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☞ INSIDE Harlem Welcomes Zimbabwe President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa to United Nations General Assembly ➔➔ Page 2

Get What’s Yours: Mayor and Deputy Push MWBE Contracts with City

Community Gardens are Urban Oases ➔➔ Page 5

Women Fight Back by Running the Race ➔➔ Page 6

Courageous Women, Forgotten Stories ➔➔ Page 8

City Tries to Take Senior’s Home

How Hard Can This Be? Anita Hill to Judiciary Committee

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One-on-One with... DR. LESTER W. YOUNG, JR.

My Hair is My Crown

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Arthur Mitchell March 27, 1934 – September 19, 2018 From the Dance Theater of Harlem family: It’s with the deepest sadness we share the news that our founding artistic director, the great, Arthur Mitchell has passed away. His legacy of passion, power, and perfection will live on through each and every person he’s touched in his lifetime. We love you and we honor you, Mr. Mitchell.

R.I.P.” Here at Our Time Press our thoughts go out to the family, friends, many students and many admirers of the great Arthur Mitchell. He was true and faithful visionary who invested not only his time and talent, but his heart in the mentoring of young people. He

brought works of great beauty and brilliance to the stage and celebrated life through dance. He will be forever remembered for the lasting moments of joy he shared to amaze and uplift us all.

Misty Copeland, who feels blessed to have known and learned from him, had these words: “Thank you Mr. Mitchell for helping to change the classical ballet world for our community! Your impact will never fade. The first black principal dancer @nycballet!!! You gave me so much, through our conversations, your dancing and by simply existing as a brown body in ballet. But you were so much more than a brown body. You’re

an icon and hero. @dancetheatreofharlem gave black and brown children, not only a home and future, but the ability to dream. I love you with all my heart and will miss you dearly.

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Harlem Welcomes Zimbabwe President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa to United Nations General Assembly ■■

By Amadi Ajamu

On Saturday, September 22, 2018, the December 12th Movement International Secretariat will sponsor a Pan-African Zimbabwe Support March and Rally welcoming the newly elected President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front Party (ZANU-PF) to the United Nations General Assembly. The march and rally will assemble on the corner of 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. in Harlem at 12:00PM. President Mnangagwa and ZANU-PF won an overwhelming victory in the recent free and fair elections by the people of Zimbabwe who continue to be uncompromising in their commitment to Zimbabwe’s sovereignty and independence. ZANU-PF has established economic development and land redistribution in the interest of the indigenous people and maintain that “Zimbabwe will never be a colony again!”

Members of the December 12 th Movement were on the ground as an official observer delegation authorized by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission during the recent Zimbabwe Harmonized Elections of the President and Parliament held on July 30, 2018. The principal parties in contention were the Zimbabwe African National

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The delegation included Viola Plummer, Chairperson of the December 12th Movement, Colette Pean, Omowale Clay and international human rights attorney Roger S. Wareham. “The elections were observed by national delegations from around the world. Our observations of many poll sites reflected a well-organized process.

Every detail was witnessed and signed by every party,” said Attorney Wareham. “We were there for the duration. The overwhelming majority of international observers declared the elections free and fair. President Mnangagwa won the Presidency with over 50% of the vote and ZANU-PF won the majority of the Parliament seats.”

“The December 12th Movement maintains our support for ZANU-PF and the people of Zimbabwe and demand an end to the illegal economic sanctions implemented by the United States Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA), and the recent amendment by President Trump which stiffens the undermining of the self-determination of Zimbabwe and land reform in Africa,” Wareham said.

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rooklyn, NY, September 21, 2018, 5:00 to 8:00 PM – To honor the 50-year Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, the Community Council for Medgar Evers College and Medgar Evers College will be hosting a reception, program and book-signing featuring Dr. Janet Dewart Bell, award-winning television and radio producer, social justice activist and author.

The event will also feature: Mistress of Ceremonies Dr. Marcella Maxwell (Educator and former Chair & Commissioner, NYC Commission on Human Rights) and Moderator Dr. Brenda M. Greene (Chair, English Department and Executive Director, Center for Black Literature, Medgar Evers College).

African-American women were an integral part of the Civil Rights Movement.

Yet, despite their significant contributions at all levels, they remained mostly unheralded.

In “Lighting the Fires of Freedom,” Janet Dewart Bell shines a light on women’s alltoo-often overlooked achievements in the movement and she has vividly preserved previously untold stories for posterity.

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Get What's Yours: Mayor and Deputy Push MWBE Contracts with City

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EW YORK––Mayor Bill de Blasio and Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives Phil Thompson announced that the City will connect Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs) to City agencies with active business opportunities through a new event series called M/WBE Borough Forums. The series also will provide an opportunity for M/WBEs to learn about the benefits of doing business with the City. The M/WBE Borough Forumswill kick off on September 26th in Flushing, Queens.

“Our City works best when everyone – regardless of race, gender or ethnicity – have the resources they need to participate in our economy,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “With this series, we’re bringing business opportunities directly to our diverse and talented New Yorkers who provide our City with a variety of goods and services. It’s just another way we’re creating the fairest big city in America.”

“With this first-time series, we’re stepping up the City’s already aggressive efforts to increase opportunities for M/WBEs,” said Phil Thompson, NYC Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives. “Mayor de Blasio is investing in minority and women-owned businesses at record levels because we know that when these types of businesses succeed, so do communities.”

“This Administration continues to breakdown historic barriers faced by minority and women-owned businesses, specifically barriers to accessing government contracts,” said Jonnel Doris, Senior Advisor and Director of the Mayor’s Office of M/

WBEs. “M/WBEs are vital to their local economies and communities, this new event series brings much needed resources and opportunities directly to these firms allowing them to continue to grow and thrive.”

“The City’s commitment to building a more inclusive local economy is evident.

Under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s leadership, we’ve reached a record number of over 6,000 certified M/WBEs,” said Gregg Bishop, Commissioner of the NYC Department of Small Business Services. “Now, we’re going one step further by bringing opportunities for success directly to M/WBEs’ neighborhoods through our borough forums.”

The event series, which will be run by the Department of Small Business Services and the Office of M/WBEs, is part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s larger commitment to increase M/WBE participation in City contracting, which includes: Awarding $20 Billion to M/WBEs by end of FY 2025.

Certifying 9,000 M/WBEs by end of FY 2019.

Awarding 30 percent of the value of all City contracts by end of FY 2021.

At the forums, M/WBEs will be able to connect with City agencies to learn about current and upcoming contracting opportunities. M/WBEs also will have the opportunity to learn how to certify their business with government entities; sign up for mentorship programs and workshops; market their business to City government; and access affordable loans to perform on City contracts.

HOUSING

City Tries to Take Senior's Home ■■

By Stephen Witt

Ms. Marlene Saunders, a longtime resident and homeowner of 1217 Dean Street (Photo by Tsubasa Berg)

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he city today abruptly reversed a decision to take a senior citizen’s brownstone house on a gentrified Crown Heights block after pressure from City Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr. (D-Bedford-Stuyvesant, Northern Crown Heights) and Kings County Politics.

While the incident, in which the retired nurse, Marlene Saunders, 74, nearly lost her paid-off brownstone at 1217 Dean Street, resulted in a happy ending, Cornegy said it should serve as a red flag to other longtime brownstone owners in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods of Central Brooklyn.

“Home-ownership is one of the most important ways a family is able to build and transfer wealth from one generation to the next. In that light, and with the ever-increasing cost of living in this city, preserving home ownership opportunities is critical in predominantly black and brown communities like ours,” said Cornegy.

The incident unfolded last month when Saunders received notice that the city’s Department of Housing and Preservation (HPD) was taking the property under the ➔➔ Continued on page 7

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WHAT’S GOING ON ■■

By Victoria Horsford

9/13 NY PRIMARY The 9/13 NY Democratic Primary winners are: NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James, who will make history as the first woman and first African-American in NYS when she wins the November election. She runs against African-American Keith Wofford in November.

Tongues are still wagging about the upset victories for Robert Johnson, Upper Manhattan; John Liu, former NYC comptroller; Queens Attorney Zellnor Myrie, Brooklyn, who ousted the NYS renegade senators known as the Independent Democratic Conference, who caucused with GOP senators, keeping the chamber conservative, often working against Democratic imperatives. WGO did predict their ouster last week. NY real estate developers are unhappy with the defeat of former IDC senators. Johnson, Liu and Myrie will win in November.

With a loyal Democratic majority, Andrea Stewart-Cousins becomes Senate Majority Leader and joins the omnipotent “three men in a room” club: NYS Governor, Assembly Speaker and Senate Majority Leader. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is African-American.

Alas, Jumaane Williams, Brooklyn City Councilman, lost his bid for Lieutenant Governor, which is basically a ceremonial title. His electoral numbers were good, losing to Hochul by seven points.

Downstate, he can join the dozen politicos, including Melissa Mark-Viverito and Christine Quinn, who covetously eye

the Public Advocate’s office when Letitia James departs.

THE BLACK PAC A year ago, the NY Times Sunday Business section published a cover story about African-Americans organizing to develop a PAC (Political Action Committee), which would support candidates conversant with Black economic and political issues.

According to the 9/10 USA TODAY story, “EXCLUSIVE: Black Executives: PAC Backs 14 candidates in Quest to Boost Economic Might” by Fredreka Schouten, the mission was accomplished. The COLLECTIVE PAC, referenced in the NY Times piece, is up and running, having raised more than $3.5 million to date, with almost $2 million used for Black American Andrew Gillum’s gubernatorial race in Florida. The COLLECTIVE also supports African-American Stacey Abrams’ Governor’s race in Georgia and AfricanAmerican Ben Jealous’ Governor’s race in Maryland. The COLLECTIVE has a wonderful PRIMARIES track record, having its finger on the right pulse, outperforming the Democratic Party lineup. Now for the hard part, the November elections.

A truncated list of the COLLECTIVE’s Who’s Who includes Tony Coles, biotech entrepreneur; Charles Phillips, Infor; Marva Smalls of Viacom; Mellody Hobson, Ariel Investments; Michael Steele, former Republican National Committee Chair; former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. The nonpartisan group has endorsed 14 House, Senate and gubernatorial races for the midterms. It has a better track record than the National Democratic Committee.

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The COLLECTIVE supports the following list of politicos: Mike Espy, former Congressman, former US Secretary of Agriculture for US Senator, Mississippi; Stephen Horsford, former US Congressman, Nevada for Congress; Ayanna Pressley, Boston City Council member for Jahana Hayes Congress; Antonio Delgado, Rhodes Scholar, Harvard Law School grad, NY for Congress; and Jahana Hayes, former teacher in Connecticut for Congress. In addition to African-American candidates, the COLLECTIVE supports Representative Beto O’Rourke, who is running against GOP hard-liner Senator Ted Cruz. The COLLECTIVE’s success is a function of high-voter turnout in our community……. and, well, lots of money.

[Visit the COLLECTIVEPAC.ORG website] Make a donation.

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NEWSMAKERS RIP: Ruth Clark, 76, died last week.

The Harlem-born entrepreneur founded CUP (Clark Unlimited Personnel), the city’s first temporary employment service owned by a Black woman, in the 70s. A visionary risk-taker, Clark had a client list filled to the brim with Fortune 500 firms, Wall Street investment banks, movie studios, Black-owned businesses and legion foundations and social services organizations. Her business exposure and success led invariably to community engagement.

Clark was co-founder/president of the Support Network (SN), a group of AfricanAmerican professional women who curated fundraisers which would benefit community projects. The SN would host a New

TALK OF THE TOWN The 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly convenes on September 18. New Yorkers welcome heads of states and other dignitaries who will attend the session.

The 2018 African-American Day Parade (AADP) opening reception at the Schomburg on 9/14 was quite an elegant affair. Co-hosted by Manhattan Boro Prexy Gale Brewer and the AADP Committee, the party honored 23 community cultural icons, including Dr. Debra Ann Byrd of the Harlem Shakespeare Festival; Ty Jones, Classical Theater of Harlem; George

Ruth Clark Year’s Eve Awards Gala, which was “THE place to be” to ring out the old and to rub shoulders with local Black elites/honorees like Mayor David Dinkins, Percy Sutton, Byron Lewis, Charlie Rangel, Dr. Harold Freeman, Hazel Dukes and Dr. Roscoe Brown. The Harlem Hospital Neonatal Unit was one of the repeat SN New Year’s Eve beneficiaries. The SN summer outing, GALA ON THE HUDSON, provided scholarships to private school students K-12. Ruth Clark’s funeral service will be held at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, 132 West 138th Street, Harlem, on September 25; the wake is at 5-6:30 pm. Homegoing Service begins at 6:30.

FALL PREVIEWS

Dr. Debra Ann Byrd Harrell, CB10; Professor Michael Downie, Renaissance in Motion; Professor Gregory Hopkins, Harlem Opera Theater; Monique Martin, Harlem Stage; Yuien Chin, Harlem One Stop; Ade Williams, Apollo Theater exec and Lloyd’s son. The reception had all of the right trappings, good ambiance, impressive honorees and a movable feast of hors d’oeuvres and fine wines catered

by Norma Darden’s Spoonbread.

The Jazz FOUNDATION will host its 27th Annual Jazz Loft Party, A NIGHT FOR THE SOUL, honoring Roberta Flack, will be held on October 13 at the Hudson Studio, 601 West 26th Street, Manhattan.

Hosted by Danny Glover with Steve Jordan as music director, the party will be filled with many pleasures from jazz, R&B, salsa, plena, blues and soul featuring music legends like Valerie Simpson, Emme Kemp, JaRon Eames, Eddie Palmieri, Randy Brecker Quintet and the Joe Lovano

BROOKLYN MUSEUM: SOUL OF A NATION: Art in the Age of Black Power with works by more than 60 Black artists in a traveling show, SOUL OF A NATION, is housed at the Brooklyn Museum, filling two floors of special exhibition space. It originated in the Tate Gallery in London and “begs questions about art.” This art began in the early 60s with 15 AfricanAmerican artists, known as the Spiral Group, consisting of Charles Alston, Romare Bearden, Norman Lewis and others. Most of the works were executed between the 60s King Cole to 80s.

NAT: “The Life and Times of Nat King Cole,” a one-man play with live music written and performed by Verlon Brown, director by Rome Neal, creator of ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT fame, at Theater for the New City, located at 155 First Avenue, from September 20-30.

Special opening night gala on 9/22. [Call TNC 212.254.1199 or e-mail: romekyn@ earthlink.net]

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One-on-One with... DR. LESTER W. YOUNG, JR. ■■

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By Marlon Rice

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e continue this week with my conversation with Dr. Lester Young. Dr. Young is currently serving his third term as Regent At-Large with the University of the State of New York, but between 1992-2003 Dr. Young was the Superintendent of Community School District 13. This week, Dr. Young discusses the role of the parent in the educational process.

Marlon Rice: From the educator side there are strategies and opinions available and up for discussion regarding how to best service our children with a progressive and necessary education. But from the parental side, what types of things should parents be doing day-to-day, not just with their children but in interaction with their schools and school district offices?

Dr. Lester Young, Jr.: The first thing I think is that parents have to be very demanding of their schools. There has to be a level of local accountability. One of the things that I’ve noticed as I have traveled around the state and around the city, for the sake of this discussion, I’ll just focus on the city, is that the highest-performing school district in New York City is District 26 in Bayside, Queens.

And here is what we know. If you go into the schools in Bayside, Queens, those schools feel a high level of accountability to the parents and to the community. They are very responsive to the parents and the community.

If you walk in and see the way parents are

Dr. Lester Young, Jr. treated, if a parent has a question it gets answered. If a parent has a concern, it gets addressed. There are very high expectations for all of the children, so when you go into District 26 you don’t see parents fighting to get into one school. They know that they can go to any elementary school in that district and their child can get a great education.

They also know that they can go to any middle school in that district and their children can get a great education. And while their children are taking the test for the Specialized High Schools, they know that if their kids don’t get into a specialized school their kids can go to Cardozo HS or Bayside HS, and from there to some of the best colleges in the country. That scenario doesn’t exist in Bed-Stuy, it doesn’t exist in Crown Heights, it doesn’t exist in Brownsville and East NY.

And so I think what we have to do, we as educators working with parents, we have to be able to tell parents that they need to hold our feet to the fire. You have got to be more demanding and the system has to be more accountable. We have to have a system that responds to the expectations of the community. That’s critical, and I don’t think that exists right now.

I think if you visit communities and talk to parents, they will tell you that they are the last ones to know what’s going on in their schools. The district changes principals, they add new schools, they close schools and the parents are the last ones to know. I just got a text from a parent yesterday and she is still trying to get her kid into a pre-K and they keep telling her that she has to go online. We are talking about a 4-year-old. How much sense does that make? The most personalized thing that you can do in preschool is the placement of a 4-year-old into a school. How do you do that online? What happened to a local community school mind-set? And I think this deserves some real attention, because if you go into the higher-performing districts in NYC, you will see that they have a system of good community schools. If you go into Park Slope you will see that they have a system of good schools. Parents feel like they have a choice. Here’s what happens. Choice is supposed to be about enrichment, so as a parent you’re selecting a school because

that school has something you want for your child. It has a science program, it has a dance program, it has a gifted program, but it has something that you want. Well, in the more favored communities, choice is about enrichment, but if you go into communities where Black and Latino students are the majority of the population, choice is no longer about enrichment. Parents are not selecting schools because a school has a particular program they want. Parents are making choices because they are trying to get away from something. So, it’s moved from being about enrichment into a replacement strategy. So, we have got to fix that. And I think that part of it has to be that - and this is the way that I think about this is - the energy that we saw in the late 60’s in NYC when parents were demanding community control is the same energy we need to exercise today. Parents are going to have to stand up and be more demanding of the system and say enough is enough! And they have to not settle for this idea that we are going to fix one school at a time, because in a community we can’t all go to the same school. So right now, I know that in Bed-Stuy I understand that they have one gifted program. So what happens is that the program only helps the kids that can get into that program. So what about all of the other young people that, had they had the right preparation and the right access, could actually do well in a gifted program, but because there is only one they don’t have access. That’s not alright. So what we have to do, as parents, as a community, is to be more demanding.

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By Akosua K. Albritton

n the midst of fast-paced urban Brooklyn, there exists lush, quiet oases.

These oases were once building lots where Italianate rowhouses or federal-style mansions stood. Now, they are community gardens where, in the main, neighbors come together to grow food. Other community gardens grow food and flowers. Still, others have chicken coops. On Saturday, September 15, 2018, the Brooklyn-Queens Land Trust (BQLT) sponsored the 7th Annual Bike and Walking Tour 2018.

The garden where the tour started was the Concerned Citizens of Grove Street Garden (Grove Garden) at 72 Grove Street. This garden is 37 years old and it was here where walkers and riders checked in, collected water bottles, ate snacks and purchased T-shirts before the tour commenced. BQLT has 36 community gardens throughout Brooklyn and Queens. Most are located in BedfordStuyvesant, Crown Heights and Bushwick.

Moriba Jackson, BQLT Vice President said, “The gardens are open to the community and the community controls them.” Jackson encouraged the event attendees to come out and support these open spaces. “Please donate, come into a garden and offer to volunteer your time and energy.”

Nan Blackshear, Community Affairs Director for Brooklyn Borough Hall, was present and participated in the walking tour.

Blackshear explained that BP Eric Adams considers himself “very green-oriented and health-oriented.” Adams attributes transitioning to a plant-based diet to healing himself of diabetes. Blackshear noted about the Grove Garden: “This is truly a beautiful location.”

Ms. Blackshear was one of the 37 people who took part in the walking tour from start to finish.

The Founder and President of Concerned Citizens of Grove Street Garden is Jaime

Alvarez. Alvarez stated, “This garden is Block Association since 1981. Sherwin 37 years old. This garden was the only Perreira, a garden member, greeted the garden with four goats. We kept them in walkers and shared his observations the garden as long as we could.” Given of the garden and the surrounding there were and are ordinances against community. “This garden is used for such livestock, NYPD officers would gardening, however, the construction of be dispatched out to the property. taller buildings in this part of Bed-Stuy Alvarez said, “The police officers drove is blocking the sunlight.” Perreira sees by to observe the goats and soon would that the neighborhood is experiencing leave. Two of the goats were named changes in demographics.

Pepe and Pepa. The garden members The final stop on the walking tour were able to attract the interest of some (the bike tour had seven stops) was at students from El Puente Academy who The People’s Garden, located at the are active gardeners there.” northwest corner of Broadway and The tour started by having the Greene Avenue. The People’s Garden bikers leave before the walkers. This was larger than either the Garden resulted in having adequate space at of Angels or Grove Garden. It was each garden stop to walk around. The divided into six sections festooned five gardens tended to be small, lovely with artistic directional signage, two green spaces that featured gazebos solar panels, free-range chickens that and winding-stone footpaths. Taking Walk/Bike Tour, Nan Blackshear, BP Community roamed throughout this expansive a few steps into each invited a quiet Relations Director (l) Moriba Jackson, BQLT garden, an aqua and mauve gazebo, calm. The second garden visited was Vice President (r) and a performance space.

Woodbine Street Block Association BQLT partnered with the Haiti Garden. Present to greet the walkers were featured a pear tree, garden boxes and a Cultural Exchange to bring musical talent Sean Michael Fleming, Garden Director and chicken coop without a rooster. The hens to the garden. For the past two years, Haiti Verena James, Block President. Fleming each laid 3-4 eggs daily. The officers present Cultural Exchange has been bringing Haitian explained that the genesis of this garden were Charles Barnes, Garden Representative; arts and culture to community gardens in was the 1970s Blackout. “The Blackout Lonnie Murray, Vice President; James Smith, order to make them sustainable areas. Strings resulted in a 40% reduction in Bushwick’s co-Vice President; Stephanie Rebonati, & Skins performed in the garden that evepopulation. Where we are standing was an member; and Sedon Pepper, member. ning. The band consisted of Luisa Bastides, abandoned lot. We started this garden by It seemed with all her knowledge of the vocalist, electric violinist and rapper; Okai, neighbors bringing buckets of water here to garden’s personnel and operations, Ms. percussionist and dancer; Tenzin Hunter, water the plots.”

Rebonati was suited to be the Secretary; acoustic guitar player; Matt, e-cussionist; Fleming and James are concerned about however, “member” suited her. and Prince Amu, electric bass player. Their the loss of community gardens from luxury Charles Barnes explained that Garden performance brought a surge of energy housing development. Fleming opined, of Angels was established either in 1995 or throughout the area. People danced on the “Once these gardens are lost, they are gone 1996 by the Trust for Public Land. Barnes sidewalk while waiting for the bus. The other for good.” Verena James concurred by stating, and a female walker engaged in conversa- performing act was the Ricky Quinones Duo. “This space is ours and it’s not going any- tion about farming. Both were raised in Sources of support for this event include where. We’re trying to get the kids involved rural southern towns. They both jokingly NYC Council member Antonio Reynoso, in gardening…let them get their hands dirty.” agreed that farming was strenuous work and NYC Council member Rafael Espinal, NYC The tour then traveled to the Garden of did not want it as a career. The tour group Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Angels on Greene Avenue which was larger left from here to visit the Patchen Avenue NYC Department of Youth and Community than the previous two gardens. This space Garden. This garden has been tended by the Development.

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Democratic women are making more inroads, aveats aside, it’s winning primaries at rates still historic! The significantly higher than indisputable truth their Republican counis that 256 women have won terparts. Some political Congressional primaries across observers have questioned the nation and are on the that party’s level of enthuballot in November—234 in siasm for supporting their the House of Representatives women candidates. There and 22 in the U.S. Senate. The are currently more than three closest we’ve come to this times as many Democratic is… nowhere. Many women women serving in Congress candidates say they are fed up than Republican women. with an insulting and injurious In addition, not all districts administration affecting their have a majority of women lives from a house on a hill. backing the party’s line and They’re ready to occupy.

Republican adherence to Not all of these women are all things Trump may have new; some are incumbents, but damaged the brand. Some more are first-time trailblazers. red state women are likely to Not all of them are projected vote for a Democrat – male to win. Some are running in or female – seeing a need for districts not favorable for their change as more immediate party; others face contests with than party loyalty. men long-entrenched in the seat.

Two women who curAnd CNN estimated that if all rently hold Senate seats have Photo: Lem Peterkin the women with favorable odds weighed in on the new wave It was a celebration at Public Advocate Letitia James' Primary night victory party running for the House were sucof candidates. after she won the Democratic Primary for NYS Attorney General. The general election cessful in their districts, women Senator Kamala Harris is November 6th. Remember to vote! would gain only six additional told the Rev. Al Sharpton seats, bringing the numbers to 90 women in the district. Deputy directors and other And although there are those (compar- that she’s ready for it. and 345 men. Meanwhile, women make high-level assistants, along with aides, clerks atively rare) women not working in gov“Folks are fed up and realizing that they up more than 50 percent of the population, and secretaries, run the overall works. ernment as office assistants, but who were are willing to make the sacrifice and have according to the most recent census.

But white people also fill these jobs elected to serve, many among the new crew the courage to put themselves out there.

Clearly, political power in Washington overwhelmingly. In order to get a foot in the of candidates are running against them as They don’t see leaders in their communities is centered with white men, most of whom door, you have to know that a job does or well. They seek to replace women officials and they are preparing to lead – and that’s appear to have little impetus to make their will exist and who can get you an interview. not pushing back against the president and exciting!” club less insular. However, sexism, racism But for as long as there’s been a Congress, his policies. Abortion rights, health care, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and classism likely have less to do with this access has been granted to a friend’s workplace inequality and the president’s running as an incumbent, said in a recent keeping Capitol Hill white and male than son or a colleague’s nephew, for example. denigration of and self-confessed predatory TV interview that motivating many new that other “ism” – nepotism. Elected offi- This has clearly not operated to the benefit behavior are some of the things on their candidates is, “protest, anger, frustration and cials comprise a small number of people of women, least of all Black women. determination to protect their families.” She minds. also mentions, “the fact that Donald Trump has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault and sexual harassment has infuriated women enough to do something they might otherwise have not done – taking the risk to actually run for office.”

And it is a risk. Women candidates open themselves up for a rough ride. They are scrulack women voters are mathematicians to work for NASA tinized more closely and criticized for their an important bloc for in the 1940’s, Harris has inherited her looks, their dress, what they say and how they the Democratic party, grandmother’s spirit of paving the say it.

A candidate told the story on a recent especially this November when way for Black women. The book is radio show of showing up to a campaign it is expected that 80% of Black organized into six parts: event where she was dressed appropriately, female voters will turn out to cast Part 1 – A History of Black but her male opponent showed up in cutoff their votes. Minneapolis-based American Feminism shorts and a sleeveless shirt showcasing historian, Duchess Harris, explores Part 2 - Black Women’s his numerous tattoos. The press, she said, the past 53 years of politics and Relationships with Party Politics corroborated the general sense that he was voting through the lens of Black Part 3 - The ‘90s in Context: a real, regular guy – an asset. She wonders American feminism by asking A History of Black Women in what would have been said if she’d done the where we are going from here and American Politics same. She believes she’d be criticized as less discussing how Democrats need Part 4 - Doubting the Democrats: than serious, exercising poor judgment and to give Black females a stronger Current Disenchantment and offending the people she seeks to serve. footing within the party in her Political Futures But if Donald Trump deserves credit book Black Feminist Politics From Part 5 - The State of Black for anything, it can be said that he inspired Kennedy to Trump.

Women in Politics under the First a lot of women to step up, brave the diffiHarris is outspoken and armed Black President culties and the injustices, and represent for with a wealth of historical facts to Part 6 - Your President is (a) the many not willing to take it anymore. back her up. As the granddaughter White (Supremacist): Post Obama Whatever happens in November, that looks of one of the first Black women and Black Feminist Politics like progress to many political observers.

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City Eyes Senior's Home ➔➔ Continued from page 3 city’s Third Party Transfer (TTF) program.

The program designates qualified sponsors to purchase and rehabilitate distressed vacant and occupied multi-family properties in order to improve and preserve housing affordable to low-to moderate-income households.

This was news to Saunders’ family as their 100+ year old three-story brownstone with famed historical architecture has been in their family for more than 30 years, maintained immaculately and is free from loans, mortgage and had no current Department of Buildings violations. What’s more the property is located on a rapidly gentrifying block and has been appraised at over $2.2 million.

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Ms. Saunder’s home, center, 1217 Dean st, is a well-kept brownstone building in a rapidly gentrified neighborhood in Crown Heights (Photo by Tsubasa Berg) The Saunders family never heard about the TPT program and had paid their required amount of property taxes on April 30, 2018 to make sure the building was in good standings.

They later found out that while the payment was deducted from their personal account, it didn’t reflect that payment for over 120 days to their property tax account with the city.

In the meantime, the city used their in-rem process (Property Taxes and other property related charges that are late) to transfer ownership from Saunders to a Third Party because of a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) water bill of $3,792.20.

This too was news to the Saunders family as there was no DEP documented information about the threshold in place for an over $1000 limit in which you could lose your property due to the program. There was no documents stating the reason the property could be foreclosed, and for what amount.

Even though the water bill was not in a foreclosure status, the family also went ahead and eliminated the total bill September 12, 2018 to clear any water charges.

But after contacting HPD, the family was told the property was already in a transfer process to Neighborhood Restore a Non Profit third party through a court proceeding that Ms. Saunders was not made aware of so she could attend and defend what is rightfully hers.

After KCP and Cornegy were called, they both reviewed all the documentation and ascertained that it appeared the city was trying to take their property for no clear reason.

Late today,a HPD spokesperson emailed both KCP and informed Cornegy that, “Upon investigation, it appears the owner made a mistake in applying the necessary payment to the wrong property. It is obvious this was a simple error and so we will reverse the transfer so that the owner can sustain ownership of the property.”

While the Saunders family will now get their property back, Cornegy said there was at least one other property in Brooklyn he knows of where there is a similar situation, and perhaps more across the city. He is also vexed that HPD blames the family for the error when all their documents point to it being an error on the city’s part.

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Courageous Women, Forgotten Stories

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he Community Council for Medgar Evers College under the leadership of Mrs. Katie Davis, has performed amazing work centering around supporting students through scholarships, developing their leadership potential, and, through the membership, offering role models -- wellknown and not so known -- leaders who blaze trails for those coming up behind them.

When Katie Davis met author Janet Dewart Bell last spring, it was immediately easy to determine that Mrs. Bell would be the author-speaker at the Council’s next fundraiser event. Mrs. Bell, a social justice activist with a doctorate in Leadership and Change from Antioch, had just written a book about trailblazers entitled, Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement.

On Friday, September 21st the public and students will be introduced to Mrs. Bell and her book, which offers the stories of “nine women who challenged and broke the system of Jim Crow.” African American women may not be as well known as they should be because “they did not stand on ceremony,” because they, “simply did the work that needed to be done.” Just as Mrs. Davis, herself an institution, has done in the community and with the Council, work that is invisible to the larger public, but effective in changing lives for the better. Her work has raised thousands of dollars in scholarships for deserving students over the years.

The women in Bell’s book kindled the spirit of the people and moved America forward. The nine trailblazers covered include: Leah Chase, Dr. June Jackson Christmas, Aileen Hernandez, Diane Nash, Judy Richardson, Kathleen Cleaver, Gay McDougall, Gloria Richardson and Myrlie Evers. Ms. Bell had wide-ranging conversation with each of them, listening to the untold stories about “extraordinary struggle for justice” before and during the Civil Rights era, that resulted in “profound social change” afterwards.

In the Brooklyn community, Mrs. Davis is a beacon. For many years, she has worked in a civic capacity and as a volunteer, patron and philanthropist. We asked her to shine a light on some of the women who inspired her when she came to Brooklyn in 1961 from Georgia. She was quick to note them, because, as she explained, they taught her.

Those women included Alethia Boddie, Hattie Carthan, Theopia Green, Janie Green, Elsie Richardson and Mary Kay Fish, a classmate who was the first Black in Americus, Georgia to run for the office of Mayor.

These were people, like Katie’s ancestors, who had that spirit of not accepting what was given to them, not waiting to be given anything. Their spirit reminded her of her grandfather, John Colvert, who accumulated 1,000 acres of land though he could not read nor write and taught his daughter how to lead in a very special way. “He would have my mother, from grade school, read the Atlanta Constitution to him every single day.”

Davis lived outside Plains, Ga, pop. 150, where everybody knew the “kind, Christian peanut-farming” family of Jimmy Carter, who also lived in the outskirts. But Plains had only a white High School. “Black students passed the high school and at the shared bus stop would be pelted with rocks thrown by the white kids," said Davis. And they never made the mistake of getting on our buses because the front of our bus was painted black. We grew up in an atmosphere ripe for rebellion.

“Some of what those women (in the book) faced happened all over the South, women guarding, women helping, women

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protecting, women strategizing, women standing up and women leading.

With the young people active, small towns woke up. The high spirit and determination was backed up by older women who had faith and gave what they could, with whatever skill they possessed – if it was cooking, singing or just opening the doors to their homes. They were moved by the bravery and courage of the young people to stand up to those in power. The young people changed minds by their

Mrs. Katie Davis Remembers: Two years after Mrs. Katie Davis left Americus, Georgia for Brooklyn, New York nearly three dozen black girls – some she had known - were kidnapped and held captive in an abandoned Civil War-era stockade following a series of protest marches, summer of 1963.

Janet Dewart Bell, PhD. bravery and their questioning. The mothers saw that their young would rather die if they could not be part of the change. And mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, out of fear for the lives of their offspring, did all kinds of stuff to back them up. The Civil Rights Movement was like a wave that started in the South and spread throughout the country.”

By the time of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, Davis had turned her rebellious spirit into focused intent to get an education. She earned a two-year degree in nursing, passed the state board, worked for ten years in the

field, and then, as a young mother of two daughters, received a B.S. from Hunter College and then a Masters Degree in Public Health Administration from Columbia University. She was Deputy Director for Administration at Kingsborough Psychiatric Center in Brooklyn prior to her retirement from the New York State Office of Mental Health.

Inspiration came from Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm and George Lawrence, past-pastor of Antioch Baptist Church, where Davis currently serves as Vice Chair of the Trustee Board, under the current pastor, The Rev. Robert Waterman. Inspiration also came from the church. “Did you know that the Black Panthers organized their first Brooklyn Breakfast program at Antioch?”

We did not.

Making history and recalling and sharing it is very important. Though she believes that art may not be as strong in this technological world as it once was half century ago, the history in as much detail as possible is so important, she notes. That is why Bell’s work is so important. Women, she said, helped her navigate the system to make it work for her, and now as president of the MEC Community Council, she is doing the same for others. An active civic leader, Mrs. Davis has served on the boards of several organizations in Central Brooklyn and is entrenched in voter registration efforts. She educates and encourages young people to register, become informed voters, and to vote, ultimately cultivating their leadership potential. “I believe God has different people in different places doing different things at different times.”

Davis’ grandfather owned a thousand-acre cotton farm – he ran a business.

Even hired people. And he taught his daughters. “We still have 300 acres in Marion County. One daughter passed away many years ago of sarcoidosis. Another, Charlene, a former literacy coach, teaches at

an elementary school in District 18.

But Katie’s leadership spirit continues to drive those around her. She had the road fronting her grandfather’s property in Marion County named for him, John Colvert Road.

“It’s easy for her to identify the trailblazers in her life, but she does not claim that title so quickly for herself. I do what I can for the young people and give them work to do to help them be leaders.” What she and the MECC Council have done is award more than $200,000 in scholarships over the years.

And what is a leader? She referred to Bell’s book for the answer, noting, “There are different kinds. For the community, we must be Servant Leaders. They do not take over. They have a vision of what has to be done. They’re not just looking at immediacy.

They help others around them to develop the process to get to the vision. They appreciate ideas from other people, as well as those brought in by young people from their generation.

“They are patient, courageous, strong in their faith. They are listeners. They move forward, but they know they can’t do it by themselves.

‘Leaders support people around them.

And respect is a main characteristic. They teach by doing.”

Mrs. Davis was quick to note that Janet Dewart Bell, the widow of the scholar Derrick Bell Jr., was such a leader and like the women she writes about in Lighting the Fire for Freedom, is leading the way in this Civil Rights Movement of the 21st century.

“Also, Hazel Dukes and Marcella Maxwell,” Daviss says.

Mrs. Davis met Janet Bell at Medgar Evers College June 2018 commencement.

Ms. Dukes and Ms. Maxwell introduced David to Bell over lunch. After learning of Lighting the Fire for Freedom and its theme, Davis asked the author, architect of the Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society series at NYU School of Law, to present at the Council’s fundraiser the next night.

One of the Council’s objectives is not to only to raise money, but to reach out to the community to be stakeholders in the futures of young people, and to meet little-known stakeholders.

The community will get a chance to meet two great women, Janet Dewart Bell and Katie Davis, tomorrow evening. Hosting the event will be professor, writer and scholar, Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Black Literature, Director of the National Black Writers Conference and Chair of the English Department at Medgar Evers College TThis free event will be held: Friday, 9/21/18 5:00PM-8:00PM Medgar Evers College 1638 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn Space is limited, please RSVP: meccommunitycouncil@ yahoo.com.

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How Hard Can This Be? Anita Hill to Judiciary Committee

By Maitefa Angaza

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n 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee had an opportunity to demonstrate its appreciation for both the seriousness of sexual harassment claims and the need for public confidence in the character of a nominee to the Supreme Court. It failed on both counts.”

This is Anita Hill’s opening salvo in “How to Get the Kavanaugh Hearings Right,” a direct and discerning New York Times Op Ed published on September 18th. In it, she details for the Senate Judiciary Committee exactly what it should be considering, doing and strenuously avoiding as it does forward with an confirmation hearings that took an unexpected turn. Nearing the end of what Republicans appeared to believe would be a speedy process to get Judge Bruce Kavanaugh in as the newest Supreme Court Justice, a written statement by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford surfaced, charging him with attempted rape when they were in high school. She says there were witnesses and that she came forward now because she does not want a sexual predator on the nation’s highest court.

This scenario has got to feel like déjà vu for Hill. Now a professor of law, women’s, gender and sexuality studies, and social policy at Brandeis University, Hill was once the eye of a storm that captivated the attention of the nation and the world. She accused Clarence Thomas, then in confirmation hearings for his Supreme Court appointment, of prolonged and intentional sexual harassment while they had worked together years before.

Like Blasey Ford, she did not want to see her harasser appointed to a position to which someone’s character and sound judgment, compassion and basic fairness, should be critical considerations.

And although she expected major pushback from the all-white-male committee, she was not fully prepared for the hostility.

She was made to sit hours upon hours, her every move, every blinking of her eye, scrutinized while the Committee challenged and seemingly dismissed her claims of stressful and embarrassing remarks made to her and about her to others. But Committee members didn’t dismiss her charges before making her repeat and discuss and over them over and over, in detail, when it appeared she was not becoming sufficiently rattled.

Thomas, who up until that time, was eager to avoid any mention of his race and blasted the very notion of affirmative action, proved

November 13, 2017 - New York, N.Y, ANITA HILL attends the Glamour 2017 Women of the Year Awards.. Kings Theater .Brooklyn, .Photo by Sonia Moskowitz, Globe Photos Inc. (Credit Image: © Sonia Moskowitz/Globe Photos via ZUMA Wire) he was conversant with the mythical race card and pulled it, like a rabbit from a hat, at the point of his impending demise. He claimed to offended and outraged at what he called a “high-tech lynching for uppity Blacks” suggesting that his name was being sullied on national TV for racist reasons. Though

many Black people found it to be a statement breathtaking gall, the Judiciary Committee members were stunned into silence, then into compliance, and Thomas was confirmed quickly thereafter.

Anita Hill moved on, but maintained that her account was true and that the treatment

she received was shameful. Four women waited to say they had been harassed by Thomas also. But they were never called to testify. Hill took a polygraph test; Thomas did not. Senator Joe Biden presided over the hearings and though he did not vote for Thomas, concedes that he owes her an apology. Interestingly, this comment was elicited by young women who wanted to know Biden’s deal.

“I believed Anita Hill,” he said to a Teen Vogue reporter. “And my one regret is that I wasn’t able to tone down the attacks on her by some of my Republican friends. I mean, they really went after her. As much as I tried to intervene, I did not have the power to gavel them out of order.”

There was no evidence of any strenuous attempts by Biden to make the proceedings any less hostile for Hill. As for owing her an apology, that has thus far proven to be mere lip-service.

Hill told Elle magazine recently, “It’s become sort of a running joke in the household when someone rings the doorbell and we’re not expecting company. ‘Oh,’ we say, ‘is that Joe Biden coming to apologize?’”

In the present Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, Dr. Blasey Ford was asked to testify before the Committee on Monday, September 24th, but she wants the FBI to investigate the matter first. Republicans say they won’t comply and are ready to bring it to a vote. Although they’re putting forth a confident face, political insiders say they are shook. Enjoying the majorities that they do, Republicans on the Hill can push Kavanagh through with their votes, but what political capital might it cost with women, with the Moral Majority movement, etc.?

Trump’s approval ratings are tanking, the GOP’s are following, and a Reuters poll released on Wednesday says only 31 percent of U.S. citizens now approve of Kavaungh as Supreme Court Justice. So pushing the hearings through could be a risky move, but one Republicans may make anyway. Anita Hill is among those counseling that they not rush. In the age of #MeTOO, she says, they must prove they can do this thing right.

“The details of what that process would look like,” says Hill, “should be guided by experts who have devoted their careers to understanding sexual violence. The job of the Senate Judiciary Committee is to serve as fact-finders… and the weight of the government should not be used to destroy the lives of witnesses who are called to testify.”

Naturally ‘18 A Tribute to the Grandassa Models Pioneers of the “Black Is Beautiful” Movement Saturday, 9/22/2018 – The Dwyer Cultural Center in Harlem NEW YORK, NY - In 1962, what started as a one-off “fashion show” became a significant celebration of African-American beauty; the Grandassa Models had arrived.

EVENT: On Saturday, September 22, 2018, the Dwyer Cultural Center and the Elombe Brath Foundation in affiliation with Harlem Arts Alliance presents NATURALLY ’18, a Tribute to the Grandassa Models, pioneers of the “Black Is Beautiful” Movement.

WHERE: The event will be held at the Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue (Entrance on West 123rd Street). Tickets are $40 each. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Dwyer Cultural Center and the Elombe

Brath Foundation. For ticket information, please call 212-410-7892.

TIME: 6 PM – 10 PM BACKGROUND: In 1962, the late Elombe Brathwaite, renown photo-journalist and his brother photographer Kwame Brathwaite, with the support of others like Sikolo Brathwaite, decided to add a fashion show element to their African Jazz Art Society and Studios (AJASS) cultural evenings. This was the start of the “Black is Beautiful” slogan and the birth of the Grandassa Models, a group of black women who wore African clothing and natural hair, hence the title of each show “Naturally”.

Ann Tripp, News Director for the Steve

Harvey Show and WBLS/WLIB Radio and a former Grandassa model said,” becoming a Grandassa Model, became an important turning point in her life as a black woman in America.” “Tripp mentioned that they were forerunners of the current revival in the natural hair movement.” The Grandassa started with eight women, but grew to include women like Tripp, Abbey Lincoln, Mari Toussaint, and many others. “As Grandassa models this group of black women felt they were ambassadors of their race because ‘we tried to make black people feel proud of who they were, no matter what complexion or hair type, “Tripp adds.

Sikolo Brathwaite, former Grandassa

Model and Director of the Elombe Brath Foundation, was reflective of the “Black is Beautiful” Movement. “She said “this event is bringing us back together. There was a political aspect to the Grandassas. It was about understanding who we are globally.

The way you dressed and wore your hair was political. The Grandassas affirmed us. When you think of the young ones, you realize that when you affirm to children who they are, they can accomplish anything.” For further information, please call 212-410-7892 or visit thedywyercc@gmail.com.

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VOL. 22 NO. 38

My Hair is My Crown

On Hair

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By Sa'Nique Jackson-Samuels Youth Reporter

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air… is a Black girls crown, it lets her embrace her African roots, it is our connection to a lost heritage. My hair is my crown. I embrace it in many styles. Perm, press, natural, braids or weaves, I have done it all.

Growing up, my mother always did my hair. She took care of it and always made sure my hair was nice and neat.

As I got older, I outgrew little girl hairstyles and wanted different looks. Before I knew it, my time had come for me to take care of my own hair and go on my own hair journey.

The Perm

The Journey

This can be a challenge if you do not take care of your hair. Having the process in my hair was hard work. Some will agree when I say if you do not take care of your perm the damage could ruin your hair as it did mine. It was a struggle to get my hair back to a healthy state. From treatments to cutting, having to cut the permed hair out, it was a long process.

The Press I call this wonder the five-minute perm. Because if you sweat your hair instantly like Cinderella’s carriage turned back into a pumpkin, it will return to its natural state.

Although this style can give you similar effects of having a perm, there are some severe side effects to consider. Anyone who has ever had their hair pressed may agree there is always the lurking fear of getting burned.

Braids and Weaves I love braids and weaves just like most fashionistas.

However, in New York City it can be quite hard to find a place that can do your hair without having a fear of the style not coming out the way you wanted. Even worse is the fear of losing your edges, fear of further damaging your hair just for a style. We try to see what style braided or weaved that will work best, and we push through the challenges.

When it works, it can be an excellent way to help AfricanAmerican hair to grow.

Doing my own hair started off pretty well until one day I went to a hair salon in high hopes of having the style I desired.

When the beautician was finished, it was not exactly what I wanted. The braids were so tight, but I did not protest. I simply paid the lady, believing the braids would loosen up in due time.

The braids help to grow back my hair that was damaged from a previous perm. A phase I was going through when I thought I wanted straight, flowy hair.

When it was time to take out the braided style I was completely wrong. Not only did it take what seemed like forever for the style to loosen up, I ended up losing more hair in the back of my head. I was so devasted, I could not believe it. I was in a state of shock. I cried because all of my hard work of trying to manage a steady path of taking care of my hair was now ruined.

All was not lost as going natural has allowed my hair to get back on a healthy track just like when my mom used to take care of it. I am more cautious about what products I use and where I go to get my hair done. When walking into a hair salon, I look for a positive atmosphere; I look at other clients’ hairstyles in hopes of seeing if it is being done nice.

I also look for a place that’s not going to overcharge me for simple styles and a place that will take their time and do the style I request and the right way I asked for it to be done.

Needless to say, I am still on the search for a hair salon that can meet up to my expectations.

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e have seen this scenario before and unfortunately for the New York Giants, so far this season has them on the wrong end of déjà vu. After last Sunday night’s lost to division rival the Dallas Cowboys, Big Blue finds themselves once again beginning the season at 0-2. The Giants were shut out in the first half of the game and had no answers for Dallas’ tenacious defense. The defense of the Cowboys seems to have taken exception to the comments of Giants safety Landon Collins earlier in the week. Collins suggested that if his team can allow opposing quarterback Dak Prescott to beat them, it will give them a greater chance to win Sunday night’s game. Prescott got word of Collins’ remarks and simply replied: “Challenge accepted.” This perhaps will add some fuel to the fire in this rivalry.

Although Prescott did not have monster numbers against the Giants, but he did enough to answer Collins’ challenge. The team looked quite prepared as they frustrated the Giants quarterback and wore down their defensive line. It was also a rough night for their (Giants) offensive line. Eli Manning did not get much protection from them as he was sacked six times with four coming by Cowboys star linebacker Sean Lee. Manning had trouble moving the ball down the field.

In fact, other than a 37-yard completion pass to Cody Latimer, no Manning pass went

longer than 18 yards. The Cowboys defense was able to contain the Giants two dangerous weapons most of the game in Saquon Barkley and Odell Beckham, Jr. Sunday night’s lost marks the third in a row to Dallas going back to last year’s 2-game sweep.

The Giants joined five other teams who are winless thus far. The list includes the Raiders, Cardinals, Bills, Texans and Lions.

Those who know football history know all too well that falling to 0-2 does not fare well for any team hoping to make the playoffs.

In the last two decades, only 12 percent of teams were able to rally and make the playoffs after starting 0-2. I, for one, do NOT think Giants fans should press the panic button just yet. Yes, their defense does need to improve for they have been dreadful to come out the gates the first two games. As far as the offensive side of the ball goes, the body language of the team has indicated they are still trying to adapt with the coaching style of new Head Coach Pat Shurmur. This, however, needs to be fixed in a hurry for the Giants are in a very competitive NFC East Division. Manning has to play better and the line has to hold up to allow Manning to make the super plays that he has done for most of his career. Question is, “Can the Giants regroup and adapt fast?” The team will travel to Houston to battle the Texans in hopes of capturing their first win of the season.

Sports Notes: (Football) Coming off an ugly lost to the Miami Dolphins, the New York Jets will play their third game in 11 days as they head to Cleveland to play the Browns tonight on Thursday Night Football. (Baseball) The baseball season is winding down and the New York Yankees are trying to hold on to the first Wild Card in the American League in hopes of hosting a 1-game playoff against the Oakland Athletics. With Aaron Judge making his return to the lineup, can he help the Yankees secure the Wild Card spot and make a deep playoff run? Stay tuned and let me know about your football and baseball questions at Castroeddie714@gmail.com.

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WEEKSVILLE HERITAGE CENTER "From Africa To Weeksville the exhibition: The Eric Edwards Collection" closes at Weeksville Heritage Center on September 26th with a major celebration!

Exhibition displays artifacts from one of the largest African art collections in the United States Please join us for a closing reception on Wednesday, September 26th from 6-9pm at 158 Buffalo Avenue (between Bergen Street & St. Marks Avenue) in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Weeksville Heritage Center, the arts and cultural institution that sits on the site of the remaining vestiges of the second largest free African-American community of pre-Civil War America, is pleased to announce the celebratory closing of “From Africa To Weeksville: The Eric Edwards Collection,” an exhibition of rare artifacts on loan from The Cultural Museum of African Art, The Eric Edwards Collection, one of the largest collections of African art in the United States amassed by an African American honoring H.E. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea, New York City Council Majority Leader Laurie A. Cumbo, and Cherae Robinson, president and founder of Tastemakers Africa. With the theme of the exhibition being rooted in bridging the gap between continental Africans and members of the diaspora living in the US, we want to publicly celebrate them for their tireless work in building that bridge. The exhibition, which opened on July 12 highlights the history and background on artifacts from 17 countries on the African continent and, through its narrative and programmatic extensions, draws explicit connections between the cultural practices of those countries and the people, both free and formerly enslaved, who built the community of historic Weeksville. “From Africa To Weeksville: The Eric Edwards Collection” is made possible in part by the support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and its Cultural Immigrant Initiative.

“I am thrilled to bring a portion of my collection to such an important place of black history and meaning as Weeksville,” says Edwards, a retired AT&T engineer. “In many ways the collection encapsulates our experience and exhibits the qualities and untold skills that we brought to this country, all of which helped build the United States into the great country it is.”

Punu Female, Gabon From the Eric Edwards Collection

Some of the artifacts on exhibit include: • A 4,000 year old royal woman granite bust from the Nubian empire; • Ancient craftsmen’s tools utilized to create the art; • Some of the finest of Africa’s old metal works and castings; • A bronze flute player illustrating the “Lost-Wax” method of casting created in Africa; • Rare hand-woven cloths & garments exhibiting skills brought from Africa; • Shrine pieces from Gabon, the Congo, and South Africa; • African royalty headdresses; • Important drums of the Baga of Guinea, and the Yangere of the Congo; • Artifacts used in initiation ceremonies for young girls and boys in transition to adulthood; • A Terracotta Maternity from the Djenne Empire of Mali; • A royal bull glass bead helmet of the Bamileke of the Cameroon; and • Rare African and U.S. slave chains that document the “Middle Passage and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade”.

"We’re honored to be in partnership with Eric for this exhibition and to be able to show a portion of his impressive collection at Weeksville,” says Rob Fields, Weeksville Heritage Center’s President and Executive Director. “We are constantly thinking about how to connect past to present in ways that are relevant and resonant for our community.

Given the current tenor of the times, it’s hard to imagine few things more powerful and reaffirming than a black cultural institution hosting and highlighting African art that’s been collected and curated by someone in our community.”

The Eric Edwards Collection is the result of over 48 years of Edwards’ work as a private collector. He has amassed one of the most important private collections of African art in the world. Over 2,500 artifacts reside alongside Mr. Edwards in his Brooklyn home, which has become a museum. The collection represents all 54 countries of Africa and spans over 4000 years of history. In the 1970s Eric Edwards, a Brooklyn native, acquired his first piece of African art-- a statue of a Bambara maternity female from Mali for $300. With this

Fang Reliquary Figure, Equatorial Guinea From the Eric Edwards Collection

purchase his love for African Art was born, and soon escalated into an obsession for acquiring one-of-a-kind African artifacts. "I went to auctions, galleries, private acquisition sales, as well as travelling extensively around the world. I started purchasing pieces when they were truly affordable and started building my collection,” he said in an interview. Edwards credits his father James, who came to America from Barbados at 17, with teaching him about Africa’s contributions to mankind. Those lessons empowered him with a self-respect and dignity that gave him a sense of real equality.

About Weeksville Heritage Center Weeksville Heritage Center is a multidisciplinary museum dedicated to preserving the history of the 19th century African American community of Weeksville, Brooklyn - one of America’s many free black communities, and the second largest of its kind in pre-Civil War America.

Weeksville's mission is to document, preserve and interpret the history of free African American communities in Weeksville, Brooklyn and beyond and to create and inspire innovative, contemporary uses of African American history through education, the arts, and civic engagement. Using a contemporary lens, we activate this unique history through the presentation of innovative, vanguard and experimental programs.

For press inquiries please contact Stephanye Watts, Community Engagement Manager, at stephanye@weeskvillesociety.org or 718-756-5250 x329.

More information on Weeksville Heritage Center: http://www.weeksvillesociety.org.

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NEW BUSINESS FORMATIONS Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Supreme Court, Kings County on 08/24/2018, bearing Index Number 1857/2018, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY in room 189, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Kris (Last) Beckford. My present name is (First) Kristian (Middle) Messiah (Last) Williams. My present address is 903 Drew St. Brooklyn, NY 11208. My date of birth is 08/01/1991. My place of birth is Kings County, Brooklyn, NY. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: 811 Crown Street, LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 07/10/2017 Office location: County of Kings Purpose: Any and all lawful activities Secretary of State of New York (SSNY ) is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: c/o Leroy Baxter 62 Paerdegat 2nd Street Brooklyn, NY 11236

SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS WATERFALL VICTORIA MASTER FUND, LTD, Plaintiff against JOSEPH DANTICA; MENDY DANTICA, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on July 26, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in Room 224 of the Kings County Courthouse, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 25th day of October, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. premises described as follows: 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. Said premises known as 2012 Ralph Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11234. (Block: 7807, Lot: 52). Approximate amount of lien $ 848,016.92 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 510397-14. Mark A. Longo, Esq., Referee. Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS, CITIMORTGAGE INC., Plaintiff, vs. DWIGHT NOEL; STEPHANIE DENIS NOEL, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure, Sale and Discharge of Mortgage and Nunc Pro Tunc Relief, duly filed on August 13, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on October 25, 2018 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 447 East 48th Street, New York, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings

DOUBLEKILL MEDIA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/02/18.

Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Peggy Weicher, 235 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Ashley Jo Photo LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/07/2018. Office:

CONCRETE DREAMS PRODUCTIONS, L.L.C. Arts. of Org. filed

and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 4696 and Lot 50. Approximate amount of judgment is $817,188.22 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 21783/2011. Doron A. Leiby, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Ste. 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Cash will not be accepted.

thereon erected, situate lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. Premises known as 396 E 93rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212.

(Block: 4667 and Lot: 24) Approximate amount of lien $937,592.87 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 502649/2014. Steven J. Baker, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218 For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 Dated: July 26, 2018

LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF KINGS GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

DAVID ZOIMEN, et al., Defendants NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Kings County on June 7, 2017, I, M. Randolph Jackson, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on October 18, 2018 at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, County of Kings, State of New York, at 2:30 P.M., the premises described as follows: 9 West 9th Street Brooklyn, NY 11231 SBL No.: Block 534 Lot 46 ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 7136/10 in the amount of $852,493.88 plus interest and costs. Megan S. Kale, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St. Rochester, New York 14614 Tel.: 855-227-5072

Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o 181 MacDougal Street, Apt. 4R Brooklyn, NY 11233. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF KINGS GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

DAVID ZOIMEN, et al., Defendants NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Kings County on June 7, 2017, I, M. Randolph Jackson, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on October 18, 2018 at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, County of Kings, State of New York, at 2:30 P.M., the premises described as follows: 9 West 9th Street Brooklyn, NY 11231 SBL No.: Block 534 Lot 46 ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 7136/10 in the amount of $852,493.88 plus interest and costs. Megan S. Kale, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St. Rochester, New York 14614 Tel.: 855-227-5072 NAME CHANGE Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on 09/05/2018, bearing Index Number NC-001227-18/KI, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) Jaylynn (Middle) Deasia (Last) McTier. My present name is (First) Jaylynn (Middle) Deaoisa (Last) McTier AKA Jaylynn /Deasia Mctier (infant). My present address is Brooklyn, NY. My place of birth is Manhattan, NY. The month and year of my birth are February 2001.

REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff – against – JILANI WARSI, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on May 19, 2017. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction, in Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on the 11th Day of October, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements

SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2007-7T2, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-7T2, Plaintiff against EGBERT BAPTISTE, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on August 15, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 18th day of October, 2018 at 2:30pm premises described as follows: 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. Said premises known as 674 East 22nd Street, Brooklyn. N.Y. 11210.

(Block: 5221, Lot: 36).

Approximate amount of lien $ 836.509.93 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 507289-14. Bruce Goldstein, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street – Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS INDEX NO. 501561/2018 Plaintiff designates KINGS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 103 A COOPER STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11207 District: Section: Block: 3434 Lot: 62 CIT BANK, N.A., Plaintiff ,vs. MAURY M. RICHARDSON, HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEGGY A. RICHARDSON; CASSANDRA RICHARDSON, HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEGGY A. RICHARDSON; ANGELA GAYDEN, HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEGGY A. RICHARDSON; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF PEGGY A. RICHARDSON; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be

VOL. 22 NO. 38 with the SSNY on April 24, 2018. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC c/o Suzette Burton, 762 Halsey Street, Apt. 2, Brooklyn, NY 11233 Purpose: To engage in any and all business activities.

Cultivate Fit & Well LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/19/2018. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Cultivate Fit & Well, LLC, 654 St. Marks Ave., Apt. 2D, Brooklyn, NY 11216. Purpose: To engage in any and all business activities. included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; ‘’JOHN DOE #1’’ through ‘’JOHN DOE #12,’’ the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.___ To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer 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 Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the 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 (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 OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $544,185.00 and interest, recorded on February 23, 2006, at Liber 2006000104378 Page , of the Public Records of KINGS County, New York, covering premises known as 103 A COOPER STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11207. 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. KINGS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. 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 ➔➔ Continued on page 14

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LEGAL NOTICES ➔➔ Continued from page 12 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 the mortgage company will not stop the 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. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: DANIEL GREENBAUM, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC AUCTION Supreme Court of New York, KINGS County.

SRMOF II 2012-1 TRUST, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -against- CLEO CHARLESPHILLIPS; ROBERT PHILLIPS; CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; CITY OF NEW YORK TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION & FINANCE; SOPHIA JOHNSON, Index No. 2713/2013. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated, February 21, 2017 and entered with the Kings County Clerk on April 6, 2017, Gregory M. Laspina, Esq., the Appointed Referee, will sell the premises known as 553 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, New York 11203 at public auction at Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on October 11, 2017 at 2:30 P.M. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County

of Kings and State of New York known as Block: 4845; Lot: 28 will be sold subject to the provisions of filed Judgment, Index No. 2713/2013. The approximate amount of judgment is $1,047,226.32 plus interest and costs. FRIEDMAN VARTOLO LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS, DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR NEW CENTURY HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2006-2, Plaintiff, vs. JOYCE SMITH, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on April 20, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on October 11, 2018 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 388 Christopher Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11212. 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 3811 and Lot 128. Approximate amount of judgment is $494,049.57 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 7527/12.

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. Dana L. Jenkins, Esq., Referee Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C., 6901 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 240, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Kings MIDFIRST BANK, Plaintiff AGAINST TANYA T. BROWN, DELORES

BROWN, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 7/3/2014 and entered on 7/14/2014, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on September 27, 2018 at 02:30 PM premises known as 849 Madison Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 1481, LOT: 52. Approximate amount of judgment is $399,821.50 plus interests and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 24545/08. Jeffrey R. Miller, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, NY 11706 NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Kings Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Successor by Merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Plaintiff AGAINST Chaudry Riasat Ali, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 8/17/2017 and entered on 10/12/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on September 27, 2018 at 02:30 PM premises known as 845 Bay Ridge Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11220. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 5770, LOT: 60. Approximate amount of judgment is $639,510.92 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 21273/2009. Steven H Richman, Esq., Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK N.A. AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION CORP. 2006-FRE2 ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-FRE2, V. GILBERT MOORE JR; ET. AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated May 08, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Kings, wherein U.S. BANK N.A. AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION CORP. 2006FRE2 ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-FRE2 is the Plaintiff and GILBERT MOORE JR; 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 October 4, 2018 at 2:30PM, premises known as 511 HEMLOCK STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11208: Block 4217, Lot 13: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, 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 # 515120/2015. Steven Z. Naiman, 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 HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-1, Plaintiff AGAINST Luan Dzafa; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 24, 2014 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County

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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: 7262 Lot: 30. Approximate amount of judgment $788,195.69 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 2136/2013. Steven Cohn, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: August 3, 2018 56530 NOTICE OF SALESUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff AGAINST Anasha Howard and Samuel Howard, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 30, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on September 27, 2018 at 2:30PM, premises known as 432 EAST 48TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11203. 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 New York, BLOCK 4695, LOT 13. Approximate amount of judgment $322,559.41 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 2600/2010. Mark A. Longo, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 56751 NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Kings U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 2006-3, Plaintiff AGAINST Cecilia Boodhoo, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 11/7/2014 and entered on 11/12/2014, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on September 27, 2018 at 02:30 PM premises known as 293 Schenck Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 3996, LOT: 104. Approximate amount of judgment is $793,304.94 plus interests and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 4390/08. Steve Cohn, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Kings U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 2006-3, Plaintiff AGAINST Cecilia Boodhoo, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 11/7/2014 and entered on 11/12/2014, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on September 27, 2018 at 02:30 PM premises known as 293 Schenck Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 3996, LOT: 104. Approximate amount of judgment is $793,304.94 plus interests and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 4390/08. Steve Cohn, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, NY 11706

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Community Calendar

Thursday, September 27th

Action Network, keynotes tribute to the life and legacy of the late Dr. Carlos E. Russell @ Brooklyn Borough Hall. [Info: nanedcommittee@gmail.com]

5:00-8:00PM--LIGHTING THE FIRES OF FREEDOM: AFRICANAMERICAN WOMEN IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WITH JANET DEWART BELL, PH.D. Honors the 50-year

Saturday, September 22nd 9 & 10:30PM - RENE MCLEAN: A TRIBUTE TO JOHN COLTRANE, Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave. at the corner of Jefferson. Sistas’ Place 24th season-opening concert featuring Rene McLean on sax and flutes, Hubert Eaves III on piano, Radu Ben Judah on bass, Ronnie Burrage on drums and Baba Neil Clarke on African Percussion. $20 in adv., $25 @ the door. Make reservations early: 718-3991766.

the deportation of Black and Brown people, the threat to health care and reproductive justice. – FREE [blackwomensblueprint.org]

NOVEMBER 5 – BLACK SOLIDARITY DAY-5:30PM – THE REV. Al Sharpton, founder, National

Friday, September 21st

Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and unheralded women who pushed for it. Features: reception, program, conversation, book-signing with the award-winning television/radio producer, social justice activist. Medgar Evers College, 1638 Bedford Avenue (Edison O. Jackson Auditorium), Brooklyn. Barnes & Noble will be on-site starting at 4:00PM. Space is limited. [RSVP: meccommunitycouncil@ yahoo.com]

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MEMORIALS

7PM--BROOKLYN TALKS: FAITH RINGGOLD, Brooklyn Museum 200

Monday, September 24th 8PM: SAXOPHONIST GENE GHEE AT TOHMA’S PLACE, 1583 Fulton St.

at Albany Ave. The celebrated jazz artist has played with everyone from Julius Hemphill to Stevie Wonder, B.T. Express and D Train. Community jam after the first set, $10. [504-292-3605]

Wednesday, September 26th 6-9:00PM--CLOSING RECEPTION FOR “FROM AFRICA TO WEEKSVILLE THE EXHIBITION: THE ERIC EDWARDS COLLECTION” AT WEEKSVILLE HERITAGE CENTER, 158 Buffalo Ave-

nue (bet. Bergen St. & St. Marks) in Crown Heights. Artifacts on loan from the Cultural Museum of African Art. Special guest: H.E. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea. FREE and Open to the Public.

Eastern Parkway. Join the legendary Faith Ringgold, included in the special exhibition of Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, as she discusses her work as an artist, activist, author, teacher and parent from the 1960s to the present day. Ringgold’s illustrated lecture traces her career from the early 1960s with political imagery and firsthand accounts of the Civil Rights Movement through the evolution of a body of work containing more than a hundred paintings; $16. [Tickets at showclix.com]

Sunday, September 30th 10AM-4PM: MARCH FOR BLACK WOMEN--LOCATION will be sent

to registrants at Eventbrite. The Violence Against Women Act is set to expire on this date. This march, organized by Black Women’s Blueprint, directly follows the organization’s 9/29 march on the National Mall in D.C. Both call on Black women to cast #onevote for meaningful policies to end gender violence, the persistent feminization of poverty, the growing Black female prison population, restrictions to citizenship and

September 29 2-4PM: DR. CARLOS RUSSELL

Memorial @ Brown Memorial Church, 488 Washington Avenue, BK

Dr. Carlos Russell

September 30 IYA MADELEINE YAYODELE NELSON MEMORIAL @ Brown Me-

morial Church, 488 Washington Avenue, BK. Madeleine Nelson Sis. Nelson founded and directed the world-renowned Women of the Calabash company of percussionist/singers that has celebrated the music of Africa and the African Diaspora for more than three decades.

14th ANNUAL BED-STUY ALIVE! CELEBRATION KICKS OFF WITH PRAISE FOR THE ELDERS AND ANCESTORS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13

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rooklyn, NY (September 20, 2018) – The Bed-Stuy Alive! Collective is proud to present the 14TH Annual Bed-Stuy Alive! celebration, which begins on Saturday, October 13th, and spans a full week of exciting happenings throughout the community.

“We are pleased to be part of this event, which showcases what is great about our community: its businesses, schools, restaurants, artists, homes and more,” said Dordy Jourdain, Executive Director, Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA. The annual project promotes economic development and boosts tourism but it also displays our neighborhood pride and cultural richness, and showcases the unique heritage and diversity of the people who live in BedfordStuyvesant. This year’s theme, “Lighting the Path for Our Children: In Praise of Our Elders and Ancestors”, was selected by the members of the Bed-Stuy Alive! Collective in order to honor those upon whose shoulders we stand and who “brought us thus far on our way.”

OPENING CEREMONY AND TOHMA Y. FAULKNER AWARDS The Bed-Stuy Alive! excitement begins October 13h at 10:00AM with the grand Opening Ceremony in the main building of the Restoration Complex, 1368 Fulton Street.

It is a special occasion to honor those who have made extraordinary contributions to

the community. It also pays homage to the revered community activist and advocate Tohma Faulkner whose legacy and spirit lives in the work of the honorees. “This year’s awards are a strong testament to our elders and ancestors,” commented Stephanie Brabham, this year’s chair. Among the honorees are jazz legend Baba Randy Weston, who recently joined the ancestors, and master percussionist Baba Neil Clarke (Arts & Culture Trailblazer Awards); Mr. Job Mashariki, founder of Black Veterans for Social Justice (Community Champion Award); Mr. Maurice Reid, venerable community advocate who was instrumental in the fight to save Interfaith Medical Center (Community Service Award); Ms. Clara Hayes (Economic Development Trailblazer); Mr. Khayri “Cake Boi” Ayers (New Entrepreneur Award), Baba Stanley Kinard and Ms. Lorrie Ayers-Hutchinson (Outstanding Educator Awards) and Mr. Ramon Wal King (Youth Achievement Award).

FULTON STREET COMES ALIVE AT NOON Fulton Street (Harriet Ross Tubman Avenue), between Marcy and Brooklyn Avenues, will be jumping. The large, outdoor stage will form the backdrop for Restoration’s annual Restoration Rocks live concert, which occurs throughout the afternoon.

Aligning with the theme In Praise of Our Elders and Ancestors, Restoration will present a rousing tribute to the late Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin.

Also, Heritage Market and the Savor BedStuy Food Court will entice everyone to shop

at our local stores and find treasures among the crafts being sold by local artisans and, then, relax and enjoy delicious food prepared by local chefs.

In the Children’s Village located on Marcy Avenue (Fulton and MacDonough Streets), FREE filled backpacks will be given to the first 100 children who arrive in that area. Superheroes will be on hand to greet the little ones, and there will be a host of fun and educational activities for every age group.

The Health Pavilion, anchored by the Interfaith Medical Center, the Veterans’ Administration and other health agencies, will provide FREE screenings and offer valuable information.

City Harvest will again provide cooking demonstrations and healthy-bucks tours of nearby Foodtown Supermarket.

The Discover Your Neighborhood Resource Row, with representatives from a broad range of education and social service organizations, will be located on the sidewalk, starting in front of Restoration.

FEATURED EVENTS DURING ALIVE! WEEK 40th Annual Bedford-Stuyvesant House Tour Saturday, October 20 Sponsored by the Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Inc.; Boys and Girls High School; and Bridge Street Development Corporation, the Bedford-Stuyvesant Annual House Tour Returns for its fourth decade.

The Tour opens the doors to some of the most beautiful architecture in New York City.

It also offers useful information for Home

Buyers, and introducers tour-goers to neighborhood leaders and community builders, including the active Brownstoners. Starting Point and Tour Site Anchor: Boys and Girls High School, 1700 Fulton Street, BK

Schedule: 9:00am - 10:30am: Free Homeownership Workshop Seminar 10:30am – 3:30pm: Self-Guided Walking Tour House Tour Tickets: $20 in advance; $25 the day of the tour. You can purchase tickets online; or, before the tour day, at local venues: Peace & Riot at 401 Tompkins Avenue, Bed-Vyne Wine at 370 Tompkins or Kafe Louverture at 392 Halsey Street. On October 20, the Tour Day, please purchase tickets at Boys and Girls High School.

The Bed-Stuy Alive! Collective includes: The Collective includes: Bridge Street Development Corporation, BedfordStuyvesant Restoration Corporation, the Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Inc., the Bedford-Stuyvesant Artists’ Association, Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA, the BedfordStuyvesant Gateway Business Improvement District, and 500 Men Making a Difference.

This year’s corporate sponsors include ABC Television Network, Foodtown, Applebee’s, and AlphaCare. Supporters include the Mayor’s Office Community Assistant Unit, Borough President Eric Adams, New York State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, former New York State Assembly Member Annette M. Robinson, and Council Member Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. Information: www.brownstonersofbedstuy. org, #bedstuyhousetour

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DENTISTRY

Charles Grannum DMD

A Charming private dental office with a warm, friendly and professional environment located in Brooklyn’s historic Clinton Hill.

Where explaining and discussing treatment is as essential as the quality and long term commitment you receive, and if you thought dentistry had to be painful, you may be pleasantly surprised at how painless dentistry can be at the hands of knowledgeable and caring professionals.

• Complete & Partial Dentures • Fixed Crowns/Bridges • Dental Implants

• Cosmetic Dentistry • ConsuItations • Preventive Dental Care

136 St. James Place (btwn Gates & Greene) Near Pratt Inst.

718.783.6228

www.clintonhilldental.com

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