Tempora Mutantur Et Nos Mutamur In Illis VOLUME 95 NUMBER 16 MIAMI, FLORIDA, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 50 CENTS Mortgage LIBERTY CITY aid winds down BIG Funds that helped DREAMS thousands save their homes will run out City native vying By Nyamekye Daniel for federal bench [email protected] By Andrea Robinson When Margaret Ellis was laid [email protected] off from her job as a compliance Circuit Court Judge Rodney analyst at a pharmaceutical com- Smith referred to himself as “the pany in 2015, she feared that she skinny kid from Liberty City with would lose something she worked big dreams.” After serving on the so hard to accomplish — owning local bench for nearly 10 years, a home. he may be on the verge of reap- Ellis, who is the sole caregiver ing an even bigger dream. for her 91-year-old mother, found Smith is one of 10 fi nalists for herself struggling to live day to federal judgeships in South Flor- day off of the $15,000 in her sav- ida. The state Federal Judicial ings account. For four months Nominating Commission recently she squeezed out her monthly —Photos courtesy of Miami-Dade County Public Schools submitted mortgage payments of $1,300 Families from the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and other islands visited with administrators and the names of while she searched for another instructors from Miami-Dade County Public Schools to help them enroll in the district. Smith and job. But as time went by, she was nine other unable to get re-employed. South Flo- Ellis thought she was out of op- ridians for tions until a friend told her about appointment the Florida Hardest-Hit Fund’s to the fed- Unemployment Mortgage Assis- eral bench to tance Program (UMAP). That fund U.S. Sena- paid her mortgage for a year, Class now in session Smith tors Marco allowing her to look for work and for students displaced by hurricanes Rubio and Bill stabilize her fi nances. Nelson. The commission whittled The program, which gave Ellis By Juliana Accioly into a new educational system. their list after interviewing 24 a lifeline, is coming to a close. Special to The Miami Times The event, held at the Miami Jackson Senior High applicants. Floridians only have less than School, offered information on free school supplies, ma- The South Florida district cur- two months left to enroll. The In the eyes of many, this year's punishing hurricane terials, immunization, programs for students with special rently has fi ve federal vacancies. applications for UMAP and two season is over, but the aftermath of the disaster caused needs and parent resources. Educators hosted informa- The other fi nalists vying for the other housing assistance initia- by the rage of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria has tion sessions on topics such as parent resources for liter- position of U.S. district judge for tives will no longer be available left others grappling with survival and a new reality to acy, programs for those with special needs and strategies the Southern District of Florida after Jan. 31. face. to support children's social and emotional wellness. are attorney Roy Altman, Circuit The UMAP offers up to 12 This past Saturday, Deverine Christopher placed her "Children that are fearful cannot learn," said Super- Judge Antonio Arzola; Acting months or $24,000 of mortgage hands over her face, lowered them again to look up to intendent Alberto M. Carvalho, who gave a warm "wel- U.S. Attorney Benjamin Green- assistance to unemployed, the sky and thanked God with tears in her eyes. come to Miami" speech and assured the newcomers that berg; Broward Circuit Judge Da- Please turn to AID 6A "I'm so grateful for everything, my daughter's educa- Florida is "ready to be their family." vid Haimes; Miami-Dade Circuit tion is the most important thing,” Christopher said. "We understand your pain, and we are going to help Judge Peter Lopez; Miami-Dade Christopher, a native from St. Thomas, was among you through it," he said. "Everything you need to make Circuit Judge Rodolfo Ruiz; Bro- the hurricane-displaced group of Puerto Ricans, Virgin sure that your children succeed we will provide. We'll ward Circuit Judge Raag Sing- Islanders and citizens of other Caribbean nations who never abandon you.” hal; Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Rep. John came together at a Family Support Day to learn about Jennifer Andreu, administrative director at the district’s John Thornton; and attorney the resources that have been put in place by Miami-Dade federal, state and compliance offi ce, said that there have Melissa Visconti. County Public Schools to assist children in their transition Please turn to STUDENTS 6A Of the 10, Smith is the only Conyers Black person. There also is one resigns 1 Of 10 Detroit Free Press fi nalists. Smith is Facing a rising chorus of voices demanding he step down the only Black because of sexual harassment contender.

female and one Asian-American. Those names will go to Florida’s two U.S. Senators, Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio, for further vetting. Christopher Norwood, a local education consultant and com- munity activist, said Smith’s story is inspirational. Smith grew up in a single-parent home and was raised in Liberty City. He be- came a Boy Scout and achieved Rep. John Conyers Jr. the highest designation, Eagle claims, U.S. Rep. John Conyers Scout. Jr., on Tuesday retired from the Smith began his legal career seat he has held for more than as an assistant city attorney in fi ve decades, a swift and crush- Miami Beach, and later was a ing fall from grace for a civil prosecutor in the Miami-Dade rights icon and the longest-serv- State Attorney’s Offi ce. Gov. ing active member of Congress. Charlie Crist appointed him as Saying he was fi nalizing his county court judge in 2008, and plans for retirement, Conyers, D- he subsequently won re-election. Mich., added he would endorse In 2012, later, Gov. Rick Scott his son, John Conyers III, to elevated him to the circuit court replace him in Congress. He did bench; Smith won re-election in not describe it as a resignation 2014. —Photo courtesy of SEOPW CRA but said his decision was imme- The most recent appointment diate, suggesting the difference of a Black judge to the federal may be little. level came in 2014 when Darrin "My legacy can’t be compro- LIGHTING UP THE CITY P. Gayles was elevated. Federal mised or diminished in any way judgeships come with lifetime by what we’re going through appointments. District 5 City Commissioner Keon Hardemon and the Coalition of Hadley Park hosted “Light Up Liberty Local attorneys and judiciary now. This too shall pass. … My City Holiday Tree Lighting” where children received gifts and participated in lighting a Christmas tree. Please turn to CONYERS 5A Please turn to SMITH 6A

8 90158 00100 0 2A THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 Opinion Blacks Must Control Their Own Destiny

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As we put away every person, regardless of race, creed or color, his or her GARTH C. REEVES, SR., Publisher Emeritus human and legal rights. Hating no person, fearing no person, our shutters, plywood and other supplies that Newspaper RACHEL J. REEVES, Publisher and Chairman the Black Press strives to help every person in the fi rm belief Association H of America protect us individually, we must give thought to the needs that all persons are hurt as long as anyone is held back. of our communities collectively. Hurricane Irma taught many of us that we weren’t quite Newspaper BY MATTHEW A. PIGOTT, Opa-locka City Commissioner Association as prepared as we should be. It also taught us that we of America can not rely on local or county government to step in. Yes, we bear responsibility for our safety. But in communities where there are so many unmet needs, we must step up Will Opa-locka be left out of Amazon jobs? and be a true neighbor. One of the poignant incidents in the aftermath of Hur- Upon hearing about the plans warehouse. As an elected offi cial Exactly how and when these needs being placed under agree- ricane Irma occurred when a convoy led by School Board to bring an Amazon mega-ware- of Opa-locka, I was concerned by positions would be advertised, ments? Where is the proof of the house to Opa-locka, I became the optics of the event and the in- whether any priority would be desire and intent of the Meek member Steve Gallon III, Commissioners Joseph Kelley excited.When it was announced formation I gathered directly from given to Opa-locka residents, and Foundation and the county to and Matthew Pigatt and Police Chief James Dobson ar- that the facility would bring more participants. whether there would be any op- ensure that employment oppor- rived at an apartment complex in Opa-locka. The apart- than 1,000 job opportunities, I Of the multiple companies portunity for administration or tunities on all levels will be made ment manager said those public offi cials were the fi rst to became hopeful. Since realizing present at the “fair,” most of them management positions has seem- available to Opa-locka residents? come check on them, nearly fi ve days after the storm. The the realities of what this venture were not Florida corporations and ingly not been hashed out enough Where is the plan to prepare the residents had been without power. They cooked outdoors is really bringing, I have become only some have a local presence for those questions to be respond- employment-seeking population and shared their food communal style. disappointed. within the state. In speaking with ed to with intelligible answers. for the positions that are pur- The major construction of the ported to become available in fall Other examples are of activist Valencia Gunder and 850,000 square-foot facility is al- 2018, when the facility is sched- members of New Florida Majority (NFM), who went across s a resident and an elected offi cial of Opa-locka, which will be most completed, and if the past the home of this mega-warehouse, I am greatly disturbed by uled to begin operations? the county setting up pop-up feedings for hungry persons. communication and “opportunity These questions are far too im- In South Dade, NFM members cleared tree limbs and de- fair” provides any indication of Athe lack of transparency and communication between those who portant to remain outstanding. bris when county vehicles did not arrive. future activities and behaviors, oversee the development. Those within the city of Opa-loc- Sure, we can blame elected and administrative leaders once again the residents of Opa- ka and the surrounding areas de- for dropping the ball. But we each have to learn lessons locka and surrounding communi- the company representatives, all This project was “sold” as a win- serve to have information about ties will be left out. of the major contracting oppor- win for the county, Opa-locka and the projects. from Irma. We are resilient, and we know how to survive. On Thursday, Nov. 16, the Car- tunities and jobs were secured local residents alike. The reality The community deserves to We did it this year. Now let us consider how we can im- rie Meek International Business months in advance. There were though is that to this point, it have a legitimate level of dis- prove so that next year we can help ourselves and others Park Construction Vendor and relatively few “possible” job oppor- seems that only the county, non- closure regarding the Amazon in our community. Labor Opportunity Fair was held tunities remaining and of those, local contractors and the Meek mega-warehouse. We deserve a at Sherbondy Village in Opa-loc- which number less than 40, all foundation are benefi tting from fair chance to benefi t from the ka. The “fair” (a term that carries are only part-time positions. this venture. development and operations of its own irony since nothing seems When asked about the number The lack of transparency and the facility, be it in the form of CARTOON CORNER “fair” about what is happening) of labor positions that would be available information about this construction or operational posi- was marketed as an opportunity available once the facility became project beg the following ques- tion opportunities. The fact that for contractors and laborers to operational, a representative of tions: Where was the effort to the elements of transparency learn about available positions in the Meek Foundation advised engage local contractors and and fairness appear to be miss- relation to the construction and that he was not exactly sure of sub-contractors PRIOR to the ing from this project is extremely operation of the state-of-the-art the number nor the type of jobs. majority of the construction disconcerting.

BY JASON JOHNSON The Root Libyan slave trade is hitting U.S. Blacks When CNN broke the story sev- One, about what is really happen- they will be raped multiple Netanyahu has given asylum eral weeks ago that slavery—not ing in Libya right now and what times during the trip. seekers one of three choices: wage slavery, not emotional slav- responsibility Blacks really have “Libya is the only transit stay in a refugee camp forever, ery, not virtual slavery, but ac- in the current crisis. point to the Mediterranean to go back home or take $3,500 tual whips-and-chains-forced la- Thousands of refugees, primar- get to Europe” says Tewolde, and a one-way ticket to any- bor slavery—was alive and well in ily from countries like Eritrea and “They [African refugees] used where but Israel. the North African nation of Libya, Sudan, are fl eeing poverty and vi- to go to Israel, but now that “People make deals with Americans fi nally started to take olence in their own countries only country is blocking them out smugglers” Yodit said. “My notice. Sort of. to end up the victims of smugglers so they’re forced to go through cousin was assured that he’d While there has been some re- and slave traders at major ports Libya to Europe.” be safe. The problem is these porting on the issue and a few in Libya. The men and women Politically, African asylum smugglers sell them to some- statements from government one else. You’re lucky if you leaders across the world, there olitically, African asylum seekers have been a hot topic for aren’t sold three or four times. has not been a sustained po- A lot of times you’re kidnapped the conservative government in Israel for years. Advocates litical and social media effort to or tortured. Sexual exploitation address the Libyan slave trade Pin Israel say that it is the peak of hypocrisy for a nation is a given.” akin to the 2014 Bring Back Our founded by refugees from the holocaust to now deny asylum to those This is the point in the story Girls campaign for the kidnap in suffering. where most Americans, even victims of Boko Haram in Nige- Blacks , pause and give a con- ria, or even the well-intentioned fl eeing these countries are taking seekers have been a hot topic descending sigh about how but poorly conceived KONY2012 a substantial risk; they pay large for the conservative govern- bad things are “over there.” We campaign—perhaps because the sums of money to smugglers and ment in Israel for years. Advo- might look for a Kickstarter or “African slavery” issue is stickier, they may have to travel long cates in Israel say that it is the GoFundMe campaign to click more pervasive and worst of all, and unsafe distances. Physical peak of hypocrisy for a nation on then move about our day. involves the United States. violence and torture are almost founded by refugees from the The problem is, the Libyan The Root spoke with criminal expected. Smugglers have been holocaust to now deny asylum slave trade is a direct result of defense attorney and asylum ex- known to force young girls to to those in suffering. Mean- the United States actions under pert Yodit Tewolde, who is also a take contraceptives before the while, starting around 2015, Barack Obama, so this is more legal analyst for CNN, Fox and TV journey since it expected that the government of Benjamin than just a “them” problem.

BY GEORGE M. JOHNSON, thegrio.com Cyntoia Brown: Injustice for Black Women From the police, to the pros- sex. According to Essence.com, came from a family with a long to the CDC, “Black women are ecutors, the jury to the judge, the “They drove to his home, went history of sexual and physical killed at a rate of 4.4 per 100,000 criminal justice system in Amer- into his bed and soon after, Brown abuse toward women, and how people, and indigenous women ica continues to oppress Black shot him in the back of the head she was forced into prostitution at a rate of 4.3 per 100,000; ev- and brown people at a dispropor- with a .40-caliber handgun as he by a man she was living with ery other race has a homicide tionate number in comparison to lay naked beside her.” Brown was named Kutthroat.” According to rate of between one and two per our white counterparts. Justice tried as an adult and sentenced Birman, “We started the conver- 100,000.” In terms of sexual as- has seemingly come up short for to life in prison with the chance of sation, this is a young girl who’s sault, nearly 40 percent of Black Black folks as the institutional parole at the age of 67. at the tail end of three genera- women report they have had an racism that drives our system of experience by the age of 18; for mass incarceration continues to t 16, Cyntoia Brown was picked up by Johnny Mitchell Allen, a “43-year- every Black woman who reports destroy the Black family. old Nashville real estate agent” who solicited her for sex. According to a rape, 15 don’t report theirs. Last week, social media galva- AEssence.com, “They drove to his home, went into his bed and soon Therefore, there are thousands of nized around the story of Cyntoia after, Brown shot him in the back of the head with a .40-caliber handgun . . . Black women whose abuse goes Brown, another young Black per- unreported and unpunished. son is dealt an unfair hand in an Brown’s story has now resur- tions of violence against women. Cyntoia Brown’s story is that unjust system. Despite a long his- faced, with celebs from Rihanna She had no chance.” of every Black woman who has tory of being repeatedly raped and to Kim Kardashian weighing in The sentiment of having “no been treated unjustly because abused as a victim of sex traffi ck- to raise awareness, and offer ser- chance” in this justice system is of the intersection of their race ing, Brown’s heroic attempt to es- vices of lawyers as they urge the a common one shared by Black and gender. We, as a community, cape her existence as a sex slave, Tennessee state governor to give women who resist their abusers. must begin to support and uplift The Miami Times welcomes and encourages letters on its editorial commentaries as well as all other material in the newspaper. Such feedback makes for a healthy Brown landed her a life sentence Brown a new trial. Black women who share their sto- Black women who are victims of a dialogue among our readership and the community. Letters must, however, be 300 in prison. Brown’s story was fi rst chron- ries are being met with disbelief system that continues to margin- words or less, brief and to the point, and may be edited for grammar, style and At 16, Cyntoia Brown was icled in a documentary on PBS while white women are being el- alize their voices while criminal- clarity. All letters must be signed and must include the name, address and telephone picked up by Johnny Mitchell Al- released in 2011 by producer evated into sainthood. izing their resistance. Or we are number of the writer for purposes of confi rming authorship. Send letters to: Letters to the Editor, The Miami Times, 900 N.W. 54th Street, Miami, FL 33127, or fax them len, a “43-year-old Nashville real and director, Daniel Birman. The The violence against Black no better than the oppressor who to 305-757-5770; Email: [email protected]. estate agent” who solicited her for documentary “details how Brown women is systemic. According continues to silence us all. THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER 3A THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 4A THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER NEWS BRIEFS

Local Preference the building. Offi ce Resume Day The Historic Hampton The SoLe Mia Local Pref- House Community Trust, Inc. erence Offi ce (LPO) invites is a non-profi t organization all City of North Miami resi- that is dedicated to preserving dents to schedule an appoint- the history represented by the ment to obtain assistance Historic Hampton House and in building or updating their providing a forum for educa- resume. Resume Day is the tional, cultural, and historic fi rst Thursday of every month. activities for community resi- All appointments should be dents and visitors to Greater scheduled one to two weeks Miami. For more information, in advance. Please bring the call 305-638-5800. following documents: work history, education history, Community Bike Ride skills list and certifi cations. The City of North Miami in- Also, qualifi ed residents will vites residents to participate have the opportunity to inter- in the Get in Gear Community view for free scholarships of- Bike Ride. The bike ride takes fered by the LPO in various place every second Saturday construction trades. SoLe Mia of the month. Registration is located on 12540 NE 8th starts at 8 a.m. and partici- Avenue, North Miami, 33161. pants will depart at 8:30 a.m. For more information, contact sharp. The ride with start and the SoLe Mia offi ce at 786- end at the Museum of Con- 801-1366 or e-mail solemial- temporary Art (MOCA) Plaza [email protected]. on 770 NE 125th St., North Miami. From start to fi nish, Jazz In The House the trip is approximately 10 Dawkins and local public offi cials unveiling the street sign. Every fourth Friday of each miles. Helmets are required month, the Historic Hampton for all participants age 16 House puts on a night featur- and under. The Get in Gear Liberty City pioneer honored for ing live entertainment. Some Community Bike Ride is an of the music features The In- ACHIEVE wellness initiative stant Attraction Band II. The in partnership with the North Historic Hampton House is lo- Miami Parks and Recreation years of dedication and service cated on 4240 NW 27th Ave. Department and the North Tickets, which include light Miami Police Department. into public service because while said. “We all have them, but I’m refreshments, are $10 when For more information, contact Widow of former commissioner was her husband was in politics, she grateful and thankful as she purchased in advance, and the North Miami Offi ce of the recognized with a street namesake noticed many people could not knew exactly to fl y to me, and $15 at the door. There will Mayor and Council at 305- speak for themselves. we’ve never let go of each other.” be free parking in the rear of 895-9815 or 305-895-9818. “Dorothy couldn't come out Dawkins has not slowed By Janiah Adams lard High School in 1941. She to the school and question the down. She wants to help [email protected] then went to Bethune-Cookman school board,” she said. “People anyone that she crosses paths University and graduated with in the community that need with and the younger genera- For more than 60 years, Nancy her associate’s degree, then went trash to be picked up, all they tion. Dawkins, widow of former Miami to Florida A&M University to do is tell the next neighbor. So “I encourage young people Commissioner Miller Dawkins, receive her bachelor’s in home when they take it to me, I take because you are going to be has lived on Northwest 50th economics and elementary educa- the request to the homeown- the people to carry the country Street near Hadley Park. She’s tion. She later got her master’s in ers. I’m a liaison person for the on while we’re gone and look seen neighbors come and go and education from Indiana Univer- people in the community to the out for the senior citizens,” has had a say in many organiza- sity in 1962. people in the powers that be.” Dawkins said. “My motto is to tions in the Miami neighborhood. Dawkins has taught in a num- One of Dawkins’ major accom- do all I can while I can, and if Now, because of her service, ber of schools including Booker T. plishments includes starting the there is anything I can do to infl uence and dedication, North- Washington Senior High School, Northwest Chapter of AARP in help someone while I pass, my west 50th St. from 12th to 17th Holmes Elementary and Liberty Miami. living will not be in vain. avenues is known as “Mrs. Nancy City Elementary. She met Miami- “It was important for me I thank the lord for longevity.” S. Dawkins Way.” Dade Public Schools District 2 because of all the benefi ts that The 94-year-old was honored board member Dorothy Ben- AARP offered,” Dawkins said. Friday by District 5 City Com- dross-Mindingall at Liberty City “I was a member of AARP in missioner Keon Hardemon and Elementary. At that time Ben- an integrated group and it was District 3 County Commissioner dross-Mindingall was a student.

Dawkins addresses the community with Audrey Edmonson, Keon Hardemon, and Francis Suarez

Audrey Edmonson during a street Dawkins’ experience at Liberty not convenient for me to go to co-designation ceremony across City Elementary would be a testa- their meetings. [Former County from Hadley Park. ment to her courage. Bendross- Commissioner] Dr. Barbara The decision to rename the Mindingall was asked to take Carey-Shuler and my husband street came from the Hadley the achievement test three times encouraged me to start one in Park Homeowners’ Association, because each time she took it, the neighborhood.” where Dawkins serves as a board she scored higher. The admin- The AARP chapter allows its member. istrators could not believe that members to receive benefi ts for “They wanted to honor citizens Bendross-Mindingall could seniors. Dawkins said busi- who had been in Miami for a long score so high on her test. nesses and politicians come and time and right across the street “I was living in Liberty Square inform them of what’s going on was once a little Black settlement and that was a time that people and benefi ts they can receive. called Railroad Shop,” Dawkins probably thought with the pro- Dawkins currently speaks to said. “So they was honoring the fi le of being a little Black girl, a young people and encourages people who was put out of the little dark-skinned girl growing young girls to take up engineer- settlement to build a school. So up in public housing, how could ing and technology. She’s also someone said how about the you be smart?” Bendross-Mind- an active member of Mt. Zion whole neighborhood?” ingall said. “You’re on welfare, AME Church. Dawkins had been living on you’re on subsistence, you’re Hardemon said it was incredi- 50th Street for six decades. Not one of seven children.” ble to be able to honor Dawkins. only that, but she is also active in Dawkins said she was able to “It’s not every day that some- her community. challenge the school board at one in my position has an op- “So they said why not honor that time because she was fresh portunity to do something that Dawkins since she’s the crowd out of college. She was also should have been done a long watch, because I encourage one of the three teachers who time ago,” Hardemon said. “So, people to vote,” Dawkins said. “I opened up the COPE Center, for me, it’s an incredible honor told them I didn't want no street a school for pregnant teenage to pay homage to someone like named after me, I wanted my girls. She served as the fi rst Mrs. Dawkins. And to be the name in heaven.” coordinator for home and family vehicle that’s used to really After much resistance, Dawkins living and taught there for 15 bring all these people together fi nally told them to have the sign years. She later retired from the to tell her how much we love say “way” instead of “street.” The school district after serving more her, so it’s just an incredible ex- homeowners’ association submit- than 35 years, then began teach- perience, and I would not have ted Dawkins’ name to the county, ing at Miami Dade College North passed it to anyone else to be and the resolution was approved Campus. She then became very able to do it.” in October with a unanimous active in politics, working as a Bendross-Mindingall said vote. volunteer and managing cam- Dawkins is her angel. Dawkins grew up in South paigns. “Dawkins is my angel on Florida and graduated from Dil- Dawkins said she wanted to go earth,” Bendross-Mindingall THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER 5A THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 Long-time congressman resigns CONYERS involving him groping or asking continued from 1A staffers for sex — ending Cony- ers' storied career. legacy will continue through my It was a remarkable 53-year- children," Conyers told Mildred run during which Conyers, the Gaddis on her Detroit radio son of a well-known labor lawyer show. in Detroit, compiled a near-re- As for the accusations against cord legacy of civil rights activ- him, Conyers said, "They're not ism, longevity and advocacy for accurate, they're not true and the poor and underprivileged. they're something I can't explain He retires with the sixth- where they came from." longest tenure in congressional Conyers, 88, made his decision history. to quit Congress two weeks after Denying the sexual harass- an article on BuzzFeed.com de- ment allegations tailed a secret settlement of more Conyers continued to refute Pasadena at the California Club, LLC, presents a $2.1 mil- than $27,000 with a former the allegations against him, lion ceremonial check to Miami-Dade County. From left are staffer who accused him of mak- admitting the settlement with Juan Mayol of Holland & Knight, Larry Silverster of P.A.C.T, Brown, but denying her claims ing sexual advances toward her Affordable Housing Trust Fund Trustees Keenya Robertson of and paying her out of funds from of sexual harassment. He also his taxpayer-supported office. denied the claims the other By Thanksgiving, several other Rep. John Conyers former staffers made against women had come forward with him and enjoyed the support of County receives $2.1M accusations against Conyers, As late as Tuesday morning, More than 200 supporters, a dozen former employees who who, despite his denials that he there were reports that Cony- including some of Detroit's most signed a letter to defend their harassed anyone, saw House ers would fight on, choosing to influential political, religious and boss. for workforce housing remain in office until the end of civil rights leaders, gathered in During his time in office, leaders and members of his own fined as housing that is af- his current term and then retire Detroit on Monday to reiterate which he won with huge mar- The contribution is party abandon him, with three of fordable to families whose the four Democrats in the Michi- in early 2019. But speaking on that message saying that Cony- gins every two years like clock- incomes are within 60% to gan delegation call for him to Gaddis' show on WPZR-FM in ers should get the same due work, Conyers was considered one of major firsts 140% of the county's area resign last Thursday. Detroit, Conyers said he was process rights as any other mem- one of the most liberal members median income. In addition to Marion Brown, retiring. ber of Congress and President of Congress, with a 100% rating Miami Times Staff Report the staffer who received the From accusation to resigna- Trump who also are currently from the American Civil Liber- The developer of the newly A local developer made a settlement, at least six other tion, Conyers' colleagues in accused of sexual harassment. ties Union, Planned Parenthood approved District 1 residen- women claimed they either expe- Congress went from being warily But less than week after the and the Human Rights Cam- $2.1 million donation to Mi- tial community will receive a rienced or saw him touching and supportive, urging caution while claims first surfaced, with al- paign. ami-Dade County on Monday. substantial density bonus in rubbing women in his office, mak- an investigation by the House legations swirling not only over The conservative Freedom The funds will assist the exchange for the allocation to ing sexual advances toward them Ethics Committee was completed the harassment claims but his Works gave him a 15% rating, county in acquiring, con- Miami-Dade County’s Afford- or making inappropriate remarks. to issuing outright calls for his use of taxpayer funds to pay at while the Club for Growth and structing, and rehabbing able Housing Trust Fund. The most recent, Elisa Grubbs, resignation, even from at least least one settlement, he abruptly Americans for Prosperity give more workforce housing units “The new Workforce Hous- made accusations against Cony- one fellow member of the Con- stepped down as the ranking him ratings of 8% and 6%, re- in the county. ing Development Program is ers on Monday night, saying in a gressional Black Caucus, which Democrat on the House Judicia- spectively. Pasadena at the Califor- a great mechanism for pro- statement that Conyers put his he helped to create in 1971. ry Committee, a position he had Conyers, however, had already nia Club, LLC, presented the viding Miami-Dade County come under scrutiny twice from hand up her skirt at a church, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn of held for more than two decades. ceremonial check at a press with additional resources the House Ethics Committee in among other allegations. South Carolina, who is the With media reports that some conference held by Miami- needed to construct more third-ranking Democrat in the members of the caucus were Congress for possible transgres- Among the others, one filed a Dade County Commissioner workforce and affordable House and has been a colleague privately urging him to resign sions in his office. lawsuit against him early this Barbara J. Jordan. housing,” Commissioner Jor- year and then withdrew it, saying of Conyers' on the Congressional — he suddenly quit Washing- As recently as this summer, The Pasadena contribu- dan said. “I’m hoping this she didn't want to hurt Cony- Black Caucus since 1993, called ton, missing several votes last the committee confirmed it was tion to Miami-Dade’s AHTF is only the beginning, and ers' reputation. Another woman, for him to resign Thursday short- week, including one mandating continuing to look at whether is the first by a major devel- as more members of our lo- Washington lawyer Melanie ly after similar calls by House sexual harassment training for he had wrongly paid his former oper since the passage of the Sloan, also told the Detroit Free Speaker Paul Ryan and Demo- members, as he headed back to chief of staff more than $50,000 cal development community Workforce Housing Develop- Press last month that Cony- cratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Cony- Detroit and his family. for time she didn't work. Cony- become familiar with incen- ers had verbally mistreated her, ers' lawyer, Arnold Reed had reit- On Wednesday night he was ers said he was only paying her ment Program ordinance, a tives of the revised program forced her to babysit his children erated on several occasions that hospitalized, his lawyer saying for accrued leave time and sev- voluntary program that pro- they’ll opt in and provide the and, on one occasion, showed up the congressman was not ready he believed it was stress-related. erance as part of a separation vides density bonuses and much-needed units and/ or at a meeting with her at his office to resign and wanted to see the Then came the louder calls for agreement reached after she other incentives for the devel- make additional deposits to in his underwear — though she Ethics investigation —which he him to resign, which finally pleaded guilty to a misdemean- opment of workforce housing. the Affordable Housing Trust didn't consider it sexual harass- said he would cooperate with —- culminated with the accusations or charge of receiving stolen Workforce housing is de- Fund.” ment. completed. —- many of them graphic and property unrelated to her job. 6A THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER Hurricane-displaced students get a warm welcome to Miami

STUDENTS school. The biggest difficulty tions are under consider- continued from 1A for the 8 year old, Maria ex- ation. plained, is that she does not Christopher, a former 11th- been no major challenges in speak English, but the school grade teacher who is staying integrating the more than has been easing the transi- with friends in Cutler Bay, 800 displaced students that tion through the English said she was overwhelmed have registered. The priority, Speakers of Other Languages with all the prospects she she said, is to get displaced program. has found on the mainland. students back into school "We offer plenty of resourc- Christopher and her husband immediately. Children can es to help close the achieve- Maxie Murray are currently be readily registered in the ment gap," said Ana Gutier- separated, but they chose school in the area where rez, one of the administrative to come together to South they are staying, including directors of the M-DCPS Florida to make sure their those with no documents or Division of Academics. daughter Lakeysha received a records, as the Florida De- She explained that ESOL proper education. partment of Education has certified teachers are avail- Lakeysha said that once waived certain requirements able to help English learn- she enrolled at Miami South- to expedite enrollment. ers absorb their core class ridge High School in October, "Everything is a process, materials through visuals she was provided with all but we will get through it," and supplemental technology the materials and assistance said Maria Sanchez, a Hiale- programs. She added: "This is she needed. The 17-year-old ah resident who has taken in not new to our teachers, over said she misses her home her cousin Rosa Maldonado 68,000 of our students are and friends, but that she has and niece Alombra after their learning English." quickly caught up with her home in San Juan was torn In addition to the assis- school work and accepted the to shreds by the Category 5 tance provided to the stu- transition with an open mind. storms. dents, Ana Flores, Director She has plans on starting col- She learned about the of Recruitment at the Office lege next fall and has started district's initiatives through of Human Capital Manage- the application process. ment, said that 36 educa- The biggest lesson the Vir- fliers in her community, and —Photos courtesy of Miami-Dade County Public Schools tors displaced from the U.S. gin Islander has learned from now Alombra is attending Families from the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and other islands visited with ad- second grade at Ernest R. territories have already been the whole experience? Graham K-8 Academy after employed by the district and ministrators and instructors from Miami-Dade County Public Schools to help them "Always be prepared for two months of being out of more than other 40 applica- enroll in the district. anything." Mortgage assistance programs scheduled to end in January 2018

AID ment Program, which provides able to save up enough money HHF funds to assist distressed continued from 1A up to $25,000 to borrowers to put a down payment on a homeowners in Florida. who have returned to work or three-bedroom, two-bathroom By decreasing administrative recovered from underemploy- house for her elderly mother costs, over $32 million in ad- underemployed first-time ment to reinstate a delinquent and herself. ditional funding was allocated mortgage borrowers or those mortgage. They are also ending “It’s the first house that I’ve to the programs to extend them who have experienced financial the Principal Reduction Pro- owned, so I was really ecstatic to the January 2018 deadline, hardship because of death, di- gram, which offers $50,000 to when they told me I closed on according to Florida Housing vorce or disability. As a bonus, homeowners to help reduce the the home,” Ellis said. “It’s a representatives. it also offers up to $18,000 in principal balance of the first sense of achievement when you “Although the Florida HHF upfront lump sum assistance mortgage. know you have your own place programs were originally slated to cover any delinquent mort- In February 2010, the U.S. to call home.” to conclude by December 2020, gage payments. Department of the Treasury Thanks to the HFA, Ellis was we were able to meet the needs Ellis said without the pro- created the HFA fund under able to resume her mortgage of struggling homeowners gram, she and her mother the Emergency Economic Sta- payments and keep her home ahead of schedule,” said Price. would have most likely ended bilization Act of 2008 to assist after starting a new job in Sep- In order to qualify, homeown- up “bunking up with other Florida among other states tember 2016. ers must be legal U.S. resi- relatives.” But it covered her with the housing crisis. The state’s foreclosure rate dents or citizens with incomes mortgage payments while she Florida has been issued over has dropped from 12.47 to one below 140 percent of the area up trained for another job. $1.1 billion for the fund over percent from April 2011 to Au- median income. Applicants “If the program did not exist. the course of seven years. gust 2017. The state’s unem- cannot have any convictions I definitely would’ve lost my As of Oct. 31, 2017, about ployment has also decreased within 10 years on a mortgage- home,” she said. 45,546 Floridians have re- from 10 percent to four percent related felony, and those —Photo courtesy of Margaret Ellis The UMAP is one of two un- ceived assistance through during the same time period, involved in pending mortgage employment-targeted programs the programs. Executives at Margaret Ellis was fortunate enough to get help with her according to a report by Core- litigation, up to and including created in October 2010 by the Florida Housing said they mortgage from the Florida Hardest-Hit Fund’s Unemploy- Logic, a real-estate and finance foreclosure proceedings with Florida Housing Finance Cor- believe the program has been ment Mortgage Assistance Program when she lost her job reporting firm. the mortgage lender, servicer poration and financed by the successful in reversing the in 2015, but UMAP and two other programs like it will end Florida Housing has dis- or other parties, may not be U.S. Department of the Trea- housing flop. next month. bursed more than 87 percent eligible to receive UMAP/MLRP sury from its Housing Finance “Florida Housing is pleased of the $1.1 billion allocated financial assistance. Agency Innovative Fund for to have helped tens of thou- kets,” said Trey Price, executive one of the highest plateaus of to the state by the Treasury For more details on the in- Hardest-Hit housing markets. sands of eligible homeown- director for Florida Housing. success. for its HHF. Officials say the dividual requirements for each Also ending in January is ers stay in their homes and For many Americans, the After working full time for organization still continues program, visit www.florida- the Mortgage Loan Reinstate- stabilize local housing mar- dream of homeownership is four years, Ellis said she was to be committed to expending housing.org. Liberty City native eyes federal judgeship

SMITH She said that Smith’s pleted its work. females and minorities. Re- continued from 1A ability to win a judicial re- Smith said it’s now up to cently, the Associated Press election shows the level of Nelson and Rubio to do their said 91 percent of Trump watchers say Smith’s selection respect he has in the profes- vetting of the finalists with nominees to federal courts as a finalist is both rare and sion and with the public. “He political organizations, “lead- are white and 81 percent exciting. was always able to defend ers in the legal community, male. “This is a big deal because a his seat. That shows he has people who have practiced H.T. Smith pointed to the federal judgeship is a lifetime the confidence of the practi- before them and worked selections of the JNC, which appointment,” said Melba tioners in front of him and in against them.” included one Black man and Pearson, deputy director of the front of the people. I think he Also, he said, other intan- one white woman. American Civil Liberties Union would make a great federal gibles could work in Judge “That’s why having a person of Florida. Pearson, a former judge.” Smith’s favor. “He’s very like Rodney Smith is impor- assistant state attorney, said H.T. Smith, noted attorney smart. He has tremendous tant. He is a-political,” Smith she appeared before Smith and law school professor, experience in criminal and said. “Right-wing organiza- in cases on several occasions said surviving the nominat- civil cases,” Smith said. “He’s tions will not be up in arms and he was always prepared. ing process is an achieve- extremely well liked. People about him. He’s extremely “Based on my experience in ment. Smith has served on and groups are not going to smart, and he calls things front of him, he was always two such panels, one with the be raising hell about him as a the way he sees them. You very well-reasoned. He over- Florida 11th Circuit Selection person or about a judge.” can’t look at his record and came a lot of adversity to get Committee, and the second That could be a factor, tell whether he's a Republi- where he is today,” Pearson for the Federal Magistrate given the Trump Administra- can or Democrat. He just just said. Committee, which just com- tion’s low nomination rate of follows the law.” THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER 7A THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 The Miami Times Faith Family SECTION B MIAMI,& FLORIDA, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 MIAMI TIMES

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After Thanksgiving, Americans turn their attention to shopping with Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday as well as holidays such as Hanukkah and Christmas. However, this is also the time for giving. How do donors make decisions about their giving? For the majority of Americans, it turns out that faith plays a leading role in their desire to give and serve.

PHILANTHROPY AND RELIGION Let’s fi rst look at available data to understand how much giving is tied to one’s faith. According to Giving USA, the leading annual report of philanthropy in America, religious contributions, narrowly defi ned as giving to houses of worship, denominations, mis- sionary societies and religious media, made up 32 percent of Overall, religious Americans volunteer Please turn to GIVE 10B more, give more and give more often, not only to religious but secular causes as well.

How to get through your fi rst holiday after a loss Grief can intensify esepcially for gram coordinator for intel- lectual and developmental many people during this time of year disabilities and mental health services at Providence Saint By Jenn Morson tions during what’s otherwise John’s Child and Family Huffpost considered “the most wonder- Development Center in Santa ful time of the year.” Here are Monica, California. The holiday season is a some practical tips for those Mendez recommended wonderful time for surround- grieving this holiday season: focusing on funny stories and ing yourself with loved ones remembering it’s OK to laugh while sharing meals and par- 1. Share memories with loved and enjoy those memories . . . how to taking in happy traditions. ones. with one another. This is a manage But if you’ve recently lost A loved one’s absence totally normal and healthy becomes more glaring when emotions someone close, it can also be way to deal with your sad- a time when feelings of grief no one speaks about them. ness. during what’s are intensifi ed. Instead of trying to avoid “It is important to talk otherwise Spending the fi rst holiday talking about your deceased about the feelings, share considered season without a treasured loved one, make a point to stories about the loved one, loved one can be complicated share memories and stories share memories and recall “the most and messy — but it can be about them during gather- the loved one’s life in a posi- wonderful time done while still enjoying parts ings of friends and family, tive frame that celebrates and of the year.” of the season. We asked an said licensed psychothera- honors the person’s life,” expert how to manage emo- pist Mayra Mendez, a pro- Please turn to LOSS 10B

Pastor Alphonse fi ghts for Haitians will be sent back to Haiti still Leader says he is ready to take on the have absolutely nothing to go back to. The carnage and Pastor of the Week deportation of some of his congregation fi ght for survival still remain. Pastor Ilexene Alphonse By Gregory W. Wright fear have gripped the local But the damage to Miami's [email protected] Haitian community here in Haitian community goes even South Florida. The Trump further, according to Pastor Since the Trump Admin- mandate calls for nearly Ilexene Alphonse of the Hai- istration announced that it 60,000 Haitians to leave the tian Church of the Brethren. was reversing the Temporary country by July 2019. "It is a big concern for us. Protective Status for Haitian But the damage to Haiti When people have to leave, citizens who were allowed to from the earthquake and the or be deported, it will divide live and work in the United subsequent hurricanes that families, and if you divide States since an earthquake followed, still has left much families, it will be a big prob- ravaged the island na- of the nation in a state of lem. Young children will see tion in 2010, ripples of ruin. Many of the people who Please turn to ALPHONSE 10B THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER 9B THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017

—Photo credit Charlie Shoemaker for The New York Times Left, fi lling bottles of morphine. Right, capping those bottles. The morphine is diluted in water, which helps prevents addiction. Getting high would require drinking gallons of the bitter solution, and distilling enough to inject would likewise require boiling gallons. ‘Opiophobia’ has left Africa in agony Uganda has a strategy for giving scarce morphine to patients in pain. But many poor nations won’t emulate its eff ort because some offi cials fear an opioid epidemic

By Donald G. Mcneil Jr. “But it’s ridiculous — the U.S. at 16 percent, barely beats The New York Times also has an obesity epidemic, Uganda. but no one is proposing that we “Each country has its own KAMPALA, Uganda — Pain is withhold food aid from South barriers,” said Dr. James F. only the latest woe in John Bi- Sudan.” Cleary, director of pain and zimungu’s life. Uganda has implemented an policy studies at the University Rwandan by birth, he has innovative solution. Here, liq- of Wisconsin’s medical school lived here as a refugee since uid morphine is produced by and a member of the commis- his family was slaughtered in a private charity overseen by sion that produced the Lancet the 1994 genocide. A cobbler, the government. And with doc- study. Bizimungu used to walk the tors in short supply, the law In some countries, doctors streets asking people if he could lets even nurses prescribe mor- get no palliative care training; fi x their shoes. phine after specialized training. in others, legislators or the po- Now, at 75 and on crutches, About 11 percent of Ugan- lice oppose importing narcotics he sits at home hoping custom- dans needing morphine get it. or deliberately make prescrib- ers will drop by. But at least the Inadequate as that is, it makes ing them diffi cult because of searing pain from the cancer Uganda a standout not just in what the report deems “opio- that has twisted his right foot is Africa, but in the world. phobia.” under control. Yet there is very little opioid Pharmaceutical companies “Oh! Grateful? I am so, so, so, abuse here; alcohol, marijuana are uninterested in selling the so grateful for the morphine!” and khat are far bigger prob- generic morphine needed by lems. poor countries because it is he said, waving his hands and —Photo credit Charlie Shoemaker for The New York Times rocking back in his chair. “With- cheap and yields little profi t. out it, I would be dead.” NO RELIEF IN SIGHT Enough morphine to treat Richard Emune has Kaposi’s sarcoma, the same cancer that affl icts Bizimungu. Emune Bizimungu’s morphine is an A recent major study by The the entire world for end-of- stays at the Cancer Charity Foundation in Kampala, a hospice where morphine is ad- opioid, closely related to the Lancet Commission on Global life suffering would cost only ministered. Though only 11 percent of Ugandans needing morphine get it, the country painkillers now killing 60,000 Access to Palliative Care and $145 million a year, the Lancet is above the worldwide average. Americans a year — a situation Pain Relief described a “broad report found. President Trump recently de- and deep abyss” in access to Moreover, to treat all the thing we want,’” Dr. Cleary morphine diluted in water. The said. drug is distributed free, at gov- EARLY OPPOSITION Demand for pain relief “needs ernment expense, undercutting In a telephone interview from a champion in each country,” incentives for pharmaceutical Scotland, Dr. Merriman, some- said Felicia Marie Knaul, a companies to fi ght for market times called Uganda’s “mother health economist at the Univer- share. of palliative care,” described sity of Miami and lead author The bottled morphine comes the early days of mixing mor- of the Lancet report. in two strengths: 0.5 gram or 5 phine powder imported from “Most people don’t want to grams per 500 milliliters. Even Europe in buckets with water talk about pain and dying,” the weaker one dulls the pain boiled on the kitchen stove. she said. “And what makes it suffered by Bizimungu, who is Once cool, it was poured into different from cancer is that succumbing slowly to a form empty mineral water bottles the people who need it most of Kaposi’s sarcoma that is not scrounged from tourist hotels. are right about to die, and then triggered by HIV. She also recalled early oppo- they can’t speak out.” The bottles are a simple sition from older doctors who and ingenious way to prevent equated giving morphine to dy- HOW UGANDA SUCCEEDED addiction. Getting high would ing patients with euthanasia. Uganda has had a national require drinking gallons of the “You need someone to shout pain-relief policy since the mid- bitter, slightly nauseating solu- and scream and keep it going,” 1990s. It succeeded for several tion. Distilling enough mor- Dr. Merriman said. reasons: phine to inject would require Initially, donors like the Di- • The policy had outspoken boiling away gallons. ana, Princess of Wales Memo- local champions: Dr. Anne “You can drink a whole bottle rial Fund and George Soros’s Merriman, a former missionary and all you’d get is some nau- Open Society Institute helped, nun who in 1993 founded Hos- sea and constipation, and be and the British and American pice Africa Uganda to care for sleepy,” said Rinty Kintu, the governments provided money the terminally ill; Rose Kiwa- Uganda coordinator at Treat to help dying AIDS patients. nuka, the fi rst nurse trained in the Pain. But those funds slowly dried palliative care in this country, At the Cancer Charity Foun- up as drugs for AIDS became —Photo credit Charlie Shoemaker for The New York Times who now heads the Palliative dation, a hospice for adults more available. John Kanakura, left, resting at the Cancer Charity Foundation. He has colon cancer Care Association of Uganda; with cancer in Kampala, liquid Some hospitals began mixing and Dr. Jack Jagwe, a health morphine is easing the last their own morphine solutions. that has spread to his liver. The pain, he said, “is like someone is cutting me with a ministry offi cial who recognized days of John Kanakura, 55, Then a morphine shortage oc- knife,” but his morphine dose lets him get some sleep. the need. whose colon cancer has spread curred in 2010 following price (Like much of Africa, Uganda to his liver. squabbling between the health clared a “health emergency.” painkillers between rich coun- children underage 15 needing was in the grip of an AIDS “Since the cancer started ministry and private wholesal- The cobbler’s desperate need tries and poor ones. it — for severe burns, surgery, epidemic in 1993 that seemed about a year and a half ago, I ers. exemplifi es a problem that The United States, the report car accidents, pain from sickle unstoppable because antiretro- have never really gotten relief,” In 2011 the national drug deeply worries palliative care said, produces or imports 31 cell disease, cancerous tumors viral drugs then cost $12,000 said Kanakura, who raised warehouse was made the sole experts: how they can help the times as much narcotic pain- crushing spinal cords and so a year. Many victims died three children on his small legal importer of morphine 25 million people who die in ag- relievers it needs whether in on — would cost a mere $1 screaming in pain from cryp- farm after his wife left. “It is powder, and Hospice Africa ony each year in poor and mid- legal or illegal form: morphine, million. tococcal meningitis, Kaposi’s like someone is cutting me with was asked to mix solution for dle-income countries without hydrocodone, heroin, metha- “This is a pittance,” the sarcoma or other opportunistic a knife.” the whole country. risking an American-style over- done, fentanyl and so on. authors wrote, “compared with infections.) Kanakura’s daily bottle gives Treat the Pain stepped in to dose epidemic abroad or trig- Haiti, by contrast, gets the $100 billion a year the • Uganda’s president, Yow- him about eight hours of pain help. Its founder, Dr. O’Brien, gering opposition from Western slightly less than 1 percent of world’s governments spend on eri Museveni, who has been relief, letting him get some a former epidemiologist at the legislators and philanthropists what it needs. And Nigeria, on enforcing global prohibition of in offi ce since 1986, accepted sleep, his son, Philip Mutabazi, Clinton Health Access Initia- for whom “opioid” has become a per-capita basis, gets only a drug use.” the import of opioids after Dr. 18, said. tive, said she created the non- a dirty word. quarter of what Haiti gets: 0.2 Some pharmaceutical com- Jagwe endorsed them. Mu- Morphine is not prescribed profi t after reading a 2007 New The American delegation to percent of its need. panies do try to market patent- seveni’s response to AIDS was nearly as freely in Uganda as York Times series describing the International Narcotics Even in big countries with ed time-release oxycodone and also forward-thinking; when opioids have been in the United how millions died without pain Control Board, a United Na- domestic pharmaceutical other highly profi table opioids other presidents were denying States. relief and hearing an H.I.V. tions agency, “uses frighten- industries, citizens still get in middle-income countries their countries even had it, he “The U.S.’s addiction prob- doctor describe his patients ing war-on-drugs rhetoric,” shortchanged on pain relief, — but governments are often pioneered “ABC prevention” lem didn’t come out of cancer screaming in pain. said Meg O’Brien, the founder the report said. India and Indo- wary because of the epidemic — Abstain/Be Faithful/Use wards, it came out of ortho- The nonprofi t, which is now of Treat the Pain, an advocacy nesia, the second- and fourth- of drug abuse that has swept Condoms. pedics and dental,” said Dr. part of the American Cancer group devoted to bringing pal- most populous countries on the United States. • And perhaps most im- O’Brien. “Developing countries Society, paid about $100,000 liative care to poor countries. the planet, each supply only “You only have to see one portant: the only opioid the don’t give opioids for sprained for machines to sterilize water, “That has a chilling effect on 4 percent of their own needs. Time magazine cover, and government permits outside ankles or wisdom tooth extrac- make plastic bottles, fi ll them developing countries,” she said. Russia is at 8 percent. China, countries say, ‘This isn’t some- hospitals is pint bottles of tions.” Please turn to AGONY 10B 10B THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER The values of inspired giving GIVE rogative of religious giving. dakah,” meaning justice. Mus- continued from 8B Even more broadly, an an- lim giving also focuses primar- HURCH ISTINGS cient Jewish phrase, “tik- ily on the poor. C L all giving in America in 2016. kun olam,” meaning to repair Of course, charitable giv- AFRICAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL True Faith Missionary Baptist Church Another study found that or heal the world, has been ing is not just for the rich. For St. Peter’s African Orthodox Cathedral Pastor John M. Fair Oct. 2018 Oct.. 2017 73 percent of all American giv- adopted by many religious those with no money to give, Bishop George W. Sands 1890 NW 47th Terrace • 786-262-6841 ing went to a house of worship and secular causes. Barack the Prophet Muhammad con- 4841 NW 2nd Avenue • 786-360-3302 or a religiously identifi ed orga- Obama, when he was presi- sidered even the simple act of AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CATHOLIC Jan. 2018 nization. dent, would often refer to the smiling to be charity, a gift to Metropolitan A.M.E. Church phrase. So did past Presi- another. Holy Redeemer Catholic Church Rev. Michael H. Clark, Jr., Senior Pastor Many of these organizations Jan. 2018 dent Bill Clinton and 2016 Rev. Alexander Ekechukwu, CSSp 1778 NW 69th Street • 305-696-4201 make up the world’s largest 1301 NW 71 Street • 305-691-1701 NGOs. For example, three of presidential candidate Hillary BUILDING A COMMUNITY Clinton. President George W. Religious traditions are clear New Resurrection Community Church the top 10 biggest charities BAPTIST Rev. Dr. Anthony A. Tate Aug. 2018 Bush hinted at a vision of tik- that the value of giving does by total revenue last year, the New Philadelphia Baptist Church 2167 NW 64th Street • 305-342-7426 Catholic Charities, Salvation kun olam in his second inau- not simply rest with those re- Pastor Rickie K. Robinson Sr. Aug. 2018 Army and National Chris- gural address. ceiving the gift. Givers them- 1113 NW 79th Street • 305-505-0400 PENTECOSTAL tian Foundation, are explic- Similarly, the Christian tra- selves benefi t. As sociologist New Faith Deliverance Center COGIC itly religious. Religious agen- dition has considered giving a Christian Smith makes clear, Greater Harvest Baptist Church Pastor Dr. Willie Gaines Aug. 2018 cies make up 13 of the top 50 key religious practice. Many there is a paradox to generos- Rev. Kenneth McGee Oct. 2018 3257 NW 7th Avenue Circle • 305-335-4389 charities in the U.S. Christians still look to the He- ity – in giving we receive and in 2310 NW 58th Street • 786-717-5818 It is true that factors such brew Bible and the tithe, which grasping we lose. NON DENOMINAL as wealth, income, education involves giving one-tenth of an At the same time, the goal MISSIONARY BAPTIST Yahweh Ministries Nov. 2017 individual’s income, as God’s of religious giving is not just New Christ Tabernacle Church and marital status are all pre- Sept. 2018 Minister Job Israel dictors of giving. But religious commandment. about what it brings to indi- Rev. Harold Harsh Youtube: job yahweh vs3 belief and practice are one of In the New Testament, Jesus viduals. Rather, it is more a fo- 1305 NW 54th Street • 305-835-2578 the best predictors. not only spoke of giving a tithe cus on human interaction and New Life Christian Center but challenged followers to give a vision of community. Walking in Christ M.B. Church Rev. Bruce Payne Oct. 2018 Overall, religious Americans Aug. 2018 far beyond it. For instance, in Perhaps most famously, Rev. Larry Robbins, Sr. 5726 Washington Street • 786-536-9039 volunteer more, give more and 3530 NW 214th Street • 305-430-0443 give more often, not only to re- the Gospel of Matthew Jesus the 12th-century Rabbi Mai- ligious but secular causes as told the rich young ruler to sell monides outlined eight levels MORAVIAN CHURCH all his possessions. Pursuing of giving – the lowest being giv- New Mount Calvary M.B. Church New Hope Moravian Church well. Among Americans who Nov. 2017 those values, a long monastic ing grudgingly and the highest Rev. Bernard E. Lang, Pastor/Teacher Dec. 2017 Pastor Gregorio Moody give to any cause, 55 percent 6001 SW 127th Avenue • 305-273-4047 claim religious values as an tradition has seen men and to sustain, but also to empow- 7103 NW 22nd Avenue • 305-691-8015 important motivator for giv- women taking vows of poverty er a person to no longer need to give themselves to the work charity. New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church CHURCH OF CHRIST ing. April 2018 of their faith. Today, while the Maimonides made clear it Elder William Walker Church of Christ at Coconut Grove 5895 NW 23rd Avenue • 305-635-3866 Minister William D. Maddox Oct. 2018 WHAT RELIGIONS TELL US tithe might not be practiced by is not so much the amount of 3345 Douglas Road • 305-448-0504 These values of giving are a majority of Christians, most giving but how one gives that understand the practice of giv- is important in establishing a New Christ Tabernacle M.B. Church deeply rooted in the texts, tra- Rev. Harold Marsh Aug. 2018 ASSEMBLY OF GOD ditions and practices of many ing as a central part of their relationship between the giv- 1305 NW 54th Street • 305-835-2578 faith. er and the recipient. Giving Revival Tabernacle Assembly of God faiths. Take, for example, the Pastor Leonard Shaw Oct. 2018 messages within the three For Muslims, giving is one of should avoid humiliation, su- Valley Grove Missionary Baptist Church 2085 NW 97th Street • 305-693-1356 Abrahamic faiths. the fi ve pillars of Islam. “Za- periority and dependence. Elder Johnnie Robinson Feb. 2018 In Judaism, the Hebrew kat” (meaning to grow in pu- When it comes to much of 1395 NW 69th Street • 305-835-8316 Scriptures refer to “tzedakah,” rity) is an annual payment of humanitarian work and social Be apart of our Church Listing literally meaning justice. Tze- 2.5 percent of one’s assets, services, religion is often the Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church Call Today! dakah is considered a com- considered by many as the greatest asset. Whether fi ght- Rev. Van Gaskins, Jr., Pastor/Teacher Nov. 2018 mandment and a moral ob- minimum obligation of their ing AIDS, malaria or poverty, 7510 NW 15th Avenue • 305-418-0012 305-694-6210 ligation that all Jews should religious giving. A majority of the development and non- follow. The commitment to Muslims worldwide make their profi t community has realized justice places a priority on annual zakat payments as a that the success of local pro- their giving to help the poor. central faith practice. grams so often turns on the Beyond giving just time and Above and beyond the re- support of the local faith com- Help to get through the holidays money, rabbis even spoke of quired zakat, many Muslims munity. The engagement of “gemilut chasadim,” literally make additional gifts (referred the local religious leader and LOSS to co-exist.” taking in activities that do not meaning loving-kindness, or to broadly as “sadaqa”). Inter- a willingness to interact with continued from 8B activate discomfort, heighten focusing on right relationship estingly, the word shares the his or her religious vernacular 3. Cut back on seasonal stress- unnecessary stress or trigger with one another as the pre- same root as the Jewish “tze- is essential. Mendez told HuffPost. ors. painful emotions that cannot While withdrawing entirely be readily managed.” 2. Blend old traditions with new and “sitting out” the holiday ones. season would not be a healthy 4. Give mental health support Pastor remains optimistic about Haiti Honoring the life of a de- option, defi nitely take breaks a try. nate allied groups and seeking he went to Little Haiti and told ceased loved one can mean and space from any events Mendez recommended seek- ALPHONSE or obligations that cause you ing treatment or support to continued from 8B community involvement. the people that he's going to be feeling obligated to continue To best help South Flori- their champion, that he's going traditions they passed down undue stress, Mendez said. help you if the grief feels un- their fathers and mothers just da's Haitian community, Pas- to be there for them, with love. to you (like making a specifi c People may look forward to bearable. leaving them. Who are they go- tor Alphonse said, "I think we He is not keeping his word,” he meal on Christmas, for exam- your holiday cookies each year “Join support groups, attend ing to stay with? That is a big should stick together, put poli- said. ple). But don’t feel beholden to or hope you come to the of- lectures or faith-community concern that we have." tics aside, and see what we can To Miami's Haitian commu- them if these traditions were fi ce party, but you should also events and seek professional Pastor Alphonse, a member do for our people, without any nity, Pastor Alphonse extends never your favorites. Instead, know that they will under- support from a therapist,” she of the church since 1998, be- politics, because once politics an invitation to unite. take one or two traditions you stand if you pull back consid- advised. gan pastoring the four hun- is in it, then everyone starts "Once we meet, and deter- treasured and combine them ering your loss. Connecting with others who dred member congregation in pulling to one side. I think the mine what we are going to do, with new ones to help you However, Mendez stressed share your experiences can September of 2016. Alphonse, fi rst thing, is to stick together we invite people to come, if it is move on, Mendez advised. that it’s important to stay in help you avoid isolation, which himself, was born in Haiti. In to see what we can do for the a march, whatever we are go- “Hold the values and tradi- touch with your support sys- could increase the risk of de- the 1980s, his mother, who people." ing to do, this church is open tions that involved the loved tem and communicate your pression, Mendez added. Ac- was living and working in the Alphonse continued, "When to the Haitian community for one, but also create new expe- plans if you choose to skip any cepting and addressing your U.S., was able to apply for a you think about it, for the any reason,” said Alphonse. riences that promote healing activities or gatherings. loss is an important step in visa to get the young Alphonse people to go back to Haiti, and “We are here to help our broth- and movement forward,” she “It will be important for oth- the grieving process. And while into the country. After obtain- Haiti itself is in chaos right ers and sisters. We will be here said. “Engage in a balanced ers to know how you are feel- the holidays are a busy time, ing permanent resident status, now, they don't have homes, for the Haitian community." existence of blending the mem- ing and connect with you in your mental and emotional he is now a U.S. citizen. they don't have families, they The church is located at 520 ories with the present and al- a manner that feels right for well-being are too important to "The church is there for the don't have nothing to go back NW 103 St. in Miami, just east low for both grief and resolve you,” she said. “Consider par- neglect. people. We are willing to do to." of Interstate I-95. whatever it takes to help our The Trump Administration’s For now, the 39-year old pas- members and the community," decision to send so many peo- tor remains optimistic. Alphonse says, "We are having ple back when conditions on "We hope that something Eff orts of health ministries in Uganda a meeting next week to plan the island still cannot support good will happen with our laid the groundwork in the last palliative care is a new fi eld what we should do, and what their basic human needs for people. Together, we can build AGONY continued from 9B twelve years for what could and specialists aren’t paid by the next step should be." The survival, said Pastor Alphonse. something where they will hear happen,” said Dr. Kathleen M. their governments to do the scheduled meeting will be a “I think that's wrong. I think our voices in Washington, and and attach labels. Foley, a palliative care special- work.” planning session aimed at pro- that's heartless. I think that's families will stay together in Further mechanization is ist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Now, she added, “I’m in- viding best strategies, coordi- not keeping his promise when this country,” said Alphonse. needed. On a recent visit to Cancer Center. creasingly concerned that the operation, a pharmacist “But it hasn’t moved faster we’re losing the battle because whisked powder and water because of poverty, lack of in- of this panic. Overdose deaths invites interested persons to au- together in what looked like a frastructure, and the fact that are taking all the oxygen.” dition. Call Dr. Tony Siders, 786- 40-gallon pasta pot, and med- CALENDARv 530-2825. ical students screwed caps onto the bottles. Compiled by The Miami Times staff [email protected] ■ Florida Independent Res- Faith Community honors Deacon Pressley Faith The line can churn out 5,400 toration Ministries ( FIRM) of- bottles a day, “and everything The Faith Community Baptist Church cordially invites you ■ Greater New Bethel Baptist back entertainment and fi ne din- fers family assistance with drugs is automated except putting to its service where the church will be honoring Deacon Ralph Annex Bldg. in Miami Gardens ing. Call 305-224-1890. and alcohol. Call 800-208-2924 the caps on,” said Christo- Pressley, Sr. with a Deacon Chairman Emeritus Service on provides behavioral health, inter- ext. 102 or prayer line, ext. 104. pher Ntege, the chief pharma- Sunday, December 10 at 4 p.m. ■ vention and treatment services Metropolitan A.M.E. cist. “That is a small challenge Bishop Billy Baskin of New Way Fellowship Praise and Worship ■ for Black men at risk for HIV or Church hosts a food and cloth- A Mission with a New Be- compared to what we faced Church will be bringing the message. substance abuse disorders. Call ing giveaway every third Satur- ginning Church Women’s De- before.” 305-627-0396. day. Call 786-277-4150. partment provides community Despite its imperfections, St. Matthew CMB celebrates pastoral anniversary feedings. Call 786-371-3779. the Ugandan model inspires The St. Matthew CMB Martez Whipple of Mt. Nebo ■ First Haitian Church of ■ Zion Hope Missionary Bap- others. Church celebrates the 4th Baptist Church at 11 a.m. God hosts a food drive every tist Church has a food and cloth- ■ Bethany Seventh Day Ad- “Many countries come here pastoral anniversary of Rev. and Dr. Joseph Turner of Mt. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ing distribution every Wednesday ventist Church holds bereave- to learn how they should re- Willie Frank Ford Jr., Sunday, Moriah Missionary Baptist Call 786-362-1804. at 4 p.m. Call 786-541-3687. ment sharing groups every sec- write their laws and medical December 10. Church at 4 p.m. Everyone is ond Sunday from 3 to 4 p.m. Call policies,” said Dr. Emmanuel ■ ■ The guest speakers are: Rev. invited. Sistah to Sistah Connec- New Day N Christ Deliver- 305-634-2993. B.K. Luyirika, executive di- tion Women’s Empowerment ance Ministry holds free mind, rector of the African Palliative ■ meetings are held every second body and soul self-improvement Street Outreach Ministries Care Association, an advocacy The Public is Invited to and fourth Saturdays from 10 and Zumba fi tness classes. Call conducts free courses on evan- group. “This is a low-cost ini- AVENTURA HEALING REVIVAL a.m. to noon at Parkway Profes- 305-691-0018. gelizing without fear. Call 786- tiative that should be used ev- Body of believers are descending upon sional Building in Miramar. Wom- 508-6167. erywhere.” Aventura for a great move of God ■ en only. No children allowed. The Alpha Gamma Chapter The health ministries of Come Expecting! ■ Free breakfast. Call 954-260- of Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. MEC Ministries holds heal- about 20 countries now use in- Wednesday,December 13, 2017 9348. invites the public to their 50th ing services every fourth Friday expensive morphine, Dr. Mer- Thursday, December 14th Annual Candlelight Vesper Ser- at 7:30 p.m. Call 305-693-1534. riman estimated. But it is of- Friday, December 15th ■ The Elks Historical Busi- vice, Sunday, Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. ten available only in hospitals 7:00 p.m. Nightly ness and Conference Center at Mt.Tabor Baptist Church. The deadline for the Faith Cal- in the capital. Highland Oaks Middle School Auditorium invites you every Sunday from 12 endar is on or before 2 p.m. Mon- Efforts like these in Africa, 2375 N.E. 203rd Street, Miami, FL 33180 ■ p.m. to 6 p.m. for Gospel Kick- New Miami Super Choir days. Asia and Latin America “have 305-573-5711 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPERHealth Wellness11B THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 & Sponsored by North Shore Medical Center "Once You Know, It's Where To Go" SECTION B MIAMI, FLORIDA, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE MIAMI TIMES

North Shore Medical Center donates beds to Haiti: Left to right: Randolph Gornail, President of St. Anne; Manny Linares, Chief Executive Officer at NSMC; Shana Crittenden, Chief Oper- ating Officer at NSMC; Gwen Hartzog, Interim Chief Nursing Officer at NSMC; Arianna Urquia, Chief Financial Officer at NSMC; Katherine Avendano, Associ- ate Administrator at NSMC; and Belle Valladares, Director of Business Devel- opment at NSMC. NORTH SHORE: YEAR IN REVIEW 2017

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North Shore Medical Center has been serving the growing needs of Miami-Dade county for more than sixty years. Throughout 2017, the hospi- tal’s physicians and employees upheld the historical standard of consistently delivering the best care to its patients.

“A” LEAPFROG HOSPITAL SAFETY GRADE This year North Shore Medi- cal Center earned an “A” for patient safety in Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. By DOCTOR'S DAY Camp-Perrin located in Haiti. achieving an “A” Leapfrog In recognition of National Project St. Anne is a non-profit Hospital Safety Grade, North Doctors’ Day, North Shore that was founded by a group Shore Medical Center received Medical Center honored its of women in 2008. The goal of recognition as one of the safest physicians and thanked them the organization is to help the hospitals in the United States. for their service, skills and less fortunate. The 30 beds are The Leapfrog Group, a national compassion. The outstanding going to be used by patients at patient safety watchdog, as- group of physicians participat- the local hospital. The dona- signs “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” and “F” ed in a special awards ceremo- tion of these beds is part of letter grades to hospitals na- ny and luncheon. Amy Jarvis, the commitment of helping all tionwide and provides the most North Shore Medical Center marks Doctor's Day: From left to right: Dr. Bashur Mosh- M.D., neurologist, was named those in need in the commu- complete picture of patient en, Dr. Arthur Iglesias, Manny Linares, Dr. Alia Abdulla and Dr. Amy Jarvis. “Most Responsive Physician,” nity that have been affected by Rehan A. Naqui, M.D., internal hurricanes and other national safety in the U.S. North Shore medicine, was acknowledged disasters Medical Center was one of 832 for being the “Highest CPOE awarded an “A” for its commit- (computerized physician order ment to keeping patients safe DONATES $10K TO UNIVERSITY entry) Performer,” Bashar and meeting the highest safety OF PUERTO RICO Moshen, M.D., neurologist, and The Medical Staff at North standards in the country. Arthur Iglesias, M.D, radiation Shore Medical Center donated oncologist, tied for “Best Bed- $10,000.00 to the University of OUTSTANDING IMPROVEMENT side Manner,” Susan Baker, Puerto Rico School of Medicine. IN PATIENT SATISFACTION M.D., pathologist, received the The goal of this donation was North Shore Medical Cen- “Best Team Player” award, and to support an outreach effort ter was also honored with the Alia Abdulla, D.O., surgical on- on the island to go to rural “Outstanding Improvement cologist and Medical Director of communities that do not have in Patient Satisfaction” award the Surgical Oncology Program, access to healthcare and would during Tenet’s Hospital Strat- was honored with the “Physi- otherwise have needed to travel egy Conference Awards Dinner cian of the Year” award. to seek treatment. in Dallas, Texas. This award As 2018, quickly approaches, recognizes hospitals that the physicians and staff at achieved the greatest percent- DONATES BEDS TO HAITI North Shore Medical Center North Shore Medical Center North Shore Medical Center honored with “Outstanding Improvement in Patient Satis- age improvement in their total takes pride in helping the com- vow to continue their mission faction” award: From left to right: Trevor Fetter, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Patient Satisfaction Score, munity. The hospital donated to enhance services and main- which represents a weighting Tenet Healthcare; Dian Adams, Vice President Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing 30 hospital beds to Project tain the top-notch care that the of inpatient, outpatient and ED Officer, Tenet Healthcare; Manny Linares, CEO, North Shore Medical Center; Eric Evans, St. Anne, part of a Clinic of community has come to expect. President of Hospital Operations. patient satisfaction. 12B THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER Miserable fl u season just around the corner pregnant women get vac- Upcoming season could be worse cinated. She said she is not concerned about a recent because of predicted bad weather study that suggested women By Karen Weintraub tious Diseases, an independent who got the fl u shot two years Special for USA TODAY education and training orga- in a row and were early in nization that led Thursday’s their pregnancies might be at This could be a particularly news conference. increased risk for miscarriage. rough fl u season, possibly The vaccine is effective That study looked at a made worse by the spate of 40 percent to 60 percent of group of women who had recent hurricanes and wildfi res the time, he said, but it also already had miscarriages. that have disrupted medical reduces the risk of severe dis- Studying people after-the- routines and forced people into ease and hospitalization. “With fact is considered less reliable close contact at shelters. the ‘pretty good’ vaccine we than following them forward, Flu seasons, which usu- can do an awful lot of good.” Aagaard said. All previous ally start as early as October, Hurricanes in Texas, Florida studies that have looked at range in severity, depending and the Caribbean and fi res pregnant women from the on the circulating strains of in the West may add a new time of vaccination to see the virus. Since 2010, annual dimension this year by inter- whether they are at higher hospitalizations blamed on fering with medical routines risk for miscarriage have the fl u ranged from 140,000 for those who have been dis- found no link between fl u vac- to 710,000 and deaths from placed, Kjersti Aagaard, a ma- cination and pregnancy loss, 12,000 to 56,000, Price said. ternal-fetal medicine specialist Aagaard said. Nearly 47 percent of Ameri- at Texas Children’s Hospital in winter has just ended, had a ever fl u shot need a sequence noted. The vaccine usually While anyone is suscep- cans got the vaccine last year, Houston, told USA TODAY. worse-than-usual season for of two shots, according to takes about two weeks to be- tible, adults over 65 make a 1.2 percent increase from the And with people in shelters fl u, Aagaard said. “We’re all Patricia Stinchfi eld, a pediatric come fully effective. up the vast majority of those year before, but still not good or bunking with family mem- concerned we will have a heavy nurse practitioner in infec- This year’s vaccine is ex- hospitalized and killed by the enough, Price said, before tak- bers, viruses can pass more infl uenza outbreak. It’s not un- tious disease/immunology at pected to be a good match for fl u — and only 65 percent of ing off his jacket and rolling up easily, she said. common that we pattern what Children’s Minnesota. the virus that is circulating, people in this age group were his shirt sleeve to get a shot. “We’re hitting the fl u season happens in the far south,” she Other ways to combat the Price said, and there should vaccinated last year, said The fl u vaccine does not offer kind of with a perfect storm,” said. fl u: frequent hand-washing, be plenty: up to 166 million Kathleen Neuzil, director of perfect protection, said William Aagaard said. Anyone over 6 months old staying home if you’re sick doses available in the U.S. the Center for Vaccine Devel- Schaffner, medical director of Australians and others in the is eligible to get a fl u shot; and sneezing into your elbow Aagaard and others also opment at the University of National Foundation for Infec- Southern Hemisphere, where children receiving their fi rst- rather than your hands, Price strongly recommend that Maryland School of Medicine. Blacks’ cocaine overdoses on par with white’s opioids “Numerous U.S. national across all ages in white and Not mentioned in the CNN re- his fi ndings. Our drug epidemic is still a factor surveillance studies and me- Latinx groups, but, according port are reports of cocaine be- “Cocaine had been the only By Anne Branigin white people. dia reports have highlighted an to CNN, “rising rates were most ing cut with fentanyl, a synthet- drug that victims were pre- The Root The study was published alarming rise in drug-poisoning pronounced among older Black ic opioid; the combination has dominately African American,” Monday in the medical journal deaths in recent years,” Shiels, men (50 or older) and older proved deadly. Gilson told the subcommittee. The opioid crisis has domi- Annals of Internal Medicine and who is also an investigator at Black women (45 or older).” One report from Cincinnati “The covert introduction of fen- nated headlines and political reported by CNN. the National Cancer Institute, This difference manifests it- Enquirer says the cocaine- tanyl into the cocaine supply conversations as the number Among the study’s key fi nd- said. self in the study’s analysis of fentanyl combination has ap- has caused a rapid rise in fa- of overdose deaths and addicts ings was that cocaine-overdose But, she noted, most studies peak ages for overdose deaths. peared in only a few regions, talities, and in 2017, the rate of has risen dramatically in recent deaths were almost as common have focused on opioid-related White people between the ages listing Ohio, New York City, San African-American fentanyl-re- years. But a new study fi nds among Black men as prescrip- deaths, and she emphasized of 30 and 34 had the highest Francisco and Canada. But at lated deaths has doubled from that the opioid epidemic, which tion-opioid deaths were among that death rates have increased rates for fatal drug overdoses. In least one medical examiner, 2016.” has affected mostly white Amer- white men between 2012 and most dramatically among white contrast, Black people between Cuyahoga County, Ohio’s Dr. Data from the U.S. Centers icans, is just one part of the 2015. Meredith Shiels, co-au- communities. The increasing 50 and 59 logged the highest Thomas Gilson, said he believes for Disease Control and Pre- U.S.’s growing drug crisis. The thor of the study, also told CNN rates in drug-overdose deaths rates for overdose deaths. drug dealers are mixing cocaine vention shows that rates of report reveals that deaths from that researchers found cocaine- among Black and Latinx Ameri- While the reasons for the with fentanyl to increase opioid overdose deaths have risen by cocaine overdoses among Black overdose deaths to be “slightly cans, however, “have received increase in cocaine use and addiction within the Black com- 5.5 percent each year between people were roughly on par more common in Black women less attention,” Shiels told CNN. deaths aren’t clear, the new munity. Gilson testifi ed before 1999 and 2015. In total, 52,404 with heroin and prescription- than deaths from heroin over- The new study fi nds an in- data points to a wider drug a U.S. Senate subcommittee people died in the U.S. from opioid-caused deaths among dose in white women.” crease in overdose deaths abuse crisis gripping the U.S. in May of this year, detailing drug overdoses in 2015 alone. THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER 13B THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 Pope’s South Asia trip brings hope to Catholic groups calls or letters threatening dire Pontiff visit looks consequences because of their attempts to spread Christian- to heal religious ity. A major attack in July 2016 tensions in area on a restaurant in the dip- By Julhas Alam lomatic zone of the capital, Associated Press Dhaka, left 20 people dead, including 17 foreigners. The DHAKA, Bangladesh — Pope Islamic State group claimed re- Francis on Monday begins a sponsibility for that attack and six-day trip to Myanmar and several others, although the Bangladesh. While attention government claims the group will focus on how Francis ad- doesn’t exist in Bangladesh. dresses the Rohingya Mus- Authorities say the domestic lim crisis, the trip also holds group Jumatul Mujahedeen huge significance for the tiny Bangladesh was behind the Catholic communities in each Dhaka attack. country. The government launched Those Catholics face ob- a massive crackdown on stacles that include discrimi- suspected militants after the nation, an inability to land Dhaka attack. More than 60 leadership roles and threats of people, including some sus- violence. Many Christians hope pected radical leaders, were the pope’s visit will highlight killed in raids. Many others the plight of the poor and of were arrested. minority religious groups, in- cluding their own. CATHOLICS EXCITED Francis will be the second MYANMAR CATHOLICS pope, after Pope John Paul There are 660,000 Catho- II, to visit Bangladesh since lics in Myanmar, just over 1 it gained independence from percent of the population of Pakistan following a war in 53 million. In total, Christians 1971. The Vatican quickly ac- make up just over 6 percent knowledged Bangladesh as an of the population. Catholicism independent nation after the was brought to the country war, helping set the tone for more than 500 years ago, and cordial relations since. for generations Catholics have —AFP Photo Living in the Hatileite vil- played a vital role in develop- Pope Francis arrived in Myanmar on Nov. 27 at the start of a highly sensitive four-day trip to a country facing global lage north of Dhaka are some ing far-flung rural areas that condemnation over its treatment of Rohingya Muslims. 1,500 Catholics. They are part authorities have found hard of a tribal community in which Bishops’ Conference. administration or in any sig- many embraced the religion Christianity is viewed by nificant leadership positions.” after the first tribesman con- many as a colonial belief after verted in 1927. Villager Louis the country was ruled by the RAISING AWARNENESS Suprobhat Jangcham, 50, said British for a century until its The profile of Catholics was he’s enthusiastic about the independence in 1948. Like- boosted when Archbishop visit. wise, the separation of church Charles Maung Bo became “I attended a gathering when and state is considered a for- Myanmar’s first Roman Catho- Pope John Paul came to Dhaka eign imposition. lic Cardinal in 2015. And they in 1986. It was very exciting,” For the past 18 years, Myan- are getting another boost by he said. “The people from our mar has been listed by the U.S. having a pope visit the country village will attend this time too. as a “country of particular con- for the first time. Catholic lead- This is a great moment for me.” cern” under the International ers hope the community will Religious Freedom Act for benefit in the long run. MESSAGE OF HOPE having engaged in, or tolerated, “Because of the pope’s visit, Christian leaders in Bangla- severe violations of religious Catholics will be more visible desh say they hope the pope’s freedom. to many people and they will visit will highlight a range of But unlike Rohingya Mus- be aware of the existence of the issues from religious solidarity lims, Christians haven’t faced Catholic community in Myan- to a warming planet. widespread violence and per- mar,” Mariano said. Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, secution. Christian leaders say the archbishop of Dhaka, said they’re afforded “peaceful coex- BANGLADESH CATHOLICS the visit will be an opportunity istence” and an understanding There are just 375,000 to emphasize the causes of the the government won’t interfere. Catholics in Bangladesh, a tiny poor who need blessing and fraction of the population of comfort. ROLE IN MYANMAR 158 million. In total, Christians “This visit is for spiritual The Catholic Church runs account for less than 1 percent causes, for highlighting peace about 300 boarding houses of all people in the Muslim and harmony. But the Holy —Thein Zaw, File/Associated Press across Myanmar, hosting chil- majority country. The Portu- Father will also touch upon other very important issues In this Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, file photo, ethnic Kachin Christians arrive at St. Antho- dren from villages who can’t guese first brought Christianity afford to go to school. It’s done during the 16th century and that concern Bangladesh,” he ny Catholic Church in Yangon, Myanmar. Pope Francis on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017 begins without any significant sup- missionary efforts began in the said. “The Rohingya crisis and a six-day trip to the two countries. While attention will focus on how Francis addresses port from the government in a early 1800s. climate change will come up the Rohingya Muslim crisis, the trip also holds huge significance for the tiny Catholic country that remains among prominently.” communities in each country. the poorest in the world. BACKDROP OF VIOLENCE The pope posted a video mes- later able to slowly rebuild Buddhism, they face discrimi- But Catholics don’t play The pope’s visit takes place sage ahead of his visit. to reach. But when the social- their missions. nation, even if it isn’t typically a broader leadership role in against a backdrop of religious “We are living at a time when ist government took power in overt threats or torture. society. tensions after radical Muslims religious believers and people 1965, most Catholic-based BATTLING DISCRIMINATION “There are always challenges “To be honest, if you are a attacked or threatened to at- of goodwill are called to foster missionary schools, board- Myanmar Catholic leaders to stand up as Catholic and Christian in this country, you tack Christian priests and their mutual understanding and ing houses and properties say that as members of one of to have strong faith here,” will never get promoted,” Rev. followers in Bangladesh. Last respect,” the pope said. “And to were seized by the military the smallest religious groups said Rev. Mariano Soe Naing, Mariano said. “There are no year before Christmas, many support each other as mem- at gunpoint. Catholics were in a country dominated by a spokesman for Myanmar’s Catholics in the government churches said they got phone bers of our one human family.”

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And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

MARK 16:15 14B THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER N I N M EMORIAM • H APPY B IRTHDAY R EMEMBRANCES • D EATH N OTICES • O BITUARIES • C ARD OF T HANKS N N , , , Gregg L. Mason' Wright and Young 'Hadley Davis ,' ' Manker DAVID RODNEY HUNT, 71, FRITZ MCKENZIE, 37, tax Miami Gardens ‘Golden Krust’ CEO, 57, retired plan return preparer, EMILIEN MESADIEU, 75, died VERTICE JOHNSON, 85, assigner, died November November 25 teacher, died BellSouth, died 29. Service 11 at home. Ser- December 3 at dies at Bronx factory November a.m., Friday at vice 12 p.m., home. Service 22. Survivors Antioch M.B. of Saturday at 1 p.m., Saturday By Tina Moore and Jamaican patties.’’ include: wife, Miami Gardens. Norte Dame at New Shiloh Mackenzie Lowry He told the newspaper Joan; daughter, D’Haiti Catholic Missionary nypost.com that it’s a family operation Dwan R. Hunt Church. Baptist Church. with Hawthorne’s wife, McClain (Sean); Lowell Hawthorne, three sons and daughter, grandchildren; sisters, Yvonne who emigrated to the US not to mention cousins. Johnson and Gail Eaford; other REBECCA LADSON, 94, foster from Jamaica and found- nieces and nephews, all relatives and friends. Viewing 5-9 parent, died EUNICE KNIGHT TYSE, 97, , ed a restaurant franchise involved. p.m., Thursday. Service 12 p.m., November 29. retired house- Bain Range chain with 120 locations His four children are Friday at the Holy Redeemer Service 10 in nine states, committed Daren, a lawyer who’s keeper, died No- DONALD EDWARD CLARK, Catholic Church. Interment: a.m., Saturday suicide Saturday night in HAWTHORNE corporate counsel; Omar, vember 7 at Vil- lead driver, 71, Caballero Rivero Dade North. at Graceland his Bronx factory. director of franchising; Monique la Maria Nursing died December South Hawthorne, 57, the CEO of who runs the company’s founda- Center. Memo- 1 at Baptist SHANELL RANDOLPH, 37, Cemetery. Golden Krust, died of a self-infl ict- tion and Haywood, vice president rial service, 12 Hospital. homemaker, ed gunshot wound, law enforce- of manufacturing. p.m., Saturday Arrangements died November ment sources said. In his interview with the Journal, at Universal are incomplete. 24. Survivors Truth Center. Golden Krust opened its fi rst he could only guess how many include: her LINDA MYLES, 61, counselor, restaurant in 1989 in The Bronx af- relatives work in the operation. His mother, Cheryl died November , ter Hawthorne, his wife Lorna, four guess: “Dozens.’’ Yvette Johnson; 29. Service 11 Range of his siblings and their spouses, Saddened employees gathered one daughter, a.m., Saturday , pooled their money, Loop news of outside the factory, at 3958 Park Amahni Yvette in the chapel. BASIL PAUL KELLY, JR., 56, Hall Ferguson Hewitt St. Lucia reported. Avenue Saturday night to pay Coker; one carpenter, died By 1996, the company, which their respect. ROBERT L. HOLLOWAY, died sister, Shannon Jenese Clark; and November 18 November 25 was famous for its beef patties, “He’s a nice man, a good man,’’ a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, at Jackson Me- at V.A. Hospital. owned 17 restaurants in the Big said John Harrison, who had been other family members and friends. morial Hospi- Service 12 p.m., Apple. working there for three years. Viewing 2-9 p.m., Friday. Service tal. Viewing 12 Saturday at Then it began its wildly success- “The Jamaican people, they feel 10 a.m., Saturday at Walker Temple p.m.-5 p.m., Jordan Grove ful franchising operation. it. All of us are Jamaican. We lost COGIC, 1781 NW 69 Terrace, VAXTON PAYNE, JR., 76, Thursday at Missionary Hawthorne told the Wall Street a Jamaican, we feel it.’’ Miami, FL. Interment: Caballero service agent, died November 27. Range Funeral Baptist Church. Journal in 2015 his goal: “By 2020 Hanaku Oxori, who had worked Rivero Dade North. Service 1 p.m., Saturday at Faith Home. all Americans will have heard of at the plant for 17 years, said, Community Baptist Church. “he’s nice with everyone here.’’ BERNICE J. KEELS, 78, JOHNNIE LEE BROWN, 67, The suicide “was a surprise to retired nursing retired security In Memoriam me,’’ he added. , MATTIE B. JACKSON, 78, assistant, Hadley Davis MLK guard, died retired nurse, “We saw him every day. He Nursing Home, November In loving memory of, WILLIE JOE JOHNSON, 33, died December talks to everyone. He was always died November 27. Survivors construction 1 at University of in a good mood.’’ 27. Survivors include his worker, died Miami Hospital. Hawthorne wrote a book called include mother, November 25. Service 2 “The Baker’s Son,’’ chronicling his sons, John Christine Heath; Service 10 a.m., p.m., Saturday life in the Caribbean and his suc- Edward and son, Kareem Saturday at Mt. at New Birth cess in New York. Thomas Keels; A. Brown; Calvary Mis- Baptist Church Hawthorne, on Nov. 28, made daughters, Patricia Keels sisters, Barbara sionary Baptist Cathedral of a post on Facebook refl ecting on and Sharon Billue (Robert); McKenzie, Geraldine Battles Church. Faith International. his life. grandchildren; sisters, Alice Blevins (Thomas) and Angela Pierson “I was always in search of the and Mattie Bell; a host of other of Kissimmee, Florida; brothers, , next honest means to make a dol- relatives. Viewing 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Edward Stanley and Nathaniel lar. Like many transplanted Ca- JIMMIE L. LEE, 95, retired Brown Jr.; two grandsons; and a Nakia Ingraham Saturday in the chapel. Interment: housekeeper, ribbean nationals, I struggled to host of other relatives and friends. PIERRE SERAPHIN, 54, bus Caballero Rivero Dade North. died November work and raise a family. I can only Viewing 4-7 p.m., Thursday in the driver, died November 22. Service thank God for everything I have 29 at home. chapel. Service 11 a.m., Friday in 10 a.m., Saturday in the chapel. EDWARD C. WILLIAMS, “BIG Service 11 a.m., achieved,” he wrote. the chapel. BO”, 48, fork Saturday at “If my story here can inspire oth- IZONIA HURST, 86, died lift manager, Faith Anointed. ers to rise up and give it a go, I Valassis and OCTAVIA M. ROBINSON, 37, November 29. Service 10 a.m., NICOLETTE D. GUY would have accomplished some- Broward Waste homemaker, Saturday at New Shiloh Missionary 01/05/1970 - 12/11/2013 thing meaningful.” Department, died December Baptist Church. Distributor, 3. Survivors It’s been four years since died November include her WILLIE MAE CROOKE, 90, God called you home. Our DARRYL VAUGHN BAKER, 58, Card of Thanks father, Alvin nurses aide, died December hearts still ache with sorrow 24. Survivors self employed J. Robinson; 1. Service 1 p.m., Saturday at and our tears will always fl ow. include: wife, handyman, died The family of the late, mother, Leila Pentecostal Church of God. We love and miss you. Forever Katrina Holifi eld December 1 at M. Robinson; in our hearts. Williams; daughter, A’Dariah Jackson North daughters, ELLEN WAITE, 70, died Love always your Mother, Williams; guardian, Bishop John Hospital. Ser- Josephine Robinson, and Na’Sha December 1. Service 3 p.m., children and family. T. and Vivian Irving; a host of other vice 1 p.m., Sat- family and friends. Viewing 5-9 p.m., Robinson; a host of other relatives Saturday in the chapel. urday at Mount and friends. Public viewing, 3-7 Friday. Service 11 a.m., Saturday Calvary Mis- at House of God Miracle Revival p.m., Thursday in the chapel. Happy Birthday sionary Baptist Service 1 p.m., Friday at St. Paul Fellowship Church, 4111 NW 17 Church. In Memoriam Avenue, Miami, FL. Interment: A.M.E Church. In loving memory of, Caballero Rivero Southern. MAURICE REATH, 39, entre- JOHN SAMUEL BLAKE, JR., 81, In loving memory of, preneur, died retired hospital , November 27 at coordinator for Richardson home. Service University of 12 p.m., Satur- KIMBERLY JACKSON, 57, cus- Miami Hospital, tomer service day in the cha- died December representative, pel. 3. Survivors died Novem- include his WYNTON KYLE ANDERS ber 26 at home. wife, Janie Service 10 a.m., Bradley Blake; extend our gratitude for your Saturday at daughter, Sheryl B. Russell; son, DURANCE A. RICHARDSON, prayers and expressions of Friendship Mis- Gregory G. Black; sisters, Johnnie sympathy in the loss of our sionary Baptist 58, engineer B. Charlow, Eleanor B. Day, Ruby specialist, died loved one. Church. Wilson, Ruthel Blake, and Josie Special thanks to Church of December 1 Green; a host of other relatives and at VA Hospi- the Open Door (UCC), Range NATHANIEL WARD, 91, died friends. Viewing 10 a.m., Monday, tal. Service 10 Funeral Home, family from the November 29 at December 11 at St. Paul A.M.E. OMARR T. WALLACE a.m., Saturday Bahamas, Doral Metro Dade Pinecrest Nurs- Church. Service 11 a.m. Monday, “O” at Peaceful Zion CLARENCE PITTMAN, JR. County Police Department, ing and Reha- 12/07/1983 - 11/30/2015 neighbors, classmates, Miami bilitation Cen- Missionary Bap- 04/08/1933 - 12/12/2013 , Central High School class of ter. Service 1 tist Church. Wade Although four years has It’s has been two years 1978, FAMU class of 1984, p.m., Saturday OLIVE DAVIS, 59, home health passed it seems like yesterday since you left us. We love you and many many others far at Greater New , Grace aide, died November 16. Service 2 when we were all laughing, forever. Mom, Joan Fuller; and near. Macedonia Mis- p.m., Saturday in the chapel. traveling and fi shing. sister, Pedrina and the entire Mrs. Elsaida D. Anders and sionary Baptist WANNA MAE BROWN, 82, We are here today still lov- family. family. Church. housewife, died November 26. RICHARD CESENA, 49, painter, ing and missing you. died November 19. Service today, Forever in our hearts. LARRY LORENZO JOHNSON, Viewing 4-8 8 p.m., in the chapel. Love, the Pittman family, 57, paratrooper, p.m., Friday ILA Local 1416 and friends. died December at Dayspring HENRY LEE RAGINS, 89, 2 at Veteran Missionary service station mechanic, died Administration Baptist Church. November 26. Services were held. Hospital of Mi- Service 12:30 ami. Service 12 p.m., Saturday GONE BUT NOT CHRISTOPHER ERIC VERBAL, p.m., Saturday at Peaceful Zion Church. 36, baker, died November 27. at Greater New FORGOTTEN? Service 11 a.m., Saturday at Bethel Baptist JIMMIE LEE THRASHER, 73, Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church. died November Have you forgotten so 27. Service 11 Church. soon about your departed a.m., Saturday , TRAVESS NORICE HAYES, loved one? Keep them Dudley at New Birth Cathedral 44, disabled, died November 29. in your memory with an Service 11 a.m., today at Liberty MRS. MARILYN LEVERNE of Faith In Memoriam or a Happy City Missionary Baptist Church. EDWARDS, International. Birthday Remembrances in 67, laboratory our obituary section. technologist, died November , HONOR YOUR LOVED 25 at Harbor Trinity 305-694-6210 Grace Hospice ONE WITH AN in Atlanta. WILLIE ROUND. Service The Miami Times Services were 12 p.m., Saturday at Hosanna IN MEMORIAM held. Community Baptist Church. IN THE MIAMI TIMES The Miami Times Entertainment Lifestyle F ASHION • H IP H OP • M USIC • F OOD • D INING • A RTS & C ULTURE • P EOPLE SECTION C & MIAMI, FLORIDA, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE MIAMI TIMES

SoulBasel Overtown showcases music, arts and culture

Three day festival of splendor to draw numerous art enthusiasts to the city

Miami Times Staff Report exhibition will be on display at the Black Archives Historic Lyric As art enthusiasts descend on Theater, 819 NW 2nd Avenue. South Florida for Miami’s Art Funky Turns 40, presented by Basel Week, a large collection of the Black Archives History & Black art from the African and Research Foundation of South Caribbean Diaspora will be in Florida Inc., will feature popular Overtown for Soul Basel 2017. African-American cartoons and Attendees can enjoy works of animated characters from the art, special events and musical 1970s. performances, Dec. 6 through 10, The exhibition will open with a during Miami’s Art Basel Week. two-day celebration 7 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7 featuring musical perfor- Coined Soul Basel by local —Photos courtesy of Adrian Freeman organizers, the fi ve-day affair will mances by the SOS Band, Doug showcase art from world-renow- E. Fresh and the Sugarhill Gang; A mix of African and contemporary art and culture ned and emerging artisans at the hosted by comedian and radio was on display at the 2016 Soul Basel at the Lyric area’s art, cultural and historic personality Rickey Smiley of the facilities. popular nationally syndicated Theater Cultural Arts Complex in Overtown (pictured “The Funky Turns 40: Black Rickey Smiley Morning Show. above). Organizers have more in the works for the Character Revolution Animation” Please turn to SOUL BASEL 2C 2017 festival.

And he likely will get tons of positive infl uence.” love from the 2 to 3 million “Love & Hip Hop: Miami” will viewers who watch the series premiere at 8 p.m. on Jan. 1 every week on VH1. on VH1. From real life The shows document the Harty, who stands at 6-foot- lives and relationships of 3, commands attention when entertainers, managers and he walks into a room. He said record producers. The Miami his looks and charisma are franchise is slated to explore what earned him a pass to the hip-hop, Latin and regga- host the parties that attract to reality TV eton music scene and will also hundreds of beautiful women feature rappers Trina, Trick and celebrities like The Game, Daddy and Gunplay. Fabolous and Trey Songz, CAST-MEMBER OF ‘LOVE & HIP HOP: “Love & Hip Hop” also has crowing him the “King of a reputation for showcasing South Beach” and landing him MIAMI’ SAYS HE HAS A STORY TO TELL catfi ghts and glamorizing a spot on “Love & Hip Hop: infi delity. Miami.” By Nyamekye Daniel Hip Hop.” Nonetheless, Harty said his Harty was recruited by 99 [email protected] However, his life has not always been as glamorous as it focus is to be a role model for JAMZ, WEDR-FM radio perso- Christopher Harty’s silhou- appears on the TV screen. others. nality, Felisha Monet. She was ette has appeared in millions Harty, who goes by the name “We live in a world where given the task of scouting the of households as he is the Prince Michael, is a promoter there are no role models. I cast for the show. mysterious model behind the for the hottest venues on South —Nyamekye Daniel/ Miami Times don't want to bash the mu- Monet, who is a hip-hop promotional teaser for the Mi- Beach where he has created a Christopher “Prince Michael” Harty, cast-member of sic, but you hear the lyrics,” staple herself, said she knew ami installment of the mega- network for himself of celebri- “Love & Hip Hop: Miami” spent two years in a juvenile fa- said Harty. “I want to live Harty in passing from the my life, have fun and be a Please turn to HARTY 6C popular reality series, “Love & ties, athletes and socialites. cility and several more homeless. 2C THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER Art, culture, history fusion at Overtown’s Soul Basel SOUL BASEL 7 p.m. Dec. 6 with The Black ted by Eye Urban TV and the contnued from 1C Party. Proceeds from the recep- urban engineers. Urban Soul tion will benefi t the Caribbean Experience is an outdoor exhi- On Dec. 8, Miami City Com- Strong Hurricane Relief Fund. bition with art, food and enter- mission Chairman Keon Har- At 4 p.m. Dec. 8, Art Africa will tainment intermixed with an demon & the Southeast Over- host an art and tech workshop eclectic blend of contemporary town/Park West CRA will host for youth powered by Code Fe- and street art. Free. the Art of Conversation; a pro- ver Miami. Guests are also invi- • "We'll Look Over You-For fessional networking mixer ted to attend a series of lectures Now!" at the Black Police Pre- with a fi lm screening and que- by noted artists and scholars. cinct & Courthouse Museum at stion and answer session. Soul Basel is a collabora- 480 NW 11th Street. Presented The seventh edition of the Art tive effort between the CRA, by City of Miami Black Police Africa Miami Arts Fair: Back local organizations and the Precinct & Courthouse Mu- to Black: No On/Off Ramps is GMCVB Art of Black Miami seum and curated by Reginal also set to kick off during Soul to showcase Black art at the (L.E.O.) O’Neal & Terence Price Basel Week. Art Africa Miami area’s art,culture and historic II. The exhibit is a co-curated is located within walking di- facilities and highlight Over- refl ection of socially engaged stance of the Lyric Theater at town during Miami Art Basel artistry through the mediums two pavilions located at 919 NW week. General admission and of photography and mural ta- Second Ave. (The Plaza at the event tickets are available on- pestry. $15. Lyric) and at 920 NW Second line. Funky Turns 40 and the The city will provide free Ave. (former Clyde Killens Pool Art Africa Miami Arts Fair are —Photos courtesy of Adrian Freeman trolley rides Dec. 7-10, that will Hall). Presented by the Urban sponsored and supported by loop from Overtown to Wyn- Collective, this year’s exhibiti- the CRA and Hardemon. Members of the board of directors for the Black Archives History & Research Foun- wood. For more information on on features 25 artists from the Additional art exhibitions in dation of South Florida, Inc along with civil and public offi cials. Soul Basel and to view the list United States, Africa, Europe, Overtown include: at 249 NW 9th Street. Presen- features a multimedia exhibit • Urban Soul Experience: of art exhibitions and schedule the Caribbean and Latin Ame- • "Our Voice Matters" at the ted by local youth organization, of youth photography, fi lm and “The Resilience of Creativity” of events, log onto www.soul- rica. Art Africa will open on Ward Rooming House Gallery Urgent Inc., Our Voice Matters crafts. Free. at 925 NW 2nd Court. Presen- baselovertown.com. THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER LOCAL NEWS 3C THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017

memorial park, event include: THE whiskey products Miami-Dade County and a book. Cultural Arts WHIRLv Our Black Department, Church By Vennda-Rei Gibson [email protected] history and our of the Incarnation, Social contributions have Greater Miami Ruth Virginia Sweeting colleges and universities been invaluable in Convention and Walks celebrated her 101 (HBCUs), with an interest in the life of this nation. Visitors Bureau. birthday on Dec. 1. A the music-tech and media We are grateful for Tis the season of product of Sweeting Town industries “Throughout this the men and women WEAVER Advent, and as we and Sweeting Estates, she experience, I heard from who share and write about prepare our hearts and is a lifetime member of executives and thought- our history and to many homes for Christmas, during Christ Episcopal Church in leaders within the music, local organizations like the this, the most blessed, holy Coconut Grove where family tech and media industries,” members of the Lemon City and wonderful time of the and friends celebrated this Marcus said. “I saw fi rst- Cemetery Community year’ it too often becomes outstanding milestone with hand what a career path in Corporation who have a frenzied time of the year. her on Sunday. Walks these fi elds look like, extended an invitation to the Growing up, we were taught is the oldest living and gained valuable community to their seventh in Sunday school and read graduate of Booker insight on what it history of Jack Daniels, changes herself, she was annual free Classical Concert lessons about preparing for T. Washington High will take to achieve a very popular drink. It soon on a plane from her on Sunday, December 17, at Christmas, for the meaning School in Historic my career goals. I emphasizes the importance home in Los Angeles to 4 o’clock at the Church of Advent is ‘coming.’ Overtown. A big also had the chance of our Black history and why Nashville. But when she got of the Incarnation, It is a Naturally, as children, we Happy Birthday is to network and build our stories must be told. to Lynchburg, she found no concert of “Bridging Classics only had the expectation of sent Ruth Sweeting community with Fawn Weaver, an investor trace of Green. “I went on of the Past with Classics coming presents. As we grow Walks. other HBCU students and writer,, as well as a three tours of the distillery, of the Future” through and mature, the meaning is Some really HALL across the nation, all historian and co-founder and nothing, not a mention Handel’s Messiah, under understood in the December good news comes while immersed in of the Nearest Green of him,” she said. the direction of Dr. Nelson activities. from Marcus Postell the vibrant energy of New Foundation certainly feels Rather than leave, Weaver Hall. Guests will enjoy the When they were younger, a senior majoring in York City,” he shared with exactly the same dug in, determined to Legato Vocal Ensemble, I would read this excerpt Computer Science, with excitement. about our history. uncover more about under the direction of from ‘How the Grinch Stole a minor in Business While away for the Weaver is the Green and persuade Antonia Wilson, which Christmas’ to my grand kids Administration at Bethune conference, Marcus also daughter of Motown Brown-Forman to features the following and I still remember the Cookman University. toured and met those in Records songwriter follow through on its soloist: Soprano: Christine words: Marcus graduated from the industry that work for and producer, Frank promise to recognize Jobson, Bass: Victor “And the Grinch, with his Northwestern Senior High BuzzFeed, explored the city Wilson. While on his role in creating Clermont, Tenor: Ruben Grinch-feet ice cold in the School and grew up in through bus and boat tours, vacation in Singapore America’s most Aponte, Alto: Charmyn snow, stood puzzling and Opa-locka. Most recently, and saw a live perform last summer she fi rst famous whiskey. She Kirton and the 2017 Miami puzzling, how could it be so? Marcus received one of his by upcoming artist Kevin read about Nearest POSTELL rented a house in Messiah Community Mass It came without ribbons. It life’s dreams to learn from Ross. “I hope I represented Green, the Tennessee slave downtown Lynchburg, and Choir and Orchestra. It is came without tags. It came some of the best media Bethune-Cookman well!” who taught Jack Daniel began contacting Green’s a wonderful occasion to without packages, boxes or industry leaders at the He currently represents how to make whiskey. descendants, dozens of celebrate the season and the bags. And he puzzled and Spotify Opening Act HBCU B-CU as 2017-2018 Mister Green’s existence had whom still live in the area. preservation of Miami’s local puzzled ‘till his puzzler was Conferencet held in New Senior and after graduation, long been an open secret, Scouring archives in history and music through sore. Then the Grinch thought York Nov. 2-4. Out of 955 plans to attend his top but in 2016 Brown-Forman, Tennessee, Georgia and the Lemon City Cemetery of something he hadn’t applicants, only 91 students choice, Georgia Institute the company that owns the Washington, D.C., she Community Corporation. before. What if Christmas, he were selected to attend the, of Technology, also known Jack Daniel Distillery in created a timeline of Green’s The concert committee thought, doesn’t come from conference, and Marcus as Georgia Tech, to receive Lynchburg, Tennessee, relationship with Daniel, is headed by Mrs. Dianne a store. What if Christmas, was honored to be the his masters in Human made international headlines showing how Green had H. Rolle and Co-Chair, perhaps, means a little bit fi rst student to represent Computer Interaction and with its decision to fi nally not only taught the whiskey Elizabeth Bain. Committee more.” A reminder for me Bethune-Cookman become a software engineer embrace Green’s legacy baron how to distill, but members are the Rev. Dr. and a lesson for them. to University. for NASA. Proud parents and signifi cantly change its had also gone to work for Errol A. Harvey, Victoria enjoy all of the activities but The Spotify Opening Act are Sharonda Postell and tours to emphasize his role. him after the Civil War. As Barry, Marsha to stay focused on the try HBCU Conference was a Dorian Postell and is the “It was jarring that the founder of the Nearest James, Aundrella Hamed, meaning. three-day experience that paternal grandson of the arguably one of the most Green Foundation, Weaver Anita McGruder, Vera And so it is in the whirl warmly welcomed eager, late Carolyn Clear. well-known brands in the is working on sharing the Lee, Mary Bannerman, Dr. with many Blessings of this talented sophomore, junior, A recent CBS morning world was created, in part, legacy of Green which Enid C. Pinkney, Cecilia Advent season to all as we and senior students that show shared some by a slave,” said Weaver, will include a scholarship Stewart, and Claudia Live, Love, Pray, Laugh, Sing attend historically Black interesting news about the 40. Determined to see the program, a museum, a Slater. Sponsors for this and Dance in the Whirl.

the legacy continues 01.03.2018 www.MiamiTimesOnline.com 4C THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER The 2018 Jazz in the Gardens lineup is here

Chaka ANITA, SMOKEY AND CHAKA TO HEADLINE THE 13TH YEAR Khan Miami Times Staff Report

Organizers of the 13th Annual Jazz in the Gardens Music Festival have announced the music line up for the March festival. The event will be headlined by music legends Chaka Kahn, Anita Baker and Smokey Ro- binson, rhythm and blues singers Joe and Fantasia, musician Trombone Shorty and gospel Anita singer Tasha Cobbs Leonard. Baker Anita Baker is a eight-time Grammy-winning singer who is best known for hits like “Giving You The Best That I Got” and “Sweet Love” and for her long-standing music career. Chaka Khan has held iconic status for fi ve decades, won 10 Grammy Awards, is a recipient of the United Negro College Fund Award and a SoulMusic Hall of Fame inductee. She is best known for “Tell Me Something Good and “I’m Every Woman.” Festival goers will also be treated to performances by Salt-N-Pepa, Kid N’ Play and Trick Daddy as a tribute to the ‘90s and bands such as Pieces of a Dream and the JTG All-Stars. The two-day festival will take place on March 17 and 18 at the Hard Rock Stadium. Tickets will be available for sale at 10 a.m on Dec. 8 through ticketmaster.com or jazzinthegardens.com. Fantasia Christmas record celebrates families me inspired. I have to think Singer says album encourages us to of those, to this day, because come together for the holiday season I can’t pick up the phone and call her. I can’t hear her voice now. But what I do have is the By Yahoo Music lady she was, and she was my biggest fan,” Fantasia reminis- memories, and I can still hear American Idol Season 3 ces to Yahoo Entertainment. her saying to me, ‘Keep going. champion Fantasia’s life “She played a big role in my Anything worth having is struggles have been well docu- life, from when I was a little worth fi ghting for.’” mented — in her memoir and girl to winning Idol. She was Fantasia gave birth to her accompanying TV biopic Life Is that woman that I would call second child in 2011 and mar- Not a Fairytale, for starters, as whenever I was going through ried businessman Kendall Tay- well as in her VH1 reality show so much, when people was lor in 2015, and she became a “Fantasia for Real”, which talking about me. She had all (step)grandmother herself last chronicled her recovery from a the right words, all the right year when Kendall’s son from 2010 breakdown and overdose. things to say. … She would a previous relationship became But through it all, Fantasia’s always say, ‘If you fail, get a dad. But sadly, Collins — grandmother, Addie Collins, back up again. Brush your- whose birthday was actually was always there for her, re- self off. No matter what you Christmas Day — died two and minding the girl she lovingly did, God will forgive you. You a half years ago, making the nicknamed “Tasia” of the im- forgive yourself, and you keep holiday season bittersweet for portance of family — especially it moving.’ It was those talks, the settled-down Fantasia and during the holiday season. those moments on the phone, her growing family. (“I don’t “My grandmother, pretty that kept me going and kept Please turn to FANTASIA 10D

“ ” THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER LOCAL NEWS 5C THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 BET’s chief navigates a changing landscape School and added a degree Debra Lee reveres — and acquires from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. She — ‘Soul Train’ while pivoting to face then served as a law clerk many mainstream competitors to a district court judge in Washington before joining a By Alexandra Wolfe American Dance Theater). So D.C. law fi rm that counted The Wall Street Journal much of her programming is BET as a client. In 1986, she fi lmed in Atlanta and Los An- left to start BET’s in-house As a teenager in Greensboro, geles, she says, that the need legal department. N.C., in the early 1970s, Debra for a Washington presence At the time, few in Washing- Lee rushed to get her chores diminished. “Over time, D.C. ton had ever heard of the done before “Soul Train” came just became a lot less relevant network; cable wasn’t available on every Saturday. Back then, to what we’re doing.” in the city. “It was a little bit the brand-new television BET hosted events for both risky,” she remembers. “People program “was the only kind of of President Barack Obama’s were like, ‘Where?’” social network the Black com- inaugurations, and Lee sat on In 1996, Lee was promoted munity had,” she remembers. Obama’s management advisory to president and chief opera- “Anytime the Supremes or the board with other CEOs. Does ting offi cer and became more Temptations or the Jackson 5 the move from the capital have involved in the company’s cre- came on ‘Ed Sullivan,’ you’d anything to do with the Trump ative agenda. She phased out call your friends and say, ‘Hey, administration? “Not at all. It music videos because viewers there’s someone Black!’” had started watching them online instead, and sought to Now Lee, 63, is chief execu- ‘You look at a show like tive of Black Entertainment steer content toward family- Television, and last year she “Friends’’ and you’re like, oriented programming with bought the Soul Train brand “Why are there no Black positive messages. “We try to and its 1,100 episodes to add people in New York?” We give uplifting moments,” she to the network’s offerings of want to show the world as says. news, awards shows, stand-up it is.’ She grants that her comedy and original series. network’s space is getting Last Sunday night, 2.4 million more crowded, with shows people watched the Soul Train was purely a business deci- centered on Black characters Awards. sion,” she says. “We’ve been multiplying across other net- BET, co-founded by the through a lot of administra- works, including “Black-ish,” cable industry lobbyist Ro- tions.” “How to Get Away with Mur- bert Johnson and his then- Lee says that she keeps her der,” and “Empire.” “They’ve wife Sheila in 1979, reached personal beliefs out of BET’s discovered what we’ve known 10 million viewers when Lee content. “Our audience is not for a long time, which is that joined seven years later; now it monolithic, so we try to show Black people watch a lot of reaches 83 million in the U.S. different viewpoints,” she says. television,” she says. “We have Viacom bought the network in Still, “we try to hold Trump ac- more competition than ever 2000. Since Lee became CEO countable.” Musicians and ce- before.” in 2005, she has overseen the lebrities have been outspoken BET meanwhile has increa- development of original series on her network about racial sed its nonBlack viewers, sco- including such ratings hits as issues, including NFL players’ ring big gains among Latinos “Real Husbands of Hollywood,” protests, the Black Lives Mat- and white males in the cove- a reality television satire cocre- ter movement, and the white ted 18-to-49 age group. “We ated by comedian Kevin Hart, supremacist violence in Char- want all people to watch BET and “The New Edition Story,” lottesville, Va. In October, a and to understand more about a miniseries about the music video of an anti-Trump rap by our culture,” Lee says. But group. Last year’s BET Awards Eminem from BET’s Hip Hop she seeks to ensure the casts went viral, generating over 3 Awards got 66.5 million views. —Photo: Shayan Asgharnia For The Wall Street Journal of BET shows aren’t exclusi- million tweets and 50 million Host Erykah Badu took a knee and lawyers” among the pa- going to an Ivy League college. were still trying to fi nd their vely Black. “We don’t want to plays of BET Awards GIFs. in homage to the NFL protests rents of fellow students, “so we “I was sort of raised to believe way, especially when you’re in do to the television industry Lee shuttered the network’s during last week’s Soul Train never felt being segregated was that’s what I should do,” she a predominantly white envi- what the television did to us,” D.C. headquarters in July Awards. a negative thing.” Instead, they recalls. She went to Brown ronment, so I thought com- she says. “You look at a show and moved them to New York, Growing up in Greensboro, thought, “It’s just the way it is.” University, where she studied munism was interesting, and I like ‘Friends’ and you’re like, where other major Viacom Lee attended an-all Black high Her mother was a hospital communism in China as a thought the idea of communes ‘Why are there no Black peo- brands reside (and where she school. “But we had amazing clerk, and her father, a U.S. political science major. “Peo- was interesting,” she says. ple in New York?’ We want to is president of the Alvin Ailey teachers, and we had doctors Army major, was set on her ple, especially Black students, Lee went on to Harvard Law show the world as it is.”

Spike Lee makes magic again in ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ series Each new episode updates the fi lm, rehashes it well By Kelly Lawler USA TODAY “ ” It’s a mar- vel to watch “She’s Gotta Have It” un- fold. In an age when the pa- rade of end- less sequels, reboots and LEE remakes is exhausting, it may seem odd —Photo: David Lee, Netfl ix for Spike Lee to adapt the DeWanda Wise as Nola Darling on 'She's Gotta Have It.' 1986 fi lm that put him on the map as a Netfl ix series (now horticulturalist Opal (Ilfenesh and loud and fi ts right in with streaming). But once you dive Hadera). She also tries to the recent spate of character- in to Lee’s stylized, colorful maintain friendships with focused half-hours, from “In- exploration of Nola Darling, aspiring dancer Shemekka secure to Atlanta” to “Master her art, her lovers and her (Chyna Layne) and curator of None”. It manages, most Brooklyn, it’s clear why the Clorinda (Margot Bingham). importantly, not to feel dated. movie was the perfect choice Nola is a messy, incom- Its examination of topics for expansion. plete woman, and the series including street harassment At once updating the fi lm doesn't limit its exploration to and gentrifi cation feels vital. and questioning its legacy, her dating life. She struggles Lee directs every episode, “She's Gotta Have It” is a to turn passion into commit- and it's easy to see his signa- sumptuous character por- ment with friendships and tures, from the monologues trait, a deep and rewarding her art. Her strict rules about addressing the camera to the study of a Black woman in dating and insistence on kee- impeccably curated sound- our current era, this time ping things casual stem from track to the loving shots of portrayed by the dazzling a deep-seated fear of com- Brooklyn. Perhaps the best DeWanda Wise. mitment and self-sabotaging argument for the director The series builds on the tendencies. She's examined in returning to this work is how fi lm, which opened in a very frequent monologues, therapy much change the borough different world 31 years ago, sessions and the literal self- has undergone in the past and is certainly user-friendly portraits. three decades. This Brooklyn even if you never saw the DeWise is terrifi c, imbuing is suspended between the original. It follows Nola, a Nola with strength, sensitivity old and new, between lifelong slightly-better-than-starving and insecurity. She is perfect- (and often Black) locals and artist, trying to make some- ly suited to Lee's blunt style, the affl uent new (and often thing of herself. and nails her many monolo- white) residents. Brooklyn’s Her lovers include fl igh- gues and sometimes too on- identity crisis mimics Nola’s ty social media star/snea- the-nose dialogue. The sup- as she chooses between the kerhead Mars Blackmon porting cast is also strong, opposing forces in her life: lo- (Hamilton's Anthony Ramos); especially Ramos, who has a vers, friends or jobs. vain photographer Greer (Cleo wild and contagious energy Pop culture is cluttered Anthony); overprotective Wall as Mars, the role Lee played with rehashes, but maybe Streeter Jamie (Lyriq Bent); in the fi lm. this is just the one that well, and less regularly the suave “She's Gotta Have It” is bold we gotta have. 6C THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER

at 4 p.m. Call 305-494-6265. ■ The George Washington visit www.childrendance.net. Saturday at Gwen Cherry Park Carver Alumni Association NFL / YET (meeting area). Call ■ The George Washington meets the 3rd Wednesday ■ Karate Classes at Range 305-305-0290. v Park on Monday, Wednesday Lifest yl e HAPPENINGS Carver High School Class 1966 each month at 4 p.m. in Rm. 6 Compiled by The Miami Times staff [email protected] meets the 2nd Saturday each at George Washington Carver. and Thursday from 6-8 p.m. Call ■ Unspoken Dance Company month at 1234 N.W. 79th St. at Call 954-248-6946. 305-757-7961. is now recruiting dancers ■ The Miami Northwestern each month, 6:30 p.m. at the 12 p.m. Call 305-300-7630. ages 5 and up. To register Class of 1968 meets every 4th Omega Center. ■ The Surviving Twin ■ Top Ladies of Distinction, call 305-409-7490 or email Saturday at 2 p.m. at The African ■ The Miami Carol City Class Network welcomes the support Inc. meets 10 a.m. every second [email protected]. Heritage Cultural Arts Center. Call ■ Tennessee State Alumni of 1968 meets every 4th Sunday of twins or siblings, who have Saturday at the African Heritage 305-218-6171. Association/ Miami-Dade at 4 pm. We are planning our experienced such loss, to share Cultural Arts Center. Call 305- ■ The Northwestern Class of Chapter, meets every 3rd 50th Reunion for September 14- with others, as a source of 439-5426. 1959 meets every third Saturday ■ The Miami Northwestern Saturday, 9 a.m. at The African 16, 2018. Call 305-494-6265. comfort. Call 305-504-4936. from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.at the Class of 1973 meets every 3rd American Cultural Arts Center. ■ The Miami Central High African Heritage Cultural Arts Sunday at 4 p.m. Call 786-877- Call 305-336-4287. ■ The Gold Coast Chapter ■ The Northwestern Class of Alumni Association meets Center. Call 786-897-2646. 1176 or email [email protected]. of Florida A & M University 1962 meets every 2nd Saturday every second and fourth ■ The Morris Brown College meets every 3rd Saturday at The at 3 p.m. at The African Heritage Wednesday in Miami Central ■ Division of Blind Services ■ Liberty Square Project Miami- Dade/ Broward Alumni Urban League of Greater Miami Cultural Arts Center. Call 305- High library at 7 p.m. Call 305- Vocational Rehabilitation Friends and Family Reunion Inc. Association monthly meetings McDuffi e Center at 10 a.m. Call 681-3330. 370-4825. Program provides services to the will host their 4th Annual Banquet/ are held at North Shore Medical 305-370-9026. visually impaired. Call 305-377- Dance on Sat. Dec. 2 from 5 p.m. Center, Room C each 3rd ■ Booker T Washington ■ Northwestern Alumni 5339. to 10 p.m. Call 696-1819 or 305- Saturday from 9:30-11 a.m. Call ■ Women in Transition Class of 1967 meets every third Class of 61 meets at YET Center 333-8539 786-356-4412 of South Florida offers free Saturday from 4-6 p.m. at the every second Tuesday 12 p.m. ■ The North Dade/ Miami computer classes for women. African Heritage Culture Arts Call 305-696-1154. Carol City H.S., Class of 1967 ■ Miami Jackson General ■ The Miami Jackson Class of Call 786-477-8548. Center East Portable #1. Call invites you to join them aboard Class of 1970 present a ‘Christmas 1968 meets every second Monday 305-333-7128. ■ The South Florida Alumni the Carnival Conquest Sept. 24- Party’ on Friday, December 22 at the VFW located at 11911 West ■ Florida A & M University Chapter of North Carolina 30, as they celebrate their 50th from 8 p.m. until 2a.m. Call 305- Dixie Highway and is planning for (FAMU) National Alumni ■ Inner City Children’s Central University meets 11 Class Reunion. Call 305-336- 733-4674 or 305-546-3770. their 50th Reunion June 14-18, Association (NAA) South Dade Touring Dance will have free a.m. every second Saturday at 6293 or 305-333-7613. 2018. Call 305- 336-7663. Chapter invites you to join them Introductory Classical Ballet Denny’s in Miami Gardens. ■ The Miami-Dade Chapter of the 4th Wednesday of each month Workshops for girls ages 6-8 and The deadline for the Lifestyle Bethune-Cookman University, ■ The Miami Carol City Class at Community Health Center of 9-12 on Monday and Wednesday ■ The Miami Jackson Class Calendar is on or before 2 p.m. meets the second Thursday of of 1968 meets every 4th Sunday South Florida at 6 p.m. evenings. Call 305-758-1577 or of 1971 meets 3 p.m. every fi rst Fridays. ‘Love & Hip Hop: Miami’ character creates his own distinct story line HARTY on “America’s Next Top Mo- Harty attended Robert Mor- of his life. become a successful club pro- continued from 1C del” twice. He models a selec- gan Educational Center and “It sucked running from the moter. But Harty also wants to tion of brands and products, Miami South Ridge High police, running from securi- use his past to inspire others. South Beach nightclub scene, including his own denim line, School. He lived a quiet life ty in the malls or stores and “People have no idea that and he always made a grand Roielte, on his Instagram page, with his mother, stepfather things like that,” he said. I went through the mud. I entrance. where he has over 40,000 fol- and little sister until he was Harty said he found it incre- climbed through the ashes,” “Whenever he would be at a lowers. arrested at 14 after an alterca- asingly hard to stop shoplif- he said. “I should be in jail. party, he would bring several But there was a time when tion with his stepfather, accor- ting when he started college at “Going through that made me girls with him,” said Monet. “I the 28-year-old spent part of ding to Harty. the University of Miami becau- stronger in some sense, but it think it was his birthday when his teenage years either home- As a result, Harty spent two se a part-time minimum wage also made me weaker.” he came with like 200 girls.” less or in a juvenile facility. A years at the Okeechobee Ju- job could not cover the cost of Because he was fortunate Monet also said the produ- far cry from popping bottles venile Offender Corrections tuition. enough to make it out of the cers wanted to show the multi- of champagne in the VIP sec- Center. When his bid was over, Unfortunately for Harty, the mud, Harty said he plans to cultural aspects and different tion of one of Miami’s upscale tensions between Harty and police eventually caught up use Love & Hip Hop as a plat- facets of the Miami hip-hop nightclubs. his family left him without a with him, and he ended up on form to reach out to troubled scene, and Harty is “the link There is no evidence of the home to return to. probation. youth and create a program that connects the franchise to hardship that Harty had to Harty said he just had to “I am not ashamed to say for their voices to be heard. South Beach.” endure as a teenager growing learn to fi gure out how to na- this. I own it. It made me who “Sometimes that helps a lot. It doesn’t hurt that he “is not up in South Miami. —Nyamekye Daniel/ Miami Times vigate life alone at 16. I am,” said Harty. “If you are I had no one to speak to. No bad to look at either,” added Born to Jamaican parents, Christopher “Prince For the next two years, Har- going to judge me on my past one to tell me they love me,” he Harty said, he spent most of ty bounced from pillar to post it is what it is.” said. “I want them to know, yo Monet. Michael” Harty Well aware of his pretty-boy his teen years playing video and supported himself by sho- The soon-to-be reality star this is not the end all, be all. looks, Harty has dreams of games and playing pranks on his entire adult life as a DJ and plifting and reselling his sto- said that he was lucky en- You have your entire life ahead being the next Will Smith and his friends. His father, who promoter in Miami’s Caribbe- len inventory. Harty said it ough not be institutionalized of you. You can be so much has been selected to appear was often estranged, has spent an entertainment industry. was one of the roughest times and given the opportunity to more.” THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER The Miami Times Business &Finance SECTION D MIAMI, FLORIDA, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE MIAMI TIMES

AFFORDABLE HOUSING MATTERS Priced-out of renting or buying? Here is help Revised housing program to provide relief By Daniella Pierre and families are feeling the Special to The Miami Times squeeze and being priced- out block by block and at There is simply no rea- very alarming rates. son why the housing crisis Reasons why, something is still a drag with all the has got to give now: either data and statistics that call higher pay, or cheaper for immediate action now. homes. Residents cannot Let's face it, high rent and and should not have to put mortgages are becoming up with unaffordable hous- —Photo courtesy of South Florida Black Business Directory more and more unbearable ing costs. Perhaps if the Members of the South Florida Black Business Directory pictured at a recent event. for residents. We're Sadowski Act would being priced-out and be able to function increasingly pushed- solely as a dedicated out of our very own source from the state communities. to adequately fund As I have said ear- affordable housing SUPPORT BLACK-OWNED lier this year, it's time programs, things and long overdue to would be different make the call for a PIERRE locally. And if more housing state of emergency. local policymakers cared, Housing conditions such as housing affordability would BUSINESSES THIS HOLIDAY these are highly unaccept- be a priority for their con- able and unjust. For our stituents. most vulnerable, the home- To strengthen economics, activists encourage consumers to support eff ort less population as well as WORKFORCE HOUSING low-income households, the DEVELOPMENT By Janiah Adams [was] our mission to support aware of Black economic power availability and affordability To aid much needed of subsidized units across relief give and support to [email protected] all of the businesses within the could change things for the directory. Not just [on] Black condition of the community. the board has decreased. a segment of our commu- South Florida Black-owned Friday, but throughout the “A lot of us experience grand And by the same token, nity who are considered businesses are pushing for year.” openings and grand closings middle-income house- the most essential to our the Black community to spend Black Friday — the day after because we don’t support holds such as academic local economy, Miami-Dade their dollars with their own Thanksgiving — is traditional- [Black businesses] as often as advisors, teachers and Commissioner Barbara during this holiday season. ly the busiest shopping day of we should consistently with fi refi ghters who generally J. Jordan will once again Jimmy Nickerson, co-founder the year, as it kicks off the ho- our dollars,” he said. “When we make less than the area tackle the Workforce Hous- of South Florida Black Busi- liday season. About 30 percent become aware of our economic median income of $51,800 ing Development Program. ness Directory (SFBBD), said of annual retail sales occur power, then we will change our but more than $35,000 The program, which has buying Black can maximize between Black Friday and community. We wouldn’t be are increasingly becoming been tweaked a bit from the buying power of the Black Christmas. For some retailers, competing with gentrifi cation, severely cost-burdened in 2007 and failed to pass as community. it’s almost 40 percent. A Niel- with others buying our resour- both markets too. And since a countywide ordinance “The goal and the mission sen study reported that Black ces. When you control econo- there aren't many programs last year, aims to provide is to encourage Black consu- buying power would reach $1.3 mics, you control your destiny.” or policies that address or affordable housing options mers to shop Black,” Nickerson trillion by this year. Daniel Agnew Nickerson mentioned Black bridge the gap for middle- to middle-income residents said. “During Black Friday, it Nickerson said becoming Co-founder of Roots Collective Please turn to SUPPORT 8D income, these individuals Please turn to PIERRE 8D CVS to buy Aetna for $69B, reshaping industry one another’s space to posi- Deal is latest and most dramatic sign tion themselves for whatever happens,” said Lawton Rob- of how the lines between traditional ert Burns, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s segments in health care are blurring Wharton School. By Sharon Terlep The proposed deal is the lat- The chief executives of CVS The Wall Street Journal est and most dramatic sign of and Aetna said in a joint in- how the lines between tradi- terview that by pairing Aetna’s CVS Health Corp. agreed to tional segments in health care medical expertise with CVS’s buy Aetna for about $69 billion are blurring as companies, ubiquitous physical-store pres- in cash and stock in a move saddled with mature busi- ence, the new company would to transform the pharmacy nesses and in many cases be well positioned to curtail company and capture more restricted from buying rivals, runaway health-care costs. of what consumers spend on enter new areas in search of These costs are growing at health care. growth. “an unsustainable rate,” CVS’s Aetna stockholders are to Companies from insurers Larry Merlo said in the inter- receive $207 per share — $145 to hospital chains are also view. The combined company in cash and 0.8378 of a CVS looking for ways to squeeze “can meet an unmet need in share, or $62, in stock, the costs and bolster their lever- terms of improving access companies announced Sunday. age against other players in and reducing cost and help- That represents a premium the food chain. That is creating ing people achieve their best of about 29 percent to where opportunities, but also new health.” Aetna shares were trading fault lines as companies fi nd Combining Aetna’s vast before The Wall Street Journal themselves competing against trove of data with CVS’s retail reported that the companies erstwhile partners. —Photo: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg News expertise will enable better were in talks in October. “Everyone’s moving into Pedestrians walk past a CVS store in Chicago. Please turn to CVS 8D

South Florida man invests to preserve, revive Black district Lottery winner plans to rebuild into an area plagued by gun vio- often, areas like Sistrunk are lence and riddled with drugs and then stripped of their cultural abandoned buildings. To restore identity while native residents Sistrunk Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale the distressed community to its are pushed out through gentri- By Selena Hill Known as the “historical heart- original days of glory, Pilgram fi c a t i o n . Black enterprise.com beat of Fort Lauderdale’s oldest has purchased three buildings “The Black residents of the Black community,” Sistrunk and plans to build a jazz lounge, community know that they’re After winning a $52 million Boulevard runs through the blues lounge, restaurants, and a in [a] prime location, they know lottery jackpot in 2010, Miguel city’s Black business district. center for performing arts. that they’ve been fi ghting for Pilgram used his winnings to It was named after James Sis- “For me, it’s [about] preserving years, and developers are droo- launch his own real estate com- trunk, a Black physician who the community as a whole,” Pil- ling over the property,” Prince pany, The Pilgram Group, and helped establish the fi rst African gram told an NBC local affi liate told the station. invest in properties across Sou- American hospital in Broward station in South Florida, adding Pilgram’s plan for develop- th Florida. Now, the successful County in 1938. During this that Sistrunk was once a hub of ment, however, is to preserve businessman is committed to time, segregation laws banned “success for businessmen.” the area for local residents. “I reviving Sistrunk Boulevard, a African Americans who lived According to community ac- was raised in a similar environ- notorious corridor in downtown west of the tracks from crossing tivist and legal specialist Ed- ment,” he told The Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale once known over to the east side after dark. duard Prince, foreign develo- “There is a need, and in my as a thriving Main Street for After desegregation, Sistrunk pers are “drooling” to invest mind, an obligation, to invest Blacks. Boulevard gradually declined Miguel Pilgram in Sistrunk. However, far too there.” 8D THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER Support Black businesses this season SUPPORT portunities. Bridgeman said held their fi rst marketplace are happening negatively continued from 7D when looking at other publi- featuring Black-owned busi- in our community,” Agnew cations and entities, many nesses on Black Friday of said. “We know about mass Wall Street, which was an Black-owned businesses do 2015. Daniel Agnew, one of incarceration, lack of jobs, affl uent town in Greenwood, not get advertising, or sup- the fi ve co-founders, said so when we begin to circu- Oklahoma where Blacks had ported, which could bring they featured 30 Black-ow- late the dollar and help the many established businesses revenue into the Black com- ned businesses during the people grow, it shifts the cul- in the early 1900s. In 1921, munity. Yet, Bridgeman said, fi rst marketplace event. ture of community.” as many as 300 Blacks lost Black communities continue “We’re at a different pha- Agnew said within fi ve their lives when the small to support those products. se in the process because years, he wants to have town was attacked. “We’re buying the expen- we have a lot of people who successful Black-owned “Black Wall Street, the sive cars. We have some like start businesses, but they businesses employing the Black dollar stayed in the BMW, none of these car dea- don’t have the proper resour- community. community at least till the lerships do business with ces to succeed,” Agnew said. “I believe we wouldn’t see end of the year,” Nickerson Black-owned media,” Bridge- “So the next goal is to provi- stories of people getting kil- said. “Now, it stays about six man said. “They don't place de businesses with the tools led if we could rehabilitate hours and it’s sad.” not one ad in Black-owned they need to succeed.” our parts,” Agnew said. “I SFBBD has a database on media. There’s not one car Agnew said the collective think one, when people see their website of Black busi- dealership down here that has several Black-owned it’s possible, it will also in- nesses in the South Florida places an ad with Black- businesses under its um- spire the community as not area. owned media, whether it’s brella. The Roots Collective necessarily seeing their lives Dexter Bridgeman, presi- BMW, Ford… And our com- itself has a printing busi- as working a nine to fi ve, but dent of Black Owned Media munity needs to start to be a ness, Roots Printing, and a working creatively and not Alliance (BOMA) said buying little more conscious of that.” clothing line, Roots Clothing. depending on anyone else to Black should be second na- Another business trying to There are also external busi- take care of them.” ture. promote the idea of buying nesses under their umbrella Every year, more Black- “Our products and ser- Black is The Roots Collective, including teachers and fi lm owned businesses continue vices, if they’re equal in terms an organization dedicated to directors. to open. Bridgeman said of quality, why wouldn't you strengthening economic and Agnew said buying Black it’s important to continue to want to support your own social growth of Black and could result in other com- push buying Black. people?” Bridgeman said. brown communities. munity problems being sol- “At the end of the day, we Bridgeman said the pur- The collective started by ved. can’t expect the general pu- pose of BOMA is to close the giving books, bus cards “A lot of organizations who blic to support it if we’re not disparity gap that exists in and food to the community are doing great work always supporting it ourselves,” media and advertising op- in November of 2015. They talk about the things that Bridgeman said.

CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA Program aims to give more housing options NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Program at 1 p.m. Wednes- tion between Section 8, middle-income households. PIERRE The Miami City Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, December continued from 7D day, Dec. 6, at Robert King public housing, low-income Look at it this way, their in- Towers, 1405 NW 7th Street, and other affordable hous- come may not be the same 14, 2017 to consider the acceptance of a grant in the amount of an estimat- making between 60 percent Miami, FL 33125. ing programs and initiatives as middle-income individu- ed value of $120,000.00 in the form of Outdoor Fitness Equipment from The and 140 percent of the coun- not offered to middle-income als or they may not be in the Trust for Public Land, a California non-profit for Jose Marti Park, and to consid- ty's area median income. In HOUSING IS A MUST, NOT wage earners. However, I same jobs, but at the end of er the City Manager’s recommendation in finding that competitive negotiation exchange, developers will STEREOTYPES strongly caution the use of the day, they’re both gain- methods are not practicable or advantageous regarding these issues. Inquires not only fulfi ll their mission This workshop and pro- term because many indi- fully employed and a part of regarding this notice may be addressed to LaCleveia Morley, Department of but receive density bonuses posed legislation being viduals in the other housing the workforce. Let's all try to Parks and Recreation at (305) 416- 1332. and road impact fee defer- brought forth by Commis- programs, work sometimes remember this when we set rals. sioner Jordan is a step in the two and three jobs just to out to develop a comprehen- This action is being considered pursuant to Section 18-86(A)(3)(c) services re- Sounds like a win-win, but right direction in my book make ends meet. By call- sive affordable housing plan lated to educational services and activities provided by non-profit organizations with these shady developers for middle-income residents, ing it “workforce housing” for all. within city parks of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended. The in Miami-Dade, this is bound who are in fact priced-out what does this really say Are you priced-out of living recommendation and finding to be considered in this matter are set forth in the to be pushed back and even of the market. But calling it about the individuals who in South Florida? Let's hear proposed resolution and in this Code Section, which are deemed to be incorpo- halted. So this won't happen “workforce housing” is very work and live in affordable about it! Share your story, rated by reference herein and are available as public records from the City of again, be sure to come out to insulting. housing already? Every- experience or solution today. Miami. The Public Hearing will be held in conjunction with the regularly sched- the workshop and join in the I know many refer to one deserves some sort of Contact Daniella Pierre to uled City Commission meeting of December 14, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. at Miami City discussion about the Work- “workforce housing” as a dignity here and fair hous- affordablehousingmatters@ Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, 33133. force Housing Development way to make the distinc- ing opportunity not just gmail.com. The Miami City Commission requests all interested parties be present or rep- resented at the meeting and may be heard with respect to any proposition before the City Commission in which the City Commission may take action. An acquisition made in health care heaven Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the City Commission with respect to any matter to be considered at this meeting, that person shall ensure CVS 22.2 million members companies that are in Affordable Care Act huge operational task that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made including all testimony and continued from 7D enrolled in employer, largely different busi- exchange business, of knitting together the evidence upon which any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105). Medicare, Medicaid nesses. leaving it with an un- companies’ diverse op- treatment of costly and other plans. CVS faces the poten- clear path to future erations so that cus- In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons need- chronic diseases, Aet- The logic of the deal tial threat of Amazon. growth, analysts say. tomer experiences are ing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact the na’s Mark T. Bertolini centers on a plan com Inc., which may It also lacks the di- smooth and seamless. Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361 (Voice) no later than five (5) business said. “This is about to use CVS’s nearly enter the pharmacy versity of larger rival The deal isn’t likely days prior to the proceeding. TTY users may call via 711 (Florida Relay Ser- how to get the payer 10,000 U.S. phar- business. The com- UnitedHealth Group to deliver as many vice) no later than five (5) business days prior to the proceeding. more involved at the macy locations to pro- pany’s retail business Inc., which has a fast- cost-cutting benefi ts local level,” he said. vide consumers with accounts for a shrink- expanding health-ser- as combinations with “As we look at 50 per- more local care op- ing share of its overall vices arm that includes more direct overlap, Todd B. Hannon cent of the population tions. CVS, which has sales, with most rev- a pharmacy-benefi ts such as Aetna’s scut- City Clerk driving 80% of cost, for years been seeking enue now coming from manager as well as tled bid to buy Huma- we need to fi nd a more to move further into its pharmacy-benefi ts doctor practices and na, analysts said. #29092 convenient and more health care, plans to manager, which acts surgery centers. It must also pass effective way to meet repurpose portions of as a middleman over- “This transaction muster with regulators, customers’ needs.” its pharmacies so they seeing drug-benefi t is about growth and which isn’t a sure thing Merlo will be chief become community plans for employers expansion, not con- especially after the Jus- CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA executive of the com- health centers where and insurers. traction,” Merlo said. tice Department sued NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING bined company, which customers can get An antitrust chal- The companies expect to block AT&T Inc.’s will maintain Aetna as answers about their lenge led Aetna earlier $750 million in “near- planned purchase of The Miami City Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, December a standalone unit. Ber- health and coverage this year to give up its term synergies” from Time Warner Inc., an- 14, 2017 at 9:00 A.M., to consider the award of a contract to the non-profit orga- tolini won’t have an op- — and how to manage planned acquisition of the deal. other so-called vertical nization listed below through Anti-Poverty grant funds from the District 2 share erational role, though the cost of it, the com- Humana Inc. and the The combination combination of compa- of the City of Miami’s Anti-Poverty Initiative Program. Thelma Gibson Health he will take a seat on panies said. The phar- insurer has retreated faces substantial chal- nies in different parts Initiative, Inc., focuses on building healthy minds and bodies, which includes the CVS board along macies will have space from the unprofi table lenges, including the of a supply chain. bridging the gaps in health education, job training and social skills, leading to with two other Aetna dedicated to wellness obtaining and keeping affordable housing, and to consider the City Manager’s directors. and could provide ser- CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA recommendations and finding that competitive negotiation methods are not The deal — the big- vices in areas like vi- practicable or advantageous regarding these issues: gest announced in sion, hearing and nu- NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC more than a year — trition. • Thelma Gibson Health Initiative, Inc. – to support the organization’s pulls together two gi- The locations will be A public hearing will be held by the City Commission of the City of Miami, Flor- model of health and social services support. ants from very different staffed variously by ida on Thursday, December 14, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in the City Commission corners of the health- pharmacists, nurse Chambers at City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133, for the Inquiries regarding this notice may be addressed to Malissa Treviño, Project care industry. CVS, practitioners and ex- purpose of waiving the requirements of obtaining sealed bids for the Mainte- Manager for the Office of Community Investment, Office of the City Manager, with annual revenue of perts such as nutri- nance / Repair of Airhawk Exhaust Removal Systems at Fire stations 1 through at (305) 416-1005. $178 billion, is a ma- tionists. It is possible 10 and 12, from its sole authorized service provider within southeastern Florida, jor pharmacy-benefi ts they will one day in- Garrison Mechanical Service Corporation d/b/a Garrison Mechanical, located at This action is being considered pursuant to Section 18-85 (A) of the Code of manager in addition clude physicians, Mer- 20851 Johnson Street, #108, Pembroke Pines, Florida 33029. the City of Miami, Florida as amended (the “Code”). The recommendations and to operating a vast col- lo said, though there findings to be considered in this matter are set forth in the proposed resolution lection of drugstores, are no immediate plans Inquiries from other potential sources of such a package who feel that they and in Code Section 18-85 (A), which are deemed to be incorporated by refer- some of which already for that. might be able to satisfy the City’s requirements for this item may contact Charles ence herein and are available as with the regularly scheduled City Commission have retail clinics. Both companies have Johnson, Senior Procurement Contracting Officer, at the City of Miami Procure- meeting of December 14, 2017 at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Aetna, with revenue of challenges in their core ment Department at (305) 416-1924. Miami, Florida 33133. around $63 billion, is operations. the third-largest U.S. CVS's deal for Aet- The Miami City Commission requests all interested parties be present or rep- The Miami City Commission requests all interested parties be present or rep- health insurer, provid- na will bring together resented at the meeting and may be heard with respect to any proposition resented at the meeting and may be heard with respect to any proposition ing coverage to around two huge health-care before the City Commission in which the City Commission may take action. before the City Commission in which the City Commission may take action. Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the City Commission with Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the City Commission with respect to any matter to be considered at this meeting, that person shall ensure PUBLIC NOTICE respect to any matter to be considered at this meeting, that person shall ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made including all testimony and that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made including all testimony and evidence upon which any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105). AT&T Mobility, LLC is proposing to construct a evidence upon which any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105). new telecommunications facility at the SE corner In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons need- of the intersection of W 21st Court and W 64th In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons need- ing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact the ing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact the Street Hialeah, Miami-Dade County, FL 33016. Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361 (Voice) no later than five (5) business The new facility will consist of a 38-foot 6-inch Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361 (Voice) no later than five (5) business days prior to the proceeding. TTY users may call via 711 (Florida Relay Ser- days prior to the proceeding. TTY users may call via 711 (Florida Relay Ser- pole (overall height) with a top-mounted antenna vice) no later than five (5) business days prior to the proceeding. vice) no later than five (5) business days prior to the proceeding. and pole mounted equipment. Any interested party wishing to submit comments regarding the

potential effects the proposed facility may have Todd B. Hannon Todd B. Hannon on any historic property may do so by sending City Clerk City Clerk such comments to: Project 6117003400-jd c/o EBI Consulting, 6876 Susquehanna Trail S., York, PA 17403, or via telephone at (203) 231-6643. #29088 #29089 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER 9D THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 For many, a leisurely retirement is a very long shot Few older Americans think they'll be full-time job. Europe, for ex am ple, and de- mar ket could crash, pum mel- ship Fi nan cial Plan ners in Ybarra used to take week- vot ing as much as 40% of her ing her re tire ment fund. “I just Illi nois. “It frees cash fl ow for able to aff ord trips, a survey fi nds long trips to Cal i for nia and to bud get to travel rather than keep wait ing for some thing other things.” visit rel a tives in Den ver and the 10 percent she’s plan ning. bad to hap pen,” she says. Forty-six per cent of the older By Paul Davidson Europe, for ex am ple, and de- Chicago. When she re tires at That will be pos si ble, she says, Amer i cans sur veyed cur- USA TODAY vot ing as much as 40 percent age 66 to 70, she fi g ures she’ll but only if she can re claim her FO CUS ON DEBT RE DUC TION rently spend 20 percent or less of her bud get to travel rather re sume her prior travel pat tern former in come through free- “One of the things we en- of their bud gets on hous ing Tra di tion ally, re tire ment has than the 10 percent she’s plan- as So cial Se curity kicks in and lanc ing or an other full-time cour age is to do the best you costs, though 62 percent ex- a meant a shift in household ning. That will be pos si ble, she starts draw ing from her job. can to get rid of any and all pect to be in that po si tion af ter budgets from the oblig a tory to she says, but only if she can 401(k) money. But ide ally, she Ybarra is also be ing con ser- debt” be fore re tire ment, says they re tire and fi n ish pay ing the in dul gent — from mort- re claim her former in come would like to take extended va tive in her plan ning be cause Ster ling Raskie, a cer ti fi ed off mort gages. But 77 percent gages pay ments, work suits through free lanc ing or an other trips, spend ing three weeks in she wor ries the frothy stock fi nan cial plan ner at Blanken- would like to de vote and gaso line to ex otic trips, golf and up scale restau rants. But while older Amer i cans would like to sig nifi cantly ramp up spending on in dul- gences like travel and dining out when they retire, many are down siz ing those vi sions, ac- cording to an Ipsos/USA TODAY survey. For exam ple, a quarter of 45- to 65year-olds want to set aside 21 percent to 40 percent of their post-re tire ment bud- gets for travel, but only 13 per- cent feel they’ll be able to do so, accord ing to the Septem ber sur vey of 1,170 peo ple in that age bracket. Just 2 percent of those sur veyed currently ear- mark that much for trips, with 98 percent spend ing zero to 20 percent. At the same time, 53 percent want to de vote less than a fi fth of their out lays to living ex- penses — things like groceries, util i ties and health care — in their golden years. But just 37 percent think they’ll reach that goal, with 57 percent ex- pect ing to al lo cate a fi fth to three-fi fths of their bud gets to those ba sics, the same por- tion that spends that amount today.

NOT KEEP ING PACE The gap be tween mid dle- aged and older Amer i cans’ de sires and ex pec ta tions is at least partly a byprod uct of the Great Re cession and its af ter math, which left many with shrunken nest eggs and s t a g n a t i n g i n c o m e s , fi n a n c i a l planners say. “Although the stock mar ket has fi nally re cov ered, many peo ple don’t feel like they did 10 years ago,” before the 2007-09 re ces sion, says Sh eryl Gar rett, a cer ti fi ed fi nan cial plan ner and founder of Gar- rett Plan ning Network. “Their in come is not up, and it’s not keep ing pace with in fl a tion.” Wages have risen about 2 percent a year for the av er age Amer i can, and many of the nearly 9 mil lion laid off dur ing the down turn were forced to take lower pay ing jobs. Also, many of the mid dle- class clients Gar rett serves sharply re duced their stock holdings dur ing the 2008 crash and so haven’t ben e fi ted as much from the 8-year-old bull mar ket. An Ipsos/USA TO DAY sur vey ear lier this year found that 27 percent of 45- to 65 year-olds have no re tire- ment sav ings or in vest ments and an other 22 percent have less than $100,000. Mean while, Congress is con- sider- ing re pealing or scal ing back the Af ford able Care Act and slic ing Medi care ben e fi ts to whit tle down the balloon ing na tional debt — mea sures that could swell older Amer i cans’ health care costs. “Health care is the big un- known,” Gar rett says. As a re sult, while ba sic ex penses, like the daily work commute and lunch with a co-worker, may dis ap pear in re tire ment, ris ing med i cal bills could eas- ily take their place, tem per ing spend ing on more plea sur able ac tiv i ties. Veron ica Ybarra, 54, of Al- bu querque was laid off from her tech ni cal writing job for a gov ern ment con trac tor in 2013, an event she says was a de layed re sponse to the ef fects of the re ces sion. Although Ybarra is free lancing, her in- come is far less than her pre vi- ous salary. “I re ally hunkered down,” she says. “I haven’t had a real vaca tion since I can’t remem ber when.” Ybarra used to take week- long trips to Cali for nia and to visit rel a tives in Den ver and Chicago. When she re tires at age 66 to 70, she fi g ures she’ll re sume her prior travel pat tern as Social Se curity kicks in and she starts draw ing from her 401(k) money. But ide ally, she would like to take ex tended trips, spend ing three weeks in 10D THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER That perfect Christmas tree will be pricier this year

ars, the Washington, down this holiday year ago, according "There were a Don’t blame the Grinch. D.C.-based trade season. Buzz60 to AAA. That me- lot of tree growers group said. As a Home improvement ans higher shipping that went out of Time is the main culprit result, that annu- store chains, which costs for truckloads business," said Dee By Zlati Meyer ted tanking due to al family tradition typically set up tree of trees. Clark, owner of C&G USA TODAY the Great Recession of traipsing to that sales operations in "The cost of freight Nursery in Newland, starting in 2008, sawdust-covered their parking lots or on the darn things N.C. "That leads to Now that you’ve Christmas tree sales Christmas tree lot nurseries, are wat- is up quite a bit, an overall shortage started your holi- dropped. Growers down the street or ching warily. because diesel is across the industry. day shopping, you didn't cut down as across town may "We have not expe- up," said Jayne Mit- Today, the U.S. might want to think many trees as they mean settling for rienced any shorta- chell, who runs Tim is home to close to about where you will normally would as less than perfection. ges or cost increases Mitchell’s Christmas 15,000 Christmas stash those gifts. demand slackened. "We believe every- from our suppliers Trees in Scottsdale tree farms. States Under the tree? Not That left less room in one who wants to this year. However, and Gilbert, Ariz. "I that produce the so fast. the groves to plant have a real tree with demand being was unpleasantly most are Oregon, It will be harder to seedlings. will fi nd one," said so high, we encoura- surprised." North Carolina, Mi- fi nd Christmas trees Since a Christmas Doug Hundley, the ge customers to buy Mitchell said she chigan, Pennsylva- this year. And that tree takes about association's spokes- now to ensure they is charging about $4 nia, Wisconsin and may drive up pri- a decade to hit a man. "They may not get the size and type more for its popular Washington. ces 5 percent to 10 height of seven to have the size they of tree they want," fi ve- to seven-foot Last year, 27.4 percent, according to eight feet — the size want or they might Lowe's spokesman Noble Fir. Larger million Christmas the National Christ- that families most have to buy a dif- Matt Michaels said trees will see a big- trees were sold, the mas Tree Associati- prefer to grace their ferent kind (becau- in an e-mail. ger price increase. association said. on. living rooms — gro- se) we have a tight Supply isn't the Another reason The most popular Don’t blame the wers now don't have market." only issue. Diesel for small harvests varieties were Noble Grinch. The pro- as many to cut and Some people are fuel prices averaged today is a decreasing and Fraser fi rs, and blem is a matter of ship around the turning one age old $2.84 a gallon on number of growers, consumers reported bad timing. When country as they christmas tradition Monday, 46 cents their ranks thinned spending an average the economy star- have in past ye- completely upside more a gallon than a during the recession. of $74.70 for a tree.

Christmas album highlights family unity Invitation to Bid New Site Utilities, Earthwork, Asphalt Paving & Site ter Midnight [which derstand that you’re FANTASIA Concrete continued from 4C inspired Christmas still here. The Lord After Midnight]. I said, allows you to see ano- think it will ever get ‘Grandma, what store ther day to make a dif- W. G. Yates & Sons Construction Company and Jackson Health Systems cor- easy,” she admits.) do you want to go to? ference, and to just be dially invite subcontractors to complete and submit their bids by Tuesday No- However, the 33-year- I’m going to get you a blessing to somebo- vember 21, 2017 no later than 2pm for the following project: old singer has found whatever you want.’ dy.’ She made herself Jackson Health System the best way to ho- She looked at me and a gift to people, mea- JHS West Medical Campus nor her grandmother said, ‘Tasia, I want you ning she gave back to this season: with a to take me to the thrift the community. She The Invitation to Bid includes the following packages: new holiday album, store.’ I’m like, ‘Grand- made sure people had • Site Conditions of the Contract and Specifications – Issued for Christmas After Mid- ma, we’re in New York clothes, socks, shoes, Construction – May 5, 2017 night. City, and you want to and food on their table, • Civil Drawings – July 29, 2017 “My grandmother go to the thrift store?’ and if they needed help • Small Business Enterprise (SBE) & Responsible Wages – Attached always played mu- But that is what I lo- paying their rent, she Form A-6, A-14 & A-16 sic during the holi- ved about her. did that too. She would days, all day long, all “And that’s how I ap- even invite people into Bid requirements and bid forms, specifications, drawings and other construction day long,” Fantasia own Concord Re- what do you feel?’ preciate and look at life our home. I see the documents will be available through www.iSQFT.com. Respond to Jessica Mill- remembers fondly. “It cords-distributed And we just stripped now. Because when I same things with me; I er at [email protected] to get access to bid documents. was the Temptations’ imprint, Rock Soul it down, and he made went through all those try not to give so much All bids must be delivered in a sealed envelope to Jackson Memorial Hospital ‘Silent Night’ [which Entertainment. It it a different song — bad times, and then I of myself away that I Facilities, Design and Construction Department trailer located at the corner of Fantasia covers on features a mix of fa- Fantasia’s version. lost everything,” conti- forget about myself, NW12th Ave. and NW 19th St. Complete address is listed below: her holiday album], vorites, including That’s what made me nues Fantasia (whose but I did want to keep or the Jackson 5’s unexpected covers of so excited. I remem- past money woes have that tradition going, Jackson Memorial Hospital – FD&C Command Center Trailer 1 Christmas album, or James Brown’s “San- ber, I think I cried included a 2013 battle by giving back to the Attn: Mike Posey the Mariah Carey al- ta Claus Go Straight that day in the studio to avoid foreclosure world my music. That’s 1811 NW 12th Ave. bum. She made sure to the Ghetto” and Le- because there was on her North Carolina what I loved about my Miami FL 33136 there was always mu- onard Cohen’s “Halle- something about the home), “now I look at grandma, and I thank sic playing through lujah,” and Fantasia guitar player’s licks life, and I’m like, it’s her. I do. I thank her There is a pre-bid walk-thru scheduled for November 9, 2017 at 9am at the the house, keeping explains, “I started in and his mood and the not about the cars we for giving me that.” project site at 7800 NW 29th St. Doral FL 33122. that Christmas spirit gospel, but when you going. That is what love music, you don’t Yates is committed to supporting the economic development of certified Mi- I wanted to do with put a label on music. ami-Dade county small business enterprise-construction (SBE-C) firms. Mi- this album, and to go That’s why I like to ami-Dade County certified SBE-C entities are encouraged to submit a bid pack- back in time. I’ve de- call what we do now age for this and future projects. W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company dicated this album to ‘rock soul,’ meaning and associated partners are an equal opportunity employer minorities/females/ her, and I prayed over you love all genres of veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity. this album. I said, music, all different ‘With this album, let sounds. I don’t want All questions can be directed to Mike Posey at [email protected]. families come back to be boxed in. [In the together again, be- studio] I was saying, cause they’re brea- ‘Musicians, don’t box CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA king up.’” yourselves in, either! NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Fantasia elaborates I want you to play on that last thought: from your spirit, and ANY PERSON WHO RECEIVES COMPENSATION, REMUNERATION OR “When we lose the play what you hear. EXPENSES FOR CONDUCTING LOBBYING ACTIVITIES IS REQUIRED TO grandma, when we Play from your soul.’ REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST WITH THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO ENGAGING lose the grandpa, we Everything that you IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE CITY STAFF, BOARDS AND COMMIT- lose the family. We hear, on this album, TEES OR THE CITY COMMISSION. A COPY OF THE APPLICABLE ORDI- lose the love. That’s when it comes down NANCE IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK (MIAMI CITY what I wanted this to the music and the HALL), LOCATED AT 3500 PAN AMERICAN DRIVE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33133. album to do, with me way I sing it and ar- also stepping outside ranged it, vocally, AT THE SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF of the box and sing- it’s all coming from a MIAMI, FLORIDA, TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2017 AT ing the songs that I passionate place, a lo- 9:00 A.M., IN ITS CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 3500 PAN AMERICAN DRIVE, know she loved: Ella ving place.” THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEM Fitzgerald, Billie Ho- “Hallelujah” is an RELATED TO THE REGULAR AGENDA: liday, Frank Sinatra, interesting choice, James Brown, Ray not just because it’s A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACH- Charles, all those not a holiday song per MENTS, ACCEPTING THE PLAT ENTITLED “ROYAL DUKE”, A RE- people who came be- se, but because it has PLAT IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, SUBJECT TO ALL OF THE CONDITIONS fore us. Those people been covered so many OF THE PLAT AND STREET COMMITTEE AND THE PROVISIONS who were really sing- times — and by so words to the song that drive. It’s not about al- CONTAINED IN CITY CODE SECTION 55-8, AND ACCEPTING THE ing about something. many American Idol made me very emo- ways wearing labels. DEDICATIONS SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, LOCATED AT THE NORTH- Singing about love. contestants! — that tional. I think that’s It’s not about staying WEST CORNER OF NW 30 AVENUE AND NW 36 STREET, AUTHO- That’s why I dedica- it’s almost impossi- what makes the song in the hotels that cost RIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO ted it to my grand- ble for any singer to so freaking dope.” this much money. No, EXECUTE SAID PLAT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE RECORDATION ma, and that’s why switch it up and make Fantasia is on the it’s about getting up in OF SAID PLAT IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUN- she was so special to it fresh. Fantasia, ho- road with her “Christ- the morning, and just TY, FLORIDA. me, because she left wever, was up for the mas After Midnight listening to the birds me with something. challenge. — A Holiday Concert” chirp. Just being able Copies of the proposed Resolution are available for review at the Public Works That’s what we need “We played ‘Halle- tour through Dec. 14, to have the ability to Department, Survey Section of the Administration Division, located at 444 SW more now in this lujah’ totally diffe- and she feels that ex- hear. Just being able 2nd Avenue, 7th Floor, during regular working hours. Phone 305-416-1232. world, in this day and rent,” she says of the citement and emotion to have the ability to time. We need men stunning track. “I’ve every time she hits live to see another day, The Miami City Commission requests all interested parties be present or rep- and women to stand listened to ‘Hallelu- the stage. “It’s a rush. because some people resented at the meeting and may be heard with respect to any proposition up and lead our jahs’ several times, I don’t need any alco- do not do that. As I before the City Commission in which the City Commission may take action. young people, and with different people, hol. I don’t need any watch my little brot- Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the City Commission with leave them with so- and I loved it, but I drugs. I’m getting all her [Xavier Barrino], respect to any matter to be considered at this meeting, that person shall ensure mething, leave them wanted to do my own. my high from music.” who’s 24 years old and that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made including all testimony and inspired, leave them When we started re- She also feels grati- in the hospital from a evidence upon which any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105). encouraged — becau- cording it, I said, ‘No, tude, taking inspira- motorcycle accident se they’re not right no, no.’ We stopped. tion from how much right now… he still In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons need- now.” I didn’t enjoy how her late grandmother can’t walk, but I wat- ing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact the The jazzy-but-gen- we were doing it the appreciated the little ched him go from not Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361 (Voice) no later than five (5) business re-hopping album, fi rst time. I said, ‘We joys in life. being able to talk and days prior to the proceeding. TTY users may call via 711 (Florida Relay Ser- which was produced can’t do it the same “She would ask not being able to eat, to vice) no later than five (5) business days prior to the proceeding. by Ron Fair (“He’s an way everybody’s been me for the simplest now, he can talk and amazing producer, doing it. I want the things. I brought her he can eat. a genius”) at L.A.’s guitar player to just to stay with me in New “It’s those moments Todd B. Hannon Capitol Studios and give me something York for a while. I wan- that my grandmother City Clerk Nashville’s Blackbird bluesy, give me some- ted her to see me in my used to try to remind Studios, is Fantasia’s thing moody. When last Broadway show, us of: ‘Don’t worry fi rst release on her you hear this song, which was called Af- about that. 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How, and why, you should argue about net neutrality By Callum Borchers start-up streaming ser- start-ups cannot afford. would probably prevent too few.” The Washington Post vice could theoretically Imagine a new travel- them from exercising So why on Earth match Netfl ix and Hulu; booking website that that right very often, but would the Trump admi- This is the net- in practice, however, a always loads slower why give huge corpora- nistration roll back the neutrality debate guide start-up can't fi x bugs than Kayak and Orbitz. tions that kind of power? net-neutrality regula- you've been waiting for, and update software Impatient customers Consumers should be tion and give Internet because the subject is rapidly enough to keep will quickly give up on free to make their own providers such as AT&T sure to come up at the pace. it, and the new site will decisions about content. more incentive to buy Thanksgiving dinner The regulation is a fail. That means fewer A repeal would encou- content producers such table -- and you need to solution in search of a competitors in the travel rage further consolidati- as Time Warner? It ma- be ready. problem. The Internet industry, which is bad for on. The Justice Depart- kes no sense. If Internet Okay, maybe not. worked just fi ne before consumers. ment is suing a major providers suddenly have But an argument about the Democratic-con- Free speech could Internet provider, AT&T, the power to speed up net neutrality is worth trolled FCC passed the suffer without a net-neu- to block the company's content they own or slow having, if only with your- net-neutrality regulation trality regulation. Under acquisition of a major down content owned by self, because Internet in 2015, and it will work the repeal plan outlined content producer, Time rivals, then they will want regulations can affect just fi ne after the rule is by FCC Chairman Ajit Warner. President to own as much content your browsing and stre- repealed. That's becau- —Photos courtesy of Maria Merkulova Pai, Internet providers Trump has said the as possible — which aming experiences, and se Internet providers Proponents of net neutrality protest against FCC Chairman Ajit could block websites deal would result in “too means more business an informed consumer understand that it is in Pai in May. Pai is pushing to repeat net neutrality. they don't like. much concentration of deals such as the one should have an opinion their own interests to Market demands power in the hands of Trump opposes. on such things, right? maintain a level playing not to fair competition petition between big The last thing they need Net neutrality is the fi eld. between giants such companies and small is for larger competitors principle that Internet Could Comcast, a as Hulu and Netfl ix; the ones. Small companies to be able to buy faster providers should make part-owner of Hulu, threat is tofair com- face enough barriers. delivery speeds that all content available at artifi cially slow down the same speed. That Netfl ix? Sure. But it doesn't mean loading wouldn't do that becau- CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA Netfl ix on a 25-mega- se it wouldn't risk losing bits-per-second con- Netfl ix users to Verizon. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING nection just as quickly Capitalism works. as on a 100-megabits- ANY PERSON WHO RECEIVES COMPENSATION, REMUNERATION OR per-second connection; KEEP IT EXPENSES FOR CONDUCTING LOBBYING ACTIVITIES IS REQUIRED TO it means treating Netfl ix The real threat is REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST WITH THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO ENGAGING and Hulu the same on IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE CITY STAFF, BOARDS AND COMMIT- whichever kind of con- TEES OR THE CITY COMMISSION. A COPY OF THE APPLICABLE ORDI- nection a consumer has. NANCE IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK (MIAMI CITY That is what a regula- HALL), LOCATED AT 3500 PAN AMERICAN DRIVE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33133. tion mandates, but the FCC is poised to vote AT THE SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF next month to repeal MIAMI, FLORIDA, TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2017, AT the Obama-era rule. 9:00 A.M., IN ITS CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 3500 PAN AMERICAN DRIVE, Below are some leading THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEM arguments for repealing RELATED TO THE REGULAR AGENDA: and keeping the net- neutrality regulation. A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACH- [FCC plan would give MENTS, ACCEPTING THE PLAT ENTITLED “BATTERSEA WOODS”, Internet providers power A REPLAT AND A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, SUBJECT to choose the sites cu- TO ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PLAT AND STREET COM- stomers see and use] MITTEE AND THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN CITY CODE SEC- TION 55-8, AND ACCEPTING THE DEDICATIONS SHOWN ON SAID REPEAL IT PLAT, LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF BATTERSEA ROAD, First of all, the current AND ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY SIDE OF INGRAHAM HIGH- regulation is, as the Na- WAY; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND tional Review's editorial CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE SAID PLAT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI board put it, an example RECORDATION OF SAID PLAT IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MI- ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS of the “kind of lawless- AMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. ness [that] ran rampant Sealed Bids will be received by the City of Miami City Clerk’s office located at in the Obama admi- The Miami City Commission requests all interested parties be present or rep- City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133 for the following: nistration.” The FCC resented at the meeting and may be heard with respect to any proposition derives its authority from before the City Commission in which the City Commission may take action. IFB NO. 798385 FARRIER SERVICES FOR POLICE HORSES the Federal Communi- cations Act, and the law Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the City Commission with CLOSING DATE/TIME: 2:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017 does not say anything respect to any matter to be considered at this meeting, that person shall ensure about the power to tell that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made including all testimony and (Deadline to Request additional information/clarification: Monday, Internet providers how evidence upon which any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105). they can or can't distri- December 18, 2017 at 2:00 PM) bute content. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons need- If there is going to be ing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact the Detailed specifications for this bid is available at the City of Miami, Department of a net-neutrality man- Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361 (Voice) no later than five (5) business Procurement, website www.miamigov.com/procurement or email Procurement date, it should come days prior to the proceeding. TTY users may call via 711 (Florida Relay Ser- Contact Officer Victoria Giraldo at [email protected] from Congress. vice) no later than five (5) business days prior to the proceeding. True net neutrali- THIS BID SOLICITATION IS SUBJECT TO THE “CONE OF SILENCE” IN ty can't be achieved, ACCORDANCE WITH CITY OF MIAMI CODE SECTION 18-74 ORDINANCE anyway. Multiple factors Todd B. Hannon NO.12271. affect content delivery City Clerk speeds, and regulations Daniel J. Alfonso can't ensure across-the- AD NO. 26759 City Manager board equality. Sure, a #29093 12D THE MIAMI TIMES, DECEMBER 6-12, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER TECHNOLOGY WYZECAMERA THIS $20 HOME MONITORING CAMERA ACTUALLY DOESN’T SUCK; YOU COULD SET UP FIVE OF THESE FOR THE PRICE OF ONE AMAZON CLOUD CAM

By Chris Velazco needed. Ultimately though, the hardware is engadget.com pretty rudimentary — what really shines is Wyze's software. Getting a WyzeCam up and Most of the low-end connected cameras running took just a few minutes, and after you'll fi nd on store shelves will run you at that, the company's no-nonsense app design least $50, and more feature-rich options like made it easy to jump into live feeds, record Amazon's Cloud Cam and Logitech's Circle footage and schedule time lapse recordings. 2 are north of $100. The prospect of kitting Even better, the WyzeCam records short out your house with connected cameras videos whenever it detects sound or moti- doesn't need to be that expensive, though. on, and they're stored in the cloud for two On the opposite end of the price spectrum weeks so you can easily go back and check sits the WyzeCam, a super-cheap connected them. (The total cost of that cloud storage: video camera ushered to market by — who $0.) Since I installed my cameras at work, else? — a handful of Amazon alums. Each I got alerts basically all the time. At fi rst, I camera will set you back a whopping $20, thought that was exactly what I wanted, but but don't let the price tag fool you: the Wyze- when the notifi cations got to be too much, Cam is a surprisingly capable bargain. the app easily let me dial down the motion

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DIMENSIONS ALERTS Height: 2.20" (56mm) Push notifi cations Width: 1.97" (5omm) Depth: 1.97" (50mm) CLOUD STORAGE Free rolling 14 days of alert videos stored in the AWS Cloud WEIGHT 3.53 oz (100g) LOCAL STORAGE Power Cable Length MicroSD card (not included) in FAT32 format and up to 32GB 6 feet (1.8m) DATA USAGE MOUNTING METHOD 1-2MB per minute in SD, or 4-7MB per minute in HD Magnetic WIFI PORTS 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz 1 Type-A USB, 1 micro USB CONNECTIVITY REQUIREMENTS POWER ADAPTER INPUT Upload speed 1.0 Mbps for SD and 1.5 Mbps for HD 110-240V (AC/DC) OPERATING SYSTEMS POWER ADAPTER OUTPUT Supports iOS 8.0 and Android 5.0 or later 5V/1000mA OPERATION TEMPERATURE RESOLUTION 32o – 104o 1920 X 1080 (1080p) OPERATION HUMIDITY CAMERA < 90% at 104o Lens: F2.0 aperture, 2.8mm focal length Image sensor: 1/2.7" CMOS WEATHER RESISTANCE Digital zoom: 8x Indoor use only At fi rst glance, the WyzeCam doesn't look tracker's sensitivity. For now, I seem to have like much. It's a tiny white cube with a big struck the right balance between "HEY, this FIELD OF VIEW VIDEO black eye that swivels on a base, and the stranger is getting to close to your stuff" and 110° lens H.264 encoding whole thing is so light you'd be forgiven for "Oh, Terrence just walked by again." thinking it was a you. The WyzeCam might I admit it: I don't really need connected 10 FPS (both HD & SD video modes) look a little familiar to fans of cheap, foreign cameras in my life, so my uses for the Wy- NIGHT VISION Bitrate: ~120 kb/s for HD, ~60 kb/s for SD gadgets, too, since it's actually based on zeCams have been pretty trivial. In a way, 2 Infrared LEDs (850nm) with IR cut fi lter another super-cheap camera system cooked that's the beauty of the WyzeCam: it works Illuminates up to 29.6 feet (9m) up by a Chinese hardware maker and sold better than expected, and since it's so che- by Xiaomi. There have been plenty of cases ap, you won't feel bad setting up a few just where companies have rebranded existing for kicks. What you probably shouldn't do, products and sold them as their own, but however, is rely on this thing to be a full- this is a little different. Wyze Labs licensed fl edged security camera. That's defi nitely the hardware, made some minor changes not what Wyze Labs had in mind when it then built new, better software to power it. put together the Wyze Cam, and it shows. That is Wyze's shtick in a nutshell. As See, cheap hardware usually comes with a director of marketing Jessie Zhou put it, the catch, and in this case there are a few. After company's true value lies in "the ability to about a week, the camera I pointed at my develop customer software for these pro- desk randomly disconnected from our WiFi ducts and sell them at an affordable price" network -- it just sat there playing its "hang rather than developing new hardware from on, I'm refreshing!" animation without ever scratch. "We consider hardware a commodi- saying it couldn't connect. I had to check ty," she added. "Why reinvent the wheel?" the camera's settings to fi gure out what A future based on building new software was happening, and that's just bad design. for hardware that already exists seems Having a camera decide to stop working fraught with potential problems, but that's correctly is mildly annoying when you're the plan Wyze is sticking to for now. After a just trying to check the weather outside, few weeks of testing, it seems the company but it could such a failure could be tragic might be onto something. under the right (or wrong) circumstances. I set up two WyzeCams around the En- And while the camera can be made to work gadget offi ce: one was pointed at my desk like an intercom, it isn't particularly great at to see if anyone alien wandered toward our picking up what people were saying on the growing pile of gadgets, and another pointed other end. out the window to monitor the weather while The other catch is more existential. Wyze I was putzing around in our studio. At $20 a Labs wouldn't confi rm how much money it pop, my expectations were basically subte- makes off of each camera, but Zhou admit- rranean. Despite their cheapness, though, ted that margins were "extremely low" -- the 1080p video feeds I tapped into from what else would you expect from something my phone looked surprisingly good — their this cheap? The value is great for you and wide, 110-degree fi eld of view meant I could me, but carving out a niche as a purveyor easily keep tabs on interlopers approaching of value-priced goods could make survival Engadget's corner of the offi ce and with bet- diffi cult in the long run. Then again, Wyze's ter picture quality than I expected. philosophy is nothing if not practical — in- That a camera does a good job of captu- ternet storefronts are full of cheap, solid ring video shouldn't be a surprise, but con- Chinese cameras, and some software fi nesse sidering the minimal cost involved, there's is all it would take to make them palatable a lot to like here. The cameras pack a pair to the rest of the world now. And for now, of infrared lights to help with night visi- the company's biggest problem is arguably on, along with a speaker and microphone a good one: it doesn't have enough supply to to turn the camera into an intercom when meet all of the demand.