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Beyond the March, Kamala Harris: "Unsilenced, Uncensored, Unstoppable"

Potential 2020 U.S. Presidential Candidate KAMALA HARRIS Energized hundreds of thousands at Women's March in Washington, DC, last Saturday.

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Shirley Chisholm's 1968 Rallying Cry – "Unbought & Unbossed" – Led the Way

"I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo. The next time a woman runs, or a black, a Jew, or anyone from a group that the country is 'not ready' to elect to its highest office, I believe that he or she will be taken seriously from the start." Shirley Chisholm

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Suit Against Homeland Security on Behalf of Haitian Immigrants

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ALTIMORE (January 24, 2018) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s decision to rescind the Temporary Protective Status (TPS) designation for Haitian immigrants discriminates against immigrants of color, in violation of the Fifth Amendment, according to a new lawsuit filed today on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

The lawsuit claims that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), former Acting DHS Secretary Elaine C. Duke, and current DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielson took irrational and discriminatory government action, denying Haitian immigrants their right to due process and equal protection under the Fifth Amendment. The NAACP, acting on behalf of its Haitian members who are TPS protected, argues that DHS intended to discriminate against Haitian immigrants living

in the United States because of their race and national origin.

“This is a simple case. Our democracy rests on the bedrock principle that every person is equal before the law. Governmental decisions that target people based on racial discrimination violate our Constitution,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, President & Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. “The decision by the Department of Homeland Security to rescind TPS status for Haitian immigrants was infected by racial discrimination. Every step taken by the Department to reach this decision reveals that far from a rational and fact-based determination, this decision was driven by calculated, determined and intentional discrimination against Haitian immigrants.”

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China Bans Hip-Hop Culture The Chinese Government has made smart moves in betting on the future of solar power, in their courtship of Africa and in their ban on elements of hip-hop culture earlier this week. With the ban, they were brutally clear: “Absolutely, do not use actors whose heart and morality are not aligned with the party and whose morality is not noble. Absolutely, do not use actors who are tasteless, vulgar

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The 2017 Women’s March on Washington. peaceful, often funny, and at Regardless of which party times used vulgarity that matched that of our as an impromptu reaction to the election of is in charge, this is our government, it should current President. a President that showed very little respect always be made clear that we intend to proThe Women’s March started as a show of for women ended up empowering women tect the rights of all of our citizens. solidarity for American women. What began to stand together.

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and obscene. Absolutely, do not use actors whose ideological level is low and have no class. Absolutely, do not use actors with stains, scandals and problematic moral integrity.”

In the Time magazine report, A Chinese rapper, PG One, “was forced to apologize for lewd lyrics which critics said were insulting to women and encouraged the use of recreational drugs”. In effect, the Chinese have said, “if that’s what Black people do, disrespect women, idolize sex, consumption, mind-alteration and violence, then that’s who they are. Don’t imitate them”.

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“The U.S. Constitution prohibits singling out certain immigrants for harsh treatment based on their skin color and/or ethnicity. But more than that, basic fairness militates against this draconian action taken by DHS under the direction of President Trump.”

The lawsuit seeks to enjoin DHS’s November 2017 decision to rescind Temporary Protective Status for Haitian immigrants, as it reflects “an egregious departure from the TPS statute’s requirements and the intent to discriminate on the basis of race.” The lawsuit also asks the Court to declare that DHS violated the United States Constitution and the rule of law in rescinding the Haitian TPS, and to declare the action void and without legal force.

As evidence of the intent to discriminate, the lawsuit cites public reporting that DHS sought crime data on Haitians with TPS, as well as information on how many Haitian nationals were receiving public benefits. The lawsuit alleges that the Department’s efforts to gather this specific data on Haitian TPS designees “trades on false anti-Black stereotypes about criminality and exploitation of public benefits, and suggests the effort to manufacture a public safety rationale for the planned rescission.”

The complaint further alleges that President Trump’s public hostility toward immigrants of color was a contributing factor in the decision to rescind Haitian TPS. For example, in a recently reported White House meeting with several U.S. Senators, Trump disparaged a draft immigration plan that protected people from Haiti, El Salvador

and some African countries, and noted his preference for immigrants from mostly white European countries. Earlier in 2017, the President suggested that Haitians “all have AIDS,” upon learning that 15,000 Haitians had received visas to enter the United States.

He reportedly asked, “Why do we need more Haitians?”

“It’s disheartening to see the Haitian community targeted and mistreated in this way, but it also is not surprising,” said Raymond Audain, Senior Counsel at LDF. “This decision reflects a shameful and persistent pattern of conduct by this Administration in which racial stereotypes drive policy decisions.”

Haitian immigrants first received Temporary Protective Status in 2010 as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to assist the country after it was struck by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, one of the deadliest earthquakes in history. Haiti’s TPS designations have been extended multiple times due to many factors, including multiple hurricanes and a cholera outbreak. On November 20, 2017, the DHS announced its plans to terminate temporary protective status for Haiti, which would go into effect in May 2019, ignoring bipartisan pleas to extend TPS designation for Haitian immigrants.

“Our great nation fought a civil war to establish the bedrock principle that the government may not discriminate against any person, whether citizen or non-citizen, based on that person’s race or ethnicity.

The NAACP stands ready to challenge any violation of that principle, as today’s action clearly demonstrates,” said Bradford M. Berry, General Counsel of the NAACP.

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By Victoria Horsford

NEW YORK, NY What is the status of the search for a successor to Chancellor Carmen Farina, who retires from the Department of Education this year. Hopefully, Mayor de Blasio will continue his “educators only” criteria. I recently read that his first choice for chancellor, four years ago, was Barbara Byrd Bennett, former NY education administrator who wanted to complete her commitment to the Chicago school system but refused to leave her job as Chicago chancellor. At the top of the chancellor’s work description list should be a requirement to desegregate NYC public schools. Born in Puerto Rico, Melissa Mark-Viverito, former NY City Council Speaker, who was term-limited, joins the Latino Victory Fund as a senior advisor to help recruit leaders, expand fundraising and increase public involvement aimed at improving Latino political representation around the nation.

Politicos are biting the dust during the advent of Mayor de Blasio’s second term.

Michael Kelly, NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA) General Manager and second in command, announced his resignation on Monday. Why? Is he the fall guy for relentless NYCHA complaints or was it the lead paint inspection failures to tenants and the public. Meanwhile, NYCHA Chair/CEO Shola Olatoye seems secure in her job despite the thunderous calls for her departure, not the least of which is Public Advocate Letitia James. Her days could be numbered.

The 60th edition of the GRAMMYS, the entertainment industry’s ultimate music spectacle, is set for January 28 in NY at Madison Square Garden. This year’s

GRAMMYS is a little different and more inclusive.

The Album of the Year category is filled with HIP-HOP artists, which is Jay-Z a sea-change for the GRAMMYS, which oftentimes, did not televise HIP-HOP awards. New York’s own Jay-Z has 8 nominations and Kendrick Lamar has 7. It is guestimated that the GRAMMYS and ancillary events will generate about $200 million in revenues for NYC during GRAMMYS Week, which began on 1/21. [NYC Restaurant Week 2018 (1/22- 2/9)] More than 300 restaurants are participating and offering three-course meals at deeply discounted price points.

Lunch: $29, and Dinner: $42.

BUSINESS MATTERS Hope Knight, President of the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC) since 2015, has a lot to say to Crain’s NY magazine about her turf, her vision and her immediate challenges. She explains about GJDC: “Private capital does not necessarily take chances on untested markets.

Economic development corporations help move the market in a certain direction and deploys a proof of concept.” The GJDC is bound on the west with a transit hub, which includes NYC subway stations, the LIRR and AirTrain connections to JFK Airport; with CUNY’s York College on the south; the US FDA northeast testing facility and an emerging hospitality sector around the LIRR

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Hope Knight and AirTrain stations. Residential projects are in development.

It seems that an effective development corporation is about the deft and interesting interplay between residential and commercial development and juggling the private and the public sector interests. NYC invested $150 million to help revitalize the “transit-rich” neighborhood during her first year at GJDC. A native New Yorker born in East Harlem, Hope Knight, 52, graduated from Marymount Manhattan College who earned an MBA from the University of Chicago. Prior to GJDC, Knight was Chief Operating Officer of the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone.

ARTS AND CULTURE Oscar is a little more inclusive this year.

Nominees include GET OUT for Best Picture and Best Director Jordan Peele.

Best Actor nods go to Denzel Washington for “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” and to Daniel Kaluuya for “Get Out”. The Best Supporting Actress finalists are Mary J. Blige for “Mudbound” and Octavia Spencer for “The Shape of Water”. The 90th Academy Awards for Excellence in the Film Industry airs on March 4.

The Schomburg Center’s “Live from the Archive” series hosts its next conversation, MILES, BALDWIN AND ME, QUINCY TROUPE, on January 30, 6:30-8 pm. Troupe is an award-winning poet, editor, biographer who will converse with Farah Jasmine Griffin, Professor of English and Comparative Literature and AfricanAmerican Studies at Columbia University.

[Visit: Nypl.org/Schomburg] The Second Harlem Classical Music Celebrations, co-hosted by Opera Ebony, Three on 3 Presents, Opera Noire of New York, the Harlem Chamber Players and Harlem Opera Theater, present the works of renowned operatic and spiritual composers in symposium and in concert. This collaboration series runs from February 1-24 at multiple venues and includes program titles like “A Tribute to the Spiritual”, symposium and concert; Opera Ebony and Three on 3 Presents with Jasmine Muhammad and Christopher Cooley; A 10th Annual Black History Month Celebration with works by H. Leslie Adams, spirituals and Nonet by Samuel ColeridgeTaylor; “Lift Every Voice and Sing”: A Tribute to John Rosemond Johnson; a two-act theatrical work, Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom; and the David I. Martin Music Guild of the National Association of Negro Musicians 2018 Scholarship Local Competition Winds & Percussion. For full calendar

NO LIMITS! OTP Congratulates Actress/Singer Mary J. Blige on Two Oscar Noms for "Mudbound"

RIP: Leslie Wyche 73, joined the ancestors last week. Harlem-born and bred, Leslie Wyche will be fondly remembered as the “Mayor of Harlem”, an appellation that he wore with distinction. A civil servant, his resume boasted titles like district manager of Harlem-based Community Boards 9 and 11; a community liaison for then-NYC Councilwoman Inez Dickens and stints at various NYC commissioners’ offices.

Wyche was a member of One Hundred Black Men of New York and the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

Leslie Wyche No stranger to local political clubs, uptown real estate and business, he was familiar with most unfolding Harlem news. The Mayor of Harlem really soared when it was time for special events, a VIP birthday party, a Support Network New Year’s Eve Gala or Yacht party, a political fundraiser, an open house. He knew everyone and was a great facilitator of introductions to the Black local elites and power players. There was a newspaper-sponsored election for Mayor of Harlem in 2003, which he won handily.

Leslie was Harlem’s Hizzoner, one of a kind!

RIP: South African-born Hugh Masekela, 78, died after battling prostate cancer for almost 10 years. Trumpeter, composer and vocalist, Masekela was known as the “Father of South African jazz” and one of the loudest opponents of South African apartheid, a system of oppression like Jim Crow. He went into exile in the 60s and lived in the United States and Britain. His music was informed by his politics and exile from SA. His song, “Grazing in the Grass”, with its signature South African township rhythms, topped US and international charts in 1968. His music kept referencing South Africa’s struggles and apartheid. Masekela returned home after freedom fighter Nelson Mandela was released from an almost-30year prison ordeal and who became SA President in the 90s. South African Arts and Culture minister described Masekela as

Hugh Masekela “one of the great architects of Afro Jazz. A baobab tree has fallen”!

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Gentrification or Colonization?

y work as a restaurant consultant places me right in the midst of a community’s social scene. My industry is all about relationships - between owners and staff, between staff and customers, between customers and customers. Visit any tavern or restaurant in your neighborhood, take a seat and look around you. The people sitting at the bar, or eating at a booth, they are your neighbors.

They live in your neighborhood, or know someone who does, or they don’t live there but they enjoy your neighborhood enough to visit. As a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, I have watched the effects of gentrification.

I’ve witnessed abandoned lots grow into new residential developments. I’ve seen weed spots raided by the cops, buildings confiscated due to RICO and renovated into burrito bars and Mr. Mango fruit markets.

The Biggie mural on Quincy and Bedford and the beautiful mosaic likeness of Biggie that sits at the front of the Key Food on Fulton wasn’t always there. Biggie himself use to be there, posted on Fulton hanging out, way before he became a rap star and neighborhood icon.

There are many aspects of the redevelopment of Brooklyn that have been mind-blowing positives. As a kid, I never thought that there would come a time when I could walk down to Flatbush Avenue to watch the Nets play the Knicks. In the era of crack and murder, I never fathomed sidewalk cafes and organic coffee shops on Franklin Avenue. My father purchased the brownstone I grew up in for $30,000 in the

late 70’s. I’m positive that he never thought the property would appreciate as it has. I am in favor of the improvements in our parks, the bike lanes, and even the muni-meters.

The ideal of gentrification, at a surface level, is agreeable. Who would argue against community improvement?

I have a friend who is in the nightlife industry. We had a conversation recently where we discussed some of the changes taking place with our neighborhood pubs and taverns. We talked about two particular places that were forced to close their backyard spaces. Why? Because of neighborhood complaints. Too much noise, they said. The crowd was too rowdy, they said. One of the places relied on their backyard during the summer. The place is not at all a “rowdy” spot. I’ve watched World Cup games in that backyard and NBA Finals games. I’ve partied in that yard with Brooklyn artists and creatives such as Talib Kweli, Renee Neufville and April Walker. I’ve been there many a time, and I’ve never witnessed a fight or even a loud argument. So who? Who is making these claims about this place? My friend told me that the complaints were coming from the new luxury apartment building that recently opened on the same block.

Apparently, a few of the tenants didn’t appreciate coming home late to crowds out front and so they colluded together to complain loud enough to make a change in the way the tavern handles their business.

Anyone who knows about what restaurants and taverns go through in our city know that the “alphabet boys” are a big nemesis to business. The DOH, the SLA,

Brownstone Brooklyn the DOB and the IRS have brought down more businesses than anybody. As much as the restaurant community goes through, more often than not their main goal is to provide a satisfactory, safe and welcoming environment to the neighborhood. But what happens when the community wants to change your business model?

When a tenant moves into the Times Square area, do they lobby to have the businesses along 42nd Street cut their lights off at 2am because it’s too bright to sleep? If a tenant moves into the Bronx near Yankee Stadium, do they go to the Community Board demanding that the Yankees end their games by 8pm so that they don’t have to deal with the noise of fans pouring out of

the place after 10pm? Part of the lure of this new Brooklyn to new tenants is our perfect combination of residential and commercial space. We enjoy being able to walk to our favorite hangout. We’d rather walk to Rustik than to take a train into Midtown just to guzzle some Stella. We cannot allow for the whims of some of our new neighbors to alter the scope of how we do things in Brooklyn. Colonization is defined as “the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.” Gentrification is fine.

Colonization is not. Old Brooklyn, please resist the actions of our new neighbors with regards to the establishment of new controls. We were just fine before they arrived.

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t’s said that 2018 will be the year of the woman! OTP welcomes the opportunity to include additional features to our ongoing focus on women’s issues and achievements. This week we introduce Glynda C. Carr and Kimberly Peeler-Allen, two young women who have had great impact in the pivotal positions they’ve held.

They’ve now gone on to form their own

organization, taking their leadership commitment and potential skyward.

Higher Heights, the organization they’ve founded, is building a national infrastructure to harness Black women’s political power and leadership potential. Headquartered in New York, NY, Higher Heights for America, a national 501(c)(4) organization, and its sister organization, Higher Heights

Glynda C. Carr, Co-Founder of the Higher Heights organizations; contact: @GlyndaCarr

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Leadership Fund, a 501(c)(3), are investing in a long-term strategy to analyze, expand and support a Black women’s leadership pipeline at all levels. Included also are strategies for strengthening Black women’s civic participation beyond Election Day. Their threefold initiative aims to: First, reconfigure the makeup of decision-making tables to include Black women from across the socioeconomic spectrums at all levels.

Secondly, to elevate Black women’s voices to shape and advance progressive policies and politics. And finally, to foster creative collaboration across constituencies and issues. This will ensure that race/gender equity and inclusion are incorporated in ongoing progressive-based building efforts, issue-based advocacy campaigns and in voter-engagement campaigns and electoral strategies.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is appreciative of this galvanizing vision for women and is a fan of these young women.

“Glynda and Kimberly are helping to change the world through Higher Heights,” said Gillibrand, “and in the process, are creating an extraordinary example of why women’s voices matter. Because of their extraordinary work, I have no doubt more women of color will be inspired to make their voices heard, hold their elected leaders

Kimberly Peeler-Allen, CoFounder of the Higher Heights organizations; contact: @ KimberlyAllen accountable and run for office themselves.”

Advocate and political strategist Glynda C. Carr is recognized for her innovative leadership style, commitment to expanding the civic participation of communities of color and advancing progressive public policies that build sustainable communities. Carr is the former executive director of Education Voters of New York, a leading independent voice for school reform in the state. She joined Education Voters in 2008, where she became New York’s youngest AfricanAmerican woman to run a statewide advocacy organization.

Prior to Education Voters, Carr was Chief of Staff to New York State Senator Kevin Parker (Brooklyn). She managed the senator’s key initiatives and shaped policy around youth development and economic development for the then-newly created 21st Senatorial District. She also served as campaign manager for two of Sen. Parker’s successful reelection campaigns. Carr has held senior management positions with key national organizations including: the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

A sought-after speaker and trainer, Carr’s writing has also appeared on TheRoot.com, BET.com, Ebony.com and Feminist.com. She is a contributor on SPIN: All Women’s Media Panel and has appeared on Fox News Live, MSNBC and several other media outlets. She was named a “Rising Star” in The Capitol’s 2009 40 under 40 edition.

Kimberly Peeler-Allen has been working at the intersection of race, gender and politics for almost 20 years. Kimberly is the co-founder of Higher Heights, a national organization building the political power and leadership of Black women from the voting booth to elected office. A highly skilled political fundraiser and event planner, Kimberly was the principal of PeelerAllen Consulting, LLC from 2003 to 2014, the only African-American full-time fundraising consulting firm in New York State.

After completing the 2002 gubernatorial campaign of H. Carl McCall, where she served as the deputy finance director, Kimberly founded her New York City-based consulting firm to help develop capital for clients, organizations and issues affecting people of color that have historically been kept outside of the mainstream. Kimberly served as finance director for Letitia James’ successful bid to become Public Advocate of the City of New York and the first African-American woman elected citywide in New York’s history.

In 2010, Kimberly was named to the Crain’s New York Business 40 Under 40 list, as well as named one of The Feminist Press’ 40 Under 40: The Future of Feminism.

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Words of Solidarity and Leadership Stir the Women’s March So, there was this march the other day. Nothing major. Just held in 18 cities across the globe. No big deal. Just millions of focused, determined and fed-up women and the people who love them, all showing up in solidarity acres deep. The marchers were inspired by the caliber of women – both on stage and a shoulder away – who showed up to support. Organizers were galvanized by the numbers of women present and the fortitude of their spirit.

Yes, Tarana Burke’s #MeToo movement certainly supplied the magnetism and the electricity that made this year’s anti-Trump action irresistible to those now seeing how urgent the need for change is. No longer can women and girls be harassed and victimized with impunity, for sure. But many women are mothers, and they worry about their DACA children or their neighbor’s children. People are angry about the lack – still – of equal pay for women, the rolling back of voting rights and panels of men making decisions about women’s bodies.

So yes, they came, they stayed, they spoke and they also listened. And wise words from three wise women, Sen. Kamala Harris, Rep. Maxine waters and actor Viola Davis were among the remarkable things they heard.

Sen. Kamala Harris “When I look out at this incredible crowd today, I know one thing: Even if you’re not sitting in the White House, even if you are not a member of the United States Congress, even if you don’t run a big corporate Super PAC, you have the power. And we, the people, have the power. There is nothing more powerful than a group of determined sisters marching alongside their partners, and with their determined sons, brothers and fathers, standing up for what we know is right.

Here’s the thing: We know that it is right for this nation to prioritize women’s issues.

“Now here’s what I’m talking about in terms of women’s issues: So, when I was first elected District Attorney of San Francisco or Attorney General of California, or United States Senator from the State of California – in each of those positions I was elected as the first woman or the first woman of color. Folks would come up to me and they would say, ‘Kamala, talk to us about women’s issues’. I’d look at them and say, ‘I’m so glad you wanna talk about the economy’! I’d say, ‘Great, let’s talk about the economy because that’s a woman’s issue’! I’d say, ‘You want to talk about woman’s issues’? Let’s talk about national security. ‘You wanna talk about women’s issues, that’s fantastic! Let’s talk about health care, let’s talk about education, let’s talk about criminal justice reform, let’s talk about climate change.’ Because we all know the truths: If you are a woman trying to raise a family, you know that a good-paying job is a woman’s issue.”

Actor Viola Davis “In the words of my fellow American, Malcolm X, I’m going to make it plain:

allows me to listen to the women who are still in silence. That’s what allows me even to become a citizen on this planet – is the fact that we are here to connect. That we are here as 324 million people living on this earth to know that every day that we breathe and we live, that we have to bring upeveryone with us. I stand in solidarity with all women who raise their hands because I Iknow that it was not easy and my hope for the future – my hope, and I do hope – that we never go back.

That it’s not just about clapping your hands and screaming and shouting every time someone says something that sounds good, it’s about keeping it itrolling once you go home.”

Rep. Maxine Waters Congresswoman Maxine Waters. CA 43rd In 1877, America, the greatest country on this planet, put laws in place called the ‘Jim Crow laws’. And the Jim Crow laws restricted the rights to quadroons, octoroons, and there were Blacks, Hispanics, Indians, Malays… restricted medical, restricted relationships, restricted education, restricted life! It told us that we were less than and it came on the heels of the 13th Amendment.

It came on the heels of 55 individuals, great Americans, writing the greatest document called The Constitution of the United States, saying, ‘We the people.’

“Now the reason why those destructive [Jim Crow] laws came into place, I think can be greatly described by Martin Luther King. What he said about time is, ‘I’m not ready to wait 100 or 200 years for things to change. Actually, I think time itself is neutral. It can either be used destructively or constructively.

Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability’.

“It is through human dedication and effort that we move forward. And when we don’t, ,what happens is that time actually becomes an ally to the primitive forces of social stagnation and the guardians of the status quo who are in their oxygen tanks keeping the old order alive. So the time needs to be helped by – every single moment, doingright.

The reason why these Jim Crow laws are in place [and] have stifled my rights and is because we fell asleep. We fall asleep when we’re moving ahead and we all look to the left and right and see that we’re not including people in this move ahead.

Because reallyAt the end of the day, we only move forward and it doesn’t cost us. anything. But II’m here today saying that no one and nothing can be great unless it costs you something.

“One out of every five women will be sexually assaulted and raped before she reachesreaches the age of 18. One out of six boys. If you’re a woman of color and you wwere raped before you reach the age of 18, then you are 66% more likely to be sexually assaulted again. 70% of girls

California senator Kamala Harris at Women’s March in Washington, 2018

who are sex-trafficked are girls of color.

They are arecoming out of the foster care system; they are coming out of poverty.

It is a billion-ddollar industry. When they go into the sex-trafficking business – and they call it a abusiness, trust me. More than likely they are gang-raped. I am speaking today not just justfor the #MeToos, because I was a #Metoo. But when I raise my hand, I am aware of all the women who are still in silence, the women who are faceless. The

Viola Davis at Women's March in Los Angeles, CA 2018 women who whodon’t have the money, and don’t have the constitution, and who don’t have the theconfidence, and who don’t have the images in our media that give them a sense of ofself-worth enough to break their silence that’s rooted in the shame of assault.

That’sThat’s rooted in the stigma of assault.

“Written on the Statue of Liberty is, *‘Come. Come you tireless, poor, yearning to be breathe free.’ To breathe free.* The quote on the statue reads: Every single day, your yourjob as an American citizen is not just to fight for your rights, it’s to fight for the right rightof every individual that is taking a breath. Whose heart is pumping and breathing oon this earth. Like the originators of the #MeToos, the Fanny Lou Hamers, the Recy RecyTaylors of 1944. She was gang-raped by six white men, and she spoke up! Rosa PParks fought for her rights. She was silenced. To the Tarana Burkes, to the originators, first women to speak out. it cost them something. Nothing and no one can be greatgreat wwithout a cost.

“Listen, I am always introduced as an award-winning actor, but my testimony is one ofpoverty, my testimony of one of being sexually assaulted, and very much seeing achildhood that was robbed from me. And I know that every single day when I think of that, I know that the trauma of those events are still with me today. And that’s what drives me into the voting booth. That’s what

Donald John Trump, are you disturbed that over 250,000 people – mostly women, led by women – are here in Washington today? And you know knowthat we’re here, rallying and protesting against your presidency. Let me tell you further why we are here: Your words, your actions, have shown us that you don’t, respect us; that both you and all of your nominees for your cabinet posts are dangerous for us and for all our families. I want to talk to you about those nominees and why they aare dangerous.

First of all, you have Jeff Sessions. He has a history of racism. He votedvoted against the Violence Against Women Act. He threatened civil rights workersworkers who were just trying to register people to vote. And what about thatBetsy DeVos? A billionaire he’s picking to head education, who’s never seen theinside of a classroom! She has no experience; she has no background, that’sdangerous for our children! And what about that ex-CEO of Exxon? Tell me, something!

Oh he’s a big friend of Putin and the Kremlin. And we know that he hid thereports on climate change so that we would not know what Exxon was doing to us andand our families.

“Oh, we know about your nominees Mr. Trump! And then there is Steve Mnuchin, thking predatory lender. He foreclosed on over 36,000 families and he put them out onon the street. Well, Donald. We’re here to tell you that we want you and Bannon tostop sending those dog-whistles to white supremacists. We have a lot that we need totell you today. We’re here because we want equal pay for equal women. And, Donald,in the final analysis, you’d better keep your hands off of Planned Parenthood!

“And so Donald, while we’re concerned, we’re rallying and we’re protesting, you don’t intimidate us. scare us. We’re going to fight against you and your policies. We’re going to struggle; we’re going to do everything necessary tto show you – you cannot take thisthis country down the path that you think you’re going to take it down. We are notnot going to allow you to do it. And so I wanna thank all of you for being here today. today. Are you ready for the fight? Are you up to the fight? Are you gonna continue fight? Thank you all so very much.

“Now you have all of these members of Congress here and all of us work together, so very well. But I’I’d like to introduce you to the Black women of Congress who belong to the Black Caucus. Who are struggling every day for justice and equality. First, our oorganizer Yvette Clarke, that powerful woman from Oakland, Barbra Lee, Gwen Moore, You just heard from Kamala Harris, Lisa Black Rochester, Sheila Jackson Lee, Terri Sewell, Val Demings and Brenda Lawrence.

Give them all a big round of applause!” *The quote on the Statue of Liberty referenced by Viola Davis, reads: “Give me yourtired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

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Author, activist Julius Lester dies at 78 ■■ By Dusty Christensen and Bera Dunau, The Daily Hampshire Gazette @ dustyc123 @BeraDunau

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ELCHERTOWN — Julius Lester, a renowned author, musician, activist and photographer who taught for three decades at the University of Massachusetts, died Thursday surrounded by family at the age of 78. Lester was a national figure who chose to make his home in the Pioneer Valley for decades, and who left an indelible mark on it.

“When I think of Julius Lester, I think of his fierce intelligence, his deep spirituality, his unwavering commitment to social justice and most of all, his open-hearted compassion,” said Lesléa Newman, an author and colleague of Lester’s, in an e-mailed comment.

The son of a minister, Lester was born in St. Louis on Jan. 27, 1939. He grew up in Kansas City, Kan., and later Nashville, Tenn., where in 1960 he received an English degree from the Historically Black Fisk University.

Lester was a true polymath. He wrote dozens of critically acclaimed books for children — including a retelling of the Br’er Rabbit tales and an exploration of slavery, “To Be a Slave” — as well as nonfiction and novels for adults. He was also a musician, and his very first book was a guide to the 12-string guitar, co-written with legendary folksinger Pete Seeger.

In 1961, Lester moved to New York City, where he taught banjo and guitar, performed as a folksinger, hosted a talk radio show on WBAI and hosted a television show on WNET. It was while he was a folksinger in New York City that Lester, in 1964, decided to travel to Mississippi during the Freedom Summer, when civil rights activists launched efforts in the state to register Black voters who had been systematically disenfranchised.

“Going to Mississippi in ’64, you knew you could be arrested, you knew you could be killed, you knew you could be injured.

And so it’s not something you did lightly, not something you did because it was going to be fun,” Lester told PBS in a 2014 interview.

“But there was this feeling inside of me that

it was just something I had to do.”

In addition to using his musical gifts at mass meetings and rallies, Lester also chronicled the Civil Rights Movement as a photographer working with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Those photographs were later part of a civil rights exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution, and his larger body of work has also been featured in solo shows at galleries across the Pioneer Valley.

In 1971, Lester became a professor of Afro-American Studies at UMass Amherst, where he remained until his retirement in 2003. During his time at UMass, he won the Distinguished Teachers Award, the Faculty Fellowship Award for Distinguished Research and Scholarship and the Chancellor’s Medal. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education named Lester the state’s Professor of the Year in 1988.

“UMass Amherst is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Julius Lester, who enriched our university community and the world as a teacher, scholar and writer,” spokesman Ed Blaguszewski wrote in an e-mail. “We cherish his many enduring contributions to our lives and extend our heartfelt sympathies to his family.”

When he was a child, Lester learned that his great-grandfather Adolph Altschul was Jewish, and this knowledge was one of the factors in his conversion to Judaism in the early 1980s. In 1988, he became a professor of Judaic Studies at UMass, and he served as a lay religious leader of Beth El Synagogue in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, for around a decade. Lester chronicled his journey to Judaism in his book, “Lovesong: Becoming a Jew”. His Hebrew name is Lev Sameach ben Avraham v’Sarai. “Personally, Julius and his work were quite important in my life,” Rabbi Justin David, of Congregation B’nai Israel in Northampton said in a statement.

“At a formative time, I read his memoir, ‘Lovesong,’ in a single sitting late one Shabbat evening, captivated by his spiritual journey of discovery and joy. “Though he treasured his privacy, Julius warmly welcomed me when I arrived in Northampton 16 years ago, and I was both delighted and

Julius Lester truly humbled when this celebrity took me to lunch. I only wish I could have sought more opportunities to learn from him.” One of Lester’s friends was Marcie Sclove, who first met him three decades ago when he was a customer at her former restaurant, Marcie’s Place, in Amherst. “We would have these great talks,” said Sclove, who noted that they took place right at the counter. Sclove described Lester as a man who was an incredible thinker and spiritual person who felt very close to God. She said she ran into him for a last time two weeks ago. During his lifetime, Lester chose to leave his archives to the Jones Library in Amherst, which awarded him the Samuel Minot Jones Awards for Literary Achievement in 2015. “When I came here, we had the Dickinson and Frost collections. I was very happy to have added a third major collection, that of author Julius Lester, who is one of our best writers,” said Dan Lombardo, the former curator of special collections at the Jones Library, upon his retirement in 1999. In his retirement, Lester lived in Belchertown with his wife, Milan Sabatini. “I’m a monk at heart, I’m a solitary

Hugh Masekela, Jazz Trumpeter and Activist, Dies at 78

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ick Romano This story originally appeared on Entertainment Weekly Hugh Masekela, a South African trumpeter and anti-apartheid activist known as, “the father of South African jazz,” died “peacefully” surrounded by his family on Tuesday in Johannesburg “after a protracted and courageous battle with prostate cancer.”

He was 78.

“A loving father, brother, grandfather, and

friend, our hearts beat with profound loss,” a statement from the family reads. “Hugh’s global and activist contribution to and participation in the areas of music, theatre, and the arts in general is contained in the minds and memory of millions across 6 continents and we are blessed and grateful to be part of a life and ever-expanding legacy of love, sharing, and vanguard creativity that spans the time and space of 6 decades. Rest in power, beloved, you are forever in our hearts.”

Hugh Masekela, master hornsmith, passes.

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at heart. I really, really am,” Lester said in a recent interview with Amherst Media. “Now I get to lead the life I want to have.”

Solitary at heart though he may have been, Lester continued to be active on Facebook, where his page has nearly 3,000 followers. It was on Facebook that his daughter Lian Amaris, one of Lester’s five children, kept the world updated about his condition in his last days, and where she announced that he had died. No funeral or shiva information has been released yet.Facebook also provided a platform for Lester, a man of many words, to write a public statement to the world on Jan. 3 in what would be his final post. In it, Lester reflects on his health, as well as his gratitude for the space that his Facebook page provided for him to continue to teach. “Again, I am so grateful to all of you who shared so much wonderful energy with me, indeed who lavished wonderful energy on me,” were the last words he published, before signing off with a “take care of yourselves and much love”. * The reporters can be reached @ dustyc123 and @BeraDunau

Rev. Sharpton on the Passing of Civil Rights Icon Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker

uesday, January 23, 2018 – Rev. Al Sharpton, President and Founder of the National Action Network (NAN), today released the following statement on the passing of Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, famed national civil rights leader and the former chief of staff to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “The passing of Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker marks the transition of one of the greatest social-justice and theological minds of our time. Walker was the first Chairman of the National Action Network and a man that mentored me as a civil rights and social-justice leader.

And while I am saddened by his passing, I am committed to carrying on his legacy. It is both a personal and global loss to me. May he rest in peace.”

In a book on NAN’s history written by Jamal Watson, Dr. Walker is quoted as saying the following about NAN: “When I got involved, NAN was still just an idea,” Walker

recalled. “I helped to give the organization some infrastructure. I helped to fund the organization out of my own pocket.”

Rev. Sharpton credits Dr. Walker with helping bring structure to NAN, bringing him to meet Nelson Mandela in South Africa, and traveling with him to other places around the world. He also brought in preachers from around the country to work with NAN and serve on its board.

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Curtain Closed on Actress Olivia Cole at 75

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livia Cole is well known for her Emmy-award winning performance as Mathilda in Roots though she did perform additional notable TV roles such as Maggie Rogers in Backstairs of the White House, and, First Sunday. In the spring of 2016, she unretired to perform the role of Sadie Pressley, one of the Delaney sisters in Having Our Say at the Hartford Theater.

Olivia Cole, seated, as Delaney sister, Sadie Pressley (https://www.hartfordstage. org/having-our-say) Olivia was born in Memphis, Tennessee on November 26, 1942 to Arvelia Myers (Cole) and William Cole. After migrating to Detroit, her mother followed a second migratory wave to New York City. She enrolled Olivia at the Mount Morris Presbyterian Church Head Start Center in Harlem founded by the esteemed Adair Davidson. After graduating Hunter College, Olivia attended Bard College and transferred to London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduating

with honors (1964) which prepared her for her debut acting performance in Romeo and Juliet at the American Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, Connecticut.

Olivia continued her education at the University of Minnesota with a Master’s degree after- which she landed a role on Guiding Light. Her world-class education beginning in pre-school provided Olivia with the ability to perform diverse roles as the list that follows indicates. She performed: Ms. Harrison in Szysznyk, a CBS sitcom (1977-1978); Blanch in Report to Murphy, CBS weekly series (1982); Miss Sophie in The Women of Brewster Place, a CBS drama series (1990).

Ms. Cole also made appearances in the following television programs: North and South and Book I. She maintained her acting presence by guest-starring in such programs as Murder She Wrote, Police Woman, Family and L.A. Law. Her performance in the following Broadway plays demonstrates the breadth of her impact: A Raisin in the Sun, The School for Scandal, The Merchant of Venice, You Can’t Take it With You and The National Health.

In 1986, in Aaron Davis Hall, City College, New York, Ms. Cole was inducted as an honorary member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

In the latter part of her life, Ms. Cole enjoyed a peaceful life in the highlands of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico and served as administrator of the Shakespeare Reader’s Group. Over the years, Olivia would leave the community of artists she had come to love, take a one-and-half hour taxi-ride to the airport to board a plane to Houston, catch a connecting five-hour flight to New York City, and visit her dear mother, Arvelia Myers.

On December 6, 2017, Olivia made her final trip to New York City to attend her mother’s memorial on December 9, 2017 on a snowy Saturday afternoon. “I want this memorial to be an opportunity for those who knew and loved my mother to speak.” Ms.

The late Sam Pinn (left), "a good and faithful servant," with his friend Wynton Marsalis.

Why I Took Part In The 2017 Women’s March On Washington ➔➔ Continued from page 2 your rights and the rights of your family and friends.

The future that I envision for our daughters, is one of equal pay, the ability to have the opportunity to lead Fortune 500 corporations, and even lead our great nation.

Over the last 12 months, I have been encouraged and inspired by the strength of so many women, I think we all have.

Recently, I have been proud to see women

get together for the #TimesUp and #MeToo movements. Now, I want all of us to ensure that women working in industries outside of entertainment, like the nurses, secretaries, and waitresses who get harassed daily but don’t have the power of celebrity, are also protected and appreciated.

In 2017, the Women’s March led to an awakening, which kept us vigilant and ready to speak out. Let’s renew our commitment to support women, by joining thousands of other New Yorkers as we March in Manhattan this Saturday.

Cole listened as one loved-one after the other rose to share their celebratory moments with her mom, and she basked in the outpouring.

Six weeks later, back at her home in Mexico, another stage was set: a bright, sunny Friday, with Olivia seated in a chaise lounge chair center stage on the veranda of her home in San Miguel de Allende.

Protected from the heat of the sun, Olivia

overlooked her potted plants and colorful garden of greens and yellows and reds. Her arms cradled a Vanity Fair magazine with a picture of former American President Barack Obama on the cover. Then the Master Director called, “Blackout.” Seventy-fiveyear-old, Olivia Cole performed her last act A friend discovered the final performance mid-morning January 19, 2018.

Job Mashariki and wife, Muslimah Celebrate his 75th!

Earlier this month, Brooklyn monarchs turned out to celebrate a birthday milestone for pioneering community leader Job Mashariki (far left).

Brother Mashariki, revered founder, Black Veterans for Social Justice, celebrated his 75th. The moment was captured by our friend George Johnson in these Photos. (BG)

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The CDSC and The Winchendon School join to provide two significant scholarships to high school students from the Clinton Hill, Fort Greene or Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhoods

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he CDSC (Child Development Support Corporation) and The Winchendon School, both not-forprofits, are teaming up to provide two significant scholarships to deserving students from the neighborhoods that the CDSC has served for more than forty years.

The Winchendon School announced that it will award two very large scholarships (one male and one female) for the fall of 2018 and for up to four years of high school education at The Winchendon School’s new Brooklyn campus, which is located in the CDSC building. To be eligible for this specific scholarship program, the prospective students must be currently in 8th through 11th grade and reside in Clinton Hill, Bedford Stuyvesant or Fort Greene. Each scholarship will cover all but $1,650 of the $32,500 annual tuition for TWS | Brooklyn’s campus, with that level of support continuing through the winning students’ high school careers. The deadline for applications is February 9th.

In an interesting twist and consistent with CDSC’s long standing leadership in the community, selection of the winners will be based primarily on their response to this question: How will you use a better high school education, and specifically a Winchendon

School education, to bring benefit to the Bedford Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill and surrounding neighborhoods?

Sean Duncan, Head of TWS | Brooklyn stated “We are delighted to be able to offer this opportunity in honor of our partner the CDSC. We are very excited about the potential to bring our distinctive approach to high school education to Brooklyn. Working with the CDSC will create amazing opportunities every day for our students.”

Marcia Rowe-Riddick, Executive Director of the CDSC, added “These are exactly the kinds of opportunities that the students of our community need and deserve. We are impressed and appreciative of Winchendon’s commitment to making a transformative education accessible to more local students - and excited to be part of this initiative.”

Interested applicants should contact Marcia Rowe-Riddick at the CDSC at mriddick@csdcnyc.org or Sean Duncan at TWS | Brooklyn at 347-328 -5663 or sduncan@ winchendon.org.

The CDSC (Child Development Support Corporation) is a 501(c)(3) organization that since 1975 has been providing a broad range of services the children and their families of Brooklyn. The CDSC has helped more than

20,000 families and individuals to become self-sufficient and self-reliant. The CDSC is motivated by the belief that vibrant, healthy communities start with strong, secure families.

The Winchendon School, also a 501(c) (3) organization, is a coeducational college preparatory school serving students in grades 9-12 and post-graduate. The School

Elsie E. Richardson Scholarship selects winners for 2017-2018 academic year

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ziza Pope, Israel Ali and Carlos Mayers, three bright and ambitious college freshmen from Bedford-Stuyvesant, were awarded the 2017-2018 Elsie E. Richardson Scholarship. This is the second year of the scholarship founded by Richardson’s granddaughter, Celeste Moses, paying homage to Ms. Richardson’s legacy of civic-mindedness and public service. The $1,000 prize is awarded to applicants who wrote about their commitment to community and about resilience in the face of adversity.

Aziza Pope, an alumna of Brooklyn High School of the Arts, studies Biology at Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, NC. When asked about her post-college career aspirations, Aziza said she wants to be a dentist. “I want to help my community access the dental

Carlos Mayers

View From Here ➔➔ Continued from page 2 in charge in Washington, D.C., and that competing self-interests, driven by heavily gerrymandered districts reflecting a slice of America, are running the show. It is understood by all that the president is a delusional liar, with the New York Times

Israel Ali

Aziza Pope care they need at affordable prices,” she says. “I like to see people smile.”

Israel, an alumnus of Benjamin Banneker Academy, is attending Albany State University in Albany, NY and studies computer science. Alluding to the scarcity of minority students in STEM fields, Israel says part of his motivation in choosing his academic major is to show other people in his community that, “…people who look like them can learn about technology and use it as a force for positive change.” Carlos, an alumnus of Xaverian High School, is also studying computer science at Hampton University in Hampton, VA. He wants to serve his community as an entrepreneur

and a technology educator. “People in our communities have an attitude that starting a technology business is beyond their capabilities,” he says. “I want to show them it can be done.”

The dreams of this year’s winners, inspired by the bold activism and perseverance of Richardson, is a good indicator of the future for Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Celeste Moses shared these words to the scholarship winners: “On behalf of the family of Elsie Richardson, I would like to thank Restoration in keeping her legacy alive. Elsie Richardson was such a believer in the youth whom she would encourage to believe that they can achieve any goal, regardless of circumstances and/or obstacles.”

OTP joins Ms. Richardson in wishing these young people great success in their pursuit of higher education and their desire to give back to their community.

counting over 2,000 lies in his first year in office.

And now we have what was once billed as the world’s greatest deliberative body devolve into senators calling each other liars, complaining about a lack of trust, coming together in small groups trying to find sanity and a way forward. And then there is the House of Representatives where, like the Senate, too many have law degrees teaching

serves boarding and day students from its main campus located outside Boston, MA and will open its Brooklyn, NY location in New York City in September 2018.

The CDSC and The Winchendon School | Brooklyn Working together in Clinton Hill for the five boroughs (For more details see ad on page 16)

Scholarships!

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ueens Borough President Melinda Katz’s African-American Heritage Committee is offering a scholarship to graduating high school seniors pursuing a post-secondary education. The application can be found at: www.queensbp.org/aahcscholarshipapp/. BP Katz’ office is also now accepting applications from college and high school students for the upcoming Spring 2018 & Summer 2018. For more information, e-mail Joe Nocerino at jnocerino@queensbp.org.

NYC Ladders for Leaders is accepting applications for summer internships. Interested parties can apply at: application.nycsyep.com or call 800-246-4646.

The Citizens Committee for New York City awards grants of up to $3,000 for community and school improvement projects. For more information: www.citizensnyc.org/grants.

Student Leaders Program

Every year, Bank of America’s Student Leaders Program connects 225 community-minded high school juniors and seniors to employment, skills development and service. These students are awarded paid summer internships with local nonprofits such as Boys and Girls Clubs of America and participate in a national leadership summit in Washington, D.C. The Student Leaders Summit focuses on skill-building and creating a more civically engaged society.

Student Leaders is part of Bank of America’s ongoing commitment to preparing young people for a brighter future. If you or someone you know has a passion for improving the community, click here to learn more about the eligibility criteria. Application deadline is February 2, 2018.

them to argue on behalf of the client, not the truth. And with a far-right, all white constituency as their client, national issues like immigration, health care, or anything that is perceived as helpful to Black and Brown people, are efforts that must be challenged.

The congressperson’s first job is to be reelected, therefore their constituents must be satisfied, and the larger public good be damned.

And then there are the Russians and their cyber assault on the US. The silence about stopping their incursions may be due to their being great friends of Donald Trump and any disruptions they do in the midterms promise to aid the Republican Party. Like the Republicans, the last thing the Russians want is a Democratic Congress looking into their activities and threatening their “useful idiot,” the President of the United States.

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Brooklyn Youth Op-Ed Contributions

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he mission of the Brooklyn Youth Sports Club is to build an enriching educational setting for economically disadvantaged youth, using athletics as a vehicle to inspire them to fulfill their academic, physical and personal potential. This fall, I had the pleasure of bringing my creative writing workshop to BYSC to engage the fourth- and fifth-graders in written exercises designed to empower them to use their own voices to explain the world around them.

The goal of this particular workshop was for the students to write Op-Ed pieces to be published here in Our Time Press. They chose their own topics and wrote from their own perspectives. They enjoyed the workshop almost as much as I enjoyed facilitating it. Acknowledgement and thanks go out to Damon Lawrence and Harris Friess, for their continued work with the children in our communities.

Miquan Mack, Jr. Science

Hi, my name is Miquan Mack, Jr., and I’m going to be talking about science.

Science is the intellectual and practical action encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. That is the definition of science. I’m going to talk about volcanoes, earthquakes and when science started.

To begin with, volcanoes are known for their explosions and their hot lava. A volcano is a rupture of the crust of the planet which allows hot lava, ash and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. Then, do you know what an earthquake is? If you don’t, an earthquake is the shaking of the surface of the earth resulting from the sudden release of energy in the earth’s lithosphere that creates seismic waves. It’s popular of a little line that has a hole in it. Last, Europe and the Renaissance. In 1834, Cambridge University historian and philosopher of science William Whewell coined the term “scientist” to replace such terms as cultivators of science.

Jayden Lau

It Takes a Village I am going to discuss my favorite school activity.

My favorite school activity is It Takes a Village. This is my favorite because I can communicate with friends.

This creates friendship and a trusting environment. Also, a lot of kids don’t play in class because they already played in the It

Takes a Village program. This helps me focus because it keeps kids active. It also keeps the kids healthier.

Lastly, I like the program because of teamwork. I like teamwork because I like to interact with other people. This allows me to help my peers. The It Takes a Village program is when we get time out of the day to play and have fun. We also do fun activities. This is why I enjoy It Takes a Village!

Reginald Roberson, Jr.

Is Football as dangerous as you think?

Football actually isn’t that dangerous if you think about it. For example, there is new hightech gear that makes football safer. Also, there were rules implemented to make the game safer. Lastly, there has been research that football is as safe as a band or choir or even school.

New high-tech gear has made football a safe sport. There are new helmets that tell coaches and others when there is a concussion that took place. Also, there is the revolutionary new ZERO1 football helmet that reduces concussions with the pads and face mask that gets attached.

Another thing that makes football safer are the rules that are implemented in the game. For example, you’re not allowed to tackle head-to-head in youth football. Also, you’re not allowed to tackle below the knees or above the nameplate on the jersey in higher-tier levels.

The most important thing that specifically shows football is a safe sport is research.

For example, a study shows that the risk of death from neurodegenerative (resulting in or characterized by degeneration of the nervous system, especially the neurons in the brain) disease was relatively low in both groups: three percent of NFL players and one percent in the general population. Also, another study shows that the risk of high school football players developing degenerative neurological diseases later in life is no greater than if they had been in the band, glee club or choir.

So, this shows that football isn’t as dangerous as you think it is. It is just as safe as if you are jumping on the bed with high fences around it. Even scientific research proves it.

Jeffrey Franklin

Social Media and Kids Kids and social media. They are always on it, using every electrical device.

But is it good for them? I believe it is not because kids start ignoring school work and they talk to people that

they do not know. That makes social media dangerous!

When kids use social media they start ignoring school work. They don’t do their homework and they do not study for tests.

They also do not pay attention in class and fail on tests constantly. They all get bad grades from not doing school work. This makes you wonder what the kids are doing instead of school work.

Some kids speak to strangers when they are on social media. Kids might not know who they are talking to. It might be a scammer or a thief. They could also expose their identity to the stranger. Also, their e-mail address and phone number can be stolen. Talking to strangers can also put you in harm’s way. If you give people your private information, they could find you and hurt you.

Lastly, social media is dangerous. One reason is that some people are cyberbullies.

They might send threatening messages to other people. Another reason is that they put inappropriate pictures and words on social media. A third reason is if kids start depending on social media more than anything else, they won’t be able to think without using it.

All in all, kids should not use social media. Kids start ignoring school work, they start talking to people they do not know and social media is dangerous.

Channer Duke

Math is in Everything My name is Channer Duke and I will be demonstrating how math can relate to real life. Some examples of this are as follows.

Math can help with many different subjects in school, such as science, health class and computer courses.

Math relates to real life because knowing math can help you get a good job such as an accountant, tax collector and teacher.

Teachers grade tests and have to be able to teach math. Another example of math in real life is that math can help you pay bills. You use math to pay bills by knowing how much to pay for each bill and how much to save.

Caleb Crosby

Ball Family: Biggest Topic in Sports Do you know what makes the Ball family the biggest topic in sports? Well, if you don’t, I think I can tell you.

The first thing that I would like to say is that the LiAngelo Ball incident had a huge impact in sports. The reason that this is a big deal is because LiAngelo stole in China, a country with a lot of strict laws. The day after he stole, the police came to get him and the other UCLA students who were involved. All three of the students had to spend a day-anda-half in jail before being put on house arrest.

They eventually returned home. The second thing I would like to say is that LaVar Ball, the father of the boys, pulled LaMelo Ball

out of high school because the high school coach wanted to run things his own way.

Also, LaVar pulled LiAngelo from UCLA after he got suspended for stealing in China.

LaVar said, “LiAngelo was only going to be at UCLA for one year”.

If you still don’t think the Ball family is the biggest topic in sports, then I suggest two things. First, watch shows like “First Take” and “SportsCenter” on ESPN, and second, reread this article.

Deron Rippey Jr.

Is Football Becoming Safer?

My name is Deron Rippey jr, and I believe football has become safer to play. Allow me to explain: One example is found in the new gear that the NFL lets players wear. The NFL making new gear can decrease the levels of injuries. One new gear that football improved is the chest pads. Designing new chest pads is important because without chest pads you could have a serious heart injury, and that can lead to death.

Another example of football becoming safer is the new rules in the NFL. The NFL has created 37 rule changes since 2002. One of them is the horse collar rule. This rule states that a player cannot grab at another player’s collar, or else they will receive a penalty.

As you can see, the NFL has worked to make this sport more safe by allowing for new gear and by having new rules.

Bryce Bennett

Are Video Games Affecting Kids Negatively?

I’m here to ask a question.

That question is, “Are video games affecting kids negatively?”

In my opinion, I think they are.

Video games can cause a lot of things that are bad for your body. Things that video games can cause are addiction, tiredness, bad grades, behavior, laziness and bad eyes.

Addiction can cause you to stay up late.

Tiredness can cause you to not wake up in the morning. Bad grades can cause you to get left back. Behavior can cause you to not pay attention in class. Laziness can cause you to not work out. And having bad eyes means that you can end up staring and you might need glasses.

All of these things to me are negative and you’re not treating your body the way you are supposed to. This is why I think video games affects us kids negatively.

CUOMO ENSURES MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR DACA RECIPIENTS

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overnor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday announced that recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy will remain eligible for state-funded Medicaid, regardless of any federal changes to or termination of the program. There are approximately 42,000 DACA recipients in New York, many of whom are at risk of losing their employment-based health insurance if the

federal government changes or terminates the program. Under New York law, DACA recipients are considered PRUCOL (Permanently Residing Under Color of Law) and eligible for state-funded Medicaid or CHIP. “The federal government’s failure to take action to protect DACA recipients is appalling, un-American, unjust and puts hundreds of thousands of children

at risk. Here in New York we will do everything in our power to protect DACA recipients and ensure they receive health care,” Governor Cuomo said. “As Washington holds DACA recipients hostage for funding for a wall, we will not allow vitriol and dysfunction to put lives at risk. We will continue to stand up for the rights of immigrants, and will continue to defend the principles of opportunity and

equality that this state and this nation were founded upon.”

DACA allows for undocumented immigrants who entered the country as minors to be eligible for work permits and receive renewable periods of deferred action from deportation. After the Trump Administration announced plans to terminate the DACA program, New York State filed a complaint to protect New York Dreamers.

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NEW BUSINESS FORMATIONS KRECH, LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 11/14/2017 Office Location: Kings County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Roger Shum, 1213 73rd Street, Apt 2, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

MCNUTT ALEXANDRA LEE L.L.C. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/11/2017 Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the MCNUTT ALEXANDRA LEE L.L.C. 1408 PUTNAM AVE. APT 1R BROOKLYN, NY 11237. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

LEGAL NOTICES SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against GEORGE LABATO; LINDA LABATO; TYSHAEIKA LABATO, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on June 28, 2016. 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 1st day of March, 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 County of Kings, City and State of New York. Said premises known as 640 Miller Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11207. Tax account number: SBL #: 3827-36. Approximate amount of lien $ 257,847.24 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 503447/2013. Sean R. Smith, Esq., Referee. Fein, Such & Crane, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, N.Y. 14614 (585) 232-7400 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME C O U RT: KINGS COUNTY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST; Plaintiff(s) vs.

IOLANTA TYUTIN A/K/A IOLANTA TYUTINA; ALFRED TYUTIN; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about July 26, 2017, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder in Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. On March 1, 2018 at 2:30 pm. Premises known as 2041 ROYCE STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 112346220 Block: 8416 Lot: 19 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, City and State of New York. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Approximate amount of judgment $583,008.68 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. 503382/2014 Gregory T. Cerchione, Esq., Referee NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., CSMC Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-6, Plaintiff AGAINST Satya Kaur; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a

the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity

Notice of Formation of SIDE HUG LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/21/17. Office location: Kings County. Princ. office of LLC: 493 Park Pl., #4R, Brooklyn, NY 11238. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Divergent Streams Media, LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 12/04/2017 Office Location: Kings County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, c/o Mark Kirshner, Divergent Streams Media, LLC, 2935 W5th St., Apt 16C, Brooklyn, NY 11224. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of GOLDEN FILMS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/01/17. Office location: Kings County. Princ. office of LLC: 123 Coffey St., Brooklyn, NY 11231.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at

Notice of Qualification of 5540 - 409-421 14TH STREET BROOKLYN LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/21/17. Office location: Kings County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/13/17.

Princ. office of LLC: 110 William St., Ste. 2402, NY, NY 10038. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against

Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated April 8, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn NY 11201 on February 22, 2018 at 2:30PM, premises known as 52 Ashford Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207. 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 3923 Lot 39. Approximate amount of judgment $919,053.58 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 3530/14. Richard A. Klass, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: December 27, 2017 50928

thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Approximate amount of judgment $653,208.67 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. 507054/2014 Jack Segal, Esq., Referee

SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against GEORGE LABATO; LINDA LABATO; TYSHAEIKA LABATO, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on June 28, 2016. 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 1st day of March, 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 County of Kings, City and State of New York. Said premises known as 640 Miller Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11207. Tax account number: SBL #: 3827-36. Approximate amount of lien $ 257,847.24 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 503447/2013. Sean R. Smith, Esq., Referee. Fein, Such & Crane, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, N.Y. 14614 (585) 232-7400 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: KINGS COUNTY FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; Plaintiff(s) vs. GREGORY HOERZ; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about November 29, 2017, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder in Room 224 at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York.

On February 22, 2018 at 2:30 pm. Premises known as 701 PRESIDENT STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11215 Block: 00956 Lot: 0065 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements

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 7/30/2014 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 February 08, 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 Borough and 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 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff AGAINST Hugh Smith a/k/a Hugh C. Smith; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 20, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on February 15, 2018 at 2:30PM, premises known as 2264 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11208.

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 4360 Lot 8. Approximate amount of judgment $491,759.17 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 509165/2014. Stephen Barbaro, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: December 21, 2017 50604 FAMILY COURT FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE NOTICE OF FAMILY COURT ACTION To Justine Alexis, Quentin George, respondent (s) Petitioner, Marion Council-George has filed a Guardianship petition against you in the family Court of the State of Delaware for New Castle County on 10/2/2017. If you do not file and answer with the Family Court within 20 days after publication of this notice, exclusive of the

VOL. 22 NO. 4 it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. Of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Real estate.

Notice hereby given that an Order entered by Supreme Court, Kings County, on the 2nd day of January, 2017 bearing Index number 2372/2017 a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY in room number 189 grants me the right to assume the name of Lèul Gebre Selase.

My present address is 772 Hendrix Street Bklyn. NY 11207.The date of my birth is September 30th, 1973. The place of my birth is Berbice, Guyana present name is Lelond Stanley-Lust Yorke. date of publication as required by statue, this action will be heard in family Court without further notice. Petition# 17-27078 SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS GMAT LEGAL TITLE TRUST 2014-1, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE, Plaintiff -against- DELYS HALLEY, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated May 5, 2017 and entered on May 30, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Courthouse 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY on February 22, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of East 53rd Street, distant 376 feet southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly side of East 53rd Street, with the southerly side of Clarendon Road; being a plot 100 feet by 24 feet by 100 feet by 24 feet.

Block: 4773 Lot: 25. Said premises known as 654 EAST 53RD STREET, BROOKLYN, NY Approximate amount of lien $811,056.00 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. Index Number 8699/2013.

JOHN M. BRICKMAN, ESQ., Referee, Jeffrey A. Kosterich, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff, 68 Main Street, 3rd Floor, Tuckahoe, NY 10707 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF OWS REMIC TRUST 2015-1, Plaintiff, Against Index No.: 509325/14 CARLOS LIRIANO, JASSON LIRIANO, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered in the Kings County Clerk’s Office on 4/6/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on 2/22/2018 at 2:30 pm, premises known as 905 Belmont Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208, and 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, and designated on the tax maps of the Kings County Treasurer as Block 4228 and Lot 40. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $506,616.14 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 509325/14.

Dominic J. Famulari, Esq., Referee. STIENE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. (Attorneys for Plaintiff), 167 Main Street, Northport, NY ➔➔ Continued on page 13

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Netflix: Y’all Need to Chill—Part One (Yes, there’s more!)

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By Lisa Durden

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am soooo tired of companies screaming diversity and inclusion, but it really turns out to be more talk than action.

That phase is nothing more than a smokeand-mirrors way of lulling Black folks into believing that we will be treated fairly and equitably. Netflix happens to be one such company. The streaming giant boasts, “We believe we have to work from the inside out, where if we create a space where all employees and all voices are heard, understood and appreciated - great work will happen”.

Awe, how cute!!

I hear violins playing in my head as I’m writing the quote. By now you realize that’s my sarcasm. While that’s admirable, I’ve gotta wonder how much of that diversity “thang” is lip service, because the fact is, none of their 16 top executives are African-American.

Hmmmm… interesting. So are Black folks supposed to believe that Netflix is inclusive, but yet, there is not one Black person in a decision-making position at the top of the organization with a key to the executive bathroom!!

Not until my girl, comedian Mo’Nique, put Netflix on blast last week about offering her pennies for her comedy special but gave comedians Amy Schumer, Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle a mint for their specials; did

I stop and take a look at how the company treats Black folks; in particular, Black women.

Before I go further, full disclosure: I am a “Netflix and Chill” kinda girl. When Netflix drops original series’ “Orange is the New Black”, Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” and Michaela Coel’s “Chewing Gum” each season, I binge-watch all the episodes like a dog in heat. So, you can imagine that I was “buggin’” when Mo’Nique dropped a bomb last week on her Periscope asking us to boycott Netflix “for gender bias and color bias” for being offered only $500,000 dollars to do a comedy special, while she alleges that comedian Amy Schumer was offered $13 million dollars and comedians Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle were both paid $20 million dollars for their specials. When she and her “Husbandger” Sidney asked Netflix to explain the difference, why the money was so different? the company responded, “We believe that’s what Mo’Nique would bring”.

What #MadeMyBrainBleed was when they told her that the reason why Amy Schumer got a higher quote for her special was because she sold out Madison Square Garden and had a big movie over the summer and that Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle were legends. After watching her video and learning that they really didn’t want to pay Mo’Nique what she’s worth, I thought, “Wow! Netflix, y’all need to chill??? #DISASTER!”

Because I’m known as a very outspoken subject-matter expert in the areas of pop culture, everybody and their momma hit me up on social media asking me what I thought about the Netflix-Mo’Nique war. My response was, “I need to dig a little deeper, do some more research before I make my comment about the issue”. I began reading every article written about Mo’Nique and watching every interview with her like a starving artist. One of the most compelling interviews was with the Satellite radio show “Sway’s Universe”.

Mo’Nique tore that interview up!! During the entire hour, I was hanging on her every word.

When it was over, I wanted more! However, when I rose from the research ashes like a Phoenix, I was not only inspired to look at how I have allowed myself to be lowballed just to get an opportunity, I began to look at Netflix with a crooked eye. I also decided that she was totally “dissed” by them because she is a Black woman.

The coup de grace was when they had the #CLUCKING nerve to send two of their little Millennial reps to one of her comedy shows to see if they liked her first. Essentially making Mo’Nique audition. WOW!! Hella disrespectful!! The more I thought about how Netflix treated her, it became crystal clear that this issue is much, much bigger than Mo’Nique!

The gender pay gap is very real for Black women in TV, film and stage. Black stars like

Mo’Nique Taraji P. Henson, Kerry Washington, Viola Davis, Tracee Ellis-Ross, Gabrielle Union are also grossly underpaid. * Note: OTP will publish the second half of this piece in next week’s paper.

Lisa Durden, TV personality and subject-matter expert in the areas of pop culture, politics and social issues, who’s an “A-Plus Panel” Contributor at My9’s “Chasing News”. She also makes appearances on Dr. Oz, Pix11 Morning News, CT Style & Fox News Channel. Lisa’s voice is her activism!

Twitter: @lisardurden

The Brooklyn Museum Presents One Basquiat

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Jean-Michel Basquiat's Untitled (1982) on view Jan. 26 thru March 11, 2018

he Brooklyn Museum is proud to present the first museum exhibition of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled.

Created in 1982, breakout year in Basquiat’s meteoric career, Untitled is emblematic of his early success and ranks among the artist’s most powerful paintings. One Basquiat is just the latest of many links between the artist and the borough–- from his birth at Brooklyn Hospital to childhood visits to the Brooklyn Museum, where his mother enrolled him as a junior member when he was six years old, to the museum’s retrospective Basquiat in 2005 and its critically acclaimed presentation Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks in 2015. The work will be on view in the museum’s Robert E. Blum Gallery from January 26 through March 11, 2018.

Commenting on the exhibition, collector Yusaku Maezawa said, “I am thrilled to be sending Basquiat’s masterpiece home to Brooklyn. It is my hope that the young people of the borough will be inspired by their local hero, just as he has inspired so many of us around the world”.

The seven-week presentation of Untitled will be complemented by an intensive series of school visits by children grades K-12, offering inquiry-based gallery lessons focused on developing observation and critical-thinking skills. One Basquiat will be the centerpiece of the museum’s Black History Month programming during Target First Saturday on Feb. 3rd to include a curator’s talk

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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 7/30/2014 and entered on 7/14/2014, I, the undersigned Referee, will

and a hands-on art project. Admission is free.

The museum will also host Brooklyn Talks: A Tribute to Basquiat on Thursday, February 15, featuring Def Jam Creative Director Cey Admas, photographer Maripol and others.

Admission is $20. On Thursday, March 8th, Little Cinema will present an immersive screening of the biopic “Basquiat”, blending cinema with live performances accompanying the film. Untitled features a bold, crowned, spectral head hovering against a vibrant blue background. Basquiat’s skeletal and sometimes cartoonlike heads first emerged in 1981 in the large, well-known canvas Untitled (Head) and continued in both small works on paper and large compositions throughout his decade-long career. Untitled is considered the artist’s second painting of a monumental head, yet even in comparison to Untitled (Head), the ferocity and daring of Untitled stands out. Born in 1960 and raised in Park Slope, East Flatbush and Boerum Hill, Basquiat as a student, he developed the fictional character SAMO©. Under this pseudonym, he achieved underground recognition by spray-painting sayings on walls in Lower Manhattan. He had his first solo exhibition in 1982, and in 1983 became one of the youngest artists ever to take part in the Whitney Biennial. Basquiat was included in the inaugural reopening exhibition at the newly expanded Museum of Modern Art in 1984. Ten years after leaving high school, he died of a drug overdose in 1988 at the age of 27. sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on February 08, 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 Borough and 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

Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988). Untitled, 1982. Acrylic, spray paint, and oilstick on canvas. Collection of Yusaku Maezawa. © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Kings Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Harbor View Mortgage Loan Trust Mortgage Loan PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-5 Trust, Plaintiff AGAINST Gladwin Waldron, Paulette Waldron, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 10/3/2017 and entered on 12/7/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme

Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on February 8, 2018 at 2:30pm premises known as 654 East 87th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11236.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 7991, LOT: 59. Approximate amount of judgment is $460,762.16 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 502053/2012. Angelyn D. Johnson, Referee ➔➔ Continued on page 14

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LEGAL NOTICES ➔➔ Continued from page 13 FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS, MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P., Plaintiff, vs. BARUCH KUPFERSTEIN A/K/A BARUCH M. KUPFERSTEIN, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, Order to Amend Caption and Request for Other Relief duly filed on December 06, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on February 08, 2018 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 1128 41st Street, Unit 2, Brooklyn, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Kings, County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 05592 and Lot 01902; together with an undivided 25.36 percent interest in the common elements. Approximate amount of judgment is $211,614.65 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 8820/2013. Cash will not be accepted. Philip L. Kamaras, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Ste. 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 503821/2014 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS PENNYMAC CORP., Plaintiff, -vs- THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF HUBERT BEARAM, deceased, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; KWESI BEARAM; BERNADETTE SPROSTA A/K/A BERNADETTE BEARAM; LATTOYA ST. HILL; HUBERT JOHNSON; HART 452 INC.; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATEDEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants.

Mortgaged Premises: 452 HART STREET,

BROOKLYN, NY 11221 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable. 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 to the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. These pleadings are being amended to include the Heirs at Large of HUBERT BEARAM, deceased. These pleadings are also being amended to include Bernadette Sprosta a/k/a Bernadette Bearam, Lattoya St. Hill and Hubert Johnson as possible heirs to the estate of HUBERT BEARAM, deceased.

These pleadings are also being amended to include United States of America, Hart 452 Inc., and New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. KINGS County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: August 7, 2017 Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Block: 1596 Lot: 128 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of KINGS, State of New York as more particularly described in the

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Complaint herein. TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of HON. NOACH DEAR, Justice of the SUPREME Court of the State of New York, dated October 16, 2017 and filed along with the supporting papers in the KINGS County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. 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, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southerly side of Hart Street, distant 405 feet easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of Hart Street and the easterly side of Stuyvesant Avenue; Running thence southerly parallel with Stuyvesant Avenue, 100 feet; Thence easterly parallel with Hart Street, 19 feet 8 inches; Thence northerly again parallel with Stuyvesant Avenue and part of the distance through a party wall, 100 feet to the southerly side of Hart Street; Thence westerly along the southerly side of Hart Street, 19 feet 8 inches to the point or place of beginning.

Mortgaged Premises: 452 HART STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 Tax Map/Parcel ID No.: Block: 1596 Lot: 128 of the BOROUGH of BROOKLYN, NY 11221

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 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 February 8, 2018 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 HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-1, Plaintiff AGAINST Merwyn Fraser; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated August 26, 2015 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on February 1, 2018 at 2:30PM, premises known as 220 Nichols Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Kings, City and State of NY, Block 4134 Lot 44. Approximate amount of judgment $966,696.08 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 6045/2013. Anthony J. Lamberti, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: November 29, 2017 50287

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 201513ATT, Plaintiff, vs. DIANA VILLARREAL A/K/A DIANA C. VILLARREAL A/K/A DIANA GUEVARA A/K/A DIANA C. GUEVARA, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on August 17, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on January 25, 2018 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 166 Glen Street, Brooklyn, NY. 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 4168 and Lot 22. Approximate amount of judgment is $398,425.96 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 503328/2013. Shmuel D. Taub, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Ste. 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff

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hen Knicks General Manager Scott Perry was hired back in September part of his plan to turn the franchise around was to assess the roster in an attempt to figure out the many ways he can get the Knicks to be the Knicks once again. This storied franchise has been a laughing emoji for some time; however, for the

diehard Knick fans out there, there is not anything funny about losing. The team currently sits in fourth place in the Atlantic Division and 10th overall in the Eastern Conference with a win-loss record of 2126 as of Monday, January 22. The trading deadline is approaching and based on Perry’s comments about improving the roster, I think it is safe to say we can all expect the Knicks to be “active” come the trade deadline.

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