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JoePresidential Biden wins Wisconsin and Michigan, race Trump to askstill for recount; too several close states still counting to absentee call! ballots! ne day after the November The Trump campaign says it will ask for a re- count in Wisconsin, citing unsubstantiated claims 3 election, Democratic of voter fraud. Votes are still being counted in Presidential candidate Joe Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Nevada. The impasse-though expected-has put America Biden was declared the winner in in uncharted territory: the pillar of democracy, lib- Wisconsin, collecting 10 electorial erty and freedom around the world with no clear, O definite winner of the one office the world (despite votes. As of this writing, the Wisconsin victory gives Trump) still looks up to. Biden 237 electorial votes to incumbent President Below are the final results of races important to Donald Trump’s 213. Both candidates need 270 Milwaukee’s Black community. total electoral college votes to clinch the presi- Unlike the presidential race, local and state races dency. (Later in the day, it was announced Biden saw incumbents and first-time, front-runner candi- won Michigan, bringing his electoral college total dates win as predicted, with two candidates run- to 253. He needs 17 electoral votes to clinch). ning unopposed. --The MCJ Editorial Staff ELECTION THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENCY WATCH 2020:

Two election workers were hard at work counting absentee ballots at the former Blue Cross-Blue Shield Insurance building on 5th and W. Michigan Street. There are similar scenes playing out in THE several states across the country that are still counting ballots that were mailed early as Wiscon- sinites and other states set records for absentee mail-in ballots. The increase in mail-in ballots is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The presidential election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is still undecided.—Photo by Pat A. Robinson, courtesy of ZUMA Wire RESULTS JOE BIDEN & KAMALA HARRIS CHARITY BEFORE ELECTION DAY!... BY THE RACE IS STILL Community continues to show its heart even amidst a historic election and pandemic NUMBERS UNDECIDED! U.S. CONGRESS /SENATE

Rep. Gwen Moore Rep. David Bowen 232,654 VOTES 22,208 VOTES 18,329 VOTES (74.64%) (98.97%) (84.64%)

Friends and family showered love on Damien Smith (pictured inset at upper left) all month (October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness month) with weekly gifts. Damiyen is a Stage Four cancer patient who has resiliently been fighting cancer for four years. Her sister, Brandy Webb, arranged a final gift giving day and surprised her with a recliner chair and a book of quotes and pictures from loved ones. —Photo by Yvonne Kemp

Paradise Funeral Home, Westside Church, Masonic Lodge Holds Free Food Giveaway! Rep. S. Moore Omokunde Rep. Evan Goyke 17,662 VOTES 22,417 VOTES 18,772 VOTES (88.91%) (85.93%) (99.00%)

Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm ran unopposed Volunteers from Paradise Memorial Funeral Home, Westside Church, and Ionic Consis- for a third term. tory #70 Masonic Temple joined forces with some of Milwaukee County’s best food Rep. Lakeshia Myers *St. Sen.Lena Taylor trucks for a good cause. They all participated in a free food distribution giveaway. As He garnered seen in the photo above by Yvonne Kemp, families in need drove up in their cars to the 18,539 VOTES 62,404 VOTES 336,593 votes food distribution location at 7625 W. Appleton Ave. to receive groceries and milk. The volunteers loaded up each car with the needed...and appreciated...cargo! —Kemp photo (81.67%) (98.34%) (97.65%) TheCOPING Milwaukee Community Journal•November‘THRU’ 4, 2020•Page COVID-19 2 Though virus runs rampant in state, organizations find a way to carry on!

Drive-Thru Job Outreach Fairs Bring Community Opportunity to Health Centers the Community holds a In these three photos illustrate the “WALK- old saying: “If you’re stuck with lemons, make lemonade!” That’s THROUGH exactly what Milwaukee’s Office of BABY Workforce Development did. They refused to let the COVID-19 pan- SHOWER!” demic keep them from connecting Pregnant mothers or mothers residents looking for immediate who recently delivered a child employment opportunities. They up to age three-months were in- held two ‘Drive0Thru Job Fairs re- vited to the health center on 210 cently at two different locations on W. Capitol Drive to receive free the north and northwest sides. All gift bags and baby items, as well attendies received a no-contact as win a car seat, pack ‘n play bag packed with information on and more.—Photos by Kemp employment assistance programs and employers hiring right now. The job fairs focused on neighbor- hoods within the first, second, fifth, and ninth aldermanic dis- tricts, all of which have been hit hard by the virus. The event was sponsored by various public and private entities. —Photos by Yvonne Kemp The Milwaukee Community Journal•November 4, 2020•Page 3 tional Board of Directors. Among munity leaders, elected officials, munities that are most impacted by Local anti- her many accomplishments earning grassroots organizations and to- tobacco related and other health dis- her the recognition, she has: bacco retailers. She successfully parities” (a reference to the Broad- smoking • Partnered with the Housing Au- collaborated with tobacco retailers way musical Hamilton, the ‘room’ thority of the City of Milwaukee and community residents to create referencing where decisions on pub- advocate over a 12-year period to provide im- the No Singles No Loosies Cam- lic health policy and advocacy are pactful programs such as the Lung paign to end the illegal sale of single made). “I accept the award on be- receives nat’l Association’s Freedom From Smok- cigarettes and restrict youth access half of them.” ing cessation program on site to to tobacco products. Lathen also thanked the Lung As- award from Milwaukee Public Housing resi- • Served as an adult mentor to sociation for its 12 years of support dents. WAATPN FACT, a youth-led to- and for “helping us to create these American • Developed and implemented a bacco control movement whose authentic and impactful relation- resident-led study on the impact of members are widely recognized as ships. Lung Assoc. the US Housing and Urban Devel- state and national leaders in youth “ I commend the Lung Associa- opment (HUD) smokefree public tobacco prevention. tion for its continued efforts to ad- Joe Biden Donald Trump housing rule. Under her tenure these middle dress health disparities and to save The study involved the collection and high school leaders have pre- lives,” she added. Marc Lamont Hill on tight of 600 resident surveys; findings sented to U.S. Surgeon Generals Harold Wimmer, CEO of the have been presented at national, (current and past), Wisconsin Gov- Lung Association stated, “The presidential race: state and local conferences. Plans ernor and Lieutenant Governor and American Lung Association is are underway for the replication of many more. proud to recognize Ms. Lathen, a this model in other public housing • Participated as 2019 co-chair of leader in minority tobacco preven- authorities. the core planning group responsible tion efforts. She has demonstrated a ‘If racism isn’t • Implemented “No Menthol Sun- for creating the Wisconsin Tobacco passion and drive to address racial day,” an event that calls attention to Prevention and Control Movement and ethnic health disparities and so- the deliberate and intentional mar- 2020-2025 State Plan. cial injustice in low-income and a deal-breaker keting of menthol tobacco products In accepting the award, Lathen Black communities which is a key to the Black community. said, “The award I’m graciously ac- component of the mission of the Lorraine Lathen Lathen leads “No Menthol Sun- cepting today recognizes me as an American Lung Association.” for you, you day” in the state of Wisconsin and Unsung Hero for my work to ad- Lathen earned a BA in Political BROOKFIELD, WI –The Amer- serves on the national planning dress tobacco related health dispar- Science and French from Marquette ican Lung Association has selected committee for this CDC-funded ef- ities. But I’d like to tell you who my University and a MA in Interna- are indeed Wisconsin’s Lorraine Lathen as the fort. true heroes are. tional Affairs from American Uni- recipient of the national 2020 C. Thousands in the faith community “My heroes are the individuals versity. Everett Koop Unsung Hero Award. and communities of color have been who live and work, and whose chil- “She is a resident of Brown Deer racist’ Lathen is the Director of the City reached with tobacco advocacy, to- dren go to school and play in the and a member of St. Mark AME of Milwaukee Tobacco Free Al- bacco prevention and smoking ces- communities I serve. Church, supportive of its commu- It’s the day after liance, Wisconsin African American sation messages. “They are individuals who, all too nity outreach efforts through the Tobacco Prevention Network • Been responsible for engaging often are excluded from the ‘room Lovell Johnson Quality of Life Cen- the 2020 election (WAATPN) and Wisconsin Tobacco in strategic partnerships with com- where it happens’ yet live in com- ter in Milwaukee. Prevention and Poverty Network and America is still suit against electronic cigarette companies JUUL Labs (WTPPN). MPS joins national lawsuit Inc., and Altria Group Inc., for deliberately targeting waiting to see who She is president and founder of minors. The WAATPN and WTPPN are also encour- Jump at the Sun Consulting, LLC, against e-cigarette will be the next aged that the Common Council unanimously approved an African American, woman– companies, JUUL and Al- today a substitute resolution to retain outside counsel president. owned firm established in 2007 to to pursue potential vaping litigation. The use of flavored address health disparities. tria; City could follow suit e-cigarettes is a growing problem in Wisconsin and The race between Presi- The C. Everett Koop Award rec- across the nation, especially in suburban and rural areas. dent Donald Trump (R) Marc Lamont Hill: ognizes a tobacco control advocate Statement of Lorraine Lathen, Director of the Wis- Flavored products such as e-cigarettes and cigarillos are consin African American Tobacco Prevention Network and presidential candi- “After four years who has made significant, but fre- designed to appeal to young people. Menthol, the most quently unrecognized contributions and Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Poverty Net- popular flavor, makes using tobacco easier to start and date Joe Biden (D) is of lies, four to reduce the burden of tobacco use. work: harder to quit. The WAATPN and WTPPN will con- Lathen received the award at the “The Wisconsin African American Tobacco Preven- tinue their efforts to raise awareness about the impact very close. tion Network (WAATPN) and Wisconsin Tobacco Pre- According to NPR, Biden years of mis- October virtual meeting of the of menthol and other flavored products such as cigaril- American Lung Association’s Na- vention and Poverty Network (WTPPN) applaud los on low-income communities of color in Milwaukee is currently leading with management, Milwaukee Public Schools for joining a national law- and across the state.” 248 electoral votes, com- pared to Trump’s 214. A four years of in- total of 270 electoral votes civility, four is needed to become presi- years of anti- dent. The following states are Semitism, four still counting votes: Alaska, years of anti- Arizona, Georgia, Michi- gan, Nevada, North Car- Black racism, olina and Pennsylvania. four years of In Marc Lamont Hill‘s latest opinion video, he dis- economic de- cusses how Trump winning cline for the vul- many states tells you every- nerable—and thing you need to know about America. after a year “After four years of lies, where 200,000- four years of mismanage- ment, four years of incivil- plus people ity, four years of have died of anti-Semitism, four years of anti-Black racism, four COVID, people years of economic decline still went in the for the vulnerable—and booth and after a year where 200,000- plus people have died of pulled the lever COVID, people still went for Trump!” in the booth and pulled the lever for Trump,” says Hill. The professor and author also argued that if anti-semi- tism, white supremacy and white nationalism aren’t big enough reasons for you to vote against Trump, even if you don’t identify as those things, you still are racist. “White workers in states like Ohio and Pennsylvania were uncertain who to vote for,” says Hill. “Latino communities have been stigmatized by Trump, voted for Trump because they also buy into the lie of America. The lie of America is that this is a country that is as good as its promised on paper.” Hill continues: “It has never been. Not for Black folk, not for brown folk, not for women, not for poor folk, not for immigrants who don’t look a certain way. “The lie of America is that anybody can just make it with hard work when in fact, their labor is being ex- ploited. People keep buying into the lie, and white people every single time will close ranks around whiteness rather than their own well-being.” Hill concludes that white people will vote for Donald Trump to feel good about being white, even if it means they lose their houses, even if it means dying from COVID.—Article courtesy of theGrio.com-Nov. 4, 2020 The Milwaukee Community Journal•November 4, 2020•Page 4 RELIGIONRELIGION

THANKSGIVING: A Time to Eat, A Time to Feast and A Time to Share!

Combine the remaining two egg, cream cheese and nearly all of the powdered sugar. Re- serve a small amount of the powdered sugar for dusting. Beat until well mixed, pour As over cake batter. Bake at 350 “For God so loved we degrees for 35 min. When Top the world, that is slightly golden brown, take enter the month of out of the oven and sporadi- he gavbe his only November, it is the cally sprinkle some powdered Son, that sugar on top. month the Thanks- Beloved, there are many whosover believes giving holiday is BIBLICAL people who prefer to keep in him should COUNSELING their favorite recipes secret. not perish but celebrated. We’ve For some, recipes are sacred had a tough 2020, FOR TODAY’S family heirlooms or they plan have eternal CHRISTIAN to feature the dish(es) in their life. For God did but there’s still restaurant or family cook- much we can be FAMILY book. not send his Son By Rev. Judith T. Regardless of where you iinto the world thankful for. Lester, B.Min., M.Th. fall on the pendulum of Take a moment to count recipe sharing, I would love to condemn the your blessings this Thanksgiving. for you to share with me your family’s food world, but in Thank God for family, friends and stories and how recipes learned from your par- order that the loved ones. As I thought about a theme ents or grandparents are passed down to future for this month, generations. world might be I recall last November, an elderly woman I would like to thank Lorraine and Jessie for saved through (who professed to be a faithful reader of this sharing their favorite recipe this month. Fa- column) stopped me in the grocery store and vorite recipes seem to take on a life of their him.” said I should consider offering recipes during own the more they are shared. I say this be- —John 3:16-17 Thanksgiving month. Since many people will cause I’ve discovered a person can make the miss gathering with family because of the same recipe but the dish may have a slightly virus to enjoy their favorite recipe, different taste. I’m taking this kind woman’s suggestion and As a church member explained, this is be- will share recipes this month. I wish I had this cause each cook brings to the kitchen their woman’s name and contact information, be- own personality and preferences. Some like cause I would have contacted her for her fa- their dishes hot and spicy, while others prefer vorite recipe; but in absence of that milder flavored food. information, I sent out the request to two When it comes to desserts, there are some friends. who admit chocolate is like kryptonite! What- I was certain I would get the response, ever dishes you decide to make this holiday ‘Sorry, but I don’t share my recipes!’ But that season, enjoy. didn’t happen, instead my friends said: ‘When Then….. since I just love good cooking, do you need it?’ share some of those recipes with me!!!!! Last, Since Thanksgiving is a Time to Eat, A Time but certainly not least, to that kind elderly to Feast and A Time to Share, please enjoy woman who stopped me in the grocery store, two recipes submitted by two of my friends, thank you for your recommendation, and… Lorraine from Maricopa, Arizona and Jessie It is My Prayer that You, Yours and All Will from Irmo, South Carolina. Enjoy A Safe, Healthy and Blessed Thanks- Lorraine’s “Um Um Good” Potato Salad giving Holiday! Ingredients: red potatoes (a potato for each General Disclaimer: The writer has used her person you intend to serve), use half of a small best efforts in preparation of this information. jar of salad dressing, 1-½ bell peppers (1 No representations or warranties for its con- green ½ red) chopped very small, 1 large tents, either expressed or implied, are offered. onion, sweet relish, 4 to 5 boiled eggs, and 2 Neither the publisher nor the writer shall be li- stalks of celery chopped very small. Mash all able in any way for readers’ efforts to apply, rely together, use a very small amount of yellow or utilize the information or recommendations mustard, salt and pepper, taste to see what presented herein as they may not be suitable for needs to be added. you or necessarily appropriate for every situa- Mother’s Goofy Butter Cake tion to which they may refer. In some instances, Ingredients: 1 stick of melted butter, 3 eggs, this article contains the opinions, conclusions 1 box cake mix (Yellow), 1- 8-ounce pack of and/or recommendations of the writer. You cream cheese (at room temperature) and 1 lb. should use your own discretion if you choose to Domino Confectioners’ Sugar Pure Cane. Mix use, cook or consume the dishes featured in this melted butter with one egg, and the cake mix. column this month. If you would like to contact Rev. Lester, write to her c/o P.O. Box 121, The Milwaukee Community Journal•November 4, 2020•Page 5 QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Racism continues to confound this Democracy!” —Prof. Eddie Glaude on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’

And a glass of pluck and a few puffs. just sit back and enjoy the ride and the rapidly passing scenery. Ice Cube, on the other hand, may have gotten a raw deal for his Ice Cube wasn't the first African American to be asked to dialogue traverse. with 45IQ on Black America's plight. Remember Steve Harvey? PERSPECTIVESPERSPECTIVESHe's been publicly ostracized and left politically impotent for ac- And what about the Black clerics, which included one of Milwau- cepting an offer from the 'Trumpster Regime' to recommend a plat- kee's better-known preachers, who is still in business. form to improve the quality of life for Black Americans. In fact, I know of several prominent Black leaders who were of- SIGNIFYIN’ The Biden team also initially expressed a similar opportunity but fered positions in the Trump administration but either rejected the By Mikel Kwaku Oshi Holt decided to table all input—including Cube's “Contract for Black offer outright or declared, in no uncertain terms, they would rather America”-- saying they would 'wait' until after the election before walk through hell wearing a gasoline soaked tuxedo. entertaining suggestions. One of the latter was a prominent Black Milwaukee. The Trump camp was obviously eager to accept the Cube's input I can understand their positions. No doubt, I would have re- in a last-ditch attempt to earn a few Black presidential votes. sponded similarly. But there's a difference between serving as a Ice Cube Even still, I don't think there are more than three people on earth, ‘House Negro’ and walking the path of an abolitionist. Mars or Chicago, who actually believed ‘45IQ’ would do anything Frederick Douglass never believed Abe Lincoln would free our to benefit the Black community. ancestors out of Christian compassion. History (not His-story) re- Hell, he hasn't even agreed to support a symbolic anti-lynching veals Douglass thought Lincoln to be a racist and could point to bill that has lingered in Congress seemingly forever. comments ‘Honest Abe’ made in 1858 in which he said Africans And his B.S. about doing more for African Americans ranks right were an inferior 'race' and should not be allowed to vote or misce- up there with his statement that he would date his own daughter. genate. But there was always the possibility that God (Nyame) could But he was also among those who believe a sound strategy is to touch his heart. (Yeah, and the odds of that happening are greater fight from within the fortress, instead of throwing rocks at it the than Trump having an affair with Nancy Pelosi.) 'White Castle' walls. However, that's not the real issue here. Was Ice Cube wrong to Moreover, despite what Joe Biden said about Trump being the make a sincere attempt to do something more than complain about first racist president, we know differently. Black stagnation? Does a drowning man ask the motivations of the In fact, there have been several during Biden's lifetime, including man extending a hand? the infamous Richard ‘Tricky Dick’ Nixon. Even though the last time we found ourselves in that predicament, Black America looked at Nixon through the same prism we see the missionaries put chains around our wrists and led us to the hull Trump. But if my history is accurate, Nixon followed the advice of slave ships, of his Black confidante, Art Fletcher, and signed an executive order there is always the hope mankind is inherently good, and Nyame that propelled the concepts of affirmative action. has authored a script we don't understand. Trump's top 'House Negro,' Dr. Ben Carson, isn't likely to press Before you condemn Cube, consider--as I frequently do--what his 'boss' to remove that confederate flag he uses as a bedspread, Frederick Douglass once declared: “power concedes nothing with- much less restore the teeth to affirmative action that Bill Clinton out a demand.” (the Democrat) pulled out, but he might leave the White House Also, note something my late friend and mentor Polly Williams service door open. once said after working with Republicans to get the school choice Whether Ice Cube slipped through the back door in the dead of legislation passed: “no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, night or walks through the front passed the demonstrators who sur- just permanent issues.” round the White House, you have to give him credit for a least mak- Also, consider as you ponder this: what is the alternative? Form ing an attempt…can't you? our own political party and advance the agenda of Black National- Nonetheless, I'm totally cognizant of the extent of political po- Can well-meaning ism, as I often suggest. Or, should we just continue spitting into larization today and the collective hatred of the Trumpster. the strong wind? And for a good reason. Trump's disingenuous record speaks for Most tribal members are conditioned into believing the ‘white itself. Black folks do knights’ and missionaries have our best interest at heart. And since Indeed, the collective hatred for Trump was best illuminated by (continued on page 7) ‘business’ with we have accepted them as the ‘Freedom Train’ engineers, we should ‘the enemy’? Con Ya'll East (aka, Kanya West) is bi- polar, politically gullible, and married to a THOT. So, you should not have taken his campaign for president seriously. Two Quarters (aka, 50 Cents) is a former drug dealer, gangsta, and a narcissistic misogynist. So, take his endorsement of Donald Trump with a grain of salt.

Others agreed. “Look at the cities the nation is depending on in order to not COMMENTARY: re-elect an incompetent, racist, misogynistic president who has killed 230,000 Americans in seven months… Philly, At- The Presidential Race lanta, Milwaukee and realize America is always leaning on Black people to save the day,” added Dr. Ebony Hilton, an as- Might be Too Close to sociate professor of Anesthesiology and a critical care physi- cian at the University of Virginia. Call, but the ‘Projected African Americans heavily populate each of those cities, and each are critical as the swing states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Winner is Racism’ and Milwaukee. By Stacy M. Brown They hang in the balance as votes are tabulated to determine NNPA Newswire Senior National whether President Donald Trump retains office, or the U.S. Correspondent,@StacyBrownMedia begins to heal under a Joe Biden administration. With Biden holding a slight electoral and popular vote edge Perhaps a single sobering Twitter post early Wednesday, he called for patience. To no one’s surprise, Trump declared victory and has threat- best summed up the state of America on ened legal action to stop the vote count in those critical states the morning following an Election Night where he currently has a slight edge. Hilton and others believe that slight edge could likely dis- that’s far too close to call—and frustrat- appear in those large urban cities as counting continues there. ingly so. Still, the stunningly close election and with the GOP likely “This was a referendum on the potential for a fundamental retaining control of the Senate, many say they’ve come to un- shift in that perspective,” Actress and writer Natasha Rothwell derstand a sobering fact: America’s standing on race, women’s wrote. “The race might be too close to call, but the projected rights, and equal opportunity hasn’t been this obvious since winner is racism.” (continued on page 7) The Milwaukee Community Journal•November 4, 2020•Page 6

LEGALSSUMMONS the Court& at CLASSIFIEDS•(414) 278-4582 at the of: MEGAN ANN RIVETTE Dated:LEGALS 10-22-2020 WITKOWIAK&CLASSIFIEDSSUMMONS (PUBLICATION) date and time of hearing. PLACE: By (Petitioner) MEGAN ANN BY THE COURT: Circuit Court Judge (PUBLICATION) STATE OF WISCONSIN 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wis- RIVETTE HON. CHRISTOPHER R FOLEY 221/10-28/11-4-11-2020 STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT consin, 53233 DATE: December 1, Circuit Court Judge CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COUNTY 2020 TIME 9:00 A.M. NOTICE IS GIVEN: 223/10-28/11-4-11-2020 SUMMONS MILWAUKEE COUNTY NOTICE AND ORDER FOR A petition was filed asking to (PUBLICATION) NOTICE AND ORDER FOR NAME CHANGE HEARING IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: change the name of the person SUMMONS STATE OF WISCONSIN NAME CHANGE HEARING Case No. 20CV005314 Notice of this hearing shall be listed above: (PUBLICATION) CIRCUIT COURT Case No. 20CV006015 given by publication as a Class 3 From: MEGAN ANN RIVETTE STATE OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE COUNTY In the matter of the name change notice for three (3) weeks in a row To: MEGAN ANN BERTE CIRCUIT COURT NOTICE AND ORDER FOR In the matter of the name change of: GENE DEON ANDERSON prior to the date of the hearing in Birth Certificate: MEGAN ANN MILWAUKEE COUNTY NAME CHANGE HEARING of: MADHUKAR UMALE the Milwaukee Community Journal, BERTE NOTICE AND ORDER FOR Case No. 20CV6041 By (Petitioner) MADHUKAR NOTICE IS GIVEN: a newspaper published in Milwau- NAME CHANGE HEARING UMALE A petition was filed asking to kee County, State of Wisconsin. IT IS ORDERED Case No. 20CV005314 In the matter of the name change change the name of the person Dated: 10-22-2020 This petition will be heard in the of: BARBARA BEATRICE RIM- NOTICE IS GIVEN: listed above: BY THE COURT: Circuit Court of Milwaukee In the matter of the name change SCHNEIDER A petition was filed asking to From: GENE DEON ANDERSON HON. CHRISTOPHER R FOLEY County, State of Wisconsin. of: STEVEN WILLIAM LOVE- By (Petitioner) BARBARA BEAT- change the name of the person To: GENE DEON ANDERSON Circuit Court Judge Judge’s Name: HON. WILLIAM S JOY RICE RIMSCHNEIDER listed above: HENNING 222/10-28/11-4-11-2020 POCAN ROOM 401 PLACE: 901 By (Petitioner) STEVEN From: MADHUKAR UMALE to: Birth Certificate: GENE DEON N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wiscon- WILLIAM LOVEJOY NOTICE IS GIVEN: SAGAR UMALE ANDERSON SUMMONS sin, 53233 DATE: NOVEMBER A petition was filed asking to Birth Certificate: MADHUKAR (PUBLICATION) 19, 2020 TIME 8:45 A.M. NOTICE IS GIVEN: change the name of the person UMALE IT IS ORDERED STATE OF WISCONSIN A petition was filed asking to listed above: This petition will be heard in the CIRCUIT COURT IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: change the name of the person From: LAQUANDA SHANETTE IT IS ORDERED Circuit Court of Milwaukee MILWAUKEE COUNTY Notice of this hearing shall be listed above: AUSTIN To: BARBARA BEAT- This petition will be heard in the County, State of Wisconsin. NOTICE AND ORDER FOR given by publication as a Class 3 From: STEVEN WILLIAM LOVE- RICE SMITH Circuit Court of Milwaukee Judge’s Name: HON. TIMOTHY NAME CHANGE HEARING notice for three (3) weeks in a row JOY To: AUBREY MATINA Birth Certificate: BARBARA County, State of Wisconsin. M WITKOWIAK Room 415 Case No. 20CV5524 prior to the date of the hearing in LOVEJOY BEATRICE BRACKENRIDGE Judge’s Name: HON. TIMOTHY PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Mil- the Milwaukee Community Journal, Birth Certificate: STEVEN M WITKOWIAK Room 415 waukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: In the matter of the name change a newspaper published in Milwau- WILLIAM LOVEJOY IT IS ORDERED PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Mil- November 18, 2020 TIME 10:30 of: JOSHUA CALEB PADGETT kee County, State of Wisconsin. This petition will be heard in the waukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: A.M. By (Petitioner) JOSHUA CALEB Dated: 10-9-2020 IT IS ORDERED Circuit Court of Milwaukee December 16, 2020 TIME 9:00 PADGETT BY THE COURT: This petition will be heard in the County, State of Wisconsin. A.M. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: HON. WILLIAM S POCAN Circuit Court of Milwaukee Judge’s Name: HON. KEVIN E Notice of this hearing shall be NOTICE IS GIVEN: Circuit Court Judge County, State of Wisconsin. MARTENS BR 27 PLACE: 901 N. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: given by publication as a Class 3 A petition was filed asking to 220/10-28/11-4-11-2020 Judge’s Name: HON. TIMOTHY 9th Street, Room 403 ***TO BE Notice of this hearing shall be notice for three (3) weeks in a row change the name of the person M WITKOWIAK Room 415 HELD VIA ZOOM*** Milwaukee, given by publication as a Class 3 prior to the date of the hearing in listed above: SUMMONS PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Mil- Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: Decem- notice for three (3) weeks in a row the Milwaukee Community Journal, From: JOSHUA CALEB PAD- (PUBLICATION) waukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: ber 7, 2020 TIME 2:30 P.M. prior to the date of the hearing in a newspaper published in Milwau- GETT To: JOSHUA CALEB STATE OF WISCONSIN November 18, 2020 TIME 10:00 the Milwaukee Community Journal, kee County, State of Wisconsin. GUERRERO CIRCUIT COURT A.M. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: a newspaper published in Milwau- Dated: 10-8-2020 Birth Certificate: JOSHUA CALEB MILWAUKEE COUNTY Notice of this hearing shall be kee County, State of Wisconsin. BY THE COURT: PADGETT NOTICE AND ORDER FOR IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: given by publication as a Class 3 Dated: 10-26-2020 HON. TIMOTHY M NAME CHANGE HEARING Notice of this hearing shall be notice for three (3) weeks in a row BY THE COURT: WITKOWIAK IT IS ORDERED Case No. 20CV004774 given by publication as a Class 3 prior to the date of the hearing in HON. TIMOTHY M Circuit Court Judge This petition will be heard in the notice for three (3) weeks in a row the Milwaukee Community Journal, WITKOWIAK 219/10-21-28/11-4-2020 Circuit Court of Milwaukee In the matter of the name change prior to the date of the hearing in a newspaper published in Milwau- Circuit Court Judge County, State of Wisconsin. of: PA XIONG the Milwaukee Community Journal, kee County, State of Wisconsin. 227/11-4-11-18-2020 SUMMONS Judge’s Name: HON. LAURA By (Petitioner) PA XIONG a newspaper published in Milwau- Dated: 10-30-2020 (PUBLICATION) GRAMLING PEREZ RM 404 kee County, State of Wisconsin. BY THE COURT: STATE OF WISCONSIN PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Mil- NOTICE IS GIVEN: Dated: 10-8-2020 HON. KEVIN E MARTENS CIRCUIT COURT waukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: A petition was filed asking to BY THE COURT: Circuit Court Judge MILWAUKEE COUNTY December 3, 2020 TIME 9:00 A.M. change the name of the person HON. TIMOTHY M 225/11-4-11-18-2020 NOTICE AND ORDER FOR listed above: NAME CHANGE HEARING IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: From: PA XIONG To: IRENE PA Case No. 20CV005522 Notice of this hearing shall be XIONG given by publication as a Class 3 Birth Certificate: PA XIONG In the matter of the name change notice for three (3) weeks in a row of: ANTOINE DION MCCLAIN prior to the date of the hearing in IT IS ORDERED By (Petitioner) ANTOINE DION the Milwaukee Community Journal, This petition will be heard in the MCCLAIN a newspaper published in Milwau- Circuit Court of Milwaukee kee County, State of Wisconsin. County, State of Wisconsin. NOTICE IS GIVEN: Dated: 10-23-2020 Judge’s Name: HON. CHRISTO- A petition was filed asking to BY THE COURT: PHER R FOLEY BR 14 Hearing change the name of the person HON. LAURA GRAMLING will take place by phone please call listed above: PEREZ the Court at (414) 278-4582 at the From: ANTOINE DION MC- Circuit Court Judge date and time of hearing. PLACE: CLAIN To: ANTOINE D 224/10-28/11-4-11-2020 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wis- MUHAMMAD consin, 53233 DATE: December 2, Birth Certificate: ANTOINE DION SUMMONS 2020 TIME 1:30 P.M. MCCLAIN (PUBLICATION) STATE OF WISCONSIN IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: IT IS ORDERED CIRCUIT COURT Notice of this hearing shall be This petition will be heard in the MILWAUKEE COUNTY given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row Circuit Court of Milwaukee NOTICE AND ORDER FOR⸍ County, State of Wisconsin. NAME CHANGE HEARING prior to the date of the hearing in Judge’s Name: HON. CHRISTO- Case No. 20CV5651 the Milwaukee Community Journal, PHER R FOLEY BR 14 Hearing a newspaper published in Milwau- will take place by phone please call In the matter of the name change kee County, State of Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Community Journal•November 4, 2020•Page 7 SUMMONS consin, 53233 DATE: December 16, parties to this action have minor 2. The major issues usually ad- change the name of the person (PUBLICATION) 2020 TIME 1:30 P.M. You must respond with a written de- children, violation of 948.31 Wis. dressed in such an action. listed above: STATE OF WISCONSIN mand for a copy of the Petition Stats., (Interference with custody by 3. Community resources and family From: TONIA RACHELLE EM- CIRCUIT COURT IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: within 40 days from the day after parent or others) is punishable by court counseling services available RICH To: TONIA RACHELLE MILWAUKEE COUNTY Notice of this hearing shall be given the first day of publication. fines and/or imprisonment: to assist the parties. STAVEDAHL NOTICE AND ORDER FOR by publication as a Class 3 notice 4. The procedure for setting, modi- Birth Certificate: TONIA NAME CHANGE HEARING for three (3) weeks in a row prior to The demand must be sent or deliv- If you and the petitioner have minor fying, and enforcing child support RACHELLE STAVEDAHL Case No. 20CV6039 the date of the hearing in the Mil- ered to the court at: Clerk of Court, children, documents setting forth awards, or modifying and enforcing waukee Community Journal, a Milwaukee County Courthouse 901 the percentage standard for child legal custody or physical placement IT IS ORDERED In the matter of the name change of: newspaper published in Milwaukee N 9th St Room 104 Milwaukee WI support established by the depart- judgments or orders. This petition will be heard in the MICHAEL LEE RIMSCHNEIDER County, State of Wisconsin. 53233 and to NHANDI I LINDSEY ment under 49.22(9), Wis. Stats., (b) The Circuit Court Commissioner Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, JR Dated: 10-29-2020 894 Martin Ave #2 FOND DU LAC and the factors that a court may shall provide a party, for inspection State of Wisconsin. By (Petitioner) MICHAEL LEE BY THE COURT: WI 54935 consider for modification of that or purchase, with a copy of the Judge’s Name: HON. WILLIAM S RIMSCHNEIDER JR HON. CHRISTOPHER R FOLEY standard under 767.511 (1m). Wis statutory provisions in this chapter POCAN ROOM 401 PLACE: 901 Circuit Court Judge It is recommended, but not required Stats. are available upon your re- generally pertinent to the action. N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wiscon- 226/11-4-11-18-2020 that you have a attorney help or rep- quest from the Clerk of Court. sin, 53233 DATE: NOVEMBER NOTICE IS GIVEN: resent you. Date: 10-26-2020 30, 2020 TIME 3:00 P.M. A petition was filed asking to SUMMONS You are notified of the availability BY: NHANDI I LINDSEY change the name of the person (PUBLICATION) If you do not demand a copy of the of information from the Circuit 228/11-4-11-18-2020 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: listed above: STATE OF WISCONSIN Petition within 40 days, the court Court Commissioner as set forth in Notice of this hearing shall be given From: MICHAEL LEE RIM- CIRCUIT COURT may grant judgment against you for 767.105 WIs.Stats. SUMMONS by publication as a Class 3 notice SCHNEIDER JR To: MICHAEL MILWAUKEE COUNTY the award of money or other legal (PUBLICATION) for three (3) weeks in a row prior to LEE BRACKENRIDGE Case No. 2020FA002446 action requested in the Petition, and 767.105 Information from Circuit STATE OF WISCONSIN the date of the hearing in the Mil- Birth Certificate: MICHAEL LEE Divorce-40101 you may lose your right to object to Court Commissioner. CIRCUIT COURT waukee Community Journal, a RIMSCHNEIDER JR anything that is or may be incorrect MILWAUKEE COUNTY newspaper published in Milwaukee

In Re: The marriage of: in the Petition. (2) Upon the request of a party to an NOTICE AND ORDER FOR⸍ County, State of Wisconsin. IT IS ORDERED Petitioner NHANDI I LINDSEY action affecting the family, includ- NAME CHANGE HEARING Dated: 10-22-2020 This petition will be heard in the and Respondent: DEYANTA D A judgment may be enforced as ing a revision of judgment or order Case No. 20CV5994 BY THE COURT: Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, LINDSEY provided by law. A judgment award- under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: HON. WILLIAM S POCAN State of Wisconsin. THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO ing money may become a lien (a) The Circuit Court Commissioner In the matter of the name change of: Circuit Court Judge Judge’s Name: HON. CHRISTO- THE PERSON NAMED ABOVE against any real estate you own now shall, with or without charge, pro- TONIA RACHELLE EMRICH 229/11-4-11-18-2020 PHER R FOLEY BR 14 Hearing AS RESPONDENT: or in the future, and may also be en- vide the party with written informa- By (Petitioner) TONIA will take place by phone please call You are notified that the petitioner forced by garnishment or seizure of tion on the following, as appropriate RACHELLE EMRICH the Court at (414) 278-4582 at the named above has filed a Petition for property. to the action commenced: date and time of hearing. PLACE: divorce or legal separation against 1. The procedure for obtaining a NOTICE IS GIVEN: 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wis- you. You are further notified that if the judgment or order in the action A petition was filed asking to

question whether systemic racism exists in America. Many

proudly chose the inept racist … again!” Hilton also provided a follow-up. “The only demographic who’s consistently shown up for The Presidential Race Might America is Black people,” she remarked. “We are the great-

est patriots despite facing a nation set on disenfranchising be Too Close to Call, but the us, a nation having rallies to cheer the number of us dying at disproportionate rates from COVID, and mandates we live in poverty.”

(continued from page 5) Trump, who led Republicans in slamming through a Regardless of who wins, Author John Pavlovitz said Amer- ‘Projected Winner is Racism’ slavery. Supreme Court Justice last month in record time for scenar- ica already knows that the country is “as fractured as we “I wake up every day to the reality that I live in a country ios just like this, promised to ask the high court to intervene imagined.” that thinks my life is less valuable than it would be if I were before the ballots are counted in those four swing states. “We’re as afflicted with racism as we feared,” Pavlovitz wrote. “We’re as far from equity as we thought. Good peo- white,” decried Rothwell. At press time, Trump leads in all those important states ex- With a large swath still left uncounted as of Wednesday cept Wisconsin. ple are needed now more than ever. The fight doesn’t begin morning, Biden maintains an electoral college lead of 238 to However, each of those states counts ballots cast on Election or end, it continues.” 213 – 270 is needed to win. The Democrat currently leads the Day first. Trump wants the count to end before officials tally popular vote by 50 percent to 48 percent. mail-in votes, which arrived in record numbers.

Biden also flipped Arizona, making him the first Democrat It’s also why the President pulled out all of the stops this to win that state since 1996 when Bill Clinton claimed vic- year to cripple the U.S. Postal Service, whose Postmaster tory. Winning Arizona means Biden could lose one of either General Louis DeJoy has openly defied federal court orders Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, but still capture the to refrain from slowing delivery of mail-in ballots.

presidency. “In the midst of a pandemic that he had time to manage and, Georgia, where a large swath of votes remain uncounted in he held super-spreader events to spread the virus. And, with predominately Black Atlanta and Fulton County, also re- racial unrest still rampant which he stokes daily, the race is mains in play for Biden. too close,” Actress Yvette Nicole Brown railed. “No need to

SIGNIFYIN’: The price Black folks pay

⸍ for doing businessreality show a decade ago.with thefied, andenemy! politically castrated. And the sen- (continued from page 5) But it wasn't as simple as declaring the tences were carried out by the Democratic the tsunami of social media blusters from people wishing ‘the orange one’ died from GOP the evil empire and themselves as Jedi Party's white knights. his short bout with COVID-19. knights. Who benefits from this polarization? I didn’t include myself in the ‘ranting,’ Their penultimate goal and the political In fact, if all our representatives can and preferring to leave punishment in Nyame's organization they created—Wisconsin will do is complain and blame, do we really hands, even though I probably would not Working Family Party (which I renamed the need 'representation’? have shed a tear had he tripped over his White Family Party) was not only to control Ice Cube is from a similar school as white klan hood. state and local politics, but to benefit their Fields, and to a lesser degree, Douglass. He Similarly, I will not provide the surgeon's real constituency—missionaries and recognizes that hiding your head in the sand scalpel to castrate Ice Cube, particularly ‘poverty pimps.’ does nothing but exposes our butt to the given how both sides of the political bird And those who saw through the fog or world. have played Black America at different raised a hand in protest found themselves I'm sure Cube knew not to expect any- times. targets of the new world order. thing from 45IQ. In fact, I would assume Even before Trump, the Black community State Senator Lena Taylor, for example, the rapper/actor didn't expect either party to was caught up in this sociocultural abyss of found herself the target of a smear campaign deliver on the critical points of his agenda, partisan politics. and a challenger to her senate seat in the much less empower Black America. And while it was not as confusing today person of Mandela Barnes. While the Democratic Party is far better as, during the civil rights era, it morphed Before that travesty, State Rep. Jason for us than their cousins on the other side of into an either-or scenario with penalties and Fields was actually unseated by Barnes, the political and legislative aisle, history reprimands for those of independent mind who was endorsed by Larson and the White shows little--if any--part of the Black or advocates of Black self-determination. Family Party. agenda is forwarded by either party. During the last commercial break, the so- While Taylor's crime was refusing to bow As I previously surmised, the Democrats called progressive leaders of the state Dem- down and kiss Larson's ring, Fields offense create an environment where we feel com- ocratic Party used the politics of was working with Republicans to get sev- fortable in our discomfort. They provide polarization as cover to establish a foothold eral beneficial bills passed, including the fi- 'aid' and programs that allow us to make in the Black community. nancial literacy mandate. purchases from the rent-a-centers owned by Led by State Senator Chris Larson, they And herein lies the dichotomy of the par- their Republican cousins who exploit us. enforced their agenda with an iron fist, tisan polarization. Our collective freedom, prosperity, and boldly asserting to Black Dems and voters With Republicans controlling the state As- empowerment will not come from political that all Republicans--and independent sembly, the only way to get a bill passed is parties we don't control. African Americans who put people before to find common ground. Until we realize that fact, we are forced to the party--were pawns of Satan. That doesn't mean selling your soul or be- play the hand before us on the poker table. To work with, or even be on the same side traying your constituency. And if that means occasionally getting of the street with a Black person who But it does mean using your craft (poli- into bed with the plantation owners, so be marched to his or her own ideological drum- ticking) to find common ground, and cross- it. But that doesn't mean, as Brother Howard beat, would incur the new puppeteer’s ing the Mason Dixon to steal away slaves Fuller once proclaimed, we have to get wrath. and return to the north like Harriet Tubman. under the cover…or worse! I'm not exaggerating, and I risked my Yet for his 'sin,' Fields--who has had more Hotep mental health and sacrificed the last of my bills passed than the combined Black state black hair when I first exposed this scripted legislative fraternity--was ostracized, cruci- The Milwaukee Community Journal•November 4, 2020•Page 8