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TWO MOTHERS UNITE ‘Continue to fight, continue to be his voice. Do not let them silence you.’

Pitt launches second annual CyberCamp for area students

by Christian Morrow Courier Staff Writer

Last summer, 186 students from across the region spent a week learning to recognize cyber threats and thwarting cyber-attacks at CyberCamp, sponsored by Pitt Cyber, the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and Security.

Beginning July 23, the institute will host its second CyberCamp—but this time, not only will students fill computer labs across the Pitt campus, they will also fill labs at Robert Morris University in Moon Township. That’s because there

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are nearly a third more participants.

That growth mirrors that of the cybersecurity field itself, and—because there are currently two job openings for every applicant— for those students who continue, it will be a lucrative one. The camp is part of the Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot Program, an educational initiative that runs camps around the country as well as an annual national competition.

This year’s cadre of students (no more students are being accepted) hails from high schools in nine SEE PITT A9

Soul & Sea restaurant in Penn Hills to reopen

by Briana L. White For New Pittsburgh Courier

“Maybe I wasn’t meant to SAMARIA RICE, left, mother of Tamir Rice, embraces Michelle Kenney, mother of Antwon Rose II, during the first annual “Antwon Rose II own a restaurant.”

That was Brittany HousCommunity Day,” July 12, in Rankin. Each mother’s son was killed by a police officer—Tamir Rice was killed in Cleveland in 2014; Rose er’s primary thought after was killed on June 19 by East Pittsburgh police Officer Michael Rosfeld. (Photo by Courier photographer Dayna Delgado) her restaurant, Soul & Sea, in Penn Hills, suffered a devastating fire, after only being open for four months beginning last summer.

It was Nov. 29, 2017, and Houser dropped off a bin of freshty, giving back to the kids, ly-washed towels at

by Rob Taylor Jr. celebrating Antwon’s her restaurant, then “I’d like for Michelle to take some time to and Courier Staff Writer birthday, and all were ac- drove off. Shortly afOn the front of Antwon herself, but a mother’s job is never done in complished,” McDonald told ter, the towels sponthe New Pittsburgh Couri- taneously ignited.

Rose II’s funeral program death and in life.” er in an exclusive interview, According to the Penn was his trademark smile, JOELISA McDONALD July 17.

Hills Fire Marshal, who many say would illuMcDonald, herself a moth- Chuck Miller, “It minate a room. er of a 9-year-old son, grew didn’t take long for Also on the program was “July 12, 2000”—Rose’s But people like Joelisa was filled with kids, adults, up in Hawkins Village. She the towels to reach birthdate. Rose would have McDonald, Nathaniel Car- family, friends, support- said her son, like Rose, is 200 degrees, then turned 18 years old if not ter, Kahlil Darden and Tye ers—anyone who wanted to a well-rounded individual. smoldered for nearfor his untimely passing, Clarke were determined to keep Rose’s memory alive. But, “you think your kids ly four hours. The his life taken away when have an 18th birthday cele- It was labeled the first an- are safe, especially when problem was that the East Pittsburgh police Of- bration for Rose. nual “Antwon Rose II Com- they do the right things and towels were saturatficer Michael Rosfeld fired And hundreds agreed. munity Day,” as speakers, make good choices in life. ed with cooking oils his service weapon at Rose, Thus, July 12 was a festive performances, face-painting You set them up with all which were still hot from being dried minstriking him three times, day at Hawkins Village in and positivity filled the air.

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Rankin, as the park nearby “This event was about uni-

Standing tall in the face of tragedy

dropped off by the restaurant’s owner.”

Surveillance video captured the fire. It was subsequently aired on local TV stations. The restaurant, which had so much fanfare, so many customers in such a short time, was unable to reopen. The restaurant was boarded up, with no sign of SEE SOUL & SEA A9

BRITTANY HOUSER (Photo by Gail Manker)

A rally for ‘Jazzy,’ ‘Dae Dae’ and others killed by gun violence

by Christian Morrow and Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writers

Even as events surrounding the shooting of Antwon Rose II, the marches, and homicide charges being filed against East Pittsburgh police Officer Michael Rosfeld have dominated the news, organizers in Homestead were making sure others who had lost their lives to gun violence before and after Rose would not be just afterthoughts—particularly Jazmere Custis, 19, who was fatally shot as she LINDA KULIKOWSKI’S son, Ja- dropped off a friend just up mie Hines, was killed in late De- the hill in Munhall on June cember 2017. (Photos by Dayna 22, and Daevion Raines, 15, Delgado) who died in a hail of bullets

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DAEVION RAINES while in a car in Duquesne in the early morning hours of June 16.

On June 24, residents who were affected by gun violence congregated in Homestead, condemning the violence, and called for the community to step up

and to help the children who are seeing their peers and family members killed.

“We didn’t want to sweep that under the rug. We have to take back our neighborhoods. It’s on us,” Homestead Councilwoman Mary Nesby told the New Pittsburgh Courier after JAZMERE CUSTIS a rally was held in her borough, June 24.

“These are our families. We can’t turn a blind eye. You have to say something.”

The #StopTheViolenceHomestead rally was organized by Brittany Youngblood. A video posted on Facebook of the event has more than 6,500 views.

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This Week In Black History

Week of July 18-24 July 18 1753—This is believed to be the day Lemuel Haynes escaped from slavery in Massachusetts. The product of a Black father and a mother who was normally described in history texts as “a White woman of respectable ancestry,” Haynes would become a renowned figure in early American history. He fought with distinction in American Revolutionary War for independence from Britain and would become the first Black person ordained as a minister by a mainstream Protestant church. He was also the first Black in American history to become head minister at a predominantly White church.

LEMUEL HAYNES 1863—Sergeant William H. Carney was the first Black person to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in battle. The bravery which led to the medal occurred on this day in 1863 at the battle of Battery Wagner.

1918—Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is born in Transkei, South Africa. Mandela would spend 27 years in prison for his struggles against the system of racial oppression in South Africa known as apartheid. When he was finally released in 1990, it was a day of PROTESTERS—Thousands of opposition party supporters march on the streets of Harare, July 11. massive celebration for Blacks and progressive Whites through(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) out South Africa and much of the world. He won hundreds of awards for his anti-apartheid efforts including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. With the downfall of apartheid in the early 1990s, Mandela would become the first Black president of the country in 1994. He was widely praised for not launching a campaign of revenge against his White former oppressors.

July 19 1848—Anti-slavery activist and the foremost Black leader of his day Frederick Douglass gives a stirring speech at the First promise,” main opposition been largely free of vioNELSON MANDELA Women’s Rights Convention, which took place in Seneca Falls,

by Farai Mutsaka N.Y. Douglas helped sway the 260 women and 40 men present to leader Nelson Chamisa lence.

Associated Press Writer back a women’s right to vote resolution being pushed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Initold the crowd on WednesMnangagwa, his ruling HARARE, Zimbabwe tially, many of the delegates opposed the resolution fearing it was too radical an idea day, accusing the election ZANU-PF party and the (AP)—The world’s oldest for the times but changed their minds after hearing Douglass’ presentation. Women commission, the military election commission are person is 141 years of age would not finally get the right to vote until 1920. and Mnangagwa of trying defending the credibility and lives in Zimbabwe. Not to rig the vote. Chamisa is 1941—The first U.S. Army Flying Academy for Black of the vote. The electoral far behind is a 134-yearcadets is officially dedicated at Tuskegee, Ala. Between in a coalition with several commission chairwoman, old, also in Zimbabwe. At 1940 and 1946, 992 pilots were trained. More than smaller parties that also Priscilla Chigumba, has least that’s according to 400 would see action in World War II even though took part in the rally, deliv- rebuffed the opposition’s the country’s voters’ roll, many Whites initially felt Blacks were not intelligent ering a petition with their demands, which include which has come under enough to fly airplanes. The Tuskegee Airmen, as demands to the election touching the ballot paper sharp scrutiny ahead of the commission’s office. they became known, would fly with great distinction or examining it closely.

July 30 election, the first in “Next time we hold a Party representatives were during the war. They were credited with downing 109 decades without longtime German planes and destroying numerous enemy fuel demonstration, no one is allowed to view the ballot leader Robert Mugabe. going back home until our printing process from a dis- dumps, trucks and planes. Approximately 150 of them The main opposition demands are met. We will tance last month, she said. lost their lives during training or combat. Finally, in party has called the voters’ camp here,” Chamisa said.

People had to watch from March 2007,more than 300 surviving members and roll deeply flawed and the The opposition’s suspiabout 10 meters away, said their wives were honored and the airmen received the most prominent sign that Congressional Gold Medal. cions extend to the ballots’ another opposition candithe election’s credibility 1952—Joe Louis Reliford broke the color barrier printing, storage, design date, Noah Manyika.

TUSKEGEE AIRMEN is at risk. On Wednesday, and even paper quality.

Political parties physical- in Georgia State Baseball in Statesboro, Ga. He pinch thousands of people rallied Confidence in the election ly inspecting the ballot pa- hit, threw out a runner from left field and robbed the Statesboro Pilots best hitter, Jim in the capital, Harare, to has run so low that the per is unlawful, Chigumba, Shuster of a home run—all in one inning and at the age of 12. His historical catch is on call for more transparency, opposition encourages its a former High Court judge, display in Cooperstown, N.Y., where he is the only batboy among Major League Baseball dancing and waving signs Hall of Fame Inductees. Reliford is the author of “From Batboy to the Hall of Fame.” supporters to carry their told reporters on Monday, saying “No reforms, no July 20 own pens into the voting calling the opposition elections.”

1967—The first Black Power Conference takes place in Newark, N.J. More than booths because they don’t demands “an abuse of the While President Emmer1,000 delegates representing 126 organizations attendtrust the ones provided. right to transparency.” son Mnangagwa, who took ed. The conference represented a break with the integraMnangagwa, a longtime The election commispower when Mugabe was tion-with-Whites thrust of the Civil Rights Movement of the ally of Mugabe until he sion chairwoman also has pressured to step down in 1960s. Instead, delegates called for greater focus on Black was fired as a result of a denied problems with the November, and the election ruling party feud, is under voters’ roll, which was political empowerment, economic development, community commission have pledged control and the building of Black institutions. pressure to deliver a free released to opposition a free and fair election, the and fair election as a key July 21 parties and the public only issues with the voters’ roll 1864—Amazingly, what is now considered the first Black step in lifting years of inafter pressure and a court have many worried that daily newspaper begins publishing on this day during slavery. ternational sanctions. ruling.

Zimbabwe’s government is The New Orleans Tribune was founded by wealthy Black Zimbabwe’s past elecThe commission has said failing to break with a long tions have been marked Doctor Louis C. Roudanez and edited by a Belgium Jeanany mistakes in the roll are past of alleged election Charles Heuzean. The Tribune, however, actually followed by accusations of violence being corrected. The case fraud. the Daily Creole which began publication in 1856. But it was and fraud. Mugabe banned of the single address with The strikingly old voters Western election observmore than 100 registered MARY CHURCH TERRELL so pressured by Whites that it adopted pro-slavery positions. are just one concern. The The Tribune, meanwhile, would begin as a tri-weekly and ers but Mnangagwa has voters “is in fact a church voters’ roll also shows more welcomed them for the become a full-fledged daily in October. shrine with 122 voters,” than 100 people registered first time in almost two 1896—The National Association of Colored Women is founded in Washington, D.C., Chigumba said. at a single address and has decades. Observers from and Mary Church Terrell is elected president. The association would establish nursWinning confidence multiple people sharing a eries, help orphans, and battle for a woman’s right to vote. Terrell became an activist the European Union and in the remaining weeks single ID number, accordand power broker in the nation’s capital fighting for desegregation of restaurants and United States have raised before the vote will be a ing to the main opposition’s concerns that are similar to challenge. According to a helping build schools. She was born in 1863 and died in 1954. chief election agent, James- the opposition’s although, 2001—Blues legend John Lee Hooker dies. He was 83. survey released over the on Timba.

July 22 in a break from the past, weekend by the Zimbabwe “We are not going to com- this year’s election has 1861—President Abraham Lincoln submits the first draft of the Emancipation Council of Churches, 58 percent of registered voters Proclamation to his cabinet. The order freeing slaves, however, was not actually issued until Jan. 1, 1863. And even then, it benefited very few slaves. The Emancipation do not trust the elections Proclamation freed slaves in the rebellious Southern states. But the federal government commission. The churches at the time did not have control of the South so no slaves actually went free. In the sosurveyed more than 1,600 called Border States where the federal government did have authority, the Proclamation people from Bulawayo, an opposition stronghold, and did not apply. About the only slaves who benefited were those who had already escaped and fled to the Union side during the Civil War. Midlands province, which 1939—Jane Matilda Bolin becomes the first Black female has a mix of opposition and judge in America. New York City Mayor Fiorella LaGuadia ruling party supporters. appointed her a judge in the court of domestic relations.

While Mugabe is gone, 1963—Floyd Patterson loses his heavyweight boxing title to “the regime remains,” said Sonny Liston and Liston would later lose it to a young fighter Munyaradzi Gwisai, a by the name of Cassius Clay—later Muhammad Ali. political analyst and law 2001—Actor Whitman Mayo dies in Atlanta, Ga., of a heart lecturer at the University attack. He was 71. Mayo is best known for his role as “Grady” OPPOSITION LEADER—Leader of the main opposition party, Nel- of Zimbabwe. “If anything, in the popular 1970s television series “Sanford and Son.” son Chamisa addresses supporters during a march on the streets the hard men and hard of Harare, July 11. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) July 23 women of that regime are 1900—The first Pan African conference took place in the ones who have taken FLOYD PATTERSON power and they are now in London, England. Blacks from throughout the world gathered to plot strategies for bringing about rights for all people of African ancestry, indepencharge, so very little has dence from colonialism for African countries and international Black unity. This “conchanged.” ference” was the precursor of all the subsequent Pan African “Congresses.” Among the most prominent names present in 1900 were African-American activist and intellectuTHE al W.E.B. DuBois and West Indian lawyer H. Sylvester Williams.

NEW PITTSBURGH 1948—The Progressive Party Convention begins in Philadelphia. The convenCOURIER tion nominates Henry Wallace for president and he makes the strongest showing of PUBLISHING COMPANY virtually any third-party candidate in American history. More than 150 Blacks were at the convention and dozens ran for office on the Progressive Party ticket. They were Publication No.: USPS 381940 attracted by the party’s call for an end to segregation, full voting rights for Blacks and universal government sponsored health insurance. The party was populated mainly 315 East Carson Street by liberals and leftists. Wallace’s candidacy was even endorsed by the then relatively Pittsburgh, PA 15219 strong American Communist Party. The party came under vicious attack during the anti-Communist hysteria of the 1950s. But positions taken by the Progressive Party Phone: 412-481-8302 forced the Democratic Party to adopt meaningful changes in Fax: 412-481-1360 order to hold onto the Black vote.

1984—The first Black Miss America Vanessa Williams The is forced to give up her crown as a result of the discovery of New Pittsburgh Courier some sexually explicit photographs. She was replaced by the first runner-up (another African-American) Suzette Charles. is published weekly Williams bounced back, however, and became a successful singer and actress. periodicals July 24 paid at Pittsburgh, Pa. 1651—Anthony (or Antonio) Johnson, a free Black PRICE $1.00 man who had purchased freedom for himself and his wife, is awarded 250 acres of land in North Hampton, Va. Johnson was VANESSA WILLIAMS among the first group of 20 Black indentured servants brought (Payable in advance) to America in 1619. Indentured servitude was a form of slavery which allowed the 6 Months.....$25 person to either work for or purchase his freedom. After becoming free, Johnson became the first wealthy Black person in America. He even purchased five indentured servants 1 Year....$45 of his own. He probably picked up the name “Johnson” from his original owner but in 2 Years...$85 official records from the period he is simply referred to as “Antonio the Negro.”

1802—Famed French writer Alexander Dumas is born. He was the product of a 9 Month School Rate $35 French general and a light-complexioned Black Haitian woman. Dumas would go on to become one of the world’s greatest and most prolific writers. He is best known for his POSTMASTER: Send classics such as “The Three Musketeers” and “The Count of Monte Cristo.” His Blackaddress changes to: ness caused him some problems in French society, but by and large his fame and the money from his books enabled him to live an extravagant lifestyle.

New Pittsburgh Courier 1904—This is the day it is believed that actor Ira Aldridge was born in Africa. He would come to America, learn English and German, and develop into one of the world’s 315 East Carson Street most accomplished Shakespearean actors. He played the role of the Moor Othello on Pittsburgh, PA 15219 many occasions.

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Obama to make rare high-profile speech on Mandela’s legacy

by Andrew Meldrum Associated Press Writer

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In a speech marking the 100th birthday of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, former U.S. President Barack Obama will urge youth around the world to work for human rights and fair societies, highlighting the late South African leader’s example of persevering in the struggle for democracy and equal rights for all.

The speech on Tuesday, one of Obama’s most high-profile since leaving office, is meant to draw attention to values that today are under threat and to rally people in Africa and elsewhere to push for tolerance and justice.

Obama is not expected to make any mention of his successor, President Donald Trump, said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s longtime

from public comment on Trump, whose administration has reversed or attacked notable achievements of his predecessor.

The U.S. under Trump has withdrawn from the 2015 Paris climate agreement and the Iran nuclear deal while trying to undercut the Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare.”

Instead of commenting on politics, Obama’s speech will draw on broader themes and his admiration for Mandela, whom America’s first Black president saw as a mentor.

When Obama was a U.S. senator he had his picture taken with the newly freed Mandela. After Obama became president he sent a copy of the photo to Mandela, who kept it in his office. MEMORIAL SERVICE—In this Dec. 10, 2013, file photo, former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to crowds attending the memorial Obama also made a point service for former South African President Nelson Mandela, background, in Soweto, Johannesburg. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) of visiting Mandela’s prison cell and gave a moving eulogy at Mandela’s memorial service in 2013, saying

“In the U.S. and around the world, many see recent developments that run counter to Mandela’s legacy. This will be a globally minded speech, focusing on how Mandela embodied perseverance. It will be aimed at young people in Africa and also around the world to show that we have been through darker times before and we can overcome these challenges to keep Mandela’s vision alive.”

BEN RHODES, Longtime Obama aide

aide and adviser.

“At the current moment we’re in, values that we thought were well-established—the importance of human rights, respect for diversity—in many parts of the world those values are under threat,” Rhodes told The Associated Press.

“Mandela’s life is an inspiring example of how we can overcome obstacles to promote inclusive democracy and an equitable society with tolerance of others.”

In delivering the annual Nelson Mandela Lecture before thousands of South Africans, Obama is expected to highlight how the Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was imprisoned for 27 years, kept up his campaign against what appeared to be insurmountable odds to end apartheid, South Africa’s harsh system of white minority rule.

Mandela, who was released from prison in 1990 and became South Africa’s first Black president four years later, died in 2013, leaving a powerful legacy of reconciliation and diversity along with a resistance to inequality, economic and otherwise.

“In the U.S. and around the world, many see recent developments that run counter to Mandela’s legacy,” Rhodes said. “This will be a globally minded speech, highlighting global trends and focusing on how, in his life, Mandela embodied perseverance. It will be aimed at young people in Africa and also around the world to show that we have been through darker times before and we can overcome these challenges to keep Mandela’s vision alive.”

Obama, who is in Kenya before coming to South Africa, has shied away

the South African leader’s life had inspired him.

“Mandela was a hero, an example of someone who overcame adversity to achieve significant change,” Rhodes said. “The opportunity to speak at the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Mandela’s birth is very meaningful.”

Obama also will highlight one goal of his post-presidency, the promotion of young people as future leaders, Rhodes said. His visit to South Africa will launch his foundation’s leadership program in Africa.

Two hundred young Africans are in Johannesburg for a five-day workshop to boost their leadership skills. Chosen from nearly 10,000 applications, the participants come from 44 countries, said Bernadette Meehan, the Obama Foundation’s executive director of international relations.

The average age of the participants is 31 and they come from the private sector, government and civil society, she said. They are working in Africa in the fields of public health, food security, girls’ education, female empowerment, the LGBT movement, human rights, peacemaking, conflict resolution, renewable energy and entrepreneurship.

The Obama Foundation plans to launch similar youth leadership programs in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

“President and Mrs. Obama strongly believe that ordinary people can achieve positive change,” Meehan said. “This program is designed to inspire and empower the next generation of change makers.”

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(AP)—A Massachusetts bus driver has been fired for telling a would-be passenger that he wasn’t picked up because he’s Black.

The Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority says the exchange was caught on video Wednesday afternoon.

Transit officials say the bus was traveling from Edgartown to Oak Bluffs when the driver passed the person. The bus was at ca-

pacity, but officials say the driver had failed to switch the marquee indicating it was full.

The man took an Uber to Oak Bluffs where he caught up with the bus and questioned the driver about why he was passed by.

At first, the driver said the bus was full. But when pressed, the driver said, “it’s because you are black.”

The transit authority says it has “zero-tolerance” for that type of behavior.

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AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE WEEKEND AT PNC PARK

by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that two students from Indiana University of Pennsylvania were recently chosen to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which will pay for their education abroad as they spend the fall 2018 semester studying in Australia.

Austin Bey, of Pittsburgh, and Frank Manzano, of Milton, Pa., were the students who received the scholarship, which is awarded by the U.S. Department of State and instituted by the Institute of International Education, according to a news release. The scholarship enables undergraduate students who receive federal Pell Grant funding at two- or four-year colleges to study or intern abroad at a university of their choosing. Bey and Manzano were chosen based on their transcripts and two essays they submitted.

Bey, a communications media major and graduate of Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy in 2017, will be studying at The University of Technology Sydney.

Manzano, who carries a double major in accounting and finance, will study at Western Sydney University.

“I am blessed to be able to receive this scholarship and to be able to fulfill my dreams of studying abroad,” Manzano said in a release. “I want to gain not only knowledge in my fields of study, but to advance my overall education of how life works for different people and different cultures.

I want to give myself a head start on learning new things and adapting to new environments.”

“I hope to see how others live in their own country,” Bey said in a release. “I want to learn some different cultural values. The thing I am going to be most excited about is just meeting new people and making new friends and memories that will last with me for years.”

Bey, in an exclusive interview with the New Pitts-

AUSTIN BEY burgh Courier, said that “to have the opportunity of making my family, my girlfriend, my friends and my city proud by traveling and exploring places that no one ever in my life has been, is where all my motivation comes from.”

Bey’s dream profession is to become a traveling DJ, “doing what I love and headlining huge festivals… at the end of the day, I have the same dreams and aspirations as many before me, which is to just make the world a better, more com-

SCHOLARSHIPS—Pirates president Frank Coonelly, left, and Sean Gibson, great-grandson of Negro League great Josh Gibson, present scholarships to Jordyn Ford and Jeree Best during pregame on-field festivities, July 13. (Photos by Dave Arrigo/Pirates)

past 18 and the ones that do make it past that age are so beat down from the violence and misfortune that they are unable to comfortably live, which is very unfortunate and sad. Whether it is from gang/gun violence or police brutality, it is scary to know that my own life could be taken away just from being in the right place at the wrong time.

For those reasons I strayed away from all the madness and want change for the people around me.”

ASHLEY JOHNSON, left, advertising coordinator for the New Pittsburgh Courier, among those representing the “Spirit of King” committee during pregame on-field activities for African American Heritage Weekend, July 14.

FRANK MANZANO fortable and fair place.”

Bey told the Courier he grew up in Homewood.

“Where I am from, most of the people do not get to see

Bey added: “I will make everyone I know proud with many enormous positive impacts to change the world for the better.”

FORMER PIRATES PLAYER KEVIN YOUNG, right, now serves as Special Assistant to the General Manager for the Pirates. He’s pictured in a throwback Pittsburgh Crawfords uniform with Sean Gibson, great-grandson of Negro League great Josh Gibson. Sean Gibson is sporting the throwback Homestead Grays jersey.

TIM STEVENS, middle, with the Black Political Empowerment Project, receives honors during pregame festivities, July 14. He is pictured with Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez, left, who was an All-Star selection for the National League.

PLENTY OF MEMORABILIA was on hand during African American Heritage Weekend at PNC Park, July 13-14.

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Samaria Rice, Michelle Kenney stand tall in the face of tragedy MOTHERS FROM A1

the right tools only for their life to be taken by the people who are there to protect them. Michelle (Kenney, Rose’s mother) tried her best to shield Antwon from the community she was raising him in, but in the end, it was the community who has been there since this happened. It takes a village to raise our boys and we are all affected each and every time.”

McDonald told the Courier she fears for her son “because I know the odds our

children are faced with and what type of system America is running against our Black men.”

Kenney requested not to participate in on-the-record interviews with local media during the July 12 celebration. She received an outpouring of support during the event, and shared a special moment from another mother who can understand her pain—Samaria Rice.

Samaria Rice traveled from Cleveland to be with Kenney on this day. Sa-

maria Rice’s son, 12-yearold Tamir Rice, was shot by a Cleveland police officer, Nov. 22, 2014, after the officer mistakenly thought Rice was holding a real gun.

The gun turned out to be an airsoft replica gun that did not have an orange safety feature on the front.

Tamir Rice died the following day.

“Continue to fight, continue to be his voice, do not let them silence you,” was the message Samaria Rice relayed to Kenney, according to an interview with WPXI-

TV (Channel 11).

Samaria Rice and Kenney embraced, as the crowd cheered.

McDonald told the Courier that Kenney has shown “unremarkable strength”

during this entire ordeal. “I think because the case has become national news, she hasn’t been given the proper space to process exactly what is going on. As a person (Kenney) that watch-

es CNN rigorously, she is still shocked that it’s now her son on the TV screen.

I’d like for Michelle to take some time to herself, but a mother’s job is never done in death and in life.”

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Lifestyles Report

A book dropped in There is nothing like going to my mailbox and finding a thick envelope. In most cases that envelope contains a review copy of a book. “The Blues Walked In” by Kathleen George actually arrived earlier this year but I didn’t get a chance to take a good look at it until now. The book was published by University of Pittsburgh Press in the spring. The novel explores Lena Horne’s Pittsburgh roots.

In 1936, life on the road for 19-year-old Lena Horne meant sleeping on the bus or in hotels for Blacks only.

After a tour with Nobel Sissel’s orchestra, Lena is walking the last few blocks to her father’s hotel in the Hill District. She stops at a lemonade stand and meets a Lebanese American girl, Marie David. Marie loves movies and adores Lena.

Their chance meeting sparks a relationship that intertwines their lives forever and is depicted in “The Blues Walked In.” This fascinating account takes us back to when Horne meets Josiah Connor, a charismatic teenager who helps out at her father Teddy’s hotel. Connor often skips school, dreams of being a Hollywood director and has a crush on Horne.

Lena, Marie and Josiah are linked by a determination to be somebody but issues of race, class, family and education threaten to disrupt their lives and the bonds between them. Teddy wants Lena to give up show business, but she is entranced by the culture of the Hill District. It’s a mecca for jazz singers and musicians and nightspots like the Crawford Grill, attracting crowds from all backgrounds and ethnicities. Duke Ellington adored her and Billy Strayhorn could not wait to meet her. Horne became all the rage in clubs and Hollywood for her beauty and almost-Whiteness.

Once Horne left the Hill District, Marie and Josiah followed Lena’s career via movie magazines and the Pittsburgh Courier. After many years their lives collide when Josiah is arrested for the murder of a White man. Marie and Lena decide they must get Josiah out a prison at whatever personal cost.

The novel is an imaged life for Lena based on research by George. She said she is indebted to the books that detail her life and much of the information that she gathered about the Hill District of the 1930s and 1940s from the Pittsburgh Courier.

This is a great summer read. I love reading books that feature Pittsburgh. I have a Teenie Harris print in my living room that features Lena Horne. This book is a great addition to my library.

George is the author of “The Johnstown Girls,” a novel about the famous Johnstown flood. She has also written seven mysteries set in Pittsburgh: A Measure of Blood; The Odds, which was nominated for the Edgar Award from the Mystery writers of America; Hideout; Afterimage; Fallen; and Taken.

George is also the author of the short story collection “The Man in the Buick” and editor of another collection, “Pittsburgh Noir.” She is a professor of theater arts and creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh.

(Email Debbie at debbienorrell@aol.com.)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER—Darryl Wiley with KSEF Board President Howard Russell Jr.

WELCOME—Kevin Smith

KSEF FOUNDER—Tom Motley with wife, Lilly Motley

KSEF 28th annual scholarship luncheon

by Debbie Norrell

Crystal Cox (City Charter High School—KSEF Award), Kenyon Harper “Invest and sacrifice—if (North Allegheny High you’ll spend two years of School—KSEF Dollar Bank your life like others won’t, Award), Adia Hearns-Boyd you’ll spend the rest of (The Neighborhood Acadeyour life like others can’t.” my-Penn State Award), JorThat was one of many valu- dan Jiles (Central Catholic able messages that Darryl High School—KSEF ThomT. Wiley (CEO, Fund for as Motley Award), Kaleb JefAdvancement of Minori- ferson (Woodland Hills High School-CCAC Award), Kaitlyn Lawrence (North Allegheny High School — KSEF/UPMC Award, Hazel Rouse ( O b a m a A c a d e m y — K S E F PROUD TO SUPPORT—Jeff Jackson, Chet Thompson, Kenyon Harper Jr., Kenyon Harper A w a r d ) , Keith Tate (Robert Morris University— RMU Presidential Award) and Jarad Washington (Sewickley Academy—KSEF/Highmark—Aaron Walton Award).

KSEF Board President, Howard Russell Jr., said this year’s class of awardees will walk away with financial awards valued at well over $200,000. With Eric Cofield as lunch committee chair, guests watched a parade of success stories receive awards from KSEF. Keynote speaker Darryl Wiley said you should know your history and reminded the youth that they should question “who is in their clique and graduation is your goal.”

Members of the Kappa League were RODMAN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH also recognized. This group of young men STUDENTS AND PASTOR meet 16 times a year, they give turkeys ties through Education— FAME) delivered to a sold out audience at the Twenty Eighth Annual KSEF High MAYBE THE BIGGEST LOSER—Abigail Benavente and Isaac Patterson V School Scholarship Awards Luncheon on June 2 at the at Thanksgiving, find out July 14. The winner will LeMont Restaurant. For what’s involved in the be recognized on July 21 nearly three decades the SAT test and play a stock at the Inaugural Healthy Kappa Scholarship Endowmarket game where they Kappa 5K Run & Walk in ment Fund of Western PA learn how the stock market North Park. On July 22, (KSEF) has offered finanworks. Noah Butts was the many will show off their cial assistance via scholarwinner of the game with a weight loss results at the ships and financial awards 16.2 increase.

Diamonds in the Sky Roof to support the needs of AfSince May many mem- Top Party-All White African American students at bers of Kappa Alpha Psi fair at Terrace on Fifth. undergraduate and graduhave been involved in a Visit Pittkappa on Faceate levels. biggest loser weight loss book and @PGH_Alumni_ The 2018 KSEF ScholarFORMER AWARDEE—Kristina Lewis with dad, Mark Lewis challenge that ended on Nupes on Instagram. ship Recipients included: Lifestyles Editor

MEMBERS OF KAPPA LEAGUE—Frankie Hicks with KSEF, Alphanso Warren, Jordan Jiles, Kaleb Jefferson, Markel Holt, Noah Butts, William Haden and Michael Thomas with KSEF.

KSEF BOARD PRESIDENT—Howard Russell (photos by Debbie Norrell)

POLEMARCH, PITTSBURGH ALUMNI CHAPTER—Robert Powell and Eric Cofield, KSEF board member

2018 KSEF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS—Crystal Cox, Kaitlyn Lawrence, Keith Tate, Hazel Rouse, Adia HearnsBoyd, Jared Washington and Keith Tate

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Courier’s Jacquelyn McDonald recognized by COGIC Longtime New Pittsburgh Courier religion writer Jacquelyn McDonald was officially elevated to Senior Agent of the Church of God In Christ’s National Security Task Force. The event took place July 5 at COGIC’s Auxiliaries in Ministry (AIM) convention in Indianapolis.

“I am elated—the elevation came by surprise, I didn’t know it was going to happen,” McDon-

ald told the Courier.

A few years ago, McDonald was asked

by Pentecostal Temple COGIC Bishop Loran E. Mann to participate in the National Security Task Force at its annual AIM convention.

The task force focuses on safety and securing the convention, which attracts upwards of 30,000 attendees.

McDonald said she’s been part of the task force ever since.

Bishop Mann placed the official pin on McDonald, signifying her promotion to Senior Agent, as the occasion was performed by Commissioner/Bishop William McMillan of Baltimore, Md. McDonald, a member of Pentecostal Temple COGIC, said COGIC is the largest Black denomination in the world, spanning 92 countries and 6.4 million members.

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‘Grandad Mandela’

by Terri Schlichenmeyer For New Pittsburgh Courier

Please tell me a family story.

You never get tired of hearing about your Mom and Dad, and how much fun they had on their first date; or that one tale about your uncle (so funny!); or the story about your cousin’s very first car.

Please tell me a story, you ask, and in “Grandad Mandela” by Zazi, Ziwelene & Zindzi Mandela and Sean Qualls, two children hear of their great-grandfather’s heroism.

When Zazi and Ziwelene were playing at their Grandma’s house one day, they found a picture of someone they’d never met, and they asked Grandma Zindzi to tell them about

THE IOTA PHI CHAPTER OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, INC. presented its Bowties and Sundresses Summer Concert Festival, over the sunny skies of Pittsburgh, at West End Overlook, July 4. The attendees enjoyed music, dancing, and showed off the most “explosive” outfits in the city on this Independence Day 2018.

the man in the photo. He was Grandad Mandela, Grandma Zindzi’s father.

The story was a familiar one; they’d heard it before, but there were parts of it that they loved hearing again. Zazi always asked why Grandad Mandela went to jail, and Grandma Zindzi answered that Grandad went to jail “because he was fighting against apartheid… a law in South Africa that separated Black people and white people.”

Grandad Mandela hated that law. He hated it enough to be imprisoned for his beliefs, and that was “hard” for his family. Grandma Zindzi was just a little girl then, and she had to be sent away to school, for her own safety.

Being away from her mother, Big Mummy, was especially difficult but it made Grandma Zindzi stronger.

Ziwelene asked where Grandad Mandela went to school, and Grandma Zindzi told the children so much more about him. His need for justice in South Africa started very early; even as a boy, he was a champion of equality and many people around the world agreed with Grandad that apartheid was “evil.” He was willing to be jailed to end apartheid, and he was glad to know that “people were pushing harder…for him to be free.”

That meant a lot, so Grandad waited patiently until eventually, he was freed.

Later, he became President of South Africa and this year, the 100th anniversary of his birth, there is one big way that children everywhere can honor him…

“Grandad Mandela” may be a lot for your child to take in.

Don’t be mistaken: the story that Zazi, Ziwelene & Zindzi Mandela, with Sean Qualls, tells is an important—almost essential—one that young children may not know. It’s absolutely a great way to start teaching about Mandela’s legacy. But the narrative for this book is long, perhaps too long for squirmy picture-book connoisseurs, and it contains a lot of big words that kids may not quite grasp. Also, while Qualls’ illustrations set the tone for this book perfectly, they may not be colorful enough for youngsters who are used to the flash usually found in other age-appropriate books.

Even so, as July 18, 2018 would have been Mandela’s 100th birthday, here’s a great book to have around —especially if your child is patient or a little past the picture-book age. Five-to-8-year-olds might like “Grandad Mandela” a lot; for younger children, that may be a different story.

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Soul & Sea to reopen July 24 Homestead community takes the lead against violence

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a rebuild.

But not in Houser’s mind.

The choice to rebuild wasn’t a hard one for Houser; she asked herself a couple questions: “Can I rebuild?

Do I even want to?”

It didn’t take long before she knew she had to.

“My mom raised me to have potential,” Houser told the New Pittsburgh Courier, and she wanted to live up to her fullest potential.

Houser hit the ground running and began to reach out to contractors. That process was a little challenging for Houser. “I was going back and forth with contractors, they were all telling me different things they could do for me. They were all giving me different time frames.”

Even after she selected her contractors, the fight didn’t end there. “I felt like as a woman they tried to take advantage of me. I also felt like as a Black business owner, I wasn’t a priority. It was my persistence that got us to get an opening date in July—if it was up to them, we probably wouldn’t have opened until September.

“The contactors were lackadaisical, I had to light a fire under their tail!” Houser told the Courier. “I had to get tough with them, and told them, ‘Look, this is the date we are opening, so you need to get it done by then.’”

Almost exactly a year after the original grand opening, Soul & Sea will reopen to the public, July 24 at noon. “Some people don’t come back from a fire, so I feel blessed. I’m also anxious, because we were doing so well, I don’t want to be

In the near future there will also be a dining room where consumers can eat in. She plans to double it as an event space for people to have baby showers, birthday parties and other small events, possibly centered around poetry and music. “I want it to be budget-friendly, and of course we will cater,” Houser said.

JERMAINE AND BRITTANY HOUSER Houser also plans to use her platform as a anything less than that.” restauranteur to give back to Houser, in an exclusive the community. “It was the love interview with the Courier, from the community that motisaid she’s making sure the vated us to reopen,” she said. restaurant will be “bigger Houser, the mother of two young boys, said she’s feeling the effects of the recent police shooting of Antwon Rose II. She and better than ever.” She and her husband, Jermaine, wants to “fix the things plan to have toy drives, fundthat customers complained raisers and mentorship opporabout in the past and focus tunities for teens. on making them happy.”

“I want them to see a young Come July 24, hungry Black couple doing positive patrons will have the op- things,” Houser said, “and show portunity to feast there them they don’t have to go down again. In addition to the the wrong path.” previous menu, some new (Soul & Sea, 10718 Frankstown Rd., menu items have been add- will be open Tuesday-Saturday, noon ed, such as an iconic Pitts- to 9 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. The burgh salad, topped with new telephone number is 412-223french fries and their choice 5700.) of meat, along with two new pasta dishes. “The Don” is a lobster and shrimp alfredo and “The Timmy” is a bacon and chicken alfredo. The names of the pasta dishes are named after the hosts of a local Pittsburgh podcast entitled “Straight to the League.” She added salads to the menu so that people with varying dietary needs can eat there. “I want to be a one-stop shop for all lifestyles, so I included salads to the menu for a vegan option,” Houser said.

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Pitt launches CyberCamp PITT FROM A1

area school districts including Bethel Park, Freeport Area, Pittsburgh and Woodland Hills. Of the 250 students enrolled this year, 20 percent are women, 30 percent are non-White minorities and 10 percent are Black. All are attending free of charge thanks to the sponsorship of Microsoft.

Former U.S. Attorney and Pitt Cyber Founding Director David Hickton said the ability to offer this training to a racially and economically diverse student body is as critical as increasing the number of individuals trained in cybersecurity.

“Pitt Cyber is committed to keeping its AFA CyberCamp completely free of charge so students of all backgrounds can be equipped to defend the nation’s digital assets and prepared to enter one of the fastest growing sectors in the global workforce,” he said. “The growth of the digital economy has led to a wave of unknown number of actors seeking to exploit critical financial, political and infrastructure data from our country’s most valuable sources. We must increase the cybersecurity workforce at an even more aggressive pace in order to stay on top of potential threats.”

As it did last year, CyberCamp will put students through their paces with four-hour learning modules taught every day, using a combination of software and hands-on exercises designed to teach students cyber safety, cyber ethics, cyber and STEM career opportunities and critical network security skills and tools. Students will also learn how to protect their personal devices from outside threats.

At the end of the weeklong camp, students will split into teams and engage in cyber war games that closely mimic the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense contest, which will be held in October.

Working on a virtual, self-contained system, students vie to identify and remove unauthorized users trying to access their networks, configure firewalls and remove malware.

The system automatically grades the teams, which gain points for moves that make their networks more secure and lose points for actions making it more

vulnerable. The team scoring the most points out of a possible 100 in the allotted two hours wins.

One of the CyberCamp instructors, Ray Winstead, is a McKeesport High School graduate who was introduced to the field through the InfoLink program at the Carnegie Mellon University Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, designed specifically to reach low-income minority students.

“I always had an interest in technology, but had limited exposure and opportunity,” he said. “Like at InfoLink, at our AFA CyberCamp, every student can find an instructor, speaker, and fellow student who looks like themselves, coming together with one goal—to develop skills and relationships that can elevate the trajectory of their young careers to levels they never even imaged.”

Winstead said the camp has added an advanced camp for students who attended last year, and has added speakers for its daily luncheon technology panel from industry, government and academia.

“Our camp is more than a summer program,” he said. ”It is a link in a developing pipeline from school to work.”

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was able to see such inspiring messages from people who have been through tragedy or are willing to pledge to help stop senseless gun violence,” Youngblood wrote on Facebook.

“It’s just so humbling! God gave me a heart for people but specifically for young people. From the bottom of my heart, I thank each and every one of you who came out, spoke, prayed, signed up to mentor.”

Linda Kulikowski was one of the mothers who spoke at the rally. Her son, 21-year-old James “Jamie” Hines, was killed by James King, according to police. King and Hines worked at the same residential care facility in Baldwin.

“My son got up and he went to work, and he never came back,” Kulikowski told the crowd. “The thing that struck me the most when I looked into this man’s (King) criminal background… when somebody’s out here shooting guns off, prior to (shooting Hines) this man had done this, and kidnapping, robbery…why did people keep letting it go? Oh, because it’s your friend you grew up with, it’s your homeboy you grew up with, it’s your cousin from

across town. And then everybody sits back so surprised that he did this, but why are you surprised? The signs were there.”

Kulikowski told the crowd when she was younger, a fight after school may occur between two people who didn’t like each other, and that would be it. Nowadays, she said, it seems like not liking someone is an excuse to shoot them.

“People need to just start taking a stand…if they’re out there trying to hurt people, you need to speak up and stand up….that man took everything away from me,” Kulikowski said, “and it never should have gotten to that.”

Homestead Mayor Betty Esper also addressed the audience, sharing her support for the families and friends of those lost to gun violence.

She reiterated that just because a person was not shot and killed by a police officer, it doesn’t make the victim less important. Mayor Esper also vowed to remain in Homestead, urged community members to stay in Homestead and show others that Homestead is a community that cares about its streets and its people.

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IT’S CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION! Pittsburgh’s own Emmai Alaquiva celebrated his appointment by Gov. Tom Wolf to the distinguished Pennsylvania Council on the Arts with a meet-and-greet event at Savoy Restaurant, July 11. Alaquiva was also selected as a “BE Modern Man” by Black Enterprise magazine. To Alaquiva’s surprise, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto came to the event to celebrate the occasion with Alaquiva. The official swearing-in ceremony occurred in Harrisburg, July 12. (Photos by Leah Johns)

EMMAI’S DAY—Longtime KQV reporter Elaine Effort, and her husband, Dr. Edmund Effort, came to the event to celebrate with Emmai Alaquiva. And in the right photo, Alaquiva and his wife, Patrice, celebrate the momentous occasion.

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Gentrification: High tech ethnic cleansing

Gentrification as defined by Wikipedia: “Gentrification is a process of renovation of deteriorated urban neighborhoods by means of the influx of more affluent residents. This is a common and controversial topic in politics and in urban planning.

Gentrification can improve the quality of a neighborhood, while also potentially forcing relocation of current, established residents and businesses, causing them to move from a gentrified area, seeking lower cost housing and stores. Gentrification often shifts a neighborhood’s racial/ ethnic composition and average household

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TRADING PLACES—Sisters Diamond and Chyna Bennett, and cousin, Briella Walker, are ready to take over the responsibilities of Exotic Hush.

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Fashion stylist Shawna Solomon helps today’s woman ‘Dress Like a Boss’

by Diane I. Daniels For New Pittsburgh Courier

Perception is something Shawna Solomon feels strongly about.

“Everyone judges. You have to dress and be prepared for opportunity. Be your brand,” Solomon often says and during her Dress Like a Boss workshops.

Solomon, an entrepreneur, celebrity and fashion wardrobe stylist and professional speaker throughout her career, has observed women of all professions and stages in their career that don’t see the significance of dressing for success. As a result, she started an online boutique catered to empowering women to have confidence in themselves. Eight years later she continues to assist women in finding their style, operating two retail shops and in the midst of establishing the Shawna Solomon Collection.

This past weekend, she participated in Model Week Pittsburgh “ModelCon,” working with local models, photographers, videographers, hair stylists, make-up artSEE FASHION B2

IT’S ALL ABOUT STYLE—Shawna Solomon, of Exotic Hush, proudly displays her wears. (Photos by Diane I. Daniels)

income by developing new, more expensive housing, businesses, and improved resources. Conversations about gentrification have evolved, as many in the social-scientific community have questioned the negative connotations associated with the word gentrification. One example is that gentrification can lead to community displacement for lower-income families in gentrifying neighborhoods, as property values and rental costs rise; however, every neighborhood faces unique challenges, and reasons for displacement vary. However, the correlation between the shortage of affordable housing and subsequent displacement that results in gentrifying neighborhoods is not a debated fact. Displacement begins as proprietors take advantage of rising market values and evict long-time residents to rent or sell to the more affluent. Some strategies to combat displacement include low-income affordable housing and tighter housing regulations surrounding evictions.”

The above is the subtle, polite description of a phenomenon that goes on in our urban areas. No place seems to be immune. I first started noticing signs of government forced gentrification when we just started the National Black Chamber of Commerce. A local chapter in Danville, IL which is about 200 miles south of Chicago and on the southern Indiana border was complaining about the introduction of the crack cocaine business coming to town. The culprits were “gang bangers” out of Chicago moving in. Why did they decide to move to Danville? It was the idea of the Chicago Housing Authority. They were getting rid of some of their “problems” by offering Section 8 vouchers to public housing residents. The vouchers were only good for the Danville area.

Smart. Persuade some public housing tenants to move into their own single-family home in a nice, quiet town versus the overwhelming “Hood” in Chi—town.

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Mulvaney turns away from consumers to help payday lenders Every payday, working Americans are reminded of the multiple tax deductions that pay for government. If you’re like most people who work for a living, the biggest deduction is for federal taxes.

It’s a tax that people pay rather than face the ire of the Internal Revenue Service. It’s also an expenditure that is made with the expectation that our democracy will also live up to its promises to be “of, by and for the people”.

Yet when it comes to the current leadership at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), that adage no longer applies. Instead, Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney has changed the Bureau from one that provided protections and restitution to scammed consumers into a full-fledged protection of financial service firms.

The unfortunate result for citizens is that we’re just not getting any value from this key office these days. The DoddFrank Consumer Protection and Wall Street Reform Act is clear as to the responsibilities given to CFPB. Under the previous director, billions of dollars were returned to consumers for a host of illegal and deceptive acts by predatory financial institutions. These achievements were accomplished with the support of a dedicated staff.

The only difference now is that Mulvaney has no interest in fulfilling the law as it was enacted. And for the public, we’re just not getting what the law promised.

Allow me to count the ways this appointed official is cheating American consumers.

In May and at Mulvaney’s direction, CFPB announced it would end rulemaking plans to address bank overdraft fees.

Overdraft fees are charged when the cost of a given transaction is more than the

amount of available serving those people funds in an account. who prey on AmeriCharlene Crowell Often marketed as can consumers and a ‘customer service’, make profits on the these fees average $35 backs of American per transaction but consumers who have cost consumers an estithe least ability to mated $14 billion each afford it.” year. Charges are inAlso in June, Mulcurred with ATM withvaney publicly siddrawals, electronic bill ed with the payday payments, and paper industry’s efforts by checks. The financial institution repays joining the leading payday lenders’ assoitself with the next deposit to the account, ciation in filing a joint motion to delay the ahead of other transactions. Many banks compliance date for the CFPB’s rule on manipulate transaction posting orders, payday loans for 445 days. driving up the number of fees incurred.

The average payday loan may only be The consumers hardest hit by these fees $365 but comes with an average triple-digare those who can least afford them: con- it interest rate of 361 percent and $458 sumers who those who live paycheck to in fees—payable in full, usually within paycheck and/or maintain low balances in two weeks. The lender requirement of full their accounts. payment triggers a long-term trap for bor“Mulvaney’s decision to halt the CFPB rowers: 75 percent of all payday fees are from moving forward on addressing abu- stripped from borrowers stuck in more sive overdraft fee practices will severely than 10 loans a year. Similarly, 85 percent impact poor families and communities of of car-title loan renewals occur within 30 color,” said Rebecca Borne, Senior Policy days of a previous one that could not be Counsel at the Center for Responsible fully repaid. Additionally, one out of every Lending in response. five borrowers end up losing their vehicle In June, Mulvaney disbanded the Bu- to repossession. reau’s 25-member Consumer Advisory Today, 15 states and the District of Board. Mandated by Dodd-Frank, this Columbia have enacted interest rate volunteer group meets twice a year. On caps on payday loans. CRL research Mulvaney’s watch, however, no in-person found that consumers in these states meetings were ever convened. In response save $2.2 billion each year that otherto the firing of volunteers, one former CAB wise would have been paid for predamember, publicly commented: tory fees.

“We now have a CFPB which has politiIn spite of these findings, the multi-bilcal advisers who essentially are not inter- lion-dollar payday lending industry reested in protecting American consumers,” mains adamantly opposed to a rule that said Ruhi Maker, a senior staff attorney at provides only two basic provisions: an the New York nonprofit law firm Empire ability-to-repay standard, and payment Justice Center. “They are interested in protections. The first requires lenders to

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make a reasonable determination before loan approval that consumers can afford to repay the loan. The latter provision denies lenders from taking repayment from checking accounts after two consecutive efforts failed.

Now, to make matters even worse for consumers, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, if confirmed by the Senate, would be a likely ally to Mulvaney. As a member of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Kavanaugh has a record of opposition to the structure of the CFPB, which he has termed to be unconstitutional. In the October 2016 ruling in PHH v. CFPB, he wrote: “The concentration of massive, unchecked power in a single Director marks a dramatic departure from settled historical practice and makes the CFPB unique among independent agencies.”

“Indeed, other than the President, the Director of the CFPB is the single most powerful official in the entire United States Government, at least when measured in terms of unilateral power,” Kavanaugh wrote. “That is not an overstatement.”

Instead of protecting consumers from predatory lenders who bilk hard-earned monies from unsuspecting consumers, Mulvaney is directing CFPB to extend his steady string of actions that benefit financial services.

Unfortunately for consumers, CFPB’s Acting Director is either forgetting or ignoring taxpayers who just want to be treated fairly.

(Charlene Crowell is the Center for Responsible Lending’s Communications Deputy Director.

She can be reached at charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org. )

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Lillian Grate joins Shady Side Academy FOX CHAPEL—Lillian Grate joined Shady Side Academy on July 1, 2018, as the Academy’s new director of equity, inclusion and community relations.

In this full-time position, Grate will work closely with the school heads and administrators to develop and implement systematic, mission-driven frameworks that advance diversity and inclusion efforts across the SSA’s four campuses.

Grate’s responsibilities include: providing strategic leadership in the areas of equity, inclusion and community relations; supporting the recruitment and retention of students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds; supporting the development of an inclusive and multicultural curriculum; serving as a resource for faculty for curriculum design and student support; serving as

a liaison for diversity and inclusion-related student groups; supporting and developing student diversity leadership; planning and coordinating diversity and inclusion-focused programs, events and professional development; and acting as a liaison between SSA and underrepresented communities for recruitment and outreach.

Throughout her career as a counselor and community advocate, Grate has worked to ensure that traditionally marginalized and underserved populations are connected and thrive in mainstream environments.

Her passion is to create opportunities for individuals to achieve their potential, regardless of socioeconomic and/or ethnic backgrounds.

Prior to joining SSA she was a community trauma fellow with Neighborhood Allies in Pittsburgh, where

she created the Trauma Informed Community Development framework, a new approach to community development that emphasizes resident engagement in community building, equitable development and inclusionary practices. As president of the Penn Plaza Tenant Council, she was a key negotiator of the historic agreement between the property landlord and City of Pittsburgh officials that created a new standard for future development in Pittsburgh while ensuring the development of affordable housing in the gentrified East Liberty community.

From 2012 to 2017 she was a mental health therapist with Renewal Treatment Inc., specializing in trauma counseling, behavior modification, anger management, emotional regulation and crisis management. Prior to that she was the assistant director of Hill House Economic Development Corporation and a counselor with Pittsburgh Action Against Rape.

Grate holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s degree in professional counseling from Carlow University and is a licensed professional counselor. She is also a current SSA Middle School parent.

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LILLIAN GRATE nificant and important work,” said Grate.

“The work of equity, inclusion and community relations is multifaceted and touches all aspects of a school’s community. I find it vital that during my first year I understand and gain insight into the culture and communities of Shady Side Academy. I also look forward to understanding and becoming familiar with the needs of the students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni, stakeholders and community partners.”

Shady Side Academy is a nationally respected private school in Pittsburgh for boys and girls in grades PK-12, with an optional boarding experience in high school.

Fashion stylist helps women ‘Dress Like a Boss’ FASHION FROM B1

ists, designers, boutiques, bloggers, artists and agencies as they prepared for fashion shows, workshops, demonstrations, tutorials, shoots and a vendor lounge.

A Pittsburgh native and graduate of Oliver High School, Solomon began following her passion while living in Maryland. “I learned a lot from people involved in the industry.

I had a good friend that worked as a stylist for a lot of celebrities, he took me under his wing for a while.

I listened and did what he told me for about two years as he encouraged me, took me on sets and taught me the ends and outs of styling,” Solomon told the New Pittsburgh Courier.

After taking online courses from people in the industry and combining what she learned from her friend, Solomon said she took things to the next level by planning for her own business. Dealing with a lot of businesswomen, Solomon said that’s when she realized that they did not see the importance of dressing the part, and why it’s important to dress the part; the way you dress can keep you stagnate or help you achieve.

Solomon’s services include style consultations, one-on-one virtual styling sessions, personal style consultations assisting in securing brand goals, a personal shopper, style makeovers, closet refashioning and closet styling. Pricing ranges from $77 to $149 depending on the package.

Five years ago, Solomon opened her first brick-andmortar retail, Exotic Hush, at 1849 Montier St. in Wilkinsburg, an extension of the online lingerie boutique she started in 2010 to make extra income. The store, she says, provides unique, fashion and trendy women’s apparel and accessories that enhances her customers’ style and confidence.

She recently opened a second location in Shadyside at 5510 Centre Ave. on the second floor of A Hair Boutique Shadyside owned by LaToya Johnson Rainey.

“This location, the studio, offers my clients a more intimate space that provides my styling services and gives them a different type of experience,” explained Solomon. Open noon to 6 p.m.

Tuesday-Thursday, she said a lot of her styling services are done by appointment only.

As a single mom that raised two daughters, Diamond and Chyna, Solomon says one of her goals is to leave a legacy for them.

With the growth of the styling side of the business, it’s her daughters that operate the retail shop. “With the girls learning the business and adding their touch, our goal is to open Exotic Hush Boutiques in other areas of Pittsburgh as well as franchises in other cities such as Atlanta.”

In her efforts to stay innovative and finding unique ways to grow, Solomon says Hush Style Consultants have been added, selling Exotic Hush products at parties in the homes of potential customers. In 2015 she launched Hush Fashion Boxes, a monthly subscription service that offers style on a budget at your doorstep. She explained that boxes are delivered directly to the customer’s home anywhere in the U.S., with customers “as far away as Texas,” Solomon said.

In 2015, Solomon applied for a $5,000 Kiva Loan under trustee Vernard Alexander, seeking to purchase a fashion truck to deliver products directly to clients, to have customers shop and be styled on the spot, and to more easily participate in events in different locations.

Solomon received the loan.

These days, the truck can be found in use for sales parties and popup locations

where customers can purchase products directly.

Keeping things fun and interesting for her clients (whom she defines as working women looking for sophisticated apparel with statement pieces that can take them from a business attire look during the day to a classy yet edgy look at night), Solomon has plans to host a Boutique Tour, Aug. 11. Kicking off in Pittsburgh, she said it is a girls’ day out where the

women travel in a luxury van to different boutiques in the area. She has plans to also do the tour in other cities including Baltimore and Philadelphia.

In October, Solomon will launch the Shawna Solomon Collection that will provide luxury style apparel and accessories. “It will provide a more professional and executive look for businesswomen and women who are looking for styling advice,” she said.

Enjoying her work and following her passion, Solomon leads by example. Everything she recommends for her clients and women that attend her Dress Like a Boss workshops, she says, she does herself. Her suggestions are to know your dress style.

Do a detox of your closet, to know your style personality.

And shop smart.

“The most important thing,” Solomon told the Courier, “is to have fun with fashion.”

Survey of economists: U.S. sales and employment likely to grow

by Dee-Ann Durbin AP Business Writer

DETROIT (AP)—Most U.S. business economists expect corporate sales to grow over the next three months and hiring and pay to rise with them.

But a majority of the economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics say the corporate tax cuts that the Trump administration pushed through Congress have yet to affect their plans for hiring or investment. The administration had promoted its tax cuts, which were heavily tilted toward corporations and wealthy individuals, as likely to raise worker pay and promote corporate investment and expansion over time.

The NABE also said a majority of respondents from goods-producing companies said their companies were delaying investment, raising prices or taking other steps in response to the Trump administration’s trade conflicts with other nations.

The results of the quarterly survey being released Monday reflect responses from 98 of the NABE’s members between June 14 and June 27.

Sixty-eight percent of the business economists said they foresee sales growing over the next three months. And for a fourth straight quarter, a higher proportion of respondents reported rising sales at their companies. All the panelists expect the U.S. economy, as measured by the gross domestic product, to expand over the next 12 months.

Goods producers—a category that includes manufacturers, farmers and construction—are most optimistic, with 94 percent saying they expect sales to rise over the next three months.

Fifty-one percent of the economists said wages rose at their companies between April and June, and they expect pay to keep rising over the next three months. It was the first time since the NABE began analyzing such data in 1982 that it has reported such strong wage growth over two quarters. Forty-one percent of respondents said their companies expect to hire in the next three months.

“Labor market conditions are tight, with skilled labor shortages driving firms to raise pay, increase training, and consider additional automation,” Sara Rutledge, chair of the NABE’s Business Conditions Survey, said in a statement.

Overall, the respondents reported little impact so far from the Trump administration’s tariffs against China, the European Union, Canada and Mexico. A majority—65 percent—said the trade disputes haven’t led their companies to change hiring, investing or pricing so far.

But among goods-producing companies —which are directly affected by the tariffs and the counter-tariffs by America’s trading partners—a majority said they had made one or more such changes.

Twenty-six percent of the goods-producing companies said they had delayed investments, and 16 percent said they had raised prices.

Gentrification: High tech ethnic cleansing GENTRIFICATION FROM B1

ers were being distributed to inner city residents with the requirement of moving to Prince Georges County and some were designated for Frederick, Maryland—a good hundred miles out of town. Push them out and lure the up and coming high income couples via 2 percent mortgages offered through the Community Reinvestment Act. Take cheap and often abandoned property in a designated zone and build cute, modern city style abodes, condominiums, and upscale apartments.

Soon property values will skyrocket to the liking of the banking and realty industries. Here come the white folks y’all!

When we moved to Washington, D.C. in 1994 it was 83 percent Black. Today, it is 47 percent Black and shrinking in a nonstop, continuous motion. The Howard University/Shaw district was thriving with Black small businesses. Today, you must look hard to find a Black owned restaurant or business of any kind. Condominiums are starting to approach the $1 million range.

It took less than 25 years!

The above is happening throughout the nation. But the “Poster Child” for this movement is without a doubt San Francisco— that beautiful city by the Bay. When I was growing up in Ventura County we would drive up and visit relatives in San Francisco. The city was about 30 percent Black and had thriving Black neighborhoods like the “Filmore” area. Then, one day in the 1970’s they came in with bulldozers and started

leveling buildings and gutting the Filmore via imminent domain. The Black population of San Francisco quickly dropped to 18 percent by the 1970’s and now, today, it is below 3 percent. That 3 percent is predominantly living under the poverty level and is being pushed out to extinction. They first pushed the Black masses to Oakland. Now, the gentrification is happening in Oakland.

Where do Black folks of modest means go?

One thing is for sure, they are getting the Hell out of these gentrified areas.

The rich stock of Black churches is becoming extinct in San Francisco. The congregations have been scattered out beyond the unban areas and these “Houses of the Lord” are beginning to disappear along with the Black owned businesses and residents.

In DC the diminishing “Chocolate communities” are going “Vanilla” at lightning speed. In some of these changing neighborhoods a home or condominium could go up for sale and will be sold within a few days. The transition is lightning fast.

Banks, realtors and developers are making bonanzas while once stable Black communities have been lost to subprime mortgaging and boardroom conspiracies. The benefactors are those eligible for those secret 2 percent mortgages and the new “Masters of Gentrification.” This isn’t supposed to be America.

(Harry Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce ®.

Website: www.nationalbcc.org Email: halford@ nationalbcc.org )

JULY 23—The Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council will host its Youth Entrepreneurship Golf Invitational, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at Fox Chapel Golf Club, 426 Fox Chapel Rd, Pittsburgh, 15238. The event provides certified MBEs and corporate representatives the opportunity to network, build relationships, and develop partnerships, and also supports the council’s activities, programs and scholarships. The event includes breakfast, golf or a clinic and seminar, cocktails and networking and an awards dinner.

Registration for Sponsorship opportunities closes July 13, for participants July 19. Visit www.EMSDgolf.org for more information.

Communications Workshop

JULY 26—The African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania will host a Business Communications Workshop presented by former WTAE-TV reporter Bofta Yiman, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Koppers Building, 9th Floor conference room, 436 Seventh Ave., Pittsburgh, 15219. Yiman will discuss how storytelling can be a key component in business engagement and visibility, and how creating a dynamic signature can generate leads and boost sales. Cost: $10 for members, $20 for non-members, and includes lunch. RSVP by July 24 to 412-392-0610 or information@aaccwp. com.

Start-up Financing Workshop

AUG. 2—The Chatham University Women’s Business Center presents Financing Your Business, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Colab18 @ Nova Place (Former Allegheny Center Mall), 100 South Commons, Pgh. 15212. The workshop will look at various new business financing options and is presented in collaboration with PNC Foundation, the Diversity Business Resource Center, Urban Innovation21, Riverside Center for Innovation, and Colab18.

Programming will be facilitated by Jonnet Solomon, Founder & CEO of J. Solomon and Associates, LLC. The workshop is free, but registration is required. For more information, call 412-365-1448.

Training Event

AUG. 20—The Duquesne University Small Business Development Center presents First Step: Business Startup Essentials, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Rockwell Hall, Rm. 505, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh. Topics include: Business Structure and Formation, Fictitious Name Registration, Employee Issues, Insurance, Government Procurement, Environmental Concerns, Financing Options, Taxation Requirements and Major Components of the Business Plan. Cost: $25, for more information, call 412-3961633.

Financial Management Workshop

AUG. 30—The Chatham University Women’s Business Center presents Managing the Financial Operations of your Business, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Colab18 @ Nova Place (Former Allegheny Center Mall), 100 South Commons, Pittsburgh, 15212.

Programming will be facilitated by Jonnet Solomon, Founder & CEO of J. Solomon and Associates, LLC. The workshop is free, but registration is required. For more information, call 412-365-1448.

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‘Operation Wetback:’ America’s worst mass deportation

by Michael Coard

It was 64 years ago on July 15, 1954 that the U.S. Border Patrol began its widespread and notoriously racist deportation program— officially called “Operation Wetback” by the Dwight Eisenhower administration—by kicking out nearly 1.5 million Mexicans through the use of such despicable actions that involved, for example, the demanding of birth certificate identification of all so-called “Mexican-looking” people via apartheid-styled stop and frisk harassment.

I should mention that this “wetback” racial slur originated in the 1920s to describe Mexicans who swam the Rio Grande to reach America.

Donald Trump, born in 1946, was a budding 8-year-old racist in 1954. And by the time he reached 69 years old 61 years later, he was a full-fledged racist Republican presidential candidate who, in 2015, said Mexican immigrants are “bringing in crime. They’re rapists.” In 2014, he described Mexicans as “our enemies.”

As president, he declared that during his first 100 days in office, he would deport up to three million undocumented immigrants, meaning the Brown and Black ones. Not the White ones. As he stated earlier this year, “Why do we want all these people from Africa here?

They’re s***hole countries. …We should have more [White] people from Norway.”

Also as president, he initiated and implemented in 2018 a policy that has never—I repeat, never—before been initiated and implemented to separate thousands of immigrant, especially Mexican, infants and other children from parents fleeing imminent violence and/or dire poverty in their native land.

Let’s get back to 1954’s “Operation Wetback,” which is a perfect example of what Trump means by his “Make America Great Again” nonsense. By the way, when he and his 63 million racist supporters tell Mexicans to go back to their own country, those so-called immigrants should just plop down in Texas and explain that they and their ancestors are natives of that land—at least until America in 1845 stole the northeastern province of Mexico and declared it the 28th state and then began the Mexican American War a year later and claimed victory in 1848.

And while our Mexican comrades are at it, they should mention that the American states of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah are also part of their ancestral homeland. As a result, maybe Trump should go back to Germany and his stooges back to their various European countries.

As indicated by Erin Blakemore of The History Channel, “[This] short-lived operation used military-style tactics to remove Mexican immigrants—some of them American citizens—from the United States. Though millions of Mexicans had legally entered the country through joint immigration programs in the first half of the 20th century, Operation Wetback was designed to send them back to Mexico. …During [this operation]…tens of thousands of immigrants were shoved into buses, boats and planes and sent to often-unfamiliar parts of Mexico, where they struggled to rebuild their lives. In Chicago, three planes a week were filled with immigrants and flown to Mexico. In Texas, 25 percent of all of the immigrants deported were crammed onto boats later compared to slave ships, while others died of sunstroke, disease and other causes while in custody.” Columbia University professor Dr. Mae Ngai similarly referred to the type of boats used as like “eighteenth century slave ships.”

UCLA professor Kelly Lytle Hernandez pointed out that the operation was “lawless…arbitrary…[and] based on a lot of xenophobia… and…resulted in sizable large-scale violations of people’s rights, including the forced deportation of U.S. citizens.”

There were so many immigrant kidnappings, as I describe them, that The Conversation (which is a global network of newsrooms founded by British-Australian journalist Andrew Jaspan) reported that the Border Patrol was “converting public parks into concentration camps to detain at least 1,000 people at a time.”

These types of mass deportations actually began much earlier.

During the 1930s, as uncovered by historian Francisco Balderrama, “The United States deported over one million Mexicans…, 60 percent of whom were U.S. citizens of Mexican descent.”

Yesterday’s 1954 immigration policy oozed from the same sewer that today’s 2018 immigration policy oozes: the racism sewer. It was a political response to White brainless KKK-type voters who illogically claimed that the backbreaking and labor-intensive farming jobs they didn’t want were being taken by Brown people. Wait…What?!

I should note that in 2015, then-candidate Trump endorsed Operation Wetback in a campaign speech wherein he proclaimed, “I like Ike…[who] moved a million-and-a-half illegal immigrants out of this country. …Moved them way south. They never came back.”

I should also note that the Trump-like cretin who served as Southwest Border Patrol Chief during that operation was Harlon Carter.

He’s the guy who had been convicted at age 17 of hunting down and murdering Mexican-American Ramon Casiano in Laredo, Texas in 1931 and later, years after his conviction was overturned on a (racist) technicality, became chief executive officer of the National Rifle Association. Anyone surprised? Nope.

You’ve just read about the old problem and the new problem. But what about the solution? It’s very simple: Abolish not only I.C.E. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) but also any federal policy that does not allow people fleeing violence, persecution, or deadly poverty the right to due process proceedings which include court-appointed lawyers and a “preponderance of the evidence” burden placed on the government to disprove such claim of violence, persecution, or deadly poverty.

Oh, and by the way, when is any member of Congress gonna ask the indigenous Red people here what they think about the so-called (and misnamed) New World’s immigration policy since 1492 and America’s immigration policy since 1776? Red land reparations anyone?

(Michael Coard, Esquire can be followed on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.)

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Women have the power (TriceEdneyWire.com)—As long as I can remember, women have been complaining about gender discrimination. What surprises me is seeing so many women in the street protesting one thing or the other. Yet, we have no Equal Rights Amendment. We complain about sex discrimination.

Many women spend their early married years supporting men in medical school, law school and in other areas of higher education.

For too many years, women have talked about passing an Equal Rights Amendment. We’ve complained about a lack of equal pay for equal work. We’ve complained about having to work, to clean the house, to take the lead role in the lives of children, often having to be the breadwinner in our families while men move ahead in their careers. We often rely on men to make changes for us. A lot of women don’t understand their worth. We must begin to exercise our power. We can’t come out in the street in overwhelming numbers, then return home and forget what is keeping us in a state of inequality.

Sisters, we must exercise our power in all that we do. Just recently, I’ve been reading about women athletes who don’t get paid as much as male athletes. One thing we can do to remedy that is attend games where women are playing, coaching or refereeing.

We should buy as many tee-shirts and other sports paraphernalia for women as we do for males. We must purchase products from companies that

Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq.

Commentary support female players. I don’t care how much male athletes earn so long as equally talented women are being paid fairly.

We must be supportive of women’s rights to fair play. If companies are not offering women advertising opportunities as they do men, find other products to buy. Let’s not limit fair wages to women in sports. Let’s support women’s rights in all aspects of life. When we have jobs to hire someone, make it a woman as often as possible. Pay them what you would have paid a man.

According to Caroline Alcorta, a USA junior championship medalist, the biggest piece of legislation against gender discrimination was Title IX. It states, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

Alcorta said that after Title IX was enacted, women athletes outnumbered men in the 1972 Olympic Games and more events became available to

women like the marathon.

Participation in women’s athletics has grown to over 2.6million for high school girls, and to more than 150,000 women college athletes. Title IX is credited with decreasing the dropout rate of girls from high school and increasing the number of women who pursue higher education and complete college degrees. This direct correlation between sports participation and education stressed the importance of equal opportunities for women. Women were not only able to compete in sports but doors are not open for women pursuing new careers. The act shaped society on more than just an athletic level, but also on educational and economic levels.

Equal access to sports, academics, and careers challenged gender stereotypes. This met some opposition.

Those who opposed Title IX argued that male athletics would suffer by receiving less budgeting and lead to cut programs when attempting to meet the equality standards. Title IX far outweighed the fears of imagined consequences.

Women have a right to be treated with respect and equality no matter what field in which we find ourselves, and we have the power to make that happen. We just have to coalesce around ways to use our power.

(Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq., president of the National Congress of Black Women, Inc. www.nationalcongressbw.org.

202/6786788.) She’s also host to WPFW-FM’s radio program entitled “Wake Up and Stay Woke.”)

Passing of Civil Rights legend John Mack is deeply-felt loss to Urban League Movement (TriceEdneyWire.com)—“John understood that to truly change hearts and minds in the LAPD, he had to go to work on the inside. And because he was not someone who just shouted in anger and tore things down for the sake of tearing them down, the LAPD saw they could trust him. That’s rare leadership.”—Civil rights attorney Connie Rice, on John Mack’s appointment as Los Angeles Police Commission President When Los Angeles was devastated by unrest in the aftermath of the Rodney King trial, the person to whom President George H.W. Bush reached out was Los Angeles Urban League President John Mack. It was John Mack who guided the redevelopment of the neighborhoods shattered by the riots.

It was a familiar role for John, who first arrived in Los Angeles in 1969 just a few years after the infamous Watts riots.

The death of John Mack last month, at age 81, was a tremendous loss to the city, to the Urban League Movement, and to me, personally.

While John’s service to the Urban League goes back more than half a century, his association with the leaders of the movement goes back even further. While he was studying for his Master of Social Work degree at Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta), he became a protégé of Whitney M. Young, then Dean of the School of Social Work. Just a few short years later, Young would take the helm of the National Urban League and ask John to lead the affiliate in Flint, Michigan.

He was the obvious choice to lead the Los Angeles Urban League in 1969, at the height of the Black

The Whitney M. Young Jr., Award —which John and the Los Angeles affiliate won in 1993, carried with it a $10,000 grant, which the affiliate used to support sensitivity training among African American and Latino student leaders in middle school, and to support the African American-Jewish Leadership Connection.

At the time, the group was fighting California’s Proposition 209, and Power movement. He called himself anti-affirmative action initiative. a “sane militant” and was unmatched in his ability to channel the Though the ballot initiative passed statewide, it was rejected by a majorcity’s passion and fury into positive ity of voters in Los Angeles County, change. He could negotiate as skillwhere John and the Connection were fully with street gang members as with mayors and Congress members. active.

We had planned to honor John His life was an emblem of the African American journey itself. He during the 2018 Conference next was born into the segregated South month in Columbus, Ohio, and now will pay tribute to his memory. A in 1937 and spent his summers scholarship fund has been estabpicking cotton. While he spoke often of the indignities of Jim Crow, lished in his honor through the California Community Foundation—for his feelings may best be repremore information, click here. sented by what happened when John wasn’t just an affiliate Preswhite construction workers buildident and CEO; he was a leader ing a dormitory at North Carolina among leaders, helming the AssociaAgricultural & Technical State tion of Executives. He was a member University set up separate “white” of the Academy of Fellows, a group and “colored” outhouses. John—a of affiliate leaders with 15 years founder of the student chapter or more of experience, who served of the NAACP—and his friends as mentors to new affiliate CEOs. burned them down.

The list of honors and awards John And he served as Vice Chair of the Mack earned during his many years National Urban League Board of Trustees. of service is long and includes the By the time I was appointed very first National Urban League President and CEO of the National Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award for Urban League in 2003, John was a Leadership in Race Relations, and longtime veteran. His mentorship League’s “Legend of the Century” over the years has been invaluable, Award in 2000. In 2005, the Los and I knew I could rely on his steady Angeles Unified School District guidance. It is a loss deeply felt recognized his commitment to equal opportunity in education by christen- throughout our movement and we join his children and grandchildren ing the “John W. Mack Elementary in mourning him.

School.”

Marc H. Morial

To Be Equal

Cages and family separation are very American We who believe in justice are doing the right thing to raise hell on behalf of the children being torn from their parents based upon inhumane policies and racist attitudes. However, it’s a lack of historical knowledge that, when some declare that such a racist policy is un-American, or is in contraction with American values, etc. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Also, those of us of darker hue totally understand not-so coded words like “zero tolerance.” It means you’re unwelcome and unwanted and the minute, the second that you do, say anything that whites find uncomfortable or unacceptable, you will be dealt with harshly and swiftly.

I thought about Trump’s policy and American history as the horrific images of traumatized refugee children crying for their parents were projected to the world.

American history has vivid examples of families, especially families of color, being torn apart, being caged and being terrorized and tortured.

Africans kidnapped from their homeland set the precedent for separating children from their parents.

The practice of viciously and intentionally destroying Black families went on for over 250 years--a long time to hone this country’s skills. The policy returned throughout history such as Black men/fathers couldn’t live with their families in public housing. Or the zealous anti-Black implementation of mass incarcera-

the American attention span will be long enough to make sure every child is where he or she is supposed to be no matter how long the bureaucracy tries to discourage our due diligence.

What most of the media seem not to focus on as much as the crying babies is that the conditions from which people are desperately fleeing are the result of U.S. foreign policy. These are not immigrants but refugees, fleeing tion. for their lives from countries that are Native Americans suffered a destabilized due to U.S. policy and similar fate with their families. intervention. Countries like ColomTheir children were given to White bia, Honduras, Guatemala and El families because it was believed Salvador have been torn asunder by that their heathen parents were military dictatorships supported by incapable of raising them. Japanese U.S. administrations. Add to the mix Americans, who like other nationAmericans’ insatiable appetite for alities, worked hard to prove their drugs and U.S. collaborators (both patriotism, were uprooted from their corporate and government) fighting communities and basically held in for their share of a multi-billions concentration camps until the war dollar drug market. The unfettered against Japan was over. violence from turf wars have made Children, sweet but vulnerable, innocent citizens collateral damage. have once again moved our nation.

The Trump administration needs to After mounting public pressure and be a target of a full-court press by all negative headlines, Trump finally freedom-loving people. It has given signed an executive order to stop the us so many examples of how low it horrendous practice of family sepacan go. The children have tugged at ration. But this is a man of warped our heart strings enough to get temthinking and a penchant for wanting porary relief for their families, but to be a dictator. He cannot be trusted they are not the only targets. on any level.

Those who are poor, Muslim, nonMost of us know and have seen the White, workers, independent thinkhard, cold evidence that Trump will ers are bigger targets. The Mueller use anything and anybody to get his investigation will not come soon way. Children are not exempt. He is enough. We must reclaim and protect using holding them hostage to move the scattered remains of our demochis twisted immigration policy. I hope racy.

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Twelve-month position, grades 1112 at Seneca Valley Senior igh School available immediately; approximately 1200 students; salary regionally competitive and commensurate with experience; PA Principal -12 certification required; Experience as a secondary level administrator preferred; requires leadership experience with Professional earning Communities, metacognitive learning strategies, innovative practices, technologies, and implementing instructional secondary programs. Submit required information to Talent Ed at: www. svsd.net/Employment. Deadline: July 31, 2018. E.O.E. ANNOUNCEMENTS

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter (with salary requirements) and resume to: Danielle Jacobson Employment Department 345 Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527 DJacobson@portauthority.org EOE

PRINCIPAL SYSTEMS/ SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Position available at Carnegie Mellon niversity, David A. Tepper School of Business in Pittsburgh, PA. Resp. for following duties: Design develop applications using C ASP. ET in Sitecore CMS; Design high quality Web pages maintain content updates of existing Web pages; Troubleshoot server issues as relate to Web pages maintained by this position; Design maintain efficient relational databases using S server; Design maintain automated processes for maintenance of data contained in S database; Modify test applications, revises, updates current code including trouble shooting, fixing bugs, improving functionality; pdate existing systems to re ect new technology; Maintain applications processes written in C or other current Object Oriented languages; Maintain software license renewals for servers, third party web maintenance, liaison interface with all outside departments constituencies. Reqs.: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equiv. degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Science or related field.

Must have 5 years progressive software development exp. Must be SiteCore certified. Other tech. skills req’d include exp. with C , ASP. et, TM , M , S Server, Sitecore CMS, TFS, TDS. Resumes to: Ms. Jennifer Kukawa, David A. Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Tepper Building, Suite 4500, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND JUVENILE COURT PUBLIC HEARING ON CHILDREN’S SERVICES ANNUAL PLAN AND BUDGET

On Tuesday, July 31, from 1-2 p.m., the Allegheny County Department of uman Services (D S) and Juvenile Court will hold a public hearing meeting to obtain comments on the DRAFT 2019-2020 eedsBased Plan that will be presented to the Pennsylvania Department of uman Services. The hearing meeting will take place at One Smithfield Street in the omestead Grays conference room.

A draft of the plan will be available on the D S website at http://www. alleghenycounty.us/Human-Ser vices/About/Plans-and-Budgets. aspx.

County residents are invited. Individuals interested in testifying or commenting on the plan will have the opportunity to speak at the meeting hearing.

D S makes reasonable efforts to accommodate persons with disabilities. Please call 412-350-7144 by Wednesday, July 25, if you require special accommodations.

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OTICE is hereby given that Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for a non-profit corporation that is to be incorporated under the provisions of the onprofit Corporation aw of 1988. The name of the corporation is Caribbean Outreach Mission.

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STADIUM AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH Statement of Net Position December 31, 2017 Assets Cash and cash equivalents Capital assets, net of accumulated depreciation Restricted assets Other assets Total assets Liabilities and Net Position iabilities Net position: Investment in capital assets, net of related debt Restricted for capital activity and debt service nrestricted Total net position Total Liabilities and net position

2,849,171 49,252,947 9,897,616 551,808 62,551,541 52,385,558 21,491,393 8,568,577 (19,894,084) 10,165,887 62,551,444

Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Postion For the Year Ended December 31, 2017 Revenues: Parking 8,058,829 Gold 1 Garage 1,919,315 Interest 66,828 Total revenues 10,044,973 Expenses: Salary reimbursement 35,674 Administrative 70,862 Operations and Development 2,553,890 Gold 1 Garage 2,049,292 Insurance 33,777 Interest 622,188 Amorti ation and depreciation 1,945,115 Total expenses 7,310,798 Excess of revenues over expenses 2,734,171 Non-Operating Revenue (Expenses): Capital transferred (to) from the Sports and Exhibition Authority 15,624 Gain on sale of land 2,164,510 Bond issuance cost (380,829) Development Funds (272,405) Total on-Operating Revenues (Expenses), net 1,526,899 Change in New Position, March 31, 2017 4,261,075 et Position Beginning of year 5,904,809 et Position End of ear 10,165,884

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY PUBLIC NOTICE

The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (A COSA ) is accepting etters of Interest and Statements of ualifications from Individuals and or Professional Companies who wish to be considered for the following: ON-CALL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT Interested Parties shall submit six (6) bound paper copies and one electronic copy on a CD in a sealed envelope plainly marked: Statement of ualifications On-Call Social Media Services Allegheny County Sanitary Authority 3300 Preble Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15233-1092 Attn: Suzanne Thomas, Procurement Officer An Informational Meeting will be held at 10:00 am on July 23, 2018, at the A COSA Auditorium at 3300 Preble Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15233 to present and clarify the goals and purpose of the Request for ualifications. All questions should be submitted, in writing, to Su anne Thomas at Su anne. thomas@alcosan.org.

A COSA intends to award the services to one consultant or firm to perform all of the services. All submittals must be received no later than 2:00 PM on August 10, 2018 at the A COSA Contracts Department. Please allow time to process through security. If the documents are sent via courier, it is Consultant’s responsibility to ensure the documents have been received. ate submittals will not be considered and will be returned unopened. Additional information and instructions may be obtained by visiting: http://www.alcosan.org/ BusinessOpportunities/RFQs RFPs/tabid/182/Default.aspx A COSA encourages businesses owned and operated by minorities, disadvantaged and women’s business enterprises to submit qualification statements or to participate as subcontractors or suppliers to the selected Consultant Firm. The Party selected shall be required to utili e minority, disadvantaged, and women’s business enterprises to the fullest extent possible. The goals of the A COSA ’s Minority and Women Business Policy are listed on the A COSA website at www.alcosan.org.

Joey Vallarian Director of Communications

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY PUBLIC NOTICE

The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (A COSA ) is accepting etters of Interest and Statements of ualifications from Individuals and or Professional Companies who wish to be considered for the following: ALCOSAN WEBSITE DESIGN Interested Parties shall submit ten (10) bound paper copies and one electronic copy on a CD in a sealed envelope plainly marked: Statement of Qualifications ALCOSAN Website Design Allegheny County Sanitary Authority 3300 Preble Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15233-1092 Attn: Suzanne Thomas, Procurement Officer An Informational Meeting will be held at 1:00 pm on July 24, 2018, at the A COSA Auditorium at 3300 Preble Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15233 to present and clarify the goals and purpose of the Request for ualifications. All questions should be submitted, in writing, to Su anne Thomas at Suzanne.thomas@ alcosan.org.

A COSA intends to award the services to one consultant or firm to perform all of the services. All submittals must be received no later than 2:00 PM on August 8, 2018 at the A COSA Contracts Department. Please allow time to process through security. If the documents are sent via courier, it is Consultant’s responsibility to ensure the documents have been received. ate submittals will not be considered and will be returned unopened. Additional information and instructions may be obtained by visiting: http://www.alcosan.org/ BusinessOpportunities/RFQs RFPs/tabid/182/Default.aspx A COSA encourages businesses owned and operated by minorities, disadvantaged and women’s business enterprises to submit qualification statements or to participate as subcontractors or suppliers to the selected Consultant Firm. The Party selected shall be required to utili e minority, disadvantaged, and women’s business enterprises to the fullest extent possible. The goals of the A COSA ’s Minority and Women Business Policy are listed on the A COSA website at www.alcosan.org.

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Estate of TAMIKA BOLT deceased, of Pittsburgh, PA File umber is 031562018. The Administrator of the Estate is Andrew Stewart, but all correspondence should be sent to uinntarra Morant, Esq. at raemer, Manes Associates, C S Steel Tower, 48th Floor, 600 Grant St., Suite 4875, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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OTICE is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Fictitious ames Act of Pennsylvania that an application for registration of a fictitious name was filed in the office of the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the conduct of a nonprofit corporation under the fictitious name of Caribbean Outreach Mission with its principal office or place of business at 1646 Relative Drive; Verona, PA 15147. The names and addresses, including street and number, if any, of all persons who are parties to the registration are: RaShawn Baugh; 1646 Relative Drive; Verona, PA 15147.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) ARCHITECTURAL/ ENGINEERING SERVICES for EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS AT HAWKINS VILLAGE CONTRACT ACHA–1601

The AC A is currently seeking the services of a qualified architectural firm to provide professional design and construction administration services for Exterior Improvements at Hawkins Village. The project includes new roofing on all buildings including gutters, downspouts and boots as well as selective brick pointing and the installation of new windows with selective entry door replacement. ew paved parking areas are to be placed as well, with related landscaping.

Interested firms are requested to respond with written qualifications that demonstrate evidence of the firm’s capabilities, including other information as requested.

A detailed package - describing submission requirements, may be obtained after Monday July 16th by contacting Andrew Jamrom A E Administrator at (412) 402-2464 or ajamrom@achsng.com.

A Pre- ualification Conference shall be held at the Allegheny County ousing Authority, 625 Stanwix Street, 12th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Board Room, on Tuesday July 31, 2018 at 10:00 AM. All offerors are encouraged to attend the Conference. ualifications may be mailed or hand delivered to Andrew Jamrom, Architectural Engineering Administrator, Allegheny County ousing Authority, 625 Stanwix Street 12th Floor Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222. Qualification submittals must be received no later than 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday August 28, 2018.

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The Allegheny County Parks Foundation, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is accepting proposals for a one-time contract to perform certain professional consultant services to design and engineer a green parking lot in a highly visible location at the intersection of Corrigan Drive and Brownsville Road in South Park. The new green parking solution project will replace an existing 144 space asphalt parking lot in need of improvement and needs to consider site preparation, paving options, parking layout, site lighting with electric service and or solar power, ADA access, grading, green STWM BMPs, landscape, project sign and other related site improvements through completion of construction documents. Proposals are due July 27, 2018. The RFP can be downloaded at www.acparksfoun dation.org/projects

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA July 11, 2018

The Washington County Housing Authority will receive separate, sealed bids for the following prime contracts as follows: PROJECT #1 PLAYGROUND & PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS VALLEY VIEW TERRACE, FREDERICK TERRACE, CALIFORNIA TERRACE PROJECT #2 OFFICE RENOVATIONS CRUMRINE TOWER A certified check or bank draft payable to the Washington County Housing Authority, a US Government Bond or satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and acceptable sureties in the amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the bid shall be submitted with each bid.

Bids will be received no later than 1:30PM/EST, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2018 at Washington County Housing Authority, 100 Crumrine Tower, Franklin Street, Washington, PA 15301 at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids will be held by the Housing Authority for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days prior to contract award.

Project #1 Pre-Bid Meeting: 9:00AM/EST, Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Interested parties are to meet at Frederick Terrace, 747 Crawford Road, Fredericktown, PA Project #2 Pre-Bid Meeting: 1:30PM/EST ON Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Interested parties are to meet at Crumrine Tower, Franklin Street, Washington, PA. Plans, specifications and contract documents may be examined at the following location: The Pennsylvania Builders Exchange 1813 North Franklin Street Pittsburgh, PA 15233 or obtained through the office of the Architect, Shaeffer & Madama, Inc., 57 Fourteenth Street, Wheeling, WV 26003. A CD containing PDF’s of all bidding documents may be obtained for a $25.00 non-refundable payment.

The work to be performed under this contract is a Section 3 Project under provisions of the Housing & Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, and must, to the greatest extent feasible, provide opportunities for training and employment for lower-income residents of the project and contracts for work in connection with the project be awarded to business concerns which are located in, or owned by, Washington County residents. Particular attention is directed to requirements of Executive Order 11246, 11625 and 12138, as well as Section 3 requirements, as set forth in the Specifications.

The Washington County Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids or waive any informality in the bidding.

STEPHEN K. HALL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT

PUBLICATION DATE: July 15, 2018 1. The Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh (“Authority”) shall accept sealed bids for the performance of the work described below (the “Work”) at its offices at 232 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15222, until 3:00 p.m. local time on Monday, August 13, 2018.

2. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The project entails the removal of an existing sump pump motor, controls, wiring and associated piping apparatuses and replacing with a new energy efficient pump, motor and related components.

3. The Instructions to Bidders, including the Form of Bid, and General Conditions, may be obtained after 3:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at the Authority’s office at 232 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15222 or on the Authority’s website at www. pittsburghparking.

4. A pre-bid conference will be held at the Authority’s office at 232 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 at 1:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, July 26, 2018. The purpose of the pre-bid conference is to provide additional detail regarding the Work. The information provided at the pre-bid conference will be essential in preparing a bid to perform the Work.

Persons or entities that intend to submit bids to perform the Work are required to send to the pre-bid conference at least one representative who will understand the information presented at the pre-bid conference in a manner that allows such information to be incorporated in the preparation of the bid to perform the Work. It is expected that the representative who attends the pre-bid conference will be experienced in construction matters and employed by the bidder in a supervisory capacity.

5. Sealed bids received prior to the deadline will be publicly opened and read at 3:00 p.m. local time on Monday, August 13, 2018.

6. The Authority reserves the right to in its sole discretion, (i) change, at any time prior to the bid deadline at 3:00 p.m. local time on Monday, August 13, 2018 the Contract Documents; (ii) waive any defect, irregularities, or informality in any or all submitted bids; and (iii) reject any or all submitted bids.

David G. Onorato Executive Director

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The Office of the County Controller of Allegheny County, Room 104, Court House, Pittsburgh, PA., will receive separate and sealed Bids until 11:00 A.M. prevailing local time, Wednesday, August 1, 2018, and a representative of the Department of Public Works will open and read the Proposals in the Gold Room, Room 410, Court House, Pittsburgh, PA., one-half hour later, 11:30 A.M., for the following: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS REPAIR AND RESURFACING OF GREENSBURG PIKE NORTH VERSAILLES TOWNSHIP COUNTY PROJECT NO. 4136-0206 As a prospective bidder please note the following general Project information regarding Pre-Bid Information, Bidding Requirements, and Contract Conditions. See the Project Manual and Drawings for detailed information, responsibilities and instructions.

PRE-BID INFORMATION: Purchase and/or view the Proposal, Specifications and Drawings at the Office of the Contract Manager, Room 504, County Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA. The non-refundable charge for the Proposal and a disc containing the Specifications and Drawings is $107.00 (includes sales tax). The Contract Manager will accept only check or money order to the “COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY” in that amount and WILL NOT ACCEPT CASH OR EXTEND CREDIT. Prospective bidders may request to have bid documents mailed. An additional fee of $16.05 (includes sales tax), for handling costs for each requested proposal must be paid in advance. The fee must be received at the Office of the Contract Manager prior to the mailing of any documents.

The Department of Public Works will hold a Pre-Bid Meeting on July 19, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. in Room 505 County Office Building.

Further details of this Project, Bidding Requirements, and Contract Conditions are available on the Allegheny County Website (www. alleghenycounty.us); click Government, Public Works and Facilities Management, Public Works, Bids and Proposals.

Chelsa Wagner Controller County of Allegheny

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY LEGAL NOTICE CONTRACT NO. 1692

The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority is soliciting Bids for CONTRACT NO. 1692, FURNISHING AND DELIVERING POLYMER FOR CENTRIFUGE DEWATERING SYSTEM. Bids will be received until 2:00 P.M., Prevailing Time, Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at the office of the Authority, 3300 Preble Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233. The Bids will then be publicly opened and read.

ALCOSAN encourages businesses owned and operated by minorities and women to submit bids on Authority Proposals or to participate as subcontractors or suppliers to the successful bidders. Successful Bidders are to use minority or women’s businesses to the fullest extent possible.

To be considered eligible to Bid on this Contract, the Bidder must be the manufacturer of one of the emulsion polymer products recently pre-qualified by the Authority following trials held in response to the Legal Notice of June 22, 2018.

Documents pertaining to the submission of Bids are available at the Engineering office of the Authority, 3300 Preble Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233. Bid Security shall be furnished by providing with the Bid a Certified Check or Bid Bond in the amount of $50,000.00. The Successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance Bond in the amount of $500,000.00.

Any questions regarding the Contract Documents should be directed to Elizabeth A. Joyce, Project Engineer II at (412) 734-8719, or e-mailed to elizabeth.joyce@ .alcosan.org.

The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive any informality in any Bid and to accept any Bid should it be deemed in the interest of the Authority to do so.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY Kimberly Kennedy, P.E. Director, Engineering and Construction

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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSALS – COMPREHENSIVE RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE PLAN

A. PURPOSE AND SCOPE Prepare a Comprehensive Plan for the City of Duquesne that identifies the methods, resources, implementation, and evaluations to establish goals and policies to guide future growth and development of recreational sites within the City. It will consist of an inventory of existing park facilities, site assessments, analysis of issues and community needs, public participation, goals and objectives, and establishing specific recommendations to City administration, council, and staff.

B. IDEA PLAN WOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS: Fields, Parks, and Playgrounds Residential Housing Business Complex Centers Government Buildings and Centers Recreation Centers Medical Facilities Marina’s and Aquatic Centers Arcade and Movie Theatres Sports Centers – Basketball, Baseball, Tennis, etc.

Public High Schools and Libraries Performing Arts and Showcase Centers B. TIMELINE (Subject to Change) Request distributed July 13, 2018.

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Responses to all questions due by July 27, 2018.

Proposal reviews completed by August 31, 2018.

Recommendations to City Council September 11, 2018.

C. SEND RESPONSES TO: City of Duquesne ATTN: Mayor Nickole Nesby 12 South Second Street Duquesne, PA 15110 412-469-0544 phone 412-469-3795 fax nnesby@duquesnepa.us

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The audacity of Ida B. Wells

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—The crusading journalist, Ida B. Wells was born on July 16, 1862. Although she made her mark as a journalist, she was also a social worker, advocate, feminist, and organization leader. She too often gets short shrift in history, mainly because she did not go along to get along with the men of her era, crossing swords with the likes of Dr. WEB DuBois and Booker T. Washington. The same fierceness that pushed her to organize against lynching was the fierceness that propelled her to confront injustice within African American organizations and in women’s organizations. Indeed, the historic 1913 Women’s Suffrage March intended to either exclude Black women or to segregate them at the end of the march. Ida B. Wells and Mary Church Terrell were

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Commentary among the Black women who marched with the women of their state, refusing to march at the rear.

Ida B. Wells’ pen was so sharp that it got her banned from the state of Tennessee after she besmirched White women’s morality in a treatise about lynching. No matter! She kept writing and kept it moving, constantly speaking truth to power. Now, Rev. Jesse Jackson is among those clamoring for an anti-lynching law, since none was ever passed, despite several efforts.

Even though anti-lynching legislation passed the House of Representatives in 1922, Senate Democrats prevented the passage of the law by filibuster.

In any case, Ida B. Wells spent her life championing the cause of racial justice.

Unfortunately, there are too few today who have her passion, her focus, and her energy. In these troubled times, investigative journalists like her are far too rare. In an era when there is so much “drive-by” reporting done by anyone with a cell phone and access to the Internet, too few are willing to put in the kind of work that Ida B. Wells put in, even though we have more tools than she had. Thus we get momentary Internet outrage when out-of-control whites attack Black people. Where is the follow-up?

Ida B. Wells had nerve, audacity. She was on fire for justice, and it showed in her writing. Her mantra is best summarized in her quote, “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” In her book, Southern Horrors, she detailed the horrors of lynching and the fact that so many lynchings were the result of rumor, not fact. Any Black man who looked sideways at the wrong white woman was subject to lynching, so much so that even in the rare case where Black men were acquitted of rape, rabid crowds lynched them.

At least 3,436 people were lynched between 1889 and 1922. In just the four years between 1918 and 1921, twenty-eight people were publicly burned to death. And while Black men were the primary victims of lynching, Black women, union organizers, and others were also lynched. Because of Ida B. Wells, we have more detail than we might have had about these horrors.

Few have the audacity of Ida B. Wells, but Bryan Stevenson surely does. His National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama lifts up the name of the more than four thousand African Americans who were lynched in the South between 1877 and 1950. Stevenson, through his work to save African Americans from death row, makes the connection between historical lynching and modern-day criminal injustice. He is as eloquent as Ida B and as purposeful.

Would that we had hundreds more of him, hundreds more of Wells.

It is shameful that there is no statue of Ida B. Wells anywhere in this nation.

There should be one at Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi, where she once matriculated. There should be one in Chicago, where she lived from 1893 until her death in 1931. There should be one somewhere in Washington, DC, perhaps along the route of the 1913 Women’s Suffrage March. She should be lifted up to remind us of the power of audacity.

Her great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster, has been raising money to build a statue in Chicago, but she is still about $100,000 short of her goal.

You can donate to the cause through http://www.idabwellsmonument.org/.

We need to have more Black women, and especially women like Ida B. Wells, represented in our nation’s statuary.

We need to be reminded of Wells and her audacity, especially now, when so many seem to have been silenced by 45’s trickery. Our African American leaders need to stop with the complicity of go along to get along. We need an Ida B. Wells now! (Congresswoman Maxine Waters comes close). We need unfiltered audacity!

(Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist.)

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Pittsburgh suffers total absence of a Black leader!

There have been a they do in the Bible. number of persons, There are a number of Louis ‘Hop’ Kendrick male and female, who funded organizations of have functioned in which their boards are leadership positions. comprised of members But only a few have who are employed by worn the true mantle major corporations, of LEADER. A multiand it is my belief that tude of persons find these persons serve the themselves in the role interest first of those of “perceived” leaderwho pay their mortship position. Allow me to provide you with gage. some examples. You are fortunate enough to Over the last 30-odd years every body of occupy a high-profile, six-figure salary with government continues to have Black persons a major corporation. Is your major function release statistics that indicate that Blacks public relations (Black face with a title) or in business are doing well. But those of us do you have a genuine impact on corporate who know the Black businesspersons talk policy? to these persons and they tell us that, “You There are a number of organizations can’t fool people with facts, but you can with that are funded by the foundations and statistics.” the directors are referred to as leaders, Another example of little respect this city and that title can be changed by simhas for Black politicians…The five elected ply stopping the money. The majority of Black officials sent a news release about the these directors are better paid than their police who killed the 17-year-old Black youth counterparts in private industry, and and the daily newspaper printed it on page generally have a bigger responsibility 22. because they have payrolls and overall They say we don’t vote. responsibilities and generally a number They ask the question, “What do Blacks do of worthwhile programs. The leadership for themselves?” mantles are generally worn by politicians, The time is now that we must begin to preachers, persons employed at high corraise money and pay our way. We can do porate level positions, directors of funded better than we do. programs…

Omar, the poet, said: “If you go through life Too many politicians are viewed by their with your hand outstretched and your palm electorate as leaders and they delude themfacing upward, you will always be perceived selves as leaders. A number of preachers cur- as a beggar.”

(Louis “Hop” Kendrick is a contributor to the New rently have more faith in the possibility of Pittsburgh Courier.) monetary funds from the government than

To Tell The Truth

Unarmed victims are unarmed victims First, a quick story. from 2015 to incorporate Back when Black Lives J. Pharaoh Doss their findings into a largMatter threatened to er framework. shut down the 2016 One of the new study’s Democratic presidential authors stated, events primary, a friend of mine that communicate to turned the crossfire of people that maybe they slogans between BLM are worthless or their and their detractors into lives are not valued a litmus test. Attemptcan influence people’s ing to determine my health…Black people allegiance he asked, which is it, Black lives face multiple forms of racism every day. matter or all lives matter?

Bias in the criminal justice system, housing I said, there’s no side to take in a false and employment discrimination are importdichotomy. ant factors. Previous research found that He replied, that’s a cop-out. In some situathe chronic stress caused by experiences tions, you have to choose sides. of racism can impact mental and physical I said, maybe, but this isn’t one of them. health in myriad ways from higher rates of Last week I wrote about a report, citing a hypertension to increased incidents of breast new study, that claimed fatal police shootcancer. ings of unarmed Blacks was creating a So, this new research assisted previous national mental health burden comparable research that claimed racism caused health to stress caused by a chronic illness like problems. That’s why six more Black bodies diabetes. The report stressed that in the mattered in 2015. (Think about this, the United States an unarmed Black person most publicized police shootings are when a is three times more likely to be shot by White police officer kills an unarmed Black, the police than an unarmed White person, so the motivating factor behind everything and in 2015, 30 percent of unarmed vicisn’t the Black victim, it’s the White officer, tims were Black compared to 21 percent of because White cop/Black victim is the police Whites. shooting profile that proves racism.)

First, I questioned the use of percentages Now, there’s one detail the Washington when the Washington Post Police Shooting Post Police Shooting Database doesn’t show.

Database had the actual body count. I didn’t It gives the names of the officers involved think the disparity would be great enough in the police shootings but not their race to cause depression among total strangers. or ethnicity. That’s because it’s irrelevant.

(The study was referring to people who The database isn’t pointing out racism. It’s didn’t know the victim.) I was right. In 2015 pointing out the universal problem of police there were 38 Black, unarmed, victims of shootings. police shootings and 32 White.

The report, citing the new study, said more The disparity was six people. than 70 unarmed Black people have been Then I questioned the focus on 2015 when killed by police in the last three years, but the database had the figures for the subsethe Washington Post Police Shooting Dataquent years. The answer was obvious after base points out, in the same three-year span, I checked the database. (2016, 22 Whites, more than 240 unarmed people have been 19 Blacks, 2017, 30 Whites, 20 Blacks, 2018, killed by the police.

15 Whites, 11 Blacks) So, 2015 was the only There are times when issues are race year there were more unarmed Blacks killed sensitive. by the police than Whites.

But, this isn’t one of them.

Last week I said six bodies were too This is when “all lives” should matter, but insignificant to cause any mental health in the 21st century that’s a racist concept. concerns, but that was a micro-statistical reThat’s the real mental problem.

(J. Pharaoh Doss is a contributor to the New Pittsbuttal. The macro-analysis is that the report, citing this new study, cherry-picked the data burgh Courier.)

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Jesse Jackson Sr.

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Americans should reject the human rights catastrophe on our border (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Around the world our attention has been riveted on the plight of the boys and the coach of the Wild Boars soccer team trapped in a cave in northern Thailand. As of this writing, all 12 boys and their coach have been saved.

Courageous scuba divers volunteered at no small risk to their lives.

One was killed when he ran out of oxygen on his way out of the cave.

Doctors, hospitals and child psychiatrists stood at the ready to help those who are saved.

Our hearts went out to the parents, hoping against hope that a miracle would happen. This global empathy for the young children’s lives in peril is remarkable. It also raises the obvious question: Why is the same human response less intense for the 2,300 children who were separated from their parents and housed in cages across this country?

We were fixated on the 12 stranded in a cave on the other side of the world, yet pay less attention to the 2,300 who were locked in cages around the corner. The 2,300 suffer not because of a natural disaster but because of an arbitrary change in policy designed to punish and terrorize. The Trump administration— reflecting the temper of the boss— traumatized these children and their parents with the abrupt and mindless proclamation in May of “zero tolerance” for undocumented immigrants, even those seeking asylum.

The forcible separation of children from their parents followed. The human rights catastrophe keeps getting worse. In late June, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar assured distraught migrant parents that there was “no reason” that they couldn’t find their toddlers.

But HHS, in charge of the children’s welfare, apparently doesn’t have a clue about how many children it has under its authority, where the children are, or where and who their parents are. Under court order to unite the children under 5 with their parents by Tuesday and all other children by July 26, Azar is now pleading for more time from the court.

The New York Times reported that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials deleted records that would enable officials to connect parents with children who had been ripped from them. This is an unspeakable and inexcusable violation of innocent children. Child experts warn that the children may well be scarred for life.

How can we not weep with the father distraught that his little boy could have no chance of protecting himself in a mass cage? Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that demonstrators in Louisville, Ky., accosted Mitch McConnell when he came out of a restaurant (after being a no show at a demonstration about the children).

“Where are the babies, Mitch?” they asked. The administration that McConnell slavishly defends is now scrambling to figure out the answer to that simple question. President Donald Trump slurs undocumented immigrants as criminals, rapists and gangsters.

In fact, even as immigration has increased, the national rate of violent crime today is well below what it was in 1980. Parents don’t risk a perilous journey from their homes lightly.

They come out of desperation, leaving villages racked by hunger and threatened by violence. Seeking asylum, they have rights under international law that the U.S. still nominally respects. The administration’s callous treatment of these children and their parents is not only shameful, but also an indefensible violation of basic human rights.

The young boys trapped in a cave on the other side of the world deserved our prayers. The toddlers locked in cages in this country should spark our outrage. Continue to pray for the Wild Boars soccer team, and the courageous heroes who rescued them from the cave.

Let us also keep in our hearts the 2,300 children ripped from their parents, transported to various parts of the country and locked in cages. We need heroes to help save them and reunite them with the families. We need judges who will ensure that those who violated their rights are held responsible. And we need citizens to exercise their democratic rights to show that this is a better nation and we are a better people than this.

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JULY 18-24, 2018

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Trade deadline looms—for the Bucs, who’s going, who’s staying?

by Aubrey Bruce For New Pittsburgh Courier

The winds of change seem to be swirling around the Pittsburgh landscape as well as the Pirates’ batting cage nowadays. Last week,

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AUBREY BRUCE Tribune-Review columnist Tim Benz wrote a column partially explaining why certain Pirates may be headed to the auction block.

Benz wrote that: “(Outfielder Corey) Dickerson is one of many veteran players who has been mentioned potentially getting shipped out if the Pirates decide to make moves. Dickerson, Francisco Cervelli, Ivan Nova, David Freese, Josh Harrison and Jordy Mercer are owed a prorated $46.86 million to be paid out the rest of the year. Combined, they are owed $48.66 million over the remainder of their contracts after 2018. So you know Pirates management would love to unload that projected debt as much as possible between now and the end of the month.”

I have a hunch that Tim is, at the very least, partially right. With the Pirates’ attendance figures being significantly down in 2018, there has to be a way for management not to lose money and maybe even make a profit, especially in light of the very obvious fact that there seems not to be a very concerted effort by the Pirates ownership to put

together a roster that has a chance to compete and win on the field. As long as the bottom line is green, Pittsburgh fans will remain blue and the chances of the Pirates fielding a winning squad will remain secondary.

Benz also relayed the fact that Corey Dickerson would prefer to remain in Pittsburgh. Benz wrote that Dickerson also told him this: “I love it here, I feel comfortable. I’m not even thinking about anywhere else.”

Sound familiar? Remember Andrew McCutchen said many times that he wished he could remain a Pirate. But what did that mean? Absolutely zilch.

With the turnstiles at PNC Park becoming a tad chilly that means the thermostat in the trading and selling arena has to be turned up, post haste. This bears repeating. “Dickerson, Cer- COREY DICKERSON has been a velli, Nova, Freese, Harri- after July 31? (AP PHOTO) son and Mercer are owed almost $47 million even if 2018 season.” it is prorated through the Let’s hit rewind and make a quick comparison. In 2016 “A-Rod” made $20 million by himself. Miguel Cabrera has made $28 million solo.

Are you getting my drift?

Whatever happened to the saying, “You have to spend money to make money?”

That doesn’t seem to apply to the fiscal policies of the Pirates ownership because of their current practices; they may still be able to turn a profit even with subpar performances on the field. If Pittsburgh unloads just three of the six aforementioned players, a Little League game might possibly be more competitive than the Pirates in the

JOSH HARRISON is a fan favorite for the Bucs. But will he be traded away from the Pirates at the trade deadline? (AP PHOTO)

Mr. Will Varner, I will always remember you!

by Bill Neal

For New Pittsburgh Courier

:10—They called him…Mr. Varner!…and understandably so. He epitomized professionalism, style, grace, quality and all that represented being a man; and to that end, the ultimate family man. Mr. Varner passed away on July 4 and for all of us whose lives he touched, we bid him a fond, heartfelt and appreciative farewell.

For many of us he gave us the “correct” fashion sense; for some, it was the neces-

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BILL NEAL sary guidance, and for most, it was his sheer presence, words of advice, suggestions and matter-of-fact opinions.

Of course, he will be remembered as Will Varner, the husband to his beautiful wife—Lauretta.

Father to his magnificent children, Billy, Lisa and Laura, and to be sure, most notably the genetic basketball skills he passed on to his superstar son Billy, making his dad enormously proud while playing at Notre Dame University and a career as a pro player in Europe. (In case, like me, you are too young to have seen it firsthand, I’ve been told by many the expert, that Will Varner could ball with the best of them back in the day when men were men).

“Mr. V,” as I called him, was most helpful to me and the operation of Champion Enterprises as he was to many other community groups. He will be remembered for his firm and matter-of-fact, but polite method of operation.

However, I will remember

him most for his much-needed advice to me when I began my professional career in the late ‘70s. He told me and I quote, “Bill, you’re going to need to change your look… to a more conservative style.

So when you throw away that green shark-skinned suit, be sure to throw away the green alligator shoes!!!” Love ya, Mr. V. Since then I’ve proudly followed your style and now…Heaven’s Hoopers, make room on the team for Will Varner. :09—As of now, one don’t know who’s who and what’s what. But what we do know is somebody got beat up in NFL superstar and Pitt grad Shady McCoy’s house.

Stay tuned cause somebody knows something…and that you can take to the bank. :08—Sometimes you don’t have to say a lot… “Ms. Serena Williams, you’re a bad girl!!!” A year after giving birth you’re in the finals at Wimbledon. C’mon, man! :07—Guess what, Kevin Cameron and all other haters…your Pittsburgh Pirates ain’t dead yet. Aunt Bee…you home? :06—Speaking of not being dead yet...Manny Pacquiao scored his first knockout in nine years in his win over Lucas Matthysse. Look, you all can say what you want, I say, an athlete quits when they want to quit, not when we tell them. You go Manny, score one more for the old school! :05—I know you can’t wait. We’ve got some scores to settle and it starts right here, right now. Your Pittsburgh Steelers head to Saint Vincent College to start the climb to “Stairway to Seven” Super Bowls, you knucklehead! The fun starts July 26. Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go! :04—Terrell Owens! Yea, you were robbed along the way, but, you were a contributor. Go get your Gold Jacket and shutup, man! :03—Hey everybody, Little League Football is now underway. Parents, coaches, supporters…It’s time to do all the right things for the kids. It’s—all—about— the—kids…not you! :02—Coming soon by popular demand…The 50 greatest players in Connie

WILLIAM VARNER JR. Hawkins Summer Basketball League history. You can submit your names by texting to Achieving Greatness Inc. at 412-628-4856. :01—And now it’s real…

The Armen Gilliam Memorial Hard Work Basketball Camp. $25 registration. Saturday, Aug. 4 and Sunday, Aug. 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lunch, skills, drills and games. College and pro coaches, hard work, discipline, communication, respect and love. Call to register your child at Achieving Greatness Inc. at 412628-4856. :00—GAME OVER.

bright spot in the Pirates lineup this season, but will he be a Pirate upcoming seasons.

This past weekend, the Pirates pulled off a fivegame sweep of their NL Central Division rivals, the Milwaukee Brewers. Many folks said, “Bring out the brooms.” What brooms will the Bucs’ management use to sweep the excuses and ineptitude under the “rug of greed,” when the Pirates begin to purge many players from their current roster that more than likely may represent the only reasonable chance for them to become and remain competitive, now or in the near future?

Josh Harrison may be holding his cards close to the vest in regards to com-

mitting to remain a Pirate. However, Harrison is not being any more or less covert than ownership is when they decide upon making a move by upending their current roster, not for the sake of winning but simply for the love of what the R&B group the O’Jays simply describe as, “Mean, mean, oh mean, mean green, almighty dollar...”

Let us hope and pray that the memories and photos of Honus Wagner, Pie Traynor, Roberto Clemente, Vernon Law, Bill Mazeroski and Willie Stargell will not be defiled and replaced with photos of “dead presidents.”

(Aubrey Bruce: abruce@newpittsburghcourier.com.)

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HOMESTEAD MAYOR BETTY ESPER, right, at Homestead Community Day 2018, held July 7. (Photos by Dayna Delgado)

HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY DAY 2018

HOMESTEAD BOROUGH COUNCILMEMBER MARY NESBY, standing at left, among those who were in attendance at Homestead’s Community Day, July 7.