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*Magnificent Africa: The Magnificent Africa exhibit is now on display at the Baobab Cultural Center, 728 Univer-sity Avenue, Rochester. Dis-played through May, 2012. Terry Chaka is gallery man-ager. For more information (585)563-2145.

Zion Hill 30th AnniversaryZion Hill Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate it’s 30th anniversary May 17-20. The schedule includes: Thursday, May 17 Reception at 7 p.m. in Over flow; Friday, May 18, a gospel concert featuring Edwin Hawkins and the Zion Hill Mass Choir and other lo-cal aat 7 p.m.; Saturday the anniversary Gala in the Roch-ester Plaza Hotel at 6:30 p.m. Donation $45 and the Close Out Celebration on Sunday, May 20 at 4 p.m. featuring Rev. McCarroll of Tennessee as the guest speaker. Rev. Dr. Richard Douglass is host pas-tor.

*Final Program to feature LIVE JAZZ by Culture Clash: Fri., May 18, 7pm per-formance by Dr. Atkin’s band, Culture Clash. Baobab Cultur-al Center, 728 University Ave. Rochester, (585) 563-2145

Sat., June 2. The Borinquen Dance Theatre’s 31st An-niversary Celebration. Fea-turing Faces of El Caribe Caribbean Fusion. 5:30pm Reception and Silent Auction; 7pm Dance Performance.

Rochester Museum & Science Center, Eisenhart Auditorium, 637 East Ave. Benefits chil-dren and youth programs.Tickets: Borinquendance.org

On Saturday, June 2 from 2 to 5 PM, Rochester Com-munity Television (RCTV15) is throwing open its doors in celebration of Black Music Month. This year marks RCTV’s Fourth Annual Black Mu-sic Month Celebration com-memorating the proclamation President George Bush made on May 31, 2002 naming June as Black Music Month. The proclamation recognized the enormous contributions African-American musicians, singers, and composers have made to music and culture in the United States. Attendees will get a “behind the scenes” look at the process of live broadcasting as musi-cians performing a variety of music with roots in black cul-ture – gospel, jazz and hip hop - are filmed in the studio of Rochester Community Televi-sion and the performances are shared real-time with RCTV-15 viewers across 65,000+ homes in metro Rochester. At this year’s celebration, in addition to having crafts available for children to do, one the City of Rochester’s Recreation on the Move Mo-bile Recreation units will be onsite to provide sports, games and fun, physical ac-tivities for families. Local non-profit organizations will exhibit, sharing information on health-related topics. Rochester Community Tele-vision will also present its Sec-ond Annual Black Achieve-ment Music Award (BAMA), to be given to a local musician who demonstrates both mu-sical excellence and valued community contributions. This FREE community cele-bration will be held at RCTV-15 located at 21 Gorham Street in Rochester, NY. Re-freshments will be available for purchase. The full musical line up will be listed at www.RCTV15.org.Pictured: Timothy Mitchum, RCTV’s 2011 Black Achieve-ment Award winner. Photo C. White Llewellyn Rochester Community Tele-vision, Inc. is a not-for-profit community-oriented public access television station. Its mission is to provide a non-commercial “green space” that promotes community development and strengthens democracy. RCTV15 gives all

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*Title 1 Parent Conference and Health & Wellness Fair, Saturday, May 19, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., East High School; fea-tured speaker Otha Thornton president-elect National PTA.

*Open House: Rural/Metro Medical Services, 811 West Ave; May20, 1-4 p.m.

*”Healing The Wounds” Con-ference, May 16-18 at 7:15 p.m. (Thursday & Friday will be a Noon day Service); Sun-day May 20 at 10 a.m.; Audi-torium, 875 E. Main St.

RCTV-15 Throws Open Its Doors On June 2, In Celebration Of Black Music Month

Timothy Mitchum, RCTV’s 2011 Black Achievement Award win-ner. Photo C. White Llewellyn

City of Rochester residents a forum, the expertise and the technology for the free ex-pression of ideas. -Timothy Mitchum- Timothy Mitchum, was born July 26, 1992. Last year’s Black Achievent awardee, he began his career at age four when he performed in a mod-eling convention in Buffalo, NY. At age seven, his perfor-mance of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” at his school’s annual talent show launched a career of music, dance and modeling. After winning Best Child Vocal” and second place for “Best Child Actor” from among thousands of contes-tants in the 2003 AMTC Tal-ent Convention, Timothy had the opportunity to audition for the national Broadway tour of Disney’s The Lion King. He was selected to play the role of the young Simba. Timothy also has a num-ber of media appearances to his credit, including the films Across the Universe, August Rush and episodes of the television program Law and Order CI as well as on Con-viction and other television programs. Recent career highlights include singing “Let It Be” alongside Carol Woods at the 2008 Grammy Awards, playing harmonica with his musical idol, Stevie Wonder, and appearing on “The Ellen Degeneres Show.” In 2009, he performed at The Noble Awards, an awards show for celebrity charities. Timothy Mitchum is a singer-songwriter who plays

*5th Annual Dr. Lemuel and Gloria Rogers Health Symposium: Focus on Ag-ing and Dementia in the African American Com-munity, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 2, Monroe Community Hospital Brass Chandelier room, 435 East Henrietta Rd., Rochester, FREE; keynote Speak-ers And Panel Discussion; Free Continental Breakfast and light lunch. Transporta-tion is available; 802-5328, Ralph H. Richards for more information.

*African American Geneal-ogy Conference “My Fam-ily Tree” : Friday June 1, 6-8:30 p.m. & Sat. June 2 from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., Wil-son Academy, 200 Genesee Street; presented by Maafa Celebration Committee & Akwaaba and Community Residents; Conference Fees: Seniors (60 & over) $10; Adults $15, adult couples $20,families $25; contact Diane Sheffield @ 585-313-3685 for info.

*Frances Dances Presents “Rolling In The Dance” Concert, Saturday, June 2, Tango Café Dance Studio, 389 Gregory St. (@ Ca-yuga), 2 p.m., $5; for info (585) 249-0354 or email franceshare@yahoo.com

*Genesee Crossroads Dis-trict Boy Scouts of America Troop 46 and Pack 46 on going recruitment every Tuesday at 6 p.m., Mt. Ol-ivet Baptist Church, 141 Adams Street; call Cherly Lattimore for more info at 585-232-6742.

*Charlie Murphy’s Acid Trip Tour, Thursday June 28, with Faizon Love/Feeze Lu, 7:30 Auditorium Theatre, down-town Rochester. Tickets @ Mad Flavors, 185 Lyell Ave Rochester and Doris Records, 286 E. Ferry Buffalo; Ticket-master.com 1.800.745.3000

piano and chromatic harmon-ica. Timothy graduated from Rochester’s School of The Arts with a double major. He hopes for a successful career as a recording artist and actor.

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Juneteenth Festival, Inc. is now accepting applications forthe 37th annual Juneteenth 2012 (June 16 and 17). Ap-plications received after May 13 may be accepted at the sole discretion of Juneteenth Festival, Inc. All applications are subject to approval by the Concessions Committee. Also note that Juneteenth Festival, Inc. retains exclusive rights to the sale of sno-cones and french fries.For more informa-tion call 891-8801 or email www.juneteenthofbuffalo.comZiyadah H. Uqdah is Conces-sions Chairperson

Volunteers are needed in the following areas for Juneteenth 2012. • Juneteenth Parade• Health Pavilion • Holistic Health • Children’s Activ-ity Tent• Youth Activities• Book Sharing • Entertainment Stage• Heritage Tent• Arts & Culture Stage• Hosts for Ju-neteenth Sankofa Days• June-teenth Street Team. Please call (716) 891-8801.

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Paade registration fee of $50.00 for each group partic-ipating and application must be received No later than May 16.Rhonda Turner is Pa-rade Chairperson. For appli-cation and more iformation call (716) 891-8801 or email www.juneteenthofbuffalo.com

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Columnist to Lecture on Juneteenth Columnist and Historian Eva M. Doyle will lecture on the history of Juneteenth on Sat-urday, May 19 from 3- 5 p.m. at the Frank E. Merriweather library located at 1324 Jeffer-son avenue. Scenes from past Juneteenth celebrations will be shown during the program. The winners of the Juneteenth essay contest will also be rec-ognized. Mrs. Doyle would like to encourage parents and guardians to bring the youth Admission is free and the public is invited to attend. For info 847-6010 or 533-9547.

Dorie Miller Pistol & Gun Club The Dorie Miller Pistol & Gun Club will meet on Wednesday, May 23 at the Merriweather Library. Fea-tured will be a book Discus-sion on “Negroes With Guns” by Robert F. Williams. For more information call: 716-844-8831

BMHA Resumes Demolition of Kensington Heights Work began recently on the former Kensington Heights apartments demolition, fol-lowing a plan the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority submitted to the U.S. Envi-ronmental Protection Agency.That plan calls for affixing double-ply polyurethane to the outside of all building open-ings and maintaining them in perfect condition; remediat-ing all asbestos-containing materials; cleaning contami-nated soil; abating asbestos materials in the buildings and demolishing the abated build-ings. “We are pleased to again be moving forward on this proj-ect with our partners, the EPA and the New York State La-bor Department,” said Dawn E. Sanders, BMHA executive director. “We are aiming to demolish the first two fully remediated buildings starting this summer.”

Attention Former Bethel Head Start Students Bethel Head Start is offering scholarships to students will be college freshman and those entering 9th grade this fall. If you attended a Bethel Head Start program, you could be eligible to receive scholarship money for fall 2012. Applica-tions are available in many Buffalo Public School guid-ance offices and at the Bethel Head Start office located at 1461 Main Street, Buffalo 14209. The deadline for appli-cations is June 1, 2012.

Elmore Appointed to ECC Board of Trustees John Elmore has been ap-pointed to the Board of Trust-ees of Erie Community Col-lege by Gov. Cuomo for a term to expire June 30, 2018. Attorney Elmore serves as s p e c i a l trial coun-sel and managing at torney of the Law Firm B r o w n Chiari in the Buf-falo of-fice. El-more handles serious personal injury matters and criminal defense. With over 27 years of trial experience in New York State and federal courts, he is a former New York State Trooper, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and New York State Assistant Attorney General. He is a former chairperson of the New York State Attor-ney Grievance Committee, where he oversaw attorney disciplinary proceedings in the eight most western coun-ties of the State of New York. In 2011, attorney Elmore was appointed by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo to serve on two judicial screen-ing committees. He serves as chairperson of the 4th De-partment Judicial Screening Committee and serves on the Statewide Judicial Screening Committee. Mr. Elmore is a Deacon of the Elim Christian Fellowship Church. A life member of the NAACP and a board member of the Erie Community Col-lege Foundation, he is the re-cipient of numerous awards. He is the author of “Fight-ing for Your Life: The African American Survival Guide,” which addresses the issues of young people and the criminal justice system. Mr. Elmore is listed in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of Super Lawyers-Rising Stars in the category plaintiffs’ per-sonal injury and has received an AV ® Peer Review Rating from Martindale Hubbell, the preeminent level of profes-sional excellence.

Majority Leader and Masten District Council Member Demone A. Smith and Ellicott Council Member and Pastor Darius G. Pridgen of True Bethel Baptist Church will meet with the community to discuss the shooting that occurred Saturday in Martin Luther

King Park which left five people wounded, one critically. The meeting will take place on Wednes-day, May 16 from 4 to 5 p.m. in Martin Luther King, Jr. Park At press time the gunman who opened fire on the people at around 8:30 p.m., is still at large. Leaders and community residents have expressed outrage over the brazen and cowardly act. The gunman reportedly walked up to Shelter No. 4 where a birthday party was going on and opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun. Fifty or 60 people were present, including children. He is described as being about 5 foot 11 inches, 180 pounds and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and light colored jeans. No motive has yet been established. If anyone with information regarding the shooting please call or text the confidential Tip-CALL line at 847-2255.

Council Members Smith & Pastor Pridgen To Hold Community Meeting In Response To MLK Park Shooting

Community and Faith Leaders Hold 99% Spring Direct Action Confronting Corporations Buffalo, NY—A coalition of community and faith leaders joined a nationwide effort to hold corporations account-able with an action and press conference at the National Fuel Gas headquarters at in Williamsville last Saturday. Following the 99% Spring trainings and actions that have trained over 100,000 people in non-violent direct action prin-ciples across the country and confronted corporate power at shareholder meetings, hun-dreds of local grassroots lead-ers, workers, and community and faith leaders held multiple actions National Fuel and Ve-rizon, corporations in Buffalo that are part of the 1% richest and most unaccountable com-panies.

“As people of faith and com-munity leaders, we are trou-bled by the anti-community and anti-worker decisions of corporations like Verizon and National Fuel,” said Reverend Merle Showers, a minister at Niagara Frontier City Minis-tries. “If these companies are to remain fixtures in our com-munities, they must be good

corporate citizens and put people first instead of putting profits over people.”

During a demonstration at Na-tional Fuel’s headquarters in Williamsville, four area min-isters joined with the twelve organizations that comprise the National Fuel Account-ability Coalition to call for a community dialogue about the company’s practices that heighten the crisis of heating costs in neighborhoods across WNY by misallocating cus-tomer funded conservation monies.

“National Fuel CEO David Smith has demonstrated time and again that he believes he has no accountability to the community,” said Reverend John Long, a retired minis-ter with First Presbyterian Church. “It is long past time for David Smith to do the right thing and meet with the community.”

The Coalition is asking for a community partnership with the publicly regulated util-ity company around three main points: The reform and implementation of the pub-licly funded conservation in-centive program; continued investment in weatherization for people who can’t afford gas bills; rethinking the model of a publicly regulated utility company to ensure that the structure puts people first.

-Verizon-The Coalition also highlighted Verizon’s refusal to negotiate a fair contract with its union workforce and the company’s push to outsource jobs over-seas, and cut employee health-care, retirement, and disability benefits, despite making more than $19 billion in profits and paying its top executives $283 million over the past four years.

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Kenyan Muslim leaders from the coast region have condemned President Barack Obama’s support of same sex marriages, says “Daily Na-tion.” Speaking to the “Daily Na-tion” in Mombasa, Council of Imams and Preachers Or-ganising Secretary Sheikh Mohammed Khalifa accused President Obama of playing god by legalizing what “God Himself objects.” “Simply because he has risen to be the President of a super power does not mean he can now start acting as God. He is nothing in the eyes of God and his plans will not succeed just like those who preceded him in such plans,” said Sheikh Khalifa. He further accused the Ke-nya Human Rights Commis-sion of propagating western values at the expense of reli-gion by propagating for same sex marriages and abortion. “God created man and wom-an so that we can procreate. How come we now want to behave worse than dogs who do not go for their own gender but know the difference be-tween the two?” asked Sheikh Khalifa.

(New York, NY) –Reverend Al Sharpton, President of Na-tional Action Network, along with Julian Bond, Chairman Emeritus of NAACP, Melanie Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition for Black Civic Engagement, and Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Icon and Presi-dent Emeritus of the Southern Christian Leadership Confer-ence, released an open letter embracing President Obama’s position on equality for gay and lesbian individuals in this country. This followed several calls between faith and civil rights leaders organized by Rev. Al Sharpton and NAN to encour-age a civil debate on this issue and to encourage all individu-als to keep all issues of import to our communities in mind in the days ahead. Excerpts fol-low: “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, ‘Injustice any-where is a threat to justice everywhere.’ As leaders in to-day’s Civil Rights Movement, we stand behind the President Obama’s belief that same sex couples should be allowed to join in civil marriages. We also affirm that individuals may hold different views on this issue but still work to-gether towards our common goals: fair housing and equi-table education, affordable health care and eradicating poverty, all issues of deep and abiding concern for our com-munities.

“President Obama stated his view that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. This is a view that we concur with, because as civil rights leaders we cannot fight to gain rights for some and not for all.”

Defense Has Discovery in Trayvon Martin Case

MIAMI — George Zimmerman’s attorney is examining 67 compact discs and a list of witness statements in the Trayvon Martin case. Attorney Mark O’Mara announced Monday eve-ning on the legal defense site he created for Zimmerman that he and his team have received discovery regarding the case. The package also includes 911 calls, non-emergency calls, photos, video, medical records and numerous hardcopy docu-ments, including the state’s discovery exhibit and demand for reciprocal discovery. O’Mara said on the site that it would be “inappropriate” for them to issue an immediate comment on “particular pieces of evidence.”

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New York Stop-and-Frisk Trial Ends in Convictions After a 5-day trial, 20 activists were convicted of disorderly conduct charges in a protest at a Harlem police precinct, last October. “This was a political showcase, in which not only stop-and-frisk was on trial, but our First Amendment rights,” said defendant Nellie Bailey, of Occupy Harlem. “Mass incarcera-tion plus silence equals genocide,” said Carl Dix, co-organizer of Stop Stop-and-Frisk, along with activist Dr. Cornel West. “We are simply trying to minimize the suffering of these young people out there,” said Dr. West. Among those who spoke at a press conference outside the courthouse were: Rev. Stephen Phelps, Riverside Church, Rev. Earl Kooperkamp, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Harlem, John Hector, Jamal Mims, Randy Credico, Jose LaSalle, Elaine Brower, and Sade Adona.Welfare Drug Testing is Part of War Against PoorMandatory drug testing for public assistance recipients “has everything to do with an ongoing war against the poor in this country,” said Sara Totonchi, executive director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, in Atlanta. The Center is preparing potential legal action to thwart Georgia from imposing the tests, which courts have ruled unconstitutional. “Georgia politicians know that the way to win elections is to throw around this red meat, rhetoric-filled legislation,” said Totonchi. “Two years ago, the target was immigrant NATO to Plan More War in ChicagoThis week’s NATO summit meeting, in Chicago, “will be full of aggressive activities: plans for energy wars around the world, new decisions about how the U.S will maintain hegemony in the oil-rich Middle East and Afghanistan,” said Chris Gavreau, spokesperson for UNAC, the United National Anti-War Coali-tion. Thousands of demonstrators are expected to converge on the city.Boycott the Two Major Parties“We know him as a war president, we know him as an anti-civil liberties president, we know him as an austerity president – that’s the record,” said Dr. Tony Monteiro, professor of Af-rican American Studies at Temple University, in Philadelphia, speaking of Barack Obama. “The same goes for Mitt Romney.”

A red velvet cake that depicted a nude African woman, and was rigged to have the cake’s creator scream as slices were made into the edible sculpture, during a ceremony at the Stockholm’s Moderna Museet, Museum of Modern Art, last month.

UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - “There is nothing funny about oppression!” chanted New Black Panther Party members gathered in front of the Swedish Mission to the United Nations for a recent demonstration.The group was protesting the actions and attitude of Swedish Minister of Culture Lena Adel-sohn-Liljeroth while cutting into a red velvet cake that depicted a nude African woman, and was rigged to have the cake’s cre-ator scream as slices were made into the edible sculpture, during a ceremony at the Stockholm’s Moderna Museet, Museum of Modern Art, last month.

“We are here today to condemn. This is art at its worst; there must be an outcry against this type of racist imagery,” declared Zayid Muhammad of the New Black Panther Party’s National Ministry of Culture, standing outside the Swedish mission. The cake was a rendition of “a ‘Sambo-ized’ African woman, with exaggerated lips teeth and eyes like the age-old racist caricatur-ing of African people,” said Mr. Muhammad. Afro-Swede Ma-kode Aj Linde defended the work as “artistic choice,” saying those who criticize the cake aren’t familiar with his work.With April 15 marking World Art Day in Sweden, and a celebra-tion of the 75th anniversary of the Swedish Artists Organiza-tion, Mr. Linde’s cake was supposed to represent artistic free-dom, the right to offend; and a condemnation of female genital mutilation.

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MAY 16, 2012 Challenger Community News • ChallengerCN.com MAY 16, 2012 Challenger Community News • ChallengerCN.com 5HEALTH MATTERSNeed A Health Boost? Try These Herbs garlic: The pungent and popular bulb is particularly heart-friendly: In several studies, patients with arteriosclerosis who took garlic significantly reduced the plaque in their arteries. Garlic slightly lowers LDL or bad cho¬lesterol and raises HDL, the good type. It also lowers blood pressure and reduces the potential for a stroke, because less plaque means there’s less possibility that pieces will break off from the artery walls and lodge in the brain or heart.

ginger: As a natural anti-nausea remedy, this flavorful root has few equals. Most of the research shows it to be effective against morning sickness and post-chemotherapy nausea and in several studies it fared even better than Dramamine in preventing mo-tion sickness.

oregano: Studies show that oregano oil works to fight infec-tions, thanks to two powerful compounds in the plant, thymol and carvacrol. Oregano can be helpful for traveler’s diarrhea and giardiasisis, but it’s used primarily for upper respiratory in-fections. Its best for short-term, low-grade problems like coughs and colds, but if you don’t feel better after several days, or you develop a high fever, you should definitely see a physician, who may need to prescribe antibiotics.

Sage: Sage has long been thought of in traditional herbal medi-cine as a brain booster. Research is adding credibility to this age-old use. In a small British study of healthy adults, par-ticipants who took Spanish sage oil capsules consistently per-formed better on a word-recall test than those in a control group. A compound in the plant seems to inhibit the same enzyme that’s targeted by drugs used to treat memory loss in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (though no one’s yet studied the effect of the herb on actual Alzheimer’s patients). Sage is also a classic remedy for sore throats because of its antiseptic action.

HIV Vaccine Awareness Day Observance Set In observance of HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, The MOCHA Center will join its bio-medical research partner on the Be The Generation Bridge Grant, The Rochester Victory Alliance, to present “Vaccine Awareness Day at Cathode Ray Nightclub” on Thursday, May 17 from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. at Cathode Ray, 25 Allen Street. The MOCHA Center is a statewide non-profit organization whose mission is to improve health and wellness in communi-ties of color with an emphasis on LGBTQ programming, ser-vices, and intervention. May 18 is HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD). This an-nual observance is a day to recognize the contributions of thou-sands of volunteers, community members, health professionals, scientists, and governments who are committed to working to-gether to find an HIV vaccine. Results of a recent vaccine trial and related follow-up studies have provided a promising way forward in the search for an HIV vaccine. In addition, other biomedical HIV prevention strategies such as microbicides, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and treat-ment as prevention have also shown great promise. While no single prevention strategy will end HIV/AIDS, HVAD under-scores the importance of developing a safe and effective vac-cine – our best hope to ending the epidemic. As the scientific community forges ahead in pursuit of an HIV vaccine, a variety of prevention approaches, treatment of those who are already infected, as well as community support and engagement remain essential to controlling the virus. For more information about local HIV Vaccine research please contact The Rochester Victory Alliance at 585.756.2329 or visit www.rochestervictoryalliance.org. For more information on local HIV Vaccine Awareness Day events or The MOCHA Center, contact Thaddeus Price, Acting Executive Director at The MOCHA Center, 585-420-1400 x24 or visit www.mochacenter.org. For more information about HIV vaccine research and other biomedical HIV prevention strategies, how you can support these efforts, and the ongoing commitment of the National In-stitute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), visit www.bethegeneration.nih.gov.

Coalition to Save Martin Luther King Jr. Park Update

Progress is Being Made”: Next Public Meeting June 13By Samuel A. Herbert

The Coalition to save Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park held a public meeting April 17 at the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library to update the community to “what is going on” with the current renovations.

With the second phase of the construction project presently tak-ing place in the park wading pool and Juneteenth right around the proverbial corner, the Coalition reached out to all the pow-ers that be and invited them to attend the meeting to update the community as to the progress currently taking place. Attend-ing the meeting was Mayor Brown, Commissioner of Public Works Steve Stepniak, Masten Councilmember Demone Smith, Deputy Police Commissioner Byron Lockwood, Andrew Rabb, Buffalo Parks and Recreation, Director of Strategic Initiatives

Buffalo Olmsted Parks Otis Glover and Mark Mistretta of the Wendel Design Group. They were ready to answer all questions from the commu-nity. The only group that was invited but did not come was the general contractor who is actually doing the work (Man-O-Tree).

Questions and concerns from the community were heard. Some expressed whether or not the work at the wading pool would be completed in time for the Juneteenth Fes-tival and Father’s Day week-end. Another issue raised was

the issue of the number of Africans Americans and people of color working on the project site in the wading pool. We now know that there are two Black males out of seven men on the job. Overall the meeting went very well.

Mayor Brown spoke on what part of the project can be acceler-ated and said that he will do all he can to help in the accelera-tion. I explained to everyone that there are parts leading up to Juneteenth weekend that can be ready as a back drop so people can see something positive (water) as we move forward to the completion date of July 1. Other issues that came up was the need for signs to be put up in and around the park urging park users to keep dogs under control and to clean up after them; and not using the park as a parking lot, (stay off the grass with your cars!) Trust me when I tell you, you will be ticketed this summer.

Other concerns were the bees and what could be done about them. It was explained that during a certain time of year and the type of trees that are planted in the park, some being 100 year’s old, is the reason why we have that problem during the summer months. But they’re working on spraying. One more thing that came up was what time the work on the pool is being done. People in the community made comments such as, “What’s go-ing on? When I drive by late afternoon and at night I don’t see anyone working?” The answer: They work 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the wading pool.

Today the pressure is on the city of Buffalo and Mayor Brown to produce by accelerating its completion and having it done right. Since the April 17 meeting, I was told by the foremen that I will no longer be invited to the meetings and to stay off the construc-tion site. Some of the workers are mad at me because I came down on them for not showing to the meeting . I have attended these meetings from day one of the first phase, always conduct-ing myself in a respectable manner and understood what was being said and the work being done. I want to be back at those meetings. The community needs the Coalition to Save Martin

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The Women’s Guild of Our Savior Lutheran Church, 26 Brunswick Blvd. will be spon-soring their Bi-Annual Moth-er’s/Daughter’s Day Tea on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 2:00-4:00 pm. The afternoon is designed for mothers and daughters to enjoy a few hours of fun and relaxation together. Donation is $15. For tickets call the church office (716) 885-1108.

Mother’s & Daughter’s Day Tea

Baptist Minister’s Conference City-Wide Revival FeaturesGuest Preacher, Visionary Leader Dr. Stanley T. Hilliard

The Baptist Minister’s Conference of Buffalo & Vacinity is hosting a

City Wide Revival now thru May 18 at 6:30 p.m. nightly at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 601 E. Delavan Avenue. Dr. William Gillison is host pas-tor. Rev. Dr. Ivery Daniels is th president of the Conference.The City Wide Male Chours, Combined Choir, and Youth

and young Adult Choir under the direction of Sis. Bessie Patterson leads the conference in praise nightly. All are in-vited to attend!-Dr. Hilliard- Dr. Hilliard is President of the Lincoln Southern District Congress of Christian Educa-tion; Vice-President of the Houston Metropolitan Baptist Minister’s Conference; Dean

of the B. M. & E. State Con-gress of Christian Education; State of Texas Representa-tive for the World Baptist Center Church Development Office of Nashville, Tennes-see; and Faculty Member of the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education (Aux-iliary of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.). Since September of 1993, Dr. Hillard has been the pastor of

the St. Luke Missionary Bap-tist Church in Houston, Texas. He has been p r e a c h i n g the Gospel since March of 1983. He is a native of New Bos-ton, Texas and pastured there for 10 years. Rev. Dr. Gillison Rev. Dr. Hilliard

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The community is invited to attend Pastor Rosetta Swains (of Enter In Ministries Full Gospel Baptist Church) 6th Pastoral Anniversary Guest Speaker Series:

Book Signing Event @ the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library, on Thursday May 17th 2012, 12noon-2pm and 5:30pm-7:30pm for “The Prosperity Gospel” by the Rev. Dr. Jeffery Bowens- Pastor of the Love Alive Fellowship Church, All are Welcome. For More Information: (716)541-4689.

revivalA Back To The Old Landmark Revival with Dr. Anita Wil-liams will be held May 23, 24, 25 at 7 p.m. nightly at Old Path Holiness Church, 3328 Church Street Niagara Falls.

Women’s Day at New Hope Baptist Women's Day will be observed at the New Hope Baptist of Niagara Falls, NY on Sunday, May 20. Mrs. Dorothy Kelley, the First Lady of the church, will be the 10:15 a.m. worship speaker. The church is located at 1122 Buffalo Avenue. Rev. Harvey L. Kelley, Pastor. Mrs. Jaime Hargrove of Buffalo, NY, will be afternoon speaker at the 4:00 p.m. Mrs. Hargrove is an Adjunct Professor of Business OMA at ECC and a GED In-structor in Buffalo Public School's Adult Education Division. Mrs. Hargrove is a member of the Greater Hope Baptist Church. Theme: "Women Rooted and Built Up in Jesus Christ: Yester-day, Today and Tomorrow" - Colossians 2: 6, 7. For additional information, contact the church at 716/282-8118.

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Lillie M. Humes

Funeral Services will be held Saturday morning May 19 at St John’s Baptist Church 184 Goodell St., wake beginning at 10 AM and services at 11.

Distinguished hair styl-ist, beauty salon owner and church leader Lil-

lie M. Humes died Thursday May 10 in Los Angeles at the age of 83 after a long battle with Parkinson’s. Mrs. Humes left her fam-ily’s farm in North Carolina at the age of 18 to chase her dream. First in New York City to study fashion and then on to Buffalo, NY where she es-tablished Humes’ Styles in Beauty in 1962, a prominent business in the community, with her newlywed Emanuel Humes, Sr. Together they also worked to establish churches throughout Western New York, having met in a small Church of God of Prophecy in Harlem, Lillie and Emanuel Mrs. Humes was known for her distinctive style as a hair stylist and en-trepreneur. Humes Styles in Beauty on Jefferson Avenue was an essential stop for lo-cal and national celebrities and loyal clients in the com-munity. Known also for her beauti-ful singing voice, she became lead vocalist with the popular gospel group the Melvin Sis-ters at an early age. Perform-ing with her sisters Reva and Jessie, they enjoyed a nation-wide ministry. Her soulful renditions continued to move congregations throughout her life until Parkinson’s stilled her voice. Lillie May Melvin was born in Grove Township, Harnett County, North Carolina on October 26, 1928; to Eliza-beth Shaw and Archie Melvin. Archie was a farmer. Their life was hard, the Melvin farm included hundreds of acres of tobacco, but Lillie May al-ways seemed to find the joy in her chores, making a game of plowing the fields with her favorite horses or even culling chickens. She sang in the choir at William Penn High School in High Point (where class-mate John Coltrane was in the band). Upon graduation she was off to New York City. Working as a seamstress in the garment district was not ex-actly what she dreamed of but she still got to sing in the choir on Sundays and soon attracted a young ex-gang leader from Harlem. Despite his skills as a Golden Gloves boxer he had

no defense for her charms. Emanuel and Lillie Humes were married in Buffalo on Valentines Day 1951. Along with Humes Styles in Beau-ty they established Humes Construction and Man-Lil Management, a development company that played a role in the Buffalo’s eastside urban renewal. Mrs. Humes was President of the Urban League Guild, President UMP #42 Hair Dressers Association, member of Jack & Jill of America and NAACP. Most importantly she lived her Christian faith with her quiet and personal demon-stration of love to people who were commonly forgotten. She retired from her beloved salon at the too-early age of 52 when Parkinson’s would not allow her to do what she loved. For the over 30 years she battled the disease she never voiced a complaint and never questioned her God; she simply continued to lift the spir-its of those fortunate enough to know her with her quiet dignity and soft sweet voice. Mrs. Humes companion of fif-ty-eight years, Emanuel Humes, Sr. died in 2009. She is survived by four daughters, Theresa Jordan, Belinda Mullen, Dyan Nispel (Marcus Nispel), and Denisha Humes; three sons, Emanuel Jr., Lemuel and James Humes; four brothers, Archie, George, Charles, and Michael Melvin; and sister Loretta Mel-vin also eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Pastor Swain’s 6th Pastoral Anniversary

Male Chorus of St. John Host “Deacons Who Love to Sing” On Sunday, May 20 at 4 p.m. the Male Chorus of St. John Baptist Church will host “Deacons Who Love to Sing” in concert, featuring Carl Hunley, Daryl Saxon and other Deacons from the WNY area churches. Minister Mi-chael Chapman is pastor.

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A R C H I -TECT$51,396 - $59,811The BMHA is seeking q u a l i f i e d candidates for a full-time Archi-tect. Quali-f i c a t i o n s include pos-session of a current Ar-chitect’s Li-cense from New York State; Mas-ter’s Degree in Architec-ture; Bache-lor’s Degree in Archi-tecture and two years of full time experience in archi-tectural de-

sign includ-ing work in construction management or building code review; or Associ-ates Degree in Architec-ture and five years of ex-perience. City of Buf-falo resi-dency and posses s ion of a current and valid NYS Driver License are r e q u i r e d . Success fu l c a n d i d a t e s will be sub-ject to quali-fication by the Civil Ser-vice Admin-istration. Job description, with detailed q u a l i f i c a -tions, can be

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*Anchor Bar, each Friday night @ 9PM The Jazz Example; Darryl Washington on drums; Greg Piontek on bass; Doug Gaston on Piano, Band Leader Bilal Abdullah on Tenor Sax; and vocalist Lady Lita.

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*ujima Presents: The Scavenger’s Daughter written and directed by Gary Earl Ross May 4 – 27 Theater-Loft • 545 Elmwood Ave. Thurs., Fri., Sat. @ 8pm • Sun. @ 6pm • $25 general • $20 seniors • $15 students SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR EL-DER CARE WORKERS - $20 Res-ervations call Box Office 883-0380 • Subscriptions & Group rates call Administration 883-4232TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT: www.ujimatheatre.org OR http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/244270

*Saturday, June 9th Diaab Entertain-ment Presents Lalah Hathaway 7:30 pm & 10 pm Shows. $45 Ad-vance | $49 Day of Show Tickets on sale at Wal-mart, Doris Records, & The Tralf Box Office. Charge by phone: 1-800-745-3000 716-852-2860 “Her name is legend-ary. Her music is timeless. Her lyrics touch you at the core. Her voice pos-sesses rich warmth that soothes your ears and holds you close.”

*Madea gets A Job: Starring Tyler Perry, First Niagara Center, Thurs-day, May 17, 7:30 pm. Tickets on sale at the Box Office; Charge by phone at 888-223-6000; www.tick-ets.com or www.tylerperry.com

The Play: “Three Sistahs”: May 4-27, on Stage @ Paul Robeson Theatre, Sunday, May 13 @ 6 p.m., Soul Food Dinner @ 4 p.m.; $45 per person; $25 children 4-12; Featuring Voices Of Mary Craig, Annette Christian, Falisha Young. 884-2013 for tiackets and more informa-tion.

Love Supreme School of Music RecitalThe Love Supreme School of Music Summer Recital will be held Saturday June 2, at 3pm, Durham Memorial Community Center, 200 East Eagle Street. Reverend George C. Woodruff is Pastor of Durham Memorial AME Zion Church, donation is $10. For more info Pappy Martin 228-5307.

*Talib Kweli, Thursday, May 31, The Tralf.

*Jewish Repertory Theatre presents Driving Miss Daisy, now thru May 27, starring Sheila McCarthy, La-verne Clay & Stan Klimecko; 888-718-4253 for tickets and info www.jewishrepertorytheatre.com

*Charlie Murphy’s Acid Trip Tour, Thursday June 28, with Faizon Love/Feeze Lu, 7:30 Auditorium Theatre, downtown Rochester. Tickets @ Mad Flavors, 185 Lyell Ave Rochester and Doris Records, 286 E. Ferry Buffalo; Ticketmaster.com 1.800.745.3000

*Buffalo’s Best Tribute Concert of the Year featuring oscar Alston’s 15 Piece Orchestra performing live, the music of Curtis Mayfield, New Birth, War, Sunday, May 27, The New Golden Nugget, 2046 Fillmore Ave. Showtime 7 p.m.; tickets $25.

MSOM prepares to host Conductor of the Harlem Symphony Orchestra Amadi Azikiwe Muhammad School of Music’s (MSOM) Voice of My Heart Recital Se-ries is preparing for a monumental performance featuring conductor of the Harlem Symphony Orchestra Amadi Azikiwe. The MSOM Honors Recital will be held June 9 at 7 pm and June 10 at 3 pm, at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, on the Buffalo State College Campus. The program will feature guest conductor Amadi Azikiwe leading the MSOM Chamber Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1. The program will also

feature outstanding students from MSOM’s Mae-stro’s Studio, and MSOM Founder and Director Henri L. Muhammad in his debut performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto. Tickets are $50 VIP and $20 General Admission, and can be purchased online and at Muhammad School of Music, 617 Main Street, Suite 105, in downtown Buffalo. For more information, group packages, or to become a recital sponsor call (716)881-5088; (716)570-5064; via email: info@muhammadschoolofmusic.net or visit www.muhammadschoolofmusic.net. Amadi Azikiwe is a world renown violist, chamber musician, and conductor of the Harlem Symphony Orchestra. He also is viola faculty at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Vir-ginia. The Harlem Symphony Orchestra is one of the nation’s unique classical music ensembles that features not only musical works by black classical

composers, but is made up of talented black classical musicians from around the country. Henri L. Muhammad is a member of the Harlem Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with them at the historic Apollo Theater in New York City. In welcoming Amadi to Buffalo and MSOM he said “I am so trilled that my long time friend and fellow musician will be joining us for what will prove to be a night of classical music excellence!”

Henri Muhammad

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Seeking Jazz Musicians The Family Resource Center, 347 E. Ferry St. is looking for musicians to play in jazz ensemble. Call Bilal Ab-dullah at 783-314.

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Colored Musicians Club Seeks Volunteers

The Colored Musicians Club is looking for people inter-ested to volunteer as Docents (knowledgable guides)For the Colored Musicians Club Mu-seum, 145 Broadway Buffalo New York You Will be required to submit an application to the Colored Musicians Club 145 Broadway Buffalo New York. Docent is a voluntary none paid position. Please contact us via e-mail:docentcmc145broadway@gmail.com We will send you an appli-cation.Training will be con-ducted by Danny Williams and Club Historians, after applica-tions have been reviewed.

Thursday, May 17 ‘Tyler Perry’s ‘Madea Gets A Job,’ .First Ni-agara Center (HSBC Arena) One Big Show… 7:30pm….tick-ets on sale at First Niagara box office, tick-ets.com and charge by phone 888-223-6000

Saturday, May 19 “Soul Bowl” …Kerns Bowling Cen-ter …163 Kerns Ave….pre-sented by The National Black MBA Assoc WNY Chapter….bowl and with legendary DJ Stoney….come dressed in your favorite outfit from the 70’s and 80’s….donation $20…benefiting youth leader-ship programs…this is a first time event and something new…so dig out your best oldies outfit and support this worthy cause…see attached for more info

Thursday, May 17 ‘Third Thursdays’ at Scarlet, 6pm – 9pm welcoming North Buffalo Junior Rams Association…en-joy lite fare, drink specials and networking…the only Happy Hour/Mixer in downtown Buffalo for Buffalo’s profes-sionals…. hosted by Urban Professionals of WNY(Kevin and Satoria Donovan)….the ONE and ONLY….

June 7 – 21 Road Less T r a v e l e d Productions inside The Market Ar-cade The-atre presents AWriting4M-yLifeProduc-

tion of “No Stage” by Archie ‘The Messenger’ and Lyrical ‘ The Lyricist’…The two hour performance takes the audi-ence on an emotional roller coaster that touches upon sub-jects like death, terminal ill-ness, self-knowledge, person-al growth and one’s sense of place in the world… Show-times...Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm…general admission tickets - $20 students $15…seniors $10….at ticketmaster.com …for more information call Tony Shep at 444-3016 or online at TonyShep.com

Friday, June 8 “Beautiful in Black” Boat Ride….Miss Buffalo II…Put on your fa-vorite black outfit and Join me , DJ Papa Trini and our friends for a boat ride to remember….food from 6 til 7pm boarding at 7:30pm….call 892-1377 for $30 tickets…see attached

Saturday, June 9 Lalah Hathaway…The Tralf…two shows 7:30 & 10pm…ticket $45 in advance & $49 day of show…available at Doris Records…Ticketmaster and Tralf box office…

Saturday, June 16 2nd Buf-falo/Niagara International Poetry Slam …The Tralf…8pm $600 in cash prizes…tickets $20 in advance…$15 students/seniors…$25 at the door…and ticketmaster.com…. call 716-553-9491 for more info…Another Njozi Promotions Joint!

Saturday & Sunday , June 16 & 17 Juneteenth Festi-val at Martin Luther King Jr. Park…the 2nd largest in the nation…exhibits, entertain-ment and much more… not to mention the best parade in the city!!!

Saturday & Sunday , June 23, 24 Buffalo United Front Inc. presents Family Fish-ing Day 2012 7am – 7pm Broderick Park(site of the his-toric Undergroung Railroad site)…1170 Niagara St(foot of Ferry)…games, prizes and a good time….

“Baby Mama Drama”Floyd Mayweather and 50 Cent’s Baby Mothers Team Up And They Are Telling All

While Floyd Mayweather and 50 Cent were ballin’ in Vegas for Floyd’s fight with Cotto, both of their baby mother’s/ex-girlfriends were dropping some serious tea. Josie Harris, who has three kids by Floyd Mayweather, and Shaniqua Tompkin, moth-er of 50 Cent’s 15 year old son Marquise caught up with MommysDirtyLittleSecret.com and aired all the dirty laundry about their former re-lationships. You see, Josie is planning on writing a book based on her very possessive and abu-sive relationship with Floyd. Things really turned ugly for the two in 2010, when Floyd assaulted Josie in front of their kids after he found some texts in her phone from NBA player C.J. Watson. He was later slapped with a 90 day jail sentence that he will begin serving next month. 50 Cent’s baby mother Shaniqua also had her share of public drama with 50 Cent after he tried to evict her from the mansion she lived in before it suspiciously burned to the ground.

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Park YouthsApplications are available for the Charles T. Perkins Schol-arship which is awarded an-nually to Hamlin Park youth who volunteer their time and creative talents to the Hamlin Park community. Applica-tions may be obtained at the Merriweather Library, Man-della’s Market (Jefferson at East Ferry), and the Golden Corner Deli (Jefferson at E. Delavan). The deadline for applications is June 11, 2012. In addition to volunteer ser-vice, applicants must meet a Hamlin Park residency re-quirement, be a graduating high school senior who has been accepted into college, or a college student who has maintained a 2.5 or better grade point average. For ad-ditional information call 885-1236, or via email at dell-betha@yahoo.com.

Broken on All Sides...Recently, I reviewed a new film entitled “Broken On All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice in the US,” which does a good job of describing the US prison system as being broken and perhaps beyond repair. I posted the film’s 5-minute trailer on Facebook about two weeks ago. Only two people have tak-en a look at it and responded. I have more than 2,500 Facebook “friends” and I really expected more of them to click “like” and “share.” It’s an important film and it will be screened at the next monthly meeting of Prisoners Are People Too, Inc.. I know that prison issues are of great im-portance to many people and some are work-ing very hard to reform or dismantle what currently exists but there seems to be far too many others who are simply not interested or who would rather live with misinformation, stereotypes, and the kind of ignorance that gives them comfort. This apathy is frightening to me since I know that everyone is affected by this system whether they know it or not. Certainly, for some, the im-pact is obvious; prisoners, their close friends and families, and formerly incarcerated people see and feel this impact everyday. Children are affected too. Some even believe that incarceration is a normal part of adult male life. Incarcerated parents feel the impact as far too many of them rarely, if ever, see their children. Women struggling to raise children alone, feel the harsh impact of a system that is not family-friendly. Formerly incarcerated people, struggling to re-enter society, are affected daily as they strive to build new lives despite the detrimental collateral conse-quences of a criminal conviction. People who express no inter-est in prison issues, live and work day-to-day, not realizing that their tax dollars support a failed system that basically does very little to rehabilitate men and women who will one day come home. In a few days, activists, advocates, and organizations from across the state will meet in Albany to share their working strat-egies and to talk to lawmakers about reforms requiring legisla-tive support and the Governor’s approval. The work is hard. The laws are unfair. Progress is slow. Even the most stalwart are showing signs of fatigue and a desire to abandon the battlefield. But the fight for the rights of prisoners is a necessary fight and one that more must join. Last May, 15 delegates from Western New York went to Albany. This year, only 9 have registered to go. This is a disappointment but I am not discouraged. Prisoners Are People Too, Inc. will meet on Monday, May 21, 2012 at the Pratt-Willert Community Center, 422 Pratt Street in Buffalo to view and discuss “Broken On All Sides.” The Circle of Supporters for Reformed Offenders and Friends of BaBa Eng support this program.For further information, con-tact Karima Amin at 716-834-8438 or karima@prisonersare-peopletoo.org.

The Buffalo Association of Black Journalists is accepting applications for its 2012 Carl R. Allen Memorial Scholar-ship. The deadline is June 30.

The Buffalo News and the Buffalo Newspaper Guild also contribute to the competitive $1,000 scholarship.

The scholarship is open to Af-rican-American high school seniors, as well as college freshmen, sophomores and ju-niors who are or will be pursu-ing studies leading to a career in journalism. Applicants must be permanent residents of Erie or Niagara counties and have a cumulative grade point aver-age of 2.5 or higher.

In addition to filling out an ap-plication, students must sub-mit three letters of recommen-dation, samples of their work, a brief autobiography, resume and proof of enrollment in an accredited four-year college or university. Mail completed applications to: Buffalo As-sociation of Black Journalists, P.O. Box 736, Ellicott Station, Buffalo, NY 14205.

Applications are available in the financial aid departments at the following schools: University at Buffalo, Buf-falo State College, Canisius College, Daemen College, D’Youville College, Medaille College and St. Bonaventure University.

Applications also may be obt-ained at Buffalo public high schools, Niagara Falls High School or by calling 849-5598.

The scholarship is awarded annually in memory of Carl R. Allen, a longtime reporter at The Challenger and The Buffalo News who died in November 1999. Allen, a Buf-falo native, graduated cum laude from Buffalo State Col-lege. An award-winning jour-nalist, he wrote extensively on matters of concern to the local African-American community during his 20 year career.

Ariana Harvin-Mahiques, a Leonardo da Vinci High School graduate and a jour-nalism major at St. Bonaven-ture University, was last years winner.Established in 1999, the Buf-falo Association of Black Journalists advocates for greater representation of mi-nority groups in local news-rooms at both the staff and management levels.

Xi Epsilon Omega Chapter of AKA Sorority, Inc. hosts Oratorical Contest for Emerging Young Leaders Program “Today’s Teens, Tomorrow’s Leaders” was the topic of an oratorical contest held on March 24 at the Second Temple Baptist Church. The contest, sponsored by Xi Epsilon Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is part of the chap-ter’s ongoing Emerging Young Leaders Program. Members of the Emerging Young Leaders, eleven young women in grades 6 – 8, wrote and delivered papers addressing this very important subject. The contest required that each young woman write a response to the theme and deliver their argument in a persuasive presentation to an audience. The presentations demonstrated that the participants had researched their topic and developed thoughtful arguments to present their points of view. Their papers were well written and the girls were poised and articulate as they presented to an audience of about 60 adults and peers. A few of the points they made about “today’s teens being tomorrow’s leaders” included the “need to have purpose, be a good communicator, know what you stand for, be trustworthy, be yourself, understand that good leaders sometimes need to be good followers, also.” They also stressed that having role models and encouragement from adults is essential in the development of leadership. Some of the girls offered advice that we as adults can use: “have a backup plan(s), be a problem solver and look at problems as opportunities to succeed.” They reminded us that being a teenager today is very difficult. For example, teens have to deal with bullying and all the forms it takes from personal harassment to cyber bullying.These young women were poised and articulate. They are won-derful examples of teens in who we can entrust tomorrow’s leadership responsibilities. We congratulate all of these young women who stepped up to participate in this contest. We know it was not easy! Three of the participants received special commendation for their presentations. First place winner was awarded to Regee-na Martin, second place to Jenson Daniels and third place to Brionna Thompson. The other participants were: Mya Cole-man, Monai Fields, Atira Garner, Patrice Moody, Jasmine Mott, Prodda Murphy, Mya Owens and Alasia Wood. The contest was judged by Dr. Sharon Amos, Ms. Jeri Hill and Ms. Courtney Brown. The Emerging Young Leaders is the signature program of Al-pha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. for middle school girls (grades 6, 7 and 8). The girls can remain in the program until they complete the 8th grade. The program is designed to extend the vision of the sorority by cultivating and encouraging high scholastic achievement through 1) Leadership 2) Educational Enrichment, 3) Civic Engagement, and 4) Character Building. The objective of EYL is to help alleviate problems concerning women and girls as they improve social stature, and help main-tain a progressive interest in college life as they prepare " to be of service to all mankind'. This is the second year of Xi Epsilon Omega Chapter’s EYL Program. Mrs. Linda Seay is the Presi-dent of the Chapter and Mrs. Mary Hood is the chairman of the EYL Program.

Pictured: Mrs. Linda Seay, President (left) Mrs. Mary Hood (Chair-man, Emerging Young Leaders).Seated: Jensen Daniels, Regeena Martin and Brionna Thompson.

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get ready for Kid-Biz 2012 The Buffalo State College Small Business Development Center announces that its an-nual KidBiz Program will take place again in 2012. The program is a small-scale en-trepreneurial and educational program for 3rd, 4th 5th and 6th graders which culminates in an open air market along Elmwood Avenue .To be part of KidBiz and to sell at the KidBizMarket, a child with his or her parent or guardian must attend a morn-ing training session G on Sat-urday May 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Buffalo State College, Bulger Communica-tion Center Room East.

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EDITORIALA Voice Has Gone SilentActivist Darnell Jackson has decided to “Give Up the Fight”: Eastside Redevelopment Task Force is No more...

By Rev. George S. Cushing

It has been almost twenty years ago that a new voice emerged on Buffalo’s eastside. It was a voice speaking out against the violence and the

conditions that existed in this blighted part of our city. The first words were in response to a teenaged girl who was shot and killed in the doorway of a night club on Genesee Street. The voice became a cry of defiance against so many of the things that plagued this part of the city. The voice defied the drug dealers that plied their trade blatantly on the street corners and behind the doors of their crack houses and forced them to move. The same voice challenged lawmakers to step up and do what was neces-sary to change the conditions of the city. The voice confronted police corruption and brutality as it is experience by almost ev-ery young person of color on the eastside of buffalo. The voice fought for justice and fair treatment by many of the city agen-cies who were supposed to serve the poor and forgotten in the eastside neighborhoods. The voice then gave shape to a vision of hope and renewal that was more than a dream but a bright possibility for a part of the city blighted with more problems than promises. The voice then pleaded with every politician and person of means and influence to give the dream a chance. Ask-ing them to come forward with the dollars that would make a real difference in the lives of the young people who had suf-fered so much under the indifference of so many. The response to these pleas were promises after promises. Big promises came from senators and congress people. Promises were made by state and county legislators and by all manner of agencies who were impressed with the scope of the vision. For three years the voice became energized as one does when things seem to be within reach. But things begin to happen to energy and faith when months turn into years and promises turn to mush and all one is left with are the ashes of possibility and the scars of the battle. After all, the battlefield stretched from neighborhood block clubs, to foundation board rooms, to the court house, to city hall and to the police precinct. The victories were few but the wounds were many and lasting. Finally the strength and stamina of this street warrior began to wane. The toll on his health and body have become too much. Darnell Jackson has chosen to retire and give up the fight. Eastside Redevelopment Task Force will be no more. I have been more than an observer. I have been a participant in much of this history. As Mr. Jackson takes his exit I want to make it clear that the real force that silenced this brave and clear voice was indifference. Apathy and the lack of participation and com-mitment of so many at every level of our city became too much for anyone to have to fight. I am reminded of another great warrior out of history who also was a champion of justice and longed for cooperation and peace for his people. When chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Tribe road into the last council to sur-render he said, “I will fight no more forever.” We all need to listen to the silence with a bit of anxiety. Rev. Cushing is a friend and compatriot of Mr. Jackson.

The Latin American Cultural Association just celebrated its 35th anniversary. We are grateful to all who shared an evening of camaraderie and good will on Saturday, April 28th at the Ham-lin House in Buffalo. In addition, we want to thank the many Elmwood Village merchants (as well as merchants and individu-als from other neighborhoods) who generously donated gift certificates and gift items for our basket raffle. We thank all who bought ads in our program. We thank ev-eryone who couldn’t join us, but who made monetary donations anyway. All who came to the dinner and fundraiser had a wonderful time! Live music by La Ma-rimba and Jeremy Spindler, and DJ-ing by Eric added to the fun! 84 baskets were raffled off! The food was great! El Buen Amigo is a non-profit Fair Trade store that sells crafts made in Latin America and beyond. Through your sup-port of events such as this one, we are able to continue to sup-port the many artisans who create the goods we sell. Now, we are gearing up for another event! El Buen Amigo is seeking cross-generational sets of artists, in honor of Mother’s and Father’s Days. We will have an exhibit of paintings, draw-ings and three-dimensional art made by mothers and children, and fathers and their children. The opening will be at 7 pm on Friday, June 8th, Allentown Art Festival Weekend. To be con-sidered, send PDFs of your work to lacanewyork@yahoo.com, or come to El Buen Amigo, 114 Elmwood Avenue during regu-lar business hours. Meet with Santiago, Joe or Judy. (716-885-6343). Please save the date and join us on June 8th for a lovely evening of art, music and fun!

“Game Time Experience” Says Experience With City Smacks of Corruption and Unfair TacticsDear Editor: We have written Mayor Brown in reference to recent news exposing Police Corruption in the City of Buffalo. The investigation of the Police taking advantage of the City’s Funds is just the tip of the iceberg. The Internal Affairs goes a lot deeper. Police Corruption has reached the Communitiy’s Commercial Enterprise as well. For Example; *Several Daycare businesses in the Broadway/Johnson area have somehow felt the rath of violations from the Licenses and Permits bureau and have been shut down, unlike the Kingdom Kids Fun Center - The Peace of Mind Daycare Center located on Broadway, which is owned by A Buffalo Police Officer, and is using his badge with the help of the City Hall to help elimi-nate his competition. *The Game Time Experience Commercial Enterprise has the ability to hire *20 employees but have felt the rath of conspira-cy by the Licenses/Permits and ‘C’ District Police Chief to con-duct the arcade area of the business which is A NYS Licenses Retail Shop. So its okay for kids and all gamers to purchase the games and accessories in the retail store but the community is not able to sit down and play the game inside the facility which houses XBOX and Playstation consoles. Our T. G. I. F. (twitter,google,iphone,facebook) audience also looses out on this benefit. Our Arcade is not open at 1210 Broadway, but the retail store is allowed to operate. Yet it appears quite odd that the King-dom Kids Fun Center, which is located in the same location of the Peace of Mind daycare, Owned by a Police Officer, is in total operation. It seems to be a tactic by these individuals to eliminate the competitor. Using their police badge and the help of their col-legues along with the License/Permits Dept. of City Hall. Is this Mayor Brown’s example of wanting minorities to open up businesses in the City of Buffalo? This goes against the East Buffalo GNPA (Good Neighbor Planning Alliance) which advocates opening new businesses in the Broadway/Fillmore Area, especially in a targeted area that is poverty stricken! P. S. No Kids Left Behind!!! 20 Jobs on the Line!

Respectfully, The Game Time Experience/Proprietors of 1210 Broadway

Luther King Jr. Park, sitting at the table when they meet. The next public meeting updating us to the progress in the wading pool is set for Wednesday June 13 at the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library, 5:30 to 7:45 p.m., right before the Juneteenth and Father’s Day weekend. We will invite the same people who came to the first community public meeting and again have them to explain the latest progress concerning construction in the wading pool and what they will have ready before the July 1 completion date.

I don’t believe Man O Tree will have this job done by July 1. The project cost is $4 million. They better have some kind of back drop with water ready by Juneteenth so all can see. On May 17, Thursday the city parks is holding a meeting in Room 502, at City Hall at 2 p.m., concerning new picnic ta-bles, grills and shelters to be installed. The community needs to know that we are working to bring something magnificent to Buffalo’s Eastside this summer!

When the project is finished we will be able splash in the re-flecting pool this summer and ice skate this winter. As chair-man of the Coalition to Save Martin Luther King Jr. Park, I want to thank all for coming to the first public meeting,

Darnell Jackson

“You would be hard-pressed to find a better example of corporate greed than Verizon, a company making billions and tripling its CEO’s pay while demanding harsh givebacks from its workers,” said Ina Ferguson-Downing, board member. Clergy, community and grassroots leaders, PUSH Buffalo, VOICE Buffalo, the Coalition for Economic Justice, Citizen Action, the National Fuel Accountability Coalition participated in the actions calling for corporate accountability from Verizon and National Fuel.

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Raida Pimienta and Santiago Masferrer at El Buen Amigo.

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The State University of New York is pleased to announce that Ms. Tamara S. Wright graduated with her Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning on Friday May 11. Ms. Wright will also graduate with her Ju-ris Doctor (Law) degree from SUNY Buffalo Law School on Saturday, May 19.

During her four years in school, she held various clerk-ship positions and participated in various activities such as the Black Law Students As-sociation, Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition, The Center for Urban Studies and UB 2020: Civic Engagement and Public Policy Initiative. Some of her extracurricular activities include the Eniola Sisters and the Michigan Street African-American Heritage Corridor. Ms. Wright also served as editor and au-thor of “Room at the Table,” a Department of Urban Plan-ning studio publication that examined the Erie County’s food system, as a whole.

Before her return to graduate and law school, Tamara served as the Coordinator for the Of-fice of Citizen Participation and Information within the Division of Citizen Services. Ms. Wright assisted with vari-ous initiatives including, the Mayor’s Citizens’ Participa-tion Academy, Livable Com-munities Initiative, 311 Buffa-lo and other community-based projects. Tamara received her Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science from Loyola College in Maryland.

Tamara is a member of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Dion Watkins. Lastly, she is the sister of Damien Wright and the daughter of Pastor Willis and Sharon Wright, of Buffalo New York. Congratulations, Tamara!

Tamara Wright Graduates With Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning; Law Degree

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Teachers: Global Concepts Charter School is expanding and is in need of teachers for the 2012/2013 school year. Qualified candidates must send coverletter and resume as appli-cation by 6/1/12. Send to gccs-drc@globalccs.orgHigh school positions: 1.0 Chemistry, 1.0 Physical Educa-tion, 1.0 Guidance Counselor, .5 Spanish, .5 Music.Middle School Positions: .5 Art.

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*African American Cultural Center 350 Masten Ave. 884-2013 3 p.m. Sat. 3 pm @5 p.m. Tues. Thurs. “Community Dance and Drumming.” Visit www.africanamericancultural.org.

*El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera 91 Allen St. 884-9693.wwwfolkloric.org. Mon through Wed: Includes medita-tion and yoga 912-8754.

*First Shioh Baptist Church. 15 Pine St. 6:30 p.m. Fri. “Line dancing lessons.” 847-6555. Free.

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COMMUNITY MEETING IN RESPONSE TO MLK PARK SHOOTING: led by Masten Council Member De-mone Smith and Pastor Darius Pridgen, 4 to 5 p.m., Martin Luther King Jr. Park.

Lupus Meeting New Patient Orientation: 3871 Harlem Road, 6:30pm-8pm, for more information call 835-7161.

Seminar: “Off Parole and Still Catching Hell”: Frank E. Mer-riweather Library, 1324 Jef-ferson Ave., 5:30pm, for more information call Legislature Chairwoman, Bet-ty Jean Grant 716-894-0914. Hosted by We are Woman Warriors.

Thursday May 17

Book Signing by Rev. Dr. Jef-fery Bowens, pastor or Love Alive Fellowship Church and Author of “The Prosperity Gospel”: Noon – 2 p.m. and 5:30-7:30 p.m., Merriweather Library Jefferson @ Utica; all are welcome; (716)541-4689.

A Veterans Presentation: Noon – 1:30 p.m., Central Library, Downtown Buffalo, 1 Lafay-ette Square; presenters: Sandi Williams, Russell A. Guthrie; film screening of “The Wereth Eleven.”

Free Screening of “Gasland”: 6 p.m., Burning Books, 420 Connecticut St. followed by a Q&A session.

Saturday May 19

Eva Doyle to Lecture on the History of Juneteenth: 3-5 p.m., Merriweather Library; free; bring the youth! 847-6010 or 533-9547 for info.

Storytelling with Tradition Keepers / Black Storytellers of Western NY: 3 p.m, Merri-weather Library, 1324 Jeffer-son; 883-4418. Ethiopian Au-thor to Speak: Teddy Fekudu to present at

Ethiopian Author to Speak: Teddy Fekadu author of “No One’s Son,” to present at Talk-ing Leaves Books, 3158 Main St. @ 5 p.m. Free and open to public.

KidBiz Market Saturday Training Session: 9:30 -10:30 a.m. Buffalo State College Bulger Communication Room East; get your Start Up Kit and Certificate and get ready to sell in upcoming open air market along Elmwood Av-enue; to kids in 3rd-6th grade; 878-4030

Soul Bowl: National Black MBA Association, 8pm-1am, Kerns Avenue Bowling Cen-ter, 163 Kerns Ave., donation is $20. Proceeds benefit chap-ter’s youth leadership pro-grams. For tickets or to make a donation, email rrenata@aol.com.

Freedom Party Meeting: 11am, 2nd Cup Restaurant, 36 Broadway corner of Ellicott St., for more information call 896-0858.

Occupy Buffalo Justice Dia-logue: 3 p.m., Niagara Square (in case of bad weather, 2nd Cup at 36 Broadway); Bill Nowak on topic “The Assault on the 99%”; free and open to public.

Sunday May 20

Wholistic Health Collective Meting: 2:30 – 5 p.m., Mer-riweather Library, Jefferson @ Utica; open to public; 239-7238 for more info.

Ethiopian Author to Speak: Teddy Fekadu author of “No One’s Son,” to present at Mer-riweather Library, 3 p.m., 1324 Jefferson Avenue; free and open to the public.

Monday May 21

Ethiopian Author to Speak: Teddy Fekadu author of “No One’s Son,” to present at Ni-agara Branch Library, 280 Porter Avenue; 6:30 p.m.; free and open to the public.

Prisoners Are People Too Meeting: Pratt Willert Center, 422 Pratt Street; 834-8438 for more info or karima@prison-ersarepeopletoo.org

Tuesday May 22

Buffalo Public Schools An-nual Student Concert: 7 p.m., Shea’s Theatre

Wednesday May 23

Dori Miller Pistol & Gun Club Meeting: Book Discus-sion, “Negroes With Guns” by Robert F. Williams, Merri-weather Library; 844-8831

Saturday May 19 Sunday May 20 Monday May 21

See You at the Events!

See You at the Events!

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