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“Elegant & Beautiful Pearls” Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. 2016 Debutantes Page 10

Ahmari Jenkins

Courtney Harris

Daneva Moncrieffe

Danielle Lewis

Dayonna Johnson

Gabrielle Outling

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Jenelle Benton

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Thanksgiving: National Day of

Mourning for Native Americans

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BUFFALO BLACK BUSINESS TOUR: “BEYOND PROTEST” PG. 3

IN THE SPIRIT

Shiloh Baptist Celebrates 100 Years!

Rochester Black Business Marketplace

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SHOP SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26TH

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INSIDE ROCHESTER

Black Business Marketplace Designed to Showcase, Encourage Support For Black Businesses

Scene from last year’s successful Marketplace.

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n Saturday, November 26th Rochester will present its annual Black Business Marketplace from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Wintergarden by Monroe’s, One Bausch & Lomb Place.

The community event, hosted by B.L.A.C.K. (Building Leadership and Community Knowledge), the empowerment and education group that organized the Marketplace, said it is designed to encourage Rochester residents to be aware of African-American businesses around them and keep their money in the local market by featuring a variety of local Black-owned businesses, artists, and performers from all over. The purpose of the Marketplace is also to boycott Black Friday by Shopping Black on small business Saturday. Organizers want to encourage folks to keep their shopping dollars “local and Black so we can continue the work of strengthening our community” say organizers. It is a way to turn around negative stereotypes of Black neighborhoods by highlighting what they’re doing well.

B.L.A.C.K., a black-led, grassroots empowerment group out of Rochester, New York (U of R & 19th Ward) was formed on August 12, 2014 to address the ills of White supremacy and the impact it has on Black lives. In addition to being a social movement, B.L.A.C.K. believes in “ujaama” or cooperative economics. Black cooperative economics is practiced by spending money with Black owned businesses.

City of Rochester Public Market Announces Thanksgiving Hours The City of Rochester Public Market, 280 N. Union St., will be open from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 23. The Market will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 24 and will resume its regular schedule beginning Saturday, Nov. 26.

For more information, please contact the Public Market office at (585) 428-6907, or visit www.cityofrochester.gov/publicmarket.

PASS Program Graduation Ceremony Set

The 2016 PASS( Prevention, Access, Self-Empowerment)Support Program graduation ceremony and reception will be held Saturday, December 3 from 6-8:30 p.m. at Coordinated Care Services, Inc. 1099 Jay Street,Rochester. Prevention, Access, Self-Empowerment and Support (PASS) is an inclusive, culturally and linguistically competent program that engages and empowers New York State adolescents and their families to accomplish their goals, mnimize the challenges they face, and improve the outcomes in their lives. The program embraces the recovery philosophy that entails respect for each individual’s ability to make informed choices and have the opportunity to learn from their life experiences.

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New Pastor to Be Installed at Aenon Missionary Baptist Church

Rochester - Rev. Dr. Jonathan Jamel H. McReynolds will be formally installed as the new pastor of Aenon Missionary Baptist Church, 175 Genesee Street, on Sunday, December 4.

He will succeed Rev. James L. Cherry Sr., who retired Jan. 1, 2015 after pastoring Aenon, one of the area’s most prominent, predominantly African-American churches for 34 years. Rev. Robert Miller, an associate minister at Aenon, served as interim pastor during the 18 month pastoral search process.

McReynolds' installation celebration day will begin at the church's morning worship service at 10:45 a.m. Bishop Donald J. Washington, pastor of Mt. Hermon Missionary Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio, will be the guest speaker.

McReynolds will be installed during a special service at 4 p.m. Rev. James L. Cherry Jr., pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Rochester, will be the guest speaker.

Prior to becoming Aenon's spiritual leader, McReynolds had served as senior pastor of the Oakley Full Gospel Baptist Church of Columbus, Ohio for about nine years.

A native of Paducah, Kentucky, McReynolds entered the ministry in 1991. He holds a bachelor of science degree in organizational management from Wilberforce University in Wilberforce Ohio, one of the nation's historic Black universities; a master of arts degree in Christian Ministry from the United Theological Seminary in Trotwood, Ohio near Dayton, one of the largest seminaries within the United Methodist Church , and a doctoral degree in ministry from United with a concentration on pastoral care and counseling. He is also an executive studies graduate from Harvard University Divinity School in church-based economic and community development.

McReynolds is currently a member of the Governing Board of Trustees of United Theological Seminary where he has served as an adjunct mentor teaching spiritual formation in the master of divinity program.

He has also served as first and third vice moderators of the Eastern Union Missionary Baptist Association, been a district overseer in the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship and a faculty instructor in the Missions Department of the National Baptist

Convention USA, Inc. McReynolds and his wife, Princess, have three sons and a daughter.

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BLACK BUSINESS TOUR:

BEYOND PROTEST!

THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, THE BLACK BUSINESS TOUR EVENT WILL BE LAUNCHED IN BUFFALO

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his past summer a number of protest rallies were held in the community in support of Duayne Madune, a long standing entrepreneur and owner of Ansar Cellular Communications on Fillmore Avenue.

The protests began after Brother Madune was advised by Boost Mobile that he would no longer be able to sell or service their products from his store. A Boost Mobile brand retailer just blocks away from him was behind the move. Using their advanced standing with Boost, the competitor complained that Ansar Cellular was taking too much business away from his establishment.

Indeed, Mr. Madune’s African American costumers were loyal consumers who continued to do business with him even after the new store opened.

Bro. Madune eventually lost the fight to keep Boost, and along with it the ability to service Boost Mobile customers, who made up a substanMadune tial part of his business.

He has since replaced Boost with Simple Mobile, Verizon Pre-Pay, and T-Mobile carriers and is moving forward. But the experience has left him and many others with a renewed sense of conscientious commitment and purpose to organize and fight smart.

-Beyond The ProtestOn Saturday, November 26, the first of several “Black Business Tours,” to “stop and shop” and support Black businesses, will take place from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

“I Feel good about this initiative…it’s a start, said Bro. Madune, a supporter of the tour. “We just can’t sit and let people disrespect and remove us – if we don’t do anything else this will send a message – Its a new day – and with the new mindset in White House – if this doesn’t bring us together nothing in hell will. I’m very optimistic.”

The “tour” – initially billed as a “bus tour” – will actually take the form of a caravan with vans and cars. Persons who what to participate should meet at the CAO, 1423 Fillmore before the 10 a.m. departure time. For more information call the CAO Masten Resource Center at 332-3773 ext. 202.

The first businesses to be patronized will be Zawadi Books, Ansar Cellular, Queen of New York Hair Design, the African Heritage Food Coop, the Oakk Room and Get Your’z.

The tours will continue throughout the holiday season and will start up again during tax season. Special emphasis is also focused on supporting the vendors at the annual 7-day Kwanzaa Celebration December 26 thru January 1 and all year long promoting support of Black owned businesses.

“We have toturn our outrage into a constructive plan, one that is beyond the protest. This is a plan of action,” explained Dahveed Muhammad of Muhammad Mosque # 23, one of the Tour’s organizers along with the CAO Better Schools Better Neighborhoods program. “We have to take control of our own community and stop allowing others to come in and control our Muhammad economics,” he continued. “They take out but don’t’ put back in.”

Bro Dahveed stated that African Americans had better economic circumstance when we were forced to support and buy from each other. However today’s political climate is changing and the time is right for our people to become more aware of cooperative economics. “We may be sad about the election but it

will force us to do for self…We have to take Ujamaa and make it more than just a once a year word we celebrate at Kwanzaa.

We have to make it a business model year round .”

He concluded: “We have all the tools and talent we need – we have the spending power, we just have to bring it all together.”

The Black Business Tour and the continuation of it, is the beginning he assured.

-Partners Express Support. Encourage Community To “Buy Black” – The Black Business Tours are being conducted in partnership and with the support of the Black Chamber of Commerce, MLK Business District Association, Jefferson Avenue Business Association, Zachariah 7 Business Association, Zawadi Books and True Bethel Baptist Church.

BRO. CHARLEY FISHER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ZACHERIAH 7 “I encourage the entire community to support and wish well this endeavor because it’s a very important beginning – it is written in the sacred scriptures – despise not small beginnings – and with the community right now only spending $8 million out of $800 million in Western New York– we can only in efforts like this begin to wake up the sleeping giant. We urge our community to buy Black and think Black Fisher during this approaching holiday and Kwanzaa season. l urge everyone in their own way to begin to support our own, love our own and build our own… and I commend all of the efforts which brings us to this day on Saturday, November 26. –We must begin. We must do this.”

ALEX WRIGHT, PRESIDENT AFRICAN HERITAGE FOOD CO-OP “I think it’ s (The Black Business Tour Initiative) needed. I believe there is no social justice without economic stability so as we’re fighting for the rights everybody else in country seems to have – we don’t have the economic stability – people can do anything they want to us and we still patronize their business…they have a monopoly…we don’t force them to respect us or to give anything back to our community. So this is a beginning. This is the only thing that’s going to change the East side – the Buffalo Billion is good (and we deserve our share) but while Wright we’re fighting for some of that we have to support ourselves, start our own business and do a good business –( i.e. open up when we say we’re going to open up etc.)

I’m in full support of Bro. Dahveed and Bro Madune, Bro Fisher, and the others. As a young businessman I feel honored to be able to be in the same room with such great men and benefit from their wisdom.”

RICHARD CUMMINGS/PRESIDENT AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE “It’s necessary that we begin to support our community businesses. It’s long overdue.”

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JAMES PITTS, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF GREEN GOLD DEVELOPMENT CORP. “I think it should be part of the rebirth of Buffalo. The Black Business Tour initiative is a move that needs to happen so that a community becomes much more self-determining – economically as well as in its own development; that’s the thrust behind Eastside 21.

We have to take back the development of our community and when you begin to look at the economic sustainability of the Black community we have to support our businesses. We are familiar with the social, cultural and political aspects– but it’s the economics of the community that has to grow and has to be connected to the mainstream. This effort is a very important step in that direction; it’s a bold step and we have to become consistent – not just during the holidays.

It must be an everyday thing so people become much more aware of the business that are in and around their communities. We still offer some of the best goods and services around… they’re not expensive, they’re of good quality and we Pitts have to begin to promote ourselves from that point of beauty. This past election shows that we have to develop a new way of thinking. “

DID YOU KNOW? *The human race is of African origin. The oldest known skeletal remains of anatomically modern humans (or homo sapiens) were excavated at sites in East Africa. Human remains were discovered at Omo in Ethiopia that were dated at 195,000 years old, the oldest known in the world. *Africans cultivated crops 12,000 years ago, the first known advances in agriculture. People in Egypt’s Western Desert cultivated crops of barley, capers, chick-peas, dates, legumes, lentils and wheat. Their ancient tools were grindstones, milling stones, cutting blades, hide scrapers, engraving burins, and mortars and pestles. *Africans mummified their dead 9,000 years ago. *Africans carved the world’s first colossal sculpture 7,000 or more years ago. The Great Sphinx of Giza was fashioned with the head of a man combined with the body of a lion.

The Sphinxx is estimated have been sculpted between 5000 BC and 7000 BC, dates some considered conservative. *On the 1 March 1979, the New York Times carried an article on its front page entitled Nubian Monarchy called Oldest. In this article we were assured that: “Evidence of the oldest recognizable monarchy in human history, preceding the rise of the earliest Egyptian kings by several generations, has been discovered in artifacts from ancient Nubia” (i.e. the territory of the northern Sudan and the southern portion of modern Egypt.) *Sudan has more pyramids than any other country on earth - even more than Egypt.

There are at least 223 pyramids in the Sudanese cities of Al Kurru, Nuri, Gebel Barkal and Meroë.

(From the Black History Studies Website)

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New Report Urges Buffalo Policing Reforms Calls for Collaboration, Communication, and Community-Building

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Greats: Richard “The Lion Hearted” Clark (left) And Zenith “Coach Lonnie” Jackson

“Athletic Greats” : The Tradition Continues On Wednesday November 23 at 8 p.m. Buffalo’s “Athletic Greats” will come together once again at the Humboldt Inn, 347 E. Delavan Avenue for their annual gathering traditionally held at the club every Thanksgiving Eve. Organized yearly by Richard “The Lion Hearted” Clark, Humboldt Inn Proprietor Zenith “Coach Lonnie” Jackson has hosted the historic gathering for the past 16 years. One of the highlights is the tribute to those “greats” who have made their transition; tremendous athletes like Zellie Dow, Fred Foster and Al Brown.

A lot of the guys have gone on but the Athletic Greats Gathering continues to bring everybody together.

The public is invited to attend. This marks the 17th year that the annual event has been held..

A very informal affair, participants look forward to another year of laughter, “tall tales” of days gone by, and coming together.

HOW WE VOTED… City Voted Clinton all the Way

Buffalo turned out strong for Hillary Clinton in the recent presidential election. Clinton took all of the Buffalo Districts. She won Ellicott 7,649 to Trump’s 553; In Fillmore it was Clinton 6,392 to Trump’s 1,226; Masten turned in 8,534 votes for Clinton to Trump’s 193; and University 8,843 votes to Trump’s 762.

The majority of African Americans reside in these districts.

South District was Trump’s most impressive race with 3,851 votes to Clinton’s 5,404. In Delaware Clinton won big with 9,200 but Trump still managed to pull 2,444 votes; Lovejoy went 4,799 for Clinton and 1,768 for Trump; Niagara 5,689 for Clinton and 1,007 for Trump.

The total Votes for Clinton in all nine Buffalo Districts was 61,655 to Trump’s 13,650.

City Support for Flynn Solid Democrat John Flynn won in his bid to become the next Erie County District attorney over his Republican/Conservative opponent Joe Treanor. Flynn won in all of the Buffalo Districts, but in the heavily African American Ellicott, Fillmore, Masten and University, his opponent polled less than 1,000 votes in each election district. He won Ellicott 6,624 to Treanor’s 587; Fillmore 5,758 to his opponent’s 937; Masten saw 7,500 votes for Flynn to Treanor’s 201; and University went to Flynn 7,821 to his opponent’s 771.

He also won Delaware with 8,254 votes to Treanor’s 2,691; Lovejoy, 4, 627 to Treanor’s 1,221; Niagara 5,052 to his opponent’s 1,038; North, 4,796 to Treanor’s 1,458; and South 6,087 to Treanor’s 2,468.

Hannah, Peoples-Stokes, Kennedy Easy Victories Buffalo City Court Judge Craig Hannah, on the Democratic and Republican lines with no opponent, received 72,546 votes.

Democrat Crystal Peoples Stokes defeated her opponent Ross Kostecky by a large margin. Stokes-Peoples won 35,931 to Kostecky’s 3,986.

State Senator, 63rd District, Tim Kennedy, who also ran unopposed, received 71,331votes.

community-based think tank issued a comprehensive report on policing in Buffalo today.

According to Partnership for the Public Good policy analyst Steve Peraza, one of the report’s authors, “the Buffalo Police have made some real strides in community policing. But, based on close study of best practices around the country, plus conversations with over 2,000 Buffalo residents, we’ve identified many ways to improve police-community relations.”

The report is titled Collaboration, Communication, and Community-Building: A New Model of Policing for 21st Century Buffalo. The report praises the City for a number of initiatives taken during the Brown administration, including its collaboration with Buffalo Peacemakers, its improved communication with foreign language speakers, and its efforts to diversify the police force. Despite these successes, however, survey data show that only 43 percent of residents believe that the police work well in their neighborhood, while 49 percent think that the police do not respect young people, and 56 percent state that the police do not respect people of color.

The Partnership and Open Buffalo will be presenting the report to the community at a forum on Monday, November 21, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 724 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo.

“Groups all across the country are trying to improve policecommunity relations,” said James Lopez, co-chair of Open Buffalo’s Justice and Opportunity Table. “People should be able to interact with law enforcement and have the ability to leave that interaction with their dignity intact.”

The report includes numerous examples of successful community policing initiatives around the country, and it offers over 30 concrete recommendations for local reforms.

Some of the recommendations are as simple as the City following the requirements of its own charter. For example, the city charter requires the police department to be independently accredited, but it is not.

The charter requires the Commission on Citizens Rights and Community Relations to have at least three staff peo-

ple, but it has only two.

Other recommendations are designed to make community policing the core of the Police Department’s policies and practices. Currently, the Police Department has eleven community police officers.

Instead of leaving community policing up to those eleven officers, the report calls for all police officers to do a minimum amount of community policing each week – doing foot or bike patrols, attending community meetings, mentoring youth, and otherwise engaging with residents.

According to Danielle Johnson, co-chair of Open Buffalo’s Justice and Opportunity Table, “The more opportunities people have to engage in real, authentic dialogue with police, the deeper the trust and relationships will grow.”

The report asks the City to work with the police department to focus more on proactive crime prevention, recommending that the City expand the Mayor’s Summer Youth

Program to hire young public housing residents to work side by side with law enforcement to make physical improvements to their neighborhoods.

“This is a triple win,” said Franchelle Hart, executive director of Open Buffalo. “Public housing developments get more attractive and safe; young residents get jobs; and youth and police get to know each other in a positive setting.”

Another focus of the report is a greater use of restorative justice, alternatives to arrest, and diversion programs. According to Pastor James Giles, president of VOICE Buffalo, “Many times we are asking police to solve problems that are better solved with social services, mental health treatment, or restorative justice.”

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All phases shall include survey and testing for Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM’s). Qualification statements and proposals for the above project must be received by the County’s Commissioner of Public Works, 95 Franklin Street, Suite 1400, Buffalo, NY 14202 until 4:00 PM local time on Thursday, December 1, 2016. RFQ/RFP submission instructions may be found at: www.erie.gov/dpw/

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HEALTH MATTERS

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Rochester to Host World AIDS Day Festival of Songs

Grocery Shopping 101: Work Those Aisles!

World AIDS Day Festival of Songs hosted by Memorial AMEZ Church where the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Q. James Pastor, will be held on Friday, December 2 at 7 p.m., 549 Clarissa Street in Rochester.

Reverend Patrick Crumity will MC the event which will feature the BLCA Choir under the direction of Wardell Lewis, Jr. Invited Choirs Include: The U of R Gospel Choir, RIT Gospel Ensemble, New Life Choir, Memorial AME Zion Youth Choir, First Genesis Young Adult Choir, and the New Bethel Voices of Praise Church Of Love Youth Choir.

Free and confidential HIV and Hepatitis C testing will be offered.

Reverend Roosevelt Dixon is Affiliate Chair of the National Black Leadership commission on AIDS of Rochester. A Free Will donation will be collected to fund local NBLCA programming For more information call (585) 301-3128 (Phone) rochpr@nblca.org (E-Mail)

Believe it or not, grocery shopping is an art.

And there is a method to the madness of navigating Kathleen the grocery RICHARDSON store to ensure that your cart is full of items that will help you achieve optimal health and wellness. There are three essential rules to efficiently navigate the store and keep you from wandering aimlessly from aisle to aisle throwing random items in your cart. If you follow these three simple rules, you will work those aisles every time you step through those automatic doors.

CODE BLUE Provides Help and Shelter From the Cold for the Homeless Code Blue is the City of Buffalo’s emergency weather safety plan that provides outreach, shelter and a warm meal to Buffalo’s homeless population on evenings when temperatures and wind chill fall to 15 degrees or below from now to March 15. Code Blue is funded by the City of Buffalo and National Fuel, and is also supported by a collaboration of agencies under the WNY Coalition for the Homeless.. It is open to anyone living on the streets and/ or needing shelter, but especially targets the chronically homeless and those who live in uninhabitable or dangerous places during extremely low temperatures.

This year’s Code Blue Shelters will be located at: The Matt Urban Hope Center- 385 Paderewski Drive, St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy- 325 Walden Avenue and Harbor House- 241 Genesee Street.

The shelters are in in need of cots, blankets and other basic essential items. For more information, visit www.wnycoalitionforthehomeless.org

“To eat is a necessity but to eat intelligently is an art.”

Francois de la Rouchefoucauld

Rule #1 Shop Along the Perimeter The first and most important rule to grocery shopping is to do most of your shopping along the perimeter or the outside areas of the store. Ideally, most of our diet should consist of food that expires or begins to rot in 7-10 days. What foods are most likely to expire in 7-10 days? Fresh fruit and vegetables; and the perimeter of the store is where your fresh fruits and vegetables are located. Your meats, dairy, frozen fruit, vegetables and fresh juices are all located on the perimeter of the grocery store as well. These should be staple items and we should aim to have a cart full of fresh fruit to snack on and vegetables to cook for lunch and dinner. When you shop along the perimeter, you are ensuring that you are purchasing food full of the vital nutrients and antioxidants the body needs.

Rule # 2 Limit Your time in the Middle Aisles

The second rule to grocery shopping is to limit your time spent in the middle and center aisles. This is where the food with long expiration dates are located. The saying goes, “the longer the shelf life; the shorter yours”. The middle and center aisles are where you find most of the packaged and processed foods that lack the vital nutrients to attain optimal health. The middle aisles are where you find packaged cookies, candy, cakes, pies, chips, soda/pop, and sugary juices. These items are full of sugar, saturated fat, and salt and are linked to various chronic diseases. These aisles also contain necessities like bread, sugar, flour, cereal, honey, rice, and various seasonings. Although you will do some shopping in the middle aisles, it’s important to limit your time spent there.

Rule #3 Look for the Butterfly Much of the food on our grocery store shelves shouldn’t be called food. It is more like a science experiment gone all the way wrong. Our food has been altered at the genetic level and preserved with additives, artificial ingredients and dangerous chemicals that pose great risks to our health. There are 94 such ingredients in our food. Do we need to memorize all 94 of these ingredients so that we know what to avoid? The good news is we don’t. A not for profit agency called the Non-GMO project identifies products that contain no genetically modi-

fied ingredients. When you see this label on your items, feel free to throw it in the cart because it is safe to eat. I have found a great breakfast cereal and boxed yellow rice with the non-GMO verified label.

Just look for the butterfly!

The next time you grab that cart, keep these three simple rules in mind and work those aisles to better your health!

Free Mammography Screenings While there are many ways to obtain a mammography screening, the National Witness Project is making it easier and more convenient for women who live in the City of Buffalo to get tested by scheduling the following Mobile Mammography Events over the coming weeks: December 6 – St. John Towers, 865 Michigan Ave. • December 7 – Walden Park Senior Complex, 101 Bakos Blvd. Those interested in registering for a mobile mammography can call the National Witness Project (716) 845-3383 or text “WITNESS” to 95577.

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The Truest Sense of Freedom

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ne of the odd struggles we sometimes have around prioritizing our inner work is we fear that we won't be as relatable to our friends, family, or spouse.

And it's true. Some relationships will change or even diminish as we commit to our inner work. Usually what gets pruned are the unsustainable, co-dependent aspects that--if we're being honest-weren't serving us in the first place.

It's easy to undervalue or even resent what blossoms next, but this is really the big payoff: we are drawn towards more honest communication, a more authentic sense of "Self," a more stable feeling of happiness, a greater tendency to forgive and not take things personal.

As the more "awake" person, our job is not to assume an attitude of spiritual superiority. It's the opposite. Being awake means we develop even more patience, more understanding, and more compassion.

It's hard in the beginning, but the spiritual journey itself leads to the truest sense of freedom.

Light Watkins

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FAITH & FAMILY

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“Living By Faith Tour” Zion Dominion Winterfest 2016 Presented at Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Marketing Ministry will present the “Living by Faith” Tour at Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, 665 Michigan Avenue, on Saturday, December 10 at 6:30 p.m. The Rev. Frank Bostic is Pastor. Special musical guests will include Evangelist Lemmie Battles, Eric Carrington, Tanya Dallas-Lewis, Carol Millhouse, the Pilgrim Baptist Church Choir and Minister of Music George “Chief.” This event is sponsored by WUFO Mix 1080 AM. For additional information or booking contact Wanda Adams at (404) 474-3403

Bishop Roderick L Hennings & Zion Dominion Global Ministries is excited to present Winterfest 2016 November 28 December 2 at 7p.m. nightly. We have one mission: Changing Lives in an Unchanging World. Hear dynamic speakers including Pastor Micaiah Young, Pastor Harry Euell , Pastor Michael Green, Shepherd Andre Clark and Elder J. Rashad Jones. Also inspirational speakers Sis. Shanna Smith, Bro. Coye Duncan, Sis. Shanna Lane, Bro. Shai Fears and Sis. Chloe Hennings.

This conference is designed to deliver!

Join us and be blessed. November 28-December 2 Winterfest 2016. It’s a Matter of Dominion. For more information please call: 716.250.7040 or visit us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.

Holiday Bazaar Just in time for the holiday season, the Second Baptist Church Women’s Ministry presents their fifth annual Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, December 3 from noon – 4 p.m. in the AJ Phillips Fellowship Hall, 18 Church Street, Lackawanna. Vendors will be offering a full array of unique gifts. For more information call Mrs. Sonja Melvin, Ministry Chairperson, at 646-1875 or 826-4940. Rev. Mark E. Blue is Pastor.

FAITH & FAMILY

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t took an entire year to celebrate the first century of faith, worship and service at First Shiloh Baptist Church.

The theme “Honoring Our Past and Anticipating Our Future” was carried out through worship, concerts, fellowship and community service.

Pastor Jonathan R. Staples noted, “It’s an exciting time to be at First Shiloh, and I couldn’t be more proud of our congregation as we embark on a new chapter of our journey!”

Shilohians began the celebration with the 99th Church Anniversary in November 2015, where Rev. Michael B. Kelly II, Senior Pastor, Mt. Rubidoux SDA Church, Riverside, CA represented the legacy of early Shiloh ministers. Rev. Kelly is the Great Grandson of Rev. E.J. Echols, First Shiloh Pastor 1918-1961 and the Grandson of Rev. E.J. Echols, Jr., First Shiloh Pastor 1962 – 1984. The year of events also featured the Morehouse College Glee

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Club concert in March, a walk on May 15 to re-enact the 1966 move from 40 Cedar Street to 15 Pine Street. Events continued in July with a service project to renovate rooms at Paradise House, a tour of the African American Heritage Corridor properties, and a Centennial youth day. In August, the church in conjunction with the First Shiloh Youth Foundation sponsored a Healthy Communities Day for over 500 people, and began 100 days of prayer in preparation for the culmination of the Centennial.

The Centennial Celebration concluded with four days of events from November 10 – 13.

On Thursday night members and returning members/guests enjoyed a “Family Reunion” fellowship time. Some of the out of towners receiving big hugs were Dr. William Mayes, former Chair or the Deacon Board, Sharon Kelly, granddaughter of Rev. E.J. Echols, Sr. and daughter of Rev. E.J. Echols, Jr. and Barbara Frazier, former Deaconess, Michael Harris, son of Deacon and Mrs. Chalmers Harris, and former deacon Ken Black and his wife, former trustee Marie Morilus-Black. Just in time for Saturday’s Centennial Concert Marian Kee Fogan, Daneen Kee DeWan, Leslie Kee and Renee Kee Currie arrived, who are daughters of the 100 Years-100 Voices concert director Edna Gayles Kee. On Friday night, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. of Cleveland was the keynote speaker for the black tie Centennial Gala at the Adams Mark. His address was very timely in the wake of the election week, which left many African Americans, immigrants and other people of color with great anxiety about the future of our country. “There are some required courses in the curriculum of life,” Dr. Moss said.

“One of them is AGONY,” and he quoted from Psalm 22 “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” But Dr. Moss insisted that we cannot stay in agony, we move through it to “assurance,” and he gave an analysis of Psalm 23, and concluded with Psalm 24 citing “affirmation” that “The Earth is the Lord’s.”

On Saturday, over 90 voices were featured in a concert of songs across the decades from Negro Spirituals to contemporary gospel, and the audience of over 600 was very appreciative.

At the end of the concert, Maestro Edna Kee presented awards

to former Shiloh ministers of music and centennial concert co-conductors Melvin Bryant, Jr. and Ramone Braxton, both returning to Shiloh from Maryland. For service to the music ministry, Gelea James received an award, as did retired organist Carol Whitaker.

On Sunday, the Rev. Dr. Claudette Anderson-Copeland delivered a rousing sermon to usher in the next one hundred years using the analogy of the church as a tree planted by rivers of water. A native of Buffalo and licensed as an evangelist at age 18, Rev. Dr. Copeland brought her educational, spiritual and oratorical gifs to bear before an audience of about 500. Pastor Staples concluded the service presenting gifts to Centennial Co-Chairs, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert and Yvonne Hargrave, and to First Lady Tanya Staples for their two years of dedicated leadership and planning of the commemoration events. Now that the first 100 years has been duly celebrated, Shiloh moves into a second century with bold anticipation of continued kingdom building and community service.

PICTURED ABOVE: Front Page photo of Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr., Mrs. Mamie Kirkland (108 years young), and Senior Pastor Jonathan R. Staples. Also pictured: Anticipating our future - a table of the next generation of Shilohians at the Centennial Gala. The 100 Years-100 Voices Choir in concert,Rev. Dr. Claudette Copeland; Congregation in worship Chairman of Deacon Board William Houston in foreground.

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Get Ready Buffalo! Christmas Is Comin’ Uptown!

Lively Black Holiday Musical Version of Dickens Classic Opens December 8

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HRISTMAS IS COMIN’ UPTOWN, the lively Black musical version of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol,” will be performed on stage at Shea’s 710 Theatre December 8th to the 18th.

Produced by the Paul Robeson Theatre, performances for CHRISTMAS IS COMIN’ UPTOWN will be held, Thursday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m.• Thursday, December 15 at 1 p.m.• Fridays, December 9 and 16 at 8:00 p.m.• Saturdays, December 10 and 17 at 2 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.• and Sundays, December 11 and 18 at 2:00 p.m.

“Uptown” was originally produced on Broadway with Gregory Hines as Scrooge in 1979.

The Scrooge in this adaptation is an inner- city slumlord about to foreclose on an apartment house, a church and a youth center. He gets the usual visits from his deceased partner and the three Christmas Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future who take him on their rounds. He comes upon his own grave after watching Tiny Tim’s burial procession and he’s reformed and is a changed man. But on the morning after, Scrooge is forced to resort to a Jewish deli and a Chinese restaurant to get food to send to Tim’s family since all the other establishments are closed for the holiday! For tickets ($23.50-$26.50) call 1-800-745-3000, go to ticketmaster.com, or visit the Shea’s Box Office. Senior and Student tickets are available. The production is made possible by funds from Cullen Foundation. For more information visit www.sheas.org/710main.

Colored Musicians Club 100th Anniversary Event On December 4 at 4 p.m. the Colored Musicians Club will present a theatre and music event as part of its celebrations for their 100th year anniversary. Some of Buffalo’s finest actors will be reading scenes from Dissonance, a play based on the forced merger of Buffalo’s segregated musicians’ union, on the very site where these events happened. Set amidst the evolving Civil Rights Movement of the sixties and the changing music industry, the play explores issues of personal identity, group loyalty and raw ambition. Live music will be performed between the scenes by Club members. This event is free and open to the public. The Colored Musicians Club is located on Broadway at Michigan. Music Director, George Scott ; Playwright, Joy Scime; Directors, Joy Scime and Verneice Turner; Actors Greg Natale, Willie Judson, Dudney Joseph, Kinzy Brown, Ernie Insana, Phil Farugia and others.

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2016 Holiday Art for Artists Celebrates Visual Art of William Y. Cooper, George K. Arthur, Rubens Mukunzi, James Pappas, Betty Pitts-Foster

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WUFO Mix 1080 Radio Celebrates Another Year of Broadcasting CEO to Make Major Announcement WUFO Mix 1080 AM will celebrate another year of broadcasting on Sunday, December 4 from 4 p.m. until at the Tralf Music Hall. Scheduled performers include JJ Harriston, TaMyya, Jermaine Dolly and V3. There will also be a live DJ, karaoke, prizes and more. WUFO CEO Sheila Brown is expected to make a major announcement at the event. Tickets are $10.80 in advance and available only at WUFO Studios, 143 Broadway Ave. Admission at the door is $15. See you there!

A group of local artists will auction their original work on Saturday, December 3 to preserve local jazz legacy and continued Hurricane Matthew relief.

Host and organizer Jessica Thorpe hopes the event also will lead people to consider giving original art this Holiday Season as a way of building family legacy.

"Original art not only has the capacity to change the energy around you, it inspires and appreciates from generation to generation," said Jessica.

The eclectic offerings range from the vibrant, intricate oil canvases of the late muralist and educator William Y. Cooper, to the poignant black-and-white photography of George K. Arthur and impressionistic work of Betty Pitts-Foster, to paintings by Karibu News publisher Rubens Mukunzi and UB professor James Pappas, to bright pieces by Dawn Martin Berry-Walker, and mixed media by Thorpe.

Partial proceeds from the sale of bidding seats and each painting will be donated to the Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Society, and to the American Red Cross and other not for profits supporting Hurricane Matthew recovery in the U.S. and Haiti.

Starting bids range from $400 for smaller works to $3,500 for some of Cooper's canvasses. Purchases will be accepted by credit card or cash.

VIP bidding seats are $35; general bidding seats are $25 and non-bidding seats are $15 and include light hors d'oeuvres. Tickets can be purchased online at www.eventbrite.com -- search "2016 Holiday Art for Artists Auction" -- or by contacting 716-445-5122 or emailing unboxedink@gmail.com •2016 Holiday Art for Artists Preview: Saturday, November 26 , 12 - 6 p.m. & Sunday, November 27 1 - 7 p.m.

Tickets can also be purchased during the 2016 Holiday Art for Artists preview -- on Saturday, November 26 and Sunday, November 27 at 1272 Delaware Avenue. Admission to the preview is free; donations are welcomed. (Painting Above by William Y. Cooper: “The Music of Jazz”)

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AKA Gamma Phi Omega Chapter To Hold Biennial Debutante Pageant and Ball

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lpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Gamma Phi Omega Chapter, Buffalo, will hold its 38th biennial Debutante Pageant and Ball, Saturday, December 3 at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, 153 Franklin Street. The Pageant will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. followed by dinner and the ball from 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. The theme for the 2016 pageant and ball is “Elegant and Beautiful Pearls.” The Pageant and Ball are the culminating activities for the ten months of sequential preparation and experiences for the presentation and debut of sixteen extraordinary, promising, sophisticated young ladies from the Western New York area.

The sixteen young ladies who will make their debut are: Jenelle Benton, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Steven & Crystal Jenkins, 12th grade at Nardin Academy, escorted by Devin Ford; Iyanna Coleman, daughter of Leequisha Volious & the late Yusef Coleman/Stepfather Koby Volious, 11th grade at City Honors; Jensen A. Daniels, daughter of Dr. Jonathan D. and Mrs. Janessa Givens-Daniels, 12th grade at Sacred Heart, escorted by Anthony Williams; Kai Ellis, daughter of Cashmere Ellis, 11th grade at Buffalo Seminary, escorted by Keith Norward; Nia Ellis, daughter of Cashmere Ellis, 11th grade at Buffalo Seminary, escorted by Justin Evans; Courtney Harris, daughter of Angela McNeal, 12th grade at Nichols H.S., escorted by Davon Hardy; Ahmari Jenkins, daughter of Calandra Payne, 12th grade at Niagara Falls High school, escorted

by John Chiarella; Dayonna Johnson, daughter of Davette Wright & James Johnson, 11th grade at Frederick L. Olmstead, escorted by Emmanuel Trueheart; Danielle Lewis, daughter of Mr. Daniel & Mrs. Kimberly Lewis, 11th grade at Mount Mercy, escorted by Devin Garey; Kennedy T. McGriff, daughter of Melaney Agahiu & Keven McGriff, 12th grade at Performing Arts, escorted by Michael Brooks; T’Najah Meeks, niece of Vanessa Jones, 12th grade at East High School, escorted by Alonzo Rodriguez-Spencer; Daneva Moncrieffe, daughter of Mr. Roan & Mrs. Dana Pryor-Moncrieffe, escorted by Jonathan Figueroa; Gabrielle Outling, daughter of Alisa Adams & Darius Outling, 12th grade at Performing Arts, escorted by Ahmad Randall; Leah M. Price, daughter of Mr. Leonard & Mrs. Carolyn Price, 11th grade at Leonardi DaVinci, escorted by Marquel Hampshire; Lilithann L. Thompson; granddaughter of Mr. Richard &

Mrs. Nancy Thompson, 12th grade at Nichols High School, escorted by Xavier Kyle; Nyasia Wilson, daughter of Mr. Darrell & Mrs. Inderia Wilson, 11th grade at City Honors, escorted by Mickel Woodruff.

Highlights of the debutantes evening of gala will be the introduction of each debutante, the debutante’s special curtsy, the introduction of the parents, the father-daughter dance, the cotillion danced by the debutante and her escort, and the special presentation by each debutante to her mother.

Many activities have preceded the 38th Debutante Pageant and Ball. Among the activities is the Rites of Passage Ceremony that was held Friday, November 4th at East High School, 820 Northampton Street. This activity biennially chaired by Janet E. Barnes is an African presentation and ceremony for the parents to name and present their daughters to the elders and community.

Other activities and their chairmen were: Mother- Daughter Tea ( Ottilie M. Woodruff) Father- Daughter Cook-Off ( Gerri Horton) Washington, D.C. Tour (Nancy Thompson) Etiquette ( Johnnie Mayo) Leadership Development ( Tanya Staples) Pageant ( Gina Mayo –Hawk) Sleepover ( Alisa Officer and Alicia Officer) Community Service ( Teena Jones and Carmen Snell). Mrs. Teena M. Jones and Mrs. Carmen Snell are the 2016 Debutante Co-Chairman. Ms. Edith M. Terrell is president of Gamma Phi Omega Chapter; Ms. Sharon Bradley, vice-president.

Tickets are $55.00 and can be purchased by calling 716-235-8840.

Ending On a High Note...

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very year in November, at our last meeting of the year, we try to end on a high note. The work has been good but the New Year seems uncertain to many of us, especially so soon after the presidential election. “Stop and frisk” may become legal policy nationwide. No doubt this would increase the number of Black and Latino men and women in prison, as “stop and frisk” is code for “racial profiling.” Under a Trump administration, this could lead to more arrests, convictions, and higher rates of incarceration. In November 2015, Obama “banned the box” on federal job applications—the box being a standard question about prior convictions—because former prisoners often find their criminal history is a barrier to employment. A simple executive order from Trump could erase Obama’s banned box. This would lead to higher recidivism rates, as this barrier to employment may force a former prisoner to leave a law-abiding path. The United States is the only country in the world that sentences juveniles to life without parole. At this time, more than 150,000 men, women, and children are serving life without parole. Under a Trump administration, that seems unlikely to change. President-elect Trump, Karima ran his campaign as the “law and order” candidate but it should be obvious AMIN that he has no interest in criminal injustice reform.

Last year in November, our guest speaker was Mr. Shateek Howse from Buffalo, NY who spent 20 years incarcerated in New York State. He shared his thoughts about mass incarceration as well as some insights regarding solitary confinement. Mr. Howse, who was released 4 years ago, recently published a book, WHAT DID I SAY?: IT’S SOMETHING LIKE POETRY, which chronicles his struggles as well as his successes. This year we have another author, willing to share his thoughts with us. Arthur A. Duncan II, Esq. is the author of FELONATTORNEY. Mr. Duncan is also from Buffalo, NY but he was raised, for a time, in South Central Los Angeles. Upon returning to Buffalo, his grandparents had a hand in his upbringing. In spite of that, he fell in with the wrong crowd and he started dealing drugs. After 3 years in prison, he left his drug-dealing days behind. After some ups and downs and close calls, he attended Erie County Community College, earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Buffalo, completed law school, and passed the bar. I’ll let him tell you about his life, his family and his plans for the future.

We know that people can change for the better. PRISONERS ARE PEOPLE TOO, INC. has shared many examples over the years. I began by saying that we want to end this year on a high note. Mr. Duncan’s story should make you feel good about life and give you hope for the future. Next year, Erie County Community College will honor Mr. Duncan with its Distinguished Alumni Award. A few copies of FELON-ATTORNEY ($20) will be available at our next meeting which will be Monday, November 28 at the Pratt-Willert Community Center, 422 Pratt Street in Buffalo, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm.

This is the last meeting for the year. We are ending on a high note. Need more info: Karima Amin, karimatells@yahoo.com, 716-834-8438.

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Thanksgiving: A National Day of Mourning for Indians

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By Mahtowin Munro and Moonanum James

e object to the “Pilgrim Progress” parade and to what goes on in Plymouth because they are making millions of tourist dollars every year from the false pilgrim mythology. That money is being made off the backs of our slaughtered indigenous ancestors.

Every year since 1970, United American Indians of New England have organized the National Day of Mourning observance in Plymouth at noon on Thanksgiving Day. Every year, hundreds of Native people and our supporters from all four directions join us. Every year, including this year, Native people from throughout the Americas will speak the truth about our history and about current issues and struggles we are involved in.

Why do hundreds of people stand out in the cold rather than sit home eating turkey and watching football? Do we have something against a harvest festival?

Of course not. But Thanksgiving in this country — and in particular in Plymouth –is much more than a harvest home festival.

It is a celebration of the pilgrim mythology.

According to this mythology, the pilgrims arrived, the Native people fed them and welcomed them, the Indians promptly faded into the background, and everyone lived happily ever after.

The truth is a sharp contrast to that mythology.

The pilgrims are glorified and mythologized because the circumstances of the first English-speaking colony in Jamestown were frankly too ugly (for example, they turned to cannibalism to survive) to hold up as an effective national myth. The pilgrims did not find an empty land any more than Columbus “discovered” anything. Every inch of this land is Indian land. The pilgrims (who did not even call themselves pilgrims) did not come here seeking religious freedom; they already had that in Holland. They came here as part of a commercial venture. They introduced sexism, racism, anti-lesbian and gay bigotry, jails, and the class system to these shores. One of the very first things they did when they arrived on Cape Cod — before they even made it to Plymouth — was to rob Wampanoag graves at Corn Hill and steal as much of the Indians’ winter provisions of corn and beans as they were able to carry. They were no better than any other group of Europeans when it came to their treatment of the Indigenous peoples here. And no, they did not even land at that sacred shrine called Plymouth Rock, a monument to racism and oppression which we are proud to say we buried in 1995.

The first official “Day of Thanksgiving” was proclaimed in 1637 by Governor Winthrop. He did so to celebrate the safe return of men from the Massachusetts Bay Colony who had gone to Mystic, Connecticut to participate in the massacre of over 700 Pequot women, children, and men.

About the only true thing in the whole mythology is that these pitiful European strangers would not have survived their first several years in “New England” were it not for the aid of Wampanoag people. What Native people got in return for this help was genocide, theft of our lands, and never-ending repression. We are treated either as quaint relics from the past, or are, to most people, virtually invisible.

When we dare to stand up for our rights, we are considered unreasonable. When we speak the truth about the history of the European invasion, we are often told to “go back where we came from.” Our roots are right here. They do not extend across any ocean.

National Day of Mourning began in 1970 when a Wampanoag man, Wamsutta Frank James, was asked to speak at a state dinner celebrating the 350th anniversary of the pilgrim landing.

He re-fused to speak false words in praise of the White man for bringing civilization to us poor heathens. Native people from throughout the Americas came to Plymouth, where they mourned their forebears who had been sold into slavery, burned alive,

“We wish to plead our own cause.

Too long have others spoken for us.”

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massacred, cheated, and mistreated since the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620.

But the commemoration of National Day of Mourning goes far beyond the circumstances of 1970.

Can we give thanks as we remember Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier, who was framed up by the FBI and has been falsely imprisoned since 1976? De- Native American performers in Cannon Ball, spite mountains of evidence North Dakota. exonerating Peltier and the proven misconduct of federal prosecutors and the FBI, Peltier has been denied a new trial.

To Native people, the case of Peltier is one more ordeal in a litany of wrongdoings committed by the U.S. government against us. While the media in New England present images of the “Pequot miracle” in Connecticut, the vast majority of Native people continue to live in the most abysmal poverty.

Can we give thanks for the fact that, on many reservations, unemployment rates surpass fifty percent? Our life expectancies are much lower, our infant mortality and teen suicide rates much higher, than those of white Americans. Racist stereotypes of Native people, such as those perpetuated by the Cleveland Indians, the Atlanta Braves, and countless local and national sports teams, persist. Every single one of the more than 350 treaties that Native nations signed has been broken by the U.S. government. Are we to give thanks for being treated as unwelcome in our own country?

We object to the “Pilgrim Progress” parade and to what goes on in Plymouth because they are making millions of tourist dollars every year from the false pilgrim mythology. That money is being made off the backs of our slaughtered indigenous ancestors.

Increasing numbers of people are seeking alternatives to such holidays as Columbus Day and Thanksgiving. They are coming to the conclusion that, if we are ever to achieve some sense of community, we must first face the truth about the history of this country and the toll that history has taken on the lives of millions of Indigenous, Black, Latino, Asian, and poor and working class white people.

The myth of Thanksgiving, served up with dollops of European superiority and manifest destiny, just does not work for many people in this country. As Malcolm X once said about the African-American experience in America, “We did not land on Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock landed on us.” Exactly.

Mahtowin Munro (Lakota) and Moonanum James (Wampanoag) are co-leaders of United American Indians of New England.

MANNIFEST DESTINY: DID YOU KNOW...?

As the US Empire spread beyond Manifest Destiny of the continent, the US war in the Philippines was an early victim. General Jacob H. Smith’s infamous order in 1901 “Kill Everyone Over Ten” was the caption in a New York Journal cartoon on May 5, 1902. The Old Glory draped an American shield on which a vulture replaced the bald eagle. The caption at the bottom proclaimed, “Criminals Because They Were Born Ten Years Before We Took the Philippines” Gen. Smith ordered “I want no prisoners. I wish you to kill and burn; the more you kill and burn, the better it will please me… The interior of Samar must be made a howling wilderness…” Estimates of deaths in this massacre range from 2,000 to 50,000.

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An Open Letter From School Superintent Dr. Kriner Cash and Board of Education President Dr. Barbara Nevergold “During this season of giving thanks, let us all help lift our neighbors and heed the call to grow.”

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Dear BPS Families & Partners:

he Buffalo Public Schools are built upon a foundation of great cultural richness and diversity. We believe in “Putting children and families first to ensure high academic achievement for all.” Within that mission, we hold dear the democratic principles of active citizenship, personal integrity, civility and respect for others, and a mutual desire to celebrate all that makes us unique. At this time of year, we are especially thankful for the lasting treasure of these core American values.

Whether we agree with one another doesn’t matter so much as our ability to listen to and seek to understand each other in the greater realm of learning. We are a microcosm of a larger world and reflective of its variances. Our diversity is a source of strength, a point of pride.

In the New Education Bargain with Students and Parents, we state that: “An equal and high-quality education is every child’s civil right; and, as educators, we must deliver on this essential democratic principle.” This has never been more true, nor our conviction to make it so - stronger.

As educators, we help make the world better by making it a perpetual learning laboratory and embracing teachable moments for the benefit of our children. We are in a moment in time when it is imperative that each child and family in this District feels how precious they are, how valued, how cared for, and how safe and protected they are – in our schools and in their communities.

As we visit our schools and speak with our students, we are inspired to help our amazing students reach their full potential. We have deep faith in them as scholars and as citizens of the City of Buffalo.

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dear editor havens for our students.

Democracy is what leaders and ordinary people practice when they take responsibility for improving their communities. We must lead, not follow. We must stand, not fall.

We must include, not isolate.

We must develop the hearts and minds of our students so that they can take their rightful place and make their contribution in our global society.

We will continue to urge our teachers to engage students and each other in substantive, civil, and productive discourse about all matters educational.

Buffalo Public Schools works together with all constituents to carry on the peaceful missions of humankind. During this season of giving thanks, let us all help lift our neighbors and heed the call to grow.

Dr. Kriner Cash Superintendent Dr. Barbara Nevergold Board President

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Tempting a Ferguson in Buffalo

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uffalo’s approach to use of force training is also brief.

The theoretical review of the use of force is part of a single two-hour block of training on firearms and Article 35.

Other departments integrate use of force reviews within retraining in defensive tactics, physical and communications maneuvers, including de-escalation, that ensure a possibly resistant civilian complies using the least amount of force.

“What we’re trying to tell the officer is if it’s life and death, by all means, protect others and protect yourself. But if there’s an opportunity – and it’s a big if – to step back to de-escalate we would prefer that you do that and wait for the proper back up,” said O’Connell, the professor of criminal justice and policing consultant.

When asked how often the department re-trains its officers in defensive tactics, Beaty, the deputy police commissioner, said that those skills are covered at the recruit level and again during periodic refreshers.

Kennedy said that the department has never done a refresher on defensive tactics.

Beaty pointed to the new Emergency Response Team as one way the department has included de-escalation in its training.

The Emergency Response Team is deployed to manage mass protests or riots, like the ones that happened after officer-involved shootings in Ferguson or Baltimore, and was first used in Buffalo in April at the Donald Trump rally at the downtown hockey arena.

In September the department also launched a program focused on police encounters with people suffering mental health issues, an initiative done in partnership with Crisis Services of Erie County. This training has a de-escalation component.

But experts and Buffalo’s own officers said that’s not enough.

“Anytime an officer has to be engaged in physical confrontation with another human being, you want them to use the least amount of force necessary to effect the outcome,” said Kennedy. “Now if you take a person that has no training and inject them into a physical confrontation, they’re going to do whatever comes naturally to them.”

Reality-based weapons training Part of this shift in police training extends to how departments train officers in weapons, particularly firearms. The 2015 report by President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing called for departments to conduct annual use of force training involving shoot/don’t shoot simulations, for example, where officers are confronted with a life-like scenario on a screen and must decide how to react.

“We’ve now evolved to a point where the most advanced police departments recognize that just proficiency with the weapon is not enough. What we need is officers who make correct judgements,” O’Connell said. “In these interactive, these shoot/don’t shoot scenarios with live actors, or sometimes video, sometimes you never unholster your weapon. And that’s appropriate.”

Again, Buffalo is not keeping up with best practices.

In the one two-hour block that includes the review of Article 35, officers head to the firing range for target shooting. Officers practice shooting at a silhouetted target and might be asked to move between barricades and again acquire the target.

Limiting firearms training to the range is problematic, said Farrell, the smart firearms distributor.

“The range is an extremely controlled environment. It doesn’t accurately simulate what officers are dealing with in a 360 degree environment which is what they’re dealing with on the street every time they step out of their patrol car.”

Buffalo’s shoot/don’t shoot simulator has apparently not been used in years.

The department’s single two-hour block of training on use of force and firearms, coupled with only periodic refreshers on defensive tactics, is in stark contrast to what other agencies provide.

This year Cincinnati will provide up to 20 hours of training in de-escalation tactics and in firearms, part of which involves using a shoot/don’t shoot simulator. The department also runs drills on use of force that involve both firearms and Tasers.

The Rochester Police Department will provide up to 11 ½

hours of training in firearms and defensive tactics, which includes de-escalation.

Syracuse does eight hours of firearms training a year and typically four hours of defensive tactics.

The Pittsburgh Police Department has conducted some form of defensive tactics and de-escalation training every year since at least 2012, and this year will conduct 16 hours of training in defensive tactics alone.

Part of a larger problem Law enforcement accreditation programs, in which an independent agency evaluates and sets standards for law enforcement departments, offer police the opportunity to stay up to date on professional best practices.

Under the State of New York Law Enforcement Accreditation program, participating departments are required to complete 21 hours of training per year. Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and Binghamton are among the 152 departments in New York accredited with the State of New York Law Enforcement Accreditation program. Many local departments are, as well, including the Erie and Niagara County sheriff’s office, Niagara Falls, Amherst, Cheektowaga, West Seneca and the Town of Tonawanda.

Buffalo is not accredited.

Beaty pointed to obstacles in the union contract. For example, the Law Enforcement Accreditation Program mandates annual performance evaluations for officers. The current contract prohibits such performance evaluations.

Kennedy’s response: The department is not accredited because “of the lack of a formalized in-service training regiment” and “lack of leadership in our department and the lack of emphasis on training.”

According to Police Chief David Zack of Cheektowaga, strong labor-management relations are a key factor in a welltrained force. In order to balance training schedules and patrol shifts without incurring a burdensome level of overtime pay, management and the union must be willing to adjust officers’ schedules – a point of contention in Buffalo.

Kennedy, president of the local police union, said that the union has no working relationship with Derenda.

“I can definitely speak for the five executive officers of this unit, our hope is that the administration changes,” he said.

This fractured relationship is partly to blame for the absence of Buffalo police officers at the FBI National Academy, a premier training program for police. The academy is a 10-week program that provides instruction in counter-terrorism, intelligence, behavioral science, communications, and management, among other law enforcement related topics.

Since 2010, Rochester has sent 10 people to the FBI National cademy. Cincinnati has sent five.

Buffalo has not sent a single officer in at least 16 years.

The Buffalo Police Department refused to provide attendance numbers, dates, and descriptions of any training provided by the department’s in-house academy or external organizations, like the FBI, for the past six years. The department only provided a list of courses that police officers apparently completed at the Erie Community College police academy, but did not provide any corresponding dates or attendance information.

Beaty said that the department is focusing on training related to community relations.

“Because communities around the nation are different, our training efforts will not mirror other agencies. As issues continue to evolve nationally involving police community relations, most of our training will be focused in that area.”

This year officers will receive a one hour “community policing update” and three hours of cultural diversity training.

The Police Oversight Committee, re-established by the Common Council in 2014, has asked, but not insisted on improved training. The committee did provide $60,000 to the department in 2014 that was intended for training. But Niagara Common Council Member David Rivera, a retired detective, conceded he does not know how the money was spent.

“We didn’t ask for a budget outline,” he said.

“We don’t run the Buffalo Police Department,” he said. “We’re only an oversight.”

(This article courtesy of Investigative Post and The Public).

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ERIE Plaintiff designates ERIE as the place of trial situs of the real property INDEX NO. 804620/2016 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 406-408 FRENCH ROAD CHEEKTOWWAGA, NY 14043 Section: 93.17 Block: 10 Lot: 25 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2001-AQ1, ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, Plaintiff, vs. DAVID R. BATES, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF DEBORAH A. BATES; DUANE MAU, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF DEBORAH A. BATES; DALE BATES, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF DEBORAH A. BATES, 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; SARAH ISZKIEWICZ; JENNIFER ROSSELAND; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND TAXATION ; CHRISTOPHER L. JACOBS IN HIS CAPACITY AS ERIE COUNTY CLERK; "JOHN DOE #1" through "JOHN DOE #12," the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. 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 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) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; 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. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $51,000.00 and interest, recorded on January 17, 2001, at Liber 12909 Page 4183, of the Public Records of ERIE County, New York, covering premises known as 406-408 FRENCH ROAD CHEEKTOWWAGA, NY 14043. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. ERIE County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

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. Dated: September 21, 2016 RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: SAMANTHA FLORES, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF ERIE BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff -against- LOVETTE BARLOW, AKA LOVETTE EVANS AKA E. BARLOW LOVETTE, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated April 4, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Foreclosure Alcove, 1st floor, 92 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY on December 6, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. premises situate in the City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State of New York, being part of Lot No. 19, Township 11, Range 8 of the Holland Land Company's Survey and Further distinguished as Subdivision Lot No. 16 in Block 9 as shown on map recorded in the Erie County Clerk's Office in Liber 336 on Deeds at page 416, being 30 feet, front and rear, by 90 feet in depth, Sears Street, west side beginning 372.35 feet south from the south line of Lovejoy Street.

Section 112.45 Block 2 Lot 15.

Said premises known as 68 SEARS STREET, BUFFALO, NY

Approximate amount of lien $50,316.13 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Index Number 806114/2015.

MARGARET A. MURPHY, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park, NY 11374 File# 8325.913

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LEGAL NOTICE ”Springer Summons”” SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 500155/2016 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC., Plaintiff, -vsTHE HEIRS AT LARGE OF EURETA SPRINGER F/K/A EURETA GREEN, deceased, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; ANDRE C. SPRINGER; THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF KEVIN GREENE, deceased, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF SHAWN NURSE, deceased, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; M&T BANK; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants.

Mortgaged Premises: 1646 ALBANY AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11210 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable.

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 to 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 payment to your mortgage company will not stop this 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. That this action being amended to include ANDRE C. SPRINGER, THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF KEVIN GREENE, deceased, AND THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF SHAWN

NURSE, as possible heirs to the ESTATE OF EURETA SPRINGER F/K/A EURETA GREEN, deceased.

KINGS County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises.

Dated: APRIL 25, 2016 Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Block: 7724 Lot: 65 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of KINGS, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein.

TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. MARK I. PARTNOW, A justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated AUGUST 11, 2016 and filed along with the supporting papers in the KINGS County Clerk’s Office.

This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. The premises is described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of Land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING, at a point on the westerly side of Albany Avenue, distant 517 feet 6 inches southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of Glenwood Road with the westerly side of Albany Avenue; THENCE westerly parallel with Glenwood Road and part of the distance through a party wall, 100 feet; THENCE southerly parallel with Albany Avenue, 20 feet; THENCE easterly again parallel with Glenwood Road, 100 feet to the westerly side of Albany Avenue; THENCE northerly along the westerly side of Albany Avenue, 20 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING; Premises known as 1646 ALBANY AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11210

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Buffalo City School District Advertisement for Bids Sealed proposals for the followBUSINESS ASSISTANT (PART –TIME) ing project will be received at the The Aloma D. Johnson Charter School seeks candidates for office of Plant Services, 403 City the part-time position of business assistant. The duties of the Hall, Buffalo, NY 14202. On Friposition will include assistance in the entry and management day, December 16, 2016 at 9:00 of accounting information into the School’s financial system a.m., proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud for: program; preparation of the semi-monthly payroll ; preparaElectrical, Fire Alarm and Equiption of invoices, billings and requests for reimbursement; purment Upgrades at: chasing activities; and new employee on-boarding activities, PROJECT 2601-008 including benefit programs for the School’s employees.

Joseph F Jones Service Center A college degree in business administration, human resources U-Building management, accounting, or a related field is required. CandiPROJECT 2680-001 dates for the position should have a minimum of one to three Joseph F Jones Service Center years of experience and a working knowledge of: Word and T-Building Bids will be opened for the folExcel software programs; QuickBooks accounting software lowing three (3) prime contracts: and computer payroll systems; business purchasing activities; Lighting & Power; Fire Alarm; and basic laws and government regulations concerning perand Security and Clock. Besonnel management.Experience in administrative services in ginning Monday, November 28, a school setting is preferred. A cover letter and resume may 2016 bidding document packages may be viewed and purbe sent to kkruly@adjcharter.org; or mailed to: Controller, chased through Avalon DocuAloma D. Johnson Charter School, 15 Jewett Pkwy., Buffalo, ment Services online Planroom NY 14214. website at www.avalonbuff-planroom.com, under “Public Jobs”, or ordered by phone at 716-995TEACHING ASSISTANT 7777. Owner can assume no The Aloma D. Johnson Charter School is seeking applicants for responsibility for errors, omisthe position of Teaching Assistant. The successful candidate will sions, or other misinformation have a high school diploma or equivalent; preferred Teaching Asobtained via other bid document sistant certification to be completed within a year of hire. Teachdistribution resources.

A mandatory pre-bid confering Assistants help classroom teachers with various duties of ence will be held at the facility classroom management; provide clerical support to the teacher; on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 may be responsible for recording grades; taking daily attendance; at 10:00 a.m., please assemble grade assignments; collect various materials for lessons; perform at the main entrance. The Enhomework checks and other duties as assigned. Resumes should gineer will be present. Eligible be submitted to Search Committee Chair, 15 Jewett Pkwy, Bufbidders are required to attend falo, NY 14214 or jpotter@adjcharter.org by 11/30/16. this walkthrough or another previously arranged and documented site visit with Architect and/or LEGAL NOTICE BID District personnel.

Please note that required bid NFTA Procurement bond is 10%. The work will be Invitation to Bid subject to the equal employment 4641 - SECURITY FENCE opportunity requirements. Any CAR FOR SALE EXTENSION questions regarding this project, 2000 CHEVY PRIZM-LS please refer to Juan Perez, AIA, 4633 - RADIO EQUIPMENT Call (716) 983-0540 716-816-3610.

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APARTMENTS FOR RENT

CHURCH MUSICIAN WANTED Church Musician wanted for small African American Baptist Church for Sunday morning Worship Service (10am-12pm). choir rehearsal and outings. Candidate must be able to play traditional and Contemporary Gospel Music. They must be born again, dedicated and able to teach music and songs. Interested candidates should contact Fillmore Community Church at 716896-6295 or email 821fillmore@fccbuffalo.com Part Time Janitor needed for Buffalo Apartment complex.

Duties include mopping floors, washing windows, emptying trash/recycling bins, vacuuming common areas and apartment turnover cleaning as units are available. This position includes grounds upkeep, as assigned by the manager.

Must have reliable transportation. $12.50/hr. EOE. Send resume & references to: HR, 215 Broadway, Buffalo, NY 14204 or fax to 854-2981.

LEGAL NOTICE Seeking - Licensed, insured minority and women owned business vendors, to bid on general needs such as supplies, auditing, heating, cooling, plumbing, electrical, carpentry work, etc.

Please call Niagara Community Action Program, Inc. at 716-2859681 x 103 for an application or more information.

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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS CLOTHES-CLOSET CONSULTANT

November 17, 2016 The Buffalo & Erie County Workforce Investment Board, Inc. is accepting proposals for an experienced clothing consultant to (1) develop a clothes closet consisting of donated clothing at its one-stop career center in Buffalo, NY, (2) train staff to assist customers in the selection of business attire, and (3) provide business parameters for its sustainability. Proposals clearly labeled RFQ for Clothes Closet must be delivered to 726 Exchange St., Suite 630, Buffalo, New York 14210 no later than 4:00 P.M on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Those interested in submitting a proposal may download this RFQ at www. becwib.org Funding for this RFQ is under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, 29 U.S.C. 3101 et. seq, (EEO/ AAE).

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Hustle for Health Seniors line dance fitness class Gloria J Parks Center 3242 Main St,.

11am - 12pm 716 832 1010.

The Durham Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 pm 200 Eagle St. 885-6348

Well Rounded People’s Party Adult Late Nite Rollerskating: Skateland,33 E. Ferry St. 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., $10.

Public School Code of Conduct Meeting: 4 pm – 7 pm, Merriweather Library

Public Meeting Notice Board of the Westminster Community Charter School: 2:30 p.m. M&T Bank, One M&T Plaza - 19th Floor.

Buffalo’s “Athletic Greats” Gathering: The Humboldt Inn, 347 E. Delavan Avenue.

Thursday November 24 The Durham Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 pm 200 Eagle St. 885-6348

Late Nite Roller Skating A “Well Rounded People’s Party” adult late nite rollerskating will take place Friday, Nov. 25 at Skateland,33 E. Ferry St. from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Admission is $10.

The event has two causes: to bring people together after the election; and serve as a soft launch fundraiser for The WASH Projec,. The WASH Project is a mixed use community arts and research center formerly based out of a Burmese owned laundro-

Monday November 28 GYC Ministries : Gang Summit Basketball and Open Gym, 7- 9:30 pm C.R.U.C.I.A.L. 230 Moselle ( doors lock at 7:30pm sharp).

Hustle for Health Seniors: NEW Line Dance Fitness class Gloria Parks Center 3242 Main St, noon - 1pm 832-1010.

Tuesday November 29 Legislator Betty Jean Grant HEAP Outreach Event: 877 East Delavan Ave. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. 894-0914 or 602-5877.

SolarCity Workforce Information Session 5 p.m. Lincoln Memorial Methodist Church, 641 Masten Avenue.851-2639 or 851-2651 (See Page 3) Wednesday November 30 Legislator Barbara Miller-Williams HEAP: The Dorothy J. Collier Community Center, 118 E. Utica St.. 842-0490 or e-mail bmw@erie.gov or the HEAP Hotline at 858-7644.

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Public School Code of Conduct Meeting: 4 pm – 7 pm, Merriweather Library The Durham Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 pm 200 Eagle St. 885-6348.

Family Engagement Info Session: 6p.m. Delevan Grider Center 877 East Delavan . Info regarding family program and the Wipeout Lead program.

Free taco diner.

DECEMBER Thursday December 1 The Durham Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 pm 200 Eagle St. 885-6348 Saturday December 3

TAKE A BREAK FROM THE EXPECTED.

UMOJA Convening of the Elders: Brunch at 11 a.m. program begins at 12 noon until Rafi Greene Community Center, 1423 Fillmore Avenue at Glenwood.

Sunday December 4 WUFO Mix 1080 AM Celebration Event: 4 p.m. until at the Tralf Music Hall. (See Page 9)

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