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Labor group withdraws UNCFsupport over Koch gift

Two groups announce plan to boost spending among Blacks

Lee Saunders rejects UNCFpartnership with Kochbrothers.

Michael Lomax defendsUNCF decision to takemoney from White conser-vatives.

By Freddie AllenNNPA Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D.C.(NNPA) – Lee Saunders, presi-dent of the American Federa-tion of State, County and Muni-cipal Employees (AFSCME),

has discontinued supplyingscholarships to the United Ne-gro College Fund (UNCF) be-cause it accepted a $25 milliondonation from ultra-conserva-tive billionaires Charles andDavid Koch and UNCF Presi-dent Michael Lomax apparent

support for the brothers’ right-wing ideology.

Saunders, an African Ameri-can, said in a stinging letter toLomax that he was “deeplytroubled” when the UNCF ac-cepted the donation from KochIndustries, Inc. and the CharlesKoch Foundation in June, butwas even more shocked whenLomax later attended the Kochbrothers’ event in California.

“This was a betrayal of every-thing the UNCF stands for. Theavowed purpose of this privateevent was to build support — fi-nancial and political — for theKoch brothers’ causes. Your ap-pearance at the summit canonly be interpreted as a sign ofyour personal support and theUNCF’s organizational supportof the Koch brothers’ ideologicalprogram,” Saunders wrote.

He explained, “The Kochbrothers and the organizationsthey fund have devoted them-selves for more than a decade toattacking the voting rights ofAfrican Americans. They sup-port voter identification laws.They seek to restrict early vo-ting and voter registration. Theysupport laws that threaten or-ganizations that register voters

in the African American com-munity.”

For nearly a dozen years,AFSCME provided annualscholarships and aid packagesworth hundreds of thousandsof dollars to UNCF, accordingto officials with the labor group.

When Koch Industries ac-quired Georgia-Pacific in 2005,they continued a long-standingrelationship between the man-ufacturing giant and UNCFthat spanned decades. Sincethen, according to UNCF’s web-site, both Georgia-Pacific andKoch, have continued to supportUNCF programs.

Charles and David Kochhave been criticized for alsosupporting the American Leg-islative Exchange CouncilALEC), the driving force behindvoter iden-tification laws in theUnited States. ALEC alsoworked with the National RifleAssociation (NRA) on “StandYour Ground” legislation thatgained notoriety worldwidefollowing the shoot-ing deathof Trayvon Martin, an unarmedBlack teen in Sanford, Fla.

Rob Busby seeks to expandspending among Blacks.

By Jazelle HuntNNPA Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D.C.(NNPA) – The U.S. BlackChambers (USBC) and the Na-tional Association of Black HotelOwners, Operators, and Deve-lopers (NABHOOD) are formal-ly partnering to make sure thata significant portion of the $40billion African Americans spendeach year on travel and tourismremains in Black hands.

The partnership was launch-ed last week at the start ofUSBC’s professional develop-ment conference, held at the

Marriott Marquis in the Districtof Columbia. The newly-opened, four-star hotel, next tothe Walter E. Washington Con-vention Center, was jointlyfinanced by Capstone Develop-ment, a private, Black-owneddevelopment firm.

“Today is about more in-vestment in the hotel and travelindustry,” Ron Busby Jr.,USBC president, said at a pressconference. “As African Ameri-cans, we have conferences,events, weddings, and vaca-tions, always with white-ownedestablishments. I think we canbring some that money back tous.”

A Nielsen study conductedin cooperation with the NationalNewspaper Publishers Asso-ciation (NNPA) found that Afri-can Americans spent 40 billioneach year on the travel andtourism industries last year.

But Andy Ingraham, presi-dent and CEO of NABHOOD,few of those dollars turn over inthe Black community.

“I’d rate [concerted Black pa-tronization] as pretty nonexis-tent,” he said. “We have tocreate awareness, because mostpeople who come in contact withthis idea think it’s a damn goodidea.”

Newly formed South Florida chapter named for firstAfrican American prosecutor in Broward County

Judge Ian Richards swearing in new executive board, (names listed in article).

MIAMI, FL –This past week,The National Black ProsecutorsAssociation (NBPA) installedthe first executive board of itsnewly formed South Floridachapter. The South Florida

chapter was named for the firstAfrican American prosecutor inBroward County, Fla., CharlesB. Morton Jr. The ceremonywas held on July 9 at NovaSoutheastern University Hui-

zenga School of Business.Close to one hundred atten-

dees braved the inclement wea-ther to be at the event. The ex-ecutive board was sworn in byformer prosecutor and Broward

County Court Judge Ian Ri-chards. Morton was on hand toaccept an award from the or-ganization.

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L.T.C. Pearl Ferguson and Dr. Elmira Mangum

Florida A&M UniversityBroward County Alumni Chap-ter hosted its Fifth AnnualUnity Day at The DoubleTreeby Hilton, on June 28, 2014where the 11th President, Dr.Elmira Mangum was thespeaker. There were over 200in attendance and over $11,000given by alumni and commu-nity sponsors toward the estab-lishment of an Endowment (per-manent funds established for aspecific purpose) which will ul-timately assist with funding tosupport educational expensesfor students.

“The Broward Alumni Chap-ter has stepped up to the call ofour University President, Dr.Elmira Mangum. According tothe National Association forCollege and Universities Busi-ness Officers “Top 10 HBCUEndowment”, Florida A&MUniversity is number five with$115 million, as Howard Uni-versity tops the list with morethan $513 million in its en-dowment. Our President gave achallenge to support our Alma

Mater by giving, and Browardis doing just that. Institutionsof higher learning around thenation were hit hard by cuts instate support. FAMU could cer-tainly benefit now, not tomor-row, but today, from the sup-port of our alumni, communityand everyone who cares aboutits survival,” stated Mary Smith,president of the BrowardAlumni Chapter.

In an effort to recognize sig-nificant philanthropic gifts andsupport of the Broward AlumniChapter and FAMU, theBroward Chapter’s EndowmentScholarship will be named af-ter L.T.C. Pearl Ferguson, whohas been a member and un-swerving supporter since thechapter was founded in 1963.Pearl is a life member and do-nor, giving over $10,000 peryear to the support of theBroward Chapter and FAMU.For more information on howyou can support the BrowardCounty Chapter Endowment;call (954) 430-9760 or online atwww.browardrattlers.com.

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Over $11,000 donated toFAMU Broward AlumniChapter Endowment

What then, shall welive as commanded?“In a similar way, urge the younger men to be self-restrained and to behave prudently [taking lifeseriously].” Titus 2:6 (AMP)

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr.

To the men and families and to all ofthose that we touch throughout our walkwith Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Ioffer to us a penetrating look into thedepths of Psalm 133 as we embark uponour 100th Anniversary.

So many times we find ourselvesstraying away from the principles andfoundations of our historic organizations,all in the name of moving up. We simply should realize thatwe need only to have stayed rooted in what was tried, testedand proven over time.

When we find ourselves troubled over the course anddirections of our beloved organizations, we need not look anyfurther than the source that guided its founders throughwhat must have seemed like insurmountable odds and im-penetrable fortresses.

Oh what solace and power do we find in realizing that theytoo prevailed with wisdom, understanding, comfort andharmony found in lending and trusting on the Word of God.

As we men and friends of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.move on through the pages of time, let us leave with thosewhose presence we enter an indelible understanding to eachpage of history with keen insight honed with love andhumility inspired by the Word of God. When this is done,prayerfully we do not encourage the wayward paths forothers to follow.

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May He give you thedesire of your heart andmake all your planssucceed

May we shout for Joyover your victory andlift our banners in thename of our God. -- Psalm 20-4

Love Mommy, Nikki,Khambrel and the Burr-Jackson

Erica Nicole JacksonMaster of Business

Administration

On June 27, 2014 Captain Velma C. Gray was promotedto Major Velma C. Gray at the Joint Base AndrewsCourtroom in Washington. Major Gray is a BoydAnderson High School graduate, born in Brooklyn,New York, but spending her formative years in SouthFlorida. Captain Gray earned her bachelor’s degreein English from Florida State University in 1996 andrecently completed her Masters of Law degree at TheGeorge Washington University of Law School. She iscurrently assigned to the Administration LitigationBranch West, Labor Law Field Support Center, JointBase Andrews. Major Gray’s parents, George AltonGray and Wendy Johnson, as well as her two daughtersLauren and Brittany are exceedingly proud her manyaccomplishments and would like to Congratulate heronce again with this small token of Love. “We are soproud and we love you so much!”

Marches and protests predated 1964 March on WashingtonBy Freddie AllenNNPA Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D.C.(NNPA) – Although many arenostalgically reflecting on 50years ago when the Civil RightsAct of 1964 was signed intolaw, there was no universal a-greement on what tactics to de-ploy in the fight for equality,according to a report on themovement by the Economic Po-licy Institute (EPI).

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’sSouthern Christian LeadershipConference (SCLC) and theStudent Non-Violent Coordi-nating Committee (SNCC), bothbased in Atlanta, were born

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s SCLC and the SNCC, both based in Atlanta, were bornduring the movement and favored direct-action over lawsuits, commonly used by theolder National Association for the Advancement of Colored People led by Roy Wilkins.

during the movement and fa-vored direct-action over law-suits, commonly used by theolder National Association forthe Advancement of ColoredPeople(NAACP) led by Roy Wil-kins.

“There were differences inphilosophies and tactics. Even-tually younger, more militantprotestors, many of them as-sociated with SNCC, broke withthe nonviolent creed and tacticsof Martin Luther King Jr. andthe SCLC and embraced ‘BlackPower,’” stated the report titled,“Looking Back on the Fightfor Equal Access to PublicAccommodations.”

The path to the 1964 land-mark civil rights legislation ofthe mid-1960s has been a long,tortuous one.

In fact, there were stronglaws on the books more than100 years before passage of the1964 law. There were CivilRights Act of 1866, which sup-ported Black citizenship, andthe Civil Rights Act of 1875that guaranteed all Americancitizens access to public acco-mmodations. However, Sou-thern state largely ignoredthem.

The United States SupremeCourt also played a pivotal rolein maining racial segregation.

In 1883, the Supreme Courtstruck down the Civil RightsAct of 1875. In 896, the Su-preme Court backed govern-ment-sanctioned segregationwhen it upheld Louisiana’s “se-parate but equal” rail travelpolicies in Plessy v. Ferguson,and “set the course of Southernrace relations for the next 58years.”

The report focused on abouta dozen cities and towns acrossthe South that faced significantdirect-action protests: Greens-boro, N.C.; Nashville, Tenn.;St. Augustine, Fla.; Louisville,

Kentucky; Atlanta; Albany,Ga.; Baltimore; Danville, Va;Orangeburg, S.C.; Cambridge,Md.; Birmingham, Ala.; andJackson, Mississippi.

In 1960, four college studentslaunched the “sit-in movement”in Greensboro, N.C. thatquickly to Nashville and across

the South. That protest was fol-lowed by Freedom Riders whodesegregated intrastate busestraveling through the Southand efforts to desegregated re-staurants, theaters, librariesand other public facilities.

The report chronicled theAtlanta student movement, oneof the longest in the nation.

“First, it used modern tech-nology, including two-wayradios, to assign and move de-monstrators. Second, themasses of Black Atlantans brokewith their more timid older lead-ers and supported the studentsin a very effective boycott ofdowntown merchants,” statedthe report. “And third, it pro-duced a ‘poster boy’ of the move-ment, Julian Bond.”

Adult civil rights leaders inthe Black community urgedcaution, as college students ini-

tiated a “sit-in blitz in downtownAtlanta,” blanketing lunchcounters, restaurants, govern-ment buildings, train stations,and downtown departmentstores.

Despite the increased pres-sure from outside forces, At-lanta’s lawmakers failed to de-segregate lunch counters andrestaurants and agreed to li-mited desegregation in otherpublic spaces at a snail’s pace.Lunch counters and restau-rants remained segregated un-til September 1961.

Birmingham, Ala., wasknown as “Bombingham” be-cause the homes of civil rightsleaders were dynamited, in-cluding Rev. Fred Shuttles-worth of the SCLC.

Congresswoman FredericaWilson is the keynote speaker atPumps, Pearls and Politics 2014

MIAMI, FL – Pressing con-cerns that burden South Floridafamilies will get a full airingthis month, as CongresswomanFrederica Wilson and other fe-male political and civic leaderslead a discussion at the annualPumps, Pearls & Politics forum.

The luncheon event is de-signed to bring together womenand men from all walks of lifefor a meaningful dialogue, withour distinguished panelists, a-bout critical issues such as edu-cation, healthcare, employ-ment, immigration and socialjustice. The forum is sponsoredby Gamma Zeta OmegaChapter of Alpha Kappa AlphaSorority Incorporated, and be-gins 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July26, at the Rusty Pelican Re-staurant, 3201 RickenbackerCauseway, Key Biscayne.

Wilson, who represents Flo-rida’s 24th Congressional Dis-trict, is a Gamma Zeta OmegaChapter member, former AlphaKappa Alpha regional directorand a former chapter president.She will bring the keynote a-ddress and then participate ona panel of high-profile leaders,including NAACP Florida StateConference President AdoraObi Nweze, also a Gamma ZetaOmega Chapter member; State.Rep. Cynthia Stafford; CNNLatino host and DemocraticParty leader Annette Taddeo-Goldstein, Beatrice Louissaint,President-Southern Florida

Minority Business SupplierDevelopment Council;and Daisy Black, Mayor of theVillage of El Portal. The forumwill be moderated by PublisherBobby R. Henry, Sr., owner andof The Westside Gazette, Bro-ward County’s oldest and lar-gest African American ownedand operated newspaper.Grammy-nominated poet Re-becca “Butterfly” Vaughns willagain share her inspirationalword-weaving skills; expectother entertainment and sur-prises during this informativeand entertainment packedevent.

“Pumps, Pearls & Poli-tics was designed to connect con-cerned women and menthroughout the community todialog on important issues,” saidVanessa Byers, event chair.While my chapter of Alpha Kap-pa Alpha is presenting thisevent, its mission is to bring wo-men together to realize our po-litical potential beyond our or-ganizations traditional voter re-gistration efforts. This event willinvolve our sisters in the DivineNine Pan-Hellenic organiza-tions – Delta Sigma Theta; Sig-ma Gamma Rho and Zeta PhiBeta as well as other organi-zations such as The Links,Incorporated; and the The Na-tional Council of Negro Wo-men.”

“We are delighted to presentthis innovative and unique po-litical event with such a dynamicpanel of women. You will be in-formed as well as entertained.There will be opportunities tonetwork with individuals fromthroughout the community aswell as to register to vote, checkyour voter status and updateyour voter information,” saidGamma Zeta Omega ChapterPresident Eunice J. Davis.

Tickets are $35, and avail-able online till July 20, at http://pumpspearlspolitics2014.eventbrite.com. Topay by mail, make check ormoney order payable to andmail to Gamma Zeta Omega,PO Box 530711, Miami Shores,Fla., 33153. There will be noticket sales at the door. For moreinformation call (305) 323-7614.

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LOOKING AHEAD: Representing 28 percent ofFlorida Democrats and 83 percent of Black voters,Black Democrats could play a decisive role in thedetermining who wins the prize in next month’sDemocratic primary: Charlie Crist or Nan Rich inthe Governor’s race; and George Sheldon or PerryThurston in the Attorney General contest. InBroward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties,the total Black Democrat voter pool exceeds513,000, with Hillsborough, Orange and Duvalcounties accounting for another 324,000. The can-didates that can energize, turn out and earn therespect of these voters with an effective message— through extensive use of Black media — couldprevail. Clarence V. McKee, Esq., President,McKeeCommunications, Inc.

FAMU announces White House Executive DirectorGeorge Cooper as summer commencement speaker

TALLAHASSEE, FL –Today, Florida Agricultural andMechanical University (FAMU)announced that alumnusGeorge E. Cooper, Ph.D., exe-

cutive director of the WhiteHouse Initiative on HistoricallyBlack Colleges and Universities(HBCUs), will serve as speakerfor its summer commencement

ceremonies scheduled Friday,Aug. 1 at 6 p.m. in the Al LawsonMultipurpose Center, 1800Wahnish Way, Tallahassee,Fla.

“We are excited to welcomehome alumnus George Cooperto share his passion for highereducation with the newest grad-uates of Florida Agriculturaland Mechanical University,”said President Elmira Mangum,Ph.D. “His career trajectoryfrom ambitious student to uni-versity president to WhiteHouse executive director de-monstrates just how far our stu-dents can excel using the aca-demic foundation they obtainhere.”

As a part of the leadershipteam for the White House Ini-tiative on HBCUs, Cooperworks with the president-ap-pointed HBCU Board of Advi-sors as a liaison between theexecutive branch and HBCUsacross the country. He servesas the constant voice of theHBCU community at the De-partment of Education andhelps to shape policy and deployresources to better serve thestudents, faculty and familiesof the greater HBCU commu-nity. He also works with 32 fe-deral agencies that supportHBCUs through federal grantsand contracts.

Cooper was a senior fellowwith the American Associationof State Colleges and Univer-sities (AASCU), where he re-viewed key federal legislationimportant to HBCUs. Previ-ously, Cooper served for fouryears (2008-2012) as the 10th

president of South CarolinaState University (SCSU), wherehe provided institutional lea-dership for the orderly and pro-gressive development of the uni-versity. During his presidencyat SCSU, he also served as chair-person of the Association of

Public and Land Grant Univer-sities, Council of 1890 Universi-ties (2010-2012).

Cooper spent 17 years withthe U.S. Department of Agri-culture’s, National Institute ofFood and Agriculture (formerlythe Cooperative State ResearchEducation and Extension Ser-vice). He served five years(1985-1990) at Alabama A&MUniversity (AAMU) as vicepresident for academic affairsand professor, Department ofAnimal Science, and executiveassistant to the president.Cooper served as dean of theSchool of Applied Sciences andassociate professor, Departmentof Animal Science at TuskegeeUniversity.

Along with a vast array ofprofessional expertise, Cooperhas served on a number ofboards including recently serv-ing as a member of the Orange-burg, S.C. Chamber of Com-merce Board of Directors; co-

chair of the National CollegiateAthletic Association, HBCU andLimited Resource InstitutionAcademic Advisory Group(2011); member of the Board ofDirectors of the Association ofPublic and Land Grant Uni-versities (2010-2012); and co-chair of the USDA/1980 TaskForce (2010-2012).

Cooper received his ba-chelor’s degree in animal hu-sbandry from FAMU, a master’sdegree in animal science fromTuskegee University, and a doc-toral degree in animal nutritionfrom the University of Illinois –Urbana.

COOPERState releases 2013/14 elementary andmiddle school grades; overall districtgrade increases from ‘C’ to ‘B’

Enrollment open for M-DCPS HeadStart/Early Head Start Program

Recently,, the Florida De-partment of Education (FDOE)released elementary and middleschools grades for the 2013/14school year. Overall, accordingto preliminary data, BrowardCounty Public Schools (BCPS)has seen District-wide im-provement with the overall Dis-trict grade increasing from “C”based on 2012/13 results to a“B” based on 2013/14 results.

BCPS increased the numberof elementary and middleschools earning a preliminarygrade of “A” by 16 schools in

2013/14, with 34 percent ofschools now earning an “A”compared to 28 percent lastyear.

Notable achievements a-mong BCPS elementary andmiddle schools:

• More than two-thirds152 (67 percent) schoolsincreased or maintained theirschool grade compared to 90(39 percent) last year;

• Middle schools earningA or B grades increased 10percentage points from 56percent to 66 percent;

• Nine schools improvedby two or more letter grades,including Sunland ParkElementary (D to A), PlantationPark Elementary (C to A), BairMiddle School (D to B) andGulfstream Middle School (C toA);

• Overall, the District’sgrade improved from a “C” to a“B” because learning gainsimproved in reading and math.

“We are proud of the im-provements the District is mak-ing. While we know there is a

great amount of work to do, re-sults indicate reasons to cele-brate and opportunities to focuson those schools performing inthe bottom quartile,” said Su-perintendent Robert W. Run-cie, “The District will analyzethe student-level performancedata and will continue our re-lentless focus on ensuring allstudents are college and careerready.”

This is the final year schoolgrades will be calculated usingthe current formula. The newgrading system next year willsupport the more rigorous Flori-da Standards and the FloridaStandards Assessment, whichwill replace the FCAT 2.0. “The new grading systemthat will start next year willcontinue to be crafted with in-put from parents, teachers andeducators,” said Commissionerof education Pam Stewart. “Itsfocus on student achievementand gains will help ensure afair accountability system thathelps measure student know-ledge of the new Florida Stan-dards.”

MIAMI, FL – Miami-DadeCounty Public Schools (M-DCPS) Head Start/Early HeadStart Program is currentlyenrolling eligible children forthe 2014-1015 school year.Open enrollment will continuethrough Thursday, July 31,2014.

The Head Start/Early HeadStart program is available toincome eligible children twomonths to five years of age.Children with disabilities arefully included (on a case-by-case basis) into the programand receive a full range of de-velopmental services.

Head Start/Early Head Startoffers comprehensive service forchildren and their families.

Head Start· Full day educational

program for three- and four-year olds

· Child development screen-ings

· Health screenings· Free breakfast and lunch· Parental involvement op-

portunitiesEarly Head Start

· Quality center programs· Support services for chil-

dren with special needs· Developmental screenings· Health and nutrition moni-

toring· Parental involvement op-

portunitiesParents may apply at parti-

cipating schools. Applications

will be accepted for services toexpectant mothers and childrenages two months to three yearsof age in the Early Head StartProgram, and from three andfour years of age (by Sept. 1,2014) for the Head StartProgram. For more informationand a list of participatingschools, parents may visit http://headstart.dadeschools.net/.

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Summer Camps

Broward Cultural Division along list of arts camps for you.For more info you can email usat [email protected].

*Coconut Creek: BrowardCollege Kids and Teens SummerCollege July 7-July 18

* Coral Springs: CoralSprings Center for the Arts NextStop Broadway now until nowuntil Aug. 15

* Coral Springs Museumof Art: Summer Camp Artshopsnow until Aug. 15

* Davie: Broward CollegeKids and Teens Summer Collegenow until July 11

* University Center forthe Performing Arts: Child-ren’s Performing Arts Campnow until Aug. 15

* Vista View Park: Learn-ing Goals Academic Camp nowuntil – Aug. 8

* Young At Art Museum:Summer Art Camp - Aug. 22FORT LAUDERDALE

* Ashanti Cultural Arts:Summer Camp now until Aug.8

* Fort Lauderdale Child-ren’s Theatre: Theatre Campnow until Aug. 1

* JMJ PhotographicServices: Photo FUN SummerCamp July 28 – Aug. 1

* Makers Square: SummerCamp Sessions 1 + 2 July 17

* NSU’s Museum of Art |Fort Lauderdale: AutoNationAcademy of Art + Design June9 – Aug. 15

* South Florida BalletTheatre: Gotta Dance CampII Aug. 5 – 16HOLLYWOOD

* Art and Culture Centerof Hollywood: SummerCamps now until Aug. 15PEMBROKE PINES

* Broward College: Kidsand Teens Summer College nowuntil July 25

* City of Pembroke Pines:Summer Program now untilAug. 14POMPANO BEACH

* Bailey ContemporaryArts: Bailey Summer Explorersnow until Aug. 1SOUTHWEST RANCHES

* Archbishop Edward A.McCarthy High School:Summer Institute now untilAug.1WESTON

* Inside Out Theatre:Performing Arts SummerConservatory 2014 June 9 –June 27.

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ATTENTION RADIO LISTENERSWe have free gifts for everybody who calls into the show andshares their opinion. Listen every Saturday at 4 p.m. to SpiritualDownloads with Anna Stephenson on WWNN Radio AM 1470.It’s a live Call in talk show that discusses everything from SpiritualMatters to what matters to you. The show can also be heard onthe Internet at wwnnradio.com; just click on the listen live button.Your voice is the most important part of the show. So call in andlet us hear what you have to say. The toll free call in number is 1-888-565-1470. Also e-mail Anna Stephenson [email protected] with a subject you want to hear discussed onthe show. The show also interviews special guests Like JessicaReedy from Sunday Best. Shelia Raye Charles, Melba Moore anddifferent preachers and gospel musical artists and politicians.

Broward Ebony Golf Associ-ation, Inc. (BEGA) Seventh An-nual Golf Tournament, Satur-day, July 19 and Sunday July20, 2014 at The Country Clubof Coral Springs, 18000 W.Sample Rd., Coral Springs, Fla.For additional info call (954)753-9000 or (786) 417-5038(954) [email protected]

Registration Drive

Chi Psi Omega Chapter ofAlpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,Incorporated will sponsor aVoter Registration Drive,Saturday, July 19, 2014 from11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Pleasure ofSea Restaurant, 1275 N.W. 31Ave., Lauderhill, Fla. Thispublic event is for communitypersons in need of a new voterregistration, lost card or updatedfor addresses, political partyaffiliations and name changes.For additional info contact theconnection committee at (954)410-6673 or visit the chapter’swebsite at [email protected] on face book.

Event

Mt. Hermon A.M.E. Churchis offering free 8X10 photos asa part of its Outreach Ministry,Thursday thru Saturday, July24-26, 2014 at 401 N.W.Seventh Terr., Fort Lauder-dale, Fla., in the Henry McNeilTurner Family Life Center, FortLauderdale, Fla. Rev. HenryE. Green, pastor. This ministrywill bring family, friends andcommunity together to do-cument unity. To register online for your free individualgroup photo log on to orwww.mounthermonftl.org. Fortime and more info contact LindaJones at (954) 792-3700.

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Workshop

The Business DevelopmentWorkshop Series is a freemonthly workshop series pre-sented by the Office of Economicand Small Business Develop-ment - in partnership with thePurchasing Division, Saturday,July 19, 2014 from 10:30 a.m.to 12 p.m., at West RegionalLibrary, 8601 W. BrowardBlvd., Plantation, Fla. FeaturedTopic: Entrepreneur adn SmallBiz Expo and Job Fair.

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∗ During the month of Julyan exciting multi-media ex-hibition featuring works of nineof South Florida’s contempo-rary artists in an exhibitiontitled, Same Boat DifferentStop!” The exhibit is curatedby Jackson Shuri of New York.Meet the artists at a celebrationreception, Wednesday, July 23,2014 from 3 to 7 p.m. For moreinfo call (954) 357-6210.

∗Sunny An-derson, host of theFood Network’sCooking forReal” and “TheKitchen” TVshows, Andersonwill be attending the Eveningwith the Stars event, Friday,July 25, 2014 from 6:30 to 9:30p.m. To order tickets online forthis event atwww.sfbf.eventbrite.com. For costand additional info call (954)357-6190.

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Event

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescueinvites you to join them duringtheir fourth annual Back toSchool Drive to benefit Kids inDistress (KID), donations arebeing accepted at every FortLauderdale Fire-Rescue Sta-tion from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., sevendays a week, from July 11 toAugust 11, 2014. You can helpease the stress of returning toschool and give our local child-ren a healthy boost of confidenceand the tools they need for asuccessful start to this newschool year. Kids in Distressare a nationally-accredited,community-supported agencybased in South Florida, specia-lizing in children and families.KID prevents child abuse,preserves families and treatschildren who have been abusedand neglected.

Suggested donations forages 5-17: Financial assi-stance; gift cards; new clothing;new sneakers; backpacks andschool supplies. For more infocontact Lieutenant/ParamedicJoshua Wells at (945) 868-2240.

Event

Come enjoy a time of jubi-lation with the Judah WorshipWord Ministries, Internationalchurch family, Sunday, July20, 2014 at 8:15 a.m., at 4441W. Sunrise Blvd., Plantation,Fla. As we show appreciation toour senior pastor and God’s a-nointed vessel, Dr. Willett L.Mitchell, senior pastor. Re-freshments will be provided. Formore info call (954) 791-2999.

Bible School

The community is invited tocome out and learn what God isto you, Mt. Zion MBC will begintheir Vacation Bible School,July 21-25, 2014 at 6:30 p.m.,at 1161 N.W. 29 Terr., FortLauderdale, Fla. There will beclasses for children and adults.Dr. James B. Darling, Jr. seniorpastor/teacher.

Discussion

J’Mari & Friends & Foun-dation/S.W.I.M.S. to host aCommunity Forum discussingwater & pool safety July 26,2014 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., atDixie Court Community Center306 W Dixie Court Fort Lau-derdale, Fla. For more info con-tact Pastor Shirley Harold at(754) 779-6961.

Events

Events at Mitchell MoorePark Recreation Center, 901N.W. Tenth St., PompanoBeach, Fla. For additional infocontact Laverne Troutman.

∗ Chicago Style Steppingclasses every second and fourthFriday, from 7 to 10 p.m., learnhow to do Urban Ballroom Chic-ago Style Steeping Danc-ingnow through Sept. 26, 2014.

∗ Bruch- Bingo & Boardsfree fun and games and re-freshments for adults every firstand third Saturday morning,from 10 a.m. to noon.

∗ Teen Scene Chat &Chew, free event for teenagersages 14-17 every Wednesday,from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

∗ Parents Night Out,every fourth Friday, from 6 to10 p.m., kids can be supervisedby creative staff members. Youmust pick up your children by10 p.m.

Congressman Alcee L.Hastings (FL-20) will host thegrand opening of his campaignheadquarters, Saturday, July19, 2014 from 3 to 5p.m., at1033 Sistrunk Blvd., (Suite208) Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Theevent is open to the public. ToRSVP, please [email protected] (954) 730-7322.

West Ken Lark family, ifyou’re interested in joining ouradult co-ed kickball team (com-peting against other neighbor-hoods), join us for a meeting/practice, Thursday, July 17,2014 at 6 p.m. at West KenLark Park, 1321 N.W. 33 Ave.,Lauderhill, Fla.


Labor group withdraws UNCF support over Koch gift(Cont'd from FP)

In response to Saunders let-ter, Lomax and UNCF issued astatement touting UNCF’s suc-cessful efforts in sending under-privileged students to college,while recognizing the incredibleneed for resources that oftengoes unmet.

“This year alone, UNCF a-warded $100 million in scho-larships to more than 12,000students at 900 schools acrossthe country, yet had to denynine out of every 10 qualifiedapplicants due to lack ofresources,” the statement read.

Lomax wrote that althoughhe was “saddened byAFSCME’s decision, it will notdistract us from our mission ofhelping thousands of AfricanAmerican students achievetheir dream of a college degreeand the economic benefits thatcome with it.”

Conservative radio talk showhost Rush Limbaugh accusedAFSCME of operating similarto a plantation with UNCF asits slave.

Lezli Baskerville, the pres-ident and CEO of the National

Association for Equal Oppor-tunity in Higher Education(NAFEO), an umbrella groupthat represents both public andprivate Black colleges, said thatLomax, as the head of UNCF,carries a heavy burden.

“He has to raise scholarshipmoney for all of these institu-tions and figure out how to getour kids to and through college,”said Baskerville. “I certainlystay up at night trying to figurethat out as well.”

Black families, still reelingfrom housing and job lossesduring the Great Recession,suffered another setback whenthe Obama Administration a-bruptly changed the eligibilityrequirements for the ParentLoan for Undergraduate Stu-dents (PLUS) program, stiflingcollege dreams for thousands ofBlack students. When enroll-ment dropped at historicallyBlack colleges and universities(HBCUs) across the nation, theschools were forced to cut pro-grams and staff.

In a press release about thenew Koch Scholars Program,UNCF said that grant will notonly cover “nearly 3,000 merit-

based awards to African Ameri-can undergraduate, graduate,and post-doctorate students,”but the money will also be usedto “offset funding shortfalls asa result of recent changes to theParent PLUS loan program.”

Advocates for HBCUs andBlack students defended Lomaxfor accepting money from theKochs, but said that UNCFshould have managed the pu-blic relations around the part-nership better.

“For all of those people in ourcommunity who were upset withthe Koch brothers or anyoneelse who takes a tough positionagainst the administration andour Black president, the realityis that our schools were com-promised by a decision that wasmade by this administration,and our Black president wasleading it,” said Johnny Taylor,president and CEO of theThurgood Marshall CollegeFund, an organization repre-senting public HBCUs. “And ifsomeone else came up and of-fered money to help offset thelosses that our schools experi-enced I say, ‘Good for them.’”

Baby boomers and unemployment straining disability fundsBy Jazelle HuntWashington Correspondent

WASHINGTON (NNPA) –Another partisan battle isbrewing on Capitol Hill as SocialSecurity in general, and disa-bility insurance in particular,nears a budget squeeze.

“Any of us could suffer an a-ccident or illness we’re not ex-pecting,” said Rebecca Vallas,associate director of Poverty toProsperity Program at the Cen-ter for American Progress Ac-tion Fund. The Center hosted apress conference last week torelease a reported she co-au-thored titled, “Social SecurityDisability Insurance: ABedrock of Security forAmerican Workers.”

Vallas explained, “We havethis amazing program there for

us if that happened. Very fewpeople have enough savings todeal with that, and without [dis-ability insurance] most of uswould fall into poverty.”

Two separate funds feed thetwo types of social insurance:Old Age and Survivors Insur-ance (OASI), and Disability In-surance (DI).Collectivelythey’re called OASDI, or SocialSecurity. Income taxes, and in-terest from bonds bought withthese taxes, anchor these trustfunds.

Disability Insurance benefitsAmericans who cannot earn aliving because of physical ormental injuries, illnesses, or dis-abilities, as well as their de-pendents, spouses, and care-givers. For many, it is the dif-ference between getting by andabject poverty.

Close to two million AfricanAmericans are receiving DIbenefits. The Social SecurityAdministration reports that asof December 2010, 28 percentof African American recipientswere under the poverty line.Without disability insurance,that figure would rise to 57 per-cent.

Approximately 31 percent ofBlack disability recipients alsoreceive Supplemental SecurityIncome (SSI) checks, which pro-vides additional assistance forlow-income families of Ameri-cans with disabilities.

DI also serves nearly twomillion children, one millionveterans, 4.5 million women,and 154,000 spouses of Ameri-cans with disabilities.

But the system is poised tobe stretched beyond capacity

as millions of baby boomersenter high-disability and re-tirement years. In addition tothis population bubble of agingworkers, there’s the fact thatwomen have entered the work-force and become eligible forbenefits, on par with men. Ad-ditionally, the recession has re-sulted in lower taxes from fewerworkers who have to support asizable population of agingbeneficiaries.

With the convergence ofthese factors, Social Securityfunds are already plateauingand in danger of declining intoinadequacy.

A brief from the NationalAcademy of Social Insuranceexplains, “At some point in 2016,the DI trust fund’s reserveswould be depleted and currenttaxes coming into the trust fundwould not be enough to pay allbenefits owed to disabled work-ers and their families. Fundswould be sufficient to pay onlyabout 80 percent of scheduledamounts.”

And the Social Security Ad-ministration reached a similarconclusion, reporting that “theTrustees estimate that [both]trust fund reserves will be ex-hausted by 2033” – and that’sif steps are taken to ease thecrunch now. “At that point, pay-roll taxes and other income willflow into the fund but will besufficient to pay only about 75percent of program costs.”

Every year since 2010, theDI fund has paid out more thanit collected in taxes and has hadto rely on its reserve funds (frompast surpluses) to pay bene-ficiaries on time and in full.

Some elected representativesbelieve spending on these pro-grams takes too big a chunk ofthe federal budget. Indeed, So-cial Security and Medicare a-ccounted for 38 percent of fe-deral spending in 2012, accord-ing to Social Security data. From2012 to 2013, OASDI paid out$826 billion to 53.6 millionbeneficiaries. Even so,, OASDIhas always been less than 5percent of national GDP.

Disability insurance in par-ticular has become a target forcuts to the program. The “Mack

Penny Plan” from Rep. ConnieMack IV (R-Fla.), for example –which proposes cutting onepenny of every federal dollarspent for the next six years –would ultimately cut more thanOne trillion from social securitythrough 2022, according to non-partisan fact-checking group,Politifact.

“Opponents of Social Se-curity would praise ‘good SocialSecurity,’ which is the retire-ment trust fund their grand-mothers get, and attack ‘badsocial security’—that’s disabilityinsurance,” said Sen. SherrodBrown (D-Ohio), keynoting theCenter for American Progressevent. Senator Brown servesas chairman of the Social Se-curity, Pensions, and FamilyPolicy Subcommittee of the Se-nate Finance Committee.

“Many claim to sympathizewith low-income workers, butthen discuss beneficiaries aslazy, looking for a hand-out, orlooking to game the system.That simply isn’t true.”

Congress is already makingcuts amidst the political spar-ring.

Since 2010, the Social Se-curity Administration hasclosed 64 field offices and 533temporary mobile offices, andhas downsized around 11,000employees and counting in thelast three years, according tothe U.S. Senate Special Com-mittee on Aging. There’s also a

huge backlog in disability ap-plications; as of last year, claim-ants could expect a yearlongwait.

Additionally, there’s a steadyflow of misinformation in thepolitical discourse, which con-fuses Americans on the facts.

Rep. Todd Young (R-Ind.),for example, told a constituentthat “nearly 70 percent of all fe-deral spending will go towardsSocial Security, Medicare, andMedicaid” this year, accordingto Politifact. In 2011, HouseSpeaker John Boehner told me-dia that the trust funds were“facing imminent bankruptcy.”

Historically, whenever thesystem faced tough times, therehas been a simple fix.

Since the funds are struc-tured in such a way that theycan neither borrow money, norgo into default, OASDI woeshave been balanced throughtax reallocation. With this so-lution, Congress tweaks the dis-tribution of the program’s 6.2percent payroll tax contri-butions between the two trustfunds.

Last year, for example. 5.3percent went toward OASI and0.9 percent toward DI—thisyear the split is 4.8 and 1.4 per-cent, respectively, according tothe Center for American Pro-gress.

Close to two million African Americans are receiving DIbenefits. The Social Security Administration reports thatas of December 2010, 28 percent of African Americanrecipients were under the poverty line.

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Black Press: The voice of Black AmericaBy Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist

Part III

Former U.S. Rep. Parren Mitchell(D-Md.) once told me, “It is long over-due for Black Americans to under-stand the urgent and ongoing neces-sity to defend and to support Black-owned businesses in the United States.”Mitchell was an outstanding freedomfighter and one of the original foundersof the Congressional Black Caucus(CBC) more than 40 years ago. Mitchellwas also probably one of the strongestadvocates for development of strongbusinesses in Black America.

The National Newspaper Publish-ers Association (NNPA) is the premiernational trade association of nearly200 Black-owned businesses that regu-larly print vital news and informationthat serve to inform and empowerBlack America and its supporters. TheNNPA is the “Voice of Black America.”During the past 74 years, it was wellknown in our communities that the

NNPA had the audacity and courageto print the facts and news that otherso-called “mainstream” publicationstraditionally ignored or intentionallydistorted.

Today, a healthy Black Press is es-sential to the socioeconomic, political,cultural and spiritual liberation andempowerment of Black America. TheBlack Press not only uplifts Black A-merica, it also helps to bring morebalance to all Americans who affirmthe value of diversity in a multiracial,multicultural democracy that contin-ues to evolve.

Cloves C. Campbell, Jr., chairmanof the NNPA, and I recently attendedthe annual convention of the U.S.Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC) inWashington, D.C. at the newly-openedfive-star Black-owned Marriott Mar-que Hotel across the street from theWater E. Washington ConventionCenter. It was a great “inter-genera-tional” gathering of Black Americanand African business leaders. Underthe adept leadership of Ron Busby,

the U.S. Chambers, Inc.has grown to become anational association ofmore than 100 self-sus-taining Black Chambersand small business as-

CHAVIS

sociations in every region of the na-tion.

We take note of the emerging “stra-tegic alliance” between the NNPA andthe USBC. We will work together. Wewill plan together. We will build to-gether. We will win together on be-half of 45 million Black Americansand millions of others who yearn for abetter quality of life through economicempowerment and prosperity. Nowthat is the “good stuff” to report.

As the NNPA, there are some chal-lenges we must take up on behalf ofour community, including the hostiletakeover of one of the largest Black-led banks in America headquarteredin South Carolina. Unfortunately, mostBlack Americans are not even awareof the plight of CertusBank based inGreenville.

The three top original founders andexecutives of CertusBank were BlackAmericans: Executive ChairmanMilton H. Jones, Jr., CEO Walter L.Davis, and President Angela Webb. Ithas been reported that the assets ofCertusBank in the first quarter of2014 were approximately $1.6 billion.Blacks in Greenville and surroundingcommunities were very proud ofCertusBank since its founding in 2010.

But in April, without justification,the civil rights of Jones, Davis andWebb were systematically violated asthey were unfairly removed from theirboard and executive position atCertusBank. This was a shock to theBlack community. At a time when theAmerican economy is recovering, thisis a time for strengthening not weak-ening the economic base in Black A-merica.

We stand with the GreenvilleNAACP and Branch President J.M.Flemming in opposing this blatant actof racial injustice. Rev. Flemming, in arecent letter to the new primarily non-Black officials now in control ofCertusBank, stated, “But now withthe swift termination of the 3 AfricanAmerican executives ‘without cause,’and aggressive removal of more Afri-can American Certus employees, wesee a new direction which promotes aclimate of bigotry in our community.”

Once again, Parren Mitchell’s wiseobservation about the need to have anorganized approach to supporting anddefending Black-owned businessesfrom racial discrimination and injus-tice rings true. His advocacy for theestablishment of Black Business Le-gal Defense Fund is still needed. Wewill keep you posted on this case, whichis now in federal court. Let’s not onlyread and hear the “Voice of BlackAmerica,” let’s respond with our activ-ism, energy, prayers, resources, sup-port.

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Widespread corruption at DOC under Governor Scott’s watchBy Roger Caldwell

The Florida Department of Correc-tions is being investigated for wide-spread corruption, inmate abuse, mis-management, and inmate’s death.There is very little information from

Scott’s administration,the Department of Cor-rections Secretary, MikeCrews, and everyone iskeeping quiet. Therewere reports back inSeptember 2010, of in-mates being abused,but the problems weresweep under the rug and never inves-tigated.

As the issues escalated, there werechanges in the DOC secretary, but theproblems were never addressed andnever investigated. In 2012 an in-mate, Darren Rainey was locked in ascalding hot shower by the guards atthe Dade Correctional Institution as apunishment for defecating in his cell.

He was left in this shower for twohours, and he collapsed and died.

Three inmates filed complaintsabout the death, but the DOC sus-pended the internal investigations twosummers ago. It is obvious that therewas a cover up and nobody wanted toknow the truth.

But the Miami Herald kept dig-ging and in 2014, the police are start-ing to interview witnesses. There werea string of news reports from the Mi-ami Herald and now DOC SecretaryMike Crews has declared himself “out-raged.” Hours before Crews issued hisstatement; the Herald reported thatthree more inmates’ deaths had oc-curred in Florida prisons.

There appears to be a standardoperating procedure with the behav-ior of the leadership in the FloridaDOC. Violence, lies, and cover-ups arerunning rampant throughout the sys-tem, and everyone is told to look theother way, and keep silent.

Republicans’ selective memory on executive orders


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By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist

To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, ar-guably the most overrated U.S. presi-dent in history, there they go again.They, of course, are Republicans inthe House of Representatives. Andthey are going after President Obamayet again, this time over his use ofexecutive orders, presidential direc-tives that have been issued by everypresident over the past 73 years.

First, let’s brush up on our highschool civics.

According to a report by the Con-gressional Research Service (CRS),“Presidents from Franklin D. Rooseveltthrough Barack Obama have issuedorders that seek to leverage the gover-nment’s procurement spending to pro-mote socio-economic policies that somecommentators would characterize asextraneous to contractors’ provision ofgoods or services to the government.”

The report, titled “Presidential Au-thority to Impose Requirements onFederal Contractors,” explained, “Pres-idential power to issue executive or-ders must derive from the Constitu-tion or from an act of Congress. Con-

tractor-related execu-tive orders historicallyhave been issued basedupon the President’s po-wers under Article II ofthe Constitution or thepowers delegated to thePresident by FPASA,” areference to the FederalProperty and Administrative ServicesAct of 1949.

The CRS report noted. “FPASAstates that its purpose is to ‘provide theFederal Government with an economi-cal and efficient system for … [p]ro-curing and supplying property andnonpersonal services’ and authorizesthe President to prescribe any ‘policiesand directives’ consistent with the actthat he ‘considers necessary to carryout’ the act’s goals of efficiency andeconomy.”

One of the most significant presi-dential actions was Executive Order11246, which was signed by PresidentLyndon B. Johnson on Sept. 28, 1965.It requires federal contractors to “takeaffirmative action to ensure that ap-plicants are employed, and that em-ployees are treated during employ-ment, without regard to their race,color, religion, sex or national origin.”

According to CRS, “Under the au-thority of Executive Order 11246, of-ficials of the Department of Labor is-sued two orders commonly known asthe Philadelphia Plan. The Philadel-phia Plan required bidders for federaland federally funded construction con-tracts in the Philadelphia area valuedin excess of $500,000 to submit ‘accep-table affirmative action program[s],’including ‘specific goals’ for ‘minoritymanpower utilization’ in six construc-tion trades prior to contract award.”


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Guns cause life to bemeasured in days, not yearsBy Walter Fields NNPA Columnist

The body count con-tinues to rise as the na-tion panders to gun zeal-ots and allows the Consti-tution to be perverted.The family of 12 year-oldGenesis Rincon of Pater-son, N.J. made the pain-ful decision recently to remove herfrom life support as she laid braindead, the latest victim of gun violence.The young girl was shot in the headwhile riding her scooter home, anothercasualty of America’s failure to reignin the possession of firearms.

Just miles away in Newark, thefamily of another young lady, 17-year-old Chayenne Bond is devastated byher killing; accosted while walking witha friend and shot execution style aftershe was forced to get on her knees.

Over the Independence Day week-end in Chicago, a city that has becomeour nation’s ‘Killing Fields,’ gun vio-lence swept through the city injuring82 people and leaving 14 dead. Not all,but most, of the victims are Black andHispanic, and under 30 years old. Manyof the dead are children, innocent by-standers who have been cut downwhile engaged in routine tasks. Formany of our children life expectancy isnow jeopardized by the simple act ofriding a bicycle, walking through theirneighborhood or sitting on a porch.

We are sacrificing a generation ofchildren to our cowardly submission tothe mostly racially fueled paranoiaand explicitly political subversion ofthe Second Amendment. The defenseof gun ownership as an absolute rightbased on an irrational interpretationof the Constitution has allowed fire-arms to be more numerous than text-books in communities. The gun lobbysuccessfully buys protection in Con-gress and then wraps their insanity inthe American flag as the nation’s streetsare transformed into rivers of blood.Gun control has never been aboutcurtailing the rights of citizens whoare hunters or firearms collectors, buta reasonable restraint upon the prolif-eration of guns in the hands of citizenswith no need to be armed and crimi-nals.

Memories

SPRIGGS

By William Spriggs

(TriceEdneyWire.com)— Memory is how indi-viduals and societies re-call past events. History,in contrast, seeks to collect the actualdata of events. In society, memory isimportant because it forms the narra-tive on which we build basic conceptsthat drive policy.

Take this past week when we celeb-rated the founding of the United Stateson July 4. Historical facts tell us thereare many days we could designate tocelebrate the official independence ofthe United States of America. July 2was the day the Continental Congressvoted to declare Independence. July 4is when the Continental Congress com-pleted the draft of the Declaration.

Then there were the battles at Lex-ington and Concord, Mass., in April1775 that set the colonies on the pathto the American Revolutionary War.Or we could look to Oct. 18, 1781,when British troops surrendered toFrench troops and General GeorgeWashington at the battle of Yorktown,forcing the British to the bargainingtable.

Then there’s Sept. 10, 1783, whenthe war officially ended with the Peaceof Paris. As you can see there is muchmore to the history and documenta-tion of the events of that era, yet in thememories of Americans, it is July 4that marks the founding of a nationthat protects individual liberty againstgovernment and mob rule, while up-holding representative democracy.


Define a successful FatherBy Dedrick D. Henry, Sr./ Neighborhood Unisex

We all have ourown opinion when itcomes to being success-ful or becoming suc-cessful, and we alsoknow wealth, knowl-edge and possessionsdetermine your truesuccess in the eyes of HENRYsome. In a world where money rulesall, who or what determines a fathers’true success when it comes to hisoffspring? I can remember reading anarticle a while back pertaining to foursiblings all graduating from an HBCUin their chosen academic fields ofhigher education. Immediately, Ithought to myself, “I bet their motherand father are sincerely proud ofthem.”

A true parents’ success comes whenthe parents know that they have raiseda responsible child who no longer hasto depend on them for finance andsecurity. Whether the child chooses tofurther their education by going tocollege or joining the working class, aparent just wants their child to suc-ceed. Mother and father both providelove and support, but a mother’s lovecompared to a father’s love is expres-sed quite differently. A mother nur-tures, pacifies, nourishes and is some-times submissive, while always shar-ing their thoughts and concerns inti-mately.

On the other hand a father demon-strates, provides, protects and sus-tains a level of balance and structure;where as duties and responsibility is apriority in the child’s life. A mother iscapable of instilling these same char-acteristics, but may not enforce thesethings as a father would. Just themention of his name, you think twice,”Don’t make me tell your daddy.”

In a world where just as many peo-ple are getting divorced as they aregetting married we as parents have tobe reminded of who really suffers themost. The children suffer the most.Fathers need to know that you remov-ed yourself from the relationship withthe other parent, not the child. And insome instances parents use their chil-dren as a pawn which only hurts thechild.

Allow these fathers to stay involv-ed, if they choose not to, at least thechild knows you tried. A child needstheir father more than you may know,especially these lost Black boys. Bothparents play a significant part in anychild’s total success whether they be-come a positive role model or a nega-tive role model of how not to be, theirpresence is still needed. Black fathersdefinitely need to start accepting moreresponsibility when it comes to rais-ing our Black children.

Black fathers need to know thattime is more important than money;we need to make memories with ourchildren and allow them to see andexperience new things with us. Car-ing is sharing and we must care forthe children so we can share with thechildren. Children are constantlygrowing mentally, physically and so-cially which most of the time requiresguidance and good decision making,making a father’s presence a neces-sity.

I understand it’s hard for a fatherto raise a child when you’re not intheir daily lives’ and their mother’svalues may not be your values, but aslong you both want and are willing todo whatever it takes for the child’ssuccess. That’s all that really mattersin the end. Mothers need to let thesefathers get and stay involved in theirchild’s life; whether he pays child sup-port, has remarried, released from in-carceration or moved away. You maynot need that man, but your childdoes. They need his strength, theyneed his story, they need him, butmost important they need his love.

Fathers, if it’s hard to communi-cate with the mother or the child, bewilling to try a new approach to openthe lines of communication. Withoutcommunication nothing will succeed.

You will be amazed how a simplephone call could make their day. Al-ways remember consistency meanseverything when building and re-building any relationship. Some deci-sions should be made together, youmade time to make the child, now taketime to RAISE the child. I can onlyspeak for myself when I say that Idon’t always have the money, but I always have plenty of knowledge andan abundance of love to share with allmy children.

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By Derek Joy

The dog days of summer in South Florida have brought amplerain with its customary searing hot temperatures. Seems the ‘Boys of Summer’ found two Miami Marlins -outfielder Giancarlo Stanton and pitcher Henderson Alvarez - onthe National League’s roster for the All Star Game. While the Miami Dolphins prepare for the opening of trainingcamp later this month, the Miami Heat hasn’t missed a beat indealing with lost of LeBron James, who chose to return to his Ohio roots andthe Cleveland Cavaliers. No. Miami Heat fans didn’t spew venomous words at James for leaving theHeat after helping them win two championships in four consecutive trips to theNBA Finals.

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KIDS TALK ABOUT GODKIDS TALK ABOUT GODKIDS TALK ABOUT GODKIDS TALK ABOUT GODKIDS TALK ABOUT GODWhy did the early colonists come to America?By Carey Kinsolving And Friends

“The colonists came to A-merica because they heard itwas a free country. They camefrom neighborhoods that hadproblems,” says Nathan, age7.

I wonder if you’re thinkingof Australia instead of America.

“Early American colonistscame to America for freedom,God and gold,” says Jenny, ageunknown.

Legends of gold cities luredsome of the earliest Spanishconquistadors to the Americas,but Natalie, 12, says many ear-ly American colonists riskedhardship and deprivation forreligious freedom: “In theircountries, it was illegal to prac-tice religion the way they want-ed to. They had to do whattheir leaders ordered.

“This posed a problem sincethose beliefs were not their own.When they came to America,they established colonies wherethey could worship freely. Thedream of freedom is whatbrought them to America.”

Any view of America’sfounding that omits the long-ing for spiritual freedom doesnot adequately explain whypeople left their homes for thisnew land. Question: In the fourdecades that preceded the sign-ing of the Declaration of Inde-pendence, name the man whospoke to the most Americans:George Washington, PatrickHenry, Benjamin Franklin orSamuel Adams.None of the above.

Have you ever heard ofGeorge Whitefield? I never haduntil I read about the Great A-wakening, which Whitefieldled on two continents (NorthAmerica and Europe). Somechurch historians compare thisspiritual awakening to thespread of the good news in thedays of the early church whenJesus’ apostles took the gospelto every corner of the RomanEmpire.

Whitefield, 22, began pre-aching the necessity of being

born again bybelieving in Jes-us Christ alonefor eternal salva-tion. Beginningwith coal minersnear Bristol, En-gland, Whitefield took the mes-sage to the common people bypreaching outdoors. As hepreached, the crowds grew. OnSunday, March 25, 1739, it’sestimated that 23,000 peoplein Bristol heard Whitefieldpreach.

When Whitefield came to A-merica on the first of sevenpreaching tours, he preachedfrom the courthouse steps inPhiladelphia. Benjamin Fran-klin became fascinated withthe carrying power of White-field’s voice. He estimated that30,000 people could hear him.Although Franklin resistedWhitefield’s public and per-sonal urgings to become aChristian, he became a life-long friend of the famous evan-gelist and even printed his ser-mons.

From 1736 to 1770, White-field preached more than18,000 sermons, averagingmore than 10 a week. Dr. Rim-as J. Orentas described the im-pact: “Through the universalexperience of the Great Awak-ening, we began to realize thatwe were a nation. This na-tional identity was rooted inthe conviction that we were apeople chosen by God for aspecific purpose.

“In the earliest prayer ofthe Puritans was the idea thattheir colony could be a city ona hill. Through the experienceof the Great Awakening, theentire nation became a citadelof light in a darkened world.”

The power of the gospelhasn’t diminished, but its im-pact is often diluted by Chris-tians who fail to share the goodnews with others and live outits implications in their lives.Can you imagine the result ifevery Christian in America toldjust one person a month aboutthe saving power of Jesus?

Being a light on a hill as anation begins with individualChristians becoming lights athome, at work and in theircommunities. Don’t settle forletting your light shine for onlyan hour on Sunday morning.Live the adventure of takingthe light of the gospel into darkplaces, where it shines bright-est.

“Kids Talk About God” isdistributed by Creators Syndi-cate. To access free, online“Kids Color Me Bible” books,“Mission Explorers” videos andall columns in a Bible LessonArchive, visit atwww.KidsTalkAboutGod.org.To read journey-of-faith fea-ture stories written by CareyKinsolving, visitwww.FaithProfiles.org.

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By Pearl and Mel Shaw

Talented leadership is al-ways in high demand. Thequestion is: where do you lookfor leaders, who are you over-looking, and how do you ef-fectively sustain their involve-ment? When recruiting talentfor your organization, businessor municipality make sure youconsider individuals over age55. Here’s what we know – these“so called seniors” represent agrowing percentage of the pop-

ulation, and many have ex-perience, education, and con-nections that can transformcommunities and organi-zations. They can provide valu-able leadership in the civic andnonprofit sectors, when calledupon.

It is important to considerindividual seniors for individualpositions in organizations, a-gencies and businesses. It isequally important to create alocal or regional organizationalstructure that attracts and en-gages older individuals whowant to make an impact. Inmany communities there is anorganized effort to attract andretain young leaders. A similareffort should be made to engageolder residents. Care is takenwhen recruiting younger talent,and similar attention should bepaid to the recruitment and en-gagement of older talent.

BlackonomicsThe State of Black euphoriaBy James Clingman NNPA Columnist

How amazing it is that Black people in this nation,collectively, are the worst off but yet the most comical,

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entertaining, ostentatious, and self-defeating of all other groups.It is striking how, in spite of all the negative aspects of our lives,we spend a great deal of our time living vicariously through thelives of super-stars and mega-heroes. They say “Ignorance isbliss,” so maybe we should use that phrase to our advantage byreporting the other side of the bad stuff we face.

For example, according to police, Chicago’s murder rate isdown 20 percent from last year. According to the Urban LeagueReport, Black people are “optimistic” about the economy. At leastthe cops in L.A. didn’t kill the woman on the expressway. The FCCand some Black Caucus members’ attempt to kill “net neutrality”will not take away our Twitter accounts.

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Two groups announce plan to boost spending among Blacks(Cont'd from FP)

Interestingly, Nielsen findsthat Black Americans are 28percent more likely than othergroups to read financial maga-zines such as Forbes and For-tune, yet have low levels ofparticipation with mainstreamfinancial products such as pur-chasing stock or mutual funds.

Although Black Americanshave yet to truly wield their po-wer as consumers, prominentbrands have taken notice, in-cluding. Marriott International.

“We see the power of the A-frican American wallet, spend-ing, and economic value,” saidApoorva Gandhi, vice presidentof Multicultural Markets andAlliances for Marriott. “It’s reallyimportant to us that we areconsistently authentic in howwe employ – through recruit-ment and developing executiveprofessionals – and also howwe market to, and do businesswith this segment.”

The hotel brand has beennamed one of Black Enter-prise’s top 40 companies fordiversity for eight consecutiveyears. Marriott has also maint-ained decades-long partner-ships with major Black organi-zations such as the NationalUrban League, NAACP, the Na-tional Black MBA Association.

“One way we try to reach theAfrican American segment isthrough our multicultural anddiversity partners,” Gandhi

says. “One, because these aregreat organizations doing greatthings. But also, they are gate-way groups to their demograp-hic. We work to support theirgoals because, frankly, they’reour goals too.”

Marriott says it was the firsthospitality company to esta-blish a diversity and inclusionprogram. Today, it is also one ofa handful of big-name hotelsworking to cultivate Black exec-utives and owners.

Interestingly, Norman Jen-kins, NABHOOD treasurer, andfounder of Capstone Develop-ment, the company that co-financed the Marriott Marquisin D.C., is also a former Marriottexecutive. Under his leader-ship, the brand boasted of atleast 500 minority-owned orminority-franchised Marriottsaround the world in just threeyears under its Diversity O-wnership Initiative.

Jenkins represents the otherangle of Black economic power:gatekeeping and ownership. Byowning a business, African A-mericans can solve many of theirown community problems.

“Black businesses still strug-gle to find funding, eitherthrough equity or debt, to letthem grow to what they couldbe,” Busby says. “But we knowBlack business is the key to theunemployment that is wreak-ing havoc on our communities.”

As Ingraham explained,more business at Black-owned

hotels results in more hires andmore corporate promotions ofother African Americans work-ing within the establishment,who can eventually become ex-ecutives or owners. More bus-iness also means that hotelshave to buy more goods fromsuppliers, and can choose to pa-tronize other Black-owned busi-nesses in the process.

NABHOOD counts morethan 500 Black-owned hotelsand hospitality venues in theUnited States, and nine abroad,mostly in the Caribbean, withthe exception of one in Ghanaand another in Liberia. The or-ganization has a listing of theseBlack-owned properties on itswebsite, www.nabhood.net.

The two organizations willcontinue their partnership forthe long run, with the next col-laboration at the 18th AnnualInternational Multi-culturaland Heritage Tourism Summitand Trade Show this weekendin Miami.

“We’re trying to sign as manyagreements as possible for peo-ple to give us a chance to providethe level of service they are ac-customed to,” Ingraham ex-plains. “The opportunity existsfor each of us to play a role inchange the economic tapestry.If we could just revise our con-science level and agree to dobusiness with each other, wecan all benefit.”

Diverse Environmental leaders bureau shows:‘The most effective way to do it is to do it !’

As beautiful as our natural,cultural and historic treasuresare the leaders assembled inDEL, led by the Hon. BobStanton, Director of theNational Park Service (1997-2001).

Whew!After a year of working to

develop the Diverse Environ-mental Leaders (DEL) NationalSpeakers Bureau, today welaunched it out into the worldwith great anticipation and seehow it will fly. If you’ve eversent your child off to college orlaunched a project from theground, you know the feeling.

My primary thought is:WHO in the world of con-servation wouldn’t want directaccess to communities of colorin a way that engages new con-stituents to explore and em-brace our public lands? Exactly!DEL provides “one stop” accessto communities of color by a-ggregating leaders who havemade the environment andpublic lands their priority. Ourexperts include a formerDirector of the National ParkService; the foremost expert ongreen infrastructure develop-ment who is jump starting localeconomies across the country;an actress turned professor,author of the hottest new bookon environmental diversity,and a Navajo Teen Queen whouses original music and art topromote understanding of herculture.

Founders of decades-old en-vironmental non-profits; mil-lennial leaders in the movementto reconnect young people withnature; legendary explorersfrom the world’s Seven Summitsto submerged wrecks in ourmarine parks, and experiencedtravel specialists who areheavily involved the $181.7 bil-lion annual domestic spendingpower of diverse communities -

the services of all will be avail-able through one website atDEL.

Our vision is that theseindividuals will be engaged aspaid speakers and trainers andas conduits between commu-nities of color and the environ-mental sector. Thus, we willeasily and strategically increasethe diversity of Americans en-joying our protected lands andexpand advocacy for its pro-tection.

One of the best parts of thisexperience so far is the en-thusiasm with which these re-nowned leaders responded toour invitation. Of more than 60people we reached out to, lessthan a handful said no due topersonal reason. The vast ma-jority exhibited great pleasurein being asked and see the bene-fits from aggregating our ener-gies rather than working in is-olation.

The other pleasing develop-ment is the ease with which ourteam is working to manifest thisdream. Our leadership team in-cluding Frank, Iantha Gantt-Wright, Carolyn Hartfield andNadine Patrice have been un-flagging in their dedication,meeting every challenge withpoise and equanimity. Wow! It’sas though we’re all being drawnforward by a gleaming commonvision of a healthier planetcreated by people who caredeeply about Nature and byextension, each other. CelindaPena, most recently AssistantDirector of Communicationsand Advisor to the Director forthe National Park Service

(2009-2014) has come on boardas a key part of our team.

So today we reach out to thethird leg - our mission-alignedpartners and collaborators withwhom we’ve worked for close totwo decades, inviting them tosupport the launch of this boldand much-needed initiativewith their marketing and phil-anthropic dollars. We’re lookingforward to an enthusiastic re-sponse as the dire observationsof NPS Director Jon Jarvis ringin our ears:

“Some of the things we areseeing now are symptoms ofwaning relevancy,” says agencydirector Jon Jarvis. “The flat-tening of our budget, se-questration cuts, the politicalpressures on the Park Service toallow everything from extractiveusage to more motorized re-creation. Rather than continu-ing to treat the symptoms, weneed to go for the cure - andmake that connection with allpeople.”

DEL can be the antidote tothis problem. Eerily, the arrivalof this story via a friend onFacebook signifies that the timecould not be more urgent.Park Service: Developmentplans a major threat toGrand Canyon

As the greatest conservationPresident Theodore Rooseveltraved at the turn of the 20thCentury after visiting theGrand Canyon, “We have fallenheirs to the most glorious herit-age a people ever received, andeach one must do his part if wewish to show that the nation isworthy of its good fortune.”

That question has neverbeen more relevant than it istoday. We need an energizedconstituency to rise to thechallenge of the life-alteringchanges facing our parks. Yes,people have the right to buildon private property, but assomeone who’s visited GrandCanyon multiple times, it givesme the shudders to think of adevelopment where once apeerless panorama was visible.People only protect what theyknow and love, so let’s get aboutthe business of increasing thelove through the expertise inDEL.

Today I stand with you andthe pioneering aviator AmeliaEarhart who declared “Themost effective way to do it isto do it.”

We’re doing it!! Now pleasedo your part and take itforward!

For more information,contact me [email protected],404-432-2839.

Delta Sigma Theta and Alpha Phi Alpha tohold political forum to empower women

Delta Sigma Theta SororityInc., South Broward AlumnaeChapter and Alpha Phi AlphaFraternity, Inc., Beta BetaLambda Alumni Chapter, spon-sor and invite the public to aninsightful political forum, Wo-men Empowering Women, onFriday, Aug. 8, 2014. at theMiramar Commission Cham-bers, 2300 Civic Center Placein Miramar. Doors open at 6p.m. for a welcome reception,followed by the panel discussionat 7 p.m.

Hosted by Miramar CityCommissioner Wayne Messam,attendees will have an oppor-tunity to hear from and askquestions of Broward CountyMayor Barbara Sharief, Dr.Brenda Snipes (Supervisor ofElections), Felicia BrunsonVice-Mayor of West Park, Mira-

mar City Commissioner Alex-andra Davis, Reeta Mills (Can-didate for City Commissionerof West Park) and District 1School Board Member AnnMurray.

At a critical time in the elec-tion cycle, this panel discussionis designed to highlight the is-sues important to constituents,particularly women. Seating islimited and individuals can findout more information and re-gister to attend on Eventbriteby visiting the Events page atwww.dstsouthbroward.org orcalling (954) 303-3585. This isa free, non-partisan event.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,Inc. is a private, non-profit or-ganization whose purpose is toprovide assistance and supportthrough established programsin local communities through-

out the world. A sisterhood ofmore than 250,000 predomi-nately Black college educatedwomen, the Sorority currentlyhas over 1000 chapters locatedin the United States, England,Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa),Germany, the Virgin Islands,Bermuda, the Bahamas and theRepublic of Korea.

The major programs of thesorority are based upon the or-ganization’s Five Point Pro-grammatic Thrust: EconomicDevelopment, EducationalDevelopment, International A-wareness and Involvement,Physical and Mental Health,Political Awareness and In-volvement.


Janet Jackson: Quitting entertainment, converting to IslamThis news will probably be

challenging for Janet Jacksonfans to stomach, but the legen-dary icon has decided to put herentertaining days behind her.According to entertainmentcolumnist Rob Shuter, thefamed performing artist hasgrown tired of the entertain-ment industry and is moving toanother country to convert to I-slam.

This information comesslightly more than a month after

news broke that she and bill-ionaire retail businessman Wis-sam Al Mana of Qatar are mar-ried. "The rumors regarding anextravagant wedding are simp-ly not true,” the coupletold ETOnline, which broke theofficial wedding news. “Lastyear we were married in a quiet,pri-vate, and beautiful cere-mony.” The couple adds, “Ourwedding gifts to one anotherwere contributions to our re-spective favourite children’scharities. JACKSON

Goodbye to Jet Magazine:Last issue released in June

By Andrew Scot Bolsinger

The final issue of a pioneermagazine that focused on itscore audience of Blacks inAmerica and expanded into themainstream marketplace re-leased its final print magazineon June 9.

JET Magazine will revert toan entirely online presence fol-lowing its final issue as it tran-sitions to an all-digital format.

The front of its final printedmagazine was an assortmentof the most iconic covers.

JET started as “The WeeklyNegro News Magazine” in1951. During its 63 years inprint it grew in stature under acatchphrase; “If it isn’t in JET,it didn’t happen.”

In 1955 its shocking cover ofthe brutal murder of EmmittTill catapulted the magazineinto a national publication. Till

was a 15-year-old kid who wasmurdered while visiting thesouth for reportedly speakingto a white woman in passing.

JET rose to prominence byits reporting on the civil rightsera. The magazine chronicledthe work of Martin Luther King,Jr.

The magazine bolstered itsnews presence with focus onBlack fashions, current eventsand entertainment news.

It was the third largest publi-cation for Black Americans. Theplan is to have an annual “bestof the JET” print issue in theyears to come, according to astory in the New York Times.

JET Mag’s new app —available on all tablet and mo-bile devices — launched June30, and has an EBONY andJET digital store as well as newinteractive features in additionto their usual content, accordingto a story on The HuffingtonPost.

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South Florida chapter named for first African American prosecutor

Charles Morton (seventh from left) pictured with speakers who honored him.

(Cont'd from FP)

Many speakers shared theirpersonal experiences of CharlesMorton, including BrowardCounty State Attorney MichaelSatz; Peter Weinstein, ChiefJudge, 17th Judicial CircuitCourt; U.S. District CourtJudges William P. Dimitrouleasand James Cohn; KathleenCannon, president & CEO, U-nited Way Commission on Sub-stance Abuse; Dr. Marcus Da-vidson, senior pastor, NewMount Olive Baptist Church;Jeffrey Harris, Florida Asso-ciation of Criminal DefenseLawyers; and Kelly Hancock,partner at Krupnick, CampbellMalone. Eugene Pettis, imme-diate past president of TheFlorida Bar commented that “itis so good to be able to celebratea man’s good works while he isstill here for us to thank him.”

Also in attendance wereChief Assistant State Attorneysfrom Miami Dade County,Broward County, and WestPalm Beach. Representativesfrom the offices of Senator BillNelson and Congressman AlceeHastings were present as well.The Executive Board of theCharles B. Morton Jr. SouthFlorida Chapter of the NBPA:

President: Ayana Duncan,Assistant Chief, MisdemeanorDomestic Crimes Unit of theMiami Dade County State At-torney’s Office;

Vice President: MauriceJohnson, Assistant United

States Attorney, SouthernDistrict of Florida;

Secretary: Michele Jones, As-sistant State Attorney MiamiDade County State Attorney’sOffice;

Treasurer: Cathy Sa-gesse, Assistant State Attor-ney Miami Dade County StateAttorney’s Office;

Board Member at Large: Re-gina Faulk, Assistant State At-torney 17th Judicial Circuit/Broward County State At-torney’s Office;

Chair, Membership Commit-tee: Carolyn Martin, AssistantState Attorney Miami DadeCounty State Attorney’s Office

Chair, Fundraising Commit-tee: Maryam Adeyola, AssistantState Attorney Miami DadeCounty State Attorney’s Office

Chair, Programs Committee:Jessica Sinkfield, AssistantState Attorney Miami DadeCounty State Attorney’s Office;

Chair, Bylaws & Nomina-tions Committee: MarilynnLindsay, Assistant UnitedStates Attorney, Southern Dis-trict of Florida;

Bruce Brown, NationalPresident of the NBPA, says“The increase in membershipwhich enabled us to form aSouth Florida chapter showsthe passion and dedication thatour African American prose-cutors have for justice. We sawfit to name the chapter after

Charles Morton, who is a pio-neer, as well as a mentor tomany.” NBPA Southeast Re-gional Director Melba Pearsonagrees, stating, “We are veryexcited for this next chapter inNBPA history. The region hasgrown in the last year from adozen members, to close to 80.Twenty five of those membersare in South Florida. The mem-bers have elected an energeticboard, ready to do great projectsin the communities that needus the most.”

The National BlackProsecutors Association isthe only professional mem-bership organization dedicatedto the advancement of prosecu-tors of color. Founded in 1983,the Association’s membershipis comprised of over 800 prose-cutors nationwide. It includesboth elected and line prosecu-tors nationwide. In addition toprosecutors, the association’smembership includes law stu-dents, former prosecutors, andmembers of the judiciary andlaw enforcement personnel. Tolearn more about the mission ofNBPA, visitwww.blackprosecutors.org. Forfurther information, pleasecontact Melba V. Pearson,NBPA Southeast Regional Di-rector, at (305) 491-2404.


What then shall we live as commanded?(Cont'd from FP)

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren todwell together in unity!

Consider (think about, mull over give deep thought to) onhow wholesome and superior and excellent and enjoyableand satisfying it is for family, friends, through bonds andbloodlines, a collection of people with something extraordinaryin common and the love of God, to live together, to have ahome, linger, to want to stay in agreement in harmony andaccord with, not based upon financial standing or class orposition in life.

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, thatran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: thatwent down to the skirts of his garments

It is a holy anointing oil, a mixture of four spices; myrrh,cinnamon, cane, and cassia mixed together in olive oil, aperfume blend. They were different spices mixed together tomake a wonderful fragrance - a holy oil, a representation ofunity. A portrait of diversity, albeit a community united. Itwas not the oil that was blessed but the assortment. Separatelythe spices could not make a holy oil. God did not ask for onespice, but required four different spices. God could have usedjust one spice, but He didn’t. The body of Jesus Christ is madeup of all types of people. He calls us to live in agreement andunity.

The entire body shall be for the use of God. We are setapart for God’s use from the tops of our head down to whereour clothes touch the ground is blessed. This precious oil is thebond that cements our unity. David must have written thisPsalm at a time of peace in his life and that of his homeland.By comparing unity to the anointing oil, he is expressing howvery precious unity is.

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descendedupon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORDcommanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Psalm 133 (KJV)By contrasting unity to the dew of Hermon (the top),

David affirmed it to be advantageous to development andaffluence.

The dew is one of the sources of nourishment for strongand healthy plant life. Unity always supports vigorousgrowth, potency and prosperity in families, people, or-ganizations, etc.

Dejectedly, unity is not an expression that illustrates theworld of today; separation and divisions are more precise a-ccounts.

Until we are prepared to embrace the unadulteratedTRUTH with audacity and without justification in individuallives, the world will never understand factual harmony.

“And show your own self in all respects to be a pat-tern and a model of good deeds and works, teachingwhat is unadulterated, showing gravity [having thestrictest regard for truth and purity of motive], withdignity and seriousness.” Titus 2:7 (AMP)

Hot fun in the summertime: Tropical BioMedics offers health living tips for summerRHINEBECK, N.Y. — As

the Nat King Cole song says,it’s the lazy, hazy, crazy days ofsummer! Which means it’s theseason for family vacations,lounging by the pool, visitingamusement parks, and walkingbarefoot on the beach. Beingoutside in the sun feels greatespecially after the polar vortexwinter of 2013 – 2014. Butthere are precautions thatshould be taken when spendingtime outside in the heat. Topical

BioMedics offers tips for stayingsafe and healthy while catchingsome rays and waves.Beach Bag Essentials

Whether you’re spending theday by the shore, lake, or pool,there are several must-haveitems for toting in your beachbag: - Lip balm: Lip protectionis important to keep lips fromgetting chapped by the breezeor burned by the sun.

- Water shoes or flip-

flops: Choose shoes that can getwet and rinse off easily. If youare heading to a public poolthat has rough cement, freshwater swimming with a rockybottom or ocean it would be sa-fer to opt for water shoes withrubber soles with a mesh cover-ing to protect feet and toes.Shoes also help protect delicatefeet from hot sand and asphalt,which can cause severe burns.Just remember, flip flops do notoffer any support whatsoeverand should not be worn whenyou’ll be walking around forany length of time. - Water bottle: Eventhough your family is spendingthe day at the beach, it is veryimportant that you rehydratethroughout the day and havingwater handy will encourageyour kids to replenish theirfluids. Avoid alcoholic bever-ages, caffeine, soda, and othercarbonated drinks, which aredehydrating.

- Head protection: Whe-ther you choose a floppy strawhat or a baseball cap, be sure toinclude hats for every memberof your family in your beachbag. Remember that ears getsunburned too so choosing awide-brimmed hat is extremelyuseful for keeping the sun offears, face and head.

- Eye protection: Sun-glasses help shield the eyes fromthe harmful effects of the sunand also keep you from squint-ing, which can contribute topremature wrinkling. Be sureto choose sunglasses that havegood UV protection.Summer first aid kit foractive families

Be prepared by keeping afirst aid kit on hand for any in-cident that could put a damperon summer fun. One ideal one: Topricin’s “Boo Boos Happen”kit featuring a convenient zip-pered pouch with a tube ofTopricin for Children—the doc-tor-recommended safe, naturalalternative to chemical-basedpills, ointment, and liquids, aswell as a great all ‘round firstaid cream for treating bug bites,sunburns, and other aches andpains—plus “Ouchies” design-your-own self-adhesive band-ages with their own coloringmarkers, and handy travel-sizepackets of original Topricin andTopricin Foot Therapy Cream. Other essentials to tuck intoyour vacation first aid kit:

- Ear plugs to keep waterout of the ear to avoid discom-fort and prevent bacterial fromcausing an infection

- Goggles to protect eyesand natural/homeopathic eyedrops to relieve any irritation

- A vial of vinegar totreat jellyfish stings if you’reat the ocean -Alcohol wipes todisinfect or cleanse

- Extra bandages andgauze

- Antibiotic ointment totreat open wounds

- An antihistamine, justin case of an unexpected al-lergic reactionThe Great Sun Debate

To sunbathe or not to sun-bathe—THAT is the hot topicof the season!

For years now we’ve beenadvised to stay out of the sun,and slather on sunscreen withever-higher levels of SPF be-fore we even think about set-ting a foot outside our air con-ditioned doors.

But the tide is changing, soto speak, and the sun is nolonger seen as Public EnemyNumber One. In fact, the de-cades-long moratorium on sun-bathing has not done a thingto curb skin cancer rates,which are skyrocketing.

Numerous new reports andstudies have experts recom-mending that we all need, andbenefit, from the sun’s rays. It seems that regular, mode-rate, unprotected—yes that’sright unprotected—sun ex-posure, when thoughtfullymanaged, is essential. It’s alsothe way our bodies generatevitamin D, an important in-gredient for optimizing healthand preventing disease. It’shigh time we embraced thesun, as in the USA vitamin Ddeficiency is now at epidemiclevels.

It’s come to light that thebest way to optimize vitaminD levels is with limitedsunscreen-free exposure to thesun. Safe, smart, strategicbouts of sunshine help the skinproduce the Vitamin D ourbodies need to build bones,

Two rescued from apartment fireFort Lauderdale Fire Rescue

responded to an apartment fireat 1115 SW 15 Terrace Sundayafternoon. Upon arrival crewsencountered heavy smoke andfire from the first floorapartment. Two elderly victimswere trapped on the secondfloor and had to be rescued byfirefighters that carried themdown to safety. The fire was

quickly extinguished by FortLauderdale Fire Rescue andcontained to the apartment oforigin. One 17 year old wastransported to the hospital withminor injuries.

Three adults and fivechildren are displaced and inthe care of the Red Cross. Thecause of the fire is still under in-vestigation.

curb inflammation, and boostthe immune system. Moreover,research indicates that vitaminD and may help prevent as sometypes of cancer, including pan-creatic, lung, breast, ovarian,skin, prostate, and colon. Ironi-cally, a 2011 study publishedin Cancer Prevention Re-

search suggests that optimal le-vels of vitamin D offer protectionagainst sunburn and skin can-cer.

Other benefits of the BIG D: it can help protect the body fromdiseases like multiple sclerosis,rickets (in the young), tu-berculosis, inflammatory boweldisease, type 1 diabetes, in-flam-matory bowel disease, rheu-matoid arthritis, and systemiclupus erythematosus. And, ac-cording to the Vitamin D Coun-cil, researchers at the Universityof Alabama at Birmingham havereported that “lack of sun ex-posure may lead to cognitive de-cline over time.”

Along with vitamin D be-nefits, UVB exposure has a num-ber of positive health effects, in-cluding easing mild depression,enhancing energy levels, re-gulating melatonin, suppressingMS symptoms, and treating skindiseases. It also has been shownthat 20 minutes of sun exposurecan lower blood pressure.Sun Savvy

According to Frank Lipman,MD, physician, author, and

h e a l t ha d v o c a t e ,“Sunburnsare theenemy—notthe sun. Some sun ex-posure isgood, but gettoo much andy o u ’ r e

playing with fire.”When it comes to skin issues

and concerns, apparently sun-shine is good—it’s the sunburnsthat create problems and arehazardous to our health. Hereare some tips for getting healthydoses of sunshine and vitaminD with minimal risk:

— Short, regular expo-sures have been found to bemuch more effective and saferthan the occasional long one.

— Control your exposureand build up your toleranceslowly. To maximize yourbody’s natural Vitamin D pro-duction, start with five minutesof mid-morning sun withoutsun block, and work your wayup to 20 - 30 minutes. (The sunis strongest midday so avoidbeing outside sans protectionfrom high noon until a fewhours beyond.)

— Don’t overdo do it. After30 minutes in the sun withoutskin protection, apply a safe,natural sunscreen.

— You also need to protectskin if you’re in and out of thewater, on a boat/doing anyactivity when the breezes canmake you less aware that you’regetting sun burned.

— Don’t get fooled bycloudy days — they can burnyou just as easily as sunny ones.

PLEASE NOTE: If youare extremely fair skinned,have had skin cancer, orhave any other concerns re-garding sun safety, checkwith your doc first regard-ing appropriate levels of ex-posure to the sun and pro-per protection.



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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

My name is Mark Dukes. I am a 78-year-old man and I wouldlike to share my testimony.

Sixteen months ago, I was placed on dialysis, being treatedthree times per week, four hours each session. I begantaking herbal products. After one year of dialysis, I reducedmy treatments to one day per week, for two and a half hours.In my opinion, all of my bodily organs are functioning and Ibelieve this is due to the herbal product I have been using.

My doctor has not approved my decrease of dialysistreatments. As a matter of fact, I was advised to go to thenearest hospital a few weeks ago to have a blood transfusionbecause my levels had dropped extremely low. I did not goto the hospital and instead went on a nine hour car trip to visitmy brother. I feel “great” and believe it is because of thisherbal product.

My testimony is that I believe I am not experiencing what thedoctors expect me to feel because I am using this Herbalproduct. Although my doctor is advising me to take treat-ments as he has ordered, I feel I do not need to because ofthis Herbal product. I believe this product is a helper fordialysis patients.If you want to talk to me about this herbalproduct, please call me at (954) 937-1146.

Sincerely,Mark Dukes

Hip Hop CornerA challenge for the hip hop generationBy Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist

Lately, Hip Hop news hasbeen fueled with beef and rantsof all kinds. Meek Mill is beef-ing with Wale because Walewasn’t supporting Mill’s cur-rent project enough on socialmedia, Dame Dash is blamingLyor Cohen for the downfall ofRocafella Records, Lil Waynethanks the world for support-ing his bull. Chris Brown andDrake are in the studio togetherand Lebron James shocked theworld with a return to Cleve-land. Wow!

Where is the substance?When are we going to demandsomething more from those thatrepresent us on a grand stage?Is their job just to entertain usthrough the struggle and ourrole is to watch them fight overour attention to keep them rel-evant and paid in full? Are wereally living in the Matrix?

When I see people constantlyplugged into some form of so-cial media pretending to bewhomever they want to be andfinding happiness behind adesktop, laptop or handheld de-vice, I realize fantasy sells morethan truth. Is that by design?

Or, are we attracted to ourown BS? Are we in fear ofbeing accountable for our ac-tions or successful for our re-lentless pursuits? Sometimes itfeels like that. In our society, itseems like everyone is trying toset each other up for failure.With shows like “Big Brother,”“Survivor” and other reality pro-grams that promote deceptionin the form of friendship howcan we be getting better?

People of color are projectedto become the majority in theU.S. by 2050, if not sooner.What will that world look like?If we can’t depend on the musicand global messages to navi-gate us to victory, how do wein-sure we are preparing ourchildren to compete in this soci-ety in generations to come?

Other ethnic groups haveentered America and basedtheir ascension off of what wehave endured in this countryand they are winning. Why isit that we can’t put a plan inplace that ensures the preser-vation, economic developmentand success of our culture? Areselfish people with ruthless egosand agendas to blame? Look atthe Mexican children running

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for the bordersof America hop-ing they can geta glimpse at theopportunity tobe an Americancitizen.

Their parentsand families arepraying that once they getcaught they will be granted citi-zenship into a country that canmake their dreams come true.Are our children even dream-ing? Do you think they wouldbe willing to take a chance toescape the poverty stricken ar-rangements they are stuck in?

I look into the eyes of ourchildren and many are copingout on us. They are purposelyrebelling against the world thathas been presented to them.They feel that they do not needto subscribe to a system of illu-sions when they can deal withthe real hard core facts. A tat-too on their face, neck, and/orhand proves they are not con-sidering going to work on WallStreet. The harsh reality is thatis not their fault that they arenot prepared. I doubt they evenknow the millions of career op-tions available for them to pur-sue. Why is that? Is it becausewe allow nonsense-driven con-tent to monopolize our time andour children’s minds? Our civilrights fight included andneeded the athletes, actors andmusicians to use their voice topublicize the struggle. Why isit any different today?

By 2020, the Department ofEnergy’s goal is to have 1 mil-lion new STEM graduates and100,000 new teachers in STEMeducation. We need to immedi-ately begin preparing our chil-dren by removing the barriersto success. Our children haveto upgrade their math and writ-ing skills as well as stay out ofthe criminal justice system toreap the benefits of these greatpaying jobs that will require aslittle as a two year degree tomake over $50,000 a year.

For the sake of Hip Hop, Ibelieve we have all continuedto support the lifestyle in oneform or another knowing thedirection has been tainted. Forthose of us wwho have foughtso hard for Hip Hop, it’s hard toturn around and fight againstit. But part of our responsibil-ity is to admit when we arewrong. Words have transcend-ing power and we can not ig-nore the effects this has had onour children and our culture asa whole. All we have to do ispledge to use our power to in-fluence success in areas whereit is needed. Why limit our-selves to negative images andtough talk, when can expandour reach and be change agents.

Nation’s only Black Touring Rodeo celebrates 30thanniversary — making its way across the country

2014 Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Schedule — From Denver, CO to Washington, DCOAKLAND, CA — The na-

tionally renowned Bill PickettInvitational Rodeo (BPIR) isexcited to announce that its2014 touring season marks its30th anniversary on the road –taking thrilling professionalrodeo competitions to delightedaudiences and rodeo fans acrossthe United States. Having al-ready competed this year inDenver, CO and Memphis, TN.,some of the nation’s most skilled

and entertaining Black cowboysand cowgirls will soon ride intoa town near you—from the SanFrancisco Bay Area July 12-13th to the season’s champion-ship grand finals competitionin Washington DC‘s PrinceGeorge’s Showplace Arena Sep-tember 19-20th, and locales inbetween.

In each toured city Riderschoke dust as fans and novicespectators throughout the coun-

try cheer for hard riding com-petitors as they battle to benamed the best after a seasonof competition.

At every stop, dust will fly asspectators cheer for their favor-ite competitors during thrillingCalf Ropin’, exhilarating Bare-back Ridin’, Bull Doggin, La-dies Barrel Racin’, Junior Bar-rel Racin’, Ladies SteerUndecoratin’, and gripping BullRidin.’


Chi Psi Omega Chapters partner with Department of Juvenile Justice

L to r: Barbara J. Thomas, co-chairman; Cassandra L. Evans, Venetta McCullough,Veronica Phillips, president; Yulanda Smith-Ellis, Tabitha Bush, chairman; PaulaEdwards, Catrice Lee-Brown and seated: Dr. Rosalind Osgood, author, Story BehindStory.

Chi Psi Omega Chapter’s Ini-tiative V: Social Justice andHuman Rights Committee part-nered with the Florida Depart-ment of Juvenile Justice, Bro-ward County SATC (SexualAssault Treatment Center),PACE Center for Girls andMODCO (Mount Olive Deve-lopment Corporation) to con-duct another seminar in its forGirls Only Series, entitled “RealTalk”, June 28, 2014, at thePACE Center for Girls, in Wil-ton Manors, Fla.

This event was sponsored foryoung ladies 11 through 17years of age; being advertisedin the newspaper and on thechapter website. Fourteenyoung ladies participated in theseminar/event. The program a-genda was designed for parti-cipatory interaction, engage-ment, involvement, knowledgeenhancement, growth as wellas life-long learning on the part

of the participants. The pres-enter, author Soror Dr. RosalindOsgood, School Board Memberfor District V, president/CEOMODCO, assistant pastor ofNew Mount Olive BaptistChurch and former adjunctprofessor, Nova SoutheasternUniversity was introduced bySoror Cassandra L. Evans, com-mittee member. Dr. Osgooddemonstrated her ability toreach all age levels with herback-ground story. She hasnever been embarrassed to tellher story as she tells thosecaught up in the system of U-turns and second chances. Dr.Os-good’s book, Story BehindStory is a compelling mas-terpiece coupled with a unique,personal perspective; chroni-cling her trials to triumph. Morespecifically, the book is thought-provoking, motivational, de-signed to change negative,wayward, deviant or out of con-

trol behavior and to provideanswers to questions otherwisenot asked. Dr. Osgood has alove and is passionate aboutchildren and their success.More importantly, she is in herelement and comfort zonewhen interacting with them.

Following the presentation,each young lady participatedin a question and answer ses-sion that garnered them doorprizes. Furthermore, each onewas presented with one of Dr.Osgood’s books, received an au-tograph with a personalizedmessage and community ser-vice hours for graduation.

This event attracted a hostof community volunteers to as-sist in making this event a suc-cess. The basileus presentedDr. Osgood with a certificate ofappreciation on behalf of thechapter, took photos, providedclosing remarks to the partici-pants and encouraged them tobe lead agents for positivechange.

Healthy and nutritioussnacks served to the

participants for lunch includedfresh fruits, granola bars, juicesand water.

Evaluations from parti-cipants, sponsors, author/pre-senter, volunteers and sororsevidenced this was an out-standing seminar and achievedthe goals of the sponsors.

Sorors in attendance, parti-cipating and making the semi-nar successful were TabithaBush, chairman; Veronica E.Phillips, basileus; Barbara J.Thomas, co-chairman; Cassan-dra L. Evans, program parti-cipant; Yulanda Smith-Ellis, 2nd

anti-basileus; Venetta McCul-lough, Catrice Lee-Brown andPaula Edwards.

Second annual Knocking Down HIV/AIDS statistics in Broward County

CEO Mikelange Olbel signs community service hourssheet for volunteers.

Participants getting food.

John March of Broward House and Olbel.

By Mikelange Olbel

Team Saving Our Youth(SOY) hosted its Second annualKnocking Down HIV/AIDS inBroward County (Keep It Real

With Our Youth) and was amajor success. The event washeld on July 12, 2014 from11am to 2 pm at the Mid-TownCommerce Center in Fort Lau-derdale, Fla. Team had over 60

young adults between the agesof 14-22 in attendance, andparents also showed up in largenumbers to become more edu-cated about HIV/AIDS in Bro-ward County. Team SOY gavefree book bags, school supplies,gift cards, and even gave awaya free laptop at this event.Strong community involvementwas proven true when someyoung adults showed up earlyto help setup for the event andwere able to receive communityservices hours for school or legalrequirements.

This educational event alsoincluded free lunch for the at-tendees. Team SOY really pre-sented a great opportunity forcommunity members to cometogether and learn how we canmake better decisions in our fu-ture, specifically starting withthe youth in our community.

Team is a 501(c) 3 nonprofityouth development agencyproviding educational, pre-vention, and early interventionservices aimed at cultivating/strengthening families in SouthFlorida. Team SOY is dedicatedto ensuring that youth and

previous juvenile offendershave access to innovative, quali-ty programs and services thatwill transition and transformtheir lives to shape their future.

Team Saving Our Youth wasfounded by Mikelange Olbelback in 2012 who is a BrowardCounty, Florida native. WhenOlbel was asked what inspiredthis level of work towards HIV/AIDS for the last few years hestated, “When I was about sixor seven years of age, my unclewas diagnosed with HIV, andat that time medication was nothelping people live longer likeit does today. So like any youngkid at that time who heard theword ‘disease’, you associated itwith something deadly and youthought to yourself, ‘I am notgoing to touch him’. However,my lack of knowledge kept mefrom building a healthy rela-tionship with my uncle. Need-less to say my uncle died monthslater. Once I became know-ledgeable of this virus I madeup my mind that I wantedothers to learn about it as well,and to not miss out on an oppor-tunity to continue to expresslove to those family membersthat may be living with HIV.What really started my com-munity initiative was the factthat when I came home fromcollege I found out BrowardCounty was ranked numberone in the nation for newly diag-nosed HIV cases. I knew mytask was big - and still is -- so Iwanted to make a difference byencouraging awareness of thisvirus to everyone in BrowardCounty.” Olbel went on to say,“Everyone’s responsibility is tohelp educate our youth andfamilies on healthy relation-ships and safe sex practices inorder to prevent and reduceHIV/AIDS in Broward County.”

Team SOY allied themselveswith The Westside Gazette,SunServe, Pride Center, andCommunity-Based Connec-tions, Inc. to take their position

to bring awareness to young a-dults in the Fort Lauderdalecommunity.

Team SOY marketed thiscommunity event through theradio station Hot105 FM, socialmedia, flyers, and communityorganization.

Two days before the eventOlbel, CEO of Team , was goingdoor to door to help promotethis event in the heart of Sis-trunk Boulevard in Fort Lau-derdale.

One parent who attended theevent had learned about it byOlbel knocking on her doorThursday. She stated, “Mr. Ol-bel is the first CEO I have seengo door- to- door in the commu-nity to help prevent HIV/AIDSin the 33311 area, especiallywhile it’s raining. This man real-ly cares about the people.”When Olbel was asked whatinspired his door to door com-munity outreach, he replied bysaying, “The 33311 people hereon Sistrunk Blvd., need to seewho is really trying to helpchange their community for thebetter, and not just talkingabout it.”

Olbel’s vision for the futureis clear; he strives to help de-velop a better community. He istruly a humble man with a hugeheart for the people. Olbel’s planfor next year – “I am hopefulfor BIGGER and BETTER be-cause it’s about the people.”

L to r: Dr. Alberto M. Carvalho, Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Dr. Wilbert “Tee”Holloway, member of The Miami-Dade County School Board, Officer Kolei McKinney and Chief of School Policeand District Security Ian A. Moffett pose for a photograph during recent Swearing In Ceremony for seven newofficers and an officer promotion held at Miami-Dade County School Board Building Auditorium. This is thethird Swearing In Ceremony this school year, for individuals transitioning into new positions to better serve ourstudent population.

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Youth kickoff pastor’s anniversary, Mohorn closes it out

Pictures are from l to r: Mt. Calvary Youth, Revival Dance Theater, and directors Mary Jefferson and Eric Allen kicked off the celebration; The third night of praise featuredRev. Marcus Davidson and the New Mount Olive Baptist Church family including Dr. Rosalind Osgood, other visiting ministers and State Rep. Perry Thurston, Jr.; StateRepresentative Gwyn Clarke-Reed delivered personal reflections about Rev. Burrell during the luncheon is pictured with Pastor Burrell and First Lady Virginia; Rev. Burrellare congratulated on their 10th anniversary by the Mt. Calvary Pulpit Associates is pictured with Rev. Leeroy Woodall, Min. Lillian Woodall, Min. Louise Atkison, Rev. MarciaDavis and Rev. Carolyn McCall Roper.

By Novice Johnson

From praise dancing toChristian Comedy, the MountCalvary Baptist Church in Pom-pano Beach, Fla. commemorat-ed the 10th anniversary oftheir pastor, Rev. Anthony Bur-rell.

With the theme, “MovingForward with God’s SpiritualLeader,” the celebration beganwith a kick-off program pro-duced and directed by MaryGoins Jefferson and Eric Allen.The church praise dancers, call-ed The Revival Theater, hadeveryone on their feet after aperformance titled “Stand,”while New Creation Baptist leda clap your hands good-timepraise session.

Min. Breon Williams, PineyGrove Baptist Church, Rev.Marcus Davidson, New MountOlive Baptist Church, Rev. Dr.Louis Sanders, Macedonia Bap-tist Church, Pastor RasheedBaaith, and Apostle John L.Mohorn of The Word of the Liv-ing God Ministries, were guestspeakers during the celebra-tion events while members ofthe Pompano Clergy Counciland President Rev. Gary Mc-Cleod attended various nights.

The anniversary committeewas chaired by Minister LouiseAtkinson and co-chaired byDeacon and Deaconess Arthur

and Jean Scott, with a long listof committee members whichincluded Runette Williams, An-nette Woods and volunteerswho joined together to makethe events enjoyable.

Proclamations and personalreflections were read by StateRepresentative Gwyn ClarkeReed, along with acknowledge-ments from Senator Chris Smithand Commissioner WoodyPoitier. Heartfelt words of inspi-ration were read from the Bur-rell’s children Courtney, Jes-sica and Anthony Burrell, Jr.,who were unable to attend. Aspirited comedienne, praisedancers and a poem dedicatedto the First Lady, Virginia Bur-rell, read by her daughter Bri-anna, a solo to Sister Burrell byJennifer Scott, and words fromvisiting ministers were amongthe highlights of the luncheon.

Clergy from in and out oftown celebrated with PastorBurrell and the First Family, a-long with the Mount Calvaryfamily. Burrell stated thatwhile the entire slate of eventsfor his anniversary was excel-lent, it was the kickoff from theYouth and the words from hischildren that put the icing onthe cake. He went on to statethat this tenth anniversary isthe start of a new beginningthat will see more focus on empo-wering the youth to make themand our community stronger.

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