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SUBURBAN TIMES WEEKLY

SOUTH SUBURBAN MUSICIAN PERFORMS AT MAMBY ON THE BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL

Longtime Village of Homewood resident, Keya Trammell, also known as Gifted Keys, recently headlined the Community Stage at Mamby on the Beach music festival. The south suburban artist creates music that she labels as a fusion of jazz, soul and funk.

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Longtime Village of Homewood resident, Keya Trammell (pictured), also known as Gifted Keys, recently headlined the Community Stage at Mamby on the Beach music festival.

Art Scene: Nigerian American artist Ogorchukwu releases debut poetry book ‘the geometry of being Black’ — Page 2 Politiscope: A new world is dawning, and the U.S. will no longer lead it — Page 3 |

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ART SCENE

Nigerian American artist Ogorchukwu releases debut poetry book ‘the geometry of being Black’ “the geometry of being Black” by Ogorchukwu is a book that probes into the effects of anti-Blackness on the Black community.

Divided into five segments: receiving, internalizing, unlearning, loving and resisting; the book delves into how the Black community receives and internalizes anti-Blackness, how the community can unlearn and resist anti-Blackness, and how the community can begin to love its Blackness in a world that does not let it.

“We are living through a Black creative renaissance. Black creatives are finding innovative ways to confront how antiBlackness has been threaded into the bricks in our foundations.

This book is part of this rebirth,” the author explains.

While the first half of the book delves into themes such as police brutality, colorism, Black womanhood, toxic masculinity, and internalized hate; the second half of the book is about restoring the community. Many of the poems in this section touch on unlearning self-hate, fostering love within the community, and strengthening the fight against anti-Blackness.

What makes the book revolutionary is that it isn’t just about Black suffering. Beginning at suffering, and ending at empowerment, “the geometry of being Black” is a journey about healing racial trauma.

“Our community needs healing, and I believe this book is a step toward that,” Ogorchukwu says. ‘the geometry of being Black’ is available on Amazon. The ISBN for the book is 978-1719276009.

About the author: Ogorchukwu, is a Nigerian American artist and activist. As a UC Berkeley graduate who studied social sciences, it is her mission to create content that speaks to the communities that are often overlooked in society.

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er, business or otherwise, hoping to find comfort on their travels.

The immediate area around Mode Arc de Triomphe boasts some of the capital’s best boutiques, stores, restaurants, museums, galleries, international schools and places of learning. The property is also conveniently placed close to corporate headquarters of the some of the leading names in business, finance, industry and fashion, as well as numerous embassies, consulates and missions. Mode is minutes from the local Metro station, 15 minutes from Gare du Nord, and 35 minutes from Charles de Gaulle International Airport.

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POLITISCOPE

A new world is dawning, and the U.S. will no longer lead it

BY GORDON ADAMS From pulling out of treaties to denigrating allies to starting trade wars, the impulsive actions of President Donald Trump are upending the international order that has been in place since the end of World War II. But even before Trump’s belligerent foreign policy positions, America had been gradually losing its dominant role in world affairs.

A power shift among the nations of the world began at the end of the Cold War and has been accelerating this century.

It is not as simple as saying “America is in decline,” since America remains a powerful country. But American global power has been eroding for some time, as I argue in the Foreign Policy Association’s “Great Decisions 2018” volume. The power of other countries has grown, giving them both the ability and the desire to effect global affairs independently of U.S. desires.

I am a foreign policy scholar and practitioner who has studied U.S. foreign policy through many administrations. I believe this global trend spells the end of the “exceptional nation” Americans imagined they were since the nation was founded and the end of the American era of global domination that began 70 years ago. We are no longer the “indispensable” nation celebrated by former Secretary of

State Madeleine Albright at the end of the last century.

Pax Americana no more

Since the end of WWII, the U.S. has been the central player in the international system, leading in the creation of new international organizations like the United Nations, NATO, the International Monetary Gordon Adams Fund and the World Bank.

American diplomacy has been essential to multinational agreements on trade, climate, regional security and arms control. Americans could and did claim to be at the center of a “rules-based international order.”

Those days are gone.

Not only do China and Russia contest America’s global role, a growing number of other countries are asserting an independent and increasingly influential role in regional economic and security developments.

Neither American political party has come to grips with this sea change. Until they do, U.S. global actions are likely to be less effective, even counterproductive.

Who’s on top?

The power shifts are increasingly visible.

In the Middle East, the U.S. hoped for decades to isolate Iran as a pariah and weaken the regime until it fell.

Today, that goal is unimaginable, though national security adviser John Bolton continues to imagine it.

Iran is and will remain an increasingly assertive and influential power in the region, defending and promoting its interests and competing with the Saudi regime.

The Russians are in the Middle East region for good, building on their long-standing relationship with the family of Syria’s dictator.

Turkey, a rising regional power, acts increasingly independent of the preferences of the U.S., its NATO ally, playing its own hand in the regional power game.

The U.S. helped unleash these trends with the strategically fatal invasion of Iraq in 2003 — fatal, because it permanently removed a regional leader who balanced the power of Iran.

The failure to create a stable Iraq stimulated regional religious and political conflicts and rendered ineffective subsequent U.S. efforts to influence current trends in the region, as the continually ineffective policies in Syria show.

In Asia, decades of U.S. condemnation and efforts to contain the rise of Chinese power have failed. An assertive China has risen.

China now plays almost as powerful a role in the global economy as the U.S. It has defended an authoritarian model for economic growth, armed artificial islands in the South China Sea, and built a military base in Djibouti. China has created new multilateral organizations for security discussions and one for infrastructure loans, which the U.S. declined to join. It has developed a global lending program — the Belt and Road Initiative — and has stepped into a stronger global role on climate change. And China is spreading its political and economic influence into Africa and Latin America.

The U.S. cannot slow Chinese economic growth nor contain its power. China is changing the rules, whether the U.S. likes it or not.

Elsewhere in Asia, Japan moves toward a renewed nationalism and has removed restrictions on its defense spending and the deployment of its military in the face of growing Chinese power.

North Korea behaves more and more like a regional power, winning a direct meeting with the U.S. president while making only a general commitment to denuclearize. The prospect of a unified Korea would bring into being Continued on page 4

COMMUNITY

South Suburban Musician Performs At Mamby On The Beach Music Festival Continued from page 1

BY KATHERINE NEWMAN Longtime Village of Homewood resident, Keya Trammell, also known as Gifted Keys, recently headlined the Community Stage at Mamby on the Beach music festival.

The south suburban artist creates music that she labels as a fusion of jazz, soul and funk.

Mamby on the Beach took place at Oakwood Beach in the Bronzeville neighborhood and is Chicago’s only Beachside summer music festival. The two-day festival was headlined by Chicago native and hip-hop icon, Common, and rising hip-hop artist Russ.

Since she was 6 years old, Trammell has been singing and creating music. At age nine, she started a girl group with her cousins that eventually broke up and from that point, she started writing poetry.

About four years ago, Trammell

“I WAS ALWAYS WRITING POETRY AND I BEGAN TO JUST PUT MUSIC AND POETRY TOGETHER AND I WROTE MY FIRST PROJECT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.” KEYA TRAMMELL posted a video of herself singing that received 1.3 million views and it was then that she decided to put music at the forefront of her life.

“I thought, if this many people like it then I should just put forth the effort and once I did, I began to write more. I was always writing poetry and I began to just put music and poetry together and I wrote my first project about three years ago,” said Trammell.

That first musical project, entitled The Unknown Agenda, catapulted Trammell into Chicago’s music scene and has gotten her enough clout to perform on major stages around the city, including Mamby

on the Beach.

“I headlined the Community Stage, which was awesome,” said Trammell. “We were on different stages, but as far as timing, I was on the Community Stage and performed a 30-minute set and right after on the Beach Stage, which was less than a mile away, Common performed so it was cool to be in an environment like that where I was like, yeah I kind of opened up for Common,” said Trammell.

More than being a musician, Trammell is also a long time advocate for alopecia awareness and has lived with alopecia since she was a child. Alopecia is a common autowww.thechicagocitizen.com

immune skin disease that causes hair loss on the scalp, face, and sometimes on other areas of the body.

Tramell has had alopecia since she was two years old and said that she used to think that if she couldn’t even grow hair she would never be able to achieve her dreams.

Today, she rarely wears a wig and her bald-headed look is borderline iconic.

“For the most part I just wear my head out and the hair that I do grow I just shave it off, but recently I have been letting my patches really show so when I’m out and about it brings forth conversation,” said Trammell.

“It’s been an interesting year for me because it’s been one full year now that I’ve gone wig-less and for the most part, I’ve felt nothing less than myself within this past year.”

For information on new music and upcoming performances, you can follow Trammell on Instagram @giftedkeys.

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FOOD

Eat Well On-the-Go: Perfectly portable watermelon dishes Family Features — A packed schedule often leads to less meals around the table. Between balancing family, friends, work and activities, it can be easy to reach for a pre-packaged snack on-the-go that lacks important vitamins and nutrients.

Instead, when looking for portable, grab-and- go foods, think about a multi-purpose treat like watermelon. Not only can watermelon be diced, sliced, balled or blended, it also provides numerous health benefits. Watermelon contains higher levels of lycopene than any other fresh fruit or vegetable and is a source of vitamins A and C, as well as vitamin B6 and potassium.

Thinking beyond traditional slices, chunks or balls, there are many ways to incorporate watermelon into some of your favorite to-go meals, whether as a side dish or a key ingredient in beverages, salads or wraps. For example, these recipes for Watermelon and Bulgur Wheat Salad and Watermelon Collagen Creamsicle from the National Watermelon Promotion Board can help satisfy your sweet tooth and provide necessary nutrients while tackling the next task on your to-do list.

Find more watermelon recipes perfect for an on-the-go lifestyle at watermelon.org.

WATERMELON AND BULGUR WHEAT SALAD

WATERMELON COLLAGEN CREAMSICLE Servings: 1

Servings: 4

2 cups cubed watermelon 2 rounded tablespoons collagen 2 tablespoons heavy cream

4 cups seedless watermelon, cubed 2 cups cooked bulgur wheat 2 cups arugula 2 cups grape tomatoes, halved 1/4 cup chopped mint Shaved pecorino romano cheese, to taste Dressing: 1/2 cup olive oil 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 1 garlic clove, crushed 1 tablespoon honey salt, black pepper

In large serving bowl, combine watermelon, bulgur wheat, arugula, grape tomatoes and chopped mint.

To make dressing: In liquid measuring cup, whisk olive oil, vinegar, garlic, honey, salt and pepper until well combined.

Just before serving, pour dressing over salad and toss to combine. Top with shaved pecorino and season, to taste. Serve immediately.

In blender, combine watermelon, collagen and heavy cream; blend. Pour into glass to serve.

Source: National Watermelon Promotion Board

POLITISCOPE

A new world is dawning, and the U.S. will no longer lead it Continued from page 3 another major regional power center in the Northern Pacific.

Other countries, like the Philippines and Australia, hedge their bets by improving bilateral relations with China. And India is a growing economic and military presence in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia.

Nor will the U.S. contain the rise of Russia, whose government poisons its citizens overseas and kills dissenters at home. At the same time, Russia is rebuilding its military and intruding in others’ elections. The Russian regime is threatening its near neighbors and actively engaging in the Middle East.

President Vladimir Putin asserts Russia’s interests and role in the world, like any other great power. Russia is consciously and actively rebalancing the power of the United States, with some success.

Military power, the American global trump

card, is not as useful a tool as it once was.

While the U.S. continues to have the world’s only global military capability, able to deploy anywhere, it is no longer evident that this capability effectively sustains U.S. leadership.

Clear military victories are few – the Gulf War in 1991 being an exception. The endless U.S. deployment in Afghanistan carries the whiff of Vietnam in its inability to resolve that country’s civil war.

Meanwhile, the militaries of other countries, acting independently of the U.S., are proving effective, as both Turkish and Iranian operations in Syria suggest.

Abroad at home

The transition to this new era is proving difficult for American policy-makers.

The Trump “America First” foreign policy is based on the view that the U.S. needs to defend its interests by acting alone, eschewing or withdrawing from multilateral arrangements

for trade, economics, diplomacy or security.

Trump praises “strong” nationalistic leadership in authoritarian countries, while democratic leadership in allied countries is criticized as weak.

In response, allies distance themselves from the United States. Others are emboldened to act in an equally nationalistic and assertive way.

Some conservatives, like Sen. John McCain, call for confrontation with Russia and strengthening traditional American alliances, particularly NATO. Others, like John Bolton, call for regime change in assertive powers like Iran.

Liberals and many Democrats criticize Trump for alienating traditional allies like Canada, France and Germany while befriending dictators. Policy-makers once critical of confrontational policies now condemn Trump for failing to confront Russia and China.

A different president in Washington, D.C.,

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will not restore the “rules-based” international order. The underlying changes in global power relations have already undermined that order.

A neo-conservative foreign policy, featuring unilateral American military intervention, as favored by John Bolton, will only accelerate the global shift. Liberal internationalists like Hillary Clinton would fail as well, because the rest of the world rejects the assumption that the U.S. is “indispensable” and “exceptional.” Barack Obama appeared to recognize the changing reality, but continued to argue that only the U.S. could lead the international system.

America will need to learn new rules and play differently in the new balance-of-power world, where others have assets and policies the U.S. does not and cannot control.

Gordon Adams is a Professor Emeritus at the American University School of International Service.

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NEWS

Century Old Organization Extends Early Childhood Development Resources To South Suburbs

BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

The Chicago Child Care Society (CCCS), a non-profit organization that provides children, youth, and families the tools to reach their full potential, recently expanded some of their services to several of the south suburban communities in Cook County. The goal of extending their reach is to provide in-home developmental resources for young children and families.

For 169 years, CCCS has been operating as a multi-service child welfare agency. Currently, the organization is based in Hyde Park with a center in Englewood and as of July 1, they have expanded their reach to Calumet City, Chicago Heights, Dixmoor, Dolton, Ford Heights, Harvey, Posen, and Riverdale.

Since its inception, CCCS has prioritized attentiveness in the greater Chicagoland area, making sure that when the community changes the organization is right there with them to make sure children and families are getting what they need.

“We have really paid attention to the emerging needs and the changing needs of the community. The thread has always been that we are the family for children when they don’t have one and we will be there for those who may be in the most vulnerable of circumstances but the way that we’ve done that has really changed with the needs of the community,” said Dara Munson, chief executive officer of the Chicago Child Care Society.

Like always, as the needs of Cook County have changed and more south suburban households are living at or below the federal poverty line, CCCS has evolved to better serve the community. There are a myriad of services offered on-site at the CCCS centers in Hyde Park and Englewood but the south suburban expansion takes services straight to the

The Chicago Child Care Society (CCCS), a non-profit organization that provides children, youth and families the tools to reach their full potential, recently expanded some of their services to several of the south suburban communities in Cook County. Photo: Chicago Child Care Society

children and families in need of educational and developmental services via in-home visits.

“In our home visiting work, our goal is to support young families that are facing a variety of challenges and to bring services directly to them in their homes. We are providing 90-minute home visits that do developmental screenings and support the parent or caregiver in developmental education and activities that support the parent-child bonding process. We also

support prenatal care to encourage families to make sure their child is well and that they are going to the well-baby visits and to help them to know when it’s time to seek medical attention for their child,” said Munson.

The end goal is to make sure that the children are ready to start preschool when they are able to.

“It really is in the earliest years that we are doing these in-home visits and we are bringing a level of support, education and guidance that some families particularly

families from low-income communities, might not otherwise have,” said Munson. “It’s about supporting healthy family function but also giving that young parent the tools that they need to ensure that their child is ready for preschool when they turn three and age out of our program.”

For information about programs, accepted donations or volunteering opportunities with the Chicago Childcare Society, visit www. cccsociety.org.

Partnership leverages expertise to improve outcomes, lower costs Aunt Martha’s Health & Wellness and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago recently announced a joint effort to improve the health outcomes and the care experience for children, caregivers, and families involved with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Built around the patient-centered model, the pilot program will feature integrated primary care, behavioral health care, and care coordination services to remove barriers and improve access to care.

Aunt Martha’s has worked with DCFS youth for more than 45 years. According to Raul Garza, the agency’s President and CEO, the health care system is not currently

designed to support the complex social, medical and behavioral health needs of DCFS youth and their families. With this initiative, Aunt Martha’s and Lurie Children’s are charting a new course.

“Delayed, incomplete, or inadequate access to services can have a harmful effect on a child’s ability to learn, develop, and succeed,” said Garza. “The model we’ve developed with the team at Lurie Children’s ensures priority access to integrated medical and behavioral health care within a system where all providers can ensure an optimal patient outcome.”

The DCFS contract with Lurie And Aunt Martha’s will take effect July 1. Aligned with DCFS’

priorities and the State’s health and human services transformation plan, Aunt Martha’s and Lurie Children’s will emphasize family unification, the delivery of and access to trauma-informed care, and the use of wrap-around services to provide holistic care to children and families. The pilot program will allow the organizations to establish clear workflows, program parameters, identify gaps, and begin to impact and measure outcomes.

“This pilot leverages Aunt Martha’s experience with foster care, and our shared combined experience providing medical care for children in foster care,” said Patrick Magoon, Lurie’s Children’s President and CEO. “With those strengths, built on the www.thechicagocitizen.com

foundation of a comprehensive care coordination model, we believe we can impact the lives of children and families who deserve nothing less than exceptional care.”

“Treatment of both the physical and mental health needs of children is critical to their wellbeing and future happiness,” said DCFS Director B.J. Walker. “These two innovative organizations are setting a new standard for doing this work effectively.”

About Aunt Martha’s: Aunt Martha's (www.auntmarthas.org) is a private, not-for-profit agency providing coordinated health care and social services for family members of all ages in underserved

communities across Illinois. The agency serves more than 60,000 children and adults annually. It is state-licensed to provide child welfare, substance abuse treatment and childcare services, and has been continuously accredited by the Joint Commission since 1997.

About Lurie Children’s: Lurie Children’s is a not-for-profit freestanding children’s hospital that is ranked as one the nation’s best in the U.S. News & World Report. It is the pediatric training ground for Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Last year, the hospital served more than 208,000 children from 50 states and 58 countries.

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NEWS Nehring Named Chair of Illinois Cancer Partnership Springfield, Ill. — Caleb Nehring, of Carbondale, was recently named chair of the Illinois Cancer Partnership (ICP) at the biannual meeting in Springfield. Nehring, health systems manager, primary care systems from American Cancer Society’s North Central region will be joined by cochair Kristi Lessen, outreach coordinator at Simmons Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.

Nehring and Lessen follow the leadership team of Shaan Trotter, administrative director, Office of Equity and Minority Health, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, and Rudy Bess, founding director of The Hope Light Foundation.

The Illinois Cancer Partnership is a broad-based, multi-organizational partnership that works in collaboration with the Illinois Comprehensive Cancer Control Program.

Integrating new dockless technology into its bikeshare program, the Forest Preserves of Cook County (FPCC) is making it even easier to enjoy more than 300 miles of paths and trails.

Cook County Residents Roll into Summer with Dockless Bikesharing in the Forest Preserves Integrating new dockless technology into its bikeshare program, the Forest Preserves of Cook County (FPCC) is making it even easier to enjoy more than 300 miles of paths and trails. Through a pilot program in partnership with HOPR and Bike and Roll Chicago, Cook County residents can “Bike the Preserves” without hauling a bike from home. With 500 dockless bikes to share (up from 50), and 50 hubs planned throughout the FPCC’s 70,000 acres of wild and wonderful, more families from across Chicago and Cook County can get active this summer with fun, affordable biking in the Forest Preserves.

“Not everyone who comes to the Forest Preserves owns a bike, so this is a great opportunity for Cook County residents and visitors.” said Forest Preserves of Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle. “Expanding our bikeshare program is a great way to get more people to enjoy the outdoors and our beautiful trails.”

To access the bikes, visitors download the

“HOPR” app to their smartphone or tablet. The app enables users to unlock and re-park bikes from any of the hubs using their smartphone or tablet and pay $2.50 per trip for 30-minute rides, or purchase a $60 seasonal membership for 90 minutes of ride time per day through November 2018. Bike and Roll Chicago is responsible for ensuring bikes in the Forest Preserves are properly maintained and kept in peak condition.

“We’re proud to work with partners Bike and Roll Chicago and HOPR to provide another low-cost way for families to explore nature and get healthy this summer,” said Forest Preserves of Cook County General Superintendent Arnold Randall. “With this significant expansion of our bike services, we want to encourage more visitors to create their own bike adventure in the Forest Preserves.

“We’re thrilled to be part of the largest deployment of dockless bikeshare in the Chicagoland area and to bring HOPR’s technology to more riders on these landmark

Cook County trails,” said HOPR CEO Josh Squire. “The HOPR bikes will offer another inexpensive, convenient mode of transportation for those short trips or recreational outings.”

Dockless bikes are currently available at approximately half of the proposed hub locations throughout the Forest Preserves of Cook County, including stations along the North Branch Trail, and at Cermak Woods, Dan Ryan Woods Central, Whistler Woods, Glenwood Woods North and Lansing Woods.

All hubs are slated to be completed in the next few weeks.

To experience dockless bikes in the Forest Preserves of Cook County, first-time HOPR app users can enjoy one complimentary 30-minute ride. The offer will be pre-loaded onto the app, and is available for a limited time.

For more information, including an interactive map featuring dockless bikeshare hub locations and Forest Preserves’ trails, visit fpdcc.com.

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Senate Passes Duckworth & Durbin Amendment to Protect VA Watchdog Independence The Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan amendment that was introduced by former Assistant VA Secretary and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-MT) to protect the VA Inspector General’s (IG) ability to effectively and independently investigate misconduct, waste and criminal matters involving the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA).

The amendment, which is part of the 2019 VA appropriations bill, reinforces the IG’s authority to access any records, documents or materials it needs to carry out its responsibilities under the Inspector General Act to conduct oversight of VA programs and operations.

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