Challenger Community News January 16, 2019

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Placing Significance the Year In 2019 African CommunityofSwearing WilltoMark Crystal Peoples Stokes Historic Appointment as Americans in Perspective Page 10 New York State’s First Female and First African American Assembly Majority Leader Page 3

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around town Rochester Black Journalists Film Screening "If Beale Street Could Talk

Celebrate Martin Luther King Day with FREE Dance Classes!

Continuing its annual tradition since 1997, Garth Fagan Dance will once again honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the best way it knows how: through dance for five free dance classes on Monday January 21st giving members of the community – those with and without dance experience – the opportunity to learn the Fagan Technique directly from the dancers they see on stage. Pre-registration is recommended, but students can also sign up 20 minutes prior to the class. All participants are asked to wear footless tights and leotard v or form fitting attire (no loose or oversized garments). No shoes or socks will be worn. .

WHEN: • 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 a.m.: 8-12 years old •12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: 5-7 years old •12:30p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Beginning Level/ Teen & Adults (13 years & up) • 2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.: Intermediate Level (13 years & up) • 2:15 p.m.- 3:45pm: Adult Class WHERE: Garth Fagan Dance, 3rd & 4th floors 50 Chestnut St., Rochester, NY : 585-454-3260 *Artistic Director Garth Fagan created his own dance language, Fagan Technique, which is taught to students at the Company's Dance

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The Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ), in partnership with the Little Theatre, is showing the first film of the new year in its monthly Black Cinema Series.

"If Beale Street Could Talk," based on the novel written

by James Baldwin, and directed by Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins will be screened at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18 followed by a postfilm panel discussion. The Little is at 240 East Ave. For more info go to thelittle.org or rabjournalists.org

Free Ice Skating Lessons for Youth at MLK Park Ice Rink Free ice skating lessons for youth ages 4 through 15 will be held at the Martin Luther King Jr. Park Memorial Ice Rink, 353 Court St. The Free group lessons are being offered at 11 a.m. on five consecutive Saturdays, now through February 9. To register for lessons, call 428-7541.

For more information aboutvisit www.cityofrochester. gov/skating.

The Annual 19th Ward Community Association Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Luminary Evening Honoring the Beloved Community The 19th Ward Community Association (19WCA) Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Luminary Night falls on the nationally recognized MLK Holiday as the community continuesbringing residents together and maintaining the spirit of love inspired by MLK and leaders of our community.

This year the neighborhood will celebrate the 14th Annual 19WCA Luminary Evening event by "lighting up the neighborhood” with luminaries, lanterns and flashlights to express our solidarity with the values of Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community and his important campaign against racism and poverty.

MLK Celebration at the Arnett Library January 19– Keynote Speaker: Monroe County Legislator LaShay D. Harris 12 noon MLK Luminary Night Location- Various locations throughout the 19th Ward neighborhood*Monday, 21st, 2018 (MLK Day) Time: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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Who’s Next? The Public Lynching of Black Leaders in Rochester By

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atch out Malik Evans.

Be careful Vincent Felder.

We know you just got here, but don’t get too comfortable Fatimah Reid.

The recent trend of publicly lynching Black elected officials and leaders is sweeping across Rochester, New York, and it could be at your door in just a few days.

There seems to be an invisible burden to bear that has been reserved for Black elected officials in Rochester, inevitably resulting in Judge Barrett malicious scrutiny, maligning of character, and the destruction of careers and lives.

Mr. David Andreatta made it clear that he is a willing and active participant in these local picnics, and in a recent article in the Democrat and Chronicle Newspaper attacked newly appointed City Court Judge Melissa Barrett.

But again, Ms. Barrrett is just the latest in the trend.

Recent weeks and months have seen Councilman Adam McFadden, Rochester Housing Authority Chair George Moses, and even Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren the objects of scorn and rebuke as investigations and inquiries into their affairs have cast them in an unflattering light.

And this is not to speak to the innocence or guilt of alleged crimes or offences but it is to point out that it is more than coincidence or conspiracy theory; it is a matter of cause and effect, and an attacking narrative born of privilege that suggests that Black people are not qualified to lead.

The most famed of these attacks is the continuous berating of former Rochester City Court Judge Leticia Astacio, where a DWI conviction has been the catalyst for ongoing drama and public castigation. Even though, as Robert Gavin wrote in an article published in the Time Union in March of 2011, “DWI Arrests Don't Always End Public Careers.”

In his article, Mr. Gavin outlines a number of elected officials and public servants who were convicted of offences congruent with Ms. Astacio, including Rochester’s own Assemblywoman Susan John in 1997, a Rochester Democrat who at the time chaired the Assembly's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Committee. She was charged with DWI, but was permitted to plead guilty to driving while ability impaired, a violation, and keep her seat.

Yes, certain things do have their privileges.

It is as the Kerner Report declared 50 years ago: “Our Nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.”

But back to Mr. Andreatta.

His reference to Judge Barrett with the pejorative term “carpetbagger” is a lowly and offensive term that drips with racism.

Born in the days of Post-Civil War Reconstruction, and the “problem” of the newly “freed” Black people in the South, the term a carpetbagger was any person from the Northern United States who came to the Southern states and favored, among other policies, better treatment of the newly freed, former slaves. Southerners who supported them were considered “scalawags,” so it may be just a matter of time before someone sympathetic to Judge Barrett gets bludgeoned with that term.

What is interesting is that Republicans tried to label Hillary Clinton as a carpetbagger when she left the White House and looked to represent New York State in the United States Senate. Ms. Clinton was born in Illinois; went to college in Massachusetts; attended law school in Connecticut; and moved to Arkansas with her husband when he was governor of the state.

She lived there until they moved to Pennsylvania Avenue.

But I do not recall her being referred to with disparaging terms by Mr. Andreatta or his colleagues, even if concern over her residency was raised as an Continued Page 11

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THE PEOPLES CHOICE!

Community Swearing In and Celebration Will Mark Crystal Peoples-Stokes Historic Appointment as New York State’s First Female and African American Assembly Majority Leader

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BOUNCE! ROLL! SKATE! And More! Just before the holidays it was announced that businessman Pharaoh Paige and his Live Communication Group Inc., plan to provide a much needed recreational facility in the community when they reopen the former Arcadia Roller Rink at East Amherst near Main St. as a “family fun center” called Zone One Entertainment Complex. In addition to adult roller skating, the facility would offer bumper cars, laser tag and be available for children’s parties. The 20,000 square foot building has been vacant for more than 10 years.

Brown Replaced as Leader of State Democratic Party Mayor Byron Brown has been replaced as chairman of the New York State Democratic Party. Gov. Cuomo, who hand picks the chair, has selected Jay Jacobs, head of the Nassau County Democratic Party. Jacobs served as party leader in the early years of the Cuomo administration. The governor thanked Mayor Brown for his “great leadership in securing key districts for our party last year” and said he looks forward to working with Brown “to deliver for New Yorkers across the state.” No specific reason for replacing Browm was given.

Free Legal Advice Clinic The Free Legal Advice Clinic is free of charge and open to the public. Lawyers will be on hand to discuss issues and give advice on ANY issues you have questions about. Hosted by WNY Council on Occupational Safety and Health (WNY COSH) and PUSH Buffalo, the clinic will be held at Our Lady of Hope Church corner of Lafayette and Grant. on Thursday January 17 from 4:30 - 6:30p.m.

Writer/Activist Kirkland to Discuss His Book During an Address Before the Dori Miller Club The Dorie Miller Rifle and Pistol Club will host a reflective discussion with Bro. Ted Kirkland, author of "Spirit and Soul : Odyssey of a Black Man In America." Kirkland will talk about his experience from being on the streets of Buffalo to his current status of being a retired police officer on the outside looking in from a citizen/community perspective. Mr. Kirkland will entertain questions from the audience.

This event will be held on Wednesday, January 23 from 6-8 p.m. at the Merriweather Library located on the corner of Jefferson Ave. and E. Utica St. The Dorie Miller Club is the only African American educational and recreational shooting club in Western NY. The club offers pistol permit and gun safety classes. Additionally, we do workshops on what to do in a home invasion or active shooter situation and how to establish additional in-home safeguards to protect your family and personal possessions.

n Wednesday, January 9 the 242nd legislative session started in monumental fashion as the Assembly alerted the Governor’s office that it was ready to conduct business for 2019.

Speaker Carl Heastie appointed three women to key leadership positions including Buffalo's own Crystal Peoples-Stokes as the Majority Leader, the second most powerful position in the house and making her the first woman and first African American to hold this position in the state’s long and storied history.

A chartered bus from Buffalo brought family members, close friends and staff to Albany to witness this momentous occasion.

Affectionately referred to as The People’s Choice, Assemblywoman Peoples-Stokes will have a local swearing-in ceremony to commemorate her historical appointment and ascension to Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie will be in attendance.

The event will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 16 at Buffalo’s True Bethel Baptist Church, located at 907 East Ferry Street. It's free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served immediately afterwards.

At the Albany, N.Y. swearing in Majority Leader PeoplesStokes quoted Susan B. Anthony, a leader of New York’s Women’s Suffrage movement adding, when women get together, “failure is impossible!” This year 70 women are currently serving in the New York State Legislature, the most in the state’s history.

The Majority Leader’s main responsibilities include running Assembly Chamber legislative floor proceedings on a daily basis, helping to set the conference agenda and priorities, and managing members of the Assembly Majority Conference. She will act as a main liaison between Speaker Heastie and the 107 Democrats in the Assembly.

She Was Canada's Rosa Parks. Now She's The First Black Person To Appear On The Nation's Currency

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Family friends and supporters pictured above, traveled to Albany to witness the historic swearing in of Assemblywoman Peoples-Stokes to the second most powerful position in the House as the first woman and first African American to serve as Majority Leader.

Photo: Yves-Richard Blanc

Peoples-Stokes, a founding member of the Grassroots organization, began her political career as a community worker and organizer for Citizen Action, a public policy advocacy group. Although referred to as a former “rabble-rouser” in one local media account, stirring up prejudicial passions among citizens was never her style. She was a smooth, focused, knowledgeable, articulate operator; a consensus builder even then, who loved her community, worked hard and knew how to get things done; characteristics which got her where she is today and will take her even further should that be her desire in the future.

In 2000, as member of Grassroots and the majority leader of the Erie County Legislature, she ran against powerful

incumbent Deputy Speaker Assemblyman Arthur O. Eve. Although she was unsuccessful, the race was described by The New York Times as the toughest election contest of Eve's political career and her Democratic primary election challenge was credited with energizing minority voters to elect Byron Brown as a New York State Senator.

Peoples was eventually elected to the State Assembly in November 2002, after Eve's retirement. She ran uncontested in the November 2008 and November 2010 general elections.

This past December 2018 she was appointed to the historic position of Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly. As Crystal would say, “To God Be The Glory!”

Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes and Speaker Carl Heastie stand next to each other as all Assembly Members are sworn in for their new term. Photo courtesy of Blanc Photographie

lmost a decade before Rosa Parks sparked the civil rights movement in the US, a woman in Nova Scotia kicked off Canada's with a similar act of defiance at a segregated movie theater.

That woman, Viola Desmond, became the first Black person to appear on Canadian currency. She's also the first woman to appear alone who's not a British royal.

The Bank of Canada issued the new purple $10 bill featuring Desmond - one of the most common banknotes of the Canadian dollar - on Novenber 19, 2018.

Her story The then-32-year-old business owner and beautician from Halifax stepped into history in November 1946 when she tried to go see a movie.

She bought a ticket and sat in a seat on the theater's main floor, which was reserved for Whites only. Blacks were expected to sit in the balcony.

Desmond refused to leave her seat after an usher asked her to move. So officers dragged her out and tossed her in jail.

At the time, Canada didn't have Jim Crow-type laws dictating that the races remain separate. But many Canadian businesses, like the Roseland Theatre, enforced unwritten rules on segregation. Isaac Saney, a senior instructor of Black studies at Dalhousie University, said that many Canadians don’t know that slavery and segregation existed in their country, and are far more familiar with America’s civil rights history and its icons.

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magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, Haitians came together on recently to mark the anniversary of the disaster that killed more than 200,000 injured 300,000 and displaced 1.5 milion people. A magnitude-7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on the afternoon of January 12, 2010, was one more disaster in a country that had suffered from decades of Making A Point: Duncan Kirkwood, representing the District Parent Coordinating Council, makes a point duing Mondays press confer- political, economic, and social setbacks and inequalities. ence outside McKinley High School.

Over $13 billion dollars in relief funds were raised. The West’s poorest nation continuffalo parent leaders held a press conference at ues to suffer.

McKinley High School Monday to address what they feel has been a one-sided portrayal of the recent student-teacher confrontation at the school on January 3.

The altercation over a cell phone, they said, has received a lot of media attention, but that attention has been slanted in favor of the teacher and against the student.

Duncan Kirkwood, one of the spokespersons for the District

Parent Coordinating Council (DPCC), told the Challenger the On December 19, 2018, the goals of the press conference were to let the community know U.S. Senate finally passed the that even though the boy may have been wrong in the situafirst anti-lynching bill in histotion ( “he should have never put his hands on a teacher,” noted ry.The bill, entitled the Justice Kirkwood) the teacher, he continued, “had a role in failing to for Victims of Lynching Act of de-escalate the situation. …”

2018, was passed by a voice “Teachers in Buffalo Public Schools have been trained vote. Should it become law it in trauma-informed care, culturally responsive learning and would federally criminalize restorative justice practices,” he said. “ We didn’t see any of lynching, attempts to lynch and those tools being used in this incident.” lynching conspiracies.

“For over a century, mem“Secondly we as a community need to be focused on solubers of Congress have attions, not attacking each other in the media. In no way does tempted to pass some verthat benefit our children. We have to continue the hard work of sion of a bill that would working together to find more answers to challenging problems recognize lynching for what so our children can succeed. “ it is: a bias-motivated act of The 14 year old McKinley High student was arrested and terror,” Senator Cory Bookcharged with assault. The teacher was placed on administrative er, a New Jersey Democrat leave . who introduced the bill, said DPCC representative Sam Radford called the incident a in a statement. classic example of how the “school to prison pipeline works…

More than 4,700 people, There was a district policy in place on how to handle the situthe vast majority of them ation,” he said, “but it was not followed.”

Black, were lynched in The student he noted, “is 100 pounds soak and wet” while the the United States between teacher, who coaches football, was much bigger. The student 1885 and 1968, according was arrested for assault and charged with a felony… "All this to the N.A.A.C.P. Perpetraover a cell phone!” tors were rarely prosecuted.

The parent leaders also criticized what they see as a flagrant Congress has tried and failed mischaracterization of the Black boys who attend McKinley, as some 200 times to pass simiwell the school leadership. lar anti-lynching legislation “All of the media coverage around this event created a narsince 1882, according to the rative that ever since the new principal has took over McKinbill. ley, the students are out of control. But media stories failed The bill, titled the Justice to mention that McKinley has the highest graduation rates for for Victims of Lynching Act Black boys of all the schools that are not criterion based in the of 2018, was introduced in city – 87 percent - and one of the highest in the entire state June by the Senate’s three because of the leadership of Principal Marck Abraham,”said black members: Kamala Kirkwood."We want the progress talked about, and more imHarris, a California Demoportantly we want to work toward solutions for our kids." crat; Tim Scott, a South Those media images “are just a snapshot – not the big, more Carolina Republican; and encouraging and positive picture – any fact checking will find Mr. Booker. In 2005, the that to be true added Radford.

Senate agreed to apologize The former principal Crystal Barton “did a good job” he acto the victims of lynching knowledged. "Abraham has built on that foundation.” and their descendants for its Radford also pointed to the “cultural disconnect” – most of failure to pass anti-lynching the teaches are White and from the suburbs and the majority of legislation.A large memorial the kids are Black from the city.

It’s no secret, he said, that for lynching victims, the Na“there needs to be more teachers of color.” tional Memorial for Peace Despite that, he continued, “we as parents want to stay on the and Justice, opened this past right track for our children…that means everyone has to come April, in Montgomery, Ala. to the table - teachers, parents, unions, teachers– and work toIt features a walkway with gether.”

800 worn steel columns Buffalo Public Schools released a statement on behalf of hanging from the roof, enSuperintendent Kriner Cash who expressed “100% confidence graved with the names of in the current principal, and we commend the progress being people who were lynched. made in all areas under his leadership.”

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Community Health Center of Buffalo, Inc. Welcomes New Doctor

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The Community Health Center of Buffalo, Inc. invites the community in joining them to welcome Dr. Kenyani Davis to their practice!

Dr. Davis is a native of Phoenix, Arizona and moved to Buffalo, New York to complete her residency in Internal and Preventive Medicine at SUNY University at Buffalo. She received her Masters of Public Health with a concentration in Healthcare Administration from the UB School of Public Health. Dr. Davis is a board certified internal medicine physician with a passion for teaching, research and commu-

nity engagement.

“My commitment to education led me to teach medical students and residents for the past two years,” she says.

She is a 2018 NIH Minority Health and Health Disparities scholar and is one of 50 researchers chosen across the country for this prestigious training. Dr. Davis was inducted into the 2015 Arnold P. Gold Humanism Society. This honor is only surpassed by her commitment to excellent bedside manner, patient care and teaching.

Dr. Davis stated “I proudly serve as the Assistant Medical Director of Millennium Collaborative Care where my biggest contribution has been assisting with the design and implementation of an inclusive care coordination program for the Medicaid population. I look forward to embarking upon a new and exciting journey at the Community Health Center of Buffalo.”

Dr. Davis will be practicing at the Cheektowaga, New York site located at 934 Cleveland Drive.

Color Me Healthy Forum Addresses Mental Health In The AfricanAmerican And Latino Communities The Near East and West Side Task Force, along with the Community Health Center of Buffalo, YourCare, and Catholic Health's Faith Community Nurse Program, is sponsoring a series of panel discussions on how mental health issues effect our everyday lives.

This free 6 part series invites adults, young adults, children, older adults, professionals, teachers, professors, students, LBGQ, etc. Each series begins at 5:30pm, with free light meal and parking is free.

The Color Me Healthy, 6 month program is for the community, therefore each month please check the location.

Panelist will be prominent individuals from the Buffalo community who serve, deal with, or encounter those having difficulty coping. Some of the panelist expertise comes from years of life experiences.

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NORTHWEST COMES TO THE EAST SIDE!

New Northwest Bank Office Opens On Jefferson Avenue The Northwest Bank office located at 1228 Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo opened its doors to the public on Wednesday, January 2, 2019. The office is the first East Side financial institution to open in many years and is part of Northwest’s commitment to help with the resurgence happening on Jefferson Avenue.

Led by Manager Rodney Rodriguez and staffed by professionals from the area, Northwest’s full-service location connects residents, businesses and visitors of the East Side with the people, products and advice to help them bank, borrow, invest and insure—no matter what stage of life they’re in. The office also features a beautiful modern layout and art by renowned local artist and former Common Council President for the Ellicott district, George K. Arthur.

The office held a press conference Wednesday, with Mayor Byron W. Brown and Senator Tim Kennedy giving remarks about the new Northwest location.

“I thank Northwest Bank for being a part of the exciting growth happening in the Jefferson Avenue business corridor and for working with my Administration to continue to ensure that our economic transformation touches every neighborhood in our City,” said Mayor Byron W. Brown. “This project is the perfect example of public and private partnerships working together to bring positive change to the community.”

"Northwest Bank's newest location on Jefferson Avenue will be an asset not only to the existing businesses in this corridor, but to the larger community and residents who call this neighborhood home," said Senator Tim Kennedy. "I thank Northwest for investing in our city, and look forward to the additional financial resources and tools that will be available to neighbors."

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Father Clarence Williams Will Deliver the Guest Sermon at Dr. MLK Mass Bishop Richard J. Malone will celebrate a special Mass for the observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday at 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 20 at Blessed Trinity Church, 317 Leroy Avenue. The guest homilist will be Father Clarence Williams, CPPS, Ph.D. All are welcome.

Father Williams, a member of the Missionaries of the Precious blood religious order, was ordained in 1978 and has worked in Detroit, Michigan. He currently serves as pastor of a multi-racial parish in Columbus, Ohio.

Father. Williams, who is known for his lectures and workshops on racism has presented throughout the United States, South America, Africa and Europe.

A reception and theme basket auction will be held after Mass. Proceeds will go toward the Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund.

For more information contact the Diocese of Buffalo’s Office of Cultural Diversity at 847-2217 or at mramosss@buffalodiocese.org

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United Coalition of Churches & Brotherhood Monthly Fellowship Breakfast The United Coalition of Churches & Brotherhood will be holding its monthly fellowship breakfast at the Northland Workforce Project located at 683 Northland Ave. on Saturday January 19 from 10 a.m.-12noon. Mr. Duncan Kirkwood will be the speaker and also our tour guide to view this awesome facility and the many job training opportunities they have available.

We invite all to come out and network and fellowship with the members of U.C.C.B. and let's work together to make "Buffalo Great" again! President-Pastor Charles H.Walker II Vice President-Bishop James Foye Jr.

Free "Breakfast at Metro"

All are invited to join us for our Community “Breakfast at Metro” at Metropolitan UM Church, 657 Best Street on Saturday, January 26 from 10 am - 12:00 noon. Our Special Guest Speaker will be Joyce Mitchell Stokes, Homefinder/Recruiter This is a community event which is open to everyone. So, bring your family, friends, and neighbors to Metro. Pastor Angela Stewart is Pastor.

Annual Prayer Breakfast

The Annual Prayer Breakfast by Family Wellness Network - Buffalo will be held Saturday Jan .19 from 9-11:30 a.m. at St. Paul AME Zion Church, 610 East Eagle St. Donation $5. For tickets: Mrs. Sanders at (716) 770-8631.

With the Name of God the Gracious the Merciful

The Straight Path

-A Message of Divine GuidancePeace be unto you.

A question was recently asked about the other peoples of the earth, and the reason for that question is because the Children of Israel are constantly mentioned. The answer is very simple, the other people were mentioned previously before the Children of Israel and it is because of them that we were chosen. Look at what the most High said in (Deuteronomy 7:6-11). That statement alone speaks volumes. Clearly we were and still are the same even though some of us have strayed. The Children of Israel’s duty is still the same. In order to help them, therefore it is important to return to who you truly are. In (Genesis 15:13–16) a specific group of people were mentioned, the Amorites. They were a nation of people whose conduct was not pleasing to the Most High and during our early existence they were our enemy ( seen in (Deuteronomy 3: 8, 4:4647, 31:3-4 and the book of Joshua 10:5, 11:6-8). Even though they were defeated, the evil that they practiced still exists. The worst of those is the worship of other gods. Would it surprise you that the very people who were chosen to rid the evil are the same ones who perpetuated it? It was us, hence we were scattered to the four corners of the earth and back to Egypt in ships (Deuteronomy 28:68), here in America where we suffered and are still suffering the most because of our own disobedience. (Deuteronomy 29:10-20) (Jeremiah 9:12-16). The scattering of us to the four corners of the earth is even more significant than some of us may think because when we are raised again amongst the other people, the following will happen (Jeremiah 12:14-17 and Jeremiah 15:19-21). With that being said, we need to get back to the job of uniting. This is the only way for everyone. -The Straight Path.

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Johnny B. Wiley Sports Pavilion to Host MLK Event Sankofa Circle to Present Dr. Martin Luther King Documentary: The Sankofa Circle Documentary Series will present a two-part documentary, “Martin L. King: From Montgomery to Memphis” Wednesday, Jan. 16 and Wednesday, Jan. 30 at the Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Ave. from 6-8 p.m. Admission is free. For more information call 883-4418.

“Black Buffalo in 1967: Riots, SEEK, and a Speech by Dr. Martin Luther King” The Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier will host its 14th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. program Sunday, January, 20 at 2 p.m. at the Buffalo History Museum, 1 Museum Court. The speaker will be Dr. Steve Peraza, Assistant Professor of History and Social Studies Education at SUNY- College at Buffalo. His presentation will be: “Black Buffalo in 1967: Riots, SEEK, and a Speech by Dr. Martin Luther King.”

The event is free and open to the public.

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Downtown Central Library Annual King Celebration

The 41st Annual Community Celebration Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will be held Thursday, January 17, from 12 noon to 1p.m. at the Downtown Central Library, 1 Lafayette Square featuring master of ceremonies Clifford Bell, local poet/ community leader and speakers and entertainment.

Free and open to the public.

Annual Martin Luther King Winter Fun Fest!

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Winter Fun Fest will be held on Monday, January 21 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. There will be tubing, sledding, food and plenty of family fun! No age limit!

See you there!

“Follow His Footsteps…Live The Dream…

Unity Wins” is Theme of Annual City-Wide Martin Luther King Celebration The Concerned Citizens Following The Dream Committee will present the Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration program, on Sunday January 20, at 6 p.m. at Kleinhans Music Hall. The theme is: “FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS…LIVE THE DREAM… UNITY WINS.” Pastor Jason Drayton of First Calvary Baptist Church is the keynote speaker.

The 2019 MLK awardees are: Judge James A.W. McLeod the Judicial Award; Agnes M. Bain the Community Service Award; Letizia Conrad the Education Award; Kelly Diane Galloway the Foreign Mission Award; James F. Dentinger the Business Award; Lillion Batchelor the Woman of Distinction Award; Eugenio Russi the Community Service Award ; and Dr. James A. Lewis lll the Humanitarian Award.

Some musical participants will include: the Hutch-Tech School Gospel Choir, Elim Christian Fellowship Praise Dance Ministry, Malcoln Wilson & the Joshua Generation Choir, Miss Barbara’s School of Dance, Bessie Patterson & the City-Wide Choir, Highly Favored Praise Dance Ministry, Buffalo Bells, Kappa Phi Fraternity Step Team, African American Cultural Center Dancers and others.

The admission is free and is sponsored in part by M&T Bank, Wegmans Food, Councilman Ulysees Wingo, Legislator Barbara Miller Williams, Thomas T. Edwards Funeral Home, Community Health Center of Buffalo Inc., Lombardo Funeral Home, Senator Tim Kennedy, UNYTS, ECMC Medical Center, Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc. THE African Cultural Center and others.

Bessie Patterson is the Coordinator.

The Johnny B. Wiley Sports Pavilion, 1100 Jefferson at Best St., will host “Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 21 from 12 noon to 3. p.m.

The event will spotlight area youth and feature their voices regarding Dr. King. The community is invited to attend.

On February 9 a Valentines Shopping Bazaar will be held at the Wiley Pavilion. If you are interested in vending call Theresa Land at (716) 4442179.

Mayor Brown to Keynote Annual MLK Scholarship Breakfast

The 29th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast, hosted by Pastor Herschel Chapman Jr. and the New Hope Baptist Church Christian Education Scholarship Committee, will be held on Monday, January 21 at 8:30 a.m. at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, 153 Franklin Street.

This year’s Keynote speaker is the Honorable Mayor Byron Brown. Tickets are $35 per person.

For additional information please contact New Hope Baptist Church at (716)883-0821 or the program Chair,at (716 8354737) .

"We may all have come onn differenct ships but we're in the same boat now."

-Dr.Martin Luther King

14th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration In Partnership with the Afro-American Historical Society of the Niagara Frontier Featuring a lecture by Dr. Steve Peraza, Assistant Professor at SUNY College at Buffalo.

SUNDAY, January 20th 2 - 4:30 p.m.

FREE EVENT

ONE MUSEUM COURT, BUFFALO, NY 14216 716.873.9644 BUFFALOHISTORY.ORG

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once asked, Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?

As we celebrate his life and legacy, let’s continue to respond to that call of service through our actions and good deeds.

In the words of Dr. King,

He who is greatest upon you shall be a servant.

That is the new definition of greatness.

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- MAYOR BYRON W. BROWN

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ON STAGE •Clint Coley, Thursday January 17 @ 8 p.m. Helium Comedy Club, 30 Mississippi St. (716) 853-1211

Dee Paris and Uncle Willie

Missy Elliott First Woman in Hip-Hop Inducted to the Songwriter Hall of Fame Missy Elliott will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, making her the first female hip-hop artist to receive the honor. The tribute makes Elliott the third rapper to ever be honored by the organization, following Jay-Z’s induction in 2017 and Jermaine Dupri’s last year.

Not only is Elliott, a Grammy Award-winning artist, responsible for monumental hits from the early 2000s like “Get Ur Freak On” and “Work It,” but she’s also the only female rapper to have six studio albums certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Over the course of her three-decade career, she’s written for some of the music industry’s most talented female artists, including Beyoncé , Whitney Houston , Aaliyah , Mary J. Blige , and Ciara.

In its announcement, the Hall of Fame recognized Elliott as “a ground-breaking solo superstar, pioneering songwriterproducer and across-the-board cultural icon.”

The 2019 class also includes hip-hop producer Dallas Austin, who wrote the T.L.C. hit “Creep.” The six artists will be inducted at a ceremony on June 13 in New York City.

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Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology and WNY-Urban Arts Collective present The Art of Music

DL Hughley Helium Comedy Club, 30 Mississippi St. (716) 853-1211 *Friday Jan. 18 -7:30 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.

•Saturday Jan 19 -7:30 p.m. &10:30 p.m.

•Sunday Jan 20 -7:00 p.m.

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 17, 2019 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Student Exhibit and Performance: Friday, February 1, 2019 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Drea D’Nur Performs Nina Simone January 19, 8 p.m.

Musical Fare Theatre 4380 Main Street Tickets $25 @ musicalfare.com Limited Seats Left !

On Thursday, January 17 from 6-8 pm the Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology (BCAT) and the WNY-Urban Arts Collective, will present The Art of Music, an exhibit featuring artists from the WNY-Urban Arts Collective On Friday, February 1 from 6-8pm, BCAT and the WNY Urban Arts Collective will celebrate First Friday with a student exhibit and performance.

These are not the traditional images of musicians, performers and instruments on exhibit.

The presentation of these artistic images are creative visual representations and reflections of our individual personal interaction with music. Music - R&B, Soul, Gospel, Rap, Hip Hop, Classical, Country, Jazz, Blues, Rock, etc. - is as diversified and multicultural as our world; there is no one that hasn’t been touched by its enormous impact,communicating in our everyday life, good bad or indifferent.

Our relationship with music begins when we are first introduced to lullabies as babies.

From that point on it becomes a regular part of our everyday life, in our cars, parties, clubs, home, events, church, celebrations, working, traveling, hanging out, DJs, dancing, concerts, the shower, street corner, funerals and more.

The evolution of music mirrors the history of society and technology. dance,

Sound of Freedom Concert

Human Trafficking Awareness Concert Featuring Drea D’Nur Curtis Lovell and more!

January 25 7 p.m.

Tickets $20 www.projectmonashouse.com BEAU FLEUVE First Friday Arts X Beats Event February 1 / 7-10 p.m.

Featuring Curtis Lovell Imagine Event Center 71 Military Road Tickets $10 search artsxbeats on evetbrite.com •Marsha Ambrosius Saturday February 23, With Special Guests 6 p.m. Doors/7 p.m.

Show $35 Advance / $45 Day Of Show. General Admission Event Ticketmaster.com / Tralf Box Office 716.852.2860.

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•Avery Sunshine and Elan Trotman in concert on Friday, February 15 at 8pm at Rockwell Hall Performing Arts Center. Tickets on sale now at the Rockwell Hall Box Office on the Buffalo State College campus, 1300 Elmwood. Avenue (716 )8783005. Presented by DIAAB Entertainment..

Top Knotch Band Presents a Valentine’s Day Musicians Ball Dedication: Tribute to Buffalo’s Own “Gone But Not 4 Gotten” featuring live entertainment by Chris Dean, Unity Band, Dee Paris, Denzal Ward, Nice & Easy, Uncle Willie, Dalane, Leroy Johnson, Puncho, Top Knotch Band, Saturday, Feb. 16 from 5:30-11 p.m.

Schiller Park Senior Center, 2057 Genesee, tickets $25,VIP

•Rick James Birthday Celebration Concert by Reflex Productions

Sat, February 2, 2019 7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. EST Adam's Mark Hotel *Buffalo's Own BRIAN MCKNIGHT on Saturday, February 16, at 8:00 p.m., Seneca Niagara Events CenterTickets start at $35 •Love Cadenza Part 5 Valentine's R&B Concert.

Saturday February 9, @The Tralf Music Hall; 7p.m. Doors | 8p.m. Show featuring recording artists D Mott Motley, Kimera Lattimore, from Rochester NY Carlton Wilcox, Buffalo Music Hall of Fame Inductee trumpeter Brian Freeman and Peoples Choice Award Winner Saxophonist Will Holton Reserved Seating Event Tickets starting at $25 Ticketmaster.com / Tralf Box Office 716.852.2860 / Tralf. com

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Native Son Opens This Weekend at the Paul Robeson Theatre Play runs Jan. 18-Feb. 10 Fridays & Saturdays 8 p.m.

Sunday matinee at 4 p.m.

Paul Robeson Theatre 350 Masten Avenue The Paul Robeson Theatre at the African American Cultural Center kicks off its 2019 season this weekend, with the production of “Native son.”

The play, which opens Friday January 18, is written by Chicago’s Nambi E. Kelley and directed by Robeson artistic director Paulette D. Harris, who directed last season’s double Artie Award winning production of “Skeleton Crew.”

Adapted with theatrical ingenuity by Kelley, this Native Son captures the power of Richard Wright's novel for a whole new generation.

Native Son brings Buffalo native Alphonso Walker Jr. home for the lead role of Bigger Thomas. Currently residing in New York City, the talented actor of stage, television and film will make his debut on the Investigation Discovery Channel’s Evil Lives Here in late February The remaining power house cast members include Augustus Donaldson Jr., Deborah A. Krygier, Janae’ Leonard, Madeline E. Allard, Debbi Davis, Jerai Kahdim, John Warzel and Shawn Patrick Greene.There will be audience talkback after the production on Sundays.

For reservations call the theatre boxoffice at (716) 884-2013 or pickup tickets and coupons online at www.aaccbuffalo.org For group rate information email paulroesontheatrebuffalo@gmail.com

Author/Playwright Gary E. Ross to Present at League of American Pen Women Event

SUPPORT THE ARTS!

World renown award winning author and playwright Gary E. Ross will present to aspiring and experienced writers on the topic, "Sourcing The Child Within For Creative Expression," at the National League of American Pen Women luncheon Saturday, January 19, 12: noon at Chester's Restaurant, 301 Cleveland Dr., Cheektowaga.

Cost is $19.50. Call Sandy 836-2517 or Kathleen 5604989 by noon Thursday, January 17. Lorayne D. Simmons is President.

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Canisius College Celebrates the Legacy of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Soup with Substance Series event planned for February 5

Canisius College celebrates the legacy of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during a Soup with Substance event on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 from 12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. in the Grupp Fireside Lounge located in the college’s Richard E. Winter ’42 Student Center.

Presented by the ALANA (African American, Latino/a American, Asian American and Native American) Student Center, the event is free and open to the public with soup for the body and discussion for the heart and mind.

Sandy E. White ’77, award-winning journalist and owner and president of Mustard Seed World Consulting Group, will interview and lead a discussion with featured guests: Rod Watson, founding president of Buffalo’s Association of Black Journalists. As urban affairs director for The Buffalo News, Watson is a weekly columnist who covers socio-economic and political issues affecting minorities and/or the poor, as well as the follies of local government.

Dr. Rev. James Lewis III is founder of the Miracle Missions Full Gospel Church, where he serves as pastor. He is chaplain for the Buffalo Police Department and director of pastoral care for ECMC. The annual Soup with Substance Series, open to the Western New York community, presents culturally-based programs to familiarize audiences with topics germane to ALANA cultures.

Free parking is available in the college’s Science Hall parking ramp (corner of Delavan and Jefferson). For more information, contact the ALANA Student Center at (716) 888-2787.

(Please Note:The incorrect information was published in lastweek's edition re: the Canisius MLK Celebration on page 7)

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They Shoot Black Boys Don’t They?

Rochester Hills Michigan and Buffalo New York: A Tale of Two Shootings Part 2 Conclusion

"Harsher discipline for Blacks is not a southern or

Women’s March Controversy

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By Silver Light Assistant Director, WNY Peace Center

e are excited to host the Women’s March-Buffalo/WNY on Sunday, January 20 at 1:30pm at Niagara Square, where there will be diverse speakers, co-sponsors, youth groups, music and song. A press conference for elected officials will be held on Thursday, Jan. 17 at 12noon at Niagara Square, and a sign-making party on Sunday, Jan. 20 from 12-1p.m. at the WNY Peace Center. All women and allies to women’s rights are invited to the march and supporting events. When a handful of women got together to organize the first national Women’s March in the fall of 2016, they were responding to normalized violence against women, and perpetrators of harassment, assault and abuse being elevated to the highest positions in America.

However, recently, Women’s March organizers have been called to step down amid controversy between a Women’s March organizer with connections to Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, and accusations of anti-semitism from previous Women’s March organizers. This brings up a long, troubled history of this country and of the world, and it is not a matter for hasty conclusions, but instead for multi-dimensional deconstruction, insight and historical context. And while I’m not sure I’m the person for that at the moment, I do have to ask: what does this mean for the women’s movement? Should the Women’s March be canceled, or is this an opportunity to finally begin to have the conversation that is inevitable to progress?

We’re calling on everyone to join us at the Women’s MarchBuffalo/WNY and to join us at the WNY Peace Center in facilitating a process for progress, and begin having that conversation.

Send us your input for how we can begin to facilitate peace within the women’s movement and in larger society. info@wnypeace.org.

We hope to hear from you!

The Women’s March-Buffalo/WNY is in the finalizing process of communicating our local goals and demands for this community as it regards women. Overarching goals include: 1. Increasing participation and leadership of women in government in WNY, 2. Increasing participation and leadership of women in business and organizations in WNY, 3. Healthy and empowering education spaces for girls and women (including and especially schools), 4.

Women’s right to health in WNY, 5. Women’s right to safety and freedom from violence in WNY, and 6. Care for Mother Earth.

Join us! Join the conversation! And join the movement for the rights of women. For more information, visit wnypeace.org.

BLACK HISTORYcontinued from page 3 later appealed it.

That effort went all the way to Nova Scotia's Supreme Court -- and failed. But it in turn fired up the province's Black communityThe Nova Scotia Association for the of Colored People used that momentum in a number of campaigns that led to desegregation of workplaces in the province.Desmond died in 1965 in New York at the age of 50.

“We wish to plead our own cause.

Too long have others spoken for us.”

- John Russwurm, Freedom’s Journal.

1827 America’s 1st Black Newspaper

state level problem. It is a national crisis. These issues regarding racial differences in conduct and character have long and tragic histories in America.

In 1891, the southern educator J.L.M. Curry proclaimed that “Blacks displayed a lack of selfrestraint and didn’t obey moral law.” Today, these views are maintained by some in policing, from various police departments. They are not willing to prosecute illegal or abusive behavior. Too many have refused to make cultural changes within their own departments.

"Very often, Black youth are viewed as adults with threatening or deadly behavior. It makes it easy then for one to justify taking them down, shooting them, or treating elementary school children, in some cases, as one might treat an adult. It is a blatant disregard for the personhood of the individual.

It provides an excuse for some to be judge, jury, and executioner without any thoughtful or careful analysis. These are perceptions that are enhanced by some in leadership who often pit one group against the other.

They are inspired by leaders who identify certain groups of people as rapists, murderers, terrorists and less than human.

It is often exacerbated when the leader of the nation describes certain people of color, Blacks in particular, as not wanting to go back to their huts and shacks and coming from “shithole countries.” These racist atti-

tudes sustain and give permission for shooting down Black youth with impunity, after all, who really cares.

"These assumptions and attitudes are further magnified in a report by Badger, Miller, Pearce, and Quealy, dated March 14, 2018, entitled Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism of Black Boys.

The study reflects the great gap between black boys raised in America, even in families living in some of the most well-todo neighborhoods. These young boys, later as men, still earn less in adulthood than White boys in a study that traces the lives of millions of children. According to Dr. Ibram Kendi, a Professor and Director of the Anti-Racist Research and Policy Center at American University, “One of the most popular, liberal, postracial ideas is the idea that the fundamental problem is class and not race, and clearly this study explodes this idea. But, for whatever reason we are unwilling to stare racism in the face.” Again, these issues continue to be fed and nurtured quite consistently in the response to Black life by many in our society.

We must be very clear. Whether or not it was Brennan Walker, age 14, knocking on the door in the daylight in Rochester asking for help, he was still shot at for his efforts. In case you forgot, Renisha McBride, age 19, was shot in the face at midnight and killed in Dearborn Heights as she asked for help for her efforts. Until our society has a heart and a head transformation,

we will continue to see not our God given humanity but our contagious Ted racial insanity. Face it KIRKLAND America, we have a problem. It’s called racism. Until we own it, we cannot cure it. What are you going to do about it?

“It is just absurd that this happened,” Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told WJBK. “I feel terrible for the young man; I feel terrible for the mom and the anxiety that they had to go through. We are going to ask for every charge permissible for this guy who stepped up and fired a shotgun because someone knocked on his door.”

A jury found the 53year old retired Detroit firefighter guilty of assault and a gun charge.

The Judge sentenced him 4 to 10 years in prison; meaning he must serve four years before he becomes eligible for parole.

This was the way the shooting of the 12 year old Black boy in Buffalo should have ended, but it didn’t. We must remember that regardless to who and how many times the district attorney is brought into our community, into our churches, into our social events, into our consciousness and into our homes hoping to sell himself to us as the next best thing to Jesus, we must not forget the 12 year old Black boy who lost an eye and as his adult care takers, justice becomes our responsibility.

WHO'S NEXT? continued from page 2 issue.

But perhaps, Mr. Andreatta should seek out and investigate all kinds of so-called carpetbaggers he can find in Rochester.

For example, perhaps he could investigate if there are “cultural carpetbaggers,” like Republican Senators who frequent Black-owned establishments and Black-owned radio stations because he knows what he must do in order to win the hearts and minds of the majority Black and democratic voters in his district.

But Mr. Andreatta will not do that, because that would be unfair and disrespectful.

Or perhaps he could investigate to see if there are “educational carpetbaggers,” like some in the RCSD who would live in and send their children to outlying school districts where they have voting power and the ability to control school taxes, yet enter into the city each day to do their jobs in an environment that they would not permit for their own children.

But Mr. Andreatta will not do that, because that would be unfair and disrespectful.

Besides, the privileged do not get publicly lynched at the picnic. That is reserved for Black Elected Officials and Leaders.

So then, Who’s Next?

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Please Support the MLK Petition Drive Event This Weekend Dear Editor: On Saturday January 19 The Committee to Save Martin Luther King Jr. Park is sponsoring a promotional event in the Broadway Market to get people to come out and sign our petition to have the current statue in MLK Park of Dr. King replaced with a life size, identical replica.

We will be giving away a cup of Margie's Peach Cobbler to those who sign the petition. We are now over the 8, 300 mark. If you have not signed our petition please come to the Broadway Market January 19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and sign the petition.

We have until Monday Jan. 21, Rev. King’s national holiday, to gather 10,000 names of residents that live in the State of New York and Erie county and the City of Buffalo. You can also sign on change.org title " enough of symbolism we want realism". We urge everyone to come out!

For more information email .

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-Samuel A. Herbert

Tao Te Ching -66All streams flow to the sea Because it is lower than they are.

Humility gives it its power.

If you want to govern the people, You must place yourself below them.

If you want to lead the people, You must learn how to follow them.

The Master is above the people, And no one feels oppressed.

She goes ahead of the people, And no one feels manipulated.

The whole world is grateful to her.

Because she competes with no one, No one can compete with her.

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Rise Up Right: A Look Back in Top Sports Moments of 2018 As we embrace the ambiance of a New Year, Rise Up Right would like to embark on a journey to what got us here. 2018 was filled with a plethora of highlights that can’t go unnoticed.

Let's Rise Up Right with Love and countdown my top 10 moments in Sports in 2018. #10. The Crimson Comeback: Alabama wins another National Championship after trailing 20-10 to start the 4th quarter over the Georgia Bulldogs. This moment gave Nick Saban his sixth national title. (5 with Alabama and 1 with LSU) #9. The Better American Symbol Super Bowl: The Patriots were looking for a 6th Super Bowl title under the Belichick and Brady Regime but the moment would be swooped in on and taken by the Philly Special as the Eagles won the Super Bowl behind backup quarterback Nick Foles 4133. This marked the 1st Super Bowl title in Philadelphia Eagles history. #8. Speaking on First For Everything: The NCAA tournament has had 135 matchups where a 16 seeded team faced a 1 seeded team. Can you guess how many 16 seeded teams have won? Well if you said 0 then your right but that was until this past season when the number 1 seeded Virginia Cavaliers were beaten badly by the University of Maryland at Baltimore 74-54. How embarrassing is that? I guess it's a 1st that will go in the record books and make the Rise Up Right top 10 moments of 2018 article. #7. Buzzer Beat'Em: The luck of the Irish has always been a questionable sediment to many as some wonder why the Irish can't win NCAA football championships but in this case can win NCAA basketball titles as last season saw Notre Dame's Arike Ogunbowale bounce UConn and Mississippi State with back to back buzzer beating off balance shots to win the NCAA Women's basketball championship. Who will go back to back in 2019? Maybe the luck of the Irish will prevail again. #6. Come On Man: Lebron James and the Cavaliers made an astounding run to the finals as many suggested that there was no way Lebron would see the NBA Finals with the supporting cast the Cavs had unless it was on the couch watching it from home. Ultimately they did but in Game One against the Warriors with the game tied at 107 and just 4 seconds remaining JR Smith grabbed what was an improbable offensive rebound after a missed free throw only to run the wrong way thinking that the Cavs were up one. Subsequently the Cavs lost Game One 124-114 in OT and were swept 4 games to none. Come on Man.

-And the City of Buffalo had some great moments in 2018 for sure.#5. Michael Vick's Record Gets Dogged: The Buffalo Bills first round pick Josh Allen broke Michael Vick's 3 game QB rushing yards record as Allen racked up 321 yards in a 3 game span which is the most rush yards accumulated by any QB in the Super Bowl Era. #4. Bulls Basketball is Back: The University of Buffalo Bulls Men’s and Women’s basketball teams made noise in 2018 as they both won NCAA Tournament games. As a 13 seed, the Bulls knocked off an Arizona Wildcats team in convincing fashion even with the Wildcats having the Number 1 overall pick in the NBA draft DeAndre Ayton playing. The Final Score Bulls 89 Wildcats 64. The Women’s team made even more noise as they made it to the Sweet 16 before losing to the potential tournament runner up Mississippi State. The 2018-19 season for the UB men started with a bang as they made the Top 25 AP Poll being ranked as high as 17th. Keep up the great work University at Buffalo. Go Bulls ! *Read the Final Rise Up Right Top 3 moments in sports on www.thechallengernews.com Be sure to follow Andre on FB @AndreRobinson @RiseupFamily or on the web at www.riseupfamily.com

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Majority Leader Baskin Seeking 2019 Interns Erie County Majority Leader April N.M. Baskin is seeking college students to serve as unpaid interns for the 2019 spring semester. She will host open interviews on January 28th from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at her district office at 792 E. Delavan Avenue, Buffalo, NY. Women and minority students are strongly encouraged to apply.

The desired intern qualifications are: •A strong desire to learn public policy and the legislative process; •Written communication skills; •Analytical and research skills; •Strong work ethic; •Ability to handle a fast-paced environment.

Duties may include assisting staff in the day-to-day operations within the Legislative offices; answering inquiries by phone and through written communications and email; preparing some of the following: letters, memos, certificates, resolutions, proclamations or reports; assisting with research assignments and special projects; attending meetings or community events; filing, faxing, photocopying, etc.

Roswell Park’s Expanding Partnerships Focus on Jobs, Business Opportunities

By David Clarence Scott, Director, Diversity & Inclusion Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center understands the importance of being good corporate citizens, and we know that caring for the community goes far beyond the fight against cancer. The more engaged we are with our neighbors, the better we can serve our patients with culturally competent care.

In the coming year, we plan to increase employment opportunities by expanding our educational programming and outreach efforts, working hand in hand with such partner organizations as Black Nurses Rock, Hispanics United of Buffalo, Baker Victory Services, Buffalo Jewish Federation, and the Turkish Cultural Center of Buf-falo. We’ll host outreach events for the many Western New York communities we serve, including: •Job fairs •Resume-writing workshops •“How to Do Business with Roswell” workshops •Health information programs These programs are among the ways we stay connected to the community so we can respond to their issues and concerns.

We are fortunate to have the support and guidance of our Diversity Advisory Council, created by Roswell Park’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion. Council members represent the Fruit Belt Coalition, Hispanic Heritage Council, The Black Chamber of Commerce of Western New York, Adult Career and Continuing Education Services – Vocational Rehabilitation, the University at Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center, Buffalo Employment and Training Center, Pride Center of Western New York, Community Access Services and Evergreen Health. We’re grateful to our council members for helping us create strong partnerships with organizations throughout Western New York.

We’re always looking for new ways to provide diverse community members with employment and business contracting opportunities. To learn about these and other opportunities and services, please contact the Office of Diversity & Inclusion at 715-845-4567 or Diversity@RoswellPark.org.

NOTICE: Ignite Buffalo Monthly Small Business Workshop

Thursday January 17• 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.

University at Buffalo’s Educational Opportunity Center 555 Ellicott Street 1st Floor Informative session hosted by Tim Finney, Director of Alcott HR, one of the nation’s leading Professional Employer Organization’s. HR Best Practices, Employee Life Cycle, Payroll/ Wage and Hour Issues NYS Update Min Wage, PFL, Sexual Harassment Prevention, Employee Manual Considerations, Compliance, Developing HR Strategy for Your Company / Outsource. Free Event

LEGAL NOTICE BIDS INVITATION TO BID

Apple Blossom Apartments, Cheektowaga, NY Bids are due by 1/22/2019 2:00 PM Home Leasing Construction is soliciting final bid pricing for the New Construction of the Apple Blossom Apartments located at the DePaul Glenwell property 2224 & 2228 Old Union Road, Cheektowaga, NY 14227. The project consists of two new 45,500 sf 40-unit three story buildings and one 15-unit addition to an existing 15 unit building which will be renovated.

This project is Sales Tax Exempt and is not subject to Davis Bacon Prevailing Wage Rates.

Home Leasing Construction is actively seeking M/WBE and SDVOB certified participation. Home Leasing Construction (“HLC”) recognizes that the opportunity for the participation in a free enterprise system by persons or groups traditionally, socially, and economically disadvantaged is essential to obtain social and economic equality. As such, HLC acknowledges the need to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises (“M/WBE”) in contracts awarded as part of the Apple Blossom Apartment Project for DePaul. HLC further acknowledges the diverse community of the City of Buffalo, as reflected in its businesses and workforce labor. HLC strives to support business development and workforce diversification opportunities that the Apple Blossom Apartment Project may create, including the opportunity to encourage participation of these diverse individuals.

Accordingly, HLC fosters and promotes the participation of M/WBE’s and women and minority workforce in all subcontracts for this Project.

Please indicate any and all M/WBE and SDVOB participation when submitting.

All pricing is due back no later than 2:00 PM on 1/22/2019.

Please email all bids to christophersi@homeleasing.net Project Schedule: Start December 2018 Finish November 2020 Plans and Specifications are available to download at Avalon Services at the designated Plan Room.

Please see the link below to acquire the plans for review. http://www.avalonroch-planroom. com/ Please review the provided scopes of work when preparing your bids for our review.

Addendum #1 and #2 have been issued with the set of bidding documents. Please review all information provided.

Home Leasing Services Chris Silverthorn 585.944.4876 email: christophersi@homeleasing. net

LEGAL NOTICE BIDS REQUEST FOR BID Mark Cerrone, Inc. is requesting quotes for the Bridge Replacement Griswold St over Tributary to Mud Creek Project in Town of Royalton, NY for all scopes of work detailed in contract documents. Optional DBE Pre-bid meeting Wednesday January 16, 2019 at 3:30 pm.at MCI Offices. Documents can be obtained by contacting ttibbs@markcerrone.com, Phone 716-282-5244, Fax 716-2825245 or iSqFt®. Quotes due electronically or in person at 2368 Maryland Ave., Niagara Falls, NY 14305 by 1/22/19 at 2:00pm. Certified Disabled Business Enterprise participation is strongly encouraged.

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LEGAL NOTICE BIDS COUNTY OF ERIE NOTICE TO BIDDERS AMSDELL ROAD CR122 CULVERT REPLACEMENT PROJ# FA-5762.23-19 PIN 5762.23 Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, seeking sealed bids for Bridge NY county culvert replacement construction project. Sealed proposals received at the DPW, 95 Franklin St, Rm 1400, Buffalo, NY by, and opened at, 10 am Thursday, January 31, 2019. Certified check as bid deposit in the amount of $29,000.00 required. Minority, Local & Disadvantaged Workforce goals, NYS Apprenticeship, and NYS MWBE goals required. Plans and additional bid submittal information on the Erie County website at: http://www2.erie. gov/dpw see On Line Bid Retrieval.

EMPLOYMENT Client Systems Engineer Buffalo State, State University of New York, seeks candidates for the position of Client Systems Engineer.

For a full job description and to apply: https://jobs.buffalostate.edu.

Buffalo State is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and committed to respect for diversity and individual differences.

LEGAL NOTICE BIDS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ERIE COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT NO. 6 WELL AND WILMUTH AVENUE PUMPING STATION ELECTRICAL UPGRADES CONTRACT 57R-A – GENERAL CONTRACT 57R-B – HEATING AND VENTILATION CONTRACT 57R-D - ELECTRICAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that sealed proposals for the above referenced contracts will be received by the Commissioner of the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning (ECDEP) on February 12, 2019 until 3:00 P.M., local time, at 95 Franklin Street, Room 1034, Buffalo, New York, 14202, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud in Room 1004.

The nature of the work generally includes constructing a new generator building, new diesel standby power generator, new diesel fuel tank, new electrical service, electrical system upgrades, site work, and other improvements.

Prospective bidders are encouraged to attend a pre-bid meeting scheduled for Wednesday, January 23, 2019, at 10:00 A.M., in the conference room of the Southtowns Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility located at S-3690 Lakeshore Rd, Buffalo, NY 14219. A site tour will follow the pre-bid meeting.

Additional information and bid documents can be found at: http://www2. erie.gov/dsm.

BY ORDER OF: Joseph L. Fiegl, P.E. Deputy Commissioner, ECDEP Dated: January 8, 2019 Published: January 16, 2019

LEGAL NOTICE BIDS COUNTY OF ERIE NOTICE TO BIDDERS Vermont Street CR226 Site 9 Drainage Improvements & Roadway PROJ# CAP-226-01-18 Department of Public Works (DPW), Division of Highways, seeking sealed bids for drainage and road construction project in Holland, NY. Sealed proposals to be received at Rath Building, DPW, 95 Franklin St, Room 1404, Buffalo, NY by 10 am, Thursday, January 17, 2019. $55,000. certified check, as bid deposit, attached to bid submittal required. Minority workforce, MBE/WBE participation, Apprenticeship goals, and Local & Disadvantaged Workforce requirements may apply. Pre-let meeting scheduled for Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 9 am, DPW, 95 Franklin Street, Room 1404, Buffalo, NY. Download plans and additional bid submittal information from the Erie County website at: http://www2.erie. gov/dpw see On Line Bid Retrieval.

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Wednesday January 16 Swearing In ceremony Majority Member Crystal D. PeoplesStokes, 6 p.m., True Bethel Baptist Church, 907 E. Ferry St. Reception to follow. For more info. 202-821-3881 friendsofcrystalpeoples@gmail.com Sankofa Circle Documentary Series: 6-8 p.m. Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson, 8834418. FREE ADMISSION, “MARTIN L. KING FROM MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS” PART 1.The Durham-

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WEDNESDAYS Hustle for Health Urban Line Dancing with Phyllis Caver at Gloria Parks: 3242 Main St. 11 a.m. - 12 noon.

FREE for ages 55+ 832 -1010 Urban Line Dance Classes: St. Phillips, 15 Fernhill ; 6-8 p.m.; Cheri & Darel 200-9702.

DJ Dave Urban Line Dancing, Baptist Manor, 276 Linwood. 5:30-7:30 p.m.

THURSDAYS Line Dance Classes with Willa Jackson, Instructor, 10:30 -11:30 a.m.

Schiller Park Senior Center, 2057 Genesee st. 895-2727.

FRIDAYS Beginners/Intermediate Line Dance Classes Every Friday 6pm Bethel AME Church Hall 1525 Michigan @ E.Ferry Ernestine, Instructor Chicago Steppin’: Every Friday 7-8:30 p.m. Pratt Center 422 Pratt St. SATURDAYS Mike's Smooth Urban Ballroom Dance Classes: 11 to 1 PM, Saturdays, Delavan-Grider Community Center, 877 E. Delavan Ave. 716-380-5100 class is $5 DJ Dave Urban Line Dancing, Baptist Manor, 276 Linwood.10a.m.-12 noon.

Wednesday January 16 Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 200 Eagle St. (716) 427-0566.

Thursday January 17 Metro Buffalo Alliance of Black School Educators (MBABSE) General Meeting: 5-7 p.m. East Community High School, 820 Northampton St. All educators urged to attend.

Yoga & Jembe Every Thursday at Juneteenth headquarters 1517 Genesee 5:30 p.m.

The Durham Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 200 Eagle St. (716)427-0566.

Saturday January 19 Annual Prayer Breakfast by Family Wellness Network: 9-11:30 a.m. St Paul AME Zion Church 610 East Eagle St. Donation $5.

For tickets: Mrs. Sanders (716) 770-8631.

Drea D’Nur Performs Tribute to Nina Simone : 8p.m., Musical Fare Theatre Intimate Setting only 100 Seats, Tickets $25 available at musicalfare.com Kick-Off Registration and "Open House" for 2019 Youth Entrepreneur Marketplace (YEM) Project: 1-4p.m. at the Alfonso "Rafi" Green Masten Resource Center located at 1423 Fillmore Ave. Contact Pamela James at (716)332-3773.

Sunday January 20 The Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier 14th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Program: 2 p.m. Buffalo History Museum, 1 Museum Court. Free & open to the public/ Buffalo’s Women's March :1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Starts with rally @ Niagara Square. For more info go to wnypeace.org (See article Page 11)

Wednesday January 23 Dorie Miller Rifle Club, Guest Speaker Ted Kirkland on his book, Spirit and Soul: Merriweather Library 6-8 p.m. Free!

The Durham Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 200 Eagle St (716)427-0566.

Thursday January 24 Yoga & Jembe Every Thursday at Juneteenth headquarters 1517 Genesee 5:30 p.m.

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Wednesday January 30 The Durham Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 200 Eagle St (716)427-0566.

Thursday January 31 Yoga & Jembe Every Thursday at Juneteenth headquarters 1517 Genesee 5:30 p.m.

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