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Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old Afri-can-American sharecropper, waswalking home from church inAbbeville, Ala., on the night ofSept. 3, 1944, when she was ab-ducted and raped by six whitemen.

The crime was extensively cov-ered in the black press and anearly catalyst for the civil rightsmovement. The N.A.A.C.P. senta young activist from its Mont-gomery, Ala., chapter named RosaParks to investigate. African-Americans around the countrydemanded that the men be pros-ecuted.

But the attack, like many involv-ing black victims during the JimCrow era in the South, never wentto trial. Two all-white, all-malegrand juries refused to indict themen, even though one of themhad confessed.

Decades passed before the casegained renewed attention, withthe publication in 2010 of “At theDark End of the Street: BlackWomen, Rape, and Resistance —a New History of the Civil RightsMovement From Rosa Parks tothe Rise of Black Power,” by thehistorian Danielle L. McGuire.The book prompted an officialapology in 2011 to Mrs. Taylorby the Alabama Legislature,which called the failure to pros-ecute her attackers “morally ab-horrent and repugnant.”

Mrs. Taylor died in Abbeville onThursday, December 28, 2017,three weeks after the release of“The Rape of Recy Taylor,” adocumentary about the crime. Shewas 97. The death was confirmedby her brother, Robert Lee Corbitt.“Many ladies got raped,” Mrs.Taylor said in the film, interviewedby its director, Nancy Buirski.“The peoples there — theyseemed like they weren’t con-cerned about what happened tome, and they didn’t try and donothing about it. I can’t help buttell the truth of what they done tome.”

Born on Dec. 31, 1919, to a fam-ily of sharecroppers in Abbeville,in southeastern Alabama, Recy(pronounced “REE-see”) Corbittfound herself caring for sixyounger siblings after theirmother died when she was 17.

On the night of the attack, shehad gone to Rock Hill HolinessChurch for a Pentecostal serviceof singing and praying and was

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Recy Taylor, Who Fought for JusticeAfter a 1944 Rape, Dies at 97

By SEWELL CHAN

Recy Taylor in 2011 in Lafayette Park in Washington after touring the White House. Credit Susan Walsh/Associated Press

Recy Taylor in 1944

walking home along a countryhighway bounded by peanutfarms. A friend, Fannie Daniel, 61,and Ms. Daniel’s 18-year-old son,West, were with her. They noticeda green Chevrolet passing by sev-eral times.

Eventually the car stopped, andseven young white men, armedwith guns and knives, steppedout. One of them, Herbert Lovett,the oldest in the group, orderedthe three to halt, and then pointeda shotgun at them when they ig-nored him.

The men forced Mrs. Taylor intothe car at gunpoint and drove herto a grove of pine trees on theside of the road, where theyforced her to disrobe. She beggedto be allowed to go, citing herhusband and their 3-year-olddaughter. But Mr. Lovett was un-moved. Ordering her to “act justlike you do with your husband orI’ll cut your damn throat,” he andfive other men raped her. (A sev-enth young man, Billy Howerton,said later that he did not take partbecause he knew Mrs. Taylor.)

Dumped out of the car, Mrs.Taylor removed her blindfold andstumbled toward safety. Her fa-ther, Benny Corbitt, had learnedof the abduction and gonesearching for her. Soon thecounty sheriff, George H. Gamble,arrived.

Mrs. Taylor told Sheriff Gamblethat she could not identify her as-sailants, but her description ofthe car matched only one vehiclein the county, that of Hugo Wil-son. When the sheriff returnedwith Mr. Wilson and his father,Mrs. Taylor identified Mr. Wilsonas one of her attackers, as did theteenage friend.

Questioned at the county jail,Mr. Wilson acknowledged that heand five others — Mr. Lovett,Dillard York, Luther Lee, Willie JoeCulpepper and Robert Gamble —“all had intercourse with her,” butinsisted that they had paid herand that it was not rape. The sher-iff sent Mr. Wilson home.

The next evening, Mrs. Taylorfaced new threats: White vigilan-tes set her porch on fire. The fol-lowing day, she and her husband,Willie Guy Taylor, and theirdaughter, Joyce Lee, moved inwith her father and siblings. Mr.Corbitt, her father, would sleep ina chinaberry tree in the backyard,watching over the family while

cradling a double-barreled shot-gun, going inside to sleep onlyafter the sun rose.

As word of the crime spreadthrough Alabama’s black commu-nity the N.A.A.C.P.’s Montgom-ery chapter sent Mrs. Parks, whohad spent much of her childhoodin Abbeville, to interview Mrs.Taylor.

The deputy sheriff, LeweyCorbitt (not a close relation), wasnot happy about Mrs. Parks’spresence. He drove past thehouse repeatedly and then forc-ibly ejected her. “I don’t want anytroublemakers here in Abbeville,”he warned her. “If you don’t go,I’ll lock you up.”

Mindful of the outrage sur-rounding the case of theScottsboro Boys — nine blackteenagers who had been wronglyaccused of raping two whitewomen in 1931 — the countyprosecutor took care to provide asemblance of equal justice. But itwas an empty gesture.

When the grand jury met onOct. 3 and 4, 1944, Mrs. Taylor’sloved ones were the only wit-nesses. None of the men hadbeen arrested, and there had notbeen a police lineup, so Mrs. Tay-lor could not identify her attack-ers.

The grand jury declined to in-dict the men. Word spreadthrough union halls, churches,barbershops, pool halls and, sig-nificantly, through the blackpress. “Alabama Whites AttackWoman; Not Punished,” declareda headline in The Pittsburgh Cou-rier, an African-American news-paper.

It was the final year of WorldWar II, and some blacks likenedtheir struggle for equal rights tothe fight against fascism. EugeneGordon, a black writer for TheDaily Worker, a Communist news-paper in New York, interviewedMrs. Taylor and told his readers,“The raping of Mrs. Recy Taylorwas a fascist-like brutal violationof her personal rights as a womanand as a citizen of democracy.”

One of the men, Willie JoeCulpepper, however, backed upMrs. Taylor’s account, saying shehad been coerced.

The civil rights activists even-tually moved on, and Mrs. Taylorfaded into obscurity. Fearing re-prisals, she moved to Montgom-

ery for a few months with helpfrom Mrs. Parks. Eventually thefamily moved to Central Florida,where Mrs. Taylor picked oranges.

She and Mr. Taylor separated,and he died in the early 1960s.Their only child died in a car crashin 1967. Mrs. Taylor had two sub-sequent partners, both of whomdied. She lived for many years inWinter Haven, Fla., before failinghealth prompted her relatives tobring her back to Abbeville.

In addition to her brother, sheis survived by two sisters, LillieKinsey and Mary Murry; a grand-daughter; and several great-grandchildren.

The publication of Ms.McGuire’s book led to apologiesfrom the mayor of Abbeville andfrom the county and state gov-ernments in 2011. The AlabamaLegislature’s apology was for-mally presented to Mrs. Taylor onMother’s Day that year at thePentecostal church, now knownas Abbeville Memorial Church ofGod in Christ, where she had wor-shiped the night of the crime.

The governor, who was a men-tor of the segregationist futuregovernor George C. Wallace,came under considerable pressureas African-American activists likeW. E. B. DuBois and Mary ChurchTerrell and writers like CounteeCullen and Langston Hughestook up Mrs. Taylor’s cause.

The governor sent investiga-tors, who found that SheriffGamble had lied about having ar-rested the men. By then, four ofthe seven men had admitted tohaving had sex with Mrs. Taylor,but they insisted that she hadparticipated willingly.

One of the men, Willie JoeCulpepper, however, backed upMrs. Taylor’s account, saying shehad been coerced.

“She was crying and asking usto let her go home to her husbandand baby,” he said.

Despite the confession, a sec-ond grand jury, on Feb. 14, 1945,refused to hand up an indictment.

In addition to her brother, sheis survived by two sisters, LillieKinsey and Mary Murry; a grand-daughter; and several great-grandchildren.

In Ms. Buirski’s film, Mrs. Tay-lor recalled how she could haveeasily been killed. “The Lord wasjust with me that night,” she said.

STATEMENT OF THE SANBERNARDINO COUNTYDEMOCRATIC PARTY RE-GARDING THE CALIFORNIADEMOCRATIC PARTY’S RE-CENT DECISION UPHOLDINGCHAIR ROBLES AND INVALIDATING THE ILLICITCOUP

ISSUED: January 3, 2018

STATEMENT OF THE SANBERNARDINO COUNTYDEMOCRATIC PARTYREGARDING THE CALIFOR-NIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY’SRECENT DECISION UPHOLD-ING CHAIR ROBLES ANDINVALIDATING THE ILLICITCOUP

The California Democratic Partyhas emphatically declared thatChris Robles has been and re-mains Chair of the San BernardinoCounty Democratic Party (alsoknown as the San BernardinoCounty Democratic Central Com-mittee).

A brief email summary of theirunanimous decision was sent lateWednesday night:

“The California DemocraticParty Compliance Review Com-mission (CDP CRC) has consid-ered the challenge pertaining tothe validity of the meeting heldby Mr. Ron Cohen on December7, 2017, relating to the San Ber-nardino County Democratic Cen-tral Committee (SBCDCC).

In summary, the CDP CRC heldthat the cancellation of theSBCDCC December 2017 meetingby the SBCDCC Executive Com-mittee on November 10, 2017, wasvalid, thereby invalidating thesubsequent actions taken underthe color of the SBCDCC, includ-ing but not limited to the meet-ings held and actions taken onDecember 7, 2017, and December28, 2017. Further, the CDP CRCheld that pursuant to ElectionsCode 7241 and the holding in Euv. San Francisco County Demo-cratic Central Committee, 489 U.S.214 (1989), the SBCDCC Bylawssupersede Elections Code 7243.

Accordingly, the SBCDCC of-ficers elected prior to the Decem-ber 2017 meetings above shall re-main duly elected and recognizedby the CDP, including Mr. Chris

Statement Regarding CRC Decisionto Overturn Ron Cohen’s Illicit Coup

Attempt :By San Bernardino County Democratic Party Website Administrator

Robles as Chair of the SBCDCC.A full written decision of the

CDP CRC will be issued.”On December 28, 2017, Mr. Ron

Cohen effectively resigned his po-sition as Second Vice-Chair of theSan Bernardino County Demo-cratic Central Committee in an-other unsuccessful bid to becomethe Chair of the SBCDCC. Al-though, his bid was disavowedby the CDP, his resignation wasimmediately accepted by ChairChris Robles.

Notably, Mr. Cohen touted thefact that he was no longer the sec-ond vice-chair when he issued apress release and only identifiedhimself as the new Chair. There-fore, an election will be held to fillthe second vice-chair position assoon as is practicable.

This recent coup d’état by Mr.Cohen is the sixth time the Cali-fornia Democratic Party invali-dated his actions. Mr. Cohen isdishonest about his purpose, andguilty in covering up his owntransgressions by spreading dis-credited lies, making false accu-sations, and conducting personalattacks on members.

Cohen has a history of insub-ordination and refusing to com-ply with our rules and bylawsdespite being given every oppor-tunity to do so. He has an estab-lished history of making false rep-resentations and failing to dis-close his conflicts of interest.

The Compliance Review Com-mission summed it up well:

“The CRC finds disturbing theallegations of inappropriate be-havior by the body and encour-ages all members to act in a cour-teous and respectful manner inaccordance with our core demo-cratic values and hopes and ex-pects people conduct themselvesappropriately at all DemocraticParty meetings. The CRC notesthat the actions of Mr. Cohen, in-cluding repeated attempts to cir-cumvent the democratically andduly elected leadership, do notmeet the aforementioned stan-dards.”

Because of these and other nu-merous transgressions, Cohen isthe subject of an internal investi-gation by the San BernardinoCounty Democratic Party.

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Tobacco Shops Associated With Crimein Urban Communities of Color

South Los Angeles.PHOTO CREDIT: ALFRED TWU.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Tobaccoshops, also known as smokeshops, may represent potential“nuisance properties” in urbancommunities of color, a study ledby a researcher at the Universityof California, Riverside has found.Nuisance properties are proper-ties where unsafe activities affect-ing public health and safety oc-cur repeatedly.

Past research has shown thatalcohol outlets such as liquor orcorner stores may promote nui-sance activities like robberies,drug use, or other crimes in ur-ban communities, rendering themunsafe for residents to walk by orvisit. Other examples of nuisanceproperties are motels, paydaylenders, and vacant homes andlots. Add to this list now tobaccoshops.

“We know alcohol outlets canbe associated with unsafe nui-sance activities in urban areas,but this study appears to be thefirst to suggest U.S. tobaccoshops may also impact publichealth,” said Andrew Subica,Ph.D., an assistant professor ofsocial medicine, population, andpublic health in the School ofMedicine, who led the study thatfocused on South Los Angeles,Calif. “Our analyses show that inSouth Los Angeles tobaccoshops as well as liquor stores

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s influenceon the Civil Rights Movement is indis-putable, but his fight for equity in edu-cation remains a mystery to some.

That fight began with his own edu-cation.

“He clearly had an advanced, re-fined educational foundation fromBooker T. Washington High School,Morehouse College, Crozer Theo-logical Seminary, and Boston Univer-sity,” said Reverend Jesse Jackson,Sr., the founder of the Rainbow PUSHCoalition. “His education in hisspeeches and sermons and writingswere apparent and he wanted us allto have that type of education.”

King completed high school at 15,college at 19, seminary school at 22and earned a doctorate at 26.

“Dr. King laid down the case for af-fordable education for all Americans,including Polish children—from theghetto and the barrios, to the Appala-chian mountains and the reserva-tions—he was a proponent for educa-tion for all and he believed that strongminds break strong chains and onceyou learn your lesson well, the op-pressor could not unlearn you.”

Rev. Al Sharpton, the founder andpresident of the National Action Net-

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a champion for equity in education. Civil Rights Movement co-founder Dr.Ralph David Abernathy and his wife Mrs. Juanita Abernathy (not pictured) follow with Dr. and Mrs. MartinLuther King, Jr., as the Abernathy children march on the front line, leading the Selma to Montgomery Marchin 1965. The children are (left-right): Donzaleigh Abernathy in striped sweater, Ralph David Abernathy III,and Juandalynn R. Abernathy in glasses. Name of the White Minister in the photo is unknown. (AbernathyFamily Photos/Wikipedia Commons)

Mounting student debt is anagging problem for most fami-lies these days. As the cost ofhigher education rises, borrow-ing to cover those costs often be-comes a family concern acrossmultiple generations including thestudent, parents, and even grand-

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Champion for Equity in EducationBy Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor)

work (NAN), said that NAN works withEducation for a Better America to part-ner with school districts, universities,community colleges, churches, andcommunity organizations around thecountry to conduct educational pro-gramming for students and parents.

“The mission of the organization hasbeen to build bridges betweenpolicymakers and the classrooms bysupporting innovations in educationand creating a dialogue betweenpolicymakers, community leaders,educators, parents, and students,”Sharpton said. “We’re promoting stu-dent health, financial literacy, and col-lege readiness in our communities, justlike Dr. King did.”

King was a figure to look up to inboth civil rights and academia, Sharptontold the NNPA Newswire.

“Then, when you look at his values,he always saw education, especiallyin the Black community, as a tool touplift and inspire to action,” Sharptonsaid. “It’s definitely no coincidence thata number of prominent civil rightsgroups that emerged during Dr. King’stime, were based on college cam-puses.”

Sharpton added that King routinelypushed for equality to access to edu-

cation.“Just as importantly, he always made

a point to refer education back to char-acter—that we shouldn’t sacrifice effi-ciency and speed for morals,”Sharpton said. “A great student not onlyhas the reason and education, but amoral compass to do what’s right withhis or her gifts. It’s not just important tobe smart, you have to know what’sright and what’s wrong.”

Dr. Wornie Reed, the director ofRace and Social Policy ResearchCenter at Virginia Tech who marchedwith King, said when he thinks of Kingand education, he immediately con-siders the late civil rights leader’s ad-vocating that “we should be the bestthat we could be.”

“King certainly prepared himselfeducationally…early on he saw thateducation played a crucial role in so-ciety, but perceived it as often beingmisused,” Reed said. “In a famousessay that he wrote for the studentnewspaper at Morehouse in 1947, heargued against a strictly utilitarian ap-proach to education, one that ad-vanced the individual and not society.”

Maryland Democratic CongressmanElijah Cummings, who remembersrunning home from church on Sun-

days to listen to King’s speeches onradio, said King had a tremendousimpact on education in the Black com-munity.

“Dr. King worked tirelessly to ensurethat African Americans would gain therights they had long been denied, in-cluding the right to a quality educa-tion,” said Cummings. “His fight forequality in educational opportunitieshelped to tear down walls of segrega-tion in our nation’s schools.”

Cummings continued: “He instilledhope in us that we can achieve ourdreams no matter the color of our skin.He instilled in us the notion that every-one can be great, because everyonecan serve and there are so manygreat advocates, who embody this les-son.”

In support of education equality, civilrights leaders across the country arestill working to ensure all students, re-gardless of color, receive access toexperienced teachers, equitable class-room resources and quality education,Cummings noted further.

For example, the NAACP has donea tremendous amount, across thecountry, to increase retention rates,ensure students have the resourcesthey need, and prepare students forsuccess after graduation—whether itbe for college or a specific career path,Cummings said.

During his Nobel Peace Prize ac-ceptance speech in Oslo, Norway, Kingsaid: “I have the audacity to believethat peoples everywhere can havethree meals a day for their bodies,education and culture for their minds,and dignity, equality, and freedom fortheir spirits.”

The need for high quality educationin the Black community is universal andthe route to get there may be different,but education does matter, Jacksonsaid.

“Dr. King told me he read a fictionand a non-fiction book once a week.He was an avid reader and, in thespirit of Dr. King, today we fight forequal, high-quality education,” saidJackson. “We fight for skilled trade train-ing, affordable college education andbeyond.”

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UC Riverside-led study, focused on South Los Angeles, also suggeststhat medical marijuana dispensaries may not be closely linked toneighborhood violence

were associated with high levelsof violent and property crimearound their locations. This find-ing is important because tobaccoshops are common in many cit-ies, but until this study have notbeen viewed as possible publichealth threats.”

The study, which appears inPreventive Medicine, focused on2014 violent and property crimedata from South Los Angeles, alarge urban community contain-ing Los Angeles County’s high-est concentration of AfricanAmericans, adults without highschool education, and residentsliving in poverty. Residents alsoexperience high rates of adult andchildhood obesity, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and mortality from diabe-tes, coronary disease, and cere-brovascular disease. The area’shomicide rate is nearly four timesthe national rate.

Subica and his colleagues choseto use data from South Los An-geles because residents informedthe researchers that not just li-quor stores but also tobaccoshops were proving to be dan-gerous.

“The community calling smokeshops dangerous came as a sur-prise to us, and it sparked our in-terest in doing the study,” Subicasaid. “After reviewing the re-

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search literature, we found no onein the U.S. seemed to have stud-ied these shops’ relationship tocrime before.”

The study also looked for as-sociations between medical mari-juana dispensaries and crime inSouth Los Angeles, a timely topicgiven the recent legalization ofrecreational marijuana use in Cali-fornia.

“Our research indicated thatdispensaries were not linked togreater violent crime around theirlocations,” Subica said, “likely forseveral reasons including thatthey often appear and disappearquickly in these communitieswhile liquor and tobacco storesstay at one location for manyyears. Many dispensaries alsohave property safeguards likesecurity guards and cameras todeter crime that liquor and to-bacco stores may not.”

Next, the research team willstudy how the potential negativehealth impact of tobacco shopsand liquor stores can be mitigatedin South Los Angeles throughcommunity action and policychange. Subica believes strate-gies developed by South LosAngeles organizers and policymakers to reduce crime and vio-lence around these propertiesmay carry over to other large cit-ies throughout the U.S., whichalso possess high numbers oftobacco shops and liquor stores.

“When residents and childrencannot walk in certain areas intheir neighborhoods for fear ofbeing harmed, this poses a pub-lic health problem,” Subica said.“For example, Riverside, San Ber-nardino, and Los Angeles resi-dents living in areas with manynuisance properties will find itharder to do healthy activitiesthat other communities take forgranted like walking and exercis-ing outdoors or letting their kidsplay in public parks.

“Even though tobacco shopshave rarely been targeted by thepolice or community for interven-tion,” he added, “based on ourdata, we believe tobacco shopsin urban communities of colorshould be regulated to improvecommunity health in the sameway as alcohol outlets and otherpublic nuisances.”

The study was supported by agrant from the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention to theCommunity Coalition, a SouthLos Angeles-based social justiceorganization. Subica, a member ofUCR’s Center for Healthy Com-munities, was joined in the re-search by Jason Douglas at SanJose State University; NancyKepple at the University of Kan-sas; Sandra Villanueva at LoyolaMarymount University; and thestudy’s senior author, Cheryl T.Grills at Loyola Marymount Uni-versity.

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New CRL Research:

For-Profit Colleges Promise But SeldomDeliver Gainful Employment


By Charlene Crowell

parents or other relatives.Today’s 21st Century jobs usu-

ally demand higher education andspecialized skills to earn one’sway into the middle class. Inhouseholds where educationalloans are inevitable, it becomesan important family decision todetermine which institutions areactually worth the debt incurred.Equally important is theinstitution’s likelihood of its stu-dents graduating.

Higher education institutions

that do not provide its studentsand graduates with requisiteskills and knowledge becomemoney pits that lead to deeperdebt and likely loan defaults.

New research by the Center forResponsible Lending (CRL) ana-lyzed student debt on a state-by-state basis. An interactive map ofCRL’s findings reveal on a statebasis each of the 50 states’ totalundergraduate population, for-profit enrollment, and the top for-profit schools by enrollment forboth four-year and two-year in-stitutions.

Entitled The State of For ProfitColleges, the report concludesthat investing in a for-profit edu-cation is almost always a riskyproposition. Undergraduate bor-rowing by state showed that thepercentage of students that bor-row from the federal governmentgenerally ranged between 40 to60 percent for public colleges,compared to 50 to 80 percent atfor-profit institutions.

Additionally, both public andprivate, not-for-profit institutionson average lead to better resultsat a lower cost of debt, better earn-ings following graduation and thefewest loan defaults.

“In many cases, for-profit stu-dents are nontraditional students,making sacrifices and strugglingto manage family and work obli-gations to make better lives fortheir families,” noted RobinHowarth, a CRL senior researcher.“For-profit colleges target themwith aggressive marketing, per-suading them to invest heavily infutures that will never come topass.”

CRL also found that women andBlacks suffer disparate impacts,particularly at for-profit institu-tions, where they are dispropor-tionately enrolled in most states.

For example, enrollment atMississippi’s for-profit collegeswas 78 percent female and nearly66 percent Black. Other states withhigh Black enrollment at for-prof-its included Georgia (57 percent),Louisiana (55 percent), Maryland(58 percent) and North Carolina(54 percent).

Focus group interviews furthersubstantiated these figures, andrecounted poignant, real life ex-periences.

Brianna, a 31-year-old Black fe-male completed a Medical Assis-tant certificate at the now-defunctEverest University. Once shecompleted her MA certificate andpassed the certification test, shefound she could only find a jobin her field of study that paid $12per hour, much less than the$35,000-$45,000 salary thatEverest told her would be herstarting salary as a medical assis-tant.

She was also left with $21,000in student debt. As a result, shehas struggled since matriculationwith low credit scores andcramped housing conditions forherself and three children. For her,public schools, according to

Brianna, are “better in the longrun” due to their lower cost de-spite having more requirementsfor attendance.

Similarly, Elena, a 35-year-oldLatina enrolled in a for-profit in-stitution after seeing televisioncommercials for the local branchof Everest College targeted atthose without a GED, like herself.Assured by Everest that shewould earn between $13-15 anhour working as a pharmacy tech-nician, she thought that wagewould have been enough for herto repay tens of thousands ofdollars in student loans and in-terest she incurred. Yet, the bestwage she could find with a phar-macy paid only $10.50 an hour.

Elena also shared that the finan-cial aid officers at Everest encour-aged her to apply for “all thesemonies [grants and loans] that Icould get. And they took it all –all of it. And yes, I am left withthis bill.”

These two personal experiencesare magnified across the countrywith high female for-profit collegeenrollment. For example, the Mid-western states of Indiana, Michi-gan and Wisconsin have female-dominated for-profit enrollmentand disproportionate Black en-rollment too. These were alsostates with some of the lowestfor-profit graduation rates after sixyears of study.

In Georgia, Louisiana, Mary-land, Mississippi and North Caro-lina, median for-profit studentdebt levels at graduation in thesefive states was much higher thanthat of their public peers, rangingfrom $29,947 to $34,891 for for-profit students compared to$21,605 to $23,638 for public stu-dents.

Public colleges and private,nonprofit institutions in thesesame five states combined alsohad average Black enrollmentrates that were noticeably smaller:Georgia (32 percent), Louisiana(31 percent), Maryland (28 per-cent), Mississippi (38 percent),North Carolina (23 percent).

These disparate outcomes areeven more grievous when onetakes into account that for-profitcolleges are primarily funded bytaxpayers, receiving up to 90 per-cent of their revenues from fed-eral financial aid such as PellGrants and federal student loans.Veterans educational benefits areadditional taxpayer-paid rev-enues.

Finally, three years followinggraduation from a for-profit insti-tution, former students in 44states had double-digit defaultrates. These states included:Kansas, Pennsylvania, Texas andVirginia.

These and other findings docu-ment how Americans are invest-ing heavily in higher education.But in large part, the choice ofinstitution determines whetherthey will receive what they paidfor: gainful employment.

New CRL Research:For-Profit Colleges Promise But Seldom DeliverGainful Employment...continued

Temple M.B. Church, of San Bernardino, willcelebrate our 80th church anniversary, Sun-day, January 14, 2018, at 3:30pm.

Our guest speaker is Pastor Charles R.Jones, Saint Reed M.B. Church, Los Ange-les, CA.

We have invited local churches to celebratewith us. Senior Pastor is Dr. Raymond W.Turner. Church address: 1583 W. Union St.S.B., CA. Office phone number:(909) 888-2038.

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• At least some facility manager experience.

With the rainy season upon us,your readers/listeners/viewersmight consider giving themselvesa present that will last all yearlong: protection from floods.

People who live near (or down-hill from) areas burned in thisyear’s wildfires should be re-minded: Floods follow fires!

Even areas that haven’t floodedbefore (and are not normally con-sidered high-risk) can flood be-cause water is much more likelyto run off burned-over areas.

Two more things to remind youraudience:

- Regular homeowner’s insur-ance doesn’t protect againstflood damage,

And- There’s a 30-day waiting pe-

riod before most flood insurancepolicies are effective.

Flood After Fire: The IncreasedRisk

Floods are the most commonand costly natural hazard in thenation. After a wildfire, the floodrisk increases significantly. Thetime to buy flood insurance is now.Residents and business ownersneed to protect their homes andassets from the devastating finan-cial losses from a flood, especiallyafter a wildfire, before the nextweather event occurs.

WILDFIRESLarge-scale wildfires dramati-

cally alter the terrain and groundconditions. Normally, vegetationabsorbs rainfall, reducing runoff.However, wildfires leave theground charred, barren, and un-able to absorb water, creating con-ditions ripe for flash flooding andmudflow. Flood risk remains sig-nificantly higher until vegetationis restored—up to 5 years after awildfire. Flooding after a fire isoften more severe, as debris andash left from the fire can formmudflows. As rainwater movesacross charred and denudedground, it can also pick up soiland sediment and carry it in astream of floodwaters. This cancause more significant damage.

Residents and business ownersare urged to purchase flood in-surance now to assure financialprotection from flooding. By law,there is a 30-day waiting periodfrom the date of purchase untilthe flood insurance coveragetakes effect with very few excep-tions:

• the purchase of insurance isin connection with the extension,or renewal of a loan;

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – "Akinto the ill-conceived positions theTrump Administration hasadopted on so many importantpublic policy topics during thepast year, Attorney GeneralSession’s decision today is outof step with the will of the peopleof not only California, but the 29states that have legalized eitheror both medicinal and recre-ational-use cannabis.

"For years, red, blue and purplestates have worked steadfastly to

Rural entrepreneurs are oftenimportant members of their com-munities. The upcoming farm billoffers a significant opportunity tosupport those entrepreneurs andtheir rural businesses through the

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Statement from California TreasurerJohn Chiang on Justice Department’sRescission of Obama-era CannabisPolicy

bring the cannabis industry outof the shadows so that it can beproperly regulated to preventsales to minors, to protect thepublic’s health and safety, andensure cannabis businesses be-have as legitimate, tax-payingmembers of our economy. The ac-tion taken by Attorney GeneralSessions threatens us with newnational divisiveness and castsinto turmoil a newly establishedindustry that is creating jobs andtax revenues.

"Until the slow, clunking ma-chinery of the federal governmentcatches up with the values andwill of the people it purportedlyserves, states —like California —will continue to both resist and,more importantly, to lead.”

For more news, please followthe Treasurer on Twitter at@CalTreasurer, and on Facebookat California State Treasurer's Of-fice.

John Chiang

Federal Emergency Management Agency -ADVICE:HOMES NEAR BURNED AREAS CANFLOOD (EVEN IF THEY NEVER HAVEBEFORE)

• the initial purchase is in con-nection with a revision or updateto a Flood Insurance Rate Mapand within 13 months of the revi-sion or update; and

• FEMA determines that theproperty covered by the policy isaffected by flooding on Federalland that is a result of, or exacer-bated by, post-wildfire condi-tions.

*Ask your insurance agentabout these exceptions.

REDUCE YOUR RISKA flood does not have to be a

catastrophic event to bring highout-of-pocket costs, and you donot have to live in a high-riskflood area to suffer flood damage.Around twenty percent of floodinsurance claims occur in moder-ate-to-low risk areas. Propertyowners should remember to:

• Buy Flood Insurance. Moststandard homeowner’s policiesdo not cover flood damage. Floodinsurance is affordable, and im-portant to protecting your invest-ment. An average flood policycosts around $890 a year, andrates start at less than $516 a yearfor homes in moderate- to low-risk areas.

FEMA’s mission is to supportour citizens and first respondersto ensure that as a nation wework together to build, sustain,and improve our capability toprepare for, protect against, re-spond to, recover from, and miti-gate all hazards.

• Prepare Now. Gather suppliesin case of a storm, strengthen yourhome against damage, and reviewyour insurance coverages. Noflood insurance? Remember: ittypically takes 30 days for a newflood insurance policy to go intoeffect, so get your policy now.

• Plan Ahead. Plan evacuationroutes. Keep important papers ina safe, waterproof place. Conducta home inventory; itemize andtake pictures of possessions andthe inside and outside of yourhome.

For more information aboutflood insurance, please call yourinsurance agent or contact theNational Flood Insurance Pro-gram Call Center (NFIP) at 1-800-621-3362 for informationabout the NFIP or questionsabout an existing policy.

Visit the National Flood Insur-ance Program at www.fema.gov/national-flood-insurance-pro-gram to learn more about floodrisk and flood insurance.

Farm bill program supports ruralbusinessesBy Anna Johnson, [email protected], Center for Rural Affairs


Rural Microentrepreneur Assis-tance Program.

Created in the 2008 farm bill, theRural Microentrepreneur Assis-tance Program provides funds to

third parties, such as nongovern-mental organizations and commu-nity development financial insti-tutions, to provide training, tech-nical assistance, and loans to ru-ral entrepreneurs. Many entre-preneurs served by this programare unable to access capitalthrough traditional means.

One beneficiary of the RuralMicroentrepreneur AssistanceProgram is Chatterbox Brews, arestaurant in Tekamah, Nebraska,a town with a population of 1,730.Owners Cindy Chatte and BritneyHansen saw an opportunity toinvest in Cindy’s rural hometownand to give back to the commu-nity by offering a new type of es-tablishment, a brewpub servingcraft beers and homestyle food.

With support from the RuralMicroentrepreneur Assistance

Program, loan experts from theCenter for Rural Affairs providedthe two entrepreneurs with one-on-one counseling and technicalassistance to secure financingand realize their dream.

Today, Chatterbox Brews isthriving with daily lunch specialsand a seasonal farmers market.And, neighbors are responding.The excitement has spurred evenmore development in the ruralcommunity.

Chatterbox Brew’s success isjust one instance of a main streetbusiness gaining momentum,thanks to the RuralMicroentrepreneur AssistanceProgram. The farm bill programsupports small businesses andhelps keep rural communities, likeTekamah, vibrant.

Farm bill program supports ruralbusinesses...continued

Bald eagle lays two eggs as publicevent approaches

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. —Last week, a bald eagle near BigBear Lake laid two eggs, just intime for the public January baldeagle count on Saturday, Jan. 13.The eagle and her mate are year-round residents of the area. Theeggs should hatch after about 35days – around Feb. 10.

“This is part of the story of baldeagle population recovery na-tionwide. Only a few decadesago, bald eagles were consideredan endangered species,” saidRobin Eliason, a U.S. Forest Ser-vice biologist. “We think these arethe first eggs laid by this youngfemale. We do not know for surebecause she’s not banded, butsome of us are convinced that thefemale is the first bald eagle re-corded to be hatched in the SanBernardino Mountains, whichwas in 2012.”

Because bald eagles will aban-don nests if disturbed, the ForestService has closed the area to allpublic entry through June 22, theduration of the nesting season."We're very concerned aboutpeople trying to get close for pho-tographs, viewing, etc." saidEliason.

Better viewing can be foundfrom the comfort of one’s home,anyway. The nonprofit groupFriends of the Big Bear Valley in-stalled a livestream camera on thenest in 2016 which is still activetoday (choose “Big Bear EagleCam, Big Bear Lake” under the“Live Nest Cameras” list).

Four eagles, including the nest-ing pair, were spotted around BigBear Lake by 35 citizen scientistsat the December bald eagle count.Nine total were spotted at all eaglecount sites, which are located atsix different lakes throughout theInland Empire in San BernardinoNational Forest and at two Cali-fornia State Park sites.

The public is invited to comeout and help with the eagle counton Saturday, which also happensto be on National Winter TrailsDay (forest partner Southern Cali-fornia Mountains Foundation ishosting a number of events, in-cluding a talk by Eliason). Themonthly winter events started asa way to monitor bald eagle popu-lations when the species waslisted as endangered. Althoughthe species was delisted in 2007,the U.S. Forest Service continuesto monitor the local population,which also gives the public an on-going opportunity to view eaglesand get a taste of scientific fieldwork.

Details for this Saturday’s eaglecount are:

· Big Bear Lake area volunteerswill meet at 8 a.m. at the ForestService’s Big Bear Discovery

Center on North Shore Drive fororientation. Contact RobinEliason ([email protected] or909-382-2832) for more informa-tion. Please call 909-382-2832 forcancellation due to winterweather conditions – an outgo-ing message will be left by 6:30a.m. on the morning of the count,if it has to be cancelled. Contactthe Discovery Center (909-382-2790) for information about EagleCelebrations. There will also be afree slideshow about bald eaglesat 11 a.m. after the counts.

· Lake Arrowhead/Lake Gregoryvolunteers will meet at 8 a.m. atthe Skyforest Ranger Station fororientation. Contact RobinEliason ([email protected] or909-382-2832) for more informa-tion. Please call 909-382-2832 forcancellation due to winterweather conditions – an outgo-ing message will be left by 6:30am on the morning of the count ifit has to be cancelled.

· Silverwood Lake State Recre-ation Area volunteers should planto meet at the Visitor Center at 8a.m. for orientation. Contact MarkWright for more information aboutvolunteering or taking an eagletour (760-389-2303 between 8 a.m.and 4 p.m.; or email:[email protected]).

· Lake Hemet volunteers shouldplan on meeting at the Lake HemetGrocery Store at 8:30 a.m. for ori-entation. Contact Ann Bowers([email protected] or 909-382-2935) for more information.

·Lake Perris State RecreationArea volunteers should plan tomeet at the Lake Perris RegionalIndian Museum at 8 a.m. for ori-entation. For more informationcall Lake Perris SRA at 951-940-5600 or the Lake Perris RegionalIndian Museum at 951-940-5657.

No experience is needed. Sign-ing up ahead of time is unneces-sary — just show up at the des-ignated time and location, dressfor cold weather, bring binocularsand a watch. Observers meet atone of the count locations for ashort orientation and then theyproceed to their observation siteswhere they record their observa-tions between 9 and 10 a.m. Thenthey return to the meeting loca-tion to turn in the data sheet. Thebiologists use those data to de-termine the minimum number ofeagles in the area.

For those who cannot make theevent, the remaining two countsfor the winter season are sched-uled for Feb. 10 and March 10.The public can also try watchingeagles on their own. Contact theBig Bear Discovery Center (909-382-2790) or the Idyllwild RangerStation (909-382-2921) for wildlifewatching tips and etiquette on theSan Bernardino National Forest.

Following Death of Erica Garner, NationalCivil Rights Groups Renew Call forAttorney General Jeff Sessions to PressCharges In The 2014 Death Of EricGarnerCall for Action Comes as Family Holds Funeral Service for Erica Garner,Daughter of the Late Eric Garner and Vocal Advocate for Police Reform


WASHINGTON, D.C.—TheLawyers’ Committee for CivilRights Under Law and the Na-tional Action Network on Mon-day called on Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions to present an indict-ment against New York City Po-

lice Department Officer DanielPantaleo for the 2014 death of EricGarner. The renewed call for ac-tion comes in light of the recentand tragic death of Erica Garner,daughter of Eric Garner and

prominent civil rights activistwho opposed police brutality.

The 2014 death of Eric Garner,an unarmed African-Americanman who was placed in achokehold by Officer Pantaleoand could be heard on video re-peatedly saying “I can’t breathe,”sparked a nationwide movementfor police accountability andcriminal justice reform. An au-topsy by New York City’s medi-cal examiner ruled Eric Garner’sdeath a homicide, yet the federalinvestigation into his death re-mains stalled, delaying justice tothe Garner family.

In their letter sent to AttorneyGeneral Sessions Monday, theLawyers’ Committee for CivilRights Under Law and NationalAction Network call on DOJ toconclude its pending criminal in-vestigation and present chargesto Officer Pantaleo without fur-ther delay.

“Erica Garner’s heart was bro-ken over three years ago whenthe justice system failed to pro-vide her any kind of justice for

her father,” said Rev. Al Sharpton,president and founder of NationalAction Network. “After herfather’s death, Erica committedher life to her father’s memory andwe find it unacceptable that shewas not able to see justice in hershort lifetime. We must continueto fight to end police brutality andwe will not rest until we do so.”

“As Erica Garner is laid to rest,the exacting toll that police vio-lence has on families and commu-nities can no longer be ignored.The federal investigation into thedeath of Eric Garner was launchedover three years ago and, to date,no officer has been held account-able,” said Kristen Clarke, presi-dent and executive director of theLawyers’ Committee for CivilRights Under Law. “Justice wasdenied to the late Erica Garner andcan no longer be delayed for theGarner family. The Department ofJustice must conclude its inves-tigation and immediately presentcharges against Officer Pantaleoto a grand jury.”

Following Death of Erica Garner, National Civil RightsGroups Renew Call for Attorney General JeffSessions to Press Charges In The 2014 Death Of EricGarner...continued

WASHINGTON — Seventy-sixnational civil rights, faith-based,affordable housing, and other or-ganizations have voiced theirstrong opposition to the Depart-ment of Housing and UrbanDevelopment’s sudden decisionto effectively suspend the Affir-matively Furthering Fair Housing(AFFH) regulation.

Nearly 50 years ago, Congressadopted the Fair Housing Act,landmark legislation necessary toend discrimination in housingand eliminate the barriers createdby segregation. The AFFH regu-lation — designed with consid-erable public input and pilotedextensively — was adopted in2015 and was a critical and longoverdue step in carrying out Con-gress’ intent.

AFFH provided jurisdictionswith a roadmap and tools for com-pliance and included measuresfor accountability. Without warn-ing, HUD has effectively decidedto suspend the regulation, leav-ing local jurisdictions confused,giving local residents less voicein important decisions about theircommunities, and reinstating anapproach to fair housing that theGovernment Accountability Of-fice found to be ineffective andpoorly administered.

The groups issued the follow-ing statements:

Jennifer Bellamy, legislativecounsel for the American CivilLiberties Union:

“Any state or locality that re-ceives federal taxpayer fundinghas an obligation to protect fairhousing, and the department ofHousing and Urban Developmenthas an obligation to holdingthose recipients of federal fund-ing accountable to expandingopportunity for all. By eliminat-ing this rule, HUD leaves commu-nities in the dark about how toachieve their housing and devel- (continued on page 7)

Civil Rights, Housing, and CommunityDevelopment Organizations Urge HUD toMaintain Critical Fair Housing Tool

opment goals, without the toolsand resources to eliminate dis-crimination.”

Angela Glover Blackwell, CEOof PolicyLink:

“HUD’s effective suspension ofthe rule does nothing to help lo-cal governments fulfill their fairhousing responsibilities to createequitable, healthy communitiesand provide access to housingwithout discrimination. It is thewrong move, particularly at a timewhen housing needs are so se-vere and housing and communitydevelopment resources are soscarce. And by taking this step,HUD is abrogating its duty tocarry out the mission Congressassigned it 50 years ago.”

Shanna L. Smith, president andCEO for the National Fair Hous-ing Alliance:

“Americans strongly believethat a zip code should not deter-mine a child’s future, and thateveryone – regardless of their raceor national origin, the languagethey speak, or whether they havechildren or have a disability –should have access to the oppor-tunities they need to succeed. Butwe are falling short of achievingthat goal. Actions taken overmany years by HUD, other gov-ernment agencies and the privatesector have left us more segre-gated than we were 100 years ago.That has led to concentrated pov-erty and weaker communities andundermines our prosperity. Weneed HUD to enforce this impor-tant rule, not suspend it.”

Diane Yentel, president andCEO of the National Low IncomeHousing Coalition:

“The administration’s abruptdecision to effectively suspend

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Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Better Life Technologies Group,Inc., a small African-Americantechnology company focusing onwireless wearable technologies,has sued Kaiser Permanente for$50 million on Wednesday, claim-ing the medical giant stole itstrade secrets on wearable medi-cal devices and shared them withits competitors which in its viewmay have contributed to the birthof a 30 billion dollar industrywhich focuses on wireless-wear-able wellness communicationsbetween physicians and patients.

The Better Life TechnologiesGroup claims in federal court thatKaiser developed wearable medi-cal devices with other companiesafter signing a nondisclosureagreement with Better Life in2012.

"On or about late 2016, plaintiffdiscovered that defendant hadused plaintiff’s proprietary tradesecrets to enter into business re-lationships with plaintiff’s com-petitors and had derived incomefrom providing plaintiff’s tradesecrets to plaintiff’s competitorsand other unauthorized recipi-ents," the lawsuit states.

The trade secrets involved "apatent for technology for a wire-less wearable device designed forpatients suffering from diabetes,heart conditions, and other medi-cal conditions which requiremonitoring," Better Life says inthe complaint.

Better Life representatives be-gan speaking to Kaiser C-level Of-ficers in 2011-2012 and had sev-eral meeting regarding their inno-vative Physician to Patient wire-less-wearable communication

MORENO VALLEY, Ca.—Worldrenowned trauma surgeon, Dr.Raul Coimbra, has joined River-side University Health SystemMedical Center as surgeon inchief, hospital officials an-nounced Monday.

Coimbra’s academic and scien-tific experience will be instrumen-tal in expanding the hospital’s re-gional leadership in trauma andacute-care surgery and in improv-ing trauma services across River-side County, said Dr. ArnoldTabuenca, chief medical officer atRUHS Medical Center.

The 439-bed medical center inMoreno Valley is the largest andoldest teaching hospital in River-side County and it houses one ofthe region’s busiest trauma cen-ters. More than 1,700 critically in-jured victims from incidents suchas car crashes and gunshots areadmitted to the trauma center an-nually. The medical center alsotrains 800 resident physicians andmedical students annually, andsponsors several medical resi-dency programs including pro-grams in general surgery, ortho-pedic surgery and neurosurgery.

“Dr. Coimbra has a broad baseof experiences and tremendousexpertise in trauma and acute caresurgery,” Tabuenca said. “We arepleased to have him serve as anacademic mentor and leader forour staff members and for newgenerations of doctors and

Washington, D.C. —TheTrump administration today pro-posed a rule that would dramati-cally increase the number ofpeople who are sold so-called“Association Health Plans” thatare exempt from core insurancesafeguards like covering any es-sential health benefits.

Following is the statement ofEliot Fishman, Families USA’s se-nior director of health policy:

“Under the rule by the Trumpadministration, junk health planswould compete against insurancethat provides comprehensivebenefits and abides by other safe-guards protecting people whoneed and buy health care. Thiswill endanger both those who aresold cheap, junk plans and theolder adults and people with pre-existing conditions who get leftbehind. Couched in terms of serv-ing small employers, the pro-posed rule’s extraordinarily broaddefinition of employers will letsubstandard plans flourish in away that is clearly calculated togut the ACA’s core insurancesafeguards that are critically im-portant to people with pre-exist-ing conditions, like asthma, dia-betes or even cancer.

“Before the Affordable CareAct, health insurers routinely dis-criminated against older peopleand those with pre-existing con-ditions. The ACA bans that dis-crimination, implementing safe-guards that have received over-whelming support from theAmerican people. Today’s pro-posed rule would take us back-wards, creating again opportuni-ties for insurance companies tosell millions of Americans healthinsurance in name only, free fromany requirements to cover essen-tial health benefits — prescriptiondrugs, emergency services, men-tal health, hospitalization, mater-nity care and others — and al-lowing unlimited price discrimina-

Internationally Renowned TraumaSurgeon Joins RUHS MedicalCenterTeam As Surgeon In ChiefDr. Raul Coimbra will lead expansion of RUHS trauma and acute careprograms

nurses.”Coimbra, 55, formerly the sur-

geon in chief at UC San DiegoMedical Center in Hillcrest, is wellknown for his activism in globalhealth initiatives. He has longadvocated for a statewide trauma-response system to serve vastswaths of California where notrauma services exist, noting thatless than one in 10 hospitals na-tionwide has a designated traumacenter. During his tenure atUCSD, Coimbra is credited withbuilding one of the most ad-vanced free-standing trauma cen-ters in the country.

“We are going to take thetrauma and acute care programsat RUHS Medical Center to a newlevel,” said Coimbra, who pre-sides over the board of directorsfor the World Coalition of TraumaCare. He has authored more than500 scientific publications in mostclinical and experimental aspectsof trauma medicine. Coimbra alsoserves on a number of nationaland international boards relatedto research, education, clinicalpractices and quality improve-ment.

“We provide better care and wesee better outcomes when we putpatients at the center of our deci-sions,” Coimbra said. “These aremajor goals of the leadership teamat RUHS Medical Center and theyare aligned with my beliefs.”

Dr. Raul Coimbra

Black-Owned Tech Firm Sues KaiserPermanente Over Patent Infringement

technologies. Kaiser signed aNon-Compete Non-Disclosureagreement with Better Life’s sis-ter company ViQUAL Medicalpromising not to share BetterLife’s disclosed intellectual prop-erty and trade secrets. At the time,ViQUAL Medical was created tobe a medical device division ofBetter Life Technologies Group,Inc., which received intellectualproperty from Better Life and cre-ated its own unique patent-pend-ing technologies which still havepatent-pending status. Better Lifehas developed technologies thatare designed to monitor humanailments ranging from diabetes tocancer.

Better Life Technologies Group,Inc. has several prototypes of itsintended technology but stillseeks funding to get its productsto market. Better Life was featuredin the March 2017 issue of Es-sence Magazine, and has been in-terviewed by BET. Better Life hashad its technology endorsed bythe University of Arkansas PineBluff’s Engineering Department."One of our company’s objectiveshas always been to show theworld that if the doors of diver-sity could open ever so slightly,the African-American sciencecommunity has powerful techno-logical developments that canhave a huge impact on scienceand technology," says GeorgeMcKinney; CEO/Founder of Bet-ter Life Technologies Group.

For more information about Bet-ter Life Technologies and its teamgroundbreaking technologyteam, please visitwww.betterlifetechinc.com.

Trump Administration Proposes Rule thatJeopardizes Health Insurance for Peoplewith Pre-existing Conditions and OlderAdults while Destabilizing the Market

tion based on age, residence inrural areas, and other factors as-sociated with high health costs.These junk plans, immune frommost state insurance departmentoversight, will destabilize insur-ance markets. Both the individualand the small-employer marketwill split in two: so-called ‘Asso-ciation Health Plans’ will sell junk,cheap insurance to relativelyyoung and healthy people, whowill then find themselves deniedcoverage for essential care if theyexperience unexpected healthcosts; and other plans will pro-vide an older, less healthy popu-lation with high-quality insurancethat provides the full set of pro-tections needed by people withhealth problems. This segrega-tion will make premiums sky-rocket in the more comprehensivemarket. Millions of people withpre-existing conditions and olderadults who are covered throughsmall companies or the individualmarket could ultimately lose ac-cess to the comprehensive insur-ance on which they now rely.

“The proposed rule itself con-cedes that these kinds of arrange-ments have repeatedly beenabused in the past. But the rule’sproposed guardrails offer familiesno meaningful protections fromthe serious dangers created byAssociation Health Plans.

“This is just the latest step inthe Trump administration’s sus-tained campaign to sabotage theAffordable Care Act. The Admin-istration is attempting a back-door repeal of basic insuranceprotections that people with pre-existing conditions and otherhealth problems are guaranteedby federal law. This rule wouldtake us back to an era when healthinsurance was least available tothe very people who needed it themost. Plain and simple, this ruleknowingly and maliciouslythreaten access to essentialhealth care for millions of hard-working families in America.”

It’s no secret that in recent yearsmore and more African Americansare turning to alternative medi-cine to help heal. Some wouldeven suggest that it is an innatepractice from our African ances-try that is slowly but surely find-ing its way back into our lives.Through home remedies andseeking natural aids, holistichealth is on the rise.Aromatherapy is one healing al-ternative that even popular Afri-can American lifestyle influencerslike HeyFranHey advocate for –putting conscious living right inthe forefront of our everydaylives.

What is Aromatherapy exactly?According to the National As-

sociation for HolisticAromatherapy (NAHA),Aromatherapy, also referred to asEssential Oil therapy, can be de-fined as the art and science ofutilizing naturally extracted aro-matic essences from plants tobalance, harmonize and promotethe health of body, mind andspirit. It seeks to unify physiologi-cal, psychological and spiritualprocesses to enhance anindividual’s innate healing pro-cess.

What else can it do?Imagine inhaling a certain scent

that would help protect your

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Aromatherapy Can Soothe YourSpirit & Fight Against Free Radicals


Posted on January 8, 2018Bryana Holcomb

lungs from damage if you foundyourself in a smoke-filled room. ACalifornia scientist says his re-search into the healthy propertiesof aromas could make that a pos-sibility one day.

Kwang-Geun Lee, of the Univer-sity of California at Davis, re-leased findings at the annualmeeting of the American Chemi-cal Society in Boston that sug-gest some smells could act asantioxidants, the healthful agentsfound in fruits and vegetables.

“Exposure to these aromas mayhelp to prevent (oxygen) dam-ages, which are a factor in manydiseases,” Lee says.

Humans have known about thepositive effects of smell for thou-sands of years, and“aromatherapy” has become ahousehold word. Scientists havea good understandingof howsmell works, from the sensors inthe nose that take in informationto the areas of the brain that pro-cess the data, says George Preti,a researcher at Monell ChemicalSenses Center in Philadelphia.

However, Lee says, scientistsstill aren’t sure why odors seemto have healthy effects on thebody.

At his laboratory, Lee distilledand extracted 30 chemicals thatproduce aroma from 10 plants.

Then, he tested them for the pres-ence of antioxidants.

In initial research, Lee found lev-els of antioxidants – similar tothose in Vitamin E – in soybeans,mungbeans, kidney beans, euca-lyptus leaves and several typesof spices, including basil, thyme,rosemary, chamomile and cinna-mon.

Experts believe antioxidantsblock certain types of cell dam-age caused by molecules calledfree radicals, which are caused byexposure to tobacco smoke andsome chemicals.

Foods rich in antioxidants helpdestroy free radicals, and scien-tists think they reduce the risk ofdiseases such as cancer, heartdisease and stroke. However,more research will be needed tofigure out if the antioxidants inthe aromas actually affect thebody, Lee says.

If they do, he says, it’s possiblethey could be released in a roomfull of smokers to counteract thedamaging effects of tobacco.

Preti notes that some bodycreams have antioxidant proper-

ties, and it’s not “too far-fetched”to believe that odors could do thesame.

However, if researchers do tryto put aromas to work to protecta person’s health, they’ll need touse a lot of them, Preti notes.

“Most of the things you smellare at very low quantities. Yourolfactory abilities are fairly sensi-tive. Most things aren’t in highenough quantities to cause anyphysiological or unhealthy sen-sations,” he says.

Curious about otheraromatherapy benefits? Checkout the National Association forHolistic Aromatherapy. Here youcan explore how essential oils areextracted, methods of application,and a list of the most commonlyused oils and their individual ben-efits. To learn more about re-search on antioxidant therapy forheart disease and other condi-tions, visit the National Center forBiotechnology Information. Formore on Vitamin E, a major sourceof antioxidants, visit the NationalInstitutes of Health.

Aromatherapy Can Soothe Your Spirit & Fight

Against Free Radicals...continued

New research provides somefurther evidence of the harms ofprocessed meats, after linkingconsumption of these foods to in-creased risk of breast cancer.

a sausage on a forkResearchers say that eating

processed meats, such as sau-sages, could increase women'srisk of breast cancer.

From an analysis of more than260,000 women, researchersfound that the risk of breast can-cer increased by more than a fifthfor those who consumed morethan 9 grams of processed meatsper day, which is the equivalentof around two sausages per week.

However, the team found no linkbetween red meat intake and therisk of breast cancer.

Study leader Prof. Jill Pell, whois the director of the Institute ofHealth and Wellbeing at the Uni-versity of Glasgow in the UnitedKingdom, and colleagues re-cently reported their findings inThe European Journal of Cancer.

Processed meats are those thathave been modified to enhancetheir flavor or lengthen their shelflife. Sausages, bacon, hot dogs,and salami are just some examplesof processed meats.

But while these foods may tan-talize the taste buds, they do littlefor our health. In 2015, the WorldHealth Organization (WHO) con-firmed that processed meats in-crease the risk of colorectal can-cer, while red meats were deemed"probably carcinogenic" to hu-mans. This conclusion came froma review of more than 800 stud-ies.

Previous research has also sug-gested that processed and redmeats may raise breast cancerrisk. Prof. Pell and colleaguessought to learn more about thisassociation with their new study.

Processed meats and breastcancer

The research included data on262,195 women aged 40–69 years.All women were a part of UKBiobank, which is an ongoinghealth study of 500,000 adultsfrom the U.K.

Prof. Pell and team used these

Researchers say that eating processed meats, such assausages, could increase women's risk of breast cancer.

Just two sausages per week may raisebreast cancer risk

Published Friday 5 January 2018 By Honor Whiteman Fact checkedby Jasmin Collier

data to calculate the women's in-take of red and processed meats,and breast cancer incidence wasidentified through cancer regis-try and hospital admission data.

A total of 4,819 women were di-agnosed with breast cancer over7 years of follow-up.

Key mechanism for aggressivebreast cancer prevention found

Key mechanism for aggressivebreast cancer prevention found

Scientists may have uncovereda way to stop aggressive breastcancer.

READ NOWCompared with women who had

the lowest intake of processedmeats, those who consumed atleast 9 grams of processed meatsper day were found to have a 21percent greater risk of breast can-cer.

There was no association foundbetween eating red meat — suchas beef and veal — and breastcancer risk.

The researchers then combinedtheir analysis with the resultsfrom 10 previous studies thatlooked at the intake of red andprocessed meats and breast can-cer risk, enabling them to assessthe link in 1.65 million women.

This revealed a 9 percent in-creased risk of postmenopausalbreast cancer with processedmeat intake. Again, no link wasfound between red meat intakeand breast cancer risk.

These findings remained sig-nificant after accounting for otherdietary factors, as well lifestyleand sociodemographic factorsand weight.

Commenting on what the resultsshow, study co-author NaveedSattar — who works in the Insti-tute of Cardiovascular and Medi-cal Sciences at the University ofGlasgow — says:

"In addition to the previouslyknown effects of processed meaton other kinds of cancer, this addsfurther evidence that it may havea deleterious effect on breast can-cer, particularly in postmeno-pausal women."

However, more research isneeded to confirm the findings.

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LEGALS/CLASSIFIEDS/NEWSFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT

20170013675Date Filed: 12/12/2017 Filing Expires

On: 12/12/2022FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shownin the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): PACIFICHORIZON REALTY & ASSOC.County of Principal Place of Business: SANBERNARDINOStreet Address of Principal Place of Business:2910 E. INLAND EMPIRE BLVD. STE. 107ONTARIO, CA 91764Name of Individual Registrant: THOMAS V.PRITCHARDName of corporation or limited liabilitycompany as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.:State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.:Residence Street Address: 2910 E.INLAND EMPIRE BLVD. STE. 107ONTARIO, CA 91764Name of Individual Registrant: ANNPRITCHARDResidence Street Address: 2910 E.INLAND EMPIRE BLVD. STE. 107ONTARIO, CA 91764This business is/was conducted by: AMarried CoupleRegistrant has commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious business nameor names listed above on:Thomas V. Pritchard, declares that allinformation in this statement is true andcorrect.NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITHSUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, AFICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENTGENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OFFIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICHIT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THECOUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANYCHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THESTATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THERESIDENCE ADDRESS OF AREGISTERED OWNER. A NEWFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THEEXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THISSTATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELFAUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OFA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME INVIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OFANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, ORCOMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET.SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONSCODE.) Published in the San BernardinoAmerican Newspaper December 21, 28,2017, January 4, 11, 2018.

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On: 12/12/2022FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shownin the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): JABZ SALES& RENTALSCounty of Principal Place of Business: SANBERNARDINOStreet Address of Principal Place of Business:3324 PLAID COURT CHINO HILLS, CA91709Name of Individual Registrant: REBECCAC. SOLISName of corporation or limited liabilitycompany as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.:State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.:Residence Street Address: 3324 PLAIDCOURT CHINO HILLS, CA 91709This business is/was conducted by: AnIndividualRegistrant has commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious business nameor names listed above on: N/ARebecca C. Solis, declares that allinformation in this statement is true andcorrect.NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITHSUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, AFICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENTGENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OFFIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICHIT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THECOUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANYCHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THESTATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THERESIDENCE ADDRESS OF AREGISTERED OWNER. A NEWFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THEEXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THISSTATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELFAUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OFA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME INVIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OFANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, ORCOMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET.SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONSCODE.) Published in the San BernardinoAmerican Newspaper December 21, 28,2017, January 4, 11, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FORCHANGE OF NAME


CIVDS 1723478TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: ANDREW OMAR CORTEZ fileda petition with this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: Present name: a.ANDREW OMAR CORTEZ to Proposedname: ANDREW OMAR GOMEZTHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter shall appearbefore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why thepetition for change of name should not begranted. Any person objecting to the namechanges described above must file awritten objection at least two court daysbefore the matter is scheduled to be heardand must appear at the hearing to showcause why the petition should not begranted. If no written objection is timelyfiled, the court may grant the petitionwithout a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: 1/09/18 Time:8:30 a.m. Dept:S17Superior Court of California, County OfSan Bernardino, 247 W. 3RD STREET SANBERNARDINO, CA 92415 SAN BERNAR-DINO DISTRICTA Copy of this Order to Show Cause shallbe published at least once each week forfour successive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in the followingnewspaper of general circulation, printedin this county: The San BernardinoAmerican Newspaper P.O. Box 837Victorville, CA 92393Date: Dec 1, 2017Michael A. SachsJudge Of The Superior CourtPublished in the San BernardinoAmerican Newspaper December 21, 28,2017, January 4, 11, 2018.


20170014035Date Filed: 12/21/2017 Filing

Expires On: 12/21/2022FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shownin the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): MR. P’STOWINGCounty of Principal Place of Business: SANBERNARDINOStreet Address of Principal Place of Business:8689 RED OAK ST. RANCHOCUCAMONGA, CA 91730Name of Individual Registrant:Name of corporation or limited liabilitycompany as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: 1-10 TOWING ANDRECOVERY, INC. State of Inc./Org./Reg.:CA Inc./Org./Reg.: C3882383Residence Street Address: 8689 RED OAKST. RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730This business is/was conducted by: ACorporationRegistrant has commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious business nameor names listed above on: Not ApplicableBrandon Photianos, President, declaresthat all information in this statement is trueand correct.NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITHSUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, AFICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENTGENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OFFIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICHIT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THECOUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANYCHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THESTATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THERESIDENCE ADDRESS OF AREGISTERED OWNER. A NEWFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THEEXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THISSTATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELFAUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OFA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME INVIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OFANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, ORCOMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET.SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONSCODE.) Published in the San BernardinoAmerican Newspaper January 4, 11, 18,25, 2018.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL.DEMANDADO): HUBZONE, CORP.;CHARMAINE BURNETT; and Does 1through 10, inclusive,YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF:(LO ESTA DEMANDADO ELDEMANDANTE): JPMORGAN CHASEBANK, N.A.NOTICE! You have been sued. The courtmay decide against you without you beingheard unless you respond within 30 days.Read the information below.You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after thissummons and legal papers are served onyou to file a written response at this courtand have a copy served on the plaintiff. Aletter or phone call will not protect you. Yourwritten response must be in proper legalform if you want the court to hear your case.There may be a court form that you can usefor your response. You can find these courtforms and more information at the Califor-nia Courts Online Self-Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), yourcounty law library, or the courthouse near-est you. If you cannot pay the filing fee,ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. Ifyou do not file your response on time, youmay lose the case by default, and yourwages, money, and property may be takenwithout further warning from the court.There are other legal requirements. Youmay want to call an attorney right away. Ifyou do not know an attorney, you may wantto call an attorney referral service. If youcannot afford an attorney, you may be eli-gible for free legal services from a nonprofitlegal services program. You can locate thesenonprofit groups at the California LegalServices Web site(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the CaliforniaCourts Online Self-Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by con-tacting your local court or county barassociation.(NOTE: The court has a statu-tory lien for waived fees and costs on anysettlement or arbitration award of $10,000or more in a civil case. The court’s lien mustbe paid before the court will dismiss thecase.AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no re-sponde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puededecidir en su contra sin escuchar su ver-sion. Lea la informacion a continuacion.Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues deque le entreguen esta citacion y papeleslegales para presentar una respuesta porescrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregueuna copia al demandante. Una carta ouna llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Surespuesta por escrito tiene que estar enformato legal correcto si desea que procesensu caso en la corte. Es posible que haya unformulario que usted pueda usar para surespuesta. Puede encontrar estosformularios de la corte y mas informacion enel Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de Cali-fornia (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de sucondado o en la corte que le quede mascerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota depresentacion, pida al secretario de la corteque le de un formulario de exencion depago de cuotas. Si no presenta surespuesta a tiempo, puede perder el casopor incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitarsu sueldo, dinero y bienes sin masadvertencia.Hay otros requisitos legales. Esrecomendable que llame a un abogadoinmediatamente. Si no conoce a unabogado, puede llamar a un servicio deremision a abogados. Si no puede pagara un abogado, es posible que cumpla conlos requisitos para obtener servicios legalesgratuitos de un programa de servicios le-gales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrarestos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitioweb de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centrode Ayuda de las Cortes de California,(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) oponiendose en contacto con la corte o elcolegio de abogados locales.AVISO: Porley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar loscoutas y los costos exentos por imponerun gravamen sobre cualquierrecuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valorrecibido mediante un acuerdo o unaconcesion de arbiraje en un caso dederecho civil. Tiene que pagar el grava-men de la corte antes de que la corte puedadesechar el caso.CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1700185(Numero del Caso):The name and address of the court is:(El nombre y direccion de la corte es): SU-PERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIACOUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO San Ber-nardino District Civil Division 247 West ThirdStreet, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210The name, address, and telephone num-ber of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff withoutan attorney, is:(El nombre, la direccion y el numero detelefono del abogado del demandante, odel demandante que no tiene abogado,es): Drew A. Callahan Aldridge Pite, LLP(CA SBN 254257)4375 Jutland Drive, Suite 200San Diego, CA 92117(858) 750-7600 (619) 590-1385

Date: Jan 05, 2017(Secretario)Clerk, by Cuauhtemoc Nunez,Deputy (Adjunto)Published in the San Bernardino AmericanNewspaper December 28, 2017, January4, 11, 18, 2018.

SUMMONS(CITACION JUDICIAL)

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL.DEMANDADO): BARRY R. SPILLMANYOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF:(LO ESTA DEMANDADO ELDEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO BANK,N.A.NOTICE! You have been sued. The courtmay decide against you without you be-ing heard unless you respond within 30days. Read the information below.

SUMMONS(CITACION JUDICIAL)

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL.DEMANDADO): SANDRA R. KECKYOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF:(LO ESTA DEMANDADO ELDEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO BANK,N.A.NOTICE! You have been sued. The courtmay decide against you without you be-ing heard unless you respond within 30days. Read the information below.You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after thissummons and legal papers are served onyou to file a written response at this courtand have a copy served on the plaintiff.A letter or phone call will not protect you.Your written response must be in properlegal form if you want the court to hearyour case. There may be a court formthat you can use for your response. Youcan find these court forms and more infor-mation at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.court info.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or thecourthouse nearest you. If you cannotpay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for afee waiver form. If you do not file yourresponse on time, you may lose the caseby default, and your wages, money, andproperty may be taken without furtherwarning from the court.There are other legal requirements. Youmay want to call an attorney right away.If you do not know an attorney, you maywant to call an attorney referral service. Ifyou cannot afford an attorney, you maybe eligible for free legal services from anonprofit legal services program. You canlocate these nonprofit groups at the Cali-fornia Legal Services Web site(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the Califor-nia Courts Online Self-Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or bycontacting your local court or county barassociation. NOTE: The court has a statu-tory lien for waived fees and costs on anysettlement or arbitration award of $10,000or more in a civil case. The court’s lienmust be paid before the court will dismissthe case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Sino responde dentro de 30 dias, la cortepuede decidir en su contra sin escucharsu version. Lea la informacion acontinuacion.Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despuesde que le entreguen esta citacion ypapeles legales para presentar unarespuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacerque se entregue una copia aldemandante. Una carta o una llamadatelefonica no lo protegen. Su respuestapor escrito tiene que estar en formato legalcorrecto si desea que procesen su casoen la corte. Es posible que haya unformulario que usted pueda usar para surespuesta. Puede encontrar estosformularios de la corte y mas informacionen el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes deCalifornia (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de sucondado o en la corte que le quede mascerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota depresentacion, pida al secretario de la corteque le de un formulario de exencion depago de cuotas. Si no presenta surespuesta a tiempo, puede perder el casopor incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitarsu sueldo, dinero y bienes sin masadvertencia.Hay otros requisitos legales. Esrecomendable que llame a un abogadoinmediatamente. Si no conoce a unabogado, puede llamar a un servicio deremision a abogados. Si no puede pagara un abogado, es posible que cumplacon los requisitos para obtener servicioslegales gratuitos de un programa deservicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puedeencontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucroen el sitio web de California Legal



Expires On: 12/18/2022FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shownin the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): D’ARCAFORMAL WEARCounty of Principal Place of Business: SANBERNARDINOStreet Address of Principal Place of Business:889 NORTH “D” STREET SANBERNARDINO, CA 92401Name of Individual Registrant:Name of corporation or limited liabilitycompany as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: CHRIS ENTERPRISES, INC. ACORPORATION State of Inc./Org./Reg.:CA Inc./Org./Reg.: C0548063Residence Street Address: 899 NORTH“D” STREET SAN BERNARDINO, CA92401This business is/was conducted by: ACorporationRegistrant has commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious business nameor names listed above on: 06/24/1968John C. D’Arca, President, declares that allinformation in this statement is true andcorrect.NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITHSUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, AFICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENTGENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OFFIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICHIT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THECOUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANYCHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THESTATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THERESIDENCE ADDRESS OF AREGISTERED OWNER. A NEWFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE


CIVDS 1724911TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: ANDREW JOHN CHAVEZ fileda petition with this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: Present name: a.ANDREW JOHN CHAVEZ to Proposedname: ANDREW JOHN SHARPTHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter shall appearbefore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why thepetition for change of name should not begranted. Any person objecting to the namechanges described above must file awritten objection at least two court daysbefore the matter is scheduled to be heardand must appear at the hearing to showcause why the petition should not begranted. If no written objection is timelyfiled, the court may grant the petition

EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THISSTATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELFAUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OFA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME INVIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OFANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, ORCOMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET.SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONSCODE.) Published in the San BernardinoAmerican Newspaper December 28, 2017,January 4, 11, 18, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENTFBN Number: 20180000178Filing Type: FBN FilingDate Filed: 1/05/2018Began Transacting Business: 11/30/2017Filing Expires On: 1/05/2023Business is Conducted By: Joint VentureFictitious Business Name(s): FOREVER BREAL ESTATEBusiness Address: 8221 GREEN RD.PINON HILLS, CA 92372County of Principal Place of Business: SANBERNARDINOMailing Address: P.O. BOX 720212 PINONHILLS, CA 92372Registrant(s)Address: CRISTY G.HOAGLAND 8221 GREEN RD. PINONHILLS, CA 92372TORREY W. WOODRUFF 8221 GREENRD. PINON HILLS, CA 92372Cristy G. Hoagland, GeneralPartner,declares that all information in thisstatement is true and correct. NOTICE - INACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OFSECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAMESTATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES ATTHE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATEON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICEOF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, ASPROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OFSECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THEFACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENTPURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHERTHAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCEADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. ANEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THEEXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THISSTATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELFAUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OFA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME INVIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OFANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, ORCOMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET.SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONSCODE.) Published In The San BernardinoAmerican Newspaper January 11, 18, 25,February 1, 2018.



Expires On: 12/27/2022FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shownin the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): 1.REDLANDS VINYL RECORDS &COLLECTIBLES 2. HOLLYWOODLANDRECORDSCounty of Principal Place of Business: SANBERNARDINOStreet Address of Principal Place of Business:214 E. REDLANDS BLVD. REDLANDS, CA92373Name of Individual Registrant:Name of corporation or limited liabilitycompany as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: OLD HOLLYWOODLANDCORP.State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: C4033368Residence Street Address: 220 N. PALMCANYON DR. PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262This business is/was conducted by: ACorporationRegistrant has commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious business nameor names listed above on: 12/19/2017Louis David Bernal, CEO, declares that allinformation in this statement is true andcorrect.NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITHSUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, AFICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENTGENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OFFIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICHIT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THECOUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDEDIN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANYCHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THESTATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THERESIDENCE ADDRESS OF AREGISTERED OWNER. A NEWFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THEEXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THISSTATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELFAUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OFA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME INVIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OFANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, ORCOMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET.SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONSCODE.) Published in the San BernardinoAmerican Newspaper January 11, 18, 25,February 1, 2018.

FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN COOPERATIVES/LAND ASSISTANCE FUNDJob AnnouncementDirector of Communications & Member Relations

Please reply to:[email protected]

The Director of Communications & Member Relations reports directly to the Executive Directorand is responsible for developing and guiding the strategy for all communications, website, andpublic relations messages and collateral to consistently articulate the organization's vision andmission. The Director of Communications & Member Relations will ensure that the organization isviewed as the primary source, disseminator, and conduit of information within its diverse networkand membership base - including, but not limited to, black farmers and landowners, coopera-tives and rural communities in the south. The Director of Communications & Member Relationswill work closely with the Executive Staff and within the organization as the communications part-ner on a variety of strategic initiatives, including membership engagement, tracking and devel-opment.

ResponsibilitiesDevelop, implement, and evaluate the annual communications plan across the organization'snetwork in collaboration with the Executive Team, staff and membership.Lead the generation of online content that engages the membership, partners and supportersand leads to measurable action. Decide who, where, and when to disseminate.Put communications vehicles in place to create momentum and awareness as well as to test theeffectiveness of communications activities.Manage and/or coordinate webpage maintenance-ensure that new and consistent information(article links, stories, and events) is posted regularly.Track and measure the level of engagement within the membership and network over timeManage the development, distribution, and maintenance of all print and electronic collateral in-cluding, but not limited to, newsletters, brochures, annual reports, e-newsletters and theorganization's website.Play a lead role in coordinating and organizing annual meetings that engage the membership,staff, partners, supporters and the public.Manage all media contacts.Develop and manage membership contacts, baseline information and a platform to constantlyengage them (the membership).Lead and/or support development efforts and donor relations, including proposal writing.Qualifications

The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund is seeking an accomplishedDirector of Communications & Member Relations who has 5-10 years of communications experi-ence, ideally in an "in-house" leadership role within a complex social justice nonprofit and/ormembership based entity, and covering areas such as website content, newsletters, and mem-ber & donor communications. The ability to take knowledge and transform it into exciting anduseful messages, and disseminate it to the right audiences through the best distribution channelsis critical.Highly collaborative style; experience developing and implementing communications strategiesExcellent writing/editing and verbal communication skillsA strong track record as an implementer who thrives on managing a variety of key initiativesconcurrentlyRelationship builder with the flexibility and finesse to "manage by influence"High energy, maturity, and leadership with the ability to serve as a unifying force and to positioncommunications discussions at both the strategic and tactical levelsSincere commitment to work collaboratively with all constituent groups, including staff, boardmembers, volunteers, donors, program participants, and other supportersSelf-starter, able to work independently, and entrepreneurial; enjoys creating and implementingnew initiatives

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You must register an assumed name within 40 days of starting to conductbusiness (which can be different from the date of forming your business entity).For 30 days after registering, you must run a weekly notice in a newspaper ofrecord for the county, and attest this afterwards by affidavit to the Clerk. Theregistration must be renewed every 5 years, but newspaper publication is notrequired unless details have changed.

Registering a fictitious business name does not create a business entity.The document is actually known as a "statement" and it purely creates a recordthat gives the general public a way to know who they're dealing with, as well asallowing formal process to reach through a brand name to the legal structureunderlying it.

Additional statements can be filed to record that the assumed name has nowbeen abandoned, or that a partner has withdrawn from a partnership operatingunder a fictitious business name, and is no longer to be connected with thatname.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME REQUIREMENTS

A fictitious business name cannot be the same as a name already in use, orso similar as to confuse or mislead. And while certain legal designations suchas "Inc" and "LLC" cannot be used unless you are such an entity, certain unsup-ported designations such as "Company" or "Ltd" are allowed in California.

If you're a self-employed contractor, you're a sole proprietorship by default,and the name of the legal "entity" doing business is you, under your name. Youcan use a business name that includes your surname without needing to reg-ister a fictitious name - for example, "John Doe Cars". But to obscure the name("JD Cars") or to imply more owners or a different structure ("Doe & Sons", "Doe& Associates", "Doe Company") will require recording the name as an FBN.

Frequently a sole proprietorship will do business under a fictitious name forease of transactions. A partnership is also legally named from its owners' names,and will often make a similar choice. Filing an FBN will usually be necessarybefore a bank will open a business account under the assumed name. Obvi-ously a business wants to receive payments made out to its trade name - andthis is increasingly common with Internet domain-name branding, when manybusiness names have a “DotCom” attached to them.

Corporations and LLCs can choose their business name when they file theirArticles to form the entity. But frequently they'll want to adopt a different name, ormany such names, for branding or trademark reasons. If a company is launch-ing a new product or service, marketing decisions may call for a new brandname. Or, if John Doe Texas wants to expand operations into California andfinds John Doe California already in business use, a new fictitious businessname will be required.

HOW TO REGISTER YOUR FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

State law (California Business And Professions Code Sections 17900-17930)requires you to register with the Clerk of the county housing your principal placeof business, or with San Bernardino County if you're an out-of-state company.There's no limit to the number of names you can register, provided they'reavailable and meet relevant criteria.

The recording fee is set by law , but individual counties will vary . San Bernar-dino County, for example, charges $55, and $10 for each additional name in thesame filing. Registration forms also vary by county. It's important to check aspecific county's requirements with its Clerk's office.

For additional information, go to www.sbcounty.gov/arc or call 1-855-REC-CLRK(1-855-732-2575)

How To File a Fictitious BusinessName in California

Services,(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centrode Ayuda de las Cortes de California,(www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose encontacto con la corte o el colegio deabogados locales. AVISO: Por ley la cortetiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y loscostos exentos por imponer un grava-men sobre cualquier recuperacion de$10,000 o mas de valor recibida medianteun acuerdo o una concesion de arbitrajeen un caso de derecho civil. Tiene quepagar el gravamen de la corte antes deque la corte pueda desechar el caso.CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1712492(Numero del Caso)The name and address of the court is:(El nombre y direccion de la corte es):SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIACOUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO247 WEST THIRD ST.SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415-0210The name, address, and telephone num-ber of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff with-out an attorney, is:(El nombre, la direccion y el numero detelefono del abogado del demandante,o del demandante que no tiene abogado,es): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M.Reese 118226, Joseph M. Pleasant,179571, James E. Delaney, 292600,Dana N. Meyers, 272640, Jenny T. Louro,3065353168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA92010 760/842-5850 (File No. 552563)Date: June 29, 2017(Fecha)(Secretario)Clerk, by Sabrina Johnson,Deputy (Adjunto)Published in the San Bernardino Ameri-can Newspaper December 28, 2017,January 4, 11, 18, 2018.

without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: 1/29/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: S17Superior Court of California, County OfSan Bernardino, 247 W. 3RD STREET SANBERNARDINO, CA 92415 SAN BERNAR-DINO JUDICIAL DISTRICTA Copy of this Order to Show Cause shallbe published at least once each week forfour successive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in the followingnewspaper of general circulation, printedin this county: The San BernardinoAmerican Newspaper P.O. Box 837Victorville, CA 92393Date: December 18, 2017Michael A. SachsJudge Of The Superior CourtPublished in the San BernardinoAmerican Newspaper January 4, 11, 18,25, 2018.



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A memorial service fortrailblazing civil rights journalistSimeon Booker will be held onMonday, January 29, 2018, hiswife, Carol McCabe Booker, hasannounced. The service is sched-uled for 10 a.m. at the Washing-ton National Cathedral, 3101 Wis-consin Ave. NW. Booker, a jour-nalistic icon, died Dec. 10 at theage of 99.

Booker's more than half-centuryof civil rights reporting, most no-tably the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Missis-sippi, helped propel the civil rightsstruggle onto the front pages ofnewspapers across the countrywhich had long ignored the op-pression of Black Americans. Pre-viously, he had been the first full-time black reporter at the Wash-ington Post.

In lieu of flowers, donationsmay be made to the SimeonBooker Scholarship at Young-stown State University. All giftsdesignated for this minority

LIFESTYLE NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/RELIGION

Witness For Justice #875

By: Lou Coleman-Yeboah

Lou Coleman-Yeboah

Sexual violence against womenis not new. Stories are disturb-ingly abundant in our ancienttexts and flow like a river throughto contemporary times. But now,due to some invisible conglom-eration of tipping points, some-thing seems to be shifting. Manywomen who are disclosing sexualharassment, and sometimes evensexual assault, are being believed.Actions are being taken. Morepeople are being held account-able.

It's enough to make us feel righ-teous. I can't tell you the numberof times I've heard, “It's abouttime!” in recent weeks.

But is all this enough to make areal difference?

Not even close.The attitudes that have fertil-

ized the idea that women's bod-ies are for male pleasure insteadof sacred in their own right; thebeliefs that have pollinated thepractice of men taking credit forwork women have done; the poli-tics that have reinforced theabuse of power—all of these havebeen around since before scrip-ture was written, and they havepoisoned the very foundation ofour relationships with each otheras human beings.

If we hope to grab that arc ofhistory and bend it a little moretoward justice, it will require morethan lawsuits against prominentfigures. To replant this garden ofdenial necessitates us to truly seewhat we have been doing, to la-ment the violence being done towomen, to own our complicity in

Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) -- Director Antonio James, an-nounced today that ResolutionSong will be released nationwide.The film's underlying faith, fam-ily, and racial components willresonate with all communities. Di-rected by award-winning Film Di-rector, Antonio James (Trey,2013), Resolution Song was ac-quired by Sony Pictures affiliate,Smith Global Media, in 2016 andwill be released via Sony PicturesHome Entertainment divisionFebruary 6, 2018.

Beginning January 8, 2018,Urbanstylz will be initiating a 40-city promotional tour completewith private and public red-car-pet screenings, Q&A sessions,and local TV/Radio interviewsitdowns. To request an inter-view, or propose a screening,please contact Director AntonioJames (see more information be-low).

The new trailer can be seenhere: https://youtu.be/1RxE0xmA5Lo

Resolution Song, a dramaticfaith-based film, follows Marga-ret (played by Kevin Hart’s ex-wife Torrei Hart), a submissivestay-at-home mom, as her familycopes with the tragic death of hereldest son. Margaret struggles tokeep her cheating husband(Lester Speight) and emotionallystrained family, from losing faith.

Commenting on the release, "Iobtained a script about faith andfamily, but created so muchmore," said Antonio James,award-winning Resolution SongDirector. "Faith is always chal-lenged, yet no one talks abouthow the family can be THE rea-

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The cries of a tragic death cannot muffle the sounds of racial discord!

“Well I got news for you, youain’t seen nothing yet. Glory,Glory! “[Lyrics Kirk Franklin-Stomp]. I tell you, Jesus lovesyou so much that He sent amessenger to warn you, that youare heading down the wrongpath. But naw, you find Sin sopleasurable that you want to bemad at the messenger. Well Boo,Boo, the message is and alwayswill be a straightforwardcommand to repent. A call for aradical, 180 degree turning fromSin. That is repentance. Insteadof getting mad you ought to belike the people who heard Peterin [Acts 2] and ask what

Simeon Booker to Be Memorialized atWashington National Cathedral

January 29

Resolution Song Sings Into StoresEverywhere By Tackling The GrayAreas Between Black & White RaceRelations

son you lose faith," he con-cluded, "Resolution Song showsthat dynamic."

Resolution Song completedproduction in 2016 as race, socialdivision and sexual transgres-sions echoed throughoutAmerica. In 2017, America becamethe forefront of race, social divi-sion, and sexual transgressions,all of which is part of ResolutionSong's theme and appeal.

With America's bipolar socialclimate into consideration, Reso-lution Song exposes racial ten-sion, challenges faith, and di-rectly questions the dynamics ofthe family structure by exploringthe aftermath of a tragic situation.Within Resolution Song, no oneis exempt of this tragedy, and simi-lar to today, it is everyone re-sponsibility to reclaim his or herfaith and forgive thy neighbor.The film also stars John J. York(General Hospital), KennedySlocum (Nickelodeon's WitzAcademy), and Ella Joyce (Set ItOff).

About Director Antonio James

Director Antonio James servesas president of Urbanstylz - anAfrican-American multimediacompany that distributes, pro-duces, and acquires independentfilms and music from around theworld with autonomous relation-ships. Urbanstylz is appended toseveral media companies such asSmith Global Media and Rock EmHard the label. Antonio James hasreleased two feature films, includ-ing Resolution Song, which haswon dozens of film festivalawards. For more information andtour dates, go to www.ustylz.com.

“For Those of You Who Think [I’ve]Gotten To Radical with My Message…?”

response was expected of them.Plainly, Peter told them…Repent,and let every one of you bebaptized in the name of JesusChrist for the remission of sin…[Acts 2:38]. So what’s yourproblem? No one is excludedfrom Jesus demand to repent.[Luke 13:3].

Listen, you can ignore the callof repentance if you want to, butGod will not be mocked. Thewages of Sin is death. Cleanseyour hands, you sinner, andpurify your heart, you double-minded. And know that if youcontinually refuse the salvationcall of Christ, one day you willdie and end up in Hell. “Submittherefore to God. Draw near toGod and He will draw near toyou. Otherwise, be miserableand mourn and wept; let yourlaughter be turned intomourning and your joy to gloom.The danger of knowing, but notobeying. Tragic!

Uprooting the Sources of HarassmentAmy JohnsonUCC Our Whole Lives Coordinator

that violence, to have deep andpainful conversations, and to in-sist that we all behave differentlywithin our new awareness.

We have the duty, as people offaith, to examine gender roles andstereotypes, to decry toxic mas-culinity, to respect true strength,and to foster compassion overcompetition.

We have the duty, as people offaith, to insist on people being re-spected for who they are as chil-dren of God, and not to be judgedfor the clothing they are wearingor the shapes of their bodies.

We have the duty, as people offaith, to examine the behaviorsand ideas that have maintained asystem so predictable andengrained that we send ourdaughters to programs abouthow not to get raped instead ofteaching our children how to trulyrespect one another.

To replant a garden with poi-soned soil will take time. It willtake commitment. It will take en-ergy and education. And it willtake a whole lot of faith.

It will require understandingand respecting people with whomwe disagree-- without infectingthem with name-calling, socialmedia shaming, or harassment inany form.

Seeing perpetrators fired andresigning may feel like justice, butdon't be deceived. And don't giveup. Real justice will be reapedwhen no one is less than, andwhen we live and work humblytogether, toward a just world forall people.

THE END AND BEGINNING OFTHE YEARS always find us in acritical period of transition inwhich, responding to the man-dates of our moral tradition andthe human urgencies of our his-tory as African people, we arecompelled to continue forwardand turn our best New Yearwishes into our most committedwork. And we must continue tomove forward with our work andstruggle, without surrenderingthe achieved good of our past,misreading the meaning and tasksof our present or sacrificing thepossibilities and pro-mise of ourfuture. In the tradition of the an-cestors, we must engage in a re-affirming and re-enforcing pro-cess and practice of remembrance,reflection and recommitment toour central mission to bring, in-crease and sustain good in theworld and enjoy the peace andprosperity central to this. Indeed,the Odu Ifa says, we must “Thinkdeeply about things, cultivatecharacter, acquire wisdom andcome forth and sacrifice so thatyou may have peace inside andout.”

Thus, as we reflect deeply onthe awesome tasks before us dur-ing the coming year, the pursuitand practice of peace must remaina central and ongoing goal. Thisis so, not only because of thegood of peace in and of itself, butalso because real peace requiresand presupposes the presenceand practice of other vital goods,i.e., justice, freedom, security andwell-being—personal, collectiveand material. Affirming this con-ception, the Husia praises an of-ficial for his Maatian, i.e., righ-teous behavior, saying “He hasdone good justice. He has madeand practiced peace for the onewho loves and wills it for its good-ness.” Moreover, even on thebattlefield, Ramesses II’s as-sembled soldiers counsel him topractice peace saying, “Exceed-ingly good is peace and there isno blame in it for those who prac-tice it.”

Thus, the pursuit and practiceof peace is a millennia-old moralemphasis and obligation in thesacred texts and social teachingsof African people and is posed asan indispen-sable social goal andhuman good, indeed vital to thewell-being of the world. For as theOdu Ifa says, “War ruins theworld.” And whether in New Yearreaffirmations and recommit-ments or in the daily longing andpractices in the lives of everydaypeople, peace has always had acenter place in the goods wishedand worked for in the interest ofour people, humanity and theworld as a whole.

So, we wish a good and lastingpeace for our people everywhereand for all the people of the world

New Year Wishes And Work: Pursuing AndPracticing Peace Los Angeles Sentinel, 01-04-17, p.A6

DR. MAULANA KARENGA

as well. Especially do we wishpeace for the people of theCongo, Somalia, Southern Sudanand Western Sahara; for thepeople of Haiti; and the Rohingyaof Myan-mar and for the peopleof Palestine, Yemen, Iraq, Af-ghanistan and wherever else warand waste, disease, deprivation,death and devasta-tion are dailyand persistent realities of life. Andwe wish for them, not the brutalpeace of the home-grown or im-posed tyrant or the criminal peaceof the invading army and apart-heid occupier, or the peace of cor-porate plunderers with their pri-vate armies and pilfered publicfunds, destroying lives and live-lihoods, fields and forests as anact of progress, security or someother well-tailored and media-ma-nipulated lie. Nor do we wish theimposed peace of the self-anointed overseas savior, pre-tending humanitarian aims of sav-ing the people from themselves,while relentlessly destroyingtheir lives, robbing them of vitalresources, violating their rightsand dignity, and structuringchaos, depen-dency and count-less other manufactured reasonsto remain or return in still morebrutal forms. NEW YEARWISHES AND WORK: PURSU-ING AND PRACTICING PEACELos Angeles Sentinel, 01-04-17,p.A6 DR. MAULANA KARENGA

ontrary, we wish for them apeace undergirded by justice, in-clusive of freedom, material,physical, psychological andspiritual well-being, security ofpersons and peoples, power ofpeoples over their own destinyand daily lives, and conditionsfor ongoing human development.Here, it is important to rememberDr. Martin Luther King’s distinc-tion between a “negative peace”which strives for the mere ab-sence of tension and a “positivepeace” which requires the pres-ence of justice. In a word, he says,“True peace is not merely the ab-sence of tension, but it is the pres-ence of justice and brotherhood.”

King offers here an echo of ethi-cal concern and focus put forthby Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune,who stated that her life’s vision,work and service have been dedi-cated to a “paradise of peace”,progress and plenty, achievedand assessed by “the great mea-suring rod of justice and fellow-ship.” Both Bethune and King,who follows her along this pathand pursuit of peace, insists onjustice as an indispensable ele-ment in any true and real conceptof peace, but they are also con-cerned with the quality of humanrelations—what King calls“brotherhood” and Bethune calls“fellowship,” a sense of humanrelatedness and respect that

leads to human solidarity andcooperation for common good.

Here it is important to under-stand and act on the sobering re-ality that peace must be practicedat home as well as abroad, in ourpersonal, family and communalrelations, as well as our societaland world relations. And so, wewish peace for every heart andhome, for every family and com-munity and for this society as awhole. For it is difficult, if not im-possible, to be at peace in ourhomes if we fear and are op-pressed through vigilante or offi-cial violence, if society is hostileto us and uses its police power toprofile, harass, imprison and sup-press us.

And we cannot be at peace inour families if we cannot walkfreely in the streets or feel securefrom the intrusion of violence fromoutside in our homes. Likewise,we cannot feel secure in our fami-lies and homes, unless each mem-ber renounces and rejects vio-lence as a way to relate to eachother and we all hold each otheraccountable. Thus, to talk ofpeace is first and foremost to talkabout the end of violence in rela-tionships, especially violenceagainst children, women, the dis-abled, elderly, and other vulner-able persons and groups of vari-ous kinds.

SEBA PTAHHOTEP TELLS USIN THE HUSIA that the violence

we do will return to haunt andharm us and can never yield agood and lasting end. Thus, headmonishes against use of terrorand violence to steal, rob andsuppress, and says to us “con-sider then living in peace (withothers) and what they would givewill come of itself.” Likewise, theOdu Ifa teaches us that “anyonewho does good does it for them-selves and anyone who does evildoes it against themselves”.Thus, we wish for all of us to beable to say, in the words of theHusia, “I spent a lifetime in per-fect peace”. Indeed, “my hearttaught me peace and guided meto excellence. For I spoke truth-fully and acted justly” in and forthe world and my Maatian (righ-teous) work, striving and strug-gling to bring peace and othergood in the world have been andare my essential witness and un-wavering way forward.

Dr. Maulana Karenga, Profes-sor and Chair of Africana Stud-ies, California State University-Long Beach; Executive Director,African American Cultural Center(Us); Creator of Kwanzaa; andauthor of Kwanzaa: A Celebra-tion of Family, Community andCulture and Essays on Struggle:Position and Analysis,www.AfricanAmericanCulturalCenter-L A . o r g ;www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org;www.MaulanaKarenga.org.


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scholarship are matched by theYoungstown State U Foundation,to which checks should be pay-able, at 655 Wick Avenue, Young-stown, Ohio 44502.

The biography of SimeonBooker is documented as followsat TheHistoryMakers.org:

Magazine and newspaper re-porter Simeon Saunders Booker,Jr. was born on August 27, 1918,in Baltimore, Maryland to RobertaWaring and Simeon SaundersBooker, Sr., a YMCA director andminister. After his family movedto Youngstown, Ohio, Booker be-came interested in journalismthrough a family friend, CarlMurphy, the owner and operatorof Baltimore's The Afro AmericanNewspapers.

In 1942, after receiving his B.A.degree in English from VirginiaUnion University in Richmond,Booker took a job at the The AfroAmerican Newspapers as a youngreporter. In 1945, he moved backto Ohio to work for the Call andPost. Five years later, Booker wasthe recipient of the Nieman Fel-lowship from Harvard Universityto study journalism and develophis talent as a reporter. After leav-ing Harvard in 1951, Booker be-came the first full-time black re-porter at The Washington Post.

In 1954, Booker was hired by theJohnson Publishing Company toreport on current events in itsweekly digest, Jet. In 1955, Bookerhelped to redefine the role of Jetand the entire Civil Rights Move-

ment with his famous coverageof the Emmett Till murder and trial,turning an all too familiar event inthe Deep South into a nationaltragedy that united the blackcommunity. Booker remained onthe dangerous front lines of theCivil Rights Movement, reportingon the 1957 integration of CentralHigh School in Little Rock, Arkan-sas.

In 1961, Booker rode with theCongress on Racial Equality(CORE) Freedom Riders throughthe Deep South. When the buseswere fire bombed in Anniston,Alabama, Booker arranged theFreedom Riders' evacuation withU.S. Attorney General Robert F.Kennedy. Continuing his work ofin-depth reporting, Booker touredVietnam and interviewed GeneralWestmoreland for Jet in the mid-1960s.

In 1964, Booker outlined the im-portance of the ongoing CivilRights Movement in his book,Black Man's America. Bookercovered every Presidential elec-tion since the Eisenhower Admin-istration in his fifty-three yearswith Johnson Publishing until heretired in 2007.

Among his journalistic hold-ings, Booker has also authoredfour books. They include a 2013memoir, Shocking the Con-science: A Reporter's Account ofthe Civil Rights Movement,which was co-written with hiswife, Carol McCabe Booker.

In 1982, Booker received one ofthe most prestigious awards injournalism, the National PressClub's Fourth Estate Award.Booker was honored with the Life-time Achievement Award from theNational Newspaper PublishersAssociation, The Black Press ofAmerica, in 2007. The NationalAssociation of Black Journalists'inducted Booker into its Hall ofFame in 2013. He also received acareer George Polk Award for life-time achievements in journalismand the top award among jour-nalists upon the 70th Anniver-sary of the Capital Press Club,proclaiming him "Dean of BlackJournalists, Iconic Trailblazer forJustice in America."

He is survived by his wife, Carol,and three children, TheodoreBooker, Simeon Booker III, andTheresa Booker. A third son,James Booker, died in 1991.


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this critical regulation is mis-guided. The federal government,states and local communitieshave been required by law since1968 to work to undo the segre-gated communities that federalhousing policy created in the firstplace. Suspending the tools thathelp communities meet that obli-gation, without any input fromkey stakeholders, is a step in thewrong direction.”

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“HUD’s decision to suspend acritical rule that has helped pro-mote fair housing across the coun-try is firm demonstration of Sec-retary Ben Carson’s hostility tofair enforcement and implementa-tion of the Fair Housing Act. Wewill not stand by idly as HUDworks to roll back the importantgains that have been made to pro-mote fair housing opportunitiesacross the country.”

The groups said that HUD’s an-nouncement today is a seriousloss for fair housing and puts thepromise of making every neigh-borhood a community of oppor-tunity further out of reach. Theycalled on HUD to reverse its de-cision, withdraw this notice, andmove ahead with implementationand enforcement of this impor-tant fair housing rule. They alsowe called on Congress to providepolicy and budgetary oversightof HUD to ensure it is deliveringon the promise of fair and equi-table housing.

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mestic ViolenceNational Urban LeagueParalyzed Veterans of AmericaPFLAG NationalPolicyLinkPoor Peoples Economic Human

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tion CouncilPride at WorkProsperity NowPublic Advocates Inc.Public CitizenSmart Growth AmericaTechnical Assistance Collabo-

rativeThe Arc of the United StatesThe Leadership Conference on

Civil and Human RightsTransgender Law CenterTreatment Communities of

AmericaUnidosUS (formerly National

Council of La Raza)United Way Worldwide

This statement can be foundonline here:

https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-rights-housing-and-commu-nity-development-organizations-urge-hud-maintain-critical-fair

The Public Health Officer isstrongly encouraging Countyresidents to get the flu shot. Ini-tial influenza reports have sharplyincreased nearly 300% in the lastweek, going from 38 reports to 150reports. Within the last twoweeks, the County has also con-firmed three (3) flu-related deaths.

“These deaths are a reminderthat the flu can be serious andsometimes deadly,” said Dr. Max-well Ohikhuare, Health Officer.“Flu shots are the most effectiveprotection from the flu, and it’snot too late to get one.”

In light of the recent sharp in-crease of influenza activity, get-ting vaccinated, and proper handwashing are your best bet to pre-vent the flu. A flu vaccine is thefirst and best way to protect your-self and the people around youfrom influenza and its potentiallyserious complications. Once vac-

Health Officer urges county residentsto get the flu shot

cinated, it takes approximatelytwo weeks before you are fullyprotected against the flu. An in-fluenza vaccine is especially im-portant for pregnant women andthose with immune-compromisedsystems, children, and the elderly.

Getting vaccinated against theflu can reduce flu illnesses andprevent flu-related hospitaliza-tions or unnecessary trips to theemergency room. Residents areencouraged to visit their primarycare physician or urgent care ifthey have flu-like symptoms. Ifyou get sick with flu symptomsand are at high-risk of flu compli-cations, or you are concernedabout your illness, call yourhealth care provider for advice. Ifyou go to the emergency roomand you are not sick with the flu,you increase your risk of getting

Judge Rules in Favor of Obama Rule That WillHelp 200,000 Low Income Families in 2018

A federal judge has ruled in fa-vor of the Obama rule to be ex-ecuted starting January 1, 2018.This is great news to low-incomefamilies because they will havemore chances for better housingin a more affluent neighborhood.

The rule, created on Obama-era,was intended to separate regionsof concentrated poverty in twodozen metro regions, from Atlantaand Charlotte to San Diego andHonolulu. It would work by con-sidering the rental costs in par-ticular neighborhoods, as op-posed to averaging it to over awhole metropolitan area. Throughthat, it is much easier for low-in-come families to afford betterapartments in a well-to-do neigh-borhood with good schools,higher-paying jobs, and lowercrime rate.

Previously, public rental assis-tance for low-income familiesusually allow them to reside onlyin segregated communities withhigh-poverty rates. The Section8 vouchers that they receive areeither not accepted by individuallandlords or too low to cover therent in more affluent communities.

On November 2016, after yearsof research and public debate,then-HUD Secretary Julian Castroissued a rule requiring houseagencies in 23 metro areas to takeon "small area fair market rents"making way for a redestributionof voucher value, higher govern-ment subsidies for units in moreaffluent neighborhoods, andlower subsidies for apartments in


the flu from those who have it.In addition to getting the flu

vaccine, prevent the spread of ill-ness by following these steps:

· Stay home when you aresick to avoid spreading illnessto others

· Cough or sneeze into yourelbow or a tissue and properly dis-pose of used tissues

· Avoid touching your eyes,nose, or mouth

· Wash your hands oftenwith soap and water, especiallyafter a cough or sneeze. Alco-

hol-based hand sanitizers may beused if soap and water are notavailable

· Avoid close contact withsick people

· Contact your medical pro-vider for treatment options

To find a flu shot clinic nearestyou visit http://flushot.healthmap.org. For infor-mation on where to get a flu shot,contact your medical provider orcall the County of San BernardinoDepartment of Public Health at 1-800-722-4777.

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poor communities.However, late last year, Ben

Carson, the secretary of U.S. De-partment of Housing and UrbanDevelopment under the Trumpadministration, announced thatthe rule will be postponed forabout two more years to allow therecent administration to fully un-derstand it and prepare for thechanges. Many civil rights orga-nizations rallied against it andsued the Trump administration.

Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell, ap-pointed by Barack Obama to theU.S. District Court for the Districtof Columbia, found HUD's deci-sion to be "arbitrary and capri-cious." On December 23, Howell

stated that there are no enoughreasons for the delay and that itwould negatively affect the plain-tiffs wanting to move to a safersuburban community.

This restored rule will give bet-ter opportunities for more than200,000 families to choose whereto live.

"This represents a new oppor-tunity for tens of thousands offamilies with housing vouchers,"said Philip Tegeler, president andexecutive director of the Poverty& Race Research Action Coun-cil. "It's about the right to choosewhere to live and the right not tobe segregated. Good housingpolicy does not confine families

to high poverty neighborhoods."The NAACP Legal Defense

and Educational Funds, one ofthe groups that disputed HUD'sattempts to delay the rule, alsothought that it's about time thatthe blacks, Latinos, and all otherlow-income Americans have anfair righst in all aspects, includ-ing housing settlement.

"Suspending this rule was yetanother attack by this administra-tion on communities of color,"said Sherrilyn Ifill, the presidentand director-counsel of NAACP."By restoring the prior rule, thisinjunction is a key step towardexpanding equal opportunity inall aspects of American life."

Former President Barack Obama

The Indefensible and Unjust State ofAmerica's Children Demands Action

to End Child Poverty NOW!

Submission Deadline For Press Release ForPublication Is Mondays By 5pm

Please Email To:[email protected]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It isa national disgrace that childrenare the poorest Americans. TheChildren's Defense Fund's TheState of America's Children® 2017details the immoral and prevent-able poverty, homelessness, hun-ger, health problems, poor edu-cation and violence plaguing chil-dren who are America's responsi-bility and future.

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The most recent data suggest:

Child Population: The U.S. has73.6 million children. Children ofcolor, who are disproportionatelypoor, will be a majority of our chil-dren by 2020.

Child Poverty: Nearly 1 in 5 chil-dren are poor—more than 13.2million. Nearly 70 percent of poorchildren are non-White.

Income and Wealth Inequality:Unjust income and wealth in-equality is soaring. Since the endof the Great Recession, income ofthe top 1 percent has grown 27percent compared with 8 percentfor the bottom 99 percent. Whitefamilies' average wealth is seventimes greater than Black families'and five times greater than His-panic families'.

Housing and Homelessness:More than 1.2 million publicschool children are homeless, ex-cluding younger children andyouths not enrolled in school

Child Hunger and Nutrition:Nearly 1 in 5 children—14.8 mil-lion—live in food-insecurehouseholds.

Child Health: Despite progress3.9 million children lack healthcoverage and Congressional in-action in funding the Children'sHealth Insurance Program (CHIP)places nearly 9 million at risk oflosing coverage.

Early Childhood: Only 5 percentof eligible infants and toddlers arein Early Head Start and 54 per-cent of eligible 3- and 4-year-oldsare in Head Start.

Education: The majority of allpublic school fourth and eighthgraders cannot read at gradelevel. More than 75 percent of

Black, Hispanic and American In-dian/Alaska Native children can-not read at grade level.

Child Welfare: Every 47 sec-onds a child is abused or ne-glected, and the number of chil-dren in foster care is increasingrapidly as the opioid crisis spinsout of control.

Juvenile Justice: Every day2,805 children are arrested—oneevery 31 seconds.

Gun Violence: Eight childrenand teens are killed with gunsdaily. Gun violence is the leadingcause of death for Black childrenand teens.

The report addresses the direneeds facing children in PuertoRico and the U.S. Virgin Islandseven before the hurricanes; offersa portrait of immigrant children;and describes how America ranksamong rich countries for invest-ing in children. Despite our greatwealth, the U.S. lags behind otherindustrialized nations in invest-ing in our children and consis-tently ranks among the worst onkey child outcomes. We shouldbe ashamed.

"This is one of the scariest timesAmerica's children have faced inthe struggle to level the playingfield as the last 50 years ofprogress in child health coverage,nutrition, and education are un-der assault," said Marian WrightEdelman, president of theChildren's Defense Fund. "Weshould be building on what weknow works and moving forward,not backwards, to improve theodds for children who need ourprotection. We urge the Americanpublic to stand up and stop thiswar on children now."

Download The State ofAmerica's Children® 2017 and avolume of one-page factsheetssummarizing children's status inindividual states, the District ofColumbia and nationwide here.

The Children's Defense Fund'sLeave No Child Behind® missionis to ensure every child a HealthyStart, a Head Start, a Fair Start, aSafe Start, and a Moral Start inlife and successful passage toadulthood with the help of caringfamilies and communities.

The Weeknd, ‘Deeply Offended’ by‘Coolest Monkey’ Ad, Severs Ties withH&MOther celebrities are also criticizing the retailer, including LeBron James,who said, “We as African Americans will always have to break barriers.”

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The fallout from H&M’s racistadvertisement on the globalcompany’s U.K. website featur-ing a Black boy wearing a greenhoodie with the phrase “CoolestMonkey in the Jungle” continueswith Grammy Award-winning art-ist The Weeknd tweeting to hismore than 8 million followers thathe will no longer work with thebrand.

The Weeknd addressed theSwedish retailer, which is led byCEO Karl-Johan Persson and hasan all-white board of directors, inthe following tweet Monday af-ternoon:

The Weeknd

@theweekndwoke up this morning shocked

and embarrassed by this photo.i’m deeply offended and will notbe working with @hm anymore...

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Retweets 248,557 likes

The Weeknd, born AbelTesfaye to Ethiopian immigrants,had previously partnered withH&M on two collections — its2017 Spring Icons campaign andXO, a fall 2017 collection that hedesigned. He has an estimated


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Golden Globes: A Stunning Lack of Gender andEthnic DiversityOprah says, “A new day is on the horizon,” but results show that horizon may beon Mars.

By Kaitlyn D'Onofrio / January 8, 2018

The 2018 Golden GlobesAwards placed a huge focus onsexual harassment awareness tak-ing the entertainment industry bystorm. But diversity once againtook the backseat as nearly allwhite winners accepted awards.

Of 25 awards given, 10 (not in-cluding best foreign film) are notgender-specific. Of these 10, onlyone was given to a productionwith only a female director. Threeof them had a mix of white maleand female directors. Guillermodel Toro, who won best directorfor a motion picture, is fromMexico.

No films or shows with Blackdirectors won, and all the showsand movies that garnered awardshad at least one male director onboard (with the exception of“Lady Bird,” which won for bestmusical/comedy and was directedby Greta Gerwig).

Denzel Washington lost for hisrole in “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” “GetOut,” Jordan Peele’s critically-ac-claimed racial film, garnered noawards. Mary J. Blige and HongChau both lost the award for BestSupporting Actress for their re-spective roles in “Mudbound”and “Downsizing.”

Anthony Anderson did not re-ceive the best television perfor-mance by an actor award for a mu-sical/comedy for his part in“Black-ish”; however, Aziz Ansarimade history as the first Asianactor to win in this category forhis role in “Master of None.” Simi-larly, Sterling K. Brown becamethe first Black actor to win bestperformance by an actor in a TVseries drama for his role in “ThisIs Us.”

Despite the usual lack of diver-sity that accompanies most awardshows, Oprah Winfrey delivereda powerful, noteworthy speech.

Winfrey on Sunday became thefirst Black woman to receive the

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Cecil B. DeMille Award — andonce again raised hope and specu-lation that she would also becomethe first Black woman to becomepresident.

Winfrey opened her speech byrecalling being a little girl andwatching Sidney Poitier win theOscar for best actor in 1964.

“Up to the stage came the mostelegant man I had ever seen,”Winfrey shared. “I rememberedhis tie was white, and of coursehis skin was black, and I’d neverseen a Black man being celebratedlike that.”

“In 1982, Sidney received theCecil B. DeMille Award right hereat the Golden Globes, and it is notlost on me that at this moment,there are some little girls watch-

ing as I become the first Blackwoman to be given this sameaward.”

She thanked various peoplewho helped her along in her ca-reer, from her beginnings as a hoston “AM Chicago” to playingSofia Johnson in “The ColorPurple.”

She then spoke about the “com-plicated times” we live in.

“What I know for sure is thatspeaking your truth is the mostpowerful tool we all have,” shestated.

Winfrey acknowledged that thereality of women facing sexualabuse and assault is “one thattranscends any culture, geogra-phy, race, religion, politics orworkplace.”

“So I want tonight to expressgratitude to all the women whohave endured years of abuse andassault because they, like mymother, had children to feed andbills to pay and dreams to pur-sue. They’re the women whosenames we’ll never know. They aredomestic workers andfarmworkers. They are working infactories and they work in restau-rants and they’re in academia,engineering, medicine and sci-ence. They’re part of the world oftech and in politics and business.They’re our athletes in the Olym-pics and they’re our soldiers inthe military. And there’s someoneelse: Recy Taylor, a name I knowand I think you should know,too.”

Taylor was a Black woman inAlabama who in 1944 was ab-ducted and gang-raped by half adozen white men in Alabama whileshe was walking home fromchurch. The men blindfolded herand left her on the side of the road.Her attack was reported to au-thorities, but two separate juries— both consisting of all white men— failed to indict any of the rap-ists, despite the fact that some ofthem confessed to their crimes.Taylor passed away last monthjust days before her 98th birth-day.

“She lived as we all have lived— too many years in a culturebroken by brutally powerful men.And for too long, women have

not been heard or believed if theydared speak their truth to thepower of those men,” Winfreysaid of Taylor.

“But their time is up. Their timeis up! Their time is up.”

Winfrey ended her speech bydeclaring this “a new day.”

“So I want all the girls watchinghere and now to know that a newday is on the horizon! And whenthat new day finally dawns, it willbe because of a lot of magnificentwomen, many of whom are righthere in this room tonight, andsome pretty phenomenal men, arefighting hard to make sure thatthey become the leaders who takeus to the time when nobody everhas to say ‘me too’ again. Thankyou.”

Winfrey spoke with anotherpowerful Black woman followingher speech, according to The LosAngeles Times:

“#MeToo founder TaranaBurke, who accompanied actressMichelle Williams to the cer-emony, was visibly moved afterWinfrey’s speech.

Burke told The Times afterwardwhat transpired when Winfreyspoke to her.

’She thanked me and gave me ahug and said something like,‘We’re doing it together.’ It meantso much to me because when Iwas in the early days of doingworkshops with women, it wasOprah and Gabrielle Union whosestories I used.’

‘So to hear her say #MeToo upthere was such a full-circle mo-ment,’ Burke added. ‘I don’t evenwant her for the presidency. I justwant to create something new forher.’”

Hardly for the first time, calls forWinfrey to make a White Housebid were renewed. Many celebri-ties took to Twitter to give theentertainment mogul an early-birdendorsement.

(HOUSTON, JAN.07 2018) -Houston native storyteller andcommunity leader CourtneyJáPaul Glaudé makes his feature-length debut with Blink in March.The award-winning writer andproducer’s short film, Row, wasrecently recognized with the LosAngeles Short Film Festival BestShort Drama 2017 honor. WithBlink, Glaudé brings his passionfor filmmaking to the next level.

Blink follows Nailah Belle asshe tries to navigate the depthsand effect of domestic violence,discovering that the calmest seasare often the most turbulent be-low the surface. From the outside,the meticulous facade of Nailahand husband Derek’s relationshiplooks perfect. Those in the com-munity don’t suspect the violenceit takes to maintain that immacu-late front.

Nailah’s class doesn’t imaginethat Derek verbally and physically

net worth of $30 million.H&M, the world’s second-larg-

est fashion retailer, removed theimage from its U.K. website onMonday and issued an apologyafter threats of boycotts beganon social media.

"H&M: have you lost yourdamned minds?” New York Timescolumnist Charles Blow tweeted.

On Tuesday morning, the com-pany issued a statement on Twit-ter, again apologizing.

“We understand that manypeople are upset about the imageof the children’s hoodie,” thestatement said. “We, who workat H&M, can only agree.”

The company said it “regretsthe actual print” and in additionto removing the photo of thehoodie from its websites thesweatshirt will be removed fromthe product line, and the “mis-take” is being investigated.

H&M

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NBA superstar LeBron Jamestook to Instagram Monday to criti-

cize H&M.

“H&M you got us all wrong!”James said on his account thathas more than 34 million follow-ers. “And we ain’t going for it!Straight up! Enough about ya’lland more of what I see when Ilook at this photo.

I see a Young King!! The rulerof the world, an untouchableForce that can never be denied!We as African Americans will al-ways have to break barriers,prove people wrong and workeven harder to prove we belongbut guess what, that’s what welove because the benefits at theend of the road are so beautiful!”

Artist Chris Classic created theimage James included with hisstatement.

Classic said in an Instagrampost Monday that he didn’t wantto see “this young king’s faceanymore with the shirt he washired to wear by H&M.”

He continued, “I’m almost cer-tain the Persson Family and their$31 billion won’t care in Swedenbut… this lil’ guy will see his picsand the mockery one day be-cause the Internet doesn’t erase.So I just hope he gets to see this


Award-winning short film creatorCourtney Glaude releases feature-lengthdebut in partnership with AMC Theaters

beats Nailah in the endless, andultimately impossible, thepursuitof perfection. Although life maylook flawless, Nailah’s storyshows how everything canchange in just one blink.

Domestic violence affects a star-tling number of people in theUnited States, with the NationalCoalition Against Domestic Vio-lence reporting that 1 in 3 womenand 1 in 4 men have experiencedphysical violence by an intimatepartner. Though Texas family vio-lence programs received morethan 170,000 hotline calls in 2016,the topic of domestic abuse stillcarries a shameful stigma.

The film explores these issuesand explores the psychology be-hind abuse including why some-one may turn to violence, as wellas the science of behavior sur-rounding why a person may stayin an unhealthy relationship and

continue to be subjected to abu-sive behavior.

Blink will premiere at selectAMC theaters in Houston, March2-9. It is Green Eyed Theater’s firstfeature-length film, sure to inspireconversation about this impor-tant topic throughout the commu-nity and beyond.

Green-Eyed Theater is a Hous-ton-based independent film pro-duction company that recognizesthe importance of creative andhonest storytelling.

For additional information,please contact Green Eyed The-ater [email protected].

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one or any like it that celebratehim.”

Questlove, a member of the hiphop band “The Roots,” inferredto his 1 million Instagram follow-ers on Monday that the adver-tisement stemmed from a lack ofdiversity in H&M’s boardroom.

“I’m sure the apologies are acoming,” he said. “And the adswill be pulled. I’m certain there will

be media fixers and what not andmaybe a grand gesture like a do-nation to some charity (donationsunder these circumstances arethe corporate version#SomeOfMyBestFriendsAremove if there ever was one) allthis tells me about @HM is thatthe seats in the boardroom lacksomething … wanna take aguess?”


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