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The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) is helpingyoung residents prepare for the start of school. On Fri-day, July 7, The agency provided 2,500 book bagsstuffed with school supplies to PHA residents at the JohnF. Street Community Center at 1100 . In partnership withPHA, Citizens Bank has donated 550 backpacks for theback to school celebration. The annual giveaway is issupported by Philly SEEDs Inc., a duly incorporated

501(c)(3), that helps to promote the social and economicadvancement of PHA residents through philanthropic ac-tivities, community based partnerships, and special ini-tiatives. Participating in the give-away were WilliamMyles, PHA Executive Vice President of Community Op-erations and Resident Development; Moira Baylson, Citi-zens Bank Sr. Regional Public Affairs Manager and thePhilly Phanatic.

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In celebration of Dr. Walter Lomax (founder of WURD)hundreds came to the African American Museum on hisbirthday (July 31) to to honor his life and legacy. (Fromleft to right) Sonny Driver, publisher and owner of

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Here I go again, writing acolumn about someone Iknow personally and profes-sionally, who I truly admireand respect, but who today, isfacing 29 federal indictmentcounts.I first met Congressman

Fattah when he was still aPennsylvania State Represen-tative and at that time in hiscareer, he was still building

his empire and helping to make and shape otherpoliticians along the way. I was a young buck re-porter fresh out of college, with a twinkle in myeye and a willingness to work all kinds of hours tohave a chance to work in radio. That’s how I metChaka Fattah. I was covering a story about him,met him and his crew of supporters, was im-pressed and have been a tag along, ever since. Iliked what I saw him doing and I liked the people

who surrounded him, such as Vincent Hughes, SandraDungee Glenn, Jim Baker, Gregory Naylor, BlondellReynolds, Curtis Jones, Jr., Doug Baker, Bonnie Bowser,Michael Joynes, Frankie Hughes and a few others. Back in those days, Chaka would get an idea in his

head and then run with the ball to the finish line. Such asthe times when he paid for a couple buses and then gotstudents from Cheney University and Lincoln Universityto come ride with him on a bus all night, so that we couldcampaign for the first black Governor of Virginia, or sothat we could campaign for Jesse Jackson when he ranfor President, or so that we could go campaign for DavidDinkins when he ran for a won, the Mayor’s seat in NewYork Cit. Let me not leave out the time when Chaka andhis crew got a couple buses and we all rode to Chicago tohelp Harold Washington become the first Black Mayor ofChicago. For any “haters” Congressman Fattah may have had

back then, who would say things like, “Chaka is onlyabout himself,” I would recall all those he helped alongthe way with their political aspirations, never finding itrobbery to work hard to help someone else win a cam-paign who was worthy.It seemed like for many years, for many, many years,

everything that Chaka Fattah touched was golden. Neverwould I have thought I’d see a day when the Congress-man and several people I’ve known to be very close tohim and confidents of his, now at odds with each other.How very sad. This whole thing with the Feds has beencooking on the stove since 2008 and it seems that nowthe FBI feels they have enough information that incrimi-nates the Congressman, so that’s why they made theirmove now.All along Congressman Fattah has been saying he’s

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done nothing wrong and his name will be cleared. Hespeaks and carries himself with great confidence. Buttruly I and I think many others here in Philadelphia wereshocked when the Feds made their federal racketeeringindictment announcement a couple weeks ago againstCongressman Fattah. He’s been accused of engaging inbribery, fraud, money laundering and other crimes in-volving hundreds of thousands of dollars.Let me be very clear: I was proud to work on the Con-

gressional staff of Congressman Fattah from 1996-1999and I was equally proud, even after I no longer workedfor the Congressman, to still get to work for him onvideo projects for his Fattah Conference on Higher Edu-cation and once in a while on one of his reelection cam-paigns. The Congressman always had such excellenttalent around him, while there’s more I wanted to do tosupport his campaigns, etc., he really didn’t need myhelp, so I found a ”lane” and I stayed in it and that washandling video taping all the major highlights of the Fat-tah Conference every year. The conference was almost30 year old when it folded and it was an event I lookedforward to every year. No matter. I and my small staffworked like dogs, trying to fulfill all the congressman’srequests of everything he wanted video-taped each yearat the education conference. Students were expected inthe main ballroom for all their meals. Every morning forexample, student attendees were expected in the ball-room by 8am, which means I and my video crew were in

the ballroom setting up by 7:15am for 3 days to 4 daysstraight. Workshops and the dinner meal would concludeat 9pm, but then there was always still more things to bedone before bedtime. The Fattah Conference on Higher Education, ulti-

mately operated by the Educational Advancement Al-liance, (EAA), was the bomb diggity. It brought togethersome 1,000 student attendees most years, the majority ofwhom were put up at some of the city’s finest hotels over3 to 4 days to be as part of the education Conference. They got to hear from financial aid officers, graduate

students, medical students and Law students about thegraduate school process. They got to attend an on-sitecollege fair with at least 40-60 colleges participating.They also were treated to a star-studded line-up ofmovers and shakers and motivational speakers allthroughout the conference. At each meal for three days,the student participants would hear a key note addressfrom the likes of such luminaries as Rev. Jesse L. Jack-son, Earl Graves, Publisher of Black Enterprise Maga-zine, Susan Taylor, former editor In Chief of EssenceMagazine, Dr. Ben Carson, former Congressman HaroldFord and a host of others.The conference was so special and so well planned out,

it was amazing. Th real beauty of the whole thing is thatafter almost 30 year of course there’s an impressive listof students who went on to graduate school and whograduated form graduate school and who today are doc-tors, lawyers, published authors, biologists and more.Many of the Fattah conference student attendees have in-deed moved on, graduated just like Congressman Fattahwanted them to, and are doing well today.In real life, you’re only as good as your current suc-

cesses. IT’S LIKE -- IT DOESN’T MATTER THATYOU USED TO DO 500 THINGS VERY WELL ANDMANY PEOPLE LOVED YOU. It seems that whatcounts is what you did today and how people think ofyou today.A lot of people have been surprised, hurt and or

shocked by the reality that an indictment was evenhanded down. Now is the time when the Congressmanand his co-defendants will meet with their attorneys andfight for their freedom. Congressman Fattah says he’slooking for his day in court and I can only imagine thatthe other people named in the indictment equally want toget to court and get this thing resolved. I am glad for the opportunity to work for a United

States Congressman. I am proud of the work I did forCongressman Fattah, particularly the video work I did forat least 20 of the almost 30 years of the conference. Atthe very beginning of the conference, Terry Lee Barrettwas the videographer for the Fattah Conference onHigher Education. Back then Congressman Fattah calledit the Graduate Opportunities conference. Then for a few

Challenging times for Congressman Fattah

Congressman Chaka Fattah

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Mhotep Corporationannounced today its plansto make this August 13,2015 the Reddest, Blackestand Greenest day ever. Tothis end, they invite every-one to celebrate and “WearRed, Black and Green onAugust Thirteen!!!”August 13, 2015 marks

95 years since the colorsRed, Black and Greenwere designated as the col-ors of Black people world-wide. 2015 also marks 115years since Will A. Heelenand J.Fred Helf wrote thesong “Every Race Has AFlag But The Coon” whichbelittles Black people fornot having a flag. On Au-

gust 13, 1920 at MadisonSquare Garden the 1920Declaration of Rights ofthe Negro Peoples of theWorld was read publicly.Declaration 39 reads,

“That the colors, Red,Black and Green, be thecolors of the Negro race.”It was published by mem-bers of the UniversalNegro Improvement Asso-ciation and African Com-munities League (UNIA)during their first annual in-ternational conventionchaired by UNIA PresidentGeneral Marcus MosiahGarvey.The ninety-fifth year of

RBG (#RBG95) is not justfor Africans, at home and

abroad. The Red, Blackand Green symbolizes theorigin of the entire humanrace on the continent ofAfrica. Suggested activi-ties for the day range fromholding Red, Black andGreen flag raising cere-monies, displaying a Red,Black and Green flag atour homes, placing Red,Black and Green stickersour cars, wearing Red,Black and Green buttons,publicly reading the Dec-laration of Rights of theNegro Peoples of theWorld and hosting publicviewing parties for thedocumentary “This Flag ofMine: Towards 100 Yearsof Red, Black and Green.”

The Mhotep Corpora-tion produced the docu-mentary in 2011 inanticipation of the 100thyear of RBG (#RBG100).Nnamdi Azikiwe, Presi-dent and CEO of theMhotep Corporationstated, “We produced theshort film to document theorigin, purpose and historyof Red, Black and Green.Years ago, a friend askedus to make a presentationto her elementary schoolclass about the history ofthe flag. The documentaryis a result of that presenta-tion.”

August 13th marks 95 yearsof Red, Black and Green

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age 12, the Black suicide rate increased significantly—almost doubled for Black boys over the 20 year period ofstudy—while it decreased significantly for White chil-dren. The study authors noted the reasons for the in-creased rate of suicide among Black children are unclear,but mentioned that Black children are disproportionatelyexposed to violence, traumatic stress and aggressiveschool discipline. Many also have an early onset of pu-

It is easier to buildstrong children thanto repair brokenmen. – Frederick Douglass

“If I tell you a smile could save a life,would you believe me? A smile can save alife. There was a gentleman, a young gen-tleman … named Kevin. Kevin was one

of those children who did well in school and hadgreat grades. People liked Kevin. Kevin was ahandsome young man. But Kevin was a miser-

able young man. Kevin suffered from depression. Kevindecided that he was going to walk across the GoldenGate Bridge and jump. … Kevin said, ‘If there’s one per-son who would smile at me or ask me if I was okay, Iwould not jump.’ Kevin jumped.”Dr. Sean Joe, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of

Social Development at the Brown School of Social Workat Washington University in St. Louis, shared this storywith a group of 2,000 college students before they spreadout across our country to teach and mentor mostly chil-dren of color from low-income families this summer. Hewanted to illustrate the importance of connectedness andbuilding relationships. As one of the country’s leadingexperts on Black mental health and Black male suicide,his lessons should be shared with parents, teachers andfaith congregations and all of us all across our nation, be-cause they might save a child’s life.A shocking new national study released in late May,

shortly before Dr. Joe spoke, observed for the first timehigher suicide rates among Black Americans compared toWhite Americans. Among school-aged children under

Helping Black boys survive: “What a difference a smile makes”

berty, which increases the risk of suicide as does the factthat Black youth are less likely to seek or have availablehelp for mental health problems.Speaking about the challenges Black boys face today,

Sean Joe explained: “They’re operating with a straight-jacket. They’re operating with how tough they’ve got tobe to defer some of the experiences they’re having, andat the same time, we have people who tell them that ‘mendon’t cry. Toughen up, okay? Stop being soft.’” When 1in 4 children in America is diagnosed with a psychiatricdisorder, instead of telling our boys to toughen up, Dr.Joe says, we need to encourage them to express them-selves and their feelings. Suicide has become the thirdleading cause of death for all children in the UnitedStates lagging only gun violence and car accidents.Among Black Americans, Black males between the agesof 15 to 24 are most likely to commit suicide, and 70 to90 percent of suicides among Black Americans are com-mitted by males in every age group.Dr. Joe says remembering that children are children

and creating safe places for them to talk and to tell youtheir worries is critically important. Encourage them tokeep journals, write, read poetry and express themselves,he says, because creating that space for our young Blackboys and teens is absolutely necessary to their survival.Dr. Joe shared a case study to put the struggle of young

Black males in perspective. “I remember reading about a13-year-old boy who looked ahead and considered hislife with limited opportunity [and] severe pain. His lifewas destined for just hard work and ripe racism – riperacism. He was so burdened that he attempted, manytimes in his thoughts, to take his life under a tree. See,our young people are like this boy. However, they aremore than their trauma and with your help they’ll be ableto soar beyond those circumstances.” That boy in thecase study was Frederick Douglass, born into slavery,who became a famous abolitionist, writer and Americanstatesman who believed passionately in freedom andequality for all people.Basic respect and human decency—just plain kind-

ness—can go a long way in building self-esteem in ourchildren and helping a young person in crisis make it tothe next step. High expectations in the classroom and inlife and empowering children with the knowledge thatthey can make a difference in themselves, their familiesand communities are the foundations upon which theCDF Freedom Schools® programs are built. Twentyyears ago, Sean Joe learned those lessons as a collegestudent who chose to give back to the children in hiscommunity by training to become a summer teacher andmentor in the CDF Freedom Schools program. His subse-quent distinguished career led to college graduation andgraduate degrees at the State University of New York atStony Brook and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and tenure at the University of Michigan. Ihope every teacher, parent and grandparent, aunt anduncle will take these lessons to heart and listen to thechildren around you and know that just a smile can savea life.

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Marian Wright Edelman is President of the Children'sDefense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is toensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start,a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passageto adulthood with the help of caring families and communi-ties. For more information go to www.childrensdefense.org.

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There is a best kept secretthat maternal, paternal andfoster care parents, guardiansand caregivers should knowand care about. This is alsothe missing link that manyagency providers and blockcaptains can use to their ad-vantage as a way of ensuringthe safety of their youngerconstituents or neighbors asthe summer comes to an end.For the last two weeks duringAugust 2015 there is a get-

away that all urban children, youth and familiesshould consider in preparing for the Fall 2015school year. Its called the Camp and its a time

frame for young people to leave the confines of city lifeand spend time within the peaceful exploration of nature.The Camp has been in existence for many of years and

allows 100 kids each week to leave Philly and the poten-tial of violent encounters and spend a wonderful timehiking, fishing, swimming, sightseeing and enjoying theother unique adventures and activities that concern envi-ronmental conservation. Supported by Philadelphia andState Government Officials, the Camp is held annuallyduring the end of summer in the Poconos at HickoryState Park in Whitehaven, Pennsylvania and is facilityoperated by the Pennsylvania Department of Conserva-tion and Natural Resources.Kenneth Davenport is the leader of the Camp and he

refers to it as place to "empower children and removethem out of harms way." He believes there is a need tocontinually remove children from noise pollution and the

maurice henderson socialization mechanisms of crime and violence poten-

tiality. The first week kicks off from August 17th to 21stis geared towards the ages of 8 - 11 boys and girls. Aweekend retreat will be held for those 12-18 years of agefrom August 21st - 24th. The final full week will onceagain engage children from age 8 -11 and will run fromAugust 24th - 28th. It is always expected that the Camp will attract a multi-

cultural enrollment of children and youth from the cate-gory of being latchkey, underserved, poor or low income.Day trips can also be arranged for youth groups,churches or other campers to come and spend the day atHickory State Park as an extra-curricular activity. Thecamp goal is to show and guide young people about thenecessity of going green and emergency preparedness.Sponsorships, support, inkind giving and donor optionsare still being accepted as a means of supplying severalpartial or full scholarships to deserving children who justneed some time to getaway from the hassle of citydwelling. More information can be obtained by contact-ing Mr. Davenport at 215-954-6290 or [email protected]. This a chance of a life time thatwill allow young persons to enjoy one of God's greatestcreation called nature.

How Philly urban children, youth andfamilies should end their Summer

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geles, CA.1977 Juan D’Vaughn Pierre, Major League Baseball

player is born in Mobile, AL.1977 Al Shearer, actor (Glory Road) is born in Colum-

bus, OH.1980 Roy Lee Williams, National Football League

player is born in Redwood City, CA.1983 Lamorne Morris, comedian, game show host

(BrainRush) and actor (New Girl) is born in Chicago, IL.1984 Lynn Everett McGlothan, Major League Base-

ball player dies in Dubach, LA.1989 Henry Green Parks, Jr. founder of the Parks

Sausage Company (first publicly traded African Ameri-can owned firm on the NASDAQ stock exchange) dies inTowson, MD.1992 Tony Williams, singer with The Platters dies in

New York, NY.1994 Alice Childress, playwright (Anna Lucasta) dies

in New York, NY.August 15th Although aggressive, versatile and sometimes arbi-

trary, you are determined and not easily discouraged inthe face of failure; you usually accomplish your pur-pose one way or another. You love children, your homeand have many loyal friends.1911 (Wayman Glasco) Buster Brown, blues singer (Is

You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby) is born in Cordele, GA.1921 Clarence Everett Lightner, first African American

elected mayor of a metropolitan southern city (Raleigh,North Carolina) is born in Raleigh, NC.1925 Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, jazz pianist, is born in

Mississauga, Ontario Canada.1925 Bill Pinkney, singer with ‘The Drifters is born in

Sumpter, NC.1930 Jackie Brenston, singer and saxophonist (Rocket

88) is born in Clarksdale, MS.1933 Bill Dowdy, teacher and jazz drummer (The

Three Sounds) is born in Arkansas.1933 Floyd Ashton, singer with The Tams (Hey Girl

Don’t Bother Me) is born in Atlanta, GA.1934 Bobby Howard Byrd, singer, songwriter (Please,

Please, Please) and bandleader (The Famous Flames) isborn in Toccoa, GA.1935 Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr., lawyer, business exec-

utive and former president of the National Urban Leagueis born in Atlanta, GA.1937 Ella Mitchell, singer and actor (Big Momma’s

House) is born.1938 (Maxine Moore Carr) Maxine Waters member of

the US House of Representatives from California’s 35thDistrict is born in St. Louis, MO.1941 Conrad Worrill, writer and talk show host (On

Target) is born in Pasadena, CA.1941 Tommie D. Reynolds, Major League Baseball

player is born in Arizona, LA.1944 Frederic Knight, singer and record producer

(Ring My Bell) is born in Birmingham, AL.1945 (Willie George Hale) Little Beaver, guitarist,

singer, songwriter and session musician (Clean UpWoman) is born in Forrest City, AR.1945Wendell Oliver Pruitt, Tuskegee Airman dies in

Tuskegee, AL.1947 Elihu Mason Harris, mayor of Oakland, Califor-

nia is born.1950 (William) Billy Griffin, lead singer for The Mira-

cles (replaced Smokey Robinson) is born in Baltimore,MD.1957 Leo A. Brooks, Jr., Brigadier General of the US

Army is born.1958 Big Bill Broonzy, blues singer, songwriter and

guitarist dies in Blue Island, IL.1961 (John Christopher) Chris Brown, Major League

Baseball player is born in Jackson, MS.1967 Harriet Josephine Terry, sophomore founder of

Alpha Kappa Alpha dies in Washington, DC.1970 Chris Cornelius Byrd, professional boxer (heavy-

weight) is born in Flint, MI.1970 Anthony Anderson, comedian and actor (All

About the Andersons) is born in Los Angeles, CA.1972 (Christopher Verdell) Chris Singleton, Major

League Baseball player is born in Martinez, CA.1980 Caryn Ward (Ross), choreographer and actor

(The Game) is born in Los Angeles, CA. 1980 Tanedra Howard, actor (Scream Queens) is born

in Inglewood, CA.1984 Quinton Aaron, actor (The Blind Side) is born in

The Bronx, NY.1985 (Ermias Asghedom) Nipsey Hussle, rap artist

(Bullets Ain’t Got No Name) is born in Los Angeles, CA.1990 Brian James Alexander, hos of (Top 30 Count-

down with Brian James) is born in Alexandria, VA.1992 (Wilfred Gerald) Jackie Edwards, musician and

songwriter (Keep On Running) is born in Jamaica.1993 Ed Roberts, singer with Ruby & The Romantics

(Out Day Will Comes) dies.1996 Joe Seneca, actor The Cosby Show and School

Daze dies in New York, NY.2001 Prince Albert Taylor, Jr., first African American

Methodist bishop president of the Council of Bishops

LEO - July 23 - August 22

SCOOP’s Black history cornerby Adelaide Abdur-Rahman

Very organized. Need order intheir lives – like being in control. Likeboundaries. Tend to take over every-thing. Bossy. Like to help others. Socialand outgoing. Extroverted. Generous,warm-hearted. Sensitive. Creative en-ergy. Full of themselves. Loving. Doingthe right thing is important to Leos.

The peridot is the stone for the month of AugustPeridot is considered by some to be a tonic for the entire

body. It is said to protect the wearer from negativity and toprovide stress reduction and relaxation. Pirates were said tofavor peridot because, when set in gold, it would protectthem from the terrors of the night. The gem known as peridotis born in fire it is found at the base of volcanoes and is theonly gem known to be found in meteors that fall to the earth.Peridot is a gem variety of the mineral olivine. Popakoleas,Green Sand Beach is filled with olivine crystals a result ofHawaii’s volcanic action. Peridot is said to inspire purifica-tion and encourage growth, intuition healing renewal and re-birth. Very large peridots, each more than 200 carats in size,decorate the shrine of the Three Kings at the Cologne Cathe-dral in Germany.

dies in Somers Point, NJ.2002 Jesse Brown, US Secretary of Veterans Affairs

dies in Warrenton, VA.2010 Robert Wilson, member of The Gap Band

(Early in the Morning) dies in Palmdale, CA.August 16th You are sympathetic, conscientious in details, slow

and general accurate. You will be a devoted parent, aloving mate and a loyal friend. You are a general fa-vorite with your friends and associates.1902Wallace Henry Thurman, author (The Blacker

The Berry) is born in Salt Lake City, UT.1915 (Albert George) Al Hibbler, singer (Do Noth-

ing Til You Hear From Me) is born in Tyro, MS.1917 Roque Cordero, composer (Eight Miniatures

for Small Orchestra) is born in Panama City, Panama.1922 Louis Emanuel Lomax, journalist and author

(The Hate That Hate Produced) is born in Valdosta,GA.1925 Edna Hicks (Landreaux), blues singer (Hard

Luck Blues) dies in Chicago, IL.1927 William Henry Thompson, US Army soldier

who is awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions inthe Korean War is born in New York, NY.1929 (Curtis Benjamin) Curt Roberts, Major League

Baseball player is born in Pineland, TX.1929Wyatt Tee Walker, chief of staff for Dr. Martin

Luther king, Jr., is born in Petersburg, VA.1934 (Revoyda Frierson) Ketty Lester, actor and

singer (Love Letters) is born in Hope, AR.1938 Robert Johnson, blues singer ‘King of the

Delta Blues’ dies in Greenwood, MS.1942 Barbara George singer and songwriter (I Know

You Don’t Love Me No More) is born in Smithridge,LA.1942 (Robert) Squirrel Lester, second tenor for The

Chi-Lites (Have You Seen Her) is born in McComb,MS.1946 Stephanie T. Bolden, member of the Delaware

House of Representatives is born in Wilmington, DE.1947 Carol Moseley Braun, US Senator from Illi-

nois, is born in Chicago, IL.1949 Ann Claire Williams, US Circuit Judge for the

US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit is born in De-troit, MI.1952 (Alfred Willis) Al Holland, Major League

Baseball player is born in Roanoke, VA.1952 Reginald Vel Johnson actor (Family Matters)

and (Die Hard) is born in New York, NY.1953 James ‘JT’ Taylor, singer with Kool & the

Gang is born in Laurens, SC.1955 Helene Doris Gayle, M.D. and M.P.H., presi-

dent and CEO of CARE is born in Buffalo, NY.1958 Angela Evelyn Bassett actor (What’s Love Got

To Do With It) is born in New York, NY.1959 Gail Finney, member of the Kansas House of

Representatives is born.1961 (Mark Stewart) Stew, singer, songwriter and

playwright (Passing Strange) is born in Los Angeles,CA.1961 Christian Emeka Okoye, National Football

League player is born in Enugu, Nigeria.1965 (Michael) Mike McHugh, National Hockey

League player is born in Bowdoin, ME.1966 (Terrance Darnell) Terry Shumpert, Major

League Baseball player is born in Paducah, KY.1970 Quinton Antoine McCracken, Major League

Baseball player is born in Southport, NC.1973 Damian Jacques Jackson, Major League Base-

ball player is born in Los Angeles, CA.1974 (Tiffany Lane) Chali Baltimore, rap artist

(Cool as Ice) is born in Philadelphia, PA.1975Michael Donnell Coleman, Major League

Baseball player is born in Nashville, TN.1979 (Cleonardo) Cleo Lemon, Jr., National Foot-

ball and Canadian Football League player is born inGreenwood, MS.1984 Tommie Lee Aaron, Major League Baseball

player dies in Atlanta, GA.1987 Charles Harris Wesley, Director of the Afro-

American Historical and Cultural Museum in Philadel-phia dies in Washington, DC.1992 Delino Diaab De Shields, Jr., Major League

Baseball player is born in College Park, GA.1995 (Robert Louis) Bobby DeBarge, Jr., lead singer

with switch (There’ll Never Be) and producer andsinger with DeBarge dies in Grand Rapids, MI.1998 Dorothy West, novelist (The Living Is Easy)

dies in Martha’s Vineyard, MA.2002 John Junior Roseboro, Major League Baseball

player dies in Los Angeles, CA.2003 Idi Amin (Dada), president of Uganda dies in

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.2007 (Maxwell Lemuel) Max Roach, jazz percus-

sionist and composer dies in New York, NY. 2010 Robert Wilson, bassist with the Gap Band

(Early In The Morning) dies in Palmdale, CA.

August 14th You have an alert and keen mind and good execu-

tive ability. You enjoy cultured and refined people. Youare happy and optimistic and have a pleasant disposi-tion. You do not care for the light or frivolous; loveyour home and, in love, are true and sincere.1904 (Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia

Smith) Bricktop dancer, singer and saloonkeeper isborn in Alderson, WV.1909 (Hezekiah Leroy Gordon) Stuff Smith, jazz vio-

linist (I’se A Muggin) is born in Portsmouth, OH.1911 Ethel L. Payne, first lady of the Black Press is

born in Chicago. IL.1914 Herman Russell Branson, physicist who re-

searched the alpha helix protein structure and presidentof two colleges (Central State University and LincolnUniversity is born.1916 Spann Watson, Tuskegee Airman is born in

Johnson, SC.1916 Jeni (Bell) LeGon, first African American

woman to establish a solo career in tap dancing is bornin Chicago, IL.1918 Lionel B. Cade, mayor of Compton, California

is born in Hardin County, TX.1929 (Richard Ihetu) Dick Tiger, professional boxer

is born in Amaigho, Nigeria.1935 Edie Huggins, one of the first African American

reporters on television in Philadelphia is born in St.Joseph, MO. She spent 42 years at WCAU (channel10).

1937 Fran Bennett, actor and head of the perform-ance program in the School of Theater at the CaliforniaInstitute of the Arts is born in Malvern, AR.1938 (Gloria Albertha Marshall) Niara Sudarkasa,

first female president of Lincoln, University is born inFort Lauderdale, FL.1942 (Arthur Lee Smith) Molefi Asante, author

(Afrocentric Ideas) and founder of the first PhD. Pro-gram in African American Studies at Temple Universityis born in Valdosta, GA.1946 Antonio Fargas, actor (Starky and Hutch) is

born in New York, NY.1946 Larry Graham, Jr., singer, songwriter and bass

guitarist and founder of the Graham Central Stationgroup is born in Beaumont, TX. He was also a memberof Sly and the Family Stone.1949 Sharon Bryant, singer with Atlantic Starr (Fool-

ish Heart) is born in Westchester County, NY.1951 Carl Winston Lumbly, actor (Cagney & Lacey)

is born in Minneapolis, MN.1953 Raymond Lee Washington, original founder of

the South Central Los Angeles Crips is born in Los An-geles, CA.1956 (Jacqueline Yvonne) Jackee Harry, actor (227)

and (Sister, Sister) is born in Winston-Salem, NC.1958 (Lee Conley Bradley) Big Bill Broonzy, blues

singer and songwriter (Key To The Highway) dies inChicago, IL.1959 Ervin ‘Magic’ Johnson, National Basketball As-

sociation player and entrepreneur is born in East Lans-ing, MI.1965 Charles Fizer, singer with The Olympics (West-

ern Movies) dies in Los Angeles, CA.1966 (Frederick Wayman) Duke Slater, first African

American National Football League lineman (ChicagoCardinals) dies in Chicago, IL.1968 Halle Berry, actor, is born in Cleveland, OH.1969 (Albert Moss) D.J. Uncle Al, Disc Jockey is

born in Miami, FL.1971 Rhonda Ross (Kendrick), actor (Another

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meet the challenges so they can meet the needs of thechildren, so they’re connecting and forming relationshipsand we retain the families over the years.”The staff is working to allay any fears parents may

have about the move. They have reached out to the sur-rounding community and worked with the neighborhoodschools to provide a safe corridor for the students walk-ing to and from the neighborhood schools. “We are cen-

trally located close to public transportation lines and theschool offers bus service. Mt Airy is a good location butit’s not the easiest to get to on public transportation.From anywhere in the city you can get here in a reason-able amount of time.” shared Ms Bellamy.Khepera is unique in that it operates an African rites of

passage program for the Middle School students. “One ofthe things that distinguishes us is we have a rites of pas-sage program that we’ve had for years. We’ve influencedother (Afrocentric) schools to have a rites of passage pro-gram. Elements of the rites of passage program aretaught throughout the lower grades but the rites of pro-gram begins in the sixth grade.” interjected Baba MukasaAfrika the Cultural Infusion Coordinator. “We routinelygraduate students who go on to the top high schools andthey do extremely well once they leave here.” He added.Mama Whitney an instructor at the school stated the

staff goes the extra mile to make sure students are sup-ported, that they live up to the staff’s expectations andthey are successful.Khepera like all the state’s public schools is waiting for

the Commonwealth to pass a budget so they can be clearon how much money they will receive, but they arepressing forward to have the school ready when schoolopens. Khepera has a Website; application forms areavailable on the Website www.kheperacs.org. Extendedoffice hours will be available from August 18-19 for par-ents interested in registering their children during theopen enrollment period. For additional information call(215) 843-1700 or E-mail [email protected].

In ancient Kemet (Egypt)the symbol and icon of thescarab dung beetle calledKhepera represented divinecreation, self-renewal and therising sun. The Khepera Char-ter School like its namesakehas embarked upon a periodof renewal, rising and growth.Khepera Charter School

opened eleven years ago as a beacon of Afrocen-tric education and leadership development. Duringits first ten years it was located in the Mt Airy sec-tion of Philadelphia growing to two sites to housethe lower and upper grades. However, the school’sleadership looked to expand, grow and secure afacility that could house both the lower and uppergrades in one central location. Last year the upper

grades moved to 926 Sedgley Street to a larger facility inhopes of being able to purchase the building in the futureand expand its educational and community resource of-ferings.Khepera Charter School has been highly successful ac-

ademically, consistently meeting the required yearlyprogress benchmarks set by the state and the local SchoolReform Commission. The school was founded on the vi-sion of providing rigorous educational opportunities in-fused within an African centered growth anddevelopment paradigm. Khepera changed locations toallow themselves to have a single facility rather than twoseparate locations. To smooth the transition, the uppergrades moved into the new location last year, this Sep-tember both the lower and upper grades will be housed atthe Sedgely Street facility.Khepera Charter School focuses on educational rigor

and African heritage. The school is currently acceptingenrollment applications and their office is open from 8:30AM to 3:30 PM. Within the next week they will offerextended evening hours to accommodate parents whowant to register their children but work during the day.The administration has embarked on a marketing cam-paign to introduce themselves to the neighboring com-munity and the city at large since they draw studentsfrom all over Philadelphia. “We moved in here with theupper grades for a year and that gave the lower schoolparents concern about where we were and where we weregoing to be so we launched a marketing and recruitmentcampaign not only in this area but city wide. I call this apurging and another rebirth based on the fact we arestarting over, our staff is relatively new, our leadership isnew so the principles and philosophy we stand on arewhat we will be guided by and it makes it very easy toassess how fast we are getting there.” stated RichardIsaac the founder.With the move, Khepera lost about fifty students but

with the marketing campaign they anticipate recoupingthose students and more. Dr Walter Palmer an educationadvocate and charter school founder is working withIsaac and his staff to rebrand the school. “This campaignis about rebranding the school because it is a secret;many people don’t know it exists. Branding brings younew recruits. The goal is to build a waiting list of stu-dents.” said Palmer.Lisa Bellamy Khepera’s new Chief Academic Officer

is a native of North Philadelphia and is extremely excitedabout Khapera being in the community. “I am a productof North Philadelphia; I was born and raised here. I grewup between Lehigh and Allegheny Avenues, attendedPhiladelphia public schools, graduated from Central HighSchool and I’ve been in education since 1999 when Icompleted my graduate work. My goal is to provide stu-dents with an education that provides them with options.If you don’t have the education you need then you can’tchoose what you want for your life.What I’m really excited about at Khepera that I haven’t

had the opportunity to do previously is provide studentswith a sense of who they are; their history and their her-itage. One of the things I’ve learned is we can teach themreading and math but if they don’t have a sense of self, ofwho they are, that they come from great people they canstill crash and burn. I’ve seen a lot of students who were“A” students but they crashed because they didn’t have asense of self because they didn’t know they came from agreat people who did great things and they didn’t knowwho they are and weren’t able work with people fromother cultures. I’m really excited about the rigorous edu-cation and the heritage here. We are going to give ourstudents what they need to be able to go out and changethe world. I’m really excited about that.”Ms Bellamy emphasizes the importance of reaching

out to the community and parents so the school is a hubfor the family. “We are going to hold our staff to a highlevel of accountability and we are going to provide themwith the professional development support so they can

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Wild thoughtsOutrage over the deaths

came fast and furious. Glob-ally, tears flowed and theworld mourned the tragic lossof life. Finally, the planet hashad enough of the senseless

killings of those with brown skin by those withwhite skin wearing shirts with epaulets on their shouldersand military type buttons and insignias. There was no de-bate or challenge this time. North America, Europe, Asiaand Africa, immediately, united in expressions of horror.The continents were aligned in their commitment tobringing the perpetrators of these unprovoked assassina-tions to justice. The despots in spite of their titles and au-thority, would be made to suffer, this time, under the fullweight of the law. Extradition would be followed by atrial, leading to a lengthy prison sentence and ultimatelyfull restitution would be exacted. With little exception,the world community saw these all too frequent killingsas cold-blooded murder. The first shooting was in itselfshocking. It was reported as the actions of a derangedcoward. As is now customary in the aftermath of a lifetaken, a memorial of stuffed animals soon appeared andgrew with each passing day. Public upset continued toswell when it was reported that the victim was father to acute and lively brood of youngsters. For a brief period,concerns for the family left behind were eased, when re-ports stated that another respected family member wouldtake responsibility for the raising of the youngsters.When it was later discovered that the would-be surrogate

parent was also murdered, the disdain for the shooterserupted as another brown-skinned victim lay dead. Atlast, the world had seen enough of this recurring brutalityat the hands of those who see themselves as “masters ofthe universe.” Cries went out shouting “when will westop this inhumane practice?” Thank God, our plea hasfinally been heard. Lives of color do matter! The sloganhas now traveled around the globe and as a result...brown-skinned animals of nearly every species, will besaved from the brutality of white game hunters. Neveragain, will lions such as the beheaded and mounted Ceciland his pride member Jericho, be subject to the horrorscommitted by touring white hunters. Oh, did you think Iwas referring to the many people of color murdered inthis country? Surely, you didn’t think there was a globaloutcry for the unjust murder of brown-skinned people inAmerica. We all saw the reports of people breaking downin tears upon learning of the shooting of the unarmedlions. I can’t tell you how much it hurt inside when Ichuckled at the, over the top, displays of affection for thetwo late Zimbabwean lions. I laughed, while knowingdeep down, that often, barely a flinch is given whenblacks stopped for traffic offenses die under not dissimi-lar circumstances. Has anyone else noticed, the televisioncommercials that used to beg for donations to help feedstarving African children, are now replaced by sad musicand images asking that we help to improve the lives ofstray dogs that deserve a second chance. Some peoplesay the country and the world are going animal crazy.From my view, I’ll settle for just plain - crazy.

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PCPR 7th Annual Professional Development Conference

More than 200 college access and success professionalsmet this summer to increase collegiate readiness at thePhiladelphia College Prep Roundtable (PCPR)’s 7th An-nual Professional Development Conference. This year’s

two-day conference, was held at Saint Joseph’s Univer-sity’s Campion Student Center. For official conferencerecap and photos visit: http://www.collegeprepround-table.org

(From Left to Right ) Thomas Butler, Director of Advancement and Operation; Dr.Greg Anderson,Dean of College & Education Temple University and Jason Smith,PCPR Conference Chair. Kim Tisa photo

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where..S: And what was it called, “Sango?”N: Sango. Sango was epic. I just never expected a

Nigerian, it was completely Yoruba. Like, I was stunned.S-A-N-G-O. Sango. He’s the god of thunder and light-ning or something like that. But yeah, just the way thefilm was shot, the way the story was told, it just blew meaway. I was a kid and I still remember it till this day.S: Slow paced, or fast paced, the narrative?N: It was action; it was on some shape shifting stuff. It

was crazy. But the story itself, you know, like folklore. Imean we’ve watched 300 and all this other stuff. Wehave our own 300. Yes, check it out. The myth and thelegend, SangoS: It seems from listening to you, the web series is one

aspect of this visual mediaproject that you envision.So I’m trying to get asense…B: On a broader scale..

on a broader scale…S: Right right..N: Hahah you guys are

clairvoyantB: It sounds like there’s

something you’re lookingto build on a broader scale.Can you talk a little bit

about that?S: What do you envi-

sion?N: Like I said you guys

are clairvoyant. I’ve donemusic videos for other peo-ple and myself. I’ve donecommercials. But I haven’tdone a feature length film.And I didn’t feel like I

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“Music can transcend language because of sincerity.We don’t have to understand what you are saying but ifyou can feel that you’re feeling what you are saying, Ican connect with you. You can speak Swahili, you canspeak Portuguese and I can connect with you. I can feelwhatever you’re feeling” … NAIRAWhether you are face to face in conversation with

NAIRA or witnessing her performing on stage, what ismost evident is that she is a young artist who cares abouther audience. For decades, communication scholars havedebated notions of active and passive audiences. As a re-sult of the use of new technologies in 2015, Afrobeat (s),Hiplife and Hip Hop artists posit new theoretical modelsthat move beyond ‘passive’ and ‘active’ audiences/ Nairaprovides an interesting framework for conceiving Afro-Futurism in the arts throughout Africa and the ever-ex-panding African Diaspora. In the dynamic world ofinteractive media and transactive mediated communica-tions, the AFROCIPHA continue to explore context andchallenges that have major implications in social mean-ing. African Diasporic/ Transatlantic studies and globalhuman communications, Afrobeats, Hip Hop, Dancehall,Hip Life and other forms of black expressivity in Africa’sdiaspora is that beacon of light ushering in that highlyimagined Fearless Nation.S: Keeping on that track, you have a writer’s side to

you. You can write, aside from just journaling, right?N: YeahS: You need to write a bookN: Film, music. I write for others, yeahS: You do it already?N: YeahS: You do film scripts?N: Yeah, I’m a filmmaker slash producerS: No kiddingN: YeahS: So what particular projects are in store?N: Ahhh, I’m glad you asked. I’m working on a web-

series. Umm, It’s called drifting apart. It’s pretty much anexploration of culture, like I’m saying like, growing upas a Nigerian American, and having other nationalityfriends whether they’re Russian or American or what not.And how those differences tend to pull people apart, andactually sometimes they also bring people closer becauseif you have a shared experience it makes you connect.But yeah. So that’s that. I’ll be shooting that in the nextcouple of months. I’ve finished the script.S: Where are you shooting it?N: Atlanta. Yeah..S: And this is your first feature film?N: This is my first web series. As an actor I’ve done

maybe a year and a half. I did a film and I did the sound-track for that film. And before that I’ve done differentstuff film and stage wise, theater..S: so you majored in film?N: I did not, I did not. I’m a Nigerian, so you know

your Nigerian parents will tell you ‘you’re not a doctor? Iwill disown you’ hahahS: Hahah are they serious? Are they serious when they

say that?B: ‘Who do you want to act for?!’ hahaN: ‘Who are you acting for?! Leave this stupid music!’

Yup, the song I did yesterday is called ‘Dream Killers,’and in the first verse I say, ‘I got some good school andmy parents told me to use it, forget about the music, but Ishould pursue it, everybody has a dream that they didn’tlive out, and I don’t want to be haunted just because yougot doubts. Doubts, Your doubts are like anthrax clouds.Whatever happened to put your mind to something you’llsucceed, all I need is your support, not you killing mydreams.’ So Yeah, my parents were not feeling music.S: So why did you persist?N: I don’t know I couldn’t shake it. And eventually

when they got stopped in the street, they’re like ‘ohyou’re Naira’s mom!!’S: Ahhh they got proud of you then hahahN: Yeah like, ‘That’s my baby!! That’s my baby, now!

Did you hear her new album??’S: And they happen to have your cd right in the back of

your carN: You better know it, you better knowB: Is there a specific avenue that you prefer the most?N: Nahhh I don’t prefer one over the otherS: It’s not an either or thing for youN: It’s almost symbiotic. The music for the web series,

the chorus, you know, I Tyler Perry’d that bitch. I want tohave a hand in it, you know what I mean? So I love it all.I’m a film lover, I’m a filmmaker. I’m a music lover, I’ma music makerS: What was the film that most impacted you?N: Heyyy you not gon ask me that question!! I’m not

gonna let you do it! I’m not gonna let you do it!S: There’s some reason why those affected you that

wayN: Ohh that’s too hard. I mean I watch films everyday.

“Coming to America” was a hilarious movie. I love thecinematography. I love the script. I love the costuming.There was a biopic about a historical person in Nigerianculture, his name is Sango [Shango]. And it was a film.Man, if you guys can find it at your local library or some-

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could do it justice without practice. Without the experi-ence. So that’s why I’m doing a web series. Because Ineed the practice. I need the exposure to handling a castfor longer than two days, a script for longer than twodays, schedules and finances for longer than two days. Sothat’s what this is, a practice for a feature length.S: You need the handle and experience, so when you

do the larger one, the hour and a half one, you alreadyhave it in the bag, you know what I mean?N: You know it!S: Do you prefer shorter or longer feature films?N: My YouTube is TheNAIRAExperience. Everyone

that’s ever watched my videos or that I’ve done a videofor has said, ‘we love you because you’re a storyteller,there’s always something in your video that’s beyond thesong.’ So as far as that goes, yeah, I don’t know. It’s justa part of me and I bring that to everything that I do.S: And you talk about it in society, about almost having

a mélange of Afrobeat and Hip Hop. And even — notmusically — but there’s an aspect of garage. I don’tknow if you’ve looked at UK garage at all.N: Really..?S: Yeah, there’s an aspect of garage, it doesn’t come

out in the lyrics, but in the performative aspects of it. It’scrazy to me, I watched that performance on stage. Howdo you see the relationship between Hip Hop andAfrobeat?N: Oh that’s easy..S: Tell me how?N: I think that.. 2012-2015 Afrobeat is a proliferation

of what Fela Kuti started. And what people like Wizkid,or Davido, or Naira, or anybody that’s doing music in thediaspora of West Africa, that’s what we’re doing. We putour own little twist to it, whether it’s Hip Hop or a Reg-gae feel to it. That’s what it is now… It’s not evenAfrobeat it’s Afrobeats, with an S.S: Plural, yesN: Uh huh. Yeah actually ‘Put Me On,’ the producer of

the B side, which was the part that everybody was jam-ming to, he’s from LondonN: So the garage element…S: So that’s the garage thingN: That’s right. That’s where you’re getting it. Like I

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The Budd CompanyRetirees will host theirannual picnic thisSunday, August 16thfrom 12 Noon to 6 PMat Fort WashingtonState Park in Flour-town, Pennsylvania. The festivities for

former co-workers,family and friends in-clude a cookout, bar-becue, beverages,picnic tables under aPavilion, fun games,contests, a DJ anddancing. Free on-siteparking is also avail-able. The picnic is one of

several events held tocontinue the unity andcamaraderie that existsamong the close-knitgroup of former em-ployees of the BuddCompany's 24th Streetand Hunting Park Av-enue location. "Buddwas a good place towork and we are likefamily," says HowardRogers who workedthere for 34 years. The retirees began organiz-ing the festivities more than a decade ago andmoved it from Lemon Hill in Fairmount Park toFort Washington State Park in Flourtown.The Budd Company, a pioneer in the manu-

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years my colleague Walter Wimberly handled the videotaping of the conference and I worked with him. Then itwas decided that I would handle all responsibilities hav-ing to do with video-taping of the conference and I didthat with pride for 20 years. One thing I must note---some allege the 2012 Fattah

Conference on Higher Education never took place, but Ibeg to differ with that train of thought. I was there and Ivideo-taped it. Also upwards of 700-900 students were inattendance, so how could there be any confusion aboutwhether the 2012 conference took pace. Strange isn’t it?I say let the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the

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be able to enjoy are not around anymore, however justmaybe some new people will take on the job of summerentertainment for all of the neighborhoods. Yorktown hasbeen doing the Yorktown Day for a long time now and itcan only get better. Who knows, maybe next year forYorktown Day they may have Jay Z or maybe a greatJazz show with the help from the Clef Club. Mr. TyroneReed can be a big help with jazz music. You never know.There is a lot of talent in North Philly. There is a lot oftalent in Philadelphia period.Anyway, I got a letter from a very good friend of mine

that is in Graterford, PA. His name is Kerry McNeil akaBrother Kareem. Some of the Brothers up there that areworking hard to make change not just for themselves butthey want to help find a way to put an end to the violencethat is going on in the streets. Their movement “RealStreet Talk” is presenting “A message from Graterford”on Sunday, September 13 from 5 to 9 p.m. at TemptationsBanquet Hall, Wayne and Chelten Avenues.

The message is about community safety, communitydevelopment and business creation for inner city neigh-borhoods. There will also be live entertainment and adeluxe dinner. Come out and enjoy the atmosphere of areal street talk production. For more information contactMalik: 267-225-4892; Hakim: 610-955-7236; Mikal:267-575-3564 or Idress: 215-290-2715. This is not justan event just to have fun. This is a way for some veryconcerned men to give back to the community that theylove. All proceeds will go toward Ex-offenders and pris-oners. Think of it as a campaign that you can invest intoyour success and a way that ex-offenders can work to-wards being involved in doing something good and giv-ing back. When you think about it, who would knowbetter how to fix some of the things that are going wrongwith in the community but some of the people that feelresponsible for things being wrong in the first place?Another thing that makes this so good is that they are

not asking for a hand out they are working to earn an in-vestment and one day many of these same men will comeback to society, however instead of coming back with anattitude they are coming back wanting to show that theywant to be apart of helping to solve the problem of sense-less violence and not adding to the problem. They alsohave a commitment to teaching young folks that are inprison right and want to really be about change and ifyou think about it isn’t that what you really would like tosee. If some of the young folks that are away now went

away looking up to someof the people in prison andnow the people in prisonwant to give them someoneworth looking up to, thecommunity will win all theway around. In additionthese young men will wina new way of life that theycan be proud of. I havebeen apart of the Gang As-


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given some informationabout Yorktown Day fromthe many people that got intouch with me. I was toldthat this year’s Yorktown

Day was one of the best. The entertainment wasvery good and it was matched with a great amount

of good food. Some compared it to the West OaklaneJazz Festival. I was also told that there was a lot of goodstuff for the young folks. This is special because it seemslike many of the good summer events that folks used to

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A collection of some community stuffsociation for about 5 years now and I have gotten manyletters from prison, but what makes this letter so specialis that it is not a letter telling us what we should be doingfor them but telling us how they can be of help to thecommunities that they once lived in. I think that weshould all want to support them all for wanting to beapart of helping the change.

Also the MAC program that also came out of prisonwill start having their meetings again so that we can getback to putting out the MAC newspaper written by ImamWali Balil and on Saturday August 29, Men for a PositiveChange will have its first Men’s Leadership Breakfast atthe John F Street Community Center 1100 N. PopularStreet from 10 am –12 pm. For more info please contactMr. William McKay at 215-789-0463. Lets all stay intouch with each other so that we can help out with thissituation all over Philadelphia. With love, honor and re-spect from your Mayor of Girard Avenue, Toby Rich,peace.

The United Statesis losing its compet-itive edge in mathand science whilethe rest of the worldsoars ahead. Ourknowledge capital,which fuels innova-tion and economicgrowth, is at risk.There is Nationalhard facts on whyScience and Educa-tion matter and why

our country’s student performance must improvein order for America to remain globally competi-tive. Studies also show the lack of pursuit and

mastery of science and education specifically in urbancommunities. It is time to change these statistics. GrandHank – The Master Scientist is a catalyst to help bringabout that change, and spark interest in Science and Edu-cation through music entertainment just in time for theupcoming school year.On Wednesday, August 19, 2013, Grand Hank Produc-

tions Presents “An Evening Of Science, Education AndHip-Hop Music” at The Dell Music Center, located at2400 Strawberry Mansion Drive - Philadelphia, PA. Thisproduction is a Back-To-School event of the entire fam-ily. This high-energy event uses a proven multimedia ap-proach that combines Science, Education, Music, andphysical movement for total audience participation. Theone of a kind production is designed to introduce, high-light, and celebrate Science, Education and Music. “AnEvening Of Science, Education And Hip-Hop Music” is anovel approach to teaching and learning through event-based instruction. The expected turn out is 6000 atten-dees. Doors open at 6:00 PM and show begins at 7:00PM (Master Scientist hits the Stage at 7:45 PM). Theevent is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Premiumand General seating tickets can be pickup up at The DellMusic Center.For more information please contact Tyraine Ragsdale

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ference in Indianapolis, Indiana. Just recently in 2015 hereceive the “Man Of The Year Award.” His commitmentto education as well as his desire to provide positive rolemodels for our community is the cornerstones of GrandHank’s personal mission. About Grand Hank Productions Inc. Founded 1989, Grand Hank Productions Inc. is a mul-

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Tyraine Ragsdale aka Grand Hank Scientist& President of Grand Hank Productions,Grand Hank – The Master Scientist PresentsA Back-To-School Event For The EntireFamily. This event is designed to MOTI-VATE, INSPIRE and ENCOURAGE ourstudents to achieve their maximum learningpotential this upcoming school year.

Saturday, August 229 p.m. until

Come celebrateSHANNON -and-

WILLIAM’s44th BIRTHDAYOld School Style

Food - Fun - Music

People recovering fromOsteo-articular injuries orChronic conditionsDeconditioned AdultsPeople in Cardiac post-

rehabPregnant WomenOverweight/obese indi-

vidualsSpecial PopulationsMarie George, 67 has

been taking the class forthe pass three weeks. Shehas had a double-hip re-placement, and credits theclass for helping herprogress rapidly throughher physical therapy. “It’sfun, works the body, andgets the blood flowing, “share Ms. George. “It’s agood feeling when I leave

there, I’m just energetic and raring to go!” Aqua Zumba at the KROC is the only one of its kind in

the city. The class is led by yours truly, Namibia ElBurke, licensed Zumba® and Aqua Zumba® instructorwith over 20 years of experience in aquatics and groupfitness. Classes are free to members and are held at the KROC

Center located on 1845 Harrison Avenue in the CramerHill section of Camden. Contact the KROC Center formembership information (856) 379-6900.


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Aqua Zumba fitness comes to CamdenIt’s Monday morning, slightly

after dawn, and fifteen womenare gearing up with their swimsuit and towel, headed towardCamden’s KROC center forAqua Zumba®. “It’s entertain-ing and high energy” exclaimsclass participant Lisa Pierce, 55.Ms. Pierce has been faithfullyattending the class since its be-ginning in November 2014,shortly after the KROC Centeropen its doors. Aqua Zumba® isa low impact, high energy

aquatic exercise class that uses natural water resistance tocreate a challenging workout. Like Zumba®, the music isupbeat with international rhythms from Puerto Rico toBrazil, and even some Hip Hop. The class is held in theshallow end of the pool for all fitness levels, no swim-ming knowledge required. In Aqua Zumba®, the partici-pant will work on aerobic endurance, muscularresistance, flexibility and joint mobility, all at the sametime. Who is Aqua Zumba® for, and, what are the benefits?

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Coach Rashaan Hornsby (far right) and some of the Centerville Simbas football team fromCamden NJ.

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Finally, Rashaan said, at the rate the program is grow-ing, I can clearly see a day, soon on the horizon when allof Camden will be Black and Gold (Simba colors). It willbe “Simba Nation.”

Aqua Zumba class in session

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said, you’re clairvoyant.S: Aside from the full-length feature you have in mind,

you seem to have already a vision of what impact youwant to have and the way you want to bring these variouscommunities together. What would you like your filmand music work to do to have all of them in conversation,the Atlantan and the Nigerian? I’m sort of wondering,how does your music, your performance, act in conversa-tion with a Jeezy for instance, or an Akon when he’s withJeezy. I’m trying to get a sense of how you see thesethings, this new world…B: coming together..S: Because you’re really on the precipice of a whole

new thing that Americans will soon see that is happening.But you already see it. So what do you want to attributeto that?N: I see myself as the intersectionS: A crossroads..N: yes, of music and film, of Nigeria and America. Or

the south, and the far far far far West, you know what Imean? My movement is called Fearless Nation. It’s abouthow you can use Fear to change or fear to motivate you.Because I swear to god, if you’re not scared of some-thing, it might not shake you to do something. You don’tchange because you want to change, you change becausethere’s no other choice. And I feel like instead of Fear…Fear used to cripple me. And instead of allowing fear tocripple me, I want fear to empower me. I want fear toempower you. Because low key that’s what it does. Idon’t want anybody in a corner somewhere looking atlife and their challenges, and be overshadowed or over-come by them, nah, nah, nah. Recognize that it’s a bless-ing and opportunity to grit your teeth, to change yourpath, change your whole life. Paradigm shifting. That’swhat I do. That’s my mantra. Fearless. I gotta be fearless.S: How do you get over being immobilized by fear?N: It’s optimism. There are some things you can

change, there are some things you can’t do a thing about.So why worry? We stress about stuff that we cannot con-trol or change, why? Lets do something about the things

that we can control. Whether it be society at large, YESracism exists, but lets not even stop there. Don’t stop atthe intersection. Lets keep going. What else can we do?What else can we change? Instead of marching, lets doother things. Lets mobilize our finances, and our intel-lect, and our creativity and do something. Don’t justmarch for no reason. You feel me?S: I’m thinking about Adichie when I think about you.

But the way in which you guys construct America in hernovels, and in your speech acts, are very different. Imean you’re both in America.N: Chimamanda you meanS: Right right, I just gave the last nameN: Yes you did, yes you did, I heard it, but I said let me

make sureS: It’s a privilege that males have in Nigeria more than

females. You know, it’s okay to use the last name withAchebe? You know what I’m saying?N: Oh it’s fine, its fineS: It’s all about reversing roles and privileges. Privi-

leges that males have that females don’t have. You bothare living in a place with Nigerian heritage all aroundyour head. Maybe because you’re in the south, and she’sfarther north. I wonder how your vision is at variancewith, or how do you see yourself reflected in her novels?N: So the only novel of hers that I read is ‘Half Of A

Yellow Sun.’ Prolific book, prolific mind, prolific author.So I don’t think that I differ.. I haven’t read Americanahand some of her newest work. But I think I am in congru-ence with her mindset.S: Reading her novel that addresses the Biafra war..N: Yesss!S: How does that resonate with you as a Yoruba

woman?N: It’s so real. I think there was a doctor in America or

somewhere. It’s tribalism. Where we think we’re differ-ent, or we think we’re better than, when we’re really justcousins, brothers, uncles, father, mothers, and grand-mothers, or something. I think that sometimes we’remore comfortable with our differences, you know what Imean? Because we can layout our differences and we canwrite them down. We think that they’re real. But if awhite person meets someone from Nigeria, you sound alil’ different, they don’t care what tribe you’re from.You’re all one thing.

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rect contrast to the glorious certainties revealedin the Word of God. Briefly let us look at two ofthem as presented by Paul in the surpassinglybeautiful and comforting words of Romans 8.In Christ, There Is No Condemnation! Paul

uses exceptionally forceful language. He doesnot speak of disapproval censure or discipline; heasserts there is no condemnation.

Now the word, “therefore” links the thought veryclosely to that which proceeds. As you know, in theopening chapter of this epistle, he stresses the sinfulness,of men exposing he folly of relying on good worksor”righteousness according to the law” for salvationmagnifies the grace of God. Like Abraham of old, weare justified by faith. Paul, says there is no condemnation for believers in

Christ; those who have recognized their depravity andhave turned to Christ for deliverance.And the reason for this is Christ, the Son of God, who

as the substitute for sinful humanity, suffered and diedfor their sins.He took our guilt on himself and endured the punish-

ment we deserved.This is the good news of the gospel, the gospel accord-

ing to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as well as thegospel according to Paul. No condemnation! Salvationfor those “in Christ Jesus,” is one of Paul’s favorite ex-pressions. Can you be sure? Yes you can. “There is no condem-

nation, for those who are in Christ Jesus!”Another thing you can be sure of is that: “God works

all things for the good of those who love Him.”No I know some of us question that. It is hard to be-

lieve. It appears to be contradicted by daily experience.Life is full of disappointments, expectations unfulfilled,hopes shattered, plans that go awry. The sea we sail isnot always smooth and the road we travel can be very un-even.But it is nevertheless true that for believers who exer-

cise and cultivate their faith, life is full of contentmentvictory. Disappointment is temporary and frustrationgives way to confidence and hope. If we love the Lordwe must know and do know that He loves us. Now to understand then what Paul is saying: All

things work together. We must not view experiences inisolation but view them in relationship to God’s wholeplan for us. We are so shortsighted that we draw unwar-ranted conclusions. Things that we consider detrimentalmysterious are part of God’s gracious plan. They are forour good. It is necessary and wise to watch and wait.Our assurance that all things work for good is rooted in

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God’s sovereign purpose and love. He is working out hisplan in our lives. We are under his control and progresson the avenue of life is under his direction. And since heis our loving Father we must trust Him even when we donot understand! Do children always understand their parents? Of

course not!Often we cannot grasp God’s meaning and we misun-

derstand His intent. We are confused and fearful. Yes Beloved; everything will be alright. Everything

will work out. And this is no exaggeration. For when wepenetrate to the essence of what Paul is saying when heinsists, “that in all things God works for the good ofthose who love Him, who have been called according tohis purpose, “we realize that Paul is asserting that Godnever contradicts the love He has expressed for his chil-dren on the cross of Calvary. All that he does in our livesis consistent with His grace our redemption. All our days are not pleasant. Many experiences in life

are very trying. We are not always cheerful but we canbe happy we know that we are blessed. God’s children are never put to shame. Jesus can and

will work it out. Of this you can be sure!!!This is Rev Dr Wm Rocky Brown, 3rd letting you

know that GOD and I Love you and we approve thismessage because we want to motivate your mind, body& soul. So be happy and enjoy the blessings of The LORD

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On August Tuesday, August 18, the Uptown Entertainmentand Development Corporation will feature Sonia Sanchez in theGarden at the African American United Fund, 2229 N. BroadStreet at 7:45pm. The performance will be followed by StreetMovies sponsored by Scribe Video. Bring beach chairs and en-thusiasm. For information call: 215-236-1878

*******COMMUNITY PRAYER AND BALLOON RELEASE

Join a Community Prayer and Balloon release on Tuesday,August 18, at 6:00 am at the 22nd Police District. It is a tributeto Moses Walker and the community's lost loved ones.Moses Walker was a humble servant to his family, church--

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BLACK IS BACK COALITION NATIONAL CONFERENCEThe Black is Coalition will hold its National Conference “BlackPower Matters” - Black Community Control of the Police willbe held on Saturday & Sunday, August 22-23 at Uhuru Fur-niture, 832 N. Broad Street. For information call 224-572-9887.

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Men for Positive Change host a Men’s Leadership Breakfast onSaturday, August 29 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the John F.Kennedy Community Center, 1100 N. Poplar St. For informa-tion contact William Mackey at 215-789-0463 or [email protected]. Admission is free.

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Stretch yourself and your ambitions. Set new tar-gets for achievement and then lead by example.

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are strong, even if you do occasionally miss peak. Bestnumbers 5 and 8.

Don't push things' it's best to go with the flow.There maybe obstacles in family and business matters thatneed your undivided attention. Best numbers 1 and 0.

Romance is in the air. If single you do a 180degree turn in the types of people you're attracted to. theyintroduce you to new worlds. Best numbers 99 and 6.

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TAURUS - April 20 - May 20

CANCER - June 22 - July 22

LEO - July 23 - August 22

LIBRA - September 23 - October 22

SCORPIO - October 23 - November 21

SAGITTARIUS - November 22 - Dececember 21

CAPRICORN -December 22 - January 19

AQUARIUS - January 20 - February 18

PISCES - February 19 - March 20

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Much of what you view as reality at this time isnot. Fantasies can lead you astray. Try to penetrate the fogto look within for new spiratual based insights. Best num-bers 7 and 11.

VIRGO - August 23 - September 22

People demand much of you and your time dur-ing this New Moon. Some relationships end; others arestrengthened. If factor's are in synch. this can be a goodtime to marry. Best numbers 1 and 2.

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FALLEN LEAVES:

FRANCIS AULSTON

Fran Aulston, Director of The Paul RobesonHouse and Museum in West Philadelphiatransitioned from this life on Sunday, August9, 2015. Funeral arrangements were notavailable at our press time.

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