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LIVING/4B POOL/ ROBERT COHEN/ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH/VIA AP Winston: You’re COMMUNITY IN SORROW: A casket containing the body of Michael Brown is wheeled out of Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis. Hundreds of Coming Out people gathered to say goodbye to Brown, who was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Mo., police ofﬁ cer on Aug. 9. ‘Ritual’ of black deaths exposed

By JESSE WASHINGTON With a few variations, the ritual has followed ritual already helping, in small gains buried Associated Press its familiar course in the two weeks since the beneath the predictable explosions of anger 18-year-old Brown was shot by white police of- and media attention? FERGUSON, Mo. — The choir sang, the ficer Darren Wilson in this St. Louis suburb. It preachers shouted and the casket stayed continues as we await the judgment of a grand ATTENTION GALVANIZED closed. The body was taken to the cemetery – jury considering whether or not Wilson should and Michael Brown was laid to rest. be charged with a crime. “This tragedy, because the world's atten- Thus went the most recent enactment of Will the ritual ever change, and is it even tion has been galvanized, this is one of those BUSINESS/5A “the ritual” — the script of death, outrage, possible that Ferguson could be part of that? things that's ripe for change,” said Martin Lu- spin and mourning that America follows This time, can recognition of the well-known ther King III after the funeral Monday. “There when an unarmed black male is killed by po- patterns help heal the poisonous mistrust be- The Power of No lice. tween police and many black people? Is the PLEASE TURN TO FERGUSON/7A

MIAMI-DADE STATE DuBose heads to state House By CAROLYN D. GUNISS cdguniss@sﬂ times.com

FORT LAUDERDALE — The gamble to give up his Fort Lauderdale city commission seat in hopes to represent the state House District 94 in central Broward County has paid off for Bobby DuBose. DuBose defeated fellow Democrat Levoyd Wil- liams, a city commissioner in Lauderdale Lakes, taking about 70 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s primary. With no Republican challenger, DuBose was automatically elected to the post. DuBose replaces the termed-out Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, who was running to become the PLEASE TURN TO ELECTION/3A Bobby DuBose

KHARY BRUYNING/ FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES BROWARD GRIEVING FAMILIES: Sherita Small, at left, holds photo of her son Zamari Pierre Louis and Ber- nadette Deriso holds a picture of her granddaughter Qualecia James, with Pastor Roger Adams next to her. They were at an anti-violence rally in Miami Gardens on Saturday. Set-aside programs under ﬁ re By ALLISON HORTON leaders discussed the challenges faced Rally calls on community to get Special to South Florida Times in acquiring contracts with municipali- ties and business organizations. PLANTATION — Set-aside programs One of those challenges is black for minorities and small businesses may businesses in South Florida being faced involved in ﬁ ght against crime become threatened as the number of with cities ending their minority pro- minority residents catches up with that grams for city contracts, said Althea of whites, prompting cities to consider Pemsel, procurement officer for the city By MICHELLE HOLLINGER to Google the word “candlelight” and hold whether such initiatives are still needed of Winter Park. up the image on their cellphones – all in Special to South Florida Times to balance the playing field. The latest census figures show equal broad daylight. Black business leaders from the tri- numbers – about one-third MIAMI GARDENS — For Marcella Several Miami Gardens police officers county area discussed that issue Friday each – of whites, blacks and Pierce and Sherita Small, a recent crime turned out and mingled with youth. The at the fifth annual South Florida State of Hispanics living in cities prevention rally at Bunche Park in Miami police department, which has a new chief, the Black Business Forum & Networking such as Sunrise and Mira- Gardens was personal. recently switched to a community polic- Reception. mar, Pemsel said. Both women have experienced what ing approach following news reports of In celebration of National “One of the undertones the event’s organizers hope to prevent: misconduct by some officers. The aim is to Black Business Month, ob- in governments is do we children being shot and killed. reduce the city’s high rate of violence and served in August, the Mosaic Small’s son Zamari Pierre Louis, 16, was help residents feel more comfortable re- Group presented the forum killed in January when he left home to visit porting crime. at the Renaissance Hotel PLEASE TURN TO “the frozen cup house,” his mother said. Perry Anderson, a pastor’s assistant at on Pine Island BUSINESS/4A Pierce’s daughter, Qualecia James, 20, Mt. Zion, said that he was pleased with the Road. Busi- was fatally shot in March while sitting in a new approach. The former Miami police ness own- parked car with friends. She was pregnant chief addressed the gathering and offered ers and with a son, who died five days later. condolences to the two grieving families The women joined Miami Gardens who were on the stage, each mother hold- Councilmen Erhabor Ighodaro and Rodney ing an enlarged photo of her child. Harris on stage at the “Stand Against Vio- Smalls told the crowd that preventing lence, It’s Our Responsibility (S.A.V.I.O.R.)” violence “starts at home.” She admonished crime prevention rally on Saturday. City of- parents who look the other way when they ficials hosted the rally in partnership with are aware that their children own guns. Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church to encourage the “Ninety percent of these murderers live community to do its part to help reduce with their parents and those parents know crime and violence in the state’s largest what’s going on but they’re still holding predominantly black municipality. murderers in their houses with guns and The event, attended by between 80 and COURTESY LESESNE MEDIA GROUP 100 people, also featured a unique candle- PANEL DISCUSSION: Althea Pemsel, left, says some cities are ending their minority programs light vigil in which participants were asked PLEASE TURN TO VIOLENCE/7A for city contracts. Ann Marie Sorrell, center, moderates while Michael Hall listens.

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GMLX5604000_ATS_25L_NatlLease_A.indd 1 8/4/14 1:43 PM SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | AUGUST 28 — SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 | 3A STATE Jennifer Carroll slams Rick Scott in autobiography Staff Report advance of the book say Carroll complains leadership role when he asked her to “The campaign didn’t want it but I did that the aides sidelined her and that Scott join the gubernatorial race but that nev- it anyway,” Carroll writes. Florida’s first black lieutenant governor treated her as “an unwanted stepchild.” er materialized. She was told she had to Carroll says that “minority stealth” out- Jennifer Carroll is lashing out at her former Carroll, who has ties by marriage with speak to Scott’s scheduler when she want- reach helped Scott garner six percent of boss in a new 174-page book. Miami’s Liberty City, is a retired U.S. Navy ed to speak to the governor, she writes. the black vote and win the race. In the paperback, When You Get There: lieutenant commander, businesswoman There have been suggestions that Scott Scott is seeking re-election and will An Autobiography, due out any time now and state lawmaker. picked the Trinidad-born Carroll as an ef- face former Republican-turned-Democrat and available at Amazon, she says Gov. She was forced to resign last year after fort to siphon off at least some votes from Charlie Crist in voting during November’s Rick Scott’s administration was not inter- investigators questioned her about her Florida’s black communities, which are general election. Crist defeated former ested in reaching out to black voters dur- former work as a consultant to a company traditionally staunchly Democratic. state lawmaker Nan Rich in Tuesday’s pri- ing the 2010 campaign. She describes involved in an Internet gambling scan- She writes that she and political con- maries. Scott’s aides as a “boys’ club” that treated dal. She was never charged but, she says, sultant Clarence McKee developed a plan News reports say Scott’s office has re- her with disrespect and sought to keep her Scott’s aides “ambushed” her with a pre- to woo black voters and that she defied the sponded to reports about the book with a from promoting the ticket in black commu- pared letter of resignation she was forced Scott campaign chiefs when she attended short statement: "Jennifer Carroll made the nities. to sign. a forum hosted by Bishop Victor Curry of right decision for her family by resigning. Various media reports published in Carrol says Scott promised her a New Birth Cathedral of Faith International. We appreciate her service to the state." DuBose beats fellow Democrat; Thurston loses AG race ELECTION, FROM 1A

state’s first black attorney general. Thurston lost Other election results: to white Democrat George Sheldon, who will face incumbent Republican Pam Bondi in the Novem- • Circuit Court Group 26 (Miami-Dade) / Rodney Smith (wins) ber general election. Thurston lost Miami-Dade • Circuit Court Group 30 (Palm Beach County) / Maxine Cheeseman (defeated) but won Broward County overwhelmingly. • County Judge Group 27 (Broward County) / Ian J. Richards (wins) Alcee Hastings bested two challengers to retain his • State House, District 108 / Daphne Campbell (wins) Congressional District 20 seat which he has held for • State Representative, District 107 /Barbara Watson (wins) more than 20 years. Jean Enright, a Palm Beach County • School Board District 6 (Palm Beach County) / Marcia Andrews (wins) Port commissioner, and Delray Beach resident Jameel • School Board District 7 (Palm Beach County) / Debra L. Robinson (wins) McCline, a former heavyweight boxer, tried to unseat • State Senate, District 36 / Oscar Braynon II (wins) the Democrat. Hastings, whose district includes parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties, celebrated his • Miami-Dade County District 2 / Jean Monestime (wins) victory Tuesday night in Fort Lauderdale. • Miami Gardens: Res. Area Council Mem., Seat 2 / Lisa C. Davis (wins) Also retaining her seat is Congresswoman Frederi- • Miami Gardens: At-Large Council Mem., Seat 6 ca Wilson, who represents District 24, encompassing a Run-off Election: Erhabor Ighodaro, Andre Williams swath of Miami-Dade and a sliver of Broward County. • Miami Gardens: Charter Revision Commission / Yes (wins) The district is 58 percent black and 28 percent Hispan- • Miami Gardens: Vice Mayor Term / Yes (wins) ic. She crushed her challenger, Michael A. Etienne, tak- • North Miami Mayor / Run-off Election: Kevin A Burns, Smith Joseph ing 80 percent of the votes cast. Alcee Hastings County offers grants workshop to promote cultural diversity

By APRIL SIMPSON applicants to send a draft of the applica- festival. as identity crises, generation gaps and Special to South Florida Times tion before the deadline,” Shermer said. “They put you on the road to financial how to preserve your culture as an Amer- “We actually will make comments and solvency,” said Joseph, whose nonprofit is ican, Baboolal said. FORT LAUDERDALE — Local cultural critique it for them and provide some in its fourth year of funding. The Cultural Diversity Program grant and arts nonprofits can apply for awards feedback on how they can improve the Jay Devi Arts Inc. (JAI), a first-year began in the late 1980s and is designed of up to $25,000 from Broward County. But, application.” grant recipient, applied for funding to so that groups can move on to larger to be competitive, they should first partici- The workshop, which typically draws promote Indo-Caribbean culture, a “mi- awards as their programs grow, Shermer pate in Cultural Diversity Program appli- between 12 and 20 people, will be held nority within a minority,” said its director, said. cation workshop. at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the Broward Denyse Baboolal. District 9 Commissioner Dale V.C. Hol- The initiative is among a handful of County Main Library, 100 S. Andrews Ave., “We’re all Caribbean people but we ness, who is promoting the program, said funding programs which the Broward Cul- Fort Lauderdale. came from Trinidad, Guyana, Jamaica the arts strengthen the economy, create tural Division offers prior to each grant Grant awards range from $5,100 to and Suriname,” she said. “People tend to jobs and more. application deadline. $25,000. consider us East Indians and categorize “It also helps to fill our souls with hap- The workshop will train participants Glen Joseph, chairman of the Greater us as Asians but we are Indo-Caribbeans. piness and joy,” Holness said. “It brings in grant writing and how to approach the Caribbean American Cultural Coalition, We have our own food, arts and culture.” the lighter side to humanity rather than application process, prepare a strong ap- said the grant workshop helped him to To highlight those differences, JAI the pressures of everyday living. It soothes plication and complete the application appreciate the value and potential of his used its $25,000 grant to host a produc- the soul.” online, said James Shermer, grants admin- work. His organization started out receiv- tion of Kitchrie Festival 2014, billed as The deadline to apply for a grant is istrator. ing a smaller grant but now gets $25,000 a “Hilarious Indo-Caribbean Musical Oct. 15. For more information, visit bro- “We also offer the opportunity for which it uses to organize a signature arts Dance Drama” that covered issues such ward.org/arts 4A | AUGUST 28 — SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM Caribbean CUBA NEWS IN BRIEF The following news items were compiled from Castro daughter breaks Associated Press reports. CUBA review of the country's economic Beyonce trip legal performance. Of- tradition with ‘no’ vote ficials will continue HAVANA — to reduce debt and The U.S. Treasury By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ has often taken stands that challenge the reform the tax and Department's in- Associated Press social status quo, while firmly supporting labor market sec- spector general the Communist government. tors, among other has determined HAVANA — Yet another revolutionary The new labor code bans workplace things, he added. Jay-Z and Be- tradition has been broken in Cuba: A law- discrimination based on gender, race The govern- yonce's fifth an- maker voted “no” in parliament. and sexual orientation. But it has no men- ment said in a niversary trip to And it wasn't just any lawmaker. tion of HIV status or gender identity. statement that it Cuba last year PHILLIPS Mariela Castro, daughter of Presi- “I could not vote in favor without the has so for secured was legal under dent Raul Castro and niece of Fidel Cas- certainty that the labor rights of people $414 million in funding in the first year of a rules allowing tro, gave the thumbs-down to a work- with different gender identity would be $930 million loan package with the Wash- educational trav- ington-based institution. el to the island. BEYONCÉ The music su- perstars angered JAMAICA several Republican politicians in Florida with their four-day visit to Havana during New appeal hearing which they ate in some of the city's high- KINGSTON end private restaurants and toured colo- — A lawyer for nial Old Havana while Jay-Z puffed on a convicted reggae Cuban cigar. star Buju Banton The inspector general's office said in said that a U.S. a report that the superstar couple visited federal appellate an art school and a theater group, helping court agreed to a make the trip a legal educational exchange. new hearing on The Unites States’ 51-year embargo his latest appeal. makes it illegal for Americans to visit The Grammy- Cuba for mere tourism, although tens of winning singer is thousands travel to the island each year serving a 10-year on academic, religious, journalistic or BANTON sentence for con- cultural exchange licenses. victions on cocaine conspiracy and trafficking charges stem- ming from a 2009 arrest that followed a JAMAICA sting operation. He was convicted in 2011 IMF giving $71M after his first trial in 2010 ended with ju- rors deadlocked. KINGSTON — Officials say they are ex- In an email, attorney Charles Ogle- pecting $71 million from the Interna- tree said the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of tional Monetary Fund as the government Appeals in Atlanta has agreed to hear continues to meet key economic objec- oral arguments on the case. The Harvard tives outlined in a four-year deal. University law professor took over the Finance Minister Peter Phillips said case in February. It's not clear when the the IMF recently finished a successful fifth hearing will take place. CAYMAN ISLANDS

PHOTO COURTESY OF KINT.COM Mariela Castro ers' rights bill that she felt didn't go far explicitly recognized,” Castro said in the Historic surgery implants enough to prevent discrimination against blog interview. people with HIV or with unconventional Raul Castro himself has been slowly

gender identities. shaking up Cuba's system by allowing None of the experts contacted by The some limited private sector activity and heart pump in patient

Associated Press could recall another scrapping a much-loathed exit visa re- “no” vote in the 612-seat National As- quirement. He's made it clear, though, By BEVAN SPRINGER Kishore, head of the heart failure clinic, and Dr. Dhruva Kumar, who heads a team of an- sembly which meets briefly twice a year that the Communist Party will‘ continue to Special to South Florida Times esthesiologists and critical care specialists GEORGETOWN, Grand Cayman — A with experience in such complicated pro- patient suffering from heart failure now cedures. I would say that this is more a sign of what Mariela has a new lease on life following the in- Affectionately referred to as Dr. Binoy, the senior cardiothoracic and vascular can get away with than a sign of what your everyday surgeon, who has performed more than 5,000 surgeries in his career, said that parliamentarian can get away with. many times the waiting period is so long ‘ – Ted Henken, Latin American studies professor at Baruch College that most patients die before getting as- sistance. He said in such situations an artificial heart pump can be implanted perma- and approves laws by unanimous show of be the only one permitted. nently or as a temporary measure until a hands. The vast majority of Assembly mem- donor heart is available.. He said that of “This is the first time, without a doubt,” bers keep their regular jobs and are not the numerous heart surgeries performed said Carlos Alzugaray, a historian and for- professional lawmakers. Laws are gen- annually in the United States, they include mer Cuban diplomat. erally drafted by a handful of legislators only a small percentage heart pumps. He said even measures that were and discussed with Cubans before being The procedure requires experienced widely criticized in grass-roots public presented to parliament. cardiothoracic surgical teams, cardiology meetings, such as a law raising the retire- There was no response to requests support with intense critical care and an- ment age, had passed unanimously in the for an interview with Mariela Castro, who esthesiology support, each of can each be Assembly. heads Cuba's National Center for Sex Ed- found at Health City Cayman Islands. Few in Cuba were even aware of the ucation, an entity under the umbrella of Additionally, nurses and physiother- Dec. 20 vote until after the measure was the Health Ministry. apy services are important to provide enacted into law this summer, at which She has spoken in the past about want- round-the-clock care leading to en- point gay activists publicized the vote by ing to legalize same-sex unions, though hanced recovery. All this works in concert Castro who is the island's most prominent concrete legislation to that effect has not with laboratory and imaging services and supporting clinical services such as pul- advocate for gay rights. materialized. Binoy Chattuparambil Arturo Lopez-Levy, a Cuban analyst That LGBT rights is even a matter of monology, nephrology and psychological who lectures at the University of Denver, debate is a sign that much has changed stallation of an artificial heart pump by care. suggested it might “open doors for other since the 1960s and ’70s, when gay is- the medical team at the recently opened The artificial heart pump installation important initiatives.” landers were routinely harassed and sent Health City Cayman Islands. is performed at Health City's affiliate Mariela Castro herself seemed to hint to labor camps along with others consid- Believed to be the first such surgery hospital in Bangalore, India, but, for the there could be more debate in the assem- ered socially suspect. performed in the Caribbean, Health City Cayman Islands, the recent it marked the bly. In recent years, Fidel Castro ex- Cayman Islands officials said that at ad- beginning of a new specialty that aims “There have been advances in the pressed regret about past treatment of vanced stages of heart failure, when the to bring the latest advances in the man- way things are discussed, above all the gays and today Cuba's free and universal organ has become severely weakened agement of advanced heart failure to the way things are discussed at the grass- health care system covers gender reas- and unable to pump sufficient blood to entire Caribbean at affordable costs, the roots level, in workplaces, unions and signment surgery. the entire body, the most promising forms company said. party groupings,” she said in an inter- But activists say old attitudes and prej- of treatment are either heart transplant or Almost 80 percent of the patients are view posted in late July on the blog of udices die hard so the LGBT community the implantation of devices that support it discharged within three to four weeks af- Francisco Rodriguez, a pro-government needs more legal protections. and takeover of its functions. ter the procedure. “After one more month, gay rights activist. “I think we still need Rodriguez and about 20 others from Mild forms of heart failure can be they should be able to go shopping and, to perfect the democratic participation of Project Rainbow, a group that advocates treated with medication and patients two to three months after surgery, all the representatives within the Assembly.” for sexual diversity, recently sent a pub- can have a reasonably normal life. But in things being equal, they should be inde- Others are skeptical it will set a prec- lic letter urging Mariela Castro to in- cases of advanced heart failure, medica- pendent,” Chattuparambil said. edent. troduce legislation to amend the labor tion isn't effective and patient is likely to Health City Cayman Islands, the brain- “I would say that this is more a sign code. be incapacitated and home-bound, with child of Dr. Devi Shetty, opened this Feb- of what Mariela can get away with than a “These are not minor details,’”' Rodri- greatly reduced life expectancy. ruary, one of 27 facilities medical operat- sign of what your everyday parliamentar- guez said. “They are social problems we “The challenge with heart transplants is ing under his administration across the ian can get away with,” said Ted Henken, have in contemporary Cuba.” the availability of a donor heart,” said chief globe. a professor of Latin American studies at cardiac surgeon Dr. Binoy Chattuparambil, It is supported by two major health- Baruch College in New York. Associated Press writer Peter Orsi in who performed the surgery on the Cayma- care organizations, Narayana Health and In her crusade for gay rights, Castro Havana contributed to this report. nian man alongside cardiologist Dr. Ravi the U.S.-based Ascension. Business leaders worry about trend towards ending set-asides

BUSINESS, FROM 1A and they don’t need one,” Pem- programs in their target market, attending planning and zon- to help businesses interested in sel said. said Dicky Sykes, director of sup- ing meetings to learn about applying. even need a minority program That policy has Pemsel wor- plier relations and diversity at planned projects. “You learn “A pre-qualifying measure of because after all they are not ried about black participation in Broward College. who the players are and are what is needed for the job would the minorities anymore,” Pemsel an upcoming $100 million capi- “Knowledge is power,” Sykes able to ask questions,” Pemsel be helpful,” Hall said. “It is not said. “If you combine the His- tal project. said. “It is a fundamental weak- said. accidental. It is very strategic panics and the blacks together, “If we are not careful, we will ness if you don’t where the mon- Black business owners are when they don’t supply informa- that would make that 60 percent.” not have any small businesses ey is [because then] you are nev- also faced with organizations tion about how to qualify.” “We have to be careful that or minorities getting any of that er going to get it.” saying they can’t find women Panelists also gave advice to the tide of ‘sunseting’ minority money although it is bonded The biggest buyer of services or business programs to bid for help black business owners suc- small business programs doesn’t public money,” Pemsel said. and products are usually govern- contracts—a notion that panelists ceed in the marketplace, such as overtake us,” Pemsel said. Another challenge the black ment entities and subcontractors, strongly rejected. Pemsel advising the creation of a In South Florida, it is fortunate community faces is having the in- said Dave J. Miller Sr., president/ “There is a difference be- niche and a vision for a business that local officials recognize the tellectual capital but not the finan- CEO of Miller3 Consulting Inc. tween resources and actually to advance. makeup of their cities and are will- cial investment to grow ideas, said Business owners should net- wanting to make change,” Hall “Be ready for changes in the ing to ensure the community ben- Michael Hall, co-founder of Digital work with politicians to gain an said. “Until there is some basis marketplace,” Pemsel said. efits as a whole but that is not the Grass Innovation & Technology edge, he said. “If I want to change of accountability for where the Sykes recommended be- case in Winter Park, Pemsel said. Group which trains minority pro- policy, I need to network with money is going, not too much is coming social media savvy and “In communities like my city, fessionals in technology. policymakers,” he said. going to change.” knowing your target market. it is difficult to even get a pro- To curb that trend, minority Sometimes it is not easy to Hall also suggested that orga- “Become an expert in your gram because in their minds businesses must be aware of the get in front of the policymak- nizations list their requirements brand,” Sykes said. “Know how there is no reason to have one suppliers of diversity business ers, said Pemsel, who suggested for the contract bidding process to sell it better than anyone.” SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | AUGUST 28 — SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 | 5A Business Living with etiquette

D w a y n e The Power of ‘NO’ R an do By ROSE HEDGEMOND lph Special to South Florida Times Recently while at the grocery store picking up a few items, I came across a close Dwayne friend who told me about a new community event she was chairing for her community organization. The event was very exciting I have to admit; however, it did sound to be a lot of work. And before I knew it, I was being asked if I could help with the event and that I was the only person that could do this specific task. Randolph new Why is one little word seemingly so very difficult to say? So, more often than not, many people find it terrifying to tell someone “no,” that in fact they would rather over-commit themselves. Again, why is one tiny word so challenging to say? It’s Delray Beach because one of our most fundamental needs is for social connection and a feeling that we belong. We worry that saying “no” will change the way the other person view and/or perceive us. Another reason the word no may be difficult to say is that the majority of us Library board are people pleasers, especially with people with whom we are close and can’t stop ourselves from accepting every request for help – whether it’s volunteering, chairing on a committee, or any other activity. In the case of my dear friend’s community event, I said member “no” and gave a donation instead. It was the least I could do to help out without disappointing her. To avoid the guilt, here are a Staff Report few tips on how to say “no,” politely. A construction company owner is the Plan ahead. Rehearse saying “no” ahead of time, just in latest member to join the Delray Beach Public case you think you might be asked to participate or purchase Library’s board of directors, President Nancy something. Dockerty announced. Dwayne Randolph, co-owner, with his wife Delay your response. If a request takes you by sur- Angela, of Randolph & Dewdney Construction prise, reply by saying, “Allow me to check my calen- Inc., a local construction management company dar” or “Let me think a little before I commit.” If you based in Delray Beach, has more than 18 years delay your answer, the person asking the favor is of experience in the construction industry. He more likely to ask someone else. graduated from Bethune Cookman University with a B.S. in Criminal Justice and received a Start with a compliment or positive state- Master’s degree in Public Administration from ment. Always preface your answer by saying Florida A & M University. something like, “I’m honored that you consider “It is truly an honor to serve on the Delray me. However, I have another commitment on that Beach Public Library’s Board of Directors. As I day.” think back, being a native of Delray, simply put, the library has always been there,” said Ran- Don’t over-commit and under-deliver. Re- dolph. “I take great pride in having the oppor- sist the temptation to say, “Maybe next time,” un- tunity to actually share my views and contribute less you mean it. Be genuine and sincere. to its continued evolution and successes, how it will change, what it will become and what its Don’t waiver with your response. If a per- priorities will be during my tenure. That’s pret- son refuses to take “no” for an answer, stand your ty important.” ground. Repeat your polite refusal as often as nec- Randolph is a founding member and president essary or simply state: “Again, for the last time, of the Palm Beach County Black Contractor’s Con- regrettably I must turn down this request; please sortium and has previously served as a member of respect this.” the Palm Beach County School District’s Construc-

PHOTO COURTESY OFREGALREALNESS.COM COURTESY PHOTO tion Oversight Review Committee (CORC Board) as well as a member of the City of Delray Beach Planning and Zoning Board. Prior to launching Randolph & Dewdney Construction, Mr. Randolph Rose Hedgemond is CEO of Avenues of Excellence and an etiquette and social protocol served as a grant writer for Frontline Outreach professional. Do you have an etiquette or social protocol question? Email her at info@ and as a budget analyst for Orange County Gov- avenuesofexcellence.com or follow her on Facebook at Rose Hedgemond and Twitter @AOE_IN). ernment in Orlando.

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WHAT WE THINK Down with apparatus We are treated as the enemy within Avid readers of this space may America’s real law of the land. In poverty pimps, punk politicians recall that I twice wrote one sentence what meaningful ways is today’s po- and parasite preachers deal out of subjugation about the Trayvon Martin “murder.” I lice brutality and killing of blacks the masses via downtown deals, More than anything else, the murder of 18-year-old wrote: “Trayvon Martin was profiled, different from the ruthlessness of acquiescence and avoidance. Michael Brown by a white policeman in Ferguson, Mis- hunted and slain for being black America’s plantocracy during slav- Nowhere is there any real com- souri, and the aftermath point to this stark reality: Af- and wearing a hoodie in the rain.” ery? Only one way is very differ- munity organization. To date, Mar- ricans in America are living in bondage. It is not the Although tempted, I instead wrote ent and that is black people killing cus Garvey is the last great mass bondage of chains but it is not so subtle either. It is an mostly about white nationalism, not blacks. organizer of black people both apparatus of subjugation that keeps our people in a wanting to further increase the din; Jesse Jackson will tell you that here and abroad. M. L. King Jr. and condition that perpetuates the early Constitutional de- so much had been written and said once while walking down the street his SCLC organized events, not piction of us as less than whole human beings. about the nefarious George Zimmer- alone he heard footsteps behind him America’s black people. Jesse’s When white police officers – or any white person, man case, including a final insult: the and when he turned and saw it was a Rainbow Coalition did it even bet- for that matter – see a young black male, it is through bogus trial. ter and Al Sharpton is out eyes conditioned by preconceived notions or fear su- My mind tends to fo- to top that. White liberal periority that form the basis of action. The same ideas cus on us, to try to see money keeps the NAACP do not come into play when a white person encounters clearly what’s really stop- Liberation is occupied with judicial another white person. ping black people in not a thing scrapes and the Urban That is how it has always been in our nation and how it America from getting off League tries to train a few

will continue to be. It may diminish as the decades go by the Catch-22 treadmill that asked for. blacks here and there. but racism is too ingrained in the psyche of white Amer- is a trap of the mind, body Church is the “big” busi-

ica to ever disappear. It is just wishful thinking to believe and spirit. A civil rights Where denied, it ness in black neighbor- mentality, which took hold ‘ hoods and there is at least that anything can be done to get rid of this cancer. And what can be done has nothing to do with mak- during the compromise is to be taken as an inalienable‘ one on just about every ing more white people become acquainted with blacks with white liberals to not right! What is indeed complex for block. In those same blocks, and the promotion of cultural understanding through pursue human rights as a however, blacks are killed people-to-people interplay. movement, killed much of the Negro/African/Black mind by police and one another, It has everything to do with the underpinnings of a the internationalization of drugs proliferate, unem- system that automatically relegates African Americans black liberation. is how to take what is rightfully ployment is high and too to an lesser status: the inferior education system, hous- Because Negro minis- many kids lag in school. And, ing discrimination, unequal access to health care, the ters, teachers and social ours to have. unless there is a meeting, the legacy of financial distress that is part of the post-slav- workers who formed the mostly fenced-in churches ery heritage. And, above all, the criminal justice sys- bulk of civil rights lead- are empty and locked. tem that is skewed against black men and makes them ership trumpeted “freedom” – that white man he felt relieved. Imagine In the final analysis, it is you and felons for life, with many avenues for upward mobility which an oppressor gives to the op- that! We are so fearful of one anoth- I who allow us to be treated as the forever closed: voting, getting a good education and a pressed and therefore comes with er that we are comfortable with the enemy within. We should have con- good job and being able to raise a family. conditions – which was the result of very people who may want to anni- trol of any and all spaces that we le- The situation has been made worse down the cen- an erroneous analysis, black Amer- hilate us. That is what black-on-black gally occupy. It takes organization for turies through the inability of African Americans to ica from the1960s onward eschewed crime has wrought. that to happen. People like Darren accumulate collateral which could have been passed liberation. We have not recovered So it’s double jeopardy: we are Wilson, the white policeman-killer down and gradually enrich subsequent generations, as from that seminal strategic blunder. treated as the enemy within by ram- of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Fer- happened with whites, the descendants of the planta- All that is packed into what W. E. B. pant white nationalism and we are guson, Missouri, should not be in tion masters. The lack of good paying jobs has meant Du Bois called “the assimilation com- also faced with the enemy within our communities. Neither should the small contributions to the Social Security program and, plex” which tells us why civil rights that produces black-on-black kill- two white officers who gunned down hence, insignificant retirement benefits. leaders thought human rights and ings and other crimes. However, our 23-year-old Kajieme Powell in the The overall result has been the herding of African liberation were too harsh for white “group” response to both aspects streets of nearby St. Louis. Americans into impoverished, racially segregated “friends.” Liberation is not a thing of the same problem differentiates Stop the madness. Organize! Or- neighborhoods no different from those of apartheid- asked for. Where denied, it is to be markedly. Outrage at black-on-black ganize! Organize! era South Africa and increasingly militarized police taken as an inalienable right! What is killings is too often muted or non- forces to keep us in our places. indeed complex for the Negro/Afri- existent. Al Calloway is a longtime journal- The demand must now echo what President Ronald can/Black mind is how to take what Neither aspect of black deaths ist who began his career with the At- Reagan told Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachez: White is rightfully ours to have. by violence can be abated while lanta Inquirer during the early 1960s America, tear down the wall of racial subjugation and Before Washington, Jefferson, mass inertia persists in black civil rights struggle. He is writing a set our people free. Madison and Monroe and to this America. At the leadership level, book of essays. He may be reached at very day, white nationalism has been too many opportunists such as [email protected] Miami-Dade must stop Television series portraying Jesus playing politics with as black ﬁ lled with today’s realism

Oderbrecht contract The world is implod- Jesus delivering the same Palestinians we see on tele- ing. The Middle East is like message that is preached vision every day – I have I have been involved in the Miami- from implementing it. County Commis- a pit of snakes feeding on across the wide spectrum of been listening to the mes- Dade community for 40 years and, sioner Esteban Bovo Jr. sent a scathing one another; licenses to Christian churches. (I have sage in this edgy and con- during this time, I have watched and letter to Congresswoman Ileana Ros- kill black males have been attended many, am a mem- troversial television series. supported most of the work done by Lehtinen and Congressman Mario Diaz- taken out by one too many ber of none but I claim to be Critics have been quick the Miami-Dade County government. Balart, as well as to the Federal Aviation murdering thugs in uni- Catholic.) to abuse the writers of their However, with all due respect, I must Administration (FAA) and the Depart- form; the American justice Black Jesus repeatedly genius in portraying Jesus express my total dismay at the way ment of Homeland Security, suggest- system is under threat from reminds those who are fol- as black man in robes in the administration has been handling ing a close relationship between Ode- right-wingers and other nut lowing him that he is there to Compton, smoking, drink- the massive development known as brecht U.S.A. and the Cuba government jobs; Africa is being con- (continue) to teach them how ing and using the vernacular Airport City. while ignoring the fact that Bouygues, sumed by the hungry Ebola to love one another. He is of his constituents. But isn’t In February 2013, José Abreu, who developer of the $1 billion PortMiami virus; Mother Nature is re- anti-violence and he is reluc- that what Jesus of Nazareth was then the Miami International Air- tunnel, is reported to be one of the big- arranging the Earth’s tem- tant to perform any miracles did during His brief mis- port director, revealed gest developers in perature and terrain. sionary life which was so in his last annual State of Cuba. And a black Jesus has tak- eloquently told in the King the Ports speech before To add insult to en up residence in Compton, James version of the New retiring what he thought injury, Commissioner Calif. It’s the same Jesus who Testament? Remember how would be his legacy to Javier Souto has indi- promised 2,000 years ago to Jesus was harshly criticized county: Airport City, de- cated that Odebrecht, return to save us – again? by the leaders of the temple veloped by Odebrecht a Brazilian subsid- Problem is, He never said for being common, for go- U.S.A. iary based in Coral where and under what set ing against the grain of their This project, occupy- Gables, was disre- of circumstances He would established teaching about ing 33 acres of county- spectful to Cubans, come back. cleansing rituals, for exam- owned land, had been more than five who pay “most of the taxes here,” and I think it is brilliant for just for their entertainment ple? years in the making and is designed therefore should not have its contract the creators of this modern value. But he is not hesitant But, then, again, that’s to bring 5,000 to 7,000 construction honored. satire to have placed him to show them that he has the how Jesus got His followers: jobs and more than 10,000 perma- It seems Souto has forgotten that in the epicenter of what is power from his father to use from among those who had nent jobs. then Congresswoman Carrie Meek, wrong with almost every- when it is necessary for the been neglected by society, Odebrecht committed to financ- and other members of the black com- thing in Western society: a lesson. those who had been shut ing this $512 million project over 50 munity joined forces with Cubans, both large American inner city I admit I loved the first out of the temples, those years, bringing the county more than Democrats and Republicans, which which, despite being sur- miracle shown of Black Jesus who were on the edges of $780 million in operating revenues. made Cubans the majority on the very rounded by wealth, suffers turning beer into cognac. society and even on the That translates into a lot of money commission on which he now sits. from poverty; a society of But he withheld it when he wrong side of the law, in- over a long period of time for the And, according to my sources, general permissiveness realized that his followers cluding women of ques- county. there’s a back story on the county’s marked by rampant sub- were not paying attention to tionable morals: there are I spoke to several black contrac- flip-flop concerning a Cuban devel- stance use and relaxed his word; they just wanted to many examples illustrated tors who were elated that here was a oper. sexual exchanges; where party. throughout the New Testa- great opportunity for them and other We all know that not only was Ode- racial tensions and gang The appearance of black ment. small black and Hispanic businesses. brecht selected for Airport City ac- wars between the least Jesus startles. In the show, In fact, the largest and But, now, a year later, the county has cording to all the rules and regulations of these is a daily reality; he towers over everyone most celebrated of Jesus’s done a 180-degree turn and these set up by the county but also by what where homelessness has else: he is a very large, black followers, Saul/Paul, was a small businesses are still waiting as it brought to Miami-Dade. Odebrecht become part of the street man wearing robes and a professed murderer who got they see this remarkable opportunity has been the chief contractor at MIA enterprising hustle; in a straight-to-the shoulder wig. turned around by a blinding fade. Their cupboards are bare while for years, having to rescue the county food desert surrounded by In Compton, or anywhere, light of faith and who went on the commission which voted for Ode- on giant projects such as the massive the nation’s bread basket; he would stand out, for not to found the Christian theol- brecht plays politics with their lives. North Terminal Expansion. Also, in and where countless other fitting in. To me, that is the ogy that most of the western One small business owner told me 2009 Odebrecht was awarded a $360 “sins” are played out on point of his costume and ap- world practices today. Have that he had to console a wife whose million contract by unanimous vote of the small screen. You recall pearance. It is told that the you read Paul’s Epistles late- husband was contemplating suicide this same commission. the Sermon on the Mount? historical Jesus was, during ly? So why not put Jesus in because he had placed his hopes on The bottom line is that the mayor, Welcome to Mount Comp- his trial by Rome, draped in 21st century Compton, Cali- his potential subcontract on the Air- commission and administration need ton. a robe and crown of thorns fornia, for His second com- port City development to take him to stop playing racial politics and Also, it is brilliant that the as a mockery to his claim to ing? out of debt. That was a Cuban family, honor Odebrecht’s contract so these writers have Jesus walking the kingdom. Where would be bet- not one from the black community small business owners can get to amongst the people – again It is told that he was also ter place for Him to return? which is suffering from a high crime work. Anything else is unacceptable. – and taking on their ways mocked during his mission- Perhaps Ferguson, Missouri, and murder rate which some say is in order to teach them the ary years for daring to iden- U.S.A.? Your own town? Your caused by a 50-plus percent unem- Barbara Howard is a political con- truth. Which people? God’s tify himself as a rabbi, in part church, mosque or syns- ployment rate for its men. sultant, radio host and commentator people, all. Black Jesus tells because he shunned the gogue? The county is using the Cuba and motivational speaker. She is Flor- his followers that he is the refined dress of the ruling How about your pious, Ordinance – which prohibits doing ida State chairwoman for the Congress son but God is in charge. He class of rabbis at that time. unblemished mind? business with Cuba or entities linked to of Racial Equality (CORE) and Trade & calls him “Pop.” Moving past his jarring Cuba – to undiplomatically renege on Travel goodwill ambassador to Kenya. So far, I have watched appearance – if you know Antonia Williams-Gary its contract with Odebrecht, even tough She may be reached at bhoward11@ only three episodes and, your history, Jesus of the may be reached at toniwg1@ the courts have enjoined Miami-Dade bellsouth.net quite frankly, I hear Black Bible would look like the gmail.com

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FERGUSON, FROM 1A Violence and looting erupt and persist for black neighborhoods policed by white attention to these issues and collective days. Police respond with tear gas and rub- cops. Black people don't trust the police. memory lasts no longer than the month or are no guarantees but what we can say ber bullets, “scenes that have brought back Black males are stereotyped as violent. two after peace returns to the streets of his is we have to be committed to doing the visions of the 1960s when civil rights activists Then, the funerals. hometown.” work to bring about change and justice.” were met with force in the streets,” says the The main sermon at Brown's service Hazar Khidir, a Harvard medical stu- The ritual began to take shape in the president of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, La was delivered by Sharpton, who is as much dent who traveled to Ferguson with friends 1960s, when instances of police mistreat- June Montgomery Tabron. a part of the ritual as police tape. He began to support local community activists, sug- ment of black people led to organized “This has become an all-too-familiar by issuing a collective call of responsibili- gested strict policies to regulate police resistance in many places across America scenario in America,” Tabron says in a ty: “All of us are required to respond to this. conduct. The current protests, she said, – and sometimes to violence. As the de- statement. And all of us must solve this.” “represent an opportunity to highlight cades passed, a blueprint developed for Sharpton's solution is twofold: a problem and bring about institutional how black advocates confronted cases of FAMILIAR EVENTS Change the nation's policies on polic- change that saves other young black men alleged police brutality: protest marches, ing and repair the black community from dying.” news conferences, demands for federal Michael Brown's death goes viral. Fer- from within. intervention, public pressure by sympa- guson trends on Twitter. A horde of media “We got to clean up our community MILITARIZED POLICE thetic elected officials. descends. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson so we can clean up the United States of Sometimes this led to charges or even arrive. America,” he said to thunderous applause. There are a few glimmers of institu- convictions of police officers. Sometimes “Events surrounding the killing of un- “Nobody is going to help us,” Sharpton tional change. there were riots: Miami in 1980 after Miami- armed teenager Michael Brown look all said, “if we don't help ourselves.” Those concerned that Brown's Dade police were acquitted in the death too familiar. As Yogi Berra would put it, it's Can it actually happen? In Michael death might not be fairly investigated of black motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie; Los ‘deja vu, all over again,’” reads a column Brown's case, can the ritual be remem- took note of the high-profile appear- Angeles’ Rodney King rebellion in 1992; by Bill Press in the Daily Journal of Mari- bered for more than riots? ance of Eric Holder, America's first Cincinnati in 2001 when a 19-year-old was etta, Ga. “Most definitely,” said Ferguson resi- black attorney general, in Ferguson to fatally shot by an officer; Oakland's upris- A backlash builds against the pro- dent Jeremy Rone as he completed a pro- meet with locals and discuss the feder- ing in 2009 after Oscar Grant was shot in the testers. There are complaints that the test march on Saturday. al probe he ordered. At least three po- back while face-down on a train platform. liberal media skew the facts to create He said Brown's death should increase lice officers in the Ferguson area have a false narrative about racist white po- voter registration, which would “put the been suspended for behavior that TRAYVON’S KILLING lice. As with Trayvon Martin and Oscar right people in the right places” to change came to light due to newly heightened Grant, a narrative forms against the the way police deal with the black com- scrutiny of police. The White House The 2012 killing of Miami Gardens deceased: Based on a video released munity. Soon after the unrest started, a is reviewing policies that have sup- resident Trayvon Martin by neighborhood by police, Brown is characterized as voter registration booth went up on the plied police departments with military watchman George Zimmerman in Sanford a weed-smoking thug who robbed a corner of the hardest-hit street. hardware, an issue that received much added the transformative element of so- store minutes before his death. scrutiny in Ferguson. cial media. The public was now participat- Social media spreads facts, rumors COLLECTIVE MEMORY “I trust that what's happening in ing much more intimately in the ritual. and lies at Internet speed. There is a the street-level conflicts and clashes And, still, the unarmed black males chain email with a fabricated arrest Phillip Atiba Goff, a UCLA psychology in Ferguson are the birthing pains of kept dying. The chants of “No Justice, No record saying, falsely, that Brown was professor and president of the Center for a new American social order,” Sam Peace” kept rising. charged with several felonies. A photo Policing Equity, does believe Ferguson Fulwood III wrote for the Center for So what happened after Brown was circulates of someone who is not Brown has brought us into a different moment, American Progress. shot on Aug. 9 was predictable: pointing a gun — like the menacing “but with a small window.” “I truly believe,” he wrote, “some- First, protests and outrage. A narra- photo of a gangsta rapper that some “While I think there will be a push thing revolutionary is occurring there tive forms in favor of the deceased: Ac- said was Trayvon. for stronger accountability and data col- that signals a pivot point for American cording to accounts of several witnesses “Every time a black person does lection that comes from this, I worry that society.” from Brown's neighborhood, he was shot something, they automatically become a we will repeat the amnesia that followed America likes to measure progress, to with his hands up. He was a “gentle giant” thug worthy of their own death,” the actor Los Angeles, Newark, Watts and so many count it. When it comes to the killing of headed to college. Pictures of Brown cir- Jesse Williams says in a TV appearance. other urban centers for the past 50-plus unarmed black males, progress will be culate that show him smiling, baby-faced years,” Goff said in an email. found in the uncounted: — reminiscent of the childlike photos that WHITE FLIGHT “Whatever the immediate good that The young man who doesn't run from first introduced us to Trayvon Martin. may come in the wake of the events of police. The day after Brown's shooting, protesters The media reports new versions of the Ferguson,” he said, "we fail to honor The officer who doesn't pull the trigger. are met with a militarized police response. old stories: White flight has created poor the legacy of Mr. Brown if our collective The ritual that doesn't get repeated. Family members tell tragic stories of loved ones’ violent deaths VIOLENCE, FROM 1A Two arrests have been made in the killing of Pierce’s “Their child could get a death sentence or life sentence ammunition because they want to be their kids’ friend,” daughter Qualecia. She believes mistaken identity may have or sent off to prison so far away that they can’t visit them,” Smalls later told South Florida Times. been behind the murder of her child whom she described as she said. She said that prior to her son’s murder, she could not “very sweet, loving and family oriented.” Pierce’s younger daughter Quatika James, 15, imagine the pain parents experience when a child is killed. Like Smalls, Pierce said that coping with the death of her said that she and her sister were close, though “we “My whole world changed on Jan. 15,” she said, referring to child hasn’t been easy but, instead of going to counseling, fought sometimes like all sisters do.” She said that the date when Zamari was shot. she relies on prayer. she misses Qualecia and that the family still cries a Smalls said she still doesn’t know why the youngest of her “My three prayers [are] the serenity prayer for God to great deal. three sons was killed but suggested that he was the victim help me to accept the things that I cannot change. My second It was important for her and her family to attend the rally of mistaken identity or was shot to satisfy some deadly re- prayer was for the persons that did this to my daughter be to share their story, she said. quirements of gang initiation. He had no enemies, she said, brought to justice,” she said. Her wish for the city of Miami Gardens? because “everybody loved Zamari,” who was fond of going And, Pierce said, her third prayer is for the families of the “To stop the violence so that no one else has to go to church. persons suspected of killing James. through this,” she said. labor day

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FORT LAUDERDALE — If you haven’t seen the billboard at Northwest 27 Avenue and Sunrise Bou- Billboard to lead to levard in Fort Lauderdale, look for it before it’s taken down Aug. 31. The billboard, which features a boy and a girl more reading reading, was created by the art students at Dillard High School and sponsored by readingpaysmore.com. The billboard depicts the powerful image of teamwork, romance and the love of the reading among our girls and boys, said attorney Georgia Rob- inson, founder of readingpaysmore.com. Robinson said residents should look out for other such images on billboards, bench ads and public art, put there to inspire children to develop a love of reading and to promote the financial and other benefits of reading. The mission of readingpaysmore.com is to create a culture of reading FOR ENCOURAGEMENT: A billboard standing at Northwest 27th Avenue and Sunrise Boulevard tells passersby to read more. so that every child is reading and comprehending at and take her or him to a how the lack of basic read- customers and contractors. not reading at grade level each school district’s stan- or above grade level. read- bookstore or local library ing skills could affect and Now Robinson is en- by the third grade is four dards, but must meet the ingpaysmore.com pro- today,” said Robinson. alter someone’s way of life. couraging those who are times more likely to drop- state’s reading assessment vides tips and strategies “We are also asking every Her father was illiterate competent at reading to out of school because he/ requirement before be- to help students read at or school to have monthly and and struggled to maintain adopt children and help she lack the basic founda- ing promoted beyond the above grade level, regard- yearly reading contests. the back office of his busi- them read above grade tion skills to learn and com- third grade. In essence, a less of their ec onomic or We will feature the winning ness. She spent many of her level by September 2016. prehend concepts. student will be held back social status. boy and girl, each year, on childhood days reading Reading is the founda- In Florida, students if he or she cannot read “We are asking every- our website.” her father’s business letters, tion of learning. Studies may advance through at grade level in the third one to read with a child Robinson saw first-hand writing and responding to show that a child who is grades 1 and 2 based on grade.

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Staff Report accountants, scientists, software developers and social workers. They are part of our While South Floridians march in the country’s future,” said TheDream.US streets in Homestead and Pompano Beach in President Candy Marshall in a statement. recent days asking President Barack Obama Damela was only seven and living in Haiti to take affirmative actions on America’s when she play-taught her first lesson. immigration policies, a Haitian Dreamer When Damela was nine she moved to the prepared to start college. Unites States. Entering the third grade, she A group of philanthropists have come was anxious and had difficulty understanding together to set up a fund to give scholarships English. Other students would tease her for to Dreamers, children who live in the United her thick accent and stutter. States, but do not have legal status to do so. “My parents always said, ‘This is America. Founded by Graham Holdings Company You have to go to school. It’s all about education,’” Damela recalled. “I hear them and I listened. I dedicated everything to learning, getting my grades up, and joining social clubs.” During middle school Damela’s English improved. By high school she was elected class vice president. She also discovered a creative passion: poetry. Damela has entered several regional poetry competitions and won second and third place. Damela also finds inspiration in faith. Raised in a Christian family, Damela never really felt impacted by her religion until she graduated from high school. “I was very heavily depressed after I graduated. I knew that I didn’t have the money to continue school,” Damela explained. She began to dread the arrival of August and Staff Report PROPOSAL: the beginning of school for so many of her Dennis Moss, above, peers. “I knew it would be difficult to hear Miami-Dade County is in economic talks from my classmates who had the opportunity Commissioner Dennis C. with President of the to go [to school] and are posting about it on Moss is calling on his col- Republic of Senegal Facebook.” leagues to embrace Africa Damela Cedelias Macky Sall. One day, she scrolled past something as an economic gateway as interesting on Facebook, TheDream.US they have did Latin America CEO Donald E. Graham, Democratic activist Scholarship. “I was just scrolling down my and the Caribbean. and Aviation and philanthropist Henry R. Muñoz III, and wall and I saw it,” Damella remembered. “I Moss recently re- Committee, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos thought, ‘Oh my God. This cannot be real. turned from Washington, asked the county Gutierrez, TheDream.US is a national This cannot be real! That’s so awesome!’” D.C. after meeting with to explore key scholarship fund committed to providing Not knowing if she would be accepted or the President of the Re- projects through a low-cost, high-quality education to not, Damela knew she had to take the chance public of Senegal Macky public and private undocumented students. and apply. “I didn’t have my laptop, so I typed Sall to discuss travel and partnerships in Launched on Feb. 4, the inaugural class the essay right on my phone,” she recalled. trade between Miami- our community to of scholars has been selected, and Damela A few weeks later she was at a friend’s Dade County and West Af- position Miami- statement. “We have the Cedelias of Pompano Beach received a house when an email with the subject, “The rica. Sall was in Washing- Dade County as the model and the decades scholarship to attend Miami Dade College to Dream” came to her phone. “My heart ton as a part of the U.S.- “Gateway to Africa.” of experience that can study Early Education. started to beat really fast. I thought, Calm Africa Leader’s Summit “Decades ago, our position our county to At a time when the Deferred Action down. If it doesn’t happen this time, we will which brought together community embarked do the same in Africa. for Childhood Arrivals program is being keep pushing,’” Damela said. When she saw about 50 heads of states upon nurturing trade and Like in Africa today, questioned by some politicians, TheDream. the word “congratulations” in the opening from the continent of Af- travel relationships with Latin America had its fair US believes America should leverage the lines she began to scream. “It was a life rica. Latin America, and as a share of political turmoil, investment already “made in these young, changing moment.” Recognizing the result we are recognized military confrontation, highly motivated men and women by To be eligible for a scholarship from potential benefit to today as the ‘Gateway civil war, economic offering a scholarship fund that will support local business, Moss, to South America and them in joining our next generation of who serves as chairman the Caribbean,’” said talented health care providers, educators, PLEASE TURN TO DREAMERS/3B of the Transportation Commissioner Moss in a PLEASE TURN TO MOSS/3B

PALM BEACH Staff Report Within minutes, West the officer. The officer the gunfire. or killed,” said West Palm Palm Beach Police Offi- drove ahead of Brown and The officer, fearing for Beach Police Chief Bryan Another black man is cer Jason Barquin spotted pulled over. his life, returned fire. Kummerlen. dead, shot by police Sat- 39-year-old Anthony Lamar When the officer got It is believed that the of- Officers provided first Brown urday night in West Palm Brown riding a bicycle. out of his marked police ficer struck Brown at least aid to Brown until the arriv- Beach. Barquin, 30, ordered Brown car, a fight began between once. al of fire rescue. Brown was Police say Anthony La- to stop near the 500-block Brown and the officer. “When you put on the taken to St. Mary’s Medical stole a mar Brown went to some- of 15th St., a report said. The officer shot Brown uniform, you know the Center where he was pro- one’s home on Palm Beach After that police say with a Taser, but it did not single most difficult situa- nounced dead. Lakes Boulevard, showed a Brown and Barquin had a have any effect on Brown, tion you may face is what Police say Brown’s gun and stole a bicycle. fight, shots were fired and police said. happened in this case. But handgun was recovered at bike, lost A little after 7 p.m., a Brown died. Brown then pulled a when someone pulls a gun, the scene, as well as two victim called 911 to report Here’s police account semiautomatic handgun opens fire and tries to kill loaded magazines. that he was the victim of an of what happened when from his waistband and an officer, that officer is Police are awaiting fur- armed robbery/burglary Barquin tried to stop Brown: opened fire at the officer, trained to protect not only ther information from the his life and provided a detailed Brown refused to stop who fell backward as he himself, but to protect any- Palm Beach County Medi- description of his bicycle. and yelled expletives at backpedaled away from one else from being hurt cal Examiner’s Office. 2B | AUGUST 28 — SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM Around South Florida

Lydian in 2011, costing the Federal of mistakes. Several potential candidates killings taking place in Chicago, where Deposit Insurance Corp. $242.3 million. have designs on the office. they are so common as to be expected. ELGIN JONES It’s a sad situation and something must [email protected] OFFICE DEPOT Miami-Dade County be done to curtail this violence. INCENTIVES Palm Beach County Mayor MARINO RETURNS Monroe County Priscilla Taylor and her The Miami Dolphins have Palm Beach County colleagues approved a hired former quarterback THEFT ARREST $500,000 incentive package Dan Marino for a front of- William J. Branam, 51, of POLICE SHOOTING for Boca Raton-based Office fice job. His duties have yet Miami is facing 119 counts West Palm Beach police Depot. The office supply to be detailed but some are of passing stolen checks shot and killed 39-year-old TAYLOR chain will, in turn, remain suggesting he will be an and is also charged with Anthony Lamar Brown. headquartered in Palm Beach County, re- advisor to team owner Ste- exploiting an elderly per- tain 2,328 jobs until 2024 and create 378 phen Ross. Marino played Officers said they respond- ROSS son and theft. Branam was ed to a report of a bicycle additional local jobs. for the Dolphins for 17 a caretaker of a 74-year- being stolen near the 500 years and served as senior vice president BRANAM old blind and wheelchair block of 15th Street, east Broward County of Football Operations in 2004 but quit af- bound Key Largo man BROWN of the FEC railroad tracks. ter three weeks. from 2012 to 2014. The checks were When confronted, an altercation occurred TRI-RAIL EXPANSION made out to “cash” and the man con- and the officer used his Taser but Brown There’s a move afoot to expand the Tri- HUSBAND KILLED tacted police after discovering what had was unafected, pulled a gun and fired at Rail commuter service through neigh- Florida City Police dis- been taking place, authorities said. the officer, who fired back, hitting Brown borhoods to reach the downtown areas of patcher Toya Edgecomb once, the report said. The investigation West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Miami and Haynes arrived home HOMELESS into the shooting is continuing. Fort Lauderdale. Under the “Coastal Link” from work to find her hus- IMPRISONED plan, trains will run on existent spur lines band Lorenzo Haynes While law enforcement BANK ON IT to reach the Florida East Coast Railway shot to death. He was a agencies around country Jerome M. Ellis, former tracks that run along Dixie Highway. musician and performer are employing innovative and owner of Billion Dol- vice president of the failed HAYNES measures to deal with the Lydian Private Bank in Palm NUMBERED DAYS? lar Haynes Music record- homeless, Monroe County Beach, will testify against his The voices of disenchant- ing studio. Police are asking anyone with Sheriff Rick Ramsay is information to call Miami-Dade Crime former boss and CEO Rory ment with Broward Super- RAMSAY frustrated over the cost A. Brown. Ellis has accused visor of Elections Brenda Stoppers at 305-471-8477. to keep homeless people Brown of misleading the Snipes are increasing. Re- locked up over minor offenses. The city of BROWN bank’s investors, knowingly ports say she is considering CARNAGE CONTINUES Key West pays most of the $2 million-plus misstating its financial condition and retirement but even if she Miami, particularly the Liberty City annual cost but it is a strain on resources of ADVERTISINGartificially inflating the ADVERTISING PROOFbank’s capital. PROOFADVERTISINGopts to seek re-election inADVERTISING PROOF community, has seen police PROOFADVERTISING shootings, the entire county. PROOF The allegations were made in a lawsuit SNIPES 2015, she should expect a gang-related murders, home invasions deposition in a case in which Brown well-funded primary opponent. During and worse. The carnage continues and Follow us on Twitter.com is being sued. Regulators shut down her tenure, the office has seen its share it seems few people care. It’s akin to the

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MOSS, FROM 1B stagnation, health epidemics and other issues. Some of these risk-posing events still exist today. However, this did not stop Miami-Dade County from pursuing our goal of being the number one location in the United States for trade, commerce, tourism, banking, aviation and maritime activities with South America.” In a memo dated Aug.12, Moss requested that the following actions take place in order to fully explore the feasibility of these projects going for- ward. The first was for Miami-Dade to work with the Africa Trade Development Center (ATDC) and the Re- public Of Senegal to create a Sister Airport Agreement, as Sen- egal has a new airport. Next is to complete an air corridor study to gauge the opportunity for direct flights from Miami to Senegal; work with ATDC and Sen- egal to re-energize the current Sister Seaport Agreement with the Port of Dakar to facili- tate cargo and cruise opportunities. Finally, explore the possibility of local Miami-Dade County Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) businesses developing a training facility in Senegal, where the Senegalese government has the land and funding for this project. The model began to take shape during the recent Transporta- tion Summit held at the Miami-Airport Conven- tion Center where top- ics were discussed including the creation of an Aviation and Cruise Gateway between Mi- ami-Dade and West Afri- ca through Senegal and refocusing on cargo and other maritime issues through the existing Sis- ter Seaport Agreement with the Port of Dakar. The development of a maintenance repair overhaul and training facility in Senegal was also discussed. Today, the continent of Africa boasts a five to seven percent economic growth rate. Some of the fastest growing economies in the world are in Africa, a continent of 1 billion people, projected to grow to 2.3 billion by 2050, according to Moss’ statement. “It is the last fron- tier,” said Moss. “Com- panies that get in earlier will reap enor- mous benefits, and it is a continent with countries that have expressed on many occasions the desire to have bilateral trade and relations with our community. “The same questions and doubts that were expressed during the time that we were nurturing relationships with South America on our way to becoming the ‘Gate- way to the Americas’ are some of the same questions and doubts being expressed today about Africa,” said Moss. “We have an unprecedented opportunity to follow a blueprint that has worked for us in the past and make Miami-Dade County the ‘Gateway to Africa.’” 4B | AUGUST 28 — SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM Prayerful Living

“God didn’t design mankind to live in an environment where there You’re coming is scarcity of food and water, robberies and murders, and chaos and no order. He designed us to live in Heaven’s atmosphere of

PHOTO COURTESY OF peace and prosperity.” GALLERYHIP.COM out Maker is God” (Hebrews 11:9, 10). He was in search of the gov- Jesus came preach- ernment of Heaven, the very best States by the time the av- believing for the ing, “Repent: for the king- Kingdom of God, which was of society and makes erage person retires from impossible. I was told in dom of Heaven is at hand” in the Garden of Eden. It’s them dependent on it for- well as the maimed to be their job, they retire with no the old days when Brother (Matthew 4:17). ever. The idea is to provide made whole. He was master investments and have no Oral Roberts had his office what every person, regard- and absolute ruler over the “And Jesus went about less of their background or those working in it with such laws of nature and just as He idea where to go or what to at Oral Roberts Univer- all Galilee, teaching in where they live, is searching a cushion through salaries, called Peter out of the boat do. If this describes circum- sity, there was a sign hung their synagogues, and for. benefits and perks until they to walk on water, He fully ex- stances in your life or where on his wall that said, “No preaching the gospel of the Heaven’s atmosphere don’t ever have to depend pects us to do the same. you seem to be headed, small plans made here.” kingdom, and healing all The Apostle Paul writes, on God and live by faith. I He had no sense of lack, I’ve got good news for you. I am reminded of a manner of sickness and all “For the Kingdom of God is heard one man of God say, guilt or condemnation. You’re coming out! I decree Psalm that says, “When the manner of diseases among not in meat and drink; but “The most dangerous place When He needed money, that 2014 will be your year Lord turned again the cap- the people. righteousness and peace, a Believer can be is in a place He sent Peter fishing. He of unending breakthroughs. tivity of Zion, we were like “And His fame went and joy in the Holy Ghost” where he or she does not had no inferiority complex Where you have struggled them that dream. Then throughout all Syria: and (Romans 14:17). God didn’t have to use their faith.” and had perfect fellowship before, you’ll struggle no was our mouth filled with they brought unto Him all design mankind to live in an Dominion restored God with the Father. He coura- more. God is comforting laughter, and our tongue sick people that were taken environment where there is deliberately plants the righ- geously and lovingly died Zion, His people. By faith, with singing: then said for our sins and rose again with divers diseases and scarcity of food and water, teous among the unbeliever for our justification, saying, God has restored us to a they among the heathen, torments, and those that robberies and murders, and or those who don’t know the “. . . I am He that liveth, and place of no toil, no lack, no The Lord hath done great were possessed with dev- chaos and no order. He de- Lord. The Church is not de- was dead, and, behold, I am sickness or disease and things for them. The Lord ils, and those that had the signed us to live in Heaven’s signed to be detached from alive forevermore, Amen; no early death for you and hath done great things for palsy; and He healed them” atmosphere of peace and the world: “We are in the and have the keys of hell your family. I decree that fa- us; whereof we are glad” (Matthew 4:23-24). prosperity. world, but not of the world.” and death” (Revelation 1:18). vor and prosperity are now (Psalm 126:1-3). The disciples knew His Diametrically opposing Like His Son Jesus, God the He restored to us the do- coming on your household central message: restoring the Kingdom of God is this Father planned for us to take minion and authority Adam in an unprecedented way. of God’s Kingdom in the Babylonian system which ex- responsibility for the dark- lost and everything was put Don’t be like Gideon earth. In fact, the Word of the ists independent of God. It ness in the earth and to lift back under our feet through and try to qualify yourself Kingdom is mentioned 127 trains people to live by their the curse off every place we His Name. looking at your own ability times in the four Gospels wit versus God’s wisdom, by are sent. According to Joel, Unfortunately, Believers or background. No! What alone. God was restoring to their salary versus believing Chapter 2, the Church is the who get caught up in this He’s going to do for you, world system can’t change mankind the Kingdom from for God to provide. True, the most powerful institution in or influence the culture of you can’t earn it, because which he had been exiled Babylonian system of work- the world. There has never it. Why? Because he or she even if you tried to earn it, through Adam. ing for money may be our been anything like us and is dependent on the sys- you couldn’t get that much. The Bible says that starting point but we should there will never be anything tem. Not only must we not This is a work of grace Bill Winston is pastor of Abraham “. . . By faith he soon transition to making like us after we leave. belong to the world system through faith, for God is the 19,000-member Living sojourned in the land of money work for us. Jesus Jesus, who is our example, but the Bible tells us to not able to do “exceedingly Word Christian Center in promise, as in a strange said, “You cannot serve God had no sense of inferiority even be friends of it, lest we and abundantly above all Forest Park, Ill., and founder country . . . For he looked and mammon.” in the presence of disease, become enemies of God. you can ask or think.” and president of the Joseph for a city which has foun- The Babylonian world sys- death or disaster. He com- Favor and prosperity. Right now, start dream- Business School, which has dations, whose Builder and tem takes the young and the manded storms to stop, as I’ve heard that in the United ing a bigger dream. Start a branch in Miami. WHY Racial unrest mars US history By JESSE J. HOLLAND drifted across an unofficial barrier between Associated Press segregated beaches in Chicago. A group of white youths stoned him and he drowned. WASHINGTON — The St. Louis suburb Police refused to arrest the white man of Ferguson, Missouri, was roiled by racial who witnesses said caused the death. That unrest after 18-year-old Michael Brown, touched off a week of riots on the city's South who was black, was shot and killed by Side that left 15 whites and 23 blacks Darren Wilson, a white police officer, on dead, more than 500 people injured Aug. 9. The street clashes there mirrored and roughly 1,000 black families past, larger-scale riots in multiple U.S. cities, homeless due to fires set by most of them triggered by perceived racial rioters. injustice, or an incident involving police, in “People, I just • In June 1943, mostly white already tense communities. sailors and Marines targeted want to say, As calm begins to take hold and Latinos in East Los Angeles and Ferguson takes its place alongside past can we all get Long Beach, California, in what urban riots, here are some details about along?” became known as the “Zoot Suit racial unrest in the United States: Riots,” a reference to the style of - Rodney King PHOTOS ABOVE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS clothing favored by Latino youth THE ST. LOUIS AREA RIOTED BEFORE of that era. More than 500 people were injured in those riots. The violence In July 1917, Gov. Frank O. Lowden sent unarmed Rodney King in April 1992. King in Indianapolis that is credited with sparked similar attacks against Latinos in in troops to maintain order after there was When that unrest subsided, 53 people had preventing a riot there. eight other cities around the nation. an influx of black laborers into St. Louis' been killed and more than 2,000 had been • On July 11, 1951, thousands of white factories while white workers were on strike. injured. Property damage was estimated at WHAT DEFUSES OR PREVENTS people congregated outside a Cicero, Once the troops left on July 2, a group of $1 billion. RACIAL UNREST? Illinois, apartment newly rented by black bus whites shot at blacks' homes, and blacks • In 2012, the fatal police shooting of driver Harvey Clark and his wife, Johnetta. retaliated by killing two white police officers. two Hispanic men in Anaheim, California, The calming influences in past racial The crowd, angry that a black family had Over the next 24 hours, 39 blacks and nine sparked four nights of unrest, with nearly turbulence have been varied. Sometimes moved in, pelted the windows with rocks whites were killed. More than 300 buildings, 600 demonstrators hurling rocks and bottles it just ended, but sometimes outside and bricks, then stormed inside, tossed out including many shanties where at police, who made dozens of arrests. forces helped ease tensions. the Clarks’ belongings and set the blacks lived, were destroyed by • The 1965 report of the Governor’s building on fire. The violence ended white rioters. After a state grand KERNER COMMISSION AND MLK Commission on the Los Angeles Riots three days later with 118 arrests and jury investigation, 144 men, ASSASSINATION suggested that the massive show of law $20,000 in property damage. U.S. including five police officers, enforcement that flooded the Los Angeles Attorney General J. Howard McGrath were indicted on charges ranging Riots broke out in several U.S. cities streets was a major contributing factor launched a federal investigation. from arson to murder. There in the summer of 1967. The deadliest in calming the unrest. By the end of the Four Cicero officials and three Four Cicero officials and three of them flared back-to-back in Newark, riots, 13,900 guardsmen, 934 Los Angeles police officers were indicted on New Jersey, and Detroit that July, killing police officers and 719 officers were charges of violating Clark’s rights. 26 people in Newark and 43 in Detroit. dispatched. The apartment building owner and President Lyndon Johnson formed the Ironically, that report also identified the agent who rented to the Clarks the agent who rented to the Clarks National Advisory Commission on Civil were indicted on charges of inciting a riot. police brutality as an issue in seven other Disorders, chaired by Illinois Gov. Otto Cicero marked the first time a U.S. riot was riots in 1964: “The fact that this charge is Kerner, to identify causes for the unrest. broadcast on local television. repeatedly made must not go unnoticed, In its 1968 report, the commission said • On Aug. 11, 1965, white police officers for there is a real danger that persistent tried to arrest black motorist Marquette frustration with racism and lack of criticism will reduce and perhaps destroy Frye for alleged drunken driving in the economic progress had led blacks to the effectiveness of law enforcement.” Watts section of south central Los Angeles. believe they had to resort to violence “as a • Following the King assassination, PHOTOS: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND HUFFINGTON POST A scuffle ensued, and Frye, his mother Rena, means of achieving redress,” and famously officials in Boston wanted to cancel SOLVING PROBLEMS: In this 1964 photo, and stepbrother Ronald were arrested. A warned that the U.S. was “moving toward soul singer James Brown’s scheduled President Lyndon Johnson meets with Martin crowd that gathered to watch soon swelled, two societies, one black and one white – performance at Boston Garden. Mayor Luther King Jr., left, about black civil rights. On and several young men began hurling separate and unequal.” Kevin White let the concert go on and right above, is President John F. Kennedy. rocks at the officers. The riots raged for six Roughly a month later, civil rights leader had it broadcast free on public television. days and nights through a 50-square-mile Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in During the concert, Brown issued a swath of the city. Fires, looting and pitched Memphis, Tennessee. His death triggered call for calm in the city. His and White's were no convictions. The grand jury blamed battles between rioters, police and National more riots in more than 100 cities nationwide, actions are credited with sparing Boston agitators from both races and officials who Guardsmen left 34 dead, brought 4,000 notably in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, from the unrest seen elsewhere. allowed slums to be overcrowded. arrests and destroyed $40 million worth of and Chicago. Riots over King’s death were • After Los Angeles exploded in 1992, property. avoided in New York City, where mayor John a central figure in what led to the unrest, OTHER RACE RIOTS • In April 1992, one of the nation's Lindsay went to Harlem, expressed regret Rodney King, stepped out of seclusion largest bouts of racial violence came behind over what happened to King and explained to make his now-famous plea for peace. • On July 27, 1919, while swimming with the acquittal of four Los Angeles police his vision for fighting poverty. Similarly, “People, I just want to say, can we all get friends, a black teenager, Eugene Williams, officers who were videotaped beating Robert F. Kennedy delivered a speech about along?” The riots ebbed soon thereafter. SFLTIMES.COM AUGUST 28 — SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 MAXI PRIEST Releases New Album6C

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THEMARYSUE.COM THE GIVER: JEFF BRIDGES ‘The Giver’ arrives, after a two-decade journey By JOCELYN NOVECK “At fi rst I was saying, Oh darn,” Bridges said, AP National Writer using a saltier term. “We missed the boat! But really, our movie wouldn’t have gotten made NEW YORK — It was almost 20 years ago, without those movies leading the way.” (His and actor Jeff Bridges was searching for a father died in 1998; now Bridges, a co-producer, movie project that would be a family affair – himself plays the character of The Giver.) one in which he could direct his father, Lloyd, Lowry, who ranks third among Amazon’s and that his children, then around middle- top 100 authors, hopes the wait means an school age, would want to see. entirely new audience will have emerged. A children’s book catalog caught his eye. “And as for fans of the book, we so hope “It had a picture of this old grizzled guy on the they won’t be outraged by the changes.” cover. And I said, ‘Oh, Dad could do that!’” Ah, the changes – always a balancing act. That book was The Giver, by Lois Lowry, which The story focuses on a boy, Jonas, who lives in won the prestigious Newberry Medal in 1994 a Community ruled by a Committee of Elders. and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. All is based on the concept of Sameness. He read it, then mentioned it to his kids. “They There’s no color, only black and white. There’s said, ‘Oh, we know that, we read it in school,’” he no emotion; sexual “stirrings” are blunted with said in an interview this week. “It turned out there daily medication. Most important, there are were whole curriculums based on it.” no memories of earlier times, for that would Indeed. There’s hardly a middle-schooler cause suffering. But Jonas is chosen to be who hasn’t been assigned The Giver at the community’s one Receiver of Memories, some point. And so the fi lm version, opening and as he learns about the world outside – this week, isn’t exactly riding the coattails called Elsewhere – it throws his own world of book-to-fi lm franchises like The Hunger into chaos. Games and Divergent. You might actually say In the book, Jonas is 12. In the movie, his it started the whole craze. age isn’t clear, but he’s played by Australian But why did it take so long to get made? heartthrob Brenton Thwaites, who’s 25. This “I thought, ‘It’s gonna be a cinch,’” Bridges was done partly to create a teen romance, a chuckled. “And that was 18 years ago.” change that initially deeply concerned both There were problems. The book, which Bridges and Lowry. Now, they insist they’ve LT depicts euthanasia, for one thing – of weak made peace with it. babies and the elderly – was banned in Lowry sounds happier about another key some places. And because so much of the change, one that gives Meryl Streep, as the action took place inside the mind of its stern Chief Elder, a substantial role. main character, it was hard to capture in a But there’s a fl ip side to that reader screenplay. At least fi ve or six were written. passion: Some fans got angry when the fi rst SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES THU 8/28 3 col (5.06”) x 10” Financing proved elusive. trailer came out in color (in the book, only ALL.AAB.0828.SFTemail And Bridges and author Lowry watched as Jonas can see color.) “There was outrage,” young-adult dystopian fi ction became the next Lowry said. Ultimately, a new trailer was big thing in Hollywood. The Hunger Games released showing that much of the fi lm is shot debuted in 2012 to huge box offi ce, elevating LEGENDARY PICTURES AND UNIVERSAL PICTURES PRESENT A LEGENDARY PICTURES/BROTHERS DOWDLE PRODUCTION “AS ABOVE/SO BELOW” PERDITA WEEKS in black and white. MUSIC EXECUTIVE PRODUCED Jennifer Lawrence to a mega-star; the sequel Lowry thinks that if she published her book BEN FELDMAN EDWIN HODGE BY KEEFUS CIANCIA PRODUCER ALEX HEDLUND BYTHOMAS TULL JON JASHNI DREW DOWDLE PATRICK AIELLO followed, with two more to come. The Divergent today, it wouldn’t cause nearly the ripples it WRITTEN DIRECTED BY & BY franchise launched earlier this year. did two decades ago. JOHN ERICK DOWDLE DREW DOWDLE JOHN ERICK DOWDLE ©A 20 UNIVERSAL14 UNIVERSAL RELEASE STUDIOS “It was kind of unnerving,” said Lowry, “Now, we’ve been exposed to something sipping tea in a Manhattan hotel recently. like The Hunger Games, where children are CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR And yet, both Lowry and Bridges agree, killing other children,” she said. “So The Giver STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES maybe it’s good that it took so long. sounds like mild fare compared to that.” 4C | AUGUST 28 — SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM | SoFlo LIVE SoFlo LIVE | SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | AUGUST 28 — SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 | 5C fashion Dear sister: Flip-side manis, Louboutin red: I am not 5 trends for nails a Lab Rat By LEANNE ITALIE designers: Phillip Lim and his 3.1 Phillip Lim brand By Associated Press have a new collaboration with Nars. Burberry opened its fi rst beauty store, including polishes, in London’s PETER BAILEY NEW YORK — Move over, studded bracelets and Covent Garden last year. Anna Sui, Michael Kors, STILETTO NAILS Start a convo with Peter at chandelier earrings. Right now, it’s all about nails. Marc Jacobs and Tom Ford are all recent entrants. [email protected] or sfltimes.com Rhinestones, 3-D designs, textured topcoats and new Extensions, gels or natural – sharpened tips are in. on twitter, @iampeterbailey

offerings from fashion royalty have upped the ante on Prabal Gurung works with Sally Hansen and Brit “it” OF BMAWUFBP.BLOGSPOT.COM COURTESY PHOTO fi ngertips, said Kahlana Barfi eld, beauty director for girl Alexa Chung came up with fabric-inspired fi nishes “Rihanna’s done them. Adele, Fergie. We’re seeing it more and more. InStyle magazine. for London-based Nails Inc. Her bottles include a They’re buffed at the tips so that’s how you keep from hurting A few years ago a female friend asked me the one question cashmere look and heavy options. Sadly, this only furthers the divide between black yourself,” Barfi eld said. “There’s no danger.” feared by most upwardly mobile men. “Elevatingmen and women, the Dialogue”both on opposite ends refusing to meet “We’re seeing so many nail artists emerging and nail She leaned in, looked up at me and tapped me emphatically in the middle. art salons that are launching,” she said. “They’re Louboutin’s lacquers are the most expensive for a The look began popping up on red carpets about a year ago on the forehead as if knocking on a door she wanted pried It’s as if successful black men have become lab rats showing up across the country. Nails are an accessory major brand. and is still going strong, she said. open: “Peter why can’t you black men take ownership of your to be probed and experimented upon by much too zealous now in the same way as jewelry, but a more affordable women?” she scolded. “I’m sick of ya’ll never trying to seal the single women. one.” “Obviously the Chanels and the Diors have been ADVERTISING PROOF Rickette said the stiletto also has morphed into a coffi n. deal.” Are we on the DL? Do we not date black women? Is he doing nail polish forever, but what’s great about This gorgeous soul met her fair share of Romeos who too weak to endure me? So what does a decent design in lacquer cost? Louboutin is there are so many women who love “It’s like a tapered square that actually looks like the shape left her heart-broken in their wake. As an unmarried part of Stop it. Barfi eld says $30 to $35 should do it, depending on his shoes but might not be able to afford them. It’s of a coffi n. It’s a really beautiful shape. It elongates most that crème de la crème collective, she directed her contempt This just leads to resentment from myself and my peers. the bling. Embellishments, treatments and extensions a way of getting a piece of the brand,” Barfi eld said. people’s fi ngers,” she said. towards me, another accomplished brother absent from the Black love doesn’t need any more seminars or studies, can up the price to $250 or more. “The bottle is like a piece of art. He wanted it to altar. just a good dose of patience and understanding. be something that looked beautiful on a woman’s I gave it thought then answered sheepishly: My word of advice to my friend and other females on the vanity and on her fi ngers.” For the DIY-inclined, a simple trip to the drug store for “Half us don’t have ownership of ourselves so how do you mission to fi nding Mr. Right? pins, stickers and rhinestones offers more inexpensive GELS expect us to be accountable for anyone else.” Think like a woman and ease our fears. options. FLIP-SIDE MANIS Hidden behind my résumé, she couldn’t see the uneasiness Barfi eld considers gels a great option for people who don’t with which I wore success, the fi ckleness of black achievement “People are being super, super creative with nail art. Ciara, Beyonce and Adele have all want to be in the nail shop once a week, but the removal and the constant state of urgency it bore. ... They’re really having fun,” Barfi eld said. “Nails are process, which involves soaking nails in polish remover, Her own crisis stemmed from the harsh numbers that show a talking point.” blinged out the underside of their nails. can damage nails. only 26 percent of black women being hitched, the lowest Five trends for nails: of any group, according to a study by the National Center of “It’s kind of like a peekaboo. It’s Now, nail companies are making gel-effect topcoats and Marriage and Research. In fact, the study showed the median unexpected. The long, almond- lacquers in a range of prices that offer a week or more of shine age of all women to wed is at 27, the highest it’s ever been. NEW DESIGNERS shaped nails are really big right without the hassle, Barfi eld said. No UV light is needed and We can mix in a number of factors, like living in the now, so they allow enough real they come off easily with regular remover. Industrial Age where more of us are prolonging saying “I Do” for Got a thing for those red-soled Christian Louboutins? estate for you to embellish “I Want” to the dwindling of happily-ever-after. The shoe designer is hoping his fashionista fans underneath your nail,” Barfi eld Sally Hansen’s Miracle Gel in Bare Dare and the company’s I’ve witnessed the sheer desperation at which my friend will go for his fi rst try said. “This is a new twist on nail Miracle Gel Top Coat are available at drug stores for $10 each. and so many other black women describe their search for the at beauty – glossy, art, which is such a big trend all elusive “good black man.” luxe nail lacquer that right now. You don’t have to get So why are men like myself and so many other brothers at launched this month in this done. You can do it yourself at the top of the food chain hesitant? his signature hue. home.” NAIL-TO-WALL Security. Yes, just like our female counterparts we need security to Rouge Louboutin, Attach a small jewel or stud with In June, OPI and Ace Hardware teamed up for an exclusive line feel complete, but we’re fi ghting it within ourselves. loaded with pigment spray glue, or go for bright colors that of Clark + Kensington interior paint colors inspired by iconic OPI For as long as I can remember I was taught to be a provider, that goes on easily, is complement the front side. nail shades. that if I can’t put a roof over a woman’s head don’t even bother. priced at $50 for an As black men, however successful, we are in a constant eight-inch spiky bottle Naja Rickette, a Los Angeles nail artist Broken into three distinctive color palettes for the artist, state of maintaining what we have, knowing that our tumble based on the tallest and consultant whose clients include the romantic and the wild at heart, the new paint shades can be triggered by the slightest jolt.The fact that we’re only heel he ever came Miranda Lambert, said fl ip-sides offer a include OPI’s whimsical blue, Can’t Find My Czechbook, and one traffi c stop away from being laid out on the pavement only up with, the Ballerina lot of freedom for texture. Gargantuan Green Grape. reinforces our fears and paranoia. Ultima. Thirty more I myself have had to work 10 times as hard for any seat as colors are on the way. “Glitters and confetti and all kind of More paint colors will be rolled out in 2015. my non-black peers. My female friend would argue that she too stuff are happening on the underside. suffered that same struggle, but she’ll never understand the Nails have become You can wear a plain color then have “To get the full the bang out of it will be next year. It takes time,” pressures that come with being a man. a growth market for fun on the back,” she said. said Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, co-founder and artistic director for OPI. Understandably, the fall-out of all this has been a generation Rhianna of women now taught to “Think Like A Man.”

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music & pop culture & pop music The Priest is preaching romance, seduction and styles of music on my albums, and a range of looking out for women as he has always done in producers to bring out different aspects of my his music. There is something for everyone on the creativity.” 11-track CD: lovers’ rock, R&B, some dancehall with Though it has been years – he said nine, his a gospel ﬂ air. publicity material says ﬁ ve and media outlets have The tract Without A Woman featuring Beres reported seven – since he released an album, Hammond is a tribute to women, a conscious Priest said he has always been a blessed artist. decision to elevate rather than denigrate women, as “For me, there has been no struggle.” is the norm in most music genres. He was watching the landscape he said, “This song is an appreciation for all women and watching to see how technology would affect the a gift from the artists,” says Priest. “Sometimes we business. And then it was time. Time to return to forget to simply say ‘thank you’ – as without you, the fans. there is no us.” “The folks give me energy,” Priest said.

ON THE COVER SOULFUL: Maxi Priest at his al- Kathy Griffi n to Minaj: Booty Challenge bum release party on Tuesday, By MESFIN FEKADU Aug. 19 at Bar Stache in Fort AP Music Writer Lauderdale. NEW YORK — While most people are inviting friends to complete the PHOTOS DAVID I. MUIR ice bucket challenge, Kathy Griffi n has another proposal for Nicki Minaj: a booty challenge. The 53-year-old comedian said after watching the eye-popping, rump-shaking music video for Minaj's new hit single, Anaconda, she wants to go toe-to-toe with the rap diva. "Of course, everyone's talking about that Anaconda video and it's fantastic. It's a lot of boo-tay and I would like to challenge Nicki to a boo-tay-off," Griffi n said in an interview last week. The Anaconda video has racked in 35 million views since its last Tuesday release and has trended on Twitter throughout the week. "It's like the ice bucket challenge, but it doesn't even have any charity associated with it at all," Griffi n continued. "It's completely gratuitous." Griffi n also has some stiff competition when it comes to the music world apart from Minaj: She released a comedy album recently, and she hopes to mirror her success at the Grammy Awards earlier this year, where she won best comedy album for Calm Down Gurrl after fi ve consecu- tive losses in the category. "I'm going for another nomination, shame- lessly," said Griffi n, who is only one of fi ve women to win the honor. Griffi n's new album, Look at My (Expletive), is currently being sold at Amazon for just 99 cents. PHOTO COURTESY OF NEXTSTORIES.COM SoFlo LIVE | SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | AUGUST 28 — SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 | 7C

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Lunch is $23 and dinner is $39 through Great Broward Awakening: Ministry lead- Sept. 30. Visit miamiandbeaches.com/ PHOTO COURTESY OF ARTSSUMMITINFO.COM ers of all denominations will participate in PHOTO COURTESY OFMIAMIDEALSAVER.COM special-offers/monthly-deals/miami- Broward County’s fi rst monthly gathering of Miami Home Design & Remodeling Show: In- spice-month for a full leaders solely for the purpose of prayer. Par- September 4 spired by what you see on HGTV? Improve your list of participating ticipants will be seeking the guidance and home and décor with tips and services found restaurants. blessings over Broward schools, communi- State of the City Address: Fort Lauder- at this show! From decorating ideas and design ties, businesses and ministries. The awak- dale Mayor Jon P. Seiler will give the annual ening is at the Universal Palms Hotel, 4900 trends to new product debuts and seminars state of the city address. A reception and Powerline Rd., Fort Lauderdale at 7:30 p.m. learn how to make the most of your space. Sam- networking event begins at 6 p.m. followed and is open to all ministry leaders serving ple cuisine prepared by guest chefs at the daily by the address at 7 p.m. at the Huizenga from Boca Raton to North Miami. register at cooking shows, get advice from the experts and Pavilion at the Broward Center for the Per- browardawakening.org meet Jennifer Farrell of Home Made Simple forming Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lau- and Jennifer Farrell Designs. 6 to 10:30 p.m. PHOTO COURTESY OF SMITHANDWOLLENSKY.COM derdale. Free parking can be found at the today, noon to 10:30 Arts and Science District Garage at 101 SW August 29 p.m. Saturday and September 2 Fifth Ave. fortlauderdale.gov Friday Night Groove Karaoke: Sunday, noon to 7:30 Belt out your favorite tunes with p.m. Monday and 6 to Cultural Diversity Grant Workshop: Are you September 6 the help of Karaoke DJ Todd! 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at an artist or organization based in Broward? Todd is a song writer, composer, the Miami Beach Con- Learn about the application process to apply Essential Manners for Teen Gentlemen: and musician who is sure to vention Center, 1901 for funding through the Cultural Diversity Pro- Teens ages 13-18 can practice various make this karaoke night one to Convention Center Dr., gram. Funds may be used for program expens- social skills including communication, remember 6 to 11 p.m. at Schne- Miami Beach. $10, $1 es associated with nonprofi t organizations. 6 presence,and poise. This introductory class bly’s Redland Winery, 30205 SW kids 10 and under with p.m. at the Broward County Main Library, Sev- is designed to help young men thrive social- 217th Ave., Homestead. $10. $3 off when purchased enth Floor, 100 S. Andrews Ave., Ft. Lauder- ly. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Cham- 305-242-1224 or visit schnebly- online. 305-667-9299 dale. Free, RSVP required. Visit www.broward. ber South, 900 SW 97th Ave., Palmetto Bay. winery.com/events PHOTO COURTESY OF MUSICLOVETOKNOW.COM or homeshows.net org/arts/funding/programs $40. 305-490-7485. 8C | AUGUST 28 — SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM | SoFlo LIVE food A Well-Stocked Pantry The key to mealtime success FAMILY FEATURES — When it comes to mealtime, a well-stocked pantry can be the difference between culinary success and a dinner dud. Too often we contemplate what to make for dinner, only to realize that we don’t have the right ingredients on hand or the food in the fridge has spoiled. But with a pantry full of canned foods, a delicious and easy, homemade meal is just minutes away. It’s no secret that canned foods are convenient, but did you know that cans are also one of the best ways to get food from the farm to your family’s table? Canned fruits and vegetables are picked and packed when they’re at their peak of ripeness and nutrition, sealing in their freshness and fl avor, so you can feel confi dent about serving them anytime. Less waste, more meals And if you fi nd that you’re often throwing away fresh food, you’re not alone. According to a recent study, most Americans throw away spoiled fresh fruits and vegetables two times a week on average, wasting a staggering 15 to 20 percent of fresh produce each year. By keeping your pantry stocked with essential canned ingredients, you know the food you purchase won’t go to waste, saving you money and helping reduce your impact on the environment. Orange Pork Stir Fry With your favorite canned food staples, you’ll be on your way Servings: 4 Cut pork tenderloin into 1/2-inch-thick rounds, to creating delicious and nutritious meals like Hearty Chickpea 1 pound pork tenderloin then into 1/2-inch-wide strips. Place pork tenderloin Vegetable Soup, Neopolitan Tuna Fettuccine and Falafel Burgers. 1 tablespoon cornstarch strips in medium bowl; add cornstarch, salt and Thanks to your well-stocked pantry — or “Cantry” — mealtime 1/4 teaspoon salt and ground black pepper pepper; toss to mix well. success is achievable anytime. 1 tablespoon peanut oil In 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat, heat 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger peanut oil; add ginger. Cook 30 seconds; add pork 3 cups baby spinach leaves strips. Stir-fry until pork is lightly browned, about Neopolitan Tuna Fettuccine 1 (15-ounce) can mandarin oranges in light 5 minutes. Add spinach; cook 2 minutes, stirring Servings: 2 syrup, drained constantly until just wilted. Add mandarin oranges, 8 ounces fettuccine pasta 1 (15-ounce) can stir-fry vegetables, drained stir-fry vegetables, chili sauce, soy sauce; cook over 1 tablespoon olive oil 3 tablespoons sweet Asian chili sauce medium heat until mixture is coated and thickens 1 small onion, diced 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce slightly. 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 teaspoons sesame oil Stir in sesame oil and sprinkle with scallions. 1 (14.5-ounce) can Red Gold diced tomatoes 2 scallions, thinly sliced Serve with rice. 2 teaspoons capers 1 (5-ounce) can tuna, packed in oil, drained 1 (2.2-ounce) can sliced ripe olives, drained Servings: 6 Salt and ground black pepper to taste Hearty Chickpea 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped Cook fettuccine as label directs. Reserve 1 cup cooking 1 large garlic clove, minced liquid; drain. Vegetable Soup 2 teaspoons ground cumin Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet over medium heat, in hot oil, 2 (14.75-ounce) cans low sodium vegetable or cook onion and garlic, about 5 minutes until just softened. Add chicken broth diced tomatoes and capers; simmer 5 minutes. Add tuna, olives, 1 cup water salt and pepper to taste. 4 cups cubed butternut squash, about 1 Toss fettuccine with tuna mixture to mix well. Serve medium squash immediately. If necessary, add reserved cooking liquid. 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 (15.5-ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed 1 (14.5-ounce) can sliced carrots, drained 3 cups escarole or kale, coarsely chopped

In 4-quart saucepan over medium-high heat, in hot oil, cook onion and garlic until just softened, stirring frequently. Stir in cumin; cook 1 minute. Add canned broth, water, butternut squash and salt. Over high heat, heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 minutes until squash is tender. Add garbanzo beans, carrots and escarole. Continue to simmer about 5 minutes until vegetables are tender.