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Man Tries to Avoid Child Support Volume 28 No. 22 Jacksonville, Florida April 9 -15, 2015 By Saying He ‘Died’ in Car Accident Black Women Face Unique A Milwaukee man told a news reporter the reason why he couldn’t pay the $100-a-month child support ordered by the court is because he had “died in a car accident.” Challenges in Building Wealth People go to unbelievable extremes to get out of paying their bills. But Black women are the only group for Black women, too. rarely do you hear about a parent, a person who is at least half respon- that has not recovered the jobs they According to a new report com- sible for bringing another human being into the world, going to such lost in the recession. Five years into missioned by Essence magazine, 80 lengths to avoid taking care of that child. national recovery, the unemploy- percent of Black women surveyed Known by his rap name, Jon “Jakitdown,” McCroy was busted and ment rate for Black women has believed that they could not sentenced to 60 days in jail once authorities determined that he’d avoid- even risen a little since December, advance in their careers without ed paying support for his daughter. He also faces 3 years probation from from 8.2 percent to 9.2 percent. altering aspects of their identities. a felony charge of failure to pay child support. On the flip side, employment Additionally, 57 percent believed - Although the man is unemployed and lives at home with his parents, brings its own unique difficulties Continued on page 2 he has managed to cough up $10,000 in outstanding child support. McCroy has three children by three different women. He allegedly doesn’t pay support for any of them; but only one mother is taking him to court.

Study Shows Muslims Will Shown is the new Miss Delta Teen and her court Amber Williamson (1st Runner-Up ), Pageant Hostess Kumasi Aaron, Bertha Jones ( Miss Outnumber Christians by 2070 Delta Teen 2015) and Jayla Williams (2nd Runner-Up ). Photo Karel Danzie Muslims will overtake Christians by the end of this century. India, now mostly Hindu, will become the world’s largest Muslim country. Deltas Crown The numbers of people with no religious identity will soar in the United States and Europe, but the unaffiliated will lose worldwide market share as Christians maintain a steady growth. New Teen Queen Among the major findings: * “As of 2010, Christianity was by far the world’s largest religion, with The Jacksonville Alumnae poise. an estimated 2.2 billion adherents, nearly a third of the Earth’s 6.9 bil- Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta After Miss Delta Teen 2014 lion people. Islam came in second, with 1.6 billion adherents, or 23 per- Sorority, Inc., recently held their Christina Lavender took her final cent of the global population.” Four in 10 of all the world’s Christians 39th Miss Delta Teen Pageant at the walk on stage while reflecting on will live in sub-Saharan Africa by 2050. Florida Theatre. This year's theme her memorable reign, a joyous * While Christian numbers will continue to grow, Muslims, who are was "Magical Moments: Life Bertha Jones was crowned Miss younger and have a higher birth rate, will outpace them. By 2050, “there Lessons From A Fairytale Delta Teen 2015 and Miss will be near parity between Muslims (2.8 billion, or 30 percent of the Princess." Each of the 12 contest- Dedication. Amber Williamson (1st population) and Christians (2.9 billion, or 31 percent), possibly for the ants portrayed a Princess and pre- Runner-Up) and Jayla Williams first time in history.” Barring unforeseen events — war, famine, disease, Black Caucus Visits Tallahassee sented the inspirational lesson that (2nd Runner-Up) were excited to political upheaval and more — Muslim numbers will surpass Christians Jacksonville Members of the Duval County Democratic Black Caucus a Princess represented. receive the honors of being award- after 2070. trekked to Tallahassee for the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida's annu- The Princesses had the opportu- ed a place in the Royal Court. The al Day on the Hill last week. DCDBC members met with legislators to nity to participate in 6 months of title of Miss Congeniality was support nine Bills that will improve the quality of life and rights of African contestant development workshops bestowed upon Mariah West. KKK Prison Guards Charged Americans in Florida. During their visit, they also held a press conference entitled "Princess Prep." The work- Each contestant received a Royal with Planning to Kill Inmate and luncheon before being split into teams and lobbying with the staff of shops were designed to enhance “Plaque of Participation” and an key elected officials to discuss DBCF legislative priorities. Shown are their interview, oral and written array of gifts to end the evening on GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Two current and one former prison employee DCDBC memberbers Aleta Finley, Valerie Green, Phillip Miner, Hazel communication skills, as well as a magical note. who all belonged to the Ku Klux Klan planned to kill a black inmate as Gillis and George Gillis. their self-confidence, etiquette and he was released in retaliation for a fight, officials announced. The three men — Thomas Jordan Driver, 25, David Elliot Morgan, 47, and 42-year-old Charles Thomas Newcomb — each were arrested on Powerhouses Gather to Honor Maya Angelou Stamp one state count of conspiracy to commit murder, according to a state- ment from Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi's office. WASHINGTON — At a ceremo- Driver and Morgan are current employees of the Department of ny attended by some of the nation’s Corrections, and Newcomb is a former corrections employee. The most powerful African American state's statement says Driver had the fight with the inmate. women and men, the U.S. Postal The wide-ranging investigation included the FBI, U.S. Customs and Service honored the phenomenal Border Patrol, and various state and local agencies. The charges for the life of poet Maya Angelou who was three men mark the latest black eye for the Florida Corrections raised in Stamps. Department. Last fall, DOC officials fired nearly 50 prison employees, Hundreds of admirers — includ- including several over allegations that they punched and beat inmates. ing first lady Michelle Obama, The deaths of inmates Randall Jordan-Aparo and Darren Rainey also White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, drew attention. Rainey, a mentally ill prisoner, was punished in 2012 Attorney General Eric Holder, with a shower so hot that his skin separated from his body. Jordan-Aparo singer Valerie Simpson, singer was reportedly gassed while in a confinement cell. Roberta Flack and Clinton adviser Witnesses say guards at Dade Correctional Institution left Rainey alone Donna Brazile — crowded into the for two hours in a locked, scalding hot shower as punishment for defe- Warner Theatre in downtown cating in his cell and refusing to clean it up. The warden at Dade Washington, D.C., for the Maya Correctional was fired. Angelou Forever Stamp dedication ceremony, which stretched for near- ly two hours in what emcee Melissa Jesse Jackson Jr. Has Left Harris-Perry likened to a church service. Federal Prison for Halfway House “They say Easter was Sunday, CHICAGO - Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been released from but we’re still having church here,” an Alabama federal prison Thursday, two years after pleading guilty to Harris-Perry said after Alyson spending $750,000 in campaign money on personal items. The Rev. Williams led the crowd in singing, Jesse Jackson described his son’s release from the minimum security “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” federal prison camp at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Oprah Winfrey, Ambassador Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan stands on stage first lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey dur- Alabama, as a “joyous reunion” and said the younger Jackson was doing Andrew Young, poet Sonia ing a dedication ceremony for the Maya Angelou Forever Stamp on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at the Warner “very well.” Jackson, a 50-year-old Illinois Democrat, began his sen- Sanchez, author Sophia A. Nelson, Theatre in Washington, D.C. tence on Nov. 1, 2013. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons lists his release date poet Nikki Giovanni and professor brave? Am I strong? Am I true? — “A bird doesn’t sing because it tion of poems, “Just Give Me a as Sept. 20, 2015. Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, who visited Eleanor Traylor delivered impas- And do I fill the world with love? has an answer, it sings because it Cool Drink of Water ’fore I Diiie,” Jackson on Monday, said Jackson would serve out the remainder of his sioned tributes to Angelou — the For Angelou, the answer was an has a song” — that Postmaster and was nominated for an Emmy in 2 1/2-year term in a Washington, D.C., halfway house. Jackson must author, the poet, the activist and unequivocal yes, Traylor said. General Megan J. Brennan said 1977 for her portrayal of Kunta also spend three years on supervised release and complete 500 hours of friend. The Maya Angelou Forever serves as an answer to the title of Kinte’s grandmother in Alex community service. Jackson served in Congress from 1995 until he “Her words carry the spirit of stamp is now on sale. It was Angelou’s 1969 autobiography. Haley’s television miniseries, resigned in November 2012. Jackson’s wife, creation,” Sanchez said. designed by Ethel Kessler of Though it was not originally “Roots.” She won a Grammy in Sandra Jackson, a former Chicago alderman, Winfrey said that Angelou had Bethesda, Md., and features a 2013 Angelou’s, she frequently said it. 2002 for Best Spoken Word Album was sentenced to a year in prison for filing lived a “big, bold and bodacious painting of Angelou by Atlanta- Angelou died last May at age 86 for “A Song Flung Up to Heaven,” false joint federal income tax returns that life.” based artist Ross Rossin. His por- after a remarkable life as a poet, according to the Encyclopedia of knowingly understated the income the couple “She challenged us to be trait is part of the Smithsonian author, actress, dancer and civil Arkansas. received. She must serve her term after her resilient,” Nelson said. National Portrait Gallery’s collec- rights advocate. In 1993, she read her poem “On husband completes his sentence. Through her writings, Angelou tion and is on display through Nov. Angelou was nominated for a the Pulse of Morning” at the inau- asked four simple questions: Am I 1. The stamp also features the quote Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for a collec- guration of President Bill Clinton. Page 2 - Ms. Perry’s Free Press April 9-15, 2015 Micro-Lending and African American Entrepreneurs For many budding African Ameri- neurs to use high-interest financing ing. velopment, Assets and Opportunity "small businesses" that can have up debt and un/underemployment, the can entrepreneurs there is a major tools, such as credit cards, to bridge A survey of business owners con- Scorecard. Last year, the Florida to 500 employees. The Florida "wiggle room" provided by residual detour on the road to building a suc- the gap in capital development. ducted by the US Census Bureau, State Legislature passed the 2014 Coalition for Micro-business, which income allows many to entertain in- cessful business: access to capital. Although most traditional financial confirms that the majority of African Microfinance Act which established the NAACP Florida State Confer- vestment options and build an eco- Though the percentage of African institutions are geared towards indi- American businesses are microenter- a direct loan program and a loan ence is a part of , is also advocating nomic future versus simply staying Americans aspiring to start their own viduals with significant assets and prises (also known as a microbusi- guarantee program loan fund to as- for a revolving loan fund and adjust- afloat. business continues to rise, traditional wealth, working with a micro-fi- ness) as they typically employ less sist micro-enterprises to access up to ing payback terms so that microbusi- Microenterprise development, lenders are reluctant to offer capital nance institution (MFI) is an alterna- than 4 people. While microenter- $50,000 of capital for their busi- nesses will have the greatest through microloans, can be a viable to new entrepreneurs with little fi- tive that more African American prises are primarily funded through nesses. This program is a step in the opportunity to ramp up a sustainable option for many African Americans nancial resources. Due to the racial entrepreneurs should consider. MFIs grants, donations and federal funds, right direction, but must be strength- business. who seek to make their entrepre- wealth divide (in 2012 African provide very small amounts of capi- there is significant opportunity on ened to ensure it reaches the entre- Microbusiness do not always result neurial dream a reality. From short Americans median household wealth tal, also known as microfinance the state level to increase support. preneurs who could truly benefit. in fulltime self-employment for an term impacts like income generation was $15,500 compared to $130,600 loans, for individuals who typically Florida is a prime example of a state State advocates and coalitions mem- entrepreneur but the "income-patch- to long lasting impacts like intergen- for the typical white household) do not have access to traditional fi- working to overcome hurdles mi- bers of the Florida Coalition for Mi- ing" or "residual income" provided erational wealth, microloans can be African Americans can only provide nancing options. They also provide croenterprises face in accessing cap- crobusiness Development (FCMD) by a microenterprise allows for more a promising wealth building tool for one-twelfth of the collateral required other business development services ital. Currently, Florida has the are working tirelessly to ensure that stability, savings, and potential asset many. For this reason, its time where white entrepreneurs can offer including but not limited to: credit highest rate of microenterprise own- amendments are adopted that will development. As African Americans African Americans become more significantly more. This leads too counseling, business incubation, tax ership in the country according to target start-ups and micro-busi- continue to struggle with racial in- vocal about micro-finances' future. many African American entrepre- prep and one-on-one business train- the Corporation for Enterprise De- nesses, as well as, the much larger come inequality, disproportionate Floyd Mayweather's 2015 Earnings Will Shatter All-Time Record For Athlete Pay varez in 2013. The for- down to the fighters. The fighters are $100 million in 2004, while Michael ing contracts for athletes in team increase in pay for athletes over the eign rights to the fight set to split their share of the pot 60- Jordan breaks up Woods’ strangle- sports are a relatively new phenome- past two decades. But the record-set- sold for a record $35 40 in Mayweather’s favor. hold at the top with two years earning non. Take baseball, which ruled team ting May 2 fight isn’t about TV or en- million. It promises to be a historic payday $115 million. sports for most of the 20th century. dorsements. It is a function of six The wild card in for both fighters with Mayweather Salary caps and luxury taxes re- The highest-paid players before 1990 years or buildup to settle who is the whether the fight ulti- likely to earn at least $150 million strict the earnings power of the included Babe Ruth (1930, $1.1 mil- best fighter of his generation. Money mately grosses $400 and Pacquiao more than $100 mil- biggest superstars in team sports. Jor- lion in 2015 dollars), Dick Allen Mayweather is already assured of million or $500 mil- lion. The paychecks can soar much dan is the only team sport athlete to (1974, $1.2 million) and Dave Win- being the earnings’ champ, but the lion is the pay-per- higher if PPV buys blow past three crack the list in the two seasons field (1981, $3.6 million). boxing title will be settled in the ring. view number. million. Mayweather’s haul trans- where his Chicago Bulls’ salary Mayweather’s payday dwarfs the All-Time Highest-Paid Athletes In- Mayweather-Alvarez lates to the biggest yearly earnings by topped $30 million. Jordan’s playing compensation for most of the other flation-Adjusted (year, actual earn- holds the current an athlete ever, breaking Tiger salary the other 13 years of his career best-paid in their fields. Beyonce was ings) record with $152 mil- Woods’ inflation-adjusted record of peaked at $4 million. Jordan, of the highest-paid musician with $115 1. Tiger Woods: $125 million lion in PPV receipts $125 million for 2008. Mayweather course, was also the most marketable million in the 12-months ending June (2008, $115 mil) and around $200 mil- will set the record with 36 minutes of athlete of the 1980s and 1990s and 2014. Howard Stern and Simon 2. Woods: $120 million (2009, lion for total revenue. work in the ring no matter what he earned nearly $50 million a year Cowell were tops in their fields over $110 mil) The current record for does the rest of the year. May- from endorsements late in his NBA the same period. Oracle’s CEO Larry 3. Michael Jordan: $115 million PPV buys is 2.5 mil- weather’s earnings could reach $200 career. MJ is still killing it with earn- Ellison was America’s best-paid (1997, $78 mil) lion for Mayweather million over the last 12-months if ings of $100 million in 2014 that CEO in 2013 with $76.9 million 4. Jordan: $115 million (1998, $80 vs. Oscar De La Hoya you factor in his Sept. 2014 bout with makes him the highest-paid retired (2014 figures are still being re- mil) in 2007. The May fight Marcos Maidana, where he pocketed athlete thanks to Nike’s $2 billion ported). But Money Mayweather 5. Woods: $113 million (2010, is expected to crush $32 million. Jordan Brand. can’t touch the top guys on Wall $105 mil) Floyd Mayweather both PPV numbers with There have been 14 instances of The $100 million years by the ath- Street. Steve Cohen, who last year 7. Mike Tyson: $112 million Floyd Mayweather and Manny at least 3 million fans buying the active athletes making $100 million letes below are culled from Forbes’ converted hedge fund SAC Capital (1996, $75 mil) Pacquiao are one month out from fight, grossing more than $300 mil- over the course of 12 months, includ- 25 years of tracking athletes’ earn- into a family office that mainly man- 8. Woods: $105 million (2005, $87 their May 2 blockbuster bout that lion. ing endorsements and adjusted for in- ings. It is a relatively safe bet that no ages his personal fortune, banked mil) promises to break all kinds of records The paydays for Mayweather and flation. Mayweather and Pacquiao’s one ever banked $100 million before $1.3 billion last year as the highest- 10. Evander Holyfield: $104 mil- for a boxing event. Ticket pricing at Pacquiao will be determined by the 2015 paychecks will bring the total 1990 with the money in sports then earning hedge fund manager. lion (1991, $61 mil) the MGM Grand Garden Arena has PPV buys and the ongoing negotiated to 16. Woods is the dominant figure just a fraction of what it is today. The world’s 100 highest-paid ath- 11. Floyd Mayweather: $104 mil- been set at a range of $1,500 to split between the pay-TV distributors producing eight of these seasons. He Arnold Palmer made only $1.9 mil- letes earned $2.75 billion last year, lion (2014, $105 mil) $10,000, which will yield $74 mil- and HBO/Showtime. The usual split is joined by boxers Mike Tyson, lion in prize money over the course led by Mayweather at $105 million. 12. Woods: $100 million (2004, lion in gate receipts, almost four is 50-50, but HBO and Showtime are Evander Holyfield and Mayweather. of his career. Boxing purses for PPV Credit the rise of TV and endorse- $80 mil) times the previous record of $20 mil- proposing to keep 70% of the pot this Formula 1 legend Michael Schu- stars Tyson and Holyfield didn’t sky- ments, largely fueled by $30 billion- Earnings cover the previous 12- lion for Mayweather vs. Canelo Al- go around with most of that filtering macher earned an inflation-adjusted rocket until the 1990s. Massive play- in-sales Nike, for the massive months from when Forbes issue was pub- lished. Source: Forbes.

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The Raines High School Platinum Vikettes were the only Jacksonville team Sorority, Inc. recently inducted and programs of Eta Phi Beta ignated for improving the well- invited to participate in the Southeastern Regional Danceline Championship in Atlanta. The Vikettes competed three new members into its chapter. Sorority, Inc. The induction cere- being of developmentally disabled against teams from Alabama and Atlanta for top honors. The team won top honors in the 2015 Creative Dance These new members bring with mony, held in the Fellowship Hall citizens. Congratulations to the new and Stand Battle competitions. “I congratulate the team members for their hard work and personal dedication to them a wealth of knowledge and of Sweetfield Baptist Church, was sisters! the team. I also applaud their effort to maintain good grades and give back to our community,” said Mayor Brown. Black Women Face Unique Challenges in Building Wealth Continued from page 1 likely to be head of household in rity package,” says William Darity, lor’s, and White men, Asians, and able income for these options, and lem.” that they had to “look a certain comparison to the general popula- economics professor at Duke Latinos with associates or post-sec- traditional lenders are notoriously As justice movements bubble up way” to be promoted, compared to tion, therefore success at work is University, speaking on a panel ondary degrees, according to data predatory and/or discriminatory to around the country, issues affecting 39 percent of White women who both a personal and an economic sponsored by the African American from the 2013 Census Current Black people seeking funding. Black women are gaining more thought similarly. priority.” Policy Foundation (AAPF). “For Population Survey. A high net worth offers cushion attention. With recent reports such And while Black women are One thing that holds true for those who lack wealth, they find And even without the gap, wages from unexpected emergencies, and as “Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, more optimistic, ambitious, and Black women is the challenge of themselves in precarious, vulnera- alone are not enough to build allows families to rely less on indi- Overpoliced, and Underprotected”; self-confident in their careers than building wealth. The median ble situations…and those faced by wealth. vidual paychecks for financial sta- “Black Women in the United States, their White counterparts, they are wealth, or net worth, among single Black women are perhaps more “The major way in which people bility. Because of this, social safety 2015”; and “In Our Own Voice: much more likely to say they are Black women is just $100; and if severe.” acquire significant wealth in this net programs are often the only Black Women on Abortion, different at home than they are at they are raising minors they have no Recession job losses hit Black country is through inheritances or thing keeping middle- and lower- Contraception and Reproductive work. wealth at all, according to a recent women especially hard, since most gifts,” Darity says. “When people class Black families from sliding Justice,” researchers are laying the “…[T]he additional hurdle of analysis of data from the federal of the downsizing took place in the say Black people are somehow into destitution when living check- tracks for change with conclusive, real or perceived stereotypes com- Survey of Consumer Finances. In service and public sectors where inferior, or are doing something to-check fails. targeted data. plicates the work experience. The fact, nearly half of all households Black women are overrepresented. wrong as to why they don’t have “The cruelty is… in these same “We have to challenge the narra- conversation around work/life bal- headed by a single Black woman in Additionally, wages have stagnated wealth, that is completely wrong.” policies that purport to help,” says tive that because we have histori- ance for Black women also impact- 2007 had zero or negative wealth. as the cost of living continues to Alternatively, wealth can be gen- George Lipsitz, chair of the AAPF cally overcome obstacles, there is ed by the reality of pay inequities The median wealth among single rise, from housing to childcare to erated through strategic invest- board and board member of the no need to remove these obstacles,” and higher levels of unemployment White women is $41,500 and only education. ments, such as land ownership, National Fair Housing Alliance, says Janine Jackson, program direc- in our communities which may climbs as they age. Meanwhile, 1 in Even if wages had been growing, stock, appreciating valuables (such also speaking on the panel. “They tor for Fairness & Accuracy In necessitate working multiple jobs to 4 Black women over the age of 65 the wage gap persists – and not as wines and collectibles), and even prosecute Black women for their Reporting and moderator of the make ends meet,” says Essence edi- who receives Social Security bene- even education can bridge the creating or backing successful start- poverty…deprive them of their AAPF panel. “We have to figure tor-in-chief Vanessa K. De Luca. fits rely on it as their only source of chasm. Consider: Black women ups. Black people tend to have poor parental rights, and it’s all made out, what would a new economic “We know that African- income. with master’s degrees earn slightly access to these avenues. Wage dis- possible by the litany that people agenda that addresses these obsta- American women are three times as “Wealth is something like a secu- less than Black men with bache- parities do not leave much dispos- who have problems are the prob- cles look like?”

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Diatribes on life in the African-American Diaspora by Rep. Reggie Fullwood Should Florida become a Vegas-style Casino State? “What you see and what you based in Orlando, probably gets Speaking of the Seminole tribe, done last year, which told a much hear depends a great deal on where more or just as much convention it probably does not surprise any- different story. you are standing. It also depends business as Las Vegas. Although one that the Seminoles who run A 2012 Mason-Dixon survey on what sort of person you are,” the big casinos developers have casinos in the state don’t support found that Florida voters were nar- said the great writer C. S. Lewis. targeted south Florida as the loca- the expansion of casinos. rowly divided, 42 percent to 44 That pretty much sums up the tion to build these large hotel, con- Essentially, Vegas-style casinos percent, over destination casinos issue of the expansion of gambling ference, casino facilities, it could would hurt the Seminole monopoly and preferred a statewide vote. in the state of Florida. It is a matter also affect businesses in Orlando. on the Florida market. The Florida Legislature hired a By Julianne Malveaux of perspective, and it is one of the The fact that vacationers or con- Both sides are spending millions company to study the economic biggest decisions the state legisla- vention planners could choose of dollars to influence both the leg- effects and social costs of expand- Walking Away from ture and Governor will have to south Florida over Orlando makes islature and the governor’s office. ed gambling in Florida. The make in the near future. companies like Disney and For example, Sheldon Adelson, Spectrum Gaming Group, a New Over the past three years, legisla- Universal key players in this the owner of the Las Vegas Sands Jersey-based research firm Bad Customer Service tors in Tallahassee have been lob- debate. Corporation, and the Seminole wrapped up their study last year By George E. Curry bied on the pros and cons of One of the biggest concerns that tribe both donated $250,000 to and presented the data to the legis- NNPA Columnist Florida becoming a destination I have heard is the cultural issue. Governor Rick Scott’s campaign lature. After 19 years, most of them as a satisfied customer, I am closing my casino state. Nationally, Florida is viewed as a coffers. A representative from the com- personal checking account this week at Citibank. I am closing my account With big Vegas-style casinos family fundestination. Would big And I am not saying that the pany told a Senate Gaming not because I was lured away with an incredibly attractive offer from one come a lot of potential state rev- casinos have a negative impact on money flowing in from both sides Committee that “the expansion of of its competitors. Rather, I am walking away from Citi because of bad enue from gambling, hotels, rental the state’s “image?" will ultimately decide how a partic- casino gambling, whether on a customer service. When a business loses customers who want to stay, it’s cars, restaurants, etc. Think about Of course, proponents say no – ular politicianvotes, but campaign small scale or very large scale, a sure sign of trouble. the number of corporate and indus- casinos will not have an impact on contributions do typically generate would have, at best, a moderately My issue was a simple one. Throughout 2014, whenever I made a try conferences that go to Vegas; Florida’s family friendly reputation access and special consideration of positive impact on the state econo- deposit to my personal Citi account from my business account at a rival Florida already hosts a lot of con- primarily because the casinos will an issue. Just keeping it real! my.” national bank, the full amount was immediately made available upon ferences, but that number could be focused in south Florida. Miami So where are everyday people in A moderately positive impact? deposit in the ATM. Beginning this year, however, the full amount was no drastically increase. is already seen as an adult vacation this big debate? A recent poll paid Well, I guess time will tell the longer being honored and no one would tell me why. Most would agree that Florida destination. I certainly wouldn’t for by the Las Vegas Sands sug- direction the state ultimately I started with the Customer Service Department. Instead of being has a much better climate and is a take my kids on a vacation on gests a large majority of Floridians moves on this issue, but the success responsive to my complaint, five different representatives – Sabrina far more appealing place to visit South Beach, so that argument would support a casino expansion or failure of gambling expansion in Padron, Rene Torres, Christine Flanders, Priscilla Chaires and Christine than Nevada. Thus, the potential to does have some merit. in Florida. Floridamaybe one to be studied in Naranjo – felt the need to send me form letters essentially stating generate new state revenues is pret- Let me back up for a moment. The poll, conducted by Terrance political science courses on college Citibank’s policy of spreading funds availability above a certain amount ty big. Most are already aware that the Group, found that 57 percent of campuses for years to come. With over five business days. Obviously, there are folks on the state currently allows gambling in Florida voters approved allowing big guns and almost unlimited Despite assurance in an email to me from Padron, dated March 4, that other side that have strong opinions many ways – Florida Lottery, race gaming in Florida as a revenue money on both sides of the issue – “Citi is committed to providing our client’s [SIC] with world class service against big casino gambling com- tracks, poker rooms, jai alai fron- generator for the state, while 35 who wins out? that is efficient, responsive and dependable,” the service was neither world ing to the state. tons, racinos, and the seven or so percent disapproved. Of course, Signing off from Tallahassee, class, efficient, nor responsive. The big mouse in the room, casinos of the Seminole tribe. opponents point out their own poll Reggie Fullwood After sending five emails to the online services department and not get- ting a reply that was “responsive,” I decided to approach the branch man- ager near my home. He promised to look into the matter and to call me Jailing Educators for back within several days. He kept his word and when he called, he said he could find no reason why the change had been made. Finally, I emailed a letter to CEO Michael Corbat on April 2. At press time, I had not received a reply, which is not surprising given the volume of correspondence he probably receives. In the meantime, I have opened a ‘Cheating to the Test’ personal account at the bank where I do my business checking and ignored felony punishable up to 20 years. there is no excuse, it would be fool- could be higher. I’m referring to the last email I received from Christine Naranjo asserting that “…Citi is One defendant, Dessa Curb, a for- hardy to ignore the pressure that teachers who choose to teach con- committed to providing our client’s [SIC] with world class service that is mer elementary school teacher, many face when federal laws man- tent that they know will show up efficient, responsive and dependable.” (Surely, someone at a bank that pur- was acquitted. date the use of standardized tests to on the test, or those who spend ports to provide “world class service” should know that “clients” is not Those 11 convicted were taken “prove” that teachers and schools hours in “practice sessions” with spelled with an apostrophe.) straight from the courtroom to jail. are doing their jobs. old copies of tests used as drills. Less than six months ago, I had to walk away from a Merchant’s shop Sentencing should take place this In some districts, including From my perspective students are that not only misdiagnosed the problem, but incorrectly installed the week. On top of the 20 years max- Atlanta, teachers are given bonuses being cheated when there is too wrong part on a vehicle. I had been using the business for more than a imum sentence for racketeering, when their students do well on much emphasis placed on stan- decade, but no more. When service is bad, I have decided to not simply they could be convicted on other tests, and may be terminated when dardized testing. walk away in silence. Instead, when I leave now, I let them know why I am charges including making false students do not. Even now, after One might ask how teachers and leaving. If they are serious about customer service, they will fix the prob- statements. It is interesting to note revisions in teacher evaluation, half students can be evaluated without lem that prompted me to leave. If they continue to ignore those problems, that most of these teachers are of teacher performance is based on standardized tests, but there is an they might not be in business long, anyway. by Dr. Julianne Malveaux African American. standardized tests. Teachers can be extensive body of research that By the same token, I believe in rewarding good service in word and Eleven Atlanta teachers have You can serve as few as 15 years reassigned, or schools can be suggests other methods of evaluat- deed. For instance, when I was treated recently at Emory Johns Creek been convicted of altering student for second-degree murder in closed if there are too many poor- ing teachers, including classroom Hospital near Atlanta for a mild heart attack, I publicly thanked the out- test scores on standardized tests. Georgia, and as little as a year for performing students enrolled. observation and curriculum review. standing nurses by name and copied the hospital’s interim CEO. As one They are charged with racketeering involuntary manslaughter. Further, It makes sense to look at the Interestingly, an increasing number who waited tables on trains over the Christmas holidays to help pay my and conspiracy. The much-cele- most convicted offenders get a day many ways that the system encour- of colleges do not use standardized way through Knoxville College, I am extremely sensitive to service and brated Superintendent of Atlanta or even months to go home and ages teachers to manipulate, if not tests to evaluate students for tipping. I usually tip between 20 and 25 percent, sometimes more. If the Public Schools Beverly L. Hall was straighten out their affairs before outright cheat, when they adminis- admissions because they recognize service is exceptional, I note that on the receipt and sometimes ask to speak among the indicted but was too ill reporting to prison. But not this ter standardized tests. Some such tests are flawed. to the supervisor. However, I have not convinced myself to tip people to stand trial. She died March 2. group of educators. schools spend days preparing stu- Obviously, there must be some when I pick up a carry-out order. Another group of teachers, prin- These Atlanta teachers aren’t the dents to take the tests. They aren’t way to measure progress among It’s not like they are waiting on me. They pick up the order from the cipals and administrators took plea only teachers involved in similar spending days teaching the materi- students, and proficiency among kitchen, take my money and hand me my order. That is not the same as bargains. A total of 178 people cheating scams. A year ago, 130 al students must learn, just the rote teachers. Still, standardized test waiting on me at a table. Last Saturday, I went to Olive Garden to pick up were accused of taking part in the Philadelphia educators were material needed to pass standard- results should not be tied to teacher an order. Instead of handing me my $2 change, the employee had the gall cheating “scam” and in 2011 Hall accused of cheating. In September, ized tests. Passing a test in English compensation, or to threats of to ask, “Do you need your $2 back?” Of course, I need all of my money reminded observers that “we have several were ordered to stand trial. and grammar may prove some pro- school closings. If standardized back. Thanks for asking. Speaking of restaurant employees, I have two pet over 3,000 teachers in Atlanta,” Why have those who chose a ficiency, but does it prove that a tests are one way to measure peeves. One is when they ask, and just a few were part of the low-paid and little-regarded pro- student can write a paragraph or an results, they must be combined “How are we doing today?” I can’t speak for them, so I don’t know how cheating scandal. She also denied fession stoop to cheating on stan- essay, or engage in critical think- with other measures to ensure fair- we are doing. If you want to know how I am doing or how my dinning having any knowledge of the dardized tests? Are they judged by ing? ness. party is doing, it would not require any more energy to ask the question cheating. Until her illness, she the number of students who pass When teachers spend too much It makes sense, though, to ask if directly. I try to restrain myself when they ask, as they frequently do: “How insisted that she wanted to stand these flawed tests, and the number time focused on standardized test- there is a racial dynamic to leading was everything?” I didn’t eat everything, so I couldn’t possibly know the trial and clear her name. who fail? Is there a culture of ing and not enough on course con- nearly a dozen teachers, mostly answer to that question. I can only tell you about the food I consumed. I In what was described as the cheating in too many of our tent, are they cheating students? In African American, out of a court- know, I know, I am becoming persnickety in my old age. I have decided to largest cheating scandal in the nation’s schools? Is there a culture teaching to the test, are they cheat- room in handcuffs. And it makes become more vocal when I receive good or bad service. In doing so, I hope nation’s history, District Attorney of “teaching to the test”? ing to the test? I’m not referring to sense to wonder if the charge of that will improve the next customer’s experience. Paul L. Howard Jr. prosecuted the George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the There is no excuse for the cheat- the multiple erasures that investi- racketeering is being applied to National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA) and BlackPressUSA.com. educators under a law originally ing in Atlanta, or Philadelphia, or gators found on some of the harshly for what is clearly illegal He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web designed to snare organized crime in El Paso, where the school super- Atlanta tests, or schemes that misconduct. site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and figures. Of the 12 defendants, 11 intendent was imprisoned for excluded poor-performing students George E. 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CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE MID EASTERN SOUTHERN INTERCOLLIGIATE SOUTHWESTERN CIAA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SIAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SWAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CONF ALL CONF ALL CONF ALL DIV ALL W L W L NORTHERN W L W L EAST W L W L EASTERN W L W L :LQVWRQ6DOHP6WDWH     0DU\ODQG(6KRUH     &ODÀLQ     $ODEDPD6WDWH     6W$XJXVWLQH V     1RUIRON6WDWH     Paine 9 4 15 20 Alabama A&M 11 4 19 15 &KRZDQ     Delaware State 5 4 6 16 %HQHGLFW     Jackson State 9 5 20 11 ™ 9LUJLQLD6WDWH     Coppin State 0 9 1 20 $OEDQ\6WDWH     0LVV9DOOH\6WDWH     Lincoln 0 4 2 18 SOUTHERN 0RUHKRXVH     $OFRUQ6WDWH     %HWKXQH&RRNPDQ     &ODUN$WODQWD     WESTERN PLAYERS OF THE WEEK )ORULGD$ 0     WEST $UN3LQH%OXII     PLAYER NC Central 6 5 12 16 Spring HIll 14 0 24 10 7H[DV6RXWKHUQ     Jason Baytop, Jr., CF, ST. AUG'S - Hit. Savannah State 6 6 12 16 6WLOOPDQ     Southern 8 6 10 15 ZLWKDGRXEOHDQG5%,UXQVVFRUHG 1&$ 7     .HQWXFN\6WDWH     Prairie View 4 9 8 21 adn 2 SBx in 2-1 week. 7XVNHJHH     Grambling State 2 9 4 22 OFFENSE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 0LOHV     Darrel Langston, Fr., OF, ST. AUG'S - Hit PLAYER /H0R\QH2ZHQ     PLAYERS OF THE WEEK UMES Sports Photo ZLWK+5VLQZHHN Roger Hall, So., SS, NSU - +LW   Lane 0 14 0 19 PLAYER MORE BOBBY COLLINS: Wins PITCHER with 2 doubles, 1 triple, 11 RBI and 4 runs. Yamil Pagan, ALABAMA STATE - Hit .500 BCSP and Ben Jobe Phillip Hathcock, Sr., P, ST. AUG'S - Al- PITCHER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK LQFOXLQJDWULSOHDGQD+5UXQVDQG ORZHGKLWV(5$LQ¿YHLQQLQJVYV Matt Outman, Jr., P, NSU - Complete PLAYER 5%,5HDFKHGEDVHLQDOO¿YHJDPHVZLWK HOOPS Awards as top BCSP coach Mt. Olive. game shutout, 11 Ks in 21-0 win vs. DSU. Pablo DeArmas, )U % STILLMAN - Hit WKUHHKLWJDPHV+DGFDUHHUKLJK5%, for 2014-15 and top minor- DEFENSE ROOKIE  IRU ZLWKKLWVUXQVDQG5%, vs. Florida State. WRAP-UP ity coach in the nation. Joshua Bumgardner, Fr., C, ST. AUG'S - 8 Mijon Cummings, )U%B-CU - First PITCHER PITCHER putouts, 2 assists, no errors in 2 games. career HR with 1 RBI and 1 run vs. Miami. Hunter Hood, Fr., LHP, STILLMAN - Fourth Blake Estep, UAPB - Picked up two wins COACH consecutive win and third complete game with LQXSVHWRI1R0LVVRXULDQGZLQ "BAAD" HOOPS TEAM UNVEILED; COLLINS Charles Whitaker, ST. AUG'S - Guided .VYV7XVNHJHH over New Orleans. Pitched 14.1 innings, Falcons to doubleheader sweep of DOORZLQJHDUQHGUXQVDQGVWULNLQJRXW WINS JOBE AWARD; BLOUNT TO J. C. SMITH Chowan, lost to Mt. Olive.

MEN'S "BAAD" TEAM OF BLACK COLLEGE ALL-STARS BCSP Notes Bobby Collins of UMES wins Ben Jobe Coach of the Year in both 1999 and 2000. National Coach of the Year Award Prior to becoming head coach at WSSU, Blount served as an assistant FRDFKIRUÀYHVHDVRQVDWSouth Carolina State from 1989-1993, coach- INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - University of Maryland Eastern Shore's ing the quarterbacks, wide receivers and acting as the Bulldogs' Offensive (UMES) men's basketball head coach Bobby Col- Coordinator. Blount also coached the quarterbacks at Howard (1984- lins was named the Ben Jobe National Coach of the 1989) and at East Carolina (1983-1984). Blount started his coaching ca- Year on Friday, April, 3, an award presented annu- Gibbs May Dillingham Bazemore Gray reer at his high school alma mater, Armstrong-Kennedy High School, in ally to the nation's top minority coach. Richmond, Va. Solid senior guard Madarious Gibbs, who led the It was presented at the CollegeInsider.com Texas Southern 7LJHUVWRWKHSWAC regular season and Awards Banquet held in Indianapolis, the site of the tournament titles, is pegged as the leader of 2014-15 BLACK PHQ VÀQDOIRXU7KHEDQTXHWZDVKHOGDWWKH Hampton’s Pierce named assistant COLLEGE SPORTS PAGE %DDG7HDPRIEDVNHWEDOODOOVWDUV Hyatt Regency, the National Association of Basket- for IAAF World Championshps and the BCSP Player of the Year. ball Coaches (NABC) headquarters hotel. Collins  +$03721 9D ² Hampton Director of  *LEEVDYHUDJHGSRLQWVSHUJDPHÀIWKEHVWLQWKH "I'm blessed to be the winner of the 2015 Ben 7UDFN )LHOGMaurice Pierce has been named an conference, and handed out 4.2 assists per game, fourth -REH$ZDUG&ROOLQVSRVWHGRQDVRFLDOPHGLDDFFRXQW7KLVLVDQKRQRU DVVLVWDQW FRDFK IRU 7HDP 86$ IRU WKLV VXPPHU V EHVWDVWKHFHQWHUSLHFHRIWKH7LJHUVXQGHUMike Davis. I have to thank God, my coaching staff, my team, and the UMES family ,$$) :RUOG 2XWGRRU 7UDFN  )LHOG &KDPSLRQ- Six-ten center Kendall Gray, who led Div. I in re- for believing and trusting in me." ships in Beijing, China. bounding (11.8) while scoring 11.7 points per game, was Collins has been piling up the hardware, having been named the 2015  7KHPHHWZLOOWDNHSODFHRQ$XJ3LHUFH named the player and defensive player of the year in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Coach of the Year. He was will coach the team's sprinters and hurdlers. MEAC. He was the only player in our top three teams to DOVRQDPHGDÀQDOLVWIRUWKH+XJK'XUKDP$ZDUGSUHVHQWHGDQQXDOO\WR  7KLVLVRQHRIWKHKLJKHVWFRDFKLQJDFFRODGHV average a double-double. the top mid-major coach in the nation and was picked this week as the top I've received so far," Pierce said. "I've coached Black college scoring leader, senior guard Amere May black college coach of the year as part of the BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS PAGE Pierce Olympians and world champions at the individual of Delaware State (21.0 ppg.), SIAC Player of the Year, %DDG7HDP level, but from a team standpoint, this is the highest appointment I've had. junior Denzel Dillingham of PaineZKRÀQLVKHGEHKLQG Collins led UMES to the best season in 41 years, the 1973-74 season 7RFRDFKWKHVSULQWHUVIRU7HDP86$WKHPRVWSRZHUIXOFRXQWU\LQWKH May in the scoring race, and all-CIAA forward Wykevin when UMES amassed 27 wins and made a second round appearance in world, it's a great honor." BazemoreZKRVFRUHGSRLQWVSHUJDPHDQGÀQLVKHG WKH1DWLRQDO,QYLWDWLRQDO7RXUQDPHQW 1,7 7KLVVHDVRQKHJXLGHGWKH Pierce is in his 13th season overall at Hampton, and his third as the behind Gray in the rebounding stats (9.8 pg.) round out the Hawks to an 18-15 record, third-place in the league with an 11-5 mark, up 'LUHFWRURI7UDFN )LHOGRYHUVHHLQJERWKSURJUDPV6RIDUWKLVVHDVRQ ÀUVWWHDP from 13th the previous season, and an appearance in the CollegeInsider. KLV/DG\3LUDWHVZRQWKHLUÀIWKVWUDLJKW0($&LQGRRUFKDPSLRQVKLSDQG FRP3RVW6HDVRQ7RXUQDPHQW,WZDVWKHÀUVW1&$$SRVWVHDVRQDSSHDU- he has already overseen four All-Americans this year. FIRST TEAM Madarious Gibbs, 6-1, Sr., G, Texas Southern (14.2 ppg., 4.2 DQFHIRU80(6VLQFHWKDWFDPSDLJQDQGWKHÀUVWRIDQ\NLQGLQRYHU DSJ $PHUH0D\6U*'HODZDUH6WDWH SSJ 'HQ- 30 years. Coppin State names Kyetta May ]HO'LOOLQJKDP-U*3DLQH SSJ :\NHYLQ%D]HPRUH  7KH+DZNVKDGPRUHZLQVWKLVVHDVRQWKDQWKHODVWWKUHHFRPELQHG 6U):668 SSJUSJ .HQGDOO*UD\6U& and posted a sold non-conference record as well with a 3-1 mark against as new head volleyball coach 'HODZDUH6WDWH SSJUSJ WKH$WODQWLF7KH\ZHUHRQHRIWKHWRSWKUHHWHDPVLQWKHQDWLRQLQURDG  %$/7,025(²Coppin State has named Kyetta May as head vol- PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Madarious Gibbs, Texas Southern wins. leyball coach. She is Coppin State's 11th head volleyball coach in pro- TOP COACH: Bobby Collins, Maryland-Eastern Shore gram history. SECOND TEAM  7KH-REHDZDUGZDVFUHDWHGLQDQGLVSUHVHQWHGDQQXDOO\WRWKH May comes to Coppin State from the Univer- 1LPURG +LOOLDUG  6U * 1& &HQWUDO  SSJ  DSJ  top minority coach in Division I basketball and voted on by a 30-person Jamel Waters, 5-9, Jr., G, Alabama State (14.0 ppg., 5.2 apg.); DZDUGFRPPLWWHHFRQVLVWLQJRIÀYHFXUUHQW',KHDGFRDFKHVÀYHUHWLUHG sity of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, where she spent the NC Central; Jeff Short, 6-4, Jr., G, Norfolk State (19.1 ppg.); Don- KHDGFRDFKHVDWKOHWLFGLUHFWRUVDQGRUFRQIHUHQFHDGPLQLVWUDWRUVÀYH last three years in the same role. DOG6WHZDUW6U)/DQH SSJUSJ -DPHV&DUOWRQ 1%$VFRXWVDQGRUDGPLQLVWUDWRUVDQGÀYHFROOHJHLQVLGHUFRPVWDIIPHP- May has been successful everywhere she’s 6U)+RZDUG SSJUSJ  coached. In addition to taking a struggling UAPB THIRD TEAM bers. Coach Ben Jobe is the chairman of the awards committee. volleyball program and turning it into a legitimate &DPHURQ.QR[6U*%RZLH6WDWH SSJ (ULF'XERVH -U*/LYLQJVWRQH SSJ /DGDULXV7DEE-U*$OD- Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) con- EDPD$ 0 SSJUSJ 7HUUHQFH%ULGJHPDQ6R Blount in as new J. C. Smith tender, she also led Kentucky State to a pair of May Lane (19.6 ppg.); Nick West, 6-10, Jr., C, Alabama A&M (12.4 head football coach Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference SSJUSJ Charlotte, N.C. -- Johnson C. Smith announced Monday the ap- (SIAC) championships. pointment of Kermit Blount as head football coach of the Golden Bulls.  ´7KHUH ZHUH WZR IDFWRUV LQ DSSRLQWLQJ .\HWWD DV RXU QHZ FRDFKµ WOMEN'S "BAAD" TEAM OF Blount has head coaching experience at the NCAA Coppin State Director of Athletics Derrick K. Ramsey said. “Number BLACK COLLEGE ALL-STARS Division I and Division II levels. one is academics. She’s demonstrated as a head coach that she graduates "Coach Blount comes to us with a wealth of her kids and holds them accountable. Secondly, she’s won two champion- H[SHULHQFHRQDQGRIIWKHIRRWEDOOÀHOGVDLG-&68 VKLSVDVDKHDGFRDFKDQGSOD\HGLQDQRWKHU7KDW·VWKHW\SHRISHGLJUHH Athletics Director Steven Joyner Sr. "He has a his- ZHZDQWKHUHDW&RSSLQ6WDWHµ tory of engaging and collaborating among constitu- During her time at UAPB, May coached four All-SWAC Selections ents in higher education and the community as well along with several All-SWAC Academic Selections. Additionally, the as alumni and football at all levels. We are very ex- *ROGHQ/LRQVKDYHPDGHWKUHHWULSVWRWKH6:$&7RXUQDPHQWJRLQJIXU- Jackson Tate- Holston Warner Blue cited about the possibilities of forward movement WKHUHDFK\HDUDGYDQFLQJWRWKHVHPLÀQDOVLQ7KH*ROGHQ/LRQVKDG DeFreitas Blount for our football student-athletes, football program 10 SWAC All-Academic selections this past season. Picking this year’s top women’s basketball player was and University under his leadership." A three-sport athlete and native of East St. Louis, IL, May played tough.  %ORXQWFRPHVWR-&68DIWHUVHUYLQJÀYH\HDUVDWDelaware State. collegiately at Alabama A&M University from 1998-2002 and was a MEAC Player of the Year Malia Tate-DeFreitas Prior to his appointment at Delaware State, Blount served as head coach at PHPEHURIWZRFRQVHFXWLYH6:$&&KDPSLRQVKLSWHDPV    topped the scoring ledger at 21.3 points per game. Winston-Salem State. While at WSSU, Blount notched a career record of She served as team captain in 2001, was an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar CIAA Player of the Year Verdine Warner almost led OHDGLQJWKH5DPVWRDQUHFRUGLQKLVÀQDOVHDVRQDWWKHKHOP and earned the AAMU Scholar Athlete Award each year. In 2000, May the conference in both scoring (19.6 ppg., 2nd) and re- He guided the Rams to two Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association was named the Lady Speedstick Sportswoman of the Year and was also bounding (12.5 rpg., 1st) while averaging a double-double. Championships and a total of three CIAA championship game appear- WKHUHFLSLHQWRIWKH6WUHHW 6PLWK(GGLH5RELQVRQ$ZDUGV SIAC Player of the Year Porshia Blue led the confer- ances. He also led the Rams to two Pioneer Bowl appearances, winning in May earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Science ence in scoring (19.4 ppg.) and was among the leaders in 1999. ZLWKDPLQRULQ&KHPLVWU\ZLWKFXPODXGHKRQRUVIURP$ODEDPD$ 0 rebounding (7.6 rpg.). Point guard and SWAC Player of the Blount was honored as the CIAA Coach of the Year and as the Wash- University in 2002 and her Master of Science Degree in Education with Year Jeannete Jackson topped the conference in scoring ington D.C. Pigskin Coach of the Year, as well as the 100% Wrong Club magna cum laude honors from Lindenwood University in 2009. (16.7 ppg.) while dishing out 3.5 assists per game. Artisha Holston of SIAC champion Albany State was among the few to average a double-double scoring 2 0 1 5 B L A C K C O L L E G E S O F T B A L L (Results, Standings and Weekly Honors thru 4/6/15) 13.1 points and 12.1 rebounds per game.

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New Life Ministry Presents Northside Church of Christ 37th First Timothy Baptist Church “The School of Prayers” Annual Ladies Inspiration Day Yard Sale and Food Drive New Life Outreach Ministry Center presents ‘The School of Prayer,” The Northside Church of Christ (NCOC) is celebrating its 37th Annual First Timothy Baptist Church Bags of Love Food Bank Ministry yard every Saturday at 5640 Timuquana Rd. Suite 6, 10:30 a.m. The topic is: The Ladies Inspiration Day on Saturday May 2, 2015 at 4736 Avenue B. sale and food drive, Saturday, April 18th, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more info Danger of Prayerlessness. For more info call 778-7651. Activities begin at 8 a.m. with registration, breakfast, and a meet and greet. call the church office at 757-9878. Hear two dynamic speakers, Matilda Gibbons, from the Johnson Street Church of Christ, Brunswick, GA and Tisha Rock, from the NCOC. Come Southside COGIC Annual Health Fair be treated to the beautiful voices of “His Image” from NCOC and “Alinda The WIN Ministry of the Southside COGIC presents their Second Annual Gadson” of the Carver Road Church of Christ, Winston-Salem, NC. The Dr. Vera Goodman and Anointed Health Fair, Saturday, April 25, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free vision, blood pressure NSCC Ladies Inspiration Day Mistress of Ceremony will be Roxy Hall, Praise “Trash to Treasure” Event screenings HIV testing, clothing giveaway, food and much more! Visit the Founder of SHEnergy. Other activities include breakout sessions, prizes health fair at Southside Church of God in Christ, 2179 Emerson Street. For and goody bags. A delicious lunch will be served immediately following the Dr. Vera Goodman and home grown national gospel recording artists more info call the church office at 398 1625. program. The theme is “Walk this Way,” scripture: Titus 2:1-15, “But as for Anointed Praise invite you come out and find your treasures at their "Trash you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine...” This year’s 2 Treasure” event, Saturday, April 11, at 12 noon lasting all day! Whatever Life Church International Ladies Inspiration Day focuses on encouraging, empowering and inspiring you need they will probably have it! Clothes, shoes, jewelry, household a strong bond of sisterhood between older sisters and younger sisters for the items and finger licking good soul food! The event will be held on the Open House and Health Fair cause of Christ! NSCC welcomes ladies from near and far! This event is grounds of Temple at One Accord Ministries Int'l, Inc., 2971 Waller Street, free and open to the public. For further information contact the church Bishop, Dr. Jan D. Goodman, Sr. is pastor. For more info contact the church Life Church International, 1725 Oakhurst Ave, Open House and Health office at 389-7373. Fair is Saturday, April 11th, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Participants will be able to office at 765-9830. benefit from a clothing and food giveaway, donate blood, HIV Testing, health screenings, sign up for high school completion program/college Operation Save Our Sons Greater E-Beth-El Church Pastor courses, sign up for a complimentary appointment at the Dental Clinic, pet adoptions, be the match-bone marrow registry and enjoy complimentary Black Tie Charity Banquet and Church Anniversary and Banquet facials. For more info contact Marquita Williams at 363-6221. Operation Save Our Sons Black Tie Charity Banquet, Thursday, April The Officers and Members of Greater E-Beth-El Divine Holiness Church 28th, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Hyat Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Hotel, cordially invite the Jacksonville Community to join in celebrating Bishop Woodlawn Presbyterian Shaping 225 E. Coastline Dr. Silent Auction, Dinner celebrating the theme “Young Dr. Lorenzo Hall Sr. 40th Anniversary as Pastor and the Church 50th Lives Matter”. For more info call 595-6105. Anniversary celebration. The anniversary will begin April 19th through April 26th at 7 p.m. nightly, Sunday evening at 4 p.m. April 19th and April Christian Leaders of Tomorrow 26th. Greater E-Beth-El Divine Holiness Church is requesting friends and The Shaping Christian Leaders of Tomorrow (SCLT) Youth Group at St. Philip’s Episcopal the community to come out and support this Great Man of God. On Woodlawn Presbyterian Church will be sponsor a Community Health Fair Saturday April 25th the church will present the pastor and church 1st ban- on Saturday, May 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Family Life Center, 3026 Church Bar-B-Que/Bazaar quet and a live gospel recording at 6 p.m., at the Scottish-Rite Cathedral, 29 Woodlawn Road. Free health information, screenings, fitness exercises, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church invites one and all to their annual Bar-B- W. 6th St. Special guest is nationally known gospel recording group the healthy cooking demonstration, Zumba and much more!! Bring your fami- Que and Bazaar scheduled for Friday April 17 and Saturday, April 18, on Brooklyn Allstars. For tickets and more info contact Deacon Steve Canty at ly, friends, neighbors and co-workers. Let's live today, for a better tomor- the church grounds, 321 Union St W. For more info call the church office 338-4438. row! For more information call 635-5387. at 354-1053. Live Gospel Recording at NOTICE: Church news is published free of charge. Greater Missionary Tabernacle Congregational Holiness Church Information must be received in the Free Press offices Church and Pastor Anniversary no later than Monday, at 5 p.m. of the week you want Rejuvenation, a Clay County community-based Gospel Choir, under the it to run. Information received prior to the event date Greater Missionary Tabernacle Baptist Church, Reverend J.C. Green, direction of the founder, Emorja Roberson, announces their first “Live” Pastor welcomes the community to share in the celebration of the church recording concert, Saturday, April 25, at Congregational Holiness Church, will be printed on a space available basis until the 50th year anniversary and pastor 40th year anniversary, April 16 – 17th at 2079 State Road 16 W., Green Cove Springs. The doors will open at 5:45 date. Fax e-mail to 765-3803 or e-mail to 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 19th at 11 a.m. Greater Missionary Tabernacle p.m. and the concert will begin at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy an all original music [email protected]. Baptist Church is located at 5730 Sawyer Avenue. For more info call 764- concert and come and experience rejuvenation! For more info call the 5333 church office at 529-1798. Gardner Taylor, Preacher and Civil Rights Figure, Dies at 96 The Rev. Gardner C. Taylor, who defied naysayers by not only when he wanted to refer to the ser- preacher, Taylor responded, “In the led Concord Baptist was widely regarded as the dean of rebuilding the edifice, but also dou- mon’s Scripture reading for the day. Book of Ruth, Naomi says, ‘I went Church of Christ for American preaching and who bling its size. Taylor was an ally and confidant out full, and I’ve come back more than four played a key role in the civil rights The church was one of New York of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. empty.”’ decades, building the movement, has died. He was 96. City’s largest churches, operated its Around 1960, at a time when some For Taylor, “That was the story of congregation into one Taylor died on Easter Sunday, own elementary school, nursing black pastors considered King too life. It’s also the story of preaching; of the largest churches according to the Progressive home, credit union and million-dol- politically liberal and rejected his we must keep ourselves full so we in New York. National Baptist Convention, a lar endowment used to invest in the approach to civil rights advocacy, can empty ourselves in the pulpit.” His powerful voice denomination he helped form and community. But for more than four Taylor sided with King. The two The Rev. Tyrone S. Pitts, a former and preaching influ- once led. Taylor was the longtime decades, it was Taylor who made men were among a group who leader of the convention, said Taylor enced generations of pastor of the Concord Baptist Concord’s pulpit “the most presti- formed the Progressive National "was one of the people who helped preachers from all Church of Christ in Brooklyn, but gious in black Christendom,” pro- Baptist Convention, which became frame the civil rights movement." In backgrounds. NBC had retired to Raleigh, North claimed author and scholar Michael a platform for King's civil rights a 2007 interview with The radio broadcast his ser- Carolina. Eric Dyson. work. Taylor at one point served as Associated Press, Taylor described mons starting in the Concord Baptist Church of Christ, The tall, charismatic pastor was president of the denomination. the Bible as a "document for the 1950s. In 1996, he was the imposing, block-long, brick renowned for the memorable ser- Those were troublesome days for outcast" that "only an oppressed named one of the 12 church Taylor pastored for 42 years, mons he spun from tales, anecdotes Taylor, who said he lost friends as a people can more easily grasp." best preachers in the became a beacon of hope and vitali- and Scriptures, but rarely captured result of the split, but his fervent The grandson of slaves, Taylor English-speaking ty for many African-Americans in in manuscripts. Taylor, a preacher’s preaching and ministry never grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, world based on a sur- Rev. Gardner Taylor Brooklyn, N.Y., and a model for the preacher, kept his thoughts in his waned. and overcame the South's segrega- vey of seminary professors and edi- In 2000, President Bill Clinton nation. When the church was head before ushering them forth, When he was asked during an tion in his childhood to earn a bach- tors of religious journals. awarded Taylor the Presidential destroyed by fire in 1952, Taylor and kept a black pocket Bible handy interview about what makes a great elor's degree at Oberlin College. He Taylor retired as a pastor in 1990. Medal of Freedom.

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The doors of Macedonia are always open to you and your family. If we may be of any assistance Grace and Peace to you in your spiritual walk, please contact us at 764-9257 or via email at [email protected]. visit www.Bethelite.org April 9-15, 2015 Ms. Perry’s Free Press - Page 7 Southern Diet Deep with Fried Foods, May Rise Stroke Risk Deep fried foods may be causing week featuring these sorts of foods Chinese food, pizza, pasta. strokes among the 5,056 people trouble in the Deep South. People had a 41 percent higher stroke risk -Plant-based: Fruits, vegetables, who seldom are that way. whose diets are heavy on them and than people who ate that way about juice, cereal, fish, poultry, yogurt, The trends held up after sugary drinks like sweet tea and once a month, researchers found. nuts and whole-grain bread. ----- researchers took into account other soda are more likely to suffer a In contrast, people whose diets -Sweets: Added fats, breads, factors such as age, income, smok- stroke, a new study finds. were high in fruits, vegetables chocolate, desserts, sweet break- ing, education, exercise and total It’s the first big look at diet and whole grains and fish had a 29 per- fast foods. calories consumed. strokes, and researchers say it cent lower stroke risk. -Alcohol: Beer, wine, liquor, Fried foods tend to be eaten with might help explain why blacks in “It’s a very big difference,” Judd green leafy vegetables, salad dress- lots of salt, which raises blood the Southeast - the Nation’s “stroke said. “The message for people in ings, nuts and seeds, coffee. pressure - a known stroke risk fac- belt”- suffer more of them. the middle is there’s a graded risk,” “They’re not mutually exclu- tor, Judd said. And sweet drinks Blacks were five times more - the likelihood of suffering a sive” - for example, hamburgers can contribute to diabetes, the dis- likely than whites to have the stroke rises in proportion to each fall into both convenience and ease that celebrity chief Paula Southern dietary pattern linked Southern meal in a week. Southern diets, Judd said. Each Deen - the queen of Southern cui- with the highest stroke risk. And Results were reported Thursday person got a score for each diet, sine - revealed she had a year ago. blacks and whites who live in the at an American Stroke Association depending on how many meals “This study does strongly sug- South were more likely to eat this conference in Honolulu. leaned that way. gest that food does have an influ- way than people in other parts of The federally funded study was Over more than five years of fol- ence and people should be trying to the country were. Diet might launched in 2002 to explore low-up, nearly 500 strokes avoid these kinds of fatty foods and Anthony Anderson : “I Started Out explain as much as two-thirds of regional variations in stroke risks occurred. Researchers saw clear higher sugar content,” said an inde- the excess stroke risk seen in and reasons for them. More than patterns with the Southern and pendent expert, Dr. Brian Silver, a in Hollywood as the Fat, Funny Guy” blacks versus whites, researchers 20,000 people 45 or older - half of plant-based diets; the other three Brown University neurologist and Anthony Anderson started out in Hollywood as a self-proclaimed “fat concluded. them black - from all 48 mainland didn’t seem to affect stroke risk. stroke center director at Rhode funny guy,” appearing alongside fellow comedic stars Jim Carrey and “We’re talking about fried foods, states filled out food surveys and There were 138 strokes among Island Hospital. Martin Lawrence. But off screen, Anderson’s weight was anything but a french fries, hamburgers, were sorted into one of five diet the 4,977 who ate the most “I don’t mean to sound like an laughing matter: He was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2002 at 32. processed meats, hot dogs, bacon, styles. Southern food, compared to 109 ogre. I know when I’m, in New It took a few years, but eventually, Anderson realized he had to get seri- ham, liver, gizzards and sugary - Southern: Fried foods, strokes among the 5,156 people Orleans I certainly enjoy the food ous and so he committed to changing his eating habits and lifestyle. drinks,” said the study’s leaders, processed meat (lunchmeat, jerky), eating the least of it. there. But you don’t have to make Around the same time, Anderson also made a conscious decision to shift Suzanne Judd of the University of red meat, eggs, sweet drinks and There were 122 strokes among a regular habit of eating all this the direction of his career, focusing on darker roles in movies, such as Alabama in Birmingham. whole milk. the 5,076 who ate the most plant- stuff.” Hustle & Flow and Martin Scorsese's the Departed, and co-staring in tele- People who ate about six meals a - Convenience: Mexican and based meals, compared to 135 vision dramas like The Shield and K-Ville. Inspired by his family history of the disease, Anderson recently became a spokesperson for FACE Diabetes, an initiative that focuses on educating Keeping African-American Hair Hydrated and empowering the African American community. My Diagnosis: I was home in Los Angeles, close to eight years ago now. When hair strand are straight, it’s ensure the hair growing underneath conditioning-because the natural I started feeling really lethargic and lazy, taking mid-afternoon naps, which easy for the natural oils to travel comes through strong and healthy,” oils of the scalp aren’t distributed to is something I wouldn’t just do. I chalked it up to overworking. I just down the hair shaft and keep coils says Toni Love, a hair loss special- the tips. Another reason? “The dis- thought I was running myself ragged. But the turning point was one moisturized. But with curly hair, it’s ist. “New growth is our indicator tribution of oils and conditioners is evening I drank, literally, a 5-gallon jug of water in the course of a couple a lot harder for the oils to navigate that the hair is growing and emerg- important to hair ends because of of hours, and there was constant urination. I knew what the symptoms of the length of our strands, and that ing in its healthiest state.” the usage of heated tools, such as diabetes were since my father was a diabetic, and I was like “Wow I think causes the hair to get brittle, espe- “With thicker, coarser hair types, flatirons hot rollers and blow dry- I need to go to the doctor and get this checked out (okay, actually, my wife cially near the ends. it’s more likely that the scalp may ers,” Love says. “Some consumers said that).” I went the next morning and found out that I had elevated glu- While this tendency toward dry- not produce enough oil,” says use flatirons and curlers every day, cose levels and the doctor said, "You know you’re a type 2 diabetic.” ness doesn’t necessarily indicate Athena Solomon, owner of A mostly on the ends of the hair. My first reaction: I didn’t change dramatically at first. Being a 32 year unhealthy hair or even improper Beautiful Day Salon in Southfield, Therefore, (this section) needs to be old man stubborn and all that, I was really just stuck in my ways and I hair maintenance, it does mean that Michigan. And the lack of oil on the protected to avoid split ends, which thought, “I can beat this. I can handle this.” But after a while, it wasn’t get- extra measures must be taken to scalp can also cause the skin to can travel up the hair shaft.” ting better. Now, I’ve really changed my lifestyle. I’m eating differently, keep the air hydrated. tighten, says Love, “so hair will One solution to the split ends and I’m also incorporating exercise. If there is any one hair rule to fol- appear dry and brittle.” problem is to add oils and moistur- Recently I met with Bob Harper from the Biggest Loser and I said “Bob low, this is it: Make sure you take In addition, Solomon adds, “the izers to the hair. “Put the selected come on, give me a quick fix on how to lose some weight.” And he care of the scalp and new growth. middle and ends of the hair will not product in your hands, rub together laughed and said, “Anthony, you know there’s no quick fix to that.” Then For those who don’t know, “The hair bulb and follicle are benefit from that natural oil because and start application at the ends, he said, “But I’ll give you a tip: If you don’t do anything else just cut your African-American hair can be below the scalp’s surface; therefore, it tends to settle on the scalp.” working upward toward the scalp to meal portions in half and watch and see, what happens. The weight will decidedly dehydrated. That’s just the scalp should be lubricated, mas- That’s one of the reasons hair ensure even distribution,” Love fall off of you.” I said, “That’s an easy fix,” and I just cut my meals in half how it grows out of our heads. saged and cleansed regularly to ends need extra moisturizing and suggests. and the weight did come off. This is the first time I’ve stuck with a regi- men. As a result, since January 2009, I’ve lost close to 40 pounds and have kept it off….and plan on keeping it off. Black Men Continue to My turning point: I want to skydive, and one place I called told me you Where’s My Cigarettes can’t weight more than 235 pounds, because you do it in tandem with the instructor and all the equipment. And I said I weigh 240 pounds. What can Smoking is linked to memory decline in people 50 and older Lead Hypertension I do?” I was laughing over the phone, but, deadpan, the lady on the other As we age, it’s not uncommon for our memory, attention, language and One to three adults in the United States will have hypertension, high end said “Lose 5 pounds.” I was like, “Wow, Ok,” Now I’m well below problem solving skills to become rusty, but elderly smokers showed an blood pressure, in their lifetimes. The condition can be a predecessor for 235, and I’m going to jump out of a plane! increased impairment in their verbal fluency and their ability to recall heart disease and stroke, the leading causes of death in the United States. My lifestyle: Once I talked to the nutritionists and my doctor, and they tasks, according to findings reported in the journal Age and Ageing. "Approximately 41 percent of African American males have nearly dou- said, “Anthony everything is fine in moderation; you can still eat certain The study followed almost 9,000 participants, ages 50 and older, in the ble the incidence of high blood pressure, compared to their Caucasian things, you just can’t eat as much,” then it was Ok. Once I wrapped my English Longitudinal Study of Aging. Researchers collected data in five counterparts," said Dr. Anil Hingorani, a vascular surgeon at Maimonides mind around that, I said, “I can have short ribs every now and then, just surveys issued 1998 to 2001, 2002, to 2003, 2004 to 2005, 2006 to 2007 Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. "Black Americans are more likely to not every weekend like I was doing over the summer, and not steak every and 2008 to 2009. The surveys estimated associations between cardio- have diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, smoking issues, and high salt and two days like I was doing, but maybe once a month, and fried chicken once vascular risk factors and stroke risk scores and knowledge and learning fat in their diet — all risk factors for developing high blood pressure. In a month.” I can still satisfy my craving and urge for that. I just don’t feed outcomes after four years and again after eight years. addition, they develop high blood pressure at younger ages than other eth- it like I used to. Findings showed that factors such as smoking, high blood pressure nic groups in the United States and are more likely to have complications My treatment strategy: I test my blood sugar every day, an average of and an unhealthy weight may all be associated with an accelerated and associated with high blood pressure, including stroke, kidney disease, three times a day: once in the morning, at midday, and once in the evening progressive decline of major cognitive functions in the elderly. But of all blindness, dementia and heart disease." before I go to bed. In terms of cutting carbs, it’s hard to completely cut the factors, smoking did the most dramatic damage to thinking and Hingorani noted that black Americans may be affected by stress due to them out so I try to cut them down. If I’m going to have a sandwich, I have learning abilities. What’s more, cognitive decline can develop into racism, socioeconomic status, educational level, lack of access to quality to make it only on one piece of bread not two. If I have a turkey burger or dementia. And there are other long-term effects of smoking, such as care and insurance, and living in racially isolated neighborhoods, resulting a grilled chicken sandwich, I take off the top or bottom piece of the bun. lung cancer and death. in a higher incidence of high blood pressure. If I have pasta, I go whole wheat or multigrain; I don’t do white pastas at all. DARRYL R. JACKSON, C.P.A., P.A. The JacksonvilleNorth Free FloridaPress Obstetrical & Dr. Chester Aikens would love to share your Offering you a full range of quality 305 East Union Street event with ourGynecological readers. Associates, P.A. services that includesin Downtown a full Jacksonville range of accounting services GUIDELINES (audits, reviews, compilations, and 1. 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One Spark is Back Reader’s Theater AKA Mental Diane Krall Friday, April 17th at 8 p.m. For 26th, 2-6 p.m. For more info email One Spark will be held April 7 – On Monday, April 13th at 8 p.m. tickets and more info visit [email protected]. Slave and Civil Health Dialogue www.ritzjacksonville.com. 12th in downtown Jax! One Spark Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Grammy award winning Jazz is the World’s Largest Rights Narratives pianist and singer Diana Krall at the Robert Cray A Reader’s Theater Performance Gamma Rho Omega Chapter, Inc., STOMP is back! Crowdfunding Festival, designed to and the Mental Health In The Florida Theater, 128 E. Forsyth. For in Concert connect inventor with the resources presents Stetson Kennedy Legacy tickets and more info visit FCCJ Artist Series presents Part I: Slave and Civil Rights African American Community American blues guitarist and they need to bring their ideas to life. organization presents Mental www.floridatheater.com. “Stomp,” the international percus- singer Robert Cray Band and blues artists, entrepreneurs and innova- Narratives and Black Superheroes: sion sensation returns to Slave Narratives and Folklore, Health & Wellness, “Why Do We singer Shemekia Copeland at the tors in art, education, health and sci- Suffer In Silence” dialogue, DHS Monthly Meeting Jacksonville, April 18th -19th at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 ence, music, social good, and tech- Saturday, April 11th, 1 p.m. until 3 the Times Union Center Moran p.m. Join cast members as they give Saturday, April 11th, 10 a.m. – The Durkeeville Historical Society A1A North Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, nology will display projects in a 20- 12:15 p.m. at UF Health will hold their monthly meeting, Theater, 300 Water St. “Stomp” is a Monday, April 27th at 8 p.m. for square-block, multi-venue gallery life to Stetson Kennedy’s works at unique combination of percussion, the Main Library, Hicks Jacksonville, 580 W. 8th St., 2nd Fl Tuesday, April 14th at 5:30 p.m. more info visit www.pvcon- in downtown Jacksonville. For Tower, Charter Theater. For more Topics include bus trips, fish fry, movement and visual comedy. For certhall.com. more info visit www.onespark.com. Auditorium, 303 North Laura more information call 442-2929. Street. For more info email ewash- info call 631-2639. tour news and upcoming events. For more info email durkeevillehis- Diverse Voices Friends of Fernandina [email protected]. Jax Southeastern P.R.I.D.E [email protected]. of Reason Library Book Sale Jacksonville Axe Bookclub Meeting Women’s Expo Kappa Alpha Psi OutReach Program Friends of the Fernandina Beach Maidens Auditions The People Reading For The Jacksonville Southeastern Library Book Sale, April 9, 10, & Annual Public Meeting Women’s Expo willbe held April First Coast Community Outreach The Jacksonville Axe Maidens, Discussion and Enjoyment presents: “United We Stand – 11 at Peck Center Gym, 516 S. 10th Bookclub meeting is Saturday, The Jacksonville Alumni Chapter 18 - 19 at the Prime Osborne St. Fernandina Beach. Come peruse Cheerleaders/Dancers for the Convention Center. Attendees can Diverse Voices of Reason” pro- Axemen Rugby League, will hold April 11th at 3 p.m. at the Ritz of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. gram, Tuesday, April 28, at 7 p.m. over 20,000 books carefully organ- Theater, 829 N. Davis St. The book will host its 7th Annual Public enjoy shopping, learning, pamper- ized into dozens of categories. auditions Saturday, April 11th at ing, and a jam-packed celebration Dinner 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. at the 12:15 p.m. Looking for ladies who for discussion is “Wouldn’t Take Meeting Honorees event, Salem Centre, 7235 Bonneval Rd. View CDs, DVDs, audio and chil- Nothing for My Journey Now,” By Wednesday, April 15, at 6 p.m., of women event. Admission is Free! dren's books. For questions regard- love to dance and perform. Ladies For more info visit Featuring concert pianist Karen must attend a mandatory workshop Maya Angelou. For more info con- City Council Chambers, 117 W. Stefek, Sandy McCorvey’s “Let ing book donations or for more info tact Felice Franklin at 389-8417. Duval St. Meeting is free and open www.WomensExpoJacksonville.com. contact Annie Sparkle at 310-9290. on Thursday, April 9th at 8 p.m to Freedom Sing” and Flautist, Linda learn the choreography needed to to the public and will recognize Witsell. Come be inspired, enter- EWC Annual local high school students for their TJMS Comedians The Color Purple perform in front of the judges at the tained and motivated by speakers. audition. Location is Bailey's Gym, Golf Tournament academic achievement as Kappa at Comedy Zone! To RSVP or more info call 504- The Broadway award winning 9545 San Jose Blvd. For an applica- Scholars, and community organiza- The Comedy Zone presents Tom 8840. play “The Color Purple” is back at Edward Waters College will host tions who humbly serve the tion and more info email jaxaxe- its 5th Annual Celebrity Golf Joyner Radio Show comedy duo Stage Aurora, 5165 Norwood [email protected]. Northeast Florida community. For Huggy Lowdown and Chris Paul, Avenue, Suite A, for six perform- Tournament, Monday, April 13th at more info email Gregory Williams Comedian Deray Davis the Deerwood Country Club, 10239 April 23-25 at 8 p.m. For more info Comedian Deray Davis, April ances, April 10-19th. For tickets at [email protected]. call 292-4242. and more info visit www.stageauro- Sweets By Holly Golf Club Dr, to raise money for the 30th – May 2nd at the Comedy ra.org. Cupcake Run educational needs of EWC students. Heritage Blues Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd. 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Never felt to complexion. that way because we shared the The Empire star, who originally same culture back home,” Gealey hails from the Cayman Islands, said. “But when I came to America, shared her thoughts on colorism, that’s when I started to feel that admitting that she felt a bit of cul- there was a lot of push-back from ture shock when she moved to the women. I was definitely made United States. In particular, when aware that I am light-skinned. I she saw how women were pitted realized that was a thing here.” against one another based on skin Gealey recalls feeling that many tone. women had a certain level of “For me personally, it’s the whole resentment towards her based on light-skinned/dark-skinned dynam- the assumption that she has an easi- ic [for women of color],” she told er time because she’s light-skinned. Details. “I mean, there’s competi- “It was something that people felt tion among women everywhere you the need to point out. I guess maybe go. But back home we understand it’s a form of intra racism: I was dis- that you can look like a variety of criminated against for being light- things and still be from the same skinned and there were a lot of culture.” labels,” Gealey said. “Some people Celebrity comedian Corey Holcomb By comparison, Gealey said that assumed that guys might like me Grace Gealey she can’t recall ever being singled more because of my complexion or victim of prejudice as well: There had the store manager stand in the spews jokes for fans! out or placed on a pedestal based on that I had it easier in general.” Over the weekend Comedian were times when I have walked into corner and stare at me while I was the fact that she has a lighter com- In her experience, nothing could Corey Holcomb played to a sold out crowd at the Comedy Zone. Audience a Rite Aid at 12 o’clock at night and looking at nail polishes.” plexion. She felt the community she be further from the truth. What she members roared with laughter as Corey joked about daily issues from side grew up in was far more inclusive pointed out was that the struggle is chicks to family problems! Corey continuously heckled the audience with in its definition of Blackness real no matter where one falls in the his over the top humor. Pictured is Corey Holcomb striking a pose with fan because it never made any differen- spectrum. She shared, “ I’ve been a Mashika Pittman. KFP photo Donald Sterling’s Wife, Hindu Actress’ Brother Poses as Black to Get in Med School Girlfriend Face Off Over Money The woman who was dating Donald Sterling when she recorded him by Jamilah King almost 16 percent decrease in black making racially insensitive remarks that cost him ownership of the Los Vijay Chokal-Ingam is far from a enrollment in medical schools, Angeles Clippers faces a fight with his estranged wife that could cost household name and certainly less which experts attribute in part to the her the fortune he gave her. famous than his sitcom-writing sis- decline of affirmative action poli- Shelly Sterling is going after the $2.5 million in real estate and cars her ter, Mindy Kaling. Nevertheless, cies in states such as California, husband lavished on V. Stiviano in a trial that began in Los Angeles Chokal-Ingam thrust himself into Florida, and Washington: “Other Superior Court. Shelly Sterling accused Stiviano, 32, of befriending and headlines recently when he state-operated medical schools, seducing older, wealthy men into loaning her money, giving her gifts or revealed a head-scratching detail although not barred by law from cheating them out of their wealth. She claims the gifts were community about his life: He once faked being practicing race-sensitive admis- property her husband of 58 years had no right to give away. The trial a black man to get into medical sions, have backed off from former comes nearly a year after Stiviano’s recording of Donald Sterling telling school. strong affirmative action admis- her not to publicly associate with blacks led to a bizarre series of events The admission came as Chokal- sions policies in fear of legal chal- culminating with his lifetime ban from basketball and the record $2 bil- Ingam—the son of ethnic Indian lenges from right-wing groups that lion sale of the team that was once the butt of jokes. immigrants, he grew up in are pouring money into continuing Sterling, a lawyer known for relishing a skirmish, vowed to fight the Cambridge, Massachusetts— litigation targeting racial prefer- NBA to his death, filing lawsuits against the league and his wife in state drummed up publicity for his mem- opinion in 2007, “is to stop discrim- 51 percent before Prop. 209. And at ences.” and federal courts. He is also suing two doctors who said he had symp- oir (and website), Almost Black. In inating on the basis of race.” UCLA, where 58 percent of black There’s long been a roiling war toms of Alzheimer’s disease, a diagnosis that allowed his wife to seize it, he describes shaving his head, Chokal-Ingam’s approach isn’t students were once admitted, only over the future of affirmative the family trust and sell the team. The recording created a minor celebri- cutting his eyelashes, using his mid- new or, in the grander scheme of 14 percent have been in recent action, and Chokal-Ingam has just ty out of Stiviano, who was seen in photos cozying up to the 80-year-old dle name (“JoJo”), and joining the things, all that unusual. Critics have years. become one of its highest-profile billionaire courtside at Clippers games. University of Chicago’s been trying to tear down affirmative But here’s the problem with any soldiers. Organization of Black Students, all action policies ever since they were color-blind policy: It ignores racism to pass himself off as African enacted in the late 1960s as a way to where racism clearly exists. Racial American and gain admission to mitigate the impact of systemic and inequities have been proved and are medical school. In his estimation, institutional racism. In many cases, prevalent in nearly every facet of the scheme worked: He was admit- those attempts have been success- American life: housing, jobs, ted to St. Louis University’s School ful. health, K–12 funding. Those dispar- of Medicine in 1999. He dropped Take California and UCLA. ities don’t disappear when a student out several years later, but the expe- Affirmative action has been banned sits down at a computer to fill out rience left a lasting impression on in the state’s public universities the Common Application. him: namely, that affirmative since voters approved Proposition What makes Chokal-Ingam’s action—which he credits with 209 back in 1996. The passage led argument especially hard to stom- allowing an underqualified student to an astonishing decline in the ach is that it diminishes the hard- like him into a competitive grad number of black and Latino stu- ships faced by black medical school school—doesn’t work. dents. From 1994 to 2010, the per- students and doctors. “We know Chokal-Ingam eventually earned centage of black applicants admit- from the research that minority an MBA from the University of ted to California’s state university medical students face dispropor- California at Los Angeles. Now, he system dropped to 58 percent from tional feelings of isolation and a hopes his book will spread the idea 75 percent, according to a 2013 lack of empowerment,” Monica that affirmative action is discrimi- report by the Campaign for College Vela, associate dean for multicultur- natory. “I am writing this book to Opportunity, a public policy group. al affairs at the University of show my opposition to affirmative By comparison, 83 percent of white Chicago’s Pritzker School of action, specifically at my alma students who applied in 2010 were Medicine, told USA Today. mater UCLA but in the American admitted, in addition to 85 percent After decades of progress in education system in general,” he of Asians and 76 percent of Latinos. black student enrollment in medical writes on his website. What he’s At the system’s most prestigious schools from the 1970s through the advocating is ostensibly the same campuses—the University of 1990s, “there’s been a significant thing that Chief Justice John California, Berkeley, and UCLA— downturn in black enrollments in Roberts argued for last year: color- the dramatic declines are even more medical school education in the past blind admissions. “The way to stop pronounced: Only 15 percent of several years,” reported The Journal discrimination on the basis of race,” black students who apply to of Blacks in Higher Education. Roberts wrote in a Supreme Court Berkeley are admitted, down from From 1996 on, there’s been an

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Students are coming from cities as far away as New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. Most of them are a part of an organized initiative called Ferguson Alternative Spring Break (FASB), which is a five-week program that invites students from across the nation to help rebuild the city by addressing unmet social needs. The program, created by civic leaders and activists from Ferguson, started Detroit Woman is the on March 7th and will end on April 11th. World’s Oldest Woman According to USA Today, the program requires the student volun- INKSTER, Mich. — A 115-year-old Detroit-area woman is listed as the teers to spend at least 33 hours each world’s oldest living person following the death of a 116-year-old week helping out with various com- ing, and that as soon as their web program would be a great way to a white police officer killed an Arkansas woman. munity service projects. Such proj- site went live, they immediately show the community that there are unarmed Black teenager (Michael Jeralean Talley of Inkster tops a list maintained by the Los Angeles-based ects include: voter education and received nearly 800 inquiries from people, especially students, from all Brown). Since then, the Justice Gerontology Research Group, which tracks the world’s longest-living peo- registration, community beautifica- interested volunteers. over the country who want to help Department has found tons of evi- ple. Gertrude Weaver, who was the oldest documented person for a few tion projects, food collection/distri- Patricia Byrnes, co-founder of empower them because the people dence proving the local police days, died Monday. bution, and homework help and the project, says that the goal of the in Ferguson do matter.” department guilty of police brutali- Talley was born May 23, 1899. Asked for her key to longevity, the Detroit tutoring with local schools. They program was not to recruit protest- The city of Ferguson, although ty, racial profiling, and more. Free Press reports she echoed previous answers on the topic. She says: are also assisting local businesses ers, but rather to get community just a small town in Missouri, has For more details about the “It’s coming from above. That’s the best advice I can give you. It’s not in whose storefronts were damaged in volunteers to actually help rebuild been making national headlines for Ferguson Alternative Spring Break my hands or your hands.” the riots. the community. the past few months because of a (FASB) program, visit http://fergu- She says people should “treat the other fellow like you want to be treat- The founders of the program say She comments, “I thought the highly publicized incident whereas sonalternativespringbreak.tumblr.com ed. You don’t tell a lie on me so I won’t tell a lie on you.” the support has been overwhelm- Alabama Man Freed From Death Row Says Prosecutors 'Will Answer to God' As Ray Hinton walked out of an do," Hinton said. law, you don't have to ple of books. flawed: that he had an alibi for Alabama jail after spending 30 The Equal Justice Initiative, the answer to nobody," Then, they walked out of the jail when one of the crimes was com- years on death row, he promised to group that helped win Hinton's Hinton said. "But I got and met his family and friends. mitted, passed a lie detector test continue praying for the families of release, conducted testing on the news for them, every- "He's going to take his time and when he was first arrested, and no two victims he was wrongfully con- weapon "the state said was sole evi- body who played a part just try to recover from the chal- evidence corroborated the ballistics victed of murdering whom he said dence of finding him guilty of these in sending me to death lenges of confinement," Stevenson results used to convict him. suffered a "miscarriage of justice" murders," his attorney, Bryan row, you will answer to said. "We'll meet next week and Speaking to the BBC, Mr Hinton he also experienced. Stevenson, told ABC News, adding God." begin trying to sort out how to put said: "I was at work when one of the Hinton, 58, was released from that "testing revealed that the Hinton wore a suit his life back together again." crimes took place. That wasn't good jail last week, 30 years after he was Hinton weapon was not used in for the first time in 30 Hinton's release was "enormous- enough for them. They didn't even convicted of two murders in these crimes." years during his release. ly gratifying," Stevenson said, but begin to check my alibi. Birmingham largely based on evi- Hinton is the sixth person to be After he signed the "it's also frustrating that so many "They just had a young black man dence from bullets found at the exonerated from death row in release papers, "they years were taken away from him - I was 29 years old - and I didn't crime scene. But new testing Alabama, The Associated Press gave him his meager unnecessarily." have no money and in the United showed that the bullets couldn't be reports, citing the Death Penalty possessions," His lawyer Bryan Stevenson, States, especially in the South that connected to Hinton. Information Center. Stevenson recalled to who founded the Equal Justice spells conviction. "They had every intention of "When you think you are high Anthony Ray Hinton says his case ABC News: a pair of Initiative, had argued for years that "This whole case was built executing me for something I didn't and mighty and you are above the was built on racism and a lie sneakers, a belt and a cou- the case against Mr Hinton was around racism and a lie."