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April 28, 2022 | FREE | thechallengernews.com | Community News

Annual Excellence In Education Awards To Highlight Buffalo Educators

From Inmate to Chaplain The Elevation of Bishop Frederick A. Gelsey Page 7

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Local Artist Lowdown Highlights

VOCERO OMAR Page 8

ROCHESTER: Positive Changes to Police Policies During Protests!

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Buffalo Native Named President of Spelman College Page 3

FREE LEAD TESTING FOR EVERY CHILD IN THE CITY!

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INSIDE ROCHESTER

SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SPLASHES ON STAGE Garth Fagan Dance Performance of Duets WITH THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL The Garth Fagan Dance

Rochester Business Brief

Matthew Cook

Rochester Native Named to “30 Under 30” List Mayor, Police Chief Announce Changes to Police Rochester native Matthew Cook, 26, has been named to Buffalo Business First “30 Under 30 list” 2022.

A graduate of WheatlandChili High School in Scottsville, he is Executive Director of Be Your Own Hero.

His goal is to eventually move back to Rochester “to help fix the problems it faces.”

He didn’t rule out “sitting in the mayor’s chair” one day to “give back to the city that raised me and leave it a better place.”

Public Market Seeking Vendors for Community Garage Sale and Superfleas The Public Market is seeking vendors to participate in the Community Garage Sale and Superfleas event series starting Sunday, April 24.

Individuals, families or community groups are invited to purchase a space. Cost is just $35 per day for a 10’ x 30’ stall, including a parking space.

To learn more and download the application, visit www.cityofrochester.gov/ garagesales, or stop in to the Market office at 280 N. Union St.

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Policies during Protests and Mass Gatherings

On Tuesday Mayor Malik D. Evans and Interim Police Chief David Smith announced that the Rochester Police Department has developed a series of new policies and procedures that will ensure citizens’ right to fairly and safely exercise their First Amendment right to protest.

Beginning April 26, the following policies were in effect for RPD response to protests and mass gatherings in Rochester: · The use of tear gas, flash bangs, long range acoustical device (LRADS) tones, and kettling is banned. · Mandatory wearing of body-worn cameras by police officers while at assemblies. · Officers will not tape over their badges. If a determination is made by the Police Chief that Officers may remove their name badges to protect their safety, Officers will wear a clearly identifiable, unique number assigned to them that will be prominently displayed at all times. · Significant limitations are imposed on use of pepper balls.

Any use of pepper balls must be authorized by a high ranking official and they may not be used to clear an area during a peaceful event. · Use of K-9 officers are prohibited at protests and mass gatherings. · The City’s Corporation Counsel will be included in all planning discussions for protests and mass gatherings and will be present with RPD command staff during an event. · Language added to the Police Department’s eviction protocol clarifies the right to protest and to take video at the scene.

The policy specifically prohibits the arrest of protestors at evictions unless they physically interfere with officers.

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School of the Arts students are diving in to their final Allen Main Stage performance of the 2021-22 season with The SpongeBob Musical this spring. This production features over 60 School of the Arts students in grades 7-12 in the cast, orchestra and crew.

The SpongeBob Musical will be performed LIVE in the Allen Main Stage at School of the Arts on Friday, April 29th at 7:00pm; Saturday, April 30th at 2:00pm & 7:00pm; Friday, May 6th at 7:00pm; Saturday, May 7th at 2:00pm & 7:00pm.

Tickets may be purchased online by visiting www.sotaroc. booktix.com or www.sotarochester.org. Tickets are $12.00 for adults; $10.00 students and senior citizens; and $5.00 for SOTA students and alumni. Masks are optional for patrons of School of the Arts.

For more information contact Andrea Gregoire, Art Center Director at 585-242-7682 x1551

Blessed Eid!

The Black Business Marketplace Series

Company to perform a memorable evening of duets on Mother's Day in a beautiful, new performance space downtown Sunday May 8 at the Theater at Innovation Square. The performance is dedicated to the late David Mitchell and Harriet Neville, generous philanthropists, and lifelong friends of the company. Admission is $50 and includes a PrePerformance cocktail reception at 5 p.m. with light hors d'oeuvres + drinks followed by the Performance from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets on sale through April 29 may be purchased by phone at 585.454.3260 or online now at garthfagandance.org!

The Black Empowerment Marketplace. Hosted by Community Justice Initiative and the Nation of Islam. The idea is to provide a regular platform for black owned businesses to thrive and to regularly practice cooperative economics. Held on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at Montgomery Center, located at 10 Cady Street. The vendor fee is $35, but is FREE to the public. To register, call 585- 690-2206.

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AREA BRIEFS

Buffalo Native Dr. Helene Gayle Named New Spelman College President!

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historically Black colleges for women, has selected as its 11th president an epidemiologist who spent decades fighting AIDS and HIV before becoming the leader of an international anti-poverty group.

Timothy Hogues

FINALIST: Buffalo defense lawyer Robert Ross Fogg is one of the final two choices being considered for assistant Monroe County (Rochester) Public Defender. The Pubic Defender is appointed by the Monroe County Legislature for a two-year term.

Lafayette Class Reunion SAVE THE DATE!!!!

The Lafayette High School Class of 1972 Reunion Meet & Greet, will be held August 5, 2022 at Lafayette High School from 5-7p.m. there is no fee.

The Reunion Luncheon will be held August 6, at the Classic V from 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Admission is $50 per person.

If interested, call Simone A. @ 702-884-2798, Joanne W. @ 859-5762409 or email lafayetteclassof72@gmail.com for questions, to give name, address, phone number and/or email address and number attending.

Hogues Nominated to Head Civil Service Panel Timothy Hogues has been nominated by Gov. Kathy Hochul to head the state Civil Service Commission.

Currently serving as Erie County Personnel Commissioner, Hogues, a former Erie County Legislator, also previously served as the commissioner of the county’s Senior Services Department. His confirmation hearing is expected to be held in late May or early June.

Blessed Eid!

Eid al-Fitr (“the feast of breaking the fast”) marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, a monthlong fast for Muslims.

Eid Mubarak is a traditional Muslim greeting reserved for the holy festival of Eid al-Fitr . The saying can be translated as "have a blessed holiday." Eid al-Fitr begins the evening of Monday, May 2 and ends the evening of Tuesday May 3.

NO EXCUSES COMMUNITY FORUM!

The next No Excuses Community Forum will be held Thursday, April 28th at the Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Ave. from 5-8 p.m. local educators, and former educators, including, Dr. Eva M. Doyle, Dr. Tonja M. Williams, Ms. Karima Amin, and Dr. Christopher St. Vil of the University at Buffalo will make up the forum's panel.

Dr. Helene Gayle, 66, is currently president of the Chicago Community Trust, a community foundation.

She said that when she was approached about leading Spelman, she was attracted to it as “a place where young women can really tap into who they are, really develop a sense of confidence as women."

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The college continues to be ranked by U.S. News and World Report as No. 1 among historically Black colleges and universities, No. 54 among national liberal arts colleges, and No. 4 among top performers in social mobility, and, according to the National Science Foundation, it has maintained a reputation as the nation’s leading producer of Black women scientists.

Dr. Gayle grew up the middle of five children (three girls, two boys) in a tight-knit, Buffalo family that encouraged education and public works. The daughter of social worker Marietta Spiller Dabney Gayle and businessman Jacob Astor Gayle, she attended Lancaster, New York’s Court Street Elementary School and Lancaster Middle School. Moving back to Buffalo, Gayle graduated with honors from Woodlawn Junior High School and then from Bennett High School in 1972. Briefly attending Baldwin-Wallace College, she graduated from Barnard College in New York City with her B.S. degree in psychology. Deciding to pursue medicine, Gayle earned her M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where she served as president of the Student National Medical Association. Gayle went on to earn her Masters of Public Health degree from John Hopkins University. She did her pediatric internship and residency at Children’s Hospital National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Gayle was selected to enter the epidemiology training program at Atlanta’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) in 1984. By 2001, she had risen to director of the National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention of the CDC. Throughout, Gayle concentrated on the effects of AIDS on children, adolescents and families. In the early 1990s, she began to investigate the global ramifications of the disease and authored numerous reports on the real risk factors involved with AIDS. In so doing, she became one of the foremost experts on the subject, Continued Page 10

Buffalo-Lead-Free Initiative Launched To Provide Free Lead Testing For Every Child In The City Of Buffalo The BUFFALO-LEAD-FREE-INITIATIVE is being launched to provide free lead testing for every child in the City of Buffalo. Lead is a poison and is hazardous even in very, very small amounts. There is no treatment to permanently reverse the adverse effects of lead exposure. Exposure to lead, particularly in children under the age of 6, can cause learning disabilities, behavioral problems, seizures, comas and even death.

In the City of Buffalo, children living within zip codes 14201, 14207, 14208, 14210, 14211, 14212, 14213, and 14215 are especially vulnerable to poisonous lead because of the age of the housing stock and lead contamination in pipes used for drinking water. Early testing in children is the best treatment in the battle against exposure to lead. Nurses Francesca Gidney, LPN and Makeda Holt Devonshire, RN, BSN, MPH, owners of Buffalo Clinical Lab Testing Corp. will oversee the BUFFALO-LEAD-FREE-INITIATIVE, in conjunction with the Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc. and the BLM Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.

Parents should contact the Buffalo Clinical Lab Testing Corp. at 1-833-662-4522 to schedule an appointment to get their child tested.

Mary Burnett Talbert

Buffalo’s Historic Connection to the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Bill

By Dr. Lillian W. Williams In 1922 Mary Burnett Talbert, Buffalo and internationally renowned human rights advocate, directed the NAACP’s national Anti-Lynching campaign to win support for Missouri Congressman Leonidas Dyer’s anti-lynching bill.

However, Congress failed to ratify this bill, just as it had all previous and subsequent attempts to enact anti-lynching legislation. One hundred years later after Talbert’s crusade, Congress finally enacted HR55, the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Bill. On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 President Joseph R. Biden signed into law HR 55, making lynching a federal hate crime.

Historian Lillian S. Williams’ research on Talbert – an early 20th century civil rights reformer, suffragist and human rights advocate – has spanned four decades and two continents. Dr. Williams is also writing a biography of Mary Burnett Talbert. Dr. Williams, author of "Strangers in the Land of Paradise: The Creation of an African American Community, Buffalo, New York, 1900-1940,” is an associate professor in the department of transnational studies in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences. She is an expert on U.S. social and urban history.

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or ORDER ONLINE at www.mannacarryout.com • DoorDash Location 633 Northland (Between Fillmore Ave. & Grider St.)

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HEALTH MATTERS

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ROSWELL REPORT:

April is Minority Cancer Awareness Month Part 2 Conclusion

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obbie Brown worked as a nurse’s aide at Buffalo General for a number of years and now serves as a volunteer for Roswell Park and is part of Nikia Clark's outreach team, setting up meetings, providing trainings and teachings and talking with people in her community about their cancer risks.

To get more awareness out there to explain to people that it’s OK to go to the doctor,” Bobbie says. “We need more awareness of going to the doctor, why it’s important to keep your appointments, making those appointments for colonoscopies because of the higher rates among people of color. If you see anything different, if you’re feeling anything different, then you need to tell your doctor. People are scared sometimes. Some don’t want to go see their doctor because they know they haven’t been in a while, and if there’s something going wrong, they don’t want to hear it. But we have to keep pushing.”

Bobbie says she is known in her community as someone who is very vocal about the importance of taking care of your health, a message she takes to her neighbors, community centers and to anyone who will listen. It works: She recalls one woman who “kept showing up” to various health discussions but admitted she had gone several years without a checkup at a gynecologist’s office. When the woman finally went to the doctor, she was diagnosed with stage 3 uterine cancer. “She finally got the treatment she needed. She knew somebody who lives where I live, and when she saw me, she came over and hugged me.”

Roswell Park also has adopted and expanded a patient navigator program in which people work with patients and prospective patients to make sure all appointments are attended and followups are completed. “We can do all the outreach, getting the awareness out there, but we need our navigators and volunteers.

Patient navigators are from traditionally underserved communities, historically minority communities, and they’re bilingual – that’s extremely important,” Nikia says. Navigators look like people in the community they’re serving, an acknowledgment of the fact that people will relate and respond more to people who look like them and share, or appear to share, a common

background and way of viewing the world. Navigators help to make sure people get the screenings and care they need and provide a compassionate but steady reminder that cancer screenings and doctor appointments are critically important to protecting a person’s health, Nikia says.

“We have volunteers who are Spanish speakers, women, men, and people of color,” Bobbie adds. “We are all human.

We need people from all colors and backgrounds. There’s a saying I have: ‘You must do what you’re preaching.’ People are scared. They’ve never had a colonoscopy. I tell them, ‘I’ve had this done. It’s simple.’ We are at high risk. I’m on their level.”

As a reminder, here is the general advice for when people should start to have regular cancer screenings if they are of average risk. People at higher risk of developing certain cancers, including breast and colorectal cancer, may need to begin these screenings earlier: •Breast: Mammography for women age 40 to 70 (frequency depends on risk factors) •Cervical: Pelvic exam, Pap test and routine HPV testing for women age 21 to 65 •Colorectal: Colonoscopy for men and women age 50 and older •Lung: Low-dose CT scan for men and women age 50 and older with more than 20 pack-years of smoking history and have smoked in last 15 years •Prostate: Digital rectal exam, counseling about PSA early detection and PSA testing (if desired) for men age 50 and older •Skin: Full-body skin check for patients with any suspicious

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SEXUAL HEALTH SUPPORT For men and women.

Call 716.852.5969 or visit CASWNY.org

BLACK GIRLS JUICE 716 JUICE OF THE WEEK

Juice of the Week: Red Apple, Lemon, Ginger Cayenne.

This week try blending the juice of 3 red apples, half squeezed lemon, half to 1 inch of ginger (depending on how much ginger kick you like) and one healthy pinch of cayenne. Together these ingredients help improve digestion circulation and to maintain healthy weight. The powerful Vitamin C of lemons the antioxidant and fiber rich apple and healing heart protecting benefits of ginger and cayenne is a healing healthy way to boost your fat burning regiment among other nutritional benefits. If it's in your budget buying organic is always best to avoid harmful chemicals in pesticides. Double up on ingredients to make enough to enjoy for a couple days. Be well and trust the power of plants to help get you there! Follow @blackgirlsjuice716 on Instagram.

FREE FOOD PANTRIES

Project at Ramadan at Feed The Bread of Life Food Pantry The Group Ministries Bread Buffalo Halal safe fruits and veggies to Feed Buffalo during Ramadan Monday and Tuesday from 12-4pm 456 Massachusetts Ave. More info go to feedbuffalo.org

FIRST FRUITS FOOD PANTRY OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL UMC

Located on the East Side, at Lincoln Memorial Church, 641 Masten @ Northland, First Fruits Food Pantry is open Tuesdays 4-6 p.m. and Saturdays 10a.m.-12 .

of Life Food Pantry 1335 Jefferson Avenue, 10 a.m.2 p.m. Monday & Wednesday. For info call (716)2598030.

FREE FOOD AT BFNC PANTRY Every Thursday & Friday 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. @The Fruit Belt Neighborhood House - 76 Orange St. Buffalo, N.Y.

The St. Philips Food Pantry

St. Philips Episcopal Church Food Pantry Wednesdays 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. If you have Every Wednesday from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. is Free Bread questions or need assistance, Pantry Day at the Dorothy J. call 716 833-0442.

Free Bread Pantry

Collier Center., 118 E. Utica.

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From Left: Reginald Ingram, Tina Grant -Holt, Dale Holt.

Manna@Northland Featured in Buffalo Spree Magazine’s “Great Breakfast & Brunch Across WNY” ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ALL: L to R: Zulmary Cruz, Favio Osorio, David Femi, Shai Arnold, Eric Feldstein, Juweria Dahir, Don Elick, Sonya Tareke and Shannon Johnson

M&T Bank Backs ‘Entrepreneurship for All’ Buffalo to Drive Inclusive Entrepreneurship M&T Bank recently announced a $300,000 commitment to support the Buffalo operations of Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll), a national nonprofit that opened its Buffalo office last year in partnership with the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC) to help more people from historically underserved communities access the training and support they need to start and grow businesses.

In addition to the $300,000 grant funding commitment, which will be provided over a sustained three-year period, M&T employees will serve as mentors to help participating entrepreneurs develop their business acumen, identify solutions to common startup challenges and connect to an expanded network of support services that can sustain their companies.

“Many people in our community find themselves at a disadvantage because they don’t have that experience in their social circle – and disproportionately these would-be entrepreneurs are from diverse racial, ethnic or cultural backgrounds,” said M&T Western New York Regional President Eric Feldstein.

“We’re committed to making a difference in people’s lives and helping entrepreneurs pursue dreams of starting businesses that uplift our community. Our collaboration with EforAll will help ensure every Western New Yorker knows entrepreneurship is attainable and there’s support available to help them throughout their journey.”

The EforAll Business Accelerator is a free, year-long program that starts with 12 weeks of intensive startup business training and mentorship and then evolves into a robust support system and extended professional network. Locally, the program has provided support for entrepreneurs who have started businesses and nonprofits in a variety of industries. Among the people it has supported: •Danielle Sharp Owner and CEO of My Legacy Embroidery & Crafts •Samantha Long, web designer , founder owner and CEO of Mazus Media LLC • DeVaughn Jones, President, Co-founder and creator of the stress management company Warr Room Decompress Inc. Of the business owners currently in the EforAll Buffalo accelerator program, 74 percent are women, 58 percent are Black, Indigenous or people of color, and 46 percent are immigrants. \EforAll also organizes pitch contests to create opportunities for participating businesses to gain additional exposure and potentially win grant funding to accelerate their growth.

Our focus on inclusive entrepreneurship refers to our ongoing and collaborative work to ensure everyone, no matter who they are or where they’re from, can access the resources and support they need to start and grow their own business,” said EforAll Executive Director Juweria Dahir.

Dale Holt and Reggie Ingram are two of the baddest brothers in the kitchen. Their restaurant, Manna@Northland, is featured in a full page spread in the May 2022 issue of Buffalo Spree Magazine along with seven other outstanding eateries as the place to go for “Great Breakfast & Brunch Across WNY.” Partners Ingram and Holt received high compliments for their “Shrimp N’Grits” and other “soul food marvels on the menu ” - particularly what author Nancy J. Parisi hails as ”some of the universe’s best cold slaw.”

Congratulations to the Manna@Northland team on a job

well done. Stop by today at 683 Northland Avenue (in the Northland Workforce Building Tuesday thru Sunday - closed Mondays) or call 716-253-2100.

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FAITH & FAMILY

Superintendent Dr. Robert J. Lowe's 60th Birthday and Secular Retirement!

Family, friends, co-workers and fellow laborers in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, First Lady Tonia D. Lowe and the New Beginnings C.O.G.IC. Family formally requests your presence to join her in honoring her Husband, our very own, Superintendent Dr. Robert J. Lowe's 60th Birthday and Secular Retirement!

The official celebration will be held on Sunday, May 22, 2022, 4:30 p.m. at the following location: The Foundry 1738 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14207.

Admission for this event is by "Advanced Ticket Purchase" only!

Please make arrangements to secure your tickets to this celebratory event prior to 5/21/22 by contacting Sis. Cynthia Barber at (716) 444-2294!

The Family of Superintendent Dr. Robert J. Lowe would like to thank you in advance for your love and support of him in this "New Season!" May God bless you, we hope to see you celebrating with us in May!

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Bishop Brown Returns to Buffalo for WNY Ecumenical Episcopal Celebration & Brunch!

WAY TO GOD MINISTRIES

uffalo native Bishop Matthew L. Brown will return to Western New York for the WNY Ecumenical Episcopal Celebration Service at Elim Christian Fellowship, 70 Chalmers Street on Friday, April 29 at 7 p.m. A Bishop's Brunch will follow on Saturday, April 30 at the Acqua, 2192 Niagara Street from Bishop Brown 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased by going to www.matthewlbrown.org -Anointed LeaderBishop Brown is the author of Becoming Distinctively You: Awakening The Greatness Within. He currently serves as Senior Pastor of Greater Community Church of God in Christ in Marietta, Georgia He also serves as Jurisdictional Prelate, Democratic republic of the Congo 2nd Jurisdiction.

Way To God Ministries WNY is Interviewing for Youth Leader or Youth Pastor, and Praise and Worship Leader for a new ministry. If you are interested please call 716236-7074 or send resume via email to WaytoGodMinistriesWNY@gmail. com.

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From Inmate To Chaplain

The Elevation of Bishop Frederick A. Gelsey

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By Marshaun L. Quinniey

n April 3rd Bishop Frederick A Gelsey announced to his congregation that he’d been upgraded from a volunteer at the Erie County Correctional Facility to the role of Reserve Chaplain by the Department of Erie County Sheriff.

Typically, this accomplishment is great by itself. However considering the depth from which Bishop Gelsey ascended, this achievement moves people to say it is an amazing act of God’s power.

“It’s good that his dedication and commitment to help his community is being rewarded,” said community activist Betty Jean Grant.

A member of his congregation, Amerika Gray agreed.

“It is amazing, such a blessing, that a person who was in prison, is now working in the prison to share the power that changed him.”

Bishop Gelsey says it is a testament to the power of God changing lives and that God will use it as an example to inspire inmates in the prison to decrease recidivism.

Many are familiar with Bishop Gelsey’s dedicated volunteer ministry in WNY prisons every week. He invests his time to inspire constructive change in inmates and support individuals journeying through the obstacles they face to turn from a criminal life and walk a path that is healthier for everyone including themselves. He is working to combat recidivism and decreasing the need for prisons by using the role of God in his life to give the inmates hope. However, the part of this equation that causes many to cheer and praise is Bishop Gelsey's change from being a criminal with felonies to a Bishop who serves his community as a chaplain to help others. When news of his new role was posted on

facebook he received more than 100 positive responses of support, in a manner people cheer for an underdog who wins a championship.

At one point in his life, the man everyone sees with an honest smile who works to help his family, church, and community, was amassing a record of crimes. He now uses his days to lead people away from a sinful lifestyle.

“I was not the man that I am today,” he shares. “ I was in a life of crime, and spent 17 years in and out of prisons.

Now I work in the prison to change lives.”

Bishop Gelsey reached this point in his life, by deciding to venture to Buffalo (the place he now calls home) instead of returning to the temptations of Harlem.

“In 1986 I came home with $40 in my pocket, the clothes on my back and Jesus Christ.”

He has dedicated himself to changing his life through educational advancement, serving his community by way of his nonprofit and leading his ministry at One In Christ Temple.

And most importantly, God also blessed him with a help mate and supportive wife, Lydia Gelsey, PhD. The journey was not easy but he eventually became the owner of five clothing stores, which he managed until the tragic loss of his son. Four of these stores were in Buffalo and one was in Charlotte, NC. One of the local establishments made him the first African American to have a store in the Galleria Mall. With this investment he created opportunities for others to have jobs and inspired other Black people to build.

In addition, he began his ministry and his church, known as One In Christ Temple at 940 Broadway St. where he currently serves as the senior pastor.

These days Bishop Gelsey continues his visits to prisons

Bishop Gelsey, Reserve Chaplain to encourage inmates.

He uses his drive to to bring God the Glory by helping other inmates constructively change their lives. He wants them to know the same way his life was changed from an inmate to chaplain, God can change theirs as well.

“The same power of God that helps me can also work in the inmates to change their lives.”

Currently, he uses this energy to aid a program titled, No Return Attitude (NRA). He feels it is his duty to help inmates in the manner he was helped, while leading his church with his wife, First Lady Lydia Gelsey.

He does all these things and more because he appreciates the upgrades that God made in his life to elevate him from an inmate to a chaplain!

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Entertainment

Local Artist Lowdown

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ON STAGE

Vocero Omar Taps 90s Era Bringing a Dose of both Nostalgia and Ingenuity to His Music

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allas Johnson had already been performing in Buffalo for 2 years before making the decision to move here in 2018. Constantly traveling to the Queen City from Dunkirk was the norm for the 20 something rapper, before he was ready to take the next step in his career.

“I got on the radio and got interviewed by WBLK back in 2018, Johnson mentioned. “That was the turning point that felt like Buffalo was the place to be because that’s where music is happening.”

Since making Buffalo his home, Johnson - popularly known as Vocero Omar - has garnered significant attention for his unique look and Hip-Hop sound. Deeply inspired by the 90s, Omar takes many elements from that era and applies them to his sound, style, and image bringing a dose of both nostalgia and ingenuity Vocero Omar photo /Double " E" Photography to his music.

Dropping a string of impressive songs in 2021 has made Omar an artist to watch. One of his earliest breakout singles last year, “Customer Service” caught major attention. Over a smooth integration of boom-bap sounds and blazing horns, Omar raps about the value of working hard and endurance with a nostalgic 90s flow. Shortly after, the rhymer released another single titled “Garvey.” A reggae-centered track that expresses the artist’s eagerness to go to “the motherland.” And just a week later Omar dropped an R&B-trap single titled “Latina Gina” about his love life, with many other singles to follow.

“I really try to uplift myself and analyze myself,” Omar explained about his musical process.

Despite his strong consistency and incredibly versatile sound, the fresh-faced rhymer stands out most because of his content. Many of the lyrics to Omar’s songs carry an introspection and awareness that helps his listeners identify with him. Whether he’s rapping about his experiences as a Black man, reminiscing on his past, or his growth as both a young husband and father, Omar displays a maturity that balances well with his playful personality.

His songs, often assisted by animated videos of himself wearing his brightly-colored jumpsuits and hats add humor, wit, and more 90s nostalgia to his look and sound. You can watch his fun, short music clips on his IG page @voceroomar on all streaming platforms.

AIN'T TOO PROUD is the electrifying new musical that follows The Temptations' extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on stage at Shea's Performing Arts Center May 10-May 15. For tickets go to SHEAS.ORG or call 847-1420

Blue Magic to Headline Musicians Ball

On Saturday May 7, Blue Magic will headline The Musicians Ball Dedication "Gone But Not forgotten." Also featured will be Just Isaac, Jeff the “Push UP King” and Jamale the Comedian; plus, the Top Knotch Band ( Peaches & Thomas Hall); Chris Dean, Uncle Willie, Mark Lee, Lee Davis (Pon- cho), Delane, Kennedy, Melissa Kate, Tony Robertson, Rock and Chill Factor at Main Events, 1420 Main Street. Doors open 5 p.m. Event begins 6 p.m. Tickets $55 incudes Buffet Dinner. For Tickets & info 716-6036506, 717-370-7978 or 716-812-2375. Tickets also at Doris Records.

PML Jazz Society Fundraiser

In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month and International Jazz Day join the Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Society for their Annual Fundraiser Reception Friday, April 29, from 6:00pm – 8:00pm at Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church (Home of their Love Supreme School of Music) 641 Masten Avenue.

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Support Local Artists 439 Ellicott St. Buffalo, NY 14203 BETTY CARTER BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!

The Pappy Martin Jazz Collective presents the First Annual Betty Carter Birthday Celebration Saturday, May 14 from 7-9 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church, 1327 Fillmore Avenue with Camille Thurman and the Darrell Green Trio. Thurman is the only woman in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis. For ticket info call 716 491-0994.

Herbie Hancock Live in Concert at Kleinhans

The Legendary Herbie Hancock will be performing Friday, June 17 @ 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle $49 – $99 tickets can be found on tickets at bpo.org.

Little Anthony & The Imperials plus the Crystals & The Marcels, Sunday June 12, Riviera. Theatre, 67 Webster

St. North Tonawanda. Tickets $59 to $79 (rivieratheatre.org, 716-692-2413.

Art On View

"In These Truths"

On View Until June 5 Albright Knox Northland 612 Northland Ave. Friday 127p.m. Sat. & Sun. 10a.m.

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Take A Solar Moment Podcast Join Solar for a live "Take A Solar Moment" Podcast & "Prose & Pour" Happy Hour every Thursday from 5-8 p.m. at Je Ne Sais Quoi Restaurant, 1633 Hertel Avenue.

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Annual Excellence In Education Awards To Highlight Buffalo’s Educators On Three Nights Event Will Air Three Nights May 7 on WKBW-TV & and May 8 on WBBZ-TV. Pre-awards Red Carpet Show Will Air May 6TH on WBBZ TV & Facebook

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uffalo’s biggest nights are almost here! The glamour, the lights, the fashions, and Buffalo ‘s pride will be featured during the 3rd Annual Excellence In Education Awards. This uplifting awards event, hosted by Friends For A Better Buffalo will be shown on three nights this year – May 6, 7, and 8. On May 6 viewers are invited to watch the Red-Carpet Pre-Awards show on WBBZ-TV (channels 67 and 5) at 8 p.m., as well as on the Excellence In Education Awards Buffalo Facebook page. Viewers will enjoy seeing Buffalo’s educators up close as they walk the red carpet in their glitz and glamour attire and express their excitement during the red-carpet interviews.

“The Excellence in Education Awards Red Carpet Stroll is an exciting way to kick-off the two-night Awards show. We are thrilled that WKBW-Channel 7 and WBBZ- TV will air this premiere Awards event” stated Nina Heard, co-founder of Friends For A Better Buffalo. “Our very own Buffalo educators and support staff are the stars of show!” said Heard.

NINA & TERRANCE HEARD The Excellence In Education Awards recognize outstanding teachers, principals, and support staff (such as nurses, counselors, and � Sign Up for Braid Classes! resource officers) in Buffalo’s public, private, and charter schools. The Awards cy� show honors individuals for creating long-lasting and positive impacts on students’ BRAID BOOT CAMP lives. Over 300 nominations were received, and 140 Finalists were selected. You On the BLVD do not want to miss the show when the 2022 Award Recipients will be announced Next To Selfie World in the during the telecasts on May 7th at 7p.m. on WKBW-Channel 7 and again on May Boulevard Mall 8th at 7p.m. on WBBZ-TV. 2 Sessions Available “The educators deserve this recognition,” said Terrance Heard, Friends For A BetAges 8-16 ter Buffalofounder and co-founder of the Excellence In Education Awards. “TeachSUNDAY MAY 1, 2022 ers and school leaders have done heroic work to support students and the Buffalo 12 Noon-3 PM community during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic”.

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Interviewer - Renita Shadwick (left) interviews finalist Stephanie Foreman Robinson on the Red Carpet. Below, more of the finalists and Red Carpet participants.

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Rededicating Ourselves to the Need to Know...

"The knowledge of prior accomplishments establishes a link with the past which lays a foundation for the future. Everything is rooted in the past.

Knowledge is the common pathway between the two. Knowledge can be obtained at any time...If I were to suggest a daily regiment for African Americans it would be that we rededicate ourselves to fulfilling the need to know. It's our birthright and our obligation to our children."

Award Winning Buffalo Author Returns for Book Signing Saturday Award-winning author Rona D. Drinkard’s debut novel Friendship Matters is a story told with humor, empathy joy and warmth.

Rona D. (Peeler) Drinkard, a native of Buffalo currently resides in Bowie, Maryland and is a project manager lead by day and an award-winning writer by night. Her debut novel is a fictional story inspired by and set in her hometown of Buffalo.

On Saturday, April 30, Rona will be at the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch Library, 1324 Jefferson Avenue 1-4 p.m. where she will discuss and sign copies of the book for guests.

This book is available in print and downloadable formats. Go to https://ronadwrites.com/ for purchases.

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fects of AIDS on children, adolescents and families. In the early 1990s, she began to investigate the global ramifications of the disease and authored numerous reports on the real risk factors involved with AIDS. In so doing, she became one of the foremost experts on the subject, appearing on ABC’s Nightline and other news and information programs.

Gayle also served as a medical researcher in the AIDS Division of the U.S. Agency for International Develop-

ment. Gayle warned about substance abuse and advocated female condoms and vaginal virucides. In 2001, Gayle joined the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation as director of the HIV, TB and Reproductive Health Program and was responsible for administering its $300 million dollar budget.

From The Browder File by Anthony T. Browder

•An Autobiography by Angela Davis •The Barrington Brown Story: The Unexpected Journey That Led To Unexpected Miracles by Sheila L. Brown •Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration by Tracy Michae'l Lewis-Giggette •Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War by Howard W. French •Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker edited by Valerie Boyd •Girl On Fire (YA) by Alecia Keys •The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel Based on a True Story by Barbara Chase-Riboud •Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits by Emmanuel Ocho •The Life I'm In (YA) by Sharon G. Flake •Self-Care for Black Women: 150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body and Soul by Oludara Adeeyo

News Briefs Vice President Kamala Harris Tests Positive for COVID-19 According to a White House press release, Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 after taking a rapid and PCR test, but has no symptoms. She is the highest-ranking official in the Biden administration to catch the virus.

Just over a month ago, former President Barack Obama tested positive for the virus and in October 2020 former President Donald Trump tested positive.

Harris is also among the myriad of politicians and celebrities to contract coronavirus in the last couple of months such as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush and Lupita Nyong’o.

DID YOU KNOW?

Syracuse Cops Snatch 8-yearOld off His Bike, Detain Him Over Alleged Stolen Bag of Doritos...

Syracuse. N.Y. — A video of an 8-year-old boy being stopped by three Syracuse police officers and snatched off his bike over some alleged stolen Doritos exploded online last week, sparking criticism of the police by some and debates on how it should have been handled.

The Syracuse Police Department and the Mayor stood behind the cops. Another day...another chapter in the life of the slave patrol...

Enslaved African Americans stretched their allotments of food by growing greens and using scraps of meat to add flavor and nutrients.- Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture ...

Empathy for Ukrainians While Rejecting Their Racist Past, Current and Future Behavior

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ll members of the human family must be outraged at the horrendous brutality of Russians as they wage war against the Ukrainians. No human being should be subjected to the rampant murders, assaults, and rapes that are a part of the tactical behavior of Russian soldiers as they lay siege to the people of Ukraine. No member of the human family should allow themselves to sink to the level of beast when engaged with other human beings whether we agree with them or not.

Obviously, Russians and Ukrainians do not agree on the issue of land, sovereignty and personhood. Instead of being able to resolve that disagreement without violence, Russians have resorted to warfare, notwithstanding Putin’s word play in describing what his soldiers are doing as they began laying siege to the land and people that identified as Ukrainian. Ukrainians are defending what they believe is their land, sovereignty and personhood.

I have often said in my writings that oppressors will feed on themselves when there is no “Other” to demonize, exploit and oppress. Racism and most of the isms that have troubled humanity for thousands of years devolve to those practices when feeling the unreal sense of unjust power which I believe is the power taken/stolen from people who have been conditioned to marginalization, poverty and the illusion of powerlessness.

There are clear precedents to look at in history to see how people and groups have manipulated circumstances and crawled and clawed their way into power positions, like Putin and then wreaked havoc on those who did not have the mindset, inclination or social construct that would allow them to stave off the attacks of a people who would do literally anything to be able to demonize, exploit and oppress them.

Like Africans who thrived in civilizations that sought only the advancement of the human family and did not invest the genius of their generations in constructing war machines but rather concentrated on building centers of study and learning the human sciences that would advance our collective ability to grow spiritually/psychologically/even materially and not developing means of destruction.

The historical precedent here is how the Portuguese, British and French mostly, initiated the assault of the Berlin conference siege on African people and the continent of Africa. The tactics of demonizing, dehumanizing and then abject brutalization to beat down the spirit of resistance is much the same of what we see Russians doing to Ukrainians right now. The same rampant murders, brutal rapes and particularly inhumane assaults are much like the siege that Europeans waged against Africans to take our land, deny and destroy any idea of our sovereignty and devalue our personhood, is what Russians now do to people with the same basic ethnicity as themselves because there is no large group of us to do it to.

But, still as Ukrainians find some illusion of self, while undergoing the horrors of Russian assaults, that allows them to feed into the lie of white racism by projecting onto Africans/ Black people in their midst the horrible castigation of racism. As we witnessed Ukrainians pulling guns on Black people and calling them “Niggers,” while forcing them off the trains going to other countries that would provide refuge to people coming from Ukraine. Now, as they make their plea for asylum in Our Country, the America that Black people have help to build and now struggle to save from its own inherent conflicts, we do feel empathy and compassion for the Ukrainians but we do not need coming to America to venting the racism that they have heard from other whites aimed at Black people to cauterize their own pain.

Stories ... Stories ... and More STORIES! On April 16, at the Frank E. Merriweather Branch Library, the "Tradition Keepers: Black Storytellers of WNY" hosted its 13th Annual "Tell Me a Story" storytelling conference. Attendance was light but the energy was high as the group honored its mission to "promote, preserve, and perpetuate storytelling in the African tradition." With traditional stories, personal stories, and "tall tales,'' the group highlighted storytelling's ability to teach, entertain, and inspire. We also had fun creating new stories, stretching imagination, encouraging collaboration, and developing a desire to build a story from characters and settings that never existed before.

The event was a success and we are looking forward to our 14th annual storytelling conference which we hope will take place next year In April, encouraging more storytellers and story-listeners to participate. What's your story? You need to tell it and we need to hear it!

POT HOLE WATCH

The Common Council urges all residents to report pothole issues to 311. To file a report, please follow this link:

https://www.buffalony.gov/463/Contact-311

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VOICES

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We Must Decolonize Urban Planning and Mobility Systems! POETRY

By Colored Girls Bike Too, Founder Jalonda Hill "STAY WOKE"

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obility and urban design are essential to our freedom. They impact our ability to access the essential resources that we need. While mobility and urban design can be liberating, for people of color, mobility and our urban spaces have been a source of anxiety, police and traffic violence, and extraction. Many of the experiences that Black folks endure while traveling are a result of racist urban planning and transportation policies like redlining and urban renewal. These policies shaped our physical environments and also impacted how and where we traveled and moved. For example, Robert Moses, a White urban and transportation planner, was notorious for perpetuating infrastructure racism, by restricting the movement of people of color through the built environment like the removal of Humboldt Parkway for Route 33. The legacy of Moses’ devaluation of communities of color and Black mobility live on, and can be seen in the fabric of our sidewalks, streets, parks, the makeup of the urban and transportation planning profession, and the modern-day policies and processes that perpetuate a legacy of racism and colonization.

We must acknowledge these racist histories and decolonize the process of urban design and transportation in WNY. Colored Girls Bike Too is launching a new campaign called “Decolonize Mobility and Urban Spaces”. We are holding a direct action at a community engagement event called “Buffalo’s Sustainable Mobility Future” on May 2, 2022.

Predominantly white-led organizations will be requesting community feedback on a predetermined $10 million proposal to bring clean transportation solutions to Buffalo’s East side.

While we support the need for clean transportation solutions on the East side, we are opposed to “solutions” that do not prioritize the most urgent needs of the community. The $10 million proposal is rooted in inequitable community engagement and funding procurement practices that are in con-

flict with the most urgent needs of East side residents, and seeks to use $3 million for greenways that do not fix fundamental problems. The proposal ●calls for solutions that fail to offer opportunities for community/POC owned and controlled modes, like e-bikes or electric cars; ●fails to provide capacity-building resources for POC-led mobilifocused organizations and businesses that work to create culture change around clean transportation options; and ●fails to present a sustainable model to generate wealth in communities of color.

The proposal's priorities are in direct contradiction to the most important issues that need to be addressed on the East side of Buffalo, according to a recent study by Dr. Henry-Louis Taylor, The Harder We Run -The State of Black Buffalo in 1990 and the Present. Those priorities include development and design of neighborhood streets, sidewalk and street repair, and investment in green infrastructure on neighborhood streets.

Join us in solidarity as we disrupt systems that perpetuate harmful and eurocentric urban development and transportation projects in communities of color in the name of profit and power.

Colored Girls Bike Too, Inc., is a Black-woman led 501(c)(3) public charity that promotes free, fearless and fair mobility options. Find us on Instagram @coloredgirlsbiketoo For more information, contact Jalonda Hill, jalondah@buffalo.edu, 5854654726. When: May 2, 2022, at 3pm Where: Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, 640 Ellicott Street

Parent Outreach Initiative: Rochester Mobilizes for Public Education

By Jalil Muntaqim Recent articles attacking public education is consistent with the rise of right-wing conservatism and their efforts to deny Critical Race Theory, a critical look at curriculums that for centuries has been Eurocentric in design and obfuscated (rendered obscne) the culture and contribution of non-white nationalities and ethnic groups .

Here in Rochester, the progressive and activist community has long fought for substantial institutional change in both curriculum and pragmatic academic practices. This include demanding the Full Implementation of the Culturally-Responsive Sustaining Education Framework, the Code of Conduct, the RASE Report, Solutions Not Suspensions, Stop Closing Schools (increasing class sizes) to name a few, that seems to fall on the deaf ears of RCSD administrators. During last year's budget public hearings, young people were consistent in their demand for better quality nutritional meals at their schools. Given the depth and breadth of poverty and hunger in Rochester, the Teens' demand should have been a major focus of all progressives and activists wanting institutional reform for RCSD. There has been a half-dozen reports and recommendations on the ailment and malfeasances plaguing RCSD with negligible responses or efforts to improve conditions following reported recommendations.

So, what's next? What do the progressive and school reform activist community need to do to ensure our collective voices are heard? Here I am making a bold and audacious ask of all of you, those of you who've written letters, made phone calls, sent out emails, had One on One's with RCSD representatives, posted Op-Eds, and lined-up to speak at RCSD public hearings, I am petitioning all of you to join in a series of demonstrations, putting boots on the ground - as Dr. King instructed he wanted to be re-

membered as a "Drum Major for Justice" - to become a Drum Major for the Mobilization for Public Education. This is a Call to Action that we all should be remembered for: Please join us for the next two Mobilization for Public Education demonstrations on: May 5th, 5:00PM at RCSD Central Office (131 W. Broad Street) before the 5:30PM BOE Deliberation Session on the Budget Meeting: May 9th, 5:00PM at RCSD Central Office (131 W. Broad Street) before the 5:30PM BOE Summary of Final Board Concerns Meeting.

These Mobilization for Public Education demonstrations are expected to make visible the plight of RCSD in a public arena in opposition to their continued failure to be transparent and accountable. The Mobilization for Public Education will highlight the above goals and objectives, demanding the Board of Education, especially Leslie Meyers-Small and Shelly Jawlow adhere to the demands of the parents, students, faith-based institutions and community organizations. These will be the first in a series of steps to turn Mobilization into a Movement for institutional change and

manifesting a new paradigm for education in Rochester, the City of Frederick Douglass.

Jalil Muntaqim is Special Projects Coordinator, Citizen Action of New York, Rochester Chapter

by Bernie Taylor

We have fallen Asleep...

Deep Sleep Sheep for the slaughter No man for my daughter to marry scary children fatherless youth hopeless old living our young dying we have fallen asleep Stay Woke The year 1619 was no joke 400 years later our race should by far be greater but we sleep.

THE SUN

By Bilala The sun is so remarkable It makes my skin shine.

It’s sublime arrangement With my molecules Has me looking Divine!

There’s really something About that Big Ball of Fire…

Let it keep loving on me Is my desire.

REFLECTION He probably never heard of Emmet Till Or America’s bloody Lynch years So Black Lives Don’t matter much to him whether it’s a Black Life taken at the hands of racists or their own.

How can you Take a life For sneakers, a gold chain or less?

Is the reflection Of you In the face of your Victim/ your brother So full of pain?

Is the hatred of self So deep That it has driven us Insane?

By Third Eye

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Betty Jean Grant Goes Back to Court On Tuesday, May 3.

Meanwhile Back At The Ranch...

Polling Place Worker Arraigned On Felony Charge Under Election Law For Stamping Ballots Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn recently announced that 58-year-old Luz Pena of Buffalo was arraigned before Buffalo City Court Judge Andrew C. LoTempio on one count of Unlawful Use of Pasters Upon Ballot (unclassified felony under New York Election Law) and one count of Unspecified Violation of Election Law (unclassified misdemeanor under New York Election Law).

It is alleged that between 6:00 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. on November 2, 2021, the defendant used a stamp to place the name of Byron W. Brown as a write-in mayoral candidate on numerous ballots in violation of New York Election Law. The alleged crime occurred while the defendant was working at a polling place inside of the Belle Center on Maryland Street in the City of Buffalo.

Pena is scheduled to return on Monday, May 16 at 9:30 a.m. for a felony hearing. She was released on her own recognizance as the charges are non-qualifying offenses for a bail.

If convicted of all charges, Pena faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison.

-Interesting DevelopmentUp until this latest development, no charges have been filed against any other individuals related to last November’s mayoral election.

This is an interesting in light of the fact that community activist Betty Jean Grant, has been fighting a bogus election law violations case against her for months.

What took the DA so long to charge this woman? Why now? And what impact - good or badwill this have on Mrs. Grant's case?

After the last hearing, she and her attorney were hopeful that her fight for vindication would soon be over and the outcome positive.

She is scheduled to return to court next Tuesday, May 3.

An Amicus brief filed on Mrs. Grants behalf by Attorney Peter A. Reese, Esq. questioned, whether or not Erie County DA John Flynn and Election Commissioner Jerry Zellner were involved in a conspiracy to violate the civil liberties of Mrs. Grant, and concluded that “the court should dismiss the charges against Betty Jean Grant.”

Remembering Arlee “Joop” Daniels

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ast Saturday, April 23 marked the birth date of Arlee "Joop" Daniels Jr. He would have celebrated his 63rd birthday. The passing of this beloved anti-violence worker, mentor and founder of the Stop the Violence Coalition last August 20 came as a shock to all who knew and loved him.

Born in Buffalo, one of eight children of Ophelia Clementine Davis and Arlee Daniels Sr., he grew up in Ellicott Mall housing development.

As a youngster he experienced the streets and even became a former gang member. But he ultimately became a beacon of integrity and a source of peace and inspiration to many. He was a community leader who wore many hats. He was the founder of Buffalo's Stop the Violence Coalition (STVC) and founder and coordinator for the Youth Intervention Project (YIP) - a program that offers youth and young adults the opportunity to obtain their General Education Diploma (G.E.D.). While they were in pursuit of their diplomas, Arlee mentored the youth on building life management skills. He was also the founder and coordinator of the Credible Messengers Program - a program that assisted young men and women detained in youth detention centers to better understand how bad behaviors effect their communities and families. Arlee worked in conjunction with the DA’s office and Buffalo Public Schools as a panelist to educate students regarding the dangers associated with gangs, drugs and guns.

However his most successful accomplishment was on the day that he found Christ. When he surrendered to God, he shared the gospel by way of social media, texts, phone calls and one-onone conversations with everyone and he continued to mentor the youth .

A celebration of life was held September 4, 2021 at True Bethel Baptist church, with Bishop Darius Pridgen, Pastor, officiating.

“It seemed as if Arlee knew almost everybody on the East side,” Bishop Pridgen commented in a news article. “That’s how he acted, that’s how he treated people and that’s how he operated,” Arlee never stopped caring and trying to save our youth. He was a true soldier, and he eared his Heavenly Crown In memory of our beloved brother, the struggle must continue...

WISDOM OF THE HUA HU CHING 10

The ego is a monkey catapulting through the jungle: Totally fascinated by the realm of the senses, it swings from one desire to the next, one conflict to the next, one self-centered idea to the next. If you threaten it, it actually fears for its life. Let this monkey go. Let the senses go. Let desires go. Let conflicts go. Let ideas go. Let the fiction of life and death go. Just remain in the center, watching. And then forget that you are there.

Vanessa Hall

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LEGAL NOTICE SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS–SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF ERIE – NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY,, Plaintiff, against David Nowicki as Heir to the Estate of Rita F. Nowicki a/k/a Rita Nowicki; UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF RITA F. NOWICKI A/K/A RITA NOWICKI, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff;Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; The Erie County Department of Social Services; United States of America Department of Treasury; New York State Department of Taxation and Finance - Tax Compliance Division-C.O.-ATC, and JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE #1 through #7, the last seven (7) names being fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint, Defendants-Index No. 802974/2020.

Plaintiff Designates Erie County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Erie County. To the above named Defendants–YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); the United States of America may appear or answer within 60 days of service hereof; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. That this Supplemental Summons is being filed pursuant to an order of the court dated February 23, 2022. NOTICE-YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME – If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE; New York State law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process.

Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this Foreclosure Action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully.

You should immediately contact an attorney of your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and nonprofit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services’ at 1-800-269-0990 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs.ny.gov.

FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. We are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Dennis E. Ward dated February 23, 2022. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 111 Woodell Avenue, Cheektowaga, NY 14211 located at Section 102.45 Block 2 and Lot 30 Dated: February 24, 2022 Filed: February 24, 2022 Pincus Law Group, PLLC, Attorney for Plaintiff, By: George J. Weissinger, Esq., 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556 (516) 699-8902.

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LEGAL NOTICE RFP COUNTY OF ERIE 95 FRANKLIN STREET Commission on the Status of Women, Room 651 BUFFALO, NY 14202 Request for Proposals The Erie County Commission on the Status of Women is seeking proposal statements from qualified artists or teams of artists to produce concept, design and representational sculptures. The RFP# 2022-023VP can be found at: https://www3.erie.gov/purchasing/requests-proposals-construction-bids.

For detailed information please consult the RFP. Final sealed proposals are due to the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women, 95 Franklin St, Room 651, Buffalo, NY 14202 by 4:30 PM (EST) on June 3, 2022.

Erie County reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and waive any informality Karen King, Director, Erie County Commission on the Status of Women

LEGAL NOTICE RFP COUNTY OF ERIE ADVERTISEMENT FOR RFP# 2022-025VF For a Solid Waste Audit The Department of Environment and Planning is requesting proposals for professional services for the Solid Waste Audit and Waste Analysis for Erie County Facilities and Sites. Proposals will be received at Room 1012 of the Rath County Office Building, 95 Franklin Street, Buffalo, New York 14202 until 4:00 PM local time on Friday, May 6, 2022. Additional information must be found at: erie.gov/rfp

LEGAL NOTICE SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS–SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF ERIE – BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, -against- UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT SCAMURRA A/K/A ROBERT M. SCAMURRA, THOMAS R. SCAMURRA AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ROBERT SCAMURRA A/K/A ROBERT M. SCAMURRA, JOSEPH K. SCAMURRA AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ROBERT SCAMURRA A/K/A ROBERT M. SCAMURRA, JAMES M. SCAMURRA AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE ROBERT SCAMURRA A/K/A ROBERT M. SCAMURRA, MICHAEL J. SCAMURRA AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ROBERT SCAMURRA A/K/A ROBERT M. SCAMURRA, RONALD W. SCAMURRA AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ROBERT SCAMURRA A/K/A ROBERT M. SCAMURRA, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOODS LLC, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, Defendants - Index No. 801415/2019. Plaintiff Designates Erie County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Erie County. To the above named Defendants–YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. That this Supplemental Summons is being filed pursuant to an order of the court dated March 25, 2022. NOTICE-YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME – If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (BANK OF AMERICA) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE; New York State law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process.

Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this Foreclosure Action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully.

You should immediately contact an attorney of your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and nonprofit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process.

To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services’ at 1-800269-0990 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs.ny.gov.

FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home.

There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. We are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT DURING THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY, YOU MIGHT BE ENTITLED BY LAW TO TAKE ADDITIONAL DAYS OR WEEKS TO FILE AN ANSWER TO THIS COMPLAINT. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY FOR MORE INFORMATION. IF YOU DON’T HAVE AN ATTORNEY PLEASE VISIT http://ww2.nycourts.gov/admin/OPP/ foreclosures.shtml OR https://www.nycourts.gov/ courthelp/Homes/foreclosures. shtml AVISO A DEMANDADO DURANTE LA EMERGENCIA DEL CORONAVIRUS, ES POSIBLE QUE USTED TENGA DERECHO POR LEY A TOMAR DÍAS O SEMANAS ADICIONALES PARA PRESENTAR UNA RESPUESTA A ESTA PETICIÓN POR FAVOR CONTACTE A SU ABOGADO PARA MAS INFORMACIÓN. SI USTED NO TIENE UN ABOGADO, VISITE http://www.nycourts.gov/admin/OPP/ foreclosures.shtml OR https://www.nycourts.gov/ courthelp/Homes/foreclosures. shtml The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Mark A. Montour, J.S.C. dated and filed March 25, 2022. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 102 Scamridge Curve, Amherst, NY 14221 located at Section 68.19 Block 2 and Lot 11. Dated: April 4, 2022 Filed: April 4, 2022 Greenspoon Marder LLP, Attorney for Plaintiff, By: Raspreet Bhatia, Esq., 590 Madison Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10022 (212) 524-5000. Please respond to Cypress Creek office: Trade Centre South, 100 W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 700, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 (888) 491-1120.

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LEGAL NOTICE RFP COUNTY OF ERIE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSAL Buffalo Niagara Convention Center Interior Renovations Term Agreement Project No. 2022-818-02 The County of Erie Department of Public Works is seeking qualification statements and proposals from interested firms to provide A/E design and construction services for Buffalo Niagara Convention Center Interior Renovations Term Agreement Project. Qualification statements and proposals for the above project will be received by the County’s Commissioner of Public Works in Suite 1400 of the Rath County Office Building, 95 Franklin Street, Buffalo, New York 14202 until 2:00 PM local time on Friday, May 20, 2022. RFQ/RFP submission instructions may be found at: www.erie.gov/dpw/

LEGAL BID INVITATION TO BID The NFTA is soliciting bids for Project No. 12MC2101, Freedom Wall Walk, Bid No. E-578 due on May 10, 2022.

Website for information www. nftaengineering.com

LEGAL NOTICE RFP Request for Proposals for Artistic Concept and Representational Statues of Trailblazing Women of WNY (RFP #2022-023VP) Notice is hereby given that the County of Erie is seeking proposals from companies to provide the products and services listed above.

Qualifications must be submitted by June 3, 2022 as specified in the RFP. Full request details are available at https://www3.erie.gov/purchasing/

EMPLOYMENT Hiring Senior Pastor Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church is seeking a Senior Pastor. Interested persons may review the job description and apply online at our Facebook page entitled “Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church”.

LEGAL NOTICE NEWS RELEASE ERIE COUNTY GOVERNMENT ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE PHONE ECDOH 858-7226 Dr. Gale Burstein, Commissioner of the Erie County Department of Health announced today, April 26, 2022 that a meeting of the Erie County Health Department Board of Health is scheduled for Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 3:30 P.M. in the Lincoln Building, 4th Floor, 110 Franklin Street, Buffalo, New York 14202.

Included on the agenda will be a review of the March 15, 2022 meeting minutes, LHCSA Report, Commissioner’s Update/Covid19, as well as New/Old Business.

LLC'S Notice of Formation of a Domestic Limited Liability Company Notice of formation of Thames Prop LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/30/2022. Office location: Erie County. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against may be served. SSNY mail process to 3500 Main Street Ste 130-129, Amherst, NY 14226. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

April 7, 14, 21,28 May 5, 12 Notice of Formation of a Domestic Limited Liability Company Name of LLC: KWJ Catering LLC. Date of filing of Articles of Organization with the NY Dept. of State: March 9, 2022. Office of the LLC: 37 Eugene Ave Buffalo, NY 14216, Erie County. The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served.

NYSS may mail a copy of process to the LLC at 37 Eugene Ave Buffalo, NY 14216. Purpose of LLC: Catering.

No specific duration attached to LLC. March 31, April 1, 8, 15,22,29 Notice of Formation of a Domestic Limited Liability Company Nicole's Elysian Massage LLC, Filed Articles of Organization with NY Dept of State:12/1/21. Office of Erie CO. NYSS designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 561 South Park Ave, Buffalo, NY, 14204. Purpose: Any Lawful .

April14, 21,28 May 5, 12,19 Notice of Formation of a Domestic Limited Liability Company Name of LLC: Clebrationdom Corporation LLC. Date of filing articles of inc.: 02/23/2022 office of LLC: Erie County New York NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of process to the LLCat p.o.box 691, Buffalo NY 14231. purpose: any lawful purpose permitted for llcs under nys law. Duration of LLC: perpetual.

April14, 21,28 May 5, 12,19

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The notice shall be published once a week for two weeks in in the Challenger and made within 30 days after the order has been granted with proof of the publication to be filed with the court. The alternate service is in regards to summons and notice for action for divorce SF2022900072.

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