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Volume 32 | Number 49

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Jesse Jackson

Omicron Travel Bans Won't Work

MICHEAL STRAHAN:

RETURNS TO TEXAS TO LIFT-OFF!

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OMICRON TRAVEL BANS WON'T WORK

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By Jesse Jackson, National Political Writer

micron - the new COVID-19 variant - is now on the march. While southern Africa appears to be its epicenter, countries across the world, including Britain, Canada, Australia, Israel and many others, now report cases of the new variant. Dr. Anthony Fauci calls it "inevitable" that it will come to or is already in the U.S. We know the variant is very contagious, but still unknown is how severe it is, or how resistant to vaccines it will be.

The reason we know about Omicron is that South African scientists detected it early and their government notified the world immediately.

Sadly, instead of being rewarded, South Africa is now punished for being responsible, with the U.S. leading a range of countries in slapping travel restrictions on those coming from South Africa and other African countries - without offering any economic assistance to make up for the losses imposed.

These travel bans are popular politically, but ineffective medically. We saw that in relation to the original COVID-19 outbreak. Former President Donald Trump restricted travel from China, but the ban did not apply to American citizens, and it was not paired with wide-scale testing at the border and throughout the country. The virus had already escaped China and European travelers brought it to the U.S. The ban is a wall, but a wall cannot stop an airborne disease.

President Biden's ban promises to be equally ineffective. It also isn't linked to aggressive testing and tracking at the border and throughout the country. Omicron is already spreading in countries not under travel restrictions. This is, as one writer noted, pandemic theatrics, not public health.

Less than 4 percent of the population of Africa has been vaccinated. The rest are in des-

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perate need. They do not need a travel ban. They need to be traveled to, with medicine and public health infrastructure. We need to vaccinate them, not ban them.

This mistreatment is both unjust - and foolish. The poorer nations of Africa have the most health needs - and yet have the least access to vaccines, testing and treatment.

We cannot ignore them. The modern globe is intricately connected by travel, trade, tourism, migration and more. Global pandemics spread even before they are noticed sufficiently to spark public response. To counter a global pandemic, the entire globe must be mobilized and involved. If countries are ignored or left out, they can become incubators of new variants that sweep the world.

The threat is global; the response must be global.

Yet, as the international director of the World Health Organization noted in February, 2.5 billion people in the 130 poor countries in the world have not been vaccinated. The 85 poorest countries won't see mass vaccination until 2023.

As he noted, "the humanitarian cost is unforgivable - and self-defeating, as each infected person is a potential source of new strains."

The repeated promises that vaccines would be made available to poor countries have been broken. Neither the vaccines nor the resources needed to build systems able to deliver them have been provided. Drug companies, reaping massive profits from vaccines largely developed with public funds, have fought to retain their monopolies and resist efforts to make vaccine production available across the world.

South Africa suffered this treatment before in relation to the treatment of AIDS. The drug companies, protected by rich nations, refused to let less expensive generic versions be manufactured and distributed. They even sued the Nelson Man-

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dela government in South Africa when it acted to allow importation of generics. Only overwhelming global outrage forced the drug companies to shelve the suit and cut a deal.

This week, more than 2 million nurses from 28 countries called on the United Nations to investigate rich countries - naming the European Union, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Norway - who have blocked the waiver of patents for coronavirus vaccines. Sensibly, Joe Biden aligned the U.S. on the side of the waiver.

Decrying the failure of drug companies and governments to ensure that "critical treatments and vaccines are distributed equitably," the nurses' statement notes that this is not only unjust, but dangerous, opening space for the development of new variants that could "pose a dire risk to people across the world." Even as they filed their protest, a meeting of the World Trade Organization's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Council was postponed because of the continued division over making vaccines widely available.

No one is safe until everyone is safe. African lives are as precious as the lives of those who live in wealthy countries. In the modern world, borders can't be sealed and walls won't stop the spread of pandemics. Now more than ever, we are, as Dr. Martin Luther King taught us, "caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."

We need to rethink our real security priorities. Instead of squandering hundreds of billions on a new arms race with China, we should be joining China and the rich nations of the world together to build the public health capacities needed across the world, while mobilizing to make vaccines, treatments, masks, and other protections universally available. Instead of letting drug com-

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panies ration drugs by price, we should be enlisting them - as we did private companies in World War II - to share vaccines and build production capacity across the world.

We don't know yet how much of a threat Omicron poses. We do know that the COVID-19 pandemic isn't over; that death is still on the march, and that new variants will germinate in areas where people are not protected. Hunkering down, putting profit over people won't get it done. Instead of banning travel from Africa, President Biden should be shining the light on Africa and leading the effort to reach out. jjackson@rainbowpush.org.

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BUSINESS: STORES ARE PUSHING FOR A MORE DIVERSE POOL OF SANTAS

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Photo: Dion Sinclair was Atlanta Santa in 2013. (John Bazemore / AP file)

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ld Navy is launching a virtual “Santa BOOT Camp” on Friday to train would-be Kris Kringles of color in the art of spreading holiday cheer and make the ranks of the people who play the iconic Christmas character a little less white. But as conservative pundits and politicians stoke white grievance and a national battle rages over the teaching of critical race theory, one of the original Black Santas has some advice for the newbies who intend to don the red suit this season: Disarm the bigots with Christmas cheer.

“I’m not about politics and I’m a faithbased Santa, so I know I am not the reason for the season and I’m happy to share that with anyone willing to listen,” Dion “Santa Dee” Sinclair, aka “The Real Black Santa,” told NBC News. “But if I’m not your kind of Santa, that’s OK. I will keep smiling and wishing the kids Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.”

Besides, Sinclair said, “the kids don’t see color. All they see is Santa Claus.”

Other stores like Macy's and major retail outlets like the Mall of America in Minnesota have also tried to diversify their Santa ranks, delighting many shoppers while dismaying others.

“It is a concern,” another of America’s premier Santas, Tim “Santa Tim” Connaghan, said when asked about the anger over nonwhite Santas. “Change

is hard for some people, and things are definitely changing.”

What’s not addressed specifically in the Old Navy tutorial is how a nonwhite Santa deals with bigotry, a company spokesperson said.

“Our Santa BOOTcamp is a lighthearted experience aimed at bringing out the inner holiday spirit in all of our attendees,” a company statement said. “We will provide guidance on some of the most common challenges of playing Santa, including how to handle outrageous gift requests and to temper potential disbelief in little ones."

That said, Old Navy said it “stands for inclusivity and has a zero tolerance police for workplace discrimination and harassment.”

"Our brand is deeply committed to ensuring all employees — inclusive of our in-store Santas — are treated with respect and dignity."

Sinclair, who is 57 and says he “became Santa Claus” some 20 years ago, is one of the Santa trainers taking part in Old Navy’s “Happy ALLidays” campaign.

In the 30-minute virtual course, the Santa trainees will also learn some key phrases in both sign language and Spanish, and how to take that perfect holiday photo, he said.

“One of the most important things is to never make a promise you can’t keep,” Sinclair said.

“If a child wants a certain present, you say ‘Let’s see what we can do.’ In my heart, I would give every kid the toy they want out of my bag. But the parents can’t always afford the present their child wants.”

The most promising Santa boot camp grads could find themselves deployed to Old Navy’s flagship stories in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco.

“There aren’t a lot of Santa’s out there who're like me,” said Sinclair. “It’s even harder to find an Asian Santa. Believe me, I’ve tried.”

Connaghan, who is the national Santa for the Marine Corps and Toys for Tots, agreed. He, too, is taking part in the Santa BOOT Camp.

“Businesses like Old Navy understand that more and more customers want their Santas to look like them,” said Connaghan, who also owns the Kringle Group, which is one of the largest Santa booking agencies. “But it’s just very hard to find an Asian or Hispanic or African American Santa, especially one with a full white and real beard. Many are, I guess you can say, follicly challenged.”

“I am lucky,” Sinclair, who sports a bushy white beard year-round, said. “But lots of

Black men have trouble growing a beard like mine, and the theatrical white beards don’t fool the kids anymore. The kids are smart. They can tell when somebody is wearing a fake beard.”

Sinclair’s and Connaghan’s assertion about the scarcity of nonwhite Santas is backed up by some actual numbers.

In a nation where half the children under the age of 15 are nonwhite, less than 5 percent of the professional Santas working the malls and street corners and festive gatherings are Black or Asian or Hispanic, according to a Santa survey done in 2017

by The Tampa Bay Times.

But the idea of Santa being anything but an elderly white man with a big beard and rosy red cheeks has never sat well with some segments of U.S. society when Black Santas first started appearing after World War II.

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NATIONAL: TESLA ORDERED TO PAY NEARLY $137M TO BLACK FORMER WORKER WHO CLAIMED RACIAL ABUSE

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(Owen Diaz, ex-employee of Tesla. Source: social media screenshot)

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he Tesla Inc. must pay nearly $137 million to a Black former worker who said he suffered racial abuse at the electric carmaker’s San Francisco Bay Area factory.

The jury in San Francisco agreed that Owen Diaz was subjected to racial harassment and a hostile work environment.

Diaz alleged in a lawsuit that he was harassed and faced “daily racist epithets” while working at Tesla’s Fremont plant in 2015 and 2016 before quitting. Diaz was a contracted elevator operator.

Diaz alleged that employees drew swastikas and left racist graffiti and drawings around the plant. He contended that supervisors

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failed to stop the abuse.

“Tesla’s progressive image was a façade papering over its regressive, demeaning treatment of African-American employees,” the lawsuit said.

Diaz was awarded $6.9 in damages for emotional distress and $130 million in punitive damages, his attorney, Lawrence A. Organ, told the Washington Post.

“It took four long years to get to this point,” Diaz told the New York Times. “It’s like a big weight has been pulled off my shoulders.”

“It’s a great thing when one of the richest corporations in America has to have a reckoning of the abhorrent conditions at its factory

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for Black people,” Organ, of the California Civil Rights Law Group, told the Times.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether Tesla would appeal the decision. An email from The Associated Press seeking comment from Tesla wasn’t immediately returned Monday night.

However, Tesla previously denied any knowledge of the alleged racist conduct at the plant, which has about 10,000 workers.

If upheld, the award would be a blow to a company that has been subject to various allegations of workplace problems but requires employees to resolve disputes through mandatory arbitration, which the firm has rarely lost.

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In May, an arbitrator ordered Tesla to pay more than $1 million over similar allegations by another former Fremont factory worker. That employee alleged that co-workers called him a racial slur and supervisors ignored his complaints.

Diaz, who was contracted through a staffing agency, didn’t have to sign an arbitration agreement.

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NATIONAL: ROE V. WADE HAS LASTED 50 YEARS. HOW UNUSUAL WOULD IT BE TO OVERTURN IT ?

By Ryan Struyk and Priya Krishnakumar - www.CNN.com

Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, (Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images)

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or nearly half a century, Roe v.

Wade has stood as the law of the land.

Next year, all of that could change.

A CNN analysis of congressional data shows overruling the landmark abortion rights case would be unusual, but far from unprecedented: The Supreme Court has overruled more than 250 of its own cases throughout American history, including almost four dozen that lasted longer than the 48 years that Roe v. Wade has been in effect.

Half of the cases that have been overturned by the high court were overruled within two decades of the initial decisions, according to the analysis.

The average case that was overruled by the Supreme Court stood for less than 30 years before being overruled.

To be sure, the vast majority of cases decided by the Supreme Court are never overruled. But it's not uncommon — 45 cases have been

overturned after serving as established precedent for at least 48 years. Roe, which was decided in January 1973, will reach its 49th anniversary in January 2022.

The state of Mississippi is now asking the 6-3 conservative court to overrule the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade. A decision on the Mississippi law is expected by summer 2022.

The Mississippi law bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy with no exception for rape or incest.

The current standard, set by Roe v.

Wade, is generally considered to be from 22 to 24 weeks. A separate law in Texas bans abortions after just six weeks.

A recent ABC News/Washington Post survey found that 60% of Americans believe the landmark abortion rights case should be upheld.

Only 27% say it should be overturned.

Former President Donald Trump nominated three conservative justices to the Supreme Court —

Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — all of whom acknowledged Roe v. Wade as precedent, but did not say whether they would uphold it or overturn it. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump promised that his nominees to the Supreme Court would overrule Roe v. Wade.

But acknowledging precedent is not the same thing as vowing to uphold that decision, even if only a few dozen cases have ever been overruled after standing for as long as Roe v.

Wade.

Kavanaugh seemed to downplay the importance of precedent in oral arguments on Wednesday. "If you think about some of the most important cases, the most consequential cases in this Court's history, there's a string of them where the cases overruled precedent," he said, pointing to cases that overruled segregation and bans on same-sex intimacy. "The country would be a much different place" if the court had followed prec-

edent, Kavanaugh said.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor shot back later: "Of all of the decisions that Justice Kavanaugh listed, all of them, virtually, except for maybe one, involved us recognizing and overturning state control over issues that we said belong to individuals." She also asked aloud about the political implications of overturning Roe: "Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts?"

Five out of every six cases overruled by the Supreme Court were overturned before reaching that 48year mark. But Roe v. Wade might soon join the short list of overruled cases that lasted nearly half a century before their reversals.

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STATE: TEXAS NOW BANS MEDICAL ABORTIONS AFTER SEVEN WEEKS OF PREGNANCY

By Eleanor Klibanoff - www.TexasTribune.com

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eginning December 2, 2021, a new law restricts abortion-inducing medication, the most common abortion method in Texas.

The law makes it a felony to provide the medication after seven weeks of pregnancy, putting Texas at odds with federal regulations. It also makes it a crime to send the medication through the mail.

Medical abortion is the most common way women in Texas terminate their pregnancies, according to state data.

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These new restrictions reflect a growing concern among abortion opponents about the rise of “self-managed” abortions, in which pregnant people obtain the medications from out-of-state or international providers, with or without a prescription.

There’s evidence that more women turn to self-managed abortions when legal abortion is restricted. Texans have been unable to access abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy since Sept. 1, when a

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controversial new ban went into effect.

“Texas is looking at the ways that people are navigating around restrictions and trying to essentially make that as unsafe and as frightening for people as possible in order to deter them,” said Farah Diaz-Tello, senior legal counsel for If/When/ How, a reproductive justice legal group.

Diaz-Tello and other advocates worry that the new criminal penalties may make pregnant Texans fearful of seeking medical care after a self-managed abortion.

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The FDA has attempted to crack down on some providers, including Aid Access, a group founded in 2018

by Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, a European doctor. AidAccess provides abortion-inducing medications to women in areas that have restricted access to the procedure.

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MICHEAL STRAHAN: RETURNS TO TEXAS TO LIFT-OFF!

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Michael Strahan isn't nervous about going into space. (Images GMA)

hat's beyond the big blanket that covers the sky, sprinkled with the stars has always been a great mystery and a sense of wonderment for most Americans. More than 600 people have already gone on an adventure to the stars, and Michael Strahan is about to join that number.

He is a retired NFL star, sports analyst, a Good Morning America anchor, and soon will add astronaut to his list of accomplishments. Strahan made the big announcement on Good Morning. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's "Launch One Site" will launch Strahan into space with his crewmates Laura Shepard Churchley. She is the eldest daughter of Alan Shepard, the first American to fly to space, and the space shuttle is named after him. Joining them will be philanthropist Dylan Taylor, investor Evan Dick, and the first parent & child, Lane and Cameron Bess of Bess Ventures. The overall flight will be ten minutes.

Strahan had said that there would be no way that he would travel to space. However, that was before he saw a launch in-person while on a story assignment.

It totally changed his mind. "You just can't help but in awe." Soon after that experience, Jeff Bezos' contacted him to ask if he wanted to go up. Without hesitation, he said yes. Strahan and Churchley will be honorary guests on the space flight being coordinator by Bezos' Blue Origin as neither had to purchase their ticket for the trip.

In a recent interview, Strahan said, "I believe

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that this is the way of being innovative, creative, pioneers in aviation, now space travel.” And it's going to take a while, but I do believe that it will bring a lot of technological breakthroughs and also innovations to us here on Earth, and I just want to be a part of it."

Now Strahan and the crew are getting ready for their mission. At first there was a lot of concern due to Strahan build and height. Engineers weren't sure he would fit comfortably in the seat in the shuttle, but he does.

Blue Origin astronauts start off training with the basics of space flight to give them a feel of what it will be like once they are in orbit. From the lift-off until they touch down again, the astronauts are thoroughly trained to be prepared for the "what ifs." On their second day of training, it is like a dress rehearsal before the big day. They are no longer working simulators, but they are driving to the launch site to see the shuttle, practice walking on the tower and, most importantly, learn how to communicate with mission control. The crew of six will also get a taste of what it is feels like to be in zero gravity. In the final days, the astronauts are working on their confidence level by running through all the missions, making sure they are ready for every scenario, and that they are pumped. All while training, the astronauts live together in what is known as astronaut village, which is a group of refinished airstream trailers.

Joining him in flight include Laura Shepard

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Churchley, daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard; space industry philanthropist Dylan Taylor; investor Evan Dick; and the first-ever parent and child pair of Lane Bess and Cameron Bess. Churchley and Strahan are honorary guests on the flight, while the four other crew members are paying customers.

Recently, Strahan was fitted for the flight suit that he will wear every day starting Monday morning.

"All of our astronauts put on their flight suit every morning before training -- so on actual launch day, it just feels like an extension of their skin," Knights explained.

On the first day of training, the crew will be prepped on the basics of space flight, including a full flight simulation so they know what to expect.

"We cover each portion, every event from the engine start to lift off to separation from the booster itself to reentry in the atmosphere and landing," she said.

Once that wraps, Strahan will report to astronaut village, which is a cluster of refinished airstream trailers where he and fellow crew members will sleep, unwind and bond under the stars.

Day two will be a full rehearsal where they will drive to the launch site and practice walking on the tower, and see the actual rocket and capsule for their flight.

Strahan was fitted previously for his flight seat, and on Tuesday they will all practice getting in and out of said seat to prepare for floating in zero gravity so he

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can fully enjoy the out-of-this-world views.

Knights said "when you sit down in the seat here on Earth, it's relatively simple," but "when you're in space, you have to learn different ways to secure yourself" since you're in zero gravity.

"There is a move-in the belt buckle, and they will grab it around their shoulder, hold it close to them and then gently roll into the seat," she explained.

For the third and final day of training, it's all about building the astronauts' confidence so they are ready for anything.

"We run them through a number of back-toback new Shepard missions," Knights said, referencing the ship by name. "So this is where most of the astronauts say that they start to feel like real astronauts."

Between now and Sunday, Blue Origin said Strahan can continue to live his usual life exercising, hydrating and getting good rest.

The main focus of his should be his space plan and putting intention into how he wants his time in space.

"They'll learn radio communications with Capcom, how to talk with mission control," Knights said.

Strahan seems super stoked to go to outer space. In another interview, Strahan said that he felt safer doing this than he would flying in a plane going to LA. New Shepard and crew are schedule to lift off on Thursday, December 9th at 9:00a.m. CST.

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Michael Strahan's Blue Origin countdown to space launch. (Images GMA)

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HOLIDAY: MACY'S NATIONAL BELIEVE WEEK: DOUBLES DONATIONS TO MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION

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acy’s will celebrate National Believe Week by doubling its donation to Make-A-Wish as part of Macy’s annual Believe letter-writing campaign. From the start of Believe campaign through its final day on Dec. 24, for every letter sent to Santa online at macys.com/believe or dropped off in Macy’s stores, Macy’s will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish, up to $1 million. During National Believe Week, from Sunday, Nov. 28 through Saturday, Dec. 4, Macy’s has pledged $2 for each letter collected (taking the existing $1 million campaign goal to $2 million) to help children fighting critical illnesses’ life-changing wishes come true.

“Each holiday season, we are awed by the outpouring of support from our customers and colleagues who write their letters to Santa and help us raise millions of dollars for our friends at MakeA-Wish,“ Sam Di Scipio, Macy’s senior director of corporate communications, giving and volunteerism. “Through Macy’s Believe campaign, we can grant wishes that renew hope and transform the lives of children battling critical illnesses.”

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lieve Week, Macy’s stores, Make-AWish chapters and community partners across the country will host letter-writing parties and encourage letter drop-offs.

Now more than ever, these letters to Santa can bring hope and joy to wish kids who are isolated and some of the most vulnerable members of our population.

For parents, educators and community leaders interested in participating in National Believe Week, Macy’s Be-

· December 1st in Washington, D.C. – 4-year-old Abi, diagnosed with a blood disorder, wishes “to be on a Macy’s billboard” · December 17th in San Francisco, CA – 18-year-old Vivek, diagnosed with leukemia, wishes “to design a t-shirt” · December 17th in Baton Rouge, LA – 3-year-old Acadia, diagnosed with a metabolic disorder, wishes “to restore her toy collection after Hurricane Ida” Since 2003, Macy’s has donated more than $137 million to Make-A-Wish, including more than $25 million through the retailer’s annual Believe campaign, helping grant more than 16,200 wishes and impact more than 3.2 million people, including lieve Teacher & Parent Engagement Tool- wish kids and their families, volunteers, kit provides resources and lesson plans to community groups, medical professioneasily execute within the new environment als and more. of virtual learning. These educational materials include letter writing guides, holiday Join the conversation on social by tagging activities and more, offering fun and unique @macys, @makeawish and #MacysBelieve ways for children to learn the importance of giving back to those in need.

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he City of Houston Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA) announced today the selection of two local artists whose work will become an integral part of the new Sunnyside Health and Multi-Service Center.

Creative concepts from Houston-based visual artists Jesse Lott and Irene Antonia Diane Reece were selected out of more than 92 artists and artists groups for commissioning and will debut with the opening of the new facility.

"Our city's multi-service centers provide social services for communities in Houston and address the needs and well-being of multiple generations – from our elders to our young mothers and their children," said Mayor Sylvester Turner. "Having artwork that captures the unique character of our local communities and the richness of our histories and cultures will make our multi-service centers feel like an extension of home."

Houston renowned artist, a long-time Fifth Ward resident, and recently named Texas State three-dimensional artist for 2022 Jesse Lott, will create The Dreamcatcher, a sculpture to be installed on the exterior of the center. The community will have a hand in deciding key elements of this work.

"The voices of local residents will help guide the central imagery of the sculpture—whether it's a sun, a family, or another element that encompasses the spirit of Sunnyside," said Lott. "The com-

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"Both artists will bring to our collection artworks imbued with qualities and characteristics unique to Sunnyside, borne from their working closely with residents from the neighborhood."

Operated by the Houston Health Department, the Center will provide social services, including educational and technology resources, access to healthy nutrition, senior services, and more.

The Sunnyside Health and Multi-Service Center art project was made possible through the City of Houston's Civic Art Program, managed by MOCA, which provides exciting opportunities for Houstonians and visitors to engage with art in public spaces. Under contract and in partnership with MOCA, Houston Arts Alliance administers these Thurgood Marshall School of Law Student Bar Association city-funded public opportunities to acquire, manage and conserve the City of Houston's public art pieces.

MOCA congratulates these visionary artists as they embark on their munity will also be engaged to source materials that showcases every aspect of [Sunnyside's] authenprojects and thanks all applicants for are authentic to the neighborhood for incorporation ticity," said Reece. "I want to include and uplift the their dedication to the arts in Houston. into The Dreamcatcher." community's multi-generational voices by featuring Native Houstonian, contemporary artist, the families, community leaders, and historical sites and visual activist Reece will produce That Sunny- that makeup Sunnyside." side Pride, a collection of original photographs to be "We are more than excited to see art comFor more information visit: featured in the interior public entrance of the center. missions developed for the City by such accomplished Reece plans to invite the community to be a part of the artists and are embracing this work as a tremendous photography selection process to ensure historical and opportunity to support intergenerational collaborapresent-day attributes of Sunnyside are represented. tion and to encourage community engagement for "It's important that this body of work the sake of art," said MOCA director Necole Irvin.

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HEALTH: HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR SKIN LATELY? IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE

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he It may sound dramatic, but skin checks save lives. They can also prevent or detect skin cancer early. This is especially important for Blacks who are more prone to certain skin conditions.

While encouraging people to do routine self-exams, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) shares some case studies that led to important discoveries.

Richard Danzer, of West Palm Beach, Fla., found a large, painful cyst on his back during a skin self-exam. Dermatologist Dr. Brittany Smirnov examined him, and he was later diagnosed with lung cancer and given lifesaving treatment.

When John Ahearn, of Phoenix, had dark bruising that appeared on his legs, dermatologist Dr. Lindsay Ackerman suspected he might have a serious blood issue. She collaborated with a hematology-oncology specialist who diagnosed Ahearn with leukemia. He is now in remission after a bone marrow transplant.

The importance of skin self-exams After noticing changes to a mole on her toe, Yvonne Basil, of Plano, Texas, saw her dermatologist and was diagnosed with melanoma

Courtesy of BlackDoctors.org from an in-office biopsy. She is now cancer-free.

“Regular self-skin checks are crucial to identify skin cancer and other skin diseases early,” AAD president Dr. Ken Tomecki said in an academy news release. “We encourage everyone to regularly perform skin self-exams to catch any changes early.”

What to look for during skin self-exams You can do your own skin checks at

home, and then follow up with a dermatologist if you spot something concerning. The academy suggests using the initials A, B, C, D, E during your self-exam.

A is for Asymmetry, when one half of a spot is unlike the other. B is for border, when a spot has an irregular, scalloped or poorly defined border, C is for color, when the spots have color variation from one area to the next. D is for diameter.

Melanomas are typically larger than 6 millimeters,

which is about the size of a pencil eraser. E is for evolving. The best time to do a skin self-exam is after a bath or shower. To do a skin exam, look at your body in a full-length mirror. Make sure your room is well-lit. You can also enlist the help of a spouse, partner, or close friend or family member to help you with these exams, especially for those hard-to-see areas like your back or scalp. Look at your underarms, forearms and palms. Look at your legs, between toes and at the soles of your feet. Use a hand mirror to examine your neck and scalp, as well as to check your back and buttocks.

If you are examining yourself for the first time, spend time carefully going over the entire surface. Learn the pattern of moles, blemishes, freckles, and other marks on your skin so that you’ll notice any changes next time. If you look at your skin on a regular basis, you’ll know what’s normal and what’s not.

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ENTERTAINMENT: JOSEPHINE BAKER BECOMES FIRST BLACK WOMAN INDUCTED INTO FRANCE'S PANTHEON

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osephine Baker — the U.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist — was inducted into France’s Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman to receive the nation’s highest honor.

Baker’s voice resonated through streets of Paris’ famed Left Bank as recordings from her extraordinary career kicked off an elaborate ceremony at the domed Pantheon monument. Baker joined other French luminaries honored at the site, including philosopher Voltaire, scientist Marie Curie and writer Victor Hugo.

Military officers from the Air Force carried her cenotaph along a red carpet that stretched for four blocks of cobblestoned streets from the Luxembourg Gardens to the Pantheon. Baker’s military medals lay atop the cenotaph, which was draped in the French tricolor flag and contained soil from her birthplace in Missouri, from France, and from her final resting place in Monaco. Her body stayed in Monaco at the request of her family.

French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to “a war hero, fighter, dancer, singer; a Black woman defending

Black people but first of all, a woman defending humankind.

American and French. Josephine Baker fought so many battles with lightness, freedom, joy.”

“Josephine Baker, you are entering into the Pantheon because, (despite) born American, there is no greater French (woman) than you,” he said.

Baker was also the first American-born citizen and the first performer to be immortalized into the Pantheon.

She is not only praised for her world-renowned artistic career but also for her active role in the French Resistance during World War II, her actions as a civil rights activist and her humanist values, which she displayed through the adoption of her 12 children from all over the world. Nine of them attended Tuesday’s ceremony among the 2,000 guests.

“Mum would have been very happy,” Akio Bouillon, Baker’s son, said after the ceremony. “Mum would not have accepted to enter into the Pantheon if that was not as the symbol of all the forgotten people of history, the minorities.”

Bouillon added that what moved him the most were the people who gathered along the street in front of the

Pantheon to watch.

“They were her public, people who really loved her,” he said.

The tribute ceremony started with Baker’s song “Me revoilà Paris” (“Paris, I’m Back”). The French army choir sang the French Resistance song, prompting strong applause from the public. Her signature song “J’ai deux amours” (“Two Loves”) was then played by an orchestra accompanying Baker’s voice on the Pantheon plaza.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Baker became a megastar in the 1930s, especially in France, where she moved in 1925 as she sought to flee racism and segregation in the United States.

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ENTERTAINMENT: HOUSTON CONCERTS ARE CANCELLED IN THE WAKE OF THE ASTROWORLD FESTIVAL TRAGEDY

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oustonians and Travis Scott fans are still mourning the loss of the ten victims who tragically died at the Astroworld Festival concert. Many performers, as well as concert producers and promoters, are closely examining the ways in which they put on concerts and how to make them safer for concertgoers.

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A criminal investigation has been underway for weeks by the Houston Police Department, FBI, and other entities to see what went wrong. Scott, who is facing a $2 billion lawsuit, is grief-stricken and has offered to cover the funeral costs of victims, which they have declined. The fall out from this concert is spreading to other artists as well.

In the recent weeks since the tragedy, the concert scene has already changed, with a number of artists canceling their concerts or holding ticket sales until further notice. The Houston Open Concert Series, scheduled for the week after the Astroworld tragedy, was canceled. Then Billy Joel halted the sale of his concert tickets that were to go on sale in November. The latest artist to cancel their concert is Megan Thee Stallion.

The Houston native issued a statement to the Houston Chronicle saying she was cancelling her concert "out of respect" for Houstonians.

Out of respect for the lives lost in Houston earlier this month, I have decided to cancel my show at 713 Music Hall on Dec 3. Houston is still healing, and it's important that our community be given the appropriate time to grieve.

My heart goes out to all the families that are suffering

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during this difficult time.

Megan, who previously performed at the Astroworld Festival in 2019 where three were trampled, was supposed to be one of a dozen performers at the new music venue, 713 Music Hall. Tickets went on sale last month for the concert at the site of the former Barbara Jordan Post Office. This concert was supposed to be one of Megan's first in celebration of her recent graduation from Texas Southern University, where she received a B.S. in health administration degree. The rapper has said that she wants to open a healthcare facility in her hometown.

Other recent successes for Megan include her Grammy nomination for best rap performance for her song "Thot S***", winning three American Music Awards, being named one of Glamour's Women of the Year, dropping a new mix tape, and teaming up with Popeye's for their very own hot sauce.

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CULTURE: HMAAC OPENS APRIL FRAZIER’S FRAME OF REFERENCE INSTALLATION By www.StyleMagazine.com

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he Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) is delighted to present April Frazier’s Frame of Reference Installation, December 3, 2021 through March 5, 2022, The installation is the artist’s photographic journey through time; her reflection on memories and experiences from her family history. With photographs from as early as 1890 to the present, Frame of Reference serves as recognition of the sacrifice and overarching love shown over time that is at the foundation of black families’ accomplishments and survival. The installation begins the museum's emphasis on black families that includes school and

neighborhood programming.

The installation includes portraits from Black Chronicles on loan from Autograph, the London based photographic art institution directed by Mark Sealy MBE, that will be displayed in parallel to Frazier’s work. She uses 16 portraits from Black Chronicles to correspond with images in Frame of Reference to show the universal beauty, style and significance of AfriDescent peoples, and to document black dignity and strength across oceans. As a curated body of work, the addition of these photographs in Frame of Reference contributes to an ongoing process of redressing structural absence within the historical record.

According to HMAAC CEO John Guess, Jr., “We see Frazier’s installation as helping HMAAC to drive home to local individuals and institutions, particularly in neighborhoods of color, the need to see our communities as places worthy of having family histories, and by extension, the need to document neighborhood communities. This is of great interest to HMAAC.” HMAAC Board President Cindy Miles sees Frazier’s work “as freeing family historians like myself to engage in conversation on ways to insure the fabric of family that is so crucial to our identity, is shared as a means of underscoring our common experience in America.”

Frame of Reference is generously sponsored by the Houston Endowment, HEB, and the Board of Directors of the Houston Museum of African American Culture.

April M. Frazier is a documentary and lifestyle photographer from Houston, TX. She is a graduate of Prairie View A&M University receiving a BBA in Management Information Systems and Rice University, with a Master of Business Administration.

April worked in Oil & Gas for fifteen years in various Information Technology roles, including a 10-month expat position in Hamburg, Germany.

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CULINARY: BLESS THE BELLY: ONE OF THE BIGGEST INFLUENCERS

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he year 2020 was filled with mass isolation and not being in the loop with things, especially the food loop. While opting for chain restaurants and fighting for food in the grocery store became so depressing, social media became a directory for food.

Now in 2021, we learned how to eat with our eyes, and food is no longer just driven by taste but is an experience. One of the biggest influencers that assisted us in this movement was BlessThaBelly.

A musician at heart, Bless Tha Belly creator Grundy Wiley, found a way to expand his passion through EATERtainment. Grundy, also known as G-Mayniac, is a Houston- native and graduate of Prairie View with a degree in communication and minor political science and behaviors. His creativity when it comes to marketing and food is one of a kind. When you scroll through @Blessthabelly's Instagram it is more than just a food review, it is an experience. Before you know it, you have gone down the

best Instagram wormhole that you don't have to feel guilty about because it's fun!

Food reviews are only one part of the brand, as stated before G-Mayniac is a musician so interviewing celebrities like DaBaby, Slim Thug, and KashDoll, we can see how he can infuse hip hop and food culture. He also has an album called "Foodie Freestyles" featuring songs like "Burgers On My Mind" and "Hood Food". The whole brand is just so much fun and addicting to watch.

Even though he eats all over Houston, G-Mayniac did mention a classic southwest side favorite, Second seafood. He also mentioned The Pit Room, Mr. We Got Wings, Pardi's Food Truck.

If he had to pick a favorite meal to eat, it is breakfast. For breakfast, the first thing that comes to his mind is The Breakfast Klub! Believe it or not, despite the dramatically great food he displays online, he is actually health conscious and highly recommended Sunshine's

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G-Mayniac can be described as humble and personable.

He understands that relationships are worth more than money. Be on the lookout for more from G-Mayniac and the BlessThaBelly brand. There are even talks of a BlessThaBelly experience in the future. That sounds amazing! Please follow @Blessthabelly on Instagram and subscribe to BlessThaBelly YouTube to stay up to date with food reviews and EATERtainment. If you looking for something good to eat, Bless tha Belly will lead the way because he is Bringin' out the FUN in food!

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SPORTS: GOLF PIONEER LEE ELDER, WHO BROKE THE RACE BARRIER AT THE MASTERS, DIES AT 87 By www.StyleMagazine.com

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ee Elder, who was the first Black golfer to play at the Masters, died early Sunday morning at the age of 87.

No cause or details about his death were immediately available, but the PGA Tour said it confirmed Elder's death with his family.

Although there were other professional African American golfers who came before him, Elder made history in 1975, breaking the sport's race barriers when he competed at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia after winning the Monsanto Open, his first pro tournament.

That victory qualified him to play in the prestigious Masters tournament the following year. But even then, it was unclear whether the 40-year-old would be invited to actually play at the famous competition, which had yet to be integrated.

In a 1982 interview with NPR, Elder said that prior to qualifying, several lawmakers had written to the chairman of Augusta on his behalf "asking for a special invitation for me to compete."

While he appreciated the gesture, Elder said he felt that would have been wrong and undermined his abilities and legitimate right to participate. Accepting such an invitation would have been tantamount to "coming in through the backdoor," he said.

Ultimately, he was extended the same invitation as his peers. And, although he didn't go far in the competition, he returned another five times throughout his career, tying for 11th in 1979 to match his best career finish in a major.

"I don't want to go down in history just for this," Elder said, following his breakthrough appearance at the Masters. "I want to be remembered, if I'm remembered at all, because I was a good golfer."

Elder's early life was filled with strife One of 10 children, Elder was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1934. He was taken in by an aunt and moved to Los Angeles after his parents died when he was 9.

By the time he was about 16, he was on his own.

He became interested in golf after returning to Texas as a boy, he told NPR. "I used to live near a golf course and I used to see the people hitting the balls ... and it kind of fascinated me, so I decided I would start caddying," he recalled.

But as he grew older, and dreamed of a professional golf career as a Black man, Elder realized he needed to get out of Texas.

"As a matter of fact, we could not even play in Texas at that time," he said. "Prior to 1954, the golf course was still segregated, so we could not play on any of the public facilities."

Elder turned pro in 1959, joining the United Golf Association, a tour specifically for African American golfers who were prohibited from the PGA Tour due to its "Caucasian only" clause.

Nearly a decade later, Elder earned his PGA Tour card in his first attempt in 1968, and in that first full year he tied the legendary Jack Nicklaus for first

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Lee Elder watches the flight of his ball as he tees off in the first round of play at the Masters in Augusta, Ga., on April 10, 1975. Photo: AP place in the American Golf Classic, before losing in "the stares are always there." sudden death. He would go on to win four PGA Tour Longtime friends and peers react to news of events and eight PGA Championship titles on the his death 50-and-older senior circuit.

Elders was one of the three honorary starters Racism dogged Elder throughout his career — alongside Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player — in Over the years, Elder recounted the blatant and the ceremonial first shots to begin the 2021 Masters undisguised prejudice he faced throughout his career. tournament earlier this year.

Although he was in poor health and walked Leading up to his historic appearance at the Masters, Elder said he received up to 100 death threats. onto the course wearing an oxygen tube, the 86-year "I was scared to death," he told an audience old was deeply moved by the recognition.

37 years later.

"For me and my family, I think it was one In fact, he was so shaken that Elder moved of the most emotional experiences that I have ever between two different rented houses during that week in witnessed or been involved in," he later said.

1975, so that the bigots who had sent menacing letters "Lee Elder was a pioneer in so many ways," and made vile phone calls to his home wouldn't be able Nicklaus wrote on Twitter. "Yes, he was the first black to track him down. golfer to play in the Masters, but that simply underAnother time, less terrifying but nonetheless lined the hard work Lee put in to further the cause of humiliating, he was forced to change in the parking everyone who has a dream to play on the PGA Tour lot of a Pensacola country club because Black players and thinks there were too many barriers before them." were not allowed in the locker room.

Fred Ridley, chairman of Augusta National Other great professional African American Golf Club and the Masters, called Elder "a true pioneer players preceded him, including Charlie Sifford — the in the game of golf." first African American golfer to earn a PGA Tour card "We are deeply saddened to learn of the pass— Howard Wheeler, Bill Spiller and Ted Rhodes, who ing of Lee Elder," Ridley said in a statement. had tutored him to become a better player. They had "Lee was an inspiration to so many young men truly suffered the brunt of the most brutal racism in the and women of color not only through his play, but also sport, he told NPR. through his commitment to education and community.

"But it still exists today," he said in 1982.

Lee will always be a part of the history of the Masters "Some of the areas we go in, it's pretty bad. Tournament. His presence will be sorely missed, but Especially at the country clubs," he explained. "It's hard his legacy will continue to be celebrated." to go to a country club, especially where no Blacks have ever played even though there may be quite a number For more information visit of Blacks in the community. They are not members of the country club and have not played on that particular golf course."

In locker rooms or the clubhouse, he added,

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