MCJ Jan 15, 2014 Edition

Ko-Thi to celebrate 45th Year anniversary at fundraiser event

By Taki S. Raton

The renowned Ko-Thi Dance Company will host its 45th Year Fundraiser Thursday, January 30, 2014 in the Empire Ballroom of the Hilton Milwaukee City Center. Featuring the Adekola Adedapo Ensemble, a 5:30 reception will be held in the Monarch Lounge with Hors D ‘Oeuvres Buffett served at 6:30.

A performance by Ton Ko-Thi will be highlighted as the evening’s entertainment.

The anniversary agenda will additionally include a 25 minute video of “Reflections Throughout the Years” as well as a published article display on Ko-

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Thi. “As we turn into our 45th year, I am amazed by the current members of the company who have stepped up to the plate,” says Ferne Yangyeitie Caulker Bronson, Founder and Artistic Director of Ko-Thi Dance Company and Department Head of the Performance & Choreography – African Diaspora Track at UWM. She adds that dance ensemble members, “are working fervently to help secure Ko-Thi in a new era. They respect the past while understanding the future vision. They inspire me!”

Translated as “Little Ko-Thi,” Ton Ko-Thi is the vanguard of Ko-Thi’s Dance Company’s education outreach designed to identify, nurture and develop young artistic talent as they explore African based dance and music idioms. Ranging in ages from 6 to 18 years-old, these member youth performers are selected by yearly auditions or chosen directly from ensemble conducted studio classes.

The mission of Ton Ko-Thi is the development of talented children, the exposure of youth to traditional African performing arts, the stimulation of increased academic performance, the cultivation of normative social skills, and

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Rep. Moore: "War on Poverty" Has Become a War on the Poor Article by Tim Morrissey, courtesy of Wisconsin News Connection

Pregnant mother of three receives help from Salvation Army and Molina Healthcare

Molina Healthcare and The Salvation Army recently teamed up to help Christina Wright (second from left standing), a pregnant mother of three who lost almost all of her possessions in a home fire. The two organizations donated furniture and household necessities to replenish the items lost in the fire. Molina Healthcare helped with the pick-up and delivery of the items by renting a U-Haul and doing some of the heavy lifting. Pictured above are (from left to right): Daughter Yvonne Kelsey, (seated) Wright’s mother, Patricia Chears-Wright; Wrights youngest daughter Mya Fluker, age 8; Major Roger Ross of the Salvation Army, son Travon Wright, 14; and Melissa Jones of Molina Healthcare. (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

Reviewing The Year 2013 2013 PART TWO

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Protest of George Zimmerman’s not guilty verdict

Compiled by MCJ Staff

The second six months of 2013 was about injustice, from a courtroom in Florida to the hallowed chambers of the nation’s highest court, where an iconic ruling protecting the sanctity of voting rights was stripped of its essence.

The second half of the year witnessed the celebration of another iconic moment in American and Black American history, the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington where the nation first heard Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream of a world where one is judged on the content of his or her character, not the color of their skin.

There were also notable local events, anniversaries and deaths, another mass shooting, this time in the nation’s capital perpetrated by a Black American (a rarity as mass shooters go, but no less devastating), and a changing of the guard in the Civil Rights Movement. The MCJ also celebrated its 37th anniversary with a focus on health and healthy living.

JULY • Thanks to an impressive show of unity and support by activists and concerned citizens and parents for Milwaukee Public School Board President Michael Bonds, the board withdrew a resolution that would have stripped Bonds of much of his power.

Led by former state legislator Polly Williams and 860 WNOV AM talk show host Sherwin Hughes, parents and activists filled the auditorium where the board holds its meetings on Vliet Street to near capacity to defend Bonds, protest the action being taken against him and remind the board of his accomplishments on behalf of Milwaukee public school children.

Shocked by the showing of support for the embattled board president, board directors voted 9-to-0 to put the resolution “on file,” thus effectively killing any chance the measure would be reintroduced.

• The nation’s oldest civil rights organization responded to the acquittal of George Zimmerman with shock, anguish and a call to action. The NAACP called for the petitioning of the U.S. Justice Department to seek justice for slain teenager Trayvon Martin by filing civil rights charges against Zimmerman.

In a message posted on the group’s website and circulated nationally within hours of the announcement of the verdict, NAACP President Ben Jealous declared, “We are not done demanding justice for Trayvon Martin.”

• A street sign was unveiled right across the street from the offices of your Community Journal honoring legendary local Black photographer and MCJ contributor Harry Kemp, the “Gordon Parks” of Milwaukee’s Black community. Family members and a number of dignitaries from the city and county, including photographers influenced and inspired by Harry, were on hand for the ceremony, which took place in the middle of King Drive. (continued on page 3)

It was 50 years ago this month that President Lyndon Johnson launched America's War on Poverty in his State of the Union message, but U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore of Milwaukee says the War on Poverty has somehow become a war on the poor.

She cites attacks on the very programs that were at the heart of the War on Poverty.

"These programs that take care of the very disabled and elderly, Pell Grants - you know, that's being regarded as a welfare program," she Rep. Gwen Moore points out. "There's a war on any program that seeks to help people get out of poverty and move into the middle class."

Moore adds she is one of millions of Americans who have used these programs over the past five decades, to help escape poverty and move into the middle class.

But now, she says the middle class is in danger and needs to wake up and fight to keep these programs.

"But I think once we get middle-class, working-class people to realize that they're falling very quickly into the ranks of the poor, we can develop some more empathy for stuff like making sure we maintain Social Security benefits" she stresses.

Moore says perceptions and politics have changed in the past 50 years, and she sees the congressional wrangling over extending federal unemployment benefits as an example.

She points out that in past times of high unemployment, federal benefits were extended, during periods of both Republican and Democratic leadership.

PULSE OF THE COMMUNITY Photos and question by Yvonne Kemp

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

“How important is increasing the minimum wage to the Black community?”

Salvation Army Christmas Family Feast Milwaukee’s observance of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King’s iconic “I Have A Dream” speech.

MADELINE THORNTON: “It is very important for our people in the Black community to have this increase in the minimum wage. It will strengthen us! And we need it!”

ADONNA GLASS: “As a teen, increasing the minimum wage will help us stay off the streets.

This will make us want a job even more.”

SAM CUNNINGHAM: “The increase of the minimum wage will only help the Black community ias proper financial planning is taught and in place. Our people suffer from a lack of knowledge of how to effectively utilize resources.”

JASON SPENCER: “It would help the Black community in earning more for their family, but Black businesses will be adversely affected by such an increase and have a big impact.”

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80-year-old celebrates 80th Birthday in style

Rhoda F. Davis (pictured at left in the center) recently celebrated her 80th birthday with several loved ones and friends. Amongst the friends and family who attended the event, held at the McGovern Park Pavillion, was Milwaukee Common Council President, Ald. Willie Hines, who presented Davis with a resolution for her dedicated service to her church (she has been a faithful servent at Tabernacle Community Baptist Church for over 60 years) and community. Also pictured is Hines’ sister, Noted Gospel Singer Phebe Hines, who serenaded Davis. (Photo taken by Davis family member)

Wisconsin Partnership Program selects United Way of Greater Milwaukee to head infant-mortality effort

The Wisconsin Partnership Program has selected an agency to lead efforts to reduce infant mortality in Milwaukee. The Partnership Program established the Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families (LIHF), an effort to reduce African-American infant mortality in four Wisconsin cities – Beloit, Kenosha, Milwaukee and Racine.

The program’s Oversight and Advisory Committee (OAC) approved a five-year $1.5 million award to United Way of Greater Milwaukee to serve as the convening agency for the Milwaukee LIHF Collaborative.

United Way will work in conjunction with the Partnership Program’s Regional Program Office, managed by the Center for Urban Population Health, to guide the implementation of Milwaukee’s community action plan.

The Regional Program Office will help ensure that successful projects and practices are effectively implemented across all four LIHF communities.

“The Wisconsin Partnership Program has made a substantial long-term commitment to Milwaukee, and the selection of United Way to lead the implementation process moves this effort forward with a strong and experienced partner,” said Dr.

Robert Golden, dean of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, which houses the Wisconsin Partnership Program. “We share with United Way the belief that the work must always be informed by ideas, strategies and energy that emerge from the community itself.”

“United Way of Greater Milwaukee is honored to have been selected to move this important work forward in Milwaukee as part of a broader statewide effort. As inaugural members of the Milwaukee LIHF Steering Committee, we have been on this journey since its inception, and are committed to bringing the Community Action Plan to life,” said Nicole Angresano, vice president of community impact for United Way. “LaShawndra Vernon is an experienced, talented project lead,

and will manage these efforts and serve as the bridge between organizations and community members.”

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who in November 2011 announced a citywide goal to reduce the black infant-mortality rate in the city by 15 percent, and community’s overall rate by 10 percent, praised the announcement.

“United Way of Greater Milwaukee has the expertise and experience to bring the community together around this critical issue," said Barrett.

"Seven years ago they took the lead on teen pregnancy prevention and thanks to their leadership, we not only reached but surpassed our communitywide goal to reduce births to teens by 46 percent by 2015 three years early. I am confident they will be successful in moving this important work forward."

Through this award, the Milwaukee LIHF Collaborative will drive policy, systems, and environmental improvements that lead to healthier African-American birth outcomes. This broad mission in turn requires close collaboration among different groups and agencies seeking to reduce the rates of infant mortality among African-Americans in Milwaukee and across the region.

Reviewing The Year 2013 2013

(continued from page 1) • Milwaukee was one of 100 American cities to have demonstrations demanding justice for Trayvon Martin a week after a jury found his assailant, George Zimmerman, not guilty in his shooting death. Local political leaders such as Ald. Milele Coggs and activists called on the U.S. Justice Department to pursue federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman, as well as changes in the nation’s self-defense laws. Protestors gathered on the steps of the federal court building on Wisconsin Avenue to voice their protest. Among them was Patricia Larry, the mother of 13-year-old Darius Simmons, who was fatally shot by 76-year-old John Spooner, who was convicted the previous week in the youth’s death.

• The Community Journal published its 37th anniversary edition focusing on health and the power individuals have within themselves to take control and improve their health.

AUGUST • The Community Journal held its 37th anniversary/scholarship celebration at the Italian Conference Center. Seventeen college students received scholarship dollars courtesy of the Terence N. Thomas Scholarship Fund. The keynote speakers for the anniversary brunch were Drs. Denise and Keevin R. Davis, doctors who shifted their medical practice from treating illness to promoting health and wellness.

• Though Milwaukee political and law enforcement officials recently announced strategies to corral the spike in gun violence, Black political and civil rights leaders called for just as an aggressive approach in addressing the root causes of the shootings. James Hall, president of the NAACP Milwaukee Branch, said the increasing violence in the community should not come as a surprise. Hall said it’s not enough to express outrage about violence. There must also be outrage at the circumstances contributing to the situation. “The poverty, unemployment rates and disparities in income and opportunity affecting Milwaukee’s African American community are among the highest in the nation,” Hall said. Echoing Hall, Ald. Joe Davis, Sr. called out local political leaders who “get tough on crime, but are soft on economics. The city of Milwaukee has a pathetic rate of growth in its private sector that is directly related to its crime rate. We want to spend $500,000 on police overtime, but fight not to invest the same amount in African American men and boys who will be the target of strict law enforcement because of our dismal local economy in their community,” Davis said.

• Representatives from the Milwaukee Branch of the NAACP and Milwaukeeans young and old attended the 50th anniversary March on Washington Festivities in the nation’s capital. The national event was organized by Civil Rights leader and broadcaster Rev. Al Sharpton and the eldest son of Dr. Martin Luther King, MLK III. Locally, Milwaukeeans of all colors and nationalities and persuasions celebrated the historic event in the city with speeches and a march up Dr. Martin Luther King Drive.

SEPTEMBER • James White, the executive director of Harambee Community Center (formerly Harambee Ombudsman project) died suddenly of a suspected heart attack at age 51. He was remembered by Dr. Patricia McManus, president and CEO of the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin, for his intellect. “He was a brilliant guy,” McManus said of White, who was also a former member of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. “James wasn’t arrogant. He just knew a lot,” McManus said of her friend of 20 years. “I trusted him and appreciated his friendship.” (continued from page 5)

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Quote of the Week: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

DA John Chisholm’s decision not to prosecute men involved in Corey Stingley death a travesty of justice!

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The headline for this editorial pretty much sums up how we feel about Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm’s decision not to prosecute the three men responsible for the death of 17-year-old Corey Stingley at a West Allis convenience store after he reportedly tried to shoplift alcohol.

Chisholm’s decision is what it is: a travesty of justice for which he and his office should be ashamed!

We don’t condone what Stingley did! It was wrong! But it should not have cost him his life! What Chishom did is simply mindblowing and further proof that in America-especially in Milwaukee--Black life is not valued or respected the same way White life is!

To the mainstream populace, it is: “The Black kid got what he deserved! He shouldn’t have done what he did; if he didn’t try to shoplift, he wouldn’t be dead...he got what he deserved.” (Ironically, there are a few of our own people--Black people--who think the same way.)

But Stingley didn’t deserve to die! And the three individuals who acted in a vigilante fashion should have been charged in the young man’s death! Whatever happened to the charge of criminal negligence or reckless disregard for life?

Now others in the mainstream community with a similar mindset as the three West Allis men will be emboldened to take the law into their own hands without fear of arrest or conviction. The target on the backs of young Black boys has just gotten larger.

Stingley is--sadly--Black Milwaukee’s Trayvon Martin and the three men who committed this “crime” are “George Zimmermans” who stepped over the line in giving aid to the convenience store owner.

These three “gentlemen” have gotten away with murder, pure and simple! As a consequence, our community

will suffer from the fallout of their actions, not only in West Allis, but throughout the city of Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin where Black people are present. Even if they’re not committing a crime, young Black boys better have their heads on a swivel when they are in parts of our city and county where they are outnumbered and under suspicion.

We can’t help but wonder if the tables were turned and the vigilanties were Black and Stingley was White under a similar scenerio, would Chisholm have made the same decision?

Or would he “find” the evidence necessary to charge the men had they been Black? We’re sure there are many in Black Milwaukee who wonder the same thing and have come to the same answer!

Unfortunately Chisholm is running unopposed in his reelection bid. Perhaps it is coincidence or fortutious timing his decision comes down now and not sooner.

If Chisholm can’t be removed from office via election, the community can hold him and his office accountable by being more vigilant of court proceedings involving the deaths of Black people at the hands of White people.

Should a petition be circulated calling for a recall election once the Spring elections are over? That’s up to the community to decide and act on.

For any of the above to happen, the community must stay engaged in this matter and not let it recede into the background of everyday life. We must keep this at the fore of public opinion and notice.

To do anything less would be another injustice towards Stingley, his family and other victims and victims families--past, present and future--whose cries for justice have been--and will be--ignored.

Enough is enough!

Proposed Tobacco Settlement Excludes Black Media

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief

and sophistication, denied these facts to the public, to WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department and the Government, and to the public health community… the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund have reached an agreement with the four major tobacco companies that In short, Defendants have marketed and sold their lethal requires them to spend more than $30 million advertisproducts with zeal, with deception, with a single-minded ing with the three major television networks and run focus on their financial success, and without regard for full-page ads in 35 White and Hispanic newspapers as the human tragedy or social costs that success exacted.” well as purchasing space on their respective websites The judge prohibited the companies from committing but not make a single purchase from a Black print or similar acts going forward and ordered them to make broadcast media company. “corrective statements” about the lies they had told The 24-page proposed consent agreement, reached about the dangers of smoking.

Friday, will go before U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler’s ruling was unanimously upheld March 22, Kessler in the U.S. District Court for the District of Co2009 by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Aplumbia on Wednesday, Jan. 15, for final approval. peals for the District of Columbia. On June 28, 2010, “We are shocked and deeply disappointed that the Justhe U.S. Supreme Court declined to accept an appeal. tice Department, the Tobacco-Free Action Fund and the Carefully-crafted “corrective statements” that include tobacco industry would all agree to sign off an advertisthe wording, placement and timing of TV commercials ing plan that totally disrespects the Black community,” U.S. District Judge and the content, type and size of fonts to be used in said Cloves C. Campbell, chairman of the National newspaper ads were covered in the agreement reached Gladys Kessler Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a federation Friday. of nearly 200 Black newspapers.

The statements will acknowledge that the advertising is being done under “The industry’s past efforts to target African-American consumers have court order and that companies had misled the public on the health effects of been thoroughly documented. It is sad that an industry that sought to exploit smoking, the addictiveness of smoking and nicotine and the health effects of our community with a product that is harmful to our health now seeks to fur- secondhand smoke. ther devalue African-Americans by ignoring the Black media when it is being The companies will also admit that they falsely sold and advertised lowforced to atone what a federal judge determined was a deliberate effort to de- tar and light cigarettes as less harmful than regular cigarettes and designed ceive the American public.” cigarettes to enhance the delivery of nicotine.

Peter S. Hamm, director of communications for the Tobacco-Free Kids AcUnder the agreement, each company will decide whether to place commertion, said on Monday that the media outlets were selected by Judge Kessler cials on CBS, ABC or NBC. and disclosed in an order issued Aug. 17, 2006. Hamm said he did not know “The TV spots will run a total of five times per week, subject to the availhow she determined what media outlets would be utilized to carry the news- ability of network time and upon approval of the network (s) on which the paper ads and television commercials. spots will air,” the agreement stipulates. “The five TV spots to be run each A telephone call Monday requesting comment from the Justice Department week will be run by each Defendant at its choice between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 was not returned. p.m. in the time zone in which the spot airs, between Monday and Thursday The story of the agreement was first disclosed by Target Market News, pub- for one year.” lished by Ken Smikle. The Chicago-based publication said an advertising In the event the desired time slot is unavailable, the companies must consource placed the value of the total buy at $30 million to $45 million. tinue to purchase spots until they have run the corrective statements at least The advertising campaign, which won’t go into effect until all appeals have 50 times and have aired a total of 260 spots. been exhausted by the tobacco companies, was agreed to as part of a settleFor newspapers, the tobacco companies are required to purchase a fullment that found tobacco companies mislead the public about the dangers of page ad in the first section of the Sunday edition of each newspaper. Each ad smoking. The four defendants are: Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard will contain one of the five corrective statements in their entirety. The comand Philip Morris USA. panies are also required to advertise on the newspapers’ web sites. Those same The U.S. Justice Department filed suit against the cigarette manufacturers requirements will run in Spanish in Spanish-language newspapers. on Sept. 22, 1999 charging that they had violated the Racketeer Influenced The ads and commercials will state, “A Federal Court has ruled that Altria, and Corruption Organizations Act (RICO). They were found guilty at the con- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard, and Philip Morris USA deliberately declusion of a trial that lasted from Dec. 21, 2004 to June 9, 2005. ceived the American public and has ordered those companies to make these Judge Kessler wrote a stinging opinion saying, that the case “is about an statements. Here is the truth:” Texts, of the corrective statements will then be industry, and in particular these Defendants, that survives, and profits, from provided. selling a highly addictive product which causes diseases that lead to a stagUnder Judge Kessler’s 2006 order, ads will be placed in the following gering number of deaths per year, an immeasurable amount of human suffer- newspapers: Atlanta Journal Constitution, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, ing and economic loss, and a profound burden on our national health care Charlotte Observer, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning system.

News, Florida Times Union, Fresno Bee, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Houston Defendants have known these facts for at least 50 years or more. Despite Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, New York Daily News, New that knowledge, they have consistently, repeatedly, and with enormous skill (continued on page 8

--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

ELECTION WATCH ‘14

Gov. Scott Walker Plans Massive Sales Tax Hike on the Working Class

It’s no secret that Wisconsin is in poor economic shape. Recent numbers indicate that the state is 38th in private sector job growth in the last two years.

Despite Governor Scott Walker’s insistence that his Tea Party reforms are working, families in Milwaukee and across the state still have trouble both finding reliable employment and making a livable wage.

Hardworking families just aren’t seeing the economic improvement that Walker touts while jet-setting across the nation. According to a Mary Burke Marquette University poll released in October 2013, 70 percent of Wisconsinites say their personal financial situation has stayed the same or gotten worse since Walker took office, and nearly two-thirds think the state’s economy will stay the same or get worse over the next year.

After the many failed economic promises of his first term, Scott Walker is now proposing an even more extreme idea that only promises to kill jobs and make life even harder for families here in Milwaukee and across the entire state.

In recent weeks, Walker has suggested eliminating the state income tax.

While he has not explicitly stated as much, this move would drive sales tax up to unprecedented levels.

As Milwaukee County Executive, Scott Walker railed against the regressive nature of raising sales taxes, stating that it was too regressive and that he wouldn’t consider a raise. Now it seems that the governor has made a 180 degree turn on the issue in favor of grabbing headlines and national media attention.

Democratic lawmakers along with independent and nonpartisan organizations like Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance have come out against the governor’s proposal. Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance has said that in order to make-up the $7.5 billion in revenues that income taxes bring in each year, the state would have to raise the sales tax by nearly 200%—to a rate of twelve or thirteen percent—giving Wisconsin the highest sales tax in the nation.

As a candidate for Governor, Scott Walker promised not to raise taxes, but that’s exactly what his latest economic gimmick sets out to do.

The truth is that Scott Walker's tax rhetoric has rarely matched reality. In 2010, Walker promised to not raise taxes if elected, but raised taxes on working class families to the tune of $69.3 million while simultaneously giving a massive $83 million tax cut to his corporate pals.

His latest plan is no different: a regressive tax that digs into the pockets of working class families while protecting the growing incomes of Wisconsin’s richest individuals. Though not all households pay an income tax, 80% of the state would be affected by Walker’s sales tax hike, including a huge swath of Wisconsin households that can barely keep their heads above water in Walker’s economy as it is.

If the governor is serious about helping the tens of thousands households that are struggling across the state—and creating a healthy climate for business—his regressive tax proposal makes that hard to tell.

Raising the sales tax to thirteen percent misses the forest for the trees. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that individuals with incomes less than $80,000 a year, or the bottom four-fifths of Wisconsin tax filers, will pay more if Walker gets his way with a simple transfer of income tax revenue for sales tax. While the top 1% will save more than $43,000 by not paying an income tax.

Walker is not the only Tea Party governor to consider this radical economic ploy to score points with his base by raising taxes on working families. Extreme right-wing Republican governors in states like Louisiana and North Carolina have also called for the elimination of their state income tax.

A closer look at those state’s proposals makes it clear that Walker's plan requires raising taxes to unconscionable levels on goods and services, including healthcare services across the board, with poor and middle-class families feeling the pinch in their bank accounts.

Scott Walker has yet to say exactly how he would account for the significant revenue gap that eliminating the state income tax would create, but raising (continued on page 5)

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RELIGION The Milwaukee Community Journal January 15, 2014 page 4

Untie Your Bonds And Be Free Elev8 - What does Jesus mean when he says “you are not of this world”? The world in scripture refers to that society of people who are hostile towards God and opposed to his will. The world rejected Jesus, and his disciples can expect the same treatment. Jesus leaves no middle ground for his followers. We are either for him or against him, for his kingdom of light or for the kingdom of darkness.

The prophet Isaiah warned that people who separate themselves from God because of their rebellion and spiritual blindness would end up calling evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20).

(John 15: 18-21) Jesus said to his disciples: “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.

Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’

If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.

If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.”

If we want to live in the light of God’s truth, how can we rightly distinguish good from evil?

True love of God and his ways draw us to all that is lovely, truthful and good. If we truly love God then we will submit to his truth and will for our lives. A friend of God cannot expect to be a friend

of the world because the world opposes God. Jesus’ demand is unequivocal and without compromise. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him (1 John 2:15). We must make a choice either for or against God. Do you seek to please God in all your thoughts, actions, and relationships? Let the Holy Spirit fill your heart with the love of God (Romans 5:5).

St. Francis of Assisi Gospel Music Workshop with Rawn Harbor to be held March 15 St. Francis of Assisi Parish is once again sponsoring its annual Gospel Music Workshop. Nationally known composer Rawn Harbor will be facilitating the workshop.

Rawn Harbor is one of the preeminent African American Catholic liturgists and musicians in the U.S. today. A gifted pianist and composer, he is also a much sought-after workshop facilitator, speaker and liturgist. He serves as an adjunct faculty member and director of liturgy and music at the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, and adjunct faculty and director of the gospel choir at the University of San Francisco.

“Rawn Harbor offered a Gospel Music Workshop at St. Francis last year, and he was far-andaway the favorite of the attendees who called for a return appearance,” St. Francis Pastor and event

Rawn Harbor organizer, Father Mike Bertram, explains. “Rawn himself enjoyed the workshop so much that he has made it only 1 of 3 engagements that he takes out-

side of his Oakland base. We are excited to have him back as this year he will highlight Gospel music for Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter.”

The event will take place Saturday, March 15, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm at the parish located 1927 N. Fourth Street. The $10 per person fee includes all music materials, a light breakfast and lunch.

It is open to anyone who appreciates Gospel music, especially choir members, directors, cantors and pastors.

To reserve your spot, call 414.374.5750, ext. 10 or email stfrancismil@gmail.com St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church is a Capuchin ministry and is part of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph which is headquartered in Detroit, and serves Capuchin ministries worldwide.

Iyanla: Forgiveness Can Fix Your Life

29th Annual Stellar Awards hosted by Sherri Shepherd and Rickey Smiley to air ive on UP

NASHVILLE, TN – The 29th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards today announced the lineup for Gospel music’s biggest night. Mary Mary’s Erica Campbell, Shirley Caesar, Donald Lawrence, Hezekiah Walker, Isaac Carree, Tasha Cobbs, Ricky Dillard, VaShawn Mitchell, Lexi, Anthony Brown & Group TherAPy and Jonathan McReynolds are the early notable names set to grace the stage.

A hallmark of the Stellar Awards telecast has become the powerful, stirring artist collaborations brought together by the show’s producers — this year, The Canton Spirituals, The Gospel Legends and The Wardlaw Brothers will team for the Quartet Collaboration; while Erica Campbell joins Jekalyn Carr, Latice Crawford and Lexi for the Female Collaboration.

The Male Collaboration will feature Jonathan McReynolds, Jonathan Nelson, Vashawn Mitchell and Zacardi Cortez. Kirk Franklin will perform a special tribute to the late Nelson Mandela and Ricky Dillard is set to close the show.

As previously announced, the 29th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards Show is hosted by “The View’s” Sherri Shepherd and “Dish Nation’s” breakout star Rickey Smiley, who bring impeccable comedic timing and expertise as daily talk show hosts to the role. For the second time in as many years, the Stellar Awards will air live in primetime on the UP Television Network from its new home at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium on Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 7 p.m. EST/6 p.m. CST/4 p.m. PST. The Stellar Awards will air in national broadcast syndication in over 200 television markets from January 25 – March 22. The red carpet hosted by Tye Tribbett will air online prior to the telecast covering the glitz and glamour of the celebrity arrivals.

In addition to a new location, the show has launched a new online contest, the “Take Me to the Stellar Awards Emerging Artist Competition.” Via a free downloadable app, aspiring singers and songwriters are invited to submit material to compete for a chance to win a trip to The Stellar Awards, walk the red carpet and to perform their winning entry live at an event during the awards weekend. The entry fee is $8.99 and entries must be received by January 10, 2014. For more information on the competition visit:http://www.takemetothestellarawards.com.

An annual highlight of the Stellar Awards is the acknowledgement of special honorees, which this year include Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who will receive the Thomas A. Dorsey Notable Achievement Award for her career accomplishments working on Capitol Hill and Hezekiah Walker will be honored with the James Cleveland Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the Gospel music industry. Reverend Maceo Woods will receive the Chevrolet Ambassador Dr. Bobby Jones Legends Award, presented by its name sake.

Additional Stellar Awards presenters include Sheryl Lee Ralph, Kirk Franklin, Kelly Price, David & Tamela Mann, Tye Tribbett, Marvin Sapp, Donnie McClurkin, Kierra Sheard and more.

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By Tonya Pendleton, BlackAmericaWeb.com Forgiveness is not always easily granted. In fact, most times it’s not. But author/TV personality Iyanla Vanzant says that in fact, forgiveness is essential if you want to be happy. The star of the popular OWN show Iyanla, Fix My Life, her new book Forgivenessencourages everyone to forgive no matter what the transgression. Vanzant explains that forgiveness doesn’t mean that the forgiver condones the actions of someone else.

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“My motto is ‘Let’s get it clean in 2014. Clean up your mind, clean up your mouth, clean up your heart, clean up your life,” Vanzant told The Tom Joyner Morning Show. “My experience has been that no matter what it is that’s broken, that’s hurting, that’s ailing, that’s not functioning, forgiveness will fix it. If you’re broke, forgiveness will fix it. If you’re sick, forgiveness will fix it. It’s amazing.”

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Reviewing The Year 2013 2013

(continued from page 3) • The Milwaukee Board of School Directors for MPS extended the contract of the district’s superintendent, Dr. Gregory E. Thornton, through 2016. “Working with the board, Dr. Thornton has made significant progress on development and implementation of a strong academic plan designed to increase student success,” said board President Michael Bonds. Said Thornton of the contract extension: “I’m appreciative of the support of the board of directors and excited to continue the work we’re engaged in to improve outcomes and opportunities for our students.”

• NAACP National President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous announced plans to step down from his role at the end of December of 2013. “The NAACP has always been the largest civil rights organization in the streets, and today it is also the largest civil rights organization online, on mobile and at the ballot box too,” stated Jealous in a press statement announcing his resignation.

• The federal department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has substantiated a complaint by MICAH (Milwaukee Inner City Congregations Allied for Hope) that charged the city Housing Authority was in violation of minority hiring goals for the Westlawn Housing redevelopment project. HUD has been investigating the hiring practices of the city Housing Authority’s oversight of the $82 million project since March in response to a compliant field by MICAH. The HUD report revealed that “no Westlawn residents or Housing Authority residents from any other Housing Authority developments were hired to work on the Westlawn project.” The Westlawn renovation project on 60th and Silver Spring is considered a showcase for the city, although numerous civic leaders had questioned what appeared to be an absence of Black workers and construction firms at the site. MICAH also questioned the percentage of contracts awarded to Black vendors on the project. The HUD review declared the city’s inability to hire minorities was in contradiction to Section 3 regulations, which call for any training, employment and contracting opportunities underwritten by HUD should prioritize the hiring of minorities and residents of the area.

• As a result of Gov. Scott Walker’s decision to reject an opportunity to strengthen Wisconsin’s BadgerCare program through a federal partnership, an estimated 92,000 Wisconsinites received letters from the state telling them that someone in their household will be dropped from the BadgerCare coverage they have relied on. In response to the state initiative, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin sent a letter to Walker calling on him to take “responsibility for the path he has taken and ensure that the Wisconsinites who are being kicked off the BadgerCare program are enrolled in the new health insurance marketplace built through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Baldwin also raised concerns about the Walker administration’s commitment to engaging in effective outreach to the Wisconsin citizens who will lose their BadgerCare.

OCTOBER • Just three years after its inception, Wisconsin’s online organ and tissue donor registry has reached the 2 million member mark. The milestone was recognized by Donate Life Wisconsin (DLW) and its affiliate organizations as an example of the generosity of the Wisconsin people and an opportunity to intensify efforts toward educating the public about the importance of registering as an organ, tissue and eye donor. African Americans, particularly in Milwaukee, are disproportionately in need of organ donations, although Black Milwaukeeans are less likely to register or declare themselves organ donors on their driver’s licenses.

• Much-needed policy or heavy-handed lawmaking?

That was the debate surrounding proposals to charge mothers with a felony if their children die while co-sleeping, and if it is discovered the child’s mother was intoxicated. Milwaukee Ald. Bob Donovan says it’s simple. If an infant dies because she was co-sleeping, and the parent was intoxicated, criminal charges should be filed. “If this isn’t neglect, I sure as hell don’t know what it is,” Donovan said, calling for the criminalization of co-sleeping.

“We don’t need more restorative justice. We don’t need any more hand-holding. We don’t need more parenting classes. We don’t need more free cribs. The answer— what we DO need—is pure and simple: Jail,” Donovan said in a press statement.

But Clarene Mitchell, director of collaboration and communication for the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin, says lawmakers like Donovan who are proposing criminalization of co-sleeping are missing the point.

“There are larger issues that—yes there should be outrage—but there should be outrage at the larger social issues that are feeding into this.”

She listed a number of factors that lead to infant mortality: The lack of affordable and decent housing, extreme unemployment, poor educational outcomes, the lack of coverage and access to health care, and previlance and impact of violence in economically depressed neighborhoods.

• Enrollment in Milwaukee Public Schools grew between 2013-14, reversing a decline that lasted nearly a decade. MPS’s fall enrollment count submitted to the state this year was 78,502, up from 78,461 submitted at the same time last year.

The modest increase came after the district lost 1,000 or more students each year for the last nine years. “Milwaukee is arguably the most competitive K-12 education marketplace in the country,” said MPS Superintendent Gregory Thornton.

“We are grateful that families recognize the significant improvements we’ve made and the successes we’ve seen by choosing Milwaukee Public Schools.” Part of the district’s success in attracting students has come from expanding and replicating successful traditional schools and charter schools thanks to strategic use of underutilized or unused facilities.

• The Common Council approved a resolution establishing Motorcycle Safety Awareness Week in Milwaukee every year during the first week in May. The resolution, authored by Ald. Milele A. Coggs, was recommended for approval by the Council’s Public Safety Committee.

Coggs said she was moved by the family of Vinencia

Dawson, who was killed in a motocycle accident June 30.

• The Milwaukee Public Schools and 2760 Holdings, LLC will develop a robust public/private partnership that will bring new opportunities for educational excellence and residential housing options to the Harambee neighborhood of Milwaukee. Under this partnership, the former Malcolm X middle school building will be built out in two phases. The first phase will create affordable housing for area residents and a school, which will be an International Baccalaureate middle school for 600 students.

• Wisconsin State Represenatatives Leon D. Young and LaTonya Johnson of Milwaukee introduced a bill (LRB 3309) for co-sponsorship that will benefit victims of human trafficking by allowing them the opportunity to petition the courts and have their records expunged when the charges brought against them are directly linked to them being trafficked. “Human trafficking is a growing concern in the state and it is time to start rethinking the issue and providing some relief to those who are unfortunately forced into this servitude,” Young said in statement.

NOVEMBER • Not to be outdone by Assembly Republican’s reintroduction of a voter ID bill that could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters, Wisconsin State Senate Republicans recently launched their own witch-hunt against voter rights in Wisconsin. Senate Bill 324, limiting the hours of early voting in Wisconsin, and all but eliminating evening and weekend voting options used to reduce election day congestion in communities across the state appeared before the Senate Committee on Elections and Urban Affairs for a public hearing. Said One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross: “The people behind this legislation apparently don’t get that voters are not the enemy and that legal voters doing their civic duty and voting is not a problem.”

• Rev. Joe Allen Games, pastor of Providence Baptist Church, and one of the founding members of the Milwaukee Innercity Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH), passed peacefully. He was 72. In 1969, with only 17 members, Rev. Games founded Providence Baptist Church in the living room of his home. The church quickly grew, moving from a living room, to a basement, to a storefront at 3267 N. Green Bay, to a location at 2429 W. Hampton, to their present location at 3865 N. 82nd Street, where 30 ministries meet to serve the needs of not only the congregation, but the community. “It is a loss to Providence and to the community,” said current MICAH President, Rev. Willie Brisco. “He was the spiritual consciousness of this city.”

• The son of retired attorney and community activist Beverly Njuguna, 73, said his mother was being taken advantage of by the Milwaukee County Department of Aging. She was removed from her home without justification and given mind/mood altering prescription drugs such as Ambien and Lorazepam that excelerated a preexisting condition of Dementia. Her son, Joseph Njuguna in a First Person article on the MCJ’s front page, claimed his mother was the victim of an elaborate scheme orchestrated by those in the Black community trusted to keep the elderly safe.

DECEMBER • The head of the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce (WBCC) said no elective office holder or candidate should be invited to speak to churches, clubs or groups and family members if they’re unwilling to address issues directly impacting the Black community.

“You will not get the Black community’s vote if you do not serve the Black community’s interests,” declared WBCC chairman/CEO Reuben Hopkins.

His statement was aimed at incumbent lawmakers and office seekers who have their eyes set on the coming spring primary and general elections scheduled for February 18 and April 1 of 2014 respectively. Hopkins said the candidates who will run must do more than articulate the issues.

They must have doable, realistic plans and the commitment to push them to improve the economic, educational, health and social outcomes of the community.

• A number of local leaders expressed their sorrow and rememberences of former South African President Nelson Mandela who died after a long illness at age 95. “…

The world lost a hero and a champion for equality and justice,” said State Rep. Mandela Barnes, who was named after the freedom fighter and the first Black president of the former apartheid country. “His message of peace has not only forever changed South Africa, but enhanced world diplomacy, and been an inspiration for millions around the planet, including myself.” Said Cong. Gwen Moore: “His courage and strength freed a nation and reshaped our history. In 2005, I had the honor and blessing of meeting this remarkable man. It was powerful moment that left an indelible mark.”

• Senators Nikiya Harris of Milwaukee and Robert Wirch of Racine, along with several of their colleagues held a news conference calling for a hearing on the Minimum Wage Bill (Bill 4), which would increase the state’s minimum wage to $7.50 an hour while indexing it to inflation. “It is unacceptable that individuals that work full time cannot support their families and are forced to rely on public tax dollars in order to get by,” said Harris.

• The Salvation Army announced plans to host the annual Christmas Day Family Feast at the Wisconsin Center District, 400 W. Wisconsin Ave. A tradition in Milwaukee for 24 years, the Christmas Family Feast is free and open to the entire community. “What started as a dinner to feed those in need has evolved into an important holiday event where a great meal serves as the focal point for a wonderful day of fellowship, fun and community,” said Major Dan Jennings, Salvation Army Divisional Commander for Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.

• Lauri J. Wynn, the first African American to become president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) in 1973, died from complications due to breast cancer, according to her daughter Hillary Wynn.

She was 83. Wynn was a teacher and longtime civil rights activist. She was active in the desegregation movement in Milwaukee in the 1970s. “She has always been willing to tell it like it is and be strong,” said another woman of firsts, Vel Phillips, the city’s first African American elected alderman.

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Photo Op Correction:

We mistakenly identified two of the four individuals in the above photo. We misspelled the name of Shanna Reid and Jewel Currie from our January 3 WKND Photo Op Focus. Pictured above are: Paul Reneau (front, far left), Shanna Reid (front, far right), Jewel Currie, and Lamar Franklin (behind Reneau and Reid). The photo was taken at the One Accord Foundation’s Christmas gathering at Garfield’s 502. (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

Walker Plans Sales Tax Hike on Working Class

(continued from page 3) taxes on necessities will undoubtedly hurt middle-class families who are more likely to spend their money on food, healthcare, rent, and other basic costs.

Raising taxes on these essentials is bad for business. Companies across the state will see a decline in business as households try to make their dollars stretch farther in the face of higher prices.

Families in Milwaukee can't take any more of Walker’s economic games.

Hard-working people can barely keep up with the cost of the necessities like food, healthcare, and housing as it is.

Walker wants to take money out of consumers’ pockets and decrease demand for business at local stores. The governor’s political games have farreaching consequences for families and businesses both locally and statewide.

If Walker thinks eliminating the income tax is the ticket to national fame and an easy road to the White House he should think again. The governor has pushed Wisconsin backwards in his short time in office, and now his extreme agenda is reaching even further down into the wallets of everyday people and threatening to kill jobs in our area.

“The time is always right "War on Poverty" to do now a War on Poor what is right.”

--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

(continued from page 1) Now, she says, some members of Congress say the unemployed are just lazy, raising the question of whether the nation needs a new version of LBJ's War on Poverty.

"Well, we might want to call it something else," Moore says. "You know, there is a lot of rhetoric about helping people out of poverty.

"But if we were to do that, it would be a focus on those initiatives that have actually demonstrated their ability to help people get out of poverty."

YOUTH/EDUCATION The Milwaukee Community Journal January 15, 2014 page 6

Pictured (L-R) are: student Tofe Salako, student Luis Rodriguez, Jacqueline DeWalt, director of the PEOPLE program; Patrick Sims, interim vice provost for diversity and climate; UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, student Gustavo Zach Vargas, AT&T Wisconsin State President Scott T. VanderSanden, and students Aisha Hill, Lakita Maulson and Anousone Bounke. Students Salako, Hill and Bounke are from Milwaukee.

AT&T announces $35,000 donation to support UW-Madison's PEOPLE program MADISON - During a visit with UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank today, AT&T Wisconsin State President Scott T. VanderSanden announced a $35,000 AT&T donation to support UW-Madison's PEOPLE (Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) program and help underserved students prepare for and successfully complete higher education.

PEOPLE is a year-round pipeline learning adventure that challenges and stimulates underrepresented, economically disadvantaged and first generation students who are considering a college education. AT&T has supported the PEOPLE Program since its inception in 1999. To date, the company has provided more than $1.5 million to support the program.

"The PEOPLE program has a proven track record of excellence in advancing the educational achievements of students from underserved communities throughout Wisconsin," said Patrick Sims, interim vice provost for diversity and climate at UW-Madison. "Thanks to the support of AT&T and others, the PEOPLE program has expanded over the years to now serve more than 1,300 students from across the state."

The $35,000 AT&T donation will help support the program's work this spring semester to provide academic and mentoring services to PEOPLE College Scholars.

Some of those services include academic advising, mentoring, tutoring, problem solving, peer-to-peer support, career development activities and linking to internship opportunities.

Nearly 340 students participate as scholars in the PEOPLE program at UW-Madison. This year, 90 new UW-Madison freshmen were admitted to the university as PEOPLE College Scholars - the largest class to date.

The six-year PEOPLE program begins in the summer after 6th grade and continues until high school graduation. One hundred percent of participants graduate from high school and 95 percent enroll in higher education.

Seventy one percent enroll in UW System schools, with 52 percent enrolling at UW-Madison.

"AT&T is very proud to support the UW-Madison PEOPLE program and their efforts to help students succeed academically and be prepared for the workforce," said VanderSanden. "The PEOPLE program is doing critical work to help increase the number of Wisconsin high school graduates who not only enroll, but graduate from UW System institutions."

Eight MPS students were among those who placed in the 30th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speech Contest; four of them are pictured here: front row, left: Terynn Erby-Walker, Alcott School (2nd place, Grades 3-4); middle row, second from left: Amillia Bell, Golda Meir School (1st place, Grades 3-4); middle row, third from left: Ya'Nelyah Lucio, Alcott (1st place, Grades 5-6); back row: Donovan Nathaniel, Rufus King IB (2nd place, Grades 11-12) (Photo by Milwaukee Public Schools)

MPS students excel in MLK Speech Contest

Two MPS students placed first in their divisions in the citywide 30th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speech Contest in December. Golda Meir student Amillia Bell PEOPLE College Scholars share their experiences in the program with UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and AT&T Wisconsin State President Scott T. VanderSanden.

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank listens to students share their stories about the PEOPLE program during a recent meeting.

For more information about PEOPLE, please visit http://www.peopleprogram.wisc.edu/.

As a company, AT&T has a long-standing commitment to helping advance the education of the nation's young people. In Wisconsin, AT&T has provided financial contributions to support programs like UWMadison's PEOPLE program that help students succeed academically and in the future workforce.

Nationally, AT&T has also launched its AT&T Aspire<http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=2631> program -- one of the nation's largest corporate initiatives committed to helping more students graduate from high school ready for college and careers. More than 1 million students in all 50 states have been impacted since Aspire launched in 2008. AT&T has committed $350 million to Aspire through 2016.

Attention families of MPS 8th graders

If parents looking for the right high school, there are outstanding options available in Milwaukee Public Schools.

MPS will host an all-school fair showcasing all of our neighborhood, specialty and charter schools from kindergarten through grade 12. The fair is set for Saturday, February 1, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Milwaukee High School of the Arts.

Families will be able fill out an enroll application at the fair.

In addition, there are a limited number of 9th-grade seats available at our newest high school: Golda Meir. This gifted and talented high school builds on the Golda Meir legacy of academic success and rigor. An open house is set for January 15th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the school. Remember: Golda Meir does have an entrance placement test.

TheThree-Choice enrollment period runs February 3-21, 2014.

Three-Choice is the best opportunity for families selecting a new school to have a seat at their first choice school. You can complete an application by visiting any school, any parent resource center or online at mpsmke.com/enrollmps.

took top honors in the Grades 3-4 category and Alcott's Ya'Nelyah Lucio won the Grades 5-6 division. Amillia and Ya'Nelyah will be honored along with all winners of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speech, writing and art contests on Jan. 19 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. The event is free and open to the public.

Students spoke up to four minutes each on this year's theme, Nonviolence: The Most Potent Weapon. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speech Contest is sponsored by MPS and We Energies and, along with writing and art contests, aims to strengthen students' skills while encouraging them to learn about and support the dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Senior Account Executive UW – Milwaukee’s University Relations Division is hiring a senior account executive to lead and coordinate UWM’s marketing and communications initiatives for the School of Public Health and School of Education.

Bachelor’s degree in Communications or related field required.

Requirements for this position also include five years of experience in each of the following areas: marketing leadership within an organization, strategy and plan development, project management, execution of tactics, superior customer service, working in a collaborative team environment and writing skills. This position plans and works with a team to execute integrated marketing communications initiatives. Familiarity with Word Press, marketing communications agency and higher education backgrounds preferred.

Communicators interested in this position should submit a letter of application, addressing the educational and professional qualifications above, a professional resume and the names and contact information for three professional references.

For this position, applicants are required to apply online. UWM will not consider paper, e-mailed or faxed applications. You must apply by January 31 at https://jobs.uwm.edu/ postings/16909 All finalists being considered for the position will be required to participate in a criminal records review consistent with the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act.

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Ko-Thi to celebrate 45th anniversary

taught at the University of Dar es Salaam. (continued from page 1) nurturing a cadre of new audiences In 2001, Milwaukee’s Professional Dimensions and ensemble supporters. honored her with their prestigious Sacagawea Founded in 1969, Ko-Thi Dance Award given annually to two outstanding women Company is both a nationally and inof achievement. Bronson has participated on nuternationally acclaimed company of merous panels to include the 1999-2000 State Suartists trained in the history, methodperintendent’s Blue Ribbon Commission on the ology and techniques of dance and Arts in Education and the Arts 2000 Dance Panel musical art forms from within the and has served on the Board of Directors of the African Diaspora. Dedicated to the Wisconsin Arts Board. preservation and performance of traRegarding future initiatives, the published article ditional African American and display will evolve into an exhibit on Ko-Thi that Caribbean dance and drumming, Kowill be available during Black History Month and Thi offers audiences what the presented with a talk on the importance of preservfounder terms as a “touring gem” of ing Black institutions and cultivating historical research, training and expertise. legacies.

A native of Sierra Leone, West Bronson says that the company plans on holding Africa, Bronson founded Ko-Thi scheduled “VIP Open Rehearsals” during this 45th upon her return from a research trip year so that, she adds, “funders and donors can see where she studied with the National what we are doing as we prepare for concerts durDance Company of Ghana at the (Above): A dancer with Ko-Thi Dance Company peing this 2014-2015 performance season.”

University of Ghana in Legon. She forming. (At left) Ko-Thi Founder and Artistic DirecFor Ko-Thi Dance Company 45th Year served as a Full Professor at the Uni- tor Ferne Yangyeitie Caulker Bronson early in her Fundraiser ticket and cooperate table information, versity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in career and in the existence of the dance company please call (414) 273-0676 or on their web site at the Department of Dance where she peforming. www.ko-thi.org. had been teaching since 1971.

Reflecting on this experience, the Ko-Thi artistic director recalls that, “In 1969, standing at the door of no return in Ghana, West Africa’s Elmina Castle, I had no idea that the ancestors would lead me on a journey that would last 45 years.

Questioning what I wanted to do as a dancer, I was frustrated with dance training that did not embrace my history, my genetic pool, or my aesthetic The King Drive Gallery is exhibitchoices.” ing the work of Muneer BahaudShe adds that upon returning from that trip, she was, “determined to elevate African dance to the level that I saw reflected in other cultures. The concept deen from January 17 to of personal and institutional pride. The concept of preservation. The concept February 13, 2014. The exhibition of protection. pays homage to African AmeriI returned with a deep respect for the form; for telling the story of the Muneer Bahauddeen can, South African and South African’s kidnapped journey through the Middle Passage and the peculiar experiences in the New World. This has been my whole life; to celebrate our American cultures. Opening night will also feature culture and share it with all people. Our performing arts deserve no less!” the Larry Moore Trio and a performance from HandsBronson with this vision would created for her department the university’s berry Sands. Doors open at 5 p.m. The event will end first dance track on the techniques and history of African, African American at 9 p.m. and Caribbean dance. In 1995, she was awarded a Fullbright Research Fellowship allowing her to spend 3 months in Tanzania, East African where she

Gallery opening to feature work of Muneer Bahauddeen

Renowned ASCAC historian to keynote King observance

Author, historian and Professor Dr. Leonard Jeffries will be the keynote speaker on Monday, January 20, 2014 at the 13th Annual “King Fest” Celebration to be held at the Wisconsin African American Women’s Center, 3020 West Vliet Street beginning at 12 p.m.

“King Fest” is in recognition of the 85th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. According to event organizer Janette Herrera, this celebration is in honor of a man who was, “committed Dr. Leonard Jefferies to peace, justice and equality,” and in the effort to gain civil rights for all, “he emphasized the importance of determination to achieve freedom and human equality.”

The video “Reflections 50 Years Later” will be shown from 12 to 2 p.m. at which time vendors may also prepare their tables for the occasion. Spoken Word sharing, African drumming and scholarship presentations are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.

Scholarship awards are in recognition for excellence in the essay writing contest. Students entered are asked to focus their 550 word limit in response to the question: “What three main problems in our society do you think Dr. King would be trying to solve if he were alive today?”

Open to students in the 12th grade who reside in the City of Milwaukee and are enrolled in a school, either public or private, within Milwaukee were eligible to compete. Two scholarships of $500 each will be awarded to winners – male and female – at the “King Fest” gathering. The awards will be given to the students after graduation with the criteria that he/she is officially enrolled in a college or university. The keynote address will follow the scholarship recognition.

Affectionately referred to by his students and by members of ASCAC (the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilization) as a leading voice and theoretician in African Centered education, Dr. Jeffries is highly regarded as a foremost authority on Africa, having traveled to the Motherland over 100 times. He has been crowned Chief and leader among the Ashanti Nation in Ghana and is dedicated to the understanding and instruction of the proper and correct historical placement of the African presence on the world stage of time and achievement.

He is a founding director of ASCAC and a former president of the African Heritage Association (AHSA). His scholastic journeys have taken him to the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Brazil, Switzerland and throughout the Caribbean.

Jeffries became a political science instructor at the City College of New York (CUNY) in 1969 and received his doctorate in 1971 with a dissertation on politics in the Ivory Coast. He became founding chairman of Black Studies at San Jose State College in California and later served as tenured professor at CUNY and chairman of the newly found African American Studies Department.

He speaks fluent French and Russian and has led numerous pilgrimages to Africa, thereby introducing countless teachers, students, ministers, politicians, and writers to the continent.

The “King Fest” celebration will truly be stimulating and memorable, particularly given the resounding spirited remarks of its keynote, Dr. Leonard Jeffries. For additional information on the event, please call (414) 828-1410 or contact Herrera at: janetteherrera@aol.com.

THE SPORTS PAGE The Milwaukee Community Journal January 15, 2014 Page 8

More Shame for 60 Minutes: The Alex Rodriguez Story

It is difficult to think of a brand that has bled out more credibility over the last six months than 60 Minutes.

By Dave Zirin

On Sunday night, they took a break from falsely feeding Benghazi fever-swamps or doing infomercials for the NSA to puff-up the institutional power of Major League Baseball.

Just 24 hours after an MLB arbitrator suspended New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez for 162 games—the longest performance enhancing drug suspension in league history—there was 60 Minutes with a slickly produced package ready to air right after the NFL playoffs.

Hosted by Scott Pelley, it was thirty minutes of reportage that repeatedly treated Rodriguez like an over-musAlex Rodriguez cled piñata.

(We will leave aside the irony of 60 Minutes waxing sanctimoniously about PEDs in baseball while using an NFL game as their own ratings "performance enhancer”.)

Scott Pelley interviewed Rodriguez's alleged PED pusher Anthony Bosch, who dropped piles of unsubstantiated nuggets from the silly ("Alex is afraid of needles") to the deadly serious (Bosch claims associates of Rodriguez threatened his life and he feared he “would not live to see the end of the year”).

They also spoke to MLB Commissioner Bud Selig who said of Rodriguez, "His actions were beyond comprehension and I am someone who has now been in the game for 50 years."

Were Rodriguez’s actions less comprehensible than Selig’s own PED hypocrisy throughout the 1990s?

“Scott”, as Selig chummily called the 60 Minutes interviewer, did not ask. Instead, Rodriguez’s arbitration hearing, which was supposed to be a confidential process, was opened up for a primetime audience.

Understandably the Major League Baseball Players Association was apoplectic at this spectacle, and released a statement that said in part, "It is unfortunate that Major League Baseball apparently lacks faith in the integrity and finality of the arbitrator's decision and our Joint Drug Agreement, such that it could not resist the temptation to publicly pile-on against Alex Rodriguez.

It is equally troubling that…Tony Bosch, MLB's principal witness, is appearing on the program with MLB's blessing..... As a result, the Players Association is considering all legal options available to remedy any breaches committed by MLB." Major League Baseball, for its part, denied having any role in Bosch's decision to speak with 60 Minutes, saying, "....he is not controlled by us and is entitled to speak however he chooses about his interactions with Mr. Rodriguez."

Considering that MLB is paying for Bosch’s legal fees,

his private security, and also allegedly paid him for his testimony, this is risible. In fact Bosch 's spokeswoman—Yes, he has a spokeswoman—said, "[Anthony Bosch] is glad to have the arbitration behind him and believes he can play a valuable role in the future by educating athletes about the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs." (This statement is the polar opposite of Bosch’s own comments on 60 Minutes, which justified PED use. He said, "When you ask guys to play 100-plus games, jump on a plane, get off a plane, road trips- their bodies break down.")

Nowhere did 60 Minutes analyze or even mention the fact that Rodriguez’s suspension will mean that the powerful New York Yankees organization, much to their glee, is saving $27.5 million.

Nowhere did they ask about why, if according to the Joint Drug Agreement, Rodriguez should have received 50 games for a first offense, he ended up with 162.

Nowhere did they comment on Rodriguez’s own statement on Saturday, when he said in part, “This injustice is MLB’s first step toward abolishing guaranteed contracts in the 2016 bargaining round, instituting lifetime bans for single violations of drug policy, and further insulating its corrupt investigative program from any variety of defense by accused players, or any variety of objective review.” Neither Selig nor MLB COO Rob Manfred, also interviewed at length, was asked about these charges.

You may have noticed that I am consciously not commenting on whether Alex Rodriguez has been a habitual user of PEDs or if Tony Bosch was in fact just a "nutritionist."

I have no clue beyond what 60 Minutes has chosen to tell me. I'm also not commenting on the credibility and character of Alex Rodriguez, which, as people who live in the slums ten minutes from my house can attest, is more than lacking.

I am commenting on the way 60 Minutes chooses to report a story in a fashion that the MLB Network could not have done more effectively, with the Philly Phanatic subbing in for Scott Pelley.

Despite the nostalgia for the days of Mike Wallace making people sweat bullets, this is a program that has always been more comfortable on the side of the protected and the powerful.

Whether it's objective is to try and stoke further war in the Middle East or rehabilitate the NSA or shine up the bruised legacy of Bud Selig, 60 Minutes has now become a part of every story they cover. They say that they are just the messenger. But the messenger has now become part of the message.

Dave Zirin is the author of Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love (Scribners) and co-author (with John Carlos) of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World (Haymarket Books).

Proposed Tobacco Settlement Excludes Black Media

(continued from page 3) York Post, New York Sun, New York Times, Orlando Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, St. Petersburg Times, Tallahassee Democrat, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, LA Eastern Group Publications, San Francisco La Oferta Review/El Vistaz-Combo, NAHP, Chicago Lawndale Group News and NAHP Houston – Que Onda!

It is ironic that the tobacco industry is bypassing Black media while complying with a federal order to disclose its deception when in the past it used the Black media to target African-American consumers.

“The tobacco industry has gone to great lengths to target the African-American community over the past 30 years,” the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids stated.

“Through market research and aggressive advertising, the industry has successfully penetrated this population. The industry’s ‘investment’ in the African-American community has had a destructive impact: African Americans suffer the greatest burden of tobacco-related mortality of any ethnic or racial group in the United States.”

The anti-smoking group also explained, “…There is compelling evidence that tobacco companies not only advertise disproportionately in communities with large African-American populations, they also create advertising specifically targeted to these communities.

Cigarette ads highly prevalent in African-American communities and publications are often characterized by slogans, relevant and specific messages, or images that have a great appeal among those in the black community, or that depict African Americans in an appealing light.

Contrary to how blacks are typically portrayed in the media, cigarette ads portray images of African Americans

who are happy, confident, successful and wealthy, in love, attractive, strong and independent.”

The tobacco industry was among the first to make inroads into the Black community by contributing to Black causes and developing close personal relationships with Black leaders.

For example, A. Shaunise Washington, president of executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, was Vice President for Government Affairs, Policy and Outreach for Altria. Prior to joining Altria, she was Director of Washington Relations for Philip Morris.

In addition to serving on the CBC Foundation’s Corporate Advisory Council, Washington was chairwoman of the CBC Foundation Board of Directors from March 2012 to February 2013.

Jim Winston, Executive Director of the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, told Target Market News: “The health of the African American community has suffered disproportionately from the advertising campaigns of the tobacco companies, and Black owned media has been demonstrated to be the best way to engage the African American community.

Yet, now that the tobacco companies are being required to educate the public about the harm that tobacco products have caused, the companies and the DOJ have no plan to direct any educational advertising to our communities.”

Both Winston and Cloves Campbell said they plan to contact the Justice Department and ask it to direct tobacco companies to include Black-owned print and broadcast media in their public education buys. If that fails, Campbell said, NNPA will take stronger action.

He said, “If our newspapers aren’t good enough to advertise in, their products – including the non-tobacco ones – aren’t good enough for us to consume.”

Marquette squeeks past Seton Hall 67-66

Todd Mayo (above left shooting), Derrick Wilson (pictured above driving to the basket) and Deonte Burton (pictured bottom photo left) helped the Marquette Golden Eagles get just barely ecked out a win over the Seton Hall Pirates at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. The win boosted the Eagles record to 10-7 overall and 2-2 in the Big East. (Photos

by Bill Tennessen)

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CLASSIFIEDS/LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES

SUMMO!S (PUBLICATIO!) STATE OF WISCO!SI!: CIRCUIT COURT: FAMILY COURT BRA!CH MILWAUKEE COU!TY CASE !O. 2013FA00764 In re the marriage of: ANA M VARGAS REYES, 551 W Becher St Apt A, Milwaukee WI 53207 Petitioner and RODRIGO RODRIGUEZGARCIA, ADDRESS UNKNOWN Respondent

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To the person named above as respondent: You are hereby notified that the petitioner named above has filed a petition for divorce against you.

Within forty days after the 16thday of January, 2014 exclusive of the date just stated, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the petition.

The demand must be sent or delivered to this Court, whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court Milwaukee County Courthouse 901 N 9th St. Milwaukee WI 53233 and to ANA M VARGAS REYES whose address is 551 W Becher St Apt A, Milwaukee WI 53207 You may have an attorney represent you.

If you do not demand a copy within forty (40) days, the Court may grant a judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the petition. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. Ajudgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment of wages or seizure of property.

You are hereby further notified that the parties to this action are entitled to notification of the availability of the information set forth in sec. 767.081, Stats. The information is available from the family court commissioner.

You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children violation of the following criminal statutes is punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed two years or both.

948.31 Interference with custody by parent or others.

If you and the petitioner have minor children, a document setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the Department of Health and Social Services under sec. 46.25(9)(a), Stats, and the listing the factors that a court may consider for modification for that standard under sec. 767.25(1m). Stats, is available upon your request from the clerk of court.

Dated this 16th day of December, 2013 By: ANA M VARGAS REYES 014-010/1-15-22-29-2014 SUMMO!S (PUBLICATIO!) STATE OF WISCO!SI! CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COU!TY !OTICE A!D ORDER FOR !AME CHA!GE HEARI!G Case !o. 14CV000433 In the matter of the name change of: ROSHAUN MOORE-TABITI NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From:ROSHAUN MOORETABITITo:ROSHAUN MOOREFULLILOVE Birth CertificateROSHAUN MOORETABITI IT IS ORDERED This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, State of Wis-

consin.

Judge’s Name:HON. KAREN CHRISTENSONROOM 208 PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: February 25, 2014, TIME 10:00 A.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Milwaukee Community Journal, a newspaper published in Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.

Dated: 1-13-2014

BY THE COURT: HON.KAREN E CHRISTENSON Circuit Court Judge 014-008/1-15-22-29-2014 SUMMO!S (PUBLICATIO!) STATE OF WISCO!SI! CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COU!TY !OTICE A!D ORDER FOR !AME CHA!GE HEARI!G Case !o. 14CV000093 In the matter of the name change of: ROSHAE MOORE-TABITI NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From:ROSHAE MOORETABITITo:ROSHEA MOOREFULLILOVE Birth CertificateROSHAE MOORETABITI IT IS ORDERED This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.

Judge’s Name:HON. KAREN CHRISTENSONROOM 208 PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: February 25, 2014, TIME 10:00 A.M. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Milwaukee Community Journal, a newspaper published in Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.

Dated: 1-13-2014

BY THE COURT: HON.KAREN E CHRISTENSON Circuit Court Judge 014-007/1-15-22-29-2014 SUMMO!S (PUBLICATIO!) STATE OF WISCO!SI! CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COU!TY !OTICE A!D ORDER FOR !AME CHA!GE HEARI!G Case !o. 14CV000287 In the matter of the name change of: MURSAL M ALI By (Petitioner) MURSAL M ALI NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From:MURSAL M ALITo:ABDULKADIR ALI ADEN Birth CertificateMURSAL M ALI IT IS ORDERED This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.

Judge’s Name:HON.DANIEL A NOONAN ROOM 414 PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: February 28, 2014, TIME 10:00 A.M. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Milwaukee Community Journal, a newspaper published in Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.

Dated: 1-13-2014

BY THE COURT:

HON.DANIEL A NOONAN Circuit Court Judge 014-006/1-15-22-29-2014

SUMMO!S (PUBLICATIO!) STATE OF WISCO!SI! CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COU!TY !OTICE A!D ORDER FOR !AME CHA!GE HEARI!G Case !o. 13CV011368 In the matter of the name change of: HARLEY ANDREW GUNDERSON By (Petitioner) RACHEL TERESA WHITMAN By (Co-Petitioner) JAMES CASEY WHITMAN NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From:HARLEY ANDREW GUNDERSON To: HARLEY ANDREW WHITMAN Birth Certificate:HARLEY ANDREW GUNDERSON IT IS ORDERED This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.

Judge’s Name:HON.KEVIN E MARTENS BRANCH 27 ROOM 415 PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: February 4, 2014, TIME 3:30 P.M. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Milwaukee Community Journal, a newspaper published in Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.

Dated: 12-17-2013

BY THE COURT: HON. KEVIN E MARTENS Circuit Court Judge 014-005/1-15-22-29-2014 SUMMO!S (PUBLICATIO!) STATE OF WISCO!SI! CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COU!TY !OTICE A!D ORDER FOR !AME CHA!GE HEARI!G Case !o. 14CV000387 In the matter of the name change of: ANGEL TELISA GRIFFIN By (Petitioner) MARCIUS S EDDMONDS NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: ANGEL TELISA GRIFFINTo: ANGEL TELISA EDDMONDS Birth Certificate:ANGEL TELISA GRIFFIN IT IS ORDERED: This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.

Judge’s Name: HON. RICHARD J SANKOVITZ, PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: Feb-

ruary 21, 2014, TIME:9:30 A.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Milwaukee Community Journal, a newspaper published in Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.

Dated: 1-14-2014

BY THE COURT: HON. RICHARD J SANKOVITZ Circuit Court Judge 014-009/1-15-22-29-2014 SUMMO!S (PUBLICATIO!) STATE OF WISCO!SI!: CIRCUIT COURT: FAMILY COURT BRA!CH MILWAUKEE COU!TY CASE !O. 2013FA008047D In re the marriage of: SHIRLEY RIVERA, 2318 South 8th St Apt 4, Milwaukee WI 53215 Petitioner and PASCUAL GUZMAN, ADDRESS UNKNOWN Respondent THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To the person named above as respondent: You are hereby notified that the petitioner named above has filed a petition for divorce against you.

Within forty days after the 3rd day of January, 2014 exclusive of the date just stated, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the petition.

The demand must be sent or delivered to this Court, whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court Milwaukee County Courthouse 901 N 9th St. Milwaukee WI 53233 and to SHIRLEY RIVERA whose address is 2318 South 8th St Apt. 4 Milwaukee WI 53215 You may have an attorney represent you.

If you do not demand a copy within forty (40) days, the Court may grant a judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the petition. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. Ajudgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment of wages or seizure of property.

You are hereby further notified that the parties to this action are entitled to notification of the availability of the information set forth in sec. 767.081, Stats. The information is available from the family court commissioner.

You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children violation of the following criminal statutes is punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed two years or both.

948.31 Interference with custody by parent or others.

If you and the petitioner have minor chil-

HELP WANTED

dren, a document setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the Department of Health and Social Services under sec. 46.25(9)(a), Stats, and the listing the factors that a court may consider for modification for that standard under sec. 767.25(1m). Stats, is available upon your request from the clerk of court.

Dated this 3rd day of January, 2014 By: SHIRLEY RIVERA 014-003/1-8-15-22-2014

SUMMO!S (PUBLICATIO!) STATE OF WISCO!SI! CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COU!TY !OTICE A!D ORDER FOR !AME CHA!GE HEARI!G Case !o. 13CV008371 In the matter of the name change of: QUIELA SOPHIE MONTENEGRO By (Petitioner) CARISA JUNE PINCOLIC !OTICE IS GIVE!: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: QUIELA SOPHIE MONTENEGROTo: KAYLA SOPHIA PINCOLIC Birth Certificate: QUIELA SOPHIE MONTENEGRO IT IS ORDERED This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.

Judge’s Name:HON.MCHAEL D. GUOLEEROOM 413PLACE:901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: February 3, 2014, TIME 10:00 A.M. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Milwaukee Community Journal, a newspaper published in Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.

Dated: 12-30-2013

BY THE COURT: HON. MICHAEL D GUOLEE Circuit Court Judge 014-002/1-8-15-22-2014 SUMMO!S (PUBLICATIO!) STATE OF WISCO!SI! CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COU!TY Case !o. 2013FA002590 Divorce-40101 In Re: The marriage of: GARY BRUCE CAMPBELL, Petitionerand Respondent: BARBARA DARLENE ALEXACDER THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO THE PERSON NAMED ABOVE AS RESPONDENT: You are notified that the petitioner named above has filed a Petition for divorce or legal separation against you.

You must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Petition within 40 days from the day after the first day of publication.

The demand must be sent or delivered to the court at: Clerk of Court, Milwaukee County Courthouse 901 N 9thStMilwaukee WI 53233 and toGARY CAMPBELL, 3245 N 37th Street, Apartment 11Milwaukee WI 53216 It is recommended, but not required that you have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Petition within 45 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Petition.

A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children, violation of 948.31 Wis. Stats., (Interference with custody by parent or others) is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment: If you and the petitioner have minor children, documents setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the department under 49.22(9), Wis. Stats., and the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under 767.511 (1m). Wis Stats. are available upon your request from the Clerk of Court.

You are notified of the availability of information from the Circuit Court Commissioner as set forth in 767.105 WIs.Stats.

767.105 Information from Circuit Court Commissioner.

(2)Upon the request of a party to an action affecting the family, including a revision of judgment or order under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: (a)The Circuit Court Commissioner shall, with or without charge, provide the party with written information on the following, as appropriate to the action commenced: 1. The procedure for obtaining a judgment or order in the action 2. The major issues usually addressed in such an action.

3. Community resources and family court counseling services available to assist the parties.

4. The procedure for setting, modifying, and enforcing child support awards, or modifying and enforcing legal custody or physical placement judgments or orders. (b)The Circuit Court Commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection or purchase, with a copy of the statutory provisions in this chapter generally pertinent to the action.

Date: 12-3-2013 BY:GARY B CAMPBELL 014-001/1-8-15-22-2014

NOTICE

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Milwaukee Public Schools will receive sealed quotations for furnishing all labor, tools, equipment and materials necessary, including public liability and property damage insurance to perform all work necessary and incidental to the Gymnasium Folding Partition Repair at Riverside University High School, 1615 E. Locust Street; Milwaukee, WI 53211 until 1:30 P.M. on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at the Division of Facilities and Maintenance Services; 1124 North 11th Street; Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233; to the attention of: John Linn, Manager of Design and Construction. The HUB, COIN and Student Participation requirements for this project are 0%. Plans and specifications may be obtained 7:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday from A/E Graphics, Inc.; 4075 North 124th Street, Brookfield, WI 53005; phone (262) 781-7744; fax (262) 781-4250.

Call A/E Graphics, Inc. for availability of bid documents. Plans and specifications may also be viewed online at A/E Graphics, Inc. @ www.aegraphics.com.

A Pre-bid Walk Through is scheduled at the site on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 9:00 AM. Meet at the front entrance.

The right is reserved to reject any or all bids or to waive informalities.

GREGORY E. THORNTON, Ed.D Superintendent of Schools 10477918/1-14-21-28

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Office of the Milwaukee Public Schools, DIVISION OF FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES, 1124 N. 11th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 15, 2014.

Sealed proposals will be received at 1124 N. 11th St., directed to the attention of Ms. Gina M. Spang, P.E., Director of the Division of Facilities and Maintenance Services, pursuant to Section 119.52(3) Wisconsin Statutes, until Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 1:30 P.M., in accordance with plans and specifications for the following work: All contractor(s) and subcontractor(s) are subject to the prevailing wage rates and hours of labor as prescribed by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors of the City of Milwaukee consistent with provisions of Section 66.0903 of the Wisconsin Statutes.

BID GUARANTY TO ACCOMPANY BID: MPS Bid Bond, Certified or Cashier’s Check: 10% of Contractor’s Base Bid.

Office of the Milwaukee Public Schools, DIVISION OF FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES, 1124 N. 11th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 15, 2014.

Sealed proposals will be received at 1124 N. 11th St., directed to the attention of Ms. Gina M. Spang, P.E., Director of the Division of Facilities and Maintenance Services, pursuant to Section 119.52(3) Wisconsin Statutes, until Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 1:30 P.M., in accordance with plans and specifications for the following work: All contractor(s) and subcontractor(s) are subject to the prevailing wage rates and hours of labor as prescribed by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors of the City of Milwaukee consistent with provisions of Section 66.0903 of the Wisconsin Statutes.

BID GUARANTY TO ACCOMPANY BID: MPS Bid Bond, Certified or Cashier’s Check: 10% of Contractor’s Base Bid.

Office of the Milwaukee Public Schools, DIVISION OF FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES, 1124 N. 11th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 15, 2014.

Sealed proposals will be received at 1124 N. 11th St., directed to the attention of Ms. Gina M. Spang, P.E., Director of the Division of Facilities and Maintenance Services, pursuant to Section 119.52(3) Wisconsin Statutes, until Thursday, February 13, 2014 at 1:30 P.M., in accordance with plans and specifications for the following work: All contractor(s) and subcontractor(s) are subject to the prevailing wage rates and hours of labor as prescribed by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors of the City of Milwaukee consistent with provisions of Section 66.0903 of the Wisconsin Statutes.

BID GUARANTY TO ACCOMPANY BID: MPS Bid Bond, Certified or Cashier’s Check: 10% of Contractor’s Base Bid.

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Beulah Brinton Community Center 2555 S. Bay Street Milwaukee, WI 53207 MPS Property No. 722 MPS Project No. 1219

Central Services Administration Building 5225 W. Vliet Street Milwaukee, WI 53208 MPS Property No. 501 MPS Project No. 2958

Hawthorne Glen Recreation Center 1130 N. 60th Street Milwaukee, WI 53208 MPS Property No. 746 MPS Project No. 2045

The HUB requirements for this project are 25% The COIN requirements for this project are 25% The minimum Student Participation requirements for this project are: Paid Employment: 300 Hours Educational Activities: 10 Hours

The HUB requirements for this project are 10% The COIN requirements for this project are 10% The minimum Student Participation requirements for this project are: Paid Employment: 300 Hours Educational Activities: 10 Hours

The HUB requirements for this project are 25% The COIN requirements for this project are 25% The minimum Student Participation requirements for this project are: Paid Employment: 300 Hours Educational Activities: 10 Hours

Deposit for Drawings and Specifications: $25.00 MAILING CHARGE: $35.00

Deposit for Drawings and Specifications: $25.00 MAILING CHARGE: $35.00

Deposit for Drawings and Specifications: $25.00 MAILING CHARGE: $35.00

The bidding documents may be obtained 7:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday from A/E Graphics, Inc., 4075 North 124th Street, Brookfield, WI 53005; phone (262) 781-7744; fax (262) 781-4250.

Call A/E Graphics for availability of bid documents for pick up. Plans and specifications will be loaned to a prospective bidder upon receipt of the deposit listed, which deposit will be returned upon surrender of the plans and specifications in good condition. Bid documents must be returned only to A/E Graphics, Inc. Plans and specifications may be examined at the Facilities and Maintenance Services’ office. Bid documents may not be examined at A/E Graphics, Inc.. Plans and specifications may also be viewed online at A/E Graphics, Inc. @ www.aegraphics.com.

Each proposal shall be for a fixed lump sum.

The right is reserved to reject any or all bids or to waive informalities.

Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of disabled individuals at the bid opening through sign language interpreters or other auxiliary aids. The following TDD number is available for the hearing impaired for questions prior to bid opening, 283-4611.

GREGORY E. THORNTON, Ed.D, 10478731/1-15-21-28-2-4 Superintendent of Schools.

The bidding documents may be obtained 7:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday from A/E Graphics, Inc., 4075 North 124th Street, Brookfield, WI 53005; phone (262) 781-7744; fax (262) 781-4250.

Call A/E Graphics for availability of bid documents for pick up. Plans and specifications will be loaned to a prospective bidder upon receipt of the deposit listed, which deposit will be returned upon surrender of the plans and specifications in good condition. Bid documents must be returned only to A/E Graphics, Inc. Plans and specifications may be examined at the Facilities and Maintenance Services’ office. Bid documents may not be examined at A/E Graphics, Inc.. Plans and specifications may also be viewed online at A/E Graphics, Inc. @ www.aegraphics.com.

Each proposal shall be for a fixed lump sum.

The right is reserved to reject any or all bids or to waive informalities.

Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of disabled individuals at the bid opening through sign language interpreters or other auxiliary aids. The following TDD number is available for the hearing impaired for questions prior to bid opening, 283-4611.

GREGORY E. THORNTON, Ed.D, 10478684/1-15-21-28-2-4 Superintendent of Schools.

The bidding documents may be obtained 7:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday from A/E Graphics, Inc., 4075 North 124th Street, Brookfield, WI 53005; phone (262) 781-7744; fax (262) 781-4250.

Call A/E Graphics for availability of bid documents for pick up. Plans and specifications will be loaned to a prospective bidder upon receipt of the deposit listed, which deposit will be returned upon surrender of the plans and specifications in good condition. Bid documents must be returned only to A/E Graphics, Inc. Plans and specifications may be examined at the Facilities and Maintenance Services’ office. Bid documents may not be examined at A/E Graphics, Inc.. Plans and specifications may also be viewed online at A/E Graphics, Inc. @ www.aegraphics.com.

Each proposal shall be for a fixed lump sum.

The right is reserved to reject any or all bids or to waive informalities.

Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of disabled individuals at the bid opening through sign language interpreters or other auxiliary aids. The following TDD number is available for the hearing impaired for questions prior to bid opening, 283-4611.

GREGORY E. THORNTON, Ed.D, 10478715/1-15-21-28-2-4 Superintendent of Schools.

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