Southland Vibe - June Issue

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JUNE 2018 - ISSUE 6

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5 Budgeting Tips For Homebuying

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Buying a home will likely be one of the biggest financial transactions you make, and preparing your budget beforehand makes the home buying process much less stressful. The following tips can help you get your budget in order before you make the big transaction.

1. Organize Your Finances You may know how much you have in your checking and savings accounts, but do you know how much you spend on household expenses each month?

Or how much high-interest and credit card debt you have? It's important to get a clear idea of where your money goes in order to figure out what you can afford and what your home buying timeline looks like. With your finances categorized and organized, you can start to set goals for how much you need to save, and for how long, in addition to where you need to cut back.

2. Do the Math Before you set any home-buying goals, do the math to figure out how much you can afford. This will also dictate how much you need to save.

3. Set Goals While the overarching goal is to buy a home, setting smaller goals will help you stay on track and feel successful while you make your way there.

As you set goals, remember that you don't need to be solely focused on saving. You may want to set goals for cutting back on spending as well.

4. Write Your Budget The math has been done, goals have been set and now it's time to write your monthly budget, which should take into account: !•! Total to be saved each month !•! Life expenses !•! Any unusual expenses for the month In the end, you'll have a total spend for life expenses and a total amount to be saved by month's end. You can use a spreadsheet and do this by hand 5. Update Weekly; Reassess Regularly The final step is holding yourself accountable to your goals and regular updates of the budget. If you make a purchase that wasn't planned for, add it to your budget and readjust how much you'll be able to save that month.

Remember that a budget is fluid, and there are many "life things" that will come up and throw it off. That's okay, as long as you stay focused on the goals you've set for yourself. If you go over budget one week, reel it in the following so you can stay on track for the month.

As a homeowner, there are dozens of expensive problems that could arise.

Get into a habit of budgeting now so you're prepared for these financial challenges when they inevitably pop up.

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How to Communicate With Loved Ones After a Disaster

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After a disaster, it can often be difficult to communicate with loved ones. Earthquakes, tornadoes and other emergencies may cause power outages or overwhelm cellular services, sometimes making normal lines of communication nearly impossible.

Here are some tips to help communicate with your family in an emergency: Before a Disaster Strikes The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) offers suggestions on how to prepare to communicate before disaster even strikes: Keep Car Chargers Handy Get in the habit of keeping your cellphone and laptop fully charged, and have a car charger available in the event of a power outage. Consider buying additional batteries and solar or handpowered chargers for your devices.

Create a Communication Plan Because you and your loved ones may be separated when disaster strikes, make sure to develop a communication plan that’s specific to your family. Ready.gov recommends choosing an emergency meeting place that’s in your neighborhood, and one that’s out of your neighborhood.

Your plan should also detail how you will contact each other. For instance, designate an out-oftown contact for everyone to notify that they’re safe, or set an “on air” time where you’ll each power up your phones and call or text with your status. It’s also a good idea to work with your children’s school or daycare to understand their emergency communication procedures.

During and After a Disaster There are also some steps you can take to improve the likelihood of communicating successfully with loves ones during a disaster and its immediate aftermath: Text and Use Social Media Cell service can become congested during an emergency.

Instead, try text messaging or emailing, which, the FCC says, are services that are less likely to experience network congestion. Also, consider posting your status on social media or registering on the American Red Cross’ Safe and Well website, so that loved ones who may be searching for you know that you’re OK. Conserve Your Phone’s Battery Life You can extend the life of your cellphone battery charge by reducing the brightness of your screen, turning off Wi-Fi, closing apps that aren’t critical and putting your phone in airplane mode. Additionally, if you’re able to make a call, consider updating your voicemail message so that, even if inbound calls go to voicemail, you’re able to offer loved ones an update on your well-being.

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Sonia D. Coleman Interview with Micah Materre, !

Anchor for WGN-TV!

!for Southland Vibe Magazine! !Micah Materre is an Emmy award winning journalist and anchor of the WGN Evening News at Five and Six and the WGN News at Nine and Ten. Prior to being appointed anchor of the WGN News at Nine in 2009, she was coanchor of WGN Midday News from January, 2003 to October, 2009.!

!Micah joined Chicago’s WGN-TV in January 1998 as a

WGN Morning News co-anchor and medical reporter.

Micah has anchored all of the newscasts at WGN, as well as covering entertainment news and special assignment stories, including the historic inauguration of America’s first black President. In addition, Micah reports and co-produces the “Chicago’s Very Own” bi-weekly segment for WGN News and she is the host of WGN’s public affairs program, “People to People”.!

!Micah is one of Chicago’s very own as she was born here and grew up in the city. Micah spent eight

years at WJBK-TV in Detroit where she was a main anchor and general assignment reporter. While at WJBK, Micah’s work garnered numerous awards and accolades, including an Emmy and an award from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. Prior to moving to the Motor City, Micah cut her teeth in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as a general assignment reporter and weekend anchor.!

She began her career in broadcasting in 1983 at NPR affiliate, WBEZ radio in Chicago, producing and reporting for four years. In addition, she taught radio production at Columbia College. Micah has more than 30 years’ experience as a journalist and broadcaster.!

!In 2014, Micah received a Chicago/Midwest Emmy, and was also honored as being a diversity trailblazer by Barnes and Thornburg LLP.! !She has been featured in several local and national publications over the years, including the New York Times Magazine, Glamour, Ebony, Good Housekeeping, Today’s Chicago Woman, ‘Who’s Who’ in Black Chicago, Michigan Avenue Magazine and RedEye.!

!She serves as commentator, mistress of ceremonies and honorary chairperson to several community

and civic organizations across Chicagoland. Micah is on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Children’s Choir and serves on Tutoring Chicago’s Advisory Board. She is a member of the civic organization, Links, Incorporated, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and the National Association of Black Journalists.!

!As an anchor, you have won several awards, including Emmys. Did you aspire to win awards or was it simply a result of your strong work ethic?! !You don’t go into doing stories or putting together things with the end result being to win an Emmy. I put my heart and soul into everything that I do and if other people feel that, then you win an Emmy.

Winning awards is not necessarily what makes you the journalist that you are or what makes me feel as though I am a good journalist, knowing that I put my all into it, knowing that I did my best and it came out okay is an award to me.!

!Sure, winning an Emmy is great. I have won a couple of them. It’s great, but that’s not why I go into

what I do. If I went through this whole career of mine without ever winning an award, I’d be okay as long as I knew I did a good job, as long as I knew people I respect thought I did a good job. I don’t go into things trying to win an award. That’s why when they told me about the award (Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce, Orland Women’s Network Trailblazer Award) I was surprised. I go into it to do the best that I can and hope that someone recognizes that.!

!I am sure that you’ve been asked this many times, but how do you balance your personal life with the demands of your career?! !

It takes a village. I’ve been very fortunate to have had parents who help out, I have a sister who helps out and of course, my husband helps out as well. I shouldn’t say “helps out,” he does his duty as a husband and father. In the beginning it was a lot harder when the kids were younger and we were trying figuring it all out. As they’ve gotten older, the kids are much more self-sufficient.!

!Yet, and still there are things I have to go to and I have to be a part of and unfortunately, you cannot be

the mother who goes to the PTA meetings and be the mother to help in the homeroom. Although I have been in the past, but it really kind of depends on your schedule and what you have going because unfortunately, in the career that I’m in, the demands are so heavy that you kind of have to be there for work first. !

!But again, you know, we’ve done things like send my sister, if there is an event going on or I will go in

between shows, you know and things like that. It’s challenging, yet, the kids know you are there and you’re supportive. If there is someone there, even if it isn’t you, they feel as though they’re being supported. !

!In the past, I have had babysitters who are fabulous and we filled in where we could and for the kids, it becomes their norm. They know that you’re there; they know you are supportive and you do what you can.!

!I find myself exhausted every day from trying to meet the demands of being mother, wife and career

woman. You just figure it out. Everyone has to figure out his/her own norm. I hesitate to give advice on that. I always say you have to do you. You can’t do what I do; I can’t do what you do. Each family… each person is different in their family dynamics and what works for them. It’s like when someone says, get on the microphone and give advice about marriage for people who are getting married. It’s hard to give advice because every family, every marriage and every situation is different. And for me giving you advice, it may not necessarily work for you. You have to figure it out on your own, and believe me; it’s going to work for you. You cannot pattern yourself off of anyone else. I mean look at Michelle Obama. She brought her mother to the White House. That’s the dynamic of family for them.!

!There is a perception that women are liked or respected, but rarely both. Do you agree with this notion?! !I think that sometimes if women…I don’t know if it’s just women… but maybe it is…kind of hang out

with people and become friendly with them and maybe they think of them as not an authority future.

And, I think the question is: “would I prefer to be liked or respected?” I prefer both. I don’t like it when people don’t like me, but I do want them to respect me for what I do, for what I am, for my values, for everything like that. I think respected is how I want to feel over being liked. If that is the case and if the statistics are right… women are liked or respected and not both.!

!I think I would prefer being respected because out of respect you tend to like someone and you tend to

admire someone. As in, “she gets on my nerves sometimes, but I respect her.” I think I would prefer to be respected more than liked.!

!Mothers will say that too. You don’t have to like me, but you have to respect my feelings and thoughts

because I am doing something for you. You may not like what I am doing, but you have to respect what I am doing.!

!Since you work in a male-dominated field, would you recommend that women be as aggressive and confrontational as men in order to be respected in those fields?! !I think women have to do what works for them. I think that you never kowtow to any man. You never be

a subordinate to any man. You are to be just as aggressive or steadfast as you think you need to be in that environment. I think you need to think of yourself, even if they don’t, as an equal and make that known regardless as to how you make that known. You need to know that a man is no better than you and he is not necessarily more educated than you. You have just as much education, just as much experience and they have to figure that out. They will figure that out by how you act and that you come to the table with just as much knowledge as they do. And if that takes being as aggressive or being a little more forceful, then that is what you do. !

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Again, you cannot blanket, look at it as if this is the way it has to be or no way. You have to look at the situation and react accordingly. If this situation calls for me being a little more aggressive, then maybe, I will. If this situation calls for me moving back a little bit more and that’s what it takes, fine.

Maybe, sometimes silence is the best way to deal with it. Being quiet is a better way to deal with it. Let them do all the talking and let them realize how stupid they are. Maybe by you sitting there being quiet that’s a better way to make a statement than being more aggressive, being more talkative or being more expressive.!

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Every situation’s different. And you as a woman, a confident woman, knowing that you are armed for this battle, you have to make that decision. Sometimes, it’s not the right decision. Well, if we never fail, we will never succeed. You have to make mistakes in order to move forward. The problem is leaning back on those mistakes and letting them overtake you. You gotta make mistakes or you’ll never know the right way to do things. You know, next time you’ll do it better. Next time you’ll deal with the situation differently.!

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How do you overcome your fear/uncertainty when navigating in uncharted waters?! !

Well, I don’t really find as though I do have fear. There are just things you just have to do and you just do them. If you focus on fear, you’ll never do it. You’ll never get it done and if you do, it puts more stress on you to do it. If it is something you just do, then you’re proud to do it. I do not think of myself as afraid of anything as far as my career. Sometimes, I feel a challenge and I am up for the challenge and I can just do it. So, I don’t know if fear is a word that I tend to use.!

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For instance, it’s election night and it’s a big night, so you get a little uneasy and you feel a little nervous. Can you live up to the challenge? Well, sure you can. You have before and you will again.

You just have to put the fears, the uncertainty, put those feelings aside. Because if you do get scared, then that fear takes over. That’s not the emotion you want to take over. You want the emotion to take over of being confident. That’s not really an emotion, but be courageous and know you can do it. It’s a challenge that you have to conquer. You’ve got to take on your fears head- on.!

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