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Honoring the 50th Anniversary

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The Freedom Riders The Untold Story of America’s Freedom Fighters Part 1

the shape of the country and how it dealt with race relations forever . It was a time where a man and a people stood tall at a monument dedicated to a U S. . President who set the slaves free, but a century later it was still a dream unrealized as below the Mason Dixon Line; segregation was the law of the land, and in the North economic opportunities were scant and rac- ism still prevailed as Blacks were locked out of the mainstream, po- litically, socially, economically and educationally . Today many things have changed; there is a Dr . Martin Luther King Holiday and Monu- ment, honoring the man and what he stood for, but during that time many courageous people who re- main out of the pages of history books put their lives on the line in Members of the Freedom Riders and other New Orleans Civil Rights Activists, gather at the Black Men of Labor Tribute held in their honor, which featured the unveiling of a new Mural dedicated to their heroic fight for equality for African Americans. the fight for justice . A recent docu- mentary focused on the “Freedom Riders,” a group of young people fighting for what’s right in spite many have trekked down from both Black and White that were By Edwin Buggage of the odds being stacked against 1619 until today . committed to the fight for justice . you . It is a Freedom Song that While we celebrate the lead- PBS recently aired a program that continues where the chorus sang ers of social movements it is the was both captivating and compel- is one of struggle, overcoming foot soldiers that walk in lock- ling, but a chapter was missing The Journey to Freedom and eventually triumphing over step with them that helped bring from this story . Absent was the The story of African-Americans obstacles to live the American about change in a society . And at significant contribution of the since setting foot on the shores of Dream . And to move the nation no time in our history was this as young people of The New Orleans what today is called America has closer to its motto of life, liberty evident as the period that stands Chapter of the Congress For Ra- been one of resilience and perse- and the pursuit of happiness and out as the turbulent 1960’s during cial Equality (CORE) . In the next verance . From the Underground of justice and fairness for all its the modern Civil Rights Move- two issues inside the pages of The Railroad to today it is a story of citizens; this has been the road ment, something that changed New Orleans Data News Weekly

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we will tell you the story of the her the story behind them . She Where the social norms and cus- ful organization nationally during times, when I went to elementary New Orleans Freedom Riders; speaks of her time as a young girl toms of the times a young Black this time, the New Orleans Chap- school we got the old books from and highlighting the heroes and and the watershed moment when boy just looking at a White woman ter was significant in helping Whites, it was not a good experi- sheroes that fought to build a bet- she decided to become a fighter or getting “out of line” or other so- the organization in planning and ence, when you went to the mov- ter tomorrow . for freedom following in the foot- cial breaches could get you killed . training . Smith-Simmons says, ies you had to sit upstairs and you steps of her sister who was one of One such instance made national “We worked closely with the na- begin to ask yourself why can’t I tional organization, I remember go here or can’t do this? there was a rally at New Zion Bap- As we get close to the date tist Church on Third and LaSalle where five young people from where A .L . Davis presided as Min- New Orleans boarded a bus in ister, also Dooky Chase hosted a search of exercising their rights banquet for the Freedom Riders as citizens . “We were in Mc- and when the bus was bombed Comb , Jerome Smith, those who were injured came Thomas Valentine, Alice Thomp- here and we found them medical son, George Raymond and I were help, housing and so forth .” beaten, “Continuing she recalls While they were known as the this grisly episode, “We were in Freedom Riders they were in- the terminal, and we were kicked volved in other projects aimed at and beaten by segregationist, uplifting Blacks, “Jerome Smith but that did not stop our drive to set up training for Freedom Rid- continue our fight it only made ers in New Orleans, forty percent us stronger; it made me feel like of the people who went to Jail in I wanted to fight even more be- Jackson were members and were cause you can’t give up .” trained by New Orleans CORE, I was training people in non-vio- Reflections and Change: New Orleans Freedom Rider Doratha “Dodie” Smith-Simmons with fellow Freedom Riders and other lent techniques,” says Doratha The Struggle Continues Historical Civil Rights Leaders “Dodie” Smith-Simmons of their And although times were tough multi-pronged approach to prog- for African-Americans during the and international news when Em- ress . She says the issues they time of this peculiar institution mitt Till, a young boy from Chi- faced had to be all inclusive be- they found a way to have joy in cago was visiting Mississippi and cause the tentacles of segregation their life and to live with dignity, reportedly, “wolf whistled” and were so pervasive in society . Doratha “Dodie” Smith-Simmons said something that was deemed says her parents were instru- inappropriate by the Whites . So Sick and Tired of Being mental in her navigating through much so that the woman’s hus- Sick and Tired those turbulent times, “I think it band and others came to get him As history is written men are depends on how you were raised, out the house in the middle of pushed into the front and placed my parents taught me I was just as the night and subsequently killed in many visible leadership roles good as Whites and I knew there him throwing his body in the Tal- in the movement, but there were were things they could do and I lahatchie River . a lot of women who worked in couldn’t do but I never thought While this made the news the movement and also helped they were better than me .” Con- there was many of these stories organized as well as marched . tinuing she says it is because of Local Ministers and Civil Rights Activists who were instrumental in that were never told as countless An example of this is Fannie Lou this she got involved in fighting CORE were honored at the ceremony. bodies were in the bottom of riv- Hamer nationally and locally for the rights she felt her people ers and seas, and as the great Bil- Oretha Castle Haley, “I would deserved, “I think that’s why Doratha “Dodie” Smith- the first students to desegregate lie Holiday sang of lynching, that say that if you look at the move- when I joined the movement I was Simmons: A New Orleans LSU-UNO, that today is the Uni- Strange Fruit hang from trees . ment women were the backbone in it for the long-haul and when I Freedom Rider Speaks versity of New Orleans (UNO) Smith-Simmons says of these of the movement, but there were was in McComb when we were Doratha “Dodie” Smith-Sim- “My sister was one of the first times the community was at a men who were brave as well and beaten I was eighteen not think- mons is a veteran of the Civil Rights Blacks to desegregate LSU-UNO breaking point and something we all worked together to knock ing I would see nineteen but thank Movement and was a member of and was a member of the NAACP needed to be done to change and down the walls and end segrega- God 50 years later I am still here . CORE during the 1960’s . And she Youth Council ”. Continuing she all hands were on deck and it was tion ”. As Women in the movement And on November 29th I will be is one of the go to persons on the says of how she came to dedicate truly a community effort . That they believed that they were less celebrating the 50th Anniversary history of the modern Civil Rights her life to community and racial there were links, linked to a chain likely to be attacked than the men of the McComb incident and our Movement in New Orleans . She is uplift, “I thought about what was of fighting repression and fight- by the White segregationist, but it people who continue to struggle a rich fountain of information to going on and simply got tired of ing for freedom, “We were tired proved not to be the case when we and fight for what’s right . gain understanding of this time in sitting in the back of the bus, or of being second-class citizens and went to McComb ”As. a historical There are so many unsung history, recounting her days as a having to take the bus out of my Jerome Smith and Rudy Lombard piece, the New Orleans Freedom heroes and sheroes of our move- Freedom Rider she says, “In 1961 neighborhood when there was a came to one of our meetings, at Riders challenged the laws in ment . Ordinary people who had segregation was outlawed on in- school in my neighborhood be- the time they were doing sit-ins the areas of transportation in the the courage to do extraordinary terstate travel and we started do- cause but I could not attend be- at Woolworth, and we as young same way another New Orleanian things, in part two of our series ing test rides; first one we did was cause it was for Whites only .” people wanted to do something challenged injus- we will highlight several of the in New Orleans at Trailways, we Today people enjoy access as more direct that would challenge tice his case Plessy v . Ferguson New Orleans Freedom Riders went throughout the State of Loui- they never have before, today the laws of the day and we began made it to the U .S . Su- and give them their just due, to siana, Texas and Mississippi .” while not still ideal someone’s tal- picketing and doing sit-ins,” says preme Court where separate but acknowledge their struggle and Ms . Smith-Simmons recalls ent and tenacity can be the road Smith-Simmons . equal became the law of the land . to educate future generations that these stories without a hint of bit- to success, but during those times Recounting the lunacy of this the hardest step in any journey is terness, but retelling these stories for Blacks it was like a dirt road, Unity is at the “CORE doctrine during the Jim Crow era the first step and that these are like a mother giving her daugh- unpaved, covered with debris and “of the Struggle she says, “It was more like sepa- the forerunners of a struggle that ter a string of pearls and telling was in some instances a dead end . While CORE became a power- rate and unequal during those still continues . Page 4 November 5 - November 11, 2011 State & Local News www.ladatanews.com

Dillard University Trustees Appoint Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough President Innovative student advocate chosen as Dillard’s seventh president

Dillard University’s Board of youngest college presidents in the a Master of Science in College was selected as a 2001 Nissan- Trustees has chosen Walter M . nation, is known for his active use Student Personnel Services from ETS HBCU Fellow and a 2002 Kimbrough, Ph D. ,. to lead the of social media to engage and stay Miami University and a Doctor of participant in the Millennium university as its seventh presi- connected with students . “The Philosophy in Higher Education Leadership Initiative sponsored dent . Dr . Kimbrough will assume depth of Dr . Kimbrough’s dedi- from Georgia State University . by the American Association of the post on July 1, 2012 . cation to students is inspiring,” Kimbrough has written widely State Colleges and Universities . “We are thrilled to bring such says Dr . Roché . “He is successful on the role of fraternities and so- In 2009, he was named by Di- an energetic, visionary leader to because he puts students’ success rorities in Education, particularly verse Issues in Higher Education Dillard,” says Board Chair Joyce above all else .” in the educational experiences of as one of “25 To Watch ”. And in M . Roché . “Dr . Kimbrough is Prior to beginning his tenure students of color . His book, Black 2010, he made the coveted Ebony uniquely well-suited to help the at Philander Smith, Kimbrough Greek 101: The Culture, Cus- Magazine Power list of the 100 university build on its strengths served for four years as the Vice toms, and Challenges of Black doers and influencers in the Afri- and chart a strategic course for President for Student Affairs at Fraternities and Sororities, has can-American community, joining the future .” Albany State University in Albany, won popular acclaim and is now the likes of President and Mrs . Kimbrough joins Dillard after GA . He also served as Director of in its tenth printing . He has also Obama, Jay-Z, Richard Parsons, serving for seven years as Presi- Student Activities and Leadership been recognized for his extensive Tyler Perry, Debra Lee, Michael dent of Philander SmithCollege in at Old Dominion University in research and writing on African- Jordan, and Tom Joyner . Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough, Ph.D. Little Rock, Ark ., where he orches- Norfolk, VA, and held administra- American men in college . “The Dr . Kimbrough and his wife trated a remarkable revitalization tive posts at Georgia State Univer- Black Male Initiative” he created Adria Nobles Kimbrough, Associ- effort . Under his leadership, the raised its stature by focusing on sity and Emory University . at Philander Smith College has ate General Counsel with the Uni- college dramatically increased its core values and history as an- Kimbrough received a Bach- become a model for similar pro- versity of Arkansas System, are student recruitment and gradua- HBCU and a charter member of elor of Science in Agriculture grams nationwide . the proud parents of two children: tion rate . The university also ad- the United Negro College Fund . with a major in Biology from the Kimbrough has received nu- Lydia Nicole, 5, and Benjamin Ba- opted a new mission and greatly Kimbrough, who is among the University of Georgia . He earned merous honors and awards . He rack, 2 .

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Roland Martin and the Voice of Black America

By Edwin Buggage of is years in African-American he thinks those who forecast the media, “I have spent more time in result of an election that is a year The Evolution of the Black press than I have in the away cannot with any accuracy or Roland Martin mainstream . I feel it is important certainty predict what will happen He is a man who has been on that we have our own voice and in November of 2012 . “These polls the frontlines in media, unapolo- be able to have self-determination are irrelevant, in 2003 the same getic and telling it like it is, Roland and be self reflective to set our thing was said that a hypotheti- Martin has over the last few years own agenda and I feel the Black cal presidential candidate could become one of the premier media press and other media outlets are unseat George W . Bush and look voices and advocates of African- still important .” what happened, in 2007 Senator Americans . He is an omnipresent Obama was down by 31 percent presence in the media landscape, Does Race Still Matter? points to Senator Hillary Clinton first as contributor to CNN, also The issue of racial relations and and Barack Obama went on to his commentaries can be heard some even positing that America win the nomination and eventu- on the popular Tom Joyner Morn- has reached a post-racial state is a ally presidency .” ing Show, and most recently he utopian ideal that has not yet come has been hosting his own show to pass in Martin’s view . “Obvi- New Orleans…the “Washington Watch” on TV-ONE . ously we as a nation have greatly Ancestors…and the Saying of his show on TV-ONE, improved, but we still have a long Search for Truth “This season we are not only go- way to go .” As his voice rises, as Roland Martin has been to New ing to cover politics, but also other if he were making a call to arms Orleans many times during the social issues that affects our com- he says, “We have to forever be Essence Music Festival and also munity .” Continuing he says, “We vigilant in fighting these things, covering Hurricane Katrina and will have people from the world we must continue to fight for fair- its aftermath . He says he loves the of entertainment, book authors; ness and equality and yes there City, its culture and its people . On we will also explore issues that are those who want to believe that the City and the recovery he says, talk about Black women and also all these things are gone, but Jim “New Orleans is a great place with things that impact popular culture Crow children, a have had chil- a lot of wonderful things about it, such as reality shows like Basket- dren and grandchildren and we as and this recovery has been fueled ball Wives, Housewives of Atlanta a nation must continue the work by the will of the people of the etc . Also we will explore the state to eradicate the issue of racism City and them wanting to come of Black marriage and education,” and confront our own deep seated back and rebuild and not govern- says Martin of this season’s line- feeling and get passed them .” ment .” Continuing he says,” I feel up of show topics and guests . More than simply a reporter the recovery has not gone as fast Informing the public and giv- he is an advocate of people em- Roland Martin as it should be and the resources ing the people of his community, powering themselves, and he has have not been there, but I also I news they could use is a passion been a critic of both Republicans believe it is about a City organiz- for Martin who from an early age and Democrats alike . For Martin sent the many voices that exist constituencies that have specific ing and I believe this can be an op- was always one to seek out truth . it is less an issue of Black versus within it? A recent controversy needs and an agenda, Latino’s, portunity to create a New Orleans Although it has been in the last few White but wrong versus right and has stirred inside the Black Com- women, poor Whites, seniors all the people want .” years the mainstream has come seeking out truth . A case that il- munity surrounding Talk show these people have varied interest As New Orleans and the nation to know Martin for his smart, riv- lustrates this is when some in host Tavis Smiley and Scholar and we do as well ”. Assessing the faces many issues and many are eting and uncompromising posi- the African-American community Cornel West and their criticism of President’s job performance he pessimistic . Roland Martin is an tions, he has been a journalist in began to call the Tea Party move- Barack Obama . There are some says, “President Obama has done eternal optimist who feels while the Black media for many years . ment racist . Martin has a very who liken their actions to heresy, great things with healthcare, stu- today is not perfect it is better than And although he has found some unique perspective on this issue, but Martin feels there must be a dent loans and in the area of for- yesterday . And what keeps him level of success in the mainstream “I do not have an issue with Amer- balance when dealing with criti- eign policy, but I think he has had moving forward Martin says he media he says African-American icans coming together and orga- cism of President Obama, placing some people around him that has channels the spirit of those great media is important in giving a nizing behind a cause, they have this idea in a larger context and inhibited him in truly reforming individuals who came before him; voice and perspective that is not the freedom to assemble, but I feel frame he says, “When we criticize Wall Street .” and saying to people who look at always heard in the mainstream that as opposed to spending time Obama it is constructive and not As we enter into the 2012 elec- life as a glass half empty he says, media, “I have been doing this talking about the tea party, orga- destructive, it is important to note tion cycle there is much cynicism “Look at our ancestors, and what since I was 15 years old when I nize yourself and your community that we applaud the accomplish- and polarization surrounding poli- they had to deal with, not looking worked at my high school newspa- and ask yourself what your role is ment of a nation with the elec- tics and the political process in White people in the eyes, fighting per, I have always wanted to be a in having your positions heard . tion of the first African-American general . Where both parties have to live with dignity, even when the journalist and I have never veered President, but simply because low approval ratings and all kinds chips were down they continued away from that . I worked for daily Black America: One he is Black we cannot ignore or of polls have come out about the to fight and if we can survive, Newspapers, Black Newspapers, Group Many Voices give him a pass on addressing possible result of the 2012 Presi- slavery, Jim Crow we can survive such as the Houston Defender, A historical challenge in the the specific needs of the African- dential Election . While Martin today ”. Dallas Weekly and the Chicago Black community is how does it American community .” Continu- feels that people’s dissatisfaction Defender .” He continue saying speak with one voice but repre- ing he says, “There are other surrounding politics is very real, Page 6 November 5 - November 11, 2011 Data Zone www.ladatanews.com

Must Be the Dogg in Him! The 2011 Voodoo Music Experience placed New Orleans under a weekend-long spell of music, food, crafts and culture . Below, Snoop Dogg performs in front of a spellbound crowd at City Park .

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Black Men of Labor 18th Annual Parade Cultural Ambassadors the Black Men of Labor, Inc . paid tribute to the Congress of Racial Equality (New Orleans CORE Chapter, and the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Riders) at their Annual Labor Day Parade on Saturday . One of the highlights of the day, was the unveiling of the a mural which Salutes and Pays Tribute to local Civil Rights Pioneers of New Orleans . The Mural shown below is located at Sweet Lorraine’s Jazz Club, 1931 St . Claude Ave . The turn out and support from the community was spectacular, and of course, Data was There! Photos by Kichea S . Burt Page 8 November 5 - November 11, 2011 Commentary www.ladatanews.com Pat Buchanan An Unrepentant Racist

Black folks have trouble getting a ern saint .’” [Associated Press, De- cab . Every New York cabby must cember 12, 1986] know the odds should he picks up • “…Both the GOP establish- a man of color at night .” ment and conservatives should Unfortunately, that kind of talk study how and why White voters, – based on non-existent “facts” who delivered to Rea- – is nothing new for Buchanan, gan and Bush three times, moved a former editorial writer for the in such numbers to [White su- George C. Curry right-wing St . Louis Globe-Demo- premacist David] Duke – and de- NNPA crat who later served in the Nixon vise a strategic plan to win them White House and ran unsuccess- back .” [Syndicated column, De- fully for president . cember 23, 1991] By George E . Curry Buchanan’s extremist views • “George Bush should have NNPA Columnist have been the subject of reports told the [NAACP convention] that Pat Buchanan’s latest book, published by media watchdog Black America has grown up; that Suicide of a Superpower, is a con- groups Fairness and Accuracy in the NAACP should close up shop, tinuation of his long-running rac- Reporting (FAIR) and Media Mat- that its members should go home ist, sexist, anti-immigrant and an- ters as well as the Anti-Defamation and reflect on JFK’s admonition: ti-Semitic rants that should have League (ADL) . ‘Ask not what your country can disqualified him long ago from Below are Buchanan’s own do for you, but what you can do masquerading as a respectable words: for your country ’”. [Syndicated paid political pundit on MSNBC . • “First, America has been the column, July 26, 1988] ColorOfChange .org, a group best country on earth for Black Buchanan, appearing on Al dedicated to Black political and folks . It was here that 600,000 Sharpton’s “PoliticsNation” pro- social change, is circulating a pe- Black people, brought from Af- gram in August on MSNBC, re- tition asking MSNBC to immedi- rica in slave ships, grew into a ferred to President Obama as ately fire Buchanan . In a memo community of 40 million, were “your boy ”. More recently he to its members, dated Oct . 31, it introduced to Christian salvation, Pat Buchanan agreed with Herman Cain’s as- said: “If Buchanan didn’t have a and reached the greatest levels sertion that Blacks have been powerful media platform, he’d be of freedom and prosperity Blacks brainwashed into supporting just another person with outdated, have ever known…Second, no grounds and churches; and we nothing but rhetoric ”. [Richard Democrats over Republicans . In extremist ideas . But it’s irrespon- people anywhere has done more had ours .” [Buchanan’s autobiog- Reeves, President Nixon: Alone an interview on CNN, Buchanan sible and dangerous for MSNBC to lift up Blacks than White Amer- raphy, Right From the Beginning, in the White House, Page 295 .] said, “I think what he’s saying is to promote his hateful views to an icans…Where is the gratitude?” 1990] • “Buchanan’s memo, written they bought a lot of liberal pro- audience of millions .” [Syndicated column, “A Brief for • “Even Richard Nixon found April 1, 1969, said Nixon should paganda on the liberal plantation In his latest book, Buchanan Whitey,” 21, 2008] the views of his former speech observe the first anniversary of and I think he’s right .” writes in a chapter titled, The End • “This has been a country writer, Buchanan, too extreme the civil rights leader’s death by Color of Change is right for of White America: “Those who built, basically, by White folks in on the segregation issue . Accord- doing no more than issuing a state- seeking Buchanan’s dismissal . In believe the rise to power of an this country who were 90 percent ing to a John Ehrlichman memo ment . ‘There is no long-run gains, 2008, the National Association of Obama rainbow coalition of peo- of the entire nation in 1960 when referenced in Nicholas Lemann’s and considerable long-run risks Black Journalists gave Buchanan ples of color means the Whites I was growing up, Rachel, and the The Promised Land, Nixon char- in making a public visit to Widow its “Thumbs Down Award” that who helped engineer it will steer other 10 percent of the entire na- acterized Buchanan’s views as King,’ Buchanan wrote . He char- goes to an individual or news or- it are deluding themselves . The tion were African-Americans who ‘segregation forever .’ After Nixon acterized King as ‘one of the most ganization for especially insensi- Whites may discover what it is had been discriminated against .” was reelected, Buchanan warned divisive men in contemporary his- tive, racist or stereotypical report- like in the back of the bus .” [The Rachel Maddow Show, his boss not to ‘fritter away his tory’ and: ‘initially, the visit would ing or commentary . It is time for He also defends New York taxi MSNBC, July 16, 2009] present high support in the nation get an excellent press but…it MSNBC to give Buchanan the drivers who refuse to pick up Afri- • “In the late 1940’s and for an ill-advised governmental ef- would outrage many people who boot . can-American males . 1950’s…race was never a preoccu- fort to forcibly integrate races ’”. believe Dr . King was a fraud and a George E. Curry, former Editor-in- “If [conservative political com- pation with us, we rarely thought [Salon, Sept . 4, 1999] demagogue, and perhaps worse,’ Chief of Emerge Magazine and the NNPA News Service, is a keynote mentator Heather] MacDonald’s about it…There were no politics • “Near the end, Buchanan the memo said . ‘It does not seem speaker, moderator, and media statistics are accurate, 49 of ev- to polarize us then, to magnify ev- added angrily: ‘Conservatives to be in their interests of national coach. He can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com ery 50 muggings and murders ery slight . The ‘Negroes’ of Wash- are the niggers of the Nixon ad- unity for the president to lend his . You can also follow him at www. in New York are the work of mi- ington had their public schools, ministration ’. The political right, national prestige to the argument twitter.com/currygeorge. norities . That might explain why restaurants, movie houses, play- Buchanan thought, was getting that this divisive figure is a mod- ladatanews.com www.ladatanews.com Data Zone November 5 - November 11, 2011 Page 9 Chris Brown Excites Crowd in New Orleans

By Elise Schenck blend of old and new . He Chris Brown in his short is one who borrows from career has taken the enter- the greats of music with tainment world by storm . a sound reminiscent of a He is a chart topping singer, young Michael Jackson, but dancer extraordinaire, actor with a twenty-first century and sex symbol . His recent twist, marrying sensitive, show in New Orleans was sensual lyrics with the raw- a scream fest with young ness of hip-hop . In his climb ladies from ages young as to the top he continues to five to young adult women be a star on the rise blazing yelling his name at the top stages and filling venues of their lungs coming out to across the globe and with experience the man whose his stop in New Orleans swagger and style has come Chris Brown brought down to captivate a generation . the house proving without In his show he sang many a doubt why he is one the hits from his vast catalog best live acts in the music where his sound is a unique business . R&B Entertainer, Chris Brown Photo credit: Glenn Summers Page 10 November 5 - November 11, 2011 State & Local News www.ladatanews.com

First Lady Visits New Orleans Call for Nominations for 5th Annual Women of Excellence Awards

Baton Rouge, Louisiana – The (ages 18 to 25) Louisiana Legislative Women’s • Education & Research Caucus Foundation is now ac- • Government & Law (new this cepting nominations for the 2012 year) Women of Excellence Awards . • High School Woman of Excel- The awards recognize and honor lence (for graduating seniors) the exemplary achievements and • STEM (Science, Technology, contributions of extraordinary Engineering & Mathematics) Louisiana women who personify (new this year) excellence in their leadership, pro- • Volunteerism fession, academics, community The High School Woman of service, character and integrity . Excellence Award and the Col- The First Lady Michelle Obama visits NOLA. Pictures Courtesy of Ray Bonnee for Bonnefied Images, LLC. The deadline to receive nomina- lege Woman of Excellence Award tion forms in the Women’s Caucus winners will each receive the Loui- Office is Wednesday, January 25, siana Legislative Women’s Cau- On Tuesday, First Lady Mi- children discussing ways to eat to visit with campaign support- 2012 . Forms can be downloaded cus Foundation Scholarship for chelle Obama visited New Or- healthy and get essential exer- ers and to deliver the President’s from the Women’s Caucus website $1,000 . leans stopping at the Royal cise . message about getting America at llwc .louisiana .gov . The awards will be given at the Castle Child Development Cen- Beforehand, Ms . Obama back to work and passing the The categories for the awards 5th Annual Women of Excellence ter, where she spent time with swung by uptown New Orleans American Jobs Act . are: Awards & Scholarship Gala on • Business Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 7:00 • College Woman of Excellence p .m . in Baton Rouge, Louisiana . Payday Loan Collection Scams Know your rights and responsibilities City Houses Homeless Individuals from By Charlene Crowell Under Pontchartrain Expressway According to North Carolina consumer is protected so long as NNPA Newswire - Almost ev- Attorney General Roy Cooper, they advise the collector of their Permanent Housing Solutions Sought for Over 100 Individuals ery consumer is concerned with “Don’t fall for these calls from unwillingness to take such calls . today’s tough financial times . But crooks demanding that you pay Each year, the Federal Trade In keeping with Mayor Landrieu’s efforts to prevent, reduce and end for those looking to make a fast phony debts . Never agree to Commission prepares a report on homelessness in New Orleans, the City announced that it has housed buck, tough times can also make share your personal information FDCPA . For 2010, the agency re- homeless individuals formerly living under Pontchartrain Expressway for easy prey – especially when with someone you don’t know ceived more complaints on debt near Calliope and Baronne Street . a payday loan borrower can be who calls you, no matter how con- collection than on any other in- This week, approximately 85 homeless individuals were moved into tracked down . vincing they sound ”. dustry . The three top categories respite housing to await admission to permanent supportive housing, Across the country state attor- Rather than reacting to harsh of complaints were: 20 were placed in shelters, and 10 were placed on buses to be reunited neys general, the Better Business language and pressures to pay im- § Calling repeatedly or continu- with family or friends in other cities . Bureau, law enforcement officials mediately, consumers would be ously; “This is a positive first step in what we hope is a permanent housing and others are alerting consum- wise to assert their own interests . § Misrepresenting the charac- solution for many of these individuals,” said Mayor Mitch Landrieu . “Ul- ers to overly-aggressive phone A legitimate debt collector should ter, amount, or status of the debt timately our goal is to make sure that all New Orleanians have a place callers who threaten arrest if a respond to requests for written (including demanding a larger they can call home, and that our City is clean and safe .” payday loan is not immediately and additional information . That payment than is permitted by The City’s Office of Neighborhood Services, which oversees home- repaid . kind of inquiry should identify the law); and less policy, has been diligently communicating with all homeless indi- Claiming to be representatives original creditor, amount owed, § Failing to send consumers a viduals throughout this process . To ensure the safety and health of all of a law firm or collection agency date of the alleged transaction, statutorily required written notice citizens, as of Friday, October 28, 2011, the area under the Pontchar- these fake collectors demand per- etc . Any pushback from this line about the debt and their rights . train Expressway will be closed and individuals will not be allowed to sonal financial information such of questioning should signal that America’s lingering and wide- sleep or camp there . Routinely, the City’s Department of Sanitation will as bank account or credit card the caller is suspect . spread unemployment imposes monitor and remove any mattresses, chairs or other items, as well as numbers . Others request that For bona fide collection busi- financial challenges . But just be- pressure wash the area . The New Orleans Police Department and its monies be wired immediately or nesses, the Fair Debt Collection cause you may have fallen into Homeless Assistance Unit will regularly patrol the area . direct consumers to purchase a Practices Act (FDCPA) sets stan- debt, now is not the time to fall The City coordinated relocations and respite housing in partner- pre-paid credit card . Regardless dards for debt collectors and cov- victim to a consumer scam . If ship with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs, Volunteers of of the specific request, their aim ers personal, family and house- debts are owed, speak directly America, Travelers Aid, Metropolitan Health Services District, Grace is to either get your money di- hold debts . Abusive, deceptive or with your creditors to arrange a Outreach, and UNITY of Greater New Orleans . rectly or gain access to it through unfair practices are specifically manageable repayment plan, and Earlier this year, Mayor Landrieu signed an executive order estab- information provided . prohibited . This law covers per- develop a paper trail as evidence lishing the Homeless Services Working Group-an official Mayoral Ad- In truth, however, many of sonal, family and household debts of your good faith efforts to re- visory Committee-tasked with developing systemic solutions to ending these callers have no affiliation – including payday loans, credit pay . homelessness in New Orleans . The Group is expected to deliver a re- with a credible business, the cards, auto loans and more . Most importantly - let the scam- port to Mayor Landrieu in the coming weeks . names are fictitious and calls are Phoning consumers before mers find someone else to flinch . The Group, comprised of a cross-section of the community repre- made from untraceable numbers . 8:00 am in the morning or after Charlene Crowell is a Com- senting the business, criminal justice, health care, higher education, The heavy-handed collection 9:00pm at night is illegal . Any col- munications Manager with the faith-based, government, non-profit, neighborhood, and philanthropic tactics are intended to get cash lection attempt at a consumer’s Center for Responsible Lending . sectors, works cooperatively with federal and state partners in order to quickly and move on to the next workplace is also banned . In ei- She can be reached at: Charlene . create outcome-driven approaches based on national best practices in victim . ther of these circumstances, the crowell@responsiblelending .org . order to best serve the needs of the homeless and the City . www.ladatanews.com Sports November 5 - November 11, 2011 Page 11

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