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QUESTION OF THE WEEK:“Is the Black communitytoo busy focusing on Dr.King’s ‘dream’ and not

focusing enough attentionon making his dream a

reality?”

PULSE OF THECOMMUNITYPhotos and question by Yvonne Kemp

SHANEE’ JENKINS: “It is time for our commu-nity to focus on the present and the future by mak-ing Dr. King’s dream a reality. We have made someimprovements. Fifty years later, however, we can-not be satisfied. With continuous issues still witheducation, poverty, and other challenges, includinghuman trafficking! Dr. King set the tone; spoke ofthe challenge and we must work at tackling themdaily!”

TONIT M. CALAWAY: “One is not exclusiveof the other. We are trying to take care of basicneeds and the energy to do that makes it hard tomove forward. The greater community has to step-up our game to help make change!”

VICTOR BARNETT: “I don’t think we spendtoo much time focusing on the Dr. King dream; hedeserves all that. But we do need to spend moretime on actions and efforts he would have

While Our Community Celebrates

the Drum Major ofPeace and Justice...

...The Fight for Justice Continues!

Craig Stingley, the father of Corey Stingley, who died while being de-tained by three men after he tried to shoplift alcohol in West Allis sev-eral months ago, condemned the decision by Milwaukee County DistrictAttorney John Chisholm to not charge the men in his son’s death. Sting-ley spoke at a news conference held at the 27th Street Library wherehe and other community activists, including the Nation of Islam, calledfor Chisholm to step down or be fired by Milwaukee County ExecutiveChris Abele. The U.S. Justice Department is now considering whether ornot to look into the case. (Yvonne Kemp photo)

D: The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center and Milwaukee County Parksheld a celebration in honor of the center’s namesake. There were performances bythe Gye Nyame Children’s Dance Ensemble (pictured above at left), as well asdance groups representing Native Americans, Asian. Milwaukee Circuit Court candi-date Cedric Cornwall poses with Ron Preston, who is an Apache Indian (who per-formed a “Grass Dance”) and Irene Correa, another performer. Also pictured atleft is the staff of the King Center. (Photos by Yvonne Kemp)

DARNELL Y. BENNETT: “Yes, I believe thatthe work Dr. King did has left a major mark andleft big shoes to fill. Society has placed a few ob-stacles that many people often find difficult toovercome. The boldness to stand-up and speak areovercome by feelings of fear of how the people ofour society will react.”

C: The Wisconsin African American Women’s Cen-ter hosted the annual KingFest. The keynotespeaker was renowned author, historian and pro-fessor Dr. Leonard Jeffries, who is pictured in thecenter holding a proclamation presented to himon behalf of the mayor and Common Council byAld. Ashanti Hamilton (at left). With Jeffries andHamilton is Janette Herrera, the organizer of theevent. Pictured at left is noted poet KwabenaNixon performing one of his poems in honor ofDr. King and his championing non-violence andequality. (Photos by Yvonne Kemp)

B: The YMCA held its 17th annual Dr. MartinLuther King Breakfast at the Wisconsin Con-vention District Center. Pictured at right arethe winners of the Northwestern Mutual Foun-dation Poetry and Spoken word contest (leftto right): Alex D. Green, Jazmin Carrasquillo,Ayanna Bennett, Marco Humphrey, Jr. (centerphoto): Victor Barnett, president of the Run-ning Rebels youth organization received theBMO Harris Bank’s Lincoln Gaines Award. Hewas presented with the award by BMO’s An-thony Hudson. (far right photo): ThePotawatomi Bingo Casino Diversity award waspresented to Children’s Hospital. Bob Duncanof Children’s accepted the award, which waspresented by Potawatomi’s Rodney Ferguson.(Photos by Yvonne Kemp)

A: Milwaukee Club Frontiers International,Inc. held its Drum Major Award Luncheon atthe Wisconsin African American Women’sCenter, 3020 W. Vliet St. This year’s awardwinners were 9th grader Martinez Milton(second from left) and 10th grader AnthonyLa Point. with the winner are (far left) She-lia Payton from Cong. Gwen Moore’s office,who presented certificates to the students;Marchelle Odom of North Division HighSchool; and Johnny Moutry, president ofthe Milwaukee Frontiers. (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

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PERSPECTIVESPERSPECTIVES QUOTE OF THE WEEK:“Our lives begin to end the daywe become silent about thethings that matter.”

--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Gov. ScottWalker and stateGOP fall short on public safety

eadly violence in Milwaukeestreets disrupts communities inevery corner of the city. Families

who have lost loved ones to senseless vi-olence have cried out to law enforcementand local officials demanding help.

According to Forbes Magazine, Milwaukee is the 10th most dan-gerous city in the United States, with a crime rate of 1,295 per100,000.

We’re barely into the last year of Governor Scott Walker’s firstterm, but it’s already abundantly clear that Scott Walker’s back-ward approach to public safety has not changed since his days asMilwaukee County Executive.

Back then, Scott Walker took chunks out of Milwaukee’s publicsafety budgets and allowed dozens of funded positions to go un-staffed even as he lauded the importance of public safety in Wis-consin’s largest city.

Now, as governor, Scott Walker and his administration haveagain failed to serve the people of Milwaukee and Wisconsin. Mil-waukee’s ShotSpotter program, which allows law enforcement otefficiently and accurately trace and respond to gunfire, is the latestcasualty of Walker’s budget-slashing frenzy.

ShotSpotter has a proven track record of success. In June 2013,the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that between May 23 andMay 27, the system detected 54 incidents, a 30% reduction in de-tected gunfire since the program’s 2012 Milwaukee launch.

In spite of this, the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Com-mittee upheld Governor Walker’s decision to reject a communitypolicing grant for $445,000 to expand ShotSpotter during the 2013-2015 budget approval process.

In the wake of the decision, Police Chief Edward Flynn accusedWalker of attempting to turn Wisconsin’s lagging economy aroundby facilitating the decline of the state’s biggest city.

In typical fashion, Walker spokesperson Jocelyn Webster re-sponded to Flynn’s words by providing lip-service to the issue,calling the governor a friend to taxpayers whose goals are set onimproving the quality of life for the people of the city.

Joint Finance Committee co-chair Senator Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, also attempted to reaffirm Walker’s motivations, claim-ing that the rejection was motivated by a desire to create jobs.

The Walker administration’s rhetoric simply doesn’t match real-ity. Today, crime continues to plague Milwaukee’s neighborhoods,while job growth lags well behind the national average.

Last week, Republicans’ fervent defense of Walker’s decision toundercut ShotSpotter seems to have vanished. In what can only bedescribed as a sudden change of heart, the Assembly committed tomatch Milwaukee County’s $175,000 funding of the program.

While any amount of money toward ShotSpotter represents animportant step toward a safer Milwaukee, the agreed-upon sumfalls nearly $300,000 short of the original request.

As city blocks and neighborhoods in Milwaukee continue to gounprotected due to a lack of funding, Scott Walker and state Re-publicans should make a true commitment to public safety andturning things around for the largest economic engine in the state.

By Urban Media NewsD

don’t knowwhat’s worse:That in one of hismost absurd and

self denigrating rants,gangsta-want-a-be’ Suge Knighttold the world that he prefersbeing called a ‘Nigga’ versesAfrican America, or that theWhite-owned gossip televisionshow and web-site TMZ wouldpublish a poll asking which ofthose two adjectives/nounsBlack Americans prefer.

From the onset, I admit I’ve never been a big fanof TMZ. Until this ‘story’ broke, I had never vis-ited the website, and as best I can remember, I mayhave watched part of two of its signature televisionepisodes. I changed the channel 10 minutes intothe broadcast because it came off as intrusive, sen-sationalistic and border line libelous.

For the uninformed, TMZ’s primary staple isHollywood celebrity gossip. And as with mostgossip shows, TMZ frequently stretches the truthbeyond recognition, or sometimes publishes com-pletely erroneous reports.

In one such case TMZ published a ‘story’ on thelate President John F. Kennedy, complete with filmsupposedly showing the president engaged in anorgy on someone’s yacht. The allegations provedto be completely baseless, a fact that hasn’t de-terred TMZ’s from conducting similar ‘investiga-tive reports.’

Simply put, TMZ pushes the envelope of jour-nalistic creditability, and like those grocery storygossip ‘tabs’, thrives off meaningless and superfi-cial trivia, innuendo and sensationalism.

As an advocate of free speech, you won’t findme in Madison lobbying to enact censorship leg-islation, but that doesn’t deter me from calling on

my fellow ‘Hue-mans’ to diss TMZ. If its record of tainted journalism is not enough

to steer you back to credible journalism, the con-troversy over the survey should be the straw (ornoose) that breaks your back (or neck).

Ignoring for a moment the idiotic premise be-hind the question of whether you can associatedifferent meanins to different spellings of the racistepithet (niggra, vs. nigga, versus nigger), all peopleof color and common sense should be insulted andangered that TMZ would engage in this racist fi-asco.

And I’m not the first to call for a boycott. Two weeks ago, news of TMZ’s survey

prompted Ebony magazine to encourage its readersto boycott TMZ.

Dozens of Black blogs, civil rights groups andcultural advocates have also denounced TMZ.

(President Barack Obama probably thoughtabout issuing a similar retort, but decided againstit for the same reason he has not named an AfricanAmerican to the Supreme Court or used his exec-utive order to install dental implants in the tooth-less tiger once called ‘affirmative action.’

Appropriately, one Black group questioned whythere is no greater outrage over TMZ’s poll.

The popular website Madness at Reality edito-rialized that our collective anger should be directedmore so at TMZ than at Knight, because themedium should have followed basic rules of civil-ity and racial sensitivity.

“TMZ’s poll is a prime example of thoughtless-ness and cultural insensitivity,” the Madness edi-torial declared. “It is clearly racist. Imagine if TMZcreated a poll asking if Jews should be referred toas Jews or kikes.

Imagine if TMZ created a poll asking if lesbiansand gays should be referred to as LGBTs or fag-gots. Those groups would raise holy hell, andrightly so.

“Where is our outrage? While theworld is up in arms about a back-woods, red neck reality star for ex-pressing his religious views, we donot hear a peep from those same peo-ple about TMZ’s racist poll.

“Where are the letters or petitionsto TMZ condemning TMZ’s poll?

Where are the demands for an apology to theAfrican American community?”

What is also interesting is that TMZ recentlylambasted Sylvester Stallone for reportedly refer-ring to one its Black photographers as a ‘nigger.’

(Some media questioned whether Stallone infact used the racist epithet; the only evidence iswhich is a TMZ recording that is barely auditable.)

There is no controversy, however , about TMZbeing at the vanguard of criticism of several re-ports on high profile celebrities who have beenlambasted for uttering racist, sexist or homophobiccomments.

Thus, the poll seems out of character. But thenagain…

According to reports, over 80,000 people re-sponded to the survey, with 54% saying they pre-ferred ‘Niggra’ over African American.

But take that statistic with a grain of salt. Obvi-ously, not all of the people who answered the sur-vey were African American. Moreover, TMZ’saudience represents only a small segment of theBlack community.

In other words, the survey is tainted—statisti-cally flawed-- although we can’t ignore the factthat despite a high profile burial a couple of yearsago of the ‘N’ word by the NAACP, and thousandsof denouncements by Black folks who know whowe are and where we came from, a large segmentof our community, and maybe a majority of ouryouth, cling to the ever present slave chain linkthat keeps us culturally impotent, spiritually im-poverished and politically irrelevant.

Most of that demographic probably view SugeKnight as a spokesperson for their generation.

So when Knight, a rap producer with the intelli-gence of a Neanderthal (and the looks of one too,a sister recently told me), says “we are not from

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The continuing saga of a dirty four-letter word

SIGNIFYIN’SIGNIFYIN’By Mikel Kwaku Osei Holt

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“The Dream” is still relevant todayEach year we pause to cele-

brate the life and legacy of Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. Nation-ally and internationally, peoplehear again his "I Have ADream" speech, or read his “Letter from The Birmingham Jail,” orhis acceptance speech after winning the Nobel Peace Prize in1963. But do we really stop to hear the words, learn the circum-stances that motivated such elegance in philosophy, literary reso-nance and civil liberties import?

Dr. King's non-violence philosophy touched the hearts andstrategies of many people throughout the world. Extracted fromhis studies of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian spiritual giant who be-lieved in justice for all regardless of their station in life.

Dr. King preached that change requires pressure, diligence andresistance and the best way to initiate and ensure permanentchange was through getting the attention of the oppressor andbringing pressure to bear where it would be felt most and actedupon most swiftly.

Dr. King understood that economic, educational and racial equal-ity was needed in the US. He knew these changes would not bewon with guns, or wars, or subjugation of one people for the bene-fit of another.

Rather, our country could only continue to grow and succeedwhen everyone was given the same rights guaranteed by the U.S.Constitution, respected as inalienable rights and exercised so thatevery human being, regardless of color, creed, or national originhas equal access, equal opportunity and equal justice.

His "dream" was attacked in his lifetime and it continues to be at-tacked today. While many laws have been enacted to supportthese constitutional rights, too many of the undergirdings thatmake "The Dream" a realistic goal have been deferred...throughlaws and injustices that create and support vast disparities. Re-grettably, our own refusal to take full advantage of everything thatis available to us--by law, by birth and by expectation--have con-tributed to reversals in the gains we’ve made in the last 50 years.

An old saying goes " you can lead a horse to water but you can-not make him drink.” This can never be something that catego-rizes our right to vote, our quest for good education, our love andrespect for family and life, as well as the desire for upward mobility.These are rights duly earned and therefore worth marching for,even worth dying for. But black-on-black crime and violence, and atotal disregard for life are not what Dr. King was dreaming of.

Each generation has to build upon the achievements of the last.

Each must pass the batons for-ward and ensure each runner inthe race pass-on, so-to-speak,opportunities for a better life, afuller opportunity and a legacy

that exemplifies the life of Dr. King and all that he stood for andgave his life for.

Current generations should re-read and re-commit to “TheDream” for his/her life, the life of his family and the life of his com-munity and nation. For while things are not perfect and many injus-tices remain, we cannot afford to rest on the laurels of what shouldhave been but what is; and what we still must do to promote, liveand foster “The Dream” for generations to come.

Many have captured his dream, and now live his dream. It wasnot thrust into their arms simply as a law but worked for, earnedand secured by living and working the laws that protect the dream.

On this week of Dr. King’s birthday, let us not only see the im-ages and read the speeches, and also put his dream into the con-text of when the speeches were written and how they should beinterpreted and acted upon today.

We must applaud his life, for it changed many laws and the per-ception of many people of color. But his dream can only live whenwe live a moral life. We have to stop the violence in our communi-ties, we must decry the “violences” permitted through “stop andfrisk” laws or “stand your ground” laws. We must elect talented,honest, justice-seeking officials. To do that, we have to vote.

We must avail ourselves of good educations. It’s education thatmust remain the uppermost vehicle used for upward mobility andto our destination, the Black middle Class.

Without education and the perpetuation of the attitude educationis (mistakenly) not the vehicle for personal movement and growth,we will continue to doom future generations to institutionalizedpoverty.

We must transfer our dreams to our children and continue toshow them examples of those who have overcome....not becauseof the color of their skin, but inspite of their skin color. We must re-mind them that a dream is only possible when it becomes a real-ity....otherwise it remains a dream and that is not what Dr. Kingdied for.

Capture your dream and thank Dr. King for his work and sacri-fice, for leaving us a legacy that is revered throughout the world.We must be the torchbearers who attest that his living was not invain.

Happy Birthday Dr. King!

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RELIGIONRELIGION

he coming Sunday is the Third Sunday of Or-dinary Time. The readings from scriptureare: Isaiah 8:23-9:3, Psalm 27: 1, 4, 13-14,I Corinthians 1: 10-13, 17, and the Gospel

is Matthew 4: 12-23.The reading from Isaiah lays out a vision of a

people who lived and walked in darkness and arenow shown a great light, they are rejoicing be-cause "the yoke that burdened them, the pole ontheir shoulder, and the rod of their taskmaster youhave smashed."Isaiah was probably referring to his hope that the next

king would bring these things, but never did. And nowwe can take them, as Matthew has, and apply them toJesus who has raised us up out of darkness and shown usa great light.Jesus moved from his hometown to Capernaum by the

sea and from "The Galilee of the Gentiles" He has be-come a "great light." He began to preach that the "King-dom of heaven is at hand." And His message attractedSimon andAndrew, James and John. And, hopefully Hismessage has also attracted us who claim His name. Thegreat gift of the Holy Spirit living in us makes Jesus real,here and now in those who claim Him as Savior. We sayHe has no hands but ours, no feet but ours, no voice bu-tours.Our challenge is to not live fraudulent lives; claiming

we are born again and acting like we have never heard

of Him. Jesus is asking us to follow Him in no less apowerful way than didAndrew, Simon, James and John.What does it mean to follow Him? It means that we

must be concerned about the very same people Jesus wasconcerned about: the sick, the oppressed, the poor, thementally ill, and those thrown to the margins of our so-ciety. There is no other way to follow Jesus. And, yes,we like Simon, will deny Him more than once. Jesus isused to it. What is more important is that His love canraise us up to continue the ministry of bringing God'sKingdom into the lives of all we touch. We are the"light" for folks we may never know. So, our task isclear. We must spend our lives for the good of others.And in that we will be happier than any riches couldmake us.Do not underestimate the power of your baptism and

anointing. And your "call" is permanent, in good timesand in bad."Come after me and I will make you fishers of men

(and women)." Amen.

TTMake your calling, election sure

RNS The nation marked the birth-day of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.on Monday (Jan. 20) with speeches,prayers and volunteer service.But for decades, retired United

Methodist Bishop Woodie W. Whitehas marked the holiday in a more per-sonal way: He writes a “birthday let-ter” to the civil rights leader who waskilled in 1968.“It was a way to get kind of a year’s

assessment on what the nation was ac-complishing and not accomplishing inthe area of race,” saidWhite, abishop-in-residence at Emory University’sCandler School of Theology for thelast decade.“I did it because, frankly, I needed

to have perspective. I needed to not getdiscouraged, and I needed it to be af-firming of progress in race which hadtaken place over the course of a year.”White started the custom in 1976,

when he chose to write a letter to Kinginstead of giving a traditional speechto the Human Rights Commission inHoward County, Md. He continuedwriting on and off while he served asthe first head of the United MethodistChurch’s General Commission on Re-ligion and Race. Since 1985, he’s writ-ten the letters annually, and they’renow published by United MethodistNews Service.White’s letter updates King on the

latest strides in race relations whilealso acknowledging “a hard residue ofracism that just won’t seem to die.” Headmitted in his most recent letter tobeing discouraged by mass incarcera-tion and the “lack of outrage” aboutlegislation that has disenfranchisedblack voters.“While we are yet flawed by those

among us who hold to racial bigotryand intolerance, they no longer defineus as a nation or a people!” Whitewrote in his 2014 edition.hite, 78, and King were not close

friends, but they met in the 1960swhen White was a Detroit ministerand King made annual visits to the cityto preach a sermon during Lent.In 1963,White was among the more

than 100,000 who took part in the De-troit “Walk to Freedom” march, where

King gave a trial run of his now-fa-mous “I Have a Dream” speech. Twomonths later, White was in a largercrowd at the March on Washington.“He began to speak and I said, ‘This

sounds familiar,’’’ the bishop recalled.“It was a different context. It was al-most like hearing it anew, or for thefirst time.”Now, White communicates with

King by letter, even though his mis-sives will never be answered.“The one thing every letter tries to

say is that we are light-years ahead inthe area of race than we were when Dr.King was alive,” said White. “If hecould make an overall assessment, hewould not believe how far we’vecome as a nation.”White’s writing reflects lingering

tensions in race relations, rejoicing atthe scope of interracial relations anddecrying the fatal shooting of unarmedFlorida teen Trayvon Martin.“We have more and more people of

different races relating to each other,working in offices together, neigh-bors,” White said. “At the same time,we have schools that are more segre-gated, for instance, than they were in1954.”The letters also have personal

touches, with references to his friendand civil rights activist Joseph Loweryand the deaths of Rosa Parks and Nel-son Mandela. He marveled at the twoelections of President Obama, but crit-icized how the appointments of formerSecretaries of State Condoleezza Riceand Colin Powell were “not so appro-priately recognized.”Bettie W. Story edited White’s

columns when he served as a bishopin Illinois. His “Dear Martin” letterswere published in a church newspaperand gained a national audience aftershe recommended them to The UnitedMethodist Reporter.Illinois Methodists, both black and

white, appreciated the annual dis-patches, which encouraged them topay tribute to King, she said.“The bishop made it easier for them

to do something within their own localchurches,” recalled Story, 80. “Theywould reprint the letter in their churchnewsletters.”White speaks from personal experi-

ence when he tells King how far racerelations have come. As a Detroit pas-tor, he visited a white Methodistchurch in Jackson, Miss., in the 1960sand was arrested and fined $1,000 for“disturbing divine worship” and$1,000 for trespassing. Decades later,as a bishop, he was invited to speakand join in a potluck luncheon at thatsame church, which is now one of themost integrated in the city.White often closes his letter with a

variation on the words of the civilrights anthem “We Shall Overcome’’as a final tribute to King in what hasbecome an annual thank-you note to aman who many never got to thank be-fore his 1968 assassination.“It’s important for current genera-

tions to be aware that we have notovercome racism, we’ve not overcomeprejudice,” White said. “It’s like sin:We’re always a sinner no matter howgood you think you are, that we’re al-ways striving to be better.”

‘Dear Martin’:Bishop’sletters toMLK tracethe highs andlows in racerelations

A truce in Birmingham’s racial strife comes in 1963 as the Rev. MartinLuther King Jr. and associates call a temporary halt to mass demon-strations and “freedom marches” in the Southern city. With him are theRev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, head of the Alabama Christian Movement forHuman Rights (second from right), and the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy,King’s chief assistant. Religion News Service file photo

“The one thing every lettertries to say is that we are

light-years ahead in the areaof race than we were whenDr. King was alive,” said

White. “If he could make anoverall assessment, he

would not believe how farwe’ve come as a nation.”Bishop Woodie W. White

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Article by Tim Morrissey

MADISON- In 1992, GwenMoore was the first African-Ameri-can woman to be elected to the Wis-consin Senate, and in 2004, she wasthe first African-American elected to

represent Wisconsin in Congress.Rep. Moore (Dist. 4 - Milwaukee)says if Dr. King were alive today, hewould be speaking out as an advocatefor a fair immigration policy, to bringimmigrants into the mainstream ofAmerican life.

Moore said Dr. King would still be

delivering a message urging us tolove all our brothers and sisters.

"He would definitely weigh in onincome equality and how we'respending so much money in our warmachinery, as opposed to reinvestingin our human capital," Moore said."These are things that I can very

clearly see that he'd weigh in on."President Ronald Reagan signed

the bill creating a federal holiday tohonor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in1983, and Wisconsin was among thefirst states to officially observe thatholiday. Not until 2000 did all 50states observe the holiday.

One thing Dr. King would be dis-mayed about today is voting rights,Moore said.

"He'd be in tears, I think, to look atthe huge backslide in voting rights -the sort of striking down of the vot-ing rights law of 1963 - and certainlyall of the efforts that are being madein courts all across the country to re-strict voting participation," she said."I think that he would be in tears."

Atlanta and Milwaukee are theonly two cities that have celebratedDr. King's birthday annually since1984. Milwaukee and Madison havelarge, day-long observations, andmany other communities across thestate will hold some type of officialremembrance of Dr. King today.

Congresswoman Gwen Moore:“MLK Would Be In Tears Today”

Equality still elusive 50years after Civil Rights ActArticle courtesy of USA TODAY via “The Rundown”

When President John F. Kennedy called on Con-gress in June 1963 to pass what would eventually be-come the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he rattled off astring of statistics intended to highlight the nation'scontinuing racial divide a century after the Emancipa-tion Proclamation.

African Americans born that year, Kennedy said, had "about one-half asmuch chance of completing high school as a white baby born in the sameplace on the same day, one-third as much chance of completing college, one-third as much chance of becoming a professional man, twice as much chanceof becoming unemployed, about one-seventh as much chance of earning$10,000 a year, a life expectancy which is seven years shorter, and theprospects of earning only half as much."

Fifty years later, on the eve of Monday's observance of Martin Luther KingJr. Day, the battle to end overt discrimination has been far more successfulthan the effort to attain economic, educational or social equality.

Blacks have made huge strides in high school education but still lag in col-lege graduation rates. Their incomes have risen and poverty rates have de-clined, but a mammoth wealth gap remains, along with persistently highunemployment rates.

So great has been the increase in political power that the black voter turnoutrate surpassed that of whites in the 2012 presidential race, and the number ofblack elected officials has risen sevenfold. But while school segregation andworkplace discrimination have declined, too many African Americans gohome to segregated, often impoverished neighborhoods.

The Civil Rights Act championed by Kennedy and signed into law by Pres-ident Lyndon Johnson after JFK's death succeeded in opening public accom-modations, such as hotels and restaurants. It took longer to reduce racialdiscrimination in the workplace, but that, too, counts as a success. And thelaw's threat to cut off federal funding forced the desegregation of schools in

Cong. Gwen Moore



"Everybody can be great, be-cause anybody can serve. You don'thave to have a college degree toserve. You don't have to make yoursubject and verb agree to serve. Youonly need a heart full of grace. Asoul generated by love." --- Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.

e join togetheras one com-munity today

to honor and rememberthe legacy of Dr. MartinLuther King, Jr.

And I can think of no better wayto spend today than working to-gether to give something back,serving others, and advancing ourcommon good.

Through his life’s work, Dr.King taught us the power of char-acter and courage. The power of

working towards something biggerthan ourselves. And the power andstrength we gain as a communitywhen we commit ourselves to theidea that we are all in it together.City Year, and the work that youdo, lives up to Dr. King’s exampleevery day.

Dr. King also taught us thepower of words and as I join all

these young people here todaymaking a commitment to buildstronger communities throughpublic service, I am reminded ofone thing he said in particular.

He said, “An individual has notstarted living until he can riseabove the narrow confines of hisindividualistic concerns to thebroader concerns of all humanity.”

Those are words that inspire ustoday but they are also words thatshould guide all of us every day.

In 1986, I entered public serviceand now, for the last 27 years, Ihave committed my life to publicservice.

Working to help lift people up to

Celebrating Dr. MartinLuther King, Jr.’s Legacy

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Senator Baldwin’s visited Bayview Middle and High School with Milwaukee Public School Superintendent Dr.Gregory Thornton during Tuesday’s Day of Service event with two representatives with City Year Milwaukee.

The Milwaukee Community Journal January 22, 2014 Page 7Milwaukee Public Schools and the Marcus Cen-

ter for the Performing Arts recognized a teacherFriday for long-standing support of the Dr. MartinLuther King, Jr. Celebration event — now in its30th year — through student-oriented program-ming.

Katherine Katter, an English teacher at MPS’Milwaukee High School of the Arts, was honoredfor contributing to the writing and art competitionsannually and incorporating the Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr. program into her teaching curriculum.

Katherine Katter, a teacher at MPS’ MilwaukeeHigh School of the Arts, is surprised with an awardfor her long-standing support of Milwaukee’s Dr.King celebration program, now in its 30th year

For many years, Mrs. Katter has guided and en-couraged students through their participation in theDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Contest.

Throughout the years, several students under hersupervision have been presented on stage as first,second, or third place winners. Mrs. Katter’steaching exhibits an understanding and apprecia-tion of the importance of the written and perform-ing arts in the lives and education of youth.

For her exceptional efforts and dedication to theprogram, Mrs. Katter was given the surprise recog-nition in her classroom with a plaque, roses, bal-loons, a pair of tickets to the Phantom of the Operashowing at the Marcus Center for Performing Arts,and an iPad mini.

The award is sponsored by McDonald’ Restau-rants of Southeastern Wisconsin.

Katherine Katter, a teacher at MPS’ Milwaukee High School of the Arts, is sur-prised with an award for her long-standing support of Milwaukee’s Dr. King cel-ebration program, now in its 30th year

Devoted MPS teacher awardedfor long-standing support of Dr.King celebration programSurprise event Friday at MPS’ Milwaukee High School of the Artspreceded public event on Sunday

their dreams has been extremely re-warding and I am so honored tohave had the opportunity serve.

It has not come without chal-lenges.

But as Dr. King said, Life's mostpersistent and urgent question is,'What are you doing for others?'

It is with great pride that I havethe opportunity and privilege to joinyou today in answering that ques-tion.

And I look forward to continuingour work together to answer thatquestion every day going forward.

Senator Baldwin’s remarks weremade Monday, Jan. 20 during a Na-tional Day of Service event withCity Year at Bay View Middle &High School in Milwaukee.

CelebratingDr. MartinLuther King,Jr.’s Legacy(continued from page 6)


“Never, never beafraid to do what’sright, especially ifthe well-being of aperson or animal is at stake.Society’s punishments aresmall compared tothe wounds we inflicton our soul when welook the other way.”--Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr.

the South.Progress over the past 50 years has been "breathtaking and unimaginable,"

says civil rights lawyer Ted Shaw, former president of the NAACP Legal De-fense and Educational Fund and a professor at Columbia University Schoolof Law. Nevertheless, he says, even the election of a black president "doesn'tmean that all these systemic issues of racial inequality have disappeared."

In almost every economic category, blacks have been gaining, but not byenough. Median family income (in inflation-adjusted dollars) is up from$22,000 in 1963 to more than $40,000 today, still just two-thirds of the me-dian for all Americans. Black unemployment remains twice the level of whiteunemployment, similar to where it was in 1972.

(continued from page 5)Equality still elusive

Dr. King discusses civil rights policy with President LyndonJohnson, who pushed many of the civil rights laws the nationadopted in the 1960s.


MLK's dreamof economicequality is still far from realizedArticle courtesy of the Huffington Post via“The Rundown”

ome of Dr. MartinLuther King Jr.'sdreams have certainlycome true. But when it

comes to closing the economicgap between black and whiteAmericans, we've got a longway to go.

On this MLK Day nearly 46 years after King'sdeath, persistent discrimination means that blackAmericans are more likely than their white counter-parts to struggle economically.

And it's much harder for them to pull themselvesout of that financial insecurity. One prominent ex-ample of how racism affects black Americans' eco-nomic prospects is in the job market, where they'remuch more likely to be unemployed than whiteAmericans.

Some of that has to do with lower rates of educa-tional attainment and a lack of access to hiring net-works. But even when you account for all of thosethings, "the leftover bit is the out-and-out discrimi-nation," said Heidi Schierholtz of the Economic Pol-icy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. There are anumber of reasons why the playing field is so un-equal.

• The black jobless rate is twice that of whites."What that means is that at a time like this, the

black unemployment rate is extraordinarily high,"Schierholtz said. "They're really hit particularlyhard."

• Black Americans face discrimination whenlooking for a job, which affects their earnings.

The gap between black and white household in-come has actually widened over the past severaldecades, according to the Pew Research Center.

• They face discrimination in the housing mar-ket.

During the housing boom, black Americans weremore likely to be targeted by subprime mortgagelenders. Once the boom crashed, they were morelikely to lose their homes and have lower creditscores as a result.

As this chart from the Bipartisan Policy Centershows, the black homeownership rate was lower in2010 than in 1990.

S“The Reverend Martin Luther

King Jr. wrote, while in jail, whyhe was certain that the causehe fought for would win. Hewrote, ‘We will win our freedombecause the sacred heritage ofour nation and the eternal will ofGod are embodied in our echo-ing demands.’

“His belief in America’s princi-ples, in the rightness of freedomand in the divine providence that protects them is inspiring toall of King’s countrymen today.”

--Senator Ron Johnson (WI)


“Injustice anywhere is a threat tojustice everywhere.”-MLK

“He who passively accepts evil isas much involved in it as he whohelps to perpetrate it. He who ac-cepts evil without protestingagainst it is really cooperatingwith it.”--MLK

Thanking the Drum MajorStatements from local and national leaders from politics to

education about the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The Reverend Martin LutherKing Jr. wrote, while in jail, whyhe was certain that the causehe fought for would win. Hewrote, ‘We will win our freedombecause the sacred heritage ofour nation and the eternal will ofGod are embodied in our echo-ing demands.’

“His belief in America’s princi-ples, in the rightness of freedomand in the divine providence that protects them is inspiring toall of King’s countrymen today.”

--Senator Ron Johnson (WI)“Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

was a brave man who had thecourage to follow his convictionsin the face of great adversity.Today, we celebrate a man whoinspired a nation and led thecharge for freedom, equality,and justice. His example con-tinues to resonate and influ-ence, and his legacy will not beforgotten.”--Gov. Scott Walker

“This is the day we devote tosolemn remembrance of theman whose words and actionsstruck a chord in the conscienceof our nation. Dr. King dared todream of a more equal America,one free of discrimination,where everyone could enjoy thesame opportunities to achieveprosperity, and participate indemocracy.

“As we honor Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy, we must alsoreflect on how we can do more to bend the arc of history to-ward justice. We must keep fighting for good-paying jobs,common sense immigration reform, and to be sure every eligi-ble citizen is able to cast their vote and have their votecounted. As we confront those challenges, let us strive to liveas he did, acting out of compassion, with grace and humility,in fulfillment of his vision of a more equal America.”--DNCChair Debbie Wasserman Schultz

“...Martin Luther King was one ofthe greatest civil rights leaders inUnited States history. Dr. Kingdreamt of and helped to create abetter more equal United States.This month, we remember andhonor Dr. King’s dream of freedomand justice for all Americans, nomatter theri race, gender, or back-ground. While honoring this legacy, we must also recognize that thefight for equality is not over. We must continue to champion Dr.King’s dream in order to create the nation that he envisioned.”

--State Sen. Lena Taylor

“”As we mark the anniversary ofDr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth,let us recall his inspiring lessons ofnonviolence and compassion. Dr.King preached equality and indi-vidual dignity with an abiding faiththat hatred and injustice stood nochance against the forces of broth-erhood and our common humanity.With just as much passion, he ad-vocated for the bitter sorrows ofpoverty to be replaced with thepromise of abundant opportunityfor all Americans, regardless ofrace or creed.

“As we celebrate the victories ofthe Civil Rights Movement, includ-ing the landmark Voting Rights Actthat we must fully restore and de-fend against those who would un-dermine the fundamental right tovote, let us also rededicate our-selves to the ongoing mission ofpromoting economic opportunitiesand protecting the most vulnerablein our society from poverty.

“America cannot achieve itshighest purpose as long as any ofits people face hunger, homeless-ness, joblessness, or despair – orif the opportunities to overcomethese challenges cannot beequally accessed because of color,

sex, language, or national origin. “We can make progress on this

front right away by restoring emer-gency unemployment insurancefor 1.3 million Americans andcounting and by raising the mini-mum wage so that those in thelowest-paying jobs can still makeends meet.

“In the wealthiest nation onEarth, surely we have the re-sources to end poverty in ourmidst by working together as onenation, inspired by Dr. King’slegacy and committed to makinghis unfinished work our own.” --House Democratic Whip StenyH. Hoyer (MD)

“A little over 50 years ago, ournation engaged in a loud, some-times deadly and tumultuous discus-sion about civil rights. From coastto coast, Americans of all back-grounds and creeds stood togetherand demanded more from eachother and our country. The Rev. Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. was amongthe leaders of the day who relent-lessly fought for equality in the faceof monumental adversity and resist-ance.

“Time and time again, Dr. Kingled by example and challenged all ofus to be our brother’s keeper, fight-ing the loudest for those with theweakest voices. As we recognize Dr.King’s birthday and his countlesscontributions to our world, we mustremember that his fight for equalityis not over. Too many students don’thave equal access to a high qualityeducation, too many families arefinding college simply too expensiveto pursue, and not enough of ournation’s teachers reflect the diversityof this great country.

“We should honor Dr. King’slegacy by continuing to fight for eq-uity in our world and in education—along with serving others. His day ofremembrance is an opportunity totake part in a meaningful communityservice project that will have a last-ing impact on your community. De-spite our varied experiences, we areall in this together and have ashared responsibility to help themost vulnerable among us—just asDr. King did.” --U.S. Secretary ofEducation Arne Duncan

Cong. Gwen Moore

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Sen. Ron Johnson

Gov. Scott Walker

u.S. Sec. Arne Duncan

Steny Hoyer



Milwaukee County SupervisorKhalif Rainey said recently that theannual commemoration of Rev. Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.’s achieve-ments should be a major holiday inMilwaukee County, meaning Countyoffices would be closed for the day intribute to the slain civil rights leader.

“The federal government shutsdown every year for a day in honorof Dr. King, and Milwaukee Countyshould do the same,” Rainey said.“Right now, the day is treated as a‘minor holiday’ in MilwaukeeCounty.

“This means that County workersare free to come to work and use theday as time off at a later date. This isa dishonor to his memory.

“We should treat the day as a majorholiday and allow County workers toreflect on the life and the work of Dr.

King.” Rainey said that the federal gov-

ernment already closes in honor ofChristopher Columbus. A majorCounty holiday would not includepublic safety officials and other “es-sential” County employees.

“Dr. King was a transformativefigure in American history, and weshould honor his memory by closingon the third Monday of every Januaryto celebrate his life.

“I urge the County Executive andmy colleagues on the Board to de-clare Martin Luther King, Jr. day asa major holiday in MilwaukeeCounty. We can do no less than toclose County government to honorthis great man.”

Milwaukee County Supervisor KhalifRainey calls for major county holidayfor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sup. Khalif Rainey

From Brown toZimmerman: Theevolution of UnitedStates civil rightsSuccessful lawyer recounts experi-ences, trials of 60 years following land-mark Supreme Court decision

BALTIMORE – In the aftermath of the Zimmermanverdict, a Gallup poll found that African Americans arenow somewhat less satisfied with the way they aretreated than at the beginning of the summer.

A. Dwight Pettit understands the frustration and re-sentment borne from unequal treatment. Pettit is a di-rect legal descendent and beneficiary of the landmarkBrown v. Board of Education decision, which set thefederal precedent for school desegregation.

Following the Brown decision, Pettit’s family under-went a series of extensive court battles to force theirschool district to allow black students. Their successgave Pettit access to a quality education that led him toHoward University’s School of Law.

From there, he was employed at the Small BusinessAdministration Office of General Counsel. In 1973,Pettit returned to Baltimore where he started a success-ful law practice. Pettit began working with presidentialcandidate Jimmy Carter on his successful presidentialbid and subsequently rose to prominence in the Carter

administration.Pettit tells his story, set against a backdrop of the tu-

multuous and transformative late 20th century, in hisnew book “Under Color of Law.” The book views theseries of court cases that gave Pettit access to qualityeducation, as well as the cases following those deci-sions when he rose to distinction in the legal commu-nity. Paramount among these was a national court casein which Pettit sued on behalf of his father, who had ex-perienced employment discrimination as a result of hisinitiation of the school desegregation case.

More than 60 years later, Pettit is using the book torecognize how far the nation has come, and how far itstill has to go.

“We must ensure that all are aware of the dangerouspitfalls and dark caverns that still exist in our society,”Pettit says. “This is a young nation, where obstacles andentrenchment can easily be resurrected during the fogof complacency created by past accomplishments.”

For more information, visit http://undercoloroflaw-book.com/

“Under Color of Law”By A. Dwight PettitISBN: 978-1462056415Available in softcover, hardcover, e-bookAvailable on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and iUniverseAbout the authorA. Dwight Pettit earned his law degree from Howard

Law School in 1970 and has handled many high-profilecriminal and personal injury cases, including a case forhis father that received national attention. Pettit prac-tices law in Baltimore, Maryland, where he lives withhis wife, Barbara.

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“I have decided to stick with love. Hate istoo great a burden to bear.”--Dr. King

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Africa,” he speaks for a large seg-ment of the community who look inthe mirror and see a descendent ofsome mystical country called Niggra-land instead of the descendents God’strue chosen people-- the inventors ofmath, science, astrology and medi-cine.

Knight told TMZ that certain usesof the N-word are acceptable. Headded, “I like [the N-word] betterthan ‘African-American.’

“We’re not from Africa; we’reBlack. Even Africans don’t callthemselves African—if they’re fromKenya, they say they’re Kenyan.”

From that vantage point, boy-cotting TMZ won’t make much dif-

ference, other than to give voice tothe ignorant among us who probablydon’t read or possess even the rudi-mentary knowledge of our history.

I used to believe that those of uswho see ourselves as part of the Di-aspora, linked by culture and bloodto the Motherland, would drown outthe wicked cries of the ignorant. Butto be honest, I’m no longer confidentwe can achieve that goal.

That new found fear is particularlyalarming because as a student of his-tory, and life long advocate for Blackempowerment, I am well aware thatthere is a link between how we per-ceive ourselves and our standingamong the ethnicities of this planet.

I have also learned that others not

only revel in our lack of self-respectand cultural impotency, they capital-ize off it.

As in get rich---through povertyprograms and prisons, social work,foster care and, of course, the musicindustry which has made, accordingto some estimates, half a trillion dol-lars from Black folks who purchaseCDs that degrade us, our women andour culture.

No other people would pay to con-vince each other that Jesus, theChrist, the Messiah, is a Nigger. Or,excuse me, a Nigga.

One other lesson years of activismhas shown me is that one old adagerings true today as it did 1,000 yearsago:

Knowledge is power. The absenceof knowledge is ignorance. Theabuse of knowledge is stupidity.

I have to assume Suge Knightknows better. He has to know wecome from Africa, and not some fa-bled country called Niggerland. Andassuming he knows that undisputablefact, that means he is not ignorant,but instead stupid, as are many ofthose who agree with his rant.

Maybe TMZ can undertake a sur-vey on that assumption!

Hotep.

(contiinued from page 3)The continuing saga of a dirty four-letter word

…SISTA’S DON’T ROCK!!!Yall can’t tell me sistas don’t rock…past, present and fu-ture!We been doing it for ourselves for so long and doing it allwell!I am every woman is synonymous with our DNA!Bringing home the bacon, frying it up in a pan…A good one is always there standing behind a good man!!!We counsel, we provide, we hurt and we heal.We encourage, we direct, we guide and we protect.We are grateful to God for where we are now, some of uscame straight from life back on the block.Past, present and future people…Yall can’t tell me sistasdon’t rock!!!Sonya Marie Bowman…WHAT I CAN'T DODON’T tell me I can’t wear white because it’s out of season.DON’T tell me I shouldn’t feel happy when things are notgoing well.DON’T tell me I can’t be healed if I believe.DON’T tell me not to enjoy winter because it’s cold outside.DON’T tell me not to wish upon a star because I ‘m too old.DON’T tell me I am not rich because my bank account does-n’t have six figures.DON’T tell me I am not a model just because you don’t likemy style.DON’T tell me I am combative just because I speak mymind.DON’T TELL ME I CAN’T FLY JUST BECAUSE I DON’T HAVEWINGS!!!...Don’t do it.

Zelda Corona

…LIFE DOES NOT HAVE STAGESWe reach a time where we start receiving high school/col-lege graduation notices,watching our children get married,become grandparents, Retirement Party invites and losingpeople close to us...Whoa!!!!!!!!

It's a choice to become caregivers and power of attorney forour loved ones...Whoa!!!!!! Makes you wonder where didthe time go when I felt so young and free of worries…Whoa!!!!!!

We can reject transition and/or change in our lives...Lifegives us a choice to ignore or roll with these stages. If ig-nored we will stay in Arrested Development where we willnot allow ourselves to grow...

Not to Roll with all God is bringing me through in this Life...You Can't Tell Me...

Always Keeping It RealTara R. Pulley

Sister Speak...Speak Lord!“YALL CAN’T TELL ME…”“YALL CAN’T TELL ME…”

Bowman

Corona

Pulley

www.com-munityjour-nal.netMilwaukee Brewers to hold annual on Deck 2014

Brewers on Deck, presented byTime Warner Cable, is a free eventfeaturing activities for the wholefamily, including:

• autographs from and photos with Brewers players and coaches• interactive games in the kids area• vendor booths• much more!Visit the EM (Emerging Mar-

kets) booth at the event and re-ceive a special giveaway.

Sunday, January 26, 201410 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Wiscon-

sin Center, 400 W. Wisconsin Ave.Follow us @BrewersBeisbol,

the official Twitter of the Milwau-kee Brewers in Spanish.

Go Brewers!!!

CLASSIFIEDS/LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICESCLASSIFIEDS/LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICESThe Milwaukee Community Journal January 22, 2014 page 14

SUMMO!S(PUBLICATIO!)

STATE OFWISCO!SI!:CIRCUIT COURT:

FAMILY COURT BRA!CHMILWAUKEE COU!TYCASE !O. 2013FA004913-D

In re the marriage of: MARIADELREFUJIO VAZQUEZ, 1030 S30thSt, Milwaukee WI 53215Petitioner and JOSEA SALAZARPEREZ, ADDRESS UNKNOWNRespondent

THE STATE OFWISCONSINTo the person named above as re-spondent:You are hereby notified that the pe-titioner named above has filed a pe-tition for divorce against you.

Within forty days after the 20thdayof January, 2014 exclusive of thedate just stated, you must respondwith a written demand for a copyof the petition.

The demand must be sent or deliv-ered to this Court, whose addressis: Clerk of Circuit Court Milwau-kee County Courthouse 901 N 9thSt. Milwaukee WI 53233 and toMARIADEL REFUJIOVAZQUEZ whose address is 1030S 30thSt, Milwaukee WI 53215

You may have an attorney repre-sent you.

If you do not demand a copywithin forty (40) days, the Courtmay grant a judgment against youfor the award of money or otherlegal action requested in the peti-tion, and you may lose your right toobject to anything that is or may beincorrect in the petition. A judg-ment may be enforced as providedby law.Judgment awarding moneymay become a lien against any realestate you own now or in the futureand may also be enforced by gar-nishment of wages or seizure ofproperty.

You are hereby further notified thatthe parties to this action are entitledto notification of the availability ofthe information set forth in sec.767.081, Stats. The information isavailable from the family courtcommissioner.You are further notified that if theparties to this action have minorchildren violation of the followingcriminal statutes is punishable by afine not to exceed $10,000 or im-prisonment not to exceed two yearsor both.948.31 Interference with custodyby parent or others.If you and the petitioner have

minor children, a document settingforth the percentage standard forchild support established by the De-partment of Health and Social Serv-ices under sec. 46.25(9)(a), Stats,and the listing the factors that acourt may consider for modificationfor that standard under sec.767.25(1m). Stats, is availableupon your request from the clerk ofcourt.

Dated this 20th day of January,2014By: MARIADEL REFUJIOVAZQUEZ014-012/1-22-29/2-5-2014


STATE OFWISCO!SI!CIRCUIT COURT

MILWAUKEE COU!TYDIVORCE-40101Case !o. 13FA0005

In Re: The marriage of MICHAELTABOR, PetitionerandHENRI-ENTTATABOR, Respondent

THE STATE OFWISCONSIN, TOTHE PERSON NAMEDABOVEAS RESPONDENTYou are notified that the petitionernamed above has filed a Petition fordivorce or legal separation againstyou.

You must respond with a writtendemand for a copy of the Petitionwithin 40 days from the day afterthe first date of publication.

The demand must be sent or deliv-ered to the court at:Clerk of Court-Milwaukee County Courthouse 901N. 9th St.ROOM 104 MilwaukeeWI 53233and to MICHAELTABOR 130 W CenterMilwaukeeWI 53212

It is recommended, but not re-quired, that you haveattorney helpor represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of thePetition within 45 days, the courtmay grant judgment against you forthe award of money or other legalaction requested in the Petition andyou may lose your right to objectanything that is or may be incorrectin the Petition.

A judgment may be enforced asprovided by law. A judgmentawarding money may become alien against any real estate you ownnow or in the future, and may alsobe enforced by garnishment orseizure of property.

You are further notified that if the

parties to this action have minorchildren, violation of 948.31, Wis.Stats., (Interference with custodyby parent or others) is punishableby fines and/or imprisonment.

If you and the petitioner have minorchildren, documents setting forththe percentage standard for childsupport established by the depart-ment under 49.22(9), Wis. Stats.,and the factors that a court mayconsider for modification of thatstandard under 767.511(1m), Wis.Stats., are available upon your re-quest from the Clerk of Court.You are notified of the availabilityof information from the CircuitCourt Commissioner as set forth in767.105,Wis. Stats.

767.105 Information from CircuitCourt Commissioner.(2) Upon the request of a party toan action affecting the family, in-cluding a revision of judgment ororder under sec. 767.59 or 767.451:(a) The Circuit Court Commis-sioner shall, with or without chargeprovide the party with written in-formation on the following, as ap-propriate to the action commenced:1. The procedure for obtaining ajudgment or order in the action.2. The major issues usually ad-dressed in such an action.3. Community resources and fam-ily court counseling services avail-able to assist the parties.4. The procedure for setting modi-fying, and enforcing child supportawards, or modifying and enforcinglegal custody or physical placementjudgments or orders.(b) The Circuit Court Commis-sioner shall provide a party, for in-spection or purchase with a copy ofthe statutory provisions in thischapter generally pertinent to theaction.Date: 1-16-2014By: MICHAEL TABOR014-011/11-27/1-22-29/2-5-2014


STATE OFWISCO!SI!:CIRCUIT COURT:

FAMILY COURT BRA!CHMILWAUKEE COU!TYCASE !O. 2013FA00764

In re the marriage of: ANAMVARGAS REYES, 551 W BecherSt Apt A, Milwaukee WI 53207Petitioner and RODRIGO RO-DRIGUEZ-GARCIA, ADDRESSUNKNOWNRespondent

THE STATE OFWISCONSINTo the person named above as re-

spondent:You are hereby notified that the pe-titioner named above has filed a pe-tition for divorce against you.

Within forty days after the 16thdayof January, 2014 exclusive of thedate just stated, you must respondwith a written demand for a copyof the petition.

The demand must be sent or deliv-ered to this Court, whose addressis: Clerk of Circuit Court Milwau-kee County Courthouse 901 N 9thSt. Milwaukee WI 53233 and toANAM VARGAS REYES whoseaddress is 551 W Becher St Apt A,Milwaukee WI 53207

You may have an attorney repre-sent you.

If you do not demand a copywithin forty (40) days, the Courtmay grant a judgment against youfor the award of money or otherlegal action requested in the peti-tion, and you may lose your right toobject to anything that is or may beincorrect in the petition. A judg-ment may be enforced as providedby law. Ajudgment awardingmoney may become a lien againstany real estate you own now or inthe future and may also be enforcedby garnishment of wages or seizureof property.

You are hereby further notified thatthe parties to this action are entitledto notification of the availability ofthe information set forth in sec.767.081, Stats. The information isavailable from the family courtcommissioner.You are further notified that if theparties to this action have minorchildren violation of the followingcriminal statutes is punishable by afine not to exceed $10,000 or im-prisonment not to exceed two yearsor both.948.31 Interference with custodyby parent or others.If you and the petitioner haveminor children, a document settingforth the percentage standard forchild support established by the De-partment of Health and Social Serv-ices under sec. 46.25(9)(a), Stats,and the listing the factors that acourt may consider for modificationfor that standard under sec.767.25(1m). Stats, is availableupon your request from the clerk ofcourt.

Dated this 16th day of December,2013By: ANAM VARGAS REYES014-010/1-15-22-29-2014



MILWAUKEE COU!TY!OTICEA!D ORDER FOR!AME CHA!GE HEARI!G

Case !o. 14CV000433In the matter of the name changeof: ROSHAUN MOORE-TABITI

NOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking tochange the name of the personlisted above:From:ROSHAUN MOORE-TABITITo:ROSHAUN MOORE-FULLILOVEBirth CertificateROSHAUNMOORE-TABITI

IT IS ORDEREDThis petition will be heard in theCircuit Court of MilwaukeeCounty, State of Wisconsin.Judge’s Name:HON. KARENCHRISTENSONROOM 208PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Mil-waukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE:February 25, 2014, TIME 10:00A.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall begiven by publication as a Class 3notice for three (3) weeks in a rowprior to the date of the hearing inthe Milwaukee Community Journal,a newspaper published in Milwau-kee County, State of Wisconsin.Dated: 1-13-2014BY THE COURT:HON.KAREN E CHRISTENSONCircuit Court Judge014-008/1-15-22-29-2014




Case !o. 14CV000093In the matter of the name changeof: ROSHAE MOORE-TABITI

NOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking tochange the name of the personlisted above:From:ROSHAE MOORE-TABITITo:ROSHEAMOORE-FULLILOVEBirth CertificateROSHAEMOORE-TABITI

IT IS ORDEREDThis petition will be heard in the

Circuit Court of MilwaukeeCounty, State of Wisconsin.Judge’s Name:HON. KARENCHRISTENSONROOM 208PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Mil-waukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE:February 25, 2014, TIME 10:00A.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall begiven by publication as a Class 3notice for three (3) weeks in a rowprior to the date of the hearing inthe Milwaukee Community Journal,a newspaper published in Milwau-kee County, State of Wisconsin.Dated: 1-13-2014BY THE COURT:HON.KAREN E CHRISTENSONCircuit Court Judge014-007/1-15-22-29-2014




Case !o. 14CV000287In the matter of the name changeof: MURSALMALIBy (Petitioner) MURSALMALI

NOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking tochange the name of the personlisted above:From:MURSALMALITo:AB-DULKADIRALI ADENBirth CertificateMURSALMALI

IT IS ORDEREDThis petition will be heard in theCircuit Court of MilwaukeeCounty, State of Wisconsin.Judge’s Name:HON.DANIELANOONAN ROOM 414 PLACE:901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wis-consin, 53233 DATE: February 28,2014, TIME 10:00 A.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall begiven by publication as a Class 3notice for three (3) weeks in a rowprior to the date of the hearing inthe Milwaukee Community Journal,a newspaper published in Milwau-kee County, State of Wisconsin.Dated: 1-13-2014BY THE COURT:HON.DANIELANOONANCircuit Court Judge014-006/1-15-22-29-2014

MILWAUKEE COU!TYDEPARTME!T OF COMBI!ED COURTRELATED OPERATIO!S-PRETRIAL

SERVICESU!ITREQUESTFORPROPOSALSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the MilwaukeeCounty Department of Combined Court RelatedOperations-Pretrial Services Unit is seeking proposalsfrom qualified vendors to provide Cognitive Behavioraland Trauma Informed Care services for defendantsinvolved in the Milwaukee County Adult DrugTreatment Court. The vendor(s) selected will workcooperatively with the Chief Judge, Judicial ReviewCoordinator and Drug Treatment Court Team toimplement service delivery.

The Request for Proposals will be available beginningMonday, January 27, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.A copy of the RFP can be obtained on the ChiefJudge’s web site: http://county.milwaukee.gov/ChiefJudgeCircuitCou10519.htm

Telephone, e-mail, in-person and fax requests willnot be honored. Proposals must be submitted to,County Clerk, Milwaukee County Courthouse,901 N. 9th Street, Room 105, Milwaukee, WI 53233by 3:00 p.m. (CDT) on February 14, 2014.

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NOTICE

Milwaukee Public Schools will receive sealed quotations for furnishing alllabor, tools, equipment and materials necessary, including public liability andproperty damage insurance to perform all work necessary and incidental to theReplace Stage Curtains at Wedgewood Park School, 6506 W. Warnimont Av-enue; Milwaukee, WI 53220 until 1:30 P.M. on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 atthe Division of Facilities and Maintenance Services; 1124 North 11th Street; Mil-waukee, Wisconsin 53233; to the attention of: John Linn, Manager of Designand Construction. The HUB, COIN and Student Participation requirements forthis project are 0%. Plans and specifications may be obtained 7:30 A.M. to 5:00P.M. Monday through Friday from A/E Graphics, Inc.; 4075 North 124th Street,Brookfield, WI 53005; phone (262) 781-7744; fax (262) 781-4250. Call A/EGraphics, Inc. for availability of bid documents. Plans and specifications mayalso be viewed online at A/E Graphics, Inc. @ www.aegraphics.com.

A Pre-bid Walk Through is scheduled at the site on Tuesday, January 28, 2014at 1:00 PM. Meet at the front entrance.

The right is reserved to reject any or all bids or to waive informalities.GREGORY E. THORNTON, Ed.D

Superintendent of Schools10479946/1-17-21-28-2-4

ImmediateOpenings

Regional &Local Drivers.Holland’sRecruiter istaking walk-inapplications &conductinginterviews onJan 29 & 30 from9am to 11:00am& 1pm to 5pm at6161 S. 6th St,Milwaukee53221. Driversmust have1yr or 50k milesexp, haz &tanker.

HELPWANTED

Diesel Mechanic:Great Pay /Benefits. APPLYwww.durhamschoolservices.com6001 N.91st St,Milwaukee, WI.(414) 760-7480

HELPWANTED

Drivers: DEDI-CATED. Regional& OTR. Start up to$.44/mi + ExcellentBenefits.401K + Bonuses.Excellent Home-time! CDL-A 6mos.exp. 877-704-3773

PROPOSED MILWAUKEE COUNTY DAS-FM Projects for Advertisement for Bids Name of Project: LINCOLN PARK GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION Project No.: P221-13647 Bid Due Date: February 12, 2014 See Bid Documents for details Pre-Bid Meeting: January 31, 2014 BID DOCUMENTS FOR THE ABOVE PROJECT ARE AVAILABLE AT:CITY CAMPUS 2711 WEST WELLS STREET 2ND FL Milwaukee, WI 53208 For Further Information contact 414-278-4861 or www.county.milwaukee.gov

MOBILITY COORDINATORMilwaukee Transport Services, Inc., operator of the Milwaukee County Transit Sys-tem, is seeking candidates for the position of Mobility Coordinator. This position is re-sponsible for research, coordination, training and education regarding transportationoptions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Transportation/Urban Planning, Business/Public Adminis-tration or a related field and a minimum of three years progressively responsibleexperience with public transit, paratransit or a related transportation service for per-sons with disabilities and/or older adults.• Knowledge of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its specific applicationsto public transportation.• Knowledge of Milwaukee County Government offices including the Departmenton Aging and the Disabilities Services Division of the Department of Administrationand knowledge of federal programs providing transportation funding for personswith disabilities and older adults.• Knowledge of principles, procedures and strategies of coordinated human servicestransit-transportation planning.• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to speak before public groups.• Ability to analyze data, define problems, identify potential solutions, develop im-plementation strategies and evaluate outcomes.

The successful applicant is responsible for identifying barriers to mobility within thecommunity, primarily concerning the use of fixed route transit by persons with dis-abilities and older adults; and developing strategies for overcoming these barriersand enabling persons with disabilities and older adults to use fixed route servicesand other community mobility resources.

Hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. The Milwaukee County Tran-sit System offers a comprehensive compensation and benefit package. If you are in-terested in joining our team, please send resume with salary requirements to:

Milwaukee County Transit System1942 N. 17th StreetMilwaukee, WI 53205Fax: 414-344-2876

E-Mail: [email protected]: www.ridemcts.comEqual Opportunity Employer

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