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tHe HiV caRe coNtiNuuMThree years ago, President Obama announced an historic comprehen-sive plan to help turn the tide on HIV/AIDS in the United States: the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The Strategy has given a new sense of direction, and purpose ..See Page 7

The Avant Garde of Baton Rouge Chapter of The Society, Inc. partnered with the Mayor’s Office and the LSU Museum of Art to sponsor a “Neighborhood Arts” program workshop during the month of July..See Page 3

LSu MuSeuM of aRt ReLigioN NewSThe New Hope Baptist Church will honor Pastor Leo D. Cyrus, Sr., for 37 years of Service at a “Gospel Brunch” featuring the Reverend S.C. Dixon, Reverend Ronald Robertson and more...See Page 6

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013 a people’s publication Vol. 38 • No. 04 • FRee

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SAN FRANCISCO - Po-tential 2016 presidential can-didate Hillary Clinton kicked off a series of speeches on Monday with a call to combat what she called an “assault on voting rights.”

She spent most of her 45-minute talk to about 1,000 members of the American Bar Association assailing a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a significant part of the Voting Rights Act and discussing what she sees as “deep flaws in our electoral system” as it relates to racial discrimination at the polls.

The former U.S. secretary of state spoke in San Francisco after receiving the group’s high-est award for service to the law. She said her upcoming speeches

would look at national security and U.S. global leadership.

Next month, she intends to speak in Philadelphia about the “balance and transparency necessary in our national secu-rity policies as we move beyond a decade of wars to face new threats.” Later, Clinton said she would discuss the implication of American’s global leadership and the nation’s moral standing around the world.

First, however, she took on electoral reform and the assault on voting rights that she said threatens to block millions of Americans from fully partici-pating in our democracy and to further erode public trust.

She called on lawmakers

Hillary clinton calls for election Reform

Hillary Clinton wants lawmakers to pass legislation countering the U.S. Supreme Court’s weakening of the Voting Rights Act.

“In the weeks since the ruling we have seen

an unseemly rush by previously covered

jurisdictions that will make it harder for our

fellow Americans to vote,” she said.

“Unless we act now, citizens will be

disenfranchised and victimized by the law

instead of served by it.” See reform, on page 2

North Louisiana Mayor says he’s running for governor The Re-publican says he made the decision about three months ago.

The mayor of Simsboro, a small, rural community near Rus-ton, says he is running for governor.

Willie Hendricks, 60, says he decided to run about three months ago after being encouraged by nu-merous people in Shreveport and Monroe.

“It’s going to take a lot of hard work and I’m going to do the hard work to make it happen,” Hendricks, a Republican, told reporters.

He’s been campaigning al-ready, traveling across the state and talking to residents. He’s also raising money.

Hendricks has served as mayor since 2006. He’s now in his second term. He also works as a financial consultant.

Additionally, the married father is a member of the Southern Uni-versity Board of Supervisors and

North Louisiana Mayor says he’s Running for governor

BATON ROUGE, LA - Motorists are seeing some relief at the pump. Gasoline is down 20 percent since the beginning of July, and experts predict the trend will continue.

The prices are posted and motorists are watching closely.

“I think [they’re] coming down pretty good,” Thomas Wagner said.

“It’s about time. We’ve been waiting. We have a boat and we like to take it out on False River and it makes it hard,” Danielle Brouillette said.

If you drive around the Capital City you’ll notice regular grade gasoline prices anywhere from $3.49 to $3.29 a gallon.

AAA fuel analyst, Don Redman, said he noticed prices spiked at the beginning of July but then suddenly dropped mid-

way through the month.“We’re down eight cents

from that July high. The state average is at around $3.41. It looks like at least in the short term we can see a little price break,” Redman said.

That $3.41 is a big improve-ment when compared to last year’s statewide average which hung around the $3.52 mark.

Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said several factors are driving down the cost. For example, the United States is drilling, has more natural gas, and is finding new technology to trim the cost.

“Supply is increasing, the demand has been relatively flat and going down some so it’s bringing down the price of oil,” Strain said.

The price in January was $105 per barrel. That price has dropped to $98 a barrel.

The owner of Country Club Texaco, Ronnie Martin, said he hasn’t seen that kind of decrease since 2008. He believes the trend will continue.

“I think you’ll see them coming down. I think this week you’ll see them drop down a little bit,” Martin said.

That’s good news for con-sumers who said they are already thinking of ways to cash in on their savings at the pump.

“That’ll be an extra dol-lar I can save for something,” Wagner said.

“We might decide we want to take a beach trip,” Brouillette said.

gas Prices going down, experts Predict the trend will continue

Willie Hendricks

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BATON ROUGE, LA—The Greater Baton Rouge Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. presented the Dorothy M. Stepteau Polaris Award to six honorees at a re-ception held at the Baton Rouge Sigma Life Development Center on Saturday, August 10, 2013. Named for the North Star, the award highlights volunteers who have favorably affected diversity and unity in the Baton Rouge area. The theme of the banquet was “The Unsung Hero: Uplifting Community through Diversity and Unity”. This award was renamed the Dorothy M. Stepteau Polaris Award, honoring Dorothy Myers Stepteau who died on January 18, 2013, for the dedicated, commit-ted, and as a loyal member of the Pan-Hellenic Council. In addi-tion, she was the one to initiate this award as a signature project of the Pan-Hellenic. She served as the first chair in 2003.

One youth, Jaila Zikeya Jones

and four adults, Scott Rogers, Dorothy Thomas, Cariola John-son, and Jessica Johnson were recipients at the eighth annual event. In addition, the Pan-Hel-lenic Council gave a special award to Major Reginald R. Brown, Sr., constable, East Baton Rouge Par-ish, the “Humanitarian Award.

Corine Wiggins, 1st vice president and program chair, served as presiding officer and mistress of ceremony; Twana Malveaux, council president; Debra Ephrom, president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., - Baton Rouge Sigma Alumnae Chapter offered greetings; Don-ald Batiste, gave the innovation, and Toya Charles – Comminey presented the occasion. Dorothy Davis, a close friend and charter member of the council, gave a special tribute honoring Dorothy M. Stepteau and Corey Hill; a

From L to R (front): Honorees for the Baton Rouge Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. Dorothy M. Stepteau Polaris Award, Dorothy Thomas, Jaila Zikeya Jones - Youth Recipient, Cariola Johnson (back) Geraldine Simms, co-chair, Corine Wiggins, 1st vice president and co-chair; Scott Rogers, Jessica Johnson, Major Reginald R. Brown, Sr., and Twana Malveaux president of GBRPHC

Photo By: Christopher J. Rogers, Rogers Multimedia Works, LLC

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BATON ROUGE, LA — Baton Rouge Green will hold its fifth annual Green Paradise Party fundraiser at the LSU Rural Life Museum on Saturday, Au-gust 24 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Tickets to the Green Paradise Party can be purchased online at batonrougegreen.com.

Head LSU Baseball coach Paul Mainieri and his wife Karen Mainieri will serve as honorary co-chairs of the event. The Green Paradise party will also feature music from local soul band Phat Hat, food from various popular restaurants such as Walk On’s and Stroubes, a wine pull, games and a silent auction. All proceeds from the fundraiser will go to-ward the organization’s contin-ued efforts to improve the urban greenery in the Baton Rouge area.

“Green Paradise 2013 is not to be missed,” said Diane Losavio, the organization’s ex-ecutive director. “Attendees will experience the most fun event of the summer surrounded by amaz-

ing greenspace in the heart of the city, all while supporting Baton Rouge Green’s urban forest ini-tiatives which have each helped to make Baton Rouge one of the greenest cities in the Southeast.”

The Green Paradise Party is made possible by support from individual benefactors and Event Sponsors of Baton Rouge Green. Sponsors for Green Paradise 2013 include Bofinger’s Tree Service, Crompion International and The Dow Chemical Company.

Baton Rouge Green is a not-for-profit organization incorpo-rated in 1988 with the mission to lead, educate, and inspire the residents of the greater Baton Rouge area to conserve, plant, and sustain the community’s trees and greenspaces. Baton Rouge Green has planted more than 30,000 trees along roadways, on school campuses and in parks and neighborhoods.

For more information, visit batonrougegreen.com or call 225-381-0037.

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The 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge, Ltd. will co-sponsor an ACT Preparatory Academy for the upcoming Fall 2013 ACT Exam. The purpose of the Academy is to assist students with test taking skills in order to improve their overall ACT score. The sessions for the Academy will be held at two locations: The cam-pus of Louisiana State University and of Southern University. These sessions will be held twice a week for 8 weeks and are scheduled from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Space is available for ap-proximately 100 students. How-ever, registration is on a first-come first-serve basis. Parents are asked to register and pay on-line at www.100blackmenbr.org/pro-grams/actprep

If you do not have Internet

access, you may call or come by the office of 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge, Ltd. to register the student(s) and pay a fee. Students are also required to register for the Fall, October ACT exam as well.

Students are expected to at-tend all sessions. Students and parents must attend an orientation on Tuesday August 20, 2013 6:00 PM on the campus of Southern University in room 313 T.T. Al-lain Hall, the College of Business. In addition there will be an ACT simulated exam given on August 24, 2013. This exam will be con-ducted on the campus of LSU.

For additional information contact the office of 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge at 225-356-9444 or email us at info@l00bmbr.brcoxmail.com

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to pass legislation countering the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a requirement that 15 states get approval from the U.S. Department of Justice before changing election systems.

The decision has been criti-cized by civil rights groups that contend it could undermine vot-ing rights in upcoming elections, particularly in the South.

Clinton also criticized the ruling in a speech last month in Washington, D.C., to nearly 14,000 members of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, a black women’s organization celebrating its 100th anniversary.

On Monday, she said some observers have defended the U.S. Supreme Court ruling as a sign that discrimination has ended. She disagreed and said it gave jurisdictions carte blanche to renew discrimination at the polls.

“In the weeks since the rul-ing we have seen an unseemly rush by previously covered jurisdictions that will make it harder for our fellow Americans to vote,” she said. “Unless we act now, citizens will be disenfran-chised and victimized by the law instead of served by it.”

She also said that even be-fore the Supreme Court ruling,

BATON ROUGE, LA - It’s back to school for thousands of stu-dents in East Baton Rouge Parish, so it’s time to get backpacks and lunchboxes packed up and ready.

Drivers are reminded the start of school means school zones going back into effect. The 20 mph zones will be strictly enforced from 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

School zone times around Dalton Elementary, Prescott Mid-dle and Glen Oaks Middle may be different from other schools because they have different dis-

missal times.Police said the penalties for

speeding in school zones are stiffer than in other places.

Several districts started school last week and others head back to the classroom this week, which meant a busy weekend for area stores.

School Time on Jefferson Highway was pretty active Sat-urday afternoon, as parents and students picked up last minute back to school items. While some people were buying a few school

supplies, most were stocking up on uniforms.

On the topic of uniforms, WAFB would like to give a huge thank you to theirr viewers for their support. “Your generosity made this year’s St. Vincent de Paul’s Uniforms for Kids campaign a major success. We are well over our goal with more than 27,500 uniforms collected. The donations will be able to help over 13,000 kids in the area.”

You can still donate to help even more kids.

east Baton Rouge Parish Heads Back to School

School buses ready to roll for the brand new school year.

the United States faced a sweep-ing effort across the country to prevent many people from voting, “often under cover of addressing a phantom epidemic of election fraud.”

She said that more than 80 bills were introduced in 31 states this year to restrict elections rights. She conceded that not all proposed bills were racially motivated.

“But anyone who says that racial discrimination is not a problem in American elections must not be paying attention,” she said.

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Experts warn consumers to budget conservatively. They said if a hurricane threatens the Gulf of Mexico those comfortable gas prices will likely disappear.

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Southern University vocal major provided a solo honoring the special tribute. Joyce Johnson, corresponding secretary, intro-duced the guest speaker, Rev. Joe Connelly, pastor of Wes-ley United Methodist Church; Introduction and Recognition of recipients were presented by Geraldine Simms, council advisor; Twyana Cain, financial secretary; Adrianne Williams; Doris Brown; Brenda Smith, and Christian Gordon. Presentation of Polaris Awards were given by Twana Malveaux; council president, Geraldine Simms, council advisor and co-chair and Corine Wiggins, 1st vice president and chair. Special Award Presentation was given by Jacqueline Hunt; Musical tribute to the honorees was given by Charlene J. Jones; Expres-sions and a follow-up report

was given by Oscar Gordon, III, 2008 Youth Recipient; and the Greek Medley was played by Eileen B. Kennedy.

Members of this year’s committee included: Co-rine Wiggins, chair, Geral-dine Simms, co-chair, Twana Malveaux, council president, Jacqueline Hunt, Doris Brown, Twyana Cain, Jermaine Wat-son, immediate past president, Christopher J. Rogers, Pamela B. Johnson, Brenda Smith, Joyce Johnson, Mary Alice Darby, and Adrianne Williams.

The Greater Baton Rouge Pan-Hellenic Council, a local chapter of the National Pan-Hel-lenic Council, is a non-profit ser-vice organization composed of representatives from eight of the nine Greek-letter organizations.

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Mary Ann Sternberg, a long-time feature writer and nonfiction author, has lived along the Missis-sippi River for most of her life, as a New Orleans native and longtime resident of Baton Rouge. Much of her writing has focused on Loui-siana’s remarkable history and culture but she has also written about natural history, travel, arts, food and personal experience. Her bylines have appeared in maga-zines and newspapers.

Mary Ann is the author of six books; the latest of these are River Road Rambler and Along the River Road, 3rd edition, both from the LSU Press.

The presentation featuring anecdotes from the rich history of Louisiana’s River Road will take place at the Iberville Museum on Saturday, August 24 at 1:00 p.m. Admission is free. The museum is located at 57735 Main Street, Plaquemine LA 70765. For more information, contact 225-687-7197.

The Avant Garde of Baton Rouge Chapter of The Society, Inc. partnered with the Mayor’s Office and the LSU Museum of Art to sponsor a “Neighborhood Arts” program workshop during the month of July from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Participants were given “snacks” and the sites for the program were selected by the Avant Garde Chapter of Baton

Rouge. The program was mon-itored weekly by Avant Garde members, LSU Museum of Arts staff and high school volunteers in the area. The workshops were held under large white tents which attracted onlookers and children from each neighborhood. Lucy Perera, the museum coordina-tor of Schools and Community Programs says the goal of the

project was the same as the Avant Garde Chapter’s goal, to stimu-late and provide experiences for children and youth engagement in the arts. Seventy-five to one hundred attended the workshop twice weekly. Perera’s goal is to operate this program every day next summer and also to make it available throughout the year.

The workshops were held

on Mondays at the McKinley Alumni Center and Wednes-days at the Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church on Scenic Highway. Mayor “Kip” Holden and Rev. Jesse B. Bilberry both visited the workshops. Mayor Holden cre-ated art artifacts for his office at City Hall and says he plans to make funding available for next year’s program.

the Society, inc. Partners with Mayor’s office and LSu Museum of art

By Erica L. TayLor, The Tom Joyner Morning Show

Cheryl Boone Isaacs has become the first African Ameri-can president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The 86-year-old Academy is responsible for the annual Oscar Awards. The president is elected through its Board of Governors, a 48-per-son board who chose Boone-Isaacs for the role. Though the AMPAS’ reputation has been predominately white and male in its 6,000-person membership, the annual telecast and orga-nization has supposedly been working toward diversity in the recent years.

Cheryl Boone Isaacs is the third woman to be elected presi-dent, behind actress Bette Davis and screenwriter Fay Kanin.

Boone Isaacs currently heads CBI Enterprises as a marketing executive. She had recently produced the 4th an-nual Governor’s Awards for the Academy. She served as presi-dent of theatrical marketing for New Line Cinema and execu-tive vice president of worldwide publicity at Paramount Pictures. She has also served in nearly every position at the Academy prior to her election of president.

As president, one of Boone Isaac’s first responsibilities is to choose a host for the 2014 telecast.

“When I first joined the board years ago, it would have never entered my mind. But this year, the time’s right and I’m deeply honored,” says Boone Isaacs. (Hollywood Reporter.com)

Cheryl Boone Isaacs will serve a one-year term with eli-gibility to stay in the role for three additional years.

Little known Black History fact: cheryl Boone isaacs

Mary Mceod BethuneEducator

Mary McLeod Bethune was a child of former slaves. Born on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, South Carolina. She graduated from the Scotia Seminary for Girls in 1893. Be-cause she believed that educa-tion provided the key to racial advancement, she Bethune founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute in 1904, which later became known as Bethune-Cookman College. Mary McLeod Bethune founded the national Council of Negroe Women in 1935. Ms. Bethune died in 1955. The Weekly Press celebrates Mary McLeod Bet-hune.

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BATON ROUGE – LSU Presi-dent and Chancellor F. King Alex-ander delivered the commencement address, and 715 students received degrees during LSU’s 281st com-mencement ceremony on Friday, Aug. 9.

Alexander, who presided over commencement for the first time as LSU president and chancellor, con-gratulated the graduates and stressed that this accomplishment doesn’t only belong to them. It also belongs to their families, the LSU faculty and staff, the state of Louisiana and LSU’s alumni around the world.

Alexander praised the students for the significant accomplishment of earning their college degrees, and by earning their degrees, the graduates now join a selective and impressive group in educational success and attainment worldwide.

Alexander reminded the graduates that they now have a responsibility and obligation “to all those in need of acquiring new educational opportunities that will

undoubtedly enable them to maxi-mize their potential as individuals and global citizens.”

“Your educational success, which we all celebrate today, should always remind you that you are needed to free others from the bonds of human ignorance and prejudice,” Alexander said. “It should always remind you that you are needed to make the right social choices that expand economic prosperity, while also reducing existing inequalities, and it should always remind you that you are needed to ensure that the next generation of children and students have more educational and economic opportunities than the previous generations, whether you live in Louisiana, Canada or Kenya.”

Alexander told the graduates that as they go forward in life, they should know that LSU has great faith in their talents and abilities to advance and change society for the betterment of all global citizens.

“We, as part of the LSU fam-

ily, salute you and wish you the best of luck in all these endeavors and know that we will take great pride in everything that you ac-complish,” he said. “Go Grads, and Geaux Tigers!”

Of the 715 graduates, 194 earned master’s degrees, eight received a certificate of educa-tion specialist and 123 received doctoral degrees.

The August 2013 graduating class represented 43 Louisiana parishes, 33 U.S. states and 32

foreign countries. Men made up 50.63 percent of the graduates, and women made up 49.37 percent. The oldest graduate was 66 and three graduates were the young-est at 20.

During the ceremony, Hank Danos, chairman of the LSU Board of Supervisors, conferred degrees, and Kevin L. Cope, LSU Faculty Senate president, served as mace bearer. The “Star-Spangled

f. king alexander Speaks at Summer commencement

the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission.

His says his top priority will be to improve the state’s educa-tion system.

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Chapters from these organiza-tions utilize their collective re-sources, talents, and services to enhance the educational, social, spiritual, and economic life in the Baton Rouge community.

Mary Alice Darby is the president of the Pan-Hellenic Council.

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By JuLiannE MaLvEauxNNPA Columnist

Research shows that this generation of young people, no matter of their race, are likely to do less well than their parents did. Shackled by a trillion dol-lars worth of student loans and a flat labor market, the New York-based Demos organization says the student loan burden prevents young people from buying homes and amassing wealth. While there are some racial gaps, many young people enter the labor market al-ready behind the space their parents occupied.

As I spend time with young people, especially young African Americans, I understand their frus-tration. They want to know what the civil rights generation has done to pass the baton of activism and improvement to them. They want to know how they should move forward. While they are willing to participate in marches and civic action, they want to know what’s next. And they want to know why their voices are not heard in Black leadership.

Those who are seasoned offer their history of activism as proof that they should lead. They forged the Student Nonviolent Coordinat-ing Committee (SNCC) and didn’t ask their elders for permission. They pushed elders to move to a more active position and when elders would not meet them, they pushed themselves. There was no shame in their game. Whether mili-tant or moderate, they embraced parts of the Black Panther Party po-litical program, which begins with these words, “We want freedom, we want the power to determine our destiny.” Too many of us, African Americans, young people, progres-sives, do not determine our destiny now. We flow with the wind.

Too many have dropped the baton, but continue to act as if they are clasping it. Too many mouth their interest in young leaders, but fail to bring them to the table. Too many who are 40 and 50 describe

themselves as young, but if you tell the truth and shame the devil, these folks are solidly middle aged. So where are their protégées, those who will take, not snatch, the torch from them.

As I move around the country to speak, organize, motivate, I am stunned by events that focus on youth, but have only a few (and often no) young people present. Imagine if young people had the opportunity to have meaningful exchanges with their elders. Too often young people are segregated into a “youth” program when inter-action with adults would be both motivating and stimulating to them. If we kick young people to the curb, we drop the baton that was handed to us. We baby boomers have a responsibility to both Generation X and Generation Y. We have shirked that responsibility.

I do not know how to describe Rev. Cecelia Bryant. I could call her mentor, role model, or friend. Or I could say that she is a great inspiration and, in a simple sen-tence, she has encapsulated the work that we must all to do move our community forward. You have to replicate yourself seven times, she said, and you have to ask those you replicated to replicate them-selves seven times. In other words, there has to be an embrace, and a responsibility to embrace the next generation not only politically but also personally.

Who are the people who will come behind you? Who will incor-porate your work into their own? Who will understand that you put your hand on them because some-body put their hand on you, and who will feel obligated to put their hand on others?

The civil rights generation made massive progress, but in many ways they dropped the ball. While they made it clear that there was work to be done, too many of them did not choose those who would do it. Too much energy and focus has been placed on one or

By JaMEs cLingManNNPA Columnist

Will the largest city in history to file bankruptcy receive a death certificate, or will this action result in a new birth certificate for the Motor City? Of course, a city as large and as well situated as Detroit is will not die. Already there are plans for a $400 mil-lion hockey stadium, despite all the tales of woe and danger put forth by various media. All things considered, will Detroit’s majority population remain Black and will Black people play a significant role in its economic rebirth?

The answer lies in the hearts of Black Detroiters and in their will to do what is necessary to gain ownership and control of a portion of that city’s asset base. Detroit’s recent history shows why it is important for Blacks in Motown to get on the case when it comes to economic empowerment and self-determination.

In 2004, I participated in an effort, under the leadership of Claud Anderson, to develop and build a Black economic enclave. I remember how excited I was at

the prospect of Detroit stepping up and leading way for other cities to build similar enclaves and fi-nally move toward true economic freedom.

But after our conference, I also remember the Black mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, and a couple of Black city councilpersons, sup-ported by some in the Detroit print media, coming out against the plan calling it “divisive,” “separatist,” and “scary.” I recall several ar-ticles in which one Black council-person said it would be “a suicidal form of ‘reverse racism’ and a bad deal for Detroit.”

This same person was quoted as saying, “African Town will ac-tually create a negative environ-ment that will drive businesses from Detroit and create a climate of fear that will eliminate Detroit from serious consideration as a location to develop or grow a busi-ness.” She concluded, “I am not a hyphenated American. I am an American. This council needs to understand that so we can make decisions that don’t make Detroit an American embarrassment.”

Imagine that. Detroit would have been an “American embar-

rassment” if Africa Town had been developed. What a silly statement. I wonder what she and others think Detroit is now that they refused to develop the enclave. Another question: Why isn’t Detroit called an American embarrassment because it has a Greek Town, a China Town, a Pol-ish Town, a Mexican Town, and even a “Corktown” in the midst of an 85 to 90 percent Black or Afri-can populated city? For a Black person, in a nearly all Black city, to label Black economic empow-erment suicidal and embarrassing is absolutely ridiculous.

Let’s move on to the current status of the Motor City. It has filed bankruptcy, it still has the poverty and crime, it still has the dilapidated and abandoned houses, and maybe even some political corruption is still going on. But the Emergency Manager, Kevyn Orr, a Black man, says, “Detroit can rise again,” in his recent Wall Street Journal article. I know there are some Detroiters who don’t like the governor’s de-cision to appoint Orr, and they may have a good argument against it. But that’s not my fight; again,

this is about Black economic em-powerment in Detroit, emergency manager or not. If Orr is right, will Black people rise along with the city of Detroit?

Two intelligent and savvy guys, James Craig and Odis Jones, both Detroiters who held the po-sitions of police chief and eco-nomic development director, re-spectively, in Cincinnati, returned to Detroit recently. Craig took over the police department and Jones is the CEO of the Detroit Public Lighting Authority. I have to believe they know something positive is taking place, having left pretty good jobs in Cincy to go back home to a bankrupt city. As far as I know, no one rowed out to the Titanic to get on board when it was sinking.

Dan Gilbert, the billionaire owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Quicken Loans, and now Ca-sino mogul, owns so much land in Detroit that it is measured in square miles rather than acres. Surely he knows something, too. The hotel industry is flourishing, according to a recent news report

By M. L. Kelly

This is a question several people around town may be asking these days; primarily due to mail being lost, mishandled and/or delivered to some other address than where it belongs. For a while now we have been having problems in my neighborhood with getting our mail delivered properly. I really never gave this much thought before. That is until on numerous occa-sions, I would not receive mail that had been sent to me or I would end up with a mailbox full of someone else’s mail. I mean mailing a let-ter should be a no brainer right? You put the proper address on your packages along with proper postage; drop it in the drop box or leave it for the carrier and never think about it again. Well, maybe this used to be the case, but not anymore. Now days if you even receive your mail as opposed to getting someone else’s you’re a lucky resident. Not long ago I kept waiting for mail that had been sent out to me that never showed up. These days when mail is in the box, more often than not; it is not my mail, but someone else’s. To go a step farther, it’s not even the next-door neighbors’ or the lady across the street; sometimes it’s not even an address on the same street. One day I had five pieces of mail in my box and they were all from different addresses. Can you believe this! What is really going on? I thought that it was only my street or my block until I came to work, picked up the mail and bingo! Once again, three differ-ent names and addresses all in the same mail box. Now, I don’t know about you, but for me this is totally unacceptable. I mean mail carriers get paid pretty good money, and though I’ve never taken the test personally, they tell me that you must have a pretty decent I.Q. to pass the test. So what’s the prob-lem? Has the United States Postal

Service lowered its’ standards, and if so, I would like to know if they have also lowered the wages. These people make a considerable amount of money even in Louisi-ana. Lately, this good government job has been giving us the quality of service that is not even accept-able for wages equaling free. Lest alone considering that the average starting pay for letter carriers is a whopping 40,000.00 a year. Am I the only one who sees a problem here? Now I realize that every now and again we all are going to have a bad day, and even the best mail carrier might mistakenly leave an article of mail next door, but three streets over or on the other side of town, really? Come on guys. Maybe some are getting just a little bit distracted by those cell phone conversations they’re having as they walk their routes. Do mail carriers not get mail delivered to their homes? How would you like to be wondering where your per-sonal mail is or why it’s taking a letter that should have gotten to you in three days seven or uh… never? If you’re like me and asking the question, whose got my mail? Be proactive call the customer service of the USPS at 1800-275-8777 and file a complaint. This is not acceptable. If you don’t get any satisfaction then you can call the regional office at (504) 589-1130 or the Post Master at (225) 339-1100. Let’s take charge of our neighborhoods and get our mail back, and if by chance you do have someone else’s mail don’t hold on to it; put it back out for proper delivery, take it to the near-est post office or if it’s in close proximity simply drop it off where it belongs. I mean wouldn’t you want someone to do the same for you? If by chance your mail car-rier is great, give them a kiss or at least say thanks for doing a great job!

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dropping the Leadership Baton

By gEorgE E. curryNNPA Columnist

On Wednesday, Aug. 14, Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. was scheduled to be sentenced to prison in connection with using campaign funds for personal use. Dozens of letters were sent to the judge on his behalf, but none more touching than the one written by his mother, dated May 28.

She began by noting, “I am Jacqueline Jackson, the mother of five children, one of whom I am writing about, my son Jesse Jackson, Jr.”

Her letter shed light not only on her son’s problems growing up in his famous father’s shadow, but provided a peek into the family’s early struggles.

“…My husband was granted a Rockefeller Scholarship to at-tend Chicago Theological Semi-nary. With a family of almost three in 1964, we arrived at McGifford House on Woodlawn Avenue in Chicago. By the time my son was born, my husband was at-tending school and organizing the Kenwood Oakland Commu-nity Organization (K.O.C.O) and was its first Executive Director (an unsalaried position),” Mrs. Jackson wrote. “Because of the success of this organization, and based on the recommendation of Rev. James Bevel, my husband was hired to work for the South-ern Christian Leadership Con-ference for $75. If my memory serves me correctly, that was his

weekly salary. To sustain our fam-ily, we were given food baskets by our Pastor, Rev. Clay Evans and the members of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, where my son Jesse Jr. chose later to be baptized. I learned to provide the other necessities by frequenting resale shops, lawn sales, learn-ing to preserve and can foods, and sewing and mending things that did not fit. But most of all, I learned to express my appreciation and gratitude for the kindness of others.”

Just as her family struggled in the early stages, so did Jesse, Jr., Mrs. Jackson wrote.

“Contrary to the belief of many who only see us as we are today from a televised perspec-tive, Jesse Jr., was not born with a silver spoon nor was he born privileged. Jesse Jr., my second child and my eldest son, was born during the turbulent sixties, the period of terrible hatred for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and those who followed Dr. King and the principles of non-violence he es-poused. Our son, Rev. Jackson’s namesake, inherited his friends and enemies. As a child, Jesse Jr. held jobs waiting tables, cleaning floors and other odd jobs. Grow-ing up in the shadow of his father, Jesse Jr. has always tried desper-ately to live up to the expecta-tions we have had for him. I think perhaps too hard, he has tried.”

And she recalled that Jesse, Jr. was not always successful.

She wrote, “I recall how

disappointed Jesse Jr. was when he discovered he could not enter high school without repeating the 9th grade. My husband finally convinced him to accept this as his challenge. Rev. Jackson said, ‘Sometimes you must go down to come up’ and Jesse Jr. prevailed. He completed his undergraduate studies in three years, received a Juris Doctor degree and received his Master’s degree in Theology. His passion for the word of God led me to believe and hope he would find his niche in Theology. However, he chose public service, the United States Congress, and we are proud of his choice and the good he accomplished during his 17 years of perfect attendance and sterling voting record.”

She recalled when Jesse Jr.’s illness was made painfully clear to her.

“I received a call from my daughter Santita, who requested that I check on Jesse Jr. because she was concerned for him,” Mrs. Jackson recounted. “Sometime during the last weeks of June 2012. I did as she requested, and found my son grossly un-derweight and in poor health. He asked that I take him to the office because he had an upcom-ing vote. When I took him to his Capital Hill office to prepare for the vote, the office was in total disarray, which was most unusual for my son. A security guard ap-proached me and said, ‘Please take care of Jesse. Last week he collapsed on the floor of the House

and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.’ My heart sank. No one had shared with me my son’s condition. I called my husband. We told our son to ‘come with us. We are going to get help for you.’ He did not offer any resis-tance which made us know his condition was dire. Everything that has happened since that day is public record. My son is much better now.”

She closed her letter with this paragraph: “My mother says, ‘there is always some good in all things.’ There was a transforming moment during the horrific trial experience. As my son Jesse Jr. faced the judge, he turned around to look for his father’s support just as he did when he had to repeat the 9th grade. His lips shaped the words, ‘I love you and I am so sorry.’ I shall never forget that moment because my heart leapt. I then realized the joy and love that sustains all mothers. I love my son. May God guide your decision.”

George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Associa-tion News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook.

Jackie Jackson: a Mother’s Love

See baton, on page 7 See rebirth, on page 5

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we’d want to consider raising some of the baggage fees a few dollars in some of the leisure markets.” Since US Airways’ baggage fees are lower than American’s, the new carrier would “harmonize” fees by raising them to American’s levels, rather than dropping them to US Airways’ levels. And there would be other new charges for things such as frequent-flier mileage re-demptions. Such ancillary fees, not usually included in the basic ticket price, have become an important source of revenue for airlines (and a source of aggravation for fliers).

Less competition. Mergers and takeovers make the most sense, from a consumer perspective, when one of the companies is likely to go out of business without such a deal. Yet the Justice Dept. cited US Airways CEO Doug Parker and a top deputy as saying that, once American emerges from bank-ruptcy, it is likely to be a stronger carrier fully able to compete on its own. US Airways has enjoyed strong profits recently as well. So a merger would basically reduce two healthy carriers to one and cut the number of big airlines from five to four.

The Justice complaint also includes a list of more than 1,000 routes serving 14 million fliers per year that would suffer a significant loss of competition under a merger, according to a government analy-sis. The most prominent is Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., which no doubt is a preferred departure point for many Justice Dept. officials when they travel.

US Airways and American have vowed to battle the Jus-tice Dept. in court and continue pressing for a merger. It’s possible that the two airlines could agree to give up some market share at Reagan National and make other concessions that might persuade the Justice Dept. to withdraw its objections. Airline execs might also want to pipe down about new ways to raise fees and fares. And if there’s something in it for fliers, maybe they should start talking about that.

In its legal complaint seek-ing to block the planned merger between American Airlines (AAMRQ) and US Airways (LCC), the Justice Dept. repeatedly cited evidence on how the deal would harm consumers from a surprising group of experts: executives of the two airlines themselves.

Since the two carriers an-nounced their merger plan in February, executives from both have aggressively pressed their case for why a merger would make good business sense. US Airways shareholders would have to ap-prove the deal, which would cre-ate the world’s largest airline. So would a federal bankruptcy court, since American has been work-ing through a Chapter 11 filing for the past 20 months. That has given leaders of both companies strong incentive to explain how a merger would help cut overall costs, achieve greater scale and make the new airline a tougher competitor.

What’s good for business can be bad for consumers, however, especially in the cutthroat market for air travel. And Justice Dept. antitrust lawyers scrutinizing the deal found several ways in which executives at American and US Airways hope to enhance profit-ability at consumers’ expense. For instance:

The combined carrier would be able to reduce capacity, which typically pushes up fares. The DOJ complaint cites a US Airways pre-sentation from 2012 — when the airline was privately building its case for a merger — that notes how a series of airline mergers has al-lowed bigger carriers to reduce seats on many routes and “reap the benefits.” US Airways and American would presumably be able to do the same thing if they merged to become the “new” American Airlines--the planned name--especially on routes where

the two carriers currently compete against each other, but no longer would after a merger.

There would be less discount-ing. In 2012 US Airways sold at least 2.5 million discount tickets under its Advantage Fares program, which typically offers far lower prices for one-stop connections on routes where other carriers offer nonstops. An internal analysis at American found that, under a merger, the new airline would most likely kill Advantage Fares, because with American and US Air-ways no longer competing against each other, there would be far less need to lure fliers with discounts. “By ending Advantage Fares, the merger would eliminate lower fares for millions of consumers,” the DOJ complaint says.

Higher “ancillary” fees. Jus-tice Dept. investigators examined internal US Airways emails and discovered executives agreeing that “even as the world’s largest airline

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They must know something, too.I hope and pray that Black

Detroiters know what’s up and will get engaged in the economic growth of their city, and show us how it’s done. In 1968, Detroit icon, Albert Cleage, said, “…This marks a new day for Black peo-ple… The Black community… must control its own destiny… this means political control of all areas in which Black people are a majority… Politics is only one aspect, however. It is also necessary for Blacks to have economic control of their com-munity. In Detroit we are trying to invent strategies for this, such as the development of co-op re-

tail stores, co-op buying clubs, co-op light manufacturing, co-op education…These ventures will give Black people a sense of their economic possibilities and a real-ization of their need for economic training.” Cleage was right then – and he still is.

Jim Clingman, founder of the Greater Cincinnati African Amer-ican Chamber of Commerce, is the nation’s most prolific writer on economic empowerment for Black people. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati and can be reached through his Web site, blackonom-ics.com.

RebiRth from page 4

No Merger for uS airways and american airlineGeneration after genera-

tion, parents have taught their children to prepare for college now, which often means in el-ementary school or even earlier.

These days, financial ex-perts like John McDonough are giving parents the same advice.

“Can you afford the col-lege that will give them the best chance in life? Will paying for their education force you to have to work well into your golden years? These are the questions I ask parents every day,” says McDonough, CEO of Studemont Group College Funding Solutions, College-FundingFreedom.com, which offers advice for parents worry-ing about how to pay for their child’s education.

“Many parents really don’t know how to begin answering these questions; they are afraid of walking into a financial situ-ation that they won’t be able to safely walk out of. But the alternative – saddling their children with debt well into their 30s and 40s – is not an appealing alternative.”

McDonough reviews four disturbing trends in the chal-lenge of paying for a college education:

• The net worth of today’s 30-somethings: Adults in their 30s have 21 percent less net worth than 30-somethings 30 years ago, according to a new Urban Institute report. Why? Much of it has to do with high-interest student loans and credit

card debt. The return on invest-ment of a college education is excellent – college grads earn 84 percent more than those with only a high school diploma, according to Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce. But paying off that investment without outside help is exceedingly burdensome for a graduate.

• Student loan debt is even greater than credit card debt: That’s right – topping all Amer-icans who have made poor deci-sions with their credit cards are ambitious high school gradu-ates, whose collective student load debt shoots past $1 trillion! More important than this being a crucial social epidemic, it’s potentially a very real prob-lem for your child. President Obama scored some political points in identifying with most Americans when he said his student load debt was paid off only after he was elected to the U.S. Senate. Two-thirds of students leave college with some form of debt, according to the Federal Reserve Bank.

• Fluctuating interest rates: Recent controversy over fed-eral Stafford loans interest rates adds to the insecurity of bor-rowing as a college financing strategy. Given the unpredict-ability of Congress, which al-lowed the U.S, credit rating to drop while standing on political principles, one can’t reliably

4 Reasons to Plan Your child’s college funding wiselyAvoiding the Debt trap Can Be Just as Important as getting a Degree, Says financial Specialist

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ChurCh DireCtoryNot forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. - Hebrews 10:25

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Order Of ServicesSunday Worship .....................................................11:00 A.M.Holy Communion ................................. 3rd Sunday 6:00 P.M.Sunday School .........................................................9:00 A.M.Bible Study ...............................................Thrusday 7:00 P.M.

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The public is invited to share with St. Alma Baptist Church fam-ily in its Reunion on the Bayou, commemorating its 139th Year Church Anniversary. A special in-vitation is extended to persons who received their elementary education and/or joined the Christian family through the work of St. Alma Bap-tist Church. This great celebration, which will include a worship service

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Beginning September 4th, the Men of Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church will be sponsoring a Bible Study based on Superbowl winning Coach Tony Dungy’s book, “Quiet Strength.”

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a call to all Men of faith

See anniversary, on page 7

See faith, on page 7

By donaLd LEE Luke 22:39 Jesus

went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples fol-lowed him. 40 On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” 41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”

43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

(Verse 45) When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. 46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them.

“Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”

We often marvel at the countless num-ber of miracles Jesus performed, we are mesmerized by His wisdom and captivated by His inner strength and unparalleled di-mension of boldness and self-assurance. But

what the Lord, Himself, wants us to glean from most is how He managed His time.

If we’re going to pay atten-tion to anything, our attention must be drawn to the one thing that made all the other things pos-sible: Time management. Had Jesus not been of the mind set of being about His Father’s busi-ness, first and foremost, none of us would be saved or redeemed back to the Father or delivered from under the curse of the Law.

The time Jesus spent alone

praying to the Father, absorbing His wisdom and being intimate with Him paved the way for Him to have the power that it would take to raise the dead (Mark 5:35-43, raising up Jairus’ daughter; Matthew 9:18-26, Jesus raised up the ruler’s daughter) and to heal those with physical infirmities (Matthew 9:27-31, Jesus healed the two blind men).

The more time we spend in prayer, particularly giving God the first fruits of our day by way of prayer, the more we can hear that still small voice within us helping us to reprioritize our to-do lists. There are some things that we have at the bottom of our to-do lists that actually should be higher up in order of importance. And there are some things that we have up high that should either be much lower on the list or not even on the list at all.

In other words, what we do

wisdom in time Management is key to good Success

See wisdom, on page 7

DonaldLee

Pastor Leo D. Cyrus, Sr.

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cally pointed out that changes which occur in a human being is redirected to pull from the core of his own humanity to reaffirm self worth and purpose. he will then by nature acquire the will to do for himself and others.

Space is not available to cover concerns of so many people

concerned with the conditions at Jetson. it is happening there. What i do know is that most of these youth can be changed, from contrition in a prepatory school for Angola to rehabilitation for a positive life that may lead to a life of meritorious glory. That is the Way I See It!

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all funny or remotely appropri-ate about the use of a lynching reference about Michelle obama,’’ he said. ‘’it’s - i’m speechless.’’

As President Bush pointed out so eloquently during the Black history Month event, the noose represents ‘’more than a tool of murder but a tool of intimidation’’ to generations of African-Ameri-cans. Nooses not only robbed some of their lives but many of their peace of mind.

‘’As a civil society, we must understand that noose displays and lynching jokes are deeply offensive. they are wrong. And they have no place in America today,’’ he said.

Neither o’reilly nor ingraham has been reprimanded by their re-spective employers even though the Fox News personality did offer a half-hearted apology.

At least ingraham didn’t drop the l-word but her suggestion that Sharpton, a former presidential candidate and respected member of the African-American community and beyond, is a petty thief reeks of race-baiting and negative ste-reotyping of African-Americans and black men in particular.

But it’s hardly the first time ei-ther has ventured into questionable and offensive territory. how can

we forget o’reilly’s less-than-informed comments regarding a dinner he shared last year with Sharpton at Sylvia’s in harlem? o’reilly expressed surprise over how similarSylvia’s was to other restaurants in New York restau-rants.

‘’there wasn’t one person in Sylvia’s who was screaming, ‘M-Fer, i want more iced tea,’’’ he said.

As the Washington Post’s rob-inson sadly observed on MSNBC in February, ‘’All you can go by is his words and his actions. And he keeps saying these things that sound pretty darn racist to me.’’

has talk radio learned anything from imus’ decline and fall? of course not, because it didn’t take imus too terribly long to get a new gig.

our nation’s media outlets should not provide a platform for racialhostility and hateful speech now or in the future. What kind of messageare we sending to our chil-dren, our nation and our world?

in such an historic election year, we cannot stand aside and allow individuals to use the airwaves as an outlet for insensitive and misguidedcommentary. if you hear something that offends you, speak up.

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ering all children.the CDF Action Council, build-

ing on the best practices in states and lessons learned about children falling through the bureaucratic cracks of Medicaid and SChiP, strongly urged Congress to enact the All healthy Children Act, S. 1564/h.r. 1688, introduced by representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) in the house and Senator Bernie Sanders (i-Vt) in the Sen-ate. the measure would provide comprehensive benefits including dental and mental health, simpli-fied bureaucracy, and a national eligibility plan for families up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level. We thank the 62 house co-sponsors for their support. how-ever, we regret that neither a single house republican nor any other Senator joined them to push for coverage for all children.

the CDF Action Council strongly supports long overdue health cov-erage for everyone in America as soon as possible—because children cannot wait. As SChiP comes up again for reauthorization in early 2009, we hope every Member of Congress will insist on covering every child and pregnant mother now by enacting and adequately funding the provisions of the All healthy Children Act.

Specious claims that we could not find the money—$70 billion over five years—to cover all children is belied by that amount spent in eleven months for tax cuts for the top one percent of richest Americans and in seven months for the iraq War. We do not have a money problem in America: We have a priorities and political will deficit. it is time for all adults to protect the health of our children.

the citizens of the nation must demand that our leaders free our children from the false ideological and political tugs of war among those who put excess profits ahead of children’s lives.

how well did Congress protect children in 2007? Not well enough: 276 Members of Congress had good CDF Action Council Con-gressional Scorecard scores of 80 percent or higher, and 198 of those had stellar scores of 100 percent. But 231 members scored 60 percent or lower—a failing grade from our school days.

Whether Members of Congress are liberal, conservative or mod-erate; Democrat, republican or independent, children need all of them to vote, lobby, speak for and protect them. Adults need to listen carefully to what candidates say they will do for children and fami-lies and, once they are in office, we need to hold them accountable. Please thank your Members of Con-gress with scores of 80 percent or above and let those with scores of 60 percent or below know you are dissatisfied with their performance. And please convey that same mes-sage to each presidential candidate. We must demand that our leaders commit to children as a condition of our vote.

Marian Wright Edelman is Presi-dent of the Children’s Defense Fund and its Action Council whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

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(NAPSM)-A survey commissioned by two leading health organizations found that although two out of three African Americans (61 percent) ex-pressed concern about developing heart disease and two out of five (40 percent) expressed concern about developing Alzheimer’s, only about one in 20 are aware that heart health is linked to brain health.

the Alzheimer’s Association is joining forces with the American heart Association to educate African Americans that by managing their cardiovascular risk, they may also strengthen their cognitive health.

“What’s good for your heart is good for your brain,” says Jennifer Manly, Ph.D., Alzheimer’s Associa-tion spokesperson. “every healthy heartbeat pumps about one-fifth of your blood to your brain to carry on the daily processes of thinking, prob-lem solving and remembering.”

“By the year 2030, the number of African Americans age 65 or older is expected to more than double to 6.9 million,” said emil Matarese, M.D., American heart Association spokes-person. “Although Alzheimer’s is not part of normal aging, age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. So it is important that Af-rican Americans take steps now to decrease their risk of heart disease, which research has shown could also decrease the risk of cognitive decline.”

Did You Know?• Compared to the general public,

African Americans have a higher risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and vascular dementia.

• More than 40 percent of African Americans have high blood pres-sure (hBP) and are at risk for stroke, which can lead to greater risk for developing Alzheimer’s or other vascular cognitive dementias.

• every year, more than 100,000 African Americans have a stroke.

• having high cholesterol increases the risk for stroke and may increase the risk for Alzheimer’s.

Manage Your Risks• Watch the numbers. remember

that desirable blood pressure is less than 120/80 mmhg. Keep your body weight in the recommended range and make sure that the total choles-terol is less than 200mg/dL.

• healthy lifestyle choices include staying mentally and physically ac-tive, staying socially involved, reduc-ing your intake of fat and cholesterol and not smoking.

Visit www.alz.org/heartbrain or call the American Stroke Associa-tion, a division of the American heart Association, at (888) 478-7653 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (800) 272-3900 and you’ll receive a bro-chure with heart and brain health information and a free pedometer, while supplies last.

What’s Good For Your Heart Is Good For Your Brain

Research shows a link between heart and brain health, which means impaired heart function could lead to impaired brain function.

apart. You must continue to hold on to your faith and stay before the Lord. But, it may be that the time has come when you may need to take some quality time for yourself and spend some of that time with God.

Get on your knees before God and tell him of how you are feel-ing inside. And maybe the words wont come out exactly as you wish but you can have a good weeping, wailing crying falling, out tantrum and give all those problems to him.

While you are praying, you might forget some of the things that vexed you but God knows what you are going through. he can read the pain, which flows through your tears. even though he knows what’s troubling you, he still wants to tell him about it and bring your problems and burdens to him.

therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hands of God, that he may exalt you in due time, “casting all your cares upon him, for he cares for you,”(1st Peter 5:6-7).

After you finished having your tantrum. You may have a stopped up nose and swollen eyes and mucus running down your lip and dried tears on your face, but you’ll feel better after emptying yourself of those things which had been heavy on your heart.

Sometimes we go for weeks or months trying to take matters into our hands and try to solve our own problems. We are not super humans; we can’t handle every-thing alone. We need God’s help. We have to let go of those situ-ations and let God handle them. there are some things we can’t humanly do anything about.

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(NAPSi)-here’s an alert worth paying attention to: According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), learning your risk for type 2 diabetes could save your life.

Diabetes is a serious disease that strikes nearly 21 million children and adults in the U.S. it is named the “silent killer” because one-third of those with the disease--more than 6 million--do not know they have it.

For many, diagnosis may come seven to 10 years after the onset of type 2 diabetes. early diagnosis is critical for successful treatment and can delay or prevent some of the complications such as heart diseases, blindness, kidney disease, stroke and amputation.

that’s one reason the ADA holds the American Diabetes Alert® Day, a one-day wake-up call to inform the American public about the serious-

ness of diabetes, particularly when it is left undiagnosed and untreated. the day is held on the fourth tuesday of every March.

on that day, people are encour-aged to take the Diabetes risk test, either with paper and pencil or online. the risk test requires users to answer seven simple questions about age, weight, lifestyle and family history--all potential risk factors for diabetes. People scoring 10 points or more are at a high risk for type 2 diabetes and are encouraged to talk with a health care professional.

An estimated 54 million Ameri-cans have pre-diabetes. those with pre-diabetes have blood glucose lev-els higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

early intervention via lifestyle changes such as weight loss and

increased physical activity can help delay or prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes.

Among the primary risk factors for type 2 diabetes are being over-weight, sedentary, over the age of 45 and having a family history of diabetes. African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians and Pacific islanders are at an increased risk, as are women who have babies weighing more than 9 pounds at birth.

the Diabetes risk test is avail-

able in english and Spanish by call-ing the ADA at 1-800-DiABeteS (1-800-342-2383) or online at www.diabetes.org/alert.

though the Alert is a one-day call to action, awareness about type 2 diabetes is important anytime of the year, so free Diabetes risk tests are available online and by calling ADA all year long.

A free Diabetes risk test is avail-able all year long to determine the risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

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two people, and we need cohorts of the next generation to work together.

My Baby Boom generation has dropped the ball as well. We have been beneficiaries of the Civil Rights Movement, but we have not passed our largess or our lessons on. The Baby Boom gen-eration has been, in many ways, one of the most economically privileged generations of African American progress. So why do so many of us, who enjoy the legacy of this progress, fail to

recognize the people and orga-nizations that have brought us to this place.

Rev. Willie Barrow says that we are not as much divided as disconnected. When the baton has been dropped, what can we expect but a generational discon-nection?

Julianne Malveaux is a Washing-ton, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.

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predict whether interest rates will rise or fall.

• Your children cannot refinance their loans: While a borrower who has racked up tens of thousands of dollars in gambling debt can refinance their payments, student loans remain at fixed rates. In collecting money on student loans, there is no stat-

ute of limitation, and today it’s very common – the norm, actu-ally – for student loan holders to take nearly two decades to pay off their debt. With the annual average cost of public universi-ties exceeding $22,000 per year, and the same often-surpassing $50,000 at private universities, it’s no surprise.

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and a family picnic, will be held on August 18, 2013 at 2 p.m. The Reverend Ervin Antoine, Pastor of New Canaan Baptist Church of Plattenville, LA., will deliver the gospel message.

St. Alma Baptist Church was established in 1874. Since its beginning, St. Alma has met

the needs of people and continues to serve as the center for Christian Education, sound biblical preach-ing, and the equipping center for the work of ministry.

For more information, please feel to call Thelma Jones at 225-627-9914 or Donovan Jones at 225-627-9434.

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lowship meal at a local restau-rant such as Martha’s Bistro on Hwy 64, The Table is Bread on Airline, Bayou Café on Airline, Bernard’s on Plank Road, or Eth-el’s Snack Shack on Fairchild.

The study will be led by Pastor Clifton Conrad, Sr., and former area youth baseball coach

Greg Handy, Sr. We will be meet-ing at Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church at 8742 Scenic Hwy. in Scotlandville.

You may sign up for this wonderful opportunity by send-ing an email to pastorconrad@cox.net or contacting the church at 225-775-4106.

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with our time is going to deter-mine how we fare in the end.

You want to experience the “good success” the Word prom-ises you? Where are you spend-ing your time? Your spirit man wants to get up and pray early in the morning, balance the check book (to ensure there are no bitter surprises), work on completing the book you’re writing or research-ing your targeted demographics for the store you’ve got in your spirit to open or the nonprofit agency you plan to establish in the community.

But your flesh wants to squeeze in three more hours of sleep, it wants to watch both dou-ble-header ballgames today, run to the store and splurge (without having first checked your budget) and then hang out at a barbecue a few friends chipped in to put together. By the time you’ve done all of that and have returned home with good intentions to get to what should’ve been your first priori-ties, you’re too tired to do any of

them. Thus another day passed; more time mismanaged.

Giving God the first fruits of our time repositions us to maxi-mize the opportunities the Lord has placed before us. Proper time management equals good success.

Donald Lee is founder and pastor of Kingdom Living Christian Center, a nondenomi-national, multi-ethnic ministry in southwest Dallas that teaches the how-to part of walking by faith and experiencing God’s blessings through kingdom living. He can be reached for comment at pas-tordonjlee@yahoo.com or (225) 773-2248. Pastor Lee also writes articles promoting companies and churches and he writes business plans. Financial seeds can be sown to Kingdom Living Chris-tian Center at P.O. Box 211186, Dallas, TX 75211-4303. Join him at 9 p.m. weeknights for interces-sory prayer at (218) 862-4590 (conference code: 279498#).

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Recognizing and preventing health problems is crucial. The 2013 Men’s Health Conference is the per-fect place to begin the journey to better health. Men of all ages are invited and encouraged to come out and take charge of their well being on Saturday, August 24. Here you will find vital free information that will help you lead a long healthy life. The day begins at 7am with health screenings and exhibits and ends with lunch and door prizes!

The Louisiana Men’s Health organization makes it their goal to raise awareness for preventative health screenings. Some of the screenings available at the event include blood pressure, stroke risk, vision, and colorectal kits. The screenings are provided free of charge.

Also, trusted health care pro-viders will discuss a host of health topics. Professionals from the LA Cardiology Associates, Our Lady of the Lake Group, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center will be on hand to educate and equip par-ticipants with medical information.

A marine with a love and pas-sion for music is the keynote speaker of the conference. Come out and make sure to meet Sal Gonzales, Jr. from the Wounded Warrior Project. Gonzales joined the Marines Octo-ber 21, 2003 and later arrived in Iraq.

Pre-registration for the Men’s Health Conference is a must. Click here to register early for free screen-ings and educational seminars.

Louisiana Men’s Health to Host 2013 Men’s Health conference

BATON ROUGE, LA – On Saturday, August 24, 2013 the Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church will be hosting a “Wellness Workshop” from 9:00am until 12:30pm, with registration at 8:30am. Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church is located at 9700 Scenic Highway, near Hall’s and Sons Funeral Home heading north on the right, just before getting on I-110 South.

The theme of this year’s Wellness Workshop is “Take Time: Take Charge of Your Health.”

Health information covers the following areas: Commu-nity agencies and organizations; Health insurance information, and Blood glucose monitoring.

Blood cholesterol, blood glucose, blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), waist cir-cumference, dental, vision, and

colorectal kits will be available with the free screening at the Wellness Workshop.

Everyone is invited to the Wellness Workshop; children, teens, parents, and friends. There will be door prizes and lunch

will be served.For additional informa-

tion, please contact the church at 225-775-2740 to speak with Bernestine B. McGee, Ph.D., RD, LDN, Wellness Ministry Leader.

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By KaTHLEEn sEBELius

Three years ago, President Obama announced an historic comprehensive plan to help turn the tide on HIV/AIDS in the United States: the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The Strategy has given a new sense of direction, and purpose in our fight against HIV and AIDS.

Since the Strategy’s release, scientific developments have advanced our understanding of how to best fight HIV. We now un-derstand that to prevent long-term complications of HIV, treatment is recommended for all adults and adolescents living with HIV in the United States. This is a significant shift; previous recommendations were to hold treatment until people showed signs of immune decline. Recent research also shows that an important benefit of earlier treat-ment is that it dramatically reduces the risk of HIV transmission to partners. Furthermore, HIV test-ing technology is faster, and more accurate than ever before, and HIV drug treatment is less toxic, and easier to administer.

All of this has powerful im-plications for how we focus our efforts.

And there is a clear need to do so: data released since the Strategy shows that along the HIV continuum of care — which is the progression from diagnosis to receiving optimal treatment — nearly 200,000 persons living with HIV in the United States are undiagnosed, and only one in four has the virus under control.

Today we are thrilled to an-nounce two new developments specifically focused on addressing many of the factors that lead people to fall out of the continuum of care.

First, President Obama signed an Executive Order creating the HIV Care Continuum Initiative.

The Initiative directs Federal agencies to prioritize addressing the continuum of HIV care by

accelerating efforts and direct-ing existing federal resources to increase HIV testing, services, and treatment, and improve patient ac-cess to all three.

To ensure we succeed in this effort, the President’s Executive Order establishes an HIV Care Continuum Working Group. The group will coordinate fed-eral efforts to improve outcomes nationally across the HIV care con-tinuum, and will be co-chaired by the White House Office of National HIV/AIDS Policy and HHS’s Of-fice of the Assistant Secretary for Health. The working group will provide annual recommendations to the President on actions to take to improve outcomes along the HIV care continuum.

Second, today HHS an-nounced a new multi-year dem-onstration project that brings together OASH, CDC, and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in a col-laboration to expand the capac-ity of community health centers, local health departments, and their grantees to better integrate HIV prevention and treatment across the continuum of care. HHS will invest $8 -10 million a year to sup-port health centers and local health departments in integrating public health practice, and clinical care. The project will target areas with high numbers of racial and ethnic minorities, who are disproportion-ately affected by the epidemic, and communities with a substantial unmet need for comprehensive HIV services.

These two actions comple-ment many of the ways we are already addressing the importance of continuum of care now.

The National Strategy shares its third anniversary with the Af-fordable Care Act, landmark leg-islation that is vital to our fight against HIV/AIDS.

Already, the law has ex-panded access to HIV testing, and ends the practice of putting lifetime

caps on care when patients need it the most. Beginning in 2014, it will bring to an end to insurance practices like denying coverage for pre-existing conditions, including HIV infection.

Beginning this October, when the online Health Insurance Mar-ketplaces open for enrollment, millions more Americans will have the opportunity to enroll in affordable coverage that includes HIV testing and other preventive care, with coverage set to begin January 1, 2014.

And the health care law also allows states to expand their Med-icaid programs. Many people liv-ing with HIV will no longer have to wait for an AIDS diagnosis to become eligible for Medicaid.

The law aligns with the Na-tional HIV/AIDS Strategy’s over-all goals to reduce new infections, improve access to care, and reduce HIV-associated health disparities.

This includes fighting HIV stigma and discrimination. It in-cludes advocating for the health of communities at greatest risk for HIV, including young, black, gay men and transgender people. It includes supporting research, in order to find more prevention and treatment breakthroughs.

And it means making smarter, more coordinated investments to fight the epidemic. That’s why the president’s Executive Order is so important.

Just a few months ago, Pres-ident Obama spoke of realizing the promise of an AIDS-free gen-eration in his State of the Union. Thanks to remarkable advances in HIV treatment and prevention, we have the opportunity to reach that landmark sooner than most of us would have imagined even just a few years ago. The HIV Care Continuum Initiative will help us get there even faster.

Cross-posted from Huffing-ton Post: The HIV Care Continuum Initiative: The Next Step of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

the HiV care continuum initiative: the Next Step of the National HiV/aidS Strategy

BATON ROUGE, LA – Dr. Owusu Bandele, Professor Emer-itus at the Southern University Ag Center was in the midst of food lovers, food scientists, ag-riculture experts, farmers, chefs and food writers gathered at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans for the first Farm to Table International Symposium.

A panel on food justice, which included Professor Owusu Bandele, moderated by Mike Kantor of the Second Harvest Food Bank in New Orleans, aimed to illuminate critical is-sues involving equal access to fresh and nutritious ingredients.

Bandele highlighted South-ern University’s agriculture pro-grams that work to introduce a new generation to land cultivation and healthy ingredients through community gardens, farmer’s markets and education. He is quoted as stating that “It’s easy to focus on the negative, but it’s more important to think about the positive change we can bring to

our communities when it comes to food and agriculture.”

The event organized by the convention center and the South-ern Food and Beverage Institute included major speeches, food demonstrations and panels. Mike Strain, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture Forestry, led one of the panels focused on food security.

Su ag center Professor emeritus Speaks at farm to table international Symposium

Banner” and LSU alma mater was performed by Kristi Beinhauer, can-didate for Master of Music, and the processional and recessional music was performed by the Norem Brass Quintet.

Ten students graduated with honors, including Michael J. Kelly of Metairie and Haleigh A. Robbins of Nevada, Iowa, who each received the University Medal for graduat-ing with the highest undergraduate grade-point average.

Kelly received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the E. J. Ourso School of Business. After graduation, Robbins plans to attend graduate school at LSU and earn a master’s degree in accounting, as well as working as a graduate assistant. He will also begin work as an external auditor with Deloitte & Touche in the summer of 2014.

Robbins graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English writing and culture from the LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences. After graduation, she plans on sub-stantializing her blog and eventually opening her own craft business. She would also like to raise a family with her husband, write novels for children and run a hobby farm.

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BATON ROUGE – South-ern University is participating in the second annual College Colors Day spirit competition and is ask-ing for fan support to help win the national Spirit Cup award, which includes $10,000 toward the general scholarship fund.

By visiting facebook.com/collegecolorsday, Jaguar fans can register to vote for SU as the school with the most college spirit and loyal fan base. After placing a vote, fans will have the opportunity to win prizes and discounts through an instant win game, view and submit photos to the College Colors Day fan photo gallery, and download a custom Facebook cover photo promoting SU for College Colors Day.

“We want to encourage all students, alumni, staff, and fans to show their support for the Jag-uars by voting for Southern as the institution with the most school spirit,” said Dr. William Brous-sard, Southern athletics director. “With colleges and universities across the country vying for this top award, it is important that our fans visit Facebook to vote for our school.

The Facebook-based rivalry competition, which includes more than 160 participating colleges and universities and is an element of this year’s 2013 College Colors Day celebration, kicks off Mon-day, August 12 and runs through 11:59 PM EST on Thursday, August 29. Fans can vote once each day and can check who is winning the competition nation-

ally and within each conference. The winner will be announced on College Colors Day on Friday, August 30.

College Colors Day is an annual celebration dedicated to promoting the traditions and spirit that embody the college experi-ence by encouraging fans across America to wear their favorite college or university apparel throughout the day on August 30.

The Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), a division of IMG College, and NCAA Foot-ball, presents the national spirit competition.

“We are excited to engage fans in the College Colors Day spirit rivalry competition through Facebook,” said Catherine Gam-mon, Senior Vice President - Brand Development, The Col-legiate Licensing Company, a division of IMG College. “We encourage all fans to vote and spread the word with fellow fans to ensure their favorite school is crowned the winner of the Col-lege Colors Day Spirit Cup.”

CLC is dedicated to being a center of excellence in providing licensing services of the highest quality to its member institutions, licensees, retailers and consum-ers.

Headquartered in Atlanta (Ga.), CLC is a full-service li-censing representative, which employs a staff of more than 80 licensing professionals who provide full-service capabilities in brand protection, brand man-agement, and brand development. For more information on CLC, visit: www.clc.com or www.imgworld.com.

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Arriving just before the fiftieth anniversary of the march on Wash-ington, and in anticipation of the upcoming NFL season with black quarterbacks in starring roles, Sam-uel G. Freedman’s BREAKING THE LINE: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights (August 13, 2013; $28.00) vividly recreates the world of black college football in the civil rights era. A gripping chronicle of the 1967 season at Grambling and Florida A&M, Breaking the Line shows how these teams waged a brave and deliberate campaign to help bring about racial integration both on and off the gridiron.

Two legendary football coaches—Eddie Robinson, at the pinnacle of his hall of fame career at Grambling college in northern Loui-siana, and Alonzo S. “Jake” Gaither, nearing the end of his illustrious reign at Florida A&M in Tallahas-see—commanded two of the most storied teams in all of black col-lege, which were led by two gifted quarterbacks, Grambling’s James Harris and FAMU’s Ken Riley. The coaches’ paths had crossed before the 1967 Orange Blossom Classic in Miami, and would do so again after it, but never more significantly than in the tumultuous year of 1967.

In the wake of two cata-lyzing events in the civil rights movement—Brown vs. Board of Education and the Montgomery Bus Boycott—and in the midst of Vietnam war protests and a wave of urban violence these two savvy black football coaches decided it was time to take strategic action to bring racial equality to sports and, through sports, to American society. In the shadow of white hos-tility, Jim Crow laws, and continued Klan terrorism in the Deep South, these two men, driven by courage and the force of history, advanced against segregation, one yard at a time. Robinson prepared Harris to break the color line at quarterback in the NFL, while Gaither won secret approval for the first-ever football game between black and white col-leges in the south.

Fierce rivals on the field, Rob-inson and Gaither were allies off it. They sought nothing less than to exemplify black dignity and black excellence to the wider world. The goal was social change and it was accomplished in the very region

where universities like Alabama and Ole Miss were national emblems of entrenched segregation.

The climax of Freedman’s story takes place at the 1967 Orange Blossom Classic game in Miami’s Orange Bowl Stadium on Decem-ber 2. In the world of black college football, this championship game was the equivalent of the Super

Bowl, and the 1967 contest between Grambling and Florida A&M did not disappoint. It was one of the most electrifying games in college football history.

Breaking the Line also covers: • The history and role of

historically black colleges

• The realities of coaching in an era of segregation

• The trials of the African-American middle class during the civil rights era

• The student protests at Grambling in the fall of 1967, when Robinson was confronted by a kind of opposition he had never faced before

• How an injury Gaither suffered in a sideline collision in a previous game kept him from at-tending the Orange Blossom Classic

• How Gaither’s stealthy maneuvering with Florida’s gover-nor and the regents made possible the first game between a historically black college and a predominantly white one: Florida A&M vs. Uni-versity of Tampa on November 29, 1969

• The cultivation of Gram-bling’s James Harris, the man who would become the NFL’s first black QB and who is still involved today with the sport he loves, serving as senior personnel executive for the Detroit Lions

Freedman’s lyrical prose en-gages and edifies as he eloquently narrates a story largely unknown to white America. Breaking the Line is an essential chapter of sports his-tory and, most of all, of American history, highlighting the thrilling games, fascinating characters, and the rich culture of historically black colleges in the post-war era. The reader is transported back to that turbulent time when the struggle to end segregation seemed to gain ground only to lose it again. The characters in Breaking the Line were innovators, using the game of football to try to bring about a better society. In pursuing that vision and holding fast to their dreams, they will now claim their well-deserved place in the story of America.

the Season in Black college football that transformed the Sport and changed the course of civil Rights

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