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VOLUME 2 NUMBER 20 NOVEMBER 1-15, 2012 RACINE, WISCONSIN [email protected]

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At an early age, Pam Stevens decided because of herupbringing that she was going to stay away from politics.

“My father was a precinct captain in Chicago for mostof my childhood, so I grew up in the political world,which is one of the reasons I said I would never beinvolved in politics because of all the drama associatedwith it,” Stevens said.

Today, that’s just not the case.Although Wisconsin State Senate District 22 hopeful

Pam Stevens said politics was not on her to-do list grow-ing up, her family’s involvement in the community stillmanaged to influence and inspire her.

“It took me years to figure out that God was preparingme for the very thing I shied away from,” Stevens said.“Watching and listening to my father, I learned that theelected officials worked for me – the citizen – and that itwas up to me – the citizen – to make sure they remem-bered that.”

Stevens said she comes from a family of communityactivists so the draw to politics was inevitable.

“My mom was a Union Teamster Steward for 20 years,and my grandmother was very active in her community inMound Bayou, Mississippi as well as Chicago when shemoved there,” Stevens said.

She added that her uncle is a former state representa-tive in Illinois.

Throwing her hat in the Senate ringStevens served on the Kenosha Unified School Board

in several capacities, including president, for nearly a

She’s not your typical

Republican candidate

Upper photo: Gloria Rogers and MaryTotero, a member of “Turn Up TheVote,” register a voter on the corner ofTaylor Ave. and 16th Street. Thegroup has been canvasing that cornerand the Workforce DevelopmentCenter for the past months.Left photo: Cassandra Willis, 18, aGateway student signs a gaint cardthat calls for politicians to keep theirhands off Medicare and Medicaid.

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Racine Insider News, November 1-15, 2012

You can tell a lot about someone basedon the political signs they display in their

front yard. Andsometimes you can learn things from thesigns that they don’t display.

Alderman James Kaplan is a goodexample of this. You never see the politi-cal signs of his fellow Republicans in hisyard when he himself is running for elec-

tion, but they’re openly displayed in theyears when he’s not. He’s not running inthis election and his yard is filled withRepublican campaign posters.

Does he have some concern that thevoters in the 4th Aldermanic District(which is comprised of 65% minorities)will be less supportive of his candidacy ifhe openly displays his Republican alle-giance?

That seems to reveal a distrust of thevoters is District 4, as if they wouldmindlessly vote against a candidate whois openly Republican. Now, historically,over the last 4 decades, the “minorityvote” has gone strongly in favor ofDemocratic candidates, and with goodreason. The Democrats have beenstaunch supporters of the social safety netprograms that many minorities have hadto rely on while struggling through thefrustrations of less than equal opportuni-ties.

While we appreciate and are inspiredby the message of self-determination andpersonal responsibility that is a favoriteslogan of the Republicans, the social pro-grams that support minorities (and aneven larger number of disenfranchisedwhites) remain necessary until the goal ofequal opportunity is attained.

Let’s discuss that topic of equal oppor-tunity for a moment. Regular readers ofthis paper are now aware of the racial dis-crimination that has been working behindthe scenes in this city. That discrimina-tion is particularly evident, and docu-mented, in the matter of city issued liquorlicenses.

Let me be clear, I do not and neverhave condoned unruly or anti-socialbehavior that compromises public safety.That is not the issue. The issue iswhether all establishments holding liquorlicenses in Racine have been treatedequally. That can only be answered witha resounding NO! The forced closing of14 minority owned taverns in less than 7years, while white owned establishmentswith worse public safety records remainopen without restrictions, speaks foritself.

Beyond being taverns and bars, theseare locally owned and operated, legalbusiness enterprises. As such, they are“business opportunities” and the unequalregulation of these businesses opportuni-ties thus represents a denial of equalopportunity.

Let’s return to Alderman Kaplan for amoment. What has been his role pertain-ing to minority owned tavern businesses?It turns out that he has been an activemember of the Licensing and PublicSafety Committee of the Racine CityCouncil. And that is the committee thathas aggressively pursued closure of theseminority owned businesses.

In the meantime, we now hear thatRepublican County Sheriff, ChristopherSchmaling, has come out with a publicendorsement of Republican Mitt Romneyfor President. We also hear and readreports coming in from all over the coun-try this year of Republican efforts to sup-press voting among people they wouldexpect to vote Democratic, and it appears

that our Sheriff must have gotten the mes-sage.

In past elections, other Sheriff’s havecooperated with the local NAACP’s effortto register inmates who are eligible tovote in elections. As many as 80 eligiblevoters have been allowed to exercise theirconstitutional right (and citizen obliga-tion) to vote through this process.

Republican Sheriff Schmaling hasbarred the NAACP from entering the jailto do this. His response is that he hasaddressed the issue by hanging up somesigns informing detainees to contact thejailer if they want to vote. Only one voterhas been registered under this plan.

If Republicans seriously believe thatthey have the best policies for all citizens,why do they often conceal theirRepublican allegiance, and now attemptto discourage or prevent some citizensfrom voting? I take this as a sign thattheir words do not match their intentions.

Racine Insider News, September 15-30, 2012

Your Vote is Our Voice

Kenneth Lumpkin

“Nobody will everdeprive the American peo-ple of the right to voteexcept the American peoplethemselves, and the onlyway they could do this is bynot voting.” This quote wasspoken by Franklin D.Roosevelt, and we agree.Every year for over eightyears, the students of YouthEmpowered in the Struggle(YES) have organized ayouth-led Get Out the Votecampaign here in Racine.Our message is simple:when you vote, consideryour future. As a 17-year-old student at Horlick HighSchool, the reason why Iparticipate inthe Get Outthe Vote everyelection isbecause vot-ing not onlygives us a voice, but itmakes us all equal. Since Iam underage and I can’tvote, I have taken the libertyto exercise my first amend-ment right of freedom of speech, to goencourage others who can vote to go andcast a vote for me.

Voter suppression has been a part ofAmerican history for as long as this coun-try has been established. The only groupof people who have always held the rightto vote are the white, landowning, males

of this country. Suppression in our historyhas led to repercussions in the turnout ofyoung people, women, and people ofcolor. The group with the lowest turnoutoverall is youth, and that fact troubles usas students. The votes that are being castwill affect our future and our children’sfutures more than anyone’s. The politi-cians put in place, and the policies imple-

mented will affect us over our entire life-times. So we ask our neighbors to votebecause we have faith in our community,and hope in the future. We trust that ourcommunities will turn out to vote and rep-resent our unheard voice.

This Election Day in Racine we will godoor to door with hundreds of young vol-unteers again, focusing on the half of the

City with the lowestvoter turnout. Theseare the same neigh-borhoods where mostof us live and go toschool. We will edu-cate people on theirrights at the polls,how to register,where their pollingplace is, and offerrides for those whoneed them. This pastelection we knockedon over 8,000 doors,and it made a differ-ence. The youth andoverall voter turnoutwent up. This is justthe beginning; wewant to increase thenumber of people inRacine who voteeach year. We rec-ommend that youvote early if you can– just head down toCity Hall on a week-day now throughNovember 2, 8am-4:55pm. You canalso vote early on

Saturday, October 27 between 8am-2:00pm. If you need a free ride, you cancall RIC at 262-635-9532.

On November 6th, Election Day, watchfor us on your block! We hope that you asour community will represent our voice,and vote.

GUEST COMMENTARY

Bryanna Scott, left, wrote the commentary and is a senior at Horlick High School and has been a leader with YouthEmpowered in the Struggle (YES) for three years. YES is the student arm of Voces de la Frontera.

NECKBONEOLOGY

You Can Tell A Lot About A Person By The Sign They Put In Their Yard

An emergency ambulance crossingWisconsin to save the two whistle stop atthe Bray Center Thursday October 25.About 150 others also signed the cards.The 2000-mile journey across Wisconsinwas intended to alerting communities ofthe life-and-death impact of the Medicareand Medicaid changes proposed in theHouse budget written by CongrassmanPaul Ryan

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Racine Insider News,September 15-30, 2012

Al Gardner, an outspoken community leader, is surrounded by his brothers and sisters at his 60th BirthdayParty, held at Gerald’s Steakhouse, located on the corner of Washington Ave. and Ann St. recently. Theevent drew close to 170 indivual wellwishers from throughtout the country. Another Beginning Band, shownbelow, played hits from the 70s and 80s for Gardner’s guests.Gardner fought against the Youth Offender Correctional Pirson being built on Memorial Drive, and fought forRacine First, a policy of Racine residents having first choice for jobs on public improvement projects. He wasalso a strong advocate for the Corrine Reid-Owens project, which would have redeveloped the plot of landnear-by the Corrine Reid-Owens Transit Center on State Street.

Gardner Celebrates 60th Birthday with friends

Racial attitudes may play a greater rolein the 2012 election that it did whenPresident Obama first won in 2008. Anew poll by the Associated Press showsthat racism has actually increased sincethe last presidential election and couldimpact Obama’s chances of keeping theWhite House.

According to The Hill, 51 percent ofthose polled explicitly expressed negativeracial attitudes towards blacks, higherthan the 48 percent who did in 2008.

Analysis of the survey by AP showedthat Obama could lose as many as 5 per-centage points of the popular votebecause of anti-black attitudes.

It also showed that he could gain threepoints from people who have positiveracial attitudes toward blacks, resulting ina net loss of two percentage points,according to AP.

Racial attitudes in the presidential raceTwo points could easily win or lose the

election between Obama and his chal-lenger Mitt Romney. According to dailytracking polls, Romney and Obama arecurrently tied with 48 percent of the pop-ular vote.

“As much as we’d hope the impact ofrace would decline over time … itappears the impact of anti-black sentimenton voting is about the same as it was fouryears ago,” Jon Krosnick, a StanfordUniversity professor who worked with APto develop the survey, told the ChristianScience Monitor.

The newspaper reports that manyAfrican Americans are upset with whatthey see as blatant racism directedtowards the president, pointing to thingslike cartoons or political posters thatmock Obama as a monkey or lynch himin effigy.

“Part of it is growing polarization with-in American society,” Fredrick Harris,director of the Institute for Research inAfrican-American Studies at ColumbiaUniversity, told the CS Monitor.

“The last Democrat in the White Housesaid we had to have a national discussionabout race. There’s been total silencearound issues of race with this president.But, as you see, whether there is silence,or an elevation of the discussion of race,you still have polarization. It will takemore generations, I suspect, before weeliminate these deep feelings.”

Former New Hampshire Gov. JohnSununu was criticized this week for hissuggestion that Colin Powell endorsedObama because of his race.

Racial attitudes remain

from 2008, factor in

presidential election


The Racine Insider News is a community based newspaperpublished in Racine, Wisconsin. The newspaper covers avariety of events that highlight lifestyles in the African-American communities in Southeastern Wisconsin. TheInsider News Wisconsin is a free publication, printed on the1st and 15th of each month and is distributed in over 100locations. All inquiries about advertisement or news shouldbe made five to seven days before the 1st and 15th ofeach month.

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Latoya Fields, Reniyah Bunch, and Rosetta Bunch, pose for a three generationportrait at Walgreen’s Annual Halloween Photo Shoot, Saturday, October 28,at the Walgreen’s store located at 1920 Douglas Avenue. Reniyah, 3, wasdressed as Princess Fiona from “Shrek”, a 2001 American computer-animatedfantasy comedy film produced by DreamWorks. Kenneth Lumpkin, a profes-sional photographer, takes the studio quality photos each Easter, Halloween,and Christmas.

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in several capacities, including president, for nearly a decade. “I decided to take a break from public service, but when I saw all the partisan fight-

ing going on in Madison, my blood boiled. And I knew it was time to make that differ-ence or stop complaining,” Stevens said.

So Stevens, a busy single working mother of five has thrown her hat into the Senaterace against Democratic Senator Bob Wirch in the Nov. 6 election.

Her philosophyStevens expressed her political views as being based on renowned American social

reformer/statesman Frederick Douglass’ philosophy. Douglass was a key figure in theabolitionist movement in the 1800s.

“I am a Frederick Douglass Republican, which is very different from the currentRepublican Party,” Stevens said. “I believe in the same principals Frederick Douglassbelieved in and the same principals the Republican Party was founded on.”

Stevens elaborated on her platform stating that, “First and foremost, I believe inGod. I believe in life, I believe in the constitution, I believe in limited government, andI believe in personal responsibility! I do not believe in the Country Club Republican,and I am anti-establishment.

When I am elected, I will bring jobs to the cities of Kenosha/Racine, Somers andMount Pleasant.”

She added, “I will make sure our streets do not become like Chicago andMilwaukee. I will make sure parents have choices for their children so that we bridgethe achievement gap. I will be a true elected official to the people and bring some civil-ity and respect back to Madison.”

Stevens summed it up by saying she is about results not political parties. “I have a favorite quote, ‘Don’t dismiss a good idea because you don’t like the

source,’” Stevens said. “This is what it boils down to.”


To Hold Election

Voting for officers of the RacineBranch NAACP will take place onNovember 10, 2012 at the JohnBryant Community Center. Currentmembers of the Racine Branch,who have been members for atleast the past 30 days (Since Oct.10, 2012) are eligible to vote. Toexpedite the process of determin-ing voting eligibility, members areasked to present their membershipcard for verification. The poll willbe open from 9:00a.m. – 1:00p.m.

To date, confirmed Candidatesfor Office are: for President:Lawrence Terry and GloriaRogers; 1st Vice President: DonnieSnow; Secretary: Julian Jones;Assistant Treasurer: AnnKirkwood; and ExecutiveCommittee Members at Large:Orven Brown, Beverly Hicks,Maggie Cobb, Pearline W. Terry,Mae Ellis, Earnest J. Garrison,Janet Mitchell. Efforts are current-ly being made to verify the eligi-bility of other candidates. Thefinal slate will be confirmed andposted at the Dr. John BryantCommunity Center by Thursdaybefore the election, and will bealso be submitted to Racine’s dailynewspaper and online newspapersfor publication.

Nikita Lawson the daughter of Wondella Stacy and John Lawson , became the bride of Quinn Days, the son of Brenda Days and

Anthony Days. The Bridesmaids & Groomsmen were Cornetta Stacy and Austin Wray, Stacy Johnson and Desmond Martin and

Omar Young, Tracey Minley and Kyle King, and Crystal Zaehler and James Mathews.

The Flowergirl was Liyah Lynn Lawson and the bide was escorted by David Johnson. Pastor Ernest Garrison officiated the wedding

that was held on Saturday, October 20, 2012, at Wayman AME Church, 424 N. Memorial Drive in Racine.

Quinn/Lawson shares wedding vows before friends and family

Sunday School - 8:45 a.m.Sunday Worship Service - 10:00 a.m.

Sunday NA Meeting 6:30 PMCommunity Dinner 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday: Midweek Worship

6:15 a.m.- 8:15 p.m.Thursday NA Meeting 6:00 PM

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Ministries2130 Racine Street

Racine, WI

619-3027

825 21st Street • RacineSunday School Worship Service 9:00 a.m.Mid Morning Worship Service 10:30 a.m.Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study 12:00 noon

Wednesday Dinner 5:30-6:30p.m.Wednesday Evening Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

Saturday Morning Prayer 8:00 a.m.

Rev. Willie Riley, Senior Pastor262.633.4421

Pastor Tommie Knuckles

christian

Tabernacle

Baptist church

1201 Center Street

Racine, Wis. 53403

(262) 880-6521

Come Worship with us at:

Sunday Worship Service

11:00 AM

Bible Study

Wednesday

6:00 Pm - 8:00 PM

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Pastor Joseph L. & First

Lady Thomas

Joseph L. Thomas, PastorSunday School - 9:00 a.m.

- Sunday Worship Service - 10:30 a.m.Tuesday Prayer Service - 6:00 p.m.

Bible Study - Tuesday 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

New Brighter Day Baptist Church1225 25th Ave., Kenosha, WI

262-552-8090


Melvin HargovePastor

CHURCH DIRECTORY

Hilder Brown, Coordnator for the Jane Cremer Foundation Outrech project, Dr.Craig Emmitt Cole of Gunderson Lutheran Center for Cancer and BloodDisorders, and Darryl Cremer, who started the Foundation in honor of his wife,hosted the annual event, which is intended to bring awareness to how cancercan impact the black woman.The event entitled: “Multiple Myeloma and You. Get the Facts!” drew andaudance of more than 250 people at Roma Lodge, 7130 Spring Street,Thursday, October 18. Below photo: Members of the entire audience partic-pate in light exercises that the instructor said was good for everyone, but espe-cially cancer patients.Dr. Cole discussed the symptoms and treatment of this cancer of the plasma

cells in the bone marrow.

Jane Cremer Foundation holds cancer

awereness event at Roma Lodge


1326 State Street 632-4146

Greater Mt. Eagle Baptist Church

“A God Glorifying, Christ

Centered, Spirit-Filled

Church”

Rev. Keith Evans

Pastor

Sunday School • 9:00 AMSunday Worship Service • 10:45 AM

Bible Study (Wed.) • 6:00 PMWord of Life (Youth Program) (Thur..) • 6:30 PM

Christian Faith Fellowship

ChurchRacine, Wisconsin

Pastors Willie & Patri cia Scott

262-631-01969:00am - Sunday School

10:00am - Sunday Service

at Gilmore Middle School

Midweek service Tuesday at 6:30pm

at other location: call for more information

631-0196

PO Box085576 • Racine, WI 53408

Sunday School 9:15 AMSunday Worship Service

7:45 AM & 10:40 AM

Wednesday Prayer &

Bible Class11:00 AM and 6:00 PM Dinner - 5:30 PM

ST. PAUL MISSIONARYBAPTIST CHURCH

1120 Grand Ave.Racine, Wis.

262-632-1467www.stpmbc.org

Bishop Lawrence L.

KIRBYSenior Pastor

262.635.1994

email:[email protected]

Rev. Buddy VinsonSenior Pastor

306-5th Street, Racine, WI

Trinity United Missionary Baptist Church

Sunday School - 9:30 AMSunday Worship 10:30 AM

Prayer Service - (Wed.) 5:00 PMBible Class & Prayer (Wed.) - 6:00 PM

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The key note speaker for the Racine/Kenosha Black Nurses Association host-ing of “Sickle Cell and Your Health” was Dr. Betty S. Pace M.D. The event washeld at Wheaton All Saints Health Pavilion Auditorium on Friday October 19,2012.Dr. Pace is the first recipient of the Francis J. Tedesco Distinguished Chair inPediatric Hematology Oncology at the Georgia Health Sciences University. Dr.Pace presented the latest research on the cure for sickle cell disease. Dr. Pacemaintains an active research laboratory and training program and is fullyengaged as a member of the Georgia Health Sciences University Sickle CellDisease Research Center.Dr. Pace served as the Chief Medical Officer for the National Sickle CellDisease Association of America, Inc. and Edited a major textbook,“Renaissance of Sickle Cell Disease Research in the Genome Era” in 2007.Dr. Pace has also been recognized by Popular Science as one of the Top TenBrilliant Scientists in America.

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