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O C TO B E R 2020 E D I T I O N

LEWIS t. powell

A Stellar Hollywood Career

DAPHNA ziman

Founder and President of CinĂŠmoi Television Network

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Am I dreaming, or is fall right around the corner. The weather is changing as the temperature turns cooler at night, and football is being played. The nation is still dealing with the Covid-19 virus and the presidential election is upon us. I hope that everyone has registered to vote and that everyone is ready to exercise their right to vote. This month’s cover features Daphna Ziman who is the Founder and President of Cinemoi Television Network. Her network features classical films, premium content, and documentaries. We are also featuring Lewis T. Powell, a great actor who has had a stellar Hollywood career. His work includes Chicago Med (2015), Padlock Men (2017) and, Kings (2017). We are striving to be a favorite magazine to readers around the world. We are reaching homes across nations and sharing stories of empowerment, inspiration and entertainment from the film, music and literary industries. In keeping with our broad approach to bringing you the very best information in a highly professional manner, we are striving to be the best. We value the feedback from our readers because it helps us to grow. Please email us at reginald.kearney@marylanddailyexaminer.com with your feedback. If you would like to advertise with us, send an email with the word ‘Advertise’ in the subject line. Like us on FaceBook at The Urban Sentinel, follow us on Twitter at @UrbanSentinel and you may follow us on Instagram at www.theurbansentinel. I invite you to view our new talk show, ‘Urban Sentinel Live’, which can be viewed on Facebook @UrbanSentinelLive on Monday nights at 8:30pmET. It is a half hour show that features guests that have been featured in the Urban Sentinel magazine.

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SUMMARY

Being Daphna Ziman, The Earth’s Angel

Who’s Drinking Whose Kool-Aid Donnie Boy

Aspiring to Greatness

Danyell Winkey Carroll-Smith: A Hardworking Advocate for People In Need

Positioning for the Pivot

Live From The Inside Out

Lewis T. Powell- The Soul of the Man

Mention Set To Dominate The Digital Marketing

Celebrating a Farmer-Scholar

SheBiz Global

September is Suicide Prevention Month: Here’s How You Can Save A Life

How Am I Living

Olympia the MUA

For Your Health

Self-Inventory

In God We Trust

Women Who Lead - The 3 C’s for Women in Leadership

URBAN SENTINEL MAGAZINE | OCTOBER

WHO’S DRINKING WHOSE KOOL-AID DONNIE BOY? by jay arrington for the urban sentinel As a child during that time, a glass, but preferably a mason jar, filled with ice cold sugary sweet (grape) Kool-Aid meant all was right with the world. Yes. For me nothing topped off fried chicken, cabbage and stewed tomatoes like dependable KoolAid. So, when I hear ole Donnie Boy use Kool-Aid in its most derogatory form which denotes blind loyalty as displayed by the followers of Jim Jones who committed mass suicide by drinking poisoned Kool-Aid at the Jonestown agricultural commune in Guyana, I cannot help but point to the sheer irony of it all. Who, after all, demonstrates more blind, cult-like loyalty than Trump’s supporters? Post Jonestown, has the world witnessed any more absent gun-to-the-head, goose-stepping loyalty than what Republican senators, Congressmen and women, MAGA-hat wearing, AR-15 assault rifle toting, QAnon closet pedophile, Trump sycophants? These folks aren’t just drinking the “Fool-Aid”. They’re bathing in it, cooking with it and swimming in it. Hell, some might even be shooting it into their veins.

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When I first heard the recording of President Trump mocking Washington Post Associate Editor, Pulitzer Prize investigative journalist and best-selling author Bob Woodward for “drinking the Kool-Aid” as it pertained to displaying empathy towards Blacks in America, my thoughts immediately traveled back in time to my youth in Jim Crow North Carolina when Kool-Aid was the champagne of mason jars. For Blacks and for Whites. 8

It’s been a few days since recorded excerpts from Woodward’s conversation/s with Trump surfaced in which Trump downplayed the pain and anger of Black Americans as if said pain and anger didn’t exist. Just as he has downplayed the existence of COVID-19 since early January of this year. Still with Trump admitting on tape that he was aware of the dangers of the virus telling Woodward, “this is deadly stuff,” consumers of the Trump “Fool-Aid” have packed multiple venues for mostly mask-less, non-social-distancing rallies. They’re so full of “Fool-Aid” they still risk their lives in danger even after hearing Trump admit that for months, he’s been lying to them. So, I ask you, Who’s drinking whose Kool-Aid Donnie Boy? And before you, or any of your followers, answer, keep this one thing in mind. Long after you all are gone it will be those of us who didn’t drink your “Fool-Aid” that will be left to clean up the carnage. Carnage by the way that will make the Jonestown tragedy pale by comparison.

Aspiring to

Greatness URBAN SENTINEL MAGAZINE | OCTOBER

MENTION

SET TO DOMINATE THE DIGITAL MARKETING ARENA IN EGYPT by dr. anita davis-defoe for the urban sentinel

On our journey of delving deep into the digital

digital marketing the same, or are they two –entirely-

marketing field to find definite truths for perplexing

different things?”

topics, we decided not to settle for less than asking the best. Accordingly, we resorted to none other than the

A question on which many have different takes, but it’s

CEO of the leading digital marketing & advertising

a question to which he helped us find an answer that

agency in Egypt; Mahmoud Darwish, whom we asked

you’ll also figure out yourself by the time you finish

quite a controversial question, “are advertising and

reading this article...

successful communicators tend to always choose the He took us on a ride of remembering how the digital

right channel through which they communicate their

marketing definition first took shape to trace back

messages to addressees. Therefore, he applied that

where it stemmed from, making us realize that it was

theory on digital marketing; Mention sought to gear

a modern adaptation of the “traditional” advertising

up with all the know-how, tools, and calibers needed to

approaches we got familiarized with decades ago, such

leave no room for error in any of the digital marketing/

as TV commercials, banners, etc.

advertising services they provide. Hence, they chose the best calibers in the field to help in navigating

However, that adaptation had to have its own dos-

Egypt’s digital arena towards a whole new era of being

and-don’ts since it was published on a whole new kind

both relevant and technically-faultless. Those calibers

of platform; the digital platform. If we think of Egypt’s

based all their endeavors on harnessing technology to

digital entities for instance, we’ll find out that a lot of

the fullest, and gathering accurate insights from the

them are either entities that came from traditional

most advanced tools out there, so that they generate

advertising backgrounds, or simply entities that

outputs that are tailored to stand the test of time in

decided to venture into the digital marketing field

terms of relevancy, adequacy, originality, and most of

and localize its concept to produce whatever relates

all, technicality.

to the Egyptian audience, without aiming to be 100% technically valid.

M. Darwish also highlighted how the worldwide COVID-19 situation we faced brought to the entire

To M. Darwish, that was the point at which Mention

world’s attention that digital marketing stands as one

–Influence Communications’ Digital Marketing &

of the most dominant and integral industries in the

Advertising Arm- decided to fill the gap of solely

professional world, due to how it wasn’t subject to

relying on being relevant rather than technical among

experiencing the sudden halt many other fields had

digital marketers. “With our mother company being

no choice but yield to. Therefore, the same attention

Influence Communications, the company that has

was drawn towards Mention for having what it takes

been leading the PR field for the past 13 years, it meant

to provide unprecedented digital marketing solutions

that Mention must be positioned as a digital service-

for their clients to not only keep on going, but even

pioneer; not merely a digital service-provider”, he

lead the race.

stated. To summarize, the answer to the question we started And when we asked him about the reason why he

off with is that digital marketing is the modern

believed so, given his rich knowledge in the field

evolvement of traditional advertising, and to keep

of PR as it was his area of expertise way before he

up with its modernity, digital entities should do like

embarked on his digital voyage, he explained that the

Mention did and know the right strings to play to

background Mention branched out of is built on the

produce a truly unmatched digital piece!

solid ground of communication mastery, adoption of the saying “communication is key”, and belief that URBAN SENTINEL MAGAZINE | OCTOBER

Celebrating a

Farmer-Scholar Sarah Jefferis

Twenty minutes a day can be a game-changer. Twenty minutes a day could be the difference between a successful school year and having to repeat the year. Twenty minutes a day could change a child’s connection to the earth, their community, and themselves. Twenty minutes of reading. But what if there is little access to books? What if there is no extra money for books? And all the libraries and bookstores are closed? And the Pandemic has shut everything down? And all the books your children have been given by their schools-when they were open-- are limited in their representations of race, class, ethnicity and culture. Then what? Christa Nunez, a farmer-scholar poet, knew like she knew like she knew that it was her purpose to answer this question. “If we can support children in a love of reading, we can create communities that are strong and vibrant…then our world can be healed and transformed.” She is a woman whose bloodline is for literacy. She shared with me how she transformed her vision into action during the Pandemic as we sat around an outdoor table underneath a giant oak tree at The Learning Farm in Ithaca, NY. The Learning Farm is only one of her many influential contributions to Tompkins County. The Learning Farm has been a lifesaver in my daughters’ life. My girls and hundreds of other Tompkins Country children have spent summers at the Learning Farm connecting with the peaceful waterfall, learning about bees, tending to noisy chickens, daydreaming on lush paths, and planting beautiful vegetables. According to Christa: “At The Learning Farm, families can reconnect to the outdoors and discover their connection to local, sustainable food production and shared community meals. Our mission is to give children the various tools, support, motivation, and rewards necessary to become responsible, knowledgeable, and caring citizens. It is a tech-forward agriculture and life sciences organization where families can brainstorm

practical solutions to the challenges facing the planet.” One creative way to meet these climate challenges and address the essential need to increase literacy is to manifest a library. But how does one do that at this intense time? “My magic power is relationship building. So, I formed a board with powerful BIPOC women, and we created: Unbuntu Library-a mobile library-- for children who need more books in their houses, uplifting, inspiring, representative books.” Unbutu, meaning compassion—is the perfect name for this project. Since June 2020, the Unbutu Library, in collaboration with community organizers and Ithaca City School District (including bus drivers who deliver the books during a Pandemic), has placed a minimum of one book in the hands of 189 children who are reading below grade level, are economically disadvantaged, or are of African, Indigenous, Refugee ancestry or status. The library is a part of Nunez’s larger non for profit entitled Kuba International. https:// khubainternational.org/. The books center around climate smarts and a love of the environment. Some example titles include The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind—which is about a boy who builds the wind turbine and brings water to his village. Other titles include Layla Plants a Garden (about a child’s desire to grow strawberries) and Ruby’s Birds (about the magic relationship between birds and humans). The vision is for all children to read daily for a good life, a sustainable natural world, and a humanity guided by loving-kindness. The greatest challenge is there are 300 more children reading below grade level in Tompkins County that the program has not yet assisted. And Nunez has plans to broaden her vision to New York State, the East Coast, the Nation, and even globally. At The Learning Farm, the board members are planning a post COVID 19 event where they have children, and families create a handmade wind turbine model and plant seedlings for a garden that are culturally appropriate as they share a community meal. A plate

URBAN SE NTINEL MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER

Olym MUA the

My name is Olympia Kent, and I am a professionally trained and certified Makeup Artist. I was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia where I attended Gwynnis Mosby Makeup Academy (GMMA). I am very passionate about art and I love to enhance the beauty in everyone I meet. I am a firm believer that “You get out of life what you put into it” and if you do not have values then you may not get a whole lot out of life. Being dependable, reliable, loyal, honest, and committed are just a few characteristics that I possess. In 2015 Olympia took her passion for art and beauty and turned it into a thriving business. Olympia is the proud owner of Makeup Goddess Studio LLC, where she specialize in selling and applying her own line of 3D Mink Lashes called (The Goddess Collection), Olympia is very skilled when It comes to arching and shaping brows in her makeup application. I always say that “It starts with the perfect brow because the brow shapes the face and will create your whole look”. Once you have the perfect brow then I know what lash will fit the eye to combine the two. “You can definitely just do a brow and lash and it still looks fabulous”!!!

Being a makeup artist has given me the opportunity to enhance my craft and I meet a lot of influential people. Thus far, I have had some of my work published in Faschic Magazine, Communique Magazine and Urban Sentinel magazine. I have received IMBD credits for independent films like, Minor Setback directed by Countrifield Wedman & Constance, Eraced, wish was directed by Herschel Granget, Jr. and I had the opportunity to work with some well-known designers like Beamer Leon, Van Miller, Lesa Nicole, Dwight Eubanks and I have showcased my makeup skills on runway models during fashion shows. This young lady loves what she does and puts one hundred percent into it! “I do everything which pushes me to continue to perfect my craft”. The values that were instilled in me as a child have shaped me into the person I am today and I have passed those characteristics on to other Makeup Artists that have crossed my path as they embark on their journey as up and coming make artists. “Makeup is not about transforming oneself into someone else but allowing our inner self to shine with confidence.”Tania Hooper-Bishop

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FOR YOUR HEALTH

The Heart of the Matter High Blood Pressure by dr. lenore t. coleman for the urban sentinel Introduction It is estimated that nearly 1 out of 2 adults in the United States have hypertension. That works out to roughly 108 million Americans. High blood pressure or "hypertension," as it is also known, is one of the most dangerous diseases in our country. You could have high blood pressure and not even know it-that's why it's often called the "silent killer." Approximately 32% of people with high blood pressure don't know they have it. There are usually no warning signs for high blood pressure.

of heart attacks, strokes and heart failure. High blood pressure was a primary or contributing cause of death for more than 494,873 people in the United States in 2018. High blood pressure costs the United States about $131 billion each year, averaged over 12 years from 2003 to 2014.

If left untreated, hypertension can increase the risk

What is blood pressure and why is it harmful?

In most cases, we don't know what causes high blood pressure. But the good news is that it can be treated, and there are things that you can do to reduce your chances of getting high blood pressure.

Arteries carry blood from the heart to all parts of the body. The force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries is Blood Pressure. Each time the heart beats, it pumps blood into the arteries. Blood pressure is highest when the heart contracts and is pumping blood; this is called your systolic pressure. Between beats, when the heart is at rest, the blood pressure falls; this is called your diastolic pressure. High blood pressure causes the blood vessels to get stiff and narrow. This makes the heart have to work harder to get the blood through your vessels. High blood pressure can also weaken the lining of the arteries and veins so that it is more susceptible to cholesterol deposits. This narrowing of the blood vessels throughout the body can lead to problems with the heart, kidneys, brain and the eyes. Measuring Your Blood Pressure A blood pressure measurement is given as two numbers. When written, for example, the numbers might be 120/80; this blood pressure, when spoken, is "120 over 80." The higher (top) number (120) is the systolic pressure, while the lower (bottom) number (80) is the diastolic pressure. These numbers are measurements of millimeters (mm) of mercury (Hg). A blood pressure reading of less than 130/80 for adults is considered normal (including high normal); a reading below 120/80 is even better (see chart below). The goal or target blood pressure for African Americans is 120/80 mmHg. High blood pressure is grouped by stages, and the higher the number, the more serious the problem. Persons with diabetes require the lowest levels of blood pressure in order to achieve protection from heart attacks and stroke. It is most important that blood pressure is aggressively treated in people with diabetes.

Are there certain ethnic groups at increased risk? African Americans in the United States have the highest rate of hypertension in the WORLD. There are many theories why that is true. Many experts feel it is due to unhealthy lifestyles, eating TOO MUCH SALT and the lack of coping strategies for the STRESS and STRAIN of â€œBLACK LIFEâ€?. As of 2016, nearly 58% of black men and about 53% of black women in the U.S. had high blood pressure. Thirty percent (30%) of all deaths in African American men and twenty percent (20%) of all deaths in African American women are due to high blood pressure. African Americans are four times more likely to have hypertension than Caucasians. Hypertension runs in families. If you have a family history of hypertension, make sure that everyone in your immediate and extended family gets his or her blood pressure checked regularly. The hypertension that you see in African Americans is more severe and occurs at an earlier age. High blood pressure causes damage to the heart and blood vessels that can lead to heart disease and stroke. African Americans die 50% times more frequently from heart disease and 80% more frequently from URBAN SENTINEL MAGAZINE | OCTOBER

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