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Vol. 21, No. 37 July 9 - 15, 2015 50¢ ‘Take It Down’ Interfaith Prayer Vigil held at protesters’ amplified call at Governor’s Mansion for Charleston 9 and Confederate flag removal state Capitol General Missionary Baptist State Convention of By Ayesha K. Mustafaa Editor Mississippi, Inc. draws large crowd to Mansion The Confederate flag debate continues, gaining momentum By Janice K. Neal-Vincent in the capital city of Mississippi Several hundred people for its removal. At the same time, joined Dr. Isiac Jackson, presi- media reports show a rush on flag dent of the General Mission- stores where supporters buy out ary Baptist State Convention every Confederate flag in stock. of Mississippi, Inc., and other If you were on the road this 4th faith leaders outside Governor of July, you may have seen some Phil Bryant’s Mansion, 300 who posted the Confederate flag East Capitol St., in downtown to their trucks and houses as a Jackson at 6 p.m., Wednesday, show of defiance to the calls for July 1, 2015. its removal from state buildings. At the Interfaith Prayer Vigil At the beginning of a series of at the mansion, one by one the recent rallies was one called to attending clergy called for ac- be held on the south steps of the tion against flying the Missis- Capitol in downtown Jackson, sippi Confederate flag. And Monday, June 29. Attending were they prayed for the Charleston the religiously inclined and the politically astute, the young activ- Daughters of the Confederate and Confederate flag at State Capitol Vigil ists and old law makers, black and Continued on page 5 Hilary Watkins sings ‘Amazing Grace.’ PHOTO BY JANICE K. NEAL-VINCENT white Mississippians. the south steps of the Capitol). Walter Vinn prayed the Seren- They spoke with one single “This monument is of the ity prayer: “God grant me the se- purpose, to say that the Confeder- women who took care of the Con- renity to accept the things I can- ate emblem should be retired from federate soldiers. It ought to be in not change; courage to change the the official state flag that flies over the cemetery and not at the state things I can; and wisdom to know state buildings and at state func- Capitol. And the Confederate flag the difference.” “He sold his soul to the devil!” tions. “It should be put in a mu- is a symbol of hate and slavery.” Vinn added, “You cannot By Yolanda Clay-Moore seum,” was their concensus. Some among the rally attend- change the fact that you were R&B Festival Tom Williams attended, joined ees called for a “show of love and born in Mississippi or that you U.S. Hwy 49 is a north-south by his wife Joy and friend Toni forgiveness” as did the families of were born black or white or gay United States Highway. It was Van Kriedt. Williams said, “I am the nine murdered worshippers on or poor or sick. But if the leader- at the junction of US 49 and U.S. against the reverence for the civil June 17 in the Mother Emanuel ship does not take this flag down, Route 61 that blues singer, Robert war that we have in the Confeder- AME Church in Charleston, S.C. then we have to take down those Johnson, is said to have sold his ate flag, as well as this monument One prayer was that “God touch- soul to the devil. here (pointing to the Daughters of es the leadership of today to take The highway has also been the the Confederate statue just below this flag down.” Capitol Continued on page 5 subject of tunes by Big Joe Wil- liams and Howlin’ Wolf. So it is synonymous to blues music. It’s Nappy Roots group members hard to think of blues music with- out thinking about the Robert NNPA celebrates 75th anniversary Johnson epitaph and it being the crossroads, also one of his signa- ture songs. Elects Denise Rolark Barnes to chair organization This connection to blues music is why one of the converted build- The Mississippi Link Newswire ings on the grounds of the Jackson DETROIT (NNPA) - De- Rhythm and Blues Festival was nise Rolark Barnes, publisher named the Hwy 49 Blues Shack. of the Informer, It’s one of the stages where the was elected chair of the Na- temperature cools down, but the tional Newspaper Publishers music heats up! The lineup for Association (NNPA), a fed- this stage is phenomenal with ex- eration of more than 200 Af- hilarating and exciting R&B artists rican American newspapers. like up and coming Larry Johnson Ayron Jones Rolark Barnes succeeds and The Beasty Tunes. Cloves C. Campbell Jr., pub- Larry Johnson and The Beasty After the international success of teur Night at the Apollo” in 2001, lisher of the Arizona Infor- Tunes kind of speaks for itself. their album Watermelon, Chicken, he was invited to sing on the title mant, who served two 2-year Larry is passionate, versatile and & Grits, selling over 3 million track of Petey Pablo’s album, Di- terms. so vocally talented that he captures albums, the members of Nappy ary of a Sinner: 1st Entry. After graduating from your heart and connects with your Roots were flying high while still In 2005, Williams appeared on Howard University with a soul. The band is a talented group acutely aware of how far it could the track “I-95” on rap group The degree in communications, of seasoned musicians, includ- be to the bottom should they fall. L.O.X.’s mixtape Peer Pressure, Rolark Barnes enrolled in the ing the Curry brothers, David, the Truck Patch Revival is from the earning him notice in hip-hop Howard University School of drummer for R&B artist, Keith flatlands of the Mississippi Delta magazine The Source. Law. Sweat and DeQuan, a skilled bass- and home of the Blues. These guys In 2006, Williams was featured She served as editor of The ist. have been deemed The Country on “Let There Be Light” on Ill Will Barrister, the law university’s Their father has mastered the Rock Band of the Delta! Records founder Nas’ album, Hip student newspaper, before Gospel genre and is one of the Comprised of five very talented Hop Is Dead, which received play graduating in 1979. She is a Newly elected NNPA officers: Karen Carter Richards, Shannon Wil- founders of the world-renowned musicians from an array of genres, on BET music video show 106 & second-generation publisher, liams, Francis Page Jr., Denise Rolark Barnes and Janis Ware (Photo by Mississippi Mass Choir. They Truck Patch Revival has brought a Park. following in the footsteps of Shevry Lassiter) won’t be hard to find with those very unique sound of original mu- Williams had been working on her late father, Dr. Calvin W. long locks of hair. sic that has been very well received a debut album with guest appear- Rolark. per publishers,” she added. lisher, Atlanta Voice guitarist and front-man by their audiences. ances from Nas, Styles P, Kanye “I am honored and proud to “We are committed to ful- Secretary: Shannon Wil- Ayron Jones (Eh-Rahn), has taken What do you get when you West and others but the project was represent the NNPA as chair- fill the promises we made to liams, publisher, Indianapolis a hybrid style of guitar playing pio- mix Blues and Soul? Dexter Al- shelved indefinitely. man of this historic and im- our nearly 200 fellow pub- Recorder neered by , in which len! He’s no stranger to the blues Following his stint with Ill Will, pactful organization,” Rolark lishers, and we will work hard Elected as directors-at- the chord and solo are played at circuit, traveling all over the world Williams began working with Barnes said. to propel the Black Press into large were Bernal Smith, the same time, and infused the raw behind Bobby Rush’s lead. Brooklyn, N.Y., based producer “Since 1827, the Black dynamic 21st century media publisher of the Tri-State energy of punk with the inner-city The 2008 Male Vocalist of the Bob Perry. Press has listened to and spo- companies.” Defender, and Larry Smith, attitude of Hip-Hop. The result is a Year and 2009 Entertainer of the Together they formed a band ken for the African Ameri- Also elected were: publisher of The Community soulful reincarnation of that iconic Year has a stage presence that is called The Revelations feat - Tre can community. The future First Vice Chair: Karen Times Seattle sound. Think Stevie Ray sure to leave you enlightened, de- Williams. looks bright for the team of Carter Richards, publisher of The NNPA 75th Anniver- Vaughan meets Nirvana! lighted and excited! Their original lineup included publishers elected during our the Houston Forward Times sary and annual convention Nappy Roots entered the music Tre Williams decided to make fellow R&B singer/songwriter 75th anniversary convention Second Chair: Francis was held in Detroit, June 16- scene in 1998 and have remained the move from the projects of Flor- Rell. in Detroit, Michigan; three of Page, Jr., publisher of Hous- 20, 2015. real, humble, talented guys with in- ida to Yonkers, N.Y. at age 21 to Vintage soul records from the the new officers happen to be ton Style Convention photo high- herent, undeniable southern swag- further his career. late 1960s and early 1970s inspired second-generation newspa- Treasurer: Janis Ware, pub- lights continue on page 19. ger. After an appearance on “Ama- the band’s music.

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By Wynona Redmond and passing down of traditions through many of the inequali- suicide, life on cotton plan- women rep- Special to The Mississippi Link take center stage. ties, injustices, tragedies and tations and drawing closer resented are MOUND BAYOU, Miss. During Founder’s Day triumphs of African-American to their faith, their stories the likes of - For the African-American weekend in Mound Bayou, history, some still prevalent and portraits are captured in Mrs. Ten- community, summertime sig- a special family reunion will today. Delta Jewels: In Search of nie S. Self , nals the excitement for family be held among more than two From experiences on civil My Grandmother’s Wisdom who shared gatherings and reunions where dozen black matriarchs - or rights, police brutality, love (Center Street/Hachette Book her new Ca- the sharing of our rich history Delta Jewels - who have lived and marriage to thoughts of Group) by award-wining pho- dillac-buy- tojournalist Alysia ing experi- Burton Steele. ence and And for the very the right to first time, against have “Mrs.” the beautiful back- by her name drop of Mound in the tele- page on Facebook Bayou, these com- phone book; Mrs. Lillie B. ABOUT MOUND BAYOU: munity elders will Jackson whose husband pre- Mound Bayou was an all black gather together pared Emmett Till’s body for town in the Yazoo Delta in to continue the his funeral; Mrs. Myrlie Evers, Northwest Mississippi. It was conversation and widow of Civil Rights leader, founded during the spring of share their memo- Medgar Evers; and Mrs. Lil- 1887 by twelve pioneers from ries and stories of lis M. Roberts who expressed Davis Bend, a fledgling black overcoming ev- pride in her NAACP activity colony impacted by falling ag- erything that life and being the first black citi- ricultural prices, natural disas- dished at them…, zen in Coffeeville, Mississippi ters, and hostile race relations. because there is to register to vote. This migration movement was no better source of Also expected to attend the led by Isaiah Montgomery, for- wisdom than our Saturday event are: Alysia mer patriarch of Davis Bend. grandmothers. Burton Steele, Pulitzer Award- Purchased from the Louis- So on Saturday, winning photojournalist; Keith ville, New Orleans, and Texas July 11, 2015, at Beauchamp, Emmy-nomi- Railroad (L, NO & T), Mound 2 p.m., at the Mt. nated filmmaker; Fred Zollo, Bayou bordered a new rail line Olive Missionary movie producer; Darryl Jack- between Memphis, Tennes- Baptist Church, son, Mayor of Mound Bayou; see and Vicksburg. From 1890 102 Martin Lu- Bill Luckett, Mayor of Clarks- to 1915, Mound Bayou was ther King Dr., in dale; Rev. Andrew L. Hawkins, a land of promise for African Mound Bayou, pastor of Mount Olive Baptist Americans. Encapsulated in there will be a Church; Dr. Eulah Peterson, this “promise” were self-help, steady flow of pre- president of the Mound Bayou race pride, economic oppor- sentations, video Historic Preservation; Rolan- tunity, and social justice, in a stories and high- do Herts, director of The Delta self-segregated community de- lights from more Center for Culture and Learn- signed for blacks to have mini- than half of the 54 ing; and the Mississippi Delta mum contact with whites until Delta Jewels who National Heritage Area, Delta integration was a viable option are featured in the State University. to black freedom. (From www. book. Visit www.alysiaburton.com blackpast.org) In the book, the or the Delta Jewels Wisdom From the office of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus Chairman

The Mississippi Link Newswire Members of Mis- The Honorable Phil Bryant sissippi State Sen- Governor, State of Mississippi ate and members of 501 North West Street Mississippi House of 15th Floor, Woolfolk Building Representatives Jackson, MS 39201 Senator Albert Dear Governor Bryant: Butler Senator Kelvin I, as Chainman of the Mississippi Legislative Butler Black Caucus, request a Special Legislative Ses- Senator Hillman sion to bring true dialogue and full resolution re- Frazier garding the removal of the confederate emblem Senator John Ho Jones from the Mississippi state flag. rhn In light of the recent actions of the Governors Senator Robert L. of South Carolina, Virginia and Alabama and Jackson conservative leadership of this state, we feel that Senator Sampson Jackson II this matter must be dealt with urgently. It is a trav- Senator David Jordan esty to continue to wave the present state flag, Senator Sollie B. Norwood with its obvious divisive and violent connotations Senator Derrick T. Simmons that resonate hatred in every headline across the Senator Willie Simmons nation, yet still defines our great state. Senator Angela Turner While this has been proven time and time Representative Jeramey D. Anderson again, it was most recently depicted in the mas- Representative Percy W. Watson sacre at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, Representative Willie L. Bailey South Carolina. Representative Sonya Williams-Barnes In an effort to serve all of the citizens of this Representative Earle Banks great state, I urge you as our Chief Executive Of- Representative ficer to call a Special Legislative Session for the Representative Edward Blackmon, Jr. purpose of dialoguing and discussing the future of Representative Charles L. Young, Jr. our State and how we are depicted in the eyes of Representative Clara H. Burnett the rest of the nation. Representative Bryant W. Clark Governor Bryant, though it is long overdue, we Representative Kimberly Campbell must at this time, all come together to talk about Representative Alyce G. Clarke the right thing to do. Representative Angela Cockerham Very truly yours, Representative Linda Coleman Mississippi District 21 Senator Representative Mary Coleman Kenneth Wayne Jones Representative Chairman Representative Tyrone Ellis Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus Representative Reecy L. Dickson Representative Deborah B. Dixon KWJ/mpa Representative Representative James Evans pc:The Honorable Tate Reeves Representative Karl Gibbs Lieutenant Governor Representative John Faulkner The Honorable Representative John W. Hines, Sr. Speaker, House of Representatives Representative Gregory L. Holloway, Sr. The Honorable Thad Cochran Representative Robert E. Huddleston United States Senator Representative The Honorable Roger Wicker Representative Robert Johnson III United States Senator Representative The Honorable Gregg Harper Representative David W. Myers United States House of Representatives Representative Willie J. Perkins, Sr. The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson Representative United States House of Representatives Representative The Honorable Steven Palazzo Representative Rufus E. Straughter United States House of Representative Representative Sara Richardson Thomas CONFEDERATE FLAG PROTESTS

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Vigil Capitol Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 9 who were murdered on June At the same time, the constit- holistic symbol to represent the people and vote in people who But he knew what he was doing cadenced chant. Lumumba said, 17, by 21-year-old Dylann Roof uency appealed to the crowd to ever changing needs and cli- can. Put the person in who will do with that Confederate flag back- “We stand today to say that our during Bible Study at Emanuel know their history. Referenc- mate of Mississippi.” something about it.” ing him.” stories are varied and our colors African Methodist Episcopal ing the past, Rev. Thomas Jen- Concurring that the flag He added, “We are tired of State Sen. John Horhn began mixed, but it is this flag that di- Church in Charleston, S. C. kins, pastor of New Dimension is outdated, Flonzie Brown ‘this Mississippi,’ and we don’t by saying, “247 years up from vides us. The flag must represent The Confederate flag resur- Church, explained that the time Wright, first African-American deserve ‘this Mississippi’; we de- slavery and we still parade this the unity of the people under it.” faced as an issue because prior had come for Mississippians to female to hold an elected of- serve something better. The flag Confederate flag. As Missis- He continued, “This flag,” to the gunman Roof’s actions “rise and set the tone to rise to fice post or pre-reconstruction represents ignorance….” sippians, we recognize Senator pointing to the Confederate em- and racial slurs, he was pic- the top.” in 1968 as Election Commis- Lloyd Darryl Goodloe was Thad Cochran, Speaker of the blem that waved in the wind over tured online reveling the Con- Jenkins fervently called sioner, had this to say: born in Mississippi, moved away, House Gunn and the 122 mem- the Capitol that day, “is a fragment federate flag and other flags upon God “to turn the hearts “Officials come to our but now at age of 52 is moving bers who say the symbol should of a more problematic whole. hailing white supremacy. of the governor and all those in church. They know the flag is back to the state. When he saw the be changed. “However, it represents the Governor Bryant has main- charge.” offensive. They lost the war. gunman 21-year-old Dylann Roof “We must endorse those ef- problem, when it should represent tained that the people of Mis- Prior to leading the litany, We would’ve gotten arrested with the Confederate flag, he said forts. The time is now. If Ala- the people.” sissippi voted that the state Rev. Stan Wilson of Northside 50 years ago for assembling [at it was evident that that flag is a bama, South Carolina, Georgia Lumumba said, “If this is a bat- flag “stay put.” So the call for Baptist Church, commented, the Governor’s mansion]. symbol of racism, hate and divi- and other states can do it…, this tle cry flag, then who is the state change was taken to his door- “After the civil war, we con- “But the fight is not over. We sion. is not only a right but a show of of Mississippi at war with? Until step. structed a false history of a must hold high in dignity, fair- “It is an emblem of pure ha- common good sense.” you display an image of unity, we The search to create change noble cause. We were desperate ness, respect, and equality…. tred. And racism is an act that is State Sen. Hillman T. Frazier are incapable of achieving prog- flowing from scriptural backup to deny our past. “We couldn’t We must hold high our ances- learned and a behavior handed spoke about South Africa when ress…. Remove the symbols of was top priority at the rally. face the truth, so we waved the tors’ banner to be sure we don’t down. This young guy (Roof) is apartheid was the law of the land, oppression….” Contenders noted that change flag. It’s time to confront our let them down.” not from the Jim Crow era; he’s a de’Klerk was president and Nel- He added, “Today we are in a could only occur with a re- past.” Wilson then requested Additionally, Rev. C. L. kid who picked this up from oth- son Mandela was still in prison. state of ‘qualified freedom’ – no newed focus of “demonstrated” that Bryant “lead us [with a flag Sparks of Olivet Baptist ers,” Goodloe said. “And still de’Klerk and Man- longer beaten with a whip and love. of truth].” Church (Greenville) observed, Lee Unger, a board member dela stood together and agreed made to work from sun up to sun As Rev. Dr. Edward Hight- In attendance, Charlene “Policies will not change until with Jackson 2000, came with that the old apartheid flag had to down for free, but now we see ower, pastor of Mount Moriah Thompson reflected, “The flag the people change…. We brag his organization sign showing go, and they brought a new flag people work all day and all night Church, noted, “This emblem is a symbol of hatred and bigot- about the most elected black support for the call to take down up to represent all of the people of to earn less than a living wage and [state flag] is not representative ry and does not represent all the officials in Mississippi, but we the Confederate emblem from the South Africa,” Frazier said. become the working poor…, still of people who look like me.” people of the South. We should are still a red state. We have no state flag. However, Dr. Valerie Short, a lacking basic needs like adequate Hightower then prayed: “Let change it to an iconic symbol of power to change anything, so “Our organization has always democratic candidate for gover- housing, where 1 to 5 percent of the people have a different brotherhood [and sisterhood] this becomes false rhetoric.” supported racial harmony and nor of Mississippi in this year’s the population is controlling 90 emblem that represents every- …to represent all races.” On another note, Frank Fig- inclusion, and we feel this Con- election, brought with her the percent of the wealth. body. Replace hatred with love According to retired school gers stated that he was “glad federate flag that flies over the U.S./American flag as her “prop.” “Our people here in Mississippi that we will walk together.” teacher and respected senior to see the rally as interracial, state of Mississippi excludes us “This is the flag I pledge alle- are literally fighting to live.” The united force outside activist Ineva May-Pittman, “A interdenominational, and inter- as African-Americans and others giance to,” she said, adding that Actress Aunjanue Ellis, who the governor’s mansion came long time ago Aaron Henry, Ay- faith to express solidarity with who immigrated to this country,” even those who are in office and starred in the movie ‘The Help’ to the podium to emphasize a ers Case Attorney Alvin Cham- the people of Charleston and said Unger. calling for the Confederate flag which was filmed in Mississippi united message: “Charleston bliss, Ms. Robbin Stewart and the state of South Carolina in “It is a symbol of slavery, and to come down are disingenuous, and who has family ties to the demands a thoughtful reaction; I tried to get that flag removed. their resolve to see this racist we want a more inclusive flag that only making such a call now be- state, spoke to the crowd, saying an opportunity to declare that Aaron Henry developed a flag symbol removed.” represents all of us in the state of cause they are in an election year she would no longer work in the one flag [the Christian flag] that was rejected. Figgers added, “We in Mis- Mississippi. I believe we can take and their political careers are on state until “the flag is changed.” remains supreme to all [other “In spite of that [Confeder- sissippi recognize that it is a it down.” the line. Her production company, flags].” ate] flag of intimidation, still symbol of our oppression and Crystal James, 21, the reign- Short, who is a medical doctor, “Miss Myrtis Films” is canceling Specifying they emphasized we rise. I don’t shop anywhere also the symbol of the burning ing Miss Black Central Mis- a military veteran and daughter of plans to film another movie in the that the Mississippi flag en- that flag is flown. That’s my cross… “We can all be moved sissippi, attended the rally with veterans, said her family fought to state. compassing the Confederate way of objecting to the flag,” to touch the heart of the gov- Rodney Jackson, Miss Hinds defend these rights. But the Con- The next call was to take the flag is a “symbol of hatred” May-Pittman said. ernor to remove the flag. We County USA. Also struck by federate flag “is a symbol of hu- voices of the people to the steps of and is offensive, the clergy ap- Brentton Jackson pro- know as people of faith that Roof’s young age, James said, man hatred,” she said. the Governor’s Mansion continu- pealed to Gov. Bryant and to claimed, “The present symbol God will do what God will do.” “How did someone so young The “Stand Up, Take It Down” ing the chant, “Stand Up, Take It Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves to “retire” is antiquated. And there’s a do.din a way that only God can have so much hatred? Maybe it is rallying call grew louder with Down,” which took place July 1. that flag. need for an all-encompassing do.” what he was taught; it is so sad. Atty. Chokwe Antar Lumumba’s COMMUNITY

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Special to The Mississippi Link the benefits of participation and we want to build upon the spirit of During the Day of Giving, par- Also instrumental in the training Engage Mississippi seeks to ensure On Monday, July 13, 2015 Vol- receive assistance with the registra- giving that makes Mississippi great ticipants and donors will collective- day is ‘Engage Mississippi,’ a new the creative and charitable econo- unteer Greater Jackson will host a tion process. through this process.” ly embrace new tools and strategies effort spearheaded by Mississippi my in Mississippi has the tools to training session for nonprofit orga- “Jackson is one of many stops Mississippi Day of Giving was that generate excitement and mul- Arts Commission, Mississippi continue playing a critical role in nizations interested in participating on our tour across the state to help established by a 2015 Governor’s tiply resources for organizations Center for Nonprofits and Volun- the economic health of communi- in the Mississippi Day of Giving. nonprofit organizations prepare for Proclamation to celebrate the spirit doing great work all over the state. teer Mississippi focused on align- ties in the state. The training will be held in Mur- the Day of Giving,” said Stacy An- of philanthropy in our state. The This event is a unique opportuni- ing the state’s resources toward For more information on Missis- rah Hall, Room 200, at Millsaps drews, Director of Strategic Part- purpose of this giving experience ty to highlight how Mississippians a common goal and facilitating sippi’s Day of Giving, visit www. College beginning at 3 p.m. Dur- nerships & Community Engage- is to unite Mississippians around can work together to share commit- collaboration to solve community MSDayofGiving.org. To register ing the training, nonprofit organi- ment for Volunteer Mississippi. causes in which they truly believe ments, build stronger communities, problems. for the July 13th training in Jack- zations interested in participating “Mississippi is one of the most in and help nonprofit organizations and improve the quality of life for By developing a strategy for ef- son, send an email to stacy@volun- in the Day of Giving will learn charitable states in the nation, and connect to the larger community. all citizens in our communities. fectively “channeling change,” teermississippi.org Volunteer Mississippi and 10TH Anniversary ‘Katrina Project’ Mississippi DOVIA to host ‘Public continues to generate relief funds Information Session’ on ‘National The cast announced for a play about hope and healing By Michael Marks membering Katrina. Special to The Mississippi Link Among the speakers were Ne- Service Funding’ opportunity On August 29, 2005, Hurricane dra Allgood (Gulf Coast Recovery Katrina slammed into the Gulf Act), Forrest General Hospital Di- The Mississippi Link Newswire Coast, shattering the lives of resi- rector of Public Safety/Smart911 Volunteer Mississippi, in con- dents in Alabama, Florida, Louisi- Technology Wayne Landers and junction with Mississippi Direc- ana and Mississippi. Over 1,300 Deputy Charlie Sims, and co-play- tors of Volunteers in Agencies people died and hundreds of thou- wright Mackenzie Westmoreland (DOVIA), will host a public sands of Americans were impacted of City. information session Thursday, as they welcomed evacuees into As a precursor to the production, July 16, 2015, 9-11:30 a.m. The their communities and homes. high school students from all over session will be held at the Wil- Ten years later, a region remem- the state posed questions, inter- Murray liam F. Winter Archives and His- bers the lessons learned. Missis- viewed participants and engaged tory Building, 200 North St., in sippi’s Governor Phil Bryant has in dialogue about what happened Jackson. established an official Katrina ten years ago. During this public informa- Remembrance Commission with “I remember mostly that it was tion session, Volunteer Missis- former Governor Haley and First the community spirit of neighbor sippi staff members will discuss Lady Marsha Barbour as co-chairs. helping neighbor here in the Hub the availability of federal funds tions have the information nec- AmeriCorps programs and other According to Bryant, “The goal City that got us through. It is good to support national service pro- essary to take advantage of these partners, Volunteer Mississippi of the commission will be honor- to remember that spirit that makes grams in central Mississippi funds.” also provides opportunities for ing those who were lost and those Hattiesburg strong,” offered Rep. communities and opportunities Public agencies, schools and Mississippians to address docu- who put their lives on the line to Toby Barker, whose local neigh- to access national service re- institutions of higher learning, mented needs in their communi- respond and to celebrate how far borhood was extremely hard hit. sources. and nonprofit, faith-based and ties. we’ve come in our recovery.” A stellar cast has been assem- Doleac These resources include community organizations are AmeriCorps is a program of For Hattiesburg Public Schools bled with local and statewide art- my home state and in the great City AmeriCorps State, VISTA (Vol- able to utilize national service the Corporation for National and District (HPSD) and Just Over ists who are ready to contribute of New Orleans. unteers in Service to America), members to build volunteer ca- Community Service (CNCS), an the Rainbow Theatre (JORT), the to the celebration recovery. The “We just want to make sure that National Civilian Community pacity and meet locally-identi- independent federal agency cre- 10th Anniversary of the category 5 ensemble includes Briana Exum, the people who survived and the Corps (NCCC), and Senior Ser- fied needs. ated to connect Americans of all storm is an opportunity to continue Otis Burns, Zhariah Hubbard, thousands of volunteers who gave vice Corps programs. National service members ages and backgrounds with op- the healing process for friends and Bree Murphy, Sharee Thomas, so much are remembered as well. Educational institutions, vol- also recruit area volunteers to di- portunities to give back to their neighbors and to underscore the Chrystal Wilson, Rashard Owens, This is their story and we are hon- unteer centers, state and local rectly address core issues - edu- communities and their nation. importance of continuing to docu- Tom Hardy, Randy Swan, Paulette ored to be able to share it.” government agencies, and non- cation, disaster, health, veterans, CNCS - through AmeriCorps, ment and learn from the national Jones Wallace, Dick Allison and Response to The Katrina Project profit, community, and faith- and the environment - forging Senior Corps, the Social Inno- disaster. Kesia Pope. has been overwhelmingly posi- based organizations are eligible self-sustaining communities. vation Fund, and the Volunteer The joint project of HPSD and “As a decade passes, we don’t tive. From the show’s first sellout to apply for national service In addition to this public infor- Generation Fund - has helped JORT, The Katrina Project: Hell want America to forget the struggle benefit performance to a com- funding. mation session, Volunteer Mis- to engage millions of citizens in and High Water, will be staged of these survivors as they rebuild mand performance for Congress, “Organizations of all sizes can sissippi will be hosting informa- meeting community and national August 7-9 at Hattiesburg High their lives,” said Jasmine Murray, the docudrama has generated over benefit from the information that tion sessions in the Mississippi challenges through service and School Auditorium. who recently entertained at The $300,000 in relief monies for di- will be shared during this public cities of Cleveland, Columbus, volunteer action. According to co-playwright and National Prayer Breakfast at The saster victims through royalties information session,” said Judy Tupelo, Hattiesburg and Gulf- For more information or to director of the docudrama Michael White House and just completed a and performances worldwide. Stein, AmeriCorps Mississippi port. register for a public information Marks, the interest in the produc- year of service as Miss Mississippi Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, program officer. The mission of Volunteer Mis- session, contact Judy Stein at tion from local actors, technicians 2014. August 7 and Saturday, August 8, “National service programs sissippi is to engage and support (601) 842-6700 or judy@mcvs. and organizations has been tre- “The play’s main goal is to uti- with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, have been making a huge impact Mississippians of all ages and org. To learn more about Vol- mendous. lize that typically Mississippi prob- August 9. 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www.mississippilink.com July 9 - 15, 2015 THE mississippi link • 7 NAMI and Alpha Kappa Alpha So- Typically disregarded brain lesions rority, Inc. to host Minority Mental may warn of heightened stroke risk Health Town Hall meeting The Mississippi Link Newswire had seven to eight times higher risk of Mississippi Medical Center. JACKSON - Scientists from the of these poor outcomes. “We are trying to identify the fac- By Marilyn W. Reed University of Mississippi Medical “Some of these lesions are so tors that hasten cognitive decline and Special to The Mississippi Link Center (UMMC) and colleagues small they have the resolution of a the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, and July is Minority Mental Health found that very small brain lesions single pixel,” said Dr. Thomas Mos- it may be one of our best prevention Awareness Month. noted on brain imaging that would ley, director of the Memory Impair- strategies is aggressive control of car- The National Alliance on Mental typically be disregarded by clinicians ment and Neurodegenerative De- diovascular risk factors early, mean- Illness-Mississippi Chapter is join- are associated with a heightened risk mentia (MIND) Center at UMMC ing in middle age,” Mosley said. ing forces with Alpha Kappa Alpha of stroke and death. and senior scientist on the study. “In Mississippi, the mortality Sorority, Inc., Rho Lambda Omega The findings were in Tuesday, July “In clinical practice, we would rate from heart disease and stroke is Chapter to host the Bebe Moore 7, 2015, Annals of Internal Medicine. typically ignore these tiny lesions among the highest in the nation, so Campbell National Minority Men- The discovery about these tiny le- as insignificant. The assumption has we’ve been interested in this connec- tal Health Town Hall meeting. sions - areas of the brain where tissue been that these very small lesions tion between cardiovascular disease, On July 25, 2015, 10:30 a.m. has been damaged by injury or dis- probably are not particularly conse- brain aging, and Alzheimer’s disease - 12:30 p.m., the minority mental ease - may help physicians identify quential, but, in fact, they appear to for a long time.” Prior studies have health town hall meeting will be people at risk of stroke and death as be.” More than 800,000 strokes oc- typically focused on older, largely held at Tougaloo College in the early as middle age, even when they cur each year in the United States, white patient samples, but this study Bennie G. Thompson Building. are displaying no symptoms of car- according to the National Institute of was aimed at understanding brain The event will feature a panel Recently, Jackson City Council and Mayor Tony Yarber recognized diovascular disease. Neurological Disorders and Strokes. changes from an earlier age and re- discussion regarding stigma, men- July as National Minority Mental Health Month. Councilman Ken- “The lesions on the brain imag- Strokes are a leading cause of death cruited a more middle-aged, bi-racial tal health issues germane to the neth Stokes joins Theressa McCarty, health promotions committee ing were very small, less than 3 mil- in the country and cause more seri- sample. minority community, and access to member, and Jennie Hall, health promotions chairman, both of Alpha limeters, and are typically ignored ous long-term disabilities than any Half of the sample participants other disease. were black, who generally have mental health services. Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Rho Lambda Omega Chapter, and Tameka in clinical practice,” said lead study author Dr. Gwen Windham, an asso- Knowing that these tiny areas of higher rates of stroke and cardiovas- In 2008, the U.S. House of Rep- Smith, exec. dir., National Alliance on Mental Illness - MS Chapter. resentatives designated July as ciate professor of internal medicine damaged tissue indicate increased cular disease for reasons that remain Bebe Moore Campbell National and geriatrics at UMMC. risk of stroke in apparently healthy unclear. Identifying early markers of Minority Mental Health Awareness to receive diagnosis and treatment Sharon Bridges, Esq., president, “This is because we have been un- people could be important to help at-risk individuals could significantly Month. for their mental illness, have less Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., certain as to their meaning; no stud- people maintain physical function impact the public health burden of Campbell was a leading African access to and availability of men- Rho Lambda Omega chapter. ies have looked to see if these very and cognitive ability as they get old- cerebrovascular disease in all ethnic American journalist, a novelist, a tal health services, often receive “We want to raise awareness re- small lesions are related to important er, said Windham, who also serves as groups, the researchers said. national spokesperson for individu- a poorer quality of mental health garding mental health and help en- clinical outcomes. Our findings sug- director of the MIND Center clinic. “People don’t routinely have als and families affected by mental care, and are underrepresented in sure that underserved communities gest they are at least as important as “We know that modifiable risk MRIs, but when they are necessary, illness, and an honorary member of mental health research. receive the care needed in order to 3 millimeter or larger lesions that are factors like hypertension and dia- taking note of these small lesions Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. The National Alliance on Mental be well.” typically considered abnormal, even betes are associated with the larger could provide valuable information She died in 2006. Illness (NAMI) and Alpha Kappa The Bebe Moore Campbell Mi- in absence of other lesions.” structural changes in the brain, and about future risk,” Windham said. “Unfortunately, disparities in Alpha Sorority (AKA), Inc.® nority Mental Health Town Hall The researchers analyzed brain those larger lesions are not only asso- “It’s similar to knowing about a pa- mental health care still prevent launched a partnership in 2014 to meeting is a collaborative effort magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ciated with stroke risk but with mo- tient’s history of high blood pressure people in minority communities expand mental health education. between, Alpha Kappa Alpha So- data from nearly 1,900 individuals bility impairments and cognitive im- or family history of heart disease - it from getting the treatment they “This town hall meeting will rority, Inc., Rho Lambda Omega participating in the Atherosclerosis pairments as well,” Windham said. may influence treatment decisions.” need,” said Tameka Smith, Execu- help move the conversation about Chapter, the Ebony Pearls Foun- Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study “Ongoing trials may determine In addition to researchers from tive Director of NAMI Mississippi. mental health forward and help the dation, NAMI-Mississippi, the who were 50 to 73 years of age with whether treatment of risk factors, UMMC, the study was co-authored “Mental illness affects one in four underserved get the assistance they Department of Mental Health, and no prior history of stroke, tracking like high blood pressure, reduce the by scientists from Johns Hopkins American families and people in need,” added Smith. Tougaloo College. It is free and their health over about 15 years. incidence of these lesions, stroke and University, the University of Wash- diverse communities are no excep- “Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror- open to the public. Risk of stroke or stroke mortal- associated death and disability.” ington Medical Center, Mayo Clinic, tion.” ity, Inc., is very excited about our For more information, contact ity in people with small lesions was The discovery about stroke risk and the University of North Carolina The U.S. Surgeon General re- partnership with NAMI and our Tameka Smith 601-899-9058; visit three times greater compared with grew from work at the MIND Center, at Chapel Hill. ports that minorities: are less likely upcoming town hall meeting,” said www.nami.org. people with no lesions. People with a cutting-edge Alzheimer’s disease For more information, visit http:// both very small and larger lesions research institution at the University www.umc.edu NATIONAL

8 • the mississippi link July 9 - 15, 2015 www.mississippilink.com South Carolina senate Dominican Republic’s gives final OK to ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ By Freddie Allen Confederate flag removal NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) - A Dominican Republic court or- ‘This is our moment,’ take Confederate der threatens to force more than 200,000 Dominican-born Haitians from their homes in an effort that flag down says S.C. Lawmakers many human rights watchers have called modern-day ethnic cleans- ing. Just days after the Rachel Dolezal episode captivated Ameri- ca and a few days before the mass murder of nine church members studying the Bible in Charleston, S.C., the June 15, 2015 deadline ex- pired for Dominican-born Haitians to request residency papers proving their citizenship in the Dominican Republic leaving hundreds of thou- sands of people stateless. Media outlets have reported that the government has announced plans to start deportation efforts de- ploying the military and transport vehicles in neighborhoods where Dominican-born Haitians live. The can lawmakers approved a con- can Republic. Dominican government officials stitutional amendment that denied “Not only should we reach out also said that they would allow un- citizenship to Dominican-born to the Dominican government and documented foreigners to begin the children whose parents, were con- say, ‘This is wrong and the whole path to become naturalized citizens sidered “in transit,” often a result of world is watching.’ We should also Gov. Nikki Haley, center, embraced Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, surrounded by Democratic and Re- in the future. their temporary and seasonal work call on the Obama administration publican lawmakers at the State House on Monday, July 6. PHOTO BY TIM DOMINICK/THE STATE/ASSOCIATED PRESS Ron Daniels, the president of the status, even though many of them and the State Department to inter- Institute of the Black World 21st had long ago taken up residency in vene,” said Vazquez. The Associated Press Century, a group that advocates the Dominican Republic. “We should call on our min- COLUMBIA, S.C. — The for social, economic and political International outrage over the isters, our rabbis, our priests and South Carolina Senate gave equality for marginalized people in amendment gave the Dominican our Imams to write letters to the final approval Tuesday, July the United States and around world government pause and lawmakers Dominican government and di- 7, 2015 to a bill removing the said that the treatment of Domini- appeared to back down from their rect their congregations in a day of Confederate flag from a pole can-born Haitians, especially those plans for full-scale deportation. prayer,” for the Dominican-born in front of the Statehouse, working on the sugar plantations, is That reprieve would be short-lived. Haitians suffering in the Domini- sending the proposal to the a festering cancer on the island of Then, in 2013 a court stripped can Republic. House, where it faces a less Hispaniola. Dominican Haitians and their chil- Vazquez compared the actions certain future. “It’s really a schizophrenic rela- dren of their citizenship unless they taken by the Dominican govern- The divisive banner at the tionship between the government could prove their legal status prior ment, forcing thousands of Domin- Capitol came under greater of the Dominican Republic and the to 1929. ican Haitians to flee their homes, to scrutiny over the last few government of Haiti to ensure that Others can request residency Nazis rounding up German Jews weeks after authorities said Haitian migrants work in the sugar permits as foreigners or apply to and herding them into concentra- a gunman, motivated by ra- fields,” said Daniels. become naturalized citizens, but tions camps in the 1930s. cial hatred, opened fire inside Josh Clarke, of Shelby, N.C., voices his side of the Confederate flag is- Bill Fletcher, a global justice ac- for now more than 200,000 Do- Other human rights activists also the black Mother Emanuel sue in front of the Statehouse, Monday, July 6 in Columbia, S.C. Gerry tivist, writer and the host of “The minican Haitians are effectively fear that the crisis could devolve A.M.E. Church June 17, kill- Melendez/The State via AP Global African” on Telesur-Eng- stateless, because most have lived into armed conflict between the ing nine people. lish, said that the tension between in the Dominican Republic for neighboring countries and even The suspect was photo- vote may be taken. Republi- specifics. the two countries that share the generations and have no familial genocide of the Dominicans of graphed several times hold- cans met behind closed doors Democrats, meanwhile, island of Hispaniola dates back to ties to Haiti or even speak French Haitian-descent. ing a Confederate flag and Monday and struggled to say both the flag and flagpole the 18th century when French and or Creole. “There’s an anti-Haitian posture burning an American flag. reach a consensus on what to must go, House Minority Spanish colonists imported African Daniels said that the ugly back- and attitude that permeates much One of the slain was state do next. Leader said. slaves to the island to harvest sugar drop to the self-hatred and racism, of Dominican society that needs Sen. Clementa Pinckney, One idea being floated is to “It will become the new cane. behind the constitutional amend- to change,” said Daniels, adding, who was the head pastor at keep the pole and put a dif- symbol,” Rutherford, D-Co- After the successful slave re- ment is the fact that many Domini- “And if it can’t change through the church. ferent flag on it: the U.S. flag, lumbia, said of any flag that bellion on French-ruled western cans share an African heritage. moral appeal, than it needs to Tuesday’s vote came after a the South Carolina flag or a goes up beside the monument part of the island, Haiti declared “This was a conscious decision change through our ability to exact day of debate in which sev- flag that may have been flown to Confederate soldiers. “It its independence from France in to identify themselves as Hispan- pain,” through economic sanctions eral white senators said they by Confederate troops but is will be the new vestige of 1804. Then in 1822, the Haitians ic,” said Daniels, noting there was in the tourism industry. had come to understand why not as divisive as the red ban- racism.” invaded the Spanish-ruled east, in a time in the Dominican Republic’s Daniels said that the life-blood their black colleagues felt the ner with the blue cross and Business leaders and Re- their minds, to unify the island and brief history that government of- of the Dominican Republic is tour- flag no longer represented the white stars. publican Gov. Nikki Haley to end slavery, said Fletcher. ficials prioritized importing Euro- ism and that’s where economic valor of Southern soldiers but A survey of lawmakers by agree. If the bill passes and Haitian military forces occupied pean Hispanics to the island in an boycotts should start. the racism that led the South The Associated Press, The Haley signs it, the flag would what is now the Dominican Repub- effort to “whiten” up the popula- Daniels noted the success of to separate from the United Post and Courier of Charles- be lowered and shipped off to lic for more than twenty years. Af- tion. “It really was a part of their the threat of economic boycotts in States more than 150 years ton and the South Carolina the state’s Confederate Relic ter their own war for independence, self-hatred, if you really want to get Indiana after the state promoted ago. Press Association showed Room, not far from where the the Dominicans won their freedom down to it.” a “Freedom of Religion” act that Debate in the House will two-thirds of House members last Confederate flag to fly from Haitian rule and declared Many Dominicans who have many people feared would allow likely begin Wednesday, and want to bring the flag down. over the Statehouse dome is their sovereignty in 1844. shunned their African roots claim businesses to discriminate against it’s far from clear when a But the survey didn’t include stored. “There was a tension that existed “Taíno” heritage for the indigenous gays and lesbians. and a deep suspicion that existed people of Hispaniola that were all “People and companies decided on the island of Hispaniola,” said but wiped out when European set- to exercise a tourism boycott of that Fletcher. “That tension ratcheted tlers began to colonize the island. state and [Indiana state lawmakers] up with the regime of Rafael Tru- Anthropologists have used DNA changed their tunes immediately,” TV Land pulls ‘Dukes of jillo.” evidence to prove that more than said Daniels. Fletcher called Trujillo “a perfect 80 percent of Dominicans have “The Dominican Republic example of self-hating mulatto” some African ancestry. would change its tune immediately, Hazzard’ reruns from schedule and some historians claim that he Daniels continued, “Even some if there were any effective chal- even wore makeup and hair dyes Black Dominicans don’t consider lenge to its tourism or sanctions on in effort to appear more European. themselves Black, because of this its tourism. That message would over Confederate flag flap Trujillo ruled from 1930-1961 psychology. They don’t want to be change everything. We need to shut and “He focused on the Haitians in associated with Haiti, they don’t it down and they will change their The Mississippi Link Newswire much the same way that Hitler fo- want to be identified as Black.” tune.” TV Land has dumped “The Dukes of Haz- cused the Jews,” Fletcher said. Fletcher said that they are right- Fletcher said that the growing zard.” Trujillo solution to the Haitian wing elements within the Domini- humanitarian crisis in the Do- The network is confirming that reruns of problem in the Dominican Repub- can Republic that are racist and xe- minican Republic is not a situa- the 1980s action comedy, with its Confeder- lic culminated in the Parsley Mas- nophobic and focused on Haitians tion where people should just close ate flag imagery, have been pulled from the sacre of 1937. Historians estimate and the Haitian descendants as the their eyes or turn to the sports page. schedule. that 10,000 to 25,000 Haitians, source of the economic problems “It’s important for steps to be This marks the latest effort to banish the many of them Dominican-born in the country. taken to weaken the regime of the racially charged Stars and Bars from pop and living on the border between “I don’t know if the majority of Dominican Republic to the point culture after various states began debating the neighboring countries, were ex- the Dominican population agrees where they will never, ever con- whether to remove the flag. ecuted under orders from Trujillo’s with that or that right-wingers and sider such a horror again,” said Warner Bros., which produced the series, government. the ultra nationalists are so loud- Fletcher. last week halted production of toy replicas of Trujillo served as president mouthed that they’re silencing “The next time an African Amer- the so-called General Lee, the 1969 Dodge until 1952 and continued to rule reasonable voices,” said Estela ican is thinking about taking a trip Charger stock car driven by rambunctious the country after he left the of- Vazquez, an executive vice presi- to the Dominican Republic, they Southern cousins Luke and Bo. The car fa- fice wielding power through his dent of 1199SEIU United Health- should think twice. The next time mously features a replica of the Confederate military ties under a succession of care Workers East, a labor rights that someone is considering a real flag on its roof. paper presidents. In 1961, Trujillo group. estate investment in the Dominican Retailers including Walmart and eBay have was assassinated while traveling Vazquez said that Dominicans Republic, they should think twice.” stopped selling merchandise bearing repro- near Santo Domingo, the capital living in the United States should Fletcher added: “Sitting back ductions of the flag. In this Aug. 10, 1999, file photo, “Cooter,” actor Ben of the Dominican Republic, ending be raising their voices and declar- and simply shaking your head is “The Dukes of Hazzard” originally aired Jones, sits atop one of the 229 hotrods, named the Gen- his long and brutal reign. ing that the Dominicans of Haitian- unacceptable and it’s not an op- on CBS from 1979 to 1985. eral Lee and bearing the Confederate flag, used in the Fast-forward to 2010 Domini- descent should stay in the Domini- tion.” show “Dukes of Hazzard. AP Photo/Steve Helber, File 8 • the mississippi link July 9 - 15, 2015 www.mississippilink.com

www.mississippilink.com July 9 - 15, 2015 THE mississippi link • 9 Compassionate Hearts Social Service Agency brings youth to state Capitol The Mississippi Link Newswire Compassionate Hearts So- cial Service Agency of Jack- son visited the state Capitol Friday, June 26, 2015, with their youth group composed of children aged 5 to 13 years old. The children learned about government from State Sen. Hillman T. Frazier, who ac- companied them through- out their visit. Teacher Kira Johnson said she wanted the inner-city youth to be exposed to positive opportunities as a way of broadening their hori- zons.

Sen. Frazier (left) joins teacher Kira Johnson (front right), the children from Compassionate Hearts and other instructors Martina Hootin, Ashley Ragin and Memoree Burg.

A second group of children from Compassionate Hearts Social Service Agency under the care of teachers Yomika Coleman (backrow left) and Ebony Thomas also joined by Sen. Frazier. The Jackson Public School District and what you should know The Mississippi Link Newswire JPS students are Jackson Public Schools is enrolled in grades JPS District Fast Facts the second largest school dis- Pre-K through 12 (Figures below are approximate.) trict in Mississippi, serving and may take part in about 30,000 students, repre- the District’s special Employees: 4,250 senting more than 80 percent program offerings Full-Time Teachers: 2,000 of school-aged children in the designed to meet the Avg. Teacher Salary: $42,580 state’s capital and only urban needs and interests municipality. of a large and diverse Annual Budget: $200 million Jackson, the city, has about student and parent Jackson Public Schools is the fourth 176,000 residents in an area population. Pre-K is largest employer in the Greater Jack- of 104 square miles. There offered at 25 elemen- son area. are seven high schools, 13 tary schools and the middle schools, 38 elemen- Montessori curricu- tary schools, and two special lum is taught at two gramme. schools comprising the dis- elementary schools. The Jackson Public School trict’s 60 school sites. There are programs for the District is governed by the These schools are divided intellectually and academically Board of Trustees, a dedi- into seven feeder patterns gifted, including Open Doors, cated panel representing the based on the high school re- which is available to intellec- schools in each of the city’s ceiving the area’s students. tually gifted students in grades seven wards. Each member is Thanks to a Bond Refer- 2–6, and APAC (Academic appointed by the Mayor and endum, approved by Jack- and Performing Arts Complex) confirmed by the City Council. son voters in 2006, three new for students in grades 4–12. Current School Board mem- schools were added – a middle Besides the academic com- bers are: school to serve students living ponent, the APAC program Board of Trustees in north Jackson and a middle includes an intense visual and Ms. Beneta Burt, president school and elementary school performing arts school. Stu- Dr. Richard Lind, vice presi- combined facility for students dents may audition as early as dent in south Jackson. third grade to enter the pro- Mr. Jed H. Oppenheim, sec- Funds from the referendum gram in the fourth grade. retary have also been used to make Based on an international Dr. Otha Burton, Jr., member upgrades to existing facilities standard that includes acceler- Ms. Camille Stutts Simms, and eliminate the need for por- ated language arts, mathemat- member table classrooms. ics, social studies, science, and Dr. Cedrick Gray, superin- Most of the District’s admin- foreign language curricula, the tendent istrative offices, including the International Baccalaureate Memberships and Accredita- Superintendent’s office and Programme in JPS offers in- tions the District’s state-of-the-art struction for students in grades JPS District is fully accred- board room, are housed in a K-5 through the Primary Years ited by AdvancED, the parent two-block complex located at Programme, for students in organization of the Southern the city’s center. Additional fa- grades 6–10 through the Mid- Association of Colleges and cilities in the city house offices dle Years Programme, and Schools Council on Accredita- for security, food service, and for students in grades 11–12 tion and School Improvement state and federal programs. through the Diploma Pro- (SACS CASI). EDUCATION

10 • the mississippi link July 9 - 15, 2015 www.mississippilink.com JSUNAA Madison County chapter presents check to JSU for endowment The Mississippi Link Newswire The money will be used as Madison County creating The Madison County Chap- for students graduating from opportunities for students to ter of the Jackson State Univer- Madison County high schools attend Jackson State,” said sity National Alumni Associa- to attend JSU, said Dr. Barbara Charles King, Major Gifts of- tion has given $11,000 to the Ousby, chapter president. ficer. university for scholarships. The dollars will go even fur- Also, the chapter plans more During an annual fundraiser ther, she noted, because the do- fundraising events in the fu- June 20 in Madison at Ger- nation will be matched by Title ture, while reaching out to Participants at the check presentation by the Madison County Chapter of the Jackson State University National mantown High School, chapter III funds, creating a $50,000 additional alumni in Madison Alumni Association earlier this year included, standing from left, Calvin Ousby Sr., Gwen Caples, Larry Goodwin, members presented a check as endowment for scholarships. County and encouraging them Mark Henderson, Floyd Williams and Angela Getter, and seated from left, Sharron Williams, Madison County part of their $25,000 endow- “We are delighted to have to become active alumni chap- chapter president Dr. Barbara Ousby, JSU major gifts officer Charles King and Bobbie Wilson. ment. active, giving chapters such ter members. Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU Sodexo at Alcorn among Alcorn alumnus Jessie Guinn’s top 25 in nation for STEM article published in customer satisfaction IMPACT magazine The Mississippi Link Newswire The Mississippi Link Newswire been very supportive as we work to- Dr. Jessie Guinn is the latest Al- gether to create and support reward- Sodexo at Alcorn State corn State University alumni to be ing and academically sound STEM University has been recog- recognized for reaching a new level programming abroad.” nized as one of the best in its of success. Guinn said that the growth of field. Guinn’s outline of the growth Arcadia’s STEM programs has al- Alcorn’s Sodexo site was and benefits of Science, Technol- lowed more students to have the recently selected among the ogy, Engineering and Mathematics unique opportunity to take courses top 25 sites for quality cus- (STEM) programming abroad was in different academic settings and tomer service. Members of published in the 2015 edition of acquire hands-on experience in re- the Braves Dining Market- cial media sites. The survey accomplishment that we do IMPACT magazine, a publication search within world-class laborato- ing Team conducted the Ip- is given at Alcorn and other not take lightly. We strive for by The College of Global Studies at ries. sos Customer Loyalty survey Sodexo sites every semester. excellence in all that we do Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa. “The College of Global Studies is during the Spring 2015 se- General manager of Al- and hold customer satisfac- Guinn Guinn serves as Arcadia’s assistant unique in that we not only provide mester. The survey was open corn’s Sodexo site Corey tion as a top priority in our dean of STEM. opportunities for our own students, port will bring even more progress to Alcorn faculty, staff and Young thought the top 25 daily operations. We plan to Guinn, who earned a bachelor’s but also for students at any college to the program in the future. students. Survey takers par- ranking was a testament to build on what we’ve done to degree in biology from Alcorn in or university in the United States. “I see our programs continuing to ticipated via a kiosk that was their hard work and efforts to obtain this recognition and 2006, felt happy about the feature Our programs develop the profes- grow and provide opportunities for set up inside the Dr. Clinton satisfy customers. enhance the level of service and the spotlight that the magazine sional, technical, and cultural com- nearly all disciplines in the STEM Bristow Jr. Dining Facility. “To be ranked among the we provide to our custom- put on Arcadia’s efforts to enhance petencies that will better prepare fields. This growth can only con- Participants also could take top 25 Sodexo sites is a huge ers.” the success of global STEM educa- them for the collaborative global tinue with consistent support from the survey via Alcorn’s so- honor,” said Young. “It’s an tion. STEM workforce.” faculty and staff members and their “It is an honor to have my Guinn said the determining fac- awareness of the great academic thoughts and work in international tor in the program’s success comes benefits and career preparation that STEM education highlighted,” said from the support of Arcadia’s facul- studying abroad in STEM can pro- Agreement signed by Tougaloo Guinn. “The College of Global ty and staff members. He also men- vide their students.” Studies at Arcadia University has tioned how the continuation of sup- College and P360 Powered by Mississippi Crossfit, LLC Hollingsworth returns to JSU as

The Mississippi Link Newswire to P360 to build the Sports sippi, Tougaloo College has Tougaloo College and Training Facility Complex approximately 365 acres of executive director for University P360 Powered by Missis- that will be beneficial to our land held for investment in sippi CrossFit, LLC have athletes and other students, addition to the 100 acres that Communications and Marketing entered into an agreement for aesthetically enhance our form the College campus. the College to lease a certain property and boost economic Dr. Wesley Prater, chair- The Mississippi Link Newswire specialist and alumni communica- parcel of its land held for in- and community develop- man of the Board of Trustees Jackson State University is tions specialist both in the office of vestment to P360 for the con- ment. We look forward to added, “The Board of Trust- pleased to announce that Karyn S. Marketing and Public Relations at struction of a Sports Training working with P360 in this ees is playing an active role Hollingsworth, Ph.D., will become UNLV. She also completed a stint as Facility Complex that will development.” in exploring other opportuni- the executive director for University communications/marketing coordi- include fitness training fa- Mack Chunn, speaking on ties to develop all of the Col- Communications and Marketing, nator in the Office of Public Affairs cilities, turf fields for soft behalf of the principals of lege’s land, surrounding I effective August 3. Hollingsworth and Development for the Mississip- ball, baseball and soccer, and P360 stated, “We are proud -220 and West County Line currently serves as the director of pi Institutions of Higher Learning. other amenities. to form a mutually beneficial Road. communications for the Lee Busi- While serving in the role of as- This agreement was ap- relationship with an institu- “We see this as one step ness School, University of Nevada, sistant general manager, Office of proved by the Tougaloo Col- tion like Tougaloo College forward to enhance economic Las Vegas, where she manages in- Public Relations at Jackson State, lege Board of Trustees and to develop this area of our and community development ternal and external communications, Hollingsworth helped launch the signed by President Beverly community and construct in this area that will benefit marketing, media relations and ad- inaugural edition of The Jacksonian W. Hogan on behalf of Tou- a Sports Training Facility the College and surround- vertising. magazine and hosted a weekly cam- Hollingsworth galoo College and Mack Complex that promotes our ing communities, as well the Anthony Holloman, vice presi- pus TV news show. Chunn on behalf of P360. common mission of enrich- state of Mississippi. dent for Institutional Advancement, “I am thrilled to be coming home degree and a Master of Arts degree President Hogan stated, ing the lives of our young “We are always open to said, “We are very excited to wel- and joining the Jackson State Uni- in higher education with a concen- “The College is pleased to people.” productive proposals to come Dr. Hollingsworth back to versity family again. I am proud of tration in student personnel services enter into this partnership Located on the northern move us further ahead in this Jackson State University. She brings all the progress that has been made from the University of Mississippi. to lease a parcel of our land borders of Jackson, Missis- process.” a vast amount of experience and through the years from the techno- Her Bachelor of Arts degree in jour- expertise, and we are sure that Uni- logical advances to the expansion of nalism was awarded by the Univer- versity Communications and Mar- academic offerings. Jackson State is sity of Memphis. keting will benefit greatly from her not only a great HBCU, but a great She received the Customer Ser- leadership.” university,” said Hollingsworth. vice Excellence Award, Las Vegas Holmes County alumni University Communications and “I look forward to working with Metro Chamber of Commerce, in Marketing is a part of the Division everyone on campus and in the 2014 and is a member of Sigma of Institutional Advancement led by community to enhance the One JSU Delta Chi/Society of Professional chapter presents $25,000 Holloman. brand,” he added. Journalists and the Council for the Prior to her current role, Hol- Hollingsworth earned a doctor Advancement and Support of High- endowed scholarship lingsworth served as web content of philosophy in higher education er Education (CASE). The Mississippi Link Newswire a commitment to give back wouldn’t otherwise get to go Members of the Holmes to our university. It helps our to college, to come here. I’m County (MS) chapter of the students with scholarships.” excited about it.” Jackson State University Na- Also in attendance for the Holmes County chapter tional Alumni Association presentation was JSU Alum- president Geraldine Sturgis presented the university with nus of the Year and first vice expressed excitement also. a $25,000 endowed scholar- president of the National “We know that this is going ship on Friday, June 26. Alumni Association, Earlexia to be helpful to our students “Alumni giving is premier Norwood, M.D. for years to come. That’s our for support of the university,” “We have over 60 chap- main purpose,” Sturgis said. said Dr. Mary White, interim ters within the JSU National Using Title III funding, vice president of institutional Alumni Association,” Nor- the university will match the advancement. “We appreci- wood said. “The differ- endowment dollar for dol- ate our alumni chapters that ence that one chapter makes lar, boosting the scholarship Jackson State University staff expresses gratitude to the Holmes County alumni chapter for its scholarship are coming forth and making is helping a student who funds to $50,000. contribution. Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU Opinion

www.mississippilink.com July 9 - 15, 2015 THE mississippi link • 11 An action plan for when ‘they don’t care about us’ Ask Alma By Jineea Butler Press, an institution that has been C. Pinckney in Charleston, S.C. It’s because they are quietly car- Alma Gill NNPA Columnist carrying the torch of justice for 188 Why do you think it took him seven rying out an effective agenda to NNPA Advice Columnist I am sick of hearing years. years to sing “Amazing Grace” and make the system work for them. Alma Gill’s newsroom experience spans more than 25 about how the media You give your power away ev- speak the truth we’ve been waiting Black Churches are burning to years, including various roles at USA Today, Newsday is misrepresenting our eryday when you freely spend for? the ground and you dare ask why ? and the Washington Post. Email questions to: alwaysas- community and not money without questioning whom Hillary alone cannot galvanize us the media isn’t covering it. Do the [email protected]. Follow her on Facebook at “Ask fairly reporting issues. it’s benefiting. to ‘Get Out and Vote.’ So as ruth- people that own the media have a Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma. Have you lost your Even something that’s seemingly less as it may sound, Obama was vested interest in learning who is mind? Why are you depending on as passive as watching TV is not there serving as Consoler-in-Chief burning our churches? them to tailor messages that are pal- passive because when you turn on and to gather votes, among other If they don’t cover it, are you go- atable to your liking? these channels, you’re telling the things. ing to turn off the TV? Do you have Boyfriend wants What type of entitlement pro- sponsors you approve whatever is Now that the Confederate flag is another channel to turn to? The gram have you been subscribing to? being fed to you. an issue, the Democrats know we Hispanics do, the Asians do, but told you in 1996, Don’t tell me that they are sup- are going to line up behind Hill- when you had a chance to support second chance “…They don’t really care about posed to care about what we want. ary. We haven’t forgotten that her the ‘black’ Ted Turner, you turned Dear Alma, Why on God’s green earth us!” We were kidnapped, enslaved, husband went on the Arsenio Hall your nose up and said you’d rather My boyfriend left me to would you even consider But you’re still trying to force a lynched, beaten and killed before show when he was campaigning not. be with another woman. It begging, pleading, negotiat- square peg into a circle hole. Is it be- they pretended to care about us. The and played the saxophone for votes. Look at what just happened to wasn’t the first time he’s ing, conceding, for someone cause they lured you out and drained only reason they changed their tune The election of John F. Kennedy Donald Trump. He insulted the cheated, but it is the first time to be a part of your life, who you of all your talent and then told was because of votes. in 1960 and Lyndon B. Johnson Mexican community and the entire he moved out. He came by clearly doesn’t want to? you to go home, only to realize you Now, you’re sitting on the side- signing the Civil Rights Act in 1964 Latino community immediately last weekend and asked if he Surprise yourself by being weren’t watering the grass, taking lines wondering how 2015 turned consolidated our transition from shut him down. They petitioned could come back. honest about why you’re al- out the trash and raising your own into 1964 and wondering why Republicans to Democrats. Mean- where they spend their money and He confided in me that he lowing this type of guy to be babies instead of theirs? LGBT legislation matters more while, our struggle for civil rights, dared those outlets to support him. wasn’t looking to cheat and your best companion. Don’t Is it because you got so drunk on than black lives. They matter more which resonated around the world, All we have to do to make ‘Black that it just happened. He also rush this process Sweetness, the idea of being “accepted” into the to politicians because they vote and has been used to advance other Lives Matter’ is vote and care about said I had not been giving it may take several nights and mainstream that you didn’t think contribute to their campaigns. causes - at a faster rate than our own how and where we spend our mon- him the attention he needs, several glasses of wine, you twice about nurturing the businesses The 2016 presidential election is progress. ey. Stop wasting time asking them and that’s the reason he know what I’m sayin, LOL. in your own community? just around the corner and there is They swing on the hinges of the to care about us. They don’t! They thinks it happened so fast. Number one on your Now you sitting at the TV, flip- going to be unprecedented amounts doors we opened. We are still wait- care about our money. I don’t’ want to lose him agenda: don’t be afraid to ping through the newspapers, of money being spent on obtaining ing for someone to tell us that our Jineea Butler, founder of the So- and I do want to do what’s be alone; participating in a searching the Internet for someone votes. Guess who is going to be left lives matter. Why no one else is cial Services of Hip Hop and the necessary to make our bad relationship is not better to tell your truth from your perspec- out again? making the same claim when it is Hip Hop Union, can be reached at relationship work. I’m not than being single. Wonder- tive. You gave your power away President Obama just delivered evident that they, too, are not prop- [email protected] or Tweet her at sure how to regain his trust. ing if your man is cheating when you didn’t support the Black an impassioned eulogy of Clementa erly represented in society? @flygirlladyjay. He asked me if he could still on you because he’s late be friends with this woman getting home isn’t a common and friends with the friends assumption within a positive, they made. And he said he committed relationship. wouldn’t cheat on me again Here’s a word of wisdom: Rewriting Confederate history with her. wise up and stop babysit- I told him I’m not comfort- ting your womanizer. He able with that arrangement, will never be yours. There’s By Julianne Malveaux If you drive South on US 95, you place in Greensboro, where Bennett our nation’s “triumph” over division NNPA Columnist but I just want to make sure nothing worthwhile in this can see some version of the so-called College and North Carolina A&T and strife. I’m not being unreasonable. fishbowl of foolishness! Get On their Website, Confederate flag (there are maybe State University students began sit- Those who embrace the Confed- So how do I get him to see he out now while you still have the Sons of Confed- seven iterations of the flag, parts of ins at the local Woolworth’s? eracy seem to forget that the confed- has to meet me halfway and options. erate Veterans de- which are still the official flag of Incidentally, the Civil War Cen- eracy lost. The cornerstone principle convince him we should go I’ll bet you a dozen Krispy scribe themselves Mississippi) is used to advertise ev- tennial Commission, established as of White supremacy was defeated to counseling? Kreme doughnuts that if you as preserving the erything from hot dogs to automo- a federally-funded agency inside the when the Confederacy lost the war, I’m praying it all works cut your losses now and make “history and lega- biles, some say as a tribute to their Department of Interior that could not but the continued sop to the losing out. room for someone who’s cy” of the Confed- ancestors. overcome persistent racism. Confederacy left us with all kinds of Uncomfortable worth your time and energy, eracy. Their organization, they say, The history of the Confederacy, The Kennedy administration was tributes to United States traitors. you’ll one day thank your is “dedicated to ensuring that “a true as embodied in the Stephens speech, forced to replace conservative com- I cringe whenever I drive down Dear Uncomfortable, lucky stars that your prayers history of the 1861-1865 period is suggests that the flag, instead, is a mission leadership (that wanted to “Jefferson Davis Highway,” named Are you being unreason- were never answered. Take preserved.” symbol of White superiority. meet in segregated facilities), with a after the Confederate president. I am able: Noooo! Considering one step today and two steps I would suggest, instead, that the No wonder the coward who was group that included historians. flooded with annoyance whenI refer couples’ counseling and tomorrow. Sons of Confederate Veterans is welcomed into Emanuel African The activities, envisioned to “cel- to Fort Bragg, named after Confed- meeting halfway, girl, you You’ll be running before guilty of rewriting history instead of Methodist Episcopal Church had ebrate American patriotism at the erate General Braxton Bragg. betta breakaway! No, he can’t you know it, wind in your preserving it. draped himself in that heinous flag. height of the Cold War” and to in- The Pentagon says they won’t move back. As a matter of hair, sun on your back, find- They claim that the Civil War No wonder racism is so intran- crease tourism in the South, turned change the names of the 10 military fact, change the locks to be ing your way to the corner of (they call it the “Second American sient. No wonder the sale of Con- into a separate and unequal set of bases that lift up Confederate lead- certain he doesn’t still have Freedom & Happiness! Good Revolution”) was fought for the federate paraphernalia rose with the events. ers. I just wonder why these bases a key. fun and good friends will be “preservation of liberty and free- election of President Barack Obama. In his book, Troubled Commem- were named after these traitors in the Usually, I’m all for making waiting for you when you get dom.” Freedom for whom? The implicit message: a black man oration: The American Civil War first place? it work, but this isn’t a rela- there. Alexander Stephens, vice-pres- may be president of the United Centennial, 1961-1965 (Making Taking the Confederate flag down tionship. This is a roommate Self-love is mandatory in ident of the Confederacy, gave his States, but this flag reminds us that the Modern South), Robert J. Cook is but the first step in defeating the situation with benefits. Since your life right now. I recom- infamous “Cornerstone” speech, in white superiority still reigns. describes the tensions that emerged White supremacy that the odious last night was not your last mend two doses first thing which he outlined the reasons for South Carolina didn’t always fly when Southerners wanted to “cel- flag stands for. N ow, in the name of night, can you plaheeze snap every morning. southern succession: their version of the Confederate flag ebrate” secession and the attack on the Emanuel A.M.E. Nine, we need out of it! Alma “Our new government is founded above its statehouse or display it on Fort Sumter, while others wanted to to investigate the reparatory justice on exactly the opposite ideas; its statehouse grounds. To “commemo- celebrate emancipation. (reparations) needed to reduce the foundations are laid, its cornerstone rate” the 100th anniversary of the Southern Whites saw the centen- wealth gap. ans are really about history, then they der to celebrate their ignorance. rests, upon the great truth that the beginning of the Civil War, the flag nial as a way to fight to preserve seg- We need to take the traumatic need to read the Cornerstone Speech negro (sic) is not equal to the White went up on April 11, 1961. regation, while African Americans massacre of the Emanuel Nine and and repudiate it with as much vigor Julianne Malveaux is a Washing- man; that slavery, subordination to Was it a coincidence that sit-ins and some liberal Whites wanted to use it as a way to accelerate the as they embrace the flag. ton, D.C.-based author and econo- the superior race, is his natural and were taking place all over the coun- celebrate the end of the civil war, and struggle for freedom and justice. Otherwise they are disingenuous mist. She can be reached at www. normal condition.” try, one of the most successful taking the government wanted to celebrate If the Sons of Confederate Veter- liars who would distort history in or- juliannemalveaux.com U.S. should not pressure Africa to embrace same-sex unions By Lee A. Daniels you want our men to sleep with fel- clout will influence the African con- gays as “worse than dogs or pigs panics to support gay marriage and Latter Day Saints and ultra ortho- NNPA Columnist low men and our women with fel- tinent and the Muslim world, where and worse than organized addicts or are typically less accepting of ho- dox Jews. Over a picture low women…. We will not agree negative attitudes toward homosex- even those given to bestiality.” mosexuality. A recent poll showed The United States, which for of two bearded with you this time. If you like, keep uality are the most conservative in In a 2013 address before the that 59 percent of Whites support years has leaned on many African tuxedo-clad men your (foreign) aid.” the world. United Nations General Assembly, same-sex marriage compared to 41 countries to show more tolerance kissing, a Nigerian- Yes, same-sex relationships According to a 2013 Pew Re- Gambian President Yahya Jammeh percent of blacks. toward gays, would be wise to tread born acquaintance get significantly less buy-in from search Center survey, Africa is less called homosexuality “very evil, Many academics have come up carefully as it continues to expand of mine posted the blacks around the world, including accepting of same-sex relationships anti-human and against Allah.” with an assortment of reasons to its influence on the continent. following on Face- here in the United States. than any other continent. In Sub- More than two-thirds of African explain these racial differences in In the economic sphere, many book: “May I, my children, grand- In the wake of the recent U.S. Saharan Africa, nine in 10 people countries have laws on the books attitude, including religion and dis- African countries are finally start- children and great-grandchildren Supreme Court ruling effectively believe homosexuality should not criminalizing homosexual acts or parities in income and lower levels ing to come into their own. Six of never be part of this abominable legalizing same-sex marriages, be accepted by society. In Nigeria, same sex relationships. Six years of educational attainment. But such the 10 fastest growing economies act.” there’s been a lot of talk about the 98 percent frown on it. ago, Uganda’s parliament proposed explanations are simplistic. The ma- in the world are in Africa. Several A short piece that’s been par- possibility of a ripple effect, pos- The numbers are 96 percent in a bill calling for the death penalty jority of the most vociferous oppo- African countries, including Nige- ticularly popular among English- sibility extending to some of the Ghana, 96 percent in Uganda and for anyone who engaged in acts of nents of gay relationships in black ria, are strategic allies of the United speaking Africans on social media world’s most conservative regions, 90 percent in Kenya. In South Af- “aggravated homosexuality.” communities around the world are States in the war against terrorism. for months, reads: including Africa and the Middle rica, which is reputed to have the In 2013 Nigeria’s legislature highly educated, well heeled and Successfully fostering relation- “[Whites], you asked us to wear East. most progressive constitution in the passed a bill banning same sex driven by a desire to strengthen ships will require understanding [suits] under the hot sun and we did. Twenty countries, including world, 61 percent say it should not marriage and the formation of gay families. and, most important, respect of the You said we should speak your lan- Canada, the United Kingdom, Nor- be accepted. rights organizations. In 2010 a court Besides, such arguments fail to culture and traditions of people of guage and we obediently dumped way, Denmark, Argentina, Spain And that figure is relatively low in Malawi sentenced two men to take into account other factors – African descent. ours. You said our ladies should and South Africa already had laws only because acceptance is signifi- 14 years in prison for sodomy. custom, tradition and deeply held Cultural Imperialism does not wear dead people’s hair instead of on the books sanctioning gay mar- cantly higher among Whites and The men were pardoned a couple conservative views among blacks make for good partnerships. the natural ones the Lord gave to riages before America’s high court Asians in the rainbow nation. of weeks later during the visit of about family and procreation – them and they obeyed. ruled. Over the years, leaders of many United Nations Secretary General views that were once widely held in Lekan Oguntoyinbo is an inde- “You said our decent gals should But none of these countries carry African countries have publicly Ban Ki-moon. western culture and are still deeply pendent journalist. Contact him at wear catapults instead of conven- the global clout of the United States. blasted gays. Zimbabwe’s President Here in the United States, blacks entrenched among certain groups in [email protected]. Follow tional pants and they obeyed. Now Still, it’s hard to see how that Robert Mugabe once described are less likely than Whites and His- this country, including evangelicals, him on Twitter @oguntoyinbo.

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GMBSC to hold annual meeting in Jackson By Daphne Higgins (unexpectedly) had a good time. To Religion Editor Special to The Mississippi Link enjoy family and nature was won- The General Missionary Bap- I don’t deny it, derful. We all knew that we were tist State Convention of MS, Inc. I’m proud to tell just a few miles from malls, stores, will host its Annual Session July The Schedule-at-a-Glance everyone that both and host of other activities but we 20 - 24, 2015 at the Marriott Jack- of my parents spent chose to stay in the habitat that sur- son, 200 E. Amite Street, Jackson. All events will be held at the Marriott Hotel – Downtown Jackson (Unless otherwise noted) all of their teen-age rounded us for that time, and now we Baptist churches from across years as country have a fun-family experience that we 1:30 p.m. Parent Body Session dwellers but moved can share for years to come. the state will convene to learn, Sunday, July 19, 2015 Laymen’s Meeting to the big city of Clarksdale when It’s true; nature shows us what fellowship and take care of con- 7 p.m. Cabinet Meeting vention business during this time. Women’s Auxiliary they were in their 30s. God is like. Psalm 19:1: tells us Music Department Both of their parents remained in “The heavens are telling the glory of The Welcome Program and Monday, July 20, 2015 Ushers Department the homes that they raised their chil- God; they are a marvelous display of Musical will be Monday, July 20, 9 a.m. Registration Opens 4 p.m. Doctrinal Sermon dren in until they were no longer able His craftsmanship.” at Thalia Mara Hall, featuring the 10 a.m. Board Meeting 5 p.m. Election Closes to take care of themselves. That is Just as in Matthew 8:26 – We 300-member youth choir and the 2 p.m. Moderators Meeting, 6 p.m. J.H. Jackson and David Matthews when both sets of my grandparents became a little frightened and upset State Baptist Adult Choir. Congress Staff Meeting, Night moved to Clarksdale (the big city) so with the bad weather that had fallen Rev. Herron Wilson will be Young Peoples Dept. Staff Meet 7:30 p.m. Concert featuring Jekalyn Carr that they could be cared for by their upon us, but we witnessed God the guest speaker for the annual ing and Dathan Thigpen (Convention children. Both sets hated the move making everything still in His time. J. H. Jackson and David Mat- 6 p.m. Welcome Program (Thalia Mara Complex) and totally despised city living. That Because of His power to control all thews Night on Wednesday, July Hall) 22. State President Dr. Isiac Jack- shared sentiment was always hi- things, we rejoiced in all that fol- Thursday, July 23, 2015 larious to me because I didn’t under- lowed and had, what turned out to son’s Annual Address will be giv- Tuesday, July 21, 2015 7:30 a.m. Morning Devotion stand their mindset. be, a very relaxing and enjoyable trip en Thursday, July 23. 7 a.m. Morning Devotion 8 a.m. Christian Education Classes Well, over the Fourth of July holi- for the entire family. National recording gospel art- 7:30 a.m. Christian Education Classes 8 a.m. Red Cross Classes day, one of my sister’s, her husband That’s why my grandparents ist Jekalyn Carr and Mississippi 8 a.m. Red Cross Classes 8 a.m. Young People’s Department Ac- and children invited me, my husband didn’t want to be a part of city living. native Dathan Thigpen will pres- Young Peoples Department Ac- tivities (Convention Complex) and children to camp out with them They knew the secret of enjoying the ent a free concert on Wednesday, tivities 12 p.m. Young People’s Department in their new RV. Full disclosure – the beauty of nature in its primal state July 22. (Convention Complex) Mission Project (Smith Park, RV was purchased with the primary and were content with living that life The Youth Department will 1:30 p.m. Parent Body Session Jackson) focus of tailgating during football until the end. I won’t lie and tell you also debut the release of their CD Laymen’s Meeting 1:30 p.m. Parent Body Session season and maybe a trip or two; so that this is a trip that each of us wants during this week. Women’s Auxiliary 1:30 p.m. Laymen’s Meeting camping out for all of us promised to take on a consistent basis, but I am For more information, please Music Department Women’s Auxiliary to be a true adventure. We became happy that God granted us the oppor- call 601-955-1132 or visit www. Ushers Department Music Department country dwellers, just like our fore- tunity to be still and enjoy Him as a gmbsc.org. 4 p.m. Opening Sermon Ushers Department fathers, but ours was definitely tem- family. 6 p.m. President’s Reception 4 p.m. Sermon porary. God is good and so is the life that For information about advertising in 7 p.m. President’s Annual Address We agreed on a destination and He has blessed us with, even though, Wednesday, July 22, 2015 set out for the weekend. We arrived we don’t always recognize it as such. 7:30 a.m. Morning Devotion The Mississippi Link Friday, July 24, 2015 Friday, excited about all of the possi- But, because we able to live through 8 a.m. Election Opens 8 a.m. Christian Education Classes bilities of the trip. The day was spent whatever trials may confront us please call: Christian Education Classes Red Cross Classes travelling, setting up our designated means that that is just additional 601-896-0084 Red Cross Classes 10 a.m. Dismissal of Congress area, cooking/grilling and touring news we have to share with others. Young Peoples Department Ac- or e-mail: 10:15 a.m. Parent Body Session the area. The adults were so excited The Mississippi Link, a messen- tivities [email protected] 12:30 p.m. Closing of Session about our designation and joining ger for news in and around the state (Convention Complex) www.mississippilink.com forces to make this happen. The of Mississippi, would like to serve kids weren’t as excited. This was the as your personal messenger to share Fourth of July. They all thought that your good news and the news of P as t o ra l P o i n t s they were being punished for some- your place of worship. thing they’d done or would do later. Remember the verse that I often Then it happened. The weekend find myself sharing with you – Isa- #BlackChurchesMatter rain came and we were all confined iah 52:7 (NIV), which reads: “How to the RV. The fishing, kayaking, beautiful on the mountains are the swimming, and all of the other fun feet of those who bring good news, By Rev. CJ Rhodes, M. Div. tention has been placed on AME to address missionary and educa- being elected to the office of Presi- Special to The Mississippi Link activities were either postponed or who proclaim peace, who bring churches should remind us of how tional needs for Africans in Amer- dent, Barack Obama has brought cancelled. So, that meant true bond- good tidings, who proclaim salva- June was a that denomination was established. ica and in the Motherland. Others the black church debate into the ing time. And that’s exactly what we tion, who say to Zion, Your God tragicomic month Free blacks praying at the altar of came into being as protests within mainstream at least twice. During did. We were able to roast marsh- reigns!” for black church- St George’s Methodist Episcopal the black church tradition, calling his 2008 campaign then Senator mallows, tell fireside tales, actually Contact Daphne M. Higgins at es. The racially Church in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- churches to holiness of life even as Obama had to respond to a sound- watch the same program on televi- [email protected]. Fax motivated terrorist vania; were thrown out of the sanc- they fought for justice in the nation. bite from his now former pastor, sion, and even eat all of our meals at 601-896-0091 or mail your infor- attack at Mother tuary because of the color of their To be sure, the term “black Dr. Jeremiah Wright, pastor emeri- the same time. Long story short, we mation to The Mississippi Link, Emanuel Afri- skin. church” is grossly misleading. tus of Chicago’s Trinity United bonded as a family and I’m happy 2659 Livingston Road, Jackson, MS can Methodist Episcopal (AME) Prior to that experience, these Though it’s shorthand for those Church of Christ. The black church to report, the kids admitted that they 39213. Church in Charleston, South freed blacks engaged with religious churches and collection of church- and black liberation theology were Carolina, left nine saints dead and zeal in helping their people with es led, founded by and largely serv- taken up in discourse around the countless others in mourning. Soon spiritual, social, and material wel- ing black communities, the term dinner table and in front of the TV typed, and in many ways unhelpful. than we did in 2008. But I am glad thereafter, reports of church arsons fare through the Free African Soci- can obscure the intrinsic, inherent, scene following Wright’s 15 min- Most recently, President Obama that through the tragedies of June has throughout the South flooded so- ety. That zeal was greatly embold- and dynamic theological, cultural, utes of defamation and Obama’s has again stepped into the conversa- come a brighter sun shining light on cial media. Though some of these ened after the loveless scene that and social diversity within and be- initial defense of and later distanc- tion about black churches with his black churches and why they matter church burnings were allegedly ig- occurred at St George’s. The Afri- tween churches so called. For in- ing from Pastor Wright. eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney. still. nited by electrical fires, there is still can Methodist Episcopal Church stance, a Church of God in Christ The uninitiated questioned The funeral itself and the President’s Hopefully, the ensuing months the eerie sense that black churches was born praying on its knees and in rural Mississippi may be very the theological integrity of black grace message (along with his ex- will reinvigorate our appreciation are under attack. Then, again in called Christian Africans to stand different from an urbane AME churches and the validity of their temporaneous singing of “Amazing and challenge of the black church tra- South Carolina, women pastors up for “God our Father, Christ church in Connecticut. Together Christianity. Others still defended Grace”) were seen voyeuristically dition, in all its diversity, so that pres- of AME churches received death our Redeemer, the Holy Spirit our these churches exist in creative ten- the black church’s social and politi- by cable news pundits and black ent and future generations can know threat letters. All of these events Comforter, humankind our fam- sion, offering the Body of Christ cal witness during the Civil Rights academics alike. Everyone tried to the God of our weary years through happened within days of each oth- ily” in the face of idol of racism. accents and distinctives that nour- movement, giving little attention interpret the moment without actu- it. We indeed need revival and reform er. The last two weeks of June were The AME tradition wasn’t alone ish the global Church’s identity and to the pastoral and spiritual dimen- ally asking the people present, es- so that God may be glorified through tragic for black churches. in reforming the Church in Amer- mission. sions of the church that are seem- pecially the bereaved family, how us and that the nation receives again, But these tragic moments have ica. Movements like the National Usually these debates happen ingly irrelevant for those who don’t they received that moment in time. as always, our prophetic witness. renewed interests in defining and Baptist Convention USA, Inc., within the holy nation within the have time for old time religion. Nevertheless, once again the nation And as we check the nation, let’s also defending the history and contem- and the Church of God in Christ nation. The black church is of- Though fruitful in many ways, the tried to sort out the unique liturgical call ourselves to repentance. porary significance of churches contributed to protests against rac- ten seen as a subculture maybe national debate around the black and theological content and context We cannot miss this moment to re- predominated by black Christians. ism and religious drift. Sometimes relevant during Black History church that extended from 2008 to of a black church and its slain. I’m mind ourselves and to tell the world For one, the fact that so much at- these movements were formed Month. But since running for and about 2010 was reactionary, stereo- not sure if we did any better in 2015 that #BlackChurchesMatter. R e i g n i n g A n n o u n ceme n t s

Pearl Street A.M.E. Church and the Pearl Street Community Development Audrey L. Hall, during her Ninth Year Anniversary as pastor of the church during Corporation, Inc., located at 2519 Robinson St., Jackson; in conjunction with the an Appreciation Program on Sunday, July 19, at 2 p.m. For more information call MS Department of Education and U.S.D.A., is hosting its fourth free summer feed- 601.922.6588. Dr. Audrey L. Hall is the pastor. ing program. The meal times for children: breakfast, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. and lunch at 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. The summer feeding program is available, Monday through Friday through July 31. For additional information about the summer feeding pro- Holy City International Empowerment Ministries, 251 Kearney Park Rd., Flora, gram, contact the Pearl Street CDC at (601) 355-0001or email debgiles@comcast. will observe its Founder’s Day Program on Sunday, July 26, at 2 p.m. The speaker net. Rev. Samuel Boyd is the pastor. of the day will be Bishop Johnny E. Gibson of Unity Temple Full Gospel, Vicksburg. Pre-Celebration services, which will include singing and preaching, will be held Black’s Chapel Baptist Church, 3425 Robinson St., Jackson; will celebrate their Monday – Friday, July 20 – 24, at 7:30 p.m. each evening. Speakers during this pe- pastor, Rev. John McNeal’s Anniversary on Sunday, July 12, at 3 p.m. Rev. Michael riod will include: Wednesday, July 22, Elder Burton of Humble COGIC of Jackson; Williams, pastor of College Hill M. B. Church, will deliver the sermon. For more infor- Thursday, July 23, Elder Preston of Miracle Temple Evangelical COGIC, Jackson; mation call 601.922.5090. Rev. John McNeal is the pastor. Friday, July 24, Elder Felton of Covenant Evangelistic Pentecostal Church, Jack- son. For more information call 601.879.3999. Presiding Bishop Stanley Cavett, Sr. Holy Temple Baptist Church, 5077 Cabaniss Circle, Jackson, will honor Rev. is the pastor.

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preser v e d What has captured There’s an APP for that! By Shewanda Riley memory (space), and often wire- Columnist your Love?- Part II less internet and data to access Last week, I an app, we have to have be empty By Pastor Simeon R. Green III We’re instructed to endeavor do we truly desire it? Are we have embraced him, and He had a conversa- enough of our stuff (emotional and Special to The Mississippi Link to bring people an easy way to hungry for that time? Can we would not have told him to sell tion with a friend spiritual baggage) as well as open We want to heaven. We’re instructed to get along without that regular everything he possessed. about how some- enough to talk to and receive from be a people of teach the Word of God. It is communication and fellowship The Word of God is ad- one she knew God. I’ve been through seasons in God who have a important that we understand with God? dressed to “whosoever will,” brags about using my life where because of my bag- testimony. One that He needs all of our love, Whatever gets in the way and that takes in all of us. The an app instead of gage, I didn’t want to pray to God of the very im- but there’s a higher calling. of serving God must go. The Gospel message of salvation going to church. In fact, this per- and even if I had prayed, the prayer portant things There’s a Holy way, for the things that hinder a soul from says “if any,” and that takes son stated that they preferred to use would not have been answered about a testi- Bible teaches a separate peo- being saved will also hinder in us all as well. opened Twitter and Instagram because of because of the wrong motivations. mony is what people see and ple. It’s a beautiful way! Giv- a soul after he is saved. We His arms and said, “Whosoev- their convenience of being able to James 4:2-3 warns us about asking know about us from observ- ing our love to God and expe- should remember Zacchaeus. er will, let him come.” read or watch an inspirational mes- for things with the wrong inten- ing us many times. If people riencing His love in return is a He was a wealthy man. Jesus We find in John 3:16, “For sage at any time. Since she was an tions. But letting go of my bag- around us don’t really see that beautiful thing. It is a wonder- did not tell him to sell all that God so loved the world that He active churchgoer, she could not gage and submitting myself to hear vibrant love for God in our ful experience! It is worthy of he had because his attitude was gave his one and only Son, that understand how you could get the His will changed my life because I lives, they’re less likely to feel everything. altogether different than the whoever believes in him shall same sense of spiritual intimacy was then able to use God’s APP. conviction because one of the The service of God should rich young man. not perish but have eternal with God by using a smartphone. A search for the word prayer reasons for conviction is the not be boring if we really have By the time Zacchaeus life.” (NIV) She explained how she could see in the Bible shows that there are difference between the way love for God. Does our love jumped down from the tree, he Rev. Simeon R. Green III is how using digital and live stream- over 150 references for the word we’re living and the way a sin- for God invigorate us when we had already made up his mind pastor of Joynes Road Church ing services could provide a way prayer and over 360 for the word ner is living. come to church? Do we feel that he was going to give half of God, 31 Joynes Road, Hamp- for those who could not get to pray. Out of these references, God is able to use the differ- invigorated and uplifted by of his goods away. He said if ton VA 23669. He is married to church because of work, illness or there are details of the various types ence, the example, of our tes- being in the presence of God? he had wronged anybody, he Velma L. Green. He honorably another reason to enjoy the worship of prayer like the prayer of thanks- timony to bring conviction. If If we love someone and come was going to restore him four- served in the U.S. Army for 20 experience. giving (Colossians 1:3), the prayer we look at a group of people into their presence, how do we fold. Jesus did not have a prob- years. Rev. Green is a member In many ways, I agree with her of repentance (Psalm 51), and of and the sinner and the saint ap- feel? It is uplifting. We want lem with Zacchaeus’ wealth. of the National Association of about how hard it is to duplicate course, the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew pear and act almost the same, to be around the person we Had the rich young man been Evangelism Church of God, the powerful transformation that 6:9-13). what’s the difference? The Bi- love. of the same attitude - “Lord, I Anderson, Ind. He serves as takes place in the midst of a church God’s APP is appointed be- ble teaches something higher Do we have just a habit of need you, I need eternal life, chairman of the Southeastern service with a smartphone app. cause it is prayed at the right time than the same appearances and spending time with the Lord and I’ll give away everything Association of The Church of But like so many others, I use my and in the right season of your acts of a sinner and saint. in coming to His house, or I have to get it” - Jesus would God, Inc. smartphone for many things, in- life, purposeful because it focuses cluding daily devotionals for en- on God-ordained tasks and prayer couragement, and see the benefits is the most effective method of of churches using social media as communication with God. Using part of their outreach. And I agree God’s APP, doesn’t guarantee that The Top 10 Gospel Songs from the Billboard with my friend that reading a daily you will always get the things that inspirational word from a smart- you want when you want them. phone app is not the same as being But like any app, it will keep you in church. connected… when you need it the Gospel Charts for the week of July 9 After our conversation, I contin- most. ued to think about how God has al- Shewanda Riley is the author ready given us an APP that we can of the Essence best-seller “Love SONGS ARTISTS ALBUM use whether or not we have a smart- Hangover: Moving From Pain phone. God’s APP is the Appoint- to Purpose after a Relationship ed Purposeful Prayer (APP). And Ends.” She can be reached at 1. For Your Glory College Tasha Cobbs Hill Missionary Baptist Church just like any app, we have to learn [email protected], at www. 2. War Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago how to use God’s APP. Just like shewandariley.com or www.anoint- Since 1907 B IBLE B ASED •C HRIST C ENTERED • H OLY S PIRIT L ED a smartphone has to have enough edauthorsontour.com 3. I Luh God Erica CampbellSUNDAY: Featuring BigWorship Shizz Services 4. This Place Tamela Mann 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. 5. Yes You Can Marvin Sapp

6. Worth 1600 Florence Anthony Avenue BrownMONDAY: & group therAPyIntercessory Prayer 9:00 a.m. 7. Worth Fighting For Jackson, MS 39204 Brian Courtney Wilson Ph: 601-355-2670 WEDNESDAY: Prayer Service 6:30 p.m. 8. Fill Me Up Fax: 601-355-0760 Casey J Classes: Children • Youth • Adult - 7:00 p.m. 9. I Am Jason Nelson 10. I Will Trust www.collegehillchurch.org Fred Hammond Featuring BreeAnn • [email protected] Shekinah Glory

To listen to snippets of these songs, please visit billboard.com/charts/gospel-song Baptist Church “Shining the Radiant Light of His Glory” Moving the Masses Toward the Mission of the Master WEEKLYACTIVITIES NewSunday Bethel9:30 a.m.MissionaryFulfillment H ourBaptist (Sunday School)Church Pastor, Dr. F. R. Lenoir 11:00 a.m. MorningSunday Worship School Service - 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m. Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Prayer Time & Bible Study Live Radio Broadcast Thursday6:30 p.m. AWOADdult Choir AM 1300 Rehearsal - 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 1750 Saturday 11:00 a.m. Youth & Young Adult Choir Rehearsal Sunday Worship Services www.nhcms.org Bishop Ronnie C. Crudup, Sr. Please join us in any or all of these activities. You are WELCOME! 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. 1770 Ellis Avenue • Jackson, MS 39204 Sunday School 9:30 a.m. OFFICE. 601-371-1427 • FAX. 601-371-8282 485 W. Northside Drive“A Church • Jackson, Preparing MS for a www.newhorizonchurchms.org 601-981-4979 • Bro. KarlHome E Not Twyner, Built by pastor Man” Monday New Bethel M. B. Church • 450 Culberston Ave. • Jackson, MS 39209 S U N D A Y 601-969-3481/969-3482 • Fax # 601-969-1957 • E-Mail: [email protected] Intercessory Prayer 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. - Worship Services Wednesday Michael T. Williams W E D N E S D A Y HHolyoly TTempleemple M.B.M.B. ChurChurchch Pastor 7:00 p.m. - Bible Class Prayer Service 6:30 p.m. 5077 Cabaniss Circle - Jackson, MS 39209 Classes: Children • Youth • Adult - 7:00p.m. T V B R O A D C A S T (601) 922-6588; [email protected] 8:00 a.m. - Channel 14 (Comcast) Sunday School - 8 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship - 9:30 a.m. GET YOUR CURRENT NEWS ANDPrayer WATCHEveryday: 6 AP a.m. VIDEOS and 6 p.m. ONLINE AT: Tuesday Bible Study - 6:30 p.m.

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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS AGAPE EDUCATIONAL CENTER BUREAU OF BUILDING, GROUNDS AND BUREAU OF BUILDING, GROUNDS AND REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT NOTICE is hereby given that AGAPE EDUCATIONAL CENTER will receive JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI written sealed bids for the 2015 Improvements to the school building and prop- erty located at: ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 315 Garrett Street P.O. Box 502 Canton, Mississippi 39046 Sealed bids will be received at the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Sealed bids will be received at the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, 501 North West Street, Suite 1401 B, Jackson, Missis- Property Management, 501 North West Street, Suite 1401 B, Jackson, Missis- until the hour of 12:00 o’clock p.m. local time, on August 4th 2015, at Agape sippi, 39201, until 2:00:00 p.m. on Thursday, 07/30/2015 , for: sippi, 39201, until 2:00:00 p.m. on Thursday, 07/30/2015 , for: Educational Center 315 Garrett Street, P.O. Box 502 Canton, Mississippi 39046, and immediately thereafter bids will be opened and publicly read. RE: GS# 101-294 Utility Infrastructure RE: GS# 516-010 Hail Damage Repairs (EMER) (Pkg. A) Alcorn State University Mississippi Emergency Management Agency A pre-bidding conference is scheduled for Monday July 27th at 2:00 p.m. at which time they will be publicly opened and read. Contract documents may at which time they will be publicly opened and read. Contract documents may The project will be funded with funds from the Rural Development office of be obtained from: be obtained from: the USDA.

Professional: Atherton Consulting Engineers, Inc. - Jackson Professional: JBHM Architects, P.A. - Jackson Copies of the plans and technical specifications, together with Contract Docu- (Jackson, Mississippi, through the Office listed herein) (Tupelo, Mississippi, through the Office listed herein) ments (dated 8 June 2015), may be obtained (purchased) from Jackson Blue- Address: Post Office Box 16511 Address: 308 East Pearl Street, Suite 300 print, 699 Monroe Street, Jackson, Ms. 39202, (601) 353-5803, printbox@ Jackson, Mississippi 39236-6511 Jackson, Mississippi 39201 jaxblue.com. Jackson Blueprint will maintain a bidders’ list of those purchasing Phone: 601-362-6478 Phone: 601-352-2699 plans for this project. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Bids received will be opened at 12:01 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday August 4th, A deposit of $100.00 is required. Bid preparation will be in accordance with A deposit of $150.00 is required. Bid preparation will be in accordance with 2015, and considered by the Owner of the Project thereafter. The Owner re- Instructions to Bidders bound in the project manual. The Bureau of Building, Instructions to Bidders bound in the project manual. The Bureau of Building, serves the right to reject any or all bids. Grounds and Real Property Management reserves the right to waive irregu- Grounds and Real Property Management reserves the right to waive irregu- larities and to reject any or all bids. NOTE: Telephones and desks will not be larities and to reject any or all bids. NOTE: Telephones and desks will not be Project site is vacant and available for commencement of work. available for bidders use at the bid site. available for bidders use at the bid site. Benchmark Design, PC D. Tracy Ward, Architect tracy@benchmarkward. Glenn R. Kornbrek, Glenn R. Kornbrek, com (404) 405-8662 or Jerome Logan (MEP engineering) (314) 574-5770; Director Director [email protected]

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REQUEST FOR ternational Drive, Jackson, Mississippi 39208, until 3:00 p.m. central time on E-Mail: [email protected] INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATION Wednesday, July 29, 2015 (the “Deadline”). BY THE JACKSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY or from JMAA’s website at www.jmaa.com/resources/rfprfb-center/ PROJECT # 002-15 JMAA will not consider any ISQs received after the Deadline for any reason whatsoever. Information for Respondents relating to this RFI is on file and ***NOTE: NO CONTRACTS WILL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO THIS The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (“JMAA”) is publishing this Request open for public inspection at the offices of JMAA. The Information for Respon- REQUEST*** for Information and Statements of Qualifications (“RFI”) for the purpose of dents contains a copy of the RFI, General Information for Respondents, and collecting product and service information on Parking Access and Revenue Information Required from Respondents. 7/2/2015, 7/9/2015 Control Systems (“PARCS”) from manufacturers, distributors and authorized resellers (“Vendors”) of those systems and other entities/persons with experi- Interested persons may obtain a copy of the ence in the field of airport PARCS. Information for Respondents from JMAA by Crossword Solution contacting Ms. Karen Hatten, JMAA’s Pro- Cryptogram Solution After the collection and evaluation of the Information and Statements of Quali- curement Specialist, as follows: fication (“ISQ”) received in response to this RFI, JMAA plans to publish an Advertisement for Bids for the purchase and installation of a PARCS at the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (“JAN”). 100 International Drive, Suite 300 (39208) Post Office Box 98109 JMAA will hold a Mandatory Pre-Submittal Meeting at 10:30 a.m. central time Jackson, Mississippi 39298-8109 on July 14, 2015. Attention: Karen Hatten, Procurement Spe- cialist JMAA will receive ISQs to the RFI at the offices of JMAA, Suite 300, Main Telephone No.: (601) 939-5631, ext. 210

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NIT, which had the same block/ Jackson State Athletics Media The NCAA Playing Rules Over- Teams will also have one fewer charge standards as the 2015 with two assist for a total of sight Panel on Monday approved a team timeout (only three can carry event (aside from the 4-foot arc), JACKSON, Miss – The 16 points making her first on package of proposals and areas of over instead of four) in the second the number of block/charge plays Jackson State women’s soc- the team. Ellis was named focus for officials in men’s basket- half. Officials will focus more on decreased from 2.77 per game to cer season is scheduled to be- JSU Offensive Player of the ball to improve the pace of play, resuming play quickly after a time- 1.96 per game. gin in less than 40 days with Year, JSU Newcomer of the better balance offense with de- out and will issue a delay-of-game Faking fouls an exhibition match against Year, SWAC All-Tournament fense and reduce the physicality in warning when a team does not During the use of a video review William Carey on August 15. Team member, and SWAC the sport. comply and a one-shot technical to see if a possible flagrant foul oc- JSUTIGERS.COM will spot- All-Conference Second The NCAA Men’s Basketball foul on subsequent violations. curred, the panel approved a rule light some of the top players Team midfielder. With Ellis Committee made similar recom- The rest of the package de- that would allow officials to penal- in the Lady Tigers program leading the charge, the Lady mendations before the 2013-14 signed to improve the pace of play ize players who fake fouls. The this year. Tigers claimed the 2013 season, and it felt the changes im- includes: NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Jackson State midfielder SWAC Championship title, proved the game. But after gaining • Adjusting the media timeout Committee felt that players try- Jalana Ellis has been a great the second in the history of some positive traction, the balance procedures to allow a timeout ing to draw fouls by deception is a asset to the Lady Tigers pro- the program. Ellis between offense and defense again called within 30 seconds of a break growing issue. gram for the past two years. 2014 placed Ellis back on tilted toward the defense last sea- (at the 16:30 mark) or at any time Other changes Ranked fifth in the South- top with honors such as Col- 16 points. The Lady Tigers son. Scoring in Division I men’s after the scheduled media timeout Other proposals approved by the western Athletic Conference lege Sports Madness SWAC did not repeat the trip back basketball dipped to 67.6 points becomes the media timeout. panel include: player top twenty by top- All-Conference First Team to the SWAC Championship a game last season, which neared • Removing the ability for a • Allowing officials to use the drawersoccer.com, Ellis led midfielder, SWAC All-Con- game but fell to 2014 SWAC historic lows for the sport. coach to call timeout when the ball monitor to review a potential shot JSU offensively her fresh- ference First Team midfield- Champions Howard Univer- The key areas officials will fo- is live. clock violation on made field goals man and sophomore years. er, and SWAC Pre-Season sity in the semi-finals of the cus on in the upcoming season are: • Allowing a total of only 10 throughout the entire game. In 2013, Ellis’s perfor- All-Conference first team. tournament. • Perimeter defense, particularly seconds to advance the ball to the • Making Class B technical mance placed her at the very Ellis played in 20 games with Ellis is a proven leader for on the dribbler and strictly enforc- front court (with a few exceptions). fouls (hanging on the rim and de- top of the pack. She played in 14 starts, recording 49 shots the JSU soccer team and she ing directives established before • Reducing the amount of time laying the resumption of play, for 22 games with 20 starts re- with 25 shots on goal. She will be the one of the ones to the 2013-14 season. allotted to replace a disqualified example) one-shot technical fouls. cording 36 shots with 19 on scored six goals with four watch this upcoming season. • Physicality in post play. player from 20 to 15 seconds. Previously, two shots were granted goal. Ellis scored seven goals assist to lead the team with • Screening, particularly moving Restricted-area arc for these types of technical fouls. screens and requiring the screener The panel also approved the • Eliminating the five-second to be stationary. expansion of the restricted-area closely guarded rule while drib- • Block/charge plays. arc from 3 feet to 4 feet. This arc bling the ball. • Allowing greater freedom of would be effective in 2015-16 for • Removing the prohibition on movement for players without the Division I and 2016-17 for Divi- dunking in pregame warmups and ball. sions II and III. Moving the arc a at halftime. Pace of play foot farther from the basket is part Experimental rule With an eye on reducing inac- of a continued focus on reducing The panel also approved an tion, the panel approved several the number of collisions at the bas- experimental rule to allow play- proposals to improve the pace of ket. ers six personal fouls, instead of play. The most significant is reduc- Games in the 2015 Postseason five, in the 2016 postseason tour- ing the shot clock to 30 seconds. NIT were played with the 4-foot naments other than the Division I The shot clock was last reduced arc on an experimental basis. Men’s Basketball Championship. for the 1993-94 season when it When compared to the 2013

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Members of Class of 1953: (top row) Edward King, Hellena Dubose, Alberta Martin, (2nd row) B.B. Jennings, Lenora Reed, June Harrison, and Lottie Ward. 18 • the mississippi link July 9 - 15, 2015 www.mississippilink.com Book Review: “America the black point of view” byTony Rose Amber Books Paperback, $21.95 • 572 pages , Illustrated

By Kam Williams surprise that a man of such consider- decided to open his memoirs with a cuse” for killing the innocent and the Book Reviewer able accomplishment would hail from 100+ page blistering attack on the 70% defenseless. Crossword Puzzle “I come from a place that is so in- a humble background. In fact, Tony’s of White America that remains ostensi- Following that damning digression, visible that you can hardly see me. Yet, upbringing in Boston back in the Fif- bly indifferent to the country’s shame- Tony proceeds to relate his own heart- I am despised, hated and feared more ties and Sixties was way worse than ful legacy of slavery, segregation and breaking life story, warts and all, in a than anyone or anything... I live in the merely modest, given how he and his institutional racism . For, their destruc- vivid fashion that just jumps off the underbelly of America and I am poor sister were raised in a rough Roxbury tive by-products exact a continuing toll page. The jaw-dropping opus covers and have nothing. I am a Black man... ghetto they were lucky to survive. as evidenced in the African-American only his formative through teen years, and I am invisible, until someone kills His absentee-dad was rarely around masses’ ongoing suffering in squalor a period he spent doing everything me... after being caught molesting his due to a seemingly-irreversible cultural from killing roaches to subsisting on This book is essentially a children’s daughter, not that the heroin addicted- collapse. celery soup to standing up to neighbor- story. A story of millions of children pimp/Mafia hit man would have made “America: The Black Point of View” hood bullies. locked away in the segregated, red- much of a role model. Consequently, proves to be a very timely tome, as it Overall, an alternately poignant lined ghettos and housing projects of Tony’s mom was totally dependent on even addresses the epidemic of shoot- and powerful autobiography that is as America. I found out early on that this that bi-weekly Welfare check from the ings of unarmed blacks like Travon much a riveting overcoming-the-odds was not going to be an easy book to government. And up until she lost her Martin, Jordan Davis and now the 9 memoir as it is a searing indictment of write. mind in 1965, the emotionally-abusive Charleston churchgoers by cowardly the United States as a racist society. I wanted to write an autobiography woman was fond of routinely remind- whites. The author points out that “the To order a copy of America: The about... the horrific murderers, pimps, ing her kids that they were “black and weak white coward is not interested in Black Point of View, visit: http://www. gangsters, rapists, child abusers and ugly” and that nobody wanted them. going up against the real black gang- amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ thieves that I grew up with... 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