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VIEWPOINT BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY | JULY 3-9, 2019 | MiamiTimesOnline.com Credo Of The Black Press MEMBER: National Newspaper Periodicals Postage EDITORIAL Publisher Association paid at Miami, Florida (ISSN 0739-0319) The Black Press believes that America MEMBER: The Newspaper POSTMASTER: Published Weekly at 900 NW 54th Street, can best lead the world from racial and Association of America Send address changes to Miami, Florida 33127-1818 national antagonism when it accords Subscription Rates: One Year THE MIAMI TIMES, How do hundreds of Post Office Box 270200 to every person, regardless of race, $65.00 – Two Year $120.00 P.O. Box 270200 Buena Vista Station, Miami, Florida 33127 creed or color, his or her human and Foreign $75.00 Buena Vista Station, Miami, FL Phone 305-694-6210 legal rights. Hating no person, fearing 7 percent sales tax for Florida residents 33127-0200 • 305-694-6210 no person, the Black Press strives to graves just disappear? H.E. SIGISMUND REEVES Founder, 1923-1968 help every person in the firm belief that GARTH C. REEVES JR. Editor, 1972-1982 all persons are hurt as long as anyone hey all had names - these mothers, fathers, daugh- GARTH C. REEVES SR. Publisher Emeritus RACHEL J. REEVES Publisher and Chairman is held back. ters and sons - and they lived in Tampa during a Tperiod in history when Blacks carried their un- equal status to the grave. Now an investigation by the Tam- pa Bay Times has found that hundreds of African-Ameri- FAMU’s story is still being written cans who died last century may be buried in an unmarked LARRY ROBINSON, president, Florida A&M University cemetery north of downtown Tampa. The community has The Florida A&M Uni- to support initiatives that give medicine in America. an obligation to account for these remains and to honor versity story is one of prog- students the best possible op- Last week, Governor Ron these residents’ life stories. ress and triumph. It is filled portunity to complete their DeSantis signed into law a For two decades, Tampa’s Black community buried its with many chapters about degrees within four years, find state budget that includes dead along a stretch of North Florida Avenue that’s now struggle, courage, persever- gainful employment and $24.8 million to complete home to a restaurant warehouse and a public housing com- ance and success. Perhaps leave them with as little debt We are obliged to a state-of-the-art student plex. Zion Cemetery, the first African-American cemetery the two most important as possible. services center that is slat- chapters are titled “Wel- We are obliged to be good be good stewards ed for completion in fall recognized by the city, established in 1901, has been forgot- come” and “Thank You.” We stewards of the resources en- of the resources 2020. A 700-bed residence ten. There’s no sign today that a cemetery once occupied 2 welcome you to bring trusted to us. Real progress entrusted to us. Real and dining hall is also sched- ½ acres here, no hint of the squares plotted out on an old your talents and perspec- requires hard work, dedica- progress requires hard uled to be completed next fall. map showing nearly 800 graves. tives. There is room for you tion and, sometimes, a course work,“ dedication and, Of course, our most im- But acting on a tip last fall, the Times’ Paul Guzzo began on one of the “Highest of correction. Case in point: giv- sometimes, a course portant story is the success Seven Hills” in Tallahassee. en recent concerns about the of our students. We have set examining what became of it. After reviewing thousands of correction. historic records and conducting dozens of interviews, the “Thank you” to the countless inappropriate use of funds to challenging goals related to alumni, friends and support- support athletics, we have in- improving retention and grad- Times identified death certificates for 382 people who were ers who have embraced our stituted additional controls to uation rates and post-grad- buried at Zion from 1913 to 1920. There were likely many unique institutional mission ensure that we operate as re- Florida’s community and state uate outcomes. This year, more. Deaths were not always recorded in an era when no as the only public Historical- quired. That has meant chang- colleges. FAMU has witnessed an in- regulations protected graves and when African-Americans ly Black University in Flori- es in both personnel and busi- Companies have stepped up crease in the percentage of were treated as second-class citizens. The Times deter- da. And “thank you” to every- ness processes. We will have an their recruitment of FAMU bachelor’s graduates without mined 13 of the bodies were moved, most of them to two one who has contributed to the external set of eyes review this students. Those attending excess credit hours, a reduc- Tampa cemeteries. But what became of the others? No one excitement we share about the issue and provide the objec- career expos on campus in- tion in the actual cost of earn- university’s future. tive and thoroughness needed creased from 323 in 2017-18 ing a bachelor’s degree and knows. A local amateur historian involved in the search said We are excited that the to continue to improve. to more than 500 during the increases in graduation rates. the number buried could be at least 747, or nearly double Board of Governors just al- Meanwhile, the FAMU sto- 2018-19 fiscal year. The FAMU story is 131 the figure reported thus far. located $13.7 million in per- ry continues and others are We continue to create years in the making and Whatever the number, the city should work with land- formance-based funding to noticing. We were recently unique opportunities for our is filled with incredible plots, owners, archivists and scientists to determine what hap- FAMU, reflecting our progress ranked among this nation’s students, including an agree- twists and outcomes. Our pened to Zion Cemetery and whether any bodies remain. in meeting measurable goals “best national universities,” ment with the University team is committed to doing Establishing the facts is an essential starting point for the of educational and administra- and among the best choices of Haifa in Israel, that will the work necessary to ensure tive excellence. These funds for a high-quality education expand study abroad op- that our next chapters will next step, from recovering the remains to recognizing the will contribute greatly to at an affordable price. More tions for FAMU students. In be even more amazing. Stay site with an historical marker. The research process would the achievement of the ob- than 11,000 students have ap- February, FAMU and Ross tuned. enrich Tampa’s cultural history and could fill some personal jectives in our strategic plied for admissions for fall University School of Med- Editor’s note: This column gaps for living descendents. plan, “FAMU Rising.” In partic- 2019. We have signed special icine signed an agreement first appeared in the Tallahas- Archeologists at the University of South Florida have the ular, these dollars will be used transfer agreements with 15 of to help diversify the field of see Democrat on June 28, 2019 skill sets and equipment to help. The Tampa Housing Au- thority, which owns the apartments, and Richard Gonzmart of the Columbia Restaurant Grouap should allow research- ers to use ground penetrating radar on the properties to Harris got everyone’s attention now learn if the graves ares still there. EUGENE ROBINSON, columnist, Washington Post Tampa Mayor Jane Castor has reached out to USF for The biggest impact of the background, her temperament, assistance and encouraged the housing authority and two-night, 20-candidate Dem- her positions on the issues. Gonzmart to help in ensuring that any remains are properly ocratic extravaganza is that If Harris’s debate triumph buried and recorded. The housing authority said it would a new star has emerged: Sen. was a revelation, Sen. Bernie welcome an investigation. While Gonzmart has not com- Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) Sanders’s (I-Vt.) performance mitted to allowing radar on his property, he told the Times turned in one of the best debate was familiar. But unlike four performances I’ve ever seen. years ago, when he had the he recognized the significance of this discovery. His cooper- She earned herself a place in progressive wing of the par- ation would be in keeping with Gonzmart’s long, commend- the upper tier of the crowded ty to himself, this year he has able practice of contributing to preserve Tampa’s heritage. field. Now we’ll see whether to share it with Sen. Elizabeth This is an opportunity to solve a mystery and turn a sad she has what it takes to climb Warren (D-Mass.), who domi- chapter in the city’s history into a unifying experience. The all the way to the top — and nated Wednesday night’s first community has the expertise and resources at hand to de- stay there. half of the debate. velop a good picture of what happened to Zion Cemetery. Harris’s ascent came at the Pete Buttigieg created a mo- expense of front-runner Joe ment when he forthrightly took These early pioneers are an indelible part of the Tampa sto- Biden, who had such a disap- responsibility for not doing ry, and now they deserve the dignity that was denied them pointing outing that all he can more to diversify the police in their lifetimes. do is make sure he does bet- Brynn Anderson/AP department of South Bend, —Tampa Bay Times ter next time. He still leads all Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), listens to questions after Ind., during his time as mayor. comers, and one debate didn’t the Democratic primary debate on Thursday in Miami. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.). Sen. change that. But he showed Michael F. Bennet (D-Colo.) vulnerabilities that have to white-supremacist Senate Her attack on Biden wasn’t and former housing and urban CARTOONCORNER make Democratic voters ner- colleagues and his late-1970s nice, but it wasn’t unfair — his development secretary Julián vous about his prospects in a stance against federally man- stance on busing is a matter of Castro really helped them- general-election race against dated school busing to achieve public record. She was careful selves this week; New York President Trump. racial integration — Harris ac- to begin by making clear she Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sen. That, after all, is by far the complished three important was not accusing Biden of be- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) biggest question for many things. The former California ing a racist. But what she did showed that breaking the de- Democrats: Who is the surest attorney general displayed her imply was that he was a man of bate rules and interrupting bet to beat Trump? The an- world-class skills as a prosecu- yesterday, not tomorrow. constantly gets you noticed, swer, according to polls thus tor, treating Biden like a defen- It was easy to imagine her ut- not punished. And God bless far, is Biden. But his perfor- dant on the witness stand. She terly demolishing Trump on a Marianne Williamson, because mance Thursday night has to made Biden look defensive and debate stage. It was possible to yes, we do need love. make never-Trump voters ner- flustered and, frankly, old. And imagine Biden doing the same Bottom line: Harris won the vous. she introduced her personal thing, but you had to wonder. two-night debate by a wide With what was clearly a history as a young Black girl So Harris got everybody’s margin. And Biden needs to do planned assault on Biden — on in Berkeley who rode a bus to attention. Now begins the seri- better next time if he wants to his fond reminiscences of school. ous vetting — of her record, her keep his lead. Trump going to cash in on his library STEPHEN A. CROCKETT JR., senior editor, The Root Leave it to the business- “I know a lot of people could personally cash in Trump. In fact, since taking man who’s so bad at busi- mentioned it to me, the pres- on his presidential library. office, Trump has made sure ness, he’s probably lost every idential library.” Todd next Trump has marketed his that all of Trump’s proper- game of Monopoly he’s ever asked if Trump knew where Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm ties have been taken care of. played, to try and profit off he’d want the library.Then, Beach, Florida, throughout He’s used the White House his presidential library. the man who markets every- his presidency, calling it the to further his business deal- Meet the Press host Chuck thing from his name to bogus “Winter White House.” So, ings, and guests trying to Todd—who is no Tim Rus- for-profit colleges to steaks, naturally he angled for that curry favor with the pres- sert—asked the president went into money making location telling Todd, “I’ve ident know it doesn’t hurt if he has thought about his mode and answered, “I have been treated so great in Flor- matters to stay in a Trump presidential library. The a lot of locations actually. ida. You know, the win in hotel. question should have been The nice part, I don’t have Florida. I’ve been treated so In short, the president is easy and mindless. to worry about buying a lo- great in so many states.” never not busy making sure Here’s how Rolling cation.”That’s right, Trump’s Trump is never not making that he’s taking care of the Stone breaks it all down: first thought was how he sure that he’s taking care of president. The Miami Times 3 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 3-9, 2019 Miamian ready for any contingency

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takes place behind Florida In- Investigations Division. Broward prosecutors to bring worth. Student loan debts put ternational University’s Roz and criminal charges against the the new sheriff's personal net NEWS BRIEFS Cal Kovens Conference Center, Delucca Rolle, teen at deputies. worth at -$73, 194. COMPILED BY MIAMI TIMES EDITORIAL DEPT. located at 3000 NE 151 St. The center of beating His annual salary as sheriff is event is free. Free on-site park- complaint, arrested again State revokes Sheriff's listed at $188,262. New bill helps high blood pressure, sickle cell ing is available on a first come, Delucca Rolle, the 15-year- Offices accreditation Photo courtesy AJ Shorter Black communities disease and other ailments first served basis. old who is seen on video being The Broward Sheriff's Office South Florida schools battle Alzheimer's highly affecting people of color. Personal fireworks, weapons, roughed up by two Broward has lost its accreditation after improve on test scores Legislation that promises to “Alzheimer’s disease is the large bags, coolers and alcohol- Sheriff's deputies during an ar- bungling two mass shootings. South Florida schools made improve the health outcomes of most common type of demen- ic beverages are prohibited. rest in Tamarac, was arrested A state panel revoked the improvements on test scores Blacks and other ethnic groups tia. Alzheimer’s disease is more The July 4 festivities also again Friday night in Lauderhill. Sheriff's Office's law enforce- according to results from the disproportionately impacted prevalent among African-Amer- mark the official launch of the The teen is accused of being ment accreditation last week, Florida Standards Assessment. by Alzheimer’s disease and icans than among whites, with city of North Miami’s Census in a stolen car and resisting an citing the handling of the Park- The test results, released Fri- dementia went into effect this estimates ranging from 14% to 2020 awareness campaign. officer without violence, police land shooting last February day, are used to calculate the Monday. almost 100% higher. Data stud- said. The charges are both mis- and the Fort Lauderdale airport school grades that come out HB 1045, sponsored by ies suggest that high cholester- Miami Beach has demeanor offenses. shooting in 2017. every year, which are expected Florida Sen. Audrey Gibson ol and high blood pressure may new top cop Rolle was first arrested on Statewide, 166 police agen- to be released in a few weeks. (D-Jacksonville) and Rep. Ka- be significant risk factors. These On Monday, Miami Beach April 18 outside a Tamarac Mc- cies have accreditation, mean- Students in Miami-Dade mia Brown (D-Orlando), unan- two factors also have high oc- Police Department swore in Donald's after a confrontation ing they comply with over 250 County, Broward and Palm imously passed both chambers currence in African-Americans new Police Chief Richard Cle- with two deputies, Sgt. Greg professional standards. The Beach counties showed pro- of the legislature, and was re- and people of color," Gibson ments, a 29-year veteran, along LaCerra and Deputy Christo- Broward Sheriff's Office is the ficiency in English and Math. cently signed by Gov. Ron De- said. with new Deputy Chief Wayne pher Krickovich. Bystanders' largest police agency in the All three counties showed im- Santis. The bill adds funding Jones. Clements has been dep- cellphone videos show depu- state. provement in the two subject ar- under the “Closing the Gap” North Miami celebrates uty chief for the past three years ties slamming Rolle's head to Broward Sheriff Gregory eas. The students are required grant program to include these Independence Day and served on the department's ground and pepper-spraying Tony, who was appointed in to pass the Florida Standards illness. North Miami is ready for its SWAT team for more than a de- the teen in an attempt to sub- January after his predecessor Assessment to graduate high The Closing the Gap grant annual Independence Day cade. The city commission ap- due him. Scott Israel was removed by school. program provides funding to Celebration By The Bay this proved Clements appointment Following the viral video, civil Gov. Ron DeSantis, placed the One school, however, that decrease ethnic disparities in Thursday featuring an evening on June 26. rights advocates were outraged blame on the previous adminis- saw a slip in academic perfor- a variety of diseases and ill- of fireworks, music, food and Jones has worked with the and called on Rolle to press tration. mance was Marjory Stoneman nesses, such as certain forms fun under the stars, starting at department since 1996. He re- charges against the deputies. A recent financial disclosure Douglas High, following a year of cancer, infant mortality, car- 6 p.m. cently oversaw police investi- Civil rights attorney Benjamin filed with the state last week after the massacre that left 17 dio vascular disease, diabetes, The rain-or-shine event will gations as head of the Criminal Crump set a July 4 deadline for shows Tony has a negative net dead and 17 injured.

parity," said Executive Editor Award and the Best Original Va., won the Publisher of the dependent Black Press is awards while Kerri Watkins, Carolyn Guniss, who over- Advertising categories, The Year Award. critical,” said Harris, who re- the publisher of the New BEST sees the newspaper's edito- Miami Times finished third. Andrews, who hosted last ceived the 2018 NNPA News- York Daily Challenge, hand- CONTINUED FROM 1A rial page. "I wondered if the Last year, The Miami Times year’s convention, accept- maker of the Year Award ed out the George Curry paper would get hate mail, if was named best Black news- ed the award from NNPA during a ceremony last year. Award in honor of the late School massacre. The editori- the commentary would seem paper when it won 12 awards, Foundation Chair Amelia The 2020 presidential hope- Black Press editor. al pointed out the markedly insensitive." including the John B. Russ- Ashley-Ward, the publisher ful couldn’t attend the event “We are all winners be- different response when chil- The Miami Times earned wurm Trophy. It took first of the San Francisco Sun Re- because she was in Miami cause of what we do,” Ash- dren from a white, affluent second place for Best Enter- place in two categories, five porter. participating in the second ley-Ward said. "We put our neighborhood were killed. tainment Section and Best second-place awards and California Sen. Kamala night of debates for Demo- lives on the line; we put our "I wondered if it was too Column Writing for Jenny four third-place awards. Harris opened the program cratic candidates. bodies on the line; and we soon after the unfortunate Ziegler's sports writing, "The Brenda Andrews publish- via a video message. During the ceremony, Ford do it all for the betterment of and uncalled for shooting to Ziegler Report." er of the New Journal and “Thank you for the work and General Motors formal- our community. So, power to write about the blatant dis- In the Community Service Guide newspaper in Norfolk, that you do … a free and in- ly announced scholarship the Black Press of America."

lieve the completion of phase had a historic low in homi- set to begin later this month The City of Miami recently a long way from the roaches one of the project marks the cide crimes at a conference and phase three will begin at rezoned in the area to allow a and poor infrastructure of PROJECT renaissance of Liberty City. in the Liberty Square Com- the end of the year, Milo said. supermarket and commercial her old house. Her rent of CONTINUED FROM 1A Liberty Square is also known munity Center. Miami Police Overall, 1,455 mixed units of spaces, Hardemon said. "It $147 a month, however, will as the Pork 'N Beans, a de- said overall, residents in Lib- public and affordable hous- gives us an opportunity for stay the same. collaborative effort between rogatory allusion to poverty, erty City and other areas are ing will be created by 2023 businesses to come in and “I look forward to enjoying Miami-Dade County, City of symbolizing that the resi- offering tips, to which they with a total development thrive," he said. life and enjoying my brand Miami and the U.S. Depart- dents could only afford to say partly helped lower the cost of $300 million. Gregory said she has come new apartment,” she said. ment of Housing and Urban eat pork and beans instead of homicide rate. Development designed to other types of foods closely The Liberty Square re- provide a catalyst for neigh- associated with wealth, such build includes units for sale. borhood revitalization in the as steak and lobster. “Homeownership brings Liberty City area. Built 1937 “I’m going to do my best pride in the neighborhood,” under President Franklin Del- to end the “Pork ‘N Beans” she said. “The community it- ano Roosevelt, Liberty Square stigma,” said County Com- self will make [residents] do is the oldest public housing mission Chairwoman Audrey what they are supposed to.” project in the southeastern Edmonson, who grew up in Miami Commissioner United States. Many genera- the area. "I will not be call- Keon Hardemon, who rep- tions have called the develop- ing it that. The whole entire resents Liberty City, echoed ment home. development will be built on those sentiments. Phase one features six new the premise of decreasing “We are inviting new buildings at 6512 NW 14 Ave., crime.” people to live in this com- made up of 204 total units, 73 The buildings are designed munity and that is special,”

Miami Times photo/Felipe Rivas An outside view of phase one of the Liberty Square apartments. of which are public housing in open fashion that will Hardemon said. He believes apartments and 131 non-pub- maximize residents’ visibili- public housing sites benefit lic housing such as market. ty of the area. Residents will and need support from oth- The $46 million first phase have secured access to the er kinds of income. “That’s was funded through a com- buildings and visitors will be what you need in order to bination of county, city, state required to check in with se- build a better community,” and federal dollars. curity office before entering he said. Albert Milo, president of the apartments, according to Secretary of HUD Ben Related Urban Development Milo. Carson, who attended the Group, the developer said to Miami-Dade Police De- grand opening, said the proj- date the group held over 70 partment will assist Miami ect could become a model community meetings. He said Police in securing Liberty for housing developments that's the most the company Square, which is a federal around the nation. has done for any project. He housing project, located in “I came down here because used the meetings to hear the City of Miami and man- I wanted to see the progress residents' concerns and made aged by the county's housing that was being made and it is them part of the vision of the department. The plan, called overwhelming,” he said. project. “brown and blue” referenc- Carson added that it’s an “The biggest thing was lis- ing the color of each depart- example of “lifting people tening to the community,” ment's patrol uniform, puts out of poverty and into the said Milo. “That was our big- both agencies together to American Dream.” gest mission; the community help cut down crime, gun vi- He said the mixed public understands that we listened olence and improve policing, and affordable housing mod- to them and their concerns,” Edmonson said. el will help "change the at- he said. Earlier this year, Miami mosphere" of the area. County and city leaders be- leaders announced the city Phase two of the project is The Miami Times 5 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 3-9, 2019 ‘Tragic’ Magic City coming to Little Haiti Miami Commissioner approve plan, plan to appeal the Commis- process was Florida Memori- sion's decision. al University in Miami Gar- nets Little Haiti $40M in benefits dens, which secured $250,000 'SHARE THE WEALTH' from the developers. FELIPE RIVAS ist, Marleine Bastien said, "$31 Throughout the public “Ninety-eight percent of [email protected] million is selling Little Haiti comment portion of the our students are low-income, for cheap. It is a bad deal; it is meeting, opposers of the de- first-generation college stu- Some Little Haiti residents a sad day for Little Haiti.” velopment accused the com- dents,” FMU President Jaf- cheered, while others feel the The community benefits mission of undermining rent- fus Hardrick told The Miami fate of the historic neighbor- package was negotiated by ers' rights and slighting their Times. He pointed out that hood was sealed, when Miami District 5 Commissioner Keon concerns with the project. “$3,000 makes a difference Commissioners approved the Hardemon in a closed-door The Little Haiti Revital- whether or not our students Magic City Innovation Dis- deal with the “Tragic City” ization Trust, comprised of enroll and matriculate in our trict Special Area Plan early developers, a label locals have residents, businesspeople university.” Friday morning. attached to the project. and homeowners, was cre- The developers would With their vote, Com- The deal brokered by the ated to formulate solutions make an immediate payment missioners also approved a commissioner relieved the for affordable housing and of $100,000 to the scholarship $40-million package, com- developer from a previous economic development and fund and commit to spending prised of community benefits commitment to build hun- make other recommenda- a total of $250,000 over the and impact fees, that is set dreds of below-market-rent tions for the $31 million. next 10 years. “We do not get to create economic develop- apartments as part of the “Do I want more money the kind of support like some ment and help fund affordable project in exchange for the $31 than $31 million?” Hardemon of the other universities in housing initiatives through- million benefits package. The said from the dais. “Sure; but our community,” Hardrick out the neighborhood. As part reworked agreement calls for this is the most amount of said. “It is going to make a big of the package, commission- the developers to make a $6 money that any neighbor- difference.” ers also secured a $250,000 million payment after proj- hood has ever gotten in the The developers cheered as scholarship endowment for ect approval, with the remain- history of the City of Miami,” the commission finalized the Florida Memorial University, ing balance paid out over the he said. vote on the project. to help low-income students life of the project. Additionally, Hardemon “We feel like we are part- matriculate at the historically “This was all done behind said $19 million in impact ners with the community, Black university. closed doors,” Little Haiti res- fees, or fees that are paid as and we are here for the long The Magic City Innova- ident, Warren Perry, said. “It Miami Times Photo/Felipe Rivas pre-development costs to term of the community,” said tion District pitched as a is not fair to the community.” Opposers of the Magic City Innovation District rally out- help fund the additional proj- Managing Partner Neil Fair- state-of-the-art residential, After a prolonged City side of the Miami City Hall to voice concerns of the project ects and initiatives, are slated man of Plaza Equity Partners. business and entertainment Commission meeting that they believe will accelerate gentrification in Little Haiti. to come from the Magic City “We are proud to be their hub, will be built in phases stretched past midnight, op- Innovation District project. neighbors and we want to along Northeast Second Ave- posers of the highly divisive Hardemon tried to move the help the community any way nue to the railroad track and project aired concerns about In a last-ditch effort to ap- a disparate impact on him. Commission to approve the we can.” from Northwest 60th to 64th the development that they peal to Magic City Innovation He said these negative out- $19 million for Little Hai- The developers project the streets over the next 15 years. say is out of character with District developers, attorney comes are reflections of how ti. However, Commissioner Magic City Innovative Dis- The $1-billion, live-work- the neighborhood, does lit- Meena Jagganath and her le- other neighborhood residents Manolo Reyes objected and trict will add $188 million to and-play district promises to tle to improve the affordable gal team, requested to have might be affected. Perry’s asked “to share the wealth.” the local Little Haiti commu- be a model of urban revital- housing crisis in the area, and Perry intervene, which would request was denied because The commissioners then nity by creating close 12,000 ization with a focus on the lo- would accelerate the gentri- have allowed a neutral par- the Commission found that agreed to split the impact direct and indirect jobs by cal community and economy. fication already happening in ty to join ongoing litigations. his situation did not reflect fees, with some $9 million the time the development is The package comprises $31 Little Haiti. The Commission denied the a “disparate impact,” most- coming to Little Haiti, and fully finished. million from a community After a marathon meeting request. ly because he lived in con- the rest to other citywide Bastien and other activists benefits agreement between that saw the item filibustered The attorneys brought out trolled-rent housing. projects. plan to continue to repre- the developers and the stake- until the early hours of the Perry, who lives 300 feet from "It cannot only be that it's The Little Haiti package's sent the marginalized people holders in Little Haiti and $9 morning, and a long public the construction area in con- only homeowners that only value now stands at $40 mil- of Little Haiti and advocate million in impact fees. comment portion, chock-full trolled-rent housing, tried to have an interest in their lion – $31 million in commu- against gentrification, dis- Opposers believe the com- with pleads to defer the item, make his case for intervenor neighborhood in the scale of nity benefits, which will be placement and the loss of the munity benefits package is a 3-0 commission vote ulti- status, saying traffic, con- the project. Over 60 percent paid out over the project, and innate qualities of the histor- weak and inconsiderate of mately paved the way for the struction noise and a rise in of Miami residents are rent- $9 million, accounting for the ic neighborhood. residents’ needs. developers to begin construc- rent, brought by the approval ers," Jagganath said. impact fees. “This is not the end of it,” Veteran community activ- tion in the neighborhood. of the project, would create Jagganath and her team A winner in this year-long she said. The Alliance for Aging, Inc. Area Agency on Aging for Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties ARE YOU 60 AND OVER AND NEED

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what’s “good for Florida” and which seems awfully biased – the African diaspora commu- controversial and divisive bill what’s not. And where there if you ask me. It is as if Prog- nities who he serves – com- while handing Rep. Bush an was controversy, it said noth- ress Florida has a certain love munities in which Sen. Pizzo “F” in the same breath, leaves ing. If Progress Florida refus- affair with certain democratic doesn't live or polled before more questions than answers. es to expose and correct bad legislators, so the organization trying to enact life-changing They’re both Democrats, W RD bills, even those sponsored by shielded those lawmakers’ legislation. right? If Black children are BRIAN DENNIS ON THE STREET legislators who they favor, it reputations by failing to give Then there's the grade ”F” an afterthought to those who seems painfully obvious who them a letter grade. When I that Progress Florida gave call themselves “friends” of O is “bad for Florida,” and why. was in school if you didn't State Rep. James Bush III be- the community, then it looks Progress Florida gets an F Although the organization answer a question on the test cause it opposes policy and like the party has a decision seems to overwhelmingly fa- it was considered a wrong resources that favor for-profit to make. When Progress Florida is- vidual districts of the Florida vor Democratic members of answer and counted against charter schools. And although Progress Florida gets an sued letter grades for legisla- House and Senate – the areas the Florida House and Sen- your grade. I might not be the the Legislature has gone way F for its analysis of the 2019 tors of Florida a few weeks that each legislator was elect- ate, it is alarmingly biased sharpest tool in the shed, but too far in cutting public dol- Florida Legislative Session. ago, it allegedly based its rat- ed to fight for and champion. against certain Democratic I'm definitely not the dullest, lars to fund for-profit charter Because, for all of the prog- ings on the issues that were These districts are com- legislators because of their so I would definitely get some schools in Florida, Progress ress that it claims to repre- supposed to matter to the prised of your neighborhoods vote for or against a single work in the field trimming Florida failed to consider that sent, its silence on issues state's residents. and are in place so that need- issue with which it disagrees. hedges, gardening or raking if Bush’s District 109 is home that matter the most to Afri- The organization rep- ed dollars are brought and What Progress Florida fails I was a tool. to non-profit charter schools can-American families, a core resents that its ratings were policies are implemented to to understand is that one size It is scary to think that Prog- that serve young, troubled constituency, showed just based on the economy, public improve the quality of life for doesn't fit all and that you ress Florida gave State Sen. African-Americans who have how non-inclusive its think- schools, the environment, civ- you and your family. Not only can't blanket the entire state Jason Pizzo an “A” with his no other options to obtain a ing is, in practice. Progress il rights, healthcare reproduc- did Progress Florida fail to with the needs of one com- treacherous and dangerous high school diploma. This Florida is a step backward - tive freedom, gun safety and grade controversial bills that munity or a single philosophy. Senate Bill 1310 that allowed lack of consideration and for Blacks. a slew of other issues that are legislators put forth, it never For example, there are sev- for the criminalization of mi- sensitivity for communities The views and opinions supposed to be "important" even spoke with those legisla- eral Democratic legislators nors who posted pictures of a of color give me pause as to expressed in this column are to the community. But what tors to hold them accountable who didn't vote at all on at firearm or a bb-gun on social how “progressive” Progress those of the author and do not the organization failed to con- for what they sponsored. In- least five items that were sup- media. The bill, had it been Florida really is. necessarily reflect the official sider were the unique needs stead, the organization’s ten- posedly “good for Florida” but adopted, would have been ex- To award Sen. Pizzo an “A” policy or position of The Mi- and priorities within the indi- dency is to tell the community they didn't get a grade at all, tremely harmful to families of after he sponsored such a ami Times. TAX CONTINUED FROM 1A incarcerated people because they say it is unconstitutional. Of the statewide voters in the November election when Amendment 4 was on the ballot, 65 percent decided released felons should have their voting rights restored. The measure was supposed to be self-executing excluding murderers and sexual offend- ers. The American Civil Liber- ties Union has filed a federal lawsuit against Florida, saying the law is unconstitutional and akin to a 21st century poll tax.That requirement does not exist for people who have no conviction record and have court fees. They are able to register to vote without needing to pay their remain- ing court balance in advance. Desmond Meade, executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, spoke about what the organization will do during a press confer- ence on July 2. His organiza- tion is seeking funds to help ex-felons pay their court fees. Leaders of Florida Rights Photo courtesy of FRRC Restoration Coalition said Jessica Younts, Desmond Meade and Neil Volz of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition on Tuesday made an appeal for funds to help “re- at a news conference Tues- turning citizens” pay their court fees in order for them to register to vote. Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republicans changed Amendment 4 to include day that it hopes to raise $3 what some are calling a poll tax and unconstitutional. million through fundraising. The grassroots coalition al- pate in their community and retary of State Laurel Lee, The new law passed 67- language was attached to the before a vote could be cast. ready has raised $80,000 in stimulate the economy,” Me- wrote he would only consid- 42 in the House and 22-17 in bill when it came back from Congress could have used just a few days, according to ade said. er restoring voting rights to the Florida Senate. As the the House.” its enforcement power con- the Associated Press. Meade was incarcerated those convicted of non-vio- law made its way to DeSan- The history of fees set on tained in the 14th and 15th “We’ll continue to embrace from 2001 to 2004. He and lent offenses. tis’ desk - in committees and eligible Black voters, a pro- Amendments but did not. the spirit of Amendment 4,” other voting-rights advocates “Amendment 4 restores - the readings - it received bi- cess known as a poll tax, The 24th Amendment passed Meade said. "What we see in who campaigned for Amend- without regard to the wishes partisan support and opposi- dates back to the Jim Crow in 1964 began the change to this legislation is an oppor- ment 4 use the term “return- of the victims - voting rights tion because of the changes. era. After losing the Civ- get rid of poll taxes and the tunity to engage returning ing citizens” when referring to violent felons, including There are 23 Republicans il War, former Confederate Voting Rights Act of 1965 citizens in a meaningful way. to people who were incarcer- felons convicted of attempt- and 17 Democrats. states set up poll taxes of $1 ended the burdens by ban- We’ll continue to develop a ated and had the right to vote ed murder, armed robbery, Senate Minority Leader or $2 per year between 1889 ning poll taxes in all elections new political constituency.” taken. and kidnapping, so long as Audrey Gibson said bills start and 1966 as a prerequisite to in the U.S. As of July 2, the fund re- “We use returning citizens those felons completed all one way and end differently. voting. An example of Jim Also, in 1966, the Supreme ceived donations from 898 because studies show if you terms of their sentences.” “At the time of the yes vote, Crow laws meant to prevent Court decided 6-3 in Harper people and $100 is the mini- call someone ex-felon, ex-con About 1.4 million ex-fel- the bill did not contain the the social and economic ad- v. the Virginia Board of Elec- mum donation. The organi- it increases the rate of recidi- ons were expected to be amendment which was felons vancement of Black people, tions, poll taxes at any level zation is trying to have the vism,” Meade said. “We want able to vote after Amend- restoration of rights,” Gibson a citizen paid the tax when of elections were unconsti- fees waived. Courts can con- them to walk into an environ- ment 4 passed. Reports show said to The Miami Times. registering and then every tutional. The Florida Rights vert fines and fees into com- ment that is more conducive that about 500,000 of them “The difference between the year after. Restoration Coalition esti- munity service hours. to reentry. Part of creating have unpaid fees or fines votes is the bill had different Many states had a com- mates over 500,000 “return- “We want to create a situa- that environment is how we that could prevent them language. First had language pounding measure that re- ing citizens” are more bur- tion where people who made talk about each other.” from registering under the about ballot procedures. The quired an individual to pay dened than others because of mistakes are able to partici- DeSantis, in a letter to Sec- amended amendment. felons restoration of rights all previous years' poll taxes their income level. The Miami Times 7 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 3-9, 2019 Women lead: Harris and Warren up Biden and the men down in first it’s not as if it took a nose- dive. While his favorable/un- post-debate 2020 Democratic poll favorable split among Demo- crats and Democratic-leaning AARON BLAKE the start of the 2020 race. voters in the May CNN poll The Washington Post Here’s the current break- was 77 percent/12 percent, it’s down: 72/21 in the newest poll. The first high-quality poll 1. Biden: 22 percent (-10 from Sanders’s image shifted conducted after last week’s last poll) similarly, with a five-point Democratic debate is out, and 2. Harris: 17 (+9) drop in his favorable rating it suggests the debate changed 3. Warren: 15 (+8) (76 to 71) and a seven-point plenty — in a bad way for Joe 4. Bernie Sanders: 14 (-4) increase in his unfavorable Biden and a good way for Ka- 5. Pete Buttigieg: 4 (-1) rating (15 to 22). And other candidates also saw increases in their unfavorable ratings, including Warren. The most likely conclusion: Biden’s early lead has largely been predicated on his su- perior name recognition and Miami Times photos/Carolyn Guniss goodwill left over from his Kamala Harris (D-Calif) addresses former Vice President Joe Biden about his stance time as Barack Obama’s vice on busing during the presidential debate Thursday at the Adrienne Arsht Center in president. Barely 50 percent Miami. She has been crowned the winner of the two-night NBC/MSNBC debate. of people knew candidates like Harris well enough to CNN to break out in the cross rate them. tabs. And even if you get those The debate last week was numbers, the margin of error a chance for many of these would be very high. candidates to make a first im- But there is one question on pression, or at least a chance which this may have registered. to provide a more informed CNN asked people which can- impression. Harris seems to didate would be best on sever- have taken advantage of it. al issues. Biden’s worst of the And as other candidates be- four issues? Race relations. come better known and more While 29 percent thought people tune in to the 2020 Harris would best handle this race, it will be up to Biden to issue, just 16 percent picked make an affirmative case for Biden. He was still in second his campaign. The same goes place, but that’s hardly the for Sanders. showing you would expect for It’s still early, but the first someone who previously had poll after the first debate Former Florida Gubernatorial Democratic candidate as much as a majority of the seems to confirm that Biden’s Bring It Home Florida plans to register and engage 1 Black vote. big early lead was built on Andrew Gillum’s Forward Florida and partners held a de- million new voters in Florida before the primary election Biden’s image isn’t quite as anything but a solid founda- bate watch party in Miami on Wednesday, where he told in 2020. sterling as it was before, but tion. Democrats that they can win but they must work hard. for Biden and a boon to Harris. back to earth isn’t completely mala D. Harris and the race’s 6. Cory Booker: 3 (same) If there are any surprises, they clear. Given the nature of Har- other leading woman. 7. Beto O’Rourke: 3 (-2) are the degree to which it seems ris’ attack — on his past oppo- STATE & FEDERAL The CNN/SSRS poll shows 8. Amy Klobuchar: 2 (same) to have shaken things up imme- sition to busing to integrate Biden sinking 10 points from its 9. Everyone else 1 percent or diately and Warren’s parallel schools — there was some last poll in late May. Meanwhile, below rise. While she was largely un- thought he might lose some of APPEALS & POST-CONVICTION Harris and Elizabeth Warren For those keeping score at scathed in Wednesday night’s his high support among Black 3.800 | 3.850 | Habeas Corpus have surged, nine points and home, that’s the field’s women portion of the debate, her per- voters, who have formed a dis- eight points, respectively. The up 17 points and its men down 305-570-2335 formance wasn’t as lauded as proportionate part of his base. 199 East Flagler Street | Suite 158 Miami, Florida 33131 cumulative effect is that Biden’s 17 points. Harris’ was, nor did she have But while some numbers are lead has declined to just five The results pretty much con- the chance to directly take on floating around on social me- Wade M. Whidden, Esq. Karen Johnson, Esq. points — his smallest advantage firm the conventional wisdom Biden or Sanders. dia, the sample of Black voters Jacksonville Miami Orlando Naples/Ft. 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JEANNA SMIALEK — have notched outsize earn- The New York Times ings throughout the expan- sion and recovery. The top 1 The economic and social percent also received nearly trends that have long kept 17 percent of the total first- Hispanic and Black women year benefit from the Trump from making job and wage administration’s $1.5 trillion gains appear to be shifting. tax cut, according to the Tax The United States economy Policy Center. on Monday hit a milestone, “We have an issue with reaching its longest expan- wage inequality, income in- sion on record. Just a decade equality and wealth inequali- ago, the nation was mired in ty where most of the growth a severe recession that had is going to the top,” said Val- erased trillions of dollars in erie Wilson, director of the wealth and left millions of Economic Policy Institute’s people out of work. program on race, ethnici- While the recovery has de- ty and the economy. “Those livered uneven gains, Hispan- people are less likely to be ic women have emerged as women, and much less likely the biggest job market win- to be women of color.” ners in an economy that has But the economic and social Credit Jim Young/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images now grown for 121 straight trends that have long kept mi- months, assuming data re- nority women from making Workers assembling cars at a newly renovated Ford factory in Chicago last month. leased in coming months con- job and wage gains appear to firms continued growth. be shifting. Hispanic women fers hopeful news for employ- aftermath. women concentrate strong- from a low level — 48.9 per- Employment rates for His- have historically worked less ers: As these women pour That progress has allowed ly in service jobs including cent of white women were panic women between 25 and than any other demographic, into jobs, they are providing the Black work force to begin health care, which have grown enrolled, by way of compar- 54, prime working years, have earned fewer degrees than a new source of labor in an recovering from a painful re- throughout the expansion. ison — but it has major job jumped by 2.2 percentage white and Black women, and economy where workers are cession. For Hispanic women, “It does seem like there’s market implications. Em- points since mid-2007, the eve had among the highest fer- increasingly scarce. the recent gains are part of a something structural happen- ployment rates climb steadily of the Great Recession. That’s tility rates. That is changing: The expansion record more long-running trend to- ing,” said Ernie Tedeschi, pol- with educational attainment. the most of any prime-age Hispanic women have posted won’t be official until growth ward higher employment, but icy economist at Evercore ISI. Mariah Celestine, 25, is a working group. Black wom- a major fertility decline over data is reported over the com- one that has recently acceler- Education is a big part of student at Columbia Busi- en came in second, adding 1.6 the past decade and they have ing months, but America has ated. the story. While the share of ness School and the first per- percentage points. steadily raised college attain- clearly experienced a long Starting around 2012 and whites and Blacks age 18 to son in her family to pursue While employment rates ment. period of job market heal- picking up around 2014, His- 24 who were enrolled in col- a master’s degree. She has a have risen for minority wom- The recent job gains show ing. Unemployment is near panic women between 25 and lege actually dropped slightly firsthand view of the cultur- en, they are far from the ex- that prolonged economic its lowest level in 50 years 34 began pouring into jobs, between 2010 and 2016, the al shift. Going back to school pansion’s biggest winners by growth, combined with those and prime-age employment contributing substantially to share of Hispanic women go- and leaving her salary at other measures. The richest social changes, has the power rates have bounced back after the group’s overall progress. ing for a degree jumped to 41 Bank of America was a diffi- 1 percent of earners — who to lift long-marginalized mi- falling off sharply during the They now work at their high- percent from 36 percent. cult choice, because she was are heavily white and male norities. The pattern also of- 2007-2009 recession and its est rates on record. Hispanic That’s an improvement SEE JOBS 10B THE SISTERHOOD OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA Powerful group stopped the ouster of ing her identity. They worried about what Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie else might lie ahead. Janice Wells, an ed- STEPHANIE SAUL debate, but provided a addressed members ucational consultant The New York Times video to be shown at at meetings of the from Chicago, was the event that bore a organization earlier more optimistic. She It had been on the striking resemblance this year, seven House acknowledged con- calendar for months, to a campaign call to of Representatives cerns about whether the annual leadership action, while never members are also voters would go for conference of the Al- actually mentioning A.K.A. sisters. Harris, but also said pha Kappa Alpha so- her presidential am- For Denine Bratch- the senator brings rority. But the talk at bitions. er, 50, who was attend- “hope to the possibil- the gathering of 8,000 “We have a fight ing the conference ity.” women last weekend ahead of us, and we from Germany, Ms. “I know that this is a was about far more cannot afford to sit Harris’s emergence predominantly white than the usual chapter it out,” Harris said in as a presidential con- male world, but all the building, catching up the video, referring to tender isn’t the least women in political and breaking out out- gun violence, the low bit surprising. power have created fits in the organiza- pay and high maternal “We are women a space for change,” tion’s signature pink mortality rate among who are pioneers. said Wells, 47. and green: Kamala Black women, and We’re making strides, Though Glover, Harris, who joined new laws that stymie making waves for the the group’s leader, the sorority as a col- access to the ballot future,” said Bratcher, emphasized that the Credit: William DeShazer for The New York Times lege student, had just box. who teaches the chil- organization is apo- Younger members said Harris represented a hope for the future. “She just re- resurrected the ghost “Simply put, the dren of U.S. military litical, the behind- of segregation and women of Alpha Kap- families. “That’s what minds me to be fearless in the pursuit of my goals,” said Shannon Burge, 31. the-scenes clout of busing against former pa Alpha have forged Alpha Kappa Alpha A.K.A. was a factor Vice President Joseph paths and led in just women do. We make exceeds $75 million. choice. election of another about how negative last year in a Broward R. Biden Jr. in a Dem- about every space strides.” A.K.A. is also “She’s a soror,” said Black male president the attacks against County, school fight, ocratic presidential imaginable,” she said If the next stride is known for its work in April Patton, 52, a before a woman of Harris might become according to Rosalind debate. in the video. Just not, to the White House, get-out-the-vote oper- teacher from Jackson, any race is elected. — already, they noted, Osgood, a member The moment yet, in the space Har- though, it will be ations. About 17,000 Miss., who emerged Some younger con- Donald Trump Jr. had of both the Broward brought a sense of ris is imagining: the without A.K.A.’s of- members live in the from a large room vention-goers also shared and then delet- school board and pride and some ap- White House. It’s pos- ficial endorsement,South Atlantic re- where everything expressed concern ed a tweet question- A.K.A. prehension about sible A.K.A. member- according to its pres- gion, which includes from pink-and-green what Harris’ cam- ship will be an advan- ident, Glenda Glov- South Carolina, an A.K.A. T-shirts to paign would hold. tage there. er, who also serves early primary state. purses to jewelry was CITY OF MIAMI Younger members The group’s sheer as the president of Harris’ campaign an- for sale. “You have to ADVERTISEMENT FOR PROPOSALS said Harris repre- numbers, organiza- Tennessee State Uni- nounced on Friday be a fan. She’s a solid sented a hope for the tion and multimil- versity. In an inter- that she had picked up person.” Sealed Proposals will be received by the City of Miami City Clerk’s future. “She just re- lion-dollar budget view wedged in the the endorsement of Others, noting a office located at City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133 minds me to be fear- suggest a potential middle of a busy day Gloria Boozer, a for- strong desire to oust for the following: less in the pursuit of secret weapon in the during the conference mer sorority official President Trump, my goals,” said Shan- campaign arsenal of here, Glover, dressed from Spartanburg. feared nominating a RFP NO. 992381 DEVELOPMENT OF PLAT BOOK “B” non Burge, 31, a Den- Harris, who joined in a pink suit and ac- The focus of the Black woman would PAGE 1007 2035-2037-2043 NORTH ver sales manager. the sorority while companied by an en- weekend meeting be too risky, even if MIAMI AVENUE Older members said an undergraduate at tourage, pointed out here at the Opryland the idea of having a Harris’s challenge to Howard University. that, as a nonprofit, resort and conven- fellow sorority mem- CLOSING DATE/TIME: 3:00 PM, AUGUST 7, 2019 Biden last week — She has called A.K.A. the sorority avoids in- tion center was lead- ber in the White over his opposition a major influence in volvement in partisan ership, with dozens House was appealing. (Deadline to Request additional information/clarification: to busing during the her life. In June, Har- politics. of panels offering That concern was Thursday, July 27, 2019 at 5:00 PM) 1970s — was evidence ris tweeted: “Being a With about 300,000 how-to advice. They raised by Sharon Ev- that years of sacrifice graduate of @How- members, A.K.A. is ranged from “Refugee erett, 58, a teacher VOLUNTARY Pre-Bid/Pre-Proposal Conference will be held on had not been in vain. ardU and a proud capable of formidable Access to Advanced from Cleveland, as Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 9:00 am at 1401 N. Miami Avenue, “I went to segre- member of @akaso- fund-raising outside Education: Securing she returned to her Miami, FL 33136. gated schools. I expe- rority1908 changed of politics. Simply by and Saving the Brain hotel room on Friday rienced integration. my life” as she an- texting and emailing Talent” to “Entre- following an evening Detailed specifications for this RFP is available at the Procurements It wasn’t easy,” said nounced an effort to members on one day preneurship and the of meetings. website at www.miamigov.com/procurement or you may contact the Miriam Joyner-Smith, engage and mobilize last year, the group Black Dollars Spent “I don’t think Amer- Sr. Procurement Contracting Officer Charles Johnson at cjohnson@ 59, who works in the students and alum- raised more than $1.3 365 Days,” although ica is ready for a fe- miamigov.com insurance industry in ni from historically million for histori- sessions were closed male,” Ms. Everett Tampa. “We’re just Black colleges and cally black colleges. to nonmembers. said. “I worked for THIS RFP SOLICITATION IS SUBJECT TO THE “CONE OF excited and proud be- universities, as well Records show that For many members the Hillary Clinton SILENCE” IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY OF MIAMI CODE SECTION cause she represents as members of histor- the annual budget of of the organization, campaign, doing the 18-74 ORDINANCE NO.12271. us well.” ically Black Greek or- the national organiza- which was founded door-to-door. I was so Harris didn’t attend ganizations. tion and its affiliates, at Howard in 1908, disappointed.” Emilio T. González, Ph. D. the conference, which In addition to Har- including an educa- supporting Ms. Har- Everett said she AD NO. 31927 City Manager began the night of the ris, who personally tional endowment, ris was an obvious could envision the The Miami Times 10 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 3-9, 2019

been concerned selves ready to Wilson at the Eco- that businesses work, they could nomic Policy Insti- JOBS would run out of help to keep wide- tute. “Since there CONTINUED FROM 9B applicants, forcing spread labor short- are more Black them to abrupt- ages at bay. “There and Brown people financially helping an ly raise wages and is still room for in the population, aunt in New York prices as they com- employment-pop- in the labor force, and her extended peted for a finite ulation ratios to it’s reasonable to family in Puerto number of would- grow: These are think that these Rico. be employees. largely untapped are the groups in “For us, a lot of As sidelined segments of the which you’ll see the times, it’s a balanc- groups prove them- labor force,” said growth.” ing act: pursuing that passion but knowing that there CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA will be stability,” NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING she said. “We know that other people The Miami City Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, July will be depending 11, 2019 at 9:00 A.M., to consider the award of a contract to the foreign on our success.” limited liability company listed below through Anti-Poverty grant funds She believes that from the District 1’s share of the City of Miami’s Anti-Poverty Initiative her peers — often Program. Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, the first generation Inc., a Florida Not for Profit Corporation, for elderly meals at Antonio in their families Maceo Park, and to consider the City Manager’s recommendations to be born in the and finding that competitive negotiation methods are not practicable or United States and advantageous regarding these issues: raised in its culture • Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc. – — are watching elderly meals at Antonio Maceo Park women succeed on a national stage and Inquiries regarding this notice may be addressed to Malissa T. Sutherland, trying to follow in Administrative Assistant II, Office of Grants Administration, at (305) 416- their footsteps. 1005. “It’s about invest- ing in yourself and Getty Images (Gradyreese) This action is being considered pursuant to Section 18-85 (A) of the having as many op- Employment rates for Black women between 25 and 54, prime working years, Code of the City of Miami, Florida as amended (the “Code”). The portunities as pos- has jumped by 1.6 percentage points since mid-2007, the eve of the Great Reces- recommendations and findings to be considered in this matter are set forth in the proposed resolution and in Code Section 18-85 (A), which sible,” she said. “A sion. lot of the household are deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and are available as work and care-tak- with the regularly scheduled City Commission meeting of July 11, 2019 ing responsibili- from its peak to its think it is an unam- reer breaks and the services, food and at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida. ty have fallen on trough in the last biguous good.” lower hours that leisure jobs, and women in the past, crisis. Hispanic But it’s up in the are sometimes as- education have all The Miami City Commission requests all interested parties be present and we don’t see women had a sim- air whether minori- sociated with child been hiring aggres- or represented at the meeting and may be heard with respect to any that changing. But I ilar but more mut- ty workers will see rearing also play a sively and are all proposition before the City Commission in which the City Commission may take action. Should any person desire to appeal any decision of think it’s: What can ed response, losing their wages catch role. female-dominated the City Commission with respect to any matter to be considered at I do to make my about 6 percentage up. Hispanic wom- It’s also unclear — and women may this meeting, that person shall ensure that a verbatim record of the family as comfort- points. en with bachelor’s what is happen- be working more to proceedings is made including all testimony and evidence upon which able as possible?” Even if that pat- degrees or higher ing with Hispanic patch up household any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105). Smaller families tern repeats it- made $46,237 on av- men, and what that earnings as men might be allow- self come the next erage in 2017, com- might mean for struggle to find In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons ing more Hispan- downturn, the fact pared with $55,450 their families and their footing. needing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding may ic women time to that minority wom- for non-Hispanic communities. Like Regardless, the contact the Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361 (Voice) no later devote to careers. en are finding jobs white women and white men, Hispan- fact that minority than five (5) business days prior to the proceeding. TTY users may call Age-adjusted fertil- now could leave $85,855 for non-His- ic men are working women are steadily via 711 (Florida Relay Service) no later than five (5) business days prior ity rates for Hispan- them with more ex- panic white men, less across educa- joining the ranks of to the proceeding. ic women plunged perience for their based on Census tion levels. Before the employed could between 2008 and future résumés and Bureau data. the downturn, the spell good news for 2016, based on an more money in the Much of that employment rate talent-hungry com- Todd B. Hannon analysis by the In- bank. gap comes from for 25- to 34-year- panies. Because the City Clerk stitute for Family “Shoring up labor the types of jobs old Hispanic men unemployment rate Studies. market experience women, and par- peaked at 91.6 per- is historically low, Both changes — and earnings is a ticularly minority cent. In May, that economists have #30757 education and fer- good thing,” said women, work in, rate stood at 85.7 tility — bring His- Heather Boushey, Boushey said. They percent. panic women more executive director skew heavily to- The jobs available CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA in line with other at the Washington ward lower-paying in today’s economy NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING American racial Center for Equi- service work. Re- may favor women and ethnic groups. table Growth. “I search suggests ca- over men— health A public hearing will be held by the City Commission of the City of Miami, Florida on Thursday, The group’s mil- July 11, 2019, at 9:00 A.M. at City Hall, located at 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida lennials are more 33133, for the purpose of granting the following: heavily United CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA States-born, so NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR- they’ve been raised FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, within American ANY PERSON WHO RECEIVES COMPENSATION, REMUNERATION RATIFYING, APPROVING AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATIONS culture, smoothing OR EXPENSES FOR CONDUCTING LOBBYING ACTIVITIES IS AND FINDINGS THAT COMPETITIVE BIDDING METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT the way for that REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST WITH THE CITY CLERK PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 18-85(A) AND 18-86(A) convergence. PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE CITY (3)(C) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; WAIVING THE But economic STAFF, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES OR THE CITY COMMISSION. REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS opportunity seems A COPY OF THE APPLICABLE ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE IN THE AND FINDINGS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI (“CITY”) PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT to have been the OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK (MIAMI CITY HALL), LOCATED AT 3500 (“PARKS DEPARTMENT”) AND DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT spark that enabled PAN AMERICAN DRIVE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33133. (“DREAM”) THAT FLORIDA FILM HOUSE INTERNATIONAL, INC., A STATE OF FLORIDA a long-running AND FEDERAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION (“MANAGER”), IS THE MOST cultural change to AT THE SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTARY FILM LIBRARY SERVICES, catch fire. While OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, TO BE HELD ON JULY 11, 2019 AT 9:00 A.M., IN AND SUBSTANTIALLY RELATED HISTORIC, EDUCATIONAL, INSTRUCTIONAL, YOUTH, young women had ITS CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 3500 PAN AMERICAN DRIVE, THE COMMUNITY, CULTURAL, AND DOCUMENTARY FILM CREATION, ARCHIVES, AND been improving MIAMI CITY COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEM MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, THE FIRST TAKE YOUTH FILM PROGRAM, AND OTHER their education RELATED TO THE REGULAR AGENDA: SUCH ACTIVITIES (COLLECTIVELY, “DOCUMENTARY FILM LIBRARY PROGRAMS”) IN rates and delay- CONJUNCTION WITH THE MANAGEMENT, OPERATION, AND USE OF THE CITY-OWNED ing motherhood A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE D.A. DORSEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY BUILDING (“LIBRARY”) AT THE PROPERTY WHICH IS PART OF THE CITY’S PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR PROGRAMMING SERVICES AND IS for years, their CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY, LOCATED AT 100 NW 17TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33136 LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN employment rate INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUBMITTING A RESOLUTION COMPOSITE EXHIBIT “A,” ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED (“PROPERTY”); AUTHORIZING picked up in ear- FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT ITS JUNE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE nest only midway 27, 2019 MEETING, TO INITIATE THE VEHICULAR ACCESS RESTRICTION PROCEDURE FOR SOUTHWEST 14TH AVENUE, CITY ATTORNEY AND BOND COUNSEL, A U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (“IRS”) through the expan- SOUTHWEST 16TH AVENUE, AND SOUTHWEST 16TH COURT AT SAFE HARBOR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT FOR A FIVE (5) YEAR INITIAL TERM WITH UP sion, as available POINTS APPROXIMATELY 125 FEET SOUTH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TO TWO (2) OPTIONS TO RENEW FOR TERMS OF FIVE (5) YEARS EACH, WITH MANAGER jobs outpaced avail- INTERSECTIONS WITH SOUTHWEST 22ND STREET, AS WELL AS FOR THE MANAGEMENT, OPERATION, AND USE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE LIBRARY able workers. Black SOUTHWEST 23RD STREET AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET FOR A DOCUMENTARY FILM LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY PARKS FACILITY LOCATION workers’ experi- EAST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH SOUTHWEST 17TH AVENUE, FOR THE DOCUMENTARY FILM LIBRARY PROGRAMS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING ence underlines the SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET THE CITY MANAGER, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND BOND hot labor market’s FORTH HEREIN. COUNSEL, TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENT(S) FOR role. While Black SAID PURPOSES FOR MANAGEMENT, OPERATION, AND USE(S) OF THE PROPERTY women are also Copies of the proposed Resolution are available for review at the TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS having fewer chil- Resilience and Public Works Department, Administration Division, AMENDED, AND OF TAX-EXEMPT BOND PROGRAMS AND PARKS IMPACT FEES WHICH dren, the group’s located at 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 8th Floor, during regular working hours. PROVIDED FUNDING FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE LIBRARY; employment has Phone 305-416-1200. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. historically moved in lock step with The Miami City Commission requests all interested parties be present Said proposed resolution may be inspected by the public at the Office of the City Clerk, 3500 Pan the economy. That or represented at the meeting and may be heard with respect to any American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, between the pattern has held in proposition before the City Commission in which the City Commission hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., or http://miamifl.iqm2.com five days before the date of the Commission this business cycle: may take action. Should any person desire to appeal any decision of Meeting. As companies hired the City Commission with respect to any matter to be considered at steadily, Black this meeting, that person shall ensure that a verbatim record of the The Miami City Commission requests all interested parties be present or represented at the workers’ labor proceedings is made including all testimony and evidence upon which meeting and may be heard with respect to any proposition before the City Commission in which force participation any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105). the City Commission may take action. Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the climbed. City Commission with respect to any matter to be considered at this meeting, that person shall Now, the question In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made including all testimony and evidence is whether those needing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding may upon which any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105). gains will prove contact the Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361 (Voice) no later sustainable. Policy- than five (5) business days prior to the proceeding. TTY users may call In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons needing special makers sometimes via 711 (Florida Relay Service) no later than five (5) business days prior accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact the Office of the City Clerk at (305) point out that some to the proceeding. 250-5361 (Voice) no later than five (5) business days prior to the proceeding. TTY users may minorities suffer call via 711 (Florida Relay Service) no later than five (5) business days prior to the proceeding. from a last-hired, first-fired phenom- Todd B. Hannon enon. Black women City Clerk Todd B. Hannon saw their employ- City Clerk ment rate drop 9.4 #30760 percentage points #30761 The Miami Times 11 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 3-9, 2019

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And Nike mitted to opening a $185 mil- CEO Mark Parker has said the lion factory that would employ flag results in conservative backlash Kaepernick campaign inspired more than 500 people. “record engagement with the Nike is unlikely to suffer -fi ALEXANDRA OLSON after the beloved Philadelphia brand,” an important goal for a nancially over the flag flap, said Associated Press woman credited with designing company trying to strengthen Matt Powell, a sports industry it, could be considered offen- its direct-to-consumer business. analyst at NPD Group Inc. Nike’s sales have only grown sive. Although some extremist Because the Betsy Ross flag “I’m sure there are plenty since it seized attention with its groups appear to have appro- is not widely considered a rac- of states out there that would ad campaign featuring former priated the flag, it is not widely ist image, it’s difficult to judge love to have a Nike factory that NFL quarterback Colin Kaeper- viewed as a symbol of hate, and whether Nike should have de- would employ 500 people,” nick. So, the shoemaker de- is used in museums that focus signed the shoe in the first place. Powell said. “Today’s consum- ferred to its star endorser when on 18th century U.S. history. “Can a brand be expected to ers really want brands to be vo- he raised concerns over a sneak- The Anti-Defamation League know everything possible that cal on social issues, especially does not include it in its da- er featuring an early American AP Photo could be offensive? That’s prob- the younger consumers. This flag. tabase of hate symbols. Mark This undated product image obtained by the As- ably tough, but that’s why you very much aligns with the so- Nike pulled the Air Max 1 Pitcavage, a senior research have to have inclusive teams,” cial position of their core con- USA shoe, which included a fellow for the ADL’s Center sociated Press shows Nike Air Max 1 Quick Strike Allieri said. sumers.” Revolutionary-era U.S. flag with on Extremism, said extremist Fourth of July shoes that have a U.S. flag with 13 While some took to Twitter to Indeed, New Mexico Gov. 13 white stars in a circle on the groups have occasionally used white stars in a circle on it, known as the Betsy Ross thank Nike and Kaepernick for Michelle Lujan Grisham re- heel, after Kaepernick told the it, but the flag is most common- flag, on them. Nike is pulling the flag-themed tennis yanking the sneaker, several Re- sponded to Ducey’s tweet with company he and others found ly used by people for patriotic shoe after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick publican politicians were quick her own: “Hey @Nike, Let’s the flag offensive because of its purposes. complained to the shoemaker, according to the Wall to condemn the company. talk.” connection to an era of slavery, “We view it as essentially an “If we are in a political envi- The abandoned shoe sparked according to the Wall Street innocuous historical flag,” Pit- Street Journal. ronment where the American a discussion on social media Journal. The shoe had been sent cavage said. “It’s not a thing in flag has become controversial and beyond about the Betsy to retailers to go on sale this the white supremacist move- teams,” Nike said. athlete to take a knee during to Americans, I think we have a Ross flag itself. week for the July Fourth holi- ment.” Nike is showing consisten- the national anthem to protest problem,” said Sen. Mitch Mc- In 2016, a Michigan chapter day, according to the Journal. Nike said in statement that “it cy by listening to Kaepernick, police brutality. Some people Connell. of the NAACP said the flag has The decision caused an in- pulled the shoe based on con- the star of the brand’s “Just Do called for boycotts after Nike Ducey ordered Arizona to been “appropriated by the so- stant backlash among conser- cerns that it could unintention- It” campaign last year that ul- featured him in a campaign withdraw a grant of up to $1 called ‘Patriot Movement’ and vatives who accused Nike of ally offend and detract from the timately proved a win for the last year that included a print million that was slated for other militia groups who are denigrating U.S. history, with nation’s patriotic holiday.” The company, said Chris Allieri, ad featuring a close-up of his Nike, said Susan Marie, execu- responding to America’s in- Arizona Governor Doug Ducey company pushed back against founder of New York public re- face and the words, “Believe tive vice president of the Arizo- creasing diversity with opposi- tweeting that he is asking the criticism that the decision was lations firm Mulberry & Astor. in something. Even if it means na Commerce Authority, which tion and racial supremacy.” The state’s Commerce Authority to being “anti-American.” “Listening to somebody that sacrificing everything.” administers the grant. But the statement came in response withdraw financial incentives “Nike is a company proud of has helped the brand in so The boycott calls fizzled. governor has no authority over to a high school football event promised to Nike to build a its American heritage and our many countless ways, it makes Nike’s annual sales have more than $2 million in tax where the NAACP said some plant in the state. continuing engagement sup- sense. It would be completely jumped 7% to more than $39 breaks over five years that were white students used the flag Others expressed surprise porting thousands of Ameri- hypocritical for them not to lis- billion, according to the com- approved Monday by the City while attempting to intimidate that the symbol known as the can athletes including the U.S. ten to him,” Allieri said. pany’s last quarterly report. Council in the Phoenix suburb players from a predominantly “Betsy Ross” flag, so named Olympic team and U.S. Soccer Kaepernick was the first NFL Its stock is up 12% since the of Goodyear, where Nike com- Black school.

championship level caliber. Which brings us to free them to the promise land — a team to beat in the West to get Teams drafting for that next agency, which officially be- world championship. You’ve to the NBA finals. They’ve had ZIEGLER player who gives them instant gan at 6 p.m. on June 30, six got what I want, and I’ve got five consecutive trips to the championship potential. hours earlier than last year’s what you need. I scratch your NBA finals, winning three of Oh Zion! start time of 12:01 a.m. on July back and you scratch mine. them. And with LeBron James REPORT Former Duke Blue Devils’ 1. It’s the let’s-make-deal time, Teams doing their best to keep moving to the Western con- JENNY ZIEGLER, [email protected] forward, Zion Williamson is when teams do their signs and their franchise’s players in the ference, the East has been left just such a player. trades, with the same prem- fold. wide open. Will a killer whale make And, the New Orleans Pel- ise in mind – to level-up their The will to win at whatever The Toronto Raptors did do icans who with the coveted teams in the hopes of winning cost you can afford. After all, what other teams are hoping No. 1 overall draft pick select- a championship. winning is why you play the to accomplish this offseason, the Heat a super team? ed the highly touted William- Unofficially, things were -al game. that is to acquire that one son, believe they’ve got their ready in the works via talks, For most teams the window piece of the puzzle to make Coaches are looking are for their guy – that franchise-changing a nod here and a handshake of opportunity to win is clos- them a winner. player. there. Plenty of deals to be ing – players are getting old- They are one of the blue- ‘it’ players during NBA draft season On draft night there was a made as some of the league’s er and there isn’t enough cap prints out there. The other trading frenzy. There were top free agents look for their space to deal. And for some, it is the super-teams, like it ap- Before the dust could even rebuild-mode, and then there trades up and trades down by next place to shine. is just opening up; they’ve got pears the Los Angeles Lakers settle on the Toronto Raptors’ are others who are just a play- teams making moves in search Terms floated about like mo money, mo money and mo are trying to put together. Larry O’Brien trophy, teams er or two away. of game-changing players to restricted free agents, unre- money to spend. In the words of the god- were already looking ahead And, as this years’ finals solidify their teams and add stricted free agents, free agen- There isn’t a better time father himself, Miami Heat towards the next NBA season. taught us, one player really depth to their rosters. cy moratorium, offer sheets, than now. president Pat Riley, who was No time to rest on laurels. can turn around a franchise. The Memphis Grizzlies qualifying options, team op- No disrespect to Toronto, said he was “no longer looking No time to cry over spilt milk. Just look at what Kawhi Leon- traded Mike Conley earlier to tions, player options, two-way but every team is looking at for a whale;” instead, he want- It’s time to get to work because ard did for the Raptors. He the Utah Jazz to all but secure free agents and salary cap ex- now as their eh em golden ed an “orca” – a killer whale. yesterday is history, tomorrow took his team on his back and the selection of Ja Morant at ceptions. A lot of technical jar- opportunity with the former He says he won’t be trading is a mystery and today, the almost single handily brought No. 2. The New York Knicks gon making for creative ways champions, Golden State War- any more assets, unless it is present, is a gift. them their first NBA World selected R.J. Barrett at No. 3. to achieve the goal. riors having lengthy sidelining for a killer whale - someone And presently, all 30 teams title. The draft day event was a But what it all boils down injuries to a couple of its key that is going to make them ap- are calculating their chanc- So, the first order of busi- night of dreams fulfilled for to is they provided tools and players. One of whom, Kevin preciably better. es at being next years’ NBA ness for teams looking to take the young men being selected avenues by which teams could Durant, has decided to opt out Right now, everyone has World Champions. that next step is the NBA draft. by teams and a day of dream wheel and deal and possibly of his contract to become an the same record and the path There are those teams who Franchises with draft picks chased for teams hoping to make some steals in an effort unrestricted free agent. to the next NBA finals starts know they are in complete hoping to draft their way to improve their standing. to build a team that can take The Warriors have been the now. The Miami Times 12 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 3-9, 2019

Football | Basketball | Baseball Track & Field | Golf | Tennis | Stats & Scores Sports 12 THE MIAMI TIMES | JULY 3-9, 2019 | MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM Is it time to pass the racquet? Gauff, just 15, beats Venus, 39, at Wimbledon

HOWARD FENDRICH 1 Court, with its seating capacity of more of grit in this match, particularly after get- Associated Press than 12,000. ting broken to make it 4-all in the second Gauff was sensational and showed zero set. Gauff steadied herself right there, Coco Gauff grew up admiring the Wil- signs of the moment or the matchup be- though, breaking right back with a pair of liams sisters. Picked up a tennis racket ing too daunting for her. It’s the sort of forehand passing shots that drew errant as a little girl because of them. And on unusual calm and steady way she has volleys. Monday at Wimbledon, still just 15, Gauff progressed through the various levels of And then in the final game, Gauff need- beat one of them. youth tennis, including reaching the U.S. ed to erase the disappointment of wasting Gauff, already the youngest competitor Open junior final at 13 and winning the her initial three match points. She did just ever to qualify at the All England Club in French Open junior title at 14. that, converting her fourth when Venus the professional era, showed the poise The first set was remarkable: Gauff had put a forehand into the net. and power of a much older, much more 10 winners to only two unforced errors, all “I never thought this would happen, experienced player, pulling off a 6-4, 6-4 the while trading powerful groundstrokes Gauff said. “I’m literally living my dream victory in the first round over Venus Wil- at the baseline with Williams, and never right now. And not many people get to say liams, who at 39 was the oldest woman facing a break point. that.” in the field. “The sky’s the limit,” Williams said. “It When it ended, Gauff dropped her rack- really is.” et and put her hands on her head. After a Gauff, who is black, long looked up to handshake and exchange of words at the Williams and her younger sister, Ser- net with Williams, Gauff knelt by her side- ena, the first African American line chair and tears welled in her eyes. women since Althea Gibson in Up in the stands, her father leaped out the 1950s to win a Grand of his seat. Slam singles champion- “Honestly, I don’t really know how to ship. feel. This is the first time I ever cried after Asked about Gauff a match. Or winning, obviously; I’ve cried over the weekend, after a loss before,” said Gauff, who is Serena said she based in Florida. “I don’t even know how reminds her of Ve- to explain how I feel.” nus. This was her third tour-level match; Wil- When they liams has played more than 1,000. This spoke after Mon- was Gauff’s first at Wimbledon, where Wil- day’s match, liams has played more than 100 and won Gauff said she I never thought this five titles. By the time Gauff was born in thanked Venus would happen. I’m 2004, Williams already had spent time at “for everything No. 1 in the ranking and owned four of her she did.” literally living my dream seven Grand Slam singles trophies. “I wouldn’t right now. And not It was by far the most anticipated match be here if it of Day 1 at the grass-court tournament, wasn’t for her,” many“ people get to but hardly the only upset. Two-time major said Gauff, say that.” champion Naomi Osaka, who was No. 1 who joined the until a week ago, lost 7-6 (4), 6-2 to Yulia crowd in applaud- Putinseva, joining two young members of ing for Venus as —Coco Gauff the men’s top-10, No. 6 seed Alexander she walked off the Zverev and No. 7 seed Stefanos Tsitsip- court. “And I was just as, on the way out. telling her that she’s Gauff came into the week outside the so inspiring. Like, I top 300 but was granted a wild card by always wanted to tell the All England Club for qualifying. She her that. And even rolled through those rounds at a nearby though I met her be- site, knocking off the event’s top seed. fore, I guess now I But this was a whole other task: a have the guts to.” main-draw match against an idol on No. She showed plenty

United States’ Cori “Coco” Gauff serves to United States’s Venus Williams in a Women’s singles match during day one of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, July 1, 2019.

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THE MIAMI TIMES | JULY 3-9, 2019 | MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM Good Taste SECTION C Exploring the art of Haitians

In Pòtoprens African traditions meet colonial, and religious norms

RON ALEXANDER Special to the Miami Times

When I was invited to view an exhi- bition of Haitian art at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, I was slightly intimidated and curious, awe struck yet open minded. I was challenged to understand the complexities of Hai- tian art and what fuels Haitian artists to create paintings, sculpture and photogra- phy steep in history and rich in tradition. Haiti, as I have learned, is where the only successful slave rebellion against colonialism took place in 1804. Only the

Datari Turner is an independent film and television producer. He shared tips on breaking into the entertainment industry with American Black Film Festival attendees at a masterclass on June 16 at Lowes Miami Beach Hotel.

This exhibition further defines MOCA’s mission to reflect cultural diversity with globally relevant con- temporary art exhibitions while“ celebrating Miami’s Haitian community.”

—MOCA’s Executive Director Chana Budgazad Sheldon

Haitian people were able to overthrow French and Spanish colonial rule, but

Photo courtesy of Gary Brown/ABFF not before thousands of Haitians died from the cruelty of torture and slavery. One of many tactics used by Haitian WHAT'S THE SECRET TO SUCCESS IN HOLLYWOOD? revolutionaries was weaponizing nature against colonists. Haitian art embodies African culture, American and European aesthetics and religious symbolism. Out of a culture of colonial domination and military rule, Haitian art was born and forged against a backdrop of maintaining customs com- mon to Haiti before French and Spanish occupation. Haitians speak Creole – not French or Spanish – perhaps as a way of shredding and overcoming colonial influences. Hard worK Artists working in Haiti reflect culture TV and film Producer Datari Turner says now is right time for the Black narrative and history as portrayed by "PÒTO- PRENS: The Urban Artists of Port-au- NYAMEKYE DANIEL said Turner. "You certainly Jeff Friday helped him change Prince," a larger than life exhibition of [email protected] have to do a little bit of every- his direction. He also found a thing." mentor in Friday, who are im- contemporary Haitian art at the Muse- At the end of every TV show Right now is the best time portant but rare for Black men, um of Contemporary Art North Miami or movie comes the closing for Black producers to thrive, Turner added. (MOCA). It features the work of over credits. For the audience, it Turner said. "As Black men and Black 20 artists working in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. signals that it is time to change Many entertainment in- Either they only want women, we don't have people the channel or head out of the dustry enthusiasts attended who are successful or multi- “'PÒTOPRENS' is a large-scale movie theater. For the pro- Turner's masterclass at Loews to make movies about millionaires that would take us exhibition of sculptures, photographs, ducer, the main player in the Miami Beach Hotel during the under their wings," said Turn- and films, accompanied by a recreated project, it is a symbol of their American Black Film Festival our pain, or you have to er. "White people start at zero, Port-au-Prince barbershop as well as success. last month to learn how to sometimes +1,000; we start at extensive public programming,” says be the most amazing What does it take to be a crack the codes to the indus- -1,000." MOCA. “The exhibition gives viewers an “ eye-opening look into the immense di- successful film or TV produc- try's success. N-word doing the most Despite the odds, Turner er? Independent film and tele- "I am trying to skip over as wanted to break into the film versity of Haiti’s civilization and depicts vision producer Datari Turner much trial and error as I can," amazing things." industry but not as an actor, the city’s chaotic intersections of history, said it took him taking a career said Heaven, an actress and as- the route models usually take. art, religion, political scene and cultural shifts.” risk and studying the greats. piring producer, who said she — Datari Turner He started by writing scripts. A producer oversees every wanted to use Turner's jour- "I bought these two books. One of the sculptures pays respect to aspect of the development of ney as a guide to avoid mis- 'Save the Cat' teaches you how barbershops scattered throughout Port- the film. He or she controls the takes. to structure a screenplay ..." au-Prince where social cohesion, politics budget, distribution and cast- Turner started in the enter- said Turner. " 'Writing Treat- and religion fuse together forming a ing; manages the production tainment world on another ments That Sell' teaches you communal institution in Haiti, much and post production; and fur- path. He was a profession- how to get an idea and put to- like barbershops in the United States. nishes creative ideas. al fashion model who often gether a treatment." “Often constructed and furnished with "If I could compare it to the would be seen in Sean John He read several more books off cast materials,” says MOCA, “the game of football then I would ads. His career was successful. and watched movies created barbershops are distinguished by vivid say the producer is the coach," One meeting with producer portraits of both foreign and domestic SEE SUCCESS 6C athletes, rappers and models,” offering SEE ART 6C The Miami Times 2 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 3-9, 2019 The Miami Times 3 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 3-9, 2019

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Photo courtesy of Jessica Williams Jessica Williams, on right, is one of the founders of Ella's Day, a day of pampering for cancer fighters and survivors.

Photo courtesy of MasLife365 The cast of "Band Culture" at a premiere party on June 23 at the Little Haiti Cultural Arts Complex.

THE SOCIAL GIRL Gathered in the Wind.” Program, SouthPromo. them of positive avenues to As a creative person, I It has various teddy bears com and JMC Income Tax navigate. More importantly, always find inspiration in adorn with flowers painted Service. It took place at he wants to teach kids art. There are two categories in dark metallic colors. the Northwest Federated about determination. Cadet of art: The visual and The featured local artists Woman’s Club of Broward has visited local schools in performing arts. included: Christopher County and was hosted by Miami to began his mission Whatever the category, Carter, Kandy Lopez- Davica Williams, Bertram to reach children of all ages. art is a form of expression. Moreno, Duwane Coates, “King” Gillings, City and He will be hosting a free It is a way for the creator Sharon Norwood, Onajide Kai Dot. The guests of football camp for kids ages to communicate with his Shabaka, Rhea Leonard, honored enjoyed free food 5-14 on July 6 at Scott Lake or her audience. It can be a Adler Guerrier, Asser from Brothers Barb B Que Park, now known as the representation of the artist Saint Val, Morel Doucet, and RnR World Famous Miami Gardens Vikings or could tell a story. Franciso Maso and T. BBQ, entertainment from Miami Gardens Park, Elliot Mansa. The Keenan Experience” 17710 NW 15th Court. ARTS REFLECTS DIASPORA comedian Akeem, The event will include Around 10 to 12 million MASLIFE365 RED CARPET Da’Vonte Skillz, Kree Liz raffle giveaways, DJ’s, NFL enslaved Africans were PREMIERE and Rebecca “Butterfly” autographs, free food and transported across the This weekend marked the Vaughns. There were also lots of fun. Atlantic Ocean to the end of Caribbean heritage treated to free goodies Don’t forget to live, laugh Radio Personality Jill Tracey and Leesa Richards, Americas from the 16th to month. MasLife365, the including swag bags, and dance in this whirl. jazz artist, at the 'Pieces I Am' screening. the 19th century, according first Caribbean on-demand giveaways and a shopping to Britannica. Some slaves streaming platform, hosted a experience where attendees were dropped off in the red-carpet film premiere and were able to grab full-sized Caribbean and Latin America launch party on June 23. hair care products including while others were sent MasLife365 gives users shampoos, conditioners, to North America. Those the ability to explore moisturizers, hair masks involuntary migrations led original and curated lifestyle and oils. to the disbursement of the articles, original videos, African diaspora throughout online exclusives and a ‘PIECES I AM’ the world. A recent exhibit destination for streaming Hundreds of South in Miami played tribute to popular movies, MasLife365 Floridians got a first the diverse African diaspora original features and look at “Pieces I Am,” heritage, located here in cultural lifestyle events – all a documentary on the South Florida. in one place. The program legendary storyteller Toni “Reconstructing Iden- was created by local group Morrison. Morrison is tity: An Exploration of of people. The executive the first Black woman to Identity and Diaspora team includes: Graville receive the Nobel Prize. Through Artistic Prac- Bailey, Ray Balgrove, The film also had a Miami tice” brought together paint- Menelsa Amedee Mark connection. It was directed ing, photography, sculpture Parris, Errol and Jennifer by Miami Beach native and drawings by contem- Lyons, Latiesha Rivera, Timothy Greenfield- porary artists of American, Bryan Levy, David Sanders. The audience got Haitian, Cuban, Dominican Linser, Anthony Huggup to see Morrison through the and Jamaican descent. It ex- and Michael Cushnie. eyes of someone who loved plored issues around identi- With the launch of the and respected her life as ty and sense of place. platform, MasLife365 well as her gift. As part of the growing premiered their summer In “Pieces I Am,” conversation around art comedy “Band Culture.” Morrison reflects on her from artists of Africa and its The event took place at lifelong deconstruction of diaspora, “Reconstructing the Little Haiti Cultural the master narrative. From Identity” examines Arts Complex. “The Band her childhood in the steel differences, significantCulture” tells the story town of Lorain, Ohio to similarities, and varying of four single girlfriends ‘70s-era book tours with definitions of Blackness. who join a Miami Carnival Muhammad Ali, from the The closing reception masquerade band, Party front lines with Angela for the exhibit was held on Room Squad Mas Davis to her own riverfront Thursday on the grounds of Band. Every October, the writing room, her critically the Ward Rooming House, Caribbean diaspora from acclaimed works, including located at 249 NW Ninth St., all over the globe travel to novels “The Bluest Eye,” Miami. The exhibition had Miami for Miami Carnival “Sula” and “Song of been on show for most of where more than a dozen Solomon,” her role as an June at the rooming house. masquerade troupes or editor of iconic African- The reception presented bands march and dance American literature and her an opportunity for me to in a parade. It is a cultural time teaching at Princeton wrap on my gele. The music celebration. The movie University. It was all magical matched the theme of the is dramatic, comical and and inspired her writing art. DJ Kumi played R&B, fun. Special feature guests “because no one took a little Afrobeats, Latin music, included Jessie Woo from Black girl” seriously. reggae, hip-hop and soca. “Love & Hip-Hop: Miami.” Bites were courtesy of Chef FOOTBALL CAMP FOR Dominique of KC Healthy CANCER FIGHTERS GET KIDS Cooking Restaurant. Fried SOME LIGHT Football is favorite sport green plantain cups stuffed More than150 cancer of Black Miamians. Many of with either fried pork, survivors were treated to her our high schoolers have codfish or stewed vegetables complimentary, manicures, had the privilege of being were among the bites. Guests pedicures, facials, makeovers signed to the NFL. also enjoyed the rum punch and massages on June 29. It NFL player Travaris and soursop juice. I spotted was all for Ella’s Day. The Cadet is a Miami native Chire Reagans, Chris event was created to let who graduated from Miami Norwood, Loni Johnson, cancer survivors throughout Central Senior High Judge Rodney Smith, South Florida communities School. He was signed to Marilyn J. Holifield, Dr. know that they are not alone the league eight years ago. Hansel Tookes and Dowil in their fight against this life- Cadet finds it essential Henr there. altering disease. to give back to where it I enjoyed the art. The piece The third annual event all began. His goal is to that spoke to me the most was a collaborative effort by empower and mentor youth was called, “For Those Tax Me Corp Mentoring in Miami. He wants to inform Destinations 4 THE MIAMI TIMES | JULY 3-9, 2019 | MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM

HonoluluVisiting with kids

THE AKPAN FAMILY SHARES ALL THE DETAILS OF THE OAHU, HAWAII

KAREN AKPAN WHEN DID WE GO Other kid-friendly hotels in Black Kids Do Travel We traveled to Honolulu Honolulu are: with kids in the first week of - Ala Moana Hotel Honolulu is located on the September. The weather was - Aulani, A Disney Resort & island of Oahu. Our family warm, and it rained a few Spa of four traveled to Honolulu, times for a little bit during - Four Seasons Resort Oahu Hawaii for vacation and we our trip, but not long enough at Ko’Olina had such a great time there. to put a damper on our day. - Grand Waikikian by Hil- We spent seven days in Ho- We spent seven days there. ton Grand Vacations nolulu with kids and had - Best time to visit - Waikiki Beach Marriott something to keep us busy city: ****The best time to vis- Resort & Spa every single day. it Honolulu is anytime from April to June, as well as from WHAT TO DO WITH HOW DID WE GET September up until mid-De- KIDS IN HONOLULU TO HONOLULU cember. The reason? Because - Ka Moana Luau – This We flew to Honolulu with it is the most affordable time was so fun and very inter- kids on United Airlines from to do so. Also the weather in active. The kids made their California. We had airlines Honolulu is always warm and own lei, got their face paint- miles that we had been ac- nice, so you can’t go wrong ed and played the ukulele. cumulating for some time whatever month you decide We purchased our outfits (my so it was perfect. We flew to visit. Honolulu**:** You can get slides that the kids especially husbands, mine, my sons, my from Ontario International around Honolulu with kids by WHERE DID WE STAY enjoyed. This hotel is beach- daughters) from Amazon Airport (ONT) to Daniel K. HOW WE GOT using Uber, but do note that We stayed at Hilton Hawai- front so you can walk right to and wore that when we went Inouye International Airport AROUND HONOLULU this can get expensive. If you ian Village which is located the beach. This hotel also has there. (HNL). Oahu is a big island, so we plan to stay around Waikiki in Waikiki. This hotel was a lagoon on the side which is - Polynesian Cultural Cen- - Another **way to get to rented a car from Alamo Car Beach, only then you can walk amazing – great breakfast and perfect for young kids. You ter – We learned about Ha- Honolulu**: Because Oahu is Rental, which is located at the and take Uber around. But if also located on such beautiful can rent kayaks and paddle- waiian culture, went on a boat an island, the only other way Honolulu Airport. you plan to venture out, get a grounds. The hotel has sev- boards and other things to ride and visited the different to get there is by cruise. - Other ways to get around rental car. eral pools, as well as water ride around the lagoon. SEE HAWAII 6C The Miami Times 5 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 3-9, 2019 Aldis Hodge plays among legends in film The 'City on a Hill' star stays busy on the big and small screens

ALLISON HORTON Kevin is awesome and a leg- Miami Times Contributor end in the game. He embod- ied his character.” Fighting the good fight and Hodge is no stranger to doing the right thing was working with legends in the the way Screen Actors Guild game. In 2017, Hodge was Award-winning actor Aldis seen in the critically ac- Hodge was raised. It is also claimed film "Hidden Fig- why Hodge can relate to his ures" alongside Taraji P. Hen- character in the new drama son, Octavia Spencer and series, "City on a Hill," also Janelle Monáe. The film re- starring actor Kevin Bacon, ceived three Oscar nomina- which airs Sundays at 9 p.m. tions including best picture, on Showtime cable network. two Golden Globe nomina- Hodge plays Decourcy tions, in addition to winning Ward, an assistant district a SAG award for outstanding attorney from Brooklyn who performance by a cast in a comes to Boston as part of motion picture as well as an the St. Clair Commission. NAACP Award for outstand- The commission has recom- ing motion picture. mended mass reform of the In February, Hodge again Boston Police Department. starred with Henson in the Ward's strong moral com- film "What Men Want," pro- pass is paired with the ethi- duced by Will Packer, whose cally questionable tactics of other producing credits in- Bacon’s character, Jackie, an clude the films "Think Like FBI veteran. Together, they a Man," "Girls Trip," "Ride take on a family of armored Along" and "Night School." car robbers in a case that “I learned who she was in Aldis Hodge as Decourcy Ward in Showtime's "City on a Hill." grows to involve, and ulti- a deeper way as an actress,” mately subvert, the entire said Hodge, about starring ta Compton" portraying MC He also appeared in several ly convicted and sent to pris- of the California Innocence criminal justice system of with Henson the second time Ren, a member of the pio- television shows including on. Years later, he fights to Project in 2012. Boston. around. “She is giving and neering rap group, N.W.A. The the Emmy award-winning se- clear his name within an un- Banks was able to sign with “The character has to en- excited when it comes to the film was nominated for an ries "Black Mirror," "Friday just system. the Atlanta Falcons in 2013 gage a darker part to deal in craft. She gives you the room Oscar, a PGA and SAG Award Night Lights," "Girlfriends" Banks spent five years and and played in four preseason this world,” Hodge said. “As to develop and do your job as well as won the NAACP and the "Walking Dead." two months in prison and five games before being released. an actor, that is where I have better.” Award for outstanding mo- This August, Hodge will years on monitored parole The next year, he joined the to develop the character. Known for his role in the tion picture. Hodge has also star in "The Brian Banks before his accuser admitted National Football League's “I want people to take in series "Underground," Hodge appeared in the films "Jack Story," a feature film based she had falsely accused hims Department of Operations. the show,” Hodge said. “It’s a has also starred in several Reacher: Never Go Back," on the life story of Banks' and that the alleged rape nev- “He was falsely accused of really bold crime drama and television series and films. "Die Hard with a Vengeance," dreams to play in the NFL be- er took place. His conviction a crime and he was exonerat- looks like a movie on TV. He starred in "Straight Out- and "Big Momma’s House." ing halted when he is wrong- was overturned with the help ed,” Hodge said.

BOOK REVIEW Newly bereaved, proceed with caution Stories from 43 different women your anniversary. You may some two-thirds of them, she notice that memories of him says, were women. who loss their mates are told here are slipping away. For them, this book follows And then, well, you come an arc of need starting with TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER However, you’ve got sisters to realize that living alone what is imminent – a first Miami Times Contributor who’ve been where you are. isn’t so bad after all. You be- part that reads like a howl In this book, 43 of them come a widowed parent with of pain. Indeed, raw widows The covers on the other offer their experiences, orga- confidence. You somehow might want to go cautiously with kids side of the bed are barely nized into five categories to learn to do the “scary” things at those few chapters, lest rumpled these days. match readers’ stages. and the hard things and the they rip away fresh scabs. There’s just one toothbrush It starts with the moment impossible. You might even Ultimately, relief sets in: in the holder, one plate at the of diagnosis, the disbelief feel optimistic, and able to subsequent chapters show table, one coffee cup in the that it’s happening, the ab- open yourself to new love, healing (or at least growing sink. You didn’t want this, surdity of seeing x-rays of even though memories nev- acceptance), and come from weren’t expecting it, wish it your husband’s head. It’s er disappear and you can widows of all ages and walks wasn’t happening but here holding your wife’s hand as absolutely count on the past of life including same-sex it is. In “Widows’ Words” by she dies by her own choice. tapping you on the shoulder widows, interracial widows, various writers, edited by It’s getting six premature, when you least expect it… and women with children Nan Bauer-Maglin, you’re ab- unwanted copies of a book Without a doubt, “Wid- who may or may not remem- solutely not alone. on grief. ows’ Words” is a book you ber their fathers. Welcome to the club. The After the funeral, a hun- never hope you need. From these latter chap- rules are simple. dred chores need tending. And yet, the chances are ters comes gentle, wry hu- The first one is that no mat- Untangling money matters you will, as editor Nan Bau- mor and strong advice that ter how many well-meaning may be the first, most press- er-Maglin points out. Statis- feels like it’s offered in a people came to you in the ing one but so are the ne- tically, “women outlive men warm blanket and a hug. It minutes, days, or weeks after cessities of cleaning out his by about five years” and, all makes “Widows’ Words” your husband’s funeral, your closet and his office. You because Boomers are aging, a great reference and good grief is different than theirs. may rely on God, or rant at the number of widows is ris- comfort even though, for the Everyone heals in their own Him. Milestones will sting: ing. In 2016, more nearly 1.5 newly bereaved, it can’t be- way, and in their own time. his birthday, your birthday, million people lost a spouse; gin to cover everything.

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hibition further defines MO- UPCOMING EXHIBITS itated by Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, CA’s mission to reflect cul- AT MOCA Third Horizon film festival ART tural diversity with globally - Sunday Stories: “I’m director. CONTINUED FROM 1C relevant contemporary art Bored” | Sunday, July 7, 11:30 Location: MOCA Pavilion exhibitions while celebrating a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Cost**:** Free visitors an opportunity to get Miami’s Haitian community.” Celebrate national An- haircuts from a Haitian bar- Additionally, the exhibition ti-Boredom Month with a - Sunday Stories: “Anoth- ber.” features a selection of pho- live reading of the children’s er” | Sunday, Aug. 4, 11:30 a.m. What amazed me were the tographs that captures the book “I’m Bored,” then paint – 12:30 p.m. diverse sculptures intricately grander of Port-au-Prince as and play with the ultimate an- Live reading of “Anoth- fashioned from metals, wires, a complex city, often misun- ti-boredom STEAM project, er” by Caldecott and Coretta discarded shoes and human derstood and misrepresented OOBLEK! Color your own Scott King honoree, Christian skulls, sequined Voodoo by outsiders including the non-Newtonian fluid and ex- Robinson. flags, stone and wood carv- media. “Photographers Jos- periment with drip painting. Location: MOCA Pavilion ings, many of the seven-foot ue Azor, Maggie Steber and Location: MOCA Pavilion Cost**:** Free, limit of 20 sculptures never seen in the Roberto Stephenson,” ex- Cost**:** Free people United States. Every piece in plains MOCA, “portray the https://mocanomi. the sculptures has a signifi- city as one of radical sexual org/2019/07/sunday-stories- - MOCA Moving Imag- cance, representing history politics, seductive interiors im-bored/ es: "Maya Deren – Divine and tradition. The sculptures and informal economies, as Horsemen: The Living are shrouded in voodoo and well as loss and destruction. - MOCA Moving Imag- Gods of Haiti" | Wednesday, religious mysticism, high- Azor sheds light on the queer es: "Of Men and Gods" | Aug. 7. Event is from 7 – 9 p.m. lighting the artists’ commu- underground scene in Port- Wednesday, July 24, Doors "Divine Horsemen: The nity in Port-au-Prince situ- au-Prince; Steber captures open at 6:30 p.m.; Event is Living Gods of Haiti" is a ated behind the remains of a Grand Rue in the aftermath from 7 – 9 p.m. documentary that depicts the Catholic Cathedral where art of the 2010 earthquake; and "Of Men and Gods" is a doc- rituals of three Vodoo cults is created. Stephenson photographs the umentary about homosexual- whose origins stem from Afri- “‘PÒTOPRENS: The Ur- city’s architecture includ- sponse to the lives of the mar- the exhibition. Haitian artists ity in Haiti, especially within ca. The screening is followed ban Artists of Port-au-Prince’ ing the famed “Gingerbread” ket people of Port-au-Prince; give the world authentic in- the context on the Vodoo reli- by an in-person discussion gives viewers an eye-opening homes of Pacot.” Anne Lescot’s Of Men and terpretations of their culture gion where it is tolerated to a led by Lucrèce Louisdhon and look into the immense di- A film series focuses on de- Gods (2002), which reveals and history at a time when greater extent than in broader Louines Louinis Haitian folk- versity of Haiti’s civilization cades of the city’s evolution, the relationship between human rights are being sub- society. This film is a collab- lorists. A pre-show display and depicts the city’s chaotic particularly the aftermath of Voodoo and homosexuality; jugated in the United States oration between Anne Lescot, of rare and antiquated books intersections of history, art, the 2010 earthquake. “Among and Jørgen Leth’s Dream- and around the globe. I high- a Haitian anthropologist, and related to Haiti from the Mi- religion, political scene and others,” states MOCA, “the ers (2002), a decades-long ly recommend the exhibition Laurence Magloire, a Haitian ami-Dade Public Library Spe- cultural shifts,” says MOCA’s program includes Beatriz tribute to the last generation as a source of Haitian pride. film director and producer. cial Collection and Archives. Executive Director Chana Santiago Muñoz’s Marché of Haitian artists.” The exhibition runs at MOCA The screening is followed by Location: MOCA Pavilion Budgazad Sheldon. “This ex- Salomon (2015), a poetic re- I was genuinely moved by through Aug. 11. an in-person discussion facil- Cost: Free

make movies about our pain, then, he has produced 30 fea- or you have to be the most ture films, which have earned SUCCESS amazing N-word doing the 98 festival award nominations CONTINUED FROM 1C most amazing things," he and has worked with Acade- said. "... And there is the Black my-Award winners Jennifer by the top producers in Hol- comedy." Connolly, Common, Mari- lywood. He took notes from Now we are able to just sa Tomei and Ellen Burstyn, what he learned. present "well-rounded" Black among others. Turner also Turner realized most of people, Turner said using has used Good in several of them had mentors and that HBO's "Insecure" as an ex- his films applying the lessons producers liked to work with ample. The show, produced from his reading. the same lead actors and ac- by a Black actress, Issa Rae, Turner gained notoriety for tresses. He also found that the follows the life of a character his 2018 film, "A Boy. A Girl. industry did not include a full with the same name. A Dream," which premiered range of Black stories. Black "The reason why I like 'In- at the Sundance Film Festival characters are mostly seen as secure' is that she is not sav- and Showtime's three-part dangerous, pimps or killers, ing the world; she is not going documentary series, "Shut said Turner. through pain," said Turner. "It Up and Dribble" with LeBron "Hollywood was not built is really about what this wom- James. for us. It was not built by us," an's life is like on a Wednes- Hard work is the key to said Turner. "It wasn't built to day." unlocking success in Holly- tell our own stories ... For 100 Turner was still able to use wood, said Turner. He left the years, white men have told reality to break into the in- audience in the masterclass our stories." dustry. with this parting advice. Photo courtesy of Gary Brown/ABFF Family remembe In the last 25 years, Blacks Finding it hard to secure "It is really about the work," Dozens signed up for a June 16 masterclass with Datari Turner, of Datari Turner have been able to tell their financial backing for his first said Turner. "It is not always stories. But only certain types film, "Video Girl" starring Productions, at Lowes Miami Beach Hotel during the American Black Film Festival. racist. Some shit is. But most of Black movies were allowed, Meaghan Good, his first proj- of the time, the business of said Turner. ect to air was the reality show, BET in 2005. He later went on Hop," a reality show that is in It took Turner seven years this business is just really "Either they only want to "The Ultimate Hustle" on to produce "Growing Up Hip- its fourth season on WeTV. to release "Video Girl." Since about the work."

Below is a list of the places - We purchased a 5-Day at which we eat: Go Oahu Card because it HAWAII - Tiki Bar & Grill has many things to do and it CONTINUED FROM 4C - Goofy Café & Dine offered a good discount. We - Thai Food Express purchased a total of four villages. Each village had a - Uncle Bobo’s 5-Day Go Oahu Cards, two show about their culture. - Pounders Restaurant for adults and two for the This was very educational for - Duke’s Waikiki kids. the kids. - Liliha Bakery - Pearl Harbor – The Pearl - Helena’s Hawaiian Food WHAT THE TRIP COST Harbor tour was very emo- - Heavenly Island Life- - Airfare – 36,000 United tional as we all learned so style miles each much about the bombing and - Hotel & Rental Car / Gas everything that happened WHERE DID WE GO – About $2,200 there. - City, State: Honolulu, - 5-Day Go Oahu Card – - USS Arizona Memorial Hawaii $304.30/Adult and $237.15/ Narrated Tour at Pearl Har- - Currency: U.S. Dollar Child. Our son’s homes- bor - Visa Require- chool program covered one - USS Bowfin Submarine at day – to the falls. Make sure hike and waterfall were kid pineapple ice cream. ments: None for U.S. citi- Adult and Child pass, so we Pearl Harbor to wear the right shoes to friendly. The water is cold, - Disney Aulani Character zens only paid for one for a total - Battleship Missouri at hike this trail. so keep that in mind. There Breakfast – We enjoyed a of $541.45. Pearl Harbor - Secret Island Beach at are life jackets available to yummy character breakfast TIPS FOR YOUR HONOLULU - Other activities (Chil- - Pearl Harbor Aviation Kualoa Ranch – This is a use free of charge. here. “Auntie” goes around TRIP WITH KIDS dren’s museum, Disney Au- Museum secret island that is only ac- - Honolulu Children’s and entertains the kids as - Get a rental car – There lani Breakfast etc) – $300 - Rainforest, Waterfalls, cessible by boat. We spent Museum – The kids had so well as the Disney charac- is so much to see on the - Meals – $600 and Movie Sites Hikes about three hours here and much fun playing here. It’s ters who come around and island of Oahu and you’ll - Total Cost of Trip = - Movie Sites Hike – Juras- were able to ride kayaks and a great indoor activity espe- go from table to table. Make need a car to get around. about $3,600 sic Park: We took a tour of paddle boards. There are cially from all the outdoor sure to call and make an ap- - Download Yelp – Yelp Amabel is a wife and a the park were Jurassic Park no restaurants or any food things we did. pointment as it fills up pret- is great for food reviews, mother of two, Ethan & Av- and Jumanji were filmed. available on the island, so - Turtle Bay – Your kids ty quickly. and Yelp sometimes offers ery. She owns her own hair This is a two-hour hike with make sure you pack food, will love seeing the turtles coupons for a free drinks or care line Nundae Hair & different photo stops along snacks and water because in the water. WHERE TO EAT WITH KIDS desert. Skin as well as a clothing the way. your kids will get hungry. - Dole Plantation – The There are so many amaz- - Pack snacks – When you line Aveebelle Designs. - Waterfalls – Manoa Falls - Waimea Valley Water- train ride here was a lot of ing restaurants in Honolulu step out to explore the is- When she’s not busy run- Trail: There is about a two- falls – We wanted to visit fun. If you love pineapple, and the food is so fresh and land, pack snacks. Eating in ning her business, she loves mile narrow and muddy a waterfall so we were ex- then you’ll love the Dole so good. We tried several Oahu can get very expen- exploring the world with walk –especially after a rainy cited to find out that this Plantation. Our favorite was kid-friendly restaurants. sive so keep that in mind. her family. Faith Family Education Health Church News Parenting

THE MIAMI TIMES | JULY 3-9, 2019 | MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM You & Yours SECTION D

Sherdavia Jenkins' dad, David Jenkins places roses over the park to remember the children lost to gun violence in the Liberty City community.

Miami Times Photos/Felipe Rivas Family remembers She rdavia Jen kins

David Jenkins Jr. scatters roses during the 13th anniversary of his sister's death.

Miami Times Photo/Felipe Rivas

Reminders issued to refrain from firing guns over the Independence Day holiday

FELIPE RIVAS via Jenkins death, a bright is a phoenix and her spirit ami-Dade County, an aver- "People do not need to violence over that period of [email protected] 9-year-old girl killed by a rises out of the ashes," said age of 12 per year, or one per fire any guns," said Elaine time. stray bullet while playing Jenkins. The park bearing month. Black, president of the Lib- Jenkins wants the commu- While the first week of in front of her Liberty City her name, located at the In a small ceremony, fam- erty City Trust. "You never nity to refrain from using July usually features a short home in 2006. corner of Dr. Martin Luther ily members convened at know where that bullet is guns during the holidays as work-week and talks of In- On Monday, her family King Boulevard and North- Sherdavia Jenkins Peace going to land. No celebra- well as to resolve their is- dependence Day holiday and Liberty City activists, west 12 Avenue, is not far Park in Liberty City to pray tory gunfire and no gunfire sues. plans, for David Jenkins it is continued to remember her from where she was killed and honor the children and period in our community." "Put the guns down," he a time of remembrance and and the dozens of children on July 1, 2006. During the remind the community to Jenkins, his family and ac- said. "Love your children; keeping his daughter's leg- lost to gun violence in the nine years of Sherdavia’s refrain from celebratory tivists scattered 108 roses cherish your children; and, acy alive. July 1 marked the surrounding areas. brief life, 108 children were gunfire on the Independence over the park to pay hom- at all costs, engage and keep 13th anniversary of Sherda- "My daughter, Sherdavia, lost to homicides in Mi- Day holiday this Thursday. age to children lost to gun your children safe." The Miami Times 8 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 3-9, 2019 Richardson is senior bishop of AME Church Selected at annual meeting June 26, he is expected to serve until 2024

Miami Times Staff Report logo of the denomination do- nated by the family of Claude The Right Reverend Adam Stephens. Jefferson Richardson Jr. was "I am honored for service installed as the senior bish- at this time in the history of op of the African Methodist our church. I seek an interest Episcopal Church on June in your prayers that I may rise 26 during the AME Church's to the occasion, that inade- Annual Council of Bishops quacies may not be too glar- and General Board Meeting ing," said Richardson during Worship Service at the Bir- his investiture. "Whatever mingham-Jefferson Countysuccesses, whatever achieve- Convention Center in Bir- ments, the credit, the glory mingham, Alabama. will belong to God in Christ." Richardson succeeds the Richardson previously pas- Right Reverend McKinley tored Bethel AME Church in Young who died in January Tallahassee, where he served 2019. He was elected and for 18 years. He obtained a consecrated the 115th Bishop bachelor of arts degree from at the 1996 General Confer- the Florida A&M University ence. where he was head drum ma- The senior bishop has the jor of the Marching 100 Band. longest tenure of service "There are quite a few steps in the AME Church and is (literally and figuratively) be- North Carolina, Maryland cluding the "African-Amer- first in order of precedence tween the Patch (the practice and Washington, D.C. (Sec- ican Devotional Bible" and among the Council of Bish- field) and Senior Bishop!" ond District) and currently "Headlines to Homilies." ops. The position has existed Richardson said in a state- Florida and the Bahamas Is- Richardson is expected to since the incorporation of ment. lands (11th District). serve as senior bishop until He has represented the 2024. He is married to Dr. the church as a denomina- He received his master of Adam Jefferson Richardson tion in 1816, however the first divinity and doctor of sacred AME Church in a number of Connie Speights Richardson formal investiture ceremony theology degrees at the Inter- founded by African-Ameri- As a bishop, he has served ecumenical bodies including and are parents of Monique occurred at the 2004 General denominational Theological cans. It was founded in 1787 churches in Sierra Le- the World Methodist Coun- Richardson, a Leon County Conference. The ceremony Center in Atlanta, Georgia. by Richard Allen and has one, Ghana, Liberia, Cote cil and the National Con- judge and Trey Richardson, includes the passage of the The African Method- over 2 million members in D'Ivoire, Togo and Benin gress of Black Churches. He a hospital radiographer. Senior Bishop's regalia-a sol- ist Episcopal Church is the 40 countries on five conti- (14th District), South Afri- is an author with articles or For more information vis- id gold medallion with the world's oldest denomination nents. ca (19th District), Virginia, chapters in several books, in- it www.ame-church.com. Norbert Seals, political consultant, dies at age 60 One of few Black lobbyists in Miami- mer staffer didn’t flaunt the tional level, including suc- connection. “He didn’t show cessful White House runs Dade; he was known to care for people off,” Penelas said. “He called by Bill Clinton and Barack on you when he really needed Obama. Lobbying clients in DOUGLAS HANKS domestic workers from his you. He was not one of those Miami-Dade included devel- Miami Herald African-American neighbor- people who always wanted to opers, airport vendors, trans- hood. He would fondly recall hang around and be seen.” portation providers and Black Norbert Allen Seals, 60, a how the women watched over Seals married his wife, San- Tech Week. lobbyist and political strate- him and made sure he got to dra Martin Seals, on Aug. 24, Seals is survived by his gist, died on June 18, 2019. He school safely. Seals graduated 2003, in Martha’s Vineyard. wife, two sons, his parents, was 60 years old. from Trinity in 1977. They had a son, Martin Allen sisters Cheryl Mobley Gon- Norbert A. Seals, a long- He majored in economics Seals, two years later. zalez, Pamela Nunnally and time political consultant and at Harvard University, gradu- Asked what her husband Donna Maye; brothers Clem- lobbyist who worked briefly ating in 1981. Seals began his liked most about his career, ent Seals, Wilfred Miller Jr., in Dade County government, career as a political operative Sandra Seals had a quick an- and Alano Miller. His stepfa- died on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Boston, working on presi- swer: “People. Meeting peo- ther, Wilfred Stanley Miller, at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Miami dential campaigns as candi- ple, helping people. And he died in 2009. Beach after a long bout with dates courted Massachusetts Norbet Seals loved politics.” A viewing will begin at illness. He was 60 years old. voters. He moved to Miami in A former president of noon on Saturday, June 29, Born in Tallahassee on April 1989 with his then-wife, Ange- sion staff, before heading As Seals shifted from Coun- Dade’s Young Democrats, at Antioch Baptist Church in 12, 1959, Norbert Allan Seals la Dix, and the two had a son a back to the private sector to ty Hall to consulting and lob- Seals worked on campaigns Miami Gardens, followed by a was the son of John Benjamin year later, Norbert Allan Seals run his consulting firm, the bying, Penelas said his for- at the county, state and na- 1 p.m. service. Seals and Grace Sands Seals. Jr. Ptolemy Group. When he was 12, Seals moved An early Seals client was “He really did a good job with his family to Orlando, Alex Penelas, then a young for me. He cared about peo- where he attended Trinity city council member from Hi- ple. He was really into their Preparatory School about 90 aleah who won a seat on what needs,” said Penelas, who minutes away in Winter Hav- was then the Dade County served as mayor between CHURCH Listings en. Seals took a bus at 5 a.m. Commission in 1990. Seals 1996 and 2004 and is prepar- on school days, riding with joined the Penelas commis- ing to run for the office again. ASSEMBLE OF GOD Second Canaan Revival Tabernacle Assembly of God Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Leonard Shaw Rev. Jeffrey L. Mack, Pastor 2085 NW 97 Street • 305-693-1356 4343 NW 17 Avenue • 305-638-1789

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DR. KEVIN WILLIAMS care of people with SCD. Pfizer chief medical officer for I also can’t stress enough to rare disease new parents the importance of setting up a healthcare team In this article, I’d like to in- for their child as soon as pos- troduce you to TaLana Hughes, sible. Receiving care early and a mother of three who is also often can help reduce the im- the executive director of the pacts and complications of the Sickle Cell Disease Associa- disease. SCD takes a toll on all tion of Illinois (SCDAI). TaLa- systems of the body, so having na has one child with SCD and a team made up of a pediatric two children with the sickle hematologist, primary care cell trait. doctor, and other specialists, As TaLana knows from such as an eye doctor, pulmo- both personal experience and nologist, cardiologist, and den- through her work with SCDAI, tist, is key to the health of the learning that your child has child. SCD can feel overwhelming What are some tips for and scary. While family and helping parents cope with friends can be an important the news? source of support, they may TaLana: I know that I needed not always know the best way time to digest the news to real- Parents of newborns with sickle cell have questions; Dr. Williams facilitates the answers. to help — and parents may find ly understand how the diagno- it hard to explain what they sis would impact our child and need. family. Once I had a stronger support I need. It also allows history to see how the disease they can’t communicate with child will help parents know In order to help people bet- understanding of the disease my family and friends to fig- manifests over time. I have an words and explain any pain when to seek help. ter understand what it’s like and how it would manifest over ure out how to best provide overnight bag in my trunk that they are experiencing, recog- What do babysitters or to be a parent of a newborn time as my child grew, I started support—whether it be a ride includes a change of clothes nizing pain crises can be dif- other caregivers need to with SCD, and how family to have a better idea of the sup- to an appointment, a change of and snacks. I carry a ther- ficult. In my own experience, know? and friends can be most help- port needed from my family clothes for an overnight stay in mometer in my purse to take the first warning signs are usu- TaLana: I make sure oth- ful, TaLana and I share our and our local community. the hospital, or help with small my child’s temperature and an ally dactylitis, where the hands er caregivers and babysitters thoughts below on some of the Dr. Kevin: I’ve seen incred- chores at home. incentive spirometer to help and feet begin to swell, and a know about my child’s person- most common questions we’ve ible connections and support Dr. Kevin: I also encourage facilitate stronger breathing. fever. However, because new al regimens and what to do in been asked about the topic. systems form when parents of a family members and friends I’ve also joined a group chat parents usually pay attention case of an emergency. I share What are the biggest fears child with SCD talk with other to learn as much as they can with other parents who have to anything out of the ordinary important pointers, like to and challenges parents face parents going through the same on their own, because there children with SCD, and this seen in their newborn, they make sure my child is hydrat- upon learning their child thing. There’s a certain com- are still a number of misper- has been one of my most im- often are able to notice how ed and never around smoke, has SCD? fort that comes from talking to ceptions about the disease. portant tools for connecting their own child displays warn- which can increase the risk of TaLana: Immediately after those who have “been there, For example, the belief that a with and learning from other ing signs. Acute Chest Syndrome (ACS), my child received the diagno- done that.” Parents can meet baby born with SCD will die parents who share this expe- When it comes to noticing a bout of pneumonia or a seri- sis, my husband and I experi- other families through local before reaching adulthood. rience. something out of the ordinary ous lung condition due to the enced an initial wave of shock community groups, online The majority of children with Dr. Kevin: These are great in my child, I always play it sickling of red blood cells, in and fear. It became suddenly platforms like oneSCDvoice*, SCD live to adulthood, thanks suggestions. I would also en- safe. I also find it really bene- people with SCD. apparent that both of us have which includes curated con- to advances in SCD care. How- courage parents to connect ficial to speak with other par- Lastly, I make sure they the sickle cell trait which we tent and a wealth of infor- ever, the life expectancy of with their local SCD organi- ents with children who have know how special my child is passed down to our child. Af- mation for those in the SCD someone with SCD in the US zation, like an SCDAA local SCD and to learn about what and all the wonderful qualities ter the initial shock wore off, community, and the Sickle Cell is only between 40 and 60 chapter. With a disease like they see in their own children she has. I tell them her likes a million questions started to Disease Association of Ameri- years, compared to average US SCD, which is rare in the US and discuss how they’ve han- and dislikes, hobbies and in- run through our minds, and we ca (SCDAA), which publishes life expectancy of 78.8 years. and often misunderstood, dled episodes of pain. terests, and what makes her wondered what this would ulti- a calendar of local SCD events By understanding the truths connecting with others who Dr. Kevin: It’s also important laugh. Having SCD may be a mately mean for our daughter. around the country. about SCD, family and friends have similar experiences and for parents to understand that normal part of my child’s life, Dr. Kevin: I know that for How can family and are in a better position to pro- challenges is so important for pain crises are unfortunate- but I make sure she is not de- many parents, an SCD diagno- friends offer support? vide meaningful support and building your support system. ly a universal experience for fined by her condition. sis can certainly be overwhelm- TaLana: I tell parents of be allies. Do infants experience people with SCD. Crises typ- Dr. Kevin: I agree whole- ing, and I see how parents may children with SCD to educate What tools are most help- pain crises? What are the ically manifest in infants aged heartedly. Children with SCD fear the worst. However, it’s their loved ones about the dis- ful for new parents caring warning signs? What is your six months and older, and they are children first and foremost. important to know that in re- ease and to communicate how for their child with SCD? best advice for new parents are often unpredictable and While the disease affects them, cent years we’ve seen advances it affects your child. Teaching TaLana: I always carry a when it comes to handling a can occur up to several times it certainly does not define in understanding and scientific others about the condition notebook with me so I can newborn having a crisis? a year. So, to TaLana’s point, them — nor should SCD or any breakthroughs that are poten- gives me the opportunity to take notes and keep track of TaLana: Yes, infants can have learning to recognize what a disease define the person who tially paving the way for better explain what kind of specific my child’s “baseline” and SCD pain crises. However, because pain crisis looks like in their has it. 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We want to see all kinds of books. Black books. We want to be recognized. We don’t want integration, we’ll get that. We want ed- ucation. And integration will not educate our Black children. Black books, more Black principals, some more Black people on the school board, a Black woman up there, too.” “ —San Francisco’s KPIX-TV, Andry

THE COMPLEXITY OF BLACK VIEWS ON

Editor's note: This in an excerpt from the book, 'Why busing failed: Race, Media and the National the country. segment of the [Black] com- that busing was not the ma- Resistance to School Desegregation.' The book show that Black people had varying views on Andry therefore disrupt- munity, really wanted to bus jor issue for Blacks that it busing. The Miami Times also invited Miami-Dade County Public School Board Member Steve ed the February 1968 school school children,” he said. An- was for whites who opposed Gallon III to opine on the issue of busing as used in desegregation, brought up by Sen. Kamala board meeting not only by dry’s strenuous attempt to school desegregation. Harris at the first Democratic presidential debate last Thursday. Gallon makes clear that the demanding an opportunity make sure that a Black moth- Television news coverage issue is and should be about equal access to a high-quality education for all students to speak but also by expand- er was heard and seen in San of the southern civil rights ing beyond the busing frame Francisco’s school battle and movement informed the MATTHEW F. DELMONT Mothers Support Neigh- We want to be recognized. preferred by media, school the efforts of media, school networks’ approach to “bus- borhood Schools speaking We don’t want integration, officials, and politicians. officials, and politicians to ing,” but this model proved “I think a Black mother against busing. we’ll get that. We want ed- KPIX reporter Ben Wil- contain her comments as poorly suited to the partic- should be heard,” called out “We don’t believe in busing ucation. And integration liams opened the hour-long part of a 'busing' debate il- ular dynamics of the issue. Inez Andry as she strode either,” Andry told the board, will not educate our Black special by describing how lustrate at the local level a On the one hand, “antibus- confidently to the micro- to applause from the crowd. children. Black books, more the board was holding a spe- dynamic that played out na- ing” activists appropriated phone. “Not for the same reason,” Black principals, some more cial meeting to hear from cit- tionally. Once the news me- the language and tactics of Speaking before the San Andry continued. “We want Black people on the school izens on the “feverishly con- dia and politicians adopted the civil rights movement Francisco Board of Educa- our schools in our neighbor- board, a Black woman up troversial problem of school 'busing' as the dominant rather than using explicitly tion in the crowded Nourse hood. We don’t want to go to there, too.” busing.” framework for discussing racist language. On the other Auditorium and before a lo- no other neighborhood. But In just over seven minutes, For San Francisco may- school desegregation, it be- hand, the diversity of Black cal television audience via we want education, the kind Andry articulated a series of or Joseph Alioto, the lesson came difficult for them to opinion on “busing” made San Francisco’s KPIX-TV, we need in our neighbor- concerns and demands that from the school board hear- understand the diversity of it difficult for broadcasters Andry interrupted the agen- hood. . . . We want to see all reflected the sentiments of ing was clear. “No one in the Black opinion on school de- to present a single person or da of white mothers from kinds of books. Black books. many Black parents across community, including a large segregation or to recognize SEE VIEWS 11D On busing, focus on the notion, not the narrative STEVE GALLON III, board member, District 1, Miami-Dade County Public Schools

...The notion, the idea that in our schools. Sen. Kamala and opportunities that had next to someone who doesn’t Because I believe that in the students should be provided Harris rocked former Vice been denied to Blacks in a look like them cannot be the end, students in Black, under- equal access to a high-qual- President Joe Biden during a “separate,” segregated struc- sole intent. And since Brown served communities should ity public education was the presidential debate last week ture in which Black students v. Board, we’ve transcended have access to high-quality, main tenet of the landmark by taking him to task on his had to attend schools with the notion and sought a re- innovative educational pro- decision of Brown v. Board of record on forced busing of outdated materials, depilat- ality focused on equality in grams and resources at home. Education in 1954. The deci- students during his time as a In the context of ed books and overcrowding. which Black and undeserved In the schools in their own sion concluded that “separate state senator during the 1970s. discussions about In both instances, it was a students receive the same to neighborhoods. And that for was not equal" and the insti- Busing, a process where bussing students to “means”— not the “end.” one focused on equity which these reasons, maybe others tutional structure of separat- Black students were driven to Thus, the “end” then and they actually, because of their choose to be bussed to them. ing Black and white students predominantly white schools other communities now is about access to re- circumstances, deserved and I will continue to stand, should be shuttered with de- and white students were driv- outside of their sources and opportunities. should be provided more. speak and fight for the day liberate speed. One important en to predominantly Black neighborhoods as There needs to be a distinc- Thus, I believe that today, that busing is not inextrica- tool to accelerate and ensure schools, was often used as the“ only “means” to tion made between busing as in the context of discussions bly linked and rendered moot the integration of segregated a last resort. Superficially, it this “means” for the sake of about busing students to oth- when it comes to all students achieve the “end” schools, especially in states was used to integrate schools integrating and busing as an er communities outside of having access to a high-quali- that blatantly deified to com- and give the image of a har- of receiving access “end” to provide increased their neighborhoods as the ty education. ply with Brown was busing. monious, smooth transition to high-quality, and improved access to re- only “means” to achieve the They won't need to catch a Recently, the nation re- in which white and Black innovative educational sources, supports and oppor- “end” of receiving access to bus. They would simply walk called the history of not only students learned together. experiences and tunities for all students. high-quality, innovative ed- down the street or around segregation but the ways that But more substantially, it was The issue of forcing stu- ucational experiences and the corner to their neighbor- opportunities should it was employed—and not used a means to provide im- dents to leave to learn in opportunities should be re- hood school. I like this as the employed to end its existence mediate access to resources be rejected." other communities just to sit jected. "end." The Miami Times 11 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 3-9, 2019

ers, such as the closure of on’s statement this week crisis,” the NAACP took out a would have a broad impact with suspensions after deseg- formerly Black schools and was veiled in a dense fog of full-page ad in the New York on Black communities. Rath- regation,” a southern school VIEWS the loss of employment for vague, fine sounding phrases. Times with the heading “The er than talking only about administrator admitted to a CONTINUED FROM 10D Black teachers. Third, Black But it was also larded with Law vs. the Mob”: “The issue the “phony issue of busing,” Children’s Defense Fund in- students in recently deseg- code words like ‘neighbor- in Boston today is not wheth- Jordan suggested, “it is time terviewer[.](javascript:;) organization as represen- regated schools were dispro- hood school’ and references er ‘busing’ is good or bad; it now to turn the spotlight on tative of African American portionately suspended and to school busing that made is whether this nation’s Con- the widespread discriminato- School suspensions hin- viewpoints, as they had with pushed out of school. Each it easy for southern segrega- stitution and laws are to be ry practices that have turned dered Black students’ success Martin Luther King Jr. and of these themes illuminates tionists to understand what upheld and enforced or fla- surface integration into a and, in some cases, pushed the Southern Christian Lead- why Black communities were it means. Nixon is paying off grantly violated. . . . The Black sham, harming Black chil- them out of school perma- ership Conference in the ear- often ambivalent to “busing.” another installment of his parents of Boston don’t enjoy dren and Black educators, as nently. The Southern Region- ly 1960s. The various responses and 1968 debt to Dixie, and trying sending their children out to well as the Black economy[.”] al Council, which published Black politicians, activists, alternatives Black people of- to store up credit for 1972[.”] face the mob any more than (javascript:;) These concerns The Student Pushout: Victim parents, and students artic- fered were largely ignored (javascript:;) Whitney Young, the Black parents of Little were well founded, because of Continued Resistance to ulated a wide range of views by white media and politi- who preceded Jordan as pres- Rock, New Orleans, Birming- over thirty thousand Black Desegregation, encouraged regarding “busing.” Black cians, who instead focused on ident of the National Urban ham, Selma or Montgomery. teachers were displaced policymakers to see Black nationalists like Roy Inn- more adamantly “antibusing” League, also saw coded ap- But they know what happens by school desegregation in student “dropouts” from new- is, director of the Congress Black viewpoints, such as the peals to racism at play in the when the mob makes the southern states. An HEW ly desegregated schools as of Racial Equality, opposed National Black Political Con- “busing” debate. In an open laws[.”](javascript:;) survey of five southern states “pushouts.” Black students, “busing” in favor of provid- vention in Gary, Indiana, or letter to Jim Crow, Young found that from 1968 to 1971, the council argued, frequently ing the Black community Clay Smothers, who called wrote, “Part of the reason SCHOOL CLOSURES five thousand white teachers encountered white teachers, with greater control of their himself “the most conserva- you came back in the schools AND JOB LOSES were hired while over one administrators, and students schools; U.S. congresswoman tive Black man in America” is the phony smokescreen In many cases, school offi- thousand Black teachers lost who were not yet ready for Shirley Chisholm, activist Jes- and appeared at “antibus- raised about integration. Code cials created desegregation their jobs[.](javascript:;) desegregated schools. Peter se Jackson, and the NAACP ing” rallies across the coun- words like ‘bussing’ were plans that called for the clo- Holmes at the Office of Civil offered vocal criticism of rac- try. Like the San Francisco much nicer to use than the sure of formerly Black schools. SUSPENDED AND Rights argued that these ra- ism in “antibusing” protests school officials and reporters straight out ‘keep the schools The closure of Black schools PUSHED OUT cially discriminatory disci- and legislation, and more cau- who tried to contain Inez An- white,’ your supporters once meant the loss of names, tra- The firing and demotion of plinary practices, in addition tious support for “busing” as a dry’s wide-ranging critique used[.”](javascript:;) In an ed- ditions, and mascots that had thousands of Black teachers to being unfair, would lead to policy; and Black parents took of educational inequality, na- itorial on the eve of the 1972 deep meanings for Black com- and principals directly affect- “the eventual erosion of con- up a range of positions, rais- tional media and politicians election, the Norfolk Journal munities[.](javascript:;) In ed Black students who de- fidence of many thousands ing concerns about the qual- preferred Black voices that and Guide argued that Black Wake Forest, North Carolina, segregated white schools. In of minority youth in the pur- ity of schools, the distance of did not disrupt the predeter- voters should oppose Nixon for example, Black students their 1973 article on the signif- poses of education so that the bus rides, and the safety of mined “busing” frame. Many and his use of “code phrases.” who attended W.E.B. DuBois icant job loses that Black ed- American school becomes for Black children bused to white Black parents would have “The busing issue is one of the High School were transferred ucators encountered, scholars them less a means to personal neighborhoods. concurred with Andry’s com- most divisive forces in Amer- to historically white Wake John Smith and Betty Smith achievement than a symbol of Rather than adapting their ment, “We don’t believe in ica today,” the editors argued. Forest High School, and the warned, “The future offers injustice[.”](javascript:;) coverage to present the mul- busing either,” but for them “It is an emotional issue that DuBois High School building the ghastly specter of Black The problem of school tiple and often conflicting too, the reasons were compli- has been given respectabil- became Wake Forest–Roles- children totally at the mercy suspensions also affected re- Black opinions on “busing,” cated. ity through such phrases as ville Middle School[.](javas- of a white-dominated school cently desegregated schools network newscasts struc- ‘forced busing’ and ‘neighbor- cript:;) Similarly, in Louisiana system[.”](javascript:;) For outside the South, in cities tured their “busing” segments “IT'S NOT THE BUS, IT’S US” hood schools.’ Seemingly lost school officials painted over many Black students, “bus- like Boston. A Black teacher around white “antibusing” The aphorism “It’s not is the fact that ‘neighborhood murals of Booker T. Washing- ing” and desegregation meant at South Boston High School parents and politicians and the bus, it’s us” served as a schools’ actually mean segre- ton and George Washington leaving their communities to attested to this in an affidavit presented Black viewpoints shorthand way for the Black gated schools[.”](javascript:;) Carver at recently desegre- travel to schools where white filed in 1975 seeking further as secondary. community to affirm that the While “busing” spoke to gated and renamed schools[.] students and parents were relief in Morgan v. Kerrigan. While school desegregation “busing” debate was actu- deeply entrenched antiBlack (javascript:;) The Journal and openly hostile and where “When an incident of ap- was the dominant civil rights ally about antiBlack racism. prejudice, the focus on “bus- Guide noted that school clo- white teachers and adminis- parent racial strife occurs, issue of the era, there were no Speaking at Ohio State Uni- ing” by white media and poli- sures were part of a larger trators blamed them for the some white teachers see the specific Black people associ- versity in April 1972, Student ticians masked the legal issues burden of school desegre- whatever violence or disrup- Black student as the original ated with the “busing” story, Nonviolent Coordinating at play in school desegrega- gation that too often fell on tions accompanied desegre- aggressor and as the source no worthy Black students like Committee (SNCC) cofound- tion cases. “White Americans Black communities. “Some- gation in the schools. While of the continuing threat to the Little Rock Nine to delin- er and Georgia state legisla- must understand that busing where in school desegrega- “antibusing” protests dom- school order, even when nei- eate who was on the right side tor Julian Bond described the is a phony issue,” Vernon Jor- tion, an effort should be made inated media coverage and ther perception is true,” the of history. Black students, underlying motivations for dan said in comments that to accommodate Negro chil- dampened Black enthusiasm teacher reported. “I have ob- parents, and activists fought opposing “busing” for school were replayed on the Black dren and their parents,” the for “busing,” school suspen- served, for example, a white tirelessly for decades to im- desegregation in clear terms. public affairs television show editors argued. “In too many sions and “pushouts” in re- teacher challenge the posses- prove the educational options “What people who oppose Black Journal. “The real issue cases the burden of change cently desegregated schools sion by a Black student of a in majority-Black schools, but busing object to,” Bond told is the Constitutional rights of has been deliberately placed represented a larger threat to ‘pick’—a style of Afro comb the “busing” frame pushed the audience, “is not the lit- Black people. The issue is so on Negro families many of Black students. used by many Black students these efforts to the back- tle yellow school buses, but lethal that it is bound to seep whom are least able financial- In the early and mid-1970s, for grooming purposes. The ground in favor of white pro- rather to the little Black bod- outwards and poison the mor- ly and otherwise to accept the the Southern Regional Coun- teacher’s attempt to confis- tests. Without identifying the ies that are on the bus.” The al climate of our nation. Bus- responsibility[.”](javascript:;) cil and the Children’s Defense cate the comb resulted in re- Black students whose rights following month, the NAACP ing constitutes a ‘domestic Black school closures also Fund published reports re- sistance by the student and a were at stake in the battle Legal Defense Fund used a Vietnam.’ The ten Black law- meant job loses and demo- vealing that Black students confrontation.” over school desegregation, similar formulation as a ti- yers who resigned from the tions for Black administra- across the country were be- During the 1974–75 school “busing” appeared to be, as tle to a report, “It’s Not the Justice Department in protest tors and teachers. For exam- ing suspended, expelled, and year, Boston school officials its critics charged, an incon- Distance, ‘It’s the Niggers,’” over President Nixon’s call ple, of 170 Black high school pushed out of recently de- suspended 5,076 Black stu- venient, unnecessary, and un- condemning President Nix- for a moratorium on “bus- principals in Virginia in 1965, segregated schools at alarm- dents and 3,367 white stu- just intrusion on white fami- on’s call for a moratorium on ing” for school desegregation only 16 were in the same po- ing rates. During the 1972–73 dents lies. That many Black parents, “busing” orders and refuting wrote a letter to the Wash- sition in 1970, and similar school year, for example, This rate of suspension including Inez Andry, spoke the president’s claims about ington Post in which they ar- demotions took place in oth- one in eight Black students could have occurred by against “busing” only served “busing.” “The proposed mor- gued that “busing” clouded er southern states[.](javas- was suspended at least once, chance less than one in one to entrench this perspective. atorium on busing threatens which and whose rights were cript:;) Many Black teachers, double the rate of white stu- billion times In surveying Black views gains which have been made at stake. “Busing is not a real both in the South and in oth- dent suspensions[.](javas- Any attempt to understand on "busing" in Black news- in the long and painful strug- issue; it is instead a sham,” the er parts of the country, also cript:;) Office of Civil Rights what “busing” meant to Black papers as well as reports and gle to fulfill the constitution- lawyers wrote. “We as ardent lost their jobs as a result of (OCR) director Peter Holmes communities has to recognize commentary from Black ac- al rights of children to equal students of the civil rights school desegregation. Barba- testified to the Subcommit- that “busing” and school de- tivists, parents, politicians, education opportunities,” the struggle, have concluded that ra Sizemore, district superin- tee on Equal Opportunities segregation plans frequently teachers, and students, three report read. “These propos- the recent fervor in the area tendent of the Woodlawn Ex- of the Committee on Educa- led to negative outcomes for broad themes emerge. First, als, which would curtail only of busing is nothing more perimental Schools Project in tion and Labor in the House Black students, parents, and rather than accepting “bus- one kind of busing — busing than a thinly veiled attempt to Chicago, viewed the Supreme of Representatives that Black educators. School closures, ing” as the logical frame for to desegregate schools — and sacrifice the rights of minori- Court’s 1971 Swann ruling students were suspended job loses for Black teachers debating school desegrega- not any other kind of pupil ty children to racist pressure from the perspective of Black at rates disproportionate to and principals, and a high tion, Black people argued that transportation, barely cam- groups and political expedi- educators. “The models for their enrollment in nineteen rate of suspensions in recent- white opposition to “busing” ouflage their racist motiva- ence. . . . What we have been desegregation have consis- of the twenty cities that his ly desegregated schools all was simply a new way of ex- tion[.”](javascript:;) witnessing, when stripped of tently displaced and plunged office had reviewed, including contributed to the ambiva- pressing antiBlack racism, Black critics described bus- its shroud of innocence, is an Blacks into unemployment,” New York, Houston, Cleve- lence Black people felt about that “busing” was a phony is- ing as an early example of attempted roll-back, a cam- Sizemore argued. “With no land, Memphis, and Dallas[.] “busing.” These viewpoints, sue which obscured the caus- “dog whistle” politics, where ouflaged effort to resurrect protection for the Black in- (javascript:;) “Just a cursory however, rarely made it into es of educational inequality, racist sentiments were re- the concept of ‘separate but cumbent educators, this will examination of our data sug- national television news re- and that “busing” had long packaged in coded language[.] equal,’ and a deliberate effort cause a great void . . . in the gests the probability of wide- ports or white magazines and been used to maintain segre- (javascript:;) Following Presi- to make the advancement of ranks of employed Black pro- spread discrimination in the newspapers. Instead, these gated schools. Second, school dent Nixon’s first major state- desegregation circular, begin- fessionals[.”](javascript:;) Na- application of disciplinary media outlets focused their desegregation plans frequent- ment on school desegregation ning and ending with Plessy tional Urban League presi- sanctions,” Holmes said[.] attention on Black voices that ly led to negative outcomes in 1970, U.S. congresswoman v. Ferguson[.”](javascript:;) In dent Vernon Jordan argued (javascript:;) “In some cases, fit more neatly within the pre- for Black students and teach- Shirley Chisholm said, “Nix- the heat of Boston’s “busing that the loss of teaching jobs teachers were trigger-happy scribed “busing” framework.

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Wright and Young Hadley Davis - MLK Hall Ferguson Hewitt In Memoriam Robert J. Friend, 99, SHERARD HOLT, 38, died WILLIE JAMES JENKINS, MINNIE MAJOR, 97, do- In loving memory of, June 19 in JR., 80, driver, mestic worker, Atlanta, GA. died June 26 died June 23. Tuskegee Pilot who Service 11 at Jackson Service 11 a.m., a.m., Saturday Memorial. Saturday in the at Hallandale Service 10 a.m., chapel. led U.F.O. project, dies Church of Saturday in the Christ. chapel. Believed aliens from outer space CASEY THOMAS, 39, KIRT BELLAMY, 51, LONZO JOHNSON, 69, gas custodian, distribution contractor, died have never landed on the Earth died June clerk, died June June 30. Ser- 25. Survivors 27 at Southern vice 11 a.m., SAM ROBERTS include: mother, Maryland Saturday at New The New York Times Julia Mae Hospital. Mt Zion Baptist Washington; Service 2 p.m., Church. Robert J. Friend, one of the last stepfather, Saturday in the surviving Tuskegee Airmen, who Jimmie chapel. defied racism at home and ene- Washington; brothers, Corey Caballero Rivero my fire over Europe and who later and Stacey. Service 11 a.m., PRINCE MARTINEZ, 20, ROBERT L. HALL oversaw the federal government’s Southern 09/08/1950 - 07/05/2018 Saturday at New Mt. Moriah died June 30 investigation into U.F.O.s, died on Missionary Baptist Church. at Jackson FRANCES M. LOFTON, Friday in Long Beach, Calif. He Memorial 74, Miami Circa 1980’s...”and now, was 99. live from the studios of SIR MAURICE JACKSON Hospital. Northwestern The cause was sepsis, his WMBM...it’s the provocative MOORER, Service 12 p.m., Class of 64”. daughter Karen Friend Crumlich and sometimes controversial JR., one year Saturday in the Viewing 4-8 said. Robert Hall Report”...he was old, died June chapel. p.m., Friday Refused enlistment in the Army a trailblazer and one of the 29. Survivors: in the chapel. Air Forces because he was Af- icons in South Florida radio: mother, RUMELL HARVIN, 80, truck Service 10 a.m., rican-American, he was among WMBM, WINZ and WFUN...a Tangenika; driver, died June 25 at North Saturday at The the 355 pilots who served in the broadcaster, an educator, role father,Maurice; Shore. Services were held. Answer Church. all-Black unit known as the Tuske- model, a champion for truth, Credit: via the Friend family twin brother, gee Airmen, flying single-engine a father and grandfather... Major; sisters, Mariyah, Hadley Davis - Mitchell planes into combat in the Mediter- Lt. Col. Robert J. Friend, Robert’s memorable closing ranean theater during World War Shamiriah and Marian; MOSES FULLWOOD, 80, retired, in an undated Miami Gardens to his radio talk show...”We II. His death leaves 11 surviving grandmothers, Ruth Moorer and co-owner/ photo with a model of a dream dreams...because pilots from the unit. Sophia Russell; grandfather, PAREESE BROWN, 52, operator of Sun dreams are part of reality and Remaining in the military in single-engine plane he flew Elvin Washington. Service 2 educator, Go Charter/auto reality is a foothold into the what became the Air Force and during World War II. He p.m., Saturday at Peaceful Zion died June 26 bus mechanic future.” rising to lieutenant colonel, he named it Bunny, after his Missionary Baptist Church. at Aventura died June 26 Hospital. He believed and lived his directed Project Blue Book, the girlfriend and future wife. at Aventura Dream!...until tomorrow... BOBBY LEE BATCHLER, Viewing/ government’s secret study of un- Hospital. Peace be unto him. SR., physical Memorial identified flying objects, assessing When, after 20 years, the proj- Service 1 p.m., Saturday It’s now been one year therapist, Service 3-8 whether they posed a threat to ect ended in 1969, about 700 of at Greater New Macedonia since Robert Hall’s passing. died June 29. p.m., Friday at national security or might advance more than 12,000 sightings had Missionary Baptist Church. One of the true icons in South Survivors: Greater New Bethel MBC of scientific research. He held the been classified as unidentified. Florida’s African-American Daughters, Liberty City. Service 11 a.m., post from 1958 to 1963. But the study concluded that the historical radio history... Wanda Batchler Saturday at Antioch Missionary Eternal Rest objects posed no danger and dis- Pacem. played no perplexing technologi- and Fonchea Baptist Church of Miami , 37, KENNETH PARSON The Family In Memoriam cal attributes. Bennie; sons, Bobby L. Gardens. died June 25. Service 1 p.m., Speaking at the National Atom- Batchler, Jr., Ronnie Whitfield, Saturday at Greater Mt. Everett MORRIS HALL, SR., 75, In loving memory of, ic Testing Museum in 2017, Lieu- Michael Batchler (deceased). Missionary Baptist Church. In Memoriam Service 12 p.m. Saturday at import/export tenant Colonel Friend, by then retired, expressed skepticism, for Friendship Missionary Baptist supervisor, , ROSE MARIE JACKSON In loving memory of, practical reasons, that aliens from Church. died June 62, died June 18. Service 9:30 outer space had ever landed on 26 at home. a.m., Saturday in the chapel. RUDOLPH WILLIAMS, 76, Service 12 p.m., Earth. retired truck driver, died June Saturday at The In Memoriam “Do I believe that we have been 27. Services were held. House of God visited? No, I don’t believe that,” Church Keith In loving memory of, he said. “And the reason I don’t Richardson Dominion Brownsville. believe it is because I can’t con- ceive of any of the ways in which MURIEL LUCILLE we could overcome some of these PARKER, 91, Fuller Brothers things: How much food would you retired teacher, Pompano Beach have to take with you on a trip for died June 22 years through space? How JOEL MILTON BROWN, SR., 24 at home. much fuel would you need? How 82, died June Service 10 much oxygen or other things to 26. Memorial a.m., Saturday sustain life do you have to have?” Service 9:30 BISHOP ISAIAH WILLIAMS But unlike many of his col- at Saint Agnes a.m., Friday leagues, he favored further re- Episcopal Church. at Apostolic Bishop Williams transition search. Revival Center, REGINALD ten years ago, July 2, 2009. “I, for one, also believe that the ELNORA WASHINGTON, 6702 NW 15 GISSENDANNER His love, smile, prayers for probability of there being life else- 61, retired Ave., Miami, FL 12/25/1994 - 07/03/2014 the unsaved and hurting, where in this big cosmos is just security officer, 33147. Fuller Brothers Funeral died June 21 teaching and preaching are absolutely out of this world — I Home, 954-366-3758. A thousand times we need- at University of all unforgettable. think the probability is there,” he ed you. A thousand times we His legacy of great com- Miami Hospital. ELAINE ALMATHA said. Trinity cried. If love alone could have passion for mankind lives on Service 11 BULLARD Long after Project Blue Book saved you, you never would at Jesus People Ministries a.m., Saturday AGNES AARON, 85, THOMPSON READY had ended, it commanded scrutiny have died. Church International in Miami at Saint Matthew Missionary homemaker, JULY 5, 2013 again after The New York Times A heart of gold stopped Gardens, FL. Baptist Church. died June 27 disclosed in 2017 that the govern- beating. Two twinkling eyes Once we cross the finish at Jackson You gave us many things ment’s research into unidentified closed to rest. God broke our line and see Christ face-to- Health Systems. in life objects had continued under a Gregg L. Mason Service 11 hearts to prove He only took face, all worldly pleasures secret effort called the Advanced Gifts both great and small the best. Never a day goes GEORGE W. PHILLIPS, 77, a.m., Saturday will fade in comparison to the Aerospace Threat Identification But most of all you gave us by that you’re not in heart and landscaper, died at Macedonia joy of hearing Him say, “Well Program. The disclosure inspired love soul. June 27. Viewing Missionary Done, Thou good and faithful the “Project Blue Book” series on The greatest gift of all We love you, Reggie! 6-8 p.m., Friday Baptist Church of Coconut servant.” (Matt. 25:21) the History channel last year. Cyril and Priscilla “Angie” Your daughter, Ahzariah at Oak Grove Grove. Thompson and their families. and The Gissendanner family Baptist Church. Service 11 Manker In Memoriam a.m., Saturday DOUGLAS C. REDDING, at church. 91, died June 29 In loving memory of, In Memoriam Interment: Caballero Rivero at North Shore Southern. In loving memory of, Vitas Center. Service 12 EULA MAE SMITH, 69, general helper, p.m., Saturday died June 26. at Logos Viewing 11 Missionary a.m.-12 p.m., Baptist Church. Saturday in chapel with Grace service to follow. SONYA RENATA PORTER, Royal died June 27. Service 1 p.m., CHARLES KENNETH Tuesday, July 9 CLARKE, 81, at New Seventy- died June 30. Ninth Street Viewing 5-7 Baptist Church. p.m., Friday at MRS. MAMIE LOUISE “LT” The Episcopal BUTTS ISAACS Church of Range MICHAEL (MIKE) BENNETT Transfiguration, It has been three years Sunset July 3, 2013 15260 NW 19 MENERA LUCILLE since God called you home. Ave., Miami Gardens, FL. COOPER, 56, ministry of Not a day goes by you are Those we love don’t go Service 10 a.m., Saturday at educators, died June 26. Final not missed. Oh, what I would away They walk beside us the church. In lieu of flowers rites in Nassau, Bahamas. not give to hear your voice, everyday Unseen, unheard, in honor of his name monetary see your smile, or feel your but always near. Still loved, donations to The Episcopal touch. Simply put, I miss you still missed and forever dear. Church of Transfiguration SEE YOUR OBITUARY ONLINE every day. Your loving wife, Pam, Building Fund. WWW.MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM Your loving sister family and friends.