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PULSE OF THECOMMUNITY

Photos and question by Yvonne Kemp

LEON WILLIAMS (A kitchen areacook): “Now that I’m retired, I plan to serveGod and do a lot of volunteering whereneeded.”

MARCELL GUYTON (Santa Claus):“To spread peace and happiness and educa-tion.”

BEVERLY DEDMON (Mrs. SantaClaus): “I am going to do more volunteerwork and praise my Lord everyday.”

RHONDA WHITE (a member ofthe waitstaff): “To serve God more andfulfill His purpose for my life.”

QUESTIonoF THE WEEK:

“During the SalvationArmy’s annual ChristmasFamily Feast at the Wis-consin Center, we asked

four participants whattheir new Year’s Resolu-

tion is for 2015?”

The day after Christmas, Milwaukee’s Black community joined millions of Black people around the nation and theworld in celebrating Kwanzaa at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society/Museum, 2620 W. Center Street. Kwanzaabrings a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be African and human in the fullest sense.It reflects the best of African thought and practice in its reaffirmation of the dignity of the human person in com-munity and culture, the well-being of the family and community, the integrity of the environment and our kinshipwith it and the rich resource and meaning of a people’s culture.

Hamilton family meets with,gains support of, civil rightsleader Rev. Jesse Jackson

Some Milwaukee aldermen are calling for policing reforms in the wake ofMonday’s decision in the Dontre Hamilton case.Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm announced he would

not charge a former police officer for killing Hamilton in Red Arrow Park inApril.The DA says Christopher Manney firing 14 shots to stop Hamilton was

self-defense because the mentally-ill man began fighting. Federal prosecutorsnow plan to review the case for possible civil rights violations.The proposals from alderman aim to prevent deaths of citizens in police

custody and improve police/community relations. Ald. Milele Coggs was thefirst to speak at a Tuesday press conference at City Hall. She said she believeseveryone in the community feels some pain over Dontre Hamilton’s death.“But we have an opportunity. As legislators, and as members of Milwau-

kee’s Common Council, to advocate for and create solutions. So that otherfamilies, for as much as we can, don’t have to go through the suffering andpain that the Hamilton family is currently going through,” Coggs says.One proposal the five council members are recommending, is to create a

community advisory group. Ald. Russell Stamper says it would suggest strate-

The Salvation Army Christmas Family Feast, the largest Christmas meal in the entirecountry, fed more than 8,000 people on Christmas Day! As Christmas carols filledthe air, hungry souls--some who can’t afford their own meal or were simply lookingfor some comfort on Christmas--waited in line for a hot holiday meal. The ChristmasFamily Feast is in its 25th year, and is made possible through the generous dona-tions to the Salvation Army and the many organizations and companies that do-nated food to the cause.--Source:fox6now.com (Photos by Yvonne Kemp)

Salvation Army’s Christmas Family Feast

Demonstrators from Milwaukeeprotesting the decision byMilwaukeeCounty District Attorney JohnChisholm NOT to charge formerMilwaukee Police Officer Christo-pher Manney in the shooting death of31-year-old Dontre Hamilton madetheir way to Chicago Saturday andmet with National civil rights activistRev. Jesse Jackson Sr., who is throw-ing his support behind the Hamiltonfamily.“As Americans, we should do bet-

ter. We all deserve better,” Rev. JesseJackson Sr. said.The Coalition for Justice has or-

ganized the demonstrations in Mil-waukee since Hamilton was shot onApril 30th, 2014. The police officerwho shot him--Christopher Manney--was fired for his actions leading upto the shooting, but he was nevercriminally charged.On Friday, December 26th, more

than a dozen members of “Occupythe Hood” marched in Milwaukee —meeting near 27th and Burleighwhere hey reportedly tried to blocktraffic, but they didn’t have enoughpeople to make that happen. On Sat-urday, December 27th, members ofthe Coalition for Justice headed toChicago to partner with the Rain-bow/PUSH Coalition.Rainbow/PUSH is a non-profit or-

ganization formed as a merger of twonon-profit organizations founded byJackson — Operation PUSH and theNational Rainbow Coalition. The or-

Aldermen Call for Police BodyCameras, Diversity TrainingAfter Hamilton DecisionBy Erin Toner, courtesy of WUWM.com

Milwaukee Ald. Milele Coggs and some of her colleagues on the Com-mon Council announce proposals for police reforms Tuesday.(Photo by Erin Toner, WUWM)

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Hamilton family members with Rev. Jesse Jackson at PUSH headquarters in Chicago. Rev. Jackson and PUSHheld a rally and a news conference in which Rev. Jackson said he will come to Milwaukee Friday. (Photo courtesy of Coalition for Justice)

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By Ashley Sears, courtesyof WITI Fox6now.com

Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum holdsannual event that observes and celebrates our heritage, history and culture

CommunityObservesKwanzaa!

Photos by Yvonne Kemp More Photos on Page 9

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gies for police to maintain positive, productive relationships with residents.“For those who claim that there was a breach of trust with the Hamilton

family or this community – newsflash. It was never there,” Stamper says.Stamper says the council will also re-evaluate the diversity training officers

receive and seek a new provider for the training.The third proposal is to begin publicly vetting members of the city’s Fire

and Police Commission, and expand the group from seven to nine members.The commission sets policy and procedures for the police department and re-views citizen complaints.Ald. Willie Wade described the group’s fourth suggestion – to equip every

Milwaukee police officer with a body camera to record their interactions.“That is necessary for protection of the community and the citizens and

also protection for our police officers,” Wade says.The council has allocated $100,000 in the 2015 budget for 50 cameras.

Wade says getting a camera for every MPD officer will cost the city close to

$1 million.The final proposal aldermen outlined Tuesday is to create a system to mon-

itor individual officers for indicators of violent or aggressive tendencies.“We want to have a way of tracking complaints against police officers that

would give early warning flag signals so that we can follow up and give thoseofficers the counseling that they would need in order to address whatever typeof issues that may be coming up through the course of their interactions withthe public,” says Ald. Ashanti Hamilton.The aldermen say the proposals are only the beginning of a reform process,

and they’re looking forward to working with their colleagues and the publicon other ideas.The Milwaukee Police Department issued a written response, saying it wel-

comes the aldermen’s interest in the department’s efforts to provide the citywith police services of the highest ethical and professional standards. TheMPD also notes that the “substantive changes” city leaders are suggestinghave either been implemented or are underway.

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Aldermen Call for Police Body Cameras,Diversity Training After Hamilton Decision

ganizations pursue social justice, civil rights andpolitical activism.They stood on the stage trying to bring attention

to the Dontre Hamilton case. They want awarenessbeyond Milwaukee city limits.“We cannot sleep on injustice. We will not sleep

on injustice. We will prevail,” said Nate Hamilton,Dontre Hamilton’s brother.“Injustice leads to chaos and despair. Justice

leads to peace. We want peace. We want one set ofrules. We want fairness,” Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.said.Reverend Jackson is promising to work with the

family and help shine a national spotlight on thecase.“There is in Milwaukee, a pattern of blacks

being killed by police. There is a sense of pain inthe room today. We’re going to escalate this battleas we seek federal intervention,” said Rev. Jesse

Jackson.The United States Attorney has announced the

United States Department of Justice will undertakea federal review of the case to determine if, underfederal civil rights law, there is a basis, both legaland factual, upon which a federal civil rights pros-ecution may be premised. This review will be con-ducted by the FBI, the Office of the United StatesAttorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, andthe Civil Rights Division.“Experts are looking at this matter anew and we

are excited by it and we think it will result in acharge, which will bring some closure to this fam-ily,” said Alex Flynn, Hamilton family attorney.And with more attention, the Hamilton family

hopes comes change.“We will overcome, but it takes us to reach and

search that truth and I know we can and I know wewill because God is able,” said Nate Hamilton.Hamilton’s family attorney says a civil lawsuit

is also currently in the works.“It’s not often Milwaukee gets the chance to say

what’s going on, what we’re going through as acommunity. We don’t want another family to beput in this position. (We want to) create new legis-lation, challenge the procedures and policies of thepolice department and have them implement newtraining. I think we’re going to continue to pick upmomentum,” Dontre Hamilton’s brother, NateHamilton said.“This is an ugly chapter in American history,

these killings of unarmed people. It must stop,”Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. said.Reverend Jesse Jackson says he will be in Mil-

waukee sometime in the very near future. An exactdate is yet to be determined.One of the family’s attorney’s says they’ve had

several discussions with the U.S. Attorney’s Of-fice, they believe that a federal investigation willprove their case and they hope to see charges.

Perspectives willreturn next week!

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Hamilton family meets with civilrights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson

Elected Black GOPers Not Expectedto be a Plus for the Community By Freddie Allen nnPA SeniorWashington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) –

Black Republicans made his-tory during the midterm elec-tions in November bywinning in Texas, South Car-olina and Texas, but politicalanalysts wonder if the victo-ries will have any long-termimpact on the future of theGOP in the Black community. Traditionally, Black candidates

running for elected offices not onlyneed a large Black turnout, but also amajority of the Black vote to winstatewide and national races. Senator Tim Scott made history by

becoming the first Black Republican elected to serve in both the United StatesHouse of Representatives and the United States Senate. He won with just 10percent of the Black vote and 82 percent of the White vote, according to exitpolls. Representative-elect Will Hurd beat his Democratic challenger Pete Gal-

lego in Texas by a narrow 2.1 percent margin in a predominately Hispaniccongressional district (House District 23) to become the first Black Republi-can from Texas elected to the United States Congress since Reconstruction. When the next congressional term begins, Mia Love, a Black Mormon and

daughter of Haitian immigrants, will represent Utah’s 4th House district in astate where Blacks account for just 1.3 percent of the total population.Lorenzo Morris, a political science professor at Howard University in Wash-ington, D.C., said that the Black community shouldn’t expect much from theBlack Republicans during the next legislative session, because they wonlargely without Black voters. In addition, he said, their rank as freshmen law-makers will limit their influence within the party. “Their collective impact, if they are really outspoken, will just be on the

plus side of zero, barely zero,” said Morris. “The obvious impact for Repub-licans is positive only to the extent that it shows visually, if not substantively,an outreach to minorities.” Scott earned an “F” on the NAACP’s legislativereport card during the first session of the 113th Congress from January 2013– December 26, 2013. ThinkProgress.org reported that Scott proposed a bill in 2011 to block fam-

ilies from receiving food stamp benefits if one of the adults in the home joineda strike, and as a state legislature Scott supported cuts to South Carolina’sHIV/AIDS budget. In a 2012 speech, Love accused President Barack Obamaof “pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and socialstatus” and said that,“His policies have failed.” Love has also pledged to take the Congressional

Black Caucus “apart from the inside out.” If they continue to express viewscounter to those held by the Black electorate that overwhelmingly supportedPresident Obama with more than 90 percent of their votes in back-to-backelections, Morris said, that their presence could actually hurt that visual imageof minority outreach, because it will further distance the GOP from the poli-tics that are overwhelmingly characteristic of Black voters. Raynard Jackson, a Republican strategist and the president and CEO of

Raynard Jackson & Associates, called Love, “the embodiment of the Amer-ican Dream” and said that her journey as a first generation Haitian immigrantto become the first Black Republican female ever elected to the U.S. Houseof Representatives is amazing. “It doesn’t matter what her politics are or what her party affiliation is, if

Love’s story doesn’t inspire you, then there is something wrong with you as

POLITICS&GOVERNMENT

Republican Senator Tim Scott

The Root Names 2014 the Year of the Protester“America never loved us. Remem-

ber?”Phillip Agnew, executive director

of the Dream Defenders, a youth-fu-eled civil rights organization formedin response to the 2012 slaying of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, spokethose powerful words Jan. 28 duringthe 2014 State of the Youth.And the Year of the Protester

began.Agnew’s heart-wrenching declara-

tion—equal parts call to action andexpression of grief—went viral thenext month after a judge declared amistrial in the case of 45-year-oldMichael Dunn, the man who fatallyshot 17-year-old Jordan Davis in2012 because he was playing loudmusic in an SUV at a gas station inJacksonville, Fla.Dunn would eventually be found

guilty of first-degree murder in Oc-tober after a second trial, but by thena new movement had been set in mo-tion—one that would be reactivatedby a succession of police killings ofunarmed black men around the coun-try. On July 17, Officer Daniel Pan-taleo of the New York City PoliceDepartment used a banned chokehold that took the life of Eric Garner,43, on a street in Staten Island; onAug. 5, police fatally shot JohnCrawford III, 22, in a Wal-Mart inBeavercreek, Ohio; and, on Aug. 11,an officer in the Los Angeles PoliceDepartment killed Ezell Ford, 25,near 65th and Broadway in SouthLos Angeles.Fury over police killings would

reach a tipping point, however, onAug. 9, two days before Ford’s death,on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Mo.It was there that now-former Fergu-son Police Officer Darren Wilsongunned down unarmed MichaelBrown, 18, as Brown reportedlybegged for his life in the middle ofthe street.It was there that Brown’s bullet-

riddled body would be left to lie un-covered for four hours as hismother’s wails of rage and griefpierced the air. It was there that pro-testers stood unbowed before a mili-tarized police force armed with teargas, dogs, sonic grenades, armoredpersonnel carriers and rubber bullets.And it was there that the justifiable

rage and resentment would explodein a firestorm after a grand jury an-nounced on Nov. 24 that Wilson

would not be indicted in Brown’skilling. Democratic Missouri Gov.Jay Nixon had declared a state ofemergency the previous week to pre-emptively intimidate protesters intosubmission—it didn’t work. The rev-olution was live-streamed, and im-ages of law-enforcement officersengaging protesters as if they wereenemy combatants flooded socialmedia.The #Ferguson hashtag became the

cyber headquarters of the Twitter armof the movement, and everyone gath-ered to get information that the main-stream media would not provide. Astensions fueled by anti-protester sen-timent continued to escalate, Attor-ney General Eric H. Holder Jr.weighed in with what has become hisgo-to response in these miscarriagesof justice: reiterating that the JusticeDepartment’s civil rights investiga-tion would be “thorough.” President Obama eventually joined

the chorus of voices appealing for theprotests to remain calm, but hiswords did not sway the Fergusonprotesters. For 139 days and count-ing, they have continued despitenaysayers who doubted their dedica-tion and miscalculated the depth oftheir commitment. They continue tostand in solidarity, refusing to priori-tize peace over justice, while boldlychanting the words of Assata Shakur:“It is our duty to fight for our free-dom. It is our duty to win. We mustlove each other and support eachother. We have nothing to lose butour chains.”On Dec. 3, nine days after the Wil-

son decision, a grand jury in NewYork City declined to indict Garner’s

killer. The psychological and emo-tional trauma inflicted with that vi-cious one-two combination of blowscaused tens of thousands of people tostage protests and “die-ins” aroundthe world. Politicians such as formerand current New York mayors RudyGiuliani and Bill de Blasio have triedto suppress protesters’ voices in thewake of the recent shooting deaths oftwo NYPD officers, but they have re-mained steadfast in their refusal toallow them to reframe black love asanti-cop hate.They have forced this nation to

reckon with the fact that it was forgedin protest and that Americans—yes,even black Americans—have theright to dismantle systems of oppres-sion that destroy the lives of our peo-ple. Sparked by the Fergusonuprising, a generation of protestersfrom around the country—includingin Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Miamiand Houston; Oakland, Calif.; Birm-ingham, Ala.; Washington, D.C.; andBerkeley, Calif.—have been baptizedin radical fire, refusing to sell out orbuy into a corrupt system that allowspolice officers to kill with impunity.The involvement of the National

Basketball Association, inspired byChicago Bulls point guard DerrickRose, and hip-hop luminaries such asJ. Cole, Talib Kweli and Q-Tip ex-panded the movement’s exposure,but 2014 belonged to the foot soldier.It has been sustained by a new gen-eration of protesters and communityactivists, including Deray McKesson,Johnetta Elzie, Tef Poe and ErikaTotten; groups such as the BlackYouth Project 100 and DCFerguson;and the millions of people they haveinspired.It belongs to the youths who refuse

to romanticize the presence of anAfrican-American president who haspositioned the relentless killing ofblack people as a manifestation of the

mistrust between communities andlaw enforcement, instead of the con-tinuation of this country’s legacy oflynching black bodies who are per-ceived as dangerous when not inshackles.Legendary poet and activist Amiri

Baraka taught us that if we ever findourselves surrounded by enemieswho won’t let us speak our own lan-guage, who ban our oom boom baboom, then we’re in trouble so deepthat it will probably take us severalhundreds of years to get out.This is a generation of activists

who recognize that we’re in deeptrouble.Unconcerned by the cold, unrelent-

ing gaze of white supremacy, they arethe reason that the last moments andwords of Michael Brown’s and EricGarner’s lives—“Hands up, don’tshoot!” and “I can’t breathe,” respec-tively—are being chanted around theworld from Tokyo to Paris to Mel-bourne, Australia. They are marchingto the drumbeat of a revolution bornof love for black people—oom boomba boom; oom boom ba boom; oomboom ba boom—and ignoring thebarely sheathed hatred of those whohave attempted to silence them.There have been those who have

described this as the latest iterationof the civil rights movement, but asMalcolm X taught us, there can be nocivil rights until we first have humanrights. These protesters understandthat the expectation of subdued civil-ity in the face of the continued dehu-manization of black life is evidenceof the racism that this country wasfounded upon. They have challengedthis nation’s love affair with itself byexposing the rotten core of its so-called democracy.They continue to speak hard truths

to morally bankrupt power—bravely,consistently and unapologetically—and we are in their debt.

Kirsten West Savali,Posted: Dec 30, 2014

RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN DOWN!YOU CAN STILL GIVE HOPE TO THOSE IN NEEDWAUWATOSA--There’s still time to contribute to The Salvation Army’s

Red Kettle Christmas Campaign. The campaign is down $77,000 from thistime last year. Meeting this year’s Red Kettle Christmas Campaign goal of$3.8M is critical to more than 80 programs and services that help area Mil-waukee families and children in need including emergency food, shelter andclothing. 2013 Red Kettle Christmas Campaign donations made it possible for The Salvation Army to provide the following services this year:Feed The Kids: Distributed 124,152 lunches to hungry children this summerBack to Schoo: Distributed 4,000 back packs to area school age childrenCoats for Kids: Distributed 4,943 coats to children and youthToy Shop: Distributed toys to 10,490 children this ChristmasChristmas Family Feast: Served 7,462 meals on Christmas Day

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A total of 21 Martin Luther KingScholarships, ranging from $750 to$1,500, will be presented to post-high school students at the 39th an-nual Martin Luther King Celebration,Sunday, January 11, 3:00 PM, at In-carnation Lutheran Church, 1510 W.Keefe Ave. The annual event issponsored by the Martin Luther KingScholarship Coalition, an ecumenicalgroup of 11 congregations.The first Rev. Ernest Glenn Com-

munity Service Award will be pre-sented at the January 11 event, toConnie Lindsey, who was the recipi-ent of the first MLK Scholarship,awarded in 1977. Connie Lindsey,who grew up in the Lapham HousingDevelopment in Milwaukee, is cur-rently a vice-president of a ChicagoBank and national President of theBoard of the Girl Scouts of America.She will also be the keynote speakerat the celebration on January 11. The Rev. Ernest Glenn Commu-

nity Service Award will be presentedannually in honor of Rev. ErnestGlenn, Pastor Emeritus of ChristPresbyterian Church and one of thefounders of the MLK ScholarshipCoalition. Rev. Glenn died in March,2013.Recipients of the MLK Scholar-

ships are required to write an essay,relating the words and the work ofDr. King to current justice issues.They must also raise $100 or moretoward the MLK Scholarships, andthey must be recommended by thepastor or a lay leader of one of the 11congregations belonging to the MLKScholarship Coalition.Nearly all of the MLK Scholarship

funding is raised by participants inthe MLK All-a-thon, which is heldannually on the Saturday of the Me-morial Day weekend. Since its in-ception in 1976, the MLKScholarship Coalition has presentedmore than 450 scholarships, totalingmore than $350,000. For more information, contact Rev.

Joseph W. Ellwanger, Chair of theMLK Scholarship Coalition Board:414-791-2480 or<joe.ellwanger@gmail.com>.

RELIGIONRELIGION

This month this column will featurean article from a colleague, Dr.William F. Buchanan, Pastor, 15thAvenue Baptist Church, Nashville,Tennessee and Board member of theNational Baptist Sunday School Pub-lishing Board, an auxiliary of the Na-

tional Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.This piece is written in recognition ofDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Holi-day.Guest Columnist: Dr. William F.

BuchananThe past years have been some of

the most tumultuous times for racerelations in America since the 1960’s.We are familiar with Trayvon Martin,Michael Brown, Eric Garner, DontreHamilton, but what of the other un-armed Black men and women whosenames we do not know who lost theirlives at the hands of law enforce-ment. Young people of all races and

creeds have taken to the streets of oururban cities to stand up for the causefor injustice everywhere. We have not witnessed such

protests in our streets since thegolden era of the Civil Rights Move-ment. Yet, we are hearing some strange

voices advocating progress by meansother than direct protest action, butwe must be reminded that non-vio-lent direct protest action is as muchAmerican as apple pie. Also, history is not on the side of

those who suggest that public dia-logue alone ultimately leads to theliberation of the oppressed.During the era of the civil rights’

struggle, there were many voicesbeing heard in the public square de-

bating or suggesting what the appro-priate response of the victims of in-justice should be. Of course, there were voices from

both the majority and minority com-

St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church recently held a Holiday Food Giveaway at its auxillarylocation, the Quality of Life Center, across the street from the main ediface, which is located at1616 W. Atkinson Ave. Helping hand out food to needy individuals in the surrounding neighborhoodwere (left to right): Martha Love, Bertha Hartwell, Eliabeth Ramirez, Kiara Willis, Diane Wilkins, andAuriea Mosley. The law firm of Pitman, Kyle, Sicula and Dentice (PKSD) contributed to the foodgiveaway. (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

St. Mark holiday food giveaway

Twenty-oneMLK scholarshipsto beawarded January 11

“For unto you is born this day inthe city of David, a Savior, which isChrist the Lord. And this shall be asign unto you; ye shall find the babewrapped in swaddling clothes, lyingin a manger. And suddenly there was with the

angel a multitude of the heavenlyhost praising God and saying, Gloryto God in the highest, and on earth,peace, good will toward men “. Luke2: verses 11-14(KJV) Christians have just experienced

four weeks of the Advent season ofHope and Anticipation, followed bythe wonderful celebration of the birthof our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ;and we all are hoping and anticipat-ing that the New Year will bring usall personally better results than theone we will now be leaving behind.I pray for all, and ask the Lord that

in this New Year he will give all usrenewed faith, and strength, lastingstamina, clarity of mind, and sincer-ity in our hearts to realize and under-stand that no matter what thechallenges that may lie ahead for us,

we will not be alone during those dif-ficult times, for we know from thelessons that we have received from You in the past, You will pick us up

and carry us through any difficulttimes that may lie ahead.I understand that this past year has

not been an easy one for many of us;but we did somehow make itthrough. Some of the things that at-tributed to “making it through” werethe people that God placed aroundus. It is not an easy task in this world

to go it alone. We do need other peo-ple in our lives sometimes to help usrealize, through our combined faith,we are not alone in the challengesthat may confront us in our future. One of the largest challenges that

we struggle with as men is that we‘sometimes mistakenly’, sincerelybelieve that we can ‘handle’ thesechallenges by ourselves alone. We are strong and powerful and

can do anything without the help ofanyone. Well, let me tell you from my own

personal experiences, that at one timein my life I also believed those unbe-lievable thoughts. I believed that if Italked or confessed to someone,about my problems I was goingthrough, I would appear to that some-

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Winters,IdaAge 74 yrs. December 24, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Friday,January 9 at 11AM. Visitation Friday 10AM until time of services. The fam-ily is serve by:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Johnson, Rev. Dr. Sandy L.Age 90 yrs. December 23, 2014. Beloved husband of Roylene G. Johnson.Loving father of Jennifer(Milton)Hines, Julia(Melvin)Saffold and Jon John-son. Grandfather of Jasmine Zapata, M.D. and her husband Miguel Zap-ata. Great-grandfather of Miguel and Aameira Zapata. Also survived by ahost other loving relatives and friends. Home Going Celebration will beheld on Saturday,January 3, at Parklawn Assembly of God 3725 N. Sher-man Blvd. Visitation 9AM-10:15AM and Celebration services begins at10:15AM. A Memorial Celebration will be held Friday, January 2 at North-side COG 4858 N. 19th St. Visitiation 4-6PM and Memorial Celebration be-gins at 6PM. The family is served by:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Dantzler, Laura A.Age 66 yrs. December 26, 2014. Funeral serviceswill be held on Friday, January 2, at 1PM. Visita-tion Friday 12 Noon until time of services at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Taylor, Hardnel S.Age 74 yrs. December 18, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Saturday,January 3, at 11AM at Bethel Tabernacle Worship Center 5419 W. HamptonAve. Instate Saturday 10AM at the CHURCH until time of services. VisitationFriday 3-7PM at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Kelley, Sibyle M.Age 90 yrs. December 24, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Saturday,January 3, at 11AM at Greater Galilee Baptist Church 2432 N. TeutoniaAve. Visitation Saturday 10AM at the CHURCH until time of services. Thefamily is served by:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Sims, Anthony Q.Age 60 yrs. December 22, 2014. Beloved father of Tashiva Carter. Lovingson of Granville and Normajean Sims. Brother of Tod Sims, Michael Simsand Nina Bruce. Also survive by 1 grandchild Quane Carter and a host ofother loving relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday,

December 30 at 11AM at St. Francis Catholic Church 1927 N. 4th St. Visita-tion Tuesday 10AM at the CHURCH until time of services. The family isserved by:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Manns, LaDaleAge 62 yrs. December 22, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Monday,December 29, at 11AM at Holy Cathedral COGIC 2677 N. 40th St. InstateMonday 10AM at the CHURCH until time of services. Visitation Sunday 3-7PM(Family will receive guest from 6-7PM) at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Lenora, Arthur LeonAge 73 yrs. December 28, 2014. Funeral serviceswill be held on Saturday 12 Noon at Holy RecoveryInternational Church 4700 N. 39th St. VisitationSaturday 11AM at the CHURCH until time of serv-ices. The family is served by:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Odom, Lonnnie J.Age 78 yrs. December 22, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Friday,January 2 at 11AM. Visitation Friday 10AM until time of services at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Brumfield, Kendra K.Age 30 yrs. December 25, 2014. A Memorial Services will be held on Fri-day, January 2 at New Creatures In Christ Church 2328 W. Capitol Dr. Thefamily is served by: Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Quincy, Clarence Jr.Age 45 yrs. December 27, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Friday,January 9 at 3PM at Metropolitan Baptist Church 1345 W. Burleigh St. Visi-tation Thursday 3-7PM(Family will receive guest from 6-7PM) at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Baker, Georgia MAge 80 yrs. December 23, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Friday,January 9 at 1PM. Visitation Friday 12 Noon until time of services at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

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Young Black Americans protests against killing ofBlack men and women reviving the Rights Movement

Biblical Counseling for Today’s Christian FamilyBy: Rev. Judith T. Lester,B.Min., M.Th.

MYBROTHER’SKEEPERBy Rev. Joseph McLin

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A new Year:A Renewal of our Faith

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“For unto you is born this day inthe city of David, a Savior, which isChrist the Lord. And this shall be asign unto you; ye shall find the babewrapped in swaddling clothes, lyingin a manger. And suddenly there was with the

angel a multitude of the heavenlyhost praising God and saying, Gloryto God in the highest, and on earth,peace, good will toward men “. Luke2: verses 11-14(KJV) Christians have just experienced

four weeks of the Advent season ofHope and Anticipation, followed bythe wonderful celebration of the birthof our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ;and we all are hoping and anticipat-ing that the New Year will bring usall personally better results than theone we will now be leaving behind.I pray for all, and ask the Lord that

in this New Year he will give all usrenewed faith, and strength, lastingstamina, clarity of mind, and sincer-ity in our hearts to realize and under-stand that no matter what thechallenges that may lie ahead for us,

we will not be alone during those dif-ficult times, for we know from thelessons that we have received from You in the past, You will pick us up

and carry us through any difficulttimes that may lie ahead.I understand that this past year has

not been an easy one for many of us;but we did somehow make itthrough. Some of the things that at-tributed to “making it through” werethe people that God placed aroundus. It is not an easy task in this world

to go it alone. We do need other peo-ple in our lives sometimes to help usrealize, through our combined faith,we are not alone in the challengesthat may confront us in our future. One of the largest challenges that

we struggle with as men is that we‘sometimes mistakenly’, sincerelybelieve that we can ‘handle’ thesechallenges by ourselves alone. We are strong and powerful and

can do anything without the help ofanyone. Well, let me tell you from my own

personal experiences, that at one timein my life I also believed those unbe-lievable thoughts. I believed that if Italked or confessed to someone,about my problems I was goingthrough, I would appear to that some-

Winters,IdaAge 74 yrs. December 24, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Friday,January 9 at 11AM. Visitation Friday 10AM until time of services. The fam-ily is serve by:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Johnson, Rev. Dr. Sandy L.Age 90 yrs. December 23, 2014. Beloved husband of Roylene G. Johnson.Loving father of Jennifer(Milton)Hines, Julia(Melvin)Saffold and Jon John-son. Grandfather of Jasmine Zapata, M.D. and her husband Miguel Zap-ata. Great-grandfather of Miguel and Aameira Zapata. Also survived by ahost other loving relatives and friends. Home Going Celebration will beheld on Saturday,January 3, at Parklawn Assembly of God 3725 N. Sher-man Blvd. Visitation 9AM-10:15AM and Celebration services begins at10:15AM. A Memorial Celebration will be held Friday, January 2 at North-side COG 4858 N. 19th St. Visitiation 4-6PM and Memorial Celebration be-gins at 6PM. The family is served by:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Dantzler, Laura A.Age 66 yrs. December 26, 2014. Funeral serviceswill be held on Friday, January 2, at 1PM. Visita-tion Friday 12 Noon until time of services at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Taylor, Hardnel S.Age 74 yrs. December 18, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Saturday,January 3, at 11AM at Bethel Tabernacle Worship Center 5419 W. HamptonAve. Instate Saturday 10AM at the CHURCH until time of services. VisitationFriday 3-7PM at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Kelley, Sibyle M.Age 90 yrs. December 24, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Saturday,January 3, at 11AM at Greater Galilee Baptist Church 2432 N. TeutoniaAve. Visitation Saturday 10AM at the CHURCH until time of services. Thefamily is served by:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Sims, Anthony Q.Age 60 yrs. December 22, 2014. Beloved father of Tashiva Carter. Lovingson of Granville and Normajean Sims. Brother of Tod Sims, Michael Simsand Nina Bruce. Also survive by 1 grandchild Quane Carter and a host ofother loving relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday,

December 30 at 11AM at St. Francis Catholic Church 1927 N. 4th St. Visita-tion Tuesday 10AM at the CHURCH until time of services. The family isserved by:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Manns, LaDaleAge 62 yrs. December 22, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Monday,December 29, at 11AM at Holy Cathedral COGIC 2677 N. 40th St. InstateMonday 10AM at the CHURCH until time of services. Visitation Sunday 3-7PM(Family will receive guest from 6-7PM) at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Lenora, Arthur LeonAge 73 yrs. December 28, 2014. Funeral serviceswill be held on Saturday 12 Noon at Holy RecoveryInternational Church 4700 N. 39th St. VisitationSaturday 11AM at the CHURCH until time of serv-ices. The family is served by:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Odom, Lonnnie J.Age 78 yrs. December 22, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Friday,January 2 at 11AM. Visitation Friday 10AM until time of services at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Brumfield, Kendra K.Age 30 yrs. December 25, 2014. A Memorial Services will be held on Fri-day, January 2 at New Creatures In Christ Church 2328 W. Capitol Dr. Thefamily is served by: Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Quincy, Clarence Jr.Age 45 yrs. December 27, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Friday,January 9 at 3PM at Metropolitan Baptist Church 1345 W. Burleigh St. Visi-tation Thursday 3-7PM(Family will receive guest from 6-7PM) at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Baker, Georgia MAge 80 yrs. December 23, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Friday,January 9 at 1PM. Visitation Friday 12 Noon until time of services at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

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munities who thought that the Negro ought to be patient even after almost acentury after slavery and a decade after the Supreme Court ruling on Brownvs. Board of Education (1954) with no societal change. There were Negro religious and civic leaders who advocated principles of

gradualism or inevitability. Gradualism/inevitability teaches patience and abelief that in time people of goodwill will do what is right by the Negro;whereas, the Civil Rights Movement taught peaceful direct-action because ina culture of injustice and oppression, even people of goodwill must be moti-vated to do the right thing and stand up for justice. A little known fact of history is that one of the reasons behind the split of

the National Baptist Convention, USA, INC. in 1960 was the difference inphilosophy of Dr. J.H. Jackson (gradualism), then president of the convention,and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the crafters of the nonviolent direct actionprotests.Concomitantly, one of the points of the Letter From the Birmingham Jail,

was that white clergymen of goodwill had written an Op Ed criticizing Dr.King and calling for the Negro citizens of Birmingham to practice patience,believing that in due time the city fathers would do the right thing by theNegro citizens of Birmingham. Yet, that same clergy was silent while the people of ill-will were bombing

churches and homes, killing black life and using every terroristic means, legaland illegal, to intimidate and kill those who wanted their rights granted tothem by the Constitution of the United States of America. Dr. King attributedmuch of the success of the civil rights’ struggle, throughout the South, to theenergy and zeal of young people in direct-action protest.Sixty plus years later, we are again witnessing the energy and zeal of young

Americans who feel hopeless and frustrated by a society that is not yet post-racial, in spite of all of the political rhetoric. Nonviolent protest is not onlythe American way, but it is steeped in human history: in 1517 Martin Luther’sProtestant Reformation was birthed in protest; the independence of our nationand freedom from Great Britain was born in protest, the Boston Tea Party1773; the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in 1865, was birthedin conflict and protest between the North and the South; and of course theCivil Rights Act of 1963 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 came after yearsof protest. The world’s greatest protester was Christ Himself, who protested against

the religious status quo of His time and whose teachings continue over 2,000years after his death. It is for certain that centuries and decades of dialogueon the issue of justice for “all men” took both dialogue and protest to prickthe conscience of a nation to do the right thing by all of her citizens. We, ascitizens of this nation, especially African Americans, are the beneficiaries ofprotest. Yet, unfortunately, there are still those who espouse the regrettable rhetoric

of patience and even condemnation toward civil nonviolent protesters, butwe must read the tea leaves of history that “Public protests are the voice ofthe voiceless” (Ralph Mathekga, Johannesburg) and little substantive changein systems of oppression rarely take place without protest. I am a son of thechurch and the love of the church is deeply entrenched in me, but it was inthe streets that the conscience of this nation was pricked to do right by allpeoples.

The writer does not assume responsibility in any way for readers’ effortsto apply or utilize information or recommendations made in these articles,as they may not be necessarily appropriate for every situation to which theymay refer. If you would like to contact Rev. Lester, write to her c/o P.O. Box121, Brookfield, WI. 53008.

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(continued on page 6)Milwaukee’s newest Strong Baby campaign stars

made their public debut with Mayor Tom Barrett Thurs-day morning during a press conference held at UnitedWay of Greater Milwaukee. The babies will be featuredin upcoming advertising campaigns produced by ServeMarketing for the Milwaukee Lifecourse Initiative forHealthy Families (Milwaukee LIHF).The 10 adorable winners were selected out of more

than 300 who attended an open casting call on Nov. 1 atthe BMO Harris Bradley Center and a social media cast-ing call on the Strong Baby Facebook Page. The win-ners, Karon (19 months), Mila (11 months), Aimee (15months), Kaden (12 months), Zoe (17 months), Hunter(12 months), Mylah (8 months), Tyson (11 months),Hudson (9 months), and Marli (14 months) each re-ceived a $200 U.S. savings bond and will appear in fu-ture Strong Baby ads and messages online and in thecommunity.“There are no better ambassadors for positive mes-

sages around improving the health of infants in our com-munity than Milwaukee’s own strong babies,” saidMayor Tom Barrett, co-chair of the Milwaukee LIHFCollaborative.“We thank every parent who nominated their very

own strong babies, and look forward to seeing our localchildren share positive health messages across the city,”said Shirley McFarlane, of Northwestern Mutual and co-chair of the Milwaukee LIHF Collaborative with MayorBarrett.The Strong Baby campaign is a grassroots effort, de-

veloped in partnership with Serve Marketing, designed

to engage the community in the crucial conversationaround the importance of changing the conditions thatcan lead to stronger babies and help reduce Milwaukee’sinfant mortality rate."The first goal of this effort was to build a strong and

engaged social community, to turn parents and grand-parents that live in our city into vocal advocates forstronger babies,” explains Serve Volunteer Creative Di-rector Gary Mueller. “With a more than 1,100 percentincrease in the Strong Baby Facebook community andan astonishing 67,000 interactions with the page’s posts,the effort is already a success.” The effort supports Mayor Barrett’s goal of reducing

Milwaukee’s overall infant mortality rate by 10 percentand the African-American infant mortality rate by 15percent by 2017. It also supports the goalto reduce racial disparities in birth outcomes, set by

the Milwaukee Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Fami-lies, which is funded by the Wisconsin Partnership Pro-gram.“This generation of strong babies will increase aware-

ness of the kind of individual and community changesthat will lead to a lower risk of premature births in Mil-waukee,” said LaShawndra Vernon, program director forthe United Way-led Milwaukee LIHF Collaborative.“We know we will not move the needle on this issueuntil we change the conditions that lead to poor birthoutcomes.”Preliminary data indicates that 117 Milwaukee infants

died before their first birthdays in 2013, with complica-tions of prematurity the leading cause. Nearly 60 percentof all infant deaths and 66 percent of all African-Amer-

ican infant deaths are the result of complications of pre-maturity. Birth defects are the second leading cause ofinfant death, contributing to approximately 20 percentof infant deaths, while sleep-related infant deaths repre-sent approximately 15 percent of all infant deaths. For more information about the cause, visit

www.IWantAStrongBaby.com.

Milwaukee Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families and Serve Marketing unveil winners of local casting call

Stars of Milwaukee’s Next Strong Baby Campaigns Announced

Baby Marli with mom Symphony

“There are no better ambassadorsfor positive messages around im-proving the health of infants in ourcommunity than Milwaukee’s ownstrong babies”-- Mayor Barrett, co-chair

of the Milwaukee LIHF Collaborative.

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an American citizen,” said Jackson. Former congressmanAllen West (R-Fla.) said that the Republican Party has toremind Black voters that the conservative principles andvalues of the GOP are quite consistent with the history ofthe Black community. “When you go back and read Booker T. Washington’s

writings at the turn of the century, his remedy for theBlack community under the stress and strain of segrega-tion and Jim Crow laws were three points: education, en-trepreneurship and self-reliance,” said West. “When you look at each one of those individuals Sen-

ator Tim Scott, Representatives-elect Mia Love and WillHurd, that’s what they represent, and those are the threethings we must have conversations about in the Blackcommunity.” West compared the overwhelming loyalty that Black

voters have for the Democratic Party to an investor thatputs all of his eggs in one basket. Just like an investorshouldn’t put all of his money in one fund or one venture,West said, Black voters should also diversify their polit-ical capital. “The people in these majority-minority districts are

going to have to look up and say, ‘Why are we still in thissituation? Why do we continue to elect the same personand nothing is getting any better?’” said West. Morris said that if a Black Republican wanted to sway

Black voters in any significant way, the candidate wouldhave to talk about social policies and programs in waysthat are open and address issues such as income inequal-

ity similar to the way a moderate Democrat would. Inshort: the candidate would have to be a liberal Republi-can. “It would take a miracle for a Black Republican to win

a majority Black district,” said Morris. Still RaynardJackson said that the additions of Scott, Hurd and Lovewill help the party, if they are properly utilized. Jackson used a basketball analogy to describe how the

Republican Party can continue to win with candidates likeTim Scott, Mia Love and Will Hurd. “You have to under-stand the strengths and the weaknesses of each player andyou have to know when to put them in the game andwhen to sit them down,” said Jackson. “You have to understand when to bring a Tim Scott, a

Mia Love, a Will Hurd in to speak. You can’t send themeverywhere. You have to understand what their messageis to best utilize them. “That’s what has to be done.” Jackson added: “Just be-

cause they’re Black, doesn’t mean you throw them outthere to a Black audience.”

Elected Black GOPers Not Expectedto be a Plus for the Community (continued from page 3) “Morris said that if a Black Republican

wanted to sway Black voters in any signif-icant way, the candidate would have totalk about social policies and programs inways that are open and address issuessuch as income inequality similar to theway a moderate Democrat would. Inshort: the candidate would have to be aliberal Republican.”

Mayor Tom Barrett was joined by Nathaniel Hamilton,Inspector Carianne Yerkes of the Milwaukee Police De-partment and Ellen Gilligan of the Greater MilwaukeeFoundation to announce the acceleration of the ongoingefforts of the Milwaukee Police Department to expand itsCrisis Intervention Team training.“In the discussions I’ve had with the Hamilton family,

community leaders, members of the clergy and others, Ihave heard the concerns of the community,” said MayorBarrett. “I want to equip all Milwaukee police officerswith the tools to handle situations involving the mentallyill. I want to prevent future tragedies.”The Milwaukee Police Department has engaged in Cri-

sis Intervention Team training since 2006 and currentlyhas 400 Crisis Intervention Team trained members. Thegoal is to have all police officers trained by the end of2017. Beginning with the police recruit class that beganthis month, all newly-hired police officers will receive 40hours of Crisis Intervention Team training as part of theirtime spent at the Academy.The training will include: Identifying mental illness,

substance abuse, de-escalation and active listening, con-

sumer stories and resources for consumers and families.In addition, starting in January, all sworn members will

also receive 16 hours of Crisis Management for First Re-sponders training as part of their annual in-service train-ing. Some of the topics will be: De-escalation and active

listening, identifying mental illness, tactical disengage-ment, stigma and police bias, and again, resources forconsumers and families.“We trust police officers with our lives, and we want

them to use discretion and an educated approach whendealing with these issues,” said Nathaniel Hamilton. “I’mthankful to the mayor and I’m thankful to the police de-partment for hearing us out and for hearing the commu-nity out to help us reach this goal by 2017.”The efforts to address this issue will also include an ad-

ditional Crisis Assessment Response Team, which con-sists of a crisis intervention team and homeless outreachtrained officer paired with a county behavioral health cri-sis mobile team clinician. These individuals assist officersin the field with mental health calls. This team started inJuly 2013. A second team will be added in January 2015.

Mayor Barrett Announces Accelerated Crisis Intervention Team Training for Milwaukee Police Department Personnel

A Renewal of our Faithone that I was less of a man myself.We are supposed to be strong and re-silient in all that we do and make de-cisions alone. (BALONEY)!!!Now, I am not suggesting or advis-

ing you to share with everyone someof your most difficult situations youfind yourself in; but sometimes, a lis-tening ear from a good friend couldpossibly ‘solve’ a problem youthought you had, without a word oradvice from them in return. True friends lend an ear, not judg-

ment. And a true friend will accept

you as you are.One thing we should try and re-

member to do is to keep a positive at-titude. It can be contagious.Appositive attitude can affect us andthe people we come in contact withon a daily basis like our wives, chil-dren and friends. These positive attitudes are re-

flected in the third of seven princi-ples of Kwanzaa; Ujima,(collective work and responsibility,to build and maintain our communitytogether and make our sisters andbrothers’ problems our problems and

solve them together).As we leave this joyous season and

move toward the New Year, let uscontinue to have Hope, Anticipation,and Faith in all whom we meet andall that we do. Let us make resolu-tions to be better disciples in spread-ing the Good News of Jesus Christ asthe “Reason for the Season’ through-out the year.Galatians 6: Verse2 NIV; Carry

each other’s burdens, and in this wayyou will fulfill the Law of Christ”“WE ARE OUR BROTHERS

KEEPER”

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Marquette researchers teamupwithformerGreenBayPackers player toexplore life after footballMarquette researchersDrs. JamesHolstein andRichard Jones havejoinedforceswithGeorgeKoonce, formerNFLlinebackerandMar-quettePh.D.alumnus, toexaminethechallengesfacingplayerswhenthey leave the NFL in a newly published book. Is There LifeAfterFootball? Surviving the NFL looks inside life both in and after theNFL to paint a vivid portrait of what happens when players are thrustinto the real world after devoting their entire lives to the game theylove.Amember of the 1996GreenBayPackers SuperBowlChampi-

onship team, Koonce shares the struggles and setbacks he encoun-teredanddecisions thathelpedhimsucceedafter leaving the sport asanNFLdirector of player development, Ph.D. graduate, anduniver-sity administrator. He currently is the vice president of advancementfor Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The book is deeplyinformed by Koonce’s experience and insights, but also draws uponstories from hundreds of other players. While the public is painfully aware of the post-career failures and

foibles of many NFL players, the book offers a broader and more nu-anced picture that reveals paths to success as well as the pitfalls thatplague so many former players. “To be able to reflect and tell my own personal story, I relied heavily

on the expertise of my co-authors who helped me articulate the tri-

umphs and pains along the way in my personal journey,” Kooncesaid. “My hope is that by telling my story, I can impact the lives offuture generations to come.”Holstein and Jones are veteran Marquette sociologists who, com-

bined, have published more than 40 books on topics relating to mentalhealth and illness, the life course, prisons, the self, and athletics in so-ciety. Combining an analytic perspective with insider experiences,the authors discuss many heartbreaking and controversial issues in-cluding the following:• The pressures of living in a “bubble”—an arena where players

are scrutinized but also protected from many of the mundane demandsof everyday life—and the culture shock after leaving it• The exhilaration of being paid astronomical sums and the price

of spending like there’s no tomorrow after the glory days end• Lives shattered by injuries brought on by years of violent physical

contact on the gridiron• The combination of factors—skills, mindset, family support,

character traits—that ease the transition from NFL celebrity to a sec-ond careerAccording to the authors, the key to understanding life after football

lies in players’ deep commitment to the game itself. “Players live ina very special “bubble” from the time they are 10 years old. Whenthe bubble bursts, they have trouble knowing where to go and whatto do,” notes Holstein. “The transition to post-NFL lives has a lot incommon with transitions out of other all-consuming situations, likethe military, or even prisons,” adds Jones.

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an American citizen,” said Jackson. Former congressmanAllen West (R-Fla.) said that the Republican Party has toremind Black voters that the conservative principles andvalues of the GOP are quite consistent with the history ofthe Black community. “When you go back and read Booker T. Washington’s

writings at the turn of the century, his remedy for theBlack community under the stress and strain of segrega-tion and Jim Crow laws were three points: education, en-trepreneurship and self-reliance,” said West. “When you look at each one of those individuals Sen-

ator Tim Scott, Representatives-elect Mia Love and WillHurd, that’s what they represent, and those are the threethings we must have conversations about in the Blackcommunity.” West compared the overwhelming loyalty that Black

voters have for the Democratic Party to an investor thatputs all of his eggs in one basket. Just like an investorshouldn’t put all of his money in one fund or one venture,West said, Black voters should also diversify their polit-ical capital. “The people in these majority-minority districts are

going to have to look up and say, ‘Why are we still in thissituation? Why do we continue to elect the same personand nothing is getting any better?’” said West. Morris said that if a Black Republican wanted to sway

Black voters in any significant way, the candidate wouldhave to talk about social policies and programs in waysthat are open and address issues such as income inequal-

ity similar to the way a moderate Democrat would. Inshort: the candidate would have to be a liberal Republi-can. “It would take a miracle for a Black Republican to win

a majority Black district,” said Morris. Still RaynardJackson said that the additions of Scott, Hurd and Lovewill help the party, if they are properly utilized. Jackson used a basketball analogy to describe how the

Republican Party can continue to win with candidates likeTim Scott, Mia Love and Will Hurd. “You have to under-stand the strengths and the weaknesses of each player andyou have to know when to put them in the game andwhen to sit them down,” said Jackson. “You have to understand when to bring a Tim Scott, a

Mia Love, a Will Hurd in to speak. You can’t send themeverywhere. You have to understand what their messageis to best utilize them. “That’s what has to be done.” Jackson added: “Just be-

cause they’re Black, doesn’t mean you throw them outthere to a Black audience.”

“Mister Speaker, I am proud that the Milwaukee Community Journal hails from the 4th Congressional District. It has consistently informed, analysed and entertained readers for nearly 38 years. I am pleasedto give praise to Patricia O’Flynn Pattillo and her staff forproviding a voice to the community and providing educational opportunities to students. I wish them manymore years of success.”--A segment from Cong. Gwen Moore’s remarks she made on the Congressional Record paying tribute to the Milwaukee Community Journal’s Dr.Terence N. Thomas Scholarship Annual Brunch

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