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As violent crimes go unsolved mothers mourn, activate

By Philippe Buteau rina Fulton on Aug. 31 unveiled Tracy founded the Trayvon Martin Special to The Miami Times an “Enough is Enough!” billboard, Foundation. which is a part of a Crime Stop- After De'Michael was killed Ever since De'Michael Dukes pers anti-violence campaign. Dukes in 2016 founded Mothers was killed on July 21, 2014, every Sears’ David G. Queen was killed Fighting for Justice. 21st day of the month his mother in Tallahassee in 2015 and she At the time, the 18 year old sat Romania ties two balloons on the started Mothers of Murdered Kids. with a group of people who also railing by where he sat when bul- Queen’s killer, Michael Mason was lived in the Cutler Manor hous- lets entered his body, lights two arrested, charged, found guilty, ing project, located at 10875 SW candles and says a prayer. and is in jail. Fulton is the mother 216 St. According to Dukes, the “There's no expiration date on of Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old group’s conversation went from my pain,” Dukes said. from Miami Gardens, killed in 2012 joking, to an argument, then guns Dukes, Miami-Dade community while visiting his father Tracy Mar- were taken out, which led to shots activist Tangela Sears and Syb- tin in Sanford, Florida. Fulton and Please turn to SOUTH DADE 6A

Romania Dukes, whose son De’Michael Dukes was shot and killed as he sat on a rail in a Cutler Bay housing project, formed Mothers Fighting for Justice in 2016.

OPA-LOCKA City Manager fi res fi nance director; she fi les lawsuit Lawsuit claims retaliation, cites instances where Parchment cooper- ated in investigations by the city, county host of improprieties in city auditor and state inspector general on the city’s “illegal" use of transportation By Andrea Robinson (CITT) funds, “illegal transfer of funds [email protected] set aside to cover bad debt and impropri- eties in the water” utility, and “malfea- The former head of Opa-locka’s fi nance sance in the hiring own no-show employ- department, who weathered months of ees in the public works department.” questioning from the state-appointed Parchment claims she was in a hos- fi nancial oversight board, has been fi red tile work environment and that Brown and has fi led a whistle-blower lawsuit and William Green, a new assistant city against the city and interim City Man- manger brought in by Brown, ordered ager Ed Brown. her to give Brown retroactive pay with- Charmaine Parchment alleges that out approval of the City Commission or The Miami-Dade Emergency Operations Center was at a Level 1 activation during Hurricane Irma Brown fi red her in retaliation of her state oversight board. Green also, the — the highest — by Mayor Carlos Gimenez but most of the services that should have mobilized at the refusal on Aug. 20 to approve retroactive suit says, physically stopped Parchment level, were not. pay for work he did prior to the oversight and her staff from compiling records board approving his salary. In 2016, she in response to to a federal grand jury also refused a $30,000 contract for con- subpoena, and told her that cooperat- sulting work, the lawsuit states. ing with the FBI was “not important.” Activists: We need a The complaint, fi led Sept. 6 in circuit She also was ordered to stop cooperat- court, outlines a host of allegations alleg- ing with the oversight board or providing better disaster plan edly involving Brown and Opa-locka. It Please turn to LAWSUIT 4A Tempers still hot over hurricane response County in particular “failed mis- erable” in getting help to the pub- Black women rally to By Andrea Robinson include New Florida Majority, lic and was particularly critical of [email protected] Dream Defenders, Miami Work- Mayor Carlos Gimenez. ers Center and Catalyst Miami. The county’s offi cial emergency response plan relies heavily on voice their concerns As county offi cials plan to Former state Sen. Dwight Bul- huddle this week to review their lard said the need for the plan is FEMA guidelines that say fami- response to Hurricane Irma, in response to the county’s lack lies should have three days of Event coincides with large March in Washington activists from the top to bottom of preparedness to reach people food, water and supplies after the By Andrea Robinson activist and community organizer. “We’re after Irma. He said Miami-Dade Please turn to PLAN 7A of Miami-Dade County met near not included in that conversation at all. Overtown Monday to formulate [email protected] There’s a lack of caring when it comes to a plan of their own so they won't our issues.” depend on government to feed Black women will speak out about the people in a disaster. their treatment and launch a national The Florida March for Black Women An array of community groups movement that focuses on their inter- rally will be 3 p.m. Saturday at the Wom- and organizers are proposing a ests at rallies in Miami on Saturday and en’s Detention Center, 1401 NW Seventh network of “emergency action throughout the country. Ave. in Miami, from where walkers will centers” that will activate before The Miami rally and others coincide walk about 2 miles to the Wynwood area. a storm to check on residents with a larger March for Racial Justice in Among those issues up for discus- in vulnerable neighborhoods, Washington, D.C. The rallies are over- sion, Gunder said, are Black women’s and provide food and supplies to due, some say, because Black women work, education and health; youth and them afterward. are not part of the equation during the reproductive justice; immigrant women The neighborhoods include Lib- movements launched in the 1920s and and criminalization; and gender-based erty City, Allapattah, Homestead, 1970s. violence. Florida City, Richmond Heights, “The whole Suffrage Movement or the Organizers are calling for Florida poli- Perrine, Opa-locka, Coconut cies that support the safety, stability and Grove, Little Havana and Little feminist movement didn’t involve Black Please turn to RALLY 5 Haiti. The organizations involved women,” said Valencia Gunder, a Miami

8 90158 00100 0 2A THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 Opinion Blacks Must Control Their Own Destiny

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Hating no person, fearing no person, Newspaper RACHEL J. REEVES, Publisher and Chairman the Black Press strives to help every person in the fi rm belief Association of America P reporters counted more than 200 NFL players who that all persons are hurt as long as anyone is held back. did not stand during the national anthem before their games on Sunday. Six refused to stand the week be- A Newspaper fore, mainly protesting police brutality. AP BY VALENCIA GUNDER, Founder Make The Homeless Smile Association of America This isn’t about patriotism. It's about Trump dog-whistling to his base that a bunch of Black athletes need to be put in their place. One of the many things President Trump doesn't appear to An unequal disaster preparedness exposed understand is that what separates our republic from North When I talked about equity in elders were found who had been water, a pack of batteries and a no children and in most situa- Korea is that our Constitution forbids forced displays of pa- climate and disaster prepared- left alone inside without being fl ashlight (if you’re lucky). tions I can afford to purchase triotism. No one can seriously be surprised that yet again, he’s ness in various rooms around moved for two days, with swol- Back at home, you look at emergency supplies for a storm yelled “fi re” to please a crowded theater full of his ill-informed, Miami-Dade County this year, len limbs and kidney ailments your walls and windows, and - but that’s not the reality of almost entirely white devotees. Trump’s “presidency” has al- people looked at me sideways, causing pain. you know you’re not prepared many of my neighbors. What ready failed spectacularly, and it is predictable that he’s pick- made fun of me, and some act- This is not just in Miami. In for the storm. Now you’re think- does resilience mean when, as ing a fi ght with Black professional athletes. He knows that as ed like I was making things up. Northwest Jacksonville, when ing: plywood, shutters — where a taxpayer, you still have no long as he plays to “white grievance,” his supporters will ignore Miami has been fl ipped up- my colleagues brought out food do I get these things? How can access to emergency help, sup- the fact he’s accomplished nothing for them. side down due to Hurricane for an affl icted neighborhood I afford to buy them? Then you plies or protection? I served 22 years in the military, and I choose to stand and Irma. And in the searing hot after the storm had passed, think: after this storm, I’m gon- The neglect of communities sing when the anthem is played because I love the fact I live sun since the storm passed, so they were approached by sev- na be out of work probably for like mine needs to be exposed in the country where doing so is my choice. Having attended a much of what I talked about in and discussed now that the great deal of Sunday School growing up, we did a lot of kneel- those rooms has come to light iami has been fl ipped upside down due to Hurricane Irma. storm has passed. What can we for all to see. do to make sure there is equity ing — when we prayed, when we took communion — we did And in the searing hot sun since the storm passed, so much so out of respect. I fail to understand why kneeling is a sign of They say we got off easy in in emergency and disaster plan- respect suffi cient for God and yet so disrespectful during the Miami; that we had relatively Mof what I talked about in those rooms has come to light for ning, preparedness, resources, playing of a song. I’d remind those serving and my fellow veter- little damage; that we dodged all to see. services, relief and recovery? ans that none of our fallen brothers and sisters took an oath to a bullet. But let’s look at the The damage here is man-made a piece of cloth sewn by Betsy Ross or a song written by Fran- devastation that happens even eral children who hadn’t eaten a week, so my paycheck will be and has only been multiplied, cis Scott Key. We swore absolute allegiance to the Constitution when we don’t lose our roofs or in two days, because they rely short, so next month’s rent will not caused, by Hurricane Irma. which bars forced displays of patriotism. homes, or suffer from contami- on school feeding programs and be late. Valencia Gunder, founder of Before Trump poured gasoline on this fi re in his rambling nated water. schools were closed. What if my windows fail? Who Make The Homeless Smile and speech Friday night, there weren’t that many players kneeling What does this damage look Imagine watching the 5 p.m. is going to come and help dur- South Florida Coalition organiz- and certainly there were no teams staying in the locker room like? news and you see a category 5 ing the hurricane? What about er with The New Florida Major- for the anthem. His supporters, and conservatives generally, In Liberty City, where I was storm heading directly for your afterward? How am I going to ity, originated the Community should take a deep breath, stop acting hysterically on social born, raised, and live, it was city -- and it’s the beginning of make it? How will I feed my Emergency Operations Center media and look inward. This president creates crises when he almost a week after the storm the month. You just spent your children? In America, we con- (CEOC) in Liberty City that has feels insecure. He's about to go down to yet another humili- and there were no emergency last penny to pay your rent. sider ourselves lucky, but when been replicated by partner or- services; no disaster relief; no You scramble for a few more you are a second-class citizen ganizations around the state ating defeat in his attempt to take a Black man’s name off a emergency supplies of water, pennies to walk to the store to with third world problems, you of Florida to provide grassroots health care policy, and his ego needed a distraction. That is food, ice; there’s no power and buy food that you already know have a lot to stress about. emergency relief and recovery why he did this. no cooling in the punishing won’t last you through the That’s why equity must be the services to people in marginal- The irony of Trump being taken seriously about issues of “re- heat since the storm. In Little storm: a loaf of bread, a couple topic of our conversation today. ized neighborhoods in the days spect” for anything after the Access Hollywood tape shouldn’t Haiti, in the wake of the storm, of canned goods, a few bottles of I am a 33-year-old woman with since Hurricane Irma. be lost on us — especially respect for the uniform, given that the president seems proud enough of dodging the draft to write about it in his books. This isn’t about “respect.” This is about BY AUDREY M. EDMONSON, Vice Chairwoman, Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners dog-whistling to his base that a bunch of Black athletes need to be put in their place. These players are raising a very important issue. There are serious racial disparities in our criminal justice system so pro- Hurricane Irma: Aftermath or after math? foundly obvious that everyone from the Koch brothers to Ber- nie Sanders agrees that serious reforms are needed. I have When it comes to disasters, ment is part of that community. manity and resiliency of our com- made sure that there was ample criticized Colin Kaepernick on many occasions for behavior I there is no economic discrimi- We cleared main roadways so that munity. Churches, Community notice and that we didn’t take the consider childish — wearing anti-police socks comes to mind. I nation. Storms, fi res, fl oods or those with recovery efforts, in- Based Organizations, homeown- potential impact of the storm for think he’s done a poor job explaining what he’s protesting and earthquakes have no particular cluding fuel for generators, could ers associations and just good granted. I believe we opened shel- what sort of change he wants to bring about to address the zip codes in mind when ravishing get in and out of our streets. ole’ neighbors helping neighbors ters and the residents that need- problems that he correctly identifi es. But I admire the integrity areas where people live, work and We placed public transportation stepped in to provide much need- ed shelter were served. However, play. Even with the best prepa- back on the roads to get people to ed services to our most vulner- the aftermath strategies could inherent in his willingness to risk everything to stand up to rations or plans, when disasters grocery stores. We provided food able populations. I felt a sense have been sounder. Especially in injustice. occur, it is the unforeseeable is- to our senior homes that we had of urgency and then relief as populations that rely on govern- It’s naive to think this is an issue of patriotism. We need to sues that arise that need to be ment assistance already. understand it’s not. This is about fear, often times subcon- addressed as swiftly and expedi- urricane Irma affected all areas of Miami-Dade County, espe- There are many takeaways scious — fear of losing control when a group of very famous ently as humanly possible. cially due to widespread power outages. For almost a week from this experience that we Black people use their platforms together to try and make Hurricane Irma affected all ar- after the storm, there were areas left without electricity or the must immediately address. I be- change. I don’t think pursuing racial and social justice should eas of Miami-Dade County, espe- H lieve there is not one entity that ability to live with some level of normalcy. cause people to be afraid, unless they are motivated by hate. cially due to widespread power should take credit, nor one en- This kneeling business is indisputably dripping in racism. outages. For almost a week after tity that should take the blame. The truth of the matter is Trump is ill-equipped to do battle the storm, there were areas left direct jurisdiction over meal pro- I traveled throughout my Dis- All of Miami-Dade County was with Stephen Curry, LeBron James or the NFL athletes who without electricity or the ability grams. We provided ice and wa- trict attempting to provide help impacted in one way or another. protested Sunday. They are more popular than he ever will be. to live with some level of normal- ter to many of our elderly apart- and navigate resources, but still Hurricane Irma created many in- We can do better than this as a country. Together we can rise cy. Some areas of power outages ments and created a staging area stumbling upon pockets of the conveniences for us all. No one above “leaders” who would exploit the deep-seated bias and were exasperated by the critical for all the community to pick-up community that felt the severity particular community was dam- resentment of those who know no better to distract from their needs of its residents. ice. We helped coordinate food of the storm and had not quickly aged more than another, but we own lack of accomplishment. Our most vulnerable popula- distributions through the Red recovered from its rage. realize in the aftermath that cer- Montel Williams, a 22-year Marine Corps and Navy veteran tions, our seniors and those with Cross and the Southern Baptist Could we have done more? In tain communities suffered more. who served primarily as a special duty intelligence offi cer, went meager means, were left to fend Conference and then we relied on my opinion, yes. I believe the It is imperative that our new on to start the Emmy-award-winning Montel Williams Show that for themselves for at least three our community partners. county did an excellent job in plan map out strategic ways to ran for 17 seasons. Follow him on Twitter @Montel_Williams days until the community was It was through these partner- preparing our residents and visi- address the needs of our most able to help each other. Govern- ships that I witnessed the hu- tors for the storm. I believe we vulnerable communities. CARTOON CORNER LLetter to the Editor ‘Word on the Street’ column misstated facts Dear Editor, achieved through Brown v. Board approved racial profi ling in U.S. of voter disenfranchisement, as of Education, the Civil Rights Act v Brignoni-Ponce; ruled police Gov. Rick Scott’s fi rst action in I was greatly disturbed by the of 1964, and the Voting Rights could use discretion instead of offi ce was an executive order to recent column in ‘ Word on the Act of 1965. probable cause in their searching repeal the automatic restora- Street’ that was headed “Civil In Regan v. Wright, 8ZLEDZD motorists for drugs; approved tion of rights to ex-felons upon War Within the Democratic Par- 556,468 U.S. 737,104 S. Ct. and openly admitted “ridiculous sentence completion. I can only ty. ” The column contained mis- 3315, President Reagan fi led peremptory strikes to eliminate come to one conclusion, Mr. Den- statements of history, fact, and a brief to the Supreme Court Blacks from a jury; shielded the nis has an ax to grind politically, law. I sincerely utilize this reply to advocate stoppage of deny- district attorneys from disclos- but we must not let those with to educate, enlighten, and unify ing tax exempt status to private ing the role the defendants’ race selfi sh or misguided motives de- our community. segregated schools and colleges played in prosecutorial discre- ter our efforts. Thomas Jefferson Most perplexing is the state- which held “Parents of Black tion, and recently under Chief said “It is a tragedy to love your ment “Democrats falsely claim public school children held not Justice John Roberts and Justice oppressor.” Martin Luther King that the Republican Party is the to have standing to challenge Clarence Thomas, struck down Jr. said “shallow understanding villain.” Since the merging de- grant of tax-exemption to racially Section 5 of the hard fought for from people of good will is more fection among angry southern discriminatory private schools.” stalwart guard of the 1965 Voting frustrating than absolute mis- whites during the mid-1960’s This was implemented under a Rights Act. Lastly, the disturbing- understanding from people of ill led by George Wallace and Strom Republican Court led by Justice ly absurd and incomprehensible will.” Thurmond angered by the civil William John Rehnquist. The Re- statement that “politically cor- Let’s be resilient, steadfast, rights policies of the new Demo- publican court has played a criti- rect policing has left our neigh- and vigilant, unifi ed by common cratic Party and opposition to cal role in tightening the noose. A borhoods defenseless against goals and objectives, and most The Miami Times welcomes and encourages letters on its editorial commentaries a frivolous war (Vietnam), GOP series of cases beginning in 1968 crime,” is preposterous given the importantly, continuing to strive as well as all other material in the newspaper. Such feedback makes for a healthy dialogue among our readership and the community. Letters must, however, be 300 continuity of Dixie-crat policies but escalating dramatically in rampant police abuse and mur- for justice for minority people of words or less, brief and to the point, and may be edited for grammar, style and has been equally, if not more the Burger and Rehnquist eras, ders of unarmed Black men and color. clarity. All letters must be signed and must include the name, address and telephone culpable, in vehemently imple- legalized racial discrimination, women. Moreover, the very party number of the writer for purposes of confi rming authorship. Send letters to: Letters to menting the roll back of the affi rmed that police can stop Mr. Dennis is advocating for is Sincerely, the Editor, The Miami Times, 900 N.W. 54th Street, Miami, FL 33127, or fax them many gains African Americans anyone without probably cause; responsible for the current state Bernard E. Gyden III to 305-757-5770; Email: [email protected]. THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER 3A THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 4A THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER Fired city offi cial fi les lawsuit WORD ON LAWSUIT continued from 1A THE members with city-related information because there Do the right thing, Mayor Gimenez was a new “sheriff in love and understanding,” and spineless U.S. Sen- town.” Part II is a far cry from the love ate, House and Congress The lawsuit alleges that By Brian Dennis and understanding — timid in action, Green ordered Parchment that he has not shown refusing to check the to improperly use and pay In The Word on the to Davis or Maritza dictator on the 29th for wire transfers to make Street column entitled Dupree, who was un- fl oor. payments to off-duty po- "Do the right thing, Mayor justly let go from the When it was time lice offi cers without money Gimenez," I wrote the fol- Miami-Dade Police to stand up to the in the budget or with ap- lowing statement: "Not one Department after an bully Trump, Sena- proval of the city commis- person from this county arbitrator ruled that tors John McCain of sion or oversight board. opened there mouths and she should get her DENNIS Arizona, Susan Col- On Aug. 18, the suit Yvette Harrell Ed Brown said anything about the job back. The mayor lins of Maine and states, Parchment fi led outrageous events that took preparing for a meeting on fi red Dupree anyway. Talk Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, a memo complaining of place in the state of Virgin- Wednesday with Florida about being divisive, un- stood up for the American mistreatment and seeking ia. Not one.” Well I stand Chief Inspector Eric Miller loving and having no un- people. There are several whistleblower protection corrected; the mayor's of- to discuss the city’s fi nan- derstanding. As the elders qualifi ed candidates cur- to Brown, Mayor Myra fi ce did release a statement cial state. say, “the pot can’t talk rently sitting on the county Taylor and city commis- on Aug. 16, 2017, that was The previous inspector about the kettle, when commission who could be sioners, state inspector posted on the mayor’s web general Melinda Miguel both of them are black.” vying to be the next county General Eric Miller, the site. oversaw the oversight com- What Carlos “Rude mayor. Commissioners Joe county ethics commission, I usually get what I mittee. Miller has taken a Strong Mayor” Gimenez A. Martinez, Jose “Pepe” the oversight board and thought was all of the may- more hand's off approach. fails to realize is that he Diaz, Rebecca Sosa and the state attorney’s offi ce. or’s press releases, but this Parchment has a legal mirrors Trump. They both Jean Monestime, who will The lawsuit says that one was no where to be team consisting of Mike seem as if they are never be the one to stand in the Brown decided to termi- found in mine or my editor’s Pizzi, the former Miami wrong, petty, arrogant and gap and do the right thing nate Parchment in re- e-mailbox. For all that was Lakes mayor who has egotistical who are not for the employees and citi- taliation for her seeking said in the Aug. 23 edition several current and former upstanding to the oath zens? protection and that Brown of the Miami Times’ column Opa-locka employees as of offi ces that they swore Whether you like it or sent out a memo contain- Mike Pizzi about the injustice to Cpt. clients, and the law fi rms to uphold. Power tends not, it pays to have some- ing false statements that Faye Davis, the only incor- Parchment began work of Douglas Jeffrey PA and to corrupt and absolute one tell you the truth all the were sent to the city and rect statement the mayor’s in Opa-locka in 2009 as a Reiner and Reiner as co- power corrupts absolute- time than some of the time. the state that she “did not staff could point to was the grants writer and moved counsel. ly. People are beginning We all know that the truth possess the skill set to one on Charlottesville. up the ranks as an ac- “Charmaine Parchment to look at 111 NW First will set you free. I have no perform profi ciently” as I believe had President countant and, ultimately, was a hero for uphold- St. as the substation to problem with apologizing, fi nance director and that Donald Trump not been in- fi nance director. The ing the fi nancial integrity 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. taking constructive criti- she fabricated events. sensitive about the events lawsuit states her reputa- of the City of Opa-locka in Washington, D.C. The cism or being corrected on The lawsuit also raises of Charlottesville, the may- tion in the city was impec- during diffi cult times and Miami-Dade County Com- any matter. What about Brown’s history with or wouldn’t have issued any cable. refusing to cave in to cor- missioners mirror a weak you, Mr. Mayor? controversial Opa-locka statement. The statement Along with former city ruption. She deserved offi cials, convicted former that was released wasn't manager Yvette Harrell, a medal and a raise for city manager David Chi- about what happened in Parchment faced serious her courage. Instead, she verton and lobbyist Dante Charlottesville but more questioning before the was fi red for telling the Starks, who is believed to about what Trump said state-appointed oversight truth and being honest,” be a subject of the ongoing about the events that oc- committee to justify the Pizzi said. “Eddie Brown federal corruption case in curred in Charlottesville. city’s spending and the has confi rmed everyone's the city. It says Parchment To release a hollow state- status of its fi nancial ac- worst fears about him be- participated in an inves- ment four days after the counts. ing a puppet for corrupt tigation in which Chiver- tragic events doesn't get the Reached Tuesday morn- offi cials. As long as the ton took $39,000 without mayor any brownie points. ing, Brown did not re- current administration is proper approval and that For the mayor to say spond to questions about in power, Opa-locka is not in May 2016, she blew the that, “The president is di- the lawsuit, citing pending a safe place to work for whistle on a “phony” con- visive and should promote litigation. He said he was people of integrity." sulting job for Brown. THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER 5A THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 Black women unite to march on significant issues RALLY said the women were there to continued from 1A make a change. “School Board District 2, sanctity of Black women and which you’re in now, is not a girls. Their demands touch place just to sit and relax … policies implemented by major It is a place to do what you municipal institutions includ- need to do to take care of our ing education, law enforce- children,” Mindingall said. ment and housing. They want “So rise up, decide that today to: will be your day to save little • Redirect the Miami-Dade Black girls, why, because they County Public Schools Budget do matter.” from policing, security, and The protests come as Black surveillance toward coun- women are becoming disen- selors, staff training, human chanted with U.S. institu- development curriculum, and tions. In a recent poll of the other restorative services. Black Women’s Roundtable • Invest in curriculum that conducted with Essence acknowledges and addresses Magazine, a majority of Black students’ material and cul- women — 61 percent — said tural needs, physical activity they were active in their com- and recreation, high quality munity. Six in 10 of women food, free day care, and free- identified as community dom from unwarranted search organizers, a bulwark of the seizure or arrest. activist movement. • Reallocate funds toward A majority of women polled affordable housing for families — 74 percent — said they living at or below the poverty support the Democratic Party. line. But that figure is down 11 • Invest in restorative points from a survey con- services, mental health ser- ducted in 2016. That 11-point vices, job programs, and other drop, researchers said, is sig- programs that address preven- tion, specifically supporting —Photos courtesy of Valencia Gunder those impacted by the sex and Women from several organizations promise to flex their drug trade. power on Saturday at the Florida March for Black Women. • End the privatization of The march begins at the Women’s Detention Center near criminal justice services and downtown Miami. the shackling of pregnant people. quite revealing, regarding the two percent gave him a C and • Decriminalize marijuana shift in the attitudes Black one percent gave him a grade and sex work. women have toward the cur- of B. Trump did not receive Gunder said those concerns rent political environment. any A grades in the survey. historically have been placed These results may well be a Also, for the first time, the on the back burner through- ‘wake-up call’ for our main- rise in hate crimes is now out other social, racial or stream political parties and a top-five issue for Black political movements. the folks currently holding women, according to the poll, A common refrain, Gunder office,” Campbell said. which was conducted in July said, is “we’re going to get At the same time, sup- during the Essence Music to y’all next” with no follow port of the Republican Party Festival in New Orleans. The through. remained unchanged at one top concerns among respon- “During the Civil Rights percent. Support for Don- dents were affordable health- movement, women were ald Trump was just as bad. care, criminal justice reform, second to the men. When it Respondents said Trump, who quality public education, liv- comes to fair housing, repro- was inaugurated earlier this ing wage jobs, and the rise in ductive issues, gun violence, year, is not addressing issues hate crime. Black women are put in front that are important to them. This marks the first time of cameras,” Gunder said. Eighty percent gave Trump that hate crimes came up in “No one cares about her feel- School Board Member Dorothy Bendross Mindingall pledges support during an Aug. 31 kick- a score of F, and another 12 the survey, which is in its ings or is willing to assist in off event to announce the Florida March for Black Women. percent gave him a D. Only third year. that capacity. We’re trying to get people to understand In a statement, Melanie and listen to our issues for a nificant shift in trust among Campbell, a Florida native change.” Black women. and president of the National Organizers announced the The results were released on Coalition on Black Civic rally last month at an event Sept. 20 to coincide with the Participation, said Democrats to mark a countdown to the Congressional Black Caucus should take note of the find- march. School Board Member Foundation annual legislative ings. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall caucus in Washington, D.C. “We found this survey to be

Puerto Rico emerges from storm; essential resources are scarce By Ben Fox Associated Press

Puerto Rico (AP) — Supermar- kets are gradually re-opening in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, but the situation is far from nor- mal and many customers are going home disappointed. Most food stores and restau- rants remain closed, largely be- cause power is out for most of the island and few have genera- tors or enough diesel to power them. The shops that were open Monday had long lines outside and vast empty shelves where they once held milk, meat and other perishables. Drinking wa- ter was nowhere to be found. Mercedes Caro shook her head —AP Photo/Ben Fox in frustration as she emerged from the SuperMax in the Con- People wait in line outside a grocery store to buy food that dado neighborhood of San Juan wouldn’t spoil and that they could prepare without electricity, with a loaf of white bread, cheese in San Juan, Monday, Sept. 25. Most stores and restaurants re- and bananas. mained closed Monday. Nearly all of Puerto Rico was without “There is no water and prac- power or water five days after Hurricane Maria. tically no food,” she said. “Not even spaghetti.” telephone services. Hundreds and Sam’s Clubs open, but the Maria Perez waited outside a of other residents and tourists process has been slowed by the Pueblo supermarket in a nearby packed San Juan Airport on power outages, port closures part of San Juan, hoping to buy Sunday, which is barely func- and the near total collapse of some coffee, sugar and maybe tioning. (Sept. 25) communications. a little meat to cook with a gas Gov. Ricardo Rossello and Supermarket chain Econo stove that has enough propane other Puerto Rican officials said opened 80 percent of its 63 for about another week. some ports have been cleared by stores across the island on Tues- “We are in a crisis,” Perez said. the Coast Guard to resume ac- day, though the hours would de- “Puerto Rico is destroyed.” cepting ships, which should al- pend on the availability of diesel The fact that some stores and low businesses to restock. But for its generators. restaurants have re-opened for the situation remains far from Two Medinia supermarkets the first time since Category 4 normal. opened in the coastal town of Hurricane Maria roared across SuperMax opened on a re- Loiza. But Manager David Guz- the island Sept. 20 is welcome duced schedule for several man said he had to impose re- in a place where nearly everyone stores in the San Juan area as strictions on cooking gas and has no power and more than well as in the hard-hit towns of other products that were run- half the people don’t have water. Caguas and Dorado. Walgreens ning low and might not be re- Puerto Ricans are trying to has reopened about half of its stocked soon. “We are restricting make contact with relatives 120 locations in Puerto Rico on so we can give something to ev- and friends after Hurricane a limited basis. Walmart says it eryone, to extend what we have Maria knocked out power and has a “handful” of its 48 stores left,” he said. 6A THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER Community feels overlooked by majority of North Dade SOUTH DADE “It’s not like the old days “It’s more than something enforcement officers, not like continued from 1A when fights were just with to keep young people busy,” the Neighborhood Watch Pro- fists; now people go get a gun Bermudez said. “It’s about gram The Youth Crime Watch fired and De'Michael was killed or pull one out,” she said. mentoring and showing there program does no patrolling. in the crossfire. She went to The crime narrative is not all are alternatives to getting into Caldwell said they have dif- the scene of the shooting to bad news. gang life. We tell young people ferent avenues for kids to get find out what happened to Certain crimes have de- to join a team not a gang by involved and learn about crime De'Michael. creased in Miami-Dade, encouraging involvement in prevention, such as how not “It’s normal to hear gunshots according to a 2012-2016 sports.” to be victims, gun violence and but they sounded like they comparison report by the Mi- The PAL is for children 8-14 cyberbullying. were in our hallway,” Dukes ami-Dade Police Department. years old and the explorer pro- “We teach kids to report said. “I saw the yellow tarp Homicides, robberies and bur- gram is for youth 14-17. other young people who have over a body but it didn’t imme- glaries have gone down by 2, 8 Bermudez said MDPD does guns to teachers,” Caldwell diately register. When I realized and 41 percent, respectively. not have program for college- said. “We go by the saying of it was De'Michael, I collapsed, But within the Dukes’ com- aged young people but can ‘see something say something.’ then remember waking up at a munity of Southwest 216 conduct a presentation if If you know someone in neigh- hospital.” Street in Cutler Bay, crime is asked. What the agency has at borhood that is armed, tell an Stories like the Dukes’ hap- still a part of the story. Be- the college level is an intern- adult, tell a parent, whether pen often in Miami-Dade. tween Aug. 25 and Sept. 21 ship program for people inter- elementary or high school.” A study published in 2017 there have been incidents ested in a long-term career in conducted by researchers from involving drugs and alcohol, law enforcement. Dukes did acknowledge the the University of Miami School assaults, burglaries, thefts, “We hope by that age people work of Miami-Dade County of Medicine from 2002-2012 robberies and vehicle break- are making positive choices,” Commissioner Dennis Moss, found that young Black men ins, according to Crimemap- Bermudez said. “Hope [is] by whose district includes Cutler were the primary victims of ping.com, a web service used 18 you know what the laws are Bay. gun violence. by MDPD. Restore Joy & Trust Foundation Inc., another organization and what the consequences Moss attended the unveiling The study surveyed patients Crimemapping.com lets that supports women and families who have lost their children are.” of the “Enough is Enough!” treated for gunshot wounds at people see incident types and to violent crimes, shares information with the community. Carmen Caldwell, executive billboard and was the prime Jackson Memorial Hospital’s where they occurred but not director of Miami-Dade Citi- sponsor of a resolution that Ryder Trauma Center. Seventy the race, age or gender of the a campaign against speaking prevention involves teaching zens Crime Watch, said there’s created the Miami-Dade Mil- percent of gunshot wound alleged perpetrators. to police officers to help them citizens to avoid becoming been plenty of improvement lennial Task Force, made up of victims were young Black men, Dukes feels her community solve any kind of crime. Rapper victims. in crime prevention. She’s people born in the early 1980s but that population only rep- is overlooked by a majority of Cam’ron popularized it. Bermudez said a key piece in been executive director of the to the early 2000s. The task resents 19 percent of Miami- people who can help, citing “Everybody needs to start preventing crime is to educate community-based non-profit force was created for young Dade County. that there were no summer snitching,” Dukes said. “Stop young people to stay away from organization for 17 years and people in Miami-Dade who face The researchers’ analysis programs. stealing and stop shooting.” crime at a younger age. has 30 years of experience in financial, career or housing found that gunshot-wound “They seem to forget kids in She said the same applies to “There is more of a need for crime prevention. difficulties. incident locations and patients’ South Dade,” she said referring police. youth prevention programs She said when compared “The primary focus was not home addresses are grouped to the Miami Marlins, Miami “If you’re partners, someone because times have changed,” to the 1980s and ‘90s crime crime prevention but if we can in predominantly poor, Black Heat, celebrities and politi- should say something,” Dukes said Bermudez, a 25-year-vet- overall has reduced in part provide better opportunities neighborhoods near down- cians. said referencing illegal police eran of MDPD. “Kids nowadays because there is more commu- for people who are millenni- town Miami. The patterns were behavior. “It defeats the end of face a lot more challenges than nication between communities als than they’re less prone maintained throughout the ‘START SNITCHING’ [the] stop snitching [message] if when I was growing up. There and police departments. to commit crime. Jobs are a 11-year study period. Dukes said people should you maintain a double stan- are different types of drugs “Information sharing helps crime prevention tool. People Dukes also said poverty is a not get mad at police officers. dard.” and different types of peer prevent crime,” Caldwell said. being able to afford housing is factor that leads young people But she did get mad at her And she said although she pressure.” The Youth Crime Watch a crime prevention tool. to commit crime. She said “friends” on Facebook (she supports Black Lives Mat- The youth crime prevention is a program of Citizens’ “But it’s important for people media overall are somewhat of used air quotes during the in- ter “100 percent,” she feels it programs are run out of the Crime Watch of Miami-Dade who are on that street corner influence, but not rapping. terview) who wouldn’t say who should expand. MDPD’s Public Education and County. It is a small program to come down to a meeting and “Today it’s more about Gucci shot De’Michael, which is why “Black on Black crime Information Bureau. in schools that helps up to say we need to be a part of this or new jeans, and before rap- she worked with Sears on a doesn’t get the same response The office coordinates all 30,000 students out of the conversation too,” Moss said. pers like Nas talked about gang witness protection bill. The bill as it does when police shoot community relations between 345,000 students in Miami- “And I make sure I have that life,” Dukes said. “And kids was signed by Gov. Rick Scott Black people,” Dukes said. department and county resi- Dade County Public Schools. conversation with task mem- sometimes try to get the new and went into effect in July. “But real crime is all over; dents. The programs are run Principals decide whether to bers.” brand by robbing.” State Rep. Cynthia Stafford, Black on Black, white on white in conjunction with Miami- have YCW on their campuses. Dukes said gun violence af- Young people bully each who helped Dukes and Sears or Hispanic on Hispanic.” Dade Public Schools: Drug The program receives fund- fects us all so if someone “sees other over material possessions get the bill passed, was un- Sgt. Joseph Bermudez of the Abuse Resistance Education, ing from the County Commis- something they should say and take beefs to social media, available for comment. Miami-Dade Police Department Students Together Against sion and Miami-Dade Schools something. but physical fights are not like Even though Dukes listens to said crime reduction is tradi- Negative Decisions, the Police Police. “I don’t want any mother to what they used to be, Dukes rap music, she said she never tional police work, such patrols Explorer Program, and the The youth crime watch is for join Mothers Fighting for Jus- said. believed in “Stop Snitching,” and investigations, while crime Police Athletic League. schools as a way of helping law tice the way I joined.” THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER 7A THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 Inadequate disaster planning comes to light after Irma PLAN ban “Steve” Bovo is holding a response. “The mayor is continued from 1A meeting Thursday afternoon talking about how great the so he and colleagues can response was. It rubs you the storm. Irma’s size was so large debrief about the county’s wrong way,” he said. “It was that South Florida felt the response. Some commission- frustrating to comprehend effects Saturday and Sunday. ers said privately they want that no one at the local level Many residents were unable to changes in the emergency took [planning] into account. access whether they suffered management plan. There’s no reason to feel like any property damage. Bovo said all 13 commission- we’re in the Third World.” By that time, said Bullard, ers would weigh in with their Valencia Gunder of New many residents had gone concerns and observations. He Florida Majority said the through their hurricane sup- said Gimenez had been invited, Overtown meeting was mostly plies and needed assistance as was Miami-Dade County upbeat. Irma was a wakeup that was not there. Public Schools Superintendent for many activists that they “There are so many people Alberto Carvalho. He said the needed to quickly mobilize. in the county who cannot do meeting would last about three She said the groups would it,” said Bullard, now political hours. However, there won’t be organize by neighborhoods, director of New Florida Ma- public comment. and develop plans on how to jority. “For the mayor and “I want us to assess what we get supplies to people before the commissioners to fail to did and how we can do it bet- and immediately afterward. recognize that that is reality ter,” Bovo said. He added this They also will identify gaps in 2017, I find that faulty, im- is not the time to bash anyone, they had in reaching people. moral and almost criminal.” but to prepare for future storm “People in our community Some county officials ex- events. “We need to make sure don't expect the large institu- pressed frustration at the that whatever lessons learned tions to come to our rescue county’s slow response after are in a book some place. In anyway,” Gunder said. As the hurricane. Miami-Dade the future, these are the things a community we just know Commissioner Audrey Ed- that we need to make happen.” to be prepared … for next monson said resources that He noted that county officials season. We have to check on should have been staged were thought supermarkets would elders, and see if people are never ordered, which caused reopen after the hurricane with —Getty images/Mark Wilson OK. This is our responsibil- the delay in getting food and sufficient food and supplies. Shelves that once held bottled water are empty as Miami prepares for the approaching Hurricane. ity.” ice into neighborhoods. However, many of the stores to pull yourself up?’” Commissioner Xavier Suarez reopened with empty shelves. Regarding the organizations, said the county should have Also, he said, the county had Bovo said he welcomed the had quicker response espe- to consider a plan for get- Hardemon runs unapposed extra help for residents in East cially went getting first re- ting supplies to inner-city Hialeah from members of the District 5 commissioner will keep his sponders to people in need. and smaller neighborhoods Kiwanis Club and Latin Build- “We’re a little too conserva- that don’t have larger grocery elected position for four more years ers Association. tive on how high the wind stores. commission to enact a re- “I applaud community orga- By Clayton Guztmore speeds have to be” in order Bullard said the county had sponsible wage ordinance. He nizations for coming out and [email protected] for emergency vehicles to as- a better response in 1992 after prioritized the hiring of low- not waiting for government. sist residents. County rules Hurricane Andrew. “There Miami Commissioner Keon income communities in major I don’t have a problem with state that emergency vehicles was no internet, we dealt with Hardemon has won the elec- development projects. Finally, that,” Bovo said. He said he and buses must stop running landlines, and contacted peo- tion unopposed for District 5. Hardemon granted millions of would consider reaching out when wind speeds reach 39 ple by mouth and door to door. Hardemon represents Over- dollars to residents for hous- to Bullard. The two worked miles per hour. But the government response town, Wynwood and Liberty ing renovations, provided together with the Miami-Dade Suarez said he relied on his was better,” he said. City. He has been in his posi- grants to local businesses. delegation when both were in personal resources and those The difference, Bullard said, tion since November 2013. Recently, Hardemon along Keon Hardemon the state House of Representa- of the city of Miami to reach is the attitude of government. The deadline for candidates with Chef Teach of House of tives. people. He said he took calls “It’s pervasive, from [Donald] to file to run in the November Mac and Headliner Market Overtown Music Festival, an While Bovo didn’t want to annual, free summer con- about water and wind entering Trump down that government elections was Saturday, Sept. Group gathered at Charles place blame, activists did. At a cert. into a new senior residence does not have to be the first 23. No one submitted any- Hadley park for a barbe- Sept. 19 county budget hear- This reelection will be center in Coconut Grove, Stir- responder,” he said. “There’s thing so Hardemon now has cue to feed families affected ing, Gimenez applauded the Hardemon's second term as rup Plaza. “I got the county a belief that people should be four more years as commis- by Hurricane Irma. About county’s response. That drew commissioner and he re- housing guy out there, but we left to fend for themselves, pull sioner. 1,500 meals were given out ire. to the locals who came. mains the only Black man mostly used city resources,” themselves up by their boot- Some of Hardeman's ac- Bullard later said Gimenez Another popular project among the current officials Suarez said. straps. But if the people don’t complishments as com- should apologize for the poor Hardemon is a part of is the of the city of Miami. Commission Chairman Este- have boots how are you going missioner are leading the The Miami Times Faith Family SECTION B MIAMI,& FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 MIAMI TIMES

—Lionel Chamoiseau Via Getty Images The Dominican town of Canefi eld is seen in this picture taken Friday, four days after Hurricane Maria. Dominica Prime Minister implores Disaster Recovery Centers open climate change action “To deny climate change . . . is to Venice, FL 32092 Everything you need to know about state Open from Sept. 25 through Sept. 28 deny a truth we have just lived” and federal services for Hurricane Irma Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. By Ryan Grenoble As more centers open, survi- Huffi ngton Post Miami Times staff report fi lling out applications or updat- vors may locate one near them at ing their status. Voluntary orga- https://www.fema.gov/disaster-re- As prime minister of Domi- Two Disaster Recovery Centers nizations are available and offer a covery-centers or by calling FEMA nica, Roosevelt Skerrit has wit- (DRC) opened Monday, Sept. 25, in variety of services to help survivors Helpline at 800-621-3362, (TTY) nessed the terror of climate change Miami-Dade and Sarasota coun- recover. 800-462-7585. Helpline numbers fi rsthand. ties to help Florida storm survivors. are open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., The DRCs will be open 8 a.m. to 8 The DRCs are at the following seven days a week. DRC informa- The Caribbean island nation suf- p.m. seven days a week until fur- addresses: tion is also available on the FEMA fered great damage as a result of ther notice. Miami Dade College Mobile App. You can visit any open hurricanes Irma and Maria, the lat- Disaster Recovery Centers offer Kendall Campus Building K DRC to get your questions an- ter of which killed at least 15 people in-person support to individuals 11011 SW 104th St. swered about the federal assistance on the island and destroyed “all and small business owners. Re- Miami, FL 33176 that money can buy and replace,” process. Roosevelt Skerrit covery specialists from the Federal Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days Registration is the fi rst step in including the roof of Dominica’s Prime Minister of Dominica Emergency Management Admin- a week until further notice recovery and requires informa- State House. istration (FEMA), the U.S. Small tion such as insurance policies, In light of that havoc, Skerrit ad- to take action on climate change. Business Administration (SBA), Venice Community Center and bank information for possible dressed the United Nations on Sat- He described a scene of “pure (Sarasota County) and the state, will be available to direct transfer of funds. Survivors urday, pleading for world leaders Please turn to SKERITT 10B provide assistance to anyone with 326 Nokomis Ave. South Please turn to DISASTER 10B

New Birth and partners support families and a host of other commu- Thousands helped as post-Irma community events continued nity leaders, partners and Miami Times staff report groceries, baby resources tional and Gospel AM1490 volunteers provided the com- at WMBM offi ces, located at WMBM under the leadership munity relief. More than 1,800 families on 13242 NW Seventh Ave. of Bishop Victor T. Curry, in The partners hope to con- Sunday, Sept. 17, received hot “It is our charge and man- partnership with NAN and tinue support, after Hurricane meals at New Birth Baptist date to follow Jesus and serve along with Commissioner Irma knocked out power to Church Cathedral of Faith and we will with a grateful Jean Monestime, the Offi ce more than 1 million custom- International, located at 2300 heart,” said Bishop Victor T. of Congresswoman Frederica ers in Miami-Dade. Families NW 135th St. The follow- Curry. Wilson, Feeding South Flor- with electric appliances were ing day, Monday, hundreds New Birth Baptist Church ida, McCray and Associates, not able to cook or maintain received ice, water, meats, Cathedral of Faith Interna- Greater Holy Cross MBC, FPL perishable items at home.

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An insight, revelation into the Muslim faith Dr. Abdul Hamid Samra explains his religion percentage is from East Asia, which is Pakistan, India and and invites Miami Gardens to worship Bangladesh. Of course, some Pastor of the Week By Gregory W. Wright discuss the teachings of the come from different Arab Imam Dr. Abdul Hamid Samra [email protected] Muslim faith, the false per- countries like Turkey, Malay- ceptions, and reach out to the sia and all kinds of nationali- Amid the hustle and bustle citizens of Miami Gardens, ties." of cars and trucks fl ying back where more than 75 percent Born in Damascus, Syria, and forth along busy Mi- of the population is African- he told us, "In my early age, ami Gardens Drive, sits the American. my family were not very re- Islamic Center of Greater Mi- The congregation of the ligious. I went to a religious ami. Led by Imam (Pastor) Dr. Islamic Center, says Samra, school. It was there that I Abdul Hamid Samra, prayer comes from all walks of life, memorized the entire Quran, services are held Fridays including African-Americans which is the holy book of from 1:30-2:30 p.m. We sat of the local community. "But I the Muslims. , I sat with two down with Dr. Samra to would say, maybe the highest Please turn to SAMRA 10B THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER 9B THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 Obamacare consumer facts to know ACA IS STILL THE LAW OF THE LAND, HERE'S SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

By Maureen Groppe Could lawmakers still USA TODAY agree on a bipartisan set of fi xes? Bipartisan attempts to fi x Maybe. Democratic Rep. some of Obamacare’s problems Josh Gottheimer of New Jer- have also stalled. sey and GOP Rep. Tom Reed Here’s what that means for of New York, co-chairmen of you: a bipartisan group called the Who is affected? House Problem Solvers Cau- Despite all the attention cus, said Monday the only Obamacare has gotten this way to get something passed year, the lack of action by is if both sides come together. lawmakers won’t affect most “Now is our moment,” Got- Americans' health care cover- theimer said. But there’s still age. The problems are cen- plenty of opposition. Many tered in the health insurance Republicans don’t want to look marketplaces created by the like they’re “bailing out” insur- ACA for people who don’t get ance companies or shoring up coverage through an employer Obamacare. And Democrats or a government program like are worried about changes Medicare or Medicaid. Only they worry could undermine about 7 percent of the popula- patient protections. tion buys insurance on the in- What else could affect the dividual market. An average of Obamacare marketplaces? 10 million a month have been The administration has getting those plans through shortened the open enrollment the subsidized marketplaces period to less than half the this year. time people have had to sign Will people still be able to up. Offi cials also signifi cantly buy Obamacare insurance? reducing spending on adver- As insurers fi led their initial tising and on paying “naviga- coverage plans for 2018 earlier tors” to help people enroll. this year, there were dozens of As a result, CBO projects counties without an insurer. that while participation will in- But other providers stepped in crease next year, it won’t go up to fi ll those gaps. That could as much as previously expect- still change before 2018 en- ed. And because the dropoff is rollment begins in November. Demonstrators gather near Trump Tower in Chicago to celebrate the defeat of President Donald Trump's revision. likely to be heaviest among the Wednesday is the deadline for young and healthy, insurers insurers to fi nalize their con- cause of the premium subsi- termined is how long insurers are likely to seek higher rates tracts with the federal govern- dies available to those earning will be compensated. A chal- for 2019. ment. (States that run their up to about $48,000. lenge to the payments brought What about Medicaid? own marketplaces have their People earning up to about by congressional Republicans The failure of the GOP repeal own set of rules.) $30,000 can also get help after the ACA’s passage is bills means the ACA’s funding Still, the nonpartisan Con- paying for deductibles, co-pay- pending in federal court. for states to expand Medicaid gressional Budget Offi ce ments and other out-of-pocket How could a bipartisan bill eligibility continues. Of the projected this month that, over expenses. But the Trump help? 19 states which haven’t gone the next decade, fewer than administration has not said Most of the focus of bipar- along, CBO expects many half of 1 percent of people live how long it will continue to re- tisan efforts to improve the could still wait for more fund- in areas where no insurers will imburse insurers for providing individual insurance markets ing predictability. But within want to participate. these discounts. That’s a main has been on funding and fl ex- a decade, 70% of people made Will people have a choice reason premiums are going up ibility. Democrats want to con- newly eligible by the ACA will of insurers? and insurers’ participation is tinue the cost-sharing subsidy live in states that have expand- Nearly half of counties could going down. payments and want to provide ed Medicaid, CBO predicts. have only one insurance pro- So will the subsidies con- new funds to help offset the Some states could be in- vider, the Centers for Medicare tinue? costs of the sickest custom- duced to expand by the Trump and Medicaid Services said last The administration has ers. Republicans want to make administration’s eagerness to week. Because many of those How much will the insur- er’s subsidy — will be about 15 been making the payments to it easier for states to change waive some Medicaid rules. counties are rural, the share ance cost? percent higher than this year. insurers on a month-to-month insurance regulations and to But advocates for the poor of people using the exchanges Prices won’t become public The average benchmark pre- basis. This doesn’t directly allow more people who either could challenge any actions would could lack choice is until later this fall. But CBO mium for a 45-year-old is pro- affect the customer, how- can't afford or don't want full like work requirements that closer to one quarter. Still, projects the average premium jected to be $4,800 a month. ever, because the law requires insurance to buy plans that they think go beyond what’s participation by insurers has for a benchmark plan — those Most people are insulated insurers to provide the assis- cover only about half of medi- allowed without changing the declined. used to determine a consum- from premium increases be- tance. What remains to be de- cal costs. law.

—Photo credit: Tom Brenner/The New York Times —Photo credit: Al Drago for The New York Times John McCain declared his opposition to the GOP's last- Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, listens ditch effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare," dealing a Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, at the Capi- during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Gra- likely death blow to the legislation. tol this month. ham-Cassidy health proposal. Republicans' last-ditch eff ort on health care is dead By Susan Page now being negotiated between would underscore questions vice that might bypass a Demo- become more treacherous for erybody has a family member USA TODAY President Trump and congres- about the president's clout, the cratic fi libuster would do noth- Republicans by the impact of or a friend or a co-worker who sional Democrats. GOP's unity and the prospects ing to address the fundamental the Affordable Care Act over could be priced out the market A last-ditch proposal by Sen- Republicans have roundly for the legislative agility needed disagreement within the GOP's the last half-dozen years. if the Affordable Care Act was ate Republicans to unwind the denounced the DACA program, to enact other initiatives com- ranks about what, precisely, One of Obamacare's core repealed. Affordable Care Act collapsed an Obama initiative that pro- ing down the pike, including a ought to be done on health care principles — that the govern- Democrats note a certain Tuesday, leaving Obamacare's vided some protection from tax bill the president plans to proposals that are live-or-die is- ment has an obligation to guar- irony that it took the realis- critics nearly out of time to deportation for young people pitch on Wednesday. sues for millions of Americans. antee that individuals with pre- tic prospect that Obamacare meet a procedural deadline brought illegally to the country McConnell had planned to Trump famously noted to the existing medical conditions are might actually be repealed to this weekend and notably short as children. bring the bill, crafted by Sens. nation's governors in Febru- able to buy affordable health convince a majority of Ameri- on ideas for a consensus that They risk suffi cient disen- Lindsey Graham and Bill Cas- ary that campaigning against insurance — is now so widely cans that they liked the law. could pass. chantment by the GOP's base sidy, to the fl oor for a vote this Obamacare was easier than ac- accepted that Republicans Kaiser's most recently So after seven years of prom- voters that they would stay week. But the bill did not have tually doing something about were unable to unite behind monthly poll, in August, found ising to expunge President home from the polls next No- enough GOP votes to pass it, it in offi ce. "Nobody knew that any legislation that failed to do 52 percent approved of the law, Obama's signature domestic vember, or perhaps embrace with Republican Sens. Susan health care could be so com- that. up 9 percentage points from initiative from the books — a anti-establishment candidates Collins of Maine, John McCain plicated," he complained plain- Some of the protesters who Election Day last year. commitment that helped the urging them to throw the cur- of Arizona, and Rand Paul of tively to them. disrupted a Senate commit- McConnell on Tuesday didn't GOP take control fi rst of the rent bums out. Kentucky all announcing their Of course, health care is no- tee hearing Monday sported signal much energy or opti- House and the Senate and fi - An early test: Tuesday's spe- opposition. toriously complicated, not to T-shirts that read: "I am a pre- mism on the health care front. nally of the White House — Re- cial Senate election in Ala- With those defections, there mention politically dangerous. existing condition." On the Senate fl oor, he called publicans are left with hard bama. Sen. Luther Strange, the was no apparent credible path A vote along partisan lines by The nonpartisan Henry J. it "an important debate for our choices about what to do now. appointed incumbent backed toward delivering on the cam- Democrats to enact the Af- Kaiser Family Foundation es- country and one that will cer- And how to explain it to their by Trump and Senate Major- paign promise that has long fordable Care Act was a major timates that more than one in tainly continue." voters. ity Leader Mitch McConnell, been shorthanded as "repeal factor behind the party's loss four American adults under the Trump sounded resigned to Republicans now face the R-Ky., trailed in fi nal polls and replace." of the House in 2010 and the age of 65 have medical condi- defeat. "We're going to lose two prospect of going into next year's against provocative conserva- After Saturday, the parlia- Senate in 2014. tions that could preclude them or three votes," he said on the elections with Obamacare in- tive challenger Roy Moore. mentary maneuver that would For Republicans, similar per- from buying health insurance "Rick & Bubba" radio show, tact and the immigration law The one-two punch of set- allow approval with no Demo- ils loom in next year's midterm under the rules that prevailed "and that's the end of that." for so-called DREAMers en- backs on health care and in the cratic votes is set to expire. elections. before Obamacare. 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BAPTIST AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL New Philadelphia Baptist Church Metropolitan A.M.E. Church Jan. 2018 Pastor Rickie K. Robinson Sr. Aug. 2018 Rev. Michael H. Clark, Jr., Senior Pastor 1113 NW 79th Street • 305-505-0400 1778 NW 69th Street • 305-696-4201

MISSIONARY BAPTIST New Resurrection Community Church New Christ Tabernacle Church Rev. Dr. Anthony A. Tate Aug. 2018 Sept. 2018 Rev. Harold Harsh 2167 NW 64th Street • 305-342-7426 1305 NW 54th Street • 305-835-2578 PENTECOSTAL Walking in Christ M.B. Church New Faith Deliverance Center COGIC Aug. 2018 Rev. Larry Robbins, Sr. Pastor Dr. Willie Gaines Aug. 2018 3530 NW 214th Street • 305-430-0443 3257 NW 7th Avenue Circle • 305-335-4389

New Mount Calvary M.B. Church NON DENOMINAL Rev. Bernard E. Lang, Pastor/Teacher Dec. 2017 Yahweh Ministries 7103 NW 22nd Avenue • 305-691-8015 Minister Job Israel Nov. 2017 Youtube: job yahweh vs3 New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church Elder William Walker April 2018 MORAVIAN CHURCH 5895 NW 23rd Avenue • 305-635-3866 New Hope Moravian Church Pastor Gregorio Moody Nov. 2017 New Christ Tabernacle M.B. Church 6001 SW 127th Avenue • 305-273-4047 Rev. Harold Marsh Aug. 2018 Dr. Abdul Hamid Samra infront of mosque with members. 1305 NW 54th Street • 305-835-2578 Discussing the Muslim faith SAMRA "part of our faith is to believe came to you. Who want to be- continued from 8B in the books that is revealed lieve, let him do so,' and God is by those prophets, especially the one who will be the judge.” teachers for two years, like one- the Torah of the Prophet Mo- Muslims are forbidden from to-one to teach me how to pro- ses, the Bible or the Gospel judging his fellow man. "We nounce and how to read, and of that has been given to Proph- cannot claim that this person course I studied the interpreta- et Jesus. And, of course, some is going to hell or this person tion of it. I felt that it was gifted books given to David, and is going to heaven. This is from God, and I wanted to give some books given to Abra- none of our business." this gift to other people." ham, that is an essential part At death, "when we go to Samra came to the United of our faith.” the last world, and stand be- States in 1986. He received The Muslim faith does not fore Allah, every person will be his doctorate in Electrical En- teach the ideology of terror- asked what he or she has done gineering. Now married for 34 ism, Samra explains. "This is with their life. Everything will four years, with two daughters happening, not only with the be recorded, and based on and two sons, Samra, the 65 Muslims, but with all reli- that, there will be reward, and year old is a professor at the gions. There are some fanat- there will be punishment." University of Miami, where he ics, some extremists that have Like any other house of teaches Electrical Engineer- a different agenda. The fi rst worship, in addition to pray- ing. He has also taught at thing it says in the Quran is to ing fi ve times a day, with a Florida International Univer- be good to other people. Any- main service on Friday, and sity. one who is not good to other Sunday School, the Islamic To the predominantly Chris- people, I don't care whatever Center participates in com- tian readership of the Miami religion he claims, is not true munity activities, including Times newspaper, we asked religion. So we see some Mus- hosting interfaith basketball Samra to explain the Muslim lims, they call themselves tournaments with Christians An aerial view of Roseau, the capital of Dominica, shows the destruction on Thursday, religion, especially that news Muslims religion, but using it and Jews. On Sunday, Sept. three days after passage of Hurricane Maria. reports continuously describe to serve some of their agenda, 17, the Islamic Center held the religious in the context of some of their purpose, some of an open house to distribute terrorism and travel bans on their interest, and they are not food to the local community A plea for the island of Dominica the nightly news. true Muslims. Islam is clear, to people who suffered losses "Allah, he explains, "is the especially in the Quran, invite due to Hurricane Irma. The SKERITT Arabic word for God, similar for peace, invite for respect of mosque operates the free UHI continued from 8B to Spanish, where the word other people, and guarantees Clinic six days per week to all used is Dios, but still refer- of freedom of religion. We are people on Northwest 47th Av- devastation” made possible by ring to the same God. "Even the sons of Adam and Eve, enue and Miami Gardens Av- the warmer air and sea tempera- in Arab countries, we have and we were created free, and enue. “Most of the patients are tures that fuel superstorms. “Heat is the fuel that takes Christians when they refer God is the owner of all of hu- not Muslim. We also have a ordinary storms — storms we to God, they say 'Allah,’ be- man kind, and He is not the shelter house for women and could normally master in our ginning their prayers, 'In the God of the Muslim, but He is children, those who may have sleep — and supercharges name of Allah.’” the God of all people. He is been subject to violence. We them into a devastating force,” Allah, of the Muslim faith, is not merciful to just the Mus- have our team, especially our he said. lim, but he is merciful to all youth team, sometime they go viewed as the same God wor- “To deny climate change is shiped by Christians, he said. the people. People should see downtown and deliver food to to procrastinate while Earth "The One who created the uni- from the Muslim only good the homeless. During the holy sinks,” he continued. “It is verse, the most powerful, most things." days of Ramadan, we open the to deny a truth we have just gracious. Part of our faith is Samra said there are some mosque to feed people every lived. It is to mock thousands to believe in all the prophets, situations that may arise day. of my compatriots who, in a few and the Messenger came be- where a person must stand He invites other religious hours, without a roof over their Damage caused by Hurricane Maria in Roseau, Dominica fore Prophet Muhammed; we for a cause, or for their rights, leaders to come to the mosque heads, will watch the night de- believe he [Prophet Muham- and against injustice, that or he is invited to speak at scend on Dominica in fear of little Eden,” he said, adding lat- storms, but implored them to mad] was the last messenger. may cause them to defend churches. sudden mudslides and what er: “Mr. President, fellow lead- see the bigger picture. It is part of our faith, that we themself, but nowhere in the "Everybody is welcome here. the next hurricane may bring.” ers, the stars have fallen. Eden “The time has come for the should believe in Jesus; we Quran, or in the teaching of Sometimes people are in need Skerrit noted the fundamen- is broken.” international community to believe in Moses, Abraham, Islam it says you should force of help. We may be able to tal injustice that small island “Our homes are fl attened. make a stand, and to decide and all the prophets, from the people to follow your religion, help. Our main service is Fri- nations like Dominica suffer Our buildings roofl ess. Our whether it will be shoulder to time of Adam, to the time of or believe in what you be- day. Come worship with us," the most from climate change, water pipes smashed. And road shoulder with those suffering the Prophet Muhammad." lieve. "God made it clear in Samra said. “Come and see yet are the least responsible for infrastructure destroyed. Our the ravages of climate change "And," continued Dr. Samra, the Quran, saying, 'the truth what's happening inside." its cause. hospital is without power. And worldwide.” “We are shouldering the con- schools have disappeared be- “Whether we can mitigate sequences of the actions of oth- neath the rubble. Our crops the consequences of unprec- ers,” he said. “Actions that en- are uprooted. Where there was edented increases in sea tem- Siders, 786-530-2825. danger our very existence, and green, there is now only dust peratures and levels. Whether all for the enrichment of a few and dirt. The desolation is be- to help us rebuild sustainable elsewhere.” yond imagination.” livelihoods. Or whether the ■ Florida Independent Res- v “In the commonwealth of Skerrit thanked world leaders international community will CALENDAR toration Ministries ( FIRM) of- Dominica, we have long pur- for the aid they’ve extended to merely show some pity now, Compiled by The Miami Times staff [email protected] fers family assistance with drugs Faith sued and respected an ex- Dominica and the other island and then fl ee, relieved to know and alcohol. Call 800-208-2924 istence that preserves our nations devastated by recent that this time it was not you.” ■ Greater Harvest Baptist ■ Metropolitan A.M.E. ext. 102 or prayer line, ext. 104. Church will hold a ‘Praise Con- Church hosts a food and cloth- cert’ on Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. ing giveaway every third Satur- ■ A Mission with a New Be- day. Call 786-277-4150. ginning Church Women’s De- Recovery specialists give assistance ■ St. Peter’s A.O.Church in- partment provides community Help is available in most lan- speak with a Recovery Special- vites you to a Vintage Tea Party ■ Zion Hope Missionary feedings. Call 786-371-3779. DISASTER continued from 8B guages. ist to update your status or fi nd on Saturday, Sept. 30 from 2 to Baptist Church has a food Download the FEMA Mobile help from the other organiza- ■ 4 p.m. Call 305-297-2327 or 305- and clothing distribution every Bethany Seventh Day Ad- are encouraged to register be- App and apply. tions. 923-2533 Wednesday at 4 p.m. Call 786- ventist Church holds bereave- fore visiting a DRC. You may have other needs FEMA grants do not have to 541-3687. ment sharing groups every sec- If you have phone and/or in- while visiting a DRC: be repaid. FEMA assistance is ■ Sistah to Sistah Connec- ond Sunday from 3 to 4 p.m. ternet access, you may register Disaster Survivor Assistance nontaxable and will not affect ■ tion Women’s Empowerment First Haitian Church of Call 305-634-2993. in one of the following ways: (DSA) crews are canvassing eligibility for Social Security, meetings are held every second God hosts a food drive every Online at DisasterAssistance. affected areas and are able to Medicaid or other federal ben- ■ and fourth Saturdays from 10 a.m. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Street Outreach Minis- gov. register survivors for FEMA as- efi ts. to noon at Parkway Professional Call 786-362-1804. tries conducts free courses on Call the FEMA Helpline at sistance, if needed. Telephonic Survivors should register Building in Miramar. Women only. evangelizing without fear. Call 800-621-3362 for voice, 711 Interpretation Services are even if they have insurance. ■ No children allowed. Free break- New Day N Christ Deliver- 786-508-6167. and Video Relay Service (VRS). available in many languages FEMA cannot duplicate insur- fast. Call 954-260-9348. ance Ministry holds free mind, If you are deaf, hard of hearing, to assist survivors with trans- ance payments, but underin- ■ body and soul self-improvement MEC Ministries holds heal- or have a speech disability and lation needs. When residents sured applicants may receive ■ The Elks Historical Busi- and Zumba fi tness classes. Call ing services every fourth Friday use a TTY, call 800-462-7585. require further assistance, the help after their claims have ness and Conference Center 305-691-0018. at 7:30 p.m. Call 305-693-1534. Information on the registra- teams may refer them to a DRC. been settled. invites you every Sunday from 12 tion process is available in ASL If you’re already registered, it For more recovery informa- ■ p.m. to 6 p.m. for Gospel Kick- New Miami Super Choir The deadline for the Faith at: fema.gov/medialibrary/as- is not necessary to visit a DRC, tion, visit fema.gov/hurricane- back entertainment and fi ne din- invites interested persons Calendar is on or before 2 p.m. sets/videos/111546. but you may still want to go irma. ing. Call 305-224-1890. to audition. Call Dr. Tony Mondays. THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPERHealth Wellness11B THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 & Sponsored by North Shore Medical Center "Once You Know, It's Where To Go" SECTION B MIAMI, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 Dr. Novara gives life to Gogo Power! Don't mess with granny Zodwa Twala. She may be 95, but she still packs a punch. critical care Emergency care, pulmonary physician at North Shore, brings hope to critical patients

By Alex Blencowe Special to The Miami Times

For nine years, Vin- cenzo Novara has served at North Shore Medical Center as a physician, specializing in pulmo- nary and critical medi- cine. Many of his patients are in critical condition, on life-support systems, or are otherwise inca- pacitated, Novara said. “Most of our patients Vincenzo Novara come in critically ill through the emergency pulmonary care were department or the [op- also a draw, Novara erating room], and they says. end up in the intensive “North Shore offers a care unit because the multicultural communi- patient has a life-threat- ty very similar to where ening injury or condi- I grew up,” he said, tion,” he said, “We try to noting downtown and get them through those the surrounding areas' physiological arrange- cosmopolitan-Caribbean ments.” vibe and immigrant Helping people recover population. from near-death isn't Novara uses his bi- easy, but is a testament lingual skill to speak BOXING of a job well done. English and Spanish “I don't think that to serve patients from there's anything more Cuba, Haiti, Dominican rewarding than know- Republic, Puerto Rico, ing that a patient is on as well as locals from the brink of death, and areas such as Little Haiti in a few days ... they're and North Miami. “My grand sons tease me,” she says. “They tell each other: ‘Talk walking out of the in- The areas of pul- tensive care unit,” he monary practices and to gogo nicely or she will punch you.’ But there is no punch ing said. Although, Novara emergency specialists at home, just jok ing. Punch ing is for ex er cise.” admits critical care can have been growing since — Maria Mokhine more often be a high- his start at North Shore. paced, stressful situ- “And we have become ation, especially when the provider of choice for dealing with seeing those services,” he said. the best, and worst, in Working at North incredibly sick patients Shore offers new experi- struggling through ences everyday and one Thegrannies new fountain of youth tough recoveries. never knows into what By Sue DeGroot “You have the oppor- they may walk, whether Sunday Times tunity for professional it is dealing with survi- and personal growth vors of serious in-home Light par ticles dance in the everyday,” said Novara. accidents to severe in- dusty brightness of a Highveld Always attracted to juries from car crashes, morn ing, their giddy shimmer science, the Puerto- according to Novara. seem ing at odds with the mood Rican-born physician The Florida Depart- of the peo ple, mostly women attained a bachelor’s ment of Motor Vehicles' with babies, who wait in a long, degree in biology before 2005 Crash Data for inert line out side the clinic at pursuing his medical Miami-Dade County saw Cosmo City Mul ti pur pose Hall. career, attending medi- 48,537 traffi c accidents More peo ple lean on walls or sit cal school at the Uni- with 37,879 injuries, on benches in static con tem- versity of Puerto Rico. 1,484 pedestrian inju- pla tion. Unmoved by the winter After completing spe- ries, and 444 bicycle sun light, they wait for friends, cialty training in pulmo- injuries. The state of for fam ily, for op por tu nity. nary care, critical care Florida saw a total of Across the way, on the other and internal medicine 268,605 traffi c crashes side of the complex, the sun at the University of Mi- in 2004, according to swoops around a cor ner and ami's Jackson Memorial Florida DMV data. onto a paved quad ran gle where Hospital, Miami became “It challenges you to it fl ick ers in sur prise at an en- home for Novara. be better in a fi eld that tirely dif fer ent scene. Here faces Novara started his you feel you can make a glow with vigour and the wintry own practice in 2008, difference,” said Novara. air thrums to the stamping of but the North Shore For more information feet and the chant ing of voices: Medical Center called to on North Shore Medical “One! Two! One! Two!” him as a unique place Center and Dr. Vincenzo Four women march in a row around his residence Novara, please visit with blue soc cer balls in their in North Bay Village. www.northshoremedical. out stretched arms as a nim- North Shore's extensive com. You may reach Alex ble young man skips in front of pathology and in-depth Blencowe at alexblen- them. “One! Two! Knees up!” —Photos credit: Simphiwe Nkwali coverage of critical and [email protected]. Please turn to BOXING 13B Take That! Volunteer trainer Nqobile Khimalo blocks a jab from Ngwenya. 12B THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER N I N M EMORIAM • H APPY B IRTHDAY R EMEMBRANCES • D EATH N OTICES • O BITUARIES • C ARD OF T HANKS N N , , , Hadley Davis Hadley Davis MLK Royal Miami Gardens' ' Happy Birthday' ' GLORIA BOGAN, 77, died JAMES ALAN SMITH, 81, jazz Eric Thompson, Liberty REGINALD ALEXANDER September musician, died In loving memory of, TURNBULL, 12 at Mount September JR., 28, laborer, 22. Memorial Square fi xture, dies at 46 Sinai Hospital. Miami Times staff report died September Service 1 p.m., service 4-6 16. Service 1 Saturday at p.m., Saturday Eric Thompson, a Trinida- p.m., Saturday New Jerusalem. in chapel. at Mt. Calvary dian-born community activ- Missionary Bap- ist who was embraced by the tist Church. Liberty Square community died Sept. 15, at University of , Miami hospital surrounded by ROSA BANKS, 63, died August his family MARTHA KATE MORGAN, 76, Eric S. George 24. Service 11 His niece, Cherry Johnson retired, died VALERIA SWEET, 55, driver, a.m., Friday in said Thompson would help September 16 at died Septem- the chapel. anyone and he fought for the Jackson North ber 22 at North rights for people in Liberty Medical Cen- Shore Hospice. Square and throughout the ter. Service 1 Service 1 p.m., state. p.m., Saturday Thursday in the His memorial service will at Peaceful Zion chapel. Missionary Bap- CORNEISHA MILLER be 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 at tist Church. 09/26/1990 - 03/18/2010 Johnson’s home, 528 NW 97th St., Miami FL 33150. There will JAMES EDWARD JONES, 56, Happy Birthday, Neisha! be a viewing there until 9 p.m. Eric Thompson STARR L. THURSTON, 87, forklift driver, air conditioner From your immediate family. Funeral Service will be noon the Civic Engagement and In- died September In Memoriam We love and miss you. Saturday, Sept. 30 at Mt. Olive volvement Project. He was also tech, died Sep- 23 at home. tember 9 at Your two sons are very smart Primitive Baptist Church, 6931 the coordinator of the Liberty Leaving to In loving memory of, and doing well in school. You NW 17th St., Miami. Square Small Business Com- home. Service mourn his wife 10 a.m., Satur- would be so proud of them. Thompson’s good friend puter Training Center. He was of 24 years, We are going to get justice Mae Christian said she was also the Community Liaison day in the cha- Jacquelyne pel. for you. saddened that his memorial for the Liberty Square Resi- Jones and Your loving father, service couldn’t have been dent Council. Thompson was fi ve children, Cornelious. held at the community center also the Vice President of the Jacqeema, William, Jacqeevia, in Liberty Square, where he Liberty City Trust. He was the , James Jr., and Jacqeesha. helped so many people to use Vice President of the Liberty Richardson Memorial services 2-4 p.m., the computer. City Community and Economic Saturday at Hadley Davis Funeral It’s such a shame, she said Development Agency, served ERIC THOMPSON, 46, Happy Birthday Home following the wake at 1442 from her hospital bed Tuesday. community in Miami Gardens and helped NW 73 St. Final rites in Alabama. Eric Thompson was born to activist, died In loving memory of, to re-elect State Rep. Dorothy the late Sylvia Thompson and September 15 Bendross-Mindingall. He was Hugh Griffi th. at University of , also the state fi eld director for Eric was educated in Trini- Miami Hospital. Wright and Young the Florida Minimum Wage dad. After graduating high Service noon, Campaign, and the executive KIARRI BEACH, 4, died school he furthered his educa- Saturday at director of the Dade-County September tion at New York University. In Mount Olive Overall Tenant Advisory Coun- 7. Service 11 EDYTHE KATHRYN college he was introduced to Primitive Baptist cil Inc. a.m., Saturday GRAHAM community activism. This be- Church. Left to mourn his wonderful at International 09/07/1931 - 09/15/2013 gan a lifetime of helping others. memories are his father Hugh Deliverance Eric became a lead organizer Griffi th, Trinidad Tobago, four JAARAN RANDOLPH Center. We thought of you with love in the Bronx in New York. He aunts and one uncle (De- ARLINGTON today, but that is nothing organized tenant groups in ceased), two sisters Margaret NESBITT, new. Queens and in the Bronx. He 74, bus (Eli) Thompson, Angie (Allison) We thought about you yes- worked on large-scale borough- operator, died Sawn, three brothers Stephen terday and days before that wide projects, and supervised September 19 Thompson, Carlos Griffi th, and CAROLINE BROWN, 90, died too. a staff of 15 organizers, Cam- at University of Errol Thompson (Deceased). September 20. We think of you in silence. paign organizers for the Family Miami Hospital. One nephew Iziz (Chery) Parris. Service 1 p.m., We often speak your name. working party of New York. Service 1 p.m, MARY JEAN One goddaughter Caren Medly, Saturday at All we have are memories He served on the Univer- Saturday at HAMPTON-NELOMS One Godsister Stella Myles. The Church of and your picture in a frame. sity of Miami Advisory Board, Saint Matthews Freewill Baptist Eric will also be missed by a Incarnation. Your memories are our 10/01/1960 - 07/09/2013 of which his duties included Church. host of nieces, nephews, cous- keepsake with which we’ll making recommendations to With an ache in my heart ins, and friends, also a very never part. the Miami Sylvester Cancer dear friend Jeffrey Wells. GEORGE GIBSON, 78, truck I whisper low, God has you in His keeping, staff on health issues in the driver, died September 18 at Happy Birthday, Mary Jean Donations are accepted for we have you in our hearts. Liberty City/Model City com- University of Miami Hospital. I miss you so. the Model City Advisory Board Charmaine Sutton, Karen munity. He was also involved Service noon today in the chapel. From your loving husband, Community Development. Call MAE DEAN M. REID, 69, died Steiner, Felicia Perkins, with the Florida Institute of Lexxie; your mother, Carrie; Cherry Johnson at 786-458- September 25. Glenda Harris, Deloris Collier Justice as a head organizer for , 68, niece, Portia; family and 5376 for more information. SHIRLEY ANN MATHIS Service 11 a.m., and the Graham family. dispatcher, died September 22 Saturday at friends. at home. Final rites in Fitzgerald, Antioch Baptist Georgia. Church of Charles Bradley, 68, a late- Brownsville. In Memoriam , In Memoriam The Mortuary Group in-life soul music star, dies In loving memory of, By Joe Coscarelli said Shazila Mohammed, a REBECCA ANNE SNELL, 52, In loving memory of, The New York Times publicist for the singer. homemaker, Bradley had stomach cancer died September LARRY MANNING, 61, laborer, Charles Bradley, the jour- diagnosed in the fall of 2016. 19 at home. died September 14. Service 11 neyman soul singer whose He underwent treatment and Service 1 p.m., a.m., Saturday at New Way Praise beleaguered rasp and passion- returned to touring this year, Saturday at and Worship Center. ate live performances turned but canceled his remaining live Jordan Grove him from an itinerant worker shows earlier this month and Baptist Church. , and small-time James Brown announced that the cancer Eric L. Wilson impersonator into a late-in-life had spread to his liver. “I love headliner, died on Saturday in all of you out there that made , 74, GERALDINE GIBERT Brooklyn. He was 68. my dreams come true,” Brad- , homemaker, The cause was liver cancer, ley said at the time. Mitchell died September Known as the Scream- DEACON OVERTON BROOKS, 20 at Memorial ing Eagle of Soul for his 81, retired Regional. In Memoriam serrated cries of pain and sanitation Service 10 a.m., longing,Bradley released his worker, died Saturday at In loving memory of, fi rst album, “No Time for September 3 House of God Dreaming,” in 2011 at the age JAMES T. MCCRAY at University of Miracle Revival CHAUNDRA Y. RUSSELL of 62. The New York Times 12/05/1939 - 09/24/2016 Miami Hospital. Fellowship critic Jon Caramanica wrote 10/06/1975 - 09/30/2016 Services were Hollywood, FL. that the LP “wants to be part of We will hold you in our held. Forever in our hearts. no movement, heralds no shift hearts until we hold you in in the sonic landscape; it just , heaven. You are truly missed. Forever remembered Range Forever loved. wants to be. It has the feeling The Family of childbirth, messy and noisy , , 71, Your son, Victor; mom, PATRICIA L. WIMBLEY and urgent.” Gregg L. Mason caregiver, died September 18 Sarah; dad, Eric; brother, Cedric and family. Bradley followed that with JOSEPH NATHAN OLIVER, 52, at Jackson Memorial Hospital. two more albums — “Victim of died September Service 1p.m., Friday in the chapel. GONE BUT NOT Love” in 2013 and “Changes” 18. Survivors last year — all for Dunham Re- include: SABRINA BRABHAM, 45, LPN FORGOTTEN? cords, a division of the modern daughters, nurse, died September 11 at North In Memoriam Brooklyn soul label Daptone. Shanrika L., Shore Hospital. Service11 a.m., Have you forgotten In a statement, Gabriel Roth, Janae J., Saturday at Centurion Apostolic In loving memory of, a founder of Daptone who dis- Brittany A., Int’l Ministries. so soon about your covered Bradley as the James REV. DR. EARL PONDER, SR. Breanna N., departed loved Brown tribute act Black Velvet, and Jasmine LASHAWNDA D. FLENNORY, 02/11/1935 - 09/28/2016 said: “Charles was somehow T. Oliver; mother, Barbara Ann 22, attendant, died September 14 one? Keep them in one of the meekest and stron- Oliver; grandchildren, Janiyan and at Memorial Regional Hospital. Remembering the Life gest people I’ve ever known. Journee Bridges, Carlton Wright, Service noon, Saturday in the your memory with and Legacy of our Family His pain was a cry for univer- Jr., and Brooke Hampton; brothers, chapel. an in memoriam or Patriarch, Rev. Dr. Earl sal love and humanity.’’ Rev. Jeffery Oliver and Shawn Ponder, Sr. Like his idol Brown or his Carter; sister, Miriam Martin; and KEITH ERIC WHITE, 61, laborer, a happy birthday A Devoted Pastor, Husband, fellow soul revivalist Sharon died September 3. Private services Father and Grandfather. It Jones, whose career closely a host of other relatives. Viewing remembrances in our 2-9 p.m., family hour 7-9 p.m., were held. has been one year since the mirrored his own, Bradley sang Friday. Service 10 a.m., Saturday obituary section. Master saw fi t to call you wearily of personal travails and at Jordan Grove Missionary Baptist home but, yet it still seems social concerns, often empha- Church. Entombment: Caballero like yesterday. We will always sizing the overlap between the HONOR YOUR two. “Why is it so hard to make Rivero Dade Memorial. 305-694-6225 cherish and value the pre- cious memories we shared it in America?” he cried on his , LOVED The Miami Times together. Gone from our debut. On “The World (Is Go- Premier PHILIP J. MARTIN sights but, never gone from ing Up in Flames),” he added: our hearts…missing you. “This world/is going up in MILLICENT WILKINS, 59, died ONE WITH AN 01/02/1937 - 09/27/2016 fl ames/and nobody/wants to September 23. Arrangements are Loving wife, Emma and Annie Martin and Family. take the blame.” incomplete. IN MEMORIAM Ponder Family. THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER 13B THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 Punching is good for the spirit, relieves stress and worry BOXING “I wanted to mix with other ladies tions, some had breast can cer . . . Most of Ngwenya’s friends have in 1947. “There was a bantu lo ca- cause she lives near the gym. Oth- continued from 12B and I found them here,” she says. and if you see them now you can’t come from elsewhere. Mokhine was tion at Fern dale be fore they called it ers have to walk several kilome tres “We started doing gym and gar den- be lieve it,” he says. “If I take these born in Nooitgedacht in 1940. “I Fern dale. I was born there, then my to get there, “From Exten sion 8 it Two oth ers, hands laced into red ing and sewing and draw ing . . . We go gos and compare them to other stayed with my par ents on the farm, parents moved to Soweto, but they is R7 for a taxi one way,” she says. box ing gloves, dis play im pec ca- visit to gether, we have tea to gether, go gos who don’t ex er cise, there is a got married there, had four children didn’t like Soweto, so in 1956 they “The women do not have R14 for a ble foot work as they rhyth mi cally we share.” She lifts her arms with big dif fer ence.” there and then, you know, apart- moved to the farms. Now I live here re turn fare. They walk. It would help thump their fi sts into a punch ing the spry delight of a much younger Maria Mokhine, 77, had high heid. They moved us to Zewen fontein in Cosmo City Ex ten sion 2. It’s . . . the ones who stay far away if Claude bag. “One! Two!” woman. “I was alone here but now blood pres sure be fore she joined in the homeland, where we stayed well, it’s home.” had some way to fetch them.” Su per vised by a sec ond mus cled I have family. Claude is very strict the group. “After I started box ing for many years. My par ents passed Letswalo was born in Rand burg Maphosa echoes this wish. “Th ese youngster, two more women spar in with us but he looks after us.” it went down to normal,” she says. away, my brother moved to Pre to ria. in 1947. “There was a bantu lo ca- grannies come here faithfully but a roped-off box ing ring, cir cling and Just over three years ago, Ma- “Before, we were sick, we were Then on Novem ber 22 2006, they tion at Fern dale be fore they called it they also have to survive, they’ve got jabbing, care ful never to land a blow. phosa moved his A-Team gym tired. Now that we box we are not moved us here to an RDP house.” Fern dale. I was born there, then my their kids to look after, grandkids. Another four surround a tall man to Cosmo City. “My father was a tired any more. When you are box- Mokhine grows roses in her own parents moved to Soweto, but they Some of them have to come from with pads strapped to his hands. pas tor and my mother be lieved in ing, you feel all right, you feel fi t, garden now. But her favourite place didn’t like Soweto, so in 1956 they far. If we had a bakkie or some thing “One! Two! Punch!” He holds the prayer, so the A stands for Anoint- gar den ing is eas ier, you are stron- is the gym. “I love boxing,” she says. moved to the farms. Now I live here to carry them that would help. We pads high above each woman in ing,” he says. “On my fi rst day, the ger.” “You don’t feel cross with people any in Cosmo City Ex ten sion 2. It’s . . . could bring oth ers, which would turn. They throw punches and in go gos saw me putting machines in Ly dia Letswalo, 70, was re cover- more, you are nicer to them.” well, it’s home.” help the com mu nity, be cause th ese a con tin u ous fl uid move ment bob and they said: ‘Hau, it’s a gym.’ I ing from bro ken bones af ter a taxi Letswalo was born in Rand burg Letswalo says she is lucky be- women are role mod els.” down as he swings at their heads. said: ‘Yes.’ They said: ‘Can we join?’ ac ci dent when she started box ing. “Left! Right! Duck!” I said: ‘OK.’ “I was sick, but now I don’t take any The instruc tor is former body- “I was a bit ner vous about train- tablets, I’m very Healthy. After three building champion Claude Maphosa ing them, but I re alised there was months here I went to the clinic and and the women in this class are all a lot more to them than what you they couldn’t be lieve it, they said: se nior cit i zens. see. Since then they have come ‘How did you im prove so much?’ Zodwa Twala, 95, is so tiny she here with out fail ev ery Tues day and And I said: ‘I am ex er cis ing.’ ” has to stretch on tip toe to reach Ma- Thurs day, un less they have to col- Outsiders assume this is a self- phosa’s pads, but she raises heavy lect their pension.” de fence class. They imag ine su- gloves at the end of wispy arms and There are about 15 in the core per grannies pa trolling the streets of Cosmo City, knocking muggers sense less at ev ery cor ner. But th ese go gos box for fi t ness, not for com bat. Letswalo giggles when asked if she has ever punched someone to pro- tect her self. “My grand sons tease me,” she says. “They tell each other: ‘Talk to gogo nicely or she will punch you.’ But there is no punching at home, just joking. Punching is for exer- cise.” If th ese women are any thing to go Teach kids to read while by, punch ing seems to do as much for the spirit as it does for the body. they are very young De spite its fl ow ery name, life in Cosmo City is no pic nic. Like any town ship in South Africa, its streets “Lola at the Library” has many are awash with unem ploy ment and those who have a little must make it sub-themes and lessons go a long way. At 66, Ma bel Mok gosi is the baby of the group and one of its newest members. She has dia betes and high By Carolyn Guniss blood pres sure, both of which have [email protected] im proved since she started box ing. “When I come here I have no Helping children develop stress,” she says. “It keeps me fi t a love for reading at a young and I’m happy here.” Born in Preto- age is what author Anna Dynamite in a small package, Gladys Ngwenya. ria and raised in a ru ral area, Mok- McQuinn aims to do in the gosi and her fam ily lived in a squat- children’s book, “Lola at the lands a wellaimed clip on each pad. group, Maphosa says. “More want ter camp for many years. “Then Library.” “Time to swap,” calls Maphosa in to join but I have to limit it. We train they brought us here and gave us Illustrator Rosalind Beard- his leonine voice, and the groups the se niors for free and we have to the RDP house. So now I have my shaw made a sub-theme of ro tate. Twala, too small and frail buy food: they must eat be fore they own house,” she says. “But I am a inclusion and integration to climb be tween the ropes, drops ex er cise and after wards they are a pensioner and so is my husband, with the images of racial learned from their books. someone you know and love. to her knees and crawls un self con- bit frag ile, so we give them some- we have no jobs any more. My three tolerance and connection Then Lola gets to choose “Lola at the Library” shows sciously into the ring, where she thing.” sons live with us and they also have throughout the short, sim- the books she loves. She parents that they should springs up again like a blade of Nqobile Khu malo hands around no work, they eat our money. Some- ple, colorful book. likes stories about animals expose children to different grass missed by the mower. a bowl of quar tered ap ples and the times I can’t buy electric ity, some- Young Lola already has a and shoes. races as a way of socializa- “Bring that group out of the sun,” grannies munch, mop ping their times we are short of food. I am routine. She knows if it is Her mother sets a good ex- tion. The book underscores Maphosa tells his as sis tant. “They brows. Khu malo is a 29-year-old in debt because I have to borrow Tuesday, it’s library day. ample by checking out books that children should be are cook ing al ready.” body builder who met Maphosa money, then when I get my pension She’s organized and knows of her own. taught to be concerned about when the A-Team had a gym in I have to pay it back. It is tough. The that she needs to have her Lola also enjoys having a and interested in animals. It ENERGY FOOD Soweto. He now travels to Cosmo box ing helps with the stress and the books, backpack and library snack with her mom after the also shows that it’s not the He hands out cloves of peeled gar- City to help with the go gos. “I love worry.” card with her when she goes. visit to the library. daycare’s responsibility to lic, cubes of fresh ginger and wedges working with them,” he says. “They Along the way, Lola greets Mom makes reading a part teach children how to read; of kola nut. “For energy and detox,” have so much life and they are cu- LIFE IS GOOD friends she has had made on of their lives. She reads to it’s parents. he says. In stead of re mov ing their rious to try things.” Gladys Ngwenya was born in the her walk with her mommy to Lola before she goes to bed. Above all, the story says boxing gloves, the women open their Boitumelo Mootane, 23, an other place now called Cosmo City in 1941. library. When she arrives at So many nuances are in that through the love of mouths and Maphosa gen tly places volun teer, says the go gos have She mar ried and moved to KwaZulu- the library, she is all busi- the short soft-covered book, books, parents and children food on their tongues as though giv- taught him respect. “The more you Na tal and later moved back with her ness, ready to return books fi rst published in 2006. can develop a strong bond of ing com mu nion. help them, the more grace and daugh ters and grand chil dren. “Life from the previous weeks. In a time when everyone friendship. In a way, commu nion is ex actly bless ings they give you,” he says. is good here except for the tsotsis,” Then she heads to the chil- uses a tablet, an e-reader, The Miami Times has a few what Maphosa dispenses to this she says. “They get in the houses dren’s section of the library, books on tape, a computer free copies of the book “Lola group of grannies. Proof of this is BIG DIF FER ENCE and break things and take things, where she can talk with oth- or a smartphone to read and at the Library” available. Call Con stance Ngubane, 79, who moved For Maphosa, the improve ment our phones, TV, every thing. They are er children who like reading. do research, the “Lola at the the newspaper at 305-694- to Cosmo City from Soweto be cause he has seen in the women’s health a prob lem. But I go to church and Sometimes someone reads Library” is a reminder that 6210 between 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. she had reached the top of a hous ing is re ward enough. pray ev ery Sunday. Here at the gym to the children or they get to there is nothing like touching Monday thru Friday to re- list. She ar rived know ing no one. “Some of them have had op era- I feel safe. It is a good place.” recite verses that they have a book and hearing it read by quest one.

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On documentary Abstraction COLLIDE Jackson TJ132 NEW EXHIBITION AT ARTCENTER/SOUTH FLORIDA EXPLORES Grape Drink Box LYNCHINGS AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT —Anacostia Los Angeles Topeka McKinney Miami Times staff report On Documentary Abstraction Ibghy A new art exhibition at Art- Lemmens Post injury Productivity Los- Center/South Florida will feature ses- Absentee and Earning Effects works that explore the history of lynching in the United States. Two of the artists, Torkwase Dyson and Tomashi Jackson, use abstract art to explore lynchings in the south and civil rights legisla- tion. The exhibit opens 1 p.m. Sept. 30, with a conversation between curator Rachael Rakes and Jack- son, followed by a brunch reception at the ArtCenter’s Miami Beach location, 924 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. The event is open to the public with RSVP. Please turn to ARTS 6C

GO ALL WHITE FOR The star-studded closeout for Black RICHMOND Archives’ 40th bash Yearlong festivities end with comedian Rickey Smiley, SOS Band and George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Star, Soul Basel

Miami Times staff report HEIGHTS The Black Archives Hi- story & Research Foun- dation of South Florida Inc. has tapped come- dian Rickey Smiley to closing out its 40th An- niversary celebrations, which began a year ago. HISTORIC SOCIETY TO RAISE FUNDS Smiley will take the FOR VETERANS, SCREENS FILM reigns as host for the three-day party for Soul Miami Times staff report white-to-impress event will Basel, Dec. 6, 7, and 8, be on Friday, Sept. 29, at the at the Lyric Theater Cul- Old school hip-hop artist Black Archives Historic Lyric tural Arts Complex, 819 Chubb Rock will be the em- Theater, 819 NW Second NW Second Ave., Miami, cee and performing artist Ave., Miami, FL 33136. Doo- Florida 33136. Dubbed at the Historic Society of rs open at 8 pm. Funk. Art. Soul, the —Photos courtesy of The Historic Society Rickey Smiley Richmond Height’s All White Chubb Rock is best known 40th anniversary events Marcine and Ben Fuller are seen at a previous screening of “The Affair, the fi rst of a two-day for his ‘90s hip-hop hit, “Tre- will pay homage to community pillars during the kick-off Richmond Heights 49ers” documentary with Johnnie Hinson, left, event. at ‘Em Right.” He has since celebration on Dec. 6, 2017. who is in the movie. In its fi fth year, the wear- Please turn to HEIGHTS 6C Please turn to BASH 2C 2C THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER THE STUDIO MUSEUM HAS A VISION FOR ITS HOME THELMA GOLDEN AND A POWER PLAYER AT THE HELM By Robin Pogrebin with digital media for patrons’ The New York Times leisure time. And she needs to raise the rest of the money It was evening in Harlem. for a new building when many At 144 West 125th Street, institutions are also trying to between Adam Clayton Powell secure donations. SOS Band Jr. Boulevard and Lenox “She’s now considered a Avenue, people fi ercely embra- superstar in the art world,” ced one another in greeting. said Michael Govan, the Bartenders poured wine as a director of the Los Angeles D.J. spun tunes and a machi- County Museum of Art, who ne spouted popcorn. last year brought Golden onto This wasn’t a block party or his board. “Some people have a family reunion. It was the said, ‘Mission accomplis- recent opening of an exhibi- hed; why do you need a big tion at the Studio Museum building?’” he added. “Well, in Harlem, the city’s premier why does MoMA need a new showcase for African-Ame- building, why does the Whit- rican art. And at the center ney need a new building? of the swirl — combining the Somehow the Studio Muse- forces of anchor, magnet, um is supposed to stay in an den mother, big sister and unkempt, un-air-conditioned art world celebrity — was building. Why shouldn’t they George Clinton & P-Funk the museum’s director and have the same institutional formidable steward, Thelma ambition?” Golden. The Studio Museum’s dual Lyric Theater celebrations identities — as local commu- The infectious, informal hibition, called “Visions of Our nity hub and an international BASH atmosphere is what Ms. Gol- 44th President Barack Oba- champion of African-American continued from 1C den hopes to capture in the ma,” opened Dec. 1, 2016. museum’s new building by the artists and curators — are evi- Soul Basel will feature the un- Forty-four busts were created architect David Adjaye, whose dent at its overfl ow openings, veiling of the new exhibition by artists from a blank can- design is to be unveiled on like the one for this month’s called "Funky Turns 40: Black vas, which gave each artist free Tuesday and is the impetus for emerging artists show “Ficti- Character Revolution." The ex- reign to portray the president a $175 million capital cam- —Photo credit: Brad Ogbonna for The New York Times ons,” where the gallery owner hibition will showcase cartoons in life-sized, three-dimensional paign. Gavin Brown and the artist Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Stu- and animated images with all form. As the Studio Museum Marilyn Minter rubbed elbows dio Museum in Harlem, which is expanding out of its African-American casts from The music for the three-day prepares to break ground here with Jonelle Procope, the cramped space into its fi rst built home. Other institu- the 1970s. Guests will remi- celebration will feature live next year, coinciding with its president and chief executive nisce on days gone by with performances by the SOS Band 50th anniversary, Ms. Golden, tions look to Golden’s stewardship for lessons in how to of the Apollo Theater, and Dr. cartoons from The Jackson and George Clinton & the P- 52, is overseeing the institu- build a racially diverse audience, staff and board. Edgar Mandeville, an estee- 5, Fat Albert and The Cosby Funk All-Stars. The SOS Band tion at a turning point in its med obstetrician at Harlem Kids, I Am The Greatest: The broke into the industry with history. percent of the money for its At the same time, Gol- Hospital. Adventures of Muhammad Ali, the sultry funk guitar-fueled The museum will fi nal- building project, cementing den must defend the Studio About $125 million has The Brown Hornet, Verb from hit, “Take Your Time.” George ly have its fi rst purpose- the institution’s stature as Museum’s importance in an been secured toward Studio School House Rock and Lt. Clinton was inducted into the built space on the site of a model of how to develop age when the work of African- Museum’s $175 million goal Uhura from Star Trek: The Ani- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its current cramped home racially diverse trustees, staff American artists is increasin- (which includes reserve and mated Series. 1997 and is a music icon. He is in a former bank building. members and audiences. Ms. gly making its way into main- endowment), including a sub- The Black Archives kicked known for his cult classic, “Ato- Despite persistent doubts Golden’s name, meanwhile, stream institutions. She must stantial $53.8 million con- off its 40 years of chronicling mic Dog.” about the fi nancial capaci- keeps coming up for top posts, fi nd new ways to attract visi- tribution from the city, with Black life by celebrating former Tickets for the kick-off event ties of predominantly black like those at the Brooklyn tors when even major institu- another $9 million commit- president Barack Obama and Dec. 6 are available now at boards, the Studio Museum Museum and the Metropolitan tions on Manhattan’s Museum ment anticipated over the next his legacy. A traveling art ex- BAF40.eventbrite.com. has succeeded in raising 70 Museum of Art. Mile are struggling to compete Please turn to MUSEUM 3C THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER LOCAL NEWS 3C THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 ‘Lightning Men’ by Thomas Mullen will strike you By Terri Schlichenmeyer it would have to be them. outraged that Black families colored experiment” within phere of confusion, beauty, The Bookworm Sez, LLC White police offi cers wouldn’t were moving into formerly- the department, a white ban- and horror, in which author bother arresting “Lightning white neighborhoods. ker assaulted by Klansmen, Thomas Mullen inserts two It struck in a second. Men” who brought drugs and One of those neighborhoods shoot-outs, beatings, and offi cers, both of whom are If you’d have blinked, you moonshine in; they didn’t was where Offi cer Dennis Ra- the return of someone who likeable characters and fi t would have missed the fl ash care, but Boggs and Smith kestraw lived. should’ve stayed away. Trust perfectly into this story. but you’d’ve known it was knew what those things were Rake really had no issue in Atlanta that summer was But oh, it’s a long story. there by the rumble that doing to the people of their with “Negroes” moving into a rare commodity – between Too long, in fact: plot lines followed. There’s nothing like his neighborhood, but he man and woman, between stretch forever before tying the power and beauty of a T he knew his brother-in-law, relatives-by-marriage, and up; dead characters strut on summer thunderstorm to put Dale, did. Dale was an idiot, even between two APD part- the sidelines; and a rotating respect into you – except, as BOOK that was sure, and Rake ners. cast numbers in the dozens, in the new novel “Lightning was dismayed to know that There’s a lot going on inside which can make a reader Men” by Thomas Mullen, CORNER he was also Klan. It was “Lightning Men” – which is disoriented. A too-convenient maybe the crack of a gun. BY THOMAS MULLEN that part that got Dale into good, and it’s not. ending is no fun, either. Even from the front of the trouble before – but never as Rich in detail and fl avored And yet, readers of noir truck, Offi cers Lucian Boggs community. And so, there much trouble as Dale was in by the presence of real-life crime dramas might relish and Tommy Smith could see they were, approaching a de- now, and he’d pulled Rake people, this novel, set in tackling this book and its that this was trouble. livery truck in a narrow alley straight in the middle of the 1950, also contains snippets meticulously-written lush- They’d known for a time one night, guns in hand. storm. of authentic racism, Jim ness; if that’s you, this is that if anyone was going to The subsequent lack of and Smith had arrested. As tension heated up over Crow laws, and social mores your kind o’book. For lighter stop illegal substances from support from fellow offi cers That was the latest in a long neighborhood segregation, of the post-War American readers or cozy-mystery fans, fl owing into the part of At- came as no surprise, nor did line of slights from White At- a similar tension simmered South. This offers readers though, “Lightning Men” pro- lanta known as “Darktown,” the release of the men Boggs lanta, which was busy being within the APD over “the a fi ne tale with an atmos- bably won’t strike you. Harlem Museum gives space and showcase African-American art MUSEUM continued from 2C two years. Golden has raised the museum’s international pro- fi le by popping up all over the world — leading trustees on art trips to Los Angeles or London; at the Venice Bien- nale to celebrate the artist Mark Bradford; in the pages of Vogue, in those unmista- kable colorful dresses desi- gned by her husband, the London-based Duro Olowu; and on the board of the Oba- ma Foundation, where she is helping to plan the presiden- tial library. “What she has done is to si- multaneously foreground the Harlem-ness in Studio Muse- The Studio Museum’s building is to increase the space for exhibitions and the artist um but also enabled it to be- come a national institution,” in residence program by 115 percent. Here, a double-height gallery. said Glenn D. Lowry, the di- rector of the Museum of Mo- Golden said she readily ac- what it means to believe in “I see it as a privilege to be dern Art. cepts her role as a symbol of the power and the possibility able to represent what that Still Golden’s connection to change. “I take seriously the of diversity and inclusion in means. And I don’t take it Harlem, where she also lives, responsibility to represent our cultural world,” she said. lightly at all.” is visibly strong; she can re- gularly be seen chatting with street vendors; eating bran- zino with her board chair- man, the fi nancier Raymond J. McGuire, at Vinatería; and convening the heads of the Dance Theater of Harlem and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at Red Rooster to welcome a new cultural leader to the neigh- borhood. “The community is a part of that museum,” the artist Julie Mehretu said. “You feel that.” Despite Met speculation, Golden said she is focused on her building project, which will increase the Stu- —Photos credit: Adjaye Associates dio Museum’s space for its A view of the sculptural new home of the Studio Muse- exhibitions and artist in re- um, in a plan by David Adjaye. It features precast concrete sidence program by 115 per- frames with polished black aggregate panels, brass, ter- cent, invite visitors through a razzo, wood, and glass. new glass entrance and hold events on its roof terrace. “Right now, there is very little about what it means to be the director of the Studio Museum that I would trade,” Golden said. “It feels like this is what I am supposed to be doing.” Moreover, she must help the museum stay vital while itinerant — closing in Janua- ry 2018 and planning to reo- pen in 2021 — during which it will pursue projects in va- rious spaces. Golden is known for a zea- lous development of artists, many of whom have become world renowned, including A design for the Studio Museum’s lobby. Kehinde Wiley, Njideka Aku- nyili Crosby and Glenn Li- ping regularly at the Whitney in making possible the whole gon, with whom Golden talks Museum of American Art. “I rethinking of not just Afri- every day. loved being in spaces with can-American art but Ameri- “She immediately gives artwork,” she said. can art.” them a platform,” Bradford As a sophomore at Smith While Golden could have said. “She doesn’t just say, College, she was an intern publicly chided her instituti- ‘they’re great’ at a cocktail at the Studio Museum, and, onal colleagues over the ye- party. She goes to work.” after graduation, a curatorial ars for being slow to diversify This enthusiasm for art fellow there. She then went to their ranks and collections, animated Golden early on. the Whitney, where she wor- she instead has led by exa- “Art was my favorite thing,” ked on the 1993 Biennial and mple. she said, recalling how she curated the exhibition “Black “I’m sure she must have devoured the hefty textbook Male” (1994), which provoked personal moments of frustra- “Janson’s History of Art.” “It considerable debate with its tion, but she always takes just gave me a sense of the images of masculinity. the high road,” said Anne Pa- world.” “So many of the shows she sternak, the director of the While still a high school did were not just great shows Brooklyn Museum, adding student at New Lincoln, Ms. but reframed art history,” that Ms. Golden “revolutio- Golden — who grew up in St. said Adam D. Weinberg, the nized my whole idea of what Albans, Queens — worked as Whitney’s current director. a cultural institution could an intern at the Met, stop- “Thelma was instrumental do.” THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER

—Photo: Bettmann/Contributor via Getty Images Elizabeth Eckford ignores the hostile screams and stares of fellow students on her first day of school. She was one of the nine Black students whose integration —Photo: U.S. Army Wikimedia Commons into Little Rock's Central High School was ordered by a The Little Rock Nine being escorted by the U.S. Army at Central High. Federal Court following legal action by the NAACP. ‘LITTLE ROCK NINE’: 60th anniversary of Central High Integration By BIO staff High. The students were: Min- vented them from attending tral High. He was the first Af- areas of higher education, men- In 1999 President Clinton nijean Brown, Ernest Green, classes. It was only when Pre- rican-American to walk out tal health, and the criminal ju- awarded the Little Rock Nine On September 25, 1957 nine Thelma Mothershed, Gloria Ray, sident Dwight Eisenhower sent of the school with a diploma. stice system. Green served un- with the Congressional Gold Black students courageously Melba Pattillo, Terrence Ro- 1,200 armed soldiers from As for the rest of the students, der President Jimmy Carter as Medal for their important role started their first full day at an berts, Jefferson Thomas, Car- the 101st Airborne to keep the they either received their diplo- his assistant secretary in the in the Civil Rights Movement. all-white high school in Little lotta Walls, and Elizabeth Eck- peace that the Little Rock Nine mas through correspondence Department of Labor. Pattil- Ten years later, President Ba- Rock, Arkansas, amid an angry ford. were able to complete a full day programs or from other high lo became a reporter for NBC. rack Obama invited them to his mob of students, pro-segregatio- Eight of the students car- of school. schools. Brown worked under President inauguration. nist groups and a defiant gover- pooled together, but because But their lives were difficult. The Little Rock Nine went Bill Clinton in the Department Of the Nine, Jefferson Tho- nor. The students would become her family didn't have a phone, For the rest of the school year, on to accomplish great things of the Interior as the deputy as- mas was the first to pass away. known as the Little Rock Nine. Eckford couldn't be reached. they faced constant verbal and in their professional careers, sistant secretary for workforce He died in 2010 from pancreatic Led by Arkansas NAACP Pre- Thus, she arrived by herself, physical harassment — Mel- some of them serving in the diversity. cancer.

—AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel Surviving members of the Little Rock Nine, the students who integrated Central High School in 1957, speak with the media Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Ark. From the left are Thelma Mothershed Wair, Minnijean Brown Trickey, Terrence J. Roberts, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Ernest G. Green and Elizabeth Eckford. Melba Pattillo Beals attended and is off the camera to the right. Jefferson Thomas died in 2010. sident Daisy Gaston Bates, nine which is how the famous pho- ba Pattillo had acid thrown in Black students took on the task tograph transpired of her coolly her face, Gloria Ray was pus- of testing the U.S. Supreme walking towards the school ent- hed down the stairs, Minnije- Court's 1954 landmark ruling rance with notebook in hand as an Brown was expelled for re- of Brown v. Board of Education, a screaming crowd surrounded taliating after a group of girls which declared that segregation her. threw a purse full of combina- was unconstitutional in Ameri- The weeks leading up to Sep- tion locks at her. Brown's mo- can public schools. tember 25th were trying on ther was even fired from her job Under the glare of an angry the Little Rock Nine, who were because she wouldn't give in to mob of white students, 1,200 counseled and hand-selected pressure to pull her daughter armed soldiers, media cameras, by Daisy Bates. Although they out of the school. and pro-segregationist governor tried to attend Central High On May 25, 1958 Ernest Orval Faubus, the Little Rock earlier, the continual threats Green was the only one of the Nine made their way to Central of violence and bloodshed pre- Nine that graduated from Cen- Profiles of the Little Rock Nine By The Associated Press Ernest G. Green and Elizabeth area. Her mother, Lois, had Eckford. Melba Pattillo Beals been among the first black LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Sur- attended and is off the camera graduates from the University viving members of the Litt- to the right. Jefferson Thomas of Arkansas. le Rock Nine, the students died in 2010. (AP Photo/Kelly Beals earned a bachelor's who integrated Central High P. Kissel) degree in journalism from School in 1957, speak with The nine Black teenagers San Francisco State Univer- the media Friday, Sept. 22, who integrated Little Rock's sity, a master's at Columbia 2017, at the Clinton School of Central High School in Sep- University Graduate School of Public Service in Little Rock, tember 1957 all went on to Journalism and a doctorate at Ark. From the left are Thelma seek higher education. Eight the University of San Francis- Mothershed Wair, MiThe Asso- remain alive. co. She worked as a reporter ciated Press While they're most known in public television and at an Surviving members of the for their collective story, they NBC affiliate and also wrote Little Rock Nine, the students have their individual achieve- "Warriors Don't Cry: A Sea- who integrated Central High ments as well. ring Memoir of the Battle to School in 1957, speak with Here are their stories, as Integrate Little Rock's Central the media Friday, Sept. 22, provided by organizers of the High." 2017, at the Clinton School of 60th anniversary of the Little Public Service in Little Rock, Rock Nine's desegregation of ELIZABETH ECKFORD Ark. From the left are Thelma all-white Central. Because all of Little Rock's Mothershed Wair, Minnije- high schools were closed a an Brown Trickey, Terrence MELBA PATTILLO BEALS year after the desegregati- J. Roberts, Carlotta Walls Melba Pattillo Beals current- on battle, Elizabeth Eckford LaNier, Gloria Ray Karlmark, ly lives in the San Francisco Please turn to PROFILES 10D THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER LOCAL NEWS 5C THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 THE LIFE OF A TOP MODEL AT NEW YORK FASHION WEEK

By Stacy M. Brown of challenges off the runway. “Failure is not an option. NNPA Newswire Contributor One of those challenges I’m a late bloomer and I’m the has been her life-long battle type of person, who lives by Jamaican model Danisha with dyslexia, a learning dis- faith and the drive that I have Carmala Scott, the 2009 order that makes it diffi cult is endless,” she said. “I come Miss Jamaica World Model for sufferers to learn to read from a humble background Fast Track Winner, traveled or interpret words, letters and when you come from a more than 1,500 miles, all and other symbols. background where there’s the way to the Big Apple, “I’ve suffered badly from temptation, modeling has for New York Fashion Week dyslexia and even though I been my getaway.” (NYFW) on a mission to get knew, at 14, I could model, Scott never stops working. signed by a top modeling my dyslexia held me back As “Lady Dani” remains agency. and I knew that if you’re laser-focused on her big As NYFW kicked off, Scott going to be great at some- break, she said that she can made the trek from her home thing, you have to be able still refl ect on all of the good in Jamaica hoping to catch the atten- tion of elite agents and scouts, while they were fi xated on the world’s top models on the run- Danisha Carmala ways, draped in the latest styles of ico- nic fashion desig- ners and household brands. Scott, affectio- nately known as “Lady Dani” to family and friends, said that she would love to be the face of Maybelline or mo- SCOTT del for Louis Vuitton. “I’m a girly girl, I love make to express yourself, not things that have come from up,” Scott said. IMG, New just through your body, but her career, so far. York Model Management, Please turn to scottthrough Although confi dent in her Next and Wilhelmina Models your speech,” Scott said. “I ability and her beauty, Scott are also on her wish list. had to work on myself, get conceded that Fashion Week Scott has already achie- myself together, where I could isn’t the ideal time to look for ved global success in her communicate, as well.” a talent agent. own right. Not only did she Scott attended the Institute “Everyone is enjoying the win the Miss Jamaica World of Academic Excellence and shows and seeing the fresh Model title, her impressive the D’Marie School of Ma- talent, although you might resume also includes mode- keup Artistry. get lucky and someone will ling for the Saint Internatio- Although, she’s passionate walk up and say how gorge- nal Jamaica Limited, Fusion about her modeling career, ous you are,” the former Miss Models Cape Town South Scott said that she also Jamaica World Model said, Africa and the Poise Model enjoys cooking and one day adding that it’s a struggle Agency. hopes to open a pastry shop sometimes to know exactly Although, the 5-foot 10- or restaurant. what industry insiders want. inch Jamaican beauty, whose Still, modeling remains her “You never know, sometimes 32-22-35 measurements are dream and, as she hustles they say, ‘you don’t fi t in our perfectly-sculpted to pursue during New York Fashion client base,’” said Scott. “But, a modeling career, she has Week, Scott is confi dent that I guess when it’s my time, it faced and overcome a myriad she’ll achieve her goal. will all come together.”

Donald Glover Lena Waithe Blacks make history at the recent Emmys Donald Glover and Lena Waithe take home wins amid celebration By thegrio for inspiring the story and al- lowing me to share it with the Recently Emmy Awards saw world. I love you Ma,” the Chi- two major wins for Black Hol- cago native said. lywood, with Atlanta creator She also used the historical and star Donald Glover and TV moment to shine a spotlight on writer Lena Waithe making hi- the LGBTQIA community. “I see story. each and everyone of you. The Waithe’s Emmy win for Out- things that make us different.. standing Writing for a Comedy those are your superpowers. Series made her the fi rst Afri- Everyday when you walk out can-American woman to do so, the door and put on your ima- while Glover became the fi rst ginary cape and conquer the African-American director to world. because the world would win for Best Directing in Come- not be as beautiful as it is if we dy Series. were not in it.” Glover also won for Out- For his Lead Actor win, Glover standing Lead Actor in a Co- jokingly thanked President Do- medy Series, only the second nald Trump for “making Black African American to accom- people number one on the most plish this feat following Robert oppressed list.” Guillaume’s 1985 win for his “He’s probably the reason I’m role in TV series Benson. up here,” he added. Waithe, alongside co-wri- Other notable wins were Ster- ter Aziz Ansari, took home the ling K. Brown for Outstanding Emmy for the “Thanksgiving” Lead Actor in a Drama Series, episode of the Netfl ix series, whose acceptance speech was Master of None. The episode, awkwardly cut off. which stars Angela Bassett and As for the disappointing Kym Whitley, tells the story of losses, Viola Davis was beat a young, Black lesbian woman out by Elisabeth Moss (The (played by Waithe) whose mo- Handmade’s Tale) for Outstan- ther (Bassett) struggles to ac- ding Lead Actress in a Drama cept her sexuality. Series, while Black-ish stars While accepting her award, Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Waithe says the story was Anderson failed to win in their loosely based on her mother’s categories for Outstanding real life story. Lead Actor and Actress in a Co- “I want to thank my mother medy Series. THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER

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New exhibit explores the history of lynching in the United States ARTS Now,” combines painting, sculp- ze, canvas, paper, cotton, wood, The backgrounds in Dyson’s “He the infi ltration and impact of in doing so, they are merging continued from 1C ture, textiles, embroidery and and other elements to make co- She, 2015” and “She He, 2016” economic thinking on everyday form with function and fi nding printmaking to form sculptures lorful mixed media assemblages are inspired by landscape archi- life. new ways to communicate the On view through Dec. 17, that simultaneously reference that look like sculptures inten- tecture plans, geometric maps “This exhibition emerged from issues of our times.” the exhibit features works in past and present civil rights ab- tionally migrating towards the and statistical reports, while the an idea: What would an image- Established in 1984, ArtCen- “On Documentary Abstraction,” uses in the U.S. and the history wall, or paintings wanting to foregrounds are treated with less documentary look like?” ter/South Florida is a non-profi t which will be discussed during of American art abstraction. The come down to engage the solidi- washes, glosses and gradients. said curator Rachael Rakes. that creates opportunities for a series of talks and fi lm pro- resulting works are colored and ty of the ground.” The exhibition also features 13 “At fi rst, the term Documentary experimentation and encou- grams, about the connection mixed media sculptures that Dyson’s contribution con- small sculptures from Richard Abstraction might seem contra- rages the critical exchange of between politics and art. blend into a meditation on ra- sists of two paintings from her Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens dictory, but documentary ap- ideas through residencies, ex- Jackson’s series of works, on cism and color theory. Strange Fruit series, which re- ongoing series, “Each Number proaches continuously evolve. hibitions, public programs, edu- view last year at New York’s Recently featured in Hyper- spond to the more than 4,000 Equals One Inhalation and One These artists are pushing the cation and outreach. Tilton Gallery in the solo exhi- allergic, Jackson’s work was de- lynchings that occurred in the Exhalation.” These works con- boundaries around both docu- For more information, visit bition titled “The Subliminal is scribed this way: “She uses gau- U.S. between 1877 and 1950. tinue the duo’s examination of mentary and abstract art and, www.artcentersf.org. ‘All White Aff air’ will benefi t historic society in Richmond Heights HEIGHTS and George Clinton & the P- ry that the historic society will Historic Society’s founder and Black World War II veterans. fabric of this time, segregation continued from 1C Funk All Stars. screen the day after the fund- executive director Jessica Gar- The documentary features and civil rights. Limited tickets Proceeds are used to help pre- raiser. “The Richmond Heights rett Modkins, the documentary intimate conversations with are available for free at rh49ers. been hosting events across the serve the history of the Black 49ers” on Saturday, Sept. 30, explores the lives of early sett- the community’s pioneering eventbrite.com. country, along with his DJ, Hit- World War II veterans who mo- will be shown to guests free at lers in detail and the rationale residents in an effort to under- For more information on the man Howie Tee. ved into Richmond Heights in the Lyric Theater in Overtown. of the white developer Captain stand their experiences fi rst- Historic Society please visit Chubb Rock’s routine inclu- 1949. Tickets are available at Show time is at 3 p.m. Frank C. Martin who perpetu- hand. It delves into Martin’s www.TheHistoricSociety.org or des an interactive performance MIiamiAllWhiteAffair.Event- Based on the book, “Images ated social change during Jim mindset to build homes specifi - call 305.744.5760. Join the showcasing artists such as brite.com. of America: Miami’s Richmond Crow. Martin made a bold and cally designed for Black milita- conversation at https://www. Earth Wind and Fire, Kool and Black World War II veterans Heights,” by co-authors Pa- unpopular decision to build a ry. The fi lm will also take a clo- Facebook.com/thehistoricsoci- the Gang, The Commodores will be focus of a documenta- tricia Harper Garrett and The self-contained community for ser look at the socioeconomic ety. THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER The Miami Times Business &Finance SECTION D MIAMI, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017

Fund created for Caribbean Diaspora relief SOUTH FLORIDIANS URGED TO DONATE, VOLUNTEER TO HELP RAVAGED ISLANDS By Gregory W. Wright the Caribbean Diaspora,” he said [email protected] on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Holy Family Episcopal Church in Mi- In an urgently called commu- ami Gardens. "It is our collective nity forum, a large gathering of responsibility to come together as South Florida's Caribbean com- one to help everyone." munity came together to send Marlon Hill, a native of Jamai- a clear message to the people of ca, and an attorney with the law their hurricane ravaged home- fi rm Hamilton, Miller and Bir- lands: Help is on the way. thisel, like many islanders now Moderator Francis Ragoo, a na- living in South Florida, still has tive of Trinidad, told the audience family and friends throughout that the devastation that has ta- the Caribbean islands. Hill made ken place in the Caribbean is not a call for South Florida to mobi- about one nation over another. lize to donate and send aid to the "This is about the survival of Please turn to RELIEF 10D South Florida accesses damage after Irma Initial insurance fi lings show Florida took a $3.1 billion hit from Irma; Keys residents made the most claims By Ron Hurtibise to both residential and com- be surprised if damage totals Sun Sentinel mercial properties. They inclu- reach levels projected by major de claims to private companies catastrophe modeling fi rms, Nine days after Hurricane that underwrite fl ood coverage such as AIR Worldwide and Irma left Florida with a gi- but do not include roughly CoreLogic. ant mess but less structural 17,000 claims fi led in Florida “It seems the initial dama- damage than expected, poli- as of Thursday to the National ge estimates might have been cyholders have fi led 496,532 Flood Insurance Program for high based on the lack of insurance claims worth an damage from storm surge or structural damage in many estimated $3.1 billion. local fl ooding. parts of the state,” Grady said. The numbers released Jeff Grady, president and A majority of the total claims Thursday are based on re- CEO of the Florida Associati- tallied by the state likely will ports by property and casualty on of Insurance Agents, says not result in any payoff to insurers to the state Offi ce of he thinks the infl ux of Irma policyholders because they will Insurance Regulation of losses claims have peaked, and he’d not exceed their hurricane de-

—John McCall / Sun Sentinel Debris from a fallen tree after Hurricane Irma in Pompano Beach, Sept. 11, Insurance claims totals have been running at a high rate, but some experts say most involves property not covered or that won't exceed policyholders' hurricane deductibles.

ductibles — typically equal to Outside of the Keys, structu- to think the building codes are 2 percent ot 5 percent of their ral damage occurred primarily better than they were years insured value, he said. in Marco Island and Naples, ago.” Most claims that agents are and a few places along nort- The statewide claims total reporting are minor, such as hern east coast beaches, such includes 428,269 for residen- trees falling on fences and as in Flagler and St. Johns tial properties and 18,239 for broken gutters, Grady said. County, he said. commercial properties. Claims counts are high be- “We were really lucky it Only 46,060 have been clo- cause policyholders want to took that right [eastern] turn sed, and of those, 17,784 were get their damage on record so at Naples then stayed east of closed with no payments. their annual deductibles will Tampa as it went north. The Not surprisingly, the largest be reduced if another hurrica- winds didn’t materialize like number of claims — 55,012 ne comes, he said. they were forecast and I’d like Please turn to DAMAGE 8D

Blacks, Latinos are still short-changed in mortgage market By Charlene Crowell you’re Black or Latino, how- To put it another ers fared better, Blacks, 96,780 home loans are changing,” said Nikitra NNPA Columnist ever, wanting and getting are way, the HMDA receiving 87,570. (9.7 percent of all govern- Bailey, executive vice presi- often two different things. numbers reveal Only 2.6 percent of ment-sponsored loans) were dent with the Center for Re- Financial security can In 2014, borrowers of color whether Black these loans, typi- made, and again Latinos sponsible Lending. “The fu- often feel like a tug of war and families with low-to- America is getting cally the most af- received slightly more with ture health of our mortgage with earnings and income moderate incomes continue its fair share of fordable and wide- 128,653 (12.9 percent) of market, a major driver of the on one side and the cost of to be shortchanged in the mortgages. In 2014, ly available, were these loans. economy, relies on closing living and debt on the other. mortgage market, accord- the numbers show made to Blacks and “These stark disparities in these gaps.” Which side wins can deter- ing to the newly-released that communities just 5 percent for mortgage lending to borrow- Bailey continued, “By mine whether a household Home Mortgage Disclosure of color got a lot Latinos. ers of color and low-wealth 2025, the population will is mired in insurmountable Act (HMDA) report. One of less: • The more costly families occur to the very be even more diverse with debt or gains the fi nancial the few reports that tracks • Out of 1,736,000 CROWELL government-backed people hardest hit by abu- households of color rep- ability for a better life. data by race and income, conventional mortgage loans loan programs such as FHA, sive lending and the foreclo- resenting nearly half of For many families, the the HMDA report tallies how for purchases last year, VA and USDA were the pri- sure crisis. These disparities all fi rst-time homebuyers. path to that better life is many mortgage loans were Black borrowers received mary mortgage vehicles also come at a time when Lenders and Fannie Mae

COMMENTARY through homeownership. If approved and by type. only 45,544; Latino borrow- for consumers of color. For our nation’s demographics Please turn to MARKET 11D 8D THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER Target to boost minimum wage to $15 by end of 2020 The Associated Press wages in a fiercely competitive communities we serve," Brian cial struggles and to fight for Thirty-two percent of all first highest in a decade. marketplace. But Target's hike Cornell, Target’s chief executi- hourly pay of $15. The Novem- jobs in the U.S. are in retail, The average hourly pay for Target Corp. said Monday to $15 an hour far exceeds not ve, told reporters during a con- ber election of a Republican- according to the National Retail cashiers is now $10.14, accor- that it is raising the minimum only the federal minimum of ference call Friday. controlled Congress dampened Federation, the nation's largest ding to the Hay Group's survey wage for its workers to $11 an $7.25 an hour but the hour- Target is hiring 40 percent hopes of an increase in the retail group, and stores overall of 140 retailers with annual hour starting next month and ly base pay at Wal-Mart, the more holiday-season workers $7.25-an-hour federal mini- have more job openings now sales of at least $500 million. then to $15 by the end of 2020. nation's largest private emplo- than last year mum wage. But advocates have than they did a few years ago. The survey was conducted in The company said the move yer, and plenty of its other retail Target’s planned minimum- continued to press for boosts Hourly pay at restaurants May. A year ago, the hourly pay will help it better recruit and peers whose minimum hourly wage increases outpace those on the state and local level. and hotels is up 3.5 percent was $9.79. retain top-quality staff and pay now hovers around $10. mandated by California: State- At the same time, competiti- from a year earlier, a much Target said its minimum provide a better shopping expe- As part of its $2.7-billion in- wide, the minimum wage at on for lower-skilled workers has better raise than the 2.5 per- hourly wage of $11 is higher rience for its customers. vestment in workers, Wal-Mart medium and large employers heated up, and retailers, likely cent gain for all employees. For than the minimum wage in 48 The initiative is part of the Stores Inc. had raised its entry- is $10.50 an hour, and it’s not hobbled by the threat of e-com- workers at transportation and states and matches the mini- retailer’s overall strategy, an- level hourly pay for workers to scheduled to reach $15 until merce, are falling behind. As warehousing companies, where mum wage in Massachusetts nounced this year, to reinvent $9 in 2015 and then to $10 in 2022. Los Angeles, however, shoppers get more mobile-sav- e-commerce growth is fueling and Washington. It said the pay its business, including remode- 2016. With Target's outsized in- already has a minimum wage vy, retailers are seeking sales hiring, pay is up 2.7% in the increase will affect thousands ling stores, expanding its on- fluence in the retailing world, of $12 an hour at those emplo- staff who are more skilled at last year. Retailers, however, of its more than 300,000 wor- line services and opening up its increase could force rivals to yers, and the city requires a customer service and in tech- have lifted pay just 1.8% in the kers, but it declined to quantify smaller urban locations. match the pay in order to com- boost to $15 by mid-2020. nology, such as using iPads to last year. That may be spurring the percentage of its workforce. Target quietly raised entry- pete. The changes come at a time check out inventory. But with more workers to leave for better It said the increase to $11 an level hourly wages to $10 last "We see this not only as an when there's growing concern the unemployment rate near a opportunities: Separate govern- hour will apply to the more year, from $9 the previous investment in our team but an for hourly workers. Thousands 16-year low, the most desirable ment data show the number of than 100,000 hourly workers year, following initiatives by investment in an elevated ex- of workers have staged protests retail workers feel more confi- retail workers quitting their that Target will be hiring for the Wal-Mart and others to boost perience for our guests and the to call attention to their finan- dent in hopping from job to job. jobs this year and last is at the holiday season. Hurricane Irma claim reports released by insurers on Thursday DAMAGE centage of population, Monroe Ranked by claims per capita, t i n g w i l l b e t h e t o t a l c o s t o f A l aba m a , G e org i a , Nor t h C a ro - 4. Lee — 33,893 continued from 7D County, which includes the Broward County becomes 24th Irma’s damage. lina and South Carolina — will 5. Polk — 33,339 hard-hit Keys, emerges as the most impacted with 2.0 claims A report released Thurs- total between $25 billion and 6. Collier — 30,041 — were filed in Miami-Dade most heavily impacted so far per 100 residents; Miami-Dade day by Florida International $35 billion. Before the storm 7. Brevard — 23,802 County, the most populated with 15.3 claims for every 100 County is 25th with 2.0 claims University’s College of Busi- hit, AIR estimated IRMA’s U.S. 8. Duval — 22,794 county in the state with 2.7 residents. That number could per 100 residents; and Palm ness estimates that wind los- damage would cost insurers as 9. Palm Beach — 18,930 million residents. The next two increase, as many Keys resi- Beach County is 33th with 1.3 ses in Florida will reach $19.4 much as $50 billion. The mo- 10. Osceola — 18,012 largest number of claims also dents only recently returned claims per 100 residents. billion, but insurers will only del does not break down its es- Irma claims per capita by are from counties with large to their homes, and insurance Irma claims have been filed have to pay out $6.3 billion of timates by state. county through Sept. 21 populations — Orange [1.3 mil- adjusters are still assessing in all 67 Florida counties, the the total. Property owners will Jay Neal, CEO of the Fort 1. Monroe — 12,082 — 15.3 lion residents, 44,696 claims] damage. data shows. The storm’s 350- absorb $13.1 billion, thanks Lauderdale-based Florida As- per 100 residents and Broward [1.9 million resi- Rural Highlands County, mile width put all of the state to the fact most damage won’t sociation for Insurance Re- 2. Highlands — 10,262 — dents, 38,836 claims]. which is northwest of Lake under a hurricane watch for exceed hurricane deductibles, form, said he doesn’t see in- 10.2 per 100 residents Palm Beach County, which Okeechobee, follows with 10.2 the first time in history. according to FIU professor sured losses reaching those 3. Seminole — 14,546 — 8.5 has 1.4 million residents, had claims per 100 residents; and Counties in the western Shahid Hamid, who heads the levels. In Florida, “I think it’s per 100 residents the ninth-largest number of that’s followed by Seminole Panhandle seemed to have team that produced the esti- probably close to $10 billion,” 4. Collier — 30,041 — 8.2 claims — 18,930. County, northeast of Orange escaped most of Irma’s dama- mates. They are based on the he said. per 100 residents But as a percentage of popu- County, with 8.5 claims for ge. Just six claims have been Florida Public Hurricane Loss Still, that’s a powerful storm. 5. Okeechobee — 2,426 — lation, claims in the tricounty every 100 residents. filed in Liberty County, west Model, which the state uses as Hurricane Matthew in 2016 6.0 per 100 residents region are running dispropor- In Collier County, which in- of Tallahassee; nine have been a benchmark in setting hurri- caused an estimated $1.2 bil- 6. Osceola — 18,012 — 5.4 tionately low. cludes Everglades City, Marco filed in Gulf County, northwest cane insurance rates. lion in insured wind losses in per 100 residents While 2016 census data esti- Island and Naples on the sou- of Apalachicola; and 11 have CoreLogic, an analytics firm, Florida while Hurricane Wilma 7. Hendry — 2,014 — 5.1 per mates 29.4 percent of all Flo- thwest coast, 8.2 claims have been filed in Holmes Coun- expects total insured and un- cost $10.3 billion in 2005 dol- 100 residents rida residents live in Broward, been filed per 100 residents. ty, along the Florida-Alabama insured losses from wind and lars. 8. Polk — 33,339 — 5.0 per Palm Beach or Miami-Dade Rounding out the five most border. flood will range from $42.5 bil- Most Irma claims by county 100 residents counties, just 22.7 percent of impacted counties is Okee- Yet the claims total to-date lion to $65 billion. through Sept. 21: 9. Glades — 689 — 4.9 per Irma claims have been filed chobee County, located north represent a fraction of what AIR Worldwide projects in- 1. Miami-Dade — 55,012 100 residents from the region. of Lake Okeechobee, with 6.0 researchers and catastrophe sured losses in the five states 2. Orange — 44,696 10. Lee — 33,893 — 4.7 per Comparing claims as a per- claims per 100 residents. modeling firms are projec- impacted by Irma — Florida, 3. Broward — 38,836 100 residents THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER 9D THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017

—Photos credit Melissa Golden for The New York Times Chanel Young and her children Maiya Collins and Camille McNeil getting ice cream at Knowing her body needed a break, Angel McCoughtry of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream their cousin McCoughtry’s shop. took time off to operate her new venture: an ice cream parlor. On the wall is a decal where visitors can measure their height against hers. She was fourth in the league in scoring last year for the Atlanta Dream. A WAY TO EXTEND HER WNBA CAREER? OPENING AN ICE CREAM PARLOR By Malika Andrews needed a break, so she devised in for scoops, and the rapper the court. McCoughtry was cutouts of McCoughtry holding that served desserts after she The New York Times what might be the most novel Killer Mike visited one recent a dominant college player at ice cream cones. discovered during her time pla- approach yet by a professional afternoon. Louisville and was the fi rst Flavors rotate. Recent offe- ying in Turkey that hookah ATLANTA — Some profes- athlete looking to extend a “My body was speaking to overall pick in the 2009 WNBA rings included Salty Bae, a was a communal activity. But sional athletes (hello, Roger career. She stepped away from me,” McCoughtry said about draft. She was fourth in the salted caramel and chocolate she fi gured the hookah culture Federer) try to preserve their her sport for a season and ope- her decision to leave the WNBA league in scoring last year for variety dedicated to the Tur- in Atlanta did not promote the bodies by skipping a few com- ned an ice cream parlor. for a season. “I was always the Atlanta Dream and earned kish chef Nusret Gokce, who same kind of inclusivity. Also, petitions. Others, like many McCoughtry’s Ice Cream in tight. I was always mentally about $115,000. recently rose to prominence as she doesn’t smoke. baseball and basketball pla- Atlanta occupies a storefront drained from playing all year She has played overseas an internet meme; and Space But McCoughtry has a yers, take a seat on the bench on Peters Street next to a round. I had plantar fasciitis. every off-season since leaving Jam, a blueberry cheesecake sweet tooth. At dinner recent- a little more often late in the popcorn shop and two doors It was tough and I knew that it college, adding several months ode to the 1996 movie starring ly at Seasons 52, an upscale season if the games are incon- down from Old Lady Gang, a was time to recover if I wanted of physical exertion to the Michael Jordan. restaurant in the Buckhead sequential. restaurant owned by the “Real longevity in my career.” three-month WNBA season. “Tomorrow, we can eat neighborhood of Atlanta, the Then there is Angel Mc- Housewives of Atlanta” star It is rare for any athlete to The ice cream shop, she said, broccoli, but today is for ice waiter brought her a glass of Coughtry, one of the top sco- Kandi Burruss. McCoughtry’s willingly step away from a is her “happy place.” The color cream!” a sign outside reads. Jam Jar Moscato. It wasn’t rers in the WNBA At age 30, already seems to have a follow- sport. It is even rarer for an scheme is Tiffany blue, and the McCoughtry had considered sweet enough. She wanted her body was signaling that it ing. WNBA players have come athlete who is thriving on walls are adorned with life-size opening a hookah lounge Please turn to PARLOR 10D 10D THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER Pursuing her passion in ice cream Help coming to islands how much aid is needed to recover and league. Why am I not on the- RELIEF PARLOR continued from 7D rebuild." continued from 9D re? Why haven’t you guys po- sted something about the ice cream shop? Is it because I’m people on the islands who now have no BLOW TO TOURISM the most confectionary wine food, water, nor homes, all which were The devastation to the Caribbean sitting out? Who cares? I’m they carried. She was satis- destroyed by the recent storms. islands means more than the loss of getting rest. Give me some- fi ed with a syrupy dessert Hill announced the establishment business from cruise ships and in- thing. Nothing else against riesling that tasted more like of the U.S. Caribbean Strong Relief come from sightseeing tourist. The fi - the league or the WNBA, but honey than wine. Fund, the purpose of which is to or- nancial impact will have a ripple effect you guys have to promote us A store that sold sugar (ice ganize efforts, to expedite aid to the here in South Florida and across the cream) was a better fi t than and what we’re doing to show effected islands, as well as coordinate nation, as the Caribbean is one of the the hookah lounge. people she’s doing something volunteer efforts here in South Flori- major banking centers in the world. Last summer she found in her community.” da. Also in attendance were organizers the space, in a part of Atlan- (In an email statement, A website has been set up, www.sf- and promoters of a number of the ta that she said used to be Lisa Borders, the league’s caribbeanstrong.org, to receive dona- Caribbean-themed events held in Mi- a “dump.” It had previously president, said: “WNBA pla- tions and to sign up volunteers. Peo- ami-Dade and Broward counties duri- been a hair salon. She nee- yers are not only world-class ple with trucks and vehicles and time, ng this time of year, including Miami ded a year to build out the athletes but they’re also mul- who are able to pick up donations are Broward Carnival. ice cream counter, get city tidimensional people with needed. For those who donate through The event promoters discussed ways permits, redo the wiring and varied passions and skills the website, Hill says, there will be full their events can contribute, including paint, and decorate the inte- off the court. Sharing their transparency. setting up donation stations. "The rior. Opening day was June 1. unique stories across our as- "Those who donate will receive writ- Jerk Fest is also looking to be suppor- McCoughtry said she did sets continues to be a priori- ten confi rmation of their tax deducti- tive," said Hill. not have any fi nancial ba- ty.”) ble contribution," he said, "as well as Pastor Horace Ward of Holy Fami- ckers in the store and was The ice cream shop is updates on the amount of funds that ly Episcopal Church is allowing the hoping to see a return on all a step toward building have been received, and how those group to hold meetings and accept do- nations. Shipping services are being the money that she has put McCoughtry’s post-retire- funds have been used.” organized to get the donated supplies into getting it up and run- ment life. She will report to Congresswoman Frederica Wilson to the islands where needed at no ning. But, it is a passion pro- Russia for her fi nal inter- sent word on efforts to aid the people charge. However shoes and clothing ject, and she is committed to national season in October of the Caribbean. "A $9.7 billion hurricane relief fun- are not being accepted at this time. In keeping it open, regardless of and plans to return to the ding bill was passed in early Septem- the past, large donations of shoes and costs. Dream to play in the WNBA ber with support of from the entire clothing have hurt the businesses in Brande Serrano, her fi an- at least until the 2020 Sum- House Democratic Caucus. My staff devastated areas that sell such pro- cée of three years, said Mc- mer Olympics in Tokyo. (She and I had a meeting with representa- ducts, further hindering the growth of Coughtry had been happier —Photo credit Melissa Golden for The New York Times has played for two Olympic teams.) Then she will re-eva- tives from the cruise line industry in businesses in the areas. since starting her own busi- McCoughtry’s Ice Cream is in the Castleberry Hill There is need for food, water, deodo- luate. my D.C. offi ce, specifi cally Royal Ca- ness. rant, female products, batteries, fl ash- neighborhood in the shadow of downtown Atlanta’s “I feel like a lot of peo- ribbean Cruise Line. I am working “Opening up the ice cream lights, solar-powered phone chargers, new football stadium. ple play ball and that’s the with them to ensure affected Carib- shop is showing herself that diapers, medicines like Pepto Bismal only thing they know how to bean Islands receive supplies inclu- she can be responsible for purposeful.” “If you go look on the ding food, drinking water, medical and aspirin, tents and blankets. do. And so after they retire, something else outside of McCoughtry’s only frustra- W.N.B.A. page, I don’t think supplies, plywood, tarps, blankets "My sister island Barbuda doesn't they’re lost,” she said, but basketball,” Serrano said. tion, she said, was that the you’ll see me and the ice and pillows. These supplies are being exist anymore," said Desiree Barnes “That’s huge, because then WNBA has not promoted her cream shop,” she said. “Why “not Angel McCoughtry. I got shipped on cruise ships and cargo of the Antigua-Barbuda Association of she feels more fulfi lled. More venture. not? I’ve done so much for the an ice cream shop.” planes as we speak. I hope to get all South Florida. Prime Minister Gaston the cruise lines involved in this effort. Browne, speaking before the United Additionally, residents of the affected Nations General Assembly lamented, U.S. territories can be evacuated on "The island of Barbuda is decimated. Meet historic ‘Little Rock Nine’ students cruise ships so that they can be reuni- Its entire population left homeless." ted with family here on the mainland. The U.S. Caribbean Strong Relief PROFILES years and later gradua- and later received a master's degree in gui- Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, who Fund is administered by the Miami continued from 4C ted from the University bachelor's of social dance and counseling represents the U.S. Virgin Islands, Foundation. of Northern Colorado. work in native hu- from Southern Illinois. is on the FEMA calls every week and "Listen, our Caribbean family needs moved to St. Louis, She received an ho- man services from She worked in the keeps us abreast on the needs of her us," said Hill. "Anything greater than where she obtained norary doctorate from Laurentian University East St. Louis, Illinois, constituents." zero, you need to give. You need to de- her GED diploma. She Northern Colorado and a master's of so- school system for 28 Congresswoman Wilson went on to cide what you are going to give, and attended Knox College and is in the Colora- cial work at Carleton years — 10 as a home say that she is working with the U.S. what you can give. We live in a hurri- in Illinois and received do Women's Hall of University, both in On- economics teacher and territories, the U.S. Department of cane disaster zone and must prepare a bachelor's degree in Fame and the National tario. She worked in 18 as a counselor — Education, the House Appropriations ourselves to overcome these challen- history at Central State Women's Hall of Fame. President Bill Clinton's before retiring in 1994. Committee and Florida Memorial ges. This means we will have to make University in Ohio. She wrote "A Mighty administration as de- She now lives back in University to make sure that college more investments to protect our lives, Eckford served in Long Way: My Journey Jefferson Thomas puty assistant secreta- Little Rock. students who were displaced by the communities, and our most-vulnera- the U.S. Army. She and to Justice at Little Rock ry for workforce diver- This story has been hurricanes can transfer to Florida ble citizens, here in Florida and the Caribbean region.” a key tormentor cap- Central High School" MINNIJEAN BROWN sity at the Department corrected to show that Memorial University without any in- terruption in their college coursework. For more information, go to wwww. tured in a 1957 photo- and is a real estate bro- TRICKEY of the Interior. Jefferson Thomas re- sfl caribbeanstrong.org and make di- graph outside Central ker. Minnijean Brown tired in 2004 after 27 "We have a weekly call with FEMA to rect contribution to give.miamifoun- High School received Trickey was the fi rst THELMA years of federal work, address these issues. This is an on- dation.org/caribbean. To have some- a humanitarian award TERRENCE ROBERTS of the Little Rock Nine MOTHERSHED WAIR not in 2002. going process. As travel opens back one answer your call via telephone, from the National Con- Terrence Roberts to be suspended, after Thelma Mothers- Little Rock Central up to these islands, we will be able to better assess the damage to determine the number to call is 305-482-3660. ference for Community entered Central High retaliating against her hed Wair completed High School 60th An- and Justice after their as a junior, completed tormentors. She moved her high school niversary website: reconciliation more the school year and to New York and lived work through corre- www.centralhigh60th. than three decades af- moved with family to with a pair of social spondence courses org ter the crisis. Eckford California, where he scientists who had pla- and summer school in For more on the Litt- lives in Little Rock. graduated from Los yed a role in the Brown St. Louis. She received le Rock Nine, inclu- Angeles High School v. Board of Education her diploma from Cen- ding historical stories ERNEST GREEN in 1959. He earned a case and graduated tral by mail. and photos, and video Ernest Green was the bachelor's degree in from the New Lincoln Wair graduated from interviews with people fi rst of the Little Rock sociology from Califor- School in 1959. Southern Illinois Uni- who lived through the Nine to earn a diploma nia State University, She studied jour- versity with a degree era, visit http://www. at Central High School. Los Angeles, a master's nalism at Southern in home economics ed- apnews.com/tag/Litt- He worked in public in social welfare from Illinois University ucation and earned a leRockNine. fi nance for Lehman the University of Cali- Brothers in Washing- fornia at Los Angeles ton and was listed and a doctorate in psy- in Black Enterprise chology from Southern Magazine's 2006 list of Illinois University. the "75 Most Powerful He was on the fa- Blacks on Wall Street." culty at Pacifi c Union Green has a College in California bachelor's degree in in the 1970s and was social science and a assistant dean at the master's in sociology UCLA School of Social from Michigan State Welfare from 1985 to University, plus hono- 1993. He has written rary doctorates from the books "Lessons Central State Universi- from Little Rock" and ty, Michigan State and "Simple, Not Easy: Re- Tougaloo College. fl ections on Communi- ty, Social Responsibili- GLORIA RAY ty and Tolerance." KARLMARK Gloria Ray Karlmark JEFFERSON THOMAS is the granddaughter Jefferson Thomas of a former slave. Af- was running track at ter leaving Little Rock all-black Dunbar Juni- for Missouri, she gra- or High School when he duated from the newly volunteered to help in- integrated Kansas City tegrate all-white Cen- Central High School tral High School as a in 1960. After gradu- sophomore in 1957. He ating from the Illinois graduated from Cen- Institute of Technology tral in 1960 and went in Chicago, she joined on to earn a bachelor's IIT's research institute degree in business ad- as an assistant mathe- ministration from Los matician. Angeles State College. In the 1970s, she and He worked as an ac- her husband immigra- counting clerk at Mobil ted to Sweden and she Oil and then became a joined IBM's Nordic La- supervisor for the com- OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT boratory. She retired in pany. He joined the COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 1994. Department of Defense when Mobil moved its PLEASE ALL TAKE NOTICE that a Board of Commissioners Meeting of the credit card operations CARLOTTA WALLS Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is out of Los Angeles. He LANIER scheduled to take place on Tuesday October 3rd, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at Temple Carlotta Walls La- moved to Columbus, Israel of Greater Miami, 137 N.E. 19th Street, Miami, FL 33136. Nier is the youngest Ohio, in 1989, after the member of the Little Department of Defense Rock Nine, entering relocated parts of its All interested persons are invited to attend. For more information please contact Central High School at Los Angeles operations the OMNI CRA office at (305) 679-6868. age 14. She graduated to Columbus. from Central in 1960 The 27-year feder- #29046 Jason Walker, Executive Director and attended Michigan al employee retired in Omni Redevelopment District State University for two 2004 and died in 2010. Community Redevelopment Agency THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER 11D THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 Adidas exec, 4 coaches charged in college bribery scheme NEW YORK (AP) — In one Federal prosecutors said of the biggest crackdowns on that while some of the bribe the corrupting role of mo- money went straight to ath- ney in college basketball, 10 letes and their families, some men — including a top Adidas of it went to coaches, to get executive and four assistant them to use their influence coaches — were charged over their potentially NBA- Tuesday with using hundreds bound players. of thousands of dollars in Several top-tier college bribes to influence star ath- basketball coaches, sports letes’ choice of schools, shoe managers and an executive at sponsors, agents, even tailors. Adidas are facing corruption Some of the most explosive charges related to bribery and allegations appeared to invol- fraud schemes to pay athletes ve Louisville, one of college for sponsorships, and get basketball’s biggest power- kickbacks for signing manage- houses. ment contracts. (Sept. 26) Court papers say at least The coaches charged are

A combination photo shows NCAA coaches L-R, Lamont Evans, Emanuel Richardson, Tony Bland and Chuck Per- son in these USA Today Sports file photos. and these bribery allegations, the family of a high school out financial aid after their violation ... of rules. But this if true, suggest an extraordi- athlete to gain his commit- coaches falsely assured them is how the NBA players get it nary and despicable breach of ment to play at Louisville, they were unaware of any done.” that trust.” and to sign with Adidas once rules violations. As for the suit-maker, Since 2015, the FBI has he became a professional. The investigation began Person told the same player: been investigating the influ- The player’s name was not after a financial adviser who “Rashan can get you suits ence of money on coaches and released, but details in the ran a firm that catered to pro and stuff. ... You’ll start loo- players in the NCAA. Kim no- criminal complaint, including athletes began cooperating in king like an NBA ballplayer, ted that a special FBI hotline references to news coverage 2014, providing information that’s what you are.” has been set up and invited of his signing, make it clear corroborated by recorded con- He also warned his player to anyone aware of additional investigators were referring to versations and surveillance, be careful: “Don’t flaunt the corruption to come forward. Brian Bowen. Bowen did not authorities said. stuff you get.” Prosecutors said the immediately return messages That person, not identified Prosecutors quoted Evans coaches took bribes to use seeking comment, and Louis- in court papers, pleaded guilty as bragging about his ability Jim Gatto, director of global sports marketing for Adi- their “enormous influence” to ville declined to make coach this month to fraud and other to steer young athletes to- steer players toward cer- Rick Pitino available. crimes. ward prospective agents and das basketball. tain financial advisers and The development comes Person, associate head advisers, saying, “Every guy I agents. as Louisville is appealing coach at Auburn, was drafted recruit and get is my personal three top high school recruits Chuck Person of Auburn, Most if not all of the 10 NCAA sanctions handed out by the Indiana Pacers in 1986 kid.” He also allegedly boa- were promised payments of as Emanuel Richardson of Ari- defendants were under in June following an escort and played for five NBA teams sted that he could “bury” any much as $150,000 — using zona, Tony Bland of Southern arrest. Lawyers for Gatto, scandal that unfolded nearly over 13 seasons. other advisers who tried to money supplied by Adidas California and Lamont Evans Person and Richardson did two years ago. The scandal Prosecutors said Person sign his players. — to attend two universities of Oklahoma State. Person not immediately respond to could cost the school its 2013 accepted about $91,500 in Prosecutors said Evans sponsored by the athletic and Evans were immediately requests for comment. national championship. bribes from the unidentified solicited at least $22,000 clothing company. Court pa- suspended. Adidas said it was unawa- Louisville interim President financial adviser in 2016 to over the past two years, while pers didn’t name the schools Those charged also include re of any misconduct by an Gregory Postel confirmed the steer clients to him when Richardson in February was but contained enough details James Gatto, director of global employee and vowed to fully university has been informed they reached the NBA. Some paid $20,000 in bribes, some to identify them as Louisville sports marketing for basket- cooperate with authorities. it is part of the investigation payments were alleged to have of which he kept for himself and Miami. ball at Adidas; Rashan Michel, Among other things, Gatto and said it will cooperate ful- been arranged by Michel, a and some of which he gave “The picture of college bas- a maker of custom suits for and others were accused of ly. “Any violations will not be former NBA referee turned to at least one high school ketball painted by the charges some of the NBA’s biggest bribing high school athletes tolerated,” he said. high-end clothier. athlete to get him to play for is not a pretty one,” said stars; and various financial and their families at least Miami likewise said it will Person was quoted by pro- Arizona. acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. advisers and managers. three times this year in ex- cooperate, while USC said it secutors as telling one player: Between July and Septem- Kim, adding that the defen- NCAA President Mark Em- change for a commitment by appointed former FBI Director “The most important part is ber, two advisers arranged dants were “circling blue-chip mert condemned the alleged the players to play basketball Louis J. Freeh to conduct an that you ... don’t say nothing at least $13,000 in bribes to prospects like coyotes” and misconduct, saying in a state- for two Adidas-sponsored internal investigation. to anybody ... don’t share with Bland, who boasted, “I can “exploited the hoop dreams of ment, “Coaches hold a unique universities. Court papers portrayed the your sisters, don’t share with definitely mold the players student-athletes around the position of trust with student- In one case, Gatto and universities as victims of the any of the teammates, that’s and put them in the lap of you country” to enrich themselves. athletes and their families, others funneled $100,000 to schemes, saying they paid very important ’cause this is a guys,” prosecutors said. There are very stark disparities in U.S. mortgage lending practices MARKET 2014 HMDA data is available reliable and proven method. $1 in wealth that accrues to its steady improvement. This broadly available low mort- continued from 7D on CRL’s web. Demos, a public policy orga- median Black households as exclusion also systemati- gage interest rates, coupled Among mortgage profes- nization, published a report a result of homeownership, cally limits the total number with strengthened consumer and Freddie Mac have a duty to sionals, it is widely held that that demonstrated if the rate median white households ac- of potential homebuyers. As protections, today’s lending serve more than just consum- owning a home is how many of homeownership by people crue $1.34,” states the report. America’s retirees grow older, climate is better able to cre- ers with pristine credit and Americans build wealth. Be- of color would increase, the Housing is critical to the many will seek to downsize. ate safe and successful lend- high levels of wealth. Home- cause the private mortgage racial wealth gap would sub- health of our national econ- Expanding the pool of home- ing for consumers and lend- ownership must be available market has failed to make stantially reduce the racial omy. Excluding credit-worthy buyers looking for their first ers alike. to all credit-worthy consum- loans available to Black wealth gap. “Black and Latino families from fully participat- home can help first-time buy- It’s also an opportunity to ers so they can pursue their homebuyers, our community homeowners saw less return ing fully in the entire hous- ers access a greater number close the racial wealth gap in own American Dream.” suffers from a limited ability in wealth on their investment ing marketplace hinders the of options. the name of economic fair- An in-depth analysis of to create wealth through this in homeownership: for every market’s ability to continue Between historically and ness. 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Registrar of Titles 12D THE MIAMI TIMES, SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER NFL owners defending ‘Take A Knee’ are missing the point athletes for wanting to make Athletes began sitting out the national a difference, but also failed to mention the problems that need anthem last year as a way to call fixing, including the job discri- mination, voting restrictions attention to racial injustice in American and other forms of oppression By Alana Horowitz Satlin this is bigger than football and that Black Americans regularly Huffpost it would be selfish on my part face. to look the other way. There are Green Bay Packers President NFL team owners have al- bodies in the street and people and CEO Mark Murphy called most universally defended pla- getting paid leave and getting Trump’s comments “offensi- yers who boycotted the natio- away with murder.” ve” to players who “peacefully nal anthem over the weekend Trump doubled down on his express themselves with the amidst criticism from President remarks in a flurry of tweets hope of change for good,” and Donald Trump. However, near- over the weekend and on Los Angeles Rams owner and ly all of them stopped short of Monday morning, and claimed chairman Stan Kroenke said addressing the issue that inspi- that “the issue of kneeling has he supported players’ “mea- red the anthem protest in the nothing to do with race.” ningful efforts ... to bring about first place: systemic racism. The vast majority of owners positive change in our country.” Trump on Friday called on issued statements supporting Miami Dophins kneel for the National Anthem Miami Dolphins owner Ste- NFL owners to fire players who their players, and many them Some of the owners refe- and chairwoman Martha Fires- of the New Orleans Saints said phen Ross also called the pro- take a knee or otherwise sit out directly rebuked the president. renced “issues” at the heart of tone Ford defended athletes for in a statement. Police killed at testing athletes “men of cha- the anthem, a trend that then- New York Giants owners the protests — including police wanting to “highlight social in- least 223 Black Americans in racter” who “wanted to start San Fransisco 49ers quarter- John Mara and Steve Tisch brutality against people of color justices of all kind” and spoke the year after Kaepernick’s pro- a conversation” to “make our back Colin Kaepernick spear- criticized Trump’s remarks as — but stopped short of actually out against “negative and dis- test began, according to a re- world a better place for every- headed last season as a way of “inappropriate, offensive and naming them. respectful comments” without cent HuffPost analysis. one.” addressing racial discriminati- divisive.” Jed York, CEO of the York praised the players’ com- mentioning Trump. New England Patriots ow- NFL Commissioner Roger on and police brutality. 49ers, called them “callous and mitment to “social injustice.” “Our organization takes great ner Robert Kraft, a friend and Goodell remarked that “divisive “I am not going to stand up to offensive.” And Buffalo Bills Joe Ellis, the chairman and pride in equality and inclusion supporter of Trump’s, rebuked comments like these demons- show pride in a flag for a coun- owners Terry and Kim Pegulo CEO of the Denver Broncos, and find the comments by the the “tone” of the president’s re- trate an unfortunate lack of re- try that oppresses Black people said the president had been “di- applauded athletes for “raising President disappointing and in- marks — but said nothing of spect for the NFL,” but stopped and people of color,” Kaepernick visive and disrespectful to the awareness for important socie- appropriate relative to our pla- the substance. short of naming Trump or the told NFL.com last year. “To me, entire NFL community.” tal issues.” Detroit Lions owner yers on this issue,” the owners Many team owners applauded issues at hand. Atwell powers Northwestern win over Booker T. Washington Miami Times staff report the path of his father who was The defeat dropped Booker one of the best receivers in the T. Washington's record to 1-2. When longtime rivals Nor- Big 10. (His father played for The win set Northwestern's thwestern and Booker T. Miami High and then the Uni- season off to an optimistic 3-0 Washington played on Friday, versity of Minnesota.) start. Booker T. ultimately lost 14 - 7 Atwell is definitely a talent Both teams are aiming to in an exciting game at Traz Po- who won the Mastrole Pas- improve upon those records in well Stadium. sing Elite 7 competition this their upcoming games. Nor- Quarterback Chatarius past December. At 5-foot-9, thwestern will face off against 'Tutu" Atwell, Jr showed why 155-pound Atwell is a power- IMG Academy Saturday at 7 he has been touted as best high house for Northwestern High p.m Meanwhile, Booker T. school quarterback in South School , just as another Nor- Washington will battle it out Florida. Atwell ran for two big thwestern alumnus and former against Edison on Wednesday touchdowns and the Northwe- U of L great Teddy Bridgewater. at 7 p.m. :The Louisville foot- stern defense forced multiple 247Sports, rated him three ball team received a recruiting turnovers to power the win. At- stars and in August he picked commitment on Monday night well is a very quick and instinc- up a Louisville offer. He is the from small, fast multipositio- tive athlete. Playing his unique No. 131 "athlete" in Florida, nal athlete Chatarius "Tutu" game, and probably following according to 247. Atwell of Miami.