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JACKSONIAN QUINCY MUKORO

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s the first generation of his family to live in America and the president of his own company, Quincy Mukoro, 33, has had an interesting journey to Mississippi.

After his father, Dr. Saliba Mukoro, attempted to overthrow the Nigerian ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, in 1990, the government threw a young Mukoro, his mother, Dorah Mukoro, and his immediate family members into prison for roughly a year, though his father was able to flee. “That forced us to have to grow up at a young age very quickly,� Mukoro says. “Once you have been through that kind of adversity at a young age, you try to find out the person you are really supposed to be.�

Three Nigerian presidencies later, a distant cousin of Saliba became president and pardoned he and his family. Mukoro’s mother and father chose to live in Nigeria, but he decided to leave for the United States.

A Huntsville, Texas, native, Mukoro attended the University of Mississippi, where he received a bachelor’s degree in political science in 2004. After attending Ole Miss, Quincy attended Mississippi State University and earned a master’s degree in public policy and administration in 2007, moving to the Jackson area later that year.

From 2007 to 2014, Mukoro served as the director of government affairs for the Mississippi Municipal League, a private nonprofit

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organization that lobbies for municipalities with state, federal and private entities. Mukoro says his employment there assisted him in forming his own business, The Octagon Group, which he began focusing on full-time in January 2014.

Based in Jackson, The Octagon Group handles both business development and government relations, concentrating on county and city governments. On the governmentrelations side, the company lobbies on behalf of associations, private interests and local government entities for the protection of revenue.

In business development, it represents privatesector clients that want to provide services to cities and towns.

Mukoro says connections from Mississippi State have helped him maintain strong ties in local government, and The Octagon Group is always willing to work with businesses, even those that might not be as well funded. “We see the greater good in those issues,� he says.

Mukoro and his wife, Christina, married in August 2014 and have an 8-year-old daughter, Cayden, from his first marriage. His hobbies are golfing, traveling and spending time with his family. He says that if an opportunity ever arose for him to run for a local political office, he would pursue it if his wife supported the decision. “My wife has really focused me,â€? he says. â€œâ€Ś I feel now that I have a reason bigger than myself to do what I do.â€? —Guy King

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by Imani Khayyam

6 Waiting on SCOTUS

Mississippi lesbians celebrate love in “L Word Mississippi� as the LGBT community awaits word from the nation’s highest court about the future of marriage equality.

24 Get ‘Caught’

“I’ve learned that whatever is done in the dark is going to come to light, and I learned that doing illegal things, whatever they may be, is not worth it. Not only do you get a conviction behind your name, but you also do your time in prison, you come home, and you’re on probation, and you’re this felon.� —Janice Singleton, “Learn from Getting ‘Caught’�

25 Self-Made Songstress Elle Carpenter gets to do what she loves.

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EDITOR’S note

by Micah Smith, Music Editor

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hen I was younger, Father’s Day was sort of a “non-holiday� for me, like Flag Day or Arbor Day. You may have more reverence for those now, but when you’re a kid, those days sort of come and go without much thought. While I love my dad and get along well with him, I have always been a terrible gift-giver.

Most years, my wife spends hours scouring the Internet for her dad’s gift, trying to hit that perfect mark of both functional and thoughtful, and I typically end up scratching my head for gift ideas, saying, “Well, was the gift card I got my dad last year from Best Buy or Barnes & Noble?� But before you grab the pitchfork that you reserve for stabbing terrible sons, I should tell you a bit about my dad and why giving has always been about more than gifts for my family.

My dad and I share many things, including an eerily similar speaking voice, but he, unlike me, is an excellent gift-giver. In fact, he specifically picked out the two possessions I value most in the world—my electric guitar and my acoustic guitar—because each time, he thought, “That’s something Micah would like.� I’m sure I’m not the only person to receive an electric guitar for Christmas.

I’m willing to bet that more than a few Jacksonians have instruments currently collecting dust. But my acoustic guitar is a different story.

Growing up, I had no shortage of instruments to piddle around on. My dad played drums all through college, so we had this great big set upstairs in what, at some point, transformed from a living room into my music room. Against one wall, we had a keyboard, which definitely hadn’t aged quite as well as the drums, and against another we had a collection

of guitars that my dad had amassed over the years.

I played around on drums, an instrument at which I’m currently decent, and I spent hours playing bass guitar, which I’m much better at, and days and days playing my dad’s old Fender Mustang. I started my first band, which I won’t name here out of embarrassment, with that guitar, even though it didn’t sound particularly good.

Or was it that I didn’t sound good?

Now that I’m older, practicing guitar in the music room at my own house and hopefully writing better songs than I did at 14, my dad still says that, and I believe it. For most of my life, if I’ve told him I had a show, he would be there. If I told him that I was going into the studio, he would try to give me money, even if he didn’t have that much to give. It’s one of the best qualities about my dad.

Yes, he’s a good gift-giver. First and

“You’ll never have a bigger fan than me,� he would say.

I also wrote some of my first songs on that guitar, which eventually inspired my dad to buy me my acoustic, which I still own and play regularly. That guitar only made me want to write music more, so I would sprawl out paper and chord charts in the music room and write.

My dad would walk up the stairs and ask me to play him something, and I would clam up and hide the yellow legal pad I’d been writing terrible lyrics on. And despite the fact that I would almost always turn him away without playing him my latest sure-fire hit, my dad would always walk up the stairs to hear what I was simultaneously proud and embarrassed about. “You’ll never have a bigger fan than me,� he would say.

foremost, though, he’s a giver.

Whether it’s his time or his support, my dad has always been the first to give both at a moment’s notice. I can’t even tell you how many times he’s had to drop what he was doing to meet with someone struggling through a hard time. As I said, I’m terrible at giving gifts, which unfortunately is just how I’m wired, but that doesn’t mean that I’m terrible at giving.

I appreciate the presents my dad has bought me in the past, of course, but when it comes down to it, I’d rather hang out with him. I’d rather thank him for showing me the kind of person I want to be. The kind that my family, my friends and my neighbors know they can rely on, whether they’re facing a personal crisis or

just need a couch moved from one room to the next.

Flipping through this issue, you’ll find stories about “Guys We Love,� many of whom have won awards for their work, earned accolades for their art or are just generally cool people. But if you’ve picked up a copy of the Jackson Free Press in the past, you know what topic is constantly on our minds. Hint: It’s the first word of our name.

At its core, “Guys We Love� has always been a tribute to Jackson’s givers, whether it’s mixed martial arts trainer Marshall Thompson Jr. encouraging everyone who steps into his gym, gardener Felder Rushing cultivating a love of Mississippi’s natural beauty, or hair stylist Brandon Young improving a person’s day by improving their self-image.

These men work toward enriching the lives of each Jacksonian they come in contact with in their treatment of and regard for others.

I realize that I’m luckier than some.

The staff at the Jackson Free Press really cares about our city and actively works to help our neighbors. I get to spend my working days at a business that fosters positive change, so it’s on my mind most of the day. Maybe you don’t feel like your job places you in a position that affects Jackson. But I encourage you to read the articles in this issue, each written with the hope that it will enrich someone’s life, and consider the ways that you can use your gifts to give back. We live in a great city, not because of what came before, but because of what the people here are doing here today. I guarantee that Jackson will never have bigger fans than Jacksonians.

Micah Smith is the music editor of the Jackson Free Press. Email him at micah@ jacksonfreepress.com.

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Monday, June 15 Rachel Dolezal resigns as president of the NAACPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spokane chapter just days after her parents said she is a white woman posing as black.

Tuesday, June 16 Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s military this year alone will receive more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of piercing any missile defenses.

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ameron Stewart and Amber Cameron have been together five and a half years. About a year ago, the couple had a backyard wedding ceremony with vows and commitmentsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but because they live in Mississippi they could not get a license. Now, however, the couple is anticipating that the U.S. Supreme Court may legalize same-sex marriage this month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to camp out at the courthouse,â&#x20AC;? Cameron said.

The couple lives in the small town of Lumberton with their two kids, both from Amberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s previous relationships. Their story came to life in â&#x20AC;&#x153;L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin,â&#x20AC;? a film that first aired last August on Showtime.

On Saturday night, Stewart and Cameron crammed together with other cast members and about 60 Mississippians in a ballroom in the Jackson Hilton penthouse.

They were there to show their support for the film that displayed life of the LGBT community in the Southâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;specifically lesbians. GLAAD hosted the screening, and all four of the featured couples in the film came to watch and discuss LGBT progress since the documentary came out.

The screening was more like a live theater production, as cast members reacted to themselves and their friends, laughing and sharing inside jokes or sneering at a pastor teaching congregants to â&#x20AC;&#x153;pray away the gayâ&#x20AC;? in the film.

The film itself is pretty serious, detailing how the church, family members, laws and communities can create hostile envi-

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In the spirit of #AskRachel, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to start vetting folks by asking them to answer questions that only real Jacksonians know the answers to.

ronments, hindering these couples from living normal lives in Mississippi. The cast portrays their relationships and the consequences of living in Mississippi, where families often shun them and friends shame them on Facebook.

a Harris poll the organization conducted to gauge public opinion about the LGBT community. The poll revolved around comfort levels, asking 2,300 Americans questions like â&#x20AC;&#x153;How comfortable do you feel attending a same-sex wedding?â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;How comfortARIELLE DREHER

Thursday, June 11 An Ohio judge says thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probable cause to charge two Cleveland police officers with murder, involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide or dereliction of duty in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice last November. â&#x20AC;Ś More than 2,000 third-graders pass Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reading test when they take it a second time, leaving about 3,400 students statewide at risk of failing.

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those numbers rose to more like two out of three people in the South.â&#x20AC;?

GLAAD advocates for the LGBT community in the media. Part of GLAADâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purpose in coming to the South was to engage the LGBT communities and listen to couples share their stories in order to â&#x20AC;&#x153;accelerate acceptanceâ&#x20AC;? where it is most needed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know that the way that you move acceptance forward is by meeting somebody whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LGBT or hearing someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal story,â&#x20AC;? Ellis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sinâ&#x20AC;? does exactly that. The film won the GLAAD Media Award for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Outstanding Documentaryâ&#x20AC;? in 2015, and Jaimie Cohen, the field producer on the project, accepted the award Saturday night.

After the screening, some cast members shared what has happened in their lives since filmingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;10 months later.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Burden Is Liftedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; After the film came out, other lesbians in Lumberton and couples began to come out to Amber and Cameron. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing for our town,â&#x20AC;? Stewart said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are asked a lot for advice from other couples.â&#x20AC;?

One cast member, Brandiilyne Dear, said that while the LGBT community is winning, there is still work to be done. Even if the Supreme Court rules in favor of marriage equality, the battles will continue in Mississippi. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We run the risk of getting married then losing our job or losing our housing, or we still canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t adopt children,â&#x20AC;? Dear said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just scratched the surface, and I hope people are not like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to keep them educated and motivated.â&#x20AC;?

Jana Haynesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; struggle in the documentary was coming out to her mother. Since the film aired, her secret was out, and Jana finally

had a long conversation with her mother. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since the movie, there has been a transformation in my relationship that my mother and I have,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The burden is lifted.â&#x20AC;?

Several members of the cast spoke on a panel following the screening, discussing the climate for the LGBT community in Mississippi today. Dear started her own church since her old church community denounced her (after the pastor publicly outed her).

Dear said that the cast is now a family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My favorite thing from this documentary is the connections and the relationships we have (now),â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We spend a lot of time together.â&#x20AC;?

Some of the cast even flew out to Palm Springs for Dearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marriage to her partner, Susan Mangum, earlier this year. The couple lives in Laurel, and since filming, have continued to build the Dandelion Project, an advocacy and outreach organization that

provides resources to the LGBT community in Mississippi. Dear said the climate for the LGBT community in Mississippi seems to be changing rapidly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe the new mindset is greater than the oldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even in our churches,â&#x20AC;? Dear said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The setbacks are becoming fewer.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re winning.â&#x20AC;?

A federal mandate legalizing same-sex marriage, which could be handed down as early as this week, would be one victory the state of Mississippi thus far has denied its citizens.

Haynes said progress is slower because of people like her (or at least who she was in the film) who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come out. One bad experience with a member of the LGBT community can become the face of the whole movement, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re winning, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a long, long road.â&#x20AC;?

Read more about the LGBT community in Mississippi at www.jfp.ms/lgbt.

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mentally ill prisoners. MTC also said the facility is safe, secure, clean and accredited by the American Correctional Association. In addition, the prison has eliminated long-term segregation and high-security-risk prisoners.

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egal advocates for prisoners in Mississippi say the state has failed to follow through on promises to create better conditions at Walnut Grove Correctional Facility and that attempts to address safety concerns at Walnut Grove, which started out as a youth prison, have spurred violence at other prisons.

Jody Owens, managing attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mississippi office, said Wilkinson County Correctional Facility in Woodville is now the most violent prison in the state.

The problems at Wilkinson County are a direct result of the Mississippi Department of Correctionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; response to a 2012 federal court settlement at Walnut Grove that required MDOC to improve conditions and reduce violence at the facility.

In response, MDOC slashed the population of Walnut Grove by one-third. Wilkinson County is one of the prisons where close-custody prisoners were sent in what Owens characterizes as a smoke-and-mirrors move to make MDOC appear as if the agency was complying with the Walnut Grove order. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we look at this whack-a-mole, we have to ask ourselves what is the root the problems,â&#x20AC;? Owens said.

In his opinion, the root is in the arrangement between MDOC and the private companies it hires to run the facilities. One of those companies, Centerville, Utah-based Management & Training Corporation, holds four such contracts, including for Walnut Grove and Wilkinson County. MTC also runs prisons in Marshall and Lauderdale counties; Correctional Corporation of America holds one contract, for Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility.

Management & Training Corp., which manages the prison, said in a statement that the company and MDOC has made good-faith efforts to address issues raised in the consent decree, including removing children and seriously

U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves recently ruled that the Mississippi Department of Corrections still has a ways to go in cleaning up Walnut Grove prison and left a consent decree in place so that a court could monitor MDOCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progress.

judge this spring to lift the court order. In an ordered handed down last week, U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves wrote that prisonersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rights continued to be exposed to â&#x20AC;&#x153;current and ongoing violations.â&#x20AC;?

Reeves heard arguments in April in a case over a federal consent decree at Walnut Grove, which a private prison company manages on behalf of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

The judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s order, issued June 10, leaves the consent decree in place.

In its defense, MDOC argued that Walnut Grove has since cleaned up its act since the 2010 lawsuit was filed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the same facility I found when I arrived,â&#x20AC;? Lepher Jenkins, who took over as warden at Walnut Grove after a July 2014 uprising that sent a number of prisoners to the hospital, testified during the hearing.

Attorneys for prisoners, from the ACLU National Prison Project and the Southern Poverty Law Center, said the conditions that first brought the lawsuit persist. Owens points to a number of â&#x20AC;&#x153;spiceâ&#x20AC;? (synthetic marijuana) overdoses at Walnut Grove in the weeks before hearing.

During the hearing, two prisoners testified about what they called unsafe conditions at Walnut Grove and the mistreatment of inmates by MDOC officials. This treatment continued during their time in custody at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in early April, when plaintiffs argued their case. The defendant, MDOC, put on its case three weeks later.

Judge Reeves, in his ruling, agreed with the plaintiffs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know that most prisoners do not die in prison; they serve their sentences and are subsequently released.

How they are treated while in prison affects how they will reintegrate into society upon their release. As such, public confidence in our criminal justice and public safety systems is vital,â&#x20AC;? he wrote.

MDOC has not indicated whether the agency will appeal Reevesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; decision. With another SPLC lawsuit pending against East Mississippi Correctional Facility in Meridian, Owens said it would be in the best interests of the agency to negotiate rather than fighting the lawsuits in court. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to find a way to avoid litigation we would hope the state would be responsible,â&#x20AC;? Owens said.

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Special Ed Groups on the Fence about Initiative 42

by Arielle Dreher

even affluent ones. Matt Nalker is the executive director of ARC Mississippi, which serves people with developmental and intellectual disabilities throughout the state.

He points out that funding for special education has never been fully funded nationally since Congress passed the Rehabilitation Act in 1973.

By contrast, Wendell Hutchinson, an attorney at Disability Rights Mississippi said nonprofits such as his organization, the Mississippi Center for Justice and the Southern Poverty Law Center are among the only organizations that actively litigate IDEA cases in the state.

Hutchinson said many cases can be ARIELLE DREHER

James A. Keith presents the argument for Adrian Shipman to the Mississippi Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 9.

Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975 that was amended to become IDEA in 1997 to require public schools to develop Individualized Education Programs or IEPs for all eligible children with disabilities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our students that we care most deeply about have never been fully funded and are always in need of resources,â&#x20AC;? Nalker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our concern is to fully fund special education as well. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t push us to the back burner.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Who Is Going to Benefit?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Funded mandate or not, public schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; challenges complying with special education regulations and laws has brought about legal scrutiny in districts including Jackson Public Schools, Madison County, Quitman and Holmes. The costs school districts have spent on attorneys to fight these cases is another cause for pause for special-needs families when it comes to getting behind Initiative 42.

resolved without legal action and involve an advocate in on the IEP meeting with the family and informing families of their rights. (He has four advocates on his education team.) When this doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resolve the issue, then Hutchinson will file a complaint or a request for a due-process hearing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think what would be great and more efficient is if the state provided funding to the nonprofit agencies to provide those services to parents,â&#x20AC;? Hutchinson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That would enable agencies to hire more attorneys and advocates to do what they are already doing.â&#x20AC;?

With such limited options for families, even if a family could afford their own lawyer, few law firms in the state are well-versed enough or willing to represent these families. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have not been able to find attorneys in private practice to do that kind of representation, and we have diligently looked for it for three years,â&#x20AC;? Hogge said.

It upsets Mandy Rogers that school districts can obtain outside counsel and pay

for their own legal representation, while groups like Disability Rights Mississippi are supporting families for free.

Rogers lives in Madison County and raised two boys who went through specialeducation programs in private then public schools back in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Her youngest son exited in 2008, but Rogers remains a vocal and influential champion for students with special needs, and opposes Initiative 42.

Her reasoning stems from patterns she found after filing records requests with school districts to find out how much they were spending on litigation defense in IDEA cases. Rogers found that school districts were spending large amounts on legal feesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;instead of just paying to provide the families with the educational programs they were asking for.

She points to Jim Keith, the attorney representing an Oxford woman in a lawsuit over the Republican-crafted proposed alternative to Initiative 42 known as 42A. After Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd rewrote 42A, Mississippi House of Representatives Speaker Philip Gunn and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves appealed to the Mississippi Supreme Court, which is expected to rule any day on whether Kidd had the authority to rewrite the Legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alternative.

Rogers said fully funding MAEP will just mean school districts will spend more money on administrators and attorneys like Keith to fight special education lawsuits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If this initiative passes, who is going to benefit?â&#x20AC;? Rogers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Will it be attorneys representing school districts?â&#x20AC;?

Political Influence That special-needs families are sitting on the sidelines in the Initiative 42 controversy is especially important given the political influence these parents have gained in Mississippi over the years.

One notable example came in the most recent legislative session, when advocates for special-education funding won a legislative battle with the passage of the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act. Under the law, which Gov. Phil Bryant signed in April and takes effect on July 1, allows families who have a student with an active IEP to apply for an Education Scholarship Account.

Sponsored by Sen. Nancy Collins, R-Tupelo, the program provides families $6,500 for the 2015-2016 school year to transfer their child to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;nonpublic school,â&#x20AC;? using the funds for tuition, textbooks and PRUH ,1,7,$7,9( VHH SDJH

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nitiative 42, the citizen-supported ballot measure to fully fund Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s publicschool system, boasts of having a broad coalition of support. However, a vocal and influential blocâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;parents of special-needs children and groups advocating for themâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fully convinced that the initiative will be good for their kids and, for the time being, are remaining neutral as legal and political battle lines harden.

Joy Hogge is the executive director of Families as Allies, a statewide organization that supports families with members who have mental-health challenges. Her group is not taking a public stance on Initiative 42, a constitutional ballot question that will be put to voters in the fall.

Hogge said the initiativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outcomes might affect families differently, depending on the school district in which they live and whether the district has a good track record on complying with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA. With more information about what guaranteed funding will mean for IDEA families, Families as Allies could publicly support Initiative 42, Hogge said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our main goal is to make sure families have the information they need to make an informed choice for whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on for their child,â&#x20AC;? she told the Jackson Free Press.

Last fall, a coalition of public-school advocates successfully filed 116,570 valid signatures to put Initiative 42 on the November 2015 ballot. Their aim was to neutralize the Mississippi Legislature, which almost never follows the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, which lawmakers created in 1997 to establish a baseline of funding for public education. If Initiative 42 is successful, the benefits will trickle down to all students, supporters say.

Among those supporters is Oleta Fitzgerald, the southern-regional office director of the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Defense Fund, who said that ideally the Legislature would follow MAEP, but because they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, it seems that a constitutional amendment is necessary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[P]ublic education is the only thing that can help lift hundreds of poor children out of poverty so that they will not have to be dependent on social services to survive,â&#x20AC;?

Fitzgerald said.

Fitzgerald acknowledges that Initiative 42 wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a cure-all and that there will be more work to be do in school districts to ensure more funding translates into a higher quality of education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a juxtaposition because you cannot have enhancement without money, but money is not the whole answer,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Special education has always been a challenge for school districts in the state,

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TALK | politics

Sheriff: Crime Has No Boundaries

by R.L. Nave

throughout this metro area that has never been formed. We have that relationship with the Rankin County sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office, the Madison County sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office and the Jackson

governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office to help fund the MACE project. We are working on some external funding to go along with that process.

There was little very training prior to this administration coming in. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make anybody stay here, but I can advise people to the structures and the policies and procedures. There are people who just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to adapt to change and follow the policies and procedures.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your elevator pitch for a second term?

We want to finish what we started. I made some commitments, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been able to fill those commitments that we made in 2011. Of course, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t complete everything in four years, so we want to be able to finish what we started. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to be aggressive on crime. We think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done a good job on that. I promised to be very visible in all four corners of Hinds County. I promised to be very transparent. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done that.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re committed to being good stewards of the taxpayersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dollars, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done that so well that when we first took office we took a $2 million budget cut. And in that budget cut, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t furlough. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lay people off. As a matter of fact, we were able to give the lowest-paid employees, which are our detention officers, a salary increase.

Even with a budget cut, we were still able to bring the sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office up to the 21st century with technology. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve implemented new computers throughout our agency. We have implemented body cams without taxpayer money. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve implemented 233 cameras in the jail. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been able to purchase 70 new vehicles to replace our old fleet, which was costing the taxpayers for service and repairs. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made relationships

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State Rep. David Baria, D-Bay St. Louis, attempted compromise with a bill that would have created a special-needs counsel positioned in the Mississippi Office of Education to provide legal counsel and support to families in IDEA disputes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The districts should be forced to comply with federal and state law, and

the county), I have a responsibility to all the citizens of Hinds County. As far as my billboards, those are paid for by campaign funds and personal money.

You talked about the department being top-heavy, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also heard that there was a lot of institutional wisdom. When you streamlined the department, did you see any aftereffects?

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n â&#x20AC;&#x153;Godfatherâ&#x20AC;? parlance, Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis has gone to the mattresses. To aid in his re-election bid, Lewis, who is seeking a second term as sheriff, recently invited actor Dan Aykroyd, whom Lewis deputized into the reserves in 2014, to town to help him campaign. Lewis, who has been under fire for problems at the Hinds County jail, is fighting off claims of poor management made by his chief rival for the Democratic nomination, Victor Mason.

On June 9, Lewis invited the Jackson Free Press to his office to respond to Mason, explain his famous holiday-themed billboards and say why he deserves to remain the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top law-enforcement officer.

You said that the public perception of more problems is because you pulled the rug back on problems.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still going to remain transparent.

I think being transparent helped in being able to expose the entire jail system and what makes it works, as well as educate the public. So again we uncovered a lot of stuff that the public didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know which we think was bad on one part and bad on the political part.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not exactly a mission from God, but actor Dan Aykroyd recently came to town to help Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; re-election bid.

Police Department. We thought that was important because crime has no boundaries.

Are your billboards a part of your visibility effort? And are they paid for by campaign funds or taxpayer funds?

Chokwe Antar Lumumba is endorsing Victor Mason in part because of what he calls unfulfilled promises from your first campaign. Kamau Franklin, your former campaign manager, has made similar claims about your not fulfilling promises, such as forming a civilian review board. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your response?

Our program is called MACE. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moving forward. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re waiting on some funding to continue to move forward. We have been allotted some $100,000 from the lieutenant

Visibility means is the visibility of the deputies patrolling Hinds County, patrolling areas of the county that they never patrolled before like the city of Jackson.

Being the chief law enforcement officer (in

I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make that promise. There was no need for us to implement a civilian review board. We have an internalaffairs (department) that does all of our investigations when it comes to officer or deputy misconduct. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very satisfied with where we are with our

thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what my bill was all about,â&#x20AC;? Baria said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was to provide families with special-needs children what they need to do battle with a school district that is wrongfully denying a special needs student what the law provides for them.â&#x20AC;?

The bill that passed also states that after the first year, the amount of the scholarship will be pegged to MAEP even though the students may have left the traditional public-school system. Baria said that this is not quite the case. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My understanding is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sepa-

rate appropriation so MAEP is what it is, but we are going to have this other pot of money â&#x20AC;Ś to give grants to people who want to take their kids somewhere else,â&#x20AC;?

Baria said.

Baria was opposed to this bill because it pulls special-needs students out of the publicschool system instead of forcing districts to comply with the law in the first place. He also said that $6,500 is not going to get most of these families what they need.

Beyond the disputes surrounding the new bill, Baria said fully funding MAEP

is in these familiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; best interest. While he understands why parents who have had bad experiences with school districts would be fearful that more money would go to pay lawyers, he thinks ultimately that argument is not well-founded. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are all in this together in the public-school system, and more money allows for more teachers, better classroom instruction, more books and suppliesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and more money to take care of special-needs children,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Baria said special-needs education

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the status of the BRAVE (crime-fighting) program?

Are the stories weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen in the news about detention officersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; misconduct the result of internalaffairs investigations?

Yes. Internal Affairs investigates any misconduct or policies alleged to be broken by employees. They also do criminal investigations as well.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve talked to a number of former jail employees who say, generally speaking, that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve fired a lot of people, which may be to blame for some of the problems we see at the jail. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your response to that?

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we did: Prior to taking office, we did an assessment of the entire sheriff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. We wanted to know how many employees we had. We wanted to know what positions were being held.

What rank was being utilized in the department and how was it being budgeted. Then, we wanted to know where our strengths and weakness were. It was our intent to balance the entire department based on the qualifications, the skill sets and experience. In doing that, we found that this department was top-heavy with about 30 captains that had nobody to answer to them and were making big salaries. That included jail personnel.

My thing was to streamline this department to make it more efficient budget-wise, and that caused us to ask for individuals to reapply. When it came to personnel, the first thing we wanted to do was find out who our people were so we could place them in the positions that were more adequate fits for them and the department. Of course, some did not re-

apply, and that gave us the assumption that they no longer wanted to be employed with the new administration.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where a lot of that comes from when you talk about people being fired.

We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fire a whole lot of people; a lot of people just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reapply. When they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reapply, that means they gave up their jobs.

And left us the accessibility to streamline the department and replace individuals.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heardâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if this is something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard from you or othersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d prefer to have nothing to do with the jail.

Not true. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the sheriff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s responsibility. When I say (the campaign platform) didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include the jail, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include that I could be the (only) person that can fix the jail. If anybody is saying that, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not being truthful. I needed to get here first to do the overall assessment to see, number one, what were the issues in order to bring everyone to the table that makes that jail function.

Was there a sense that you needed to come in and change bad habits?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never said things werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done the right way. I think there was a time for change to be able to build on what was already in place and take it to the next level.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we intended to do and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing.

Did you feel like you needed to be hard on folks?

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being hard on folks. I think any time you have policies and procedures in places, there are consequences in not abiding by them. When you say fire people, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fire people. People fire themselves by not following the policy.

Comment and read more election news at www.jfp.ms/2015elections. Email R.L. Nave at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com.

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Patsy Brumfield, communications director of Better Schools, Better Jobs, said families with children who need special education should support Initiative 42. Passing the measure will ensure that school districts finally have adequate money to have programs to support their children, Brumfield said. She adds that because school boards decide how MAEP

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he LGBT community grows every year during National Coming Out Day. During this day of courage, â&#x20AC;&#x153;hiddenâ&#x20AC;? members of the LGBT community have a chance to reveal their true selves to society and be proud of their sexual orientation. Mostly, this revelation is aimed at family and friends, with the hope of not being judged by the people they care for the most.

This action can provide a sense of weight being lifted from their shoulders.

The older I become, the more I realize â&#x20AC;&#x153;coming outâ&#x20AC;? isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exclusive to our LGBT brothers and sisters but can stretch to many sects of the population. One could use this logic to reveal that he or she identifies with a different political party or religious affiliation. Most people hold religion close to their chests and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t question it, displaying blind loyalty to that practice until death.

That has never been my â&#x20AC;&#x153;style,â&#x20AC;? however. I, to the chagrin of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;powersâ&#x20AC;? that be, always question authority. Religion has been no exception. Why am I a Christian? Are we to still take the Bible literally? What about texts that are clearly outdated? What religion were my ancestors practicing before they were forcibly shipped from West Africa to the United States? Why do most religions, including Christianity, have tyranny and oppression attached to its name?

One may think of me as cantankerous, but that notion is far from the truth. Throughout my 30 years, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve managed to answer questions on my own.

Religion is a beautiful concept. Religion has birthed a great amount of charitable deeds. However, the actions of men practicing said religions are deeply flawed.

After much internal reflection, I decided to have my â&#x20AC;&#x153;coming outâ&#x20AC;? moment in this very column. I can no longer identify myself as a Christian in the traditional sense. As I come to grips with this proclamation, I must ask myself, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, what the hell are you?â&#x20AC;? If I had to categorize my belief, I would say I am an agnostic deist, refusing to place God in one â&#x20AC;&#x153;box.â&#x20AC;? A â&#x20AC;&#x153;deistâ&#x20AC;? believes in a single deity that created the universe but doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interfere, thus allowing the laws of nature and physics run their course. However, the agnostic part of me admits that there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough evidence to be sure about my belief.

I am well aware of how bizarre this may sound to some, including myself at one point in my life. However, I found comfort in my beliefs because I am also aware of what led to this enlightenment. I am a big proponent of science. Science and religion can be a marriage at times; however, science has also refuted religious dogma throughout the centuries. Religion once stated that the Earth was the center of the universe, flat and 6,000 years old. All of these notions, which Christian traditions conceptualized, science has proven factually inaccurate.

So, after establishing organized religionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s habit to sometimes â&#x20AC;&#x153;make stuff up,â&#x20AC;? I opened a Pandoraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Box of questions. Questions such as: What is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;blessing,â&#x20AC;? and why are some able to â&#x20AC;&#x153;receiveâ&#x20AC;? it while others arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. If I were to a miss a flight that crashed and killed everyone on board, is this a blessing? And if so, what about the others who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t suffer massive hangovers and responsibly made their flight on time? What is faith? If Jesus preached the idea of faith, which essentially means believing in the unknown, then why must he perform magic tricks (walking on water) in order to prove he is the son of God? I know, I knowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I tend to go deep down the rabbit hole as it relates to religious traditions. However, my actions are not based on a nefarious motive to disprove religious beliefs. It is simply to ask questions that many of you have.

I saw an article recently that detailed the astronomical rise of â&#x20AC;&#x153;non-Christiansâ&#x20AC;? in this country, in large part due to generational changes. Millennials, such as myself, are not bound to tradition like the generations before us. We are nontraditional and proud of breaking away from whatever people tell us is right.

Dissenters may contend that millennials are stubborn with no sense of tradition. I would counter by stating that we are championing a new era of enlightenment. And by me sharing my story, I hope that my enlightenment serves as a motivation for your own â&#x20AC;&#x153;coming outâ&#x20AC;? narrative. Trust me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth it.

Leslie B. McLemore II is a Jackson native, now in Washington, D.C. He is a proud graduate of Jackson State University, North Carolina Central University School of Law (J.D.) and American University Washington College of Law (LL.M.).

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Time to Rethink Local Policing Strategies

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ast year, Jackson police and the Hinds County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office deployed a Louisiana crimeprevention program, which calls for more community-based policing and was based on the Ceasefire model used in some 50 cities around the country of building relationships with residents and, sometimes, gang leaders.

The B.R.A.V.E. program, adopted from Baton Rouge, started in a section of west Jackson from West Capitol Street to Interstate 20.

Our program, as law enforcement officials described it, was a little different from Baton Rougeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

For one, it was renamed to the much more violentsounding MACE, or Metro Area Crime Elimination. Second, some citizens tell us that MACE is just as much about knocking heads as focusing on so-called quality-of-life issues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quality of lifeâ&#x20AC;? became the centerpiece of the policing strategy in New York City under Police Commissioner William Bratton. Bratton, who returned to lead the NYPD under Mayor Bill de Blasio, is an adherent of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;broken windowsâ&#x20AC;? theory of order maintenance, which academics George Kelling and James Wilson popularized. The NYPD started focusing on curtailing minor crimesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;like misdemeanors like riding bikes on the sidewalk and public urinationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in hopes that it would reduce serious criminal behavior. In so doing, they figured out that a low-level offense was a good reason to pull over someone suspected of being connected to a gang or violent crime. It became a way to get guns

off people in a city where firearms are illegal.

The officials who oversaw MACE in Jackson claim it was a success, lowering crime stats over the last year. But stats are only part of the story. In New York City, quality-of life policing and, later under other commissioners, largely race-based stop-and-frisks, might have lowered the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crime rate but at tremendous costs. The practice violated civil liberties of mostly young men of color, and, as a result, city taxpayers are footing the bill for lawsuits (and settlements).

We have heard similar complaints in west Jackson about MACE and the ubiquity of sirenflashing cop cars and the ramped-up frequency of interactions with law enforcement. This concerns us: The point of Ceasefire programs is to get in front of crimes and prevent them, not to be a new brand of stop-and-frisk. There must be at least as much carrot in the deal for young people as there is stick.

This week, Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis said he is awaiting funding before ratcheting MACE back up. Before that happens, Lewis and Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance should clearly identify the goals and methods of the program and get input from community members.

Above all, the next phase of MACE should follow with its original intent of a long-term partnership between police, neighbors and young people. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only way the program can lower crime without hurting those itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s designed to help.

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n 1998, I met Rachel Dolezal at Voice of Calvary Fellowship, a church in Jackson. We are the same age, and we became friends. She was a direct and serious person, and every aspect of her life seemed to embody deep expression.

Her artwork is impeccable: obviously trained, passionate and personal to her.

I recall one Christmas church service where Rachelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dance performance of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mary Did You Knowâ&#x20AC;? was breathtaking, an evocative expression of Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sacrifice of her son, Jesus.

If this were all America knew about Rachel, we might just ask her a simple question about lying. However, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more to her life. Most if not all of Rachelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artwork and style was and is centered on African or African American culture.

If her breathtaking Christmas dance at church was stylistically Asian, or any of her artwork were European, or if she ever dabbled in Native American pottery, or if her hairstyles werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so â&#x20AC;&#x153;black,â&#x20AC;? we might be able to say she loves all cultures, that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s balanced or impartial.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the case.

When Rachelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story began trending this month, media outlets immediately began shucking the most symmetrical assumptions of race and ethnicity. The headlines ranged from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heroâ&#x20AC;? to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hater.â&#x20AC;? Other headlines included: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rachel Dolezal, Spokane NAACP leader outed as WHITE by her parents,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rachel Dolezal â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Trans-Racialâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Controversy,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The surprising ways Caitlyn Jenner and Rachel Dolezal are now linkedâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Passing for Black.â&#x20AC;? The media began scrutinizing the life of a woman whose asymmetric life has now created a national dialogue on race, ethnicity, identity, altering identity and integrity. Periodically, we hear about her public service or her artistic skill.

When I saw the viral video of her interview, the one she walked out of saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand your question,â&#x20AC;?

I knew immediately that she hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changed much over the years. It would be wrong for me to say she and I were â&#x20AC;&#x153;really closeâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;bestâ&#x20AC;? friends or that we shared deep secrets. However, we have a lot in common. First, we both understand that race in America is anything but symmetrical (i.e. one or the other, black or white, good or bad, right or wrong).

My life is asymmetrical. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t freely offer explanations of the complexities of it, in the same way she does not jump

through hoops to explain hers. If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in a room full of strangers, all black folks (African American, if you prefer), I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t jump for the first opportunity to tell everyone, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, I can relate.â&#x20AC;?

In the same way, if I were in a room with all white folks (Anglo-Saxon/European American, if you prefer), I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t share openly: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey nice to meet you. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m married, and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s black. How are you?â&#x20AC;?

As a former salesman, I was in the business of offering investments and insurance, often earning sales by gaining trust. In spite of the trust I earned from my clients, I offered very little information about myself. I resisted relational transparency with them because many people draw conclusions as quickly as possible, so the fewer questions they can ask, the better. In sales, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible that I benefitted from the omission of my multi-cultural family. One former client was told about my wife, and she lamented, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not so?â&#x20AC;?

Rachel and I, among many others, were both submerged in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Antioch Communityâ&#x20AC;? of Spencer Perkins (deceased) and Chris Rice of the Center for Reconciliation at Duke University. In this intentionally interracial community, breaking down social walls of hostility and pursuing authentic relationships was a common and decisive experience. Neither of us had difficulty interacting with people of other cultures.

From movies, media and social mediaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the platform my generation has relied on for our first introductions to lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big ideasâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that we are not separating race from the discussion of Rachelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s integrity. We as Americans struggle more than ever to articulate the richness of our commitments, according to Robert Bellah in his book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life.â&#x20AC;?

Rachel is one of the casualties of this struggle. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not easy to explain how and why any of us make decisions in life, but as Elvis said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before you abuse, criticize and accuse, walk a mile in my shoes.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrong to expect such an easy explanation from Rachel. If sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given the time, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m certain sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll share her heart. I bet it will be a beautiful thing to see.

Neither of us had difficulty interacting with people of other cultures.

Kass Welchlin lives in Jackson and has been married for 13 years to Cassandra Welchlin. They have three kids.

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My Friend Rachel Dolezal: Walk in Her Shoes

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mixed martial arts champion to a barber who wants to use his skill to help the youth of his community. Each of these men, father or not, makes a difference in our community just doing what they do, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helping people get fit to fighting for social justice or even offering Jacksonians something

as simple as coffee. They are only a few examples of the great men in the Jackson community, but are outstanding ones, nonetheless. Celebrate the important men in our lives this year by getting to know these gentleman.

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ach Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, we present the Guys We Love issue, which highlights men who are making a difference in the community. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s batch is no exception.

In this issue, we have everything from the University of Mississippi Medical Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anesthesiology director to a

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arshall Thompson Jr. wants you to fight your way to a better life. At 34, the Jackson native is the owner of Marshall Arts Mixed Martial Arts Academy (3565 Wheatley St., #5C), a MMA gym and fitness boot camp.

Thompson graduated from Jackson State University in 2004 with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in psychology. In the fall of this year, he plans to attend the university as a doctoral student of clinical psychology.

(JSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program does not require a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree). Thompson says he wants to use his background to help foster better mental health in his community. He believes that issues like obesity can be linked to poor mental health. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only do we need recreational things to do in the community; we have a lot of problems in the community be-

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cause people are not getting the mental help they need,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of the people who need it canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford it.â&#x20AC;?

In 2006, Thompson moved to Washington, D.C., as a kickboxer and amateur mixed martial arts fighter.

Thompson says he started fighting after graduating since he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eligible to play college basketball. He spent his college years working multiple jobs, such as night shifts at United Parcel Service from 2000 to 2007 (he also did them from 2012 to 2014), and he had his own barber business, Cuts on Wheels, on campus while in college. In 2007, he became the World Kickboxing Association amateur MMA champion. He also has a black belt in tai jitsu, which is a combat skill that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use weapons.

In 2013, Thompson moved back to Mississippi and began a mentorship pro-

gram in south Jackson, coaching young men in his community.

In December 2013, he opened his gym, which now has more than 100 members of all ages and physical ability.

He hopes that one day, it will focus on more than just physical exercise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want it to be an active school of performing arts in Jackson, to not only have the boxing, the kickboxing, and all those things, but all the other artsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the dance, acting, theater, everything,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Thompson says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been a helper and a motivator. He wants to encourage people to build new lives for themselves and to take control of their futures. When he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t training or coaching, Thompson likes to visit the Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive, 601-366-6033) and listen to live music, poetry and comedy. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Maya Miller

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elder Rushing has an agenda; he just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want you to notice it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Change the world, not fine-tune it,â&#x20AC;? says the host of Mississippi Public Broadcastingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gestalt Gardener.â&#x20AC;? His yard is a spoil of floral riches: pink roses, old burgundy canna and assorted succulents, to name a few. Bottle treesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;wooden-limbed structures garnished by empty glass bottles where leaves tend to beâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;spot the backyard.

The space, which Rushing has cultivated over 32 years, is a physical testament to his philosophy of slow gardening, an approach he founded. Slow gardening implores gardeners to savor the basic holistic benefits of their time in the yard, like the smell of the flowers, the wonder of the colors and the idiosyncratic traits of each and every plant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I push for garden-variety gardening,â&#x20AC;? Rushing says.

He steers listeners to the wonders of slow gardening with his mellow disposition and convenient gardening suggestions, like, if you have to prune all the time, maybe switch to a more suitable plant, and try gardens that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t require pesticides.

For garden tips of greater magnitude, Rushing practices deconstruction, though environmentally sensible tech-

niques such as slow-drip irrigation and composting can be tough sells to many Mississippians. Denouncing the prim gardening viewpoint is what Rushing has preached since he first moved to Jackson as an Extension Service urban horticulture specialist with Mississippi State University, where he received a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in horticulture and a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of education.

Both of Rushingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents were avid gardeners, but the retired horticulture professor, world-traveling lecturer and author of 18 gardening books, credits his great-grandmother with shaping his lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passion. Growing up in Indianola, a young Rushing his grandmother made him smell the daffodils in her garden. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, each time I smell them, I become a kid again and think of home and her,â&#x20AC;? he says.

The importance of smell, of enjoying the simple pleasures of plants is a lesson Rushing passed on to his own two children, Ira and ZoĂŤ, in their youth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I made my daughter smell a Magnolia tree every time we passed one,â&#x20AC;? Rushing says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That way, no matter where she is, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll think of me; sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll think of home.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Brian Gordon

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aymond â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rayâ&#x20AC;? Horn says that while most people use hot water to make coffee, his motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way of making coffee was to keep it in the refrigerator in an old whiskey bottle until it was cold. Now, it is the same process the New Orleans native uses to make his brand of coffee, Mississippi Cold Drip Coffee and Tea Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;minus the whiskey bottle, of course.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being from New Orleans, it gives me a love for both food and beverage, and we like our coffee very strong,â&#x20AC;? Horn says.

Horn, 55, has been in the food business since he was 16 years old. He was a chef at Cowboy Way Barbecue in Palm Springs, Calif., and has owned a series of restaurants in places such as New Orleans.

While living in California, Horn found it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the easiest place to find a good cup of joe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Ś So I started making it,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would let my friends and coworkers try it because they hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really had cold brewed coffee, and they suggested I try selling it.â&#x20AC;?

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Raymond Horn The process of making the coffee in cold water lowers the acidity and allows it to retain more caffeine. Horn allows the coffee to steep in a large pot for about 24 hours before grinding the spices down and filtering it. It can be served either hot or cold, and his Chai tea has a blend of spices such as cardamom, ginger, cinnamon and clove, to name a few. Each spice is used to give the beverages a kick of flavor. Some of his famous coffee and Chai blends are the Ray Au Lait, Mississippi Mocha, Mil St. Vanilla, Chai and Control Yourself, and Dirty Chai, which is a mix of coffee and Chai tea. His product can be found in farmers markets and at festivals in Livingston in Madison County, Madison, Clinton and Brandon as well. Horn says his next venture for Mississippi Cold Drip and Tea Company are drinkables that his customers can enjoy on the go.

Horn says Cold Dripâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new location in midtown offers a great place for him to start the growth of business and helps cater to his demographic of students, artists and lovers of coffee. He says the experience of getting started with a farmers market, Millsaps College and Midtown Partners has not only made him feel welcome in the Jackson business community, but that he is a part of something fresh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new and exciting thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll continue to grow and inspire and motivate other entrepreneurs,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All it takes is to act on one idea.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Deja Harris

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n the third grade, Adofo Minka found a book in the library of his school, Northview Elementary School in Jennings, Mo. Susan Altmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Extraordinary Black Americans: From Colonial to Contemporary Timesâ&#x20AC;? (Scholastic Library Publishing, 1989, $9) featured names of important African Americans that mainstream history washes over: Marcus Garvey, Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, Fannie Lou Hamer, Sojourner Truth and Ida B. Wells. Minka says the book sparked his consciousness.

Minka, whose birth name is Bryan Weaver, adopted his African name as an affirmation of his cultural identity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;... I felt that it was culturally incorrect to have a European name when my ancestors did not originate from Europe,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Through his studies of Malcolm Xâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s autobiography and speeches, he says he found a deeper understanding of the African people in America. He learned about

how names were imposed on Africans once they were enslaved and sold. In many instances, the names the African carried before their enslavement were lost. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I figured although I may not be readily able to find out ... the name my ancestors had before being brought to America, at least I can adopt a name from an African ethnic group that identifies attributes and characteristics that I would like to live up to,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adofo Minka is a name from the Akan people in Ghana West Africa and literally means â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;a brave person who loves.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

After he graduated from ASU, in 2009 with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in history, Minka attended law school at St. Louis University and finished in 2012. That summer, he married Shanina Carmichael and moved to Jackson, where he worked as a clerk for Lumumba & Freelon Associates, the law practice of late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba.

Minka has been practicing law for a little over a year. He works criminal cases and a few civil cases.

Minka, 28, often misses St. Louis and worries about his 2-year-old son, Amari Chike Adisa Minka, who rarely gets to see his grandparents, but when he thinks about his mission, he remembers why he must stay in Jackson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We continue to draw the conclusion,â&#x20AC;? Minka says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;that it is worth being here because of the work that needs to be done in Jackson and the type of oppression that is evident in (the state). We have seen in Missouri that the oppression is heavy there, but I believe that Mississippi is one of the places that the backbone of oppression can be broken.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Zachary Oren Smith

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was aiming for the highest I could get, and I worked hard for it,â&#x20AC;? Merghani says of the test.

His hard work paid off.

During his senior year, he received the highest score of

all the students who took the test that year.

Merghaniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dedication to his academics extends past the classroom. In June, he will begin an internship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he will participate in MIT Summer Research Program. While there, he will have the opportunity to do research to help further develop the technology for computers to understand human language.

For his career path, Merghani wants to work further with research either in the field or a school setting. As a second-language English speaker, his work could help others like him as he develops better computer-human interaction and machine learning, a field of study that aims to give computers the ability to learn without explicit programming. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Siri needs some work,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It should not only be English, but it should have endless dialects and better user perspective for someone who really needs the language.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emerald Alexis Ware

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hinking of some of the difficulties he faced in coming to America, student Taha Merghani, 21, recalls his school days in Sudan. His English teachers never lived in an English-speaking country. Though his tutors might have only known broken English and his family was reluctant, that did not stop Merghani from being brave enough to come to America to pursue higher education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(My family) said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re too young,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; (but) when they saw my determination they were like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;OK yeah, we really wish you the best we can support you and your dreams,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Merghani says.

He is a junior at Jackson State University, where he is studying to receive a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in computer engineering. At the start of his application process, Merghani sought help from the U.S. Embassyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ambassadors in Sudan, who became mentors for him. After JSU offered him a full scholarship, studying in Mississippi was the obvious choice.

For Merghani, a full scholarship is not even his most prestigious achievement. Similar to the ACT or SAT, in Sudan, the senior high-school students take a nationwide standardized test called the National Board Examination.

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Mack came to Jackson in 1996 to go to pharmacy school at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and finished in 2005. He completed his residency at UMMC in 2010. He says it was a challenge to complete all of his education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The teachers here in Jackson in medical school and pharmacy school have inspired me to not give up,â&#x20AC;? Mack says.

Although Jackson isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly as small as Belzoni, Woo says he still feels a sense of community in the capital city.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love the people; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big family,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a community and we look out for each other, just like the Delta.â&#x20AC;?

He likes to know that he gives back to the city of Jackson, not only through anesthesiology, but also by training future physicians. The professor mentors high school and college student from all over Mississippi.

Mack credits Jackson as a major part of his life because he met his wife, Samantha Woo, who owns Woo Couture. They have two children, Samuel and Matthew.

Woo says he has given so much to the community of Jackson because the city has contributed to his life. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Joshua C. Clayton

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ften, people do not figure out what their profession will be before they graduate from high school. That was not the case for barber Brandon Young. At 12 years old, he grew tired of the bowl cut his dad, Nathaniel Young, forced on him, so he got a pair of clippers and gave himself a new haircut. Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad noticed his skill and began letting him cut peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hair for extra money.

Sixteen years later, the Chicago native has made a name for himself in Jackson.

Young, 28, graduated from the Academy of Hair Design in 2014 and has spent the last year working as a barber at Uptown Hair Studio. For him, the atmosphere of the hair studio is like a family, but his clients may see his barber chair as more of a therapistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s couch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anytime I have a client in my chair, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a story to tell an improvement on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives, and they come back and tell me, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I took that advice you gave me and it worked,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Young says.

His workstation is not only therapeutic for his clients but for himself, also.

When it comes to cutting hair, Young steps behind the chair, puts on his headphones and â&#x20AC;&#x153;gets in the zone,â&#x20AC;? he says. He specializes in designs, so when given the chance, he freestyles and gives his clients styles with details such as portraits or abstract designs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been an artist (doing art) like painting and (have always) been artistically inclined,â&#x20AC;? Young says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of it is artwork to me.â&#x20AC;?

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His plan will help engage young people by allowing them to work in the barbershop and by giving them a mentor. Some might think that saving youth is a tall order for a barbershop, but Young understands the power of a haircut. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something about a haircut that just changes a person,â&#x20AC;? Young says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They may not be in the best mood but, after a haircut, you see them walk off with a change in their attitude.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emerald Alexis Ware

rom playing football and baseball to working as a news anchor and reporter for 16 WAPT News, Scott Simmons, 49, dedicates himself to Jackson.

Simmons, a Jackson native, attended Wilkins Elementary School and Peeples Junior High School. He played while attending Wingfield High School and played first baseman and outfielder while at Hinds Community College. After Hinds, he continued his studies at the University of Mississippi, where he earned a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in communications with an emphasis in radio and television.

After graduating from college in 1988, Simmons began his journalistic career as a reporter for WCBI, in Columbus, Miss. In 1989, he moved to Lafayette, La., to work for KATC. After leaving Lafayette, he worked with WDSU in New Orleans for 11 years. While there, Simmons was one of the lead reporters covering the investigation and court trials of former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards.

He also covered Louisianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s video-poker industry and a federal sting into the Mafia. He moved back to Jackson in 2003 and imme-

diately began working with WAPT. Simmons, who has appeared on NBC News, MSNBC and CNN for his coverage of several hurricanes, is the father of two children, a 14-year-old daughter, Emilia, and a 10-year-old son, Evan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My daughter Emilia has autism,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She reminds me everyday of what to be thankful for, and she is amazing.â&#x20AC;?

In his non-working time, Simmons says he goes to the gym, attends Ole Miss games and raises his kids. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you have two kids, there is not much time for any other hobbies,â&#x20AC;? the news anchor says.

He has won four Emmys. One of his Emmys was awarded in 2005 for his coverage on Hurricane Katrina. Among his numerous other awards, he was Associated Pressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; News Person of the Year in Mississippi in 2004, and he was a 2015 nominee for Associated Press Best TV News Anchor and Associated Press Best TV Reporter in Mississippi. But those donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to faze him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Awards make great paper weights,â&#x20AC;?

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The director of medical students for anesthesiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center is a native of Belzoni, Miss. His mother, May Woo, and father, Ming Sam Woo, came to America from mainland China in the 1950s.

His great-grandfather, Lin Yin Woo, owned a grocery store in Belzoni called Lin Yin Food Mart. After the Communist Party of China took over in 1949, Wooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandfather, Jimmy Woo, decided

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n many ways, craft beerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boon mirrors The younger generationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heightened Fondren. consideration of food correlates with craft Both emphasize local support. As beerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ascent. Beers such as Crooked Letter, with craft breweries, the vast majority of which brews out of Ocean Springs, offers businesses in the neighborhood are small suggested food pairings on its six packs, and local. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People in Fondren actually see such as the label of the breweryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hefewthat community and business can work to- eizen, which says you can enjoy chicken gether,â&#x20AC;? says Jim Wilkirson, the executive and crawfish with the active spices of the director of the Fondren Renaissance Foun- Italian-style lager. dation, the group coordinating the inaugural Mississippi Craft Beer Festival, which will be in the neighborhood.

He echoes a sentiment preached by local breweries like Lucky Town Brewing Co.â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whose website says that its mission includes breaking â&#x20AC;&#x153;boundaries between the working men and women of Mississippi and their wish for locally produced premium craft beer.â&#x20AC;?

Similar to Fondren, the craft-beer industry was not always flourishing. In the 1980s, Capital City Beverages Craft Brand Manager less than 100 breweries oper- Derek Nelson (pictured), along with Southern ated in the United States. As Beverage Co. Craft Brand Manager Matthew Jefferies, had to pick out 50 craft beers each for the field of producers shrank, the Mississippi Craft Beer Festival. conformity rose. Light lagers from national brands were the standard.

Mississippi Craft Beer Festival organizA shift in consumer preference in the past ers are conscious of the marriage between quarter-century fueled an American craft- craft beer and quality food. They encourage beer revolution. By the 2000s, a younger people to leave the event for a bite to eat in generation of drinkers began choosing the area and re-enter without fret. craft beer over national brands. Its sales A $60 VIP wristband gets you food rose 17 percent in 2014, while Fondrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s from Babalu Tacos & Tapas (622 Duling First Thursday has grown dramatically by Ave., CAET Wine Bar (3100 N. State St., the month since its rebirth from Fondren Suite 102), Basilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (2906 N. State St.; 120 After Five earlier this year.

N. Congress St., Suite L1), Saltine Oyster While craft brews gained traction else- Bar (622 Duling Ave., Suite 201), and The where, Mississippi provided inhospitable Pig & Pint (3139 N. State St.), among quarter to the industry. Before 2012, by law, other perks, such as a beer tasting an hour no beer sold in the state could be more than before opening.

5 percent alcohol by volume, which shackOf the brews Capital City will bring to led startup breweries. At the start of 2012, the festival, Nelson is particularly keen on there were 2,033 breweries in the United the Lazy Magnolia 10. To commemorate States, but only oneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Lazy Magnoliaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in its 10th anniversary, the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest brewMississippi. That year, legislation brought ery will bring the Belgian quadruple, which the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ABV ceiling to 10.2 percent, giv- consists of 10 ingredients and has 10 percent ing room for more craft beers with higher ABV. The dark ale is best served at 10 degravities and diverse tastes. Nine micro- grees Celsiusâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;50 degrees Fahrenheitâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and breweries are now in Mississippi. will only be available until September. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s becoming fun,â&#x20AC;? says Derek From Southern Beverageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s craft lineup, Nelson, the craft brand manager at Capital Jefferies is quick to trumpet Southern ProhiCity Beverages. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s becoming local.â&#x20AC;? bitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2015 IPA. Matthew Jefferies, the craft brand The Mississippi Craft Beer Festival will manager at Southern Beverage Co., echoes be June 26 at Duling Hall (622 Duling that sentiment.

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THURSDAY 6/18

SATURDAY 6/20

WEDNESDAY 6/24

Screen on the Green: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jawsâ&#x20AC;? is at the Mississippi Museum of Art.

The Juneteenth Jackson Celebration is at Battlefield Park.

Old Crow Medicine Show performs at Thalia Mara Hall.

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J. Roddy Walston & The Business performs 8 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The rock band from Baltimore performs to promote their album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Essential Tremors.â&#x20AC;? Sleepwalkers also performs. Doors open at 7 p.m. $15 in advance, $20 at the door; call 601-2927121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net. â&#x20AC;Ś History Is Lunch is noon at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). Author Ronald Borne talks about his book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Troutmouth: The Two Careers of Hugh Clegg.â&#x20AC;? Sales and signing to follow. Free; call 601-576-6998; mdah.state.ms.us.

Jackson comedian Rita B. performs her stand-up comedy special, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rita B. Is the New Black,â&#x20AC;? Saturday, June 20, at the Alamo Theater.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sipp Sourced with Chef Nick Wallace: Mississippi BBQ is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Chef Wallace offers a themed meal each month for a limited time highlighting products from local farmers. Includes beverages from Lucky Town Brewing Company. Food prices vary; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

$15 in advance, $20 at the door; call 347-754-0668; email info@ojahmediagroup.com; yellowscarf-jackson.net. â&#x20AC;Ś Juneteenth JXN is 5 p.m. at Soul Wired CafĂŠ (111 Millsaps Ave.) and Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave.). The two-stage event includes food truck vendors, giveaways and live music from Silas, Skipp Coon J Skyy and more. All ages. $5 two-stage only, $10 two-stage plus T-shirt, goodie bag and giveaway entry; gated parking: $1 or a non-perishable food item; email w.grantquincy@yahoo.com; call 601-573-0620.

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ommended. Additional dates: June 18-20, 7:30 p.m., June 21, 2 p.m., June 25-27, 7:30 p.m. and June 28, 2 p.m. $15, $10 children, students, military and seniors ages 55 and older (cash or check); call 601-825-1293; email brtreservations@gmail.com; blackrosetheatre.org.

MONDAY 6/22

Mississippi Opera Auditions are at the Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive) in the recital room. Principal and secondary roles as well as spots for chorus members are available for the 2015-2016. Send an email with a bio and resume to schedule an appointment.

Be prepared to sing two arias of your choice. Additional date: June 23. Free; call 601-960-2300; msopera.org.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pray the Devil Back to Hellâ&#x20AC;? Film Screening is 10 a.m. to noon at Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural

BY MICAH SMITH Center (528 Bloom St.). Parents for Public Schools of Jackson is the host. The documentary is JACKSONFREEPRESS.COM about women working toward FAX: 601-510-9019 peace in Liberia. Free; call 960DAILY UPDATES AT 1457; ppsjackson.org. â&#x20AC;Ś The JFPEVENTS.COM â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rita B. Is the New Blackâ&#x20AC;?

Comedy Special is 8-11 p.m. at the Alamo Theater (333 N. Farish St.). Enjoy stand-up comedy from Jackson comedian Cherita Brent AKA Rita B. Doors open at 7 p.m. $10 in advance, $15 at the door, $20 VIP (includes DVD); call 601-951-5678; eventbrite.com.

The Spanish Wine Tasting is 6 to 8 p.m. at Amerigo Italian Restaurant (6592 Old Canton Road). Sample four Spanish wines paired with bruschetta and tiramisu. RSVP. $21 per person plus tax and tip; call 601-977-0563; amerigo. net. â&#x20AC;Ś Project H2Oâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Africans in America Monthly Film Fest is 6:30-8 p.m. at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.) in the Community Meeting Room. See disc two of the documentary, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rise & Fall of Jim Crow.â&#x20AC;?

Free; call 601-918-2698.

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Emancipation: A Juneteenth Celebration is 9 p.m. at The Yellow Scarf (741 Harris St., Suite E). Performers include Rhonda Richmond, Cassandra Wilson and Lili AĂąel.

BYOB. Ice and mixers provided. $35 in advance, $40 at the door; couples: $55 in advance, $60 at the door; students:

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catch Me If You Canâ&#x20AC;? is 2 p.m. at Black Rose Theatre (103 Black St., Brandon). The Broadway â&#x20AC;&#x153;whodunitâ&#x20AC;? is about an advertising executive whose bride disappears during their honeymoon. Reservations rec-

History Is Lunch is noon at Old Capitol Museum (100 S. State St.). Architect Belinda Stewart discusses the restoration of the historic Tallahatchie County Courthouse. Free; call 601-576-6998; mdah.state.ms.us.

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Events at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.)

Hinds County Human Resource Agency Meeting June 17, 7 p.m., at Hinds County Human Resource Agency (258 Maddox Road). The board of directors meets on third Wednesdays. Open to the public; Hinds County residents are encouraged to attend. Free; call 601-923-1838; hchra.org.

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*&0 30/.3/2%$ 11th Annual JFP Chick Ball July 18, at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (200 S. Commerce St.).

The annual event to combat domestic violence includes food, door prizes, a silent auction, poetry and live music.

Currently seeking sponsors, auction donations and volunteers now. Stay tuned for updates. Proceeds benefit the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence. For ages 18 and up. $5; call 601-362-6121 ext. 16; email natalie@ jacksonfreepress.com; jfpchickball.com.

Burn Survivor Family Home Groundbreaking June 18, 2 p.m., at Merit Health Central Hospital (1850 Chadwick Drive). The event takes place across the street from the hospital. The future facility will be a place for relatives and caregivers to reside while thweir loves ones are treated at the burn center. Free; call 601-540-2995; msburn.org.

Art Bar Pop Trivia June 18, 7 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). daniel johnson, artist and MMA Director of Engagement and Learning, hosts. Teams are compete in art and pop culture trivia. Cash bar included. Free; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

Juneteenth Celebration June 19-21, at Truelight M.B. Church (1120 School St., Walnut Grove).

The Leake County Branch NAACP 5303 hosts the event at Truelight Fellowship Center and Truelight Park. Includes concerts, food for sale, speakers and softball games. Free; call 267-9965.

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MPBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Summer Learning Family Fun Day June 20, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). The educational event includes entertainment, door prizes and more. Special guests include Super WHY, Ed Said, the Cat in the Hat and Sid the Science Kid. Registration required. Free; call 960-2321; mpbonine. org/summerlearning.

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Foster Care Informational Meeting June 23, 6-7:30 p.m., at Mississippi Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home Services, Lakeland (1465 Lakeland Drive). In the Gertrude C. Ford Training Room. MCHS hosts the program to meet an urgent need for foster parents in the area. Free; call 601-352-7784; email lyndsey.hester@mchscares.org; mchscares.org.

History Is Lunch June 24, noon, at Old Capitol Museum (100 S. State St.). Architect Belinda Stewart discusses the restoration of the historic Tallahatchie County Courthouse. Free; call 601-5766998; mdah.state.ms.us.

1 Million Cups Jackson Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-10 a.m. through June 24, at The Hatch (126 Keener Ave.). The purpose of the weekly program to engage, educate and connect local entrepreneurs.

Free; jackson.sites.1millioncups.com.

U Dream Night June 17, 5:30 p.m. The event for children with special needs and chronic illnesses is held in conjunction with the Disability Mega Conference. Registration in advance required.

Free; call 601-352-2580; jacksonzoo.org.

UĂ&#x160;<Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160; >Â&#x201C;ÂŤ\Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Ă?Ă&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;iÂ&#x201C;iĂ&#x160;­ }iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2122;Â&#x2021;ÂŁĂ&#x201C;ÂŽĂ&#x160;June 22, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Learn about the remarkable abilities of some animals in the one-week camp. For ages 9-12. Registration required. $185, $170 members, optional extended care and lunch sold separately; call 601-352-2580, ext. 240; jacksonzoo.org/camp.

Storytime on the Porch June 18, 3-4 p.m., at Eudora Welty House and Museum (1119 Pinehurst Place). Children grades pre-K through 2 hear a story and make a related craft. Free; call 601353-7762; email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com.

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This educational opportunity ages 5 and under and their parents features a hands-on art activity and story time. Please dress for mess. Free; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

UĂ&#x160;-Ă&#x152;Ă&#x2022;`Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160; p/Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;-VĂ&#x2022;Â?ÂŤĂ&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;*Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x192;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;\Ă&#x160;-iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; C June 22, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Children ages 11-13 learn how to create 3D works of art using nontraditional materials. Runs through June 26.

Registration required. $250; call 960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

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Includes beverages from Lucky Town Brewing Company. Food prices vary; call 601-9601515; msmuseumart.org.

Canton Craft Beer Festival June 20, 4 p.m., at Historic Canton Square (Courthouse Square, Canton). Enjoy beer tastings at several buildings on the square. More than 30 flavors available. For ages 21 and up. $25; call 800-745-3000; find Canton Craft Beer Festival on Facebook.

-ÂŤ>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160;7Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;/>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;June 23, 6-8 p.m., at Amerigo Italian Restaurant (6592 Old Canton Road). Sample four Spanish wines paired with bruschetta and tiramisu. RSVP. $21 per person plus tax and tip; call 601-977-0563; amerigo.net.

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Includes fitness sessions, stroke screenings, elder care information and recognition of caregivers. Enjoy food, games and face painting. Free, seasonal donations for local shelters welcome (umbrellas, rain coats, beach towels, flip flops, headwear, sunblock and sunglasses); call 601-624-3825; rloaka.org.

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Screen on the Green June 18, 5:30 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Includes a cash bar, concessions and the movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jawsâ&#x20AC;? at dusk. Free; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catch Me If You Canâ&#x20AC;? June 18-20, 7:30 p.m., June 21, 2 p.m., June 25-27, 7:30 p.m., June 28, 2 p.m., at Black Rose Theatre (103 Black St., Brandon). The Broadway â&#x20AC;&#x153;whodunitâ&#x20AC;? is about an advertising executive whose bride disappears during their honeymoon. $15, $10 children, students, military and seniors ages 55 and older (cash or check); call 601-825-1293; email brtreservations@ gmail.com; blackrosetheatre.org. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pray the Devil Back to Hellâ&#x20AC;? Film Screening June 20, 10 a.m.-noon, at Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center (528 Bloom St.).

Parents for Public Schools of Jackson hosts. The documentary is about women working for peace in Liberia. Free; call 960-1457; ppsjackson.org. Âş,Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;>Ă&#x160; °Ă&#x160; Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; iĂ&#x153;Ă&#x160; Â?>VÂ&#x17D;ÂťĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;i`Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;-ÂŤiVÂ&#x2C6;>Â?Ă&#x160;June 20, 8-11 p.m., at Alamo Theater (333 N. Farish St.). Enjoy stand-up comedy from Jackson comedienne A Rita B. Doors open at 7 p.m. $10 in advance, $15 at the door, $20 VIP (includes DVD); call 601-951-5678; eventbrite.com. *Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Â?iVĂ&#x152;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x201C;"p vĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;V>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;V>Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Â?Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Film Fest June 23, 6:30-8 p.m., at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). In the Community Meeting Room. See disc two of the documentary, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rise & Fall of Jim Crow.â&#x20AC;?

Free; call 601-918-2698.

spoken word, food vendors and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities. Free; call 601-405-4262 or 601-960-1537; email bfranklin@jacksonms.gov; jacksonms.gov.

Eagle Day Community Fun Festival June 20, noon-4 p.m., at Sykes Park (520 Sykes Road).

The South Jackson Eagles Youth Football team and Jackson Freedom League are the hosts. The carnival-style event includes games, prizes and food. Free; call 601-960-2161; leaguelineup.com/sjeagles. "Â?`Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x160; i`Â&#x2C6;VÂ&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160;-Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x160;June 24, 8 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The Americana band from Nashville best known for the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wagon Wheelâ&#x20AC;? performs. $24.5-$39.5; call 800-745-3000; ardenland.net.

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Harrison Scott Key signs books. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $26.99 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com.

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(/,)$!9 Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day at the Zoo June 20-21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). Fathers receive half off admission for Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day with a paying childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s admission. June 20, the first 100 guests receive Cups gift cards. Archery classes held from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 50 percent off regular admission of $9.25 for fathers; call 601-352-2580; jacksonzoo.org.

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Juneteenth JXN June 19, 5 p.m., at Soul Wired CafĂŠ (111 Millsaps Ave.) and Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave.). The two-stage event includes food truck vendors, giveaways and live music from Silas, Skipp Coon J Skyy and more. All ages. $5 two-stage only, $10 twostage plus T-shirt, goodie bag and giveaway entry; gated parking: $1 or a non-perishable food item; email w.grantquincy@yahoo.com; call 601-573-0620. Â&#x201C;>Â&#x2DC;VÂ&#x2C6;ÂŤ>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;\Ă&#x160; Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x152;iiÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; iÂ?iLĂ&#x20AC;>tion June 19, 9 p.m., at Yellow Scarf (741 Harris St., Suite E). Performers include Rhonda Richmond, Cassandra Wilson and Lili AĂąel. BYOB. Ice and mixers provided. $35 in advance, $40 at the door; couples: $55 in advance, $60 at the door; students: $15 in advance, $20 at the door; call 347-754-0668 or 866-590-4647; email info@ojahmediagroup.com; yellowscarf-jackson.net.

Junteenth Jackson Celebration June 20, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., at Battlefield Park (953 Porter St.).

The family-friendly event is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery dating back to 1865. Includes history presentations, music, dance,

UĂ&#x160;Âş Â&#x2C6;Â?Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â?Â?>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;,Â&#x153;>`ÂťĂ&#x160;June 23, 5 p.m. Amy Conner signs books. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $15 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com.

UĂ&#x160;Âş/Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;vĂ&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Âť June 24, 5 p.m. Jim Shepard signs books. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $23.95 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks. com; lemuriabooks.com. >Ă&#x20AC;}>Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x152;Ă&#x160;7>Â?Â&#x17D;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;iÂ&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;>Â?Ă&#x160; iVĂ&#x152;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;i June 18, 6 p.m., at Quisenberry Library (605 E. Northside Drive, Clinton). Dr. Jean Chamberlain of Jackson State University presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inquiring Minds Want to Know: How Much of Jubilee Was Actually True?â&#x20AC;? Free; call 601-924-5684.

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Free; call 601-960-1557, ext. 224. Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x2022;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x160; vĂ&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;*Â&#x153;ÂŤÂ&#x2021;1ÂŤĂ&#x160; Ă?Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;LÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;June 18, 5:30 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). See works from Pearl River Glass Studio and purchase cuisine from Chef Nick Wallace. Free; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

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includes members from the Greater Jackson Arts Council, Mississippi Arts Commission and other people in the community to help identify diverse work to showcase. The event gives the artists at the featured business a chance to showcase their work outside the 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. environment.

Julian Rankin, MMA marketing director, says the pop-up exhibits show off current Mississippi artists in the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a museum, our job is to collect and preserve Mississippi art, and art from all over the South, for future generations,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because there are creative stories being told all the time, we wanted to go outside of what museums traditionally do and show work that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t old. There is an appetite in the community to come see (art) being done around them.â&#x20AC;?

The museum started the pop-up events last fall, but it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until March that Art Bar Trivia, Screen on the Green and the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sipp Sourced were added. For the June â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sipp Sourced, the menu will Pearl River Glass Studio artists such as Joy Kichi feature protein and prowill have work at the Mississippi Museum of Artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s June 18 Museum After Hours event. duce from local farmers.

If MMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum moveable walls in the lobby as a tem- After Hours reminds anyone of Fondrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s porary space for the artwork. When the First Thursdays, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because both allow night ends, the gallery turns back into a more opportunities for celebration and lobby, like Cinderellaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s carriage turning collaboration to flourish in the commuback into a pumpkin. nity. Casher says the art pop-ups create For the June 18 event, attendees the perfect atmosphere to foster creativwill see art from Pearl River Glass Stu- ity and entertainment. Events like this are dio. The exhibit will display not only important because they encourage creative glass pieces, but also work from some expression, she says. of the Pearl River artists, including Joy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cooking, painting, Kichi, created on their own with a vari- drawing, sculpting or performing, creety of mediums including painting and ativity is the simplest way to express sculptures. oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deepest emotions and thoughts,â&#x20AC;?

Jacksonian Victoria Casher, 20, at- Casher says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to attend this tended the April Museum After Hours. monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibit.â&#x20AC;?

She says events like this encourage creThe June 18 Mississippi Museum of Art ativity and fellowship.

(380 S. Lamar St., 601-960-1515) Muâ&#x20AC;&#x153;The art pop-ups allow for the com- seum After Hours event begins at 5:30 p.m. munity to better learn about and appre- At 7 p.m., the museum hosts ArtBar Trivia, ciate the arts in a social setting,â&#x20AC;? Casher and at 8 p.m., the museum will begin Screen says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the perfect environment for on the Green with a showing of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jaws.â&#x20AC;? The creatives of all types to get together and event is free to the public and has a cash bar express their passions.â&#x20AC;? and food for purchase. The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sipp Sourced Past Museum After Hours exhib- Summer Blockbuster Barbecue is 11 a.m. to its included work from Electric Dagger 2 p.m. that day and will highlight summer Tattoo, Midcity Print, Wolfe Studio and barbecue. From 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., The several others. The museum works with Palette Cafe will serve dinner. For more ina Community Advisory Committee that formation, visit msmuseumart.org.

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rilliant glass pieces shining brightly in the lobby; excited chitchat filling up the hallways; kids shrieking at the sight of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jawsâ&#x20AC;?; teams discussing trivia answers; the potent smell of barbecue floating throughout the museum. These are just a few things people can expect at the June edition of Mississippi Museum of Artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum After Hours.

The event highlights some of the creative and innovative places and people in Jackson. Every third Thursday of the month, the museum collaborates with local artists, musicians and various organizations to provide a one-night social event. It invites an artistic organization to showcase its work in an art pop-up gallery. For the event, the museum uses

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linton native Janice Singleton sat down on her thin mattress at the Marianna, Fla., female prison camp, a minimum-security satellite of the Federal Correctional Institution. She flipped through the pages of a local newspaper for that November day in 2009, and she found yet another story not unlike her own.

Back in 2006, when Singleton was an officer for the Mississippi Department of Corrections, she had taken inmatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Social Security numbers and brought them into the tax business she owned, filing fraudulent tax returns for extra cash. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt very remorseful because it was wrong, but at the time, I had a gambling problem,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was a way I could get money to support my habit.

But when I got in trouble, I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t doing it anymore. I had stopped because I knew it was wrong even when I took the first name, even though I went back a month later and got more names.â&#x20AC;?

After Singleton was caught in January 2007 and convicted of identity theft, bank fraud, wire fraud and signing false documents in November 2009, she saw that as the end of the story. But then, every time Singleton would read the newspaper, she would see someone else committing the same crime that she did.

She wondered, if people could see what she went through and the frustration and pain that caused, would they still make choose to break the law?

That question was the impetus for her memoir, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Caught: From Correctional Officer to Federal Inmateâ&#x20AC;?

(Xlibris, 2015, $19.99). Throughout her incarceration from November 2009 to July 2012, Singleton wrote the book with paper and pen, originally starting it just to whittle away at her extra time.

Eventually, though, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Caughtâ&#x20AC;? became an outlet for Singleton to acknowledge the circumstances that led to her crime and conviction, as well as a way to help others who are trying to piece their lives together after prisonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or on the verge of committing a crime themselves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned that whatever is done in the dark is going to come to light, and I

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learned that doing illegal things, whatever they may be, is not worth it,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only do you get a conviction behind your name, but you also do your time in prison, you come home, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on probation, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re this felon.â&#x20AC;?

Even those, like Singleton, who commit white-collar crimes struggle to find gainful employment after theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re released, which is one reason that prisons have so many repeat offenders, she says. Potential employers no longer saw her 10 years of service to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Instead, companies often viewed her by the label â&#x20AC;&#x153;convict.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still people. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just made bad choices, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing our time,â&#x20AC;? Singleton says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did time with doctors, lawyers and all different backgrounds. â&#x20AC;Ś You had all walks of life, and people you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even imagine being inmates were inmates.â&#x20AC;?

Thankfully, Singleton was eventually able to find a job in the accounting department of Goodwill Industries of Mississippi, where she has worked for almost three years. She is also only six hours away from earning her masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in accounting from Mississippi College.

However, that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean Singletonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggle is over. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still rebuilding relationships and transitioning back to something as close to normal as possible, though she admits â&#x20AC;&#x153;youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to come home and be the same person you were before you went to prison.â&#x20AC;?

Her advice to those facing what she went through: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Put God first, and take baby steps.â&#x20AC;?

Author Janice Singletonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memoir, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Caught: From Correctional Officer to Federal Inmate,â&#x20AC;? is available now on Amazon.com and caughtmgt.com.

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Singer-songwriter Elle Carpenter performs Sunday, June 21, at Soul Wired CafĂŠ.

than in previous years. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on all summer. June is really crazy. I have 24 shows in a month! This is the first year I can really say that music is my source of income. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve reached this level, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really encouraged.â&#x20AC;?

One of Carpenterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest tasks in bringing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life Just Happens to Youâ&#x20AC;? to listeners has been making sure it also ends up in reviewersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hands. Since the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release, she has been reaching out to music bloggers and journalists in the midst of touring. That may sound like a lot of work for the artist to take on at once, but Carpenter has had to learn to promote herself over the years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have not had a manager that has stuck by my sideâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or that I have stuck withâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;because they have not been reliable or they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done anything, and I usually end up doing it all myself anyway,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Despite past problems with management, though, Carpenter says she still hopes to find a manager that would be reliable and have her best interest at heart. In the meantime, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s busying herself on the road. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I booked my tour all by myself this year, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be traveling all by myself.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first time Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done that. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really big deal for me, but at the same time, it feels like a really big accomplishment, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited about the shows Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing.â&#x20AC;?

Elle Carpenter performs 6 p.m. Sunday, June 21, at Soul Wired CafĂŠ (111 Millsaps Ave., 601-863-6378). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life Just Happens to Youâ&#x20AC;? is available on iTunes and Amazon. For more information, visit ellecarpenter.com.

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Carpenter originally planned to pursue acting long-term and even earned roles in major theatrical productions and TV shows such as ABCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anatomyâ&#x20AC;? and Foxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;House.â&#x20AC;? But throughout her life, she was always writing and recording music, though this was far removed from her first singing experiences.

Rock-infused pop songs made up most of her first three releases, 2009â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Best,â&#x20AC;? 2011â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;With Open Handsâ&#x20AC;? and 2014â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Simple Girl.â&#x20AC;? With her fourth studio album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life Just Happens to You,â&#x20AC;? released May 22, Carpenter is at a different point in life, one that places her closer to her folk-music roots. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With this new albumâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I feel like this year, in generalâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in a whole new place,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My tour is a lot bigger

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My daughter, Molly, and I spend our days doing the normal things such as reading and learning her colors and numbers.

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Neither my wife, Lacey, nor I have ever pushed the princess theme on Molly.

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