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PULSE OF THE COMMUNITYQuestion and Photos by Yvonne Kemp

“Today’s teacher mustbe compassionate; will-ing to build relation-ships with students andfamilies. They must belife-long learners andhave a strong belief inthe children they serveand their ability to achieve at high levels.”

Tonya Adair

“To be an impactfulteacher you must pos-sess a great attitudeand be willing to gothat extra mile to knowyour students. If you be-lieve in them, they willbelieve in themselves.”

Angelena Terry

“Empathy, not sympathy. Passion, endurance, inspiration, (a) toughskin and a ‘why’ over‘how’.”

Kwabena Nixon

“Teachers should have alove for children and apassion for what theydo. They are parentsoutside of a child’shome and have a lot ofinfluence in their lives.Teachers are specialpeople and we shouldtreat them that way!”

Mark Sain

Cory L. Nettles, founder and managing director of GenerationGrowth Capital, Inc., was recently named 2016 Business Championby the African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin(AACCW) during its inaugural “Breakfast of Champions” at thePfister Hotel downtown.

A well-respected business leader, Nettles was recognized for his passionate devotion to eco-nomic development and wealth creation in the African American community. The keynotespeaker for the breakfast was Melvin J. Gravely II, Ph.D. Graveley is the founder of the Institutefor Entrepreneurial Thinking, Ltd.

With more than 25 years of business management, sales and strategy experience, includingFortune 500 companies, Gravely spoke on the subject of his latest book, “The Capacity to Suc-ceed: Fulfilling the Mission of Minority.” The Breakfast of Champions is the AACCW’s firstfundraising event aimed at bringing the greater Milwaukee community together to support itsmission and to honor a local business leader who is passionate about economic developmentand wealth creation in the Black community. Also honored during the breakfast were BaderPhilanthropies, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, and WeEnergies. They were recognized for theircommitment to supporting organizations dedicated to business development leading to job cre-ation and for building bridges in communities of color. (More photos on page 2)

It’s Timeto “PLAYBALL!”Future Major League stars

did a little showin’ off as theyparaded from Fifth and Cham-bers Streets to James BeckumPark and Ballpark during theannual Beckum Stapleton Lit-tle League Opening Day Pa-rade. The event is highlyanticipated by players, theircoaches and parents whostrive to keep “America’s Pas-time” alive and well in thecommunity.--Photos by Yvonne Kemp

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:“What qualities do you think a person has

to have to be a teacher today?”

INSIDE: FOODSHARE’S WAR ON THE POOR (Page 3)

Local business leader Cory Nettles honored at inaugural AACCW “Breakfast of Champions”

AACW “Breakfast ofChampions” 2016“Business Champion”Cory L. Nettles of Gen-eration Growth Capital, Inc.

Nettles (second from left) holds his Business Champion award with (left to right): Dr. Eve Hall, AACCW president andCEO; Jim Milner, AACCW board chair; event co-chairs Peter Faigin, president of the Milwaukee Bucks; Mary Ellen Stanek,Robert W. Baird & Co.; and John W. Daniels, Jr., Quarles and Brady, LLP

Nettles and Hall. Nettles thanks the audience dur-ing his acceptance remarks.

Business management strategistand author Melvin J. Gravely, IIPh.D keynotes breakfast.

All photos byYvonne Kemp

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The Milwaukee Community Journal May 11, 2016 Page 2Green Bay Packers,HaHa Clinton-Dix, willlead Walk for ChildrenMay 14thEvent marks 27th annual walksupporting Milwaukee’s NextDoor organization

More than 1,000 people are expected to attend thisyear’s Walk for Children Saturday, May 14th. Theevent supports Next Door, an award-winning providerof early childhood education in Milwaukee’s CentralCity since 1969. The agency also offers valuable par-ent services to help theentire family succeed.

This year, we arethrilled to welcomeGreen Bay PackersSafety, HaHa Clinton-Dix, to lead the one-milewalk. Registration opensat 9 a.m. at Next Door’sHeadquarters at 2545 N.29th Street. The walk be-gins at 10 a.m.

“Playing for a Wisconsin team, I want to give backto the state that has given me so much,” Clinton-Dixsaid. “Joining Next Door is an honor because they dosuch important work to help kids in need get readyfor school and life.”

Adults who attend the walk can enter a free raffleto win a “Selfie” with Clinton-Dix. A separate rafflefor children will feature tricycles as the prize.

Next Door will also debut its Books for Kids Mo-bile Library at the walk. Children can stop by and se-lect a free book to take home. Next Door wants tothank the Harley-Davidson Motor Company for do-nating the Mobile Library, which we will use through-out the year to deliver books to all of our sites. Otherwalk festivities include children’s games, live musicfrom Milwaukee’s Eddie Butts Band and free lunchfor registered participants.

This year’s Presenting Sponsor is Harley-Davidson.Other walk sponsors include:

Bostik, Caterpillar, Children Community HealthPlan, Comfort Company, Corporate Central CreditUnion, Helwig Carbon, Johnson Controls, KelbenFoundation, Manpower, Northwestern Mutual andRexnord.

AKA PlaygroundMobilization andBackpack Impact DayAnnounced

MADISON – Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s Upsilon MuOmega chapter will be holding their Playground mobilizationand backpack impact day this month.

The event will take place May 21 at the Thurston WoodsCampus, 5966 N. 35th St., from 8:30 a.m. until noon.

AKA’s efforts are designed to provide high impact programsto provide healthy environments and improve the quality oflife in underserved communi-ties.

State Sen. Lena Taylor ofMilwaukee will be on hand tohelp in the endeavor. As anAKA member, Senator Taylorpartners with AKA on their ef-forts. The group will join thou-sands of fellow AKA membersacross the nation to help 1,908community and school play-grounds with their “Restore,Refresh, Renew” project. Thisyear, the group will build a new floral garden at ThurstonWoods Campus’ playground.

Local elected officials will be in attendance to thank the vol-unteers for their important work.

23rd Annual Black-N-Blue Ball Aimsto Raise $1 Million.To Help Fight Muscular Dystrophy

More than 1,300 business, community and civic leaders are put-ting their muscle behind raising critical funds to save and improvethe lives of kids and adults with muscular dystrophy, ALS and re-lated life-threatening diseases that severely weaken muscle strengthand mobility. Together with presenting sponsor Harley-DavidsonMotor Company, MDA Southern Wisconsin will host the 23rd An-nual Black-N-Blue Ball on Friday, May 20. The popular charitablegala continues to grow and this year, it is hoping to raise $1 Millionthrough sponsorship, auctions and attractions.

MDA will present the inaugural Personal Freedom award toWillie G. Davidson for his dedication and contributions to the or-ganization. Jann Carl, best known for her 14 years at EntertainmentTonight, will serve as the emcee for the evening and MDA’s newlyappointed National Goodwill Ambassador, Joe Akmakjian, 24, willalso attend.

Around The Town PHOTOOPS

AACCW’sBreakfastof Champions

Black breast cancer survivors made their presence known as they participated in the recentAmerican Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Milwaukee walk, presented byKohl’s. The walk raises awareness and funds for the American Cancer Society to invest in breastcancer research.--Photo by Yvonne Kemp

Photos byYvonne Kemp

Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin and The Salvation Army recently teamed up to pro-vide fee dental screenings to the community at the Salvation Army’s headquarters,1645 N. 25th St. Also offered at the event were onsite health screenings, men andwomen health guide, children well check guide, and preventative health care informa-tion. Pictured above are (left to right): James K. Cho, DDS checking the teeth ofJashawn Lee and Jada Love while (standing, left to right) Molina Quality InsterventionSpecialist III Jay Turner, Molina Associate Program Manager Weaam Kahabka, SACommunity Outreach represenative Gary Jones and Dental Hygenist Joanne Maleklook on.--Photo by Yvonne Kemp

Molina Health Care provides free dental screening at Salvation Army

Sen. Taylor Clinton-Dix

Sistas walk against Breast Cancer

Dorothy Day famously said “The Gospel takes awayour right forever, to discriminate between the deservingand the undeserving poor.” Sadly, Wisconsin state poli-cymakers have been manufacturing and deployingweapons in their war on the poor.

Their effectiveness is in the ability to embed the ideaof a worthy/unworthy distinction in the public mind whileplacing as many people as possible into the later category.For the last year, the FoodShare Employment and Train-ing Program (FSET) has distinguished itself as the a-bomb of this specialized arsenal. 

FSET has been around for years. Its purpose is to helppeople who receive FoodShare find work through assist-ing job searches and providing training and supportiveservices.

While some people have found employment throughthe program, many enroll in the program to get a free buspass. It may not have been helping as many individualsenter or advance in the workforce as the middle and upperclass hoped, but it was not a means of punishing thosewho lack privilege. 

This changed on April 1, 2015, when a work require-ment for FoodShare eligibility took effect. Since that day,individuals ages 18 to 49 who are physically and mentallyable to work and don't have dependent children have toprove to the state they're doing at least 80 hours permonth of work-related activity.

Those who work at least half-time can fulfill the re-quirement through their employment, and the rest can ei-ther fulfill it through FSET participation or receive threemonths of FoodShare benefits and then become Food-Share ineligible for three years.

Against my better judgment I took a position workingfor ResCare, Inc, the for-profit human services firm con-tracted by the state to administer the FSET program inMilwaukee and six other counties in southeastern Wis-consin. I was not unaware that the new policy would leadto individuals losing FoodShare.

But, I naively thought I'd be helping others to improvetheir lives through employment (as if selling one's wakinghours to an employer is an improvement!), or at leastmaintain their FoodShare eligibility through FSET par-

PERSPECTIVESPERSPECTIVESThe Milwaukee Community Journal May 11, 2016 Page 3

I rejoiced when I heard last weekthat there is a possibility America’sBlack Holocaust Museum may soonreopen.

Not just because I worked with itsfounder, James Cameron, and thusknew of his ambition to keep alivethe museum that brought to Milwau-kee and America the atrocities thatshaped this country and continue tomold Black America.

The museum closed nearly adecade ago. As with other historicBlack institutions, various govern-ment and philanthropic entities, in-cluding the city, promised, at thetime, they would work to reopen it iffor no other reason than its status asan anchor for the Bronzeville project.

But, you know what usually hap-pens when the government promisesstuff to Black people…

But a development project that willreceive WHEDA funds has openedthe door for a new home for the mu-seum, thus returning it to a physicalexistence versus its currentdigital/online state.

I’ve visited the website, but itdidn’t do justice to actual viewing ofartifacts and images of the “GreatMaafa,” which Cameron, the onlyknown survivor of a lynching, hopedto bring to light.

The author, philosopher and edu-cator conceived a museum thatwould bring awareness to the GreatMaafa—from the shores of theMotherland, to his survival of alynching attempt during his youth inIndiana, to his discovery of a KluKlux Klan outfit found in a housenear Villard Avenue a few decadesago.

Cameron’s vision was to educateAfrican Americans about our sur-vival amid apartheid, including someof the worse atrocities inflicted on apeople simply because of the color ofour skin.

The Holocaust Museum, whichsome Whites found offensive be-cause it was a reminder of their an-cestors’ role in the atrocities that puta stain on America’s great promise.

We desperately need the museum,not just to remind and inform Whitefolks, but also to educate sleepingand ignorant Black people aboutwhere we came from—and what wecontinue to go through—and how wesurvived.

But, my jubilation was not merelybecause Cameron’s dream may soonbe restored, but also because its res-urrection may spark a new museumaddition that highlights the lastdecade during which a significantnumber of Black institutions andbusinesses were swallowed up dur-ing a socioeconomic tsunami, thatmay some day be viewed as a socioe-conomic holocaust of sorts.

Seems like one day we were con-trolling key organizations that em-powered Black residents throughservices and programs.

We wrote out checks from one oftwo locally owned Black banks. Weate at one of a half dozen Blackrestaurants and Black arts groups en-tertained us.

We spent every first weekend ofAugust at the lakefront, enjoying andimmersed in our unique cultural of-ferings at the premiere African ethnicevent in America.

But then we woke up and theywere gone, some through their ownineptitude or corruption, others as aresult of a political paradigm shift.

And others as a byproduct of a co-ordinated effort to not only shift re-sources to non-Black entities, but tointroduce Band Aides for the myriadof Black problems while creatingjobs for White missionaries whowould become poverty pimps.

Who knew that they offered a col-lege course called “Poverty Pimpol-ogy 101”?

The college course—offered atseveral “liberal arts” colleges, was anintroduction to an insidious schemethat keeps the poor poor, underminesAfrican American culture and keeps“victims” dependent upon servicesthat make them comfortable in theirmisery.

The true beneficiaries of thisscheme are the organizational em-ployees, many suburban and suppos-edly liberal whites, mostly whiteliberals who would probably neverventure into the central city were itnot for a payday—and I’m not talk-ing about the candy bar.

Those of us who paid attention andrecognized the ramifications of thedemise of Black entities tried to warn

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On May 19th, the County Board’s Finance,Personnel & Audit Committee will be meetingto vote on whether to fund the newly createdOffice on African American Affairs. I recentlysent a letter to every member of that Commit-tee urging them to approve the County Execu-tive’s request to fund the Office.

Many of us in the African American communityfeel that approval of this item isvitally important because it willprovide greatly needed fundingfor the new Milwaukee CountyOffice on African American Af-fairs.

The Office was created by theBoard and County Executive to address the“County’s racial inequities for the benefit of all of itscitizenry, and for the region to achieve its full poten-tial.”

The mission is ambitious, and the County willneed dedicated staff to succeed in the work of mak-ing this Office successful. The Board and CountyExecutive set aside monies for Office staff in the2016 County budget. Previous attempts by theCounty Executive to transfer these monies to the Of-fice, however, have not yet been approved by theBoard.

I have discussed the critical issues facing the

African American community with County Execu-tive Abele and have confidence in his ability to leada collective effort to help address these challenges.Whether its workforce development, transportation,criminal justice reforms or other disparities; the workof the Office on African American Affairs has a gen-uine opportunity to make a positive difference on theissues confronting the African American Community.

The County Executive has made it clear that focus-ing attention on the African American community isone of his highest priorities. He understands that ourMilwaukee County metropolitan area cannot reachits full potential unless all parts of our communitycan thrive and be successful. I know that some havequestioned whether the County Executive is seriousabout his intentions to aggressively address theAfrican American community issues or whether hewas just making statements to win an election. How-

ever, his actions speak louder than words and I amconvinced that he is determined to build an Office onAfrican American Affairs that can tackle our dispar-ity issues in an impactful, measurable, long-termmanner.

I support County Executive Abele on his efforts toobtain funding for the Office of African AmericanAffairs and hope the honorable members of theCounty Board will vote to help ensure the Office cansucceed in its mission. The County Executive hasdemonstrated the sense of urgency that our leadersmust have on this issue, and I hope that the CountyBoard is able to make that same demonstration byfunding the Office on African American Affairs.

SIGNIFYIN’SIGNIFYIN’By Mikel Kwaku Oshi Holt

“My right hand hasn’t seenmy left hand in 30 years…”Burt Lancaster, “Sweet Smellof Success” (1957)

According to an old saying, “poli-tics makes strange bedfellows.”Thus, might Dr. Ben Carson be Don-ald Trump’s vice presidential runningmate? Or, if he were to be elected,might Trump appoint Carson as Sec-retary of Health and Human Serv-ices?

As distasteful as it is, the bombasticbillionaire businessman is now a lockas the Republican nominee for pres-ident of the United States. And iron-ically, Carson now is helping to vetpotential candidates in Trump’ssearch for a running mate.

Carson may be supporting Trump -- who dissed him with the other GOPcandidates -- because Trump stoodup for him during the Iowa primary when the campaignof Texas Sen. Ted Cruz falsely hinted to voters in eachprecinct that Carson had dropped out.

So with the guessing game going full blast, mightTrump select a Black or Latino for the second spot on histicket? Given his reputation as insensitive to racial mi-norities and women, this is the operative question.

A primary example was the case of New York City’sinfamous Central Park jogger rape of April 19, 1989.Trump called for the death penalty for five Black andLatino teens accused -- but innocent -- of raping a 28-year-old White woman.

On May 1, 1989, Trump, paid $85,000 for a scurrilous,600-word, full-page-ad in four Manhattan daily newspa-pers. But after spending eight-to-13 years in prison, theyouths were exonerated and their convictions thrown outwhen the real rapist confessed. They filed a wrongful con-viction suit against the city, seeking $250 million. Afterthey were awarded $41-million in 2014, Trump sprunginto action..

True to his leanings, Trump objected to the city’s finan-cial settlement with the five young men, despite their in-nocence having been proven. “My opinion on settlementof the Central Park Jogger case is that it’s a disgrace,” hesaid. “A detective close to the case, and who has followedit since 1989, calls it ‘the heist of the century.’” Ugh!

Fast forward to 2016 and, despite his crazy ideas,Trump is the party’s standard bearer vs. Hillary Clintonin November -- a scenario none of us could have imag-ined. Seeking to temper his reputation as a bigot, he maychoose a Black or Latino VP running mate.

Enter the retired Dr. Carson -- a 64-year-old, ex-Repub-lican presidential candidate who, unlike Trump, has al-ways enjoyed a high favorable rating. To the surprise ofmany, Carson has endorsed Trump and speaks on his be-half at selected campaign events.

What would Carson add as number two on a Trumpticket? Well, his laid-back, intellectual persona wouldcontrast to the brusque Trump. And his professional cre-dentials would be difficult for Hillary’s expected all-White Democrat ticket to match.

The foremost event of Carson’s sterling, up-from-the-bootstraps career occurred in 1987 when, as a Johns Hop-kins pediatric neurosurgeon, he was the first doctor in theworld to successfully separate conjoined (Siamese) twinsat the brain. In 2008, he was awarded the PresidentialMedal of Freedom.

As a high-profile, Black Republican, Carson’s namewould bring his own numerous supporters across raciallines. Prior to dropping out of the presidential race, hisno-nonsense campaign attracted a wide spectrum ofAmericans. In addition, a Trump-Carson ticket could at-tract Black voters who, for decades, have been in lock-step for Democrats.

While the soft-spoken Carson offers a breath-of-fresh-air contrast to the boisterous Trump, he demonstrated afeisty side in the initial, August 6, 2015 debate on FoxNews Channel, when he felt disrespected after rarelybeing called on. When finally asked a question near theend, he sarcastically -- and righteously -- told the moder-ators he wondered if he’d ever get an opportunity tospeak. And the crowd loved it.

Indeed, Carson’s 2015 campaign stature was boostedby measured performances in the first two nationally tel-evised GOP debates. While most of the other dozen-pluscandidates relentlessly hammered each other, he confi-dently kept his composure, got off a couple of memorablephrases -- and looked calm, cool and collected.

Yet, Carson’s controversial remarks last September onNBC’s “Meet the Press” drew lots of news media fire. Hewas asked: “Do you believe Islam is consistent with theConstitution?” His reply: “No. I would not advocate that

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FoodShare Employmentand Training (FSET) and the Myth of the Undeserving PoorArticle by XAR 1060 via the Casa Cryonline newsletter of Casa MariaCatholic Worker

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was written by anindividual at first believed to have an associationwith the state’s FoodShare Employment andTraining (FSET) program and ResCare, Inc. a for-profit human services firm contracted by thestate of Wisconsin to oversee the program in Mil-waukee and six other counties in SoutheasternWisconsin. Further investigation revealed thewriter of this article is not associated withResCare as first believed because of the byline,which is a code used by the company to identifyan employee. Though we use the XAR1060 bylinefor this article, we are also crediting the source ofthe story, Casa Cry, an online newsletter for CasaMaria Catholic Worker, a grass-roots ministry thatis part of the Catholic Worker movement startedin New York City in 1933 by Dorothy Day andPeter Maurin. The Milwaukee ministry was startedin 1966 by Annette and Michael Cullen. It is lo-cated at 1131 N. 21st St. The ministry focuses onwomen and children in need of short-term hous-ing, refugees and asylum seekers, and familieswith longer-term needs.Casa Maria Catholic Worker also participates in

protests and other social justice campaigns thatcontribute to the well-being of society, as well asexperimenting in urban gardening.

Could Ben Carson be DonaldTrump’s VP running mate?By Richard G. Carter

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GUEST EDITORIALGUEST EDITORIALBy Ralph Hollmon, President and CEO of the

Milwaukee Urban League

President of MilwaukeeUrban League urgesCounty Board to approvefunding for Office onAfrican American Affairs

Exam of our collapsedinstitutions worthy ofa museum exhibit

Trump CarsonEditor’s Note: Though this article mentions Dr. Carson aspart of Trump’s transition team, a recent report has Car-son announcing he is NOT a part of the GOP front run-ner’s transition team.

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RELIGIONRELIGION

We often call this Feast the Birth-day of the Church. We no longerhide behind locked doors, but weboldly preach Good News to the peo-ple.

The reading from Acts shows usthe reversal of the story of Babel inGenesis, when the building of thestairway to heaven was thwarted bycausing people to no longer under-stand each other. The buildingstopped.

Here, in Acts, the fact that peoplespoke different languages didn’tthwart the preaching of Good Newsto every language, every people. Thewhole world could now understandthe preaching of Good News of sal-vation.

Paul reminds us that the gift of the Holy Spirit gives uslife. “If the Spirit of God who raised Jesus from the deaddwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead willgive life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit thatdwells in you.”

John has Jesus say that the Father will give us an “Ad-vocate” once He leaves us. And that Spirit will be withus forever.

To do what? Certainly the Spirit is not for our ownkeeping. The “Jesus and me forever and ever” fallacy isnot why Jesus came into this world.

Yes, personal devotion is necessary and helps deepenour love of Jesus. But the only way we can truly love,however, is to give it away. The more we really believewe are loved by God, the more we will be urged to sharethat love.

I think one of the best representatives of how God’slove works, is Pope Francis. You can tell that he knowsdeep down that a merciful and forgiving God loves him.An he is forced then to give that love away, especially to

the poor and those now displaced from their homelandby war and genocide.

Pope Francis gets it after a life of trying to figure it out,just as we have to do.

Since this blog is written for the Milwaukee Commu-nity Journal, let me speak to my sisters and brothers inMilwaukee.

You have your work cut out for you. The amount ofviolent crime, the amount of poverty and lack of hope thatexists sometimes not too far from your own home, needsthe love of God as only you can deliver it.

Get involved. The issue of police-community rela-tions, unbelievable numbers of African Americans still inWisconsin prisons, Black Lives Matter, failing schools,and just huge numbers of poor and homeless people, allcome under the urgent call to love and help make thingsright.

Empowered by the Holy Spirit, the great gift given tous at our Baptism and Confirmation, we are equipped tobring Good News to those now seem to have none.

Happy Birthday Church!

Pentecost Sunday

Lamb of God holds Gala celebrating 60 yearsof a purpose-filled ministry in the community

Lamb of God Missionary Baptist Church celebrated in praise and song 60 years of service to the community with agala at the Wisconsin Club, 6200 N. Good Hope Rd. Singer Opal Staples provided inspiration in song with a spirit-filledperformance that brought the audience of Lamb of God members and representatives of other local baptist churchesto their feet. Pictured at top is (from left to right, back row): Pastor Archie Ivy, Pastor Mark Smith, Pastor ChristopherBoston (of Lamb of God MBC), Pastor Robert Wilson, Pastor Louis Sibley, and pastor John R. Walton. (Seated, left toright): First Lady Jeanette Ivy, guest singer Staples, Lamb of God First Lady Tonnie Boston, First Lady Ernestine Wilson,First Lady Barbara Sibley, and First Lady Lorrie Walton. --Photos by Yvonne Kemp

BREADIN THE WILDERNESSBy Fr. Carl Diederichs,St. Lucy/ St. Luke Catholic ChurchesHouma-Thibodaux, LA

My Sisters and Brothers, the scripture readings assigned forPentecost this year are: Acts 2: 1-11, Romans 8: 8-17, and John14: 15-16, 23b-26. The message of all three readings is clear:The Holy Spirit fills all Christians and all become children ofGod and the same Holy Spirit teaches all.

“Yes, personal devotion is necessary and helpsdeepen our love of Jesus. But the only way wecan truly love, however, is to give it away. Themore we really believe we are loved by God, the

more we will be urged to share that love.”

The Milwaukee Community Journal May 11, 2016 Page 4 The Milwaukee Community Journal May 11, 2016 Page 5Last week for residentsto apply for MilwaukeeCounty Energy Assis-tance ProgramResidents urged to schedule appointments to apply for assistance prior to May 15.

The Milwaukee County Department ofHealth and Human Services (DHHS)’sEnergy Assistance Program deadline isquickly approaching. Eligible residentsmust schedule an appointment to applyprior to May 15 to receive the benefits ofthe program.

“We are pleased to have served morethan 56,000 households to date with thisyear’s program,” says DHHS DirectorHéctor Colón. “While the state is downin applications this year due to thewarmer winter, Milwaukee County iscontinuing to increase the number ofhouseholds served by this program. Weare very proud to provide this service toease the burden of utility bills for our res-idents in need.”

The Wisconsin Home Energy Assis-tance Program, also known as WHEAP,is a state program that is administered inMilwaukee County by DHHS. WHEAPprovides a one-time payment for eligibleresidents, covering a portion of their en-ergy costs.

Eligible residents can schedule ap-pointments to apply for WHEAP prior toMay 15, 2016. They can call 414-270-4-MKE, or going online to www.energyas-sistancemke.org. There are also flexiblewalk-in options at our four service loca-tions, Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 7:30p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. – noon:

North - 4906 W Fond du Lac Avenue(Fond du lac and Capitol)

Downtown - 728 N James LovellStreet (7th and Wisconsin)

South – 2701 S Chase Ave (betweenLincoln and Oklahoma)

West Allis - 6761 W Greenfield AveThe Energy Assistance Program has

also expanded phone service capacity toaccommodate the increase in applicantsscheduling appointments over the phoneas an effort to decrease wait time in linesat locations.

For residents who are unable to sched-ule appointments prior to May 15, theymay still be eligible for crisis services. Toget more information, these residentsshould call 414-270-4-MKE, or visit ourwebsite at www.energyassistancemke.orgafter May 15 to learn about their optionsfor assistance outside of the energy assis-tance period.

For more information on Energy As-sistance or to schedule an appointment,visit www.energyassistancemke.org.

folks, but either out of political blindness or ignorance, our criesfell upon deaf ears.

OIC, CYD, Urban Day School, Inner City Arts Council,African World Festival, and you may as well add to the list theLegislative Black and Hispanic Caucus. Like smoke from oneof those vapor cigarettes (or the blunts I see too many Blackteens smoking), they were gone.

And the lost businesses? Legacy and North Milwaukee StateBank top the list. And what about Stellas, Fred Jones’ car deal-ership, IHOP, Lincoln Mobile…the list goes on, and on and on.

You could weep a few tears over the lost revenues flowingout of the Black community, but my heart also goes out to thelost jobs and opportunities at both non-profit and for-profit en-tities.

The demise of OIC (Opportunities Industrialization Center)stung the deepest.

Not only have hundreds of jobs been lost, including severalscores of professional positions, but also millions of dollars havebeen redirected away from our community to the suburbs, orother “minority” neighborhoods.

With little uproar, and even less anger by Black politicianswho were elected to safeguard those institutions, the corner-stones of our community went the way of movie theaters androller rinks in the central city.

Some of those institutions committed suicide of sorts. OICimploded in a cloud of corruption. Several people went to prisonbefore the cloud rescinded.

But there was more to that story. OIC was the primary funderof several cultural endeavors, including important media com-ponents and the African World Festival.

OIC also served as one of the state’s largest training groundsfor Black professionals, whose services and expertise empow-ered dozens of smaller groups and hundreds of individuals.

It is not a coincidence that most of those Black professionalshad to move outside Milwaukee and the state to find employ-ment commiserate with their valuable skills.

That was both a result of Milwaukee’s historic hostility to up-ward mobility for African Americans, as a well as the culture ofthe non-profit sector, which allows few people of color throughtheir locked doors.

There’s another part of that story that has escaped publicscrutiny.

None of them were involved in the corruption at OIC, a soapopera of fraud and venality that included kickbacks and misap-propriation of funds and other vices that resulted in several in-dictments and the imprisonment of a powerful Black politician.

When the smoke cleared on OIC’s implosion, the umbrellaorganization was on the auction block, thousands of poor wereleft without services, and dozens of Black professionals wereleft unemployed.

For many the story ended on that tragic note. But what hap-pened next was even more alarming.

Tyrone Dumas was named interim director in an attempt tosave the organization. I helped with a plan to reorganize theboard, restructure the organization, and introduce a partnershipwith city, county and state government. Surprisingly (or maybenot so) the only politician to agree to work to keep OIC alive

was the Republican county executive. The Democratic mayorand governor turned their backs and not by coincidence OIC’svarious programs were divided up among White agencies.

OIC’s demise, the shift in resources and control of povertyprogramming didn’t stop there. Harambee Ombudsman lostfunding to a White agency that told funders it could do a betterjob running programs for Black Milwaukeeans than Black ad-ministrators. White arts organizations followed that paradigmand took funds away from the Inner City Arts Council and Ko-Thi.

CYD (Career Youth Development) found itself in a similarsituation. With the death of its founder, the politically connectedJeannetta Robinson, the powers-that-be quickly vamped onCYD and before you could blink your eyes…poof, it was de-funded and its programs shifted to missionary agencies.

The political scheme to reward its liberal white supporterswas foretold when a major anti-pregnancy grant targeting Blackteens was awarded to a White suburban agency that admitted itdidn’t have employees willing to work in the central city.

The solution? Subcontract with some of the same Black agen-cies they took the money from.

Don’t be confused by what is going on here.It is no coincidence that SDC (the Social Development Com-

mission) has lost its largest grants for poverty programs to Whiteand Hispanic agencies.

Further note, when SDC lost its Head Start contract to anotheragency, it had a snowball affect that is still reverberating. SDCcontracted with several Black agencies—serving Black peo-ple—including Northcott Neighborhood House and Urban DaySchool. Northcott is suffering, and Urban Day is closing as a re-sult.

Neither found a receptive ear from the agency that took overthe Head Start program.

Observers who are not tied to a political party that sustainsthe poverty pimp paradigm, or who have no financial stake inthe non-profit community, see this phenomena for what it is: atwo sided coin that does not bode well for the Black commu-nity.

Some of the financial shift is based on capturing financial re-sources to sustain organizations. White agencies generally come

out on top because they have the connections, the resources andthe political backing.

As resources (spelled poverty program grants) started to dwin-dle a decade ago when Republicans controlled the legislature,competition for the dollars intensified and Black agencies cameout on the short end of the stick.

The other side of the coin is more ominous. Some of thoseagencies have as their mission appeasement, making the poorcomfortable in poverty; versus empowering them to left them-selves out of their circumstances.

The lesson here is that the missionary agencies need povertyto continue in order to make money. To empower the poor is towork yourself out of business.

The Democratic Party, unfortunately, has been a partner inthis crime. That’s why whenever a proposal is introduced to em-power the poor, our “friends” and “benefactors,” shoot it down,telling us they know what’s good for us.

And since Black politicians are almost exclusively Democ-rats, most sing those lyrics without understanding the melody.

Some observers believe the school choice controversy pro-vided an example of this social dichotomy. The program, at itsvery essence, is about resources, and who should control them,the educracy—teachers union—or parents, who can controlwhere to send their children (like parents with income do, in-cluding Barack Obama).

Some Black parents chose to abandon the public school sys-tem (taking their tax money with them) for the private schoolsbecause they felt those schools better educated their childrenand empowered them to boot.

Now, interestingly, more and more White run schools aredominating the school choice system. That’s not to say theyaren’t performing, but here again, you find few Black adminis-trators in charge.

A similar scenario could be said of Black businesses. Com-petition is at the core of capitalism, so it is not surprising thatmany Black businesses are overrun by large White corporations.

A case can also be made that most of the Black businessesthat went under of late—particularly Legacy and North Milwau-kee State Banks, died from self-inflicted wounds (with ammu-nition supplied by a failing economy, and Wall Street collapse).

Our corner grocers sold out to foreign interests, and the restau-rants may have died due to poor marketing and poor businessdecisions.

It cannot be over looked, however, that Milwaukee, despitebeing a minority majority city, does not have a business partic-ipation program, nor does local government prioritize Blackbusiness development and sustainability. That’s why the best-kept non-secret is that scores of relocated Black businesses findsuccess elsewhere.

If we want to slow the demise of Black institutions, or providea blueprint for business success and community empowerment,we need to study where we’ve been and how we got here. Andsince that story would best be an exhibit of tragedy and deceit,political intrigue and backstabbing, the Black Holocaust Mu-seum would be an appropriate place to house it.

Hotep.

Our collapsed institutions worthy of a museum exhibit(continued from page 3) “...when SDC lost its Head Start

contract to another agency, ithad a snowball affect that isstill reverberating. SDC con-

tracted with several Black agen-cies—serving Black

people—including NorthcottNeighborhood House and

Urban Day School. Northcott issuffering, and Urban Day is

closing as a result.”

The Milwaukee Community Journal May 11, 2016 Page 6MPSAsked toSay YES toProtect PublicSchoolsOpportunity Schools Partner-ship Program Launches Website to Inform Public onProposal to Keep Funds, Stu-dents, and Employees in MPS

Milwaukee County ExecutiveChris Abele and Dr. Demond Means,commissioner of the OpportunitySchools Partnership Program createdby state legislature last summer, arereaffirming their commitment to pro-tecting Milwaukee Public Schoolswith a proposal that would retain en-rollment at MPS schools, and the as-sociated millions of dollars withinthe district, while also protectingMPS jobs.

The proposal ensures that 1) teach-ers and employees at strugglingschools would retain their status asMPS employees, while retaininghigh licensing standards, ensuringthey remain members of their unionand keep their MPS employee bene-fits, including healthcare and retire-ment; 2) students would remainenrolled in MPS; and 3) per-pupilfunding received from the statewould be returned back to MPS.

Another key component of the pro-posal is a commitment to implement-ing a community schools model.Some schools within MPS are al-ready utilizing a community schoolsmodel, in partnership with the UnitedWay.

It is our goal to use this samemodel to learn best practices fromthese schools and others around thecountry that have been successful inimproving outcomes and makingtheir school the center of a thrivingcommunity.

This model engages families andcommunity members as integralpieces of the puzzle in setting highgoals for educational performance,providing support for educators, andin achieving success in school and in

life. This model can also address is-sues outside of the classroom that im-pact performance in the classroom,such as mental health, transit, hous-ing, and economic security by wrap-ping services around children andtheir families.

MPS now has a choice. They cansay YES to keeping OSPP schoolspublic and retaining funding withinMPS or, if they say NO, in order tocomply with the law, the schools willbe taken from the district and mil-lions of dollars will be lost.

MPS is being asked to come to thetable to work out an agreement forsaving public schools, teacher jobsand student enrollment in MPS,while attracting more resources andsupport to turn around low perform-ing schools.

“A partnership with MilwaukeePublic Schools would allow us to putmore resources and support into the

district, without disrupting MPS stu-dents or employees,” County Execu-tive Chris Abele said. “I urge MPS tocome to the table and work out an in-tergovernmental agreement with usthat will prevent millions of dollarsfrom being lost. Losing this fundingunnecessarily puts the rest of the dis-trict at risk.”

Regarding school participation inthe OSPP program, the county exec-utive has confirmed several timesover the past few months that hewould commit to just one school en-tering into the OSPP program for thefirst year.

He and Dr. Means have confirmedagain to MPS that the proposal theyhave submitted is for just one schoolto enter the OSPP program. Whilethey wish to partner with MPS inidentifying which one school that is,both Dr. Means and the county exec-

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The NBCC Foundation, an affiliateof the National Board for CertifiedCounselors (NBCC), recently se-lected Daniel Cruz Lattimore of Mil-waukee, Wisconsin, for the NBCCMinority Fellowship Program-Youth(MFP-Y).

As an NBCC MFP-Y fellow, Lat-timore will receive funding and train-ing to support his education andfacilitate his service to underservedminority populations, with a specificfocus on transition-age youth (ages16–25).

The NBCC MFP-Y is made possi-ble by a grant awarded to NBCC bythe Substance Abuse and MentalHealth Services Administration(SAMHSA) in September 2014.

The Foundation is contracted byNBCC to administer the NBCCMFP-Y, as well as training and col-laboration activities, such as webi-nars, that are open to all NationalCertified Counselors (NCCs).

The goal of the program is to re-

duce health disparities and improvebehavioral health care outcomes forracially and ethnically diverse popu-lations by increasing the number ofavailable culturally competent be-havioral health professionals.

The NBCC MFP will distribute$8,000 education awards to Latti-more and the 30 other master’s-levelcounseling students selected to re-ceive the fellowship award.

Lattimore is a graduate of the Uni-versity of South Florida, in Tampa,

and is currently pursuing a master’sdegree in the clinical mental healthcounseling program at MarquetteUniversity, in Milwaukee.

Upon graduation, Lattimore willenter a doctoral program to cultivatehis interests in positive psychology,resilience, and therapeutic humor.

He will aim to work with minoritypopulations in university, workplace,and community settings, primarilywith people of color.

Being awarded this fellowship willallow Lattimore to broaden his mul-ticultural knowledge, increase hiscapacity for empathy, strengthen hisversatility in treating underservedpeople, travel to conferences, net-work with professionals within thefield, and establish platforms for so-cial justice.

The Foundation plans to open thenext NBCC MFP-Y application pe-riod in September 2016. To learnmore about the NBCC MFP and itsfellows, please visit www.nbccf.org.

Daniel Cruz Lattimore Awarded$8,000 Counseling FellowshipFrom NBCC and Affiliates

Daniel Cruz Lattimore

“Every child deserves a cham-pion: an adult who will nevergive up on them, who under-stands the power of connectionand insists they become thebest they can possibly be.”--Rita Pierson, on the PBS program,“TED Talks Education”

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utive are not willing to consider im-plementing OSPP in a school alreadyusing a community schools model.

“The issues impacting low-per-forming schools are too complex andtoo entrenched for any one entity tofix on its own,” Dr. Demond Meanssaid.

“We all care about our publicschools and want our kids to have thebest possible opportunities. This pro-posal ensures that Milwaukee PublicSchools retains its seat at the tableand is an active partner in engagingcommunities to support our publicschools and helping our kids get theeducational experience they de-serve.”

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Solitarily DefinedSpirit of graceMagnified insightStrength through loyaltyWalls of trustYouthful beautyDetermined rationaleEvenly weightedMama – You are one of a kind!Zelda Corona-Vision RepresentsFaith

MamaThe first person we met going in and out ofthe womb.The name we shouted out loud when KING the

mad dog got after us.The woman we turn to for wisdom.The band aid queen of our boo boos as kids.The heart aid queen of our wounded hearts asadults.The way maker of all of our dreams.Our biggest cheerleader even when we fail.Most beautiful inside and out.Mama.Sonya M. Bowman“It Is What It Is”

HEARING AND LISTENINGI heard the following from my Ma and Pa Pul-ley every day:

"You only come this way once...So you betterbe right out here""Treat people the way you want to betreated""Don't take nothing that doesn't belong toyou"

"Respect your elders""Do you hear me""Are you listening"With the way of the world..."Are you Hearingand Listening"???Tara R PulleyKeeping it Real

YOU ONLY GET ONE…Sista Speak. . . ”Speak Lord!”

Zelda Corona

Sonya Bowman

Tara Pulley

Mayor Barrett’sCeasefire Sabbath Kicks-Off ThursdayMayor to be Joined by Police Chief, Members ofthe Faith Community atChurch Breakfast

Mayor Tom Barrett, MilwaukeePolice Chief Edward Flynn and faith-based leaders will gather Thursdaymorning at the Way of the Cross Mis-sionary Baptist Church to discussspreading a message of non-violencein the community during the week-end’s Ceasefire Sabbath that takesplace on Sunday, May 15.

The Milwaukee Police Department(MPD) will work to gather faith lead-ers to participate in its Pastors Acad-emy, a program designed to betteracquaint pastors with the practices ofMPD.

Additionally, information will beshared about how faith leaders canget involved in the Adopt-A-Blockproject.

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ticipation. I had good intentions, but misjudged the intentions at

play in the new policy   Three months after the work re-quirement took effect, 15,000 Wisconsin residents be-came FoodShare ineligible, and only about 4,500 foundemployment as FSET participants. State representativeMark Born said that the new policies were working as in-tended, stating, 

"The FSET program was created to help guide able-bodied adults back into the workforce, or put them on thepath to gainful employment while remaining on Food-Share."

If the new policy was working as intended, the num-bers suggest that the intention was not to get people work-ing, but rather to justify terminating FoodShare. 

My heart broke when I saw the reported numbers.These people who were going to be having trouble feed-ing themselves and their families.

My heart broke again when I saw how my coworkers

responded to the same news. The name “ResCare” is sup-posed to mean “respect” and “care,” yet those meant tobe carrying out that mission only expressed judgment andresentment for those who lost FoodShare.

Other than myself, very few at the firm seemed to seethe outcomes as a failure of ResCare or the state, or evento question how they happened. The accepted view was,and is, that those cut off are undeserving of public assis-tance. End of story.

There was, and is, little discussion among ResCare staffabout the state's and ResCare's lack of effort to commu-nicate the policy changes to FoodShare recipients. Mostpeople at risk of losing FoodShare only received a coupleof letters with confusing wording and a phone call fromResCare's scheduling department.

Announcements through mass media channels, clearexplanations by Income Maintenance workers, and mail-ings that made the situation unambiguous did not hap-pen.  

There was, and is, little discussion among ResCare staff

acknowledging that many people are unable to participatein FSET because they don't have access to transportationto attend an orientation and get enrolled.

Certainly this is a challenge even in areas with busservice. But in suburban and rural areas that don't havepublic transit, not owning a car probably means someonewill become FoodShare ineligible. 

There was, and is, little discussion among ResCare staffof the fact that for people who already work more than20 hours a week, are physically or mentally unable towork, or otherwise qualify for exemption from requiredFSET participation, changing their status to exempt is alow hurdle race that many don't have the stamina to fin-ish.  

There was, and is, little discussion among ResCare staffof racism, education, the prison industrial complex, andother conditions that push the disadvantaged into poverty.The myth of the undeserving poor is driven deep into theviews of the ResCare workers who, superficially, aremeant to be helping FoodShare recipients “reach their

highest level of independence.”   Like ResCare employees, the general Wisconsin public

has been largely uncritical of FSET and the FoodSharework requirement.

But my experience has led me to believe that this is be-cause the general public is not widely aware of or doesnot understand the policy changes.

Policymakers have failed to address the lack of secure,family-supporting jobs, the lack of educational opportu-nities, the criminal justice system that disproportionatelyaffects those who lack privilege, the lack of access totransportation, and institutional racism. Indeed, they seemto fail to even acknowledge these matters as problematic,and Wisconsin citizens have been excluded from the di-alogue.

In a socioeconomic situation like ours, attempting toaddress unemployment by shouting “TRY HARDER” atthe poor can only lead to shame, discouragement, andlarge numbers of people losing what little means theyhave to feed themselves.

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FoodShare Employment and Training (FSET)and the Myth of the Undeserving Poor

we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutelywould not agree with that.”

On ABC’s “This Week,” he said: “When you havesomething that is against the rights of women, against therights of gays, subjugates other religions, and a host ofthings that are not compatible with our Constitution, why,in fact, would you take that chance?”

In early October, Carson caused more controversy say-ing some of the nine victims of the Oregon communitycollege massacre might have survived by rushing the

shooter, and that he’d have stood up to the gunman. Helater said: “I will not be politically correct.”

Strongly critical of the news media’s interpretation ofhis sentiments, Carson later said this to the National PressClub: “You’re down there with used car salesmen…”

So Carson can be tough, and Trump has to know hemay really need him to have any chance of attractingBlack voters. But would Carson accept the second spot? Stay tuned.--Milwaukee native Richard G. Carter is a freelancecolumnist

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Obama Urges Howard Graduatesto Continue Needed ChangePresident Barack Obama told the graduates of one of the nation’s leading historically

black universities that America is "a better place today" than it was when he graduatedfrom college, but more work needs to be done and urged them to be involved in thepolitical process if they want to see change. "When you don't vote, you give away your power," Obama said told the more than

2,300 graduates of Howard University. "Change is the effort of committed citizens ...Change requires more than speaking out; it requires listening to those with whom youdisagree, and being prepared to compromise."

2016 Senior Signing Day! Friday, May 27Witness a Historic 5-Peat at 2016 Senior Signing Day!“Three-peat” is a well-known term honoring three consecutive championships in a sport. The Merriam-

Webster Dictionary defines “three-peat” and even “four-peat.” It has yet to define five-peat, likely be-cause it is a rare occurrence in sports. The scholars at HOPE Christian High School have achieved afive-peat with lasting impact: For the fifth consecutive year, 100 percent of HOPE’s graduating seniorshave been accepted to college.The seniors will be signing their letters of intent to the colleage of their choice on Friday, May 27, in the

HOPE Christian High School gymnasium, located at 3215 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. Teh signing isscheduled to take place at 2 p.m.To date, the 38 seniors scheduled to graduate in June 2016 have received 102 college acceptance let-

ters. That number is expected to increase as graduation approaches, along with the scholarship and fi-nancial aid dollars awarded to these students.HOPE Christian High School is a part of the HOPE Christian Schools network, serving nearly 2,000

students (K-12) throughout the Greater Milwaukee area. HOPE’s mission is exemplified by the 3 Cs—Christ. College. Character.® We’re committed to providing all of our scholars with a rigorous faith-basededucation that prepares them to get ‘to and through college’ and to lead with strong character. For moreinformation about HOPE, please visit us online at hopeschools.org.

From left, presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett, civil rights activist and businessleader Vernon Jordan, President Barack Obama, Howard University PresidentWayne A. I. Frederick and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. --All photos by Cheriss May,Howard University News Service.

Howard grad holding up a copy of President Obama’s autobiography during com-mencement.

. Vernon Jordan, a legendary figure in the civil rights movement, presentedPresident Barack Obama with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at HowardUniversity's commencement ceremony

““TTHHRREEEE--PPEEAATT””!!

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