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Black Women are Increasingly inCharge of Upstate School Districts

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Syracuse school districthires two new administrators, transfersthree vice principals New Marriott to open in Armory Square Paddlers mark 400-year-old Iroquois-Dutch pact Jim Brown, Ernie Davis and Floyd LittleStatues May Come to Syracuse NewFootball Facility Roberts: I will ght to maintainmental health services in Central NewYork

Doctors nearly took organs froma woman mistakenly thinking she wasdead

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Federal settlement in NY disabilitydiscrimination NY recovers $1.1B in life insurance NY to overhaul state psychiatric care

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The Gabriella Calhoun Police Beating

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STATEFederal settlement in NY disability discriminationNew York parks worker who says hewas denied a promoon becausehe has vision in only one eye will beoered the job, along with $22,000in back pay and interest, under aselement announced by the U.S.Jusce Department.

The consent decree led in federalcourt in Bualo Wednesday resolvesthe governments civil complainton behalf of Erie County employeeTimothy Slawek under the Americanswith Disabilies Act. The complaintagainst Erie County says Slawek, a

maintenance worker, was passedover for promoon in 2009 becausehis vision prevents him from geng acommercial drivers license required inthe job posng.

Erie County has disputed the

allegaons. The county admits nowrongdoing in the selement, whichmust be approved by the court.

Roberts: I will fight to maintainmental health services in Central New YorkState Assemblymember Sam Robertsis vowing to ght to keep open apsychiatric facility that is scheduled tobe shut down by the state.

According to a plan releasedWednesday by the state Oce ofMental Health, the 30-bed inpaentunit for children and teenagersat Hutchings Psychiatric Center inSyracuse will be moved to the MohawkValley Psychiatric Center in Uca.

Unfortunately, the Oce of MentalHealths plan has the potenal todisrupt these crical services andcreate adverse aects on the paentsand families who rely on the center,Roberts said in a statement to media.Forcing these young individuals totravel farther from home and theirloved ones to seek treatment is anadded burden that they should not besubjected to.

The changes, part of a sweepingreconguraon of New York Statesmental health system, were outlinedin a document issued by New YorkStates Oce of Mental Health.

It was important to the Oce ofMental Health to bring our messageto you and to hear your thoughts.Over the past few months I met withover 30 communies, membersof the Legislature and each of ourlabor unions to explain the forcesof change that are upon the mentalhealth system. Health care reform,managed care, the Americans withDisabilies ActOlmstead decision,budget challenges at all levels ofgovernment and a movement toaddress the premature death of thosewith serious mental illness will drivedramac change with or without us,explained Acng Commissioner KrisnM. Woodlock.

The plan, expected to save the state$20 million, will include merger ofHutchings, the Greater BinghamtonHealth Center and the Mohawk ValleyPsychiatric Center to form the EmpireUpstate Regional Center of Excellence,extending from the Pennsylvaniastate line to the Canadian border. Twoinpaent campuses will be created,one at Hutchings serving 185 adultsand one at Mohawk Valley in Ucaserving 75 youths.

Sources say no employee layos areexpected. It is ancipated that workerswill be retrained and given opportunityto transfer to other state agencies oracquire employment in outpaentservices.

Changes at Hutchings are expected totake place in 2014-2015.

Although layos are not a part of

the released plan, it remains to beseen what impact these closures willactually have. I will connue to studythe aects of this plan and work withlocal and state ocials to save theseservices that have demonstrated to bevaluable to our community, Robertssaid.

St. Josephs Hospital Health Centerin Syracuse was ned $6,000 aerdoctors nearly harvested organs froma woman in 2009 despite warningsigns she wasnt dead.

The 41-year-old opened her eyes as

she was being prepared for surgery bydoctors who told her family she wasdead aer a drug overdose.

Relaves agreed to take her o lifesupport and allow the donaon.

Records document a series ofmissteps, including doctors ignoringnurses observaons the woman wasresponding to smuli and trying tobreathe on her own. The surgery wascalled o when she opened her eyes.

The woman recovered.

The Syracuse hospital says it hasmodied its policies.

Doctors nearly took organs froma woman mistakenly thinking she was dead

State Assemblymember Sam Roberts

Two new central oce administratorsalong with the transfer of threevice principals were approved lastWednesday by the Syracuse schoolboard.

A new posion, the talent managementcoordinator was given to KellyManard. With a salary of $80,000,Manard will be working with districtprincipals to decide what opons arebest for struggling teachers to developprofessionally by advising principals to

complete teacher evaluaons.

Jennifer Richardson, who waspreviously director of state legislaveaairs for the New York CityDepartment of Educaon, was hiredas director of educator eecveness inthe Oce of Talent Management. Thisis grant funded posion for one yearwhere she will manage the districtscompliance in compleng teacher andprincipal evaluaons.

Both administrators will start theirnew jobs on July 22.

Kharon Bell, vice principal atNongham High School was approvedto be transfered to vice principal ofFrazer K-8 School. A. James Natolifrom vice principal of Danforth MiddleSchool will be transferred to viceprincipal of Henninger High School,and Marie Whelan from vice principalat Hughes K-8 to vice principal atDanforth Middle School.

Syracuse school district hirestwo new administrators, transfers three vice principals


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NY to overhaulstate psychiatric careBy MICHAEL VIRTANEN

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ New York ocialsplan to overhaul the states psychiatricservices over the next four years byconsolidang 24 inpaent hospitalsstatewide into 15 regional centersand establishing more than two dozenoutpaent service hubs.

The consolidaon plan released by theOce of Mental Health on Wednesdaybegins in 2014 and is expected to save$20 million the rst year. The statespends about $6.6 billion, includingfederal funds, annually on mentalhealth treatment.

New York opened its rst asylum175 years ago, and its me tofundamentally change the way thestate thinks about mental health,according to Acng CommissionerKrisn Woodlock. About $1.3 billion,or 20 percent, is currently spent oninpaent care for about 1 percentof its paents, the agency reported.The psychiatric hospital census hasdropped to about 4,000 down from93,000 in the 1950s.

``Working together with communies,we can and will change the outdatedand costly way we serve individualswith mental illness, Woodlock

said. The plan, which followed astatewide listening tour and morethan 2,000 public comments, willexpand community services and letindividuals and families choose whereto get treatment, eliminang currentgeographic restricons, she wrote.

Hospital closures or consolidaonsrequire one-year noce to statelegislators. No layos are planned,and OMH will work with employeesto transfer or retrain for other jobs,agency spokesman Ben Rosen said.

The 15 regional centers with inpaenthospitals are planned for Bualoand Rochester in western New York;

Syracuse and Uca in central NewYork; Albany and two in Orangeburg inthe Hudson Valley; Brentwood on LongIsland; and Brooklyn, Staten Island andQueens, with two in both the Bronxand Manhaan.

Other psychiatric hospitals in Bualo,Elmira, Binghamton, Orangeburgand on Long Island will close andconsolidate with new centers in 2014,followed by closings and consolidaonsin Rochester, Ogdensburg andManhaan the next year, and inOrange County in 2016, according tothe plan.

``Theres a lot of hubs that willbe remaining where the previousconsolidaons were, such as Elmira,Rochester, Ogdensburg, Rosen said.

New York has far more psychiatrichospitals than any other state and itsbeen dicult to close them becauseof legislave opposion over thejobs they provide, though recentauthorizaon by lawmakers enabledthe Cuomo administraon to moveahead with the overhaul, said HarveyRosenthal, execuve director of theNew York Associaon of PsychiatricRehabilitaon Services.

``This posions New York at long

last to move away from the biggesthospital system in the country, hesaid, and instead put those tax dollars``into the best community system wecan create.

According to OMH, in any given yearone in four New York adults has adiagnosable mental disorder, whileone in 17 has serious mental illness.


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Although the positionof superintendent hastraditionally been heldby males, recently therehas been an increasein the number of women,particularly women ofcolor, taking on the role inupstate New York.

Syracuse, North Syracuse,

Albany, Auburn, Brockport, andBualo are six areas in the upperpart of New York State, WesternNew York and the Finger LakesRegion, where school districtsare being run by femalesuperintendents from diverseethnic backgrounds.

Some of the reasons for theincrease may be the rerementof previous school districtadministrators, the elecon ofnew school board members,

or simply that there are morecandidates seeking the posion.

Whatever the case, thesepioneers of their eld say theyare here to stay and hope to seethe trend connue to grow.

According to the AmericanAssociaon of SchoolAdministrators report,TheAmerican SchoolSuperintendent: 2010Decennial Study, 24 percent

of superintendents naonwideare women, compared to 13.2percent in the year 2000. UpstateNew York is part of that increase.

A TRAILBLAzER IN SYRACUSE

Syracuse City School DistrictSuperintendent Sharon Contreras isthe rst woman of color to serve assuperintendent of a big ve district inthe history of the state.

Aer previously serving as chiefacademic ocer of the Providence, R.I.school district, she was unanimouslyvoted into the posion by the Syracuseschool board in July 2011.

According to Contreras, the ascensionof minority women to the posionis important, not only to ensurethat employers are making race andgender-based neutral decisions, but toset an example for the most importantmembers of the district, its students.

It is incredibly important that thesuperintendency is representave ofthe students that we serve, she said.Students need to see leaders wholook just like them. It helps them toknow that they, too, can achieve athigh levels.

But, while their numbers aregrowing, the number of minoritysuperintendents in the posion areslow-moving overall in comparisonto their representaon as minoritygroups in the general populaon.

According to a 1990 New YorkTimes arcle tled Educaon;Great Expectaons Hobble BlackSuperintendents, part of the problemmay be that, oenmes, minoritysuperintendents are hired to overseeschools in struggling urban districtswith few resources and large gaps instudent achievement.

They increasingly nd themselvesunder re, the arcle states. Soughtaer most oen by school districtsin ruin, yet held to what they see asa higher standard than their whitepredecessors, they face double-edgedcricism, from whites who raisequesons about their authority andfrom blacks who are impaent forradical improvements.

As a result, many have also seentheir tenures grow troubled and endprematurely, said the arcle.

Therefore, even though she hasfaced several inequies along theway, its the complex issues minoritysuperintendents face that have posedthe biggest challenge, Contreras said.

Im not sure its about being a womanor being a man, but it certainly iscomplicated, she said. Becauseoen when minority superintendentsare invited to be superintendents ofschool districts, the school districtsare in crisis. Theyre in scal crisis andacademic crisis. The buildings are indisrepair. And, Im not talking aboutSyracuse, Im saying in urban schooldistricts all over the country. And, youknow, you come in and everybodysupset with you because theres anexpectaon that you have to x thisimmediately. But the district is in thegreatest crisis its ever been. And,its not just the enre communitythat wants it xed; even the minoritycommunity is frustrated, and wantsyou to x it immediately. I rememberon my seventh day on the job here,I got a note that said, You haventdone anything. And I just said, Youreright. Youre absolutely right, it was

my seventh day. And, you know,people are highly crical and theydont understand that by the mewe have goen to the place wherewe take over the districts, there havebeen decades and decades of studentacademic failure and scal crisis. Itsjust really dicult to turn that around,and to turn the culture around. Thatsmore dicult to turn around than theacademic failure.

However, Contreras said, as long asschool districts and school boardsare willing to take a chance onwomen, its a sign that the culture ofthe superintendency is changing. Inaddion, she said its important toembrace these challenges in order tobecome and remain successful in theposion.

Ive worked with the communityto develop a ve-year strategicplan, she said. Its called GreatExpectaons. The plan focuses on vegoals including teaching and learning;eecve teachers and leaders; supportstructures for students; accountabilityand improved communicaon. Ourbudget is aligned to these ve goals,and I strongly believe that if we staythe course, we will improve studentoutcomes for all children and decreasethe student achievement gap.

Consequently, SCSD has recentlybeen awarded $31.5 million in statecompeve grants to improve itsstruggling schools in an eort that hasbeen spearheaded by Contreras.She said the key to her success so farhas been staying consistent and notleng others pressure her into hastydecisions.

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TURNAROUND IN BUFFALO

Following Contreras appointment,Bualo Public Schools SuperintendentPamela Brown became the secondwoman of color to preside over a bigve district in the state, in July 2012.

As superintendent of anotherstruggling district, Brown currentlyleads a group of schools with studentstotaling 34,000. She has over 20 yearsof experience in public educaon.

Previously, Brown served as seniorresearch and planning associate forthe Center for Educaonal Leadershipand Technology in Marlborough,Mass. She also held a prior posionas assistant superintendent for theschool district of Philadelphia, andworked in the Charloe-MecklenburgSchool District.

According to the Bualo Public Schoolsweb site, Brown has demonstratedthe ability to turn schools around andachieve student success, regardless ofeconomic challenges faced by studentsand their families, and her dues inBualo coincide well with previousprograms and projects she hasoverseen during her career, includingthe development of innovavecurricula, school construcon projects,and the establishment of partnershipswith universies, businesses andorganizaons.

A CALLIN IN ALBANY

Marguerite Vanden Wyngaardbecame the rst African-Americanfemale named to the posion ofsuperintendent in the City SchoolDistrict of Albany in September 2012.

Vanden Wyngaard said she realizedher calling aer earning a Ph.D. ineducaon from Kent State University.

I was seeking posions where I believedI could have a signicant impact,she said. While I was promotedquickly within all organizaons, ineducaon, I determined that thesuperintendent posion would giveme the best opportunity to provideheroic leadership to meet and exceedthe calling for my life.

Previously, in her career she worked tocombat racism in the area of educaonas well.

In my former district, we workedwith both Dr. Glenn Singleton fromPacic Educaon Alliance as well asDr. Eric Cooper from the NaonalUrban Alliance to tackle the impactof systemic racism in educaon; andto create a system of teaching thatallowed our teachers to learn toteach within a culturally responsiveand appropriate manner, she said.Geng a community to talk honestlyand openly about race and racism wasa daunng task, and ulmately ledto the rerement of my immediatesuperintendent from the district.However, within that seven-yearmeframe the district shrunk itsachievement gap by 60 percent acrossthe district and I am very proud of thatwork.

According to Vanden Wyngaard, moreAfrican-American women named totop posts in school districts would onlyhelp students, and the districts, tosucceed.

I believe that an increase in diversityat the senior leadership posion asarculated by gender, race, ethnicity,language, sexual identy can onlybenet educaon, she stated. Itbenets educaon from a studentperspecve, as members of the varietyof underrepresented groups are ableto see and be mentored by seniorfemale leaders is important. Second,a female superintendent, who reectsa diverse society can by posion andaliaon seek and strengthen bondsacross those arcial boundaries toforge and build new and strongerpartnerships; perhaps easier than onewho is from the dominant populaon.

Yet, while the track record for femaleAfrican-American superintendentssuggests that many have shortertenures in these posions than others,Vanden Wyngaard said she is condentshe will surpass those limitaons.

I am posive that my tenure willexceed expectaons, she said. I havestrong support from the community,strategic partners, as well as the schoolboard; and, for that, I am grateful.

Vanden Wyngaard said she is alsocurrently focused on measures toensure that CSDA students staycommied to educaon, as well asconnually working to increase levelsof achievement.

I know what has to happensystemically for the district, and I ampung systems and people in posionsto become leaders for change, shesaid. The response and decisions are

not easy to make as we raise the barof expectaons while living with theconstant threat of budget limitaons.However, the process that I use is basedon the development of processes forall people who inuence the budgetto ensure that they understand thedecision-making process and roles andresponsibilies. As this begins to beunderstood, the percepon of threatbecomes reduced as the public andpartners fully understand the raonalebehind the decisions.

And, although she has only beensuperintendent for a short periodof me, Vanden Wyngaard said herstrategic plan for the district lasts unl2020: and its something she intendsto see through.

I hope to be here for an extendedme, she said. My plans only includemy current posion as I have nallyearned a posion, where I can havea powerful impact for students lives,challenge and create new learningopportunies with our strategicpartners. There is nowhere else Iwould rather be.

In the meanme, she said the key toher success has been her ability tolearn the system quickly, as well as ndthe best methods for improvement.

INSPIRED IN AUBURN

Auburn Enlarged City School DistrictSuperintendent Constance Evelyn saidshe has similar goals when it comes tomaking a dierence in educaon.

Appointed to the posion in July 2012,

she is the rst female superintendentfor the district and the rst African-American for the district as well.

My enre career in educaon hasallowed me to connue to pursueand lead a purpose-driven life, shesaid. My role as a superintendentis an extension of my commitmentto the protecon of the sancty ofchildhood as a connuing personaland professional imperave. I aminspired by the challenge to ensure

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According to Evelyn, her success thusfar has been due to grit, selessness,and humility, as well as, the abilityto persevere in the face of diculty,knowing that you are engaged in workthat each day is paramount to ensuringthis naon lives out its creed.

Fundamentally, she said she isconnually thankful for the students inher district and plans to connue herwork for a long me to come.

Each day, Im inspired by our children,she said. They invite and engage meto many important milestones in theirlives; plays, dances, and graduaons.They visit us at board meengs andin our oces with their familiesthanking us, asking us for guidance,and assistance. I look forward to theobligaon of ensuring that childrenbelieve in themselves rst; like acaterpillar changing into a buery ora great tree growing from a small seed,its some kind of miracle.

POSSIBILITIES IN BROCPORT

In Brockport, Superintendent LesliMyers, the rst woman of colorto hold the superintendency inMonroe County, said, throughout hercareer, shes been inspired by hergrandmother.

My maternal grandmother, Mrs.Addie Terry Mills, a.k.a. Nana, was awoman of disncon, faith, and zeal,she said. She stood ve-foot ten with

piercing hazel eyes that didnt miss abeat. What I admired most about myNana was her faith in God and herinnate ability to tell a story like noneother. She was widowed with 10children before the age of 30. Beingthe rst woman of color to hold thesuperintendency in Monroe Countywas a daunng task, but I rememberher wise words of advice: One, alwaysensure that you maintain your faithand belief in God because with Him,all things are possible; and two,connually pursue educaon and getas much as you can. Money, fame andfortune can be stripped away fromyou, but once you obtain knowledgethrough educaon, it yours to keep.

In addion, Myers said she has workedto create equitable access to high-quality instrucon for all studentsand to develop opportunies forthe community to come together insupport of its children.

I have enjoyed working withstudents from various demographicbackgrounds and clearly understandnuances relave to dierent culturesand socioeconomic levels, she stated.I am most proud of my ability todevelop programs that promoteacademic achievement and unitywithin the larger school community.Given my background, educaonalpreparaon and experiences, I felt theme was right to take this step intoeducaon.

Myers said she also holds fast to thenoon that every student can learn,and is a leader who knows thecapacity for movang students andadults to do their best to prepare forthe challenges we will face in a 21stcentury global marketplace.

Addionally, Myers said she creditsher success to an established faithand an incredibly supporve family.

As for the future, according to Myers,We never know what the future mayhold and where our path may leadus. I think that for all of us, students,educators, parents, and communitymembers, the sky is the limit. I doknow I am commied to be a guardianof equity for all children. No ifs, ands,or buts!

LEADIN IN NORT SYRACUSE

Kim Dyce-Faucee, superintendentof the North Syracuse Central SchoolDistrict as of Aug. 2011, said sheknew she wanted to be a schooladministrator early in her career.

I have to admit that when I rstbecame a house administrator iswhen I fell in love with being anadministrator, she said. It just reallyallowed me to learn so much, and Ijust loved the various facets of whatthe job entailed.

Before joining NSCSD, a predominatelywhite school district in the suburbs ofSyracuse, Dyce-Faucee previouslyserved as chief of sta for the RochesterCity School District, a largely-minoritydistrict.

According to Dyce-Faucee, althoughshe faced challenges in both districts,today, mes are changing, nonetheless.

When you think about leadershipposions, men have dominated, shesaid. But, with communies changing,with school board members changing...when I became an administrator therewas a wave of rerements. I think itsa change of the mes. And, as much aswe are educators, I think we should bea community of learners who embracechange.However, when it comes to an urbandistrict, the issues for students aresubstanally dierent than those inNSCSD, Dyce-Faucee said.

What I believe to be the same is thatchildren are children, she said. Butthe conversaons are very dierent

when we talk about educang ourkids. In an urban district, we ask,What are we doing to ensure that ourkids are receiving a quality educaon?In my district, thats a given. Parentsexpect that their children are receivinga quality educaon. This is a districtof enrichment, and its about how doyou connue to maintain that. So, theissues are enormously dierent.

But, sll, Dyce-Faucees districthas faced controversies of its own,including limited resources, she said.

My district is a struggling district,said Dyce-Faucee. But I think itsabout how we focus our resources.Its about meeng the needs of ourstudents. Its about asking What arethe best pracces out there that youcan implement? In our district wehave people who are impoverished,and if our budget goes down we aregoing to have to cut an addional$1.4 million. I think its about beingstrategic and nding a way to bestmeet the needs of your students.

As a result, she said NSCSD is currentlyleng data drive the numbers arounddierenated instrucon in itsschools relave to the areas in whichthe district nds it should focus.

In addion, she said New Yorksnewly adopted principal and teacherevaluaon system, the AnnualProfessional Performance Review,will ulmately help teachers engagein beer communicaon around thispracce.

In the end, Dyce-Faucee said shebelieves women will connue tochoose the role of superintendent inthe future.

I think we are providing moreopportunies for more educators,she said. And Im happy to be a part ofthe group for inspiring other aspiringadministrators to take the plunge.

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10 www.cnyvision.com |july 11 - 17| 2013OPINION/EDITORIAL The views expressed on our opinion pages are those of the author and do notnecessarily represent the position or viewpoint of MRMG or CNY Vision

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Im not surewho sent mei n f o r m a t i o nabout the caseof GabriellaCalhoun. Ido knowthat a YourBlack Worldc o n t r i b u t o r ,Yolanda Spivey,covered thecase, asked a

lot of quesons and came to me withher conclusions.

I admit that I am a natural skepc ofalmost everything put in front of me,especially things that happen aerpares. My greatest dream and wishis that more black kids would spendSaturday nights in the library insteadof believing that only nerds are willingto do such a thing. I spent Saturdaynights working toward my dreams,which was pivotal in geng a chanceto live a life that I never thought Idhave. Plus, aer 20 years of teachingon college campuses, Ive seen toomany bad things happen on Saturdaynights.

But with that being said, theresnothing wrong with going out and thisalso shouldnt give the police a reasonto harass you. My father was a cop forover 25 years, so I respect good lawenforcement. But I also know thatpolice can become as frightened as therest of us, and somemes abuse theirauthority. Ive seen people get beatendown by police for even the mostminor gestures, such as asking why

the ocer is arresng their friend ortelling the ocer to let them go. Noneof this is acceptable and amounts toa consistent violaon of the right andsafety of American cizens.

When it comes to Gabriella Calhoun, Iget the sense that ocers were waingfor something to happen, proling agroup of young black teens, believingthat they had no access to the juscenecessary to protect them from theabuses that ocers would neverinict on a group of young white kids.Gabriella and her friends had nothingto do with the ght taking place in theDennys parking lot where they wereeang dinner, she didnt even knowthe girls involved. They were doingnothing wrong, but were told to leavethe restaurant because they were alsoblack and/or appeared to be dressedas if theyd been to the same party. Noone else in the restaurant was askedto leave, which might make Dennysliable for what happened aer that.

While being told to leave therestaurant, Gabby was grabbed by apolice ocer. The rest of the story,which you can read here, is one wherethis young honor student with nocriminal record woke up sping teethand blood onto the ground whilebeing choked by an ocer who toldher I dont care if you have asthma.The ocer then forced Gabby to walkacross a crowded restaurant with herchest exposed because she allegedlyrefused to li Gabbys shirt to coverher up. What kind of animal thinksthat this behavior is acceptable?

I spoke with Gabby for an hour theother day, then I spoke with her mother,and her family spokesperson. Myconclusion, from the core of my heart,is that this young woman did nothingwrong. Gabby, a pete, 18-year oldweighing no more than 130 pounds,is hardly the kind of overwhelmingand inmidang gure who deservesto have her teeth knocked out by thecops.

One of my daughters is the same sizeas Gabriella, and when she once gotout of control, I lied her over myshoulder and carried her out of theroom. Only a corrupt bully would havethe audacity to think that she deservesto be hit in the face with a baton andspend the rest of her life chewing withdental implants. Gabby told me thatshe once took pride in her beaufulsmile, and now she doesnt even wantto take pictures. This doesnt evencount the trauma she likely feels aerrealizing that police are not there toprotect her, but instead, may abuse oreven kill her.

In the case of Gabriella Calhoun, policecant do what the public is trying to dowith Trayvon Marn. Theres nothingin Gabbys past about hing weedaer school, geng suspended orengaging in any form of aggressivebehavior toward anyone. Her olderbrother is a straight A student on hisway to medical school, and Gabbyherself nished high school a semesterearly. She told me that shes nevereven been sent to detenon, andher mother assured me that she andGabbys father run a ght ship, as goodparents are supposed to do.

I get the sense that Bloomington policeknow that theyve made a seriousmistake, for they are back-pedalingfaster than Deion Sanders did when heplayed for the Dallas Cowboys. Theymight need to move even faster, andlearn that good police work meansinteracng with people with mutualrespect, not persistent degradaon.

But this case is bigger than Gabriella.Its really about the idea that policefelt that a large group of black peopleautomacally poses a threat to thesurrounding community. Its aboutthe fact that they felt comfortableinfringing on the rights of a group of

students, forcing them to leave therestaurant, when they had nothing todo with the ght outside. Its all aboutthe Negroes in a Barrel theory,leading cops to believe that everyblack person is somehow related,and that proximity to a guilty partyautomacally implies that you shouldnot have access to fundamental humanand civil rights. It is consistent withthe stop-and-frisk policies of the NewYork City Police Department, whichadds to the mass incarceraon crisis,which has come to match the N*aziholocaust in terms of the millions ofpeople whose lives have been endedor destroyed.

The truth is that, this case representsthe connued acceptance of state-sponsored terrorism.

I am fully supporng Gabriella and herfamily in their quest to pursue jusce.Her mother told me that when shesought help for her child, all of the civilrights organizaons she reached outto ignored her calls. Now, since theword is out, they are starng to callher back. This makes me happy, and Ipray that it sends a clear signal to theBloomington Police Department thatyou cant treat our kids like animals,and if you do, well have your job.

Gabriella Calhoun is a shining youngstar who represents the future ofblack America. None of us should bewilling to sit and watch our best andbrightest be beaten down, abusedand traumazed by those who see ourkids as nothing more than food for theprison industrial complex. Betweenurban violence, failing schools, andracial proling, our kids are facingdanger everywhere they turn. It is upto us to stand up and say We wontallow this ANYMORE.

-------------------------------Dr. Boyce Watkins is the author ofthe lecture series, The 8 Principles ofBlack Male Empowerment.

The abriella Calhoun Police Beating

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(TriceEdneyWire.com) - I was 20when Roe v. Wade was decided.A year before the decision, ayoung woman who lived in mydormitory aempted to abortherself and hemorrhaged sobadly that she was hospitalized.

Ill never forget the blood onthe oor of her room, andthe anguished screams of herroommate. The young womannever returned to school, herpromising future cut short

because she could not obtain a legal aboron. Now,there is an eort to return to the days of back alleyaborons, or the days relavely wealthy womenle the country to obtain legal and safe aborons.

Republican-dominated legislatures in severalstates are commied to liming and perhaps eveneliminang womens right to choose.

The same Republicans who would limit a womansright to choose, are the same who say there aretoo many government regulaons. Some woulddismantle the Environmental Protecon Agency,instute a at tax, eliminate the minimum wage anddismantle armave acon. In North Dakota, thegovernor signed legislaon to outlaw aboron aeronly six weeks of pregnancy.

The law may not be constuonal but its passagesends a dangerous signal to women who supportchoice. Texas State Senator Wendy Davis (D)garnered naonal headlines (and the appreciaon ofmany women) when her 11 hour libuster defeated(at least for now) a proposed Texas law that wouldforbid aboron aer 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The Texas law would also require aboron clinics tohave addional equipment, making them far moreexpensive to operate. The North Carolina legislaturehas presented a similar law to the governor, who

promised not to sign such legislaon when he ran foroce. But the governor does not have to sign thelegislaon for it to become law, since his failure tosign will eecvely rafy the law. Should GovernorPat McCrory veto the law, there are enough votesto override his veto. Senator Marco Rubio is likelyto introduce similar legislaon in the United Statessenate, making the eort to limit womens right tochoose a naonal mandate.

Meanwhile, a January Gallup poll indicated that just29 percent of all Americans support overturning Roev. Wade. Eighteen percent said they had no opinion,and 53 said that Roe should not be overturned. TheRepublican push to limit aboron rights, though,eecvely limits or overturns Roe v. Wade. Whilemany suggest that African Americans are moreconservave on things like aboron rights, a 2012

poll by the Public Religion Research Instute, two-thirds of African Americans, support a womansright to choose. Marcia Ann Gillespie, former editorof both Essence and Ms. Magazines once wrote,supporng the right to choose, that choice is theessence of freedom, and many of those who supportaboron rights do so not because they want womento have aborons, but because they want women tohave choices.

Liming aborons to less than 20 weeks, increasinglicensing requirements, forcing women to wait24 hours (or more) before geng an aboron,requiring doctors to show pictures of fetuses, areall ways to erode aboron rights, and limit womenschoices. Many Republicans dont want to increasethe minimum wage, but they want to limit womensopons. The zeal they exhibit for liming aboronisnt matched by zeal to feed children once they arehere. Indeed, between sequestraon and proposedlegislaon, dollars available for SNAP (SupplementalNutrion Assistance Program, the old Food Stampsprogram) have been falling. In other words, thesefolks care about unborn children unl they are born,then they can go for self.

Many of those who would not regulate the economy,would regulate what a woman does with her body.And this movement is gaining. Some cite religion,and others quite cynically talk about the childrenthat are killed even before a fetus is viable. WhileRepublicans are not the only people who opposeaboron rights, as state legislatures have turnedRepublican, the eort to pass laws liming aboronrights has renewed impetus.

I dont think anybody likes aboron, but it is aneecve way to end unwanted pregnancies, andmany women make this choice for nancial andother reasons. Shouldnt women use birth control?Of course, but there is no form of birth control thatis infallible (not to menon the aborons somewomen have in cases of rape and incest), and aacks

on organizaons like Planned Parenthood reducethe amount of sex educaon and contraceponavailable. Forty years ago, women were shackled bytheir inability to make choices. Now, women haveopons and possibilies. Any woman who has anaversion to aboron doesnt have to have one. Itsthat simple.

I dont remember the girls name that hemorrhagedin my dorm. I do remember her big orange Afro, herquick smile, and her love of learning. And when Ithink of her, I think of Langston Hughes wring abouta dream deferred. We cant go back to those daysof back alley aborons. Just as Republicans are goingstate by state to limit womens rights, those whosupport choice should go state by state to preservethem. We need more state legislators like SenatorWendy Davis. We cant go back!

------------------------Julianne Malveaux is an economist and author.

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