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A-6 A-2 LASENTINEL.NETLOS ANGELES SENTINEL BUSINESSNEWS THURSDAY,THURSDAY,JANUARY OCTOBER 12, 9, 2017 2014 Robertson There is now an app that gives away items for free and lets you ‘Claim It!’. (courtesy photo) app users to promote their giveaway game, where restaurants. Claim It! has own business. Not only can someone can say, 'for the something for everyone, the app users claim free next five minutes, you can and best of all, it's free. items, but they can give enter for a chance for a free "We truly built a out free items to promote car.' It's very exciting." platform that benefits the their brand with just a few The companies on users and we made it fun clicks. Claim It! range from up- and social, from reaching "Anyone could give to and-coming brands to customers to just wanting share or to promote in a some really big names. to help someone," said very social media way. You There are giveaways from Abdullah. can even upload 15 second companies, including Foot Claim It! Is gearing up videos of what you want Locker, Home Depot, for a 11-city college tour to give away and make and Ford and there are this month that will go all it fun and exciting," said also event giveaways over the country. For more Abdullah. "We also have from World Wrestling information on the app and a new countdown feature Entertainment and free getting some free stuff, that changes the virtual appetizers at your favorite visit claimitapp.com PHOTO SHERYL HUGGINS Ali Abdullah, Inventor of Claim It! phone application. BY SHANNEN HILL people could come to and Contributing Writer get free stuff. "We saw the opportunity There's an app for to do something new everything, including and we launched the first getting free stuff thanks to generation of Claim It! Ali Abdullah. His Claim just over a year ago, it'll It! phone application gives be two years in January," away all types of free items, said Abdullah. "We started from cleaning supplies to with the Claim It! truck drinks at trendy restaurants. that happens to be in LA. The idea came to Businesses would send us Abdullah in 2008 when products and people could he noticed the popularity use the app to find out of coupon sites. He where the truck is to get was already working something for free." as a developer, so the While the Claim It! technology aspect came truck is still active, the easy to him. He had to get application has broadened a little creative with the itself to the entire country. marketing, however. While Now people can get deals the app was still in the early that are posted on the Claim developing phase, Abdullah It! app from the comfort of thought it would be great to their home. Another unique PHOTO SHERYL HUGGINS have a Claim It! truck that addition is the ability for Ali Abdullah talking about his Claim It! app at Apple Music's "Planet of the Apps" event. 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Contributing Writer Danny Crumble, former freedom fighter, who was want you to do, when you and people called forth or a “You can pray until you vice-chair, Africana Stud- born the youngest of 20 talk about Fannie Lou person called forth by her faint, but unless you get up A litany of distin- ies Student Association, children to sharecropper Hamer, is don’t lift her out work does not die, for her and try to do something, guished community lead- CSULB; Robert Farrell, parents in Fayetteville, of the culture of her peo- name is raised and remem- God is not going to put it in ers, artists, and politicians Freedom Rider and former Mississippi, in 1917. They ple,” said Karenga. “Keep bered because of it,” said your lap,” said Perry. gathered at the African L.A. City Councilman, reflected on her marriage in mind. Fannie Lou Hamer Karenga. “You’ve got to fight. American Cultural Center 8th District; Yvonne Far- to Perry “Pap” Hamer in is not a woman by herself. He noted people urged Every step of the way, (Organization Us) Oct. 8 to row, actress/activist, Caro- 1944, her life in Rujeville, It’s the same thing about Hamer to leave Mississippi you’ve got to fight,” re- celebrate and commemo- lyn Fowler, New Frontier and when she learned dur- (Dr. Martin Luther) King in fear for her life, but what peated Jadi during program rate the 100th birthday of Democratic Club, Ronisha ing a SNCC meeting in … they want King lifted would that say to others, transitions. voting, human and civil Haden, Reacher’s Club; 1962 that Blacks had the out of his people, but King she replied. “What would “Mrs. Hamer literally rights champion, Mrs. Fan- Jan Perry, general man- right to vote. That set her is a great man because his that say to the children that walked off the plantation nie Lou Hamer. ager, L.A. Economic and on a journey to freedom. people are a great people,” are looking to me for an an- in Mississippi to lead a Speakers who ad- Workforce Development Hamer was beaten, he stated. swer, and looking to me to voter registration drive, dressed her legacy and Department, Amen Rahh, shot, and endured other “They didn’t come from be a model of strength and to confront the murderous the ongoing Black Free- professor emeritus, Depart- atrocities in her sacrifice to Switzerland or Sweden. resistance,” Karenga said, Jim Crow laws of America, dom Movement, were Dr. ment of Africana Studies, register Blacks to vote. For They came from Black echoing Hamer. and to expand the realm of Maulana Karenga, pro- CSULB; Dr. Kamili Sar- that and more, a standing- people, and we are second Most of the speakers freedom and justice in this fessor and chair, Depart- tin, professor, Department room-only audience filled to none,” Karenga said, as recited quotes by Hamer. country,” stated Chimbuko ment of Africana Studies, of English, Cerritos Col- the African American Cul- he continued. “Never to forget where Tembo, Us co-vice chair in California State Univer- leg and Rev. Thembekila tural Center to honor and “To do that which is we came from and always a press release. sity Long Beach-CSULB, Smart, pastor, Christ Lib- praise Hamer, who made of value, the sacred Hu- praise the bridges that car- {See FANNIE A-12} Greg Akili, director, Fan- eration Ministries. her transition in 1977. sia (wisdom from ancient ried us over,” the gathers GET MORE FROM YOUR MEDICARE WITH THE EASY CHOICE PLUS PLAN (HMO)! 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