration of Life” for legendary journalist George Curry at Weeping Mary Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Aug. 27.

Admonishes Black Press: ‘Keep telling the story!’

How appropriate that we should find ourselves in the direct path of a storm as we end the primary elections. By the time you read this we will have gone through a storm of sorts with new outcomes.

The lead in to this election cycle has been one wrought with turbulence, showering of accusations, lightening remarks to the character of others and down pouring of outright B.S. (being stupid) and needless to say blowhards from everywhere.

Let’s look at the close resemblance of this election cycle and the stages of a hurricane. At the onset we had mild allegations being tossed about, one might acquaint this to a tropical disturbance which is the first stage to the progress of a hurricane. It entails mass thunderstorms (lies being spread by opponents) that have only a small breeze circulation (generally these lies are shared among so called friends). The tropical disturbance (small lies) becomes a tropical depression (induced lies) when the winds (lies are infused with known leadership, either knowingly or unknowingly) the winds (lies) pick up to more than 25 mph (people).

A tropical depression is established when a group of thunderstorms (planned lies) collect and come together under the right atmospheric conditions (people who mean no D. good) for a certain length of time (lie dreaming). Winds (lies) near the center (in the ears of the people who are too lazy to find out for themselves the truth) of the tropical depression are constantly between 23-39 mph(people). The organized circulation of wind (the orchestration and manipulation of lie carriers are in place) in the middle of the thunderstorms is noticed.

Tropical depressions (prearranged liars) look like separate thunderstorms (hoodwinked believers in strategic parings) that are grouped together.

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Rev. Al Sharpton gives eulogy of legendary journalist George Curry. (Photo by Charles W. Cherry II/Florida Courier)

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Why George Curry’s death is a big loss to Black America

By Erick Johnson Even on journalist George Curry’s obituary, the New York Times, the Washington Post and many daily newspapers still got the story wrong. While there were facts about his life, there were no comments from professionals at Black newspapers—an industry that Curry dearly loved and fought for all of his life as the “Dean of the Black Press.”

To Curry, the spirit or soul of any story goes beyond who,

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what, when, and where. In Curry’s world, the biggest part of the story was the why. In Black America, it was the part of the story he pursued all of his professional life. As a journalist who asked a lot of questions, Curry always asked white America and its segregated newsrooms, ‘why?’

If he could speak from the grave, Curry would let America’s daily newspapers have it about it his obituary.

After all, this wasn’t the first time the Black Press has been shut out of a big story that affected Curry. When it happened during his life, Curry gave America’s big-shot editors a tongue lashing in his columns.

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CHICAGO, IIL. (BlackNews.com) — Let me begin by saying that I am a retired Chicago Public Schools teacher that was nearly murdered by the Chicago Police on the night of July 27. Before I begin the details as to what occurred, I must start by saying that a few years ago I taught in the community of West Englewood in Chicago. While serving as the eighth grade graduation coordinator, one of my duties was to find a speaker for the event. I decided to contact the District Commander. He was delighted and set out to meet the students beforehand.

On the day of the Commander’s arrival, I was startled by the reactions of my personable and energetic students who had suddenly become sullen and standoffish. As he walked around the room extending his hands to meet them and trying to engage in conversations, the students stood huddled in corners silently with their backs turned towards him.

Many would not shake his hand. These children, who were often effervescent at times, showed anger at this uniformed man they had never previously met. Even Chris, our class comedian, turned his head to avoid

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facing him as he reluctantly shook the Commander’s hand.

Besides being embarrassed, I didn’t understand why they showed such disrespect. You see, I hadn’t worked in that community very long, so I wasn’t aware of all the dynamics of living there.

After the Commander left, I decided to have a discussion with the students. The conversation was intense with nearly all of them telling me about their experiences of being harassed and intimidated by the police. Having members of my family in the military and law enforcement, I told them that perhaps some policemen needed to show aggression towards known violent criminals in the neighborhood. But clearly, these middle school kids should not be the aim of police aggression.

These were college bound students who are not the norm of what the media highlights in Englewood. And as the conversations continued, what some of the students had experienced were physical acts of violence as well as intimidation with no regard to their constitutional rights. I now understood their behavior toward the Commander who was the symbol of the abuse they saw daily by living in Englewood.

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CDC Data should spur action to pr otect the health protect White man runs red light, causes accident, shoots and kills Black woman with her hands up and wellbeing of lesbian, screaming. Desha then began aiming and firing gay gay,, and bisexual youth at her. While it has not yet been released how

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By Shaun King Early Saturday morning, Deborah Pearl, a 53-year-old African American mother and employee of a Cleveland area Harley Davidson Diner in Northeast Ohio, was on her to way work.

At 7:20 a.m., as she was driving her Ford Taurus, she had no idea that she was living her very last moments on this earth.

Matthew Ryan Desha, a 29year-old white man, ran a red light at an intersection and hit Pearl’s car with his Jeep.

After his car flipped many times and hers was pushed into the intersection, what happened next was like something out of a horror movie.

As Pearl got out of her car to assess the situation, Desha did as well. Except he also grabbed his 5.56-millimeter high powered assault rifle. According to witnesses, Pearl then proceeded to put her hands in the air in an attempt to save her life from the armed stranger who had narrowly avoided killing them both in the crash just seconds earlier.

It mattered not to Desha. A witness who called 9-1-1 reported hearing him fire off at least 12 shots. At first, they appeared to be random. The 9-11 caller heard Pearl, who was a sitting duck at that point, begin

many times she was hit, when police arrived at the scene, Pearl was found there on the pavement mortally wounded and bleeding out.

Devastated and shocked, her husband and other family members came to the scene, and, understandably so, could not even muster up the words to explain how they were feeling.

Desha was arrested near the scene. Early Monday morning he was charged with the murder of Deborah Pearl. Police have not mentioned a motive for the brutal murder, but the entire scene is riddled with awful implications.

Just this past June, “police charged 29-yearold Matthew R. Desha with one felony count of carrying a concealed weapon and one misDESHA demeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia. A rested on suspicion of stealing a search of the North Ridgeville, backpack. Kalief spent three Ohio, man’s car turned up a years in jail awaiting trial for that charge before simply being loaded 9 mm handgun and released when the case was disthree additional loaded missed. magazines, along with straws Desha, though, was arrested with suspected drug residue on a felony gun charge and and other contraband.” was suspected of having drugs Clearly, that arrest wasn’t in his car as well, but was reenough to have this man fully leased in plenty of time to murdisarmed. der Pearl in cold blood.

My mind immediately goes I don’t know Desha, but I to Kalief Browder, who was ar- know cold-blooded bigotry and

ROOF violence. I know that what Desha did to Pearl reminds me a great deal of what Dylann Roof, another heavily armed white man who had been previously arrested multiple times for drugs and other charges, did to a group of unarmed African Americans in Charleston, S.C..

Either way, a family just lost their wife and mother in a senseless act of American violence and we don’t have a single sign that anybody in power is close to doing a thing about it.

Race, ethnicity affect kids’ access to mental health care, study finds

By Shefali Luthra

Children of color have less access to mental health care.

One in five Americans is estimated to have a mental health condition at any given time.

But getting treatment remains difficult — and it’s worse for children, especially those who identify as Black or Hispanic.

That’s the major finding in research published in the International Journal of Health Services. The study examines how often young adults and children were able to get needed mental health services, based on whether they were Black, Hispanic or white. Using a nationally representative sample of federally collected survey data compiled between 2006 and 2012, researchers sought to determine how often people reported poor mental health and either saw a specialist or had a general practitioner bill for mental health services.

“No one is necessarily bigoted — and yet we have a system that creates the kind of discrimination we see in the paper,” said Steffie Woolhandler, a professor at City University of New York School of Public Health, and one of the study’s authors.

“Kids are getting half as much mental health treatment — and they have the same level of mental health problems.”

Young people in general aren’t likely to see mental health specialists. But the numbers fell further when racial and ethnic backgrounds were factored in.

About 5.7 percent of white children and young adults were likely to see a mental health specialist in a given year, compared with about 2.3 percent for Black or Hispanic young people.

Put another way: Even when controlling for someone’s mental health status, insurance and income, Black and Hispanic children saw someone for treatment far less often than did their white counterparts — about 130 fewer visits per thousand subjects. Black young adults visited a mental health specialist about 280 fewer visits per thousand; Hispanics had 244 fewer visits per thousand.

But the data indicate that mental illness incidence rates are generally consistent across racial groups, according to the study. Of adults between the ages of 18 and 34, between 4 and 5 percent indicated having fair or poor mental health, regardless of racial background.

For children, white and Black subjects were reported to need care at about the same rate — between 11 percent and 12 percent — compared with about 7 percent of Hispanic children.

The paper outlines a few possible reasons for this disconnect. Different communities may attach greater stigma about mental health care, or they may place less trust in the doctors available.

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Lesbian, gay, and bisexual high school students face two to three times higher risk for bullying than their heterosexual peer. some usual activities, more than one in 10 missed school From AIDS.gov because of safety concerns, and CDC recently released the LGB students were up to five first nationally representative times more likely than other data on the health risks of les- students to report using several bian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) illegal drugs.

The data are a call to action. high school students. These data show that the appro- There is no simple solution to ximately 1.3 million LGB youth address these risks, but research in this country experience phy- does point to the importance of sical and sexual violence and support for LGB youth in a bullying at levels 2 to 3 times variety of settings. For example, higher than their heterosexual comprehensive, communitywide prevention efforts can repeers.

Data from CDC’s Youth Risk duce the risk of multiple types Behavior Surveillance System of violence for LGB and other show that LGB youth are signi- vulnerable youth. Schools can build an environment that proficantly more likely to report * Being forced to have sex vides a sense of safety and connection for all students, includ(18% vs 5%) * Sexual dating violence ing lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth. Parents can help foster (23% vs. 9%) * Physical dating violence resiliency by providing strong family support and teaching all (18% vs. 8%) * Being bullied at school or adolescents non-violent proonline (at school: 34% vs. 19%; blem-solving skills. We all can raise awareness of the urgent online: 28% vs. 14%) Rape, dating violence, and prevention needs of these vulyoung people. bullying are health dangers on nerable CDC and partners are taking their own for any young person. action by funding, impleBut when combined with other menting, and evaluating prorisk factors and the absence of grams that address many of support, such actions can place these health risks and supyoung people at risk for severe porting solutions, including vioconsequences. The data show lence prevention, developing that more than 40% of LGB tools for education partners to students seriously considered promote healthy school envisuicide and approximately 30% ronments for all students, forgreported attempting suicide in ing national partnerships, and the past year. Sixty percent re- providing scientific leadership. ported having been so sad or (Cont'd on Page 9) hopeless that they stopped doing

Nine-y ear -old CEO rraises aises $28,000 on Nine-year ear-old Kickstarter to manufacture her new hair ac acccessory solution, GaBB GaBBYY Bo Bowws

Nine-year-old CEO of GaBBY Bows, Gabrielle Goodwin is inspiring confidence and youthful creativity, one barrette at a time.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Elementary entrepreneur Gabrielle Goodwin recently raised $28,000 on Kickstarter with the help of her mom Rozalynn. She will use the capital to manufacture new designs and colors for her hair accessory solution, GaBBY Bows. The motherdaughter duo solved the ageold problem of disappearing girls’ hair barrettes by inventing The Double-Face Double-Snap Barrette by GaBBY. The fourth grader received an outpour of support from more than 300 backers and businesses. Jan-Pro of Columbia and Once Upon a Child stores in Charlotte and Matthews, N.C. owned by Reginald Barner and Charles Johnson of the Carolina Panthers, Koils by Nature, and Capital City Takeout of Columbia invested generously to make Goodwin’s Kickstarter goal a reality.

Goodwin was just five years old when she started daily insisting she and her mom create a barrette that would stay in her hair. They started the company when Goodwin was seven years old. In just two years of operations, GaBBY Bows have saved families time, money and frustration in 48 states and eight countries through online sales

at www.gabbybows.com. The hair accessory is also sold at select retail stores in the Southeast.

Goodwin is the self-proclaimed president and CEO, handling inventory, serving as the lead saleswoman at trade shows, speaking to community groups and schools, writing thank you cards to customers who order online, and helping with sales taxes. She also hosts GaBBY Play Dates to teach girls in children’s shelters about entrepreneurship.

Goodwin was chosen as a 2015 SC Young Entrepreneur of the Year (the youngest to ever receive this honor), and GaBBY Bows was one of 14 national finalists for the 2015 U.S. Small Business Administration InnovateHER Business Competition and a 2016 SCORE and Sam’s Club American Small Business Champion.

This summer, GaBBY made her national television, radio and magazine debuts on The Real, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, and in Kiplinger Magazine, respectively.

“It feels really good to have people support me because they believe that my business can go to the next level!” says Goodwin.

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Twenty three year-old becomes youngest mayor in city of Brighton’s history Times Reporter Staff Birminghamtimes.Com/ NNPA Member On Tuesday, 24-year-old Brandon Dean became the youngest mayor in the City of Brighton’s history, winning in

a field of five candidates including incumbent mayor Barbara E. Watkins.

“The mandate we received in being able to secure a majority in an [election] filled with candidates is overwhelming,” Dean said. “In addition . . . I was able

to bring in a coalition of new members of the City Council. I think that citizens were able to examine this race and what the consequences of getting it wrong would be . . . so they chose for very unselfish reasons to elect new leadership that will

give a new energy to our government.”

Dean also addressed reports that authorities are investigating potentially fraudulent applications for absentee ballots in the race. Dean told AL.com that he was the person being

ine a ne w possible Toyota helps teenagers imag imagine new No. 1 automaker donates $10,000 to Hill Harper’s Manifest Your Destiny Foundation merican business strategy for Toyota Motor North America.

“Toyota is committed to enriching the lives of teenagers through educational programs and we believe our contribution will help further opportunities for young African Americans.”

DEAN investigated.

Recently, Dean told the The Birmingham Times “there

was never a situation in which any ballots were marked, misinterpreted or intercepted to reflect something other than what voters wanted. The allegations in the investigations involve applications, but no actual ballots.”

He added, “We were getting people to participate in early voting and some absentee voting. We do need to be clear that we are only discussing a discrepancy with applications for ballots, not with the ballots themselves . . . but I also recognize that this protest was inspired by my opposition who felt threatened by the amount of participation we were getting.”

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L-r: Stephen Graddick, TGI; Actor and Author Hill Harper and Alva Adams-Mason, Toyota.

(Photo: Toyota) WASHINGTON – Imagine the joy created by helping youth realize their dreams. As part of its sponsorship of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention, Toyota donated $10,000 to the Manifest Your Destiny Foundation (MYD); a non-profit organization aimed at providing underserved youth with a path to success.

Established by award-winning actor and New York Times best-seller author Hill Harper, MYD brings together young men of color from Baltimore and Washington, D.C. for its annual Summer Empowerment Academy, a weeklong program of mentoring and academic enrichment designed to decrease the high school dropout rate in communities of

color. Additionally, Toyota invited Harper to participate in a conversation at NABJ on community-building and environmental sustainability, moderated by Toyota Green Initiative (TGI) member Stephen Graddick.

“We applaud and support Hill Harper in his efforts to empower youth,” said Alva Adams-Mason, director of African A-

North Carolina, Florida brace for tropical weather RODANTHE, N.C. — Crowds thinned Tuesday on the beaches of North Carolina’s Outer Banks ahead of a tropical weather system that threatened to bring strong winds and heavy rains that could flood low-lying areas.

Elsewhere, a powerful hurricane threatened to pass “dangerously close” to Hawaiiand another tropical depression churned in Gulf of Mexico waters with the potential to bring rain and wind to Florida.

On North Carolina’s Hatteras Island, a slow stream of dozens of cars from places including Maryland, New York and Ohio headed toward a bridge to the mainland. There was light, intermittent rain and a mostly cloudy sky.

A public beach near Rodanthe was nearly empty, save for two parents enjoying a walk with their 11-year-old son.

Nearby, large waves crashed in the increasingly angry-looking surf.

Tropical depressions take aim at U.S. Joe and Kelley Walker of Markham, Virginia, plan to wait out the rain with movies or card games unless the forecast worsens.

“We’re not worried about the storm so much unless they say there’s something to worry about,” Joe Walker said.

The tropical weather system off the coast was expected to strengthen and pass near the Outer Banks by late Tuesday, bringing sustained winds as high as 45 mph and heavy rains of up to 5 inches in some areas.

An 11 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center said the tropical depression could become a named storm later in the day. Forecasters have said it’s not expected to surpass tropical-storm strength.

With the storm centered

about 70 miles south of Cape Hatteras, a tropical storm warning was in effect for much of the Outer Banks.

Coastal Carteret County emergency officials issued an advisory on Tuesday saying that wind problems were likely to be “mostly minor,” but that residents should prepare in case trees topple, limbs snap or lightweight objects are blow around.

At the same time, the National Hurricane Center said that another tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico could hit northern Florida as a tropical storm later in the week and possibly head toward the Atlantic coast.

That depression was about 340 miles (550 kilometers) west of Key West, Florida. Forecasters expect it to become a tropical storm later Tuesday and turn northeast toward Florida the next day.

National Weather Service meteorologist Tom Lonka said the center of the storm approaching North Carolina should stay offshore as it passes, but it will hit the Outer Banks with bands of rain and wind through Wednesday.

“They’ll be rain showers coming on shore, rain bands and gusty winds,” he said by phone Tuesday. “The biggest impacts will be relegated to the beaches, the waters, high surf, maybe some erosion.”

Lonka said the storm in the Gulf was forecast to move across northern Florida later this week toward the Atlantic Ocean, but likely to stay south of North Carolina. Still, he cautioned that it’s difficult to predict a storm’s path days in advance.

Outer Banks business owners were keeping an eye on both storms because of fears that a one-two punch of rain could saturate the ground and

cause problems. Roads along the thin barrier islands are prone to flooding and damage from erosion, including the twolane N.C. Highway 12 that is the area’s main north-south artery.

Meanwhile, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch for the Big Island of Hawaii, saying Hurricane Madeline could pass “dangerously close.” The storm should be near or over the Big Island by Wednesday.

Early Tuesday, forecasters said the storm was a powerful Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 kph). Madeline was centered about 445 miles (715 kilometers) east of Hilo, Hawaii, and moving west at 10 mph (17 kph). Officials urged residents to restock their emergency kits, create evacuation plans and secure outdoor furniture.

Elsewhere, another Category 3 hurricane named Lester - also with top sustained winds of 120 mph (195 kph) - was about 1,355 miles (2,180 kilometers) east of Hilo, Hawaii and moving west over the Pacific at 14 mph (22 kph). No coastal watches or warnings were in effect for that storm.

CBS affiliate KGMB reports that the two storms are approaching the islands as President Barack Obama prepares to visit Oahu for a high-profile conservation conference.

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NATIONWIDE — Inspired by the global phenomenon #blackgirlmagic, Black-GirlMagic.com has been launched to empower Black girls and boys around the world to achieve success. The hashtag discussion group recently started on Twitter and quickly gained momentum as great Black women achieved supernatural success in sports, entertainment, business and other industries.

During the 2016 Olympics, the hashtag dominated the celebratory tweets as numerous Black women achieved greatness in winning multiple medals in this worldwide competition. It was after the Olympics that the inspiration to create Black-Girl-Magic.com came to Allyson Ward Neal, the website’s founder. “I loved seeing all of those inspirational tweets about the achievements of so

many Black women in the Olympics. And, I have a sixyear-old daughter, so I was inspired to create this site so that she and her peers can have a website where they can always see Black girls and boys achieving greatness. It’s important to their development,” she said.

Black-Girl-Magic.com has plans to attract major advertisers who can partner with their website to bring positive and empowering messages to Black youth. The site will feature a regular blog as well as features on some of the most influential Black women and men who are achieving greatness in society. The site will also include information dedicated to education and provide tips and resources for minority children so that parents, guardians and caretakers can help Black children to succeed academically.

And, Black-GirlMagic.com will have a public presence at popular festivals and events where children and youth can interact with real Black girl magic figures.

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Boys & Girls Clubs of MiamiDade, Northwest Club, Clubhouse Gamesroom Grand Opening thanks to a Triple Play grant from Florida Health Plans Amerigroup and Simply Health Care , Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016 at 3:30 p.m., at 10915 N.W. 14 Miami, Fla To RSVP Sue Reddy Silverman, Duree and Company at (954) 7239530 sue@dureeand company.com. or Sara Leutzinger, sleutzinger@bgca.org (404) 4875624.

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Jack & Jill Children’s Center presented by Citrix & The Ritz Carlton: 6 Week Career Advancement, Thursday, Sept. 1, thru Oct. 6, 2016 from 6 to 8 p.m., at Jack & Jill Children’s Center, 1315 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. There is a fee for the entire series.

Complete ALL classes and receive a $30.00 gift card FREE dinner and child care included. For more info call Janette Johnson at (954) 4638722 x 208 or jjohnson@jackandjillcenter.org.

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The Ethiopia Africa Black International Congress (E.A.B.I.C.) is offering two programs on Traditional African Health and Wellness (both physical health and economic health), on Saturday, Sept. 3 and 17, 2016. Saturday, Sept.

3, from 12 noon to 5:45 p.m., African Meditation Techniques, Satuday, Sept. 17, 2016 from 3 to 5:45 p.m.. Economic Health for African Communities. For more info call (954) 371-9746.

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

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

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United Way of Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse and the 2016 United States Conference on AIDS Host Committee are presenting “Gia 18 years Later – The Impact of HIV and Substance Abuse on Women," Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 at 5 p.m., at Cinema Paradiso, 503 S.E. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. All proceeds from tickets sales will be donated to Broward County HIV/AIDS Providers.

Fair

Join the 2016 Children’s Behavioral Health Resource Fair, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Broward College – North Campus, Omni Auditorium 1000 Coconut Creek Blvd., Coconut Creek, Fla. For more info call (954) 321-2296.

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The City of Hallandale Beach, Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at OB Johnson Park/Hepburn Center, 1000 N.W. Eight Ave., Hallandale Beach, Fla. For more info call (954) 457-1452.

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Classes

Better Living Classes Fall term begins, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 the last day to register for Fall Term, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016 all activities are open to the public and will be held at Universal Truth Center’s 21310 N.W. 37 Ave., Miami Gardens, Fla. For additional info call (305) 624-4991 or visit our website utruthcenter.org.

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Leasing/Rental Space now available at Midtown Commerce Center affordable executive office leasing and rental opportunities are now available at Fort Lauderdale’s Midtown Commerce Center. The Midtown is located at 1033 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info visit dickeyinc.com or call (954) 467-6822. You can also follow us @Midtown6 on IG, @themidtownmcc on Twitter and Facebook.

Meeting

Monthly meeting for Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. is the second Saturday of the month at 10 a.m., at African Heritage Cultural Art Center, 6161 N.W. 22 Ave., Miami, Fla. For further info call (786) 320 2891.

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After spending 12 years behind bars, Black Entrepreneur launches his own publishing company WHEELING, WEST VA. (BlackNews.com) — Justin Daugherty spent 12 years behind bars, but he has always believed that he committed the offenses leading up to his conviction because of a lack of job opportunities and lack of guidance. For that reason, in 2015 he launched JourStarr Quality Publications, LLC (www.jourstarr.com), a small, independent press that offers second chances. JourStarr publishes quality works in the genres of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and even photo journals, offering talented writers an opportunity to be published, whether they are free or incarcerated.

“I spent the better half of my adult years behind bars. I was about 18-years-old when I was

arrested,” Justin says. “Around that time, there was the ‘Weed and Seed Initiative’ that led to an increase in racial profiling by law enforcement in my area.

That, and a series of bad decisions, led to my incarceration.

But I knew my story didn’t have to end there.”

Since his release, Justin had been working in demolition and welding for the Honda Line at Yorozu Automotive, located in Tennessee. He has also been attending West Virginia Northern Community College for coursework in Small Business administration, and has been serving as director of an early-stage non-profit aimed to curb youth incarceration and drug abuse by promoting literacy and encouraging creative writing.

Justin has also been painstakingly sifting through manuscript after manuscript in search of quality material. “My goal for the future of the company is to consistently provide groundbreaking material.

Right now, we have a lineup of authors whose real lives are just as compelling as the tales they write. We plan for JourStarr to be around for the long haul, offering an opportunity for talented writers to have their works showcased properly. We stand firm in, helping all talented writers pursue their dreams, including exoffenders, because everyone deserves a second chance.”

About Justin Daugherty Justin founded JourStarr Quality Publications, LLC in

NATIONAL HBCU PRE-LAW SUMMIT PRESENTS UNIQUE AND GAME-CHANGING OPPORTUNITY TO ASPIRING LAWYERS — (BlackNews.com) ATLANTA, GA. — The Third Annual National HBCU Pre-Law Summit & Law Expo is scheduled to take place on Friday, Sept. 23 and Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 at Georgia State University College of Law in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. There will also be an Official Pre-Summit Kickoff Event will take place on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016 at Morehouse College, a well-known HBCU that is the nation’s sole liberal arts college for Black men. This groundbreaking summit is the only major national event of its kind in the entire country focused on empowering HBCU students and graduates interested in going to law school and becoming lawyers, and addressing the unique issues, concerns and challenges facing them. Current students and alumni from all HBCUs are invited to meet and come together in Atlanta this fall to take part in three intensive and power-packed days which will expose them to game-changing information, resources, and connections designed to help them achieve success in a demanding educational endeavor and field in great need of diversity. Admission to the event is completely free of charge, open to the public, and seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. All aspiring lawyers, pre-law and career advisors, professors, parents and supporters are welcomed to register and attend. For more information, visit the summit’s official website at www.hbcuprelawsummit.org. Pictured, LSAT Panel Discussion.

Rent a U-Haul and take a bullet (Cont'd from FP) As I previously stated, I’m from a family of police and military personnel. Basically, I abide by the laws and empathize with the duties of the police. But on that Wednesday night, while driving a rented U-Haul, I got a dose of the abuse and cruelty of some Chicago policemen.

It all started when I noticed a police car following me while driving northbound on Martin Luther King Drive. When I made a right turn, another police vehicle heading east followed the aforementioned. I thought to myself, they are really patrolling this community. As I approached a street signaling to turn left, a westbound unmarked car slowed to a stop and I assumed that it was allowing me to turn left out of courtesy. I began turning left and then suddenly, the car’s lights began to flash and it sped up and drove towards the van.

I slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting it and I saw more police vehicles move close to the van. These police officers got out of their vehicles and moved towards the van with their guns out and pointed at us.

“Hands up! Put your hands up! My sixteen year old niece and young helper shouted at me. “Anybody in the back?” the one officer commandingly asked. The young male helper had been laying in the cabin area of the van. “Get out of the

car!” My niece and young helper got out of the van and were handcuffed behind the back by another officer. “What did we do? Why are you all doing this to us?” I heard them say.

“I better see your hands higher.” The officer said to me all the while with his gun pointed in the direction of my head.

He was at the front of the van and I had my hands near the steering wheel. There was an uneasiness to this, after all, my foot was still on the brakes. I distinctly thought to put the transmission in park and gazed slightly downward, and that officer now aimed his gun towards my chest. “I’m gonna shoot you.” he said. “I need to put it in park!” I shouted. Two of the policemen then moved to the driver’s door, both had guns out with the one still pointing in the direction of my head. The one opened the door and watched as I placed the van in park.

The other officer ordered me to the side of the van and followed behind me with the gun pointed at my head. Clearly, I had no weapon, and as a small woman, I was no match to his towering physique, but he still felt the need to keep the gun on me.

“What did we do?” I asked.

“Look at the van, don’t turn, just keep your hands on the van,” he ordered. I saw another officer go through the purse and belongings of my niece and our helper. The young man was very upset and was arguing with one of the officers. It was

getting very heated and I was still asking, “Why am I being stopped?” One officer said, “I am going to handcuff you and take you to the station.” There were no explanations of what we did wrong.

As my hands were pressed on the van, I thought of many things. One of those things that flashed for a second was how my students must have felt.

Then I remembered that my sister, a police officer, told me if you’re ever pulled over, to get their badge numbers and names. “Could I have your name and badge number sir?” I asked. “You better not step away from that van.” he stated.

“Yeah, could I have your badge number?” the young helper repeated while facing an officer. “Your dumb ass can’t remember five numbers,” the officers retorted. And this caused more inflamed rhetoric from the young man.

Some people on the sidewalk moved towards the street and asked the police what was going on. One officer shouted at the onlookers to get back. More people came out and two officers told them not to come near the street. All of the cars were now blocking the streets. Then one of the officers approached me and told me to come to his car.

He was calm and said that he wanted to hear my explanation as to why I had this van, and he advised me that it was reported stolen by U-Haul. Finally, I found out why we were stopped.

Justin Daugherty, founder of Jourstarr Quality Publications.

2015, after having spent 12 years behind bars. He has always believed had he received guidance from those who would have been a positive influence, things might have been different. For that reason, he decided to be a positive influence. While behind bars, he focused on ways to change things for himself and others.

Justin completed a number of business courses and became certified to teach adult literacy through Bluefield State College. Upon his release, he immediately volunteered to speak to incarcerated youth, advocating for literacy since 2011. His hope has been to reach endangered youth before they find themselves ensnared by trappings of street life.

JourStarr’s Authors Born in Washington D.C., Charles Leon Fantroy, Jr., found himself incarcerated in the Federal Penitentiary system at age seventeen, but he also found a way to express himself.

He practiced writing and honed his skills behind the walls of USP Leavenworth. Through an 18-month program offered by Stratford University, Charles became a certified internet specialist. Now at age thirtysix, he is finally able to pursue his true passion publishing collections of poetry, novels, as well as completing scripts for full-length feature films.

Charles Leon Fantroy, Jr. is expected to be released from prison in the very near future and hopes for a bright future in writing upon his return to society. His collection of poetry is entitled, My Life: Poetic Literature. Rhythmic and inspiring, this collection of poetry urges readers to center themselves, find peace and use their own inner voice as a source of strength and guidance.

In 2009, of the over 22,000 convicted of federal drug charges, less than 25 of those individuals were convicted of 21 U.S.C. § 848, more commonly known as ‘the Kingpin Statute’.

Anthony H. Baltimore, Sr. was one of them. Born in Washington D.C. in 1969, Anthony H. graduated from Mackin Catholic High School, and went on to attend Howard University. Still young, he soon became a successful entrepreneur, but enticed by illusions of power

and prominence, Anthony fell prey to the lure of drug trafficking. He is currently serving a mandatory life sentence at USP Lewisburg in Central Pennsylvania. A devout Muslim, he is a loving father and makes use of his time by furthering his education, fostering his passion for writing, and advocating for an appeal. Anthony H. Baltimore, Sr. is author of Othello Greene: The Story Begins.

For further information on JourStarr Quality Publications,

LLC, please visit their official website www.jourstarr.com, connect on Facebook via www.facebook.com/jourstarr, and follow on Twitter @jourstarr2. Both JourStarr titles, Othello Greene: The Story Begins (ISBN 9780997152449, released on 7/4/ 16) and My Life: Poetic Literature (ISBN 9780997152418, released on 5/1/ 16), are available on Amazon.com in paperback and on Kindle.

Elected public official celebrates 75th birthday and 50 years in church and community service

By J. Glover Sessions The community of South Florida will celebrate the weekend festivities of (Ret.) Bishop Douglas Russell, Jr., a native of Pompano Beach, Fla. and one of the outstanding pioneer families of ministry, agriculture and landscaping and community service for his outstanding contributions throughout Florida.

He presently serves as a countywide public elected official, Board of Supervisors for the Broward County Soil and Water Conservation District Group#34.

The host committee will sponsor a community breakfast Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 at The Marriott Hotel North, 6650 N. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. at 8:30 a.m.

Bishop Russell is the retired bishop of Historical Royal Assembly Church of the Living God, Inc., the land development of the first Black hospital, Providence Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He served as moderator of churches in Tifton and Lithonia, Ga. and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In celebrating his 50th birthday family, friends, community organizations, alumni and clergy will express accolades of appreciation on behalf of Men of Destiny Community Outreach, Inc., where he currently serves as the founder and president of this distinguished South Florida organization for empowering men spiritually, environmentally, and educationally, health, restoring families, economic development and preparation for outstanding community leadership.

He is married to the lovely Mrs. Shirley Jackson Russell and they are the proud parents of one son and numerous grandchildren.

The keynote speaker will be Reverend David E. Deal, Jr., B.S., M. Th., pastor of Every Christian Church and a member of Men of Destiny Community Outreach, Inc. For further information, call the administrative office at (954) 549-8202 Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Zeta Rho Omega Chapter fights childhood hunger Submitted by Carolyn Hicks Washington, Public Relations Committee Chairman Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Zeta Rho Omega Chapter, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., made a significant impact towards the “Fight against Childhood Hunger”, by making a donation of 100 bags packed with at least 50 or more healthy breakfast food servings. These highly nutritious and energy charged foods totaled up to 5,336 servings.

With breakfast being such a critical start to each day, it became the identified meal. The chapter’s Family Strengthening and Health Promotion Committees joined forces to host the educational and nutritional service project, “Breakfast Buddies.” The project’s primary purpose was to address “Childhood

Hunger.” Childhood Hunger is one of the three major components of the Family Strengthening Committee’s focus. To accomplish this goal, nutritional breakfast foods were packed and distributed to ensure students have continued healthy breakfast servings during the summer months.

In partnership with BB&T and Walmart, 100, pre-selected students from North Fork Elementary School, located in Broward County under the administration of Rendolyn Amaker, received “Breakfast Buddies” gift bags containing food items such as oatmeal, grits and dry cereals. Student participants invited to the “Breakfast Buddies” program were in grades one-five. This community service project also featured an educational and interactive component on reading labels

and making healthy food choices where chapter members actively partnered and assisted students.

Chapter President, Annette Johnson-Hurry, Broward County School Board Chairman, Dr. Rosalind Osgood along with the Family Strengthening and Health Promotions committee chairmen presented thank you letters and certificates of appreciation to representatives from BB&T and Walmart for their dutiful efforts and financial contributions that assisted in the implementation of this project.

Project coordinators were Barbara Lumpkins, Tracy Lockhart-Talley, Leila Lumpkins, Gail Bouie, Sylvia SloanJones, and Rae Nicklos-Welch.

This event was recorded live by BECON-TV for Broward County Schools.

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By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) The freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement of Black people in America and throughout the world has lost another courageous, iconic, freedom fighter, journalist and leader.

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) salutes, respects, and supports the freedom-fighting legacy of George Edward Curry.

NNPA publishers, editors, journalists, and photographers from across the nation attended the “Celebration of Life” homegoing service for George Curry in Tuscaloosa, Alabama at Weeping Mary Baptist Church on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. George at the age of 69 died from heart failure

on Aug. 20, 2016 in Takoma Park, Md. George Curry was our beloved Editor-In-Chief of the NNPA News Wire Service and after decades of outstanding contributions and service to the Black Press in America, George evolved to be admired by fellow journalists as the “Dean of Black Press Columnists.”

As a foot soldier in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, I personally have been blessed to have known and worked with George Curry as a fearlessly effective freedom fighter.

If I could find one word in the English language to describe the professional and brotherly tenacity of George Curry, it would be “courageous.” He used his pen and his wit to openly challenge injustice in the face and presence of oppression. George had the courage to both write and speak truth to power without compromise of principle or ethics.

Reverend Jesse Jackson and Reverend Al Sharpton both travelled to Tuscaloosa to pay tribute and to eulogize the memory and legacy of George Curry. Rev. Jackson affirmed, “George

was a freedom fighter.” Dr. Charles, Steele Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), also a native of Tuscaloosa and lifelong friend of George paid tribute to Curry’s leadership and activism as a “freedom movement” journalist.

In the eulogy rendered last Saturday, Rev. Sharpton said that, “George never knew he was much more of a minister to me than I ever was to him…

George Curry not only helped to mentor and bring along students and the next generation, but he also did it to many of us that you see out there on the front line.” Sharpton concluded that Curry was “part of a long tradition, but he was one of a kind.”

Roland Martin, accomplished news anchor for TV One and former editor of the Chicago Defender, as well as a lifelong colleague of George Curry, passionately stated, “There was no newspaper, no magazine George Curry could not have worked for, but he chose to work in Black media… He chose to do that, because he said there

The audacity of Trump calling Hillary a bigot and a racist

By Roger Caldwell In the last two weeks, the Black vote has become important to Donald Trump and his campaign. Trump to

this point has refused all invitations to speak at any of the historical Black organization conventions, and hold any rallies in the Black community. Maybe he has been too busy with white supremacist, and the Alt-Right to make time for the Black community.

Trump has a long history of nasty racist comments to Blacks, Hispanics, President Obama, women, Muslims, and sued by the Justice Department for refusing to rent apartments to Black and Hispanic tenants. As Trump’s poll numbers started going in the wrong direction, he realized that he needed the Black vote.

“It takes a lot of nerve to ask people he’s ignored and mistreated for decades, ‘What do you have to lose?’ The answer is everything, “says Hillary Clinton in a speech on last Thursday in Nevada.

“But the hard truth is there’s no other Donald Trump. This is it. Maya Angelou once said: ‘When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.’ Well throughout his career and his campaign, Trump has shown us exactly who he is. We should believe him.”

Hillary on the other hand has a rich and respectful relationship with the African American community. Based on her work as First Lady, Senator, and Secretary of State, she has posi-

tioned herself as a humanitarian and supporter of children, women, minorities and the poor. She has supported “the Black Lives Matter” movement, and committed herself to fairness, empowerment and progress.

For the last 30 years, Hillary has worked to eliminate prejudice, discrimination, and hatred. During this entire campaign, Hillary has spoke at African American conventions, Black church conventions, HBCUs, Black businesses and political conventions, and walking through the community, and talking to the residents. There is a deep level of respect between her and the community, and over ninety percent of Blacks will vote for her in the election.

But Trump who has denigrated and belittled Blacks at his rallies, and encouraged his supporters to violently throw Black protesters out of his events, is now calling Hillary a bigot.

“Hillary Clinton is a bigot who sees people of color only as votes, not as human beings worthy of a better future,” says Trump at a rally in Jackson, Mississippi.

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The “Golden Rule” vs. “Political Correctness”

By Don Valentine Let’s expound on the “Golden-Rule” from the aggregate prism. No, this is not the version “He who has the Gold, rules.” The version I want you to reflect on is the utilitarian version. The “Golden Rule” = Treat People The Way You Want To Be Treated. You may recall first learning this rule in Sunday school as a child, or somewhere in your growth you came across it. It is common courtesy to treat another person the way you, yourself, would want to be treated.

That is the basic axiom of “Political Correctness”. Don’t say anything offensive to someone that you would object to being said in a parallel to yourself.

Because you can say most anything you want under the 1st amendment (the Supreme Court has out lined a very few instances for social safety, i.e. yelling fire in a crowded theater) does not mean that a decent person would say them. For my ultra conservative “Alt-Right” or other rebellious sycophants, use the moral compass that if what you want to say will be

hurtful to a person or group reconsider your words. The English language thesaurus offers a plethora of options to elucidate your view without being mean spirited.

The term “P.C” has become repugnant among a segment of our population. Everyone knows the basic ethos of the premise of Political Correctness, as I established above. The segment that finds this common courtesy so disgusting is because in their view the definition of “P.C” is different.

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We are our brothers keepers Written by Dr. P. L. Wright Ph.D. Young people, you must stop to breathe your own air and listen to the elders who have already lived long enough to become elders, and have been where you are going. What they

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have learned they are able to teach you something. It does not mean that you do not know anything, but what it does mean is, the longer you are given time to live and listen to elders, by the Grace of GOD, you will learn to know about your Devine inner spirit, and other things that many other young people may not have yet been able to find out for themselves. You have the chance right now to take the opportunity in time to listen to your divine inner spirit and an elder, and ask questions too. You will be so grateful of what you can, and what you may learn for yourself as time goes by. One day you will create other lives that will have to find their own way as you have done and you are still doing.

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When people try you

By Lucius Gantt

has to be an independent voice that is unapologetic, that thinks about Black people from the moment they wake up to the moment they go to sleep.”

The passing of George Curry now raises the question of “Who will take his pen?” Who will step forward to keep the freedom-fighting legacy of George Curry alive today and into the future? Before George died, he had established EmergeNewsOnline.com.

The NNPA supports George’s legacy and we encourage everyone to support Emerge News Online to ensure that what George envisioned and worked hard to establish will continue to grow and be successful in the marketplace.

In my remarks on behalf of the NNPA at the “Celebration of the Life of George Curry,” I shared that, “I have been in the presence of Malcolm X. I have been in the presence of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I have been in the presence of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. I’ve been in the presence of some of our giants, male and female, but I want to say on this public record, in my life, I’ve never met a brother that’s had more courage than George Curry.”

As we face the immediate future, let us all first be thankful that we had the opportunity and blessing to work with George Curry. But we must show our gratitude by making sure that his courageous example of journalism continues. There is an African proverb that says “Freedom fighters do not in spirit pass away, their spirit lives to inspire the next generation of freedom fighters.”

We all know that George Curry supported mentoring and guiding the development of young journalists who are committed to the Black Press.

Stop getting mad when that man or woman that you’re dealing with tries you. All of us have the tendency to try people. It’s in our DNA. You cannot know how far you can go in life, in love or in business if you never take the chance or the risk of going too far.

People want to know what they can get away with. How much work do you have to do? How much do you want to be paid? How many men can you date? How many women can you juggle? Who can be trusted? Who can be tricked? How much can you nag?

How much nagging will you take?

How late can you stay out? How many days can you stay in? How high or how drunk can you get? How fast can you drive? The list of opportunities to try someone to get away with something is endless.

Getting tried is oftentimes a test.

You will be tested in our lifetime over and over again. Most of the time you are being tested in situations when you don’t even realize you are being tested! You are being interviewed or considered when thinking you are is the farthest thing on your mind.

More often than not, trials and tests include drama. You look at events in your life as a pop quiz when you really could be taking a final exam!

The rate of divorce around the world could easily suggest that there are more trials, tests and drama in marriages and relationships than in other relations.

If you think your situations are new, cruel and unusual, you don’t have a clue!

The Biblical Abraham had “baby mama drama” over 3000 years ago!

I’m not going to tell you the story but God tested Abraham about sacrificing his son and you can read the Bible to find out about the Biblical baby mama stuff.

So, in my opinion, the spiritual tests are the most important tests you will have. Devils in your house, on your job, at your school and in your community will test you constantly.

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Trump supporters think they’re on a reality show

It’s time for the GOP to put Veteran Black Republicans back in the game

We must support the Freedom-Fighting Legacy of George E. Curry in the Black Press Veteran journalist and then-Editor-In-Chief of the NNPA Newswire George Curry speaks during a Black Press Week event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in March 2013. (Freddie Allen/ AMG/NNPA)

The Gantt Report

Bill Fletcher says that all of Donald Trump’s arguments flow from his basic notion that white America is allegedly suffering at the hands of minorities, liberals and the rest of the world.

By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Newswire Columnist There is something that I have found particularly odd in this election season and there have been many things that have been odd. There have been consistent media reports of interviews with supporters of Republican nominee Donald Trump that indicate that many of them do not take seriously his various pronouncements.

Trump supporters have been reported making comments—after being confronted with Trump’s declarations, such as his call to build wall on the border with Mexico and his suggestion to block Muslims from entering the USA — that they do not believe that Trump really means this, nevertheless, they will vote for him.

What does one make of people discounting the assertions of a candidate, particularly provocative assertions I might add, and yet supporting him? Do these supporters think that this is a large-scale reality show?

Here is my theory. Trump supporters are divided into two overlapping— and overwhelmingly white—groups.

There are the right-wing irrationalists who are ideologically committed to backing virtually each and every word of their candidate. They see Trump as the champion of their revenge-seeking politics, hoping to “Make America White Again.” The second group is made up of people who are scared to death and want to shake things up, yet shake things up in a particular way. They don’t want a woman to be elected President and they don’t want what they perceive to be ‘more of the same.’ They are scared of the changing demographics of the United States; they’re scared about their economic precariousness; they’re scared about a world that they cannot understand, let alone control. Trump represents the equivalent of rolling the dice and hoping that they don’t come up “snake eyes.”

This second group is living in a world of self-deception. There is no reason for anyone to disbelieve Trump.

At a minimum his rhetoric is inflammatory and erratic.

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Raynard Jackson says that if the party wants to prove to Blacks that they are serious about real engagement with the Black community, they would be meeting and engaging with people like Odysseus Lanier, Ron Langston, Allegra McCullough, and Fred McClure.

By Raynard Jackson, NNPA News Wire Columnist Imagine the Chicago Bulls of the NBA during the early Michael Jordan years. He was their top draft pick in the 1984 NBA draft. Jordan’s early years were filled with many, lows before he experienced the joys of winning six NBA championships.

During the Bulls’ down years, can you imagine Jordan’s first two coaches, Kevin Loughery or Stan Albeck, reaching out to student basketball players from the University of Illinois to ask them how to correct the Bulls’ problems on the court?

Do you think the Bulls would have gathered together five guys who played basketball at the local recreation center to get their thoughts on what the Bulls needed to do? The guys at the rec center always dreamed of playing professionally, but for whatever reasons, never got close to fulfilling their childhood dreams.

I am sure that Jordan and his teammates would have openly rebelled if this had happened with them. I am also quite sure they would have been greatly insulted and would probably have all sought to play for other teams.

As improbable as this scenario is for most people to believe, this happens all the time within the Republican Party when it comes to the rare engagement with the Black community.

One need look no further than Trump’s meeting last week with a few unknown Black Republicans. The meeting was with members of the Black and Latino communities. I am focusing only on the Blacks in attendance, simply because I have more first-hand knowledge about the Black community.

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

Dr. Marcus D. Davidson, Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

WORSHIP SERVICES & BIBLE STUDY Sunday .................................................... 7:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

Where the kingdom of God is increased through Fellowship.

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

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

Rev. Dr. Jimmie L. Brown Senior Pastor

SERVICES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Obituaries James C. Boyd Funeral Home BROWN Funeral services for the late Cordel Lamar Brown – 32 were held Aug. 27 at Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church with Rev. Michael Wilson officiating. Interment: Glenwood Memorial Cemetery, Riviera Beach, Fla.

Mount Calvary Baptist Church

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

Reverend Anthony Burrell, Pastor SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SUNDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Farewell to Deacon J.P. Facyson. Deacon Facyson was born October 30, 1931, he left this earth on Saturday, August 6, 2016; he was 85. Services were held Saturday, August 13, 2016 at Gay’s Hill Baptist Church in Millen, Ga., Reverend Larry Cone, pastor. Born in Millen, Ga., he came to Fort Lauderdale in 1951 and later started his own lawn business until his retirement. In 2005, he moved back to Millen, Ga.

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Question: Who is the author of the Bible?

ANSWER: Technically, the Bible is one book, but it is comprised of many books. The Bible was written by at least 40 different authors, covering a period of 1500 years. Please note that the majority of the 40 authors never saw or heard of each other. Yet its unity and message are so apparent it is very easy to think of it having just one author. That isn’t anything but the power of God himself. Hallelujah. 2 Timothy 3:16 says that ‘All scripture is given by the inspiration of God’. The Holy Scriptures (although the word bible doesn’t appear in the Scriptures) was written in three original biblical languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

Of the Sixty-six (66) books in the Bible fifty-five (55) are identified by tradition and history. Eleven (11) books whose authors are not known are: Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Esther, Job, and Hebrews (many preachers, theologians, historians, biblical scholars, etc. vehemently claims that Paul is the author of Hebrews).

It is most interesting of the variety of occupational backgrounds which are represented by those authors who are known: Two of the writers were kings – David and Solomon

Reverend Deal Two were priest – Jeremiah and Ezekiel Luke was a Doctor Two were fishermen – Peter and John Two were shepherds – Moses and Amos Paul was a Pharisee and a theologian among other things Daniel was a statesmen Matthew was a tax collector Joshua was a soldier Ezra was a scribe Nehemiah was a butler Reverend David Deal is the senior pastor at Every Christian’s Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Please write to Reverend David Deal in care of the spiritual editor, Westside Gazette, 545 N.W. Seventh Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33311 or email @ David.Deal55@gmail.com

Kids Talk About God How do you sense God’s presence?

By Carey Kinsolving and friends (Part One of Part Six) “I can sense God’s presence through my little brother,” says Cole, 10. For many with little brothers, sensing God’s presence through them would be a most unusual phenomenon. But all things are possible with God. Cole has more: “When I am bored, I can sense God in my mind talking to me. He makes me relax. When I’m in church, I sing to the Lord. He makes me feel like I always want to sing to him.”

We live in a media age where entertainment is available at the flick of a remote control. The idea of being without stimulation long enough to quiet our minds and hear God seems like an idyllic notion only conceivable for people who lived before the modern age. Nowadays we think we don’t have time to wait on God and hear his voice.

“I know God is around me because when I’m crying, I start to think of good things,” says Carleigh, 9. “When I’m sad, I think of more good things. When I’m very mad, I start to think of wonderful things.”

While some may be waiting for God’s presence in a miracle, Carleigh is enjoying God by taking control of her mind. The Bible says, “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). God gave us emotions, but he also gave us a mind. Your emotions will respond to whatever you think about.

Taking control over your mind and emotions is the first step to sensing God’s presence. The Apostle Paul urged his readers to bring “every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (II Corinthians 10:5).

This kind of vigilance requires aggressive action. As an army general attacks enemy soldiers, we should pursue errant thoughts. Learn your weaknesses. Capture all thoughts contrary to God’s will and put them in prison by claiming Christ’s victory over them. By capturing wayward thoughts today, you’ll be that much closer to experiencing God’s presence and his peace.

“I sense God’s presence through the Bible because it tells how to live and worship God,” says Erick, 10. “It also is God’s living word. It reminds me that God is in my life and guides me.”

Several millennia ago, the Psalmist wrote, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105). People in both the ancient and modern worlds have discovered they can depend on the Bible to lead, direct and guide them into God’s presence. How amazing that the Master of the universe has given us a written record of his workings and ways.

A wise captain wouldn’t think of setting sail without map and compass. Don’t launch out into life’s deep waters before studying God’s life map, the Bible.

Plenty of high adventure awaits those who live in God’s presence. Following the revealed will of God in the Bible keeps us from running aground in life’s shallow waters. If you haven’t noticed, life’s shallows are mired with multitudes living superficial lives.

Think about this: Living in God’s presence rescues us from living in our own presence. If we’re only aware of our own needs, we’ve missed the adventure of living a large life. Living in God’s presence allows us to see new horizons and tap unimagined resources. When Jesus died on the cross for our sins, he not only rescued us from destruction, he rose, ascended and sent his Spirit to live in us.

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Embrace the Culture,” and African Fabric Month is just another fun vehicle to reach people,” says author and designer Lisa Shepard Stewart, the owner of Cultured Expressions.

The month-long celebration encourages a variety of suggested activities and projects that are fun, educational, and culturally relevant. Because it’s primarily geared to people who like to sew, quilt and create (the DIY audience), the one-month time frame gives people of all skill levels enough time to engage in the creation of unique projects. Lisa adds, “Everyone is welcome to participate, and to share their own ideas for African Fabric Month with social media posts to include #AfricanFabricMonth or #SewAfrican.”

Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Contact Lisa at 866-MUDCLOTH (866-6832568) or email lisa@CulturedExpressions.com About Cultured Expressions, Inc. African Fabric Month is sponsored by Cultured Expressions, Inc, a niche business specializing in the creative use of African fabrics for DIY sewing, quilting, craft and home dec projects through workshops, SewJourn™ travel opportunities, lectures, specialty merchandise and more. Cultured Expressions is also the publisher of Fabrigasm®, the Magazine for Lovers of African Textiles.

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Arkansas inmate’s mother still hopes for his rrelease elease after 33 years

PROCTOR

By Avis Thomas-Lester Doris Proctor remembers her fear 33 years ago as she sat behind her 17-year-old son, Terrance, as he as sentenced for participating in several armed robberies.

Bernice Stewart, her mother and Terrance’s grandmother, sat with her. “I just kept praying,” said Doris Proctor, 68, of Grand Prairie, Texas. “My mother was praying. We were hoping that the judge would have mercy.”

Terrance Proctor has been imprisoned in the Arkansas Department of Correction since he received 200 years plus life “at hard labor” on January 15, 1983– two weeks before he turned 18-years-old.

The judge called Proctor a public threat. His supporters call his sentence excessive because he never committed physical violence against any of the robbery victims.

Proctor was not sentenced to life without parole, but the length of his prison term means he likely will spend the rest of his life behind bars unless he successfully appeals his release.

His chances are slim because Arkansas administrators grant release to few inmates. The Arkansas parole board has recommended Proctor’s freedom four times, but governors have balked, records show.

Like many offenders, Proctor has been imprisoned for more than three decades for juvenile crimes that did not involve assault, rape, molestation or murder, experts said. In some jurisdictions, offenders have done that much time for property crimes.

It could not be determined how many inmates are serving lengthy sentences for juvenile offenses. However, among 159,000 people serving life sentences in 2012, 7,862 were juveniles when sentenced to life, according to the Sentencing Project in Washington, D.C. Another 2,498 were minors when sentenced to life without parole.“ The next frontier in this work is to try to get legislators who make sentencing laws and judges who apply those laws to understand that juveniles should have the opportunity to be released within a reason able amount of time,” said Rhonda Brownstein, legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama.

Proctor was charged in late 1982 with armed holdups at a high school custodian’s office, a uniform shop, a jeans store, a cab company and several gas stations.

He drove the getaway car in a purse snatching. Proctor was involved in a robbery in which shots were fired at a car pursuing him and his accomplice, records show. He said his accomplice fired to flatten the vehicle’s tires to disable it. None of his other charges involved a weapon being fired.

Proctor told Urban News Service that he pleaded guilty to 10 counts of aggravated robbery because he was remorseful, though he didn’t commit some of these offenses. The Proctors said Terrance’s lawyer told them the judge would be lenient if he admitted guilt.

Doris Proctor, a nurse, reminisced about her son’s life as she sat in court that fateful morning. She had divorced his father and raised “Terry” and

Elections vs hurricanes, pick your poisons (Cont'd from FP) A tropical storm (crucial lying machine) forms when the concentrated continuous winds (spiteful lies) have intensified to between 39-73 mph(people). It becomes better organized and begins to take the form of a hurricane (vicious Political Action Committee [PAC] of degenerates) with a circular shape (can’t tell where they start or will finish). At this point, the storm (unethical PAC) is given a name.

The majority of the harms from tropical storms (crucial lying machine) come from heavy rainfall (misrepresented truths seeded by money).

A hurricane (a machine of lies built for political power) finally forms when surface pressures (lies encourage by money and church backing) continue to drop and when unrelenting wind (free flowing dollars) speeds reach 74 mph (pulpits). There is also a definite rotation about the eye (dollars passed around).

Of course hurricanes come in different categories with differing amounts of destructive power. It’s destruction is obvious to the environment and unseen to the population until social chaos has spilled over into the streets.

Category 1 (first time elected official who refuse to take advice): Winds range from 74 to 95 mph and can be expected to product some minor damage to property. Category 2 (Two term politician who has started to take bribes and their election hinged on under the table dealings): Winds range from 96 to 110 mph and can be expected to product extensive property damage.

Category 3 (A seasoned poli-trick-ian brought and paid for illegally): Winds ranging from 111 to 130 mph cause significant damage to property, humans, and animals. Category 4 (A politrick-ian who knows nothing else but money, money, money): Winds range from 131 to 155 mph and can cause catastrophic damage to property, humans, and animals. Category 4 hurricanes often include long-term power outages and water shortages lasting from a few weeks to a few months. Category 5 (A Donald Duck Trump wanna be, bought and paid for by selfish greed, heartless and motivated by foolish pride): Winds at or greater than 155 mph cause catastrophic damage to property, humans, and animals. Complete or almost-complete destruction of mobile homes, frame homes, apartments, and shopping centers, and nearly all trees in the area will be snapped or uprooted. Power outages can last for weeks and possibly months. Long-term water shortages should be expected as well, and most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months.

Hurricane season is in full swing and these are the first of the elections to come!

“Dear God there is not a storm or a human who can undo what you have already planned and for that I say thank You for being the One who created both. In You I will trust. Amen.”

LET THE WINDS BLOW AND LET MAN LIE. GOD’S WILL PREVAILS!

his sister, Kim, with the help of her parents and nine siblings.

Problems started when Terrance reached adolescence. She took him to counseling. He refused to take ADHD medication because of its side effects.

Doris learned of Terrance’s November 1982 arrest from a friend who saw police detain him.”

There are potentially 10 life sentences here,” Judge Floyd J. Lofton told Proctor, according to a court transcript. “ I don’t think there’s much doubt about it, Mr. Proctor, you’re going to spend the rest of your life in the Department of Correction. Do you understand that?

“Yes, sir,” Proctor said, not understanding at all. He and his mother still believed that his lawyer would arrange a deal with the court.

And you’re pleading guilty?”

Lofton asked. “Yes, sir.” “How old are you?” Lofton asked.

Seventeen,” Proctor said.

Doris Proctor asked Lofton to consider her son’s psychiatric problems, drug use and abusive father. Proctor admitted guilt.

However, Lofton was not moved. “Mr. Proctor, it is my intention that when you get out of the penitentiary you [will] be an old man,” Lofton said.

“My intention is to keep you

there for most of the rest of your life.”

Doris Proctor is still praying for her son – that a lawyer will come forth to help him, that he will be safe. She still has nightmares about him being stabbed in prison several years ago.

She thinks his debt to society has been paid.

“My greatest hope is that I stay here long enough that I see him live as a free man,” she said. “I pray that he will have a chance to experience some of his life outside of prison.”TERRANCE

Sharpton eulogizes George Curry: ’I have fought a good fight' (Cont'd from FP) The Rev. Al Sharpton gave a eulogy of the Black press journalist, columnist, commentator and editor that soared from a touching and sometimes humorous tribute to a fiery sermon that shook the sanctuary. Stately Black journalists and publishers were among those moved by the Spirit as Sharpton’s message pointed largely to how they must now escalate their voices as they continue telling the story.

“There were many Black writers that have gone mainstream. But George Curry made mainstream go Black,” said Sharpton to applause. “He was smart enough to play the game and stay in certain newsrooms.

But he chose not to do that because he chose the path of why Black Press started in the first place.”

Sharpton was eluding to the first Black Press editorial, published in the 1827 inau-gural

edition of Freedom’s Journal.

That editorial stated, “We wish to plead our own cause. For too long have others spoken for us.”

Curry, who died of heart failure August 20, started his career at Sports Illustrated, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Chicago Tribune. But he died as a hero, having found his calling in the Black Press.

He was editor-in-chief of his beloved Emerge Magazine for seven years until it went defunct. Then he took up the banner becoming editor-inchief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA), the Black Press of America. When he died, he had founded Emergenewsonline.com, a digital version of the hard copy magazine, which he never gave up hope to revive.

“If we love him, we will keep Emerge News Online going,” Sharpton said. “I don’t know what it will cost. I don’t know what it will be, but I want to be

the first to help Ann keep that work going...I’m going to write the first check.”

Curry’s fiancée, Elizabeth “Ann” Ragland, looked on from the audience. Earlier, she had spoken, saying, how much Curry loved and valued his family, especially his mother, Mrs. Martha Brownlee and she reflected on his contagious sense of humor. Then, recalling his final moments, she said, “On last Saturday, my voice was the last person that George heard as I tried to keep him here with us. But there was a voice much stronger than mine, a voice that no person can say no to, a voice that even George Curry could not say no to...That voice is going to speak to us all.”

Curry’s death hit the journalistic community particularly hard as it came amidst one of the most controversial and heated presidential elections in history. Sharpton made clear where the Black Press must go from here.

“George Curry left us in a critical time in history,” Sharpton said. “In five months will be the first time in American history that we will see a White succeed a Black president. We’ve never been here before...which means those of us who write the story are going to have to follow a script that’s never been written before. If we ever needed a strong independent, but ethical Black Press, we’re going to need it now,” he said.

Dozens of Black publishers, writers, photographers, former interns and mentees, mostly from NNPA, took up the first two pews of the church. The sanctuary was also packed with hundreds of people, including his family and Tuscaloosa residents who came to say farewell to their hometown hero.

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Race, ethnicity affect kids’ access to mental health care, study finds (Cont'd from Page 2) Plus, there is a shortage of child psychiatrists across the country, and Black and Hispanic families often live in the most underserved areas.

“There are problems of access all around,” said Harold Pincus, vice chair of psychiatry at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons.

“We have to change the way we do things.”

The findings suggest that lawmakers have focused on trying to improve access to mental health care, but “we can’t rest on our laurels,” said Pincus, who wasn’t affiliated with the study. He also noted that treating white children’s level of access as the golden standard is probably unwise, since research suggests they also receive inadequate care.

One of the study’s clear messages, argued Woolhandler, is that racial minorities received markedly less care — regardless of socioeconomic or health status. The gap suggests a targeted intervention is needed.

The study highlights a need to ensure doctors know how to counsel patients of different racial backgrounds and will do so, said Benjamin Le Cook, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, who was also not affiliated with the study. Ending racial and cultural disparities in access to care is a more pressing concern than erasing the stigmas about mental illness in minority communities, he said.

That’s especially relevant given minorities are less likely to be treated by doctors of their ethnicity. In addition, research suggests that mental health specialists sometimes discriminate based on race when seeing patients.

“It has to do with experiences people in the community have had that haven’t matched their expectations or aligned with problems they’re having,” LeCook said. “Cultural stigma is a factor, but not the main one.”

Beyond better training, more funds are needed for resources like community health centers, which often serve Black and Hispanic patients, Woolhandler said.

“I see these great people trying to work in community mental health, but they need more resources to do their job,” she said.

But, the research doesn’t account for other areas where

minorities may access mental health services, Pincus noted.

Churches and social service agencies, for instance, may be filling some of the void and wouldn’t be accounted for by the survey data.

Researchers and policymakers should explore those sectors, he said, to see if they could be better leveraged to help people get connected to care they’ll actually trust. As experts try to bolster the mental health

system — both to improve access across the board and also to close race-based gaps — they need to use a multipronged approach, pulling in different kinds of caregivers than those who might normally treat mental illness.

“There’s all kinds of ways by which the mental health system doesn’t play a role in helping people,” he said. “Family and community supports, social services — they’re all part of the

picture.”

This article was reprinted from Kaiser Health News with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization un-affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

Twenty three year-old becomes youngest mayor in city of Brighton’s history (Cont'd from Page 3) Dean said he’s ready to get to work.

“I know exactly what we have to do,” he said. “I have made contact with city hall, the police chief to make sure they are able to reach me and heads of departments are able to reach

me to begin discussions about what they want to happen in the next administration.”

In other area elections, Edward May II and Johnnie Wyatt are headed to an Oct. 4 runoff in Fairfield after competition in a six-person field. However, the city will have a new council president after Eddie Penny

defeated incumbent Darnell Gardner.

In Homewood, incumbent Mayor Scott McBrayer was reelected overwhelmingly; in Midfield, incumbent Mayor Gary Richardson was reelected; in Hoover, Frank Brocato unseated incumbent Mayor Gary Ivey with 51.8 percent of the vote in a three-man race.

Black-Girl-Magic.com turns Hashtag into global empo werm en or y outh empow ermen entt ffor yo (Cont'd from Page 3) The site’s founder is a children’s book author who has produced positive images for Black girls since 2009, through her Ava Books. It was her dream

to reach Black children around the world to give them increased empowerment opportunities to make their dreams come true. She sees Black-GirlMagic.com as an excellent platform to accomplish this goal.

CDC Data should spur action (Cont'd from FP) But, clearly, we must do more. Many of our current efforts address key factors that can place any young person at risk. There are some proven school-based interventions that reduce negative outcomes for youth, but few have been evaluated among LGB youth.

Research that helps to rapidly develop effective school, community, and parent-based interventions could lay the groundwork for reducing the painful and untenable disparities among students.

Greater understanding of the many and varied needs of our young people can help us create and maintain communities

where all young people can experience adolescence without threats of violence or bullying so that all can have the full opportunity to become healthy and productive adults.

“Our mission is empowers girls (and boys) of color to achieve their dreams. Whether it’s in sports, entertainment, academics or having just plain fun, we want to give Black children the tools that they need to be successful.”

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Gene Wilder, star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and Mel Brooks Classics, dies at 83 The comic actor was at his best in ‘The Producers,’ ‘Blazing Saddles’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ and teamed with Richard Pryor in four films.

Gene Wilder, the leading man with the comic flair and frizzy hair known for teaming with Mel Brooks on the laughout-loud masterpieces The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, has died, his family announced. He was 83.

The two-time Oscar nominee also starred as a quirky candy man in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and in four films alongside stand-up legend Richard Pryor.

Wilder’s nephew, Jordan Walker-Pearlman, said that the actor died Sunday night at home in Stamford, Conn., after a three-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

“The decision to wait until this time to disclose his condition wasn’t vanity,” WalkerPearlman said, “but more so that the countless young children who would smile or call out to him, ‘There’s Willy Wonka,’ would not have to be then exposed to an adult referencing illness or trouble and causing delight to travel to worry, disappointment or confusion. He simply couldn’t bear the idea of one less smile in the world.”

His nephew noted that when Wilder passed, a recording of Ella Fitzgerald singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” was playing. She was one of his favorite artists.

Wilder will forever be remembered for his ill-fated Hollywood romance with Gilda Radner. Less than two years after they were married, the popular Saturday Night Live

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Gene Wilder star was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and died on May 20, 1989, at age 42.

In 1963, the Milwaukee native appeared on Broadway opposite Anne Bancroft in Jerome Robbins’ Mother Courage and Her Children. The actress introduced Wilder to Brooks, her future husband, and the couple invited him to Fire Island, where he got a look at the first 30 pages of a screenplay titled Springtime for Hitler.

“Three years went by, never heard from [Brooks],” Wilder told Larry King in a 2002 interview. “I didn’t get a telegram. I didn’t get a telephone call. And I’m doing a play called Love on Broadway, matinee, taking off my makeup.

“Knock-knock on the door, I open the door. There’s Mel. He said, ‘You don’t think I forgot, do you? We’re going to do Springtime for Hitler. But I can’t just cast you. You’ve got to meet [star] Zero [Mostel] first, tomorrow at 10 o’clock.’ “[The next day] the door opens. There’s Mel. He says come on in. ‘Z, this is Gene.

Gene, this is Z. And I put out my hand tentatively. And Zero grabbed my hand, pulls me to him and kisses me on the lips.

All my nervousness went away.

And then we did the reading and I got the part. And every

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thing was fine.”

Springtime for Hitler, of course, would become The Producers (1968), written and directed by Brooks. For his portrayal of stressed-out accountant Leopold Bloom in his first major movie role, Wilder earned an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor.

Brooks cast Gig Young for the part of the washed-up gunfighter The Waco Kid in Blazing Saddles (1974), but the actor, who was an alcoholic, got sick playing his first scene and had to be taken away by ambulance.

“I called Gene and said, ‘What do I do?’” Brooks recalled in a 2014 interview with Parade magazine. “Gene said, ‘Just get a horse for me to try out and a

costume that fits and I’ll do it.’

And he flew out and he did it.

Saved my life.”

While working on Blazing Saddles, Wilder fiddled with an outline he had written for Young Frankenstein and asked Brooks to do it with him. Wilder played Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, who creates a monster just like his grandfather did, and he and Brooks shared a screenplay Oscar nom for the 1974 classic, released in theaters just 10 months after Blazing Saddles.

(It was Wilder’s idea to have Frankenstein and his monster, played by Peter Boyle, do the song-and-dance number, “Puttin’ on the Ritz.”)

Said Brooks in a statement: “Gene Wilder, one of the truly

great talents of our time, is gone. He blessed every film we did together with his special magic. And he blessed my life with his friendship. He will be so missed.”

For the 1971 musical fantasy based on Roald Dahl’s 1964 book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fred Astaire and Joel Grey were recommended for the role of Willy Wonka. But director Mel Stuart wanted Wilder.

“He had been in The Producers, but he wasn’t a superstar,” Stuart told the Washington Post in 2005. “I looked at him and I knew in my heart there could only be one person who could play Willy Wonka.

He walked to the elevator after he read and I ran after him and I said, ‘As far as I’m concerned, you’ve got it.’”

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A conversation with Dr. J. Randall Marshall

By Lawrence Knight Westside Gazette

consistently toward their goals and dedicates themselves to development of their craft.”

When I first picked up the phone to call Dr. Marshall for our prescheduled interview, I had intended on asking him a series of prewritten questions I thought would give readers interesting insight into what it’s like being a dentist. Though we did speak about his career a bit, what was supposed to be a 20 minute interview quickly evolved into an hour long conversation about life, family,

‘’According to Webster’s dictionary the word ‘excellence’ is defined as the quality of being outstanding or extremely good… What we can learn from Webster’s is excellence by definition isn’t about what you do, it’s how you do it and even more so why you do it.

You don’t have to be a lawyer or doctor to achieve excellence. Excellence is a quality that can be obtained by anyone who works

education and the importance of helping others.

During our conversation, I quickly realized that Dr. Marshall isn’t a man who is defined by his profession. In fact he decided to pursue a career in dentistry to fulfill his true childhood passion of helping others.

Dr. Marshall stated, “I knew at a young age I wanted to help people; dentistry is just how I go about doing it.” As far as legacy is concerned, Dr. Marshall wants to be remembered by how he treated others; he

Serious infections tied to suicide risk S tudy suggests biological basis for suicide among those with serious infections.

People hospitalized for serious infections may face an increased risk of dying by suicide, and researchers suspect there’s a biological reason for it.

In a study of over 7 million people, Danish researchers found that those who’d been hospitalized for infections were 42 percent more likely to die of suicide compared to people with no history of serious infection.

People hospitalized for HIV/ AIDS or the liver infection hepatitis showed the highest risk — more than twice that of people without those diseases, the study found.

Although the study couldn’t prove a cause-and-effect link, the study authors and at least one other brain health expert think the increased risk of suicide after infection might not simply reflect the psychological impact of serious illness. Instead, infections might directly contribute to suicide risk by causing inflammation in the brain.

“We know that inflammation can cause depression symptoms,” said Dr. Lena Brundin.

She’s an associate professor at the Van Andel Research Institute’s Center for Neurodegenerative Science in Grand Rapids, Mich.

That, she said, is based on evidence from both animals and humans. For example, the drug interferon revs up the immune system’s inflammatory response, and up to 45 percent of patients develop depression during treatment, according to Brundin. Interferon is used to treat certain infections and some cancers, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The new study is important, in part, because it’s huge, according to Brundin. She said it strengthens the case that smaller studies have made: Depression, and suicidal behavior, may be inflammatory disorders to some degree.

Brundin wrote an editorial published with the findings Aug. 10 in JAMA Psychiatry.

For the study, researchers used Denmark’s system of national registries to comb through data on over seven million people who lived in the country between 1980 and 2011. During that time, over 800,000 — or 11 percent — were hospitalized for an infection, including HIV, hepatitis or infections of the lungs, digestive system, skin or blood.

Based on death certificates, nearly 32,700 people died of suicide during the 32-year study period. Almost onequarter of them had ever been hospitalized for an infection, the study showed.

When the researchers dug further, they found that people hospitalized for most kinds of infection had an elevated rate of suicide — pregnancy-related infections being the only exception.

And the more infections people had contracted, or the longer their treatment course, the higher their suicide risk.

“There are many potential mechanisms that might link infections to death by suicide,” said lead researcher Helene Lund-Sorensen. She’s from the Mental Health Center Copenhagen in Denmark.

Lund-Sorensen said her team tried to account for as many as possible — including whether people with infections had additional health conditions, were lower-income or had ever been diagnosed with depression or substance abuse.

Even then, there was a statistical link between infections and increased suicide risk. That, according to Lund-Sorensen, implies that psychiatric disorders “may only explain parts of the association.”

She agreed that there could be a biological connection between serious infections and suicide, including the effects of inflammation.

Inflammation is part of the immune system’s response to injury and infection. But when those inflammatory chemicals build up, there can be negative effects, too. If they infiltrate the central nervous system, there can be “profound effects on brain chemistry,” Brundin said.

Studies have found that people who are clinically depressed

Children exposed to Hepatitis C may be missing out on treatment

By Elana Gordon, WHYY Several times a month, Jessica Wen, a pediatrician specializing in liver diseases, has a teenager show up at her clinic at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with an unexpected diagnosis: hepatitis C. Hepatitis C virus, or HCV, is the most common bloodborne infection in the U.S. and a leading cause of liver failure and cancer. Injection drug use is a common risk factor, as is receiving a blood transfusion before 1992. But some of the teens Wen sees picked up the illness another way: at birth, from their mothers.

“I have diagnosed moms after diagnosing the kids,” Wen said, referring to mothers who have hepatitis C, didn’t know it and then passed it to their babies during childbirth. Wen estimates that about 1 or 2 of every 1,000 young children have chronic hepatitis C. A study by the Philadelphia Department of Health points to what Wen and others in the medical profession see as a worrisome trend: Children with hepatitis C may be unaware of their diagnosis and the potential need for treatments down the road in order to prevent longterm liver damage.

Using city surveillance data, the study found that as many as 8 in 10 children at high risk for hepatitis C exposure in Philadelphia were never screened for the condition. More specifically, of the approximately 500 moms-to-be who were registered as having hepatitis C between 2011 and 2013, only

Some children have hepatitis C and the parents don’t realize it.

84 of their newborns, or about 16 percent, were tested for the virus by 20 months of age.

“Sixteen percent is really low,” said Danica Kuncio, lead author of the study. “When you think about children, you hope that the number would be 100 percent, that it should be in the interest of every provider to be doing the best they can to get information to the next provider.”

Kuncio, an epidemiologist with the city, worries that people who don’t know they contracted hepatitis C as babies won’t get the health care they need or realize they could spread the virus to others through blood-to-blood contact.

It’s a concern intensified by a rise in both injection drug use and hepatitis C among women of childbearing age, she said.

“It’s a call to arms to figure out how we can do this better,” said Dr. Michael Narkewicz,

who specializes in pediatric liver diseases and hepatitis C at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Not so long ago, the lack of drugs to cure hepatitis C made screening less of a priority. But in 2013, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first of several drugs that effectively eliminate the virus.

Now, with access to these expensive medicines, the condition has gone from chronic and debilitating to curable.

Narkewicz and others say the next frontier is to prove these treatments are safe and effective in children. Clinical trials are underway, and he thinks the drugs could become available for children in the next year or two.

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or have attempted suicide tend to have heightened levels of inflammatory immune-system chemicals in their blood, spinal fluid and brain, according to Brundin.

Still, none of that proves that infections, or inflammation, directly contribute to suicide.

Brundin said more definitive evidence could come from treatment trials testing the effects of anti-inflammatory medications.

There are already such studies underway, she noted.

One trial is looking at whether adding an anti-inflammatory drug called sirukumab to antidepressant treatment helps ease symptoms of major depression.

Lund-Sorensen said her team is also planning to study whether less-serious infections are related to suicide risk, too.

“Our research, [along with] others’, will hopefully in time clarify the role of infections and inflammatory diseases in suicide,” Lund-Sorensen said.

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values people above everything else.

As our discussion progressed, Dr. Marshall spoke on the vital role his family played in nurturing his passion at a young age. He received an abundance of support from both his mother and father throughout his childhood, which helped him develop a strong sense of moral character. Dr. Marshall’s parents also served as a major source of inspiration for him when he decided to enroll at the College of Charleston to study biology.

He later graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology.

After receiving his degree Dr. Marshall quickly enrolled into dental school at the Medical University of South Carolina where he received a Doctorate of Dental Medicine degree after completing his residency. “The main reason I was able to finish my education was the fact that I didn’t want to let the people who invested in me down. I didn’t want them to feel like they had wasted their time.”

When I asked Dr. Marshall about the specifics of his college education, he humbly paid homage to the professional mentors he understudied with during his training. They’re guidance provided Dr. Marshall with an

opportunity to receive handson experience alongside working professionals. He emphasized how his mentorship was an invaluable experience, because it taught him the ins and outs of his profession.

Nowadays, you can find Dr. Marshall working alongside his staff in his dental office in Charlotte, N.C. where he continues to provide outstanding dental care to each and every one of his patients. Dr. Marshall and his staff have committed themselves to creating a pristine environment where patients don’t feel like they’re in a medical office. He explained, “…we hired an interior decorator to help us design our office. We considered every single detail down to the smell of the office… patients are able to watch television on flat screens and access Wi-Fi, while they wait in a comfortable environment to be seen by our staff.”

On behalf of the entire Westside Gazette family, I would like to extend a special thanks to Dr. Marshall for setting aside time to speak with me. I would also like to personally thank him for his lifelong commitment to helping people and wish him continued success in his pursuit of excellence.

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President Obama to deliver final keynote at 46th ALC Phoenix Awards Dinner Event to Honor Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton, U.S. Representatives Charles B. Rangel and Marcia L. Fudge, Business Magnate and Philanthropist Robert F. Smith, and Emanuel A.M.E. Church in honor of the “Emanuel Nine” for their strong commitment and contributions to improve the well-being of African-American communities through their leadership and service.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF) today an-nounced that President Barack Obama will deliver his seventh and final keynote address at its 46th Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) Phoenix Awards Dinner.

The event is scheduled for 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The evening’s

co-emcees will be Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, and actress Sanaa Lathan, who has a new show premiering this fall on FOX. Honorary co-chairs of this year’s conference are U.S. Representatives Karen Bass of California and Lacy Clay of Missouri.

“President Obama is our nation’s most influential and demonstrable voice. We are

honored to have him speak at the Phoenix Awards dinner,” said R. Donahue Peebles, chairman of the CBCF board of directors. “In the face of great challenges, his historic two terms in office have strengthened America’s resolve to close the persistent gaps between the daily realities and the actual well-being and security of African Americans.”

The Phoenix Award is the

Awar d winning P eter London Global Dance ard Pe Com pan y kic ks of w season wit h ‘Miami Compan pany kick offf ne new with South Florida’s most electrifying choreographers & dancers showcase MIAMI, FL – On Aug. 29, 2016 St. John’s on the Lake and Peter London Global Dance Company, Inc. (PLGDC) proudly presented “Miami Global Dance Night”, their fifth anniversary celebration. This electrifying showcase of Peter London Global Dance Company choreographers and dancers will be held on Sept. 10, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., St. John On The Lake, 4760 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach, Fla. Peter London serves as the founder and artistic director of Miami’s premiere multicultural dance troupe, and is set to fire up the holiday season with five world premieres of dynamic, luscious and off the table contemporary choreography based on the Tango by national and international dance stars from Miami. The choreographers, who are South Florida natives working with international renowned dance companies, are

thrilled to share their amazing gifts with family, friends and the South Florida community they call home.

These electrifying works of art by some of today’s cutting edge choreographers include “Steppe Tango” by Armando Gonzalez, principal dancer with the Geneva Ballet, Switzerland.

“Frosties” by Justin Rapaport, dancer with Ballet BC (Vancouver, British Columbia).

PLGDC artistic director, Peter London will present several electrifying works including the soul moving “Rain & Wings” danced by the spectacular Sasha Caicedo to hauntingly and spiritually inspiring music based on Native American Indian musical constructs and dances accompanied by Caribbean and Latin contemporary music. Dancing throughout the evening, principal dancer, YuMien Wu is not to be missed as one of South Florida’s leading

CBCF’s highest honor, presented to individuals whose extraordinary achievements strengthen communities and improve the lives of individuals, families, and communities, nationally and globally.

“We are extremely proud of the leadership, civic engagement and commitment shown by this year’s honorees-and salute their efforts to promote empowerment and respect for and among all people,” said CBCF president and CEO, A. Shuanise Washington. “Our honorees embody the foundation’s 40-year commitment to raise awareness and address the challenges African Americans face every day in education, health care, minority business development and entrepreneurship.”

This year’s distinguished honorees are as follows:

* Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton will receive the inaugural Trailblazer Award, in recognition of becoming the first woman presidential nominee of a major party in the United States and her remarkable contributions to the nation. The Trailblazer

Award recognizes a leader who is the first, in his or her chosen field, to make a global or national groundbreaking achievement and whose vision, perseverance and lifework has created opportunities for African Americans and minorities.

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contemporary dancers of sensational technical excellence and passion.

General admission tickets are $25. Seniors and students with ID $20. For ticket reservations call (469) 347-0008 or information about the PLGDC, visit www.plgdc.org.

A thought bubble shows the cartoon version of Clinton thinking: “I ain’t no ways tired of pandering to African Americans.”

“Black Americans, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTES and letting me use you again.. See you again in 4 years,” Burns tweeted with the picture.

As Trump has attempted to expand his outreach to Black voters in recent weeks, he has enlisted the help of Burns, an evangelical televangelist.

On Saturday, Trump will speak at an African-American church in Detroit. The GOP

nominee will also be interviewed by Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, which will air on an

African-American owned and operated Christian TV network.

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