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n battles of old the enemy was plain and in sight, and when engaged, strength and valor could be measured with honors given. Today’s enemy for Africans in America is racism and a white supremist pathology embedded in institutions, systems and people. When it is most invisible is when it is most deadly. And the everyday warriors who do battle all their lives, some winning, others losing, are not recognized as having been in a war, not even by themselves. In the midst of this comes young people with hopes and aspirations, needing to be critical thinkers and problem-solvers. Knowing their history and what their forebears had endured, knowing they have a self-motivation for it. Understanding that their opportunity for self-realization was only a dream for the ancestors. Among today’s warriors are the educators who are drill instructors for the mind. Catching human spirits at the youngest and setting them on positive paths, molding thought patterns before they become captured and misdirected by negativity and marketers. They are the ancestors’ army and they have to be ready to engage the future and fight for themselves and all that have gone before. Warriors in science like Dr. Christopher Boxe, Professor of environmental issues at Medgar Evers College, (who we’ve featured before), are on a mission to push their own boundaries and simultaneously volunteer to open doors young people would not even have known existed without him and others like him. NeQuan C. McLean, President, Community Council of District 16; Christopher Smith, Assistant Principal at Research and Service H.S. on BGHS campus; Drs. Lester and Renee Young at the

Adelaide Sanford Institute are all fighting at the hand-to-hand combat level on the battlefield of education, raising the army necessary to carry on the struggle. And given the road ahead, filled with obstacles from gerrymandering and voter suppression to facing climate change and plastic pollution, the battle will be up close and personal in the decades ahead. Previous generations, at great cost and with much success, have removed many obstacles for us on the long road to freedom, and now we have to be the road-clearers for the next generations. And that means that politics cannot be a spectator sport. We must engage officeholders and support political candidates nationally to make the institutional and regulatory changes that confront the embedded obstacles of racism and white supremacy. We used to say on the street that the smart guys were the ones in prison. Their brilliance had been misdirected by forces, some of which they could see, and others beyond their knowledge, much less control. Education warriors Smith, McLean, Boxe and the Youngs are doing the work on the ground to save and grow these developing minds and it falls to the rest of us to do the big-picture work that levels and clears the road ahead. By David Mark Greaves

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RISING STARS AND WARRIORS: Last week 12 confident, curious students at the parent-led Little Maroons Child Care Cooperative on Greene Avenue boldly described themselves as scientists, impressing Dr. Christopher Boxe of MEC's Science, Health and Technology School with their vast knowledge of complex issues. Currently on a speaking tour to selected Central Brooklyn schools for the Magnolia Tree Earth Center's 2019 Spring Program, Dr. Boxe is skilled in space systems, mathematical modeling, chemistry and more, including engaging the interest of young people, Kindergarten – through H.S. in STEM disciplines and careers. The Morehouse graduate is a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering. "So, why weren't you an astronaut?" was one question posed. The children learned about that and much more during Dr. Boxe's one-hour stay. See Page 6

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e journalists often use phrases like speaking truth to power and being a voice for the voiceless. And that is fine. But there is no more effective messenger than the unheard speaking out. Such was the case when Our Time Press obtained a copy of a letter decrying a move by EMBER Charter

School for Mindful Education to file an application to the Department of Education for expansion of its school. It is reported the DOE is supporting EMBER’s request to grow from K–8th to K-H.S. The question posed by the letter, which can be read in its entirety on Page 7, is how can a “failing” school expand?

NeQuan C. McLean, President, Community Education Council 16, in this correspondence bearing his name, lays out the controversy. We publish it because it asks another hard question: why aren’t Charter schools held to the same standards as public schools and are Charters really as strong and effective as reported.

EMBER Charter in BedfordStuyvesant is failing, according to this letter. Why should it receive an expansion to high school status? The story deserves our attention: CEC will be heard, and hopefully so will EMBER’s . ➔➔ See page 7

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ilary Farmer, Jr. owns and operates the 24hr. Gas and Service Station located at the corner of Gates and Throop Avenues in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant. His father, Hilary Farmer, Sr. was the CEO/Owner from 1965 until his passing. In an effort to continue the tradition of community service instilled by his parents who migrated from Barbados, Junior, as he is affectionately called by all, retired from his job with the New York City Department of Corrections in 2000 and became the full-time operator of this only Black-owned gas station in Brooklyn. Junior is dedicated to the BedStuy community. His clientele are from all walks of life. Many who are from law enforcement still stop by regularly to chat. He has been injured once on the job during his 54 years in that

location. The price of gas at Farmer’s is the lowest in the surrounding areas and it continues to be the only station where the workers still pump gas for customers. Junior maintains an Apprentice Program for young people interested in being a mechanic. Customers know that in the case of an emergency they can reach out to Junior for assistance with little or no money. Junior said, “I have collected many I.O.U.’s over the years but serving the hardworking residents of my community is more rewarding.” Submitted by Eulene Inniss Readers are invited to e-mail picture and text for their own “Local Hero” found at work, on the block or in the home. Send to unsungheroes@ ourtimepress.com.

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By Victoria Horsford

UNE is busting out all over and it’s a busy month with many special observances – Father’s Day, Graduation, Weddings, the summer solstice, Black Music Month, Caribbean-American Heritage Month, Gun Violence Awareness Month, LGBTQ Pride Month – all of which will be covered in-depth by WGO.

2020 UPDATES The Democratic National Committee scheduled 12 debates for the crowded field of Democratic Presidential hopefuls. The first will be hosted by NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo in Miami on June 27-28. The second debate, hosted by CNN in Detroit, is set for July 30-31. To qualify for the first two debates, candidates have to fulfill one of two criteria – get 65,000 donors for the campaign, with at least 200 in 20 states, or obtain at least one percent in three legitimate polls. Candidates who have met both requirements include Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke, Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang, Tulsi Gabbard, Julian Castro, Cory Booker and Marianne Williamson. NY Mayor Bill de Blasio did not make the cut.

TALK OF THE TOWN/ HARLEM More than 200 guests a t t e n d e d Assemblywoman Inez Dickens’ Garden Party fundraiser at her home on West 139th Street in Harlem. It was an enormous Inez Dickens success. It was a celebration of Harlem and the evening’s honorees included Assemblywoman Crystal People-Stokes, Rev. Reginald Lee Bachus, Abyssinian Baptist Church, Attorneys Xavier Donaldson and Anthony Chilliest, One Hundred Black Men, a cross-section of elected and local business and civic leaders. An army of electeds were in attendance as well: Manhattan Boro Prexy Gale Brewer and Brooklyn Boro Prexy/charmer Eric Adams. Party was a perfect setting for electeds, with 2021 Hizzoner aspirations and then some. Scions of Harlem’s old and new business class were ubiquitous like the Greys of Edward Sisters Realty, Ken Morrison, Robert Horsford, Basil Paterson’s

widow and son Daniel, Walter Edwards, Elsie (Mrs. Bill) Thompson, Melba Wilson, Londel Davis and Harlem’s eminence grisgris Charles Rangel. NYS Assemblyman Michael Blake and NYS Senator Brian Benjamin rubbed shoulders with media denizens like Herb Boyd, AmNews; Jeanne Parnell, WHCR; Drs. Faye and Karl Rodney, Carib News; Jean Wells and Adrian Council, Positive Community; and Pat Stevenson, Harlem News. There were enough Community Board 10 members for a quorum. Networking was one of the party’s centerpieces. Assemblywoman Dickens had empowering good news to report about new directions in the Village of Harlem. A civil rights museum and more affordable housing on Harlem’s busiest commercial corridor, West 125th Street between Lenox and Seventh Avenues, are on the drawing board. Also, the outgrowth of an M/WBE development team initiative led by BRP Construction, for a mixed-use project encompassing commercial space and 170 units of income-targeted housing, between 40% to 80% AMI, for which the National Urban League will be the anchor tenant. It was the highly visible hand of Assemblywoman Dickens who prevailed upon the NY State Legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo to grant the land to BRP/NUL for construction. The One Hundred Black Men organization is a benefactor of the Albany nod and will be a tenant at the new space. The Frederick Douglass Boulevard Alliance kicks off summer with its 8th Annual Food and Drink Blvd., a food and drink stroll along FDB aka Eighth Avenue from 110th to 124th Streets on Wednesday, June 12 from 6-10 pm. Participating bistros are Harlem Tavern, Melba’s, Chocolat, 67 Orange, Lido’s & Lolo’s Seafood, Mess Hall, Moca, Silvano, Row House, Bean and Barley. Reserve a ticket for free food and drink samplers and discounts at member Food & Drink eateries. [E-mail: info@ harlemtavern.com]

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Forbes says that it is official: New York’s Jay-Z, nee Shawn Carter, 49, joined America’s billionaire’s club, a first for a rap artist. The world’s most affluent HIPHOP artist/entrepreneur boasts a variety of revenue sources, his music catalogue; Roc Nation, his entertainment complex; Tidal, a streaming service; and more than $220 million in cash and investments. Want to

Jay-Z read more success stories like this coming out of HIP-HOP culture? Read the May 27 issue of Crain’s NY magazine: “Opportunity Zones Aren’t Just for Real Estate,” which is a veritable eye-opener for investors and entrepreneurs alike. OZs are part of a federal tax program for low-income, urban and rural communities. Investors derive and get major tax breaks for capital. Recent IRS clarifications of the OZ Program, a part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, indicates that real estate is not the only investment option. A diversity of investments is encouraged to OZ low-income areas. Of the 8,700 national OZ areas, there are 514 in NYS which targets places like East and West Harlem and the 125th Street Corridor in Manhattan; Brownsville, East NY and Red Hook in Brooklyn; Mott Haven, Hunts Point, East Concourse in the Bronx; and Jamaica and Far Rockaway in Queens.

Dr. Lakeesha Walrond as the newly appointed President of the Union Theological Seminary. Please, no correction. Rev. Dr. Walrond is the first woman President of the NY Theological Seminary where she began work last month. ZODIAC UPDATE: Geminis Bob Tate and Edgar Ridley celebrate their 80th Birthday this year. Don’t forget Unlimited Contacts Bob Tate and Dedra Tate, who will host a Gemini Birthday Party and networking session on Tuesday, June 11 from 5-11 pm at El San Juan Restaurant, 1429 Fifth Avenue, Harlem. [For free admission contact: unlimitedcontacts@gmail.com or call 917.217.2222]

ARTS/CULTURE/ HISTORY The 6/2 NY Times Book S e c t i o n ’s Summer Reading issue has a page curiously headlined, “An Antiracist Book List” by Ibram X. Kendi. His recommended 16 titles include fiction classics, The Bluest Eye Malcolm X and Their Eyes Were Watching God. The nonfiction list titles are: The Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and The Making of Modern Urban America, 2010; West Indian Immigrants: The Black Success Story?, 2008; Locking Up Our Own, Crime and Punishment in Black America, 1983; Dying of Whiteness, How Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland, 2019; and Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves.

NEWSMAKERS Last week, WGO mistakenly referenced First Corinthian’s Baptist Church’s Rev.

In the May 30 issue an incorrect photo was used referring to the KowTef dance company. This is the correct photo for their event this Saturday. See Calendar, page 12

Noreen Clark-Smith RIP: Beloved matriarch Noreen ClarkSmith, 88, has died. A part of the socio-political landscape for almost 50 years, Ms. Clark-Smith was a Harlem treasure. She worked at Haryou-Act, the NY Urban League and for the NYS Housing and Community Renewal under Governors Cuomo and Pataki. Married with children, she earned a degree in Urban Planning from Marymount College while working to promote African independence at the UN and to promote name changes at Harlem public schools to recognize prominent African Americans. Her friends’ rolodex included Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Ennis Frances, Livingston Wingate and Malcolm X. She served as Community Board 10 Chair for three terms. She is survived by three children: Regina (Harlem Business Alliance), Dr. Donna Marie and Roger; five grandchildren and three great-grands. A memorial in her honor will be held at Mist Harlem, located at 46 West 116th Street, on Thursday, June 20 at 7 pm.

Music Makers and Friends: Okeyrema Asante, Kewulay Kamara, Hurbert Eaves III, Rene McLean, Eric McPherson, Nat Reeves, Leo & Anne Gadson (Producers Guild) Steve Davis(not shown) Next dates: Doug Carn 6/21/19 & Charles Tolliver 6/28/19 call:267-619-6195

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ast Thursday evening I traveled up to Albany to present at the “My Brother’s Keeper” Annual Symposium. I was the last presenter scheduled for Friday afternoon. My workshop was titled Express Yourself and it focused on the importance of self-expression. In the largest meeting room in The Egg in the Empire State Plaza, over 200 high school-aged Black and Hispanic boys spent the entire day listening to empowering messages from educators and speakers from across the entire State of New York. The boys, they were engaging, happy. Some were listening with the intent of responding through question. Some were at their tables joking around. They all were appreciative of the investment being made for them, aware that there were worse options that they could find themselves in if circumstances were different. We talked about our fears. One boy said he feared becoming homeless. Another boy said he feared dying before he made his mark. Collectively, we all understood the fears spoken aloud, knowing that at some point we have each shared in them. After my workshop was over, as the boys began exiting The Egg, loading onto buses or walking back to their hotel, many of them came up to me thanking me for my words of encouragement. They shook my hand, they made eye contact, they showed that the path that led them into the MBK Symposium had also provided them with some necessary tools of engagement. I thanked them for being receptive, shared

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Central Park Five at their trial, unjustly accused of a 1989 rape of the Central Park Jogger. with them my social media information for them to keep in touch and I wished them well on their journey home. That Friday night, I got on a bus and came back to Brooklyn. After settling in, I turned on my Netflix to watch the Ava DuVernay project, When They See Us. The movie had been on my radar for some time; my friend Marsha Stephanie Blake plays the role of Antron McCray’s mother in the film. We spoke a couple of months ago about the film and she promised that it would be a poignant piece, a must-watch. So, after coming home from an empowering experience with Black and Hispanic boys, I sat down to watch a movie about how the criminal justice system

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rendered a group of Black and Hispanic boys powerless. When They See Us is the story of “The Central Park 5,” a group of boys that were accused back in 1989 of raping a jogger in Central Park. The first episode takes you to that night, April 19, 1989 and shows you how the boys wound up in the park and eventually into police custody. That first episode was very difficult to watch. I remember “The Central Park 5.” I was 13 years old on April 19, 1989 and I remember when they were arrested and accused, when they were labeled with the term “wilding,” when an entire city was willing to depict them as animals. What I did not know back then

was how the detectives manipulated these young kids into admitting to a crime they didn’t commit. I didn’t know about the bully tactics. I didn’t know about all of the lies and deceit. I didn’t know how victimized these children were, literally kidnapped off the streets and physically and mentally abused by corrupt officers until their will was broken. It was a difficult thing to watch. I kept thinking about the boys at “My Brother’s Keeper.” As bright and precocious as they were, they, too, could be pulled from the streets and broken by overzealous police. They, too, could be accused of something they didn’t do in a world where society already assumes their guilt. Even with all of the great workshops and empowering discussions, the truth of the matter is that the boys that I met with in Albany on May 31, 2019 are really no safer than the young boys from Harlem were on April 19, 1989. Thinking about that was unnerving. It made me wish that I had seen this movie before talking with those young boys. My conversation would’ve been different. I probably would’ve made them watch the movie just so that they would know. It's despicable what happened to Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Kharey Wise. And 30 years later young Black boys are still viewed as prey to certain sectors of society, and what happened to the Central Park 5 could actually happen again, even knowing all that we know now. My MBK workshop has been in my head ever since I watched that movie. I can’t stop worrying about our young men.

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Scientist Reveals New Worlds to Young Minds

eight was the reason Dr. Christopher Boxe did not meet the requirements to become an astronaut, a childhood dream. “It’s all about space,” the Medgar Evers College scientist shared with five-year-olds at Mama Sala’s Little Maroons Child Care Cooperative, last week. “I was too tall.” But NASA’s loss is Brooklyn’s gain. Within the span of one year, the 6-ft 3-inch scientist has expanded the knowledge of hundreds of students on such STEM subjects as solar space, the planets and STEM/STEAM occupations. He’s attended science fairs as a judge and presenter, spoken in auditoriums, offered one-on-one tutorial assistance, coached public school instructors and administrators, delivered personal scholarships, helped memorialize a Magnolia sapling and even brought middle school students to college. Beyond the questions children often have about space, particularly Mars, Boxe shares personal messages and stories to students of all ages related to the importance of reading, studying, observing with students of all ages. Our Time Press first met Dr. Boxe or “Dr. Chris” -- as our schools have come to know him -- at the March 2018 Environmental

Conference at Medgar Evers College, where he currently teaches. Recalling that day, it was at the point when MEC’s scientists were concluding the conference in the Founder’s Auditorium with a statement about the importance of introducing science to the “youngest among us.” Boxe told the audience, “It’s never too early. In fact, children are being turned onto science too late. If only we could make the connection.” Being at the right place at the right time led to Dr. Boxe and other MEC scientists and students participating in a program developed by Project Green, this writer’s volunteer spring activity, for Magnolia Tree Earth Center (MTEC). The scientist spoke, dug ground for trees, and even gave out scholarships to MS 267 students. This year, he is onboard as the first speaker in the MTEC speaker’s program, visiting schools, delivering messages, answering questions posed by inquiring minds. And it was Mama Sala’s five-year-old Little Maroon, Nia, who asked a question that gave Dr. Boxe pause: ‘Is there an ex-planet?’ The down-to-earth space scientist admitted he was stumped and acknowledged the questions gleefully tossed at him by all of the students present were provocative and thoughtful. It is exactly this kind of willingness, on Boxe’s

part, to uplift students without patronization that is drawing the students to his field. There was talk of solar and extrasolar planetary exploration. They heard about his work exploring Mars as a possible place to live,

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his work with other scientists, and his team’s work with American and European scientists to build colonies in outer space a near-future reality. And he impressed upon them the probability they may be in pursuit of STEMrelated occupations in the future. But he has that ability to not make it all sound or seem far-out, beyond their reach. Dr. Boxe is sensitive about the impression he leaves and respectful of the audiences he feels he must teach. He told us he sees himself as a messenger more than an envoy – a kind of human pipeline through which knowledge can flow. “I am a vessel,” he told us. So there are other messages he delivers to young people to show they are just as connected to space as he is: “Looking into the anticipation in the eyes of the Little Maroons’ future STEAM professionals and experts, I see the embodiment of their parents, their families and their community. I relayed to them that their intellect would be their most profitable brand, and to be hungry to learn as much as possible.”. But he also told them to, “Appreciate teachers, appreciate family, and appreciate parents who care for you. Love them as they love you.” Relating how he received his Ph.D. at age 25, Dr. Boxe said that at the rate the Little Maroons are going, they may receive these degrees at a much younger age. “I want you to,” he told them. “My team’s main goal is to make space exploration a normalcy for the younger generation to think about and consider as what we envision in our brain as fiction, inevitably, (with time), becomes reality. In doing so, we bring the science to the community.” Last year, he brought scholarships to students when invited to speak at MS 267 graduation ceremonies. He and a colleague wrote a grant that helped finance middle-school students attendance at a twelve-week NASA program at MEC this spring, as well. Last month, as part of the MTEC initiative, Dr. Boxe imparted knowledge at JHS 57 Career Day. And at the request of Dr. Evelyn Castro at MEC, he will be giving a STEM/STEAM talk to 25 students at Boys & Girls H.S Library on June 10th. The “organic/grassroots relationships” he’s formed with the broader community takes him out of the lab and into such places as Mama Sala’s Little Maroons classrooms -- where he admits, he is learning, too. This month, OTP continues its coverage of Dr. Boxe in a future issue as part of our What it Means to Be A Warrior series continuing throughout June Men’s Month and concluding with our annual salute to Frederick Douglass, Thursday, July 4th Independence Day. (Bernice Elizabeth Green)

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“We are Building … All-Stars!”

n 1975, Brooklyn’s landmark Girls High School of Nostrand and Boys High School on Marcy were merged to form Boys & Girls High School at Fulton Street and Utica Avenue. Now the school is a complex of three same at the same location appropriately called the BGHS Campus, comprising Boys & Girls High School (BGHS); Research and Service High School (RSHS); and the

Nelson Mandela School for Social Justice (NMSSJ). The schools’ missions and philosophies combined, result in unified purpose: preparing each student to achieve their full potential to improve and build their communities. This is done through educators helping them to sharpen their critical skills, arming them with the tools and skills needed to thrive. The three-school

As BGHS Campus community media partner, Our Time Press is proud to present the top academic and athletic stars: seniors Kayla Bradford and John McCouran (far left) and sophomore Negusa Walters. Miss Bradford, a cheerleader, is this year›s BGHS valedictorian, with a 94.74 average. She’s headed to Syracuse University, this fall. Mr. McCouran, a senior at Research and Service High School, is ranking third best of graduating seniors, with a 91.75 overall average, while winning highpoints in basketball. Mr. Walters, a sophomore and whiz on the Boys Indoor Track, Outdoor Track and Soccer team, is holding down a 91.91 at the same time.

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Raymond Haskins, head coach of the BGHS Campus Co-Ed Tennis team, has enjoyed an association with The High’s historic legacy for some four decades. He told Our Time Press, “We are building our tennis team to be one of the finest programs in the City.” And so, Coach Haskins' comments can be applied to the Campus itself, where leaders are reaching heights on and off the courts, inside and outside the classrooms. Haskins stands with award-winning Boys and Girls H.S. seniors Thania Sultan; Dorian Haynes and Quallan Brown.

complex has moved through some hoops and growing pains, but it is emerging as a success story – chiefly for the unity of its principals to create a community center that feels like a home, without compromise on the learning experience of an academic arena. The most recent example of all the love and hard work that goes into such a task was the Boys & Girls Campus Athletics Gala on Wednesday, May 29 in the building’s Frank N. Mickens Memorial Gymnasium. All three schools came together for this annual occasion celebrating students in grades 9-12 who have displayed prowess off and on the court. In addition to Syracuse, the Campus’ senior athletes will attend colleges and universities around this country, including City College, Delaware State University, Kingsborough Community College, SUNY-Cortlandt and Medgar Evers College here in Brooklyn. Applause to Principals Grecian HarrisonWalker (BGHS), Allison Farrington (Research and Service) and Tabari Zaid Bomani (Nelson Mandela School for

Social Justice), Athletic Directors Dr. Christopher Smith and Cami Whittingham and Assistant Athletic Director Stephanie Tabertus. At the highly celebratory affair, Our Time Press met families, support staff, parents, friends, students – and reconnected with Coach Ruth Lovelace, Girls Varsity Handball, school aide Donnie Harris and the vivacious Ms. Lavonne Gaston, parent coordinator. We were reminded that Dr. Smith, assistant principal, Research and Service, received a $500 scholarship from Our Time Press at his 1996 graduation from The High. In the coming weeks, Our Time Press will report on the sensational Boys & Girls Campus Athletics Gala, held May 29 in the complex’s Frank N. Mickens Memorial Gymnasium transformed by teachers and administrators into a stellar formal banquet hall (just like the old days). The community’s young trailblazing athletes were honored, but so, too, was The Campus – where success is being achieved, one student at a time. (Bernice Elizabeth Green)

Community Responds to Charter School's "Foul Play" schools citywide, as seen in this chart, and also below most District 16 public schools, which have an average performance rating of Re: June 3rd Letter from Community .44 and an impact rating of .55. Education Council 16 in opposition of In 2016, Ember asked DOE for auEmber Charter School expansion. thorization to expand from grades K-6 to As the President of Community Education K-12. DOE granted the school authorizaCouncil 16 (CEC 16), I am charged with tion to expand to grade 8 but not to high working to ensure the best possible education school. In that document, it was reported for the children who reside in our district. that the school had not made 16 out of 22 of For that reason, I am opposed to allowing their academic goals. Moreover, the report the Ember Charter School to expand beyond also cited an excessive number of uncertified its current configuration in CSD 16. Ember teachers and that the school had improperly Charter School has requested authorization expelled a student “with an Individualized to the Board of Regents to expand from a Education Plan (IEP) without a manifestaK-8 to a K-12 school. Yet, compared to our tion determination review conducted by the community district public schools, it provides DOE” in 2014-2015. a substandard education. In 2017 Ember applied to SUNY to repliAccording to the DOE school perfor- cate an order to create a K-12 school (Ember mance dashboard, its performance rating in 2), but the application was withdrawn – pre2018 was .42, as measured by student pro- sumably because SUNY gave indications ficiency rates and attendance, and its impact to Ember that the application would be rating at .32. The latter is a measure used rejected. The improper student expulsion in to compare the school’s impact compared to 2014-2015 noted by DOE was not included other schools with a similar student popula- by Ember in this document, which reported tion in terms of race, ethnicity and need status. no expulsions from 2011-2015. Ember’s performance and impact ratings I have tried to find more recent suspenare below average compared to other K-8 sion data but cannot find any. The latest ➔➔ Continued from page 1

suspension rates for Ember noted on the NYSED state report cards are for the 20142015 school year and these figures do not match those cited in the above chart either. The state report cards do reveal that for 20142015, the teacher turnover rate was 53% - far above the district average, and that 47% of teachers had no valid certification. In its application to SUNY to be allowed to replicate, Ember reported that the school, “had over 100% growth in overall ELA scores on the New York State Standardized Test (from 19.1% in 2014 to 39.2% in 2015), which was the highest growth in the state. It also increased the ELA proficiency rate for 4th-grade students by over 240% from 2014 (19.1% in 2014 to 46.9% in 2015). What was not mentioned in its application to SUNY but was reported in a Chalkbeat article was that Ember was the only charter school in New York City that year to grade its own state exams rather than use the centralized blind scoring method established by the NYC Charter Center, which also hires a third-party vendor to monitor the grading. Student attrition has been high, with nearly 100 students exiting the school each year according to the latest available DOE data,

leaving Ember to attend either a NYC district public school or another charter school, for a total of 281 students transferring out of the school during the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. Our Council is also very concerned about the supersaturation of charter schools in District 16. As of 2017, 46% of the students attending K-8 schools in District 16 were enrolled in charter schools. Any expansion beyond that is likely to draw even more students from our public schools, putting them at risk of financial instability. This is one of the reasons that the Education Council Consortium, of which I am the co-chair, passed a resolution to support a moratorium on further charter expansion. Rather than allowing Ember to expand, the state should conduct a thorough evaluation of both Ember’s current impact on our District 16 public schools, as well as the impact of charter schools, as a whole. In the Spirit of Collaboration and Community, NeQuan C. McLean President Community of Community District

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great and gracious elder has joined the ancestors. Nana Okomfopanyin Amma Ansaa Atei, a retired nurse, was one of the first Black people to be initiated as a priest of the Akan religion in the United States. She also spent a good deal of time in Ghana, West Africa studying and practicing her faith. She was a spiritual mentor to thousands and was beloved across the nation for her caring, her gentle goodness and her devotion to the spiritual and cultural legacy of people of African descent. “Nana Ansaa was truly a servant to the African-American community,” said Nana Amadoma Bediako, a longtime friend and fellow priest. “She was a member and/or supporter of a number of African-centered organizations. She once told me that she wants to be known for her love of knowledge and information. May her loving spirit continue to support us!” “Nana Ansaa was a passionate, dedicated akomfo of the Akan tradition who everyone knew and loved and who helped return something of our collective past back to us,”

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n May 18, 2019 the Adelaide L. Sanford Institute (ASI) held its Thirteenth Annual Oratory Contest at Boys and Girls High School in Bedford-Stuyvesant. It allows students to explore the power of language and provides them with an opportunity to continue the legacy of their rich oral tradition. The annual contest serves as a forum for students at the elementary, middle and high school levels to develop presentation skills, poise, self-confidence and a positive competitive spirit. Participating students memorize the famous speeches of noted national and world leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Sojourner Truth, President Barack Obama, Frances Foster, Shirley Chisholm, Mary Church Terrell, etc. In the process, they acquire knowledge of life-changing benchmarks in the history of the nation and world.

LEGAL NOTICES ➔➔ Continued from page 8 the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until sixty (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME.SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $ 542,400.00 (said loan was modified to $ 514,779.70 via loan modification agreement executed as of August 25, 2011) and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Kings on November 30, 2006, in CRFN 2006000662108, covering premises known as 393 Essex Street, Brooklyn, New York 11208 - Block 4004-Lot 140 fka Lot 1.The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the

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sale of said premises. TO the Defendant SABRINA FRANCIS AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF AARON A. FRANCIS A/K/A AARON FRANCIS A/K/A AARON ANTHONY FRANCIS, the foregoing Supplemental Summons with Notice is serve upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Noach Dear, JSC of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Kings, dated March 4th 2019. Dated: April 10, 2019 New Rochelle, NY MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC By: /s/__Matthew Smith, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street, Suite 210 New Rochelle, NY 10801 914-636-8900 914-636-8901 facsimile HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW. BANKING.STATE.NY.US. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay your taxes in accordance with state and local law. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order

to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF KINGS SANTANDER BANK, N.A., V. PAULETTE BAZIL, ET. AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated April 04, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Kings, wherein SANTANDER BANK, N.A. is the Plaintiff and PAULETTE BAZIL, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the KINGS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 360 ADAMS STREET ROOM 224, BROOKLYN, NY 11201, on June 20, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises known as 143 DUMONT AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11212: Block 3555, Lot 53: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING, AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, COUNTY OF KINGS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 504435/2014. Joel Abramson, Esq. Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Plaintiff AGAINST Mary HewittSimeon; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated July 24, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on June 13, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises known as 9918 Avenue M, Brooklyn, NY 11236. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of NY, Block 8283 Lot 42. Approximate amount of judgment $763,281.65 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 502388/2015. Steven Naiman, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175

Prep and Third Place: Carliee Schassler, MS 35. HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION - The Jane L. Green Truth to Power Award was given for the first time to high school students for community service that promotes social justice. Jane L. Green was a Bedford-Stuyvesant grassroots activist whose passionate voice was a major force in shaping anti-poverty programs and community self-empowerment for four decades in Brooklyn. One female and one male high school student were the winners. Rushell Jonas: The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance and Kawan Gibson: The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance. Thanks to all contest coordinators, school coaches, judges, students and parents for their hard work, commitment and support. Dr. Christopher Smith, Director, Adelaide L. Sanford Institute Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: April 1, 2019 62492 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Beverly Esdelle; Florence Punch; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated January 28, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on June 13, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises known as 7 Holmes Lane, Brooklyn, NY 11236. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of NY, Block 8241 Lot 54. Approximate amount of judgment $582,190.75 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 506029/2014. Jack Segal, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: April 2, 2019 62530 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS, ELIZON MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST I U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS OWNER AND TRUSTEE, Plaintiff, vs. ELEANOR L. BROWNE, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on March 28, 2016, and an Order Granting Extension to Conduct Foreclosure Sale and Amend Caption duly filed on March 22, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on June 20, 2019 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 1458 East 87th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11236. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 8083 and Lot 32. Approximate amount of judgment is $699,184.36 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 5383/2013. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Referee. Steven H. Richman, Esq., Referee Roach & Lin, P.C. fka Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C., 6901 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 240, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff

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OUR TIME PRESS June 6 - 12, 2019 KOWTEFF’S 2019 JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION Bedford-Stuyvesant

Restoration, 1386 Fulton St.,12-8pm, FREE. Enjoy Juneteenth in the heart of Brooklyn at the KowTeff dance company’s ninth annual event. Celebrated for over 150 years, Juneteenth is the oldest national commemoration of the ending of slavery in the U.S. The day features performances by professional artists, a Health and Fitness Expo (with resources, consultations and demonstrations), a children’s dance class and recreational activities, special programming for seniors, an outdoor house party with DJ Juwandi and an African Marketplace.

Sunday, June 9th THE FULTON ART FAIR “ON THE FENCE 2019” Robert Fulton Park,

Saturday, June 8th 30TH ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO THE ANCESTORS OF THE MIDDLE PASSAGE 17th St., Coney Island Board-

walk, Noon sharp-6pm, FREE. The People of the Sun Middle Passage Collective, Medgar Evers College Student Government and Akeem Productions once again present this day of remembrance, reflection, meditation and celebration. It honors

those who died at sea during the Atlantic Slave Trade and those who dedicate their lives to the struggle of African people worldwide. Join in the Libation Ceremony and the Ancestors Roll Call tribute and celebrate with love, drumming, singing, storytelling, dancing, poetry and a procession to the water’s edge.

BEPAA LECTURE SERIES: RON DANIELS John Henrik Clarke House,

286 Convent Ave., Manhattan, 3pm, FREE. Dr. Daniels, the host of “Vantage Point” on WBAI-FM radio, is the featured speaker this weekend at the Board of Education for People of African Ancestry’s lecture series. The scholar, social and political activist and former professor will speak on “Gentrification, Reparations & the 2020 Elections.”

Fulton St./Harriet Ross Tubman Ave. @ Schenectady, 2-6pm, FREE. Attend the historic six-day juried event that gathers local artists seeking to meet the public and promote and sell their work. The not-for-profit Fulton Art Fair organization is one of the longest-running Black art groups and events in the nation. It supports artists year-round with projects and opportunities to enhance their skills. Come out and see work by legends such as Otto Neals and by gifted newcomers as well. [Saturdays & Sundays thru 6/23]

VOL. 23 NO. 23 Schomburg librarians and archivists, display selected items from Augusta Savage archives, including works of art and other ephemera. Enjoy a Q&A with the collection’s curators and tour the new exhibition, “A Ballad for Harlem,” featuring two sculptures by Augusta Savage – Gamin and Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Harp). Free tickets at Eventbrite, but arrive early or they will be forfeited.

Thursday, June 13th TENANT ORGANIZING WORKSHOP & LEGAL CLINIC

Brooklyn Movement Center, 375 Stuyvesant Ave., 6:30-8:30pm, FREE. Sign up for a 15-minute consultation with an experienced housing attorney from the Community Development Project. Bring all documents you have relevant to your apartment (lease, etc). Attend an interactive workshop on the nuts and bolts of forming a tenant association in your building. All Central Brooklyn tenants welcome – RSVP at Brooklyn Movement Center to help ensure enough dinner, childcare staff and seating for all.

Friday, June 14th

Wednesday, June 12th OPEN ARCHIVE: AUGUSTA SAVAGE Schomburg Center for Re-

search in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd., Manhattan, 1-2pm, FREE. Master sculptor Augusta Savage is celebrated with a new traveling exhibition of her work touring the country. Tammi Lawson, Curator of Art & Artifacts and other

NAMING OF DR. YOSEF BENJOCHANNAN WAY State Office

Building Plaza, 125th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., Harlem, 12:302:30pm, FREE. December 2018 commemorated the 100th Anniversary of the birth of the iconic historian whose work changed the way that people of African descent see themselves and their place in the world. His teachings, mentorship and leadership will now be memorialized at an unveiling ceremony co-naming this portion of 125th St. in his honor.