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People Are Talking Sen. Raumesh Akbari elected vice president

by National Black Caucus of State Legislators

Swearing in of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators during the organization’s annual conference on December 3.

Sen. Raumesh Akbari (DMemphis) will serve as vice president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, one of the top organizations representing and serving the interests of African American state lawmakers across the country.

Members elected Akbari during the organization’s annual meeting earlier this month. The Memphis-based senator just finished a term as the national group’s financial secretary.

“It was my absolute honor to be elected and sworn in as the next vice president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators,” Sen. Akbari said. “I fell in love with this organization at my very first conference shortly after I was elected in 2013.

You won’t find a more dedicated, brilliant, and thoughtful collection of legislators across the country.”

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Brittney Griner back to dunking on court nearly 10 months after detainment

Brittney Griner Courtesy of Black Information Network Brittney Griner has returned to the court for her first basketball workout nearly 10 months after she was initially detained in Russia.

Lindsay Kagawa Colas, her agent, told ESPN that the WNBA star, donning a Title IX T-shirt, Phoenix Suns shorts, and black Chuck Taylors, hit a slam dunk as her first move on a Texas basketball court following her December 9 return to the U.S. Griner was released on December 8 from Russian custody via a one-for-one prisoner swap involving convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout. She arrived at Continued on page 5

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Vanderbilt Poll: TN Republicans favor DeSantis over Trump for 2024 presidential nomination Support for abortion rises in state

Tennessee voters who identify as MAGA Republicans hope Trump prevails over challengers, setting stage for showdown in choosing party’s 2024 presidential nominee.

Tennessee Republicans favor Flori- matchup.

Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Proda Gov. Ron DeSantis over former The survey of 1,180 registered Ten- fessor and professor of political sciPresident Donald Trump to be the nessee voters was conducted between ence. Detailed results and methods can party’s presidential nominee in 2024 Nov. 8 and Nov. 28, with a margin of be found at vu.edu/poll. by double digits, according to the lat- error of ± 3.4 percentage points. The The poll focused on the public’s est statewide Vanderbilt Poll. Among statewide poll is co-directed by John thinking about elected officials, the the registered Republicans who were Geer, Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean 2024 election, abortion, Tennessee’s interviewed, DeSantis leads Trump 54 of the College of Arts and Science and Continued on page 5 percent to 41 percent in a head-to-head professor of political science, and Josh

Metro Nashville, Meharry Medical College agree on path forward through 2027 Nashville renews commitment to nation's oldest, largest historically Black medical institution and safety net hospital Mayor John Cooper and Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, president/CEO of Meharry Medical College, have reached an agreement on a path forward for the buildings that currently house Nashville General Hospital through the end of the current lease agreement, which expires at the end of December 2027. The agreement resolves all outstanding issues and establishes an updated rent structure for the buildings Meharry leases to the city for Nashville General Hospital.

Under the proposed agreement, Metro will pay a fair market rent to Meharry, which has been validated by two independent real-estate evaluation experts, for the use of the Nashville General Hospital buildings starting at $6.3 million this current year, with a 2.5% increase for each consecutive year. Previously, the city was paying only the underlying bonds issued in 1995 and which were set to expire next year. The agreement also settles all outstanding claims between the two parties. This agreement will not affect the city's funding of Nashville General Hospital, or the possibility for a new hospital building in the future after the expiration of the current lease.

Meharry Medical College and Nashville Metro government have come to an agreement that will give millions of dollars to the college for housing Nashville General Hospital.

The agreement includes the resolu- ty net hospital in the mid-1990s. The tion of receivables and other financial settlement and lease agreement require issues between the city and Meharry, approval by the Metro Council. which first began leasing the buildings Continued on page 5 on its campus for use as the city's safe-

Paul Silas, 3-time NBA Champion, longtime coach, dies at 79

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Charlotte Bobcats coach Paul Silas argues a call during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Charlotte, N.C., April 18, 2012. Silas, a member of three NBA championship teams, has died, his family announced Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. He was 79. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, file)

By Tim Reynolds, AP Basketball Writer Basketball taught Paul Silas how to be patient.

As a player, he waited 10 years before winning his first championship.

As a coach, he waited 15 years for a second chance at running a team. As a father, he waited 20 years before seeing his son get a chance to lead a franchise.

“I always tried to remain positive,” Silas said in 2013, “and I think it usually worked out.”

Silas — who touched the game as a player, coach and president of the National Basketball Players Association — died, his family announced Sunday. Silas, whose son, Stephen Silas, is coach of the Houston Rockets, was 79.

“He combined the knowledge developed over nearly 40 years as an NBA player and coach with an innate understanding of how to mix discipline

with his never-ending positivity,” Charlotte Hornets chairman Michael Jordan said. “On or off the court, Paul’s enthusiastic and engaging personality was accompanied by an anecdote for every occasion. He was one of the alltime great people in our game, and he will be missed.”

Silas’ daughter, Paula Silas-Guy, told The New York Times that her father died Saturday night of cardiac arrest. The Boston Globe first reported Silas’ death.

“We mourn the passing of former NBA All-Star and head coach Paul Silas,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. “Paul’s lasting contributions to the game are seen through the many players and coaches he inspired, including his son, Rockets head coach Stephen Silas. We send our deepest condolences to Paul’s family.”

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New Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass sworn-in – focuses on homelessness

by Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire correspondent In her first act in office, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will declare a state of emergency against homelessness in an announcement at Los Angeles’ Emergency Operations Center.

The new mayor said the move “will allow her to take aggressive executive actions to confront the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles. The declaration will recognize the severity of Los Angeles' crisis and break new ground to maximize the ability to urgently move people inside.”

On November 16, 2021, during an interview on Black Press USA’s daily morning show Let It Be Known, Bass spoke on homelessness saying it was “a humanitarian crisis,” and added that there were “40,000 people in the city unhoused, many living in tents all around the city.”

Clearly Mayor Bass is moving quickly to make homelessness a top priority during her first weeks in power.

On Dec. 11, Bass, 69, was sworn-in as Los Angeles’ 43rd mayor at a historic ceremony by Vice President Kamala

Harris. Her predecessor, Mayor Eric Garcetti, looked on at City Hall with thousands of others taking in the history of the moment. Karen Bass earned more votes than any candidate in the history of Los Angeles.’

Her election was also the most expensive ever, as Bass defeated Rick Caruso, who spent $100 million on his campaign.

Bass served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 for California's 33rd congressional district and was chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. .She was also a member of the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010 and spent her final years there as Speaker of the California House.

Bass acknowledged California’s first female Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis in the audience and Los Angeles’ all-female County Board of Supervisors.

“I believe that times of inflection require reflection. I believe it’s time for Angelenos to remind ourselves where we come from and who we are. My father fled Jim Crow Texas during the great African American migration after World War II. He worked for the postal

On Dec. 11, Bass, 69, was sworn-in as Los Angeles’ 43rd mayor at a historic ceremony by Vice President Kamala Harris. (photo courtesy of @karenbassla/Instagram) service as a letter carrier.

She then commented focused on homeless- ability to urgently move It was a union job, and on the high cost of hous- ness, a huge problem in people inside and do so his paycheck supported ing in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles and across for good. It will create my brothers and me and “Tragically, our city the U.S. the structure necessary allowed my mother to has earned the shameful “I will start my first for us to have a true, unichoose to be a home- crown as being home to day as mayor at our fied and citywide stratemaker. When I think some of the most crowd- city’s Emergency Opera- gy to set us on the path about the dreams of ed neighborhoods in the tions Center, where my to solve homelessness,” working people today, I nation: Pico Union, first act as mayor will be Bass stated. reflect on the fact that South L.A., East L.A., to declare a state of “If we are going to my mother and father the East Valley. We emergency on homeless- bring Angelenos inside were able to buy a home know our mission. We ness. My emergency and move our city in a in Los Angeles for their must build housing in declaration will recog- new direction, we must family of six with one every neighborhood,” nize the severity of our have a single strategy to paycheck,” Bass said in Bass said. crisis and break new unite our city and county her inaugural speech.

The new mayor then ground to maximize our Continued on page 5

Small Arkansas city elects youngest Black mayor in U.S. history

Mayor-elect Jaylen Smith

by Stacy M. Brown, election victory.

NNPA Newswire senior According to the national correspondent 2020 U.S. Census, Earle At 18, Jaylen Smith is a small city of 2,164 recognizes the need for residents just 28 miles civic involvement. west of Memphis, He believes his small Tennessee. According to city of Earle, Arkansas, the Encyclopedia of would benefit from Ark-ansas, Earle was improved public safety named after Englishmeasures and less born Josiah Francis blight.

Earle, who had land Smith will now have holdings in the area. the chance to implement Earle had served in those improvements the Mexican War and after becoming the with the Arkansas miliyoungest Black mayor tia and regular in America.

Confederate cavalry He earned that dis- during the Civil War. tinction by defeating his ollowing the war, friend, Nemi Matthews, Earle became active in Sr. who works as the the Ku Klux Klan, and city’s street superintend- on one occasion in ent.

Memphis, he was res“I’m your newly cued by Klansmen elected mayor, and it’s before he could be exetime to build,” Smith cuted by hanging. said following his Dec. 6 Earle died in 1884

and left his considerable holdings to his wife and four children. When the railroad through Earle was built in 1888, Earle’s widow constructed a small depot to encourage trains to stop there. She named it for her late husband.

The most recent train depot was built in 1922 and was abandoned when passenger and freight stops were discontinued in the 1960s.

The old depot now operates as the Crittenden County Museum.

Today, the city has an unemployment rate (5.8%) below the national average and enjoys recent job growth.

The cost of living in the predominantly Democratic city is nearly 27% lower than the national average, and the median home cost is $68,400. Additionally, Earle Public Schools spend $13,778 per student, about $1,300 more than the average school expenditure in the United States.

“It’s time to build a better chapter of Earle, Arkansas,” Smith stated.

He said he intends to improve public safety, tear down abandoned houses, and open a new grocery store.

“You’re never too young to want to make a difference in your community,” Smith said.

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Walgreens launches free Paxlovid delivery services with DoorDash and Uber

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After the pharmacy has able to anyone who “The COVID-19 filled the prescription lives within 15 miles of pandemic has exacer- and before it gets participating Walgreens bated health disparities picked up, individuals locations, the majority and emphasized the can go online to select of Americans have need to address long- Same Day Delivery by access to this program, standing barriers, visiting <Walgreens. about 92% of the popu- including access to com/PrescriptionDelive lation. treatments,” said Anita ry>, the Walgreens app This initiative is Patel, PharmD, vice or by calling their store. aimed at increasing president, pharmacy This initiative is the access to COVID-19 services development, latest offering in an treatment, with a focus Walgreens. “Our phar- ongoing collaboration on reaching those in macy teams will con- between Walgreens, socially vulnerable or tinue to play a trusted DoorDash and Uber to medically underserved and essential role in Continued on page 5

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Cancer: My journey in time

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by Wanda Clay “It's not any fun in being sick but I realize so many people are much worse off than I am. As I left another doctor's appointment Tuesday I got a call about a 36 year old female who doctors are referring to Hospice Care. Imagine that just 36 years of age with 6 young children and doctors say less than a few months to live,” stated Pastor Enoch Fuzz.

Oftentimes there are people who feel sorry about their situation. Yet, there are some times when it is almost impossible to recognize how prayer, technology and care can turn a medical situation around. The Rev. Enoch Fuzz, pastor of Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church has been living with stage four lung cancer for a couple of years now.

The word, “cancer,” is enough to bring on all

types of issues, beginning with the individual’s thoughts of sorrow about what that really means in one’s lifestyle.

Fuzz said, “Yes my back pain is excruciating and stage 4 lung cancer is frightening, but this is no longer a death sentence. I'm be OK. gonna Throughout my good days and bad days. I'm gonna get well.”

As a pastor, Rev. Fuzz continues to encourage his congregation and his community with ministry and witness. He exemplifies the attitude that encourages acceptance and how faith works with prayer and positivity towards his situation. He uses this constant reminder saying, “Though I struggle and get out of breath tryna put on my shoes, there are people who don't have feet to put on a shoe. So I'm reminded to keep that positive

outlook. There's someone else who'd love to be in my shoes.”

Pastor Fuzz is always in continuous prayer for you and this world and he ends his thoughts today as he encourages everyone to continue to pray, “I'm here to say, be grateful because there's someone else who's worse off than you.”

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December 16, 2022

Conflicting views following Deion leaving JSU

by William T. Robinson, Jr. As everyone probably knows by now, Deion Sanders has made the decision to further his career by leaving Jackson State University and accepting a position as head coach at the University of Colorado.

His decision has been met with a myriad of feelings ranging from praise, indifference, disappointment, to downright hate and hostility from the Black community. These conflicting feelings may spurn from Deion’s monumental success in bringing attention to HBCU football, especially in having their athletic football programs getting rightfully due recognition.

Some feel Deion’s decision to go to Colorado will diminish the rise and attention now being given to HBCU football as well as HBCUs on a national level. Deion has brought national attention to the importance and worth of HBCU football and demanded better financial support for these institutions, so they would be in a better position to compete with wealthy powerhouse PWIs (Predominantly White Institutions).

There is no question that HBCUs’ football

has benefited from the exposure and recogniheralded by tion Sanders. He has done such a great job that you find some Blacks who feel his departure from JSU going to a PWI powerhouse will undermine all the work he did in opening the door to spawn HBCUs football recognition and acceptance—especially as it relates to financial compensation from endorsements, sponsorships, and national TV coverage.

Some people who feel hurt or disappointed compare his actions to opening a door to receive the light then abruptly slamming that door. These people question his motives and paint him as an opportunist whose only interest is in himself. They literally cry, “We have been played.” But they should see all the positive results gained from Deion’s involvement.

How can they say that he played HBCUs only for his own benefit?

However you may feel about Deion, you cannot diminish his role as a mentor, motivator and positive role model for young Black men.

That goes without saying. His messaging was influential in Black athletes supporting or considering HBCUs. He lit-

erally helped kick start a resurgence of Black athletes as well—not to mention Black students opting to go to HBCUs. He changed the landscape of JSU and the city of Jackson for the better.

That is irrefutable. JSU has a new field and a winning team. Deion helped to revitalize the city of Jackson even with the water problem they were having. He changed the trajectory of how HCBU football is looked at nationally, and brought College Day to JSU. These are unprecedented accomplishments and blessings that warrant praise and thanks that cannot be refuted.

Right or wrong you cannot dismiss what Deion has done to promote and highlight JSU and HBCUs. Some even perceive him as being ‘heaven sent.’ Maybe his time at JSU was over (his contract was only for three years), and he is destined for even greater things. Many of his supporters don’t think he has abandoned supporting HBCU football or HBCUs and may be in an even better position to bring light and support to them.

The media may be presenting Deion in a bad light by saying that many Blacks hate him.

However, the feeling is

more of being disappointed or hurt because of the phenomenal job he has done. The word ‘hate’ is such a strong word and may be intentionally used to divide the Black community as pertains to Deion.

Many of his supporters find themselves conflicted in their feelings.

They are happy for him but sad that he is leaving. Those who are angry may feel he is a hypocrite who sold Black athletes and the Black community a bill of goods about supporting HBCUs. Then he did an about face.

Originally, his messaging was that Black athletes should consider and support HBCUs over PWI powerhouses. He came across for many as the ‘messiah’ who was going to help save and promote Black athletes and other Black students, encouraging them to come home and support their own institutions.

Many feel his departure will cause a dismantling of the enthusiasm, excitement, and attention he generated for HBCU football and HBCUs as well. It is realistic to assume that many of his top recruits will follow him to Colorado.

It would be under-

standable that feelings and emotions are running all over the place in the Black community, especially from those who feel Deion hasn’t stayed long enough to fully elevate HBCUs to the level he once spoke of. One must also understand HBCUs’ alumni and their students have a fierce loyalty to HBCUs that supersedes other Black alumni or students at PWIs. In all fairness to Deion, we should remember he is a man with dreams and aspirations. He shouldn’t have to apologize for bettering himself and reaching for his dreams. Isn’t that what we drill into our children, only with the caveat of considering ‘what if one gained the world only to lose one’s soul?’ Dion is well off monetarily, so one shouldn’t conclude he sold out for the money.

But even if the money was a factor, isn’t he entitled to go for his dreams with our blessing?

Maybe Deion’s only mistake is that he did his job so well with uplifting JSU and awareness to HBCUs’ football that his departure rattles our emotions—and for some causes a loss of hope.

Regardless of how one may feel at this time,

William T. Robinson, Jr. let’s congratulate Deion on a job well done and give him our blessings in his new role. We cannot conclude that Deion is through as an ambassador for HBCU football.

Whether we see it or not, he may be in a better position to promote and bring more attention to HBCUs’ greatness.

Deion is only one man. We must realize that there is too much resonating greatness from HBCUs to minimize the continued rise of such prestigious institutions to one man.

Deion did a great job, but HBCUs will continue to grow on their own merit. It is up to the Black community to put our energy, monies and voices to promote our HBCUs. Maybe we should stop looking for someone else to make a difference when we can make the difference.

Proposed Journalism Competition Preservation Act’s negative impact on small minority-owned newspapers

by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. In September, lawmakers in Washington rushed through major legislation that would reward massive, legacy media corporations at the expense of smaller community-focused and minority-owned newspapers.

While the Journalism Competition Preservation Act (JCPA) is meant to protect publications like those in the National Newspaper Publishers Association, it would ultimately threaten our ability to inform our communities, line the pockets of massive media conglomerates and hedge funds, and lead to the proliferation of harmful misinformation. Good intentions sometimes have negative and counterproductive consequences.

The goal to foster quality, local journalism and journalist jobs is well-intentioned. Local news outlets provide Americans with important information about the political, economic and cultural issues that matter to them. The news industry has reached an inflection point, and much work is

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. still needed to secure a bright and sustainable future for minorityowned publications.

Newspaper employment has fallen by 70% in the past 15 years, and 20% of America’s counties are at risk of becoming news deserts. The top 25 media chains now own a third of all U.S. newspapers. Thousands of newspapers have been acquired by hedge funds and private equity firms like Alden Global Capital or by media behemoths like Gannett, Lee Enterprises and McClatchy. For these media companies, a local newspaper is an asset for profit, not a valuable source of local information. Big media chains acquire newspa-

While a number of conglomerates are scooped into the bill, true independent or small newspapers are explicitly excluded from the legislation because the bill says that an eligible publisher must earn more than $100,000 per year. pers, lay off journalists and staff, drive down wages and shutter publications forever—as they spend millions on executive salaries and stock buybacks.

Now these same media companies and hedge funds are a step closer to receiving huge payouts, without any

accountability or transparency to direct funds to local journalism and journalists. The JCPA would require tech platforms to carry and pay any eligible news publisher for ‘access’ to content. While this may, again, seem well intentioned at first look, upon deeper inspection the

law defines ‘access’ so broadly it will require payment for simply crawling a website or sharing a link. Similarly, while a number of conglomerates are scoped into the bill, true independent or small newspapers are explicitly excluded from the legislation because the bill says that an eligible publisher must earn more than $100,000 per year.

Many African American and other BIPOC news outlets are independently owned.

Furthermore, these news outlets have developed and grown their audiences because mainstream media publications excluded the perspectives of minority voices.

The Black Press built our own news outlets to support our own voices.

As a result, this legislation would only further reinforce harmful racial exclusion trends, rather than actually help smaller local publications like those in the NNPA. Similarly, recent amendments to the bill requiring non-discrimination would require platforms to carry and pay for hate speech and

objectionable content that could be harmful to BIPOC communities. If passed, the JCPA would boost misinformation and extremist content.

News publications from either side of the aisle that support extremist views will not only receive money, but tech platforms will be required to carry them on their services.

This will make it even harder for platforms to moderate harmful and false content. We know that communities like ours will suffer most.

Congress and the Senate should reject the current draft of the JCPA and go back to the drawing board on real solutions for America’s local news problems—solutions that benefit all Americans, instead of just giving handouts to the biggest media corporations in the nation.

(Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is president/CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) based in Washington, D.C. representing the interests of the Black Press of America since 1940.)

To be equal: House Oversight Committee’s revelations are merely tip of Trump’s ‘iceberg of graft’ the opportunity to funnel ing in his properties full- trees, $7,700 for a mulate a strategy to catered dinner for 30 undervalue his parents’ taxpayer funds into his time.

The records released (more than $250 a plate) real estate holdings by private business was Donald Trump’s primary by the Oversight Com- and more than $1,000 in hundreds of millions of motivation for seeking mittee, which cover liquor for a White House dollars on tax returns, sharply reducing the tax the presidency. What is more than $1.4 million staff meeting.

Eric Trump, execu- bill when those propercrystal clear, however, is in self-dealing, are merethat he took every oppor- ly the tip of Trump’s tive vice president of the ties were transferred to Organization, him and his siblings.” tunity to do just that— ‘iceberg of graft.’ The Trump Ironically, the fortune and lied about it along cost to the taxpayer of falsely claimed the busitax dodges, deceit, and ness was required by law Trump inherited (and the way.

The House Oversight self-dealing by Trump’s to charge the federal largely squandered) was Committee revealed that family and companies government, and that built on taxpayer-funded the Trump Organization reaches into the hun- government employees subsidies and loans of

by Marc H. Morial, were charged only “like the very kind he sought charged the Secret Serv- dreds of millions.

President/CEO, A Washington Post 50 bucks” per night for to eliminate as president. ice up to $1,185 per National Urban Shortly after President night for hotel rooms investigation found that hotel rooms.

League But Trump’s fleecing Franklin D. Roosevelt “The exorbitant rates used by agents protect- Trump’s company raked charged to the Secret ing Trump family mem- in at least $2.5 million in of the American taxpay- created the Federal taxpayer money and er did not begin with his Housing Administration Service and agents’ fre- bers.

That’s five times the $5.6 million in campaign presidency. According to in 1934, Trump’s father, quent stays at TrumpFred Trump, used FHA owned properties raise government rate and funds during his presi- The New York Times: “He and his siblings loans to build apartment significant concerns nearly 24 times the $50- dency—an incomplete about the former presi- a-night rate the Trump accounting, as several set up a sham corpora- buildings.

During World War II, dent’s self-dealing and Organization claimed to federal agencies refused tion to disguise millions to turn over records to of dollars in gifts from he built more than 1,000 may have resulted in a be charging. their parents, records, apartments for the Navy Trump visited his the Post. taxpayer-funded windThe Trumps’ illicit and interviews show. at taxpayer expense. fall for former President own properties more Trump’s struggling busi- than 500 times during taxpayer-funded wind- Records indicate that After the war, he sold nesses” – House Over- his presidency, and the fall included exorbitant Mr. Trump helped his apartments to returning sight Committee Chair- Trump Organization has overcharges like $2,600 father take improper tax veterans, funded by the woman Rep. Carolyn B. continued to bill the per night for a house at deductions worth mil- G.I. Bill. The elder Secret Service since he Mar-a-Lago, $50 per lions more.

Trump’s taxpayer-bolMaloney.

He also helped for- stered wealth backed the It’s not clear whether left office and began liv- palm for decorative palm The editorials on this page do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the publishers or staff of

major real-estate project that launched Donald Trump’s own career.

As president, Trump proposed the largest retrenchment of federal housing aid since the U.S. Housing Act was enacted in 1937.

Trump has not been accused of breaking any laws with the brazen bilking of the taxpayers revealed this week. But presidents (even expresidents) should be held to a higher standard than ‘technically legal’ and the House Oversight Committee’s work should result in safeguards to prevent future presidents from abusing the power of the office for personal gain.

(Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of <BlackPressUSA.com> or the National Newspaper Publishers Association.) this newspaper.

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Vanderbilt Poll... from page 1 economy, education and climate change, among other topics.

Registered voters in Tennessee, it appears, are uninterested in a repeat of the 2020 presidential election, Geer and Clinton said. Among all registered voters surveyed, only 36 percent want Trump to run for U.S. president—an 8 percent decline from the December 2021 Vanderbilt Poll. Only 22 percent think President Joe Biden should run for reelection.

Perhaps of greatest relevance are the divisions emerging among Republicans in the GOP stronghold of Tennessee.

When asked, 34 percent of Republicans say they are “more of a supporter of the Make America Great Again, or MAGA, movement” than they are a “supporter of the Republican Party.” That so many Republicans think of themselves as more MAGA than classic supporters of the GOP has important implications, given the between differences MAGA and non-MAGA Republicans.

Consider the following: In a potential matchup between Trump and DeSantis, 60 percent of MAGA Republicans back Trump. Yet 66 percent of non-MAGA Republicans back DeSantis. This is a stark difference, according to the pollsters.

But it would be premature to think Trump cannot win the Republican nomination—the fact that he has a solid base of supporters among the MAGA vote could be a path to the nomination. Republicans use a winner-takeall system for allocating primaries. If the antiTrump vote is split among two or three candidates, the former president could have the support of enough delegates to capture the nomination.

“Trump’s support has waned, but there’s still a clear path for Trump to win the nomination,” Geer said. “The differences between MAGA Republicans and non-MAGA Republicans also pose a problem for Republicans as they try to govern over the next two years.”

Consider the follow-

ing: Only 21 percent of MAGA Republicans agree with the statement “Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential general election.” By contrast, 51 percent of nonMAGA Republicans believe Biden won.

Less than 40 percent of MAGA Republicans thought the 2022 midterm elections were counted fairly and accurately nationwide, compared to 62 percent of non-MAGA Republicans, 71 percent of Independents and 96 percent of Democrats.

Another key set of findings in the survey focused on public sentiment around access to abortion. The Supreme Court ruling in June in v.

Jackson Dobbs Women's Health Organization cleared the way for states to reshape abortion law in the U.S., nearly 50 years after the court protected abortion rights at the federal level in the Roe v. Wade decision.

The decision has sparked ongoing debate about the abortion issue—including in Tennessee, which recently revised its laws in response to the Dobbs decision. Despite this attention, however, few registered voters in Tennessee are aware of the current restrictions on abortion adopted by the state government. When asked to identify the statement that is closest to the current law in Tennessee, only 19 percent were able to identify it. Meanwhile, 36 percent said they did not know enough to say, and the remainder think the law is something different than what it is.

In regard to views about abortion, 75 percent think abortion should be legal in Tennessee if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. Support for such exceptions is strong regardless of partisanship—62 percent of Republicans, 78 percent of Independents and 93 percent of Democrats agree. That said, there is also strong support for abortion restrictions after 15 weeks, under some conditions. For this question, 69 percent of registered voters— including 88 percent of Republicans, 47 percent of Democrats and 62

percent of Independents—think “abortion should be illegal after 15 weeks except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother.”

Further, there is evidence that opinions toward abortion in Tennessean have changed, in part due to the Dobbs decision. In 2022, 37 percent of those surveyed said they were pro-choice, up 15 points from 2012, when only 22 percent favored prochoice policies. The support for a pro-life position dropped from 46 percent in 2012 to 36 percent in 2022.

Clinton said the three most notable themes from the 2022 poll results are suggestive of the challenges Republicans are facing—challenges consistent with their underwhelming performance in the 2022 midterms.

“I do think that this particular poll, unlike a lot of previous polls, speaks to some problems that are going on Clinton nationally,” said. “Our results show that the Republican Party is clearly divided, and Republicans are trying to figure out who they are and which issues they want to prioritize. We saw hints of this in the debates over the issue of abortion in various states and by comparing how well Republican statewide candidates did depending on how MAGA they were.

“Our poll reveals just how stark some of these differences are,” Clinton added. “While this is not as much of an issue in Tennessee, where the Republican party is extremely strong, the splits we find in Tennessee Republicans have important implications for how Republicans react nationally and in other states as they look forward to running the House of Representatives and trying to take back the White House in 2024.”

The Vanderbilt Poll is supported by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions at Vanderbilt University.

In 2015, the Vanderbilt Poll became a charter member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research’s Transparency Initiative.

Mayor Bass... from page 2 and engage the state, the federal government, the private sector and every other stakeholder. And so I call on our City Council, our City Attorney and City Controller, to continue the work we started during the transition on a unified and urgent strategy to solve homelessness. I call on the County of Los Angeles, with its authority over health, including

mental health and substance abuse, to lock arms with me. We have already started these discussions,” Bass told the crowd.

In a city of many challenges, Bass’ fouryear term will no doubt be eventful. But her long political resume and experience as a community activist and establishment actor in local, state and federal govern-

ment will no doubt be beneficial as she navigates policy over the next four years in office.

(Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent journalist and the host of the podcast Burkefile.

She is a political analyst who appears regularly on #RolandMartinUnfiltered. She may be contacted at <LBurke007@ gmail.com> and on twitter at @LVBurke.)

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Meharry Medical College... from page 1 "I am proud to renew Nashville's firm commitment to the nation's oldest and largest historically Black medical institution and to our safety net hospital Nashville General," said Mayor John Cooper.

"Meharry and Nashville General are at the center of our efforts to address health disparities in Nashville, and this new agreement sets the stage for that work to grow stronger in 2023. There is no better example of those efforts than Dr. Hildreth and Meharry's essential partnership with the city to help lead our response to the pandemic. I'm looking for-

ward to strengthening that partnership and moving forward together toward a more equitable future."

The 415,000 square foot property located on Albion Street was originally built to house Meharry's Hubbard Hospital. In the 1990s, the city negotiated a lease agreement with Meharry to relocate its safety net hospital from its location on Hermitage Avenue.

Following renovation, Nashville General Hospital reopened.

Meharry physicians and residents have treated patients at the hospital and its clinics for more

than two decades.

"This is an important day for Meharry and for our faculty, students and residents," said Dr. Hildreth. "The city of Nashville has been our home for 146 years, and we are proud to have played a critical part in caring for the community, especially during the pandemic when we tested, treated and vaccinated hundreds of thousands of Nashvillians.

This agreement demonstrates the commitment of Mayor Cooper and city leaders to Meharry, and we look forward to working together to create a healthier future for Nashville."

Brittney Griner... from page 1 Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio for a routine evaluation early last Friday.

Colas said Griner is unsure about her return to the WBNA, which is set to begin its regular season on May 19, 2023.

Griner played frequently in Russia during the WNBA offseason before her detainment.

“If she wants to play, it will be for her to

share,” Colas told ESPN. “She has the holidays to rest and decide what’s next without any pressure. She’s doing really, really well. She seems to have endured this in pretty incredible ways.”

But off the court, Griner’s life has been changed forever. Reintegrating into daily life may be challenging for the basketball pro, a

U.S.-based executive who was held abroad for years told CNN. “She’s reintegrating into a world that has changed for her now.

From a pure security standpoint, she’s not going to be able to move in the world the way she did,” Colas said.

“It’s not a fate that she asked for, but I think she’s going to try to utilize her fame for good.”

Paul Silas... from page 1 ing the then-San Diego Clippers starting in 1980. After spending more than a decade as an assistant, he returned to being a head coach and spent time with the Charlotte Hornets, the New Orleans Hornets, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Charlotte Bobcats.

He took four of those teams to the playoffs, winning exactly 400 games — 387 in the regular season, 13 more in the postseason.

Stephen Silas got into the NBA world when his father was coaching in Charlotte, starting as an advance scout and eventually serving as an assistant on his father’s staff with the Hornets in 2000. It took Stephen Silas two decades to get a chance to be a head coach, that coming when Houston hired him in 2020.

“My dad, obviously, he was my No. 1 mentor, someone who I could lean on, ask questions and he asked questions of me,” Stephen Silas said in a 2021 documentary produced by the Rockets about his coaching journey. “He really valued my opinion, which was kind of weird to me, me being so young and not having

much experience.”

Stephen Silas persevered for a long time before getting his big chance. He saw his father wait a long time for the job he wanted as well. Paul Silas was fired by the San Diego Clippers in 1983 and wouldn’t have a head coaching opportunity again until 1999 — coming when Dave Cowens, for whom Paul Silas was an assistant, stepped down in Charlotte after a 4-11 start to the shortened 1998-99 season.

“I stayed positive. I had a positive attitude,” Paul Silas told the Rotary Club of Charlotte while giving a speech there in 2013. “Even though I couldn’t get the job, I said, ‘No, I’m not going to be negative. I’m going to be positive.’”

Eventually, Silas would take over in Cleveland. He got there in 2003, the same year the Cavaliers drafted James.“I coached LeBron for two years, his first two years, and LeBron was unbelievable,” Paul Silas said.

“At 18 years old, he knew about Bill Russell, he knew about a lot of players who came through that most players his age don’t even

know. And he understood the game.”

In time, James would become a champion. It took Paul Silas a few years to get to that level as a player as well.

He was a five-time All-Defensive team selection who averaged 9.4 points and 9.9 rebounds in 16 seasons with the St. Louis and Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix, Boston, Denver and Seattle. Silas won two titles with the Celtics — the first coming in his 10th season as a player — and claimed a third with the SuperSonics. At 36, he was then the NBA’s oldest player when he retired. And as the union president, Silas oversaw a time where rosters grew, salaries rose and benefits improved.

“Respected by all those who encountered him throughout the NBA, we are grateful for his contributions to the game across a lifetime in basketball,” the Suns said Sunday.

Paul Silas played his college basketball at Creighton, averaging 20.5 points and 21.6 rebounds in three seasons. He was voted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.

Sen. Akbari elected... from page 1 Fellow Tennesseans also won leadership roles in the group: Rep. Harold Love, Jr. (DNashville) was elected to serve as presidentelect; and Reps. Antonio Parkinson (D-Memphis)

and Torrey Harris (DMemphis) both won roles as ‘at large members’ of the executive committee.

The National Black Caucus of State Legislators serves as a

national network and advocate for public policy and action on critical issues affecting African Americans and other marginalized communities, according to its website.

Paxlovid delivery... from page 2 increase accessibility of life-saving treatments to medically underserved and und-errepresented areas, following the companies’ response to the White House COVID-19 call to action to ensure a safe and healthy winter.

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YWCA receives... from page 3 YWCA will also develop and offer up to six community presentations per year to assist men and/or boys in developing healthy relationships, challenging social norms that support violence against women and girls AMEND Together was launched by YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee in

2013 as was previously called the MEND program.

The initiative currently serves boys and young men in 26 MNPS schools and community organizations.

The Nashville Predators are a long-time supporter of the program, and recently committed $100,000 to further this work.

The local program was rebranded as AMEND Together – empowered by the Nashville Predators this past October.

In 2020, AMEND Together expanded to serve youth at YWCA affiliates across the U.S. The program is currently active in nine different YWCAs across seven states.

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Faith of A Mustard Seed

by Barbara A. Woods Washington, M. Div. 40 years ago I was standing in the Pulpit of Gordon Road Church, Atlanta, as Pastor.

My first appointment after graduating Master of Divinity, Gammon Theological Seminary. It was such a great work that I’ll only take remembrance now of the Children and the Youth Ministries; at the moment in time of the “Atlanta Missing and Murdered Children’s Crisis”.

This whole thing that Dr. Thurman came to see is that ‘when knowledge comes’ “the between relations things are seen for the first time.” Not a small thing at all that this current ‘world wide web’ of ‘artificial intelligence’ is occupied with ‘4 Types of Knowledge Representation’; “Relational Knowledge” at the top of this list. But in dropping the ‘artificial’ from ‘intelligence’, so much has been written on the essence of ‘relational thinking’ where the individual life is constituted by seeing and understanding their relationships to some things other than themselves.

I am reminded of this major cognition gained as Pastor: Five generations of Family life... living... in the Church... or not! A relational knowledge that matters far too little in our current existence. But, ‘when knowledge comes’ “the between relations things are seen for the first time.”

I have in the last year, built a line of TShirts with 400+

Barbara A. Woods Washington, M. Div. designs. (Talk about God in Creation)! The Catalogue is HBCU themed. The knowledge gained in studying the histories of each school is beyond spiritual enormity.

Observing, again this thing “Education is legislation”. The 1954 “Brown vs. The Board of Education” resulted in the closing of 12 Community HBCU and Junior Colleges in the state of Florida alone by the time of the Civil Rights Act. West Virginia had 3 HBCUs. “Brown” brought integration to two, West Virginia State and Bluefield State with an influx of white students.

The 3rd, Storer College was shut down in 1955. Talk about a loss of knowledge... Storer College, Harper’s Ferry, WV. Some things are said at every opportuniWhen I began ty. teaching Philosophy of Religion, I soon came to terms with the warfare; much akin to warfare in the Church’s Bible Study Classes.

Knowledge... came... to see that this was the very first public religion course that every single one of us has had... AND on the College Level!

So this ‘Knowledge of Salvation as Bible identified in the Christmas texts IS... Life!

The songs of the Church continues to resonate for me to give the understanding that my ancestors transmitted through their faith.

“We have heard the joyful sound... Jesus Saves. Jesus Saves.

Spread the tidings all around, Jesus Saves.

Jesus Saves.” My people are destroyed for lack of Knowledge — of Salvation.

This “Knowledge of Salvation” is a story yet untold! So Imma just repeat the Christmas Story from last week’s column... in continuation of the Season: “To consider Knowledge being Biblical is to first look to see where it is located in scripture. Starting out with the First Chapter of Luke. WOW. What a Word to receive in this Christmas Season.

“And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord”. And Elizabeth also gives birth to a son which folk want to know why she chose the name John? “None of your kindred is called by that name”.

As this text unfolds, John’s Father, Zachariah is filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied “And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,”. of “Knowledge Salvation” — for Christmas!”

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Faithful Utterances Secrets that are not safe

by Dr. Froswa Booker-Drew This summer, a childhood friend called me to inform me about the death of a mutual friend.

I was stunned. Although I hadn’t seen her in years, I was saddened by the loss. She was known in her community for being so kind, a prayer warrior and so generous with her time and resources. She was so young—I wondered if something was wrong, if she had been ill—there had to be a reason someone so young passed away.

It was days ago that I discovered that her death was due to suicide.

Someone who had been helping others, making sure that everyone was good and was always happy, encouraging and supportive to others felt that she could not go on any further. It was easier for her to take her life than to go through whatever she was experiencing.

The pain and loneliness that one must go through to even con-template taking their life must be agonizing. It’s easy to talk about why someone shouldn’t do this and that it is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

Yet, in the midst of the pain, sometimes people need more than our lip service and our prayers. Sometimes people need to know that we see them, that they are loved and that there are safe spaces for them to be vulnerable and open about what they are going through.

If the church is a hospital for our souls, then there is a disconnect in many congregations across the country. We are not treating people with the care and concern that they need to

live life abundantly. It’s like going to the grocery store to purchase food to go home with tires. It might be something worthy and useful, but it isn’t what I need.

We must create the space to check-in with others. It’s more than the small talk but being intentional about listening deeply.

It’s allowing spaces that support and sustain instead of offering judgement and condemnation because their issues are not yours.

A recent article in USA Today discusses another secret that many churches will not address either—HIV and AIDS. The article states there were 7,000 women diagnosed with HIV in 2018 and Black women made up more than 4,000 cases, the CDC says.

Overall, 1 in 9 women are unaware they have the virus. For many women, when they discover they have the virus, they are embarrassed and ashamed because of the stigma that goes along with being diagnosed.

Hiding secrets and not having a place to release one’s pain is killing us on so many levels. What would happen if we created spaces for transparency in our homes, relationships, churches and communities? What would happen if people could open up and share what they are feeling, are going through and feel safe in being honest about their struggles? What if we could offer the help that people needed in our congregations and communities instead of ignoring their cries with replies of “just pray about it.”

Secrets keep us in the dark. “No one after light-

Dr. Froswa Booker-Drew ing a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.”

(Luke 8:16 ESV) Are our congregations contributing to the darkness? Is it possible that we are not sharing the light of love with others that they would rather suffer in silence?

We have a real opportunity to love others well so that there are not more situations like the ones I’ve witnessed and experienced.

We can embrace others in love so that they don’t feel the need to hide their pain. They can feel heard, get help, and trust that their secrets are safe with us. “A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.” (Proverbs 11:13) Check on those you love, especially the strong ones. Sometimes the weight is too heavy in carrying everyone else’s secrets.

Dr. Froswa’ BookerDrew is the CEO of Soulstice Consultancy and the founder of the Reconciliation and Restoration Foundation (r2fdn.org).

She is the author of 4 books including Empowering Charity: A New Narrative of Philanthropy (Baylor University Press) and the host of the Tapestry podcast.

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expressions of faith Do you remember?

by Bishop-elect Dr. Monterey D. Lee, Sr. “You saw the great work of the Lord, you feared the Lord, and believe the Lord and the Man of God. The children of Israel dwelt in the wilderness for 40 years for not trusting God. All that God did for you, yet you did not remember. The Lord brought you into the land of the Amorites, and gave you their land as they fought with you; I destroyed them before you. Balak the son of Zippor, King of Moab, arose and warred against you, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you, but your God would not hear him and He blessed you. Do you remember? You went over Jordan, and came to Jericho and the men of Jericho fought against you. The Amorites, the Canaanite, the Hittites, and others that came against you and God delivered them into your hand. Do you remember? He sent the hornets before you, which drove them out, the two kings of the Amorites. Not with your sword or your bow, but God gave you a land for which you did not labour. Do you remember?” Exodus 14:31.

In vs. 3, God took you.

In vs. 4, God gave you.

In vs. 5, God sent

you.

In vs. 6-8, God brought you.

In vs. 10, God would not listen to you.

In vs. 11, He delivered you.

In vs. 12, He gave you more.

In vs. 13, He gave you a land for which you did not labour and cities which you did not build, and vineyards and oliveyards you did not plant.

Now hear the Lord, and serve Him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the 2000 gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve the Lord. If it seems evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom you will serve; the gods which your fathers served or the gods or the Amorites, in whose land you dwell, but for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. The Nation promises to worship and obey the Lord.

Look at Joshua's decision: “...as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua's decision made no hesitation.

Joshua's decision meant that he lived above the evil influence of others.

Joshua's decision was deep, clear, fixed, wellgrounded. Joshua's decision was openly made.

Joshua's decision was carried out, and Joshua's

Bishop-elect Dr. Monterey D. Lee, Sr. decision was kept through his whole life.

We will serve the Lord and serve the Lord only.

The Israelites answered and said, ‘God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods; for the Lord our God, He is the one that brought us up and out of our father’s land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way we went, and all people through whose lands we traveled through. The Lord drove out before us all the people including the Amorites whose land we now live in. We too will worship the Lord, because He is our God and we are His people.

‘It is the Lord our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt. We will serve the Lord, for He is our God. ‘We do remember.’

Nashville PRiDe Directory of Churches 40th Avenue Church of Christ 616 40th Avenue North Nashville TN, 37209 www.40thavecoc.com Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Bible Study: Wed. 7:00 p.m. & Thurs 11:00 a.m.

(615) 329-2325 Min. Dr. Charles A Beaman

Greater St. John Baptist Church 2200 26th Ave, No. Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 263-9450 Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Herbert T. Brown, pastor

Gordon Memorial United Methodist Church 2334 Herman Street Nashville, TN 3728 Church of Scientology & 615-329-2779 Celebrity Centre Sunday School @ 8:45am Nashville Sunday Worship @ 1130 8th Ave S 10:00am Nashville, TN 37203 Bible Studies: Monday 615-687-4600 7 days a week Thursday @ 6pm; with Service every Wednes days @ 12 noon Sunday at 11AM gordonmemorialumc.org scientologyRev. Dr. Paula B. Smith, ccnashville.org Pastor Senior Pastor: Rev. Brian Fesler Jefferson Street MBC 2708 Jefferson Street Clark Memorial Nashville TN 37208 United Methodist Church 615-329-2990 1014 14th Ave. North Morning Worship: Nashville, TN 37208 10 a.m.

Ph: (615) 329-4464 Rev. Aaron X. Marble, FAX: (615) 321-0975 pastor Sunday Worship: 8:00 a.m./10:45 a.m.

John Wesley UMC Herbert Lester, Jr.,pastor 901 Benton Avenue clarkumcnashville.org 615-298-2019 Cleveland Sunday worship Street MBC 8am/11am 608 Cleveland Street Daniel M. Hayes, Sr. Nashville, TN 37207 pastor 615-227-1149 jwesleyumc@ Sunday Worship: bellsouth.net 10:45 a.m./9:15 http://jwesleyumc.org/ Church School clevelandstreet Lake Providence MBC baptist@comcast.net www.clevelandstreet 5891 Nolensville Pike baptistchurch.com Nashville, TN 37211 Dr. Donald Snead, pastor (615) 833-5539 Sunday worship: Corinthian Missionary 8am/11am Baptist Church Rev. H. Bruce Maxwell, 819 33rd Avenue N. pastor Nashville, TN 37209 (615) 977-6855 The Living Word Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship International Church 11:00 a.m.

5100 Wyoming Ave. Wed. Worship: 7:30 PM Nashville, TN 37209 Rev. Enoch Fuzz, pastor 615-297-7437 Worship Times: Ezra Emmanuel 11:00 a.m. 7 p.m.

Ministries (1st & 2nd Sun.) 2606 Union Hall Rd. Bishop Adebanjo Clarksville, TN 37040 thelivingwordcogic.com www.ezraemmanuel min.org 9 a.m. Sunday worship Mt. Lebanon MBC 6 p.m. Wednesday 222 Franklin Lime Hr of Empowerment Stone Rd. 931-378-1092 11:00 a.m.

Overseer Danelle M. worship service Stephens 615-596-0456 jamesgreen@yahoo.com Gospel United Rev. James J. Green, Missionary Baptist Church pastor 3700 Fairview Dr. Nashville, TN 37218 Mt. Vernon MBC 615-876-7022 1022 New 9:30 Sunday School Providence Pass Sunday Worship: Madison, TN 37115 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11 a.m.

Pastor Carlos A. Jones 615-860-0213

Bishop Willie Joy, pastor mtvernon1022@cocast.net Nehemiah Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Thomas E. Hunter, Sr. 916 16th Avenue North Nashville, TN 37208 615-942-5261 Sunday School:9:00am Sunday Service: 10:00am Tues. Bible Study:6:30pm nehemiahmissionary baptistchurch.com New Salem A.M.E. Church 1800 4th Ave. N. Nashville, TN 37208 615-964-7246 Sunday Worship 11 a.m.

Pastor Eddie L. Sneed Payne Chapel AME Church 212 Neil Avenue (615) 262-3675 Sunday Worship: 10 am Rev. W. Antoni Sinkfield Schrader Lane Church of Christ 1234 Schrader Lane Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 329-0950 Sunday Worship: 7:45/10:15 a.m./5:00 p.m.

Robert Gardenhire, Pastor Spruce Street Baptist Church 504 Spruce Street Nashville, TN 37203 Worship at 11 a.m.

(615) 329-4105 Pastor Raymond Bowman St. John A.M.E. Church 1822 Formosa Street Nashville, TN. 37208 (615) 320-1026 sainjohname@aol.com Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

Rev. Lisa Hammonds St. Luke A.M.E. Church 355 Blythe Ave. Gallatin, Tenn. 37066 615-452-3137 Sunday School 9:15 am Sunday Worship 10:30 am Rev. Dr. Barbara J.Crawford St. Matthew MBC 2412 Osage Street (615) 329-0173 Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

Rev. W.B. Armstrong, pastor St. Paul A.M.E. Church 3340 W. Hamilton Ave. Nashville, TN 37218 (615) 876-7219 Rev. Harold Moses Love, Jr. www.stpaul-amec.com Word of Life Christian Center International 4100 Clarksville Pike Nashville, TN 37218 (615) 876-3086 Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Rev. Alexander Arthur

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Movie Reviews: Avatar: The Way of Water

by Dwight Brown film critic for and NNPA News Wire (****) It’s more than you can possibly imagine. A fantasy world so vivid and real it commands your full attention for 3h 12m. And when it’s done, you’ll still want to linger in this heightened state of make believe.

You’d think after creating The Terminator, Aliens, Titanic and the ground-breaking Avatar writer/director that James Cameron had put all his creative cards on the table. But no, he’s just getting started. He’s so juiced up, he’s concocted premises and storylines for Avatar 3, 4, and 5. For now, he’s completed the sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, the most astounding film of the year.

Credit Cameron, his cowriting team (Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver) and fellow producers for thinking out of the box in the most technologically advanced and spiritual ways. But the real showstoppers are a complex stereoscopic 3D multicamera system (cinematographer Russell Carpenter), an AI process that captures actors’ movements, applies algorithms and then the layers of animation that bring the 3D-CG characters to life.

A crack visual effects team (Joe Letteri and Richard Baneham) expands an audiences’ conceptions of what tech wizardry can be. Evocative production design

creates a netherworld, (Dylan Cole and Ben Procter), wondrous colors dazzle (art directors Robert Bavin and crew) and exotic costumes mesmerize (Deborah L. Scott). The stunning visuals mean you’ll have to pry your eyeballs off the screen before leaving the theater.

Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), an ex-paraplegic Marine, morphed into a blue being, a Na’vi. He is now the head of the Omatikaya clan on the moon Pandora. He’s coupled with Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), and they parent their kids, Neteyam (Jamie Flatters), Lo’ak (Britain Dalton), Tuk (Trinity JoLi Bliss) and their adopted teenage daughter, Kiri (Sigourney Weaver) who feels out of place: “Why am I different?

All is well until human invaders, “The Sky People,” led by the monstrous Recom Col. Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), target him and his moon’s resources. Miles heads an elite team of soldiers who’ve been resurrected as recombinants (recoms). This menacing force infiltrates Pandora, threatens and chases Sully’s family and forces them to flee.

Sully: ‘I just want to keep my family safe.”

The Sullys seek refuge in the ocean-bound territories of the Metkayina clan. As they navigate the ways of the water, their presence arouses their new hosts’ suspicions. Danger shadows them.

The cast of Avatar The Way of Water.

The very engaging plotline, dotted with the Sully family’s perils, is never less than compelling and easy enough to follow, even with its plethora of characters and odd animals. If you miss a detail, it doesn’t matter, you’ll get the gist.

The only story device that becomes a nuisance is the children’s odd propensity to ignore their parent’s warnings and get themselves in trouble. It’s an overused ploy that makes you wish the writers had found other ways to put the family in jeopardy so someone could ride to an exhilarating rescue.

The adventure never stops. It’s measured out rhythmically, rarely giv-

ing your heart beat a chance to slow down.

The colors, creatures, settings, costumes, props, weapons and fights bombard you. During interludes, the family’s bonding with plants and animals becomes as amazing as the hardcore action scenes. That combination of kinetic energy and transcendental moments makes this film soar.

You want the Sullys to find peace. You fully understand that any bliss may come at a price for them and their protectors. Minutes then hours roll by, and when the film ends you only wish for more. That you could binge-watch Avatar for an entire weekend. And

with the future arrivals of chapters 3, 4 and 5, that will be a welcomed reality in years to come.

Hard to fathom what the cast did to make their characters’ movements so fluid. Filming under water brought them grace, but even their land scenes make them look like dancer/warriors. All, including Kate Winslet and Cliff Curtis (Once Were Warriors) as the heads of the Metkayinas, are incredible. However, Saldaña’s very primal interpretation of a mother/warrior is a standout performance from a group of actors who swing for the rafters with every emotion … fear, anger, jealousy, love, sadness, grief, relief, tri-

umph...

Cameron and his team have taken the art of film and fantasy to a new level. Nothing you’ve screened previously—not even the first Avatar—can prepare you for the images you will see, journey you’ll join and feelings that will envelope you. It’s the kind of experience that makes young audiences crave repeat viewings.

And with no other act/adv/fan films on the horizon, theaters will be packed with Na’vi devotees for months to come.

Expect this precious gem to develop into a $3bn goldmine. That estimate, unlike the film, will be well within everyone’s imagination.

Watch the 45th Kennedy Center Honors Dec. 28 in spirit, encouragement, and support. My heartfelt thanks go to the many people who have blessed my path by helping my talent to blossom and by giving me the chance to be heard. I am

The 45th class of Kennedy Center Honorees. Front row (l-r) Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, George Clooney, Tania León. Back row: members of the band U2. (Courtesy: www.kennedy-center.org)

By Cass Teague mount+. stand here with my fans, The John F. Kennedy David M., Kennedy my family, my friends, Center for the Perform- Center Chairman said my team, and my faith in ing Arts feted the 45th “in her 55-year music accepting such an amazHonorees for lifetime career, legendary singer ing distinction. artistic achievements in and America’s beloved It is dedicated to all a ceremony held recent- “Empress of Soul” those who paved the ly. The honorees are Gladys Knight went path for me to be able to acclaimed legendary from the Pips of Georgia accomplish the wondersinger of soul, Gospel, to Grammy® royalty, ful blessings I’ve been R&B, and pop Gladys showcasing a boundless able to receive. The Knight; Cuban-born vocal range and soulful- Kennedy Center’s comAmerican composer, ness that has stood the mitment to the arts is conductor, and educator test of time.” unparalleled and I am so Tania León; actor and “I’m humbled very grateful for this filmmaker George beyond words to be moment.”

Clooney; Christian and included amongst this Rubenstein later said pop singer-songwriter prestigious group of “a brave, young Cuban Amy Grant; and iconic individuals, both past refugee turned Pulitzer Irish rock band U2, com- and present,” said Prize-winning composer prised of band members Gladys Knight. “You and music ambassador, Bono, The Edge, Adam could never have told me Tania León has blessed Clayton, and Larry as a young girl starting America for more than Mullen Jr. my career that I would five decades with her Deborah F. Rutter, be honored on a stage astoundingly original Kennedy Center Presi- such as this, with artists compositions and condent, said, “For nearly a and humanitarians such tinues to be a major half-century, the as these—it just would- influence on classical Kennedy Center Honors n’t have seemed possi- music.” has represented the very ble. It would have been “Little did I imagine best of America’s cre- the dream of all dreams. when studying in La ative culture.” The event I have been blessed with Habana that life was took place Sunday, so much in my life and going to grace me with December 4th in the this certainly stands with such a distinction!” said Kennedy Center Opera those achievements at Tania León. “My first House, and will be tele- the top of that list. thoughts went to my vised Wednesday, To be honored as a ancestors: they believed December 28th at 7 pm Kennedy Center Hon- in my dreams, and what CST on CBS and oree is among the high- we lacked in material streaming on Para- lights of my career. I wealth, they made up for

incredibly humbled to join such a prestigious family of artists, and deeply grateful to the Kennedy Center for bestowing me with this incredible honor.”

Tune in Wednesday,

December 28 at 7 p.m.

CST as a star-studded #KCHonors lineup pays tribute to U2, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, George Clooney, and Tania León on CBS and Paramount+.

Journey across space and time. Ài > ` y `° , Ìà > ` ÀÕ Ã° Experience A Garden in the Flood, an exhibition featuring the work of transmedia artist Matthew Ritchie that includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, and a new video work with music composed by Hanna Benn and performed by the Fisk Jubilee Singers with their late music director, Dr. Paul T. Kwami.

THROUGH MARCH 5

Downtown Nashville, 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203 FristArtMuseum.org @FristArtMuseum #TheFrist #FristMatthewRitchie Organized by the Frist Art Museum This project is suppor ted in par t by the

With additional suppor t from our

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

PICASSO CIRCLE

and the

SANDRA SCHATTEN FOUNDATION The Frist Ar t Museum is suppor ted in par t by

Installation view of Matthew Ritchie: A Garden in the Flood, 2022, Frist Art Museum.

Photo: John Schweikert. © Matthew Ritchie

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