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Photo by Gloria Zuurveen Dr. Maya Angelou at the 1996 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) of Los Angeles & Martin Luther King, Jr., Legacy Association National Award. She was the recipient of the 1996 Humanitarian Contribution Award.
Maya Angelou, a Global Renaissance Woman, Passes at 86 Dr. Maya Angelou is one of the most renowned and influential voices of our time. Hailed as a global renaissance woman, Dr. Angelou is a celebrated poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Born on April 4th, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Angelou was raised in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. In Stamps, Dr. Angelou experienced the brutality of racial discrimination, but she also absorbed the unshakable
faith and values of traditional African-American family, community, and culture. As a teenager, Dr. Angelou’s love for the arts won her a scholarship to study dance and drama at San Francisco’s Labor School. At 14, she dropped out to become San Francisco’s first African-American female cable car conductor. She later finished high school, giving birth to her son, Guy, a few weeks after graduation. As a young single mother, she supported her son by working as a waitress and cook,
however her passion for music, dance, performance, and poetry would soon take center stage. In 1954 and 1955, Dr. Angelou toured Europe with a production of the opera Porgy and Bess. She studied modern dance with Martha Graham, danced with Alvin Ailey on television variety shows and, in 1957, recorded her first album, Calypso Lady. In 1958, she moved to New York, where she joined the Harlem Writers Guild, acted in the historic OffBroadway production of Jean
Grace Hopper STEM Academy (GHSA) Awards Marilyn Drown with Humanitarian Award at 1st Annual Ribbon Cutting and Dedication Ceremony By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief INGLEWOOD—The Grace Hopper STEM Academy (GHSA) located in Inglewood held its Ribbon Cutting and Dedication Ceremony honoring one of its premier benefactor and supporter, Marilyn Drown. Drown was the recipient of the First Annual GHSA Humanitarian Award. The award was bestowed on Drown in recognition of her commitment and support with a generous donation to help sustain the school and its STEM program with financial resources. Drown, a retired professional dancer, expressed her excitement as a supporter of the school. She said, “I am just thrilled to be a part of this school. It’s just an inspirational group of young women.” Drown said, when asked about her thoughts on the school being primarily for all girls
Genet's The Blacks and wrote and performed Cabaret for Freedom. In 1960, Dr. Angelou moved to Cairo, Egypt where she served as editor of the English language weekly The Arab Observer. The next year, she moved to Ghana where she taught at the University of Ghana's School of Music and Drama, worked as feature editor for The African
Review and wrote for The Ghanaian Times. During her years abroad, Dr. Angelou read and studied voraciously, mastering French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic and the West African language Fanti. While in Ghana, she met with Malcolm X and, in 1964, returned to America to help him build his new Organization of African American Unity. Please Angelou, page 10
Congresswoman Waters Remembers Dr. Maya Angelou Los Angeles, CA– Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) statement on the passing of Dr. Maya Angelou. She was 86 years old. "I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend, Dr. Maya Angelou, one of the most renowned and inspirational voices of our time. In a career that spanned over more than five decades, Maya was a celebrated author, poet, educator, producer, actress and filmmaker.
She was a phenomenal woman who shared her wisdom with the world, inspiring countless individuals and teaching us how to reach unity in the midst of division. "Maya was always very generous in responding to requests by her friends to make public appearances. I remember in response to a request from me to make an appearance at the Black Women's Forum in Los Please see Waters, page 3
Photo by Gloria Zuurveen Marilyn Drown, (center) with Grace Hopper STEM Academy Student Ambassadors on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. which focuses on the science and technology, “I think it’s wonderful. It think it is a very necessary step forward in education for young women to have this opportunity.” Before the ribbon cutting kickoff, the program began with
the invocation given by the Rev. Cecelia B. Justice of Bryant Temple A.M.E. Church and Dr. Corliss Richardson-McGhee, President, Inglewood Unified District School Board served as Mistress of Ceremonies. Please see Hopper, page 8
From L to R: Dionne Warwick, Maxine Waters, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Maya Angelou, Cicely Tyson, and Alexis Herman at Bill Clinton’s first inauguration. Courtesy of Johnson Publishing Company.
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Hello Readers, We’ve lost a giant in the literary field. Dr. Maya Angelou will be sorely missed by young and old alike. She has left some gigantic shoes to field in all aspect of life. She was certainly a phenomenal woman. We are to keep her son Guy in prayer as he prepares for this great occasion of his mother homegoing service. He will need to be comforted by the power of God and the prayers of the saints. I am truly blessed to have my mother, Alice Walker who is turning 80 years old on Monday, June 2, 2014. I wish her a Happy Birthday and look forward to seeing her. She has been a strong tower to nine children. I am amazed at how our parents did what they have done with so little. Here in our society today, we have more and seem to do less. I salute Mama and pray God bless her with many birthdays. We are to continue to pray for the families of the students at Santa Barbara. They will need the comfort of a living God in their lives to get through the tragic they have faced. Keep them in prayer.
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Vast Majority of Black Media Left Out of Tobacco Apology Ads Buys By McKenzie Jackson California Black Media Daniel Ash lit his first cigarette 13 years ago while playing a game of pool in a Jacksonville, N.C. bar. While the Woodland Hills, Calif. resident is grateful that the young lady who turned him on to smoking bore no resemblance to Joe Camel or the Marlboro Man, he admits that cigarette company advertisements played at least a small role in influencing his willingness to take up the habit. “I remember those advertisements,” said the 31-year-old Ash. “They weren’t the main reason I smoked, but I guess seeing them ... made it a little easier.” Seven years after Ash flicked away his smoking habit like a smoldering butt, a landmark court judgment is now requiring tobacco corporations — including Philip Morris USA, Altria Group, R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard — to buy “apology” advertisements in media outlets nationwide. In the ads, which are set to appear in print publications, on radio stations and in television broadcasts, the companies will admit to deliberately misleading the public about the deadly hazards of smoking. However, after being the focus of cigarette advertisements for decades, 90 percent of U.S. print publications geared toward AfricanAmerican readers will receive zero “apology” advertisements. No ads were purchased on black-owned radio stations. Out of 13 black-owned newspapers set to receive the ads, none are based in California. Dr. William H. Lee, owner and publisher of the Sacramento Observer, said it is regrettable that most readers of African-American publications will not see the apologetic ads. “We are in this day and age [and] they continue to overlook the black press — the press that really serves the African-American community with messages of importance,” said Lee, whose paper is distributed throughout the Sacramento metropolitan area. “The vehicles … that really service these communities are being overlooked.” The apology advertisements are set to come a decade after the Justice Department and the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund sued the major cigarette makers. In 2005, the largest tobacco manufacturers were found guilty of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act when they lied to the public about the harm and addictiveness of smoking. In 2006, U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler ordered the companies to halt those practices and design and purchase a series of full-page advertisements in newspapers and commercials on network television to air for a year during prime time. According to reports, the order will cost tobacco companies upwards of $45 million. Each corrective ad is to be prefaced by a statement that a federal court has concluded that the defendant tobacco companies "deliberately deceived the American public." Among the required statements are that smoking kills more people than murder, AIDS, suicide,
drugs, car crashes and alcohol combined, and that "secondhand smoke kills over 38,000 Americans a year." Across the nation, only 13 of 200 black-owned publications will carry the health conscious advertisements. Those papers are The Arizona Informant, the Denver Weekly News, the Inner-City News (Conn.), the Gary Crusader (Ind.), the Louisville Defender, Insight News (Minnesota), the St. Louis American, the Omaha Star, the Ohio City News, Black Chronicle (Oklahoma), the Portland Skanner, the Seattle Skanner, and the Milwaukee Courier. Lee said it is unclear why those publications were selected to run the ads. “There are a few black papers being utilized, but some of the areas I have never heard of,” he said. “[The apology ads] are in mainstream media, and there is nothing wrong with that. But they need make sure these hard-hit communities are serviced with messages, too.” According to the American Lung Association, since smoking among whites has declined, tobacco companies have targeted both African American and Hispanics with intensive merchandising — which includes advertising in media focused on black and Latino communities and sponsorship of civic groups and athletic, cultural, and entertainment events. “African-American communities have been bombarded with cigarette advertising,” the ALA website reads. “Since the signing of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) in 1998 through 2005, the average youth in the United States is annually exposed to 559 tobacco ads, every adult female 617 advertisements, and every African-American adult 892 ads. Money spent on magazine advertising of mentholated cigarettes, popular with African-Americans, increased from 13 percent of total ad expenditures in 1998 to 49 percent in 2005.” The harm caused by tobacco use affects all races, but according to 2008 statistics from the ALA, African-Americans suffer disproportionately from deadly and preventable diseases associated with smoking. Compared to Caucasians, blacks are 34 percent more likely to develop lung cancer even though they smoke at about the same rate. Big Tobacco has called the corrective statements "forced public confessions," designed to "shame and humiliate" them. A federal appeals court rejected efforts by the cigarette companies to overrule Kessler's ruling requiring the corrective statements, but they are still appealing the actual content of the advertisements. Lee, who has owned the Sacramento Observer since 1962, said cigarette makers’ forsaking of over 200 African American-controlled newspapers is another example of institutionalized racism in the advertising industry. “They have got to overcome that at some point in time, because the country is evolving into a country of color. And in our state, California, the majority [will soon be] people of color,” he said. It is wrong “to continue to overlook this underserved community with information that could be important to their livelihood [and] to the future of our country. Some strong cases can be made for … utilizing the minority media.”
Controlling the Money By James Clingman "Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws." – Mayer Amschel Rothschild I often wonder if most Black people in America really understand the across-the-board impact economics has on our daily lives. Or, have we just been beaten down so badly that we have fallen into a state of apathy when it comes to our collective pursuit of economic empowerment? The above quote by Rothschild always reminds me of the kind of nation and world in which we reside. It also makes me even more aware of Black folks' economic position in this country, and our lack of emphasis on what's really important vis-à-vis real power. What are the messages being given to Black people by many of our leaders? Well, they run the gamut from "civil rights" to "voting rights" to "gay rights" to "immigration reform" to someone calling one of us or all of us a name we don't like. Many unsuspecting Blacks are riled about issues that do not and will not affect us one iota when it comes to being able to obtain power for ourselves; and we spend an inordinate amount of time caught up in nonsensical discussions that only keep us from devoting ourselves to selfempowerment. Maybe we are simply unwilling to "pay the cost to be the boss," as B.B. King likes to say. Or, maybe the "cost of doing business" is just too high for us. Maybe we just want to continue to buy everything and anything other folks make and distribute rather than do those things for ourselves. Maybe we are just content to be the primary consumers in this nation. The engine of the U.S. economy is fueled by consumption, which is 70 percent of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and that does not include purchases of new housing. Our current GDP is more than $15 trillion. Do the math and see how much is being spent on goods and services. Doesn't it make sense for Black people to be producing and selling much more than we do presently? With an aggregate annual income of more than $1 trillion, we could carve out a few niches in the business world and make a veritable killing. When we look at per capita GDP by country, interestingly, we
see that Liberia ranks among the lowest in the world. Why? Well, I have writings from Booker T. Washington to the officials in Liberia and Haiti warning them to be independent and to take full advantage of their land and natural resources by maintaining ownership and control over them. He admonished them not to allow foreigners to buy their land and use it for their own economic advantage. Unfortunately, they did not follow Washington's advice, and Liberia ended up signing 100 year leases on its rubber tree plantations to Goodyear, and Haiti, now the poorest nation in the western hemisphere, failed to control its beautiful island and turn it into a primary tourist attraction. We are so hung-up on meaningless and powerless political discussions, and instead of mimicking even the smallest measure of what Rothschild said, we obviously keep thinking the politicians are going to take care of us. But they keep telling us things that will not move us forward economically. When it comes to economic advocacy, where is our voice in Washington? Let's be honest. Over the past 50 years, Black people have cast millions of votes. We have helped elect thousands of Black public officials – and White ones, too. In 2012, Black people voted at a higher rate than other minority groups and by most measures surpassed the White turnout for the first time. What has that gotten us, as it pertains to what Rothschild said? Suppose for the past 50 years we had cast our "little green ballots," as Booker T. directed us, to build our own economic infrastructure and support system. Had we done that, we too could say it does not matter who "writes the laws." We would be true political powerbrokers. Take reparations, in whatever form you support. What politicians in D.C. are seriously advocating for what Louis Farrakhan called, "Reparatory Justice?" John Conyers' bill has been languishing for decades now. The president says he does not support reparations for Black people, so where does that leave us? How about the political talking heads on TV? Are they devoting a serious amount of time talking about economic empowerment for Black people, or are they just trying to get us to vote a certain way? Wake up, Black folks! The cost of doing business requires commitment and sacrifice. The Rothschild's were ruthless and unethical, but they knew that economics runs politics. We can build an ethical and moral economic foundation, but we have to jettison our current way of thinking and take on an economic mindset.
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EDUCATION & COMMUNITY NEWS Blacks Must Have a ‘Seamless Path’ to a College Degree By Zenitha Prince From the AFRO A college education continues to be a chief conduit to economic parity for African Americans, according to a new report by the National Urban League. “Reports continue to demonstrate that the earnings of college grads over their lifetime are significantly higher than for those without,” said Chanelle P. Hardy, senior vice president for policy and executive director of the NUL’s Washington Bureau, during a call with reporters. “That’s why the economic policy priorities of the National Urban League are not only focused on job creation, entrepreneurship and closing the wealth gap, but also on ensuring that our students are able to access education and skills development throughout the course of their careers.” For example, in 2014, young African Americans were unemployed at a rate of 20.7 percent, compared to 17.5 percent among young Whites, Hardy cited. But, those numbers “improved dramatically with a college degree,” she added, to jobless rates of 13.1 percent for African American college graduates and 8 percent for their White peers. Given the advantageous impact of a college education on
Congresswoman Waters Remembers Dr. Maya Angelou (Continued from page 1) Angeles, she not only honored the request, but thrilled the audience by sharing her life experiences and encouraging the women to reflect on their own lives. Maya was a wise and spiritual woman who taught me valuable lessons about life and did not hesitate to compliment or criticize anyone. "Maya was also much more than a poet; she was an influential leader during the civil rights movement. She fought for social and racial justice by promoting the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King, Jr. and through her work with the Organization of AfroAmerican Unity, led by Malcolm X. "Dr. Angelou once said, 'I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." Indeed, she truly left her mark on all who knew her and I know her presence will be missed. Our nation is grateful for the legacy she has left behind and it will live on through her words and actions. My thoughts and prayers are with her son, Guy Johnson, and her entire family during this difficult time. "
Black prosperity, the NUL’s report, “From Access to completion: A Seamless Path to College Graduation for African American Students” sought ways to optimize Black tertiary education outcomes, officials said. The paper’s solutions focused on the federal Pell Grant program, which provided financial aid to over 9 million students in 20112012, including 62 percent of all African-American college students. “In this paper we explored to find the characteristics of the typical African-American student and make specific recommendations that will improve their college success rates, from access, retention to completion,” said Susie Saavedra, the NUL
Washington Bureau’s senior legislative director for education and health policy. The “typical” Black college attendee (65 percent) tends to be non-traditional or independent, meaning he or she is primarily an (older) employee who is balancing family and school. Independent AfricanAmerican undergraduates are more likely than others to be single parents (48 percent compared to 23 percent of Whites and 34 percent of Latinos); most are enrolled in two-year institutions (42 percent compared to 23 percent who are enrolled in fouryear institutions); another 27 percent are enrolled in private, for-profit institutions—a much larger percentage than for any
other group. Those qualities can create a barrier to accessing institutional, state and federal financial aid—which is often necessary for African-American students, who are more likely than other students to be lowincome and to have fewer family-financed contributions toward their education. “Despite having incomes that would qualify them for greater financial aid, we conclude that African American students are likely receiving less financial aid because they are enrolled lessthan-fulltime—a probable consequence of the delicate balance of college, work and family with which these students contend,” the report concluded. Those conditions also adversely impact retention and graduation rates. Among several solutions, the report recommended that the Pell Grant program be ramped up to fill the gap between rising tuition costs and decreasing state investment. “While the federal in-
vestment in the Pell Grant has grown, it has not kept up with tuition costs,” the report concluded. “So while the Pell Grant once financed nearly 75 percent of the cost of a public four-year college education it now covers just 31 percent of a student’s cost of attendance.” But financial aid is not enough. Institutions also need to create personalized wraparound services for students to boost achievement, as modelled by historically Black colleges and universities, the Urban League recommended. “Institutions that create a culture of completion for all students and couple this culture with a suite of personalized services that address barriers such students face, realize dramatic increases in the retention and graduation rates of their African American students,” the NUL report stated. “We believe this personalized approach to the college learning experience will help support the access, retention and completion of all students.”
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HEALTH & COMMUNITY NEWS Inglewood's Troubled Mortuary Ordered to Pay $50,000 for Not Notifying Family of Veteran's Burial LOS ANGELES - A judge today awarded $50,000 to a woman who sued an Inglewood mortuary, alleging her father was buried without the advance notification of his family. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Barbara Scheper issued the ruling in favor of Jamilah Pitts, who alleged breach of contract and negligence by Simpson's Family Mortuary. Testimony in the non-jury trial resumed today after a recess of about 1 1/2 months. The case centered on whether mortuary representative Reginald Black broke promises to the Pitts family that he would coordinate the burial at Riverside National Cemetery and keep the family informed. Pitts maintained
By Dean L. Jones, CPM Reversing junk food to food junk is done to simulate thought. Junk is a term that when not associated with the word food conjures up thoughts of rubbish, trash, useless, scrap, garbage, liter, refuse, and debris. Paradoxically, instead of saying junk food substituting rubbish food or debris food does not sound right. So if these synonymous terms for junk are accurate, it seems dim-witted to eat it. Even the two words placed together are oxymoronic since food means things like provisions and nutrition, which is totally contradictory to these aforementioned meanings for junk. Commonly compared are fueling our body to an automobile, where using something called junk petroleum, with zero octane, would never fly for the average car owner. Mainly because there would be no positive combustion, and in fact the car would die instantaneously. This analogy strikes the body the same from eating junk food, it is just that the ill-health occurs more slowly than how machines react to junk fuel. Somehow, we get away with ruining our health from over ingesting processed junk foods simply because death does not occur immediately upon eating. Nonetheless, eating junk over time takes its toll on the body, which shows up in the skyrocketing American obesity and disease rates. Everyone knows better, so why do we believe it is okay? The junk foodstuff snack makers are earning greater than $60 billion a year from America's junk food obsession Junk foodstuff uses ingredients that prey on a person's sugar and salt cravings. The processed sugar is the lure, but junk food hooks the eater with scientifically proven flavors and other sensory factors that addict the eater to repeat the experience again and again. The flavor grabbing monster works in direct contrast to how the body responds from ingesting whole foods. Nature makes it
Simpson's Family Mortuary was paid nearly $1,700 to bury her father Edward Pitts, a Vietnam veteran, with full military honors in September 2010. Dawn Dodson, a friend of Pitts, testified in April that the family was given a date for the service that they could not be present. The mortuary agreed to change the date, but when calls were made to the check back on a new date, they were informed Pitts had already been buried at Riverside National Cemetery, according to Dodson. Jamilah Pitts said her father made it clear he wanted to be buried at Riverside and to be honored for his service, and she believed Black's representations that he would see that those wishes were fulfilled. "He assured me everything would go the way we
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Dean L. Jones possible to become full or satiated from eating whole foods, unlike how manufacturers work at keeping the satiation button turned off to make the brain reacting with wanting more. Artificial ingredients produce a bliss point in the brain, thereby seriously confusing the body's metabolism. Our bodies require a natural cutoff, otherwise it becomes fooled by particular tastes without calories, and is more likely to keep on eating, as the point of satisfaction is long in becoming a reality. Even though processed sugar is more addictive than cocaine, without a doubt junk foods combine various flavors and textures to produce highly addictive products. An uncanny science is used not just for chips, cookies, and sodas, but for all processed foods, from condiments to pasta sauce. For example, junk foods seize the brain by using salt, sugar, and unique fats. The various seasonings employed create a high salivation response helping the junk to quickly dissolve in the mouth producing a rapid pleasurable sensation, beckoning the mind to hurriedly repeat the same experience. www.SugarAlert.com Dean Jones, Ethics Advocate, Southland Partnership Corporation (a public benefit organization), contributes his view on health attributes derived from processed foodstuff items.
spoke about,'' Pitts testified last month. "I know Dr. Black said he was going to coordinate everything. I took his word for it.'' Pitts said Dodson told her the news that her father was buried without the family being told. “The callousness with which Simpson's has responded is shocking,” charged Pitts’ Crenshaw Legal Clinic attorney Nana Gyamfi. “Its employee made promises it did not keep to two young women who were in a very vulnerable
state in order to get them to purchase its services. Then they blame the young women? That is despicable and Simpson's must do right by Ms. Pitts and her family.” Black denied any wrongdoing. He earlier issued a statement on behalf of the mortuary. "We here at Simpson's Family Mortuary maintain that we are still providing quality, professional services to the entire state of California with the sole intent of offering dignity and respect to the families
we serve and their loved ones,'' he said previously. In 2012, the same mortuary made national news when the family of Darlene Davidson told the morticians that the woman in the open casket wasn’tDavidson. Simpson’s argued that it was her and that she looked different because she had been embalmed and she wassick. Simpson’s finally acknowledged that the woman it buried was not 82-year-old Darlene Davidson and settled out of court.
A Better LA Board Appoints Pioneer Interventionist Aquil Basheer, to Lead the Agency as its New Executive Director (LOS ANGELES) Handpicked by the Board of Directors help the 11-year-old organization maintain its mission to support community-based solutions that help restore peace and save lives, A better LA, founded in 2003 by the Seattle Seahawks football coach, Pete Carroll, has appointed Aquil Basheer, a pioneer of the community-based interventionist movement, to serve as the agency’s new executive director. As executive director of Maximum Force Enterprises, Inc. and founder of the Professional Community Intervention Training Institute (PCITI), “practitioner based” development academy that professionally trains and certifies frontline “peacekeepers and emergency first responders,” Basheer has worked to reduce violence in the Greater Los Angeles community for more than 40 years. Candidates for the PCITI are selected for their serious commitment to helping reduce gang and other types of violence in their communities. The PCITI has been adopted as a model for gang intervention programs by the Los Angeles City Council. The son of the city’s first African-American firefighter,
Aquil Basheer Basheer is no stranger to L.A.’s diverse and complicated issues. An author and syndicated columnist, his experiences are documented in publications nationwide. Basheer has authored 27 Laws of Urban Street Survival, a roadmap for crisis-intervention experts, emergency responders, and violence abatement specialists on gang-related confrontations, dispute resolution, hostility mediation and peace building. In June, Basheer will evoke the reality of gang warfare, but acknowledges the possibility of peace in his latest book project, Peace In the Hood: Working with Gang Members to End the Violence. In great demand, Basheer travels nationally and
internationally training interventionist teams, community-based organizations, emergency responders, social service agencies, law enforcement personnel and diverse municipalities, on how to understand, interact and deal with gangs, community violence, and crisis-related situations. His innovative approach to dealing with violence has earned him federal, congressional, state, and private recognition for his work in the community. Basheer will oversee A Better LA’s day-to-day responsibilities of managing the dense network of intervention/outreach workers, providing comprehensive training and oversight, providing financial resources for community partners to develop support systems for families, after-school and recreational programs. ABLA also establishes food banks and distribution centers and operate "safe passage" programs for children to walk safely to and from school and helps those who’ve served time in jail reclaim their lives, by teaching them life and job skills that empower them to become productive employees, citizens, and community members.
Sen. Holly Mitchell Bill Up for Vote To Equalize Penalties for Crack and Powder cocaine SACRAMENTO, CA —SB 1010, Senator Holly J. Mitchell’s bill to set the same penalties for sale of crack cocaine as apply to the equally illegal sale of powder cocaine, has moved to the Senate floor for a vote. Sentences for intent-to-sell crack convictions range from three to five years in current California law, but for powder only two to four years. There are more crack convictions in low income and minority communities because crack is cheaper than powder. Senator Mitchell’s bill would eliminate the difference in sentencing, probation and asset forfeiture rules for low level powder and crack cocaine offenses. “It’s time to end discriminatory sentencing for cocaine: whether possessed or sold as crack or as powder, it’s the same drug and violators should
get the same treatment under the law,” said Senator Mitchell (DSouth Los Angeles), a member of the Senate Public Safety Committee. “Let’s stop demonizing drug-use when committed in communities of color while minimizing consequences for the white-collar version.” Crack results from processing cocaine powder with an alkali, typically common baking soda. Gram for gram, there is less active drug in crack cocaine than in powder cocaine. According to national survey data, crack cocaine use is approximately equal among all ethnic and racial groups. However, according to intake data from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, people of color account for over 98% of persons sent to California prisons for
possession of crack cocaine for sale. From 2005 to 2010, Blacks accounted for 77.4% of state prison commitments for crack possession for sale, Latinos accounted for 18.1%. Whites accounted for less than 2 percent of all those sent to California prisons in that five year period. Mitchell’s bill is cosponsored by a broad range of civil rights and criminal justice reform organizations across the state; the Drug Policy Alliance, ACLU of California, A New Way of Life, California State Conference of the NAACP, Californians for Safety and Justice, California Public Defenders Association, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Ella Baker Center, Friends Committee on Legislation, National Council for La Raza, and the William C. Velasquez Institute.
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LOCAL NEWS Grace Hopper STEM Academy (GHSA) Awards Marilyn Drown with Humanitarian Award (Continued from page 1) Other participants on the program were Paulina Miguel, GHSA student, Clifford Damron and Dr. Elaine Parker Gills, Board Co-Chairs and Bonita Bradshaw, Interim Director of
leaders. Grace Hopper has been blessed to have the support needed to achieve its mission.” “If not for Marilyn Drown, it may have remained just a concept. But after this first year of school we know that it is much
Photo by Gloria Zuurveen Marilyn Drown and Grace Hopper STEM Academy staff.
Photo by Gloria Zuurveen Marilyn Drown, GHSA Student Ambassadors during Ribbon Cutting ceremony on Wednesday, May 28 at Grace Hopper STEM Academy in Inglewood celebrating 1st Annual Humanitarian Award.
Photo by Gloria Zuurveen Marilyn Drowns and GHSA Board Members Education. The Student Ambassadors who were charged with the duty of representing the school and had the charge of conducting
more than a concept. It is now our reality. I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge our faculty and staff without whose hard work we could not have
Photo by Gloria Zuurveen Students of Grace Hopper STEM Academy during the Ribbon Cutting and Dedication ceremony.
Photo by Gloria Zuurveen Marilyn Drowns, Tom Johnston family and guests. GHSA tours for all the guests were: Guiselle Castellanos, Lauren Dixon, who also gave the welcome, Jessica Burgos, Amani Flores and Tierra Latham. “Grace Hopper STEM Academy is not just an educational institution. It is a comprehensive, educational and personal development program that works with each child holistically to assist them in being able to cope with and compete in life,” said Bradshaw. She added, “Because our mission is so broad, we have to depend on the collective efforts a broad network of partners, parents, churches and community
helped our students achieve their goals,” said Bradshaw. A reality it has come to be and from the looks of the classrooms, the cafeteria, the computer room, the beautiful green outdoor patio area and most of all from listening to the young girls express their enthusiasm about how much they’ve learned in just one year at Grace Hopper Academy, Drown truly deserved to be honored for her stepping forward Photo Gloria Zuurveen to leave a legacy of educational Marilyn Downer gets a tour of Grace Hopper STEM Academy on Wednesday, May 28 during the Ribbon excellence in the minds of young Cutting and Dedication ceremony honoring Downer with the 1st Annual Humanitarian award for her genergirls at the newly formed Charter ous donation to help keep the school open with its STEM curriculum. STEM academy that appears to be hopping it way to success with It is the mission of Grace each student's innate curiosity and joy of discovery. individuals like Drown. Hopper STEM Academy to foster Please see Ribbon, page 9
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT NEWS St. Elmo’s Village 45th Anniversary Celebration Low-Budget Moving, Hauling By Ricky Richardson LOS ANGELES— Residents of the greater Los Angeles area are fortunate to have so many options to enjoy for Memorial Day Weekend. I joined a community of creative people and visitors for St. Elmo’s Village 45th Anniversary Celebration with the theme “Celebrating the Art of Creative Survival.” The celebration got underway on Saturday, May
Ufahamu 45th Anniversary Band on the tunes “Green Dolphin Street,” “Seven Steps to Heaven,” “Freedom Jazz Dance,” “Up Jump Spring,” “Half Nelson,” and “Bird Like.” The Clarence Johnston Quartet continued in an up tempo, straight-ahead mode. The group consisted of Clarence Johnston -drum s, Clarence Robertson-bass, Clarence Webbsaxophone, and Sabine on keyboards. They played a brief three
stituting for beaches in Brazil, “Reaching” a motivational tune, “Sugar,” and closed with “Hard Knocks.” Guitarist and vocalist Rei Fukuda made a return engagement with a large fan base to wow the crowd with some original compositions. Lovers of music should be familiar with the saying “you can’t lose with the blues.” Gregg Wright Blues Band fired up the crowd and the festivities with a
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24th with an eclectic musical line-up featuring DJ Nnamdi spinning tracks, guitarist and vocalist Rei Fukuda, solo jazz piano of Greg Bryant, poetry recited by Mark-Anthony Johnson, Damon Turner, V. Kali and Patrisse Cullors. The remainder of the afternoon was devoted to percussion instruments and the world beat sounds showcased by Munyungo Jackson & the Groove Tribe All-Stars, Marcus L. Miller’s Project World Drum and Leon & Da Lion, funk, soul, African drumming. As luck would have it, I was delighted that Sunday, May 25th program was dedicated to jazz and blues. The day got underway with a swinging set by
song set with the highlight being the swinging tunes “Soul Eyes,” and “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes.” Dee Dee McNeil and her Quartet took it up a notch for a fun and thoroughly entertaining set. The band featured Dee Dee McNeil on vocals, Llew Matthews on keyboards, Luther Hughes on bass, Quentin Dennard on drums and Rickey Woodard on saxophone. As you can tell, this is an All-Star stellar band of renowned musicians. The crowd was captivated throughout their set on the tunes “Lullabye of Birdland” a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. Their set continued with “In Walk Bud,” “Man From Ipanema”-with Los Angeles area tennis courts sub-
set of electrifying blues to conclude the celebration on a rousing note. St. Elmo Village is a place of creativity and a place for people to explore and develop their creativity. The Village emphasizes pride in self as well as in our environment, which instills a desire to build up, rather than lament the present. The spirit of openness and inclusion at St. Elmo Village inspires ones best effort in the present and an excitement about the future. St. Elmo Village is a credit to the human spirit. It is an inspirational example of what can be created when a multiethnic and multi-cultural people come together for the good of all.
Grace Hopper STEM Academy (GHSA) Awards Marilyn Drown with Humanitarian Award at 1st Annual Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (Continued from page 8) It endeavors to encourage each students to enjoy mastering basic academic skills and core knowledge as well as gaining expertise in the more technical STEM subjects to form a foundation for higher learning. It’s goal is to prepare students to become excellent questioners, scientific thinkers, and responsible citizens, who are able to
contribute to the world with confidence and character. Thanks to Drown and special people who had a hand in making the Ribbon Cutting and Dedication ceremony a success, it appears that Grace Hopper STEM Academy is well on its way in obtaining its mission. Friends and supporters like Sister Kathleen Kelly, the Board of Directors, faculty and staff of
St. Mary’s High School Academy for Girls were extended special thanks for their unwavering help and support. Also special thanks were extended to Neighborhood Youth Achievers, (Michael Wainwright, Executive Director), HOPE, (Helping Other People Excel, Rev. Ashley Executive Director), and Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Editor, PACE NEWS, for their support.
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NEWS & VIEWS Aretha Franklin and the Elder Bush, Honored at Harvard CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A former president and the Queen of Soul have received honorary degrees from Harvard University. George H.W. Bush, Aretha Franklin and six others were honored at Thursday's commencement. Harvard President Drew Faust poked fun at the 89year-old Bush's Yale University credentials, saying his "cap was blue, his house was white and now his robe is crimson," but added that Bush "piloted our nation though changeful skies." Please see Franklin, page
Singer Aretha Franklin waves while standing to receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree as Chilean author Isabel Allende, left, and former Mayor of New York City Michael loomberg, right, look on during Harvard commencement ceremonies, Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Maya Angelou, a Global Renaissance Woman, Passes at 86 (Continued from page 1) Shortly after her arrival in the United States, Malcolm X was assassinated, and the organization dissolved. Soon after X's assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. asked Dr. Angelou to serve as Northern Coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King's assassination, falling on her birthday in 1968, left her devastated. With the guidance of her friend, the novelist James Baldwin, she began work on the book that would become I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Published in 1970, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was published to international acclaim and enormous popular success. The list of her published verse, non-fiction, and
Dr. Maya Angelou, 2001 to be filmed, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. She continues to appear on television and in films including the landmark television adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots (1977) and John Singleton's Poetic Justice (1993). In 1996, she directed her first feature film, Down in the Delta. In 2008, she
received 3 Grammy Awards. President Clinton requested that she compose a poem to read at his inauguration in 1993. Dr. Angelou's reading of her poem "On the Pulse of the Morning" was broadcast live around the world. Dr. Angelou has received over 50 honorary degrees and is Reynolds Professor of
Dr. Maya Angelou on the set of the film Poetic Justice (1993) with director John Singleton. Angelou played a role on camera as well as writing the poetry heard in the film.
Dr. Maya Angelou at home, 1978.
Dr. Maya Angelou reads her poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at the 1993 presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton.
Dr. Maya Angelou with writer James Baldwin.
composed poetry for and narrated the award-winning documentary The Black Candle, directed by M.K. Asante. Dr. Angelou has served on two presidential committees, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Arts in 2000, the Lincoln Medal in 2008, and has
American Studies at Wake Forest University. Dr. Angelou’s words and actions continue to stir our souls, energize our bodies, liberate our minds, and heal our hearts. Source:MayaAngelou.com
Dr. Maya Angelou with Malcolm X in Ghana, West Africa in 1964. All Photos/ MayaAngelou.com
fiction now includes more than 30 bestselling titles.
Dr. Maya Angelou in San Francisco, at the time of the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1970. Photo/ MayaAngelou.com
A trailblazer in film and television, Dr. Angelou wrote the screenplay and composed the score for the 1972 film Georgia, Georgia. Her script, the first by an African American woman ever
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NEWS West Angeles CDC with Bank of the West Charitable Foundation To Capitalize Small Business Loans By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief LOS ANGELES— The Vision Theatre in Leimert Park was the place to be for small business owners on Wednesday evening. It was the location where West Angeles CDC along with Bank of the West Charitable Foundation announced their partnership to capitalize small business loan fund in South Los Angeles. In attendance were seasoned small business owners like Greg Dulan of Dulan Soul Food on Crenshaw and those who were seeking to have their startup capitalized. Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, Executive Director, West Angeles CDC opened the program followed by Roberto Barragan, President, Valley Economic Development Corporation (VEDC); Vivian Shimoyama, Director, 10,000 Small Businesses Program; LA District Representative, Small Business Administration; Jenny C. Flores, Senior Vice President, Community Affairs Manager, Bank of the West. According to information gathered, West Angeles CDC announced that it has received a Program Related Investment (PRI) from the Bank of the West Charitable Foundation that will provide micro-loans from $500.00 to $10,000 to local entrepreneurs and small business owners throughout South Los Angeles. “The Bank of the West Charitable Foundation grant provides a much needed capital resource that will improve our ability to create jobs by growing local businesses,”
Photo by Gloria Zuurveen West Angeles CDC and Bank of the West Charitable Foundation representatives.
Photo by Gloria Zuurveen Greg Dulan, Owner, Dulan’s Soul Food on Crenshaw Blvd. was in attendance at the informational meeting of West Angeles CDC and Bank of the West Charitable Foundation on Wednesday at Vision Theatre.
Dr. Bettye Walker Honored for Educational Services
Dr. Bettye D. Walker was honored by the International STEM Education Alliance( ISEA) for: Science-Technogy-Engineering- Mathematics+ Arts. Dr. Walker was recognized on Saturday,May24, 2014 for over 20 years of Educational Service to the children of the world as a leader, innovator and dedicated professional. The South African Consul General attended to share appreciation from the children of South Africa. Inglewood Mayor Butts presenting the City Resolution to Dr. Bettye Walker, President, A-MAN, Inc. STEM Science & Conference Center
said Thrash-Ntuk. “The loans we make to small business owners will contribute to important community development activities already taking place in the neighborhood and at an individual level, fulfill a dream many entrepreneurs have of owning and growing their own business.” West Angeles CDC is partnering with VEDC to provide the loans and technical assistance to entrepreneurs and business owners who might not otherwise qualify for traditional bank loans. The inaugural capital investment by Bank of the West coincides with several revitalization projects in South Los Angeles, most notably the construction of the Crenshaw-LAX rail line, which local officials and community development leaders anticipate will increase the economic growth in the area. “Bank of the West is pleased to partner with West Angeles CDC to support business growth, job creation and living wages that benefit t he region’s economy,” said Jenny C. Flores, head of the Community Affairs at Bank of the West. “Local Business owners will be able to access capital, technical assistance and financial education services, which are critical resources in building and sustaining vibrant communities.” Entrepreneurs and small business owners who are interested in applying for funding may contact Patsy Morales of West Angeles CDC at (323) 751-3440 x30 or via email at pmorales@westangelescdc.or g.
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