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Lessons From the Past: When the Federal Disability Advocates Protest Senate Leader Over Cuts to Government Eliminates Access to Health Care? Medicaid for Elderly and Disabled By Simon Haeder Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University

After much secrecy and no public deliberation, Senate Republicans final- ly released their “draft” re- peal and replace bill for the Affordable Care Act on June 22. Unquestionably, the re- leased “draft” will not be the final version. Dr. Kimbro has written five best-sellers including Think Amendments and a po- and Grow Rich, A Black Choice; Daily Motivations for tential, albeit not necessary, African-American Success; What Makes the Great conference committee are Great; What Keeps Me Standing and The Wealth likely to make some adjust- ments. However, both the Washington – On “Not only will AHCA take House version – American June 22nd, about 60 members away our freedom,” said Dawn Health Care Act (AHCA) Larissa Pisney of Denver protests outside the Aurora, Colorado offices of Rep. Mike of the national disability rights Russell, an ADAPT organizer – and the Senate’s Better Coffman (R-Colorado) to show her displeasure with efforts to dismantle the ACA. organization ADAPT staged from Colorado. “That lost free- Care Reconciliation Act a Die-in at Senate Majority dom will also cost Americans (BCRA) will significantly re- Leader Mitch McConnell’s of- al grant program for health helped to establish 3,000 per- Church and the Daughters much more money. The nurs- duce coverage for millions of fice. Advocates are protesting ing facilities that people will Americans and reshape insur- purposes was also the first manent health clinics serving of the American Revolution, McConnell’s Senate healthcare be forced into are much more ance for virtually everyone. one to quickly be eliminated. 700,000 expectant mothers terminated the program. bill, demanding he bring an end expensive than communi- The Congressional Budget The program was authorized and more than 4 million ba- Without federal support, a to attacks on disabled people’s ty-based services that AHCA Office (CBO) is expected to under the Sheppard-Towner bies. majority of states either elim- freedom which are expected in would cut.” In 2012, the provide final numbers early Maternity and Infancy The program con- the bill. “The American Health inated the programs or only National Council on Disability the week of June 26. Protection Act of 1921. It pro- tinued until 1929, when Care Act caps and significant- (an independent federal agen- If successful, the re- vided the equivalent of US$20 Congress, under pressure provided nominal funding. ly cuts Medicaid which will peal and replacement of the million a year in today’s dol- from the American Medical greatly reduce access to med- cy that makes policy recom- Affordable Care Act would be lars to states in order to pay Association, the Catholic Health Continued on page6 ical care and home and com- mendations to the President, in rare company. Even though for the needs of women and munity based services for el- Congress and federal agencies) reported that States spent up- the U.S. has been slower than young children. Grandmother and sick baby of derly and disabled Americans any other Western country to Sheppard-Towner, which a migratory family in Arizona. who will either die or be forced wards of $300,000 more per develop a safety net, the U.S. provided funding to im- These types of families were into institutions,” said Bruce person serving disabled peo- has rarely taken back benefits prove health care services for targeted for help by the Farm Darling, an ADAPT organizer ple in institutions each year once they have been bestowed mothers and infants, was en- Security Administration. taking part in the protest. “Our than they would spend provid- on its citizenry. Indeed, only acted after a long debate in NARA/ Dorothea Lange lives and liberty shouldn’t be ing equivalent services in the a small number of significant Congress amid accusations stolen to give a tax break to the community. cases come to mind. of socialism and promiscuity. wealthy. That’s truly un-Amer- ican.” protest Continued on page7 My academic work has Interestingly enough, the act analyzed the evolution of the may have passed only due to American health care system pressure from newly voting- Bullied Youth Report Access to including those rare instanc- eligible women. es. I believe historical prece- Overall, the program was Loaded Guns More Than Others dents can provide insights for responsible for more than 3 the current debate. million home visits, close to 200,000 child health confer- Providing help to ences and more than 22 mil- mothers and infants lion pieces of health education The first major feder- literature distributed. It also Gina Hawkins Named New Police Chief Fayetteville, N.C. She assisted in establishing — Fayetteville City Manager goals and objectives, main- Doug Hewett announced taining the department’s an- Gina Hawkins as the City’s nual budget ($38 million) new police chief at a press and establishing rules and conference on Tuesday, June procedures. She evaluated 27. She will begin on Monday, the operations of the Police By Maayan Simckes, their peers, traditionally Aug. 14. Department and made rec- Ph.D. Student in (e.g., verbal, physical) and “I have selected gina ommendations for repressing Epidemiology, University through cyber media (e.g., Hawkins as the next City of criminal activity, preventing of Washington email, SMS, social media) Fayetteville Police Chief,” said crime and maintaining order may be especially vulnera- Doug Hewett, Fayetteville For school-aged youth, ble to gun violence. We know within the community. access to a gun can increase City Manager. “Selecting the Chief Hawkins holds that bullied students tend to new chief is one of the most their risk for becoming a vic- a Bachelor of Science in tim of or for committing a vi- carry guns more frequently difficult decisions I have been Criminal Justice from Georgia olent crime, including sui- than nonbullied students. faced with since becoming State University and a Master cide and homicide. It also What is less under- the City Manager and one of Science in Management increases a child’s risk of ex- stood, however, is whether that I don‘t take lightly. Gina from Johns Hopkins periencing an unintentional this is because bullied stu- brings a wealth of different University. She is a graduate injury or death. Youth may dents may have more access experiences to this job and I gain access to guns in school, of the Senior Management to guns than their nonbul- look forward to what she will friends’ homes or other set- lied peers. We decided to ex- be able to accomplish with all Institute for Police (SMIP) tings. No matter the source, at Boston University and is gun access can increase the amine this question, and the of the great officers and staff Gina Hawkins, City of Fayetteville Police Chief results were alarming. who we have in our police de- also a graduate of the FBI chances of an adolescent be- partment. National Academy. Hawkins ing involved in an injury or “I am also grateful for As deputy chief of the hensive experience. Hawkins was chosen to be a dele- crime. Bullied youth are more But are some youth at all that Interim Police Chief Clayton County, Ga. Police reports directly to the Chief gate in the prestigious 23rd likely to have gun access Georgia International Law even higher risk? Current ev- Anthony Kelly has done in his Department, Hawkins has and assists in planning, or- idence suggests that youth Enforcement Exchange time as Interim Chief. He has overseen the Field Operations ganizing, directing and over- who have been bullied by Bully Continued on page7 kept the Police Department and Support Services seeing all operations of the (GILEE), traveling to Israel moving forward during Commands for a county of Police Department. She has with other law enforcement some challenging times and more than 260,000 resi- performed all the duties and executives to study and eval- will continue to be an influ- dents. She is a multi-faceted responsibilities of the Chief of uate the Israeli Police Force. ential asset within the Police criminal justice profession- Police in his absence, by serv- Department.” al with 28 years of compre- ing as Acting Chief of Police. Hawkins Continued on page6 Page 2 Week of June 29, 2017 - July 5, 2017 Greater Diversity News GreaterDiversity.com

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She thanks community are made known threat he represents to Black her husband for allowing to the Democratic Party and Pick Up Your Copy of GDN Today! communities. From “white her to respond to God’s call that the Party’s positions on supremacists” in the White to observe, and listen to the these issues are clearly com- Wilmington, NC Wilmington Health Center Hood Memorial A.M.E Zion House and Department of needs of those that have municated to the AAC NCDP (VA Office), 1705 Gardner Dr. Church, 2801 Rosehill Road Chestnut St. Presbyterian Justice to those in the streets, been alienated, afflicted and members. “Differing points Church, 712 Chestnut St. Rockingham, NC Human Relations Deparment there is a concerted effort to forgotten. She thanks for- of view should direct us to a mer AAC-NCDP President, Azalea Coin Laundry Ellerbe Grove Missionary 433 Hay St. turn back the clock on Black more fruitful discussion rath- progress to the days of grave Willie Fleming for allowing 1107 Princess St. Baptist Church, 162 Ellerbe J. Fuller Recreation Center er than misdirect us toward danger, oppression and eco- her to serve as his 1st Vice Grove Church Road 6607 Old Bounce Road Community Boys Club nomic exploitation. President. unfruitful dissent.” 910 Nixon St. Fayetteville, NC John Wesley Church Voting rights, the Linda expressed much We discussed how back Ebenezer Missionary Baptist AAA Barber Shop 616 Cumberland St. “crown jewel” of the Civil gratitude to the AAC-NCDP in the summer of 2013, af- Church, 2929 Princess Place Dr. 702 Reilly Road Kingdom Impact Global Rights Movement and eco- members for entrusting her ter the Supreme Court gut- Enoch Chapel Baptist Church Bethel A.M.E. Zion Church Ministries nomic persuasion, are the with the responsibility of ted the 1985 Voter Rights Act 7011 Market St. 255 Vass Road 2503 Murchison Road most important tools to use serving as their President. and the NC legislature’s pas- in a coordinated response to Linda retired from the Ephesus SDA Church Cape Fear Valley Hospital sage of the “Monster Law” Lewis Chapel Church the threats. They defined the Air Force while stationed at 1002 Castle St. 1638 Owens Dr. 5422 Raeford Road a/k/a, the NC voter sup- Movement of the 1960s. The Seymour Johnson AFB in Drop Zone Barber Shop pression law, legally known 5th Ave. Baptist Church Medicap , 1431 Ramsey St. denial of our right to vote and Goldsboro, NC after serving 817 North 5th St. 6468 Yadkin Road as, the Voter Information Mt. Olive Baptist Church big money in politics are the 22 years. She and her fami- First Baptist Church Evans Metropolitan A.M.E. Verification Act of 2013. 118 Johnson St. greatest threats to the well- ly settled in Goldsboro where 520 North 5th St. Zion Church she observed the struggles Current voter suppression 301 North Cool Spring St. being of Black people. Food Lion, 2501-A Castle Mt. Sinai Baptist Church I continue to write about of people of color in public laws represent the most se- Hayne Road 1217 Murchison Road Fayetteville Health Department Black leadership that is on housing, court houses, jails rious threat to the progress Food Lion, 3905-A 400 Pelt Dr. NAACP , 707 Murchison Rd. the ground and resisting and prisons and she asked Black people have made since Independence Boulevard Fayetteville State University Peace Memorial Christian the various threats to Black herself “how do you walk the Civil Rights Movement. Food Lion Church, 511 Cumberland St. people. Of course, the best away from suffering and in- She was elated that re- 45 South Kerr Ave. Administration Building known and most respected justices?” Clearly, she didn’t cently the Supreme Court de- 1200 Murchison Road Pentagon Barber Shop Food Lion leadership comes from the walk away. She took action. clined to overturn a Fourth Fayetteville State University 6441-1 Yadkin Road 2432 South 17th St. NAACP. However, lesser She described how late after- Circuit Court of Appeals Library, 1200 Murchison Road known leadership organiza- noons after work she would Food Lion Prince Hall Mason Lodge judge’s ruling striking down Fayetteville Technical Community tions are equally important grab her briefcase full of vot- 1929 Oleander Dr. 820 Cumberland St. the controversial NC 2013 College Library, 2201 Hull Rd. in the historic fight for voting er registration forms, and hit Greater Diversity News’s S & J Gospel Shop voter suppression law. In the First Baptist Church rights and economic justice. the streets, registering peo- Office, 272 North Front St., 3308 Bragg Boulevard lower court ruling, a judge Suite 300-A 302 Moore St. One such organiza- ple to vote. Food Lion Second Baptist Church tion that is vital in the fight While canvassing neigh- found that North Carolina’s Johnson’s Beauty & Barber 522 Old Wilmington Road for voting rights and eco- borhoods in the inner city, ballot restrictions target- 3138 Wrightsville Ave. 150 Andrews Road Food Lion, Cape Fear Plaza Simon Temple nomic justice is the African- she found many people that ed black voters “with al- John T. Hoggard H. School 5760 Yadkin Road American Caucus were stuck in the trenches most surgical precision.” 4305 Shipyard Boulevard Food Lion, 8175 Cliffdale Road of the North Carolina and forgotten. She said she The Fourth Circuit ruling Life Changing Ministries Food Lion, 9535 Cliffdale Rd. Smith Chapel Free Will Baptist Democratic Party (AAC was reminded of Isaiah 1:17, Church said that the North Carolina Worship Center Food Lion, College Lake Plaza NCDP). The Caucus is “Learn to do good; seek jus- 519 Boundary Lane General Assembly enacted 4875 New Centre Dr. an auxiliary of the NC tice, correct oppression; take Food Lion, Hwy 87 S (Gray Creek) legislation that restricted vot- Macedonia Missionary Baptist Smith Recreation Center Democratic Party and is pres- up the cause of the fatherless; ing and registration in five Church Food Lion, 2885 Legion Road 1520 Slater Ave. ently led by Linda Wilkins- plead the widow’s call.” 3701 Princess Place Dr. ways, all which dispropor- Food Lion, 4196 Raeford Road Social Service Daniels, of Goldsboro. She found herself pray- National Food I recently sat down with ing the lyrics of a song by tionately affected black vot- Food Lion, 7071 Raeford Road 1225 Ramsey St. Redcross St. Mrs. Wilkins-Daniels and the gospel group, Among ers. Food Lion, 102 Reilly Road Suburban discussed her history, the Thorns, Start a fire in me. St. Luke AME Zion Church 2112 Murchison Road 709 Church St. Food Lion, 3300 Rose Hill Rd. fight for justice and equality That song reminded her of Politics Continued on page7 True Vines Ministries St. Stephen A.M.E. Church Food Lion, 2071 Skibo Road 5315 Morganton Road 501 Redcross St. Food Lion, Sycamore Square Shaw University Food Lion, Westwood Two A Military Barber Shop 224 North Front St. Shopping Center 718 North Reilly Road Shiloh Missionary Baptist Friendship Missionary Baptist US Flea Market Mall Church Church, 400 Campbell Ave. 504 N McPherson Road 719 Walnut St. G. 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Harvey’s Talk Show, Oxygen, com/DarlyngandCo • Expanded Medicaid Helped People Do Better at Their Jobs or Seek Work, While Improving Businesses Most low-income said their mental or dental ter job at work or seek employ- Healthy Michigan plan en- Michigan residents who health got better. ment,” she says. “Given that rollees say about their own signed up for the state’s ex- Those who said their a large portion of those with health. panded Medicaid program health improved also had the chronic illness or poor health say their new health insur- most chance of experiencing are already working, this has Coverage at work ance helped them do a better an effect on their work life. many implications for the way Working-class job at work, or made it easier As a group, they were four we structure Medicaid pro- Michiganders with chron- for them to seek a new or bet- times more likely to say that grams.” ic health conditions made ter job, in the first year after getting Medicaid coverage up more than two-thirds of they enrolled, according to a helped them do a better job at How the study was done all those surveyed and nearly new study. work. And those who felt their Tipirneni and her col- half of those who were work- That’s on top of the pos- health had improved, but were leagues performed the sur- ing. They reported a signifi- itive health effects that ma- out of work, were three times vey of a representative sam- cant increase in their ability to ny said their new coverage as likely to say that their cov- ple of Healthy Michigan Plan do a good job at work in their brought them. erage helped them look for a enrollees, and detailed struc- first year of coverage. In all, 69 percent of job. tured interviews with 67 par- One-third of the partic- those who had jobs said they Lead researcher Renuka ticipants, in 2015 and 2016 ipants who said they were in did better at work once they Tipirneni, M.D., M.Sc., as part of the official federal- fair or poor health held down had health insurance un- says that she and her col- ly mandated evaluation of the jobs nonetheless – and a der the Healthy Michigan leagues at the U-M Institute program. They communicat- slightly smaller percentage of Plan, the name of Michigan’s for Healthcare Policy and ed with participants in their this group said they were out ness, disability or other is- had allowed them to feel more Medicaid expansion under the Innovation were surprised choice of English, Spanish or of work. sues made them unable to. professional when looking for Affordable Care Act. at how many reported better Arabic. “Our findings show that The researchers did not ask jobs. And 55 percent of those health after a short period of IHPI holds a con- many people in the Healthy about caregiving responsibil- The Healthy Michigan who were out of work said the coverage. tract with the Michigan Michigan Plan who aren’t ities that might have account- Plan coverage is open to any coverage made them better But the impact on em- Department of Health and healthy overall are working ed for some people’s inabili- able to look for a job. Eighty ployment was even more sur- Human Services to carry out nonetheless, and so are ma- Michigan resident making percent of the 4,090 people prising, she says, and has im- that evaluation, and the new ny people with chronic con- ty to work. less than 133 percent of the surveyed had incomes below plications for current debates data are also described in a re- ditions,” says Tipirneni. “We The in-depth, structured federal poverty level. A per- the federal poverty level, and in state and federal public pol- port on the website of the fed- intend to study these partic- interviews with selected par- son working a full-time job at 28 percent were out of work. icy, including proposals to re- eral Medicare/Medicaid agen- ipants in future work, to un- ticipants revealed some of Michigan’s 2016 minimum quire Medicaid enrollees to cy. In all, 672,576 Michigan derstand what factors influ- the personal stories behind wage of $8.50 per hour would Better health work or actively seek work. residents are covered by the ence their ability to hold or the numbers. For instance, make just over that threshold if In all, nearly half of the “Having health insur- plan. seek employment.” they described how receiving they lived alone, but would be newly covered Michiganders ance, and being able to take At the AcademyHealth The remaining third of mental health care had made eligible for Healthy Michigan said their physical health im- care of one’s health as a result, meeting, Tipirneni laid out those who said their health them more able to work, or Plan coverage if they support proved in the first year of cov- has a large positive impact on the findings of the survey, in- was fair or poor said they how having dental work do- a child or another adult who erage, and nearly 40 percent a person’s ability to do a bet- cluding new data about what weren’t working because ill- ne under the plan’s coverage doesn’t or can’t work. • Greater Diversity News GreaterDiversity.com Week of June 29, 2017 - July 5, 2017 Page 5 Career and Education More Resources and News online at GreaterDiversity.com New Legislation Threatens Free Speech on Campus and expressive activity – institutions more discretion By Neal H. Hutchens, such as handing out leaflets over dealing with students The Conversation or gathering signatures for disrupting speakers than the petitions – to special speech Wisconsin legislation. Around the country, zones. state lawmakers have been These “free speech Much of the push for talking about – and legislat- zones” have been subject to campus speech bills has ing – ways intended to pro- criticism and legal challeng- come from lawmakers who tect free speech on college es. In one illustrative case, believe that college campus- campuses. a federal court invalidated a The Wisconsin State es are hostile to conserva- University of Cincinnati pol- Assembly, for example, re- tive speakers. They point to icy that limited student dem- cently passed a campus incidents such as those in- onstrations, picketing and speech bill that would re- rallies to one small portion volving Ann Coulter and quire public colleges and uni- of campus. Milo Yiannopoulos at the versities to punish students The U.S. Supreme University of California at who disrupt campus speak- ers. The legislation is now Court, however, has not Berkeley as indicative of an heading to the State Senate ruled definitively on the le- overall resistance to conser- for consideration. gality of designated student vative speakers on campus. speech zones. Consequently, As a higher education Provisions in campus legal battles over their con- A crowd gathers near the University of California, Berkeley campus during a law researcher and campus speech bills, including ones free speech supporter, I view stitutionality continue, as rally for free speech on April 27, 2017. Demonstrators gathered amid a strong some requirements in these shown by pending litiga- police presence in anticipation of controversial speaker Ann Coulter.(Reuters) mandating penalties for stu- new campus speech laws as tion involving a Los Angeles dents who disrupt speak- positively reinforcing legal community college student ers, can largely be traced to and Kentucky. which also would ban speech Punishing protesters protections for student free who claims he was allowed to Public institutions in zones, North Carolina, If the Wisconsin bill model legislation from the speech. However, I believe distribute copies of the U.S. these states may impose rea- Michigan, Texas and passes in its current form, Goldwater Institute, based language in several pending Constitution only in a desig- sonable rules to avoid disrup- Louisiana are considering the state would do more in Phoenix, Arizona. The state bills, including the pu- nated campus speech zone. nitive legislation proposed in Some states have re- tion, but officials cannot rel- similar legislation. than ban designated free group aims to correct what Wisconsin, does more to im- cently enacted laws that egate student free speech Striking down these speech zones. It would al- it views as a left-leaning bias pede free speech than pro- prohibit public colleges and and expression to only small “free speech zones” seems a so become the first state re- in American higher educa- tect it. universities from enforc- or remote areas on campus. sensible way to promote stu- quiring institutions to pun- tion regarding campus free Instead, they must permit dent free speech: In my opin- ish student protesters. The ing such free speech zones speech. Free speech zones against students. At least free speech in most open ion, institutions shouldn’t North Carolina House of In my view, forcing col- In an effort to keep cam- seven states have passed campus locations, such as seek to restrict students’ Representatives has passed puses safe and avoid disrup- anti-speech zone laws: courtyards and sidewalks. First Amendment speech a similar bill, now under re- leges to take punitive action tion, some universities have Virginia, Missouri, Arizona, Along with the pending rights to strict borders on view in the State Senate, but against all disruptive protest- restricted student speech Colorado, Tennessee, Utah legislation in Wisconsin, campus. this legislation seems to leave ers is troublesome. • GDN Book Features: Educate, Organize and Mobilize Killers of the Flower Moon Slavery by Another Name: Stamped From the Beginning:

men like J. P. Getty made The Re-Enslavement of Black The Definitive History of their fortunes and where desperadoes like Al Spencer, Americans from the Civil Racist Ideas in America the “Phantom Terror,” Bois to legendary anti-prison roamed—many of those War to World War II activist Angela Davis, Kendi who dared to investigate popular response to the ar- shows how and why some of the killings were themselves ticle, he began conducting our leading proslavery and murdered. As the death toll research for a more com- pro-civil rights thinkers have climbed to more than twen- challenged or helped cement ty-four, the FBI took up the prehensive exploration of the topic. The resulting racist ideas in America. case. It was one of the or- Contrary to popular con- ganization’s first major ho- book was well received by ceptions, racist ideas did not micide investigations and critics and became a New arise from ignorance or ha- the bureau badly bungled York Times Best Seller. In the case. In desperation, tred. Instead, they were de- “Disturbing and riv- 2009, it was awarded the vised and honed by some of eting … Grann has proved the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Pulitzer Prize for General the most brilliant minds of himself a master of spin- Non-Fiction. In 2012, it was each era. These intellectuals ning delicious, many-layered Texas Ranger named Tom adapted as a documenta- used their brilliance to justi- mysteries that also happen White to unravel the mys- Some Americans cling fy and rationalize deeply en- to be true…It will sear your tery. White put together an ry film for PBS, also titled desperately to the myth that undercover team, including trenched discriminatory pol- soul.” —Dave Eggers, New “Slavery by Another “Slavery by Another Name”. we are living in a post-ra- one of the only American icies and the nation’s racial York Times Book Review Name: The Re-Enslavement cial society, that the election Indian agents in the bureau. disparities in everything from Related YouTube videos: of Black Americans from the Editorial Reviews of the first Black president The agents infiltrated the wealth to health. And while https://www.youtube.com/ Civil War to World War II” is From Publishers Weekly spelled the doom of racism. region, struggling to adopt In fact, racist thought is alive racist ideas are easily pro- results?search_query=davi the latest techniques of de- a book by American writer Wall Street Journal bu- and well in America–more so- duced and easily consumed, d+grann+killers+of+the+fl tection. Together with the Douglas A. Blackmon, pub- reau chief Blackmon gives phisticated and more insidi- they can also be discredited. In ower+moon+ Osage they began to expose lished by Anchor Books in From New Yorker staff a groundbreaking and dis- shedding much-needed light one of the most chilling con- 2008. It explores the forced ous than ever. And as award- writer David Grann, #1 New turbing account of a sordid on the murky history of rac- spiracies in American his- labor of imprisoned black winning historian Ibram X. York Times best-selling au- chapter in American histo- ist ideas, Stamped from the tory. men and women, through Kendi argues in “Stamped thor of “The Lost City of Z”, ry—the lease (essentially from the Beginning”, if we Beginning offers us the tools a twisting, haunting true-life In “Killers of the Flower the convict lease system Moon”, David Grann revisits the sale) of convicts to com- have any hope of grappling we need to expose them–and murder mystery about one of used by states, local gov- in the process, gives us reason a shocking series of crimes ernments, white farmers, mercial interests between with this stark reality, we the most monstrous crimes must first understand how to hope. in American history in which dozens of peo- and corporations after the the end of the 19th centu- racist ideas were developed, Ibram X. Kendi is a New In the 1920s, the rich- ple were murdered in cold American Civil War until ry and well into the 20th. blood. Based on years of re- disseminated, and enshrined York Times best-selling au- est people per capita in the World War II in the southern Usually, the criminal offense thor and award-winning his- world were members of search and startling new ev- in American society. United States. Blackmon was loosely defined vagran- torian at the University of the Osage Indian nation in idence, the book is a master- In this deeply researched piece of narrative nonfiction, argues that slavery in the cy or even changing employ- and fast-moving narrative, Florida. In August, Kendi will Oklahoma. After oil was dis- United States did not end covered beneath their land, as each step in the investiga- ers without permission. The Kendi chronicles the entire become Professor of History they rode in chauffeured au- tion reveals a series of sinis- with the Civil War, but in- initial sentence was brutal story of anti-Black racist ideas and International Relations tomobiles, built mansions, ter secrets and reversals. But stead persisted well into enough; the actual penalty, and their staggering power and the Founding Director and sent their children to more than that, it is a sear- the 20th century. It depicts reserved almost exclusively over the course of American of the Anti-Racist Research ing indictment of the cal- study in Europe. the subjugation of Convict for black men, was a form of history. “Stamped from the and Policy Center at American lousness and prejudice to- Beginning” uses the life sto- Then, one by one, the Leasing, Sharecropping and slavery in one of hundreds of University. A frequent public Osage began to be killed off. ward American Indians that Peonage and tells the fate of ries of five major American speaker, Kendi specializes in forced labor camps operated The family of an Osage wom- allowed the murderers to op- the former but not of the lat- intellectuals to offer a win- the history of racism and an- an, Mollie Burkhart, became erate with impunity for so by state and county govern- dow into the contentious de- tiracism. He is also the au- long. “Killers of the Flower ter two. a prime target. Her relatives ments, large corporations, bates between assimilation- thor of the award-winning Moon” is utterly compelling, “Slavery by Another were shot and poisoned. And small time entrepreneurs ists and segregationists and book, “The Black Campus but also emotionally devas- Name” began as an arti- between racists and antira- it was just the beginning, as and provincial farmers. Movement”. more and more members of tating. cle which Blackmon wrote cists. From Puritan minis- For more about this For more about this the tribe began to die under For more about this for The Wall Street Journal ter Cotton Mather to Thomas mysterious circumstances. book and to watch a video detailing the use of black book and to watch a video Jefferson, from fiery abolition- book and to watch a video In this last remnant of presentation visit: http:// forced labor by U.S. Steel presentation visit: http://bit. ist William Lloyd Garrison to presentation visit: http:// the Wild West—where oil- bit.ly/2shC4zl • Corporation. Seeing the ly/2smnvpg • brilliant scholar W.E.B. Du bit.ly/2sRBPtu • Page 6 Week of June 29, 2017 - July 5, 2017 Greater Diversity News GreaterDiversity.com Events & Announcements More event details online at GreaterDiversity.com Chicago Crusader Publisher Dorothy Leavell Elected New Chairman of the NNPA lisher Karen Carter Richards. passed, the person who in- By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA) “Dorothy has a lot of ex- vited me here after that was perience in the organization Dorothy Leavell,” said Rolark Shortly, before the and I think she will contin- Barnes. “So, it’s up to all of us National Newspaper ue to move it forward,” said Publishers Association’s to make the NNPA great and Richards, who was re-elect- we can’t sit back and watch (NNPA) annual Legacy ed as first vice chair of the or- Awards Gala, NNPA mem- ganization. her do the work, we have to bers elected veteran Chicago Bernal Smith, pub- help.” Crusader publisher Dorothy lisher of the New Tri-State Ever outspoken and Leavell to serve as chairman Defender, was elected sec- never one to mince words, of the group for the next two ond vice chair of the NNPA Leavell said she would imme- years (2017-2019). and Shannon Williams, the diately go after companies like Leavell succeeds president of the Indianapolis General Motors and Ford to Washington Informer pub- Recorder, will continue in her bring in advertising dollars to lisher Denise Rolark Barnes, role as secretary. member newspapers. who served in the role for the Leavell has not only been “Denise is too beautiful to past two years. a great soldier for the NNPA, be out there in the trenches,” “We have some strange but she’s also a veteran of the times and we’ve been deal- Civil Rights Movement, said Leavell said, then laughed. ing with some insurmount- NNPA President and CEO Dr. “Now, I’m coming.” able problems and our pub- Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Newswire lishers are hurting so bad,” “I see her as someone to Contributor Stacy Brown re- said Leavell, who previous- lead the fight fiercely for free- Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of The Washington Informer and outgoing chairman of ports on the election of Chicago ly served as president of the dom, justice and equality,” he the NNPA, welcomes newly-elected Chairman Dorothy Leavell of The Crusader News Crusader publisher Dorothy NNPA from 1997 to 1999. said. Group onto the stage during the 2017 Legacy Awards. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA) Leavell, as the next chairman “We are suffering and with During her two-year stint of the NNPA. • a new administration in the as president of the organiza- White House, it will take tion, Leavell helped increase and a welcome for new fami- someone who isn’t afraid, the visibility and internation- Annual Lewis Family In Reunion Prepares for Year 63 ly member additions by birth someone who will raise a lot al stature of the Black Press. and through marriage. of hell.” She was elected chairman of RALEIGH, N.C. - On the First Cosmopolitan Baptist Saturday dinner and business Several organizations Leavell praised Rolark the NNPA Foundation and, weekend of June 23-25, Church. meeting, and Sunday morn- more than 100 family mem- Lewis said: “My parents, ing church services. The and institutions provided of- Barnes for her work over the as a member of the NNPA ficial acknowledgments and past two years, noting that the for more than half a centu- bers, friends and hosts from Willie and Hazel Lewis, start- Saturday program also fea- First Cosmopolitan Baptist ed this tradition and instilled tured songs by the male cho- congratulatory letters to the campaign for the chairman’s ry, Leavell has served in vari- Lewis Family, including the seat was never personal. ous roles and she’s often been Church in Raleigh, North in their children and grand- rus of First Cosmopolitan, up- Carolina gathered to cele- children that God and fami- dates and acknowledgments State of North Carolina, the “I like Denise and I think honored for her philanthrop- City of Raleigh and Shaw she’s done a heck of a job,” ic and civic contributions. brate and commemorate ly were a priority. They held of recent academic and pro- the 62nd consecutive an- the first reunion 62 years ago, fessional accomplishments University. Planning for the Leavell said. “But, I’m ready Leavell was honored 2018 reunion is already un- to get down in the mud for this as Publisher of the Year in nual family reunion of the and we’re going to keep it go- by family members, a youth Lewis Family. The 2017 re- ing.” Relatives from across talent showcase, a memori- derway, and the 63rd con- organization.” 1989 and earned the Winnie secutive event will be host- Leavell’s experience union was held in Raleigh the state and country con- al for family members who Mandela Endurance with ed in Rocky Mount, North should bode well for the Dignity Award. and hosted by Rev. Dr. W.B. vened for a weekend of ac- died in the past year, a “selfie Carolina by the Hagans NNPA going forward, said “My father used to bring Lewis, founding pastor tivities that included a Friday session” for family pictures Houston Forward Times pub- me to the NNPA. When he and now pastor emeritus of night barbecue and fish fry, to be posted on social media, branch of the Lewis Family. •

Although these ser- costs and offer them a pre- at times it took time for a vices were accepted dur- scription drug benefit for the replacement program to HEALTH ing wartime, the American first time. emerge. Continued fromFront Medical Association and the Similarly to the The current changes Farm Bureau opposed them, Affordable Care Act, the law proposed by congressional Fortunately for which ultimately led to their had a redistributive founda- Republicans, particularly to America’s children and demise shortly after World tion by requiring richer se- the Medicaid program, are mothers, the Social Security War II. Millions of farmers niors to contribute more than tremendously more conse- Amendment of 1935 rees- lost their insurance. poorer individuals. Also, quential than anything we tablished much of the origi- similarly to the Affordable have previously experienced. nal funding and expanded it Medicaid in the 1980s Care Act, it phased in bene- Indeed, in scale and ex- over time. Perhaps the most indic- fits over a period of time. tent, the proposed chang- ative expectations on what Congress, confront- es are unprecedented and will happen in case congres- ed by affluent seniors who Helping America’s farmers would significantly roll back, sional Republicans are able would have shouldered during the New Deal likely for the foreseeable fu- to pass their proposal hails much of the financial bur- America’s next major ture, America’s safety net. • from the Medicaid program den of the program, quickly program confronted a simi- itself. repealed much of the law be- lar fate. To address the chal- In the early 1980s, fore its provisions came into lenges of rural America dur- Medicaid underwent a se- effect. Hawkins ing the Great Depression, ries of cuts and reductions It took more than a de- the federal government de- leading to the first contract- cade to provide America’s Continued fromFront veloped a variety of insur- ing in the program’s histo- seniors with a prescrip- ance and health care pro- ry. These involved both a re- tion drug benefit through “I am thrilled to serve grams that offered extensive duction in federal funding Medicare Part D, while only as Fayetteville’s new police and comprehensive services and in eligibility, and an in- limited steps have been tak- chief and look forward to to millions of farm workers, crease in state flexibility to en to protect seniors from hitting the ground running migrants and farmers. run the program, as do the major medical losses. very soon,” Chief Hawkins Some of these pro- Republican proposals in said. “Being able to serve as grams provided subsidies Congress. A serious setback looming? the police chief for the City to farmers to form more The cuts pale in com- While a latecomer, the of Fayetteville is a tremen- than 1,200 insurance co- parison to those currently United States has inched dous honor and I will be ful- operatives nationwide. proposed by both the Senate closer to the development filling one of my long-term At times, the federal gov- and House. Nonetheless, the of a comprehensive welfare career goals. The Police ernment’s Farm Security results was the first slowing state when it comes to health Department is best in class Administaton (FSA) provid- of the Medicaid growth rate. care. While the development and values community po- ed extensive services direct- However, this came at a steep has been incomplete, health licing while they are engaged ly to migrant farm workers cost for many Americans in benefits, once granted, have with problem solving. I look through medical assistance the form of a significant re- rarely been revoked except forward to working with on agricultural trains, mo- duction in enrollment, ben- in those few cases described Anthony Kelly, who has do- bile and roving clinics, mi- efits and access even during above. ne an excellent job as inter- gratory labor camps that in- a recessionary period. The consequences of im chief, and expect to learn cluded health centers staffed those rare cases are nonethe- many great things from him. with qualified providers, Protecting America’s seniors less instructive. States were Fayetteville is a great city full-service hospitals and The 1980s also saw unable to continue the pro- heading in the right direction Agricultural Workers Health the creation and quick de- gram without federal sup- and I am excited to serve and Associations (AWHA). mise of another health care port or offer a valid replace- work with its residents.” In all cases, services program. The Medicare ment. Indeed, the programs In Fayetteville, she will were generally comprehen- Catastrophic Coverage Act quickly faded away. With oversee a nationally accred- sive and included ordinary of 1988 sought to fill in the them, millions of Americans ited law enforcement agen- medical care, emergency gaps of the original Medicare lost access to health care. cy, which is currently com- surgery and hospitalization, program for America’s se- In all three previous cas- prised of 433 sworn officers maternal and infant care, niors. Specifically, it sought es, the federal government and 187 nonsworn person- prescription drugs and den- to provide them with pro- eventually renewed its fi- nel and serves a population tal care. tection from major medical nancial support. However, of 208,149 citizens. • Visit GreaterDiversity.com for Events & Announcements Greater Diversity News GreaterDiversity.com Week of June 29, 2017 - July 5, 2017 Page 7

Spiritual Wisdom, Health and Life Resources Spirit & Life More News and Resources online at GreaterDiversity.com Spiritual and Social Connections Impact Living Word Voter Turnout Decisions, Says Researcher 1 Thessalonians trolled for factors like race and 5:16-17 By Matthew Pietryka education while simultaneous- Modern English Version ly putting them into a proper TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — social context. 16: Rejoice always. When it comes to voter turn- Researchers used re- 17: Pray without ceasing. • out and election outcomes, it’s sults from an 1859 election in not just what you know, but per- Alexandria, Va., and an 1874 haps who you know that makes election from Newport, Ky., to portant in reaching his conclu- the difference, according to a conduct the study. These 19th- sion. new study led by a Florida State century electoral results were “We could build up a much University researcher. gathered by Don DeBats, a his- more detailed social network of People more closely con- torian from Flinders University these people living in the 19th nected to electoral candidates in Australia who collaborated century than we could with da- in their social network vote with Pietryka. DeBats spent the ta on people living today,” he at higher rates, according to better part of the past two de- said. Matthew Pietryka, an assistant cades compiling information Pietryka also used re- professor of political science. sults from a 2010 election in on the citizens of each city and The term “social network” re- Williamsburg, Va., where a their individual social network. fers to the wide collection of student from the College of For every citizen eligible family, friends and acquain- William & Mary ran for city to vote, researchers measured tances that an individual has, council. Data came from a sur- as well as a social connection’s their proximity to all the candi- vey given to students identify- family, friends and acquain- dates. ing their voting preferences, as tances. “For instance, you might well as their friends at the uni- In addition to the higher be the neighbor of someone versity. participation rate, the study who ran for city council, or you Despite a more than found that the greater the con- might go to church with some- 150-year difference between nection to candidates from a one who ran for city council,” the voting time frames, the re- particular party, the more like- Pietryka said. “What we were searchers said their findings ly it is a voter will support that doing was looking to see what held constant regardless of the party and oppose the other. individuals shared some social time period and electoral com- Pietryka’s findings were connection with candidates. position. published in the American cial context which individuals ing how and why people vote. Surveys focus on respondents’ We played something like Pietryka plans to expand ‘Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,’ Political Science Review. are embedded. We know very Researchers have long been attributes, but obscure the so- the scope of his research in the “Research on the social de- where we said if you are neigh- little about how your friends aware of how certain key fac- cial context in which they re- future using a concept known terminants of voting has real- bors with someone who works as “friends and neighbors vot- and your family influence your tors, such as race, class, edu- side. Political scientists have ly lagged behind research on with someone who ran for city ing,” which examines the im- cation and psychological dis- mostly followed suit — study- the personal determinants of views.” council, you’re two degrees re- pact of geographic proximi- voting,” Pietryka said. “The big For decades, political sci- position have a strong degree ing how things that are easy to moved.” ty on voting. Pietryka said he problem is that many studies do entists have attempted to find of influence on electoral pref- measure in surveys influence Because the voting records wants to explore how physi- a poor job measuring the so- the key identifiers in predict- erences. voting. Thus, the influence of from Alexandria and Newport cal and social distance inter- These identifiers are key social networks on voting has were both intact and very de- twine with ethnicity and class in part because they are easy received little attention. tailed, Pietryka said, the results to shape people’s political par- to measure with surveys. This study, however, con- from the 19th century were im- ticipation. • a loaded gun without adult research. vised gun access among permission. Participants youth can be both measured protest and prevented through ed- Continued from rontF included students ag- Bullying and gun access es 12-18, who respond- can both be prevented ucational campaigns, con- ed to the 2011 and 2013 The results of the study versations in schools, homes The protest falls on the School Crime Supplement do not indicate that bully- and health care settings, and 18th anniversary of Olmstead (SCS) to the National Crime ing necessarily causes ac- at the policy level. Studying v. LC the 1999 Supreme Court Victimization Survey. The cess to loaded guns. Nor do these factors together can Ruling which first recognized SCS asks students about they suggest that gun access help us develop training for disabled people’s right to live their experiences during the necessarily leads to bullying. parents of bullied children, in the community. ADAPT or- current school year relat- Instead, these findings indi- and teach them about how to ganizer Nancy Salandra of ed to bullying, school secu- cate that youth who are bul- safely store guns and talk to Pennsylvania was quick to note rity, exposure and access to lied tend to also have greater their children about them. • the connection between that weapons and illicit substanc- access to loaded guns, which case and the AHCA. “We fought es, and presence of gangs at may leave them at especially so hard to have our right to live school. high risk of self-inflicted in- in the community recognized Of the 10,704 students jury and perpetration of in- politics and here we are 18 years later included in this study, about terpersonal violence. Continued from Page 2 and we are still fighting for our 4 percent (446 students) Gun violence leads to freedom from incarceration.” said they could get access to thousands of injuries and Under Linda’s dedicat- As they dramatize the a loaded gun without adult deaths each year in the ed leadership we can expect deaths AHCA’s cuts and forced permission. This number is United States. In 2015 alone, that she and the AAC NCDP institutionalization will cause, startlingly high, and should there were 1,881 fatal and members will take a step and as Capitol Police close in, be of great concern given the 9,297 nonfatal gun-related back and employ many tac- the advocates who came to frequency of school shoot- injuries among youth 12-18. tics of the 1960s as she lends McConnell’s office from across ings in the U.S. It becomes Factors like gang presence in her support to the struggles GreaterDiversity.com the country chanted “I’d rath- even more concerning when schools, parental gun stor- of the exploited and disen- er go to jail than die without we compare students’ self- age practices and previous- franchised of today. Medicaid!” reported experience of being ly being victimized in some “To say people will die bullied. way (including bullying) can Greater Diversity cov- under this law is not an exag- In a recent study, bul- influence the risk of gun vio- geration,” said Mike Oxford, ers news that is vital to so- lied youth reported greater lence in this age group. cial justice, unrepresented WWIL an ADAPT organizer from access to loaded guns than Bullying in schools is and underserved commu- Kansas. “Home and communi- other youth. Elizar Mercado, a serious public health con- ty based services are what allow nities. We need your finan- 1490 AM UW School of Public Health, cern. National estimates cial support to help us re- us to do our jobs, live our lives Author provided suggest between 18 percent and raise our families. Without main viable. We found that bullied and 31 percent of youth have Peter Grear, Esq. 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