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Month Long Presentations at New Hope Baptist www.mississippilink.com Vol. 19, No. 20 March 7 - 13, 2013 50¢ v Lowe’s ‘Community Impact Grant’ benefits MidCity/Georgetown homeowners Special 90th By Jackie Hampton Publisher Robert Williams, a 59-year- Birthday Salute to old disabled truck driver, is pleased that his home on Wood Street will be one of 21 that Luther B. Buckley will receive major repairs as a result of a matching grant awarded to Habitat for Human- v ity/Metro Jackson (HFH/MJ). Last fall, HFH/MJ was By Melvin V. Priester Jr. among nine affiliates nation- Special to The Mississippi Link wide invited to apply for one Frederick Douglass said, of four major Community “It is easier to build strong Impact Grants from Lowes. children than to repair bro- On Friday, March 1, at a me- ken men.” In that spirit, dia event at Jaycee Park on Lowe’s volunteer employees and HFH/MJ officials applaud grant announcement in Jaycee Park. Saturday, March 2, 2013, Bailey Avenue, officials from Since 2003, Lowe’s has The focus of this grant will and deeper impact on eliminat- a tribute was held at Lanier Lowe’s announced that HFH/ worked with Habitat for Hu- be to expand the existing ing substandard housing and High School honoring its MJ, along with affiliates in manity to build homes, com- neighborhood revitalization improve community develop- retired principal Luther B. Indianapolis, Ind., Portland, munities and hope. There project in the mid-city George- ment in this neighborhood.” Buckley on the occasion of Org., and Charlotte, N.C., was are four Lowe’s stores in the town area begun there by Four home renovations are his 90th birthday. chosen to receive a $250,000 greater Jackson area - Jack- Habitat for Humanity/Metro planned for the first quarter Very few have “built matching grant. son, Ridgeland, Flowood and Jackson. Using the grant funds of 2013, 12 critical repairs stronger children” and put Williams, the first hom- Madison. All four stores were from Lowe’s, HFH/MJ will throughout the year, and the in action Douglass’ words eowner in Jackson to benefit represented by managers and assist 17 families with reha- construction of a Leadership better than Principal Buck- from the grant, said, “I want other staff members commit- bilitation or new construction in Energy and Environmen- ley. Legendary for his em- to thank Habitat for this grant ted to providing employee projects. This projectn moves tal Design (LEED) Platinum brace of all children, Buck- and I am very appreciative to volunteers and expertise to the the local Habitat affiliate closer home in the fall of 2013. ley guided Lanier High everyone that is helping me.” MidCity/Georgetown rehabili- to fulfilling its goal of serving Griffin said, “This grant School during the tumultu- Currently, his roof leaks, tation grant project. 500 families over three years from Lowe’s provides a huge ous Civil Rights era when many of the wood windows Buckley Jason Walker, manager of as a part of what is known as boost, as we strive to broaden, “Separate but Equal” was have rotted, the kitchen and the Ridgeland store, said, “I its Nehemiah Project. deepen and quicken our work the standard in Mississippi. he was/is always teaching, whether bathroom floors are unstable, look forward to getting my Cindy Griffin, executive di- His calm demeanor protected the it was with a joke or a serious ren- and the electrical wiring needs hands dirty and doing what- rector of HFH/JM, said, “The students, faculty and staff at Lanier dition. He always made you think. replacing. The home rehabili- tation project will correct these ever it takes to make this grant Lowes Community Impact Lowe’s grant High School when injustice was Principal Buckley always ex- Continued on page 6 project a success.” Grant will provide a broader common place in the school sys- pected more from his students and and other problems. tem. Educating hundreds of chil- parents, faculty and staff. He never dren while instilling in them racial assumed that his students were not pride, good citizenship and high the smartest and most able. He was expectations, he led by example. convinced that his faculty could do It did not matter whether you at- more than anyone, even when they “Back in the Day” month long tended Lanier, for everyone knew had less. Mr. Buckley. His quick humor and no nonsense administrative ap- proach often seem at odds, even Buckley presentations at New Hope Baptist today. But you quickly realized that Continued on page 17 Church bring history to life By Joy Brashears and Ayesha K. Mustafaa Sollie Norwood Special to The Mississippi Link On Thursday, Feb. 28, New sworn in to Senate Hope Baptist Church culmi- nated its month long celebration of Black History month, themed District 28 seat “Back in the Day,” with a trib- By Laura Tillman ute to Medgar Wiley Evers. Mrs. Associated Press Myrlie Evers-Williams also was honored. Dr. Tonya Moore, the Democrat Sollie Nor- niece of Medgar, was the mod- wood was sworn in erator. Monday, March 4, 2013 Giving remarks were Med- as the newest member gar’s daughter Reena Evers- of the Mississippi Sen- Everette and his brother Charles ate. Norwood, 60, is a Evers. The children of New former member of the Hope brightened the program Jackson School Board. Three-year-olds of New Hope Christian Pre-School performed “Kum Ba Yah” at the ‘Back in the Day’ with their lively performances, program. PHOTOS BY JOY BRASHEARS He defeated former including the song “Kum Ba Jackson city council- Yah.” Movement, sued Lake Hico continue the celebration of the gram coordinators believe that man Marshand Crisler Mr. and Mrs. Edward Good- Park in Jackson when her son accomplishments of our forefa- “President Barack H. Obama Norwood taking the oath of office as wife in a special election loe Jr. gave the invocation. They was not allowed to play basket- thers and foremothers.” Point- was envisioned” because of peo- Joan holds the Bible. runoff to represent Sen- shared an interesting story of ball there with his white friends. ing to three outstanding women ple like these women. ate District 28, which is why Edward’s mother, Flonzie Co-coordinator was Deacon Jim leaders in the movement - Fannie entirely in Hinds Coun- Norwood Wright, event coordinator and Adams. Lou Hamer, Victoria Gray Ad- New Hope ty. Continued on page 4 a veteran of the Civil Rights The program’s focus was “to ams and Annie Divine - the pro- Continued on page 3 Social Security Mississippi baby Spring Forward! Share this issue with a friend “checks” going born with HIV Daylight Saving by mailing it to: extinct this March “functionally Time Begins 2 A.M. Inside cured” Sunday, March 10, 2013 Page 5 Page 10 STATE 2 • the mississippi link march 7 - 13, 2013 www.mississippilink.com Dispelling Medicaid myths for uninsured Mississippians New America Media Newswire If the state agrees to ex- high participation rate under The day her doctor told pand Medicaid to Mississip- the Medicaid expansion, the her that she had acute renal pians at or below 138 percent IHL study revealed that the failure and had to start di- of the federal poverty line federal dollars that will flow alysis, Mary Davis was more under the Affordable Care into Mississippi would range concerned about the cost of Act (ACA), some 280,000 from an estimated annual the procedure than about her to 310,000 adults would be amount of $426 million in health. eligible for health care insur- 2014 to $1.2 billion in 2025. Representatives of Mississippi’s ethnic media pledged to better inform their readers and listeners on “I thought, ‘how can I af- ance under Medicaid, along As a result, the inflow of benefits of the Affordable Care Act and to help dispel myths associated with Medicaid and Obamacare. ford it?’ I had no idea. I was with 50,000 children, ac- federal dollars would dra- already worried about pay- cording to a study published matically increase the em- ing my monthly utility bills,” in 2012 by the University ployment rate for the state, Davis, 54, recalled. Research Center of Missis- which would bring an esti- As it turned out, her three- sippi’s Institution of Higher mated additional 4,178 jobs times-a week dialysis cost Learning (IHL). in 2014 and 8,860 jobs in at least $20,000 just for the Full implementation of 2025. first three months. She had ACA in Mississippi has Kim Robinson, program quit her $10 an hour job as faced an uphill battle in the manager of National Policy an office-cleaner in down- state’s legislature. While Initiatives for Children’s De- town Jackson as her health Democrats push for the ex- fense Fund, at a recent ethnic worsened and had no insur- pansion, saying it would media press briefing in Jack- ance. benefit hundreds of thou- son explained that the reality Fortunately, as a single sands of low-income indi- is that it would hurt Missis- parent of two daughters, viduals, Republican leaders, sippi’s economy if the state she was eligible for Missis- including Gov. Phil Bryant, would not opt for the expan- sippi’s Medicaid program remain skeptical. sion. for low-income adults. Two They argue that expansion With more uninsured pa- years later, Davis said she could dramatically increase tients showing up in the wouldn’t have made it with- the state’s spending to cover emergency rooms, Robinson out Medicaid. additional Medicaid enroll- said, “Hospitals here would (L-R) Sandy Close, Linda Rigsby, Kim Robinson and Rims Barber at ethnic press briefing Mississippi has some ment of currently eligible eventually shut down ..., and 500,000 uninsured individu- parents and children.
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