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s the sous chef at The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen in Belhaven, Rashanna Newsome is a female in a male-dominated profession—a fact that has never stifled her passion for the culinary arts.

When she was younger, Newsome would watch her parents prepare food. She says both liked to cook, and her father, Vincent, even worked in the restaurant industry when they lived in Atlanta. “I just started going into the kitchen … wandering on my own,” Newsome says. “I just started doing stuff, just start cooking, and I asked my mom, ‘Mom, can I help you?’ And eventually, she was like, ‘Yeah, you can help me.’ It just got to a point where I pretty much took over.”

She says it started out with breakfast, but before long, if her mother, Carolyn, had to leave in the morning, Newsome would make dinner. “Ever since then, it just got better and better and better,” she says.

Her parents urged her to attend culinary school, but at first, Newsome shrugged it off, planning to studying computers in college, instead. But during her senior year in high school, her dad continued suggesting culinary school. Before he died in June 2008, she says it was his dream for her to get a culinary education. His death gave Newsome an extra push, though she says both parents inspired her to take that step.

She studied at the Washburne Culinary Institute in Chicago from 2007 to 2008, re-

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turning to Jackson in 2009. She took a job as a prep cook at Macaroni Grill and began training to be a line cook before the restaurant closed in 2009. She then worked as banquet and line cook at River Hills Country Club, where management promoted her to junior sous chef.

A few years after starting there, Newsome heard about The Manship and applied. In 2013, she accepted a position there as a pantry chef, working in the cold kitchen and preparing dishes such as salads and cheese plates, but after a while, she returned to Chicago to finish a semester of school. When she came back in 2014, she began training as a sous chef.

“Alex (Eaton, The Manship’s head chef) has been teaching me how to manage and do ordering and come up with creative dishes, and stuff like that,” she says. “Since I’ve been here, I’ve learned a whole lot of stuff.”

Newsome’s job consists of tasks such as managing staff, checking kitchen stations and making sure everything is ready for service. Her line of work means that she often has to stay from dawn to sundown, but she says that she doesn’t mind being on her feet all day.

When not at The Manship, Newsome, 27, likes to travel. Her favorite place to go is Chicago, where most of her friends and some family members live.

“It took moving to another city to come out of my shell,” she says. “… I love what I do.

I think my personality gets me a long way.”

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EDITOR’S note

by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief

After HB 1523, We Must Seek Higher Ground

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was 12 or 13 when I heard the preacher in Good Hope Baptist Church, the one who baptized me, berate his wife from the pulpit. He excoriated her, using biblical passages, making it clear that women did not speak up, talk back, wear the pants, sass their husbands. She jumped up from the front pew and ran down the aisle, hunched over, her hand trying to hold the tears onto her face.

At that church, not far from where my ancestors first settled to join the booming cotton economy, some with slaves in tow, I learned what happens when religion is twisted and distorted into hatefulness.

It was at Good Hope in the early 1970s that I first heard God used to justify hatred of black people, of “homosexuals,� of feminism, of anything that fell outside their strict, supposedly Christian norms.

But it was a hypocritical doctrine. One day, a middle-aged woman grabbed my arm and accused me in front of other people of trying to steal her husband (he was my Sunday school teacher and a deacon). As much as that bizarrely false accusation traumatized me—I soon stopped going to Good Hope—I later felt compassion for her when I learned that he was probably an adulterer and realized that he did flirt with minors. In more recent years, I figured out that we descend from the same slaveholding family.

By age 13, I was already a free thinker, but it was my Good Hope experience that really opened my eyes. Going to church every Sunday, and often Sunday and Wednesday nights, and constantly hearing sneering religious people repeat the n-word helped reset my course. Even as a kid, I couldn’t understand the connection between the calls for love and forgiveness and the hatred of “the other� interspersed throughout those sermons. I was desperately seeking a different light then the one they showed me, a way out of my own childhood trauma.

I haven’t been back to Good Hope in

decades, except to visit family graves in their cemetery, but I pray it’s different there now, that the church is led by people driven by love, not hate and fear and systemic bigotry.

Mississippi has failed many tests over the years, and most of the big ones. The bad choices—brutal slavery, Black Codes, Jim Crow, laws forcing women to stay with abusive men, laws enabling rape of children, mindless attacks on immigrants, repeated anti-LGBT legislation—are always excused

True faith requires loving people across their differences. with talk of faith, and assurances that the Good Lord supports those beliefs, or at least will mete out the punishment some day.

Here in Jackson, back in the 1800s and through my childhood, prominent preachers excused segregation and blocking black people from voting, even violence against them, as the Lord’s way. They quoted the Bible as they pulled their kids out of integrated public schools, built white academies and Council schools, suddenly becoming adamantly opposed to the “government schools� they had loved when they were all-white.

The Ku Klux Klan quoted the Bible and called themselves “Christian soldiers.�

The mistreatment of Native Americans— routinely called “drunk Indians� when I was coming up—and theft of their land was the “manifest destiny� of Christian people.

In today’s world, too many Christians who inherited the stolen land and the wealth of crops plowed by slaves belittle people liv-

ing in the generational poverty that these hateful practices created. The people who benefitted most from historic discrimination say the ones who say all should just grab those boot straps that God gifted to us all. We all have the same chance in life; they tell us; we all should get to associate, or not associate, with whom we please, only serve people who agree with us, reject those who don’t.

It’s our God-given right, we’re told today, to better fund newer schools with more white kids, and to set up legal shields for people who want to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens.

The hypocrisy runs deep, and counter to the kind of loving acceptance that confused, sassy 12-year-old was seeking at Good Hope: love me despite our differences, don’t love me because I’m a carbon copy of you.

The adult me has gone poking and prodding through my descendants’ histories to try to understand; I’ve found desperate greed that helped launched the slave trade in Virginia; slave-owning Quaker zealots who helped build the abolition movement; and a steady descent from educated, wealthy ancestors to grandfathers and parents who couldn’t read or write. And women who were just baby machines, often dying early and painfully after living a compliant life.

Other states share this history, but it is worse here precisely because the riches and the stakes were so high when the seeds went into our fertile ground. It took a lot of callous hate to be the wealthiest state on the backs of slaves—and that depravity landed us on the bottom, where we still struggle.

Tragically, not since Mississippi formed as a cotton outpost for wealthy planters and those who wanted to be, have our leaders led us to higher ground. With the exception of Gov. William Winter and his mentees, really, we haven’t had leaders, regardless of party, who helped us turn the corner away from a brutal, traumatized past where people were

taught to hate to excuse their selfish desires.

Instead, state officials continually renew that deal with the devil, that “southern strategy� of pandering to bigotry for fearful votes, thereby ensuring that the old beliefs don’t disappear. They don’t care that their embrace of hate means some kid likely will be motivated to hurt somebody because of it, like Matthew Shepard on that Wyoming fence, the massacred parishioners in Charleston, or three young heroes buried under a dam on Olen Burrage’s land near my old church.

We don’t have leaders to lead us home, at least not in statewide office (the only Democrat wants firing squads), and our Legislature is dominated by people happy to say hateful things out loud, while proclaiming and tweeting that they’re not hateful, wink, wink.

In order to pretend to be stalwart Christians, they take actions that run off their own sons and daughters while believing that God is really blessing this discrimination, this time, and that it’s oh-so-different than back in the 1960s when their daddies and granddaddies did the same things to people of color.

But there is hope. This time, in a way I’ve never seen, the rest of Mississippi is standing together against perverted hatred.

The most powerful opposition is coming from black people, older and younger, who see the parallels and know that true faith requires loving people across their differences, who know Jim Crow when they see his ugly face even if wrapped in a different flag.

As the Phil Bryant crowd defiantly keeps the flag of slavery flying, makes us suffer through Confederate Heritage Month and presents us a list of ways to discriminate against those who love differently, Mississippi is growing up and finding collective strength to say that we’ve been a state built on a foundation of hate long enough. We get to the promised land together, or not at all.

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Assistant Editor Amber Helsel is a foodie-in-training and an artist, and her favorite past-time is people-watching. Her patronus charm is a cat. Email her story ideas at amber@jackson freepress.com. She wrote about Liquid Light CafĂŠ.

Staff Photographer Imani Khayyam is an art lover and a native of Jackson. He loves to be behind the camera and capture the true essence of his subjects. He took the cover photo and many other photos for the issue.

City Reporter Tim Summers Jr. enjoys loud live music, teaching his cat to fetch, long city council meetings and FOIA requests. Send him story ideas at tim@jacksonfreepress.com.

He wrote about the health effects of lead in water.

News Reporter Arielle Dreher is working on finding some new hobbies and adopting an otter from the Jackson Zoo. Email her story ideas at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com.

She wrote about Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves’ campaign finances.

Education Reporting Fellow Sierra Mannie is a University of Mississippi student whose opinions of the Ancient Greeks can’t be trusted nearly as much as her opinions of BeyoncÊ. She wrote about the restraint-and-seclusion policy.

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Wednesday, April 6 Minnesota joins Washington, Vermont, New York and Washington, D.C., in banning official state travel to Mississippi over the passage of HB 1523.

Friday, April 8 Coca-Cola Co., Northrop Grumman Corp., Intel Corp., Replacements, Ltd. and the Hartford Financial Services Group sign a letter calling on Gov. Phil Bryant and Republican legislative leaders to repeal HB 1523. ‌ Mohamed Abrini, a fugitive suspect in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks and the March 22 Brussels bombings, is arrested in Belgium.

Saturday, April 9 Former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith is shot and killed in a roadrage incident after a traffic accident.

Sunday, April 10 Canadian rocker Bryan Adams cancels a performance at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, citing the passage of HB 1523 as the reason.‌ Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band cancel a scheduled show in Greensboro, North Carolina, because of the state’s new law blocking anti-discrimination rules for the LGBT community.

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Tuesday, April 12 The defense asks for a delay in the state death-penalty trial Dylan Roof, a white man charged with gunning down nine black parishioners during a Bible study inside a Charleston church. ... Organizers cancel Mississippi picnic in Central Park due to the passage of HB 1523.

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by Tim Summers Jr.

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hile Jacksonians worry about whether their pipes are leeching lead into their water, those who live in the oldest, poorest sections of the city have been living with the threat of lead for years. “In Jackson, about 70 percent of our occupied housing stock was built prior to 1978,� Catherine Lee, project manager for the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative Jackson, said April 1. The Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the residential use of lead-based paint that contained greater than or equal to 0.06 percent of the dangerous substance in 1978.

Lee estimated, based on census data, that around 52,653 housing units fit into that time period, and every one of those homes, without some plan for abating exposure, could have lead paint on their walls, slowly releasing tiny amounts of lead into the air, food and water. “It’s overwhelming when you think about it,� Lee said.

These older homes have a higher chance of containing lead-based paint, as well as pipes that might contain lead solder.

Lee said that the city’s housing was built in a series of concentric circles starting at the center and moving outward until the suburban spillover in the 1970s and ’80s.

Some older areas, like Belhaven, have homes built prior to 1978 but have been redone in recent years. Therefore, they are less likely to have lead-based paint. Lee said, even though most of Hinds County is considered to be high-risk for lead poisoning, additional factors like whether there are children in the home and poverty increase the risk factor.

“The rest of the housing units in Jackson, outside of those higher income areas, are more vulnerable, more likely to have leadbased paint in them still because the communities don’t have the resources they need to abate the units of lead paint,� she said.

Health Effects of Lead Exposure The problem then is that lead exposure is an environmental concern. While residents

that’s in your air,â€? Dr. Howard Hu, dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, explained during an April 1 phone interview. “The real argument is how does society control the totality of lead exposures ‌ you have to ensure they remain as low as possible.â€?

Hu has studied and taught at the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, the University of Michigan IMANI KHAYYAM

Thursday, April 7 The Mississippi Senate approves SB 2161, which would allow students in Mississippi school districts with academic ratings of C, D, or F to cross district lines to attend charter schools elsewhere in the state, and sends it to Gov. Phil Bryant for approval. ‌ U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson says that HB 1523 is harmful to Mississippi’s reputation and economic future and vows to fight it through legal and federal avenues.

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Rick Eades, president of the Mississippi Home Inspectors Association, explains the dangers associated with improper abatement of lead-based paint.

may receive a very small amount from a water source, compounded with other sources such as lead paint, that exposure can lead to health problems over time both in children and adults. “You have to add that to the lead that shows up in your food, add that to the lead

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The effects of lead, even in very small doses, on children has been a pub-

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Of course, politicians have to eat, too. Here are a few meals that you probably won’t find on Mississippi officials’ social media.

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lic concern for decades. That is why the Mississippi Department of Health issued warnings in January and early February advising pregnant women and small children not to drink from the Jackson public-water supply.

A report from the National Center for Healthy Housing reported that leadpoisoned children have a higher chance of ADHD, antisocial disorder, criminal activity and drug abuse, not to mention â&#x20AC;&#x153;decreased IQ, increased blood pressure, anemia, gastrointestinal issues, stunted growth, seizures, coma, andâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at very high levelsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;death.â&#x20AC;?

Hu said lead in adults contributes to kidney issues, including premature failure, and hypertension, a major risk factor for heart attack and stroke. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A third domain of problems is that lead clearly accelerates declines in mental functioning in adults,â&#x20AC;? Hu said, including loss of â&#x20AC;&#x153;short-term memory and verbal memory and visual-spatial function and coordination.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Usually we are talking about years of chronic low-level exposure building up and causing this problem over time,â&#x20AC;? Hu said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lead does accumulate in the body, which actually explains how we uncovered these problems because the principal place where

this is tilting at windmills,â&#x20AC;? Priester said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I personally find tolls to be a very regressive form of tax because poor people have to pay IMANI KHAYYAM

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ome Jackson roads could require a toll to use if a City investigation proves that it would be successful in the capital city. The Jackson City Council passed a resolution last week supporting Mayor Tony Yarberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s steps to look into the possibility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is one time we need to pay really close attention to help find a way to help pay for the streets,â&#x20AC;? Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes, author of the resolution, said during the April 5 meeting.

Yarber explained to the council that his team would put together a plan before discussing options with the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state delegation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will look at attempting to create the legislative package that we believe we need to take before the state Legislature,â&#x20AC;?

Yarber said.

Council President Melvin Priester, Jr. said he did not think tolls are the solution to the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revenue issues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am literally trying to imagine the city of Jackson with toll roads, and where in the world do you think you would put them?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I understand the thrust of tying to do anything to generate revenue, but I think

Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes pushed forward a resolution supporting Mayor Tony Yarberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s investigation of using toll roads to generate revenue.

it when they cross back and forth.â&#x20AC;?

Ward 4 Councilman Deâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keither Stamps said he supported the resolution

it accumulates is the skeleton.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It might be just that every time lead goes into your brain, it does a little bit of damage, then it leaves and goes into bone,â&#x20AC;?

Hu said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And that continues, that process continues, over years, and then what do you have left? You have a damaged brain.â&#x20AC;?

Hu said that because of the threat exposure lead causes even in low-level doses, â&#x20AC;&#x153;anybody that has concern because they live in an old house, or they have a job that might involve exposure to lead, like a construction worker polishing old houses, I think that its reasonable to ask their primary-care physician, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;can I have a blood level test?â&#x20AC;?

Getting the Lead Out The best way to find out if you have lead in your home, for a little out-of-pocket expense, is to have an inspector come out and conduct a series of tests on the air, paint, pipes and soil. Rick Eades, president of the Mississippi Association of Home Inspectors, performs tests all over central Mississippi and said that it is important for people to get their homes tested before performing any renovation, and if they hire contractors, to be sure that they are lead-certified.

because despite discussions, no one has â&#x20AC;&#x153;put pen to paperâ&#x20AC;? to figure out specifics â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are just looking at would it work,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Priester said he would oppose the resolution on principle. The resolution passed 3-2 with Ward 1 Councilman Ashby Foote and Priester voting against it.

Jackson Opposes HB 1523 The Jackson City Council unanimously approved a resolution late in its meeting on April 5 in opposition to the controversial House Bill 1523, emphasizing â&#x20AC;&#x153;essential worth and dignity of every human being.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know we are a city of diversity,â&#x20AC;?

Ward 6 Councilman Tyrone Hendrix, author of the resolution, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This resolution is to tell the world that regardless of what our governor, our state agencies, our state Legislature may have passed, the City of Jackson wants you here, regardless of what color you are, regardless of your sexual orientation, regardless of what gender you are, we want you here in Jackson.â&#x20AC;?

Hendrix said he based the resolution on one Biloxi leaders passed earlier in the week.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a community issue,â&#x20AC;? Eades said, explaining that lead released into the air, water and soil systems can spread about the nearby area, potentially affecting other residents for up to a mile away.

Eades talked about a house he inspected years ago in a small town outside of Jackson, which was owned by a young couple and their 3-year-old daughter. He said the husband had stripped the paint off the outside of the house, years before his daughter was born, and that tiny, dime-sized paint chips could still be found around the yard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That dime becomes dust,â&#x20AC;? Eades explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The wife, while she is pregnant, is walking around the yard and everywhere else, traipsing in dust on her feet. Her husband has it on his clothes from cutting the grass and so forth.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;So there is always a strong possibility that she ingests the dust. She will not even see the dust. So then sooner or later when they do a lead test, this kid has high levels of lead,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The dust cloud from sanding or grinding the paint can travel â&#x20AC;&#x153;great distances,â&#x20AC;?

Eades said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and so while he was grinding his house, he was dusting the neighborhood.â&#x20AC;?

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proposed an amendment, which passed, to add the words â&#x20AC;&#x153;African Americanâ&#x20AC;? to the resolution, voicing concerns that HB 1523 could be used to discriminate against black people as well as the LGBT community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are human beings whether you believe in what they believe in,â&#x20AC;? Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To incite discrimination is always wrong. There should never be discrimination in this world.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the government is wrong and the governor is wrong,â&#x20AC;? Stokes said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we need to let them know they are wrong.â&#x20AC;?

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Eades has also performed lead testing of the water in homes, including inspections of the piping for lead solder. The protocol for that test is similar to the technique that the City of Jackson has been encouraging: to test the water, run the tap, then test again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You want to establish if it is in the flow or if it is in your own immediate pipes,â&#x20AC;?

Eades said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You may have brand-new pipes in your crawlspace, as an example, which a lot of older homes have crawlspaces, but they only did what I call the laterals, the pipes they can see in the crawlspace. They havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done anything to what we call the risers, the ones that go up to the sinks and the showers.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is because people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to spend a fortune, and they do the cheapest way possible,â&#x20AC;? Eades said.

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Read more about lead at jfp.ms/jxnwater. Email city reporter Tim Summers Jr. at tim@jacksonfreepress.com.

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No Uniform Policy Until recently, however, the Mississippi Department of Education did not have a uniform policy regulating when and how public-school employees should put their hands on people’s children.

The Mississippi Board of Education released an updated restraint and seclusion policy this month that inaugurates more stringent regulations for when adults working in public schools can use force in order to handle student behavioral issues.

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Other groups, including the ACLU of Mississippi, the Special Education Advisory Council, Parents for Public Education, Mississippi School Boards Association and the MDE Special Education staff met with the Mississippi Board of Education in order to help remold the policy after the first draft became available last April. The updated restraint-and-seclusion policy emphasizes the data-driven Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports approach, which establishes a school-wide social culture that prioritizes behavioral support.

René Hardwick, advocacy coordinator at the American Civil Liberties Union

state superintendent of education, said at the March Board of Education meeting.

“It’s not a restraint-and-seclusion policy to teach adults how to restrain and seclude children. Restraint and seclusion is to be used as a last resort.”

Hardwick says the ACLU feared further discrimination against traumatized children and children with IEPs—the individual education plans assigned to students in exceptional-education programs. So the group wanted to remove mention of IEPs from the new policy altogether, although the policy still mentions it.

“The consensus was that by merely

of Mississippi, says these guidelines are important for the safety of children, particularly those disproportionately affected by restraint and seclusion policies, such as disabled or traumatized students and students of color.

With these guidelines, she says, hopefully restraint and seclusion would not serve as the first response to deescalating behavioral issues inside the classroom.

“You begin with establishing a positive behavioral approach,” Dr. Carey Wright,

mentioning it, it took a discriminatory stance in that it was pointing out children with disabilities in this policy, and this policy is for all children, not just children with disabilities,” Hardwick said.

“Two of the recommendations that the ACLU of Mississippi put into its public comments and also recommended as an expansion was the exclusion of restraint and seclusion within the IEP, the BIP (behavior intervention plan), and the 504 plan, as a

Seclusion Needs to Go Hardwick also says that the ACLU is pushing for the removal of seclusion altogether as an option.

“If we could completely prohibit seclusion, that’s just a whole unnecessary piece of the puzzle that would save money that could be put in training, could definitely prevent severe injuries and in some cases death. What purpose does it truly serve? It isn’t time out,” Hardwick explained.

“Restraint is enough to deal with. The issue of prevention is not just about employing preventative measures solely for the prevention of restraint and seclusion, but employing these preventative and positive measures to increase and enhance academic achievement. So if you do this properly, there are far-reaching implications for school and learning environments as a whole. It’s a winwin situation,” Hardwick said.

“Everyone who’s involved in educating children plays a role,” Hardwick added. If children are to take ownership, then why won’t the other parts of that puzzle take equal if not more ownership?

“They’re supposed to be professionals, they’re supposed to be adults, and our job as professionals and adults is to protect children. At the very least.”

Sierra Mannie is an education reporting fellow for the Jackson Free Press and The Hechinger Report. Email her at sierra@jacksonfreepress.com.

Visit jfp.ms/education.

was an emergency loan from the Mississippi State Department of Health for $500,000 that will pay for the contract as well as any interim changes to the system to address leaching of lead into the water system.

“We were actually informed by the Health Department that we had an opportunity to get some emergency funds to begin some work out at the plant, and I think that there were three other areas,” Mayor Tony Yarber said during the meeting.

The Department of Public Works, he said, sent in paperwork “that will keep the City of Jackson as a priority in terms of being

able to receive those funds.”

Funding the project was one of the common objections to the contract when it was first proposed.

“I appreciate the administration finding a funding source,” Ward 4 Councilman De’Keither Stamps said during the meeting.

“My opposition last time was because, as we see now, the water-sewer revenue isn’t at the point to be doing unfunded mandates.

When you do talk to the state, that we appreciate their assistance in helping us find a workable solution.”

The corrosion-control study includes

running the surface water at the treatment plants through 30-gallon containers while testing different combinations of chemicals.

Metal coupons dropped into the containers would, after extended exposure, would be examined to determine how the water interacted with the metal.

The companies involved in the contract are Trilogy, Southern Consultants Inc., Q Solutions Inc. and CDM Smith. (More at jfp.ms/jxnwater.)

Email city reporter Tim Summers, Jr. at tim@jacksonfreepress.com and follow him @ tims_alive on Twitter.

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ANTON—Volance Sanders’ 13year-old son was in his language-arts class at Nichols Middle School in the Canton Public School District where, he said, another boy kept hitting him.

The boy appealed to his teacher for help, but he said the teacher dismissed his complaints, brushing off the other student’s actions. So the boy kept hitting him.

Finally, Sanders’ son had enough. He stood up, coming face-to-face with the other boy. That’s when former Nichols Middle School principal Brent Ward came in—and allegedly the situation escalated.

“From the classroom, he held me in a headlock all the way to his office, and then when we got to the office, he tried to force me in the chair, and I didn’t sit down,” the boy said in a 16 WAPT interview in January.

“So he tried to grab my legs, and he threw me on the floor and put his knee on my back.”

Sanders says the force Ward used to restrain his son was unnecessary. His son, barely 4 feet tall, and only 60 pounds, wasn’t fighting, but Ward says that the story previously reported to the media isn’t accurate. He says that on arrival in the classroom, he saw the boys were playing but he did not put Sanders’ son in a headlock and that he did not mistreat the boy in any way.

“As you know, playing can sometimes turn a little more serious,” Ward said. “I was in compliance with district and MDE protocol and policies.

René Hardwick says seclusion of students is “not just time out.”

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plan to prevention.”

A 504 plan is similar to an IEP, except that Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act establishes 504 plans, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act outlines the use of IEPs. Students with 504 plans may not receive specialized instruction like students with IEPs do, but still receive certain special accommodations despite spending most of the school day in their general classrooms.

Hardwick says she’ll try again to have mention of these strategies stricken. “It is being used as an escape hatch to give school personnel permission to use it if a child has an IEP,” she explained.

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TALK | STATE

HB 1523: Half ‘Redundant,’ Half ‘Unconstitutional’

by Arielle Dreher

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This is the big difference Steffey sees between House Bill 1523 and previous religious-freedom legislation.

“The Religious Freedom Restoration Act provides protection for all religious beliefs of every stripe,” he said.

But, Steffey says, House Bill 1523 does not. “(Government) can’t pick and choose amongst these religious beliefs; you can’t say these religious beliefs we’ll protect

How a Lawsuit Would Work Unless the law is repealed before the Legislature finishes the session, House Bill 1523 will become state law on July 1.

Protesters marched around Gov. Phil Bryant’s mansion in protest to House Bill 1523 on Monday, April 4, a day before the governor signed the anti-LGBT bill into law.

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but not the opposite belief,” he said.

The memo also states that the Establishment Clause “restricts legislative accommodations for religious beliefs where such accommodations would cause a meaningful harm to other private citizens.”

Not everyone believes the law is unconstitutional, however, including the state’s highest-ranking attorney.

Attorney General Jim Hood, speaking to reporters on Monday, said that the bill was not unconstitutional on its face but that the question of its constitutionality would need to be addressed based on the facts of how it’s applied.

“I don’t know for sure whether it would be considered unThe ‘One Man and constitutional on its face, someone One Woman’ Problem will have to use that law, and that University of Mississippi law would be considered unconstituprofessor Michèle Alexandre, whose tional as applied,” Hood said. name was listed on the legal memo, Hood said he was concerned said that the bill violates the Estababout misinformation being spread lishment Clause of the First Amendsurrounding the bill and reiterated ment because the government canthat there’s no court that can force not show a preference to a particular a pastor in a church to marry a coureligion. The parts of House Bill ple or a religious organization to do 1523 that define a religious belief as anything. marriage between “one man and one “There’s a lot of fear about House Bill 1523 has spurred an woman” and say that sexual relations what your rights are and what they should be reserved for that marriage outcry from businesses in and aren’t,” the attorney general said. out of the state, as well as legal largely resonate with the Christian scholars condemning the bill as Hood said if a lawsuit is filed tradition, Alexandre said. against the state, his office would unconstitutional.

“It’s a belief in some religions— have to evaluate it on the facts prebut not all, and that could be read as sented. “We’ll just evaluate it on a the government having a preference for one religion and not case-by-case basis, if it’s crystal clear it violates the most re10 protecting others,” she said. cent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, I can’t ethically «À Ê£ÎÊ Ê£ ]ÊÓä£ÈÊÊUÊÊ v«° Ã

go in there and require my lawyers to defend it,” he said.

“It depends on if it’s facts that show some type of clear parallel to that Supreme Court decision this past summer.”

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he controversial House Bill 1523, with its long list of protections for people who discriminate against LGBT people and others, will become law in July unless one of two things happen: lawmakers repeal it, or courts strike it down.

Some lawmakers, led by Rep. Jay Hughes, D-Oxford, are trying to repeal the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act” by offering a resolution to suspend the rules so they can draft a bill to repeal it.

“Churches already have the right to dictate their own activities, which we would not want to interfere with, but this bill is about the economic fallout,” Hughes said at the Capitol Tuesday morning about his “Mississippi Economic and Tourism Recovery Act” resolution to repeal the antiLGBT law.

Meantime, constitutional law professors warn that House Bill 1523 might not be constitutional on its face.

In a memo published last week, seven law professors said parts of the bill violated the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says that Congress “shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

Other parts of the bill, scholars say, only reiterate what the “free exercise of religion” part of the Establishment Clause that religious-freedom bills, like Mississippi’s 2014 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, reiterated.

After the Hobby Lobby U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that a for-profit corporation could hold a religious belief, several states passed their own versions of religious-freedom bills to reiterate the case’s outcomes.

The parts of House Bill 1523 that address and “protect” religious organizations, pastors or businesses are “redundant,” Mississippi College law professor Matt Steffey says, because religious organizations were always protected the “free exercise” clause in the First Amendment and the Hobby Lobby U.S. Supreme Court ruling would protect businesses.

“If the florist doesn’t want to do your wedding, there’s nothing in Mississippi that says they have to, so there’s no burden to eliminate,” Steffey told the Jackson Free Press.

The other half of the bill, however, causes Steffey and other legal experts serious pause.

A person or group filing a lawsuit against the state because of the law could file in either state or federal court.

Steffey said it is likely that an organization would file a lawsuit in federal court against the State of Mississippi asking for a temporary restraining order, which would stop the law during the lawsuit.

If the federal court ruled in the plaintiff’s favor, the temporary restraining order would be turned into a permanent injunction—blocking the law and deeming it unconstitutional. Mississippi would have to pay for the lawyers’ fees incurred during the case. Steffey said he would be surprised to see Hood do much to defend the law because defending it would mean a bigger payment to whoever challenges it.

“The federal civil-rights statute that you would bring a suit under provides that a successful vendor gets attorneys’ fees,” Steffey said. “There’s no doubt in my mind that whoever challenges this law will succeed.”

On the federal scale of law, Alexandre said states attempting to pass legislation like House Bill 1523 is adding more to the “history of discrimination” needed to prove and possibly allow the LGBT community to become a “protected class” under the Equal Protection Clause, like race, gender and origin.

The Obergefell Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage was very narrow and did not address the question of “protected class,” Alexandre said, but added that the new wave of legislation might force the higher courts to address such questions.

“These (state) legislatures starting to enact something like 32 laws, they are making the case and building the record that LGBT community members are suffering from a history of discrimination,” Alexandre said.

For more on House Bill 1523 visit jfp.ms/lgbt. Email reporter Arielle Dreher at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com.

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LEGISLATURE | WEEK 14

Budget, Tax and Infrastructure Woes

by Arielle Dreher

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invited conference instead.

Lt. Gov. Reeves did not express support for Smith’s changes.

“I appreciate Chairman Smith and the House Ways and Means Committee for keeping alive the hopes of meaningful long-term tax relief this session,” Reeves said in a statement. “The simple question

2921, which contained multiple tax-code sections in state law—including the state’s gas tax—and bonds died in Busby’s committee. That meant that increased funding for the state’s roads and bridges may have to wait another year.

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espite Republican supermajorities in both the House and the Senate, there seems to be little agreement across the chambers on tax legislation and budget proposals this year. This session’s hotly debated and contested tax break and tax-increase bills have either died or gone through reconstructive surgery in the opposite chamber.

The Senate’s Taxpayer Pay Raise Act, which Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves supported and Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, authored, would phase in tax cuts for 3 and 4 percent income-tax brackets, the corporate franchise tax, and small business and self-employment taxes. When the House Ways and Means Committee was finished with it, the bill looked completely different.

Committee chairman Rep. Jeff Smith, R-Columbus, told his committee that the amended version of the Taxpayer Pay Raise Act would only cost the state $134 million instead of the projected $575 million that the Senate’s version would have diverted from the state’s general fund over a period of 15 years. Smith’s amendments only left the lowest income-tax bracket cut—a drastic revision to Fillingane’s original bill.

Even with the changes, Senate Bill 2858 caused an uproar on the House Floor last week—particularly because the Senate bond bill called the “last chance” for the state’s crumbling infrastructure to receive funding this year died in committee. Without a bill to specifically increase funding for infrastructure, Democrats tried amending the Taxpayer Pay Raise Act on the floor.

By the time the Taxpayer Pay Raise Act left the House, Smith added a reverse-repealer to the bill, which will force the bill to go to conference, and Rep. Thomas Reynolds’, D-Charleston, amendment to establish a lottery in the state was added to the bill.

Fillingane asked the Senate to not concur on the House’s changes on Friday, and

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that must be answered in the coming days: How many representatives share my core philosophical belief that lower taxes and less government will lead to a stronger economy and more jobs?”

Transportation “Dummy” Bill Dead House Transportation Committee Chairman Charles Busby, R-Pascagoula, told the Associated Press April 2 that the push to increase money for the state’s roads and bridges is dead for this year.

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money-saving efforts at the Mississippi Department of Transportation, which says it needs another $526 million a year to prevent deterioration of state highways and bridges. The Mississippi Economic Council has called on the Legislature to invest at least $375 million annual increase in funding and supported the now-dead Senate Bill 2921.

In a hearing with House Democrats, Melinda McGrath, the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, said that roads in this state that get the least amount of attention are two-lane highways. All of the state’s interstates, four-

lane and two-lane highways are all below the average pavement conditions and have been for at least two years. House Democrats later asked a representative from the state Department of Revenue about the impact of increasing gas or sales taxes to leverage funding for the state’s infrastructure needs.

When the Taxpayer Pay Raise Act came to the floor, Rep. Robert Johnson, DNatchez, introduced three amendments to address infrastructure needs including eliminating infrastructure exemptions and raising the gas tax. All his amendments failed.

The state’s interstate system has been below the average condition rating for pavement since 2010. MDOT is responsible for 908 posted and deficient bridges that would cost $2.5 billion to repair. The state’s infrastructure system supports 90 percent of all commerce traffic and 60 percent of statewide traffic, MDOT data show.

Busby told the Associated Press last week that House Speaker Philip Gunn, RClinton, is likely to appoint a committee to study the issue before the 2017 legislative session, and that such a process might help persuade people who are currently opposed to any tax increase. Busby said some money can be saved but not enough to cover all the agency’s needs.

“I don’t think we’re going to drag $400 million in efficiencies out of MDOT,” Busby told the Associated Press.

House leaders had faced reluctance to raise taxes among many Republican members, when members of the anti-tax Americans for Prosperity, who have been meeting with legislative opponents of the plan, raised questions about operational efficiency the Associated Press reported.

Read more legislative coverage at jfp.ms/ state. Email reporter Arielle Dreher at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com and follow her on Twitter @arielle_amara.

Ed Update: HB 1523, Charter Schools and Appointed Supes

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Gov. Phil Bryant swiftly signed HB 1523, or the “Freedom of Conscience of Religion Act,” into law on April 5. Much criticism raised the bill’s potential impact on Mississippi’s businesses, but legal scholars and policy analysts also worry about its impact on LGBTQ children in Mississippi’s public and pri-

vate schools. Critics warn that the state’s schools could see the loss of federal funding if the law discriminates against students on the basis of sex.

Charter School Expansion

On April 7 the Senate voted to concur on the MS Charter Schools Act with a vote of 2421. If the legislation becomes

law, students who live in C, D and F districts will now be able to attend charter schools, both of which for now operate in Jackson, Mississippi.

The legislation would also ensure that the tax revenue attached to the student who leaves their public school district for a charter school would follow that student to the charter.

Appointed Superintendents

Now that Gov. Bryant has signed SB 2438 into law, Mississippians are past the days of voting for their school district superintendents. With the law, signed Monday, April 11, now mandating that school-board members appoint superintendents, Mississippi joins most other states in the practice. Currently serving

superintendents who gained their position by election will continue to serve in that capacity until they complete their four-year term in office.

Sierra Mannie is an education reporting fellow for the Jackson Free Press and The Hechinger Report.

Read more at jfp.ms/ education.

LEGISLATURE | WEEK 14

Politicians for Sale: Million-Dollar Election

by Arielle Dreher

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hile some lawmakers are attempting to take aim at personal-use spending with campaign-finance funds, little is said about who is funding whom when it comes to candidates. Whether powerful state associations or out-of-state corporations back candidates can make a difference in election results, legislation brought forward and political agendas.

The stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second-in-command leader, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, has the most amount of dough in his campaign-finance account compared to Gov. Phil Bryant and House Speaker Philip Gunnâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;by a long shot.

Reeves made $1 million off the 2015 election cycle, campaign-finance records show.

The governor has a little over a million dollars in his campaign coffers, while Reeves has $3.4 million, his January 2016 campaignfinance report shows, which he could be stockpiling for future political campaigns.

In earlier statements to the Jackson Free Press, Reeves said he does not use campaign funds on personal use expenses as defined by an amendment Sen. Chris McDaniel, REllisville, introduced this session. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I personally ensure my campaign account is not used on personal spending, and I believe it meets every guideline in the amendment Sen. McDaniel offered,â&#x20AC;? Reeves said in a statement.

McDanielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amendment is still alive and a part of House Bill 797 that would re-

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It defines â&#x20AC;&#x153;personal useâ&#x20AC;? expenses as expenditures spent on mortgages, automobiles, household items, clothing and other items.

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r. Announcement: “Live from Clubb Chicken Wing, Ghetto-Science Public Affairs Network presents an important press conference organized by Congressman Smokey Robinson McBride for Ghetto Science Community residents.

Today, the congressman will kick off a community empowerment program called P.E.P.P. We join the press conference already in progress.”

Congressman Smokey “Robinson” McBride: “I don’t want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but I think the execution of poor people has increased. I mean, working poor people are executed by means of high-speed chases in poor neighborhoods, aggressive arrests using chokeholds, severe beat downs and gun violence. Also, I have noticed poor people executing each other. My greatest concern is United States politicians passing bills and policies allowing discrimination, which might further escalate the execution of poor people.

“The purpose of this press conference is to announce the start of a community empowerment program called P.E.P.P. (Prevent the Execution of Poor People).

“Members of the Ghetto Science Team Bureau of Security and I will hold bi-weekly meetings at Clubb Chicken Wing during Little Momma Roscoe’s Thursday night Hot Wing Happy Hour.

“Our expert community leaders and activists will conduct brief educational seminars on Racial Profiling, Subliminal Discrimination Tactics, Pedestrian’s Civil and Human Rights, and The Truth About No Knock Raids. The Goal of P.E.P.P. is to empower poor folks to prevent them from being executed. Let us become survivors of violence, self-hate and oppression by putting a little P.E.P.P. in our step. And, the hot wings are free.”

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Why it stinks: First of all, the First Amendment doesn’t need any reinforcement. Religious freedom is a guaranteed right of every U.S. citizen—to practice any religion, and even Gov. Bryant is acknowledging that parts of this law are redundant and not necessary because of those rights. Secondly, he fails to see the parts of the bill legal scholars are calling unconstitutional: The religious belief that defines marriage as being between “one man and one woman” and reserves sexual relations for that marriage favors Christianity, which is likely not legal because the First Amendment also says that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”

Lawmakers, Mississippi Are Sick Tired of Expensive, Harmful Political Charades

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n interviews about House Bill 152, several lawyers and legal scholars have explained that is close to irrefutable that the law is unconstitutional on several counts. What does not make sense, however, is why and how Republican lawmakers are pandering to voters with misinformation on a religious-liberty crusade to pass legislation they must also know to be unconstitutional.

Let’s not forget that both House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, and Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, are attorneys. They went to law school and likely know full well what seven law professors said in a memo last week: The bill violates the Establishment Clause by favoring a Christian religious belief and view over other potential religious views.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion” is a part of the First Amendment right they propose that the bill protects.

While lawmakers, especially those who are attorneys, must know that the bill is unconstitutional, they went ahead and pushed it through on what some opposed lawmakers called a “rocket docket,” and the governor went right along with the plan.

They know it will be challenged in court, and legal scholars have said there is no way it will stand. So why do it? Why waste precious legislative time and energy on a bill that does nothing and everything at once? (Read page 10 story for more specifics).

It’s a political charade. Lawmakers are pandering to what they know are their constituents’ deepest fears. By acting like their constituents’ religious

freedom is at stake or under threat by the Obergefell same-sex marriage ruling, lawmakers exploit that fear and turn it into political currency.

Yes, lawmakers are already thinking about Election Year 2019 and trolling for a certain kind of vote. The campaign slogans will read, “I fought for your religious liberty—and will continue to do so.” What they won’t say is how many taxpayer dollars they wasted defending lawsuits that come from these bad bills—taxpayer dollars that could be spent on the state’s infrastructure, education, child care, or hey, economic development that seems to be fleeing in the opposite direction this past week.

The part of House Bill 1523 that Republican leaders know scares voters so much isn’t even necessary. What lawmakers failed to say throughout the entire “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination” debate—and their ensuing attacks on the media for quoting them— is that your religious freedom is already protected.

And if you didn’t think the First Amendment was strong enough, this state passed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act two years ago. Bakeries already aren’t forced to bake wedding cakes; churches aren’t forced to hold weddings.

So half the bill is useless. The other part is blatantly unconstitutional and has caused a national outcry, thrusting our state into the spotlight once again for nothing we should be proud of. Make no mistake, this is not about religious freedom. This is about getting votes in 2019 because they “tried.”

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eligious freedom is an oxymoron, particularly in Mississippi. Freedom here only applies to those who are deemed worthy to have rightsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the white, rich, male conservatives. Freedom, religious or otherwise, has no place in this state, as it stands to date.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be real here: In Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as far as the masses are concernedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;religion equals Christianity. Now as crazy as that is to think, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the truth. The assumption that everyone in this state is Christian, which most people seem to make, is overwhelming. The amount of events Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone to that opened in prayers that end â&#x20AC;&#x153;in Jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nameâ&#x20AC;? is damn near at 100 percent. A huge assumption that everyone of faith is Christian lingers throughout Mississippi.

Not only is that absurd, but it is also insulting to those who are spiritually faithful but not followers of Christ. So imagine how those people must feel when the governing body chooses such an assumption when making laws that affect all of us. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christians should be ready for change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.â&#x20AC;? Wow! Imagine that. Ralph Abernathyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words have rung out into the wind and fallen on a bunch of deaf Mississippi ears. Well, not deaf in the sense that these folk are incapable of hearing sounds. But deaf in that these people are unwilling to listen and refuse to hear. And I must say, as a person who already finds a hesitancy with the entire Christianity idealism, it surely doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help that legislators are making a real effort to evoke a spirit of separation and discrimination in my home state (again) with religion (Christianity by default) being the justification.

HB 1523, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;religious freedomâ&#x20AC;? law, which is laughable just by reference, is alarming to many LGBT people because it could be justification to discriminate. Now, whether it is to be believed or not, religion historically has been used to control and dominate. It has never been intended to offer anyone any type of freedom. Some Christians will argue the truth of that, but I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t defend it. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bare defense, only research.

If there was indeed a freedom to believe and worship however you choose, wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t this law be unnecessary? Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be honest here. This is more about control and separation than it could ever be about freedom. This law is a direct reac-

tion to eight years of having a black man, grounded in the idea of what America is â&#x20AC;&#x153;supposedâ&#x20AC;? to beâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the land of the freeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; as president. He has spent eight years fighting for that and now, especially in this state, people have had enough of this whole â&#x20AC;&#x153;freedom and liberty for all thing.â&#x20AC;?

Now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to get back to what Mississippi has always been, even when done under a mask: racist, discriminatory and full of bigots with the power to openly make laws to enforce their bigotry.

Ever wonder how a nation that voted Obama in office eight years ago can now be entertaining the idea of Donald Trump sitting his ass in the Oval Office?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because conservatives want someone there who can undo and erase anything they can that lingers of American unity and freedom. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that these people were asleep eight years ago; they were wide awake and planning, planning what would happen after Obama left office and how it could be certain that for the next eight years (yep, eight), nothing â&#x20AC;&#x153;peoplepurposedâ&#x20AC;? would be entertained in national government. Then, it strikes in the states. Now, if there was ever to be a stand for a lack of diversity and separation and discrimination in a state, guess which one you can use as a poster child.

Ding, ding, ding! Mississippi.

Mississippi: where the good ole boys donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to hide. Mississippi: where LGBT people should be ashamed of themselves. Mississippi: where the black lives never really mattered anyway.

Mississippi: where conservatives go to ride out retirement on the backs of everyone else. Mississippi: A place where the governor can set in place laws that will support the mistreatment of his very own offspring. Good ole Mississippi.

There is a matter of respect for life, choice and religious differences in this state. Unfortunately, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not new. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been that way. Call your law something different than â&#x20AC;&#x153;religious freedom.â&#x20AC;? The only people who dance in the sanctity of freedom here are the ones making the laws that order and encourage discrimination.

Next there will likely be a law beckoning for â&#x20AC;&#x153;racial freedom.â&#x20AC;? Guess what that law will prohibit and encourage.

Funmi â&#x20AC;&#x153;Queenâ&#x20AC;? Franklin is a word lover, poet and advocate for sisterhood. She has a weakness for reality shows.

The only people who dance in the sanctity of freedom here are the ones making the laws that order and encourage discrimination.

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Love, who was born in Jackson, says that when he first started on his raw-food diet, he ate salads three times a day, which eventually got old. He can’t recall where he first encountered the idea of being a livefood chef, but he says that when he got to

Chef Larry Love opened raw-food restaurant Liquid Light Cafe in downtown Jackson in September 2015.

with him, too. After that, he began his journey as a raw foodist and then a livefood chef.

A raw-food diet, also called a livingfood diet, consists of uncooked, unprocessed, mostly organic foods. The staples include raw fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, and sprouted grains. Love does not allow foods to go above 115 degrees, so while he doesn’t use an oven, he does use kitchen appliances such as a blender, dehydrator or food processor.

“It is very much a way of life,” Rebecca Turner, a registered dietician and the president of the Central Mississippi District of the Mississippi Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, says. “The people who choose this diet, they can live extremely healthfully and thrive, but it takes a lot of dedication, a lot of thought process into maximizing nutrients from the foods you do choose to eat, but like all lifestyles, there’s not one eating plan that’s right or wrong for anybody, and it’s good to experiment and to try different dishes.”

Turner says that only 5 percent of Mississippians get their recommended servings of fruits and vegetables daily, so she likes the idea of a restaurant like Liquid Light Café.

“I think that the biggest things for places such as this to take root here in Mississippi is for Mississippians to expand their palate and to at least go try it,” she says.

culinary school in Chicago, he knew that he wanted to learn about that type of cooking.

He graduated in 2006 from Cousin’s Live Eatery Emporium and Education Center.

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nyone who walks by downtown Jackson restaurant Liquid Light Café during the day may notice that the lighting is fairly dim, with sunlight spilling in through skylights.

Opposite the bar is a pastel-green wall, accented mostly with geometric, brightly colored paintings.

The bar and tables are made from a dark, marble-like material, and most of the chairs are leather with chrome-colored structures. A green couch sits against a purple wall. Paper menus showcasing chef Larry Love’s latest creations, including tomato tartar and falafel, sit at each place setting.

Liquid Light is Jackson’s first raw-food restaurant, nestled in a space beside the Regions Plaza courtyard on Capitol Street.

Love opened the business in Clinton in October 2014 and relocated to downtown Jackson in September 2015. Though he says the concept has been slow to catch on, it’s not stopping him.

He points to Mississippi’s high rates of obesity and diseases such as diabetes as a reason Liquid Light should be in a place like Jackson. In 2014, the State of Obesity, a collaborative project between Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, reported that the current adult obesity rate in Mississippi is 35.5 percent, which is up from 23.7 percent in 2000 and 15 percent in 1990. The organization places the state at No. 3 among 51 states. For that same year, State of Obesity estimated that 13 percent of adults had diabetes.

“It might appear that it’s quite audacious of us to think that this would be a viable business model in Jackson, Mississippi,” Love says. “We have some relatively good evidence that it is. We aren’t necessarily being overrun by diners. I don’t think we ever expected to. We understood that the growth was going to be slow and organic. We haven’t even bothered to do a grand opening, and we’re not going to do one. We’re not looking to be a flash in the pan.”

Love says he stopped eating beef and pork after reading “Dick Gregory’s Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat: Cookin’ with Mother Nature” (Harper and Row Publishers, 1974). A few years later, he stopped eating chicken and fish. Although he can’t remember all the reasons the book compelled him to start his journey as a vegetarian, he recalls Gregory asking readers to imagine a world where turkeys ate human beings.

“That just resonated with me,” Love explains. “That just made sense. It seemed to me then, and it seems to me now that there’s 16 something just a little bit arrogant about eat-

Liquid Light Cafe does vegan raw-food dishes such as a vegan bay “crab” cake.

ness Professionals and Associates.

While raw food shares some similarities with traditional culinary arts, Love says it is infinitely more labor intensive. For example, in conventional food preparation, if a recipe calls for mayonnaise, a traditional chef would just go get it from the cooler. Live-food chefs have to prepare it themselves.

“What it affords you is, I think, a better understanding of flavor profiles,” Love says.

“It tasks you with trying to achieve the same flavor (and) mouth feel that one would experience if the food were cooked.”

Since starting Liquid Light, Love says, the menu hasn’t been consistent, but for some customers, that’s an added bonus.

“We’re increasingly adding new items to the menu,” he says.

The food Love serves, which is all vegan, often consists of deconstructed versions of familiar dishes. For example, the average person may be familiar with the fried version of a falafel or even a baked version, but the raw-food take on the dish is a little different.

As opposed to using standard kitchen appliances, he uses a dehydrator to create the menu item. One interesting element of the dish is that the spices are more prominent than the traditional style.

That’s one of the benefits of creating raw-food dishes, Love says. “That’s one of the things that people rave about, even today, that when you eat live food, ‘Well, now I taste the tomato. I taste the basil,’” he says.

Along with his regular menu, Love serves gluten-, dairy- and sugar-free desserts under the moniker The Cheesecake Solution. The primary ingredient in the mocha cheesecake is almond milk, which Love makes himself. He soaks the almonds in alkaline-ionized water for 12 hours to make them more digestible. The soaking also makes the skin easier to peel off. He blends a cup of almonds with three cups of water for five minutes and then strains it to separate the liquids from the solids.

The restaurant uses the solids to make almond flour. The cheesecake also contains cashews (they have to be soaked for six to eight hours) and coconut oil.

With the exception of some ingredients such as coconut oil, the restaurant makes most products in-house, and to make sure that it stays almost entirely organic, Love says he will soon grow food for the restaurant on a half acre of land that he owns in Jackson.

“By this time next year, we want to be growing the vast majority of the produce that we use here,” he says. “ … I don’t think you can get much fresher than that.”

He says the restaurant’s objective, along with trying to provide a good dining experience, is to give the area something new to try.

“Jackson needs Liquid Light Café,” he says.

“Jackson needs a Liquid Light Café. If you have aspirations of being an ‘international city,’ you have to provide a wide variety of experiences, dining and otherwise.”

Liquid Light Café (224 E. Capitol St.) is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and 4:30 to 10 p.m. for dinner.

The restaurant also serves brunch Sundays from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 769-208-8689.

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ucts at a station and create a fabulous dish.”

Each food station, which will be set up in front of the different buildings in Small Town, will have at least one farmer and one chef. The event will feature main

courses, appetizers, desserts and samplings of dishes. All proceeds will go toward the museum’s foundation. “We all love to tell our stories, and we believe that those chefs and those farmers are going to have some

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mall Town Mississippi gives Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum visitors a taste of what life would have been like in the 1920s.

They can see attractions such as an old printing shop, a filling station, a general store and a Bisland cotton gin exhibit. On April 30, museum visitors can experience something else in Small Town: a pop-up food event called “Lane of Lanterns.”

Kathy Williams, the museum foundation’s project development manager, says the idea came about around a year ago.

The Mississippi Forestry Commission had a farm-to-table event in Small Town, and ever since a fire in 2014 destroyed the Children’s Barnyard and Veterinary Infirmary and damaged the museum’s maintenance shop, Williams says the museum had been doing a lot of fundraising.

“We thought, ‘What better time to do something than this year?’ and started this signature event,” she says.

She and Jeff Good, who co-owns Mangia Bene, Soul City Hospitality and the Up in Farms Food Hub (the businesses are sponsors of Lane of Lanterns), came up with the idea of bringing the farm-tocreator-to-consumer concept to Jackson.

She says Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture Cindy Hyde-Smith came up with the event and name for Lane of Lanterns. `“It’s actually bringing all three steps together because we’re going to have the actual small- to mid-sized farmer there, telling their story of how they’re producing goods (and) commodities in Mississippi and the struggles they face and the positives and what they’re doing to help bring this farm-to-table movement, making it stronger,” Williams explains.

“And then we’re going to have the chef there, the creator, to actually use these prod-

The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will host Lane of Lanterns in Small Town Mississippi at the museum.

absolutely fantastic stories to share because some of these farms, especially, have been in their families for generations, even if they’re small- and middle-sized. It’s something that they’ve carried on for generations. The son or the daughter and in some cases, the son and the daughter have carried on the family tradition.”

The event will feature products from Mississippi, from the meats to the produce to even the drinks. Cathead Distillery in downtown Jackson will do samples of its products in addition to creating a cocktail that includes a Mississippi fruit for the event, and the event will also have craft beer. “You have a lot of food tastings, a lot of things like that that go on in Jackson,” she says. “What makes this different is the fact that we’re going to be telling that story of farm-to-creator-to-consumer. …

We know that people love Mississippi. We know that people love Mississippi food.”

The chefs who will participate are Dan Blumenthal from BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar; Pierre Pryer and Andy Nesenson from The Iron Horse Grill; Jesse Houston from Saltine Oyster Bar; Grant Nooe from Grant’s Kitchen; Jay Parmegiani of 10 South Rooftop Bar & Grill in Vicksburg; Mike Roemhild from Babalu Tacos & Tapas and Table 100; and Tom Ramsey of Stäge. At press time, the farmers had not been announced. Farm Bureau is the event’s sponsor.

Lane of Lanterns is Saturday, April 30, at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive) from 7 to 10 p.m. In addition to the food, the event will include live music from the Jackson AllStars and a silent auction. Tickets are $50.

To purchase them, text LANE to 91999 or visit the museum. For more information, call 662-473-8600 or visit msagmuseum.org.

Chicken and Black Bean Soup

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he Manship Wood Fired Kitchen sous chef Rashanna Newsome’s passion in life is cooking. Recently, she gave us one of her own recipes to share with our readers (it’s also The Manship’s soup of the day on its spring menu). Learn more on page 3.

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STEAK, SEAFOOD & FINE DINING Eslavaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grille 2481 (Lakeland Dr, Flowood, 601-932-4070) Seafood, Steaks and Pastas The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 North State St. #100 601-398-4562) Transforms the essence of Mediterranean food and southern classics.

The Penguin (1100 John R Lynch Street, 769-251-5222) Fine dining at its best.

Rockyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (1046 Warrington Road, Vicksburg 601-634-0100) Enjoy choice steaks, fresh seafood, great salads, hearty sandwiches.

Sal and Philâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Seafood (6600 Old Canton Rd, Ridgeland 601-957-1188) Great Seafood, Poboys, Lunch Specials, Boiled Seafood, Full Bar, Happy Hour Specials Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Avenue 601-982-2899) Creative seafood classics. One of Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best New Restaurants.

MEDITERRANEAN/GREEK Aladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive 601-366-6033) Delicious authentic dishes including lamb dishes, hummus, falafel, kababs, shwarma.

Zeekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House of Gyros (132 Lakeland Heights Suite P, Flowood 601.992.9498) Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Newest Greek Restaurant, offering authentic gyros, hummus, and wide selection of craft beers.

BARBEQUE Chimneyville (970 High St, Jackson 601-354-4665 www.chimneyville.com) Family style barbeque restaurant and catering service in the heart of downtown Jackson.

Hickory Pit Barbecue (1491 Canton Mart Rd. 601-956-7079) The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Butts in Townâ&#x20AC;? features BBQ chicken, beef and pork along with burgers and poâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;boys.

Pig and Pint (3139 N State St, Jackson, 601-326-6070) Serving up competition style barbecue along with one of the of best beer selections in metro.

COFFEE HOUSES Cups Espresso CafĂŠ (Multiple Locations, www.cupsespressocafe.com) Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local group of coffeehouses offer a wide variety of espresso drinks. Wi-fi.

BARS, PUBS & BURGERS 4th & Goal Sports Cafe (North, 5100 I-55 Frontage Rd 769-208-8283) Handcrafted food made from the best ingredients.

Burgers and Blues (1060 E. County Line Rd. 601-899-0038) Best Burger of 2013, plus live music and entertainment!

Fenianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub (901 E. Fortification St. 601-948-0055) Classic Irish pub featuring a menu of traditional food, pub sandwiches & Irish beers on tap.

Hal and Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (200 S. Commerce St. 601-948-0888) Pub favorites meet Gulf Coast and Cajun specialties like red beans and rice, the Oyster Platter or daily specials.

ISH Grill & Bar (5105 I 55 N Frontage Rd. 769-257-5204) Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest hot spot offering classic foods and cocktails in a refined and elegant atmosphere.

Legends Grill (5352 Lakeland Dr. 601-919-1165) Your neighborhood Sports Bar and Grill.

Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant and Lounge (214 South State Street 601-354-9712) Lunch specials, pub appetizers or order from the full menu of po-boys and entrees. Full bar, beer selection.

Ole Tavern on George Street (416 George St. 601-960-2700) Pub food with a southern flair: beer-battered onion rings, chicken & sausage gumbo, salads, sandwiches.

One Block East ( 642 Tombigbee St. 601-944-0203) Burger joint and dive bar located in downtown Jackson. Great music, tasty beverages and Bad Ass Burgers is what we do.

ASIAN AND INDIAN Fusion Japanese and Thai Cuisine (1002 Treetops Blvd, Flowood 601-664-7588/1030-A Hwy 51, Madison 601-790-7999) Specializing in fresh Japanese and Thai cuisine, an extensive menu features everything from curries to fresh sushi.

Surin of Thailand (3000 Old Canton Road, Suite 105, Jackson 601-981-3205) Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Newest Authentic Thai & Sushi Bar with 26 signature martiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and extensive wine list.

THURSDAY 4/14

FRIDAY 4/15

SATURDAY 4/16

StägeX is at Deep South Pops.

The Spring Dance Concert is at Belhaven University’s Bitsy Irby Visual Arts and Dance Center.

The Sixth Annual Hot Diggity Dog 5K and Dog Walk is at the Mississippi School for the Blind.

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MONDAY 4/18

Author Peter Brown signs copies of his book, “The Wild Robot,” at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Reading at 5:30 p.m. $16.99 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com.

TUESDAY 4/19 (Left to right) Michaela Bowen and Samuel McFatridge star in “Little Shop of Horrors” April 15-23 at the Belhaven University Center for the Arts.

SATURDAY 4/16

The Opening Reception JACKSONFREEPRESS.COM for “James Meredith: Am I or FAX: 601-510-9019 Am I Not a Citizen?” is at 5:30 DAILY UPDATES AT p.m. at the Smith Robertson JFPEVENTS.COM Museum and Cultural Center (528 Bloom St.). The exhibit features archival displays from the life of civil rights activist James Meredith. $4.50, $3 seniors (ages 62 and up), $1.50 children under 18; call 601-960-1457.

Over the Edge with Friends is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Trustmark Corporate Office (248 E. Capitol St.).

Participants rappel down the side of the 14-story Trustmark Corporate Office building. Proceeds benefit Friends of Children’s Hospital. Registration required. Space limited. Minimum $1,000 fundraising requirement (includes $25 reservation fee); call 601-899-9696; email edgers@overtheedgewithfriends.com; overtheedgewithfriends.com. … Touch a Truck Jackson is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Trustmark Park (1 Braves Way, Pearl). The interactive showcase with trucks, construction equipment and more is a fundraiser for the Junior League of Jackson. $5, $15 family four-pack (sold online in March only), $20 VIP; call 601-932-8788; touchatruckjackson.com.

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“Little Shop of Horrors” is at 7:30 p.m. at the Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive) in Blackbox Theatre. The play is a science-fiction story about an R&B-singing plant that thrives on human blood. Doors open 30 minutes before the show. Additional dates: April 16,

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“Red” is at 7:30 p.m. at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The play is about the internal struggles of artist Mark Rothko. Additional dates: April 14-16, 7:30 p.m., April 17, 2 p.m., April 19-23, 7:30 p.m., April 24, 2 p.m. $28, $22 seniors and students; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com. … Late Night Featuring ZOOGMA is at 10 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s (200 S. Commerce St.). The electronic rock band with southern roots is known for energetic performances that incorporate special light effects. Doors open at 9 p.m. $15; call 601-292-7121 or 877-987-6487; email jane@ halandmals.com; ardenland.net.

2 p.m., April 16, 7:30 p.m., April 20-22, 7:30 p.m., April 23, 2 p.m., April 23, 7:30 p.m. $10, $5 seniors and students, free for Belhaven students and employees; call 601-965-7026; belhaven.edu.… The Joking Around Comedy Series is from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at The Hideaway (Deville Plaza, 5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). Local comedian Rita B. is the host, and comic Karlous Miller is the headliner. Other comedians include Double D., Vonta Young and Skip Da Comic. $20 in advance (also sold at 4th & Goal Sports Cafe); call 601-709-7894 or 601-941-2423; eventbrite.com.

Babylonstoren Wine Tasting is at 4 p.m. at BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar (Highland Village, 4500 Interstate 55 N.). Sample wine varieties from the South African wine company. RSVP. $40 per person; call 601-982-8111; email jeffg@bravobuzz.com; bravobuzz.com.

Comedian Karlous Miller of “Wild ‘n Out” fame performs Friday, April 15, at The Hideaway.

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Enjoy modern and stylized interpretations of Gulf Coast cuisine paired with sommelier-selected wines from the top viticulture regions of California, Oregon and Washington.

Reservations required. $99-$130; call 601-853-3474.

History Is Lunch is at noon at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). Tougaloo College English professor Ebony Lumumba speaks on the topic, “Sew to Speak: Quilts, Black Women, and Justice in the Works of Eudora Welty and Alice Walker.” Free; call 601-576-6998.

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Over the Edge with Friends April 16, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at Trustmark Corporate Office (248 E. Capitol St.). Participants rappel down the side of the 14-story Trustmark Corporate Office building.

Proceeds benefit Friends of Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital.

Registration required. Minimum $1,000 fundraising requirement (includes $25 reservation fee); call 601-899-9696; overtheedgewithfriends.com.

Touch a Truck Jackson April 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Trustmark Park (1 Braves Way, Pearl). The interactive showcase with trucks, construction equipment and more is a fundraiser for the Junior League of Jackson. $5, $15 family four-pack (sold online in March only), $20 VIP; call 601-9328788; touchatruckjackson.com.

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National Crime Victimsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rights Week Safety Â&#x2DC;vÂ&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x201C;>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; >Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC; April 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). Representatives from local law enforcement agencies and organizations provide resource information such as mental health services, temporary housing for battered families and more. Free; call 601-960-2049 or 601-960-1389.

Muslim Cultural Awareness Month Program April 14, 5:30-7 p.m., April 16, 6-8 p.m., April 21, 5:30-7 p.m., April 22, 6-8 p.m., at Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Includes a presentation on a specific part of Muslim culture and dialogue. Free; call 601-960-0440.

46th Commemoration of the Gibbs-Green Tragedy April 14, 6 p.m., at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.). At Gibbs-Green Memorial Plaza. The event is in memory of Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green, who were casualties of the 1980 campus shooting. Free; call 601-979-3935; jsums.edu/margaretwalkercenter.

Spring Market April 15, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., April 16, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., April 17, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). The shopping event includes more than 100 merchants.

Cupcakes & Cocktails is April 15 from 5-9 p.m., and Market Madness is April 17 from 2-5 p.m. $8 one day, $15 three days, $15 Cupcakes & Cocktails, $10 Market Madness, ages 12 and under free; call 662-890-3359; themarketshows.com.

Neighborsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; First Program Educational Workshop April 16, 9-11 a.m., at Jackson Police Training Academy (3000 St. Charles St.). The City of Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program allows homeowners to purchase blighted properties on their block for a discounted price. Free; call 960-1378; jacksonms.gov.

Jackson Public Schools Job Fair April 16, 9 a.m.noon, at Cardozo Middle School (3180 McDowell Road Ext.). JPS seeks teachers, bus drivers, and cafeteria and maintenance workers. Free; call 601960-8745; jackson.k12.ms.us.

CU at the Zoo Day April 16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). Representatives from the Credit Unions of Mississippi give out financial-literacy tools. Free admission for the first 2,500 guests; call 601-352-2580; email tfrancis@jacksonzoo.org; jacksonzoo.org.

Project Rezway: Keep the Rez Beautifulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Recycle Fashion Show April 16, 6 p.m., at Mississippi Craft Center (950 Rice Road, Ridgeland). Participants feature apparel and accessories composed of at least 75 percent recycled materials. Cash prizes given. Proceeds go toward tree plantings and litter cleanups. $20; call 601-856-7546; email keeptherezbeautiful@gmail.com; keeptherezbeautiful.org.

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KidFest! Ridgeland April 16-17, at Freedom Ridge Park (235 W. School St., Ridgeland). Includes big top acts, an activity tent, music, food, animated characters and more. $12 at the gate ($2 coupon available online), children under 2 free; call 601853-2011; kidfestridgeland.com.

Seafood Râ&#x20AC;&#x2122;evolution Sommelier Wine Dinner April 19, 6-9 p.m., at Seafood Râ&#x20AC;&#x2122;evolution (Renaissance at Colony Park, 1000 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland). Enjoy Gulf Coast cuisine paired with sommelier-selected wines. Reservations required. $99-$130; call 601-853-3474.

SLATE

the best in sports over the next seven days

by Bryan Flynn

In case you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard, the Stanley Cup playoffs begins this week. The Detroit Red Wings kept their playoff streak alive, making a 25th straight appearance, which is a major U.S. sports record.

THURSDAY, APRIL 14 WNBA (6-8 p.m., ESPN2/ ESPNU): The WNBA stars of tomorrow learn their future homes in the 2016 WNBA Draft as coverage begins on ESPN2 and moves to ESPNU at 7 p.m. until it concludes.

FRIDAY, APRIL 15 College baseball (7-10 p.m., SECN+): Fresh off a sweep of Arkansas, the University of Mississippi faces Alabama while trying to catch rival Mississippi State in the SEC West.

SATURDAY, APRIL 16 College football (11 a.m.-3 p.m., ESPNU): Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it to Starkville?

Checkout the Mississippi State spring football game on TV, as the Bulldogs look for Dak Prescottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s replacement.

SUNDAY, APRIL 17 College baseball (1:30-4:30 p.m., SEC+): After beating Florida twice in Gainesville, MSU looks to keep winning SEC baseball series in its series finale against /iĂ?>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; E .

Events at Mississippi Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum (2145 Highland Drive) UĂ&#x160;Discovery U Day April 16, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Explore the functions of the body with real medical equipment. Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months free); call 601981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

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MONDAY, APRIL 18 SportsCenter special (8-8:30 p.m., ESPNU): Speaking of Prescott, he sits down with Monday Night Football analyst Jon Gruden for Grudenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Quarterback Camp.

TUESDAY, APRIL 19 College softball (7-10 p.m., SECN+): MSU hosts Southern Miss in an in-state battle between two teams looking for a spark this season.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 College baseball (6:30-10 p.m., SECN+): UM hosts Murray State in a midweek baseball battle as the Rebels look to prepare for the postseason.

Now for some hockey sadness: For the first time since the 1969-70 season, no Canadian NHL team reached the playoffs. That means Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s streak without the cup will reach 23 straight years.

Follow Bryan Flynn at jfpsports.com, @jfpsports and at facebook.com/jfpsports.

30/243 7%,,.%33 Cade Chapel Nate Ruffin Scholarship 5K April 16, 7 a.m., at Cade Chapel M.B. Church (1000 W. Ridgeway St.). Check-in is at 6:30 a.m. Benefits the Cade Chapel Nate Ruffin Scholarship Fund. $25; raceroster.com (search â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nate Ruffinâ&#x20AC;?).

Sixth Annual Hot Diggity Dog 5K and Dog Walk April 16, 7-10 a.m., at Mississippi School for the Blind (1252 Eastover Drive). Check-in is at 7 a.m. Benefits Gallant Hearts Guide Dog Center.

Dogs welcome. 5K: $20 advance, $30 race day; $10 dog walk; call 984-8000; active.com.

A Run to Remember April 16, 8 a.m., at Hospice Ministries (450 Towne Center Blvd., Ridgeland).

Registration required. $25 in advance, $30 race day; call 601-899-9696; fleetfeetjackson.com.

Spring Dance Concert April 15-16, 7:30 p.m., at Belhaven University, Bitsy Irby Visual Arts and Dance Center (1500 Peachtree St.). In the Studio Theatre. $10, $5 seniors and students, free for Belhaven students and employees; call 601-965-1400; belhaven.edu.

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UĂ&#x160;7Â&#x2C6;`iĂ&#x192;ÂŤĂ&#x20AC;i>`Ă&#x160;*>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;V April 13, 7:30 p.m. The rock band from Athens, Ga., performs in conjunction with the BankPlus Concert Series. $45.5$75.5; call 601-292-7121; ardenland.net. Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; >Â?Ă&#x160;EĂ&#x160; >Â?½Ă&#x192; (200 Commerce St.) UĂ&#x160; >Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x160; Â&#x2C6;}Â&#x2026;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; i>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;<"" April 13, 10 p.m. The electronic rock band is known for energetic performances that incorporate light effects. $15; call 601-292-7121; ardenland.net.

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UĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;LÂ?iĂ&#x17E; April 16, 9 p.m. The electro-pop singersongwriter is from Austin, Texas. $8 in advance, $10 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 601-292-7121; ardenland.net.

10th Annual Creative Arts Festival April 15, 2-6 p.m., April 16, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.). The festival is an exhibition of visual arts, spoken word, performing arts and creative writing. Civil rights activist Joan Trumpauer Mulholland is the keynote speaker. Free; call 601-979-2055; email mwa@ jsums.edu; jsums.edu/margaretwalkercenter.

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Check jfpevents.com for updates and more listings, or to add your own events online. You can also email event details to events@jacksonfreepress.com to be added to the calendar. The deadline is noon the Wednesday prior to the week of publication.

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or many fans of Jackson soul, blues and R&B, a follow-up to jj Thamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; emotionally charged first record, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tell You What I Know,â&#x20AC;? which hit stores in January 2014, has been a long time coming. On Saturday, April 16, the blues and soul singer will perform at F. Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Corner for the release her sophomore album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raw Sugar,â&#x20AC;? which tackles the age-old topics of love, loss and where the two meet.

Thames received her break in 2013 after a performance at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s led to her signing with blues artist Grady Championâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DeChamp Records. In the following year, the artist released her debut full-length, which reflected on her struggle to get into the music industry. The album peaked at No. 3 on Billboardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blues album chart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a lot of critical acclaim for that

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Thames chose the title â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raw Sugarâ&#x20AC;? after her song of the same name, which she says acknowledges the raw emotions that come from being open and honest during a time of vulnerability (being in love) and making hard decisions to either continue hurting or heal in order that you can move on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The entire theme of the record is deciding if I want to try falling in love again, â&#x20AC;&#x153;she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dealing with going through everything and figuring it out.â&#x20AC;?

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Singer Jj Thames performs for the release of her sophomore album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raw Sugar,â&#x20AC;? Friday, April 16, at F. Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Corner.

first record,â&#x20AC;? Thames says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was featured on many different outlets and kind of set everything into place.â&#x20AC;?

Blues legend Dorothy Moore has referred to the Detroit-born artist as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the future of blues music,â&#x20AC;? but Thamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; songs also incorporate a multitude of sounds, including funk, soul and even bluegrass. Thames decided to put these elements at the forefront of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raw Sugar,â&#x20AC;? which she is releasing through DeChamp Records and Malaco Records, with songs like the opening track, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh Lord,â&#x20AC;? which features 2016 International Blues Competition duo winners Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This new record is blues, R&B and soul,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just everything mixed together.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raw Sugarâ&#x20AC;? is a documentation of the ups and downs of relationships she has experienced during her music career. With the help of producer Eddie Cotton Jr., Thames wrote and co-produced the 13-song album, which details her personal fightâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;dealing with finding love, losing it and everything in betweenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as she went through a divorce.

Thames says she experienced great healing while writing this record, both spiritually and musically, and the tone of the record is reflective of that.

Love wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only thing that Thames has figured out on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raw Sugar,â&#x20AC;? either. She says that she has solidified her sound since â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tell You What I Knowâ&#x20AC;? and brought that knowledge into â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raw Sugar,â&#x20AC;? which says is her â&#x20AC;&#x153;coming-of-age album.â&#x20AC;? She also noted the importance of aligning herself with mentors, such as the late Patrice Moncell, Andy Hardwick, eZra Brown and the Mo Money Band. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Find people who have already done what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to do because their wisdom is invaluable,â&#x20AC;? Thames says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had several mentors who were very instrumental in helping me finding my voice and just finding my musical identity in general. You need those people to help you sow those seeds into your life because they do grow and help you develop as an artist.â&#x20AC;? jj Thames performs for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raw Sugarâ&#x20AC;? album release party at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 16, outside F. Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Corner (303 N. Farish St., 601-983-1148). Calligraphy, Tawanna Shaunte and AJC & the Envelope Pushers also perform. Rita B is the host. An after-party follows from midnight to 4 a.m., featuring music from Honeyboy Carencro and the New Orleans Trauma Unit. Admission is $25 and includes a copy of the album. For more information, find jj. Thames on Facebook.

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to their work and how they could share it with their friends back in Jackson. Over the course of the next few months, the answer became clear for Marquez. While the Jackson chapter allows writers to share their work with one another, she also wanted to present local authors, songwriters, playwrights and poets with new learning experiences. To put it simply, Marquez says, “We’re the largest market in the state; there’s room for both.”

In January, she approached the Mississippi Writers Guild’s founder, Meridianbased author Richelle Putnam, and the guild’s president, author G. Mark LaFrancis, with the idea for a second group in the Jackson metro area, one that would bring new speakers in monthly to discuss everything from crafting the perfect book proposal to making sure your book is legally sound before publishing. The board of directors unanimously approved Marquez’s request, and on April 2, at the Corner Bakery Cafe in Madison, the Middle Mississippi chapter held its first meeting.

In addition to the guest speakers and discussions, Marquez says the new chapter will serve as a networking space for every variety of writer based in the Jackson metro

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ackson native Susan Marquez’s commitment to writing tends to keep her busy, whether it’s her freelance work for various Mississippi publications, editing books for other authors or writing her own. For the past eight years, she’s also been a member of the Mississippi Writers Guild, but until last summer, the author, editor and freelance writer didn’t realize how much that membership opened her up to.

In July 2015, Marquez and her friend, fellow author NancyKay Wessman, attended the annual Mississippi Writers Guild Conference in Oxford, Miss. Before last summer, she was mostly familiar with the guild’s Jackson chapter, a small group that meets at noon on the third Thursday of every month in Fondren Corner. She hadn’t gone to the conference to see what other chapters were doing across the state.

“I was so impressed by what I saw, the speakers I heard and the information that I got,” Marquez says. “It was fabulous. I just felt that there were a lot more writers in Jackson who could benefit from that.”

The next day, while she and Wessman made the drive back, they discussed how they would apply some of the things they learned

Susan Marquez started the Middle Mississippi chapter of the Mississippi Writers Guild on Saturday, April 2.

book signings to picking up copies of their work. Then, there’s the added bonus of sharing hindsight.

“It’s a great way to exchange ideas— what worked for me and what didn’t, I selfpublished and wish I hadn’t, or I published

with a particular publisher and wish I hadn’t or I’m glad I did,” she says. “… I just wish I could have been a part of a group like this 20 years ago. I think it would’ve changed the course of my personal writing career.”

While launching the guild’s latest branch has been a main focus for Marquez, the group hasn’t taken precedence over the subject that it celebrates: writing. In addition to her regular freelance gigs, she is currently working on two books.

The first, a memoir, will give insight into what she experienced following the incident in which her daughter, dancer Nicole Marquez, fell from a six-story building in New York City and yet miraculously survived.

The second, a book she is writing for The History Press, is titled “The Lost Restaurants of Jackson” and tells the stories of many once beloved eateries in the metro area.

The Middle Mississippi chapter of the Mississippi Writers Guild meets at 2 p.m. on the first Saturday of every month at Corner Bakery Café (149 Grandview Blvd., Madison, 601-607-7377). Meetings are free to attend, though writers can pay the $30 annual fee for guild membership. For more information, find the group on Facebook.

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