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Keto, Paleo, Vegan What’s UP and What’s Best?

VOL. 9 NO. 16

Golden Blocks PROJECT

PHASE TWO

ARTISTS are Essential workers COMMENTARY

BY NIKI HARIS

April is JAZZ Appreciation Month

GOLDEN BLOCKS CREATORS Travis Wright (top L), Xavier Jones (bottom L) and Hasani Sahlehe (R). Wright and Jones photos by V. Hobbs.

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Movers & Shakers

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R. KEDRICK HARTFIELD, a professor of mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Mercer Univ., has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the Joe and Jean Hendricks Excellence in Teaching Award.

The Hendricks Award recognizes a full-time teacher in one of Mercer University‘s 12 schools and colleges who best exemplifies the qualities that distinguished siblings Joe and Jean Hendricks as teachers and mentors to generations of Mercer students, such as: Challenging and inspiring teaching in and out of the classroom Actively engaging students in the process of learning, discovery and leadership Caring mentoring to motivate students to achieve their highest aspirations and to support junior faculty.

“I was pleasantly surprised and very humbled to win the prestigious Joe and Jean Hendricks Excellence in Teaching Award,” said Dr. Hartfield, who is celebrat-

ing his 40th year of teaching at Mercer. He is the longest-serving Black professor at the University and the longest-serving full-time faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Anita Olson Gustafson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, nominated Dr. Hartfield for the award with support from his colleagues. In her nomination letter, she outlined how Dr. Hartfield demonstrated the qualities of the Hendrickses.

“In the classroom, Dr. Hartfield is legendary. He speaks with authority, has a reputation for rigor and demands that his students invest the time and effort to demonstrate mastery,” she wrote.

He quickly learns the names of each student and is generous with his office hours. He commits himself to helping students who are struggling or need other encouragement or support, she continued.

Dr. Gustafson wrote that minority students often reach out to Dr. Hartfield as an essential resource.

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On November 5, 2020, singer and recording artist NIKI HARIS addressed the 2021 Class of Leadership Augusta on Arts Day. Here is a portion of her speech. The entire speech can be found on the UPW Facebook page.

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irst of all, thank you to Leadership Augusta and the Arts Day Committee for allowing me to be here today. Are you sure you want ME to do this talk?

I’m not sure you do. After this talk, I expect to receive far fewer Christmas cards this year. This may not be a “fun” speech for some. I want you to know what most artists have been living through has not been FUN....

Are you sure you want to hear from an artist who is still grieving from the deaths of other artists like Bill Withers, Little Richard, Lyle Mays, Betty Wright, Bonnie Pointer and Eddie Van Halen (just to name a few)? These people were a few of my Heroes and Sheroes!!

And my world is a little lonelier and darker now, knowing that their human existence is no longer in this realm...

Thank God they left their art....they were valued.

THE ARTIST ... We sing. We dance.

We paint. We sculpt. We write. We teach. We play.

But…. what is it like to exist in a world where you are not valued? Or, at the very least, you felt on a daily basis that you were not valued by others?

Things you value, you support, and you Fund!! I believe we have driven most artists into a state of crisis - what I have come to learn and call “a death of despair.”

Artists are ten times more likely to be unemployed, underemployed and simply have no access to unemployment benefits during these difficult times.

This in turn makes them more likely to face evictions and their chances of homelessness are 30% greater than the

average citizen.

And yet, they find a way to sing, to dance, to paint, to write, to teach, to practice, to play.

Most Artists I know have NO healthcare. Which means they rarely have any checks on their physical well-being.

Many Artists are food insecure and live in places that are commonly known as food deserts and therefore depend on family, friends or community, many of whom are in the same predicament.

Feeling unsupported or encouraged, many artists suffer from what is known as “atomy” or complete breakdowns of the soul. As I said before, despair.

Which makes the struggling artist ten times more likely to consider suicide.

And even attempt it. You need only to read the autobiographies of some of our finest artists to see this observation is true… Andy Warhol, Paul Robeson, Jackson Pollack, Van Gogh, Judy Garland, Drew Barrymore, Billie Holiday, and even Walt Disney himself to name a few.

I think you would agree with me that all those voices were and ARE, as our government has come to refer, “ESSENTIAL.” The artist was essential on The Titanic as they called musicians to help keep the people calm while trying to load the lifeboats on that doomed voyage. The artist was essential in the ghettos and Holocaust Camps of World War 1. Many times, the ability to play music and entertain was a matter of survival in the camps. An activity that caused some surviving musicians to experience feelings of guilt and depression for the rest of their lives. I remember seeing

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“I don’t think the artist needs wind beneath their wings we already know how to FLY! We ask you to be the wind at our backs! Support us, encourage us. Be there when we perform. And Yes....

PAY US!!!” — NIKI HARIS for the first time “The Problem We All Live With” (Ruby Bridges), the famous 1964 painting by Norman Rockwell.

It still endures. What would the Civil Rights Movement be without its Songs of Freedom? Or the echoes of the crowd singing “We Shall Overcome”?

So… how will YOU respond to this Despair?

The Artist does not need “Boutique Activism” that allows people to say they are making a difference while they are really making a killing. Maybe we need heroes? I grew up on a song that asked “ Did you ever know you’re my hero? You

are the wind beneath my wings.”

Well, I don’t think the artist needs wind beneath their wings - we already know how to FLY! We ask you to be the wind at our backs! Support us, encourage us. Be there when we perform. And Yes.... PAY US!!!

I have faith. And faith is the belief “that the good draws to it.” The good.

Draw out the good in you and pass it on.

And get to work...

Get to work my writers. Before draconian censorship entwines you and tries to thwart your existence. Ask Primo Levi.

Get to work my dancers. Before someone tells you can’t do that on this stage or your dance is vulgar. Ask Martha Graham or Alvin Ailey.

Get to work my painters. Find your own Diego Rivera, Picasso, Romare Bearden or Frida Khalo.

Get to work my musicians. Reach and find your new Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, or Aretha Franklin.

Get to work my actors. Be a better Paul Robeson, Ozzie Davis, Meryl Streep, or Viola Davis.

Be brave my filmmakers. Before you are put on a “list” or called in to be questioned.

Stay vigilant my photographers. Keep your hand steady. For you ARE our new film makers. For without you we may have never known about Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, or George Floyd!!

Yes! Get to work my Artists. Do not despair. Your voices ARE essential!

Yes! We Sing. We Dance. We Paint. We Sculpt. We Strum. We Sew. We Cook. We Write Poetry and Books. We Film. We Plant, and We Grow, and We remember to Play.

Because this IS our work. This our breath. This is our lives.

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RISING TEENS ON THE PATH TO SUCCESS

DYLAN SMITH

ACCEPTANCES

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Kennesaw State University, Berklee College of Music, Morehouse College, East Georgia State College, The New School, Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute, New York University, Manhattan School Of Music (Waitlisted), and Temple University.

SCHOLARSHIPS - New York University - $24,700 a year, Berklee College of Music - $17,000 a year, The New School - $15,000 a year, Temple University - $3,000 a year, SRNS Scholarship $3,000, Lift Music Fund Scholarship Recipient - $250.

Decision - May 1st!!

ZANAIAH BILLUPS

ACCEPTANCES Carnegie Mellon University, University of Miami, University of Georgia, Spelman College, Georgia State University SCHOLARSHIPS: Presidential Music Scholarship at the University of Miami: $53,000 renewable for four years 2021 NFMC Martha Marcks Mack Junior Vocal Award;$1,500 COMPETITIONS WON: 2021 Schmidt Vocal Arts Georgia Competition 2nd place: $2,000 2021 Southeasten Region National Association of Teachers of Singing (SERNATS) High School Classical Voice 1st place winner

PROJECT

PHASE TWO

The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, Greater Augusta Arts Council, and City of Augusta Housing and Community Development are proud to announce the selection of two artistic concepts that will be funded for the next Phase of the Golden Blocks Project.

THE SELECTED ARTISTS ARE

Xavier O. Jones, W. Travis “Brotha Trav” Wright, and Hasani Sahlehe XAVIER O. JONES

W. TRAVIS WRIGHT

“My creative Idea is a Mural of a collection of sum of Augusta’s many Black Educators who laid the ground working foundations of some of the most historical changes for their era and now as well being a thriving and crucial component of the Golden Blocks.

Lucy C. Laney, C.T. Walker, and Silas X. Floyd. Accompanying them will be other historical figures and sites in connection with these three influenced the Golden Blocks as well as the U.S. in one form or another.” — Xavier O. Jones

Visual artist Xavier O. Jones and poet W. Travis “Brotha Trav” Wright are teaming up to create a mural, titled “Ember of HOPE” and a poetry manuscript with spoken word that will be placed in the digital walking tour to accompany the mural.

Photos by Vincent Hobbs

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VISUAL ARTIST HASANI SAHLEHE will select images related to the Golden Blocks’ educational legacy from Museum archives He has commissioned photographer C. Rose Smith to capture images of current students, educators, and schools in the Golden Blocks area.

Selected photographs from both historic and contemporary sources will be printed onto outdoor vinyl and transformed into a series of photo murals.

Golden Blocks from p.5 Initiated in 2018, the Golden Blocks Project is a creative placemaking program that unites the vision and skills of local artists with the historical knowledge housed within the Lucy Craft Laney

Museum of Black History to bring the stories of Augusta’s historically Black, Laney Walker and Bethlehem neighborhoods colloquially known as the “Golden Blocks” out into public spaces. The sto-

ries of local Black history told through public art are easily accessible to everyone and bring attention to the cultural wealth of the Golden Blocks for longtime residents.

In memory of . . .

ROBERT “FLASH” GORDON Photo by Vincent Hobbs

UPW will be honoring ROBERT “FLASH” GORDON (the late owner and operator of Pyramid Music and Video, an iconic cultural brand in Augusta) in an upcoming edition. Please send your remembrances or comments to the Urban Pro Weekly Facebook page or to urbanproweekly@gmail.com.

(complete listing at gardencityjazz.com)

1970S AUGUSTA RIOT PROJECT MINI-CONCERT SERIES Municipal Building May 11 & 25, June 8, 22

2ND SUNDAY JAZZ VESPERS HOSTED BY WYCLIFFE GORDON

May 9, June 13, August 8, September 12

••• THURSDAYS AT SOUL BAR ••• FRIDAYS AT EDGAR’S ABOVE BROAD

Featured on this year’s official Jazz Appreciation Month 2021 poster is pianist, singer, songwriter, storyteller and civil rights activist NINA SIMONE.

The above image of NINA SIMONE is featured on the 2021 Jazz Appsreciation Month Poster. The is Naa Anyele Sowah-De Jesus, a sophomore visual arts student at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Born February 21, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina, Simone became enamored with music at the early age of three when she learned to play the piano by ear. She went on to study classical repertoire and aspired to continue her education as a concert pianist at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, but that future did not come to pass. An audition in 1954 at the Midtown Bar & Grill in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was noted as a defining moment in her career that introduced her talents as a pianist and singer to an unsuspecting and enthusiastic audience. Some of her many recordings include her

debut album, Little Girl Blue, on Bethlehem Records; the 1962 live recording Nina at the Village Gate; and 1964’s Nina in Concert, which famously addressed racial inequality. Simone received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2000 and was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. Her 1964 performance of “Mississippi Goddam” was selected as culturally and historically significant by the Library of Congress in 2018 and included for preservation on the National Recording Registry.

To learn more about Nina Simone, visit ninasimone.com.

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Youth Programming in the Greater Augusta River Region SPORTS & FITNESS TRAINING The Augusta Recreation & Parks Department 2027 Lumpkin Rd. Augusta, GA 30906 (706) 796-5025 The Augusta Recreation & Parks Department offers three youth athletics seasons.

Spring/Summer Season Co-ed T-Ball, Baseball, and Fast-Pitch Softball, Dixie Youth Baseball The Family Y of Greater Augusta http://thefamilyy.org/index.php/ yprograms/browse-programs Various Locations – Please See Link for a Complete List Baseball, T-Ball, Basketball, Lacrosse, Football, Soccer, Swim Team, Tae Kwan Do, Youth Bootcamp, Pickball, Swim Lessons *The sport offered varies by location.*

MTAG FITNESS (More than a Game) 4304 Sudan Rd, Augusta (706) 231-4760 Augusta Flyers Track Club https://www.facebook.com/D.C.Flyers.

AugustaFlyers.TrackClub Ages 7yrs to 18yrs MARTIAL ARTS Seigler’s Karate Center Columbia 4471 Columbia Rd., Ste A3 Martinez, GA 30907 706-855-5685 Fury’s Ferry 370 Fury’s Ferry Rd., Suite #1, Martinez, GA 30907 706-364-3535

Southern Tang Soo DO Martial Arts 2007 Tobacco Rd. Augusta, GA 30906 (706) 793-6603 Terra Planus Jiu Jitsu 3865 Oak Dr. Martinez, GA 30907 (803) 292-5107 ATA Martial Arts 4490 Washington Rd. #11 Evans, GA 30809 (706) 650-3055 Augusta Boxing Club 1929 Walton Way. Augusta, GA 30904 (706) 550-0382 After-School BOXING Greubel’s Mixed Martial Arts 2917 Riverwest Dr. #105 Augusta, GA 30907 (706) 737-0911 CHEER & TUMBLING Golden Artillery Dance & Tumbling 1609 Hartrich rd, Augusta 706-739-3350 Competitive Cheer, Tumbling Dance DANCE A Creative Symphoni Dance Studio Competitive & Recreational 3112 Wrightsboro Road 706-832-1343 Ages 2-Up (Boys and Girls) Modern Dance . Ballet . Tap . Creative Movement Hip Hop . African . Majorette

Cutno Dance Center Competitive & Recreational 2803 Wrightsboro Rd. #51 Augusta, GA 30909 (706) 364-3442 African, Ballet, Hip Hop Kinderdance/Creative Movement (Toddlers), Modern, Mommy & Me, Tap Dance Xtreme Competitive & Recreational 1850 Gordon Highway Suite D, Augusta ballet, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, musical theater, tap, pointe & baton twirling.

(706) 607-2297 Mayfield Dance Sharon Mayfield North Augusta School of Dance (803) 292-5370 I Candy Dance School Competitive and Recreational Ballet, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Majorette Lumpkin Road, Augusta, GA (762) 333-5636 THEATRE Augusta Mini Theatre Acting . Theatre . Music . Dance 2548 Deans Bridge Rd. Augusta, GA 30906 (706)722-0598 TECHNOLOGY Brown Girls Code (706) 589-0683

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Art, Music, Dance and Band Live in-person instruction Dates: June 28 - July 16 Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location: Richmond Hill K-8 School Cost: $150 per student Registration Deadline: May 12, 2021 To register and for more details, visit www.rcboe.org/FineArtsCamp

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FOOD

Red, Black and Greens….. Food Fight for your LIFE!

By MaChere T

Keto, Paleo, Vegan What’s UP and What’s Best?

There are so many diet fads out there today, it’s hard to keep up.

Whether you do it for health reasons, environmental reasons or animal rights reasons, learn the difference between keto, paleo and vegan lifestyles. There is no one size fits all diet. Do what works for you!

Almost every single person you meet these days has a food restriction: no dairy, no meat, no meat but, yes, to fish, no carbs, no fat, etc. Every time you turn around someone is telling you to eat more of this and less of that and then change their mind a few years later. If you’re confused I get it! So here I will attempt to break down the different diets/lifestyles as simply as I can.

KETO The ketogenic diet involves avoiding carbs (RIP bread and pasta) and eating fat, a lot of fat (hello avocado stuffed sausage wrapped in bacon).

If you’ve been avoiding butter, bacon and other fatty foods at mealtime, now’s the time to embrace them. Low-carb and high-fat, this type of diet forces your body to run on fat instead of carbs. Dieters should be consuming 70–80% fat, 20–25% protein and 5–10% carbs. To recap, meat, fish, eggs, greens, dairy products and natural fats are favored.

PALEO The paleo diet is simple. It’s a caveman diet, which means you aren’t eating processed food or anything that wasn’t on earth B.C. Why do people go paleo? Well, if cavepeople ate basic foods like grass-fed meat and poultry, fish, eggs, vegetables, natural oils, fruits, nuts and grains and were lean and muscular and athletic, why not eat like them?

VEGAN No animals were harmed while making this type of food. Free of any animal and animal-derived products like meat, fish, dairy products, honey or eggs, vegans eat a plant-based diet filled with alternative proteins, faux cheese, and fruits and vegetables. More and more popular for animal cruelty and environmental reasons, there is an abundance of products on the market that fit the vegan category like meat alternatives, dairy free yogurts, cheese alternatives, and more.

If you’re having friends over and one is vegan, one is paleo and one is keto, it might sound like the worst nightmare in dinner-hosting history.

Don’t panic (at least not out loud). Salads are the easiest option since everyone can eat lettuce and other vegetables as well as basic oils like olive oil. Sounds pretty good, right?

As you can see, the difference between keto, paleo and vegan diets is quite striking. While some diets prefer to eliminate meat altogether, other diets abolish processed foods and carbs. If ever you decide to try one of these diets, remember to get informed and talk to doctor if you have medical restrictions.

As a Plant-Based (Vegan) eater I tend to make an attempt to please as many people as I can with recipes that can at times flex between the lifestyles.

I’m including here a Keto Vegan Recipe. Happy Eating

Vegan keto butter cauliflower This vegan keto butter cauliflower ticks all the boxes with its combination of spices, warming flavors and simplicity of ingredients.

I LOVE Curry, so feel free to use less if your tastes say so.

PREP TIME COOK TIME TOTAL TIME

10 minutes 25 minutes 35 minutes

INGREDIENTS Two Heads of Cauliflower One Can of full-fat coconut milk 1 shallot (or 1/3 white onion) 2 1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 tbsp coconut oil (measured solid) 4 tbsp tomato paste 1 tsp ground ginger 1 1/2 tsp garam masala 1/2 tsp medium chilli powder 1 1/3 tsp cumin (or 3/4 tsp ground cumin) 1 tsp turmeric a pinch of Cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp minced garlic (optional) 1/2 tbsp fresh herbs (coriander, parsley or mint - to use as a topping) INSTRUCTIONS Melt the coconut oil in a pot over medium heat, when it’s warm add the finely chopped onion (and garlic, if you are using it) and cook, stirring frequently, for a couple of minutes.

Add the spices and the tomato paste: stir for approx. 1 minute until fragrant.

Reduce the heat and add in the same pot the coconut milk. Mix well and cook for approx. 10 minutes until you get a creamy sauce.

Add the cauliflower and cook for approx. 10 minutes or until tender. Add the olive oil and mix well.

Taste and adjust the amount of spices if needed.

Serve warm with fresh herbs on top.

Try a little kindness

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B-17-005-3756.5 T.W. JOSEY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL / SOFTBALL COMPLEX COUNTY BUILDING DEMOLITION

COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF RICHMOND COUNTY INVITATION TO BID

For DARIUS ROBINSON, sometimes a little kindness is all it takes to restore hope. He’s encouraging everyone in the community to be a part of is unique challenge.

Affect The Culture is challenging everyone to do five acts of kindness.

“We started paying for Starbucks for everybody that was walking through,” said Robinson.

He says that’s when he noticed one gentlemen walking away in tears.

“I’m like are you serious? Over a cup of coffee?” he said.

“He was just saying how rough a month he had,” Robinson said. “I think he was just at his breaking point.”

Here’s how the challenge works: you do five random acts of kindness.

Two of them done outside your daily circle, and share two of them on your social media. When you post it on social media, tag five friends to join the challenge.

“You always feel better when you can do something kind for somebody else and it becomes contagious,” Robinson said.

For Robinson, it’s all about seeing value in every human and filling in the gaps of division with love.

“The campaign is to combat the divisiveness we have in our society right now we are more tribal than ever.”

He says the change starts with you, leaving everyone with one message – to accept the challenge.

Due to closure of Richmond County Board of Education building for COVID-19, sealed proposals from Contractors will be collected for T.W. JOSEY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL / SOFTBALL COMPLEX – COUNTY BUILDING DEMOLITION, PROJECT #B-17-005-3756.5 project via email until 3:00 p.m. local time, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Please send the completed bid package to the email address RCSSBIDS@rcboe.org and use the subject line, “Company Name”, T.W. Josey High School Baseball/Softball Complex – County Building Demolition. No extension of the bidding period will be made.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held Thursday, April 22, 2021 @ 10:00 A.M. local time at the building at 1947 Eagles Way, Augusta, Georgia.

Drawings and project manual on this work may be examined at the Department of Maintenance and Facilities, Richmond County Board of Education, 2956 Mike Padgett Highway, Augusta, Georgia 30906. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, please call the Maintenance and Facilities office at (706) 7377189 to schedule an appointment to view the plans and specifications.

Electronic bidding documents may be obtained directly from the Architect. Requests may be made by phone or email by contacting JACKIE PARISH AT 706-722-7488 OR JPARISH@DICKINSONARCHITECTS.COM. A link will be provided for immediate download of plans and specifications. ONLY REGISTERED PLAN HOLDERS REQUESTING THE DOCUMENTS FROM THE ARCHITECT WILL BE NOTIFIED OF PUBLISHED ADDENDA. Applications for printed documents together with refundable deposit of $150.00 per set should be filed promptly with the Architect. Bidding material will be forwarded (shipping charges collect) as soon as possible. The full amount of deposit for one set will be refunded to each prime contractor who submits a bona fide bid upon return of such set in good condition within 10 days after date of opening bids.

Contract, if awarded, will be on a lump sum basis. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of 60 days from the date of bid opening.

Bid must be accompanied by a bid bond in an amount not less than 5% of the base bid. Personal checks, certified checks, letters of credit, etc., are not acceptable. The successful bidder will be required to furnish performance and payment bonds in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive technicalities and informalities.

To promote local participation, a database of Sub-contractors, Suppliers, and Vendors has been developed by the Program Manager, GMK Associates. Contact Jeanine Usry with GMK Associates at (706) 826-1127 for location to review and obtain this database.

Bids shall be submitted by email to RCSSBIDS@rcboe.org :

April is National Poetry Month

Dr. Kenneth Bradshaw Superintendent of Schools County Board of Education of Richmond County Administrative Office 864 Broad Street, 4th Floor Augusta, Georgia 30901 c/o Mr. Bobby Smith INVITATION TO BID

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