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I support what Ms. Brock is aiming for during her administration. Even though we are not in a time of running from dogs, being sprayed with fire hoses and hung on tree limbs – although the practice of dragging a black man from the back of a car until he was decapitated happened only a few years ago – we have positioned the NAACP as it is today, the good and the bad. Our lack of support and attention to the organization echoes throughout this country louder than we realize. As boldly and loud and obnoxious as the proponent s of the Tea Party are shoving their illiterate and racist banter down our throats, is as loud

as we should be challenging them in debates, in the press and on TV.

Where are the campaign ads for the candidates who support the agenda of minorities in this country and oppose the Tea Party? No money is spent to use the black press, which Ms. Brock calls, “still so needed to promote our causes and agenda. And if you (the black press) are gone, then what do we have?”

New York Trend newspaper is over two decades old and has been a resource for the readership that has remained loyal through lean times and better days. But even after twenty plus years, I question why I continue to print this paper, why I struggle to find the meager financial support that drips out one drop at a time, and still hold true to the belief that it is needed- I am so discouraged. I am discouraged that black people in this town, in this county, neighborhood, country still do not get it. We are as complacent as we were when the Bush administration slowly destroyed the financial footing of America. Black America has always been and it seems will always be teetering on poverty, unemployment, foreclosure, AIDs, poor health care and black on black crime because we

cannot show how powerful we are and sustain it and maintain it.

President Obama was elected as the first presi-dent of color – yes. But we did not vote him in alone, don’t get it twisted. We were just part of a move-ment throughout this country that “change” was necessary and if we didn’t get it we would literally be destroyed. Visions of soup kitchens and bread lines danced in our heads as we were desperate to

give anyone a chance that promised hope. This is not to demean the qualifications of Mr. Obama,

but we should know that we could lose this achieve-ment too. How? By doing just what we have been doing – leaving it up to someone else.

If Tea Party candidates overthrow the democrats or even the republicans – we might as well put on big hoop skirts, bandanas on our heads and find boot straps and corn pipes for our men and prac-ticing our “yessums masser”. The Tea Party is like kryptonite to Superman. You better believe it and get up and vote for the candidate of your choice. It doesn’t matter the party – it matters that we stop a movement that will have us on our knees again- not picking cotton but begging for mercy.

Tea Party Politics…Here’s Our Chance to Brew a Less Bitter Batch.By Dr. Teresa Taylor Williams

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ment that will have us on our knees again- not picking cotton but

begging for mercy.”-Dr. Teresa Taylor Williams

Assemblyman William Scarborough (5thL) marches in the March and Rally to Save the St. Albans VA Hospital from

private development.

Senator Joseph Addabbo (L) said the federal government bailed out banks and businesses, but has failed to do the right thing for veterans fighting for this country. Assemblyman William Scarborough (3rd L) said the political leaders of Queens were united in their opposition to private development of the St. Albans VA Hospital. Senator Shirley Huntley (R) said we need a full service hospital not private development of thousands of multi

dwelling living units and stores.

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Keynote Speaker Dr. Barbara L. Shaw.

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COMMUNITY NEWSHuge March and Rally to Save St. Albans VA Hospital

By Juliet KayeThe United Coalition of Veterans and

Community Rights (UCVCR), an adhoc group formed by veterans and the commu-nity to fight the commercial development of the St. Alban’s VA Hospital on Linden Blvd. held a huge march, complete with a marching band and rally to bring atten-tion to the issue. The march started at Roy Wilkins Park and ended with a rally in front of the VA Hospital. Senators Joseph Add-abbo, Frank Padavan and Shirley Huntley, Assemblyman William Scarborough and Councilman Leroy Comrie and Veterans of America Queens Chapter President Pat Toro took part in the protest.

“The Federal government has bailed out banks and businesses,” Senator Joe Addabbo said. “They need to do the right thing here and not betray our veterans. They need to make sure these doors at this hospital stay open, and that it becomes a full service hospital, to serve our veterans as they deserve.” Senator Frank Padavan said it was absurd that in a county of 2 million people, our veterans needed to travel to Brooklyn. He called it an obscenity. Assem-blyman William Scarborough said the politi-cal leaders of Queens were united in their opposition to the Veterans Administration plan for commercial development of the VA Hospital property by private developers. This is not an opportunity to build on the cheap by using private developers to build unneeded housing units and stores when there are hundreds of vacant homes and empty retail store fronts in this community, he said.

Veterans of American Queens Chapter President Pat Toro said there was a contract between veterans and the country and he

was investigating suing the government for breach of contract. He said there are naysayers saying here are the vets crying again. We weren’t crying when they sent us overseas to fight for this country. We have a constitution men and women have died for. We need to have facilities that will take care of the men and women who have fought for our freedoms. A disabled female veteran, Ardeen Dean Cook Greene lives in Southeast Queens, is 100% disabled, and has to travel 2 hours or more round trip to get to Brooklyn for care and it can take up to 3 months to get an appointment.

The UCVCR wants the St. Alban’s site to be retrofitted to a Full Service Veterans Medical Center, with Emergency Services with Primary and Extended Care for female veterans and a Transitional Care Facilities for veterans. The building is already eli-gible for landmark status and they want the buildings preserved as a landmark and included in the State and National Historic Register. Councilman Leroy Comrie said it would be cheaper and environmentally sound to retrofit the hospital instead of tearing it down.

Queens has the largest population of veterans in the city, 37% more than Brook-lyn, as well as being the most medically underserved borough. There are close to 61,000 vets in Queens County and an addi-tional 68,232 vets in Nassau County for a total of 129,081 veterans who would use a full service hospital in Queens. Brook-lyn and the Bronx both have a full service Veterans Medical center serving far fewer veterans. There are 51 thousand vets in Brooklyn and an additional 24 thousand

vets in Staten Island for a total of 76.111 vets within proximity to the Brooklyn VA Hospital. The Bronx VA Hospital is used by a total of 37 thousand Bronx vets and 40 thousand Westchester County vets for a total of 77,469 veterans. Queens is also medically under-served, with the closure of three hospitals in the last couple of years.

The UCVCR said there is no need in the community for congested multi-dwelling rental units, retail stores and restaurants. The St. Albans community is a low density single home minority community which has hundreds of vacant stores, restaurants and thousands of vacant and foreclosed homes. The community says the infrastructure in St. Albans and Hollis, including schools, utilities and transportation routes, would be “over-burdened” by the rental housing a developer would erect next to the VA facility.

The Veterans Administration intends to allow a private developer to develop the site with a 75 year land use lease. The builder who submitted a bid to develop the site plans to put up multi dwelling units and retail stores. The UCVCR claims this is the only community in the USA where the Vet-erans Administration has elected to use their mixed-use, enhanced use lease program with the proposed high density rental units.

The bid selected by the VA is from the St. Albans Village, LLC which was submitted by Edwin Reed, an associate of Rev. Floyd Flake, who was Chief Financial O!cer for the Greater Allen AME Cathedral and executive o!cer of Allen A"ordable houses.

Dr. Barbara L. Shaw, Chair, National Council of Negro Women to Deliver Key Note Address

Virginia M. Montague, President of The New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women, announced today that friends, members and honorees of The Coalition will gather on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 12:00 noon at The Helmsmen Park Lane Hotel on Central Park South for a reception, luncheon and awards ceremony celebrat-ing the organization’s 40th anniversary.

“I’m privileged to preside over the celebration of this significant milestone in the history of the organization,” said Ms. Montague.

“At this pivotal time for Black women in the country and all over the world, we look forward to hearing the remarks of Dr. Barbara L. Shaw, Chair of National Council of Negro Women, whose

organization shares our focus on advocacy of both civil and women’s rights.”

The Recipients of the 2010 Beacon Awards are:

Artist Dr. Valerie Capers, Professor Emeritus, Bronx Community College;

Angela Guy, General Manager, Soft-Sheen-Carson, Inc..;

Dr. Danielle Lee Moss, President and CEO, Harlem Educational Activities Fund

Honorable “MEN”tion Awards for Com-munity Service go to:

Robert Whetstone, Executive Director, Featherbed Lane Improvement Associa-tion;

Saywalah Kesselly, Executive Director, African Center for Community Improve-ment;

amuel Brown-Executive Director, Our Children Foundation

Master of Ceremonies for the luncheon and awards celebration is NBC Channel 4 News Anchor David Ushery.

For Ticket Information: Please call (212) 517-5700.

Left to Right: Bryan Barmett. Vice President of Special Events, OHBMLI, Henry Holley, Past President OHBMLI (Honoree – Outstanding Leadership Award), William Wise, Board Member, OHBMLI, Phil Andrews, President, OHBMLI, Amun Handa, Chairman of Health & Wellness, OHBMLI, and Mandell Smith, State Farm Agent & Member of OHBMLI

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100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. “Scholarship on the Seas”

The Long Island Women’s Institute (L.I.W.I.) since its inception in 1991 on the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University has been committed to using its resources to address women’s issues by sponsoring conferences, workshops and seminars. The mission is to augment academic programs within the college of Liberal Arts and Sci-ences while encouraging networking and interaction among academics, researchers, practitioners, and students in order to fur-ther the understanding of those concerns faced by women of all ages in the twenty-first century.

On Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Ms. Dar-lene Aiken, President/CEO of Inner Beauty Solutions® served as the Keynote Speaker at the Women’s Conference. Ms. Aiken spoke about The Importance of Self-Esteem: Empowering Others. The confer-ence was held in the Great Hall on the beautiful campus of C.W. Post College of Long Island University on Northern Bou-levard in Greenvale, New York. C.W. Post College of Long Island University is also Ms. Aiken’s undergraduate alma mater where

she received her Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration.

Ms. Aiken is the President/CEO of Inner Beauty Solutions®, the premier global self-esteem, leadership, and empowerment firm for girls. She is a self-esteem expert, author of the internationally selling self-esteem book for girls, How to be a Young Lady: Your Total Guide for Being the Best Possible You!, an Adjunct Professor where she teaches Juvenile Justice, Sociology, and Personal Growth Courses to freshman at a four-year and a community college. Additionally, she is the pageant director of the Annual Scholarship Self-Esteem Pageant for girls and founder of The Aiken Consulting Group ™ where she teaches new and aspiring business owners how to grow and start their businesses. One of the unique qualities of her consulting com-pany is that her clients receive professional pickup and delivery of their professional dry cleaning. She has been recognized by the Long Island Business News as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business on Long Island, as well as a For-

tune 52 Woman by the Long Island Press. Her work has received accolades from Suf-folk and Nassau County Executives, Sena-tors Charles Schumer, Malcolm Smith, and Kevin Parker. This past summer, Ms. Aiken was recognized as an Inspiring Woman at Madison Square Garden by the WNBA and The New York Liberty during their annual Inspiring Women Event which is hosted by the Hallmark Channel.

For more information about Ms. Aiken and her products and services, please visit her website at www.innerbeautysolutions.net. To reserve your seat at the aforemen-tioned event, please contact the above named individuals.

DARLENE AIKEN KICKS OFF THE FALL 2010 CALENDAR OF EVENTS AS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT C.W. POST

In early September, nearly 100 people attended the First Annual 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. “Scholarship on the Seas” boat ride to benefit the Chapter’s African American Academic Challenge and Dollars and Sense Youth Programs. The evening cruise aboard Captain Lou Fleet sailed from Freeport, with entertain-ment by DJ Legend of 98.7 Kiss FM and dynamic motivational speaker Dr. Dennis Rahiim Watson. The Chapter recognized individuals for their commitment to improving Long Island for all: Joseph Bouquet, Regional Marketing Director for Health Plus received the Community Service Award; Members Col. Attah-Jundwe Obiajulu, CFP, Maurice Perkins, Past President, Mandell Smith, State Farm Agent and Member Walter Winfreewere recognized with an award for Mentoring in Financial Literacy and Henry Holley, Past President received the Outstanding Leadership Award.

Legislator Robert Troiano met with NYPD and Nassau County Sheri" ’s Department Guardians Association during their community safety infor-mation meeting at Howard Herber Middle School. The meeting was an opportunity for residents, parents and Police O!cials to discuss how new technology can be used to enhance public safety. In addition to Public Safety discussions, the Nassau County Guardians Association spoke to the youth in attendance encouraging them to stay in school and obey the law. Pictured with Legislator Troiano are President of NAACP Bea Bayley, 2nd Deputy Commissioner William Flanagan, Sgt. Grim, Town of Hempstead Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, Principal of Malvern High School Jim Brown, Principal of Middle School Steve Gubuley, Corrections O!cer Mary Williams, Nassau County Sheri" Guardians Julius Reynolds, Superintendant of Schools James Hunderford and Rener Breereed.

Safety Meeting


BUSINESS & POLITICS The National Coalition of 100 Black Women‘s Host Forum Featuring

NAACP ChairmanBy Rachel Breton

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women Long Island Chapter, Incorporated (NC100B-WLI) held its 2010 Long Island Public Policy Forum, a two-day event, on October 6, 2010 and October 8, 2010. The forum provided Long Islanders from both Nassau and Su"olk counties, the opportunity to discuss critical public policy issues and interact with leaders from local government and civic organiza-tions. The event also featured Ms. Roslyn Brock, the fourth woman and youngest person to serve as Chairman of the National Board of Directors for the National Associa-tion for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), who received the NC100BWLI Van-guard Award.

The two-day non-partisan event began with “Meet the Candidates Night” which was held at Westbury Memorial Public Library on October 6th and moderated by NC100B-WLI Board Member & President Emeritus, Dr. Patricia Williams. Local candidates in attendance were Leon Hart (seeking the 15th Assembly District); Dermond Thomas (seeking the 14th Assembly District); Carol A. Gordon (seeking New York State Senate 8th District); and Helen Voutsinas (running for Nassau County District Court Judge 2nd District). Incumbent o!cials including Con-gresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (4th District);

New York State Assemblyman Charles Lavine (13th District); and New York State Senator Craig M. Johnson (7th District) were also on hand at the event. Nassau County Legislator Robert Troiano (2nd District) attended the event on behalf of Tom DiNapoli who is seek-ing re-election to the O!ce of New York State Comptroller and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (11th District) represented on behalf of New York State’s gubernatorial candidate, Andrew Cuomo. All candidates appeared humbled and appreciative of the opportunity to engage the diverse audience on a variety of issues including health care reform, gang violence, education, taxes and jobs.

Day two of the forum was held on Octo-ber 8th at Farmingdale College (SUNY) and featured Vanguard Award recipient, Roslyn Brock, Chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors. NC100BWLI President Julie Dade Howard presented a welcome address to the audience and greetings came from Farm-ingdale College President, Dr. W. Hubert Keen who also received the NC100BW Long Island Civic Leadership Award that evening. Addi-tional remarks were made by Saara Marta, Diversity Relationship Manager, Prudential and Tracey Edwards, Director L.I. Region-New York State NAACP. The program format featured Roslyn Brock participating in an

on-stage, one-on-one interview moderated by NEW YORK TREND Owner & Publisher, Dr. Teresa Taylor Williams. Ms Brock tackled ques-tions about the NAACP, the state of the econ-omy, job creation and education. Roslyn also connected with the audience by answering their direct questions while simultaneously delivering an inspirational “can-do” message which reminded us all about our responsibil-ity to reach out, recruit and train the leaders of tomorrow.

The event’s civic sponsors were Farmingdale State College, SUNY and Prudential. Partner-ship sponsors were Central Nassau Club of the NANBPWC. Inc.; NAACP New York State Conference, Ivy Foundation Su"olk-Nassau Counties, NAACP –Westbury Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (Pi Pi Omega) and Theta Iota Omega) Chapters, the Westbury Chapter of the League of Women Voters and Jack and Jill of America-Nassau County Chapter.

SEE PHOTOS OF THE EVENT ON PAGE 9

Participants pick up health information at Unity Gospel Fest Enthusiastic audience packs Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center ballroom for Unity Gospel Fest

Resident of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center’s long-term care facility feels the spirit

Pastor Wendy Mitchell rocks the house at Unity Gospel Fest


IN YOUR EAR

Who’d a thunk it: a gospel music festi-val at a Jewish medical facility? But that’s exactly what happened on Sun., Oct. 10 at Brooklyn’s Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center - and it was magnificent!

As Enid Dillard, director of mar-keting at Kingsbrook, told the 250 people who packed the medical center’s ballroom, from when she first began working there eight years ago she dreamed of holding a gospel festival. When she met Pastor Gilford Monrose from Mt. Zion Church of God (7th Day), she knew that this “young minister on fire, anointed in the Holy Spirit” was exactly the right collaborator. They put their heads together and created Unity Gospel Fest, an afternoon of healing and inspiration cel-ebrating spiritual and physical wellness, sponsored by Kingsbrook, Mt. Zion and the not-for-profit community service organiza-tion, Brooklyn Center for Quality Life.

Dillard went on to explain that even though Kingsbrook was founded in the Jewish tradition, it realizes that its main base is the African American and Caribbean American community. “We embrace that and try to meld ourselves along the same social fabric as the people we serve,” she said. “So if we know that our community is about the church, then we should be about the church.”

Kingsbrook is also very attuned to the health disparities found within the community it serves. Therefore, as people entered the ballroom lobby, they were o"ered valuable health and wellness infor-mation on such crucial issues as diabetes, stroke, hypertension, prostate cancer and more. They could also sign up for free health screenings and obtain information about Kingsbrook’s adult day health care center.

Participants then entered the ball-room where their spiritual needs were met in abundance through the healing sounds of gospel music in all its variety - every-thing from traditional to gospel rap, with a wealth of Caribbean gospel and contempo-rary along the way. The emotions invoked

by the music ran the gamut as well. Some performances provided a soothing balm to the troubled soul while others made one dance with joy.

Pastor Wendy Mitchell got the fest o" to a fabulous start, bringing par-ticipants to their feet as they waved their arms in the air and sang along with her gospel renderings set to an irresistible soca beat. Sharing their gifts as well were soloists Daniel King, Franklin Chue, Kath-yan Belgrave and Michelle Need. Status IV, Sounds of Restoration, Real Worship and The Raheem Family also turned in thrilling performances, as did Clavia & Angel, Team T-N-T and the step group Kandi.

A surprise highpoint of the after-noon occurred when Enid Dillard herself was persuaded to sing. It turns out she is a very accomplished artist in her own right, as could be seen through her soul stirring rendition of “I Love the Lord.”

Special healing prayers, led by Elder John Williams, were also o"ered for the Kingsbrook long-term care facility resi-dents who attended. As the event’s emcee DJ Disciple said, “They can’t get to church, so we brought church to them.”

Pastor Marvin Skeete from the Spirit Station (106.3 FM) was kind enough to add his voice to the proceedings, while youthful musicians from Mt. Zion Church very generously provided backup for vari-ous singers.

The next Annual Unity Gospel Fest will be held Oct. 9, 2011. Persons inter-ested in participating should call (718) 604-5062.

The Healing Sounds of Gospel Music Fill Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Ballroom

By Donna Lamb

Roslyn M. Brock –NAACP Chairman addresses guests at the forum

Dr. W. Hubert Keen president of Farmingdale State College Saara Marte, Manager of Diversity Prudential

Youth member of the NAACP Freeport Roosevelt branch

Guests of the panel look on and prepare for the Q & A session Julie Dade Howard, Roslyn M Brock and Dr. W. Hubert Keen

Roslyn Brock is presented with the Vanguard Award by President Dade Howard on behalf of NC1BW

Julie Dade Howard, Roslyn M. Brock and

Tracey Edwards, Director L.I. Region-New York State NAACP


TREND ON THE TOWN2010 Long Island Public Policy Forum

Present By National Coalition of 100 Black Women At Farmingdale State University

TRAVEL

General’s Den (Man Cave in today’s terminology) Exterior of Eisenhower Farmhouse


Eisenhower Farm Gettysburg, PAby Jim Weaver

Although Dwight David Eisenhower, the man who lead allied forces to victory in Europe in World War II and was later elect-ed the 34th President of the United States, could have retired anywhere, he and his wife Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower had wished. They chose a modest farm outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, adjacent to the historic Civil War battlefield.

The Eisenhower’s farm is now a National Historic Site operated by the National Park Service and open to the public daily except major holidays.

General Eisenhower (he preferred this title over president) was born in Texas and grew up on a Kansas farm. He wanted an educa-tion and following high school received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Following graduation he mar-ried Mamie Doud of Texas.

During World War I, the young o!cer is stationed in Camp Colt, Gettysburg, in charge of army tank training. Eisenhower moves through the ranks and in the 1930’s serves as General Douglas MacArthur’s per-sonal assistant. During World War II, he leads allied invasion of North Africa, Italy, and directs D-Day invasion of France. Follow-ing the war, he retires from the military and becomes President of Columbia University. The Eisenhower’s bought a retirement home (farm) in Gettysburg in 1949, but before they are able to live there, he becomes Supreme Commander of NATO. In 1952 Eisenhower is elected President of the United States and served two terms.

During his presidency, the Eisenhower’s use their Gettysburg farm as a retreat and entertained numerous world leaders there. Although it is just 18 miles from Camp David,

the General preferred its “less o!cial” atmo-sphere. During their retirement years, they joined the Gettysburg Presbyterian Church (where President Abraham Lincoln had wor-shipped before delivering his Gettysburg Address) and become involved in the commu-nity. General Eisenhower raised prize winning cattle (Black Angus) on his farm and, always an avid golfer, installed a putting green outside his farmhouse sun porch.

The remodeled brick house (a modified Georgian farmhouse, the architect called it) has eight bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, a stately living room, a formal dining room. kitchen and butler’s pantry, and a glassed in sun porch (the Eisenhower’s favorite room where they ate their meals, entertained guests, played cards, and watched television.) There were only three TV channels in those days and the remote changed stations mechanically click-ing from one to another. Mamie didn’t care for the General changing channels frequently because of clicking interrupted her reading. The kitchen has two ranges, one gas and one electric. Both Eisenhower’s enjoyed cooking and preferred the gas range, only using the electric as a backup.

After she became “First Lady” people learned that Mamie Eisenhower loved things made of porcelain and they sent her dozens of items. Several large glass cases in the formal living room display many of them. There is a flag pole in the back yard (outside the sun room) where the American flag and red background with gold star flag of a five star general flies today as it did when the Eisenhower’s were in residence.

General Eisenhower loved to play golf and would use his putting green (and small sand trap) daily to improve his game. He was also an amateur artist and painted some 240 can-

vasses in retirement. Many are on display in the house and others were given to friends and family. Not far from the house is a shoot-ing range where the General and his guests would shoot skeet.

Guests to the farmhouse were nearly always given an extended tour of the nearby Get-tysburg battlefield. General Eisenhower had extensive knowledge of the Civil War battle and enjoyed explaining its history and mili-tary strategy.

Gettysburg is the nation’s most visited Civil War Battlefield. Operated by the National Park Service it hosts 1.7 million visitors each year. The Visitor’s Center presents an excel-lent film about the battle and the Gettys-burg Cyclorama. a circular painting of the battlefield (depicting Major General George Edward Pickett’s infamous charge on July 3, 1863 and final day of the battle). It is the work of French artist Paul Philippoteaux and team assistants and was completed in 1883. The version (there were originally four) exhibited in Gettysburg recently underwent extensive restoration and measures 27 feet high and 359 feet in circumference. The addition of sound and lighting e"ects enhances the viewing experience.

Persons interested in visiting Gettysburg, should begin their travel plans at:

www.gettysburgcvb.org.

Mary J. Blige, Co-Founder of FFAWN, joins Arva R. Rice, NYUL President & CEO, to present a check and acknowledge the Class of 2010 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Scholars at the

39th Annual Football Classic at the new Meadowlands Arena.


EDUCATION

The Children’s Aid Society is pleased to announce that the Black Male Donor Collaborative (BMDC) has awarded The Children’s Aid Society’s African American Male Initiative (AAMI) $100,000.

The African American Male Initiative, now entering its fourth year, provides young Black males with the supports needed to achieve educational success, and become happy, healthy, productive adults. The program starts with the Steps to Success Initiative, in which groups of Black second-grade boys receive life coaching, a cultural academy, academic support and exposure to Everyday Heroes (role models). Their parents receive supports as well.

The results of this program have been extremely posi-tive. A three-year independent evaluation conducted by Columbia University found:

100% of the boys have been promoted to the next grade in school each year;

Program boys’ rates of lateness and school absence showed significant declines between the first and second program year;

Not one boy received a score of 1 (“demonstrates serious academic di!culties”) on State ELA and Math tests after two years in the program.

The boys reported feeling significantly closer to their friends upon completion of each year in the program. And, despite challenges, the boys reported feeling significantly closer to their fathers from the first to second year in the program.

“We are honored by the support of the Black Male Donor Collaborative,” said Richard Buery, President and CEO of The Children’s Aid Society. “With the right supports, including quality education and extended services, we know that African Americans can achieve at the highest levels and lead more productive and successful lives. Our program is small, but with its positive outcomes, it can serve as an example of the kind of intensive supports that make a di"erence in the lives of Black male students.”

The BMDC funding will enable the AAMI program to expand its services and supports to Black male students in several ways. We will intensify individualized academic assessment and support by expanding the academic coor-dinator’s role. Children’s Aid will implement a health pro-motion and disease prevention curriculum to proactively address health barriers that disproportionately a"ect Black males by expanding the Saturday Academy to include a health curriculum. It will also combat summer learning loss by extending the Saturday academy into the summer.

“The Black Male Donor Collaborative has made a deliber-ate decision to invest in programs and/or initiatives that are research based, scalable and have measureable indicators of success in the academic lives of Black Boys,” said Nicole Sharpe, director of the BMDC. “The BMDC realized imme-diately that the AAMI Steps to Success Program was one of the model programs providing excellent academic and personal enrichment to the young boys enrolled. We are excited to invest our resources in Steps to Success and are encouraged by the expansion opportunities for the impact the program has had on the boys and their families thus far, is significant.”

AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE

INITIATIVE $100,000 GRANT

New York Urban League Scholarship

Every other month or so, another new documentary illustrates how America’s public schools are failing its inner-city students. Already this year, we’ve seen sev-eral scathing indictments of the educational system, from The Cartel to The Lottery to The Providence E"ect to Race to Nowhere.

Now we have Wait-i n g fo r Superman, which just might be the best of the genre’s b u m p e r crop. The film was directed by A c a d e m y Award-win-ner Davis G u g g e n -heim (for An Inconvenient Truth), a man who shows a knack here for weaving ordinarily-bland statistics and bureaucrat-speak into a riveting drama replete with empathetic victims, altruistic heroes and a maniacal,

power-hungry villain. Though the play-by-play is subsequently narrated

by Guggenheim in engaging fashion, the movie opens with an explanation of the title by Geo"rey Canada. The dedicated children’s advocate reflects on grow-ing up in the slums in the Bronx by recounting how heartbroken he was the day his mother explained to him that Superman wasn’t real. Why? Because it meant that he had to face the hard, cold truth that no one was coming to rescue him from the ghetto.

Fast-forward a generation after Canada received his Master’s degree in Education from Harvard University, and we find him back in his hometown wearing a cape as an academic superhero. For in his capacity as the CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), he presides over a trio of charter schools which have met with phenomenal success compared to the regular public schools in the ‘hood.

Mr. Canada gets portrayed as the life-saving cav-alry, cast opposite an evil adversary in American Fed-eration of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. She looks downright diabolical repeatedly defending the

union in the face of shocking proof of decades of ongoing ineptitude.

Although incompetent members of other profes-sions, like doctors (2%) and lawyers (1%), are apt to lose their licenses, fewer than 1 in 2500 teachers ever face firing. Guggenheim proceeds to illustrate exactly

how Wein-garten and her min-ions have managed to main-tain the mediocre status quo by forcing frustrated administra-tors to run a gauntlet of regulations designed to allow

disciplinary proceedings to drag on for years. The upshot, of course, is that thousands of the

nation’s public schools have become dropout facto-ries serving as feeders for the criminal justice system. The poorly-served students are the big losers, of course, and their desperate parents’ only hope for their o"spring rests with admission to an excellent program like HCZ’s.

The tension mounts as the action telescopes tightly on the anguished faces of families praying that their kids’ names will be picked in the lottery. Otherwise, as we’ve been assured, each tyke’s potential is certain to be swallowed up by a sinkhole also known as their regular public school.

An Oscar-quality expose’ laying the blame for the escalating dropout rate right at the feet of a greedy and selfish teachers’ union which could care less about educating the country’s kids.

Excellent (4 stars)Rated PG for mature themes, mild epithets and

smoking crude humor.Running time: 102 MinutesStudio: Paramount Vantage

Scathing Expose’ Chronicles Failings of

Waiting for Superman Film Review by Kam Williams

New Funding Collaborative Supports CAS Program that Works to Improve

Educational Outcomes for Black Males

New York to receive more than $30 Million


More than $727 million in grants from the A"ordable Care Act to upgrade and expand community health centers

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced awards of $727 million to 143 community health centers across the country to address pressing con-struction and renovation needs and expand access to quality health care. The funds are the first in a series of awards that will be made available to community health centers under the A"ordable Care Act.

In New York, more than $30 million in grants has been awarded to commu-nity health centers and grantees esti-mate these awards will help them serve approximately 17,278 new patients. A full list of New York grantees can be found below.

Across the country, community health centers serve nearly 19 million patients, about 40 percent of whom have no health insurance. Community health centers deliver preventive and primary care services at more than 7,900 service delivery sites around the country to patients regardless of their ability to pay; charges for services are set according to income.

“There is no question that the eco-nomic downturn has made it harder for some Americans to get health care and important preventive services. Com-munity Health Centers provide quality healthcare services to Americans across the country but are a life line for those who have lost coverage or are between jobs. These funds from the A"ordable Care Act will help get more people care in some communities where there have not been many options in the past,” said Secretary Sebelius. “The newly constructed or expanded community health centers will provide care to an additional 745,000 patients and much needed employment opportunities in both rural and urban underserved com-munities.”

The Capital Development (CD) pro-gram grants, administered by HHS’ Health Resources and Services Admin-istration (HRSA), will support major construction and renovation at 143

community health centers nation-wide. This builds on the more than $2 billion investment in community health centers in the American Recov-ery and Reinvestment Act. A state by state list of Recovery Act investments in community health centers is avail-able at http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/hrsa/index.html.

“Many of these community health centers need more modern space to meet the increasing patient demand for services. These funds will help community health centers build new facilities and modernize their current sites in their continuing e"ort to pro-vide the best care possible to more and more people in need,” said HRSA Administrator Mary K. Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N.

Over the next five years, the A"ord-able Care Act provides $11 billion in funding for the operation, expansion and construction of community health centers across the country. This expan-sion of sites and services will help com-munity health centers to serve nearly double the number of patients receiv-ing care, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.

For more information on HRSA’s community health center program, visit http://bphc.hrsa.gov/.

Information on the A"ordable Care Act is available at:

www.healthcare.gov.

Recently while looking for a new primary care doctor, I decided to research African American Health Statistics. The numbers and facts I discovered are alarming and helped me decided to be more concerned with my health, as you should too. Take a look at a quick stat chart of African American health and afterwards you should be concerned with your health as well.

Cancer

all African Americans have diabetes.

however, they were 34% more likely to die from breast cancer, compared to non-Hispanic white women. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among African American women, exceeded only by lung cancer.

racial or ethnic group.

Americans with cancer have a shorter survival than whites in all stages of diagnoses. Many of these are African Americans and other minorities

cancer, compared to non-Hispanic white men. Diabetes

been diagnosed with diabetes by a physician.

diabetic white Americans.

cultures.

High Blood Pressure

particular. Stress, poor diet, alcohol and drugs are some of the major causes.

die from complications.Arthritis

than white men.Strokes

health practitioners and the CDC claim African Americans have three times as much high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.Lupus

Obesity

HIV/AIDS

for 49% of HIV/AIDS cases

Hispanic white men.

Hispanic white women. Immunization

(flu) shot in the past 12 months, compared to non-Hispanic whites of the same age group.

pneumonia shot, compared to non-Hispanic white adults of the same age group.

immunization for hepatitis, influenza, MMR, and polio, they were slightly less likely to be fully immunized, when compared to non-Hispanic white children. Infant Mortality

birth weight, compared to non-Hispanic white infants.

Hispanic whites.

begin prenatal care in the 3rd trimester, or not receive prenatal care at all. Stroke

have a stroke.

counterparts.

were more likely to become disabled and have di!culty with activities of daily living than their non-Hispanic white counterparts.

HEALTH

More than $727 million in grants from the Affordable Care Act to upgrade and expand community health centers

By Zena M. Gray

Cecil Taylor

Geri Allen


EVENTS

MUSIC GREATS CECIL TAYLOR, RANDY WESTON & GERI ALLEN HEADLINE CAVE CANEM BENEFIT

National Home for Black Poetry Celebrates First Year in Brooklyn

TOWN OF BABYLON CONTRACTNOTICE TO BIDDERS

Pursuant to resolution adopted by the Town Board, The Town of Babylon, Commissioner of General Services, Division of Purchasing will receive sealed proposals for:

BID NO. 10G18WYANDANCH SEWER EXTENSION & LEACHATE FORCE MAIN

BID NO. 10G19WASTEWATER AND LEACHATE PUMP STATIONS

CONTRACT G -GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT E – ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT P – PLUMBING CONSTRUCTION

CONTRACT H – HEATING, VENTILATING & A/ C CONSTRUCTION

Until 10:00 AM on Friday, October 29, 2010 at Babylon Town Hall, 200 E. Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, New York, 11757, at which time they will be publicly opened and read in the Division of Purchasing o!ce. Bids may be hand delivered or mailed to the above address. Bids will not be accepted after 10:00 A.M. on the date of bid opening. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE GRANTED. Do not remove any pages. All bids are to be submitted intact. For information call (631) 957-3025. The Town reserves the right to reject any or all bids.An optional Pre-Bid conference will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 15, 2010 at the Auditorium in the Town Hall Annex, 281 Phelps Lane, North Babylon, 11703. Qualified and certified M/WBE firms are encouraged to attend to meet with potential contractors.The Town of Babylon requires that all contractors shall have an Apprenticeship Program approved by the NYS Department of Labor. In order to encourage maximum participation by M/WBE prime and sub contractors, certified M/WBE contractors may not be required to have an Apprenticeship Program provided they are currently certified by the New York State Division of Minority and Women’s Business Development (www.nylovesmwbe.ny.gov).Bidding and contract documents may be examined and obtained at the Town Hall Purchasing Dept. between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays on and after 10:00 AM on Thursday, September 30, 2010A deposit of $50.00 is required for each set of Contract Documents. Checks are to be made payable to the “Town of Babylon”.Such deposit will be refunded to any Bidder, duly submitting a bid with the required bid security, upon return of complete set of the Plans and Specifications in good condition within Thirty days (30) of award of contract.Non-Bidders returning complete sets of Plans and Specifications within Thirty days (30) of award of contract will receive one-half (1/2) of their deposit.Non-return of Plans and Specifications or sets returned after Thirty days (30) of award of contract will result in forfeiture of $50.00 deposit.Each Proposal must be accompanied by a Certified Check or Bid Bond made payable to the Town of Babylon, in the amount of, five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid.The Town of Babylon encourages minority and women owned businesses to participate in all bids. Pat Kaphan, Commissioner of General ServicesDated: 9/30/10

Cave Canem Foundation, North Ameri-ca’s premier “home for black poetry” since 1996, will celebrate its first year in Brooklyn with an evening of exceptional music and poetry on October 27 at Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn, NY campus. The benefit program will be held 8 – 10 pm at Memorial Hall, 200

Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Musi-cal greats Cecil Taylor, Randy Weston, Geri Allen and Elliott Sharp will headline; and celebrated artists Eisa Davis, Pauline Jean, Margo Je"erson, Jennifer Miller, the Tracie Morris Band, muMs & Aurora and Cecilia Smith will round out the evening. A com-plementary online auction, featuring fine dining, original art and unique literary ser-vices, o"ers opportunities to support Cave Canem’s mission to cultivate new voices in African American poetry. To participate in the auction and purchase tickets, start-ing at $40 for general seating, visit www.cavecanempoets.org/benefit.

“With this benefit event, we’re celebrat-ing our first year in Brooklyn, where we’ve been making new friends for Cave Canem and poetry. Though Cave Canem has been building a ‘home’ for black poetry for over 14 years, establishing our national head-quarters in DUMBO, with space for readings and workshops, is exciting progress. We hope the community will come out to sup-port us, meet members of our poetry family,

and enjoy some great performances,” said Toi Derricotte, Cave Canem co-founder.

Describing Cave Canem’s place in the

literary landscape, co-founder Cornelius Eady added, “Cave Canem is a metaphor for the history of African American poetry. Our programs embrace the formal, the slam, the political, the academic, the apprentice, the elder. Cave Canem is a space where poets can test who they are, and discover the traditions their voices are a part of.”

Cave Canem’s benefit is hosted by Pratt

Institute; the Institute for Research in Afri-can-American Studies, Columbia University is Supporting Sponsor; and Adelphi Uni-versity and The University of Georgia Press are Sustainers.

Founded in 1996 by poets Toi Derricotte

and Cornelius Eady to remedy the under-representation of African Americans in writ-ing workshops and MFA programs, Cave Canem has been advancing the artistic

and professional growth of African Amer-ican poets in New York City and nationally for 14 years. The organization has grown to become an influential movement with a high-achieving fellowship of over 300 and a renowned faculty that includes Inaugural Poet Elizabeth Alexander and Pulitzer Prize winner Yusef Komunyakaa. In October 2009, the organization moved its headquarters from Manhattan to DUMBO and expanded its Brooklyn-based programs.

Bernice King and Martin Luther King, III, children of the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., viewed the inscription wall while touring the construction site of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial which is expected to be completed in 2011. To view more photos of the construction site or to make a donation to the Memorial Foundation, please visit www.buildthedream.org.

KING FAMILY VISITS WASHINGTON, DC

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. NATIONAL MEMORIAL

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Denzel Dominique Whitaker


KW: One of the shopworn conventions of the horror genre is that the black guy always dies first? Don’t tell me that hap-pens in My Soul to Take.

DW: Wouldn’t that be giving away the film?

KW: I suppose so. This is a 3-D film. Is there any di"erence in your approach to acting when a film is being shot in 3-D?

DW: No, the film that we shot was post-converted to 3-D. So, we didn’t actually shoot it in 3-D.

KW: What message do you think people will take away from the film?

DW: I guess the one message that you could take away from this film would be camaraderie, sticking together, whether in this life or in the afterlife. That’s one of the messages that hit home. But this movie is really just meant to be enjoyed for what it is by giving you the thrills that you’re looking for.

KW: Were you ever scared on the set or have any nightmares while making this film?

DW: No, the beauty of being an actor in a horror film is that you know what to expect and what’s coming. I get jumpier watching other horror films, because I don’t know what to expect.

KW: The title of this film, My Soul to Take, comes from the popular bedtime prayer which begins, “Now I lay me down to sleep…” Did you recite it as a child?

DW: Yes, my parents taught me the prayer. It makes sense that anybody with religious beliefs would pray that the Lord would watch over them and protect them as their sleeping. We just want to send that little message out to the Lord, “Take care of us.”

KW: Is there any question no one ever asks you, that you wish someone would?

DW: I’m sorry; I’m not sure what would be an interesting question.

KW: The Tasha Smith question: Are you ever afraid?

DW: Yes I am. Life lends itself to fear. I’m going to go o" on a little bit of a tangent here. That’s the beauty of life, the uncertainty that we experience, literally, as we go about our day-to-day activities. We’re not certain of anything, so fear comes up very often. Fear comes naturally. What’s important is how you deal with fear. I face it head-on, but I’m not too proud to admit that I do get afraid sometimes.

KW: The Columbus Short question: Are you happy?

DW: I’m very happy and grateful to be in the position I’m in.

KW: The Teri Emerson question: When was the last time you had a good laugh?

DW: Watching a Kenan Thompson sketch with Morgan Freeman on Saturday Night Live. It just had me rolling. I was dying. I love to laugh. I enjoy life.

KW: The bookworm Troy Johnson ques-tion: What was the last book you read?

DW: Gone Fishin’ by Walter Mosley. It was recommended to me by [director] John Singleton.

KW: Maybe he wants to adapt it into a movie starring you. The music maven Heath-er Covington question: What are you listen-ing to on your iPod?

DW: I listen to a lot of di"erent music. I love hip-hop. I’m a big underground rap fan. I listen to the likes of J. Cole. Lately, I’ve also been getting into techno house music. And I’ve been on an Eighties retro kick, and I’ve even been experimenting with some rock.

KW: What is your favorite dish to cook?DW: I’m a big salmon guy. I even just

cooked some salmon for breakfast today.

KW: If you could have one wish instantly granted, what would that be for?

DW: To bring back free, expressive, cre-ative thinking.

KW: When you look in the mirror, what do you see?

DW: I see me for who I am.

KW: The Ling-Ju Yen question: What is your earliest childhood memory?

DW: Ooooh! Being scared out of my wits going to Chuck E. Cheese when I was 3 or 4. I definitely did not like Chuck E. Cheese when I was younger.

KW: Do you ever feel the pressure to not change creatively?

DW: Yeah, I feel that sometimes. That’s why I avoid roles that might send me down a road where I might end up being type-cast. You see what being typecast can do to a career. That’s the number one reason for the death of young actors’ careers, people get so used to seeing them playing that one character that they can’t accept them as anyone else.

KW: The Nancy Lovell Question: Why do you love doing what you do?

DW: Because I love expression and really connecting with people. As actors, we like to tell stories because they can influence or even change people’s lives. It’s so cerebral; you never know who you can a"ect out there.

KW: The Flex Alexander question: How do you get through the tough times?

DW: Fortunately, both my parents, espe-cially my mom, have guided me, and been amazing at handling my career and my finances. They taught me not to buy what I don’t need, when I’m not working that much. I’ve stuck to that regimen while per-severing to land that next role and to stay alive in this industry.

KW: What advice do you have for anyone who wants to follow in your footsteps?

DW: Create your own footsteps.

KW: The Tavis Smiley question, how do you want to be remembered?

DW: I just want to be remembered as a great actor.

KW: Well thanks again Denzel, and best of luck with the film.

DW: Thank you, it was good to speak to you.

Denzel Dominique Whitaker was born in Torrance, California on June 15, 1990 to Dale and Younalanda Whitaker. He made his acting debut at 11 in Training Day opposite his namesake, Denzel Washing-ton, and he was subsequently directed by and co-starred with Denzel in The Great Debaters. Whitaker has also been on the big screen in The Bad Lieutenant and as the voice of Albert in The Ant Bully.

As for TV, Denzel has appeared on UPN’s One on One, and played recurring roles in Nickelodeon’s All That and FOX’s The War At Home. His other television credits include such hit shows as ER, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Furthermore, he was a series regular on the ABC pilot House Rules. Plus, this past year, he was cast in Gavin O’Connor’s Warrior, which is set for release in 2011. And he currently appears as a recurring character on ABC’s Brothers & Sisters and is developing several projects of his own.

In his spare time, Denzel enjoys writing screenplays, playing basketball and golf, hip-hop, dancing, digital animation and independent filmmaking. Taking a page from his sage mentors, Denzel Washing-ton and Forest Whitaker, he aspires to be an accomplished actor/director. Here, the talented young thespian talks about his new movie, My Soul to Take, a 3-D horror flick directed by Wes Craven.

Kam Williams: Hey Denzel, how’s it going? It’s been three years since we last spoke. That was for The Great Debaters.

Denzel Whitaker: Oh, man, get outta here!

KW: What have you been up to? DW: I have My Soul to Take coming out

and a few other projects in post-produc-tion. I did a little animation in between… shot a music video… and a lot of other stu".

KW: What interested you in making a horror film?

DW: It’s funny you should ask that, because I didn’t really watch horror films prior to doing My Soul to Take. What inter-ested me was Wes Craven’s coming back to the platform of writing and directing films, which he hadn’t done in awhile, and my being cast as a blind character. Both of those aspects sort of fascinated me as an actor. I ended up having a great time

filming, and I saw the film the other day and I really enjoyed it. It was amazing!

KW: One of my readers, editor/legist Patricia Turnier was curious about what was the biggest challenge you faced in portraying this character.

DW: Number one was removing all sight, and learning how to act without using one of the five senses.

KW: Patricia also asks, how did you pre-pare for the role?

DW: As a practice exercise, I’d usually just wear blindfolds around the house to allow my other senses to take me wherever I would like to go.

PROFILEDenzel’s Soul

The “My Soul to Take” Interview with Denzel Whitaker and Kam Williams


BIG BUDGET FILMS

Jackass 3-D (R for male nudity, profan-ity, extremely crude humor and danger-ous stunts) Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O and the rest of the fearless, slap-happy stuntmen return for another round of jaw-dropping, death-defying feats, this time in 3-D.

Red (PG-13 for intense action sequenc-es and brief profanity) Comical screen adapta-tion of the DC Comics series about a retired CIA agent (Bruce Willis) who reassembles his old team (Morgan Free-man, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich) after learning that there’s an assassin on the loose intent on harming him and his woman (Mary-Louise Parker). With Karl Urban, Rebecca Pidgeon and Emily Kuroda.

Hereafter (PG-13 for mature themes, dis-turbing images and brief profanity) Clint Eastwood directs this otherworldly drama about three haunted souls whose lives ser-endipitously intersect, an American blue-collar worker with psychic powers (Matt Damon), a French tsunami survivor (Cecile De France) and a British schoolboy (Frankie McLaren) grieving the death of his twin

brother (George McLaren). Cast includes Jay Mohr, Richard Kind and Tex Jacks.

Paranormal Activity 2 (R for profanity and brief violence) Found-footage horror flick about an ill-fated family that set up security cameras all around their new home in the wake of what they believed to be a

series of break-ins. With Katie Featherston and Gabriel Johnson.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS

Conviction (R for profanity and violent images) Hilary Swank stars in this bio-pic recounting the case of Betty Anne Waters, a single-mom and high school dropout who got a GED, and college and law degrees in order to clear the name of her innocent brother (Sam Rockwell) who had been

unfairly convicted of murder. With Minnie Driver, and Owen and Tobias Campbell.

N-Secure (R for profanity, sexuality and brief violence) Major murder, mayhem and manipulation abound in this melo-drama of Shakespearean proportions revolving around a guy (Cordell Moore)

whose fall from grace leads to a series of trou-bled romantic relationships. E n s e m b l e cast includes Essence Atkins, Tempestt Bled-soe, Lamman Rucker, Bern-Nadette Stanis

and Elise Neal.

Knucklehead (PG-13 for crude humor, profanity and violence) Crime caper about a con artist (Mark Feuerstein) indebted to the mob who dupes a naïve gentle giant (Paul Wight) into participating in a get-rich quick scheme to raise the money he desperately needs. Cast includes Dennis Farina, Bobb’e J. Thompson and Margo Swisher.

“During my four years in the White House, I kept a personal diary by dictating my thoughts and observations several times each day… When dictating entries to my diary… I inter-twined my personal opinions and activities with a brief description of the o!cial duties I performed.

Readers should remember that I seldom exer-cised any restraint on what I dictated, because I did not contemplate the more personal entries ever being made public… Despite a temptation to conceal my errors, misjudgments of people, or lack of foresight, I decided when preparing this book not to revise the original transcript…

Throughout this book, I wrote explanatory notes to help the reader understand the con-text of the entries, bring to life the duties of a president, o"er insights into a number of the people I worked with, and point out how many of the important challenges remain the same… In presenting this annotated diary, my intention is not to defend or excuse my own actions or to

criticize others, but simply to provide, based on current knowledge, an objective analysis.”

-- Excerpted from the Preface (pgs. xiii-xv)

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, ran the U.S. Ship of State from 1977 to 1981, four perilous years marked by crises in everything from the Middle East to human rights to the economy to the Cold War to the environment to nuclear power. To his credit, Carter in retirement can proudly reflect that during his tenure, “We obeyed the law, we told the truth, and we kept the peace.” This turn of events proved to be a breath of fresh air for a country which had emerged from the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal extremely cynical about its political leaders.

And thanks to a tip from President Nixon who made the suggestion the first time they met, Carter decided to start keeping a journal while he was in o!ce. If you remember, Jimmy had a certain, down-home folksy charm which had endeared him to the electorate, and that same tone is reflected in White House Diary,

a 600-page opus condensed from what was originally over 5,000-pages in length.

The former president augmented the chron-ologically-arranged text with a sprinkling of present-day commentary where necessary to help elucidate the material. Basically, the book o"ers both a broad look at the scope of the Chief Executive’s exhausting daily schedule as well as an intimate peek inside the workings of the man’s mind.

Personally, I most enjoyed the humanizing entries, such as the one that starts, “Mama fell and broke her right hip” as he frets about the health of First Mother Miss Lillian. I could even appreciate the minimalism he employed while on vacation when “Fishing all day” says it all.

A delightful, eye-opening memoir which reveals Jimmy Carter as still a simple peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia who never com-promised his faith, integrity or commitment to family while tackling the responsibilities of what might very well be the most demanding job on the face of the Earth.

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Dan Rather’s reports live from the Dominican Republic

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“Dan Rather Reports” travels to the Dominican Republic to examine Major League Baseball’s e!orts to stem the trend of corruption in youth baseball.

A recent episode of “Dan Rather Reports” focused on the Dominican Republic, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. There once was a time when this country’s fertile soil was known for producing co"ee and sugar. Now the fields are growing a much more lucrative export…baseball players.

More Major League Baseball players come from the Dominican Republic than any other country outside of the United States and baseball in the Dominican Republic is not a children’s game, it’s a business. Almost every Major League Baseball club has a training academy in the D.R. - and the competition among literally thousands of boys to land a spot in one of these programs is fierce.

So fierce in fact, that some children turn to an independent trainer to get a leg up on the others in the race to win a spot on an MLB roster. Dominican chil-dren promise these trainers a percentage of any major league salary they would earn, in exchange for food, lodging and training. While some of these trainers do have the best interest of these teens at heart, there are others who have come under scrutiny. Some trainers have been associated with prospects who have been caught using performance enhancing drugs and lying about their ages and identities to appear younger

than they actually are. Some trainers have also been caught colluding with club o!cials for kickbacks and signing bonuses.

In the Dominican Republic, they call these corrupt trainers, “buscones.”

But Major League Baseball is trying to clean up this problem, and the League has taken matters into its own hands, sending one of its top men to the Dominican Republic to try and reform procedures for training and drafting young players.

Sandy Alderson currently oversees MLB operations in the Dominican Republic. When speaking about his role in the D.R. Alderson told Rather, “The abuses are so extensive that they have to be addressed.” Alderson added, “Nobody signs at age 16 in the United States. A player’s considered young at 18 or 19. But in The Dominican Repub-lic, if you’re 18 or 19, you’re finished if you haven’t signed a contract.”

A major question is how do Alderson and Major League Baseball plan to pro-tect these young players?

United Way of New York City and NFL join together to promote youth fitness and show young people how to lead healthier lifestyles

Nearly 150 National Football League employees, NY Giants player, Chris Canty, and United Way of New York City, brought life to an overlooked schoolyard by install-ing a new track, painting murals, improving green space, and running a fitness clinic. Yesterday’s event at PS 4 – The Duke Elling-ton School in Washington Heights -- was part of the 12th annual NFL/United Way Hometown Huddle—a series of nation-wide and simultaneous volunteer projects implemented by NFL players and United Ways in NFL markets nationwide. The Com-munity League of the Heights (CLOTH), a United Way partner agency that provides after-school programming at PS 4, also partnered in the event.

NFL PLAY 60 and United Way are encour-aging kids to play at least 60 minutes every day. It’s part of United Way’s 2018 goal to increase by one-third the number of youth who are healthy and avoiding risky behav-iors. The NFL and United Way of New York City are working together to provide new, fun opportunities for young people to lead healthier lifestyles.

“Making sure our children get proper exercise and nutrition should be a top priority for our community”, said Gordon Campbell, CEO of United Way of New York City. “We’re proud to work with the NFL and CLOTH to increase youth fitness by reviving

playgrounds so kids have a place to run and play.”

“All of us in the NFL recognize the impor-tance of a healthy lifestyle and we want young people to understand the connec-tion between exercise and good health,” said Commissioner Roger Goodell. “We are pleased to be working with United Way to help get kids active for at least 60 minutes a day.”

The 12th Annual Hometown Huddle is part of United Way’s nationwide call-to-action for individuals to LIVE UNITED™—to give, advocate and volunteer on issues relating to education, income or health. United Way has declared bold, 10-year goals in each of those three areas. In the area of health, the goal is to increase by one-third the percentage of healthy youth and adults.

United Way of New York City works to improve the health and nutritional status of New Yorkers as local administrator for the New York State Department of Health’s Hunger Prevention Nutrition Assistance Program (HPNAP). CLOTH operates one of 360 soup kitchens and food pantries that receive HPNAP grants for equipment, operations and food, which must include at least 15% spending on fresh produce. In addition, United Way provides training to help food pantry sta" and clients learn about nutrition and delicious, healthy ways to prepare fresh produce.. In addition to providing over 1,000 families with nutri-tious food each month through their Food Pantry, CLOTH also o"ers several educa-tional programs including an after-school program at PS4.

DOES THE ROAD TO A BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL CAREER LEAD TO

BROKEN DREAMS FOR DOMINICAN YOUTH?

THE 12th ANNUAL HOMETOWN HUDDLE

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