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Rep. Tamara Grigsby returns to capital to standing ovation

State Representative Tamara Grigsby (D-Milwaukee) visited the Capitol Tuesday andreceived a bipartisan standing ovation after almost three months away to recuperatefrom a serious illness.

“I am grateful to my colleagues in the Legislature, others in state government, myconstituents and people across Wisconsin for their unflagging support and patience,” therepresentative said in a statement.

“It has truly contributed to my ongoing recovery. "I am getting stronger each day.Last week'smining bill vote and yesterday's court decision striking down Wisconsin'svoter ID law inspire me, as they inspire all of us who are fighting for justice and democ-racy.

“I am excited to be here today and look forward to the many challenges ahead.

“It Takes Two!”Brentwood Church of Christ is holding its second annual

Black Marriage Day seminar on March 24 at 2 p.m.! Brentwood is lo-cated at 6425 N. 60th Street. The event is open to the general public and

all races. The seminar is being held the day before the national BlackMarriage Day observance, which is held every 4th Sunday in March andcelebrates the value of marriage in the Black Community. Tickets are $15

for individuals, $20 for couples. Tickets can be purchased at the event.

CHARLESETTA THOMPSON: “As arule they are not. But in my block, neigh-bors shovel and blow the snow for theelderly. Because of our block watch weknow each other’s names. It would benice if it was that way again.”

WILLIE MCGEE: “No, everyone usuallystays to themselves today, especially incertain neighborhoods. It was very niceback in the day. People looked out foreach other back then.”

AZEEZA ISLAM: “I have learned thatpeople are not as friendly or neighborlytowards one another. There is no trustand this seems to be getting worse everyyear; even with home owners--new andold. The need to know people era hasbeen lost and needs to be regained tohelp the community heal.”

ADESOLU MOORE-OMOKUNDE: “Inthe past 25 years it has changed. You canlive in a neighborhood and not knowtheir neighbors. You knew everyone youplayed with and you had block partiesand went over each other’s homes. It wasmore like a family.”

PULSE OF THECOMMUNITY

Photos and question byYvonne Kemp

QUESTION OFTHE WEEK:

“Are people who livenext to each other asneighborly toward eachother as they were 25to 35 years ago? Why

or why not?”

Voter ID law blocked again!Milwaukee Ald. Milele Coggs called Mon-

day’s permanent injunction handed down by aDane County Judge blocking Wisconsin’s VoterID law “another step in the right direction forour state and the tens of thousands of voterswho would have been disenfranchised duringelections this year.”Coggs made her statement in a news release

in response to Dane County Circuit JudgeRichard Niess’ ruling, which called the VoterID law unconstitutional because “its require-ments abridge the right to vote.”Niess’ ruling comes a week after another

Dane County judge, David Flanagan, granted atemporary injunction blocking the law for the

April 3 presidential primary and local elections.Flanagan’s injunction was in response to a

lawsuit brought by the Milwaukee Branch ofthe NAACP and Voces de la Frontera.Niess’ ruled on a lawsuit brought forth by the

League of Women Voters of Wisconsin.

Coggs noted that in the voter ID law case thatinvolved the NAACP and Voces de la Frontera,some of the information used by Flanagan tomake his decision was generated by CommonCouncil legislation she sponsored, along withco-sponsors Aldermen Ashanti Hamilton and

Terry Witkowski.The Coggs legislation required the city Elec-

tion Commission to track data on personsturned away from or not able to register at thepolls for voter identification reasons. “It (the data) was provided to the plaintiffs

and was entered as evidence in the case andwas part of a body of material that was consid-ered prior to the judge’s decision,” Coggs ex-plained.The trial for a permanent injunction in the

NAACP/Voces de la Frontera lawsuit is report-edly set for April 16.In his eight-page opinion, Niess said the

state’s voter ID law undermines the foundation

Goodwill Industries of Southeastern WisconsinThe Milwaukee Goodwill was incorporated in 1919, with headquarters lo-

cated at the Summerfield Methodist Church on East Park Place. It was orig-inally founded to “provide a chance, not charity,” to people society hadlabeled as unemployable, including thousands of soldiers returning fromWWI. Goodwill created employment opportunities for veterans who had dis-abilities and also older workers who were displaced by returning, youngersoldiers.After the Great Depression and through the 1940s Goodwill began to focus

on the growing number of persons with physical disabilities, developing theinternationally acclaimed “case management” model that extended person-alized service to program participants. And, in the late 1950s, Goodwill collaborated with local agencies, expand-

ing its services through Jewish Vocational Services and Curative Workshop,to provide on-site psychiatric, occupational and physical therapy services.The notion of community-based services came to fruition in the 1980s and,

since then Goodwill has exponentially expanded its services and locationsincluding completion of several major building projects, opening a servicecenter in Waukesha that houses both a retail and rehabilitation center, andGoodwill’s Store and Donation Centers have become mainstream retail out-lets offering high-quality resale goods.Today, Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin is the largest of more

than 165 Goodwill organizations in North America. Nearly 5,000 Goodwillemployees work in 70 locations throughout 23 counties in Wisconsin andmetropolitan Chicago. Its updated mission is to “provide training, employ-ment and supportive services for people with disabilities or disadvantageswho seek greater independence.”Over the years, Goodwill has become a leader in providing training, em-

ployment and supportive services for people with disabilities or disadvantageswho seek greater independence. As a nonprofit organization, Goodwill’s owninitiatives, such as its retail and donation centers, have helped the organizationremain self-sustaining. Though the organization’s original intent was one of good will, today Good-

will has become the’ poster child’ for not only being a good neighbor in thecommunity, but setting the standard for a well-run nonprofit organization thathas evolved to meet and serve the needs of others in a visionary, flexible andprofessional manner in our community.

The averted closing of Aurora Sinai Medical Center andpotential negative fallout on the quality, availability and af-fordability of health care for low-income Black Milwau-keeans was spotlighted at a recent forum sponsored by theBlack Health Coalition of Wisconsin (BHCW) and the Mil-waukee Branch of the NAACP.Held at the Wisconsin African American Women’s Center,

320 W. Vliet Street, the well attended forum featured repre-sentatives from the medical community and governmentwho addressed the economic, political and cultural chal-lenges faced by health care providers.The panel included: George P. Hinton, president of Aurora

Sinai Medical Center; Dr. Bruce L. Van Cleave, senior vicepresident and chief medical officer for Aurora Health Care,Dr. Tito Izard, president and CEO of Milwaukee HealthServices, Inc.; and Debra Standridge, president of the NorthMarket for St. Joseph, Elmbrook Memorial and the Wiscon-sin Heart Hospitals, all of which are part of the Wheaton-Franciscan family of hospitals. Also on the panel were 10th District Alderman Michael

Murphy, who is chair of the Common Council’s Finance and

Personnel Committee, and Bevan Baker, director of thecity’s Health Department. Both represented the city’s inter-ests in affordable health care.Dr. Patricia McManus, president and CEO of the BHCW

and James Hall, president of the Milwaukee BranchNAACP, were the moderators.The panelists shared there views on the state of health

care--which many observers see as being in a state of crisis--as well as the impact Sinai and St. Joseph have on thehealthcare landscape for low-income families. There wasalso a question and answer period with pre-written questionson the status of Sinai and health care for people of color fromaudience members that were read by McManus and Hall.Noting the forum was not “a forum of blame,” McManus

stressed the need for the gathered medical and health insti-tutions and city government to create partnerships that guar-antees continued health care for the community.McManus listed the number of public operated hospitals

that closed in the last 30-plus years in Milwaukee, which in-clude Mesconcordia and Doyne (County) hospitals, thatwere located in the heart of the central city and served pre-dominately Black and low-income people. She also men-

Forum focuses on hospital’s status, state of Black health careBy Thomas E. Mitchell, Jr.

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A memorial service was held forDaniela Matthews, the wife ofRadolph "Ray" Matthews, Jr., a can-didate for Milwaukee County Super-visor. The service was held at theMartin Luther King, Jr. CommunityCenter, 1531 W. Vliet St.Mrs. Matthews reportedly died late

last week of a massive heart attack.She was 35 years old. She leaves be-hind four young children.

Her husband, Ray Matthews, is acandidate for the 10th District Mil-waukee County Supervisor seatbeing vacated by Eyon Biddle, whois running for Milwaukee Aldermanagainst incumbent Willie Hines.Matthews will be facing off againstDavid Bowen April 3.“She (Daniela) was dedicated to

our four beautiful children and Iknow her love for me was pure andgenuine,” Ray Matthews said in aFacebook message on the passing ofhis wife. A former assistant to formerMilwaukee County Supervisor Eliz-abeth Coggs, Matthews was an inte-gral part of the yearly MLK

Back-to-School Festival Coggs, nowa state legislator, sponsored for chil-dren in the community before thestart of the school year. Children receive a free book bag

filled with school supplies.In a message posted on her Face-

book page, Coggs announced thatfollowing the memorial service andrepast, there will be an “after-party”held in Daniela Matthews’ honor. In lieu of flowers, individuals are

asked to contribute to a memorialfund set up for the Matthews chil-dren. “The Daniela Matthews Memo-rial Fund” will be at Educator’sCredit Union.

Memorial service heldfor wife of MilwaukeeCounty Board candidate

Daniela Matthews

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WASHINGTON, D.C.--The devastation of Hurricane Katrina cleared theway for an educational renaissance in New Orleans in the form of multifaceted charter school system that replaced what had long been recognizedas one of the nation’s worst traditional school systems.Remarkably, five short years later, the New Orleans school district has been

transformed from a system known for its academic failure and political cor-ruption, to one of the better large city districts in the country. The Louisana Legislature achieved that remarkable status by closing over

100 failing schools and converting 75 to innovcative charters. The ‘experi-ment’ has cut the city’s dropout rate in half, as student achievement, rated byacademic tests, has soared, as has parental involvement. Yet even with that remarkable turnaround, some traditionalists and special

interests groups have sought to undermine the successful new system. Led and encouraged by resistant teachers (the New Orleans school board

fired most of the teachers, and ecnoruaged an influx of younger educatorsbased on merit) who fear the charter movement threatens their seniority andclassroom autonomy, a small group of parents have complained the new sys-tem is not inclusive enough. They have voiced frustration because the best charters have extensive wai-

Devastation of Katrina makes way for educational renaissance in New Orleans


In his eight-page opinion, Niess said the state’s voter IDlaw undermines the foundation of a government’s exis-tence—’the people’s inherent, pre-constitutional right to

vote’ and ‘imperils its legitimacy as a government by the people, forthe people, and especially of the people. “It sows the seeds for itsown demise as a democratic institution...This is precisely what 2011Wisconsin Act 23 does with its photo ID mandates.’”“

By Mikel Holt


George P. Hinton, president of Aurora Sinai Medical Center (standing far left), talks about the status of the hospital and thestate of health care in the Black community during a forum co-sponsored by the Black Health Coalition and the MilwaukeeBranch of the NAACP that was held at the Wisconsin African American Women’s Center. Listening to Hinton’s responseis (left to right): Debra Standridge of Wheaton-Franciscan Hospitals, Tito Izard of Milwaukee Health Services, Inc., MilwaukeeHealth Department director Bevan Baker, and Ald. Michael Murphy. Not shown next to Standridge is Dr. Bruce L. VanCleave of Aurora Health Care. Standing next to Hinton is Milwaukee NAACP President James Hall.(Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

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The AT&T Wisconsin Pioneers and State Representa-tive Leon Young (D-Milwaukee) recently presented do-nated dictionaries to nearly 100 third graders at GoldaMeir Elementary School in Milwaukee as part of astatewide effort to help improve childhood literacy andstudent reading scores.“This is an exciting program because it not only intro-

duces third graders to the dictionary, but it also helpsboost student literacy and reading scores,” said MichelleCarter, Principal of Golda Meir Elementary School.“Thanks to the AT&T Pioneers, our students now owntheir very own personal dictionary. With this wonderfultool, they will learn vocabulary development, word pro-nunciation, the different meanings of words, and how tocompare and contrast words.”The event included a presentation where Rep. Young

and the Pioneers explained to the students what informa-tion they can find in the dictionaries and how to use them. The Pioneers are donating nearly 9,000 dictionaries this

school year to students at more than 130 schoolsstatewide, including Golda Meir Elementary, as part of

its 6th annual “Dictionaries for Success” program. The Pioneers are a local volunteer organization of

AT&T employees and retirees dedicated to volunteeringtheir time to various community causes.“We know that investing in our children and their edu-

cation is critically important to our state’s long-term eco-nomic growth,” said Rep. Young. “These dictionaries willbe a great building block for our students as they continueto grow, learn and succeed in the classroom.”The “Dictionaries for Success” program is part of

AT&T Cares, an expanded volunteer initiative created toencourage employees to get involved in community serv-ice that is meaningful to them and their communities, tocreate change, and to stay engaged. The AT&T Pioneers have been distributing donated

dictionaries to more than 130 schools statewide this aca-demic year, including schools in Milwaukee, Green Bay,Appleton, Madison, Waukesha, Racine, Beloit,Janesville, and Eau Claire.“AT&T is committed to helping advance the education

of our young people,” said Dextra Hadnot, Director ofGovernment Affairs for AT&T Wisconsin and a local Pi-oneer. “We are proud to join forces with Rep. Young, Golda

Meir staff, and educators throughout the state to give stu-dents the tools they need to develop into the future leadersof tomorrow.”

Trayvon Martin probably figured it was no problem - him beingblack, and it being 2012 and all - to walk to the store in a gated com-munity in Sanford, Florida.But that didn’t stop the teenager from being shot to death recently

by a white man who apparently thinks it's the late 1940s.It was a time when, not far from Sanford in the town of Groveland,

World War II soldiers Sammy Shepherd and Walter Irvin incurred thewrath of Lake County Sheriff Willis McCall, Florida’s counterpart toBull Connor, for wearing their Army uniforms and refusing to work inthe white-owned orange groves.Shepherd and Irvin didn't fit McCall's notions of subservience. In

fact, they made him downright uncomfortable.So he killed them.According to the documentary, "Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy

of Harry T. Moore," after the Supreme Court overturned the convictionsof Shepherd and Irvin on trumped-up rape charges – years after whitemobs trashed and burned the property of blacks in Groveland duringthe trial – McCall shot the two men while driving them back fromprison to the town of Tavares for a retrial.Shepherd died, but Irvin survived to tell the tale."I got rid of them, killed the sons of bitches," Irvin said he heard

McCall tell the police dispatcher.Judging from what's been reported so far in Martin's slaying,

there's shades of Groveland throughout this tragedy.It sounds like Groveland because like McCall, who detested black

men who wore clothing that he found to be intimidating, George Zim-merman, the self-appointed neighborhood watch captain who killedMartin, detested black boys who wore clothing that he found threat-ening.According to ABC News, Zimmerman told police he thought Martin

looked suspicious because he had on a hooded sweatshirt and waswalking slowly in the rain.It sounds like Groveland all over again because like McCall, who

felt no hesitancy in further dehumanizing his black victims as "sonsof bitches," Zimmerman also didn't hide his contempt for Martin.Before he went running after the unarmed teenager, Zimmerman

told the police dispatcher, "these a--holes always get away."And it sounds like Groveland of the late 1940s and early 1950s be-

cause then, the authorities had no problems covering up McCall's bru-tality against black people. Today, the Sanford Police Departmentseems to be doing more to protect Zimmerman than to get justice forMartin.According to ABC, a police officer who arrived at the scene told a

witness who said she heard Martin cry for help that she didn't hearwhat she heard; that it was Zimmerman who called for help.As if he was there.The Sanford Police Department has also refused to release tapes of

the emergency calls by witnesses. And – get this – they accepted Zim-merman at his word when he said he had no police record.As it turns out, he lied. In 2005, Zimmerman was charged with bat-

tery against a police officer and resisting arrest.I'll bet they wouldn’t have taken Martin at his word if he had lived.

He had no record, of course, but from the way things are looking rightnow, they’d probably try to concoct one.The details of what led to Martin's slaying are still unfolding. But

the police need to come clean – fast.That's because what happened to this black teenager is profoundly

troubling.Among other things, it says that the idea of vigilantism, whether

it's done by the border-patrolling members of the Minuteman Projector by neighborhood watch wackos like Zimmerman, is getting tacitsupport from law enforcement in some places as the U.S. gets brownerand blacker.It also feeds notions of white privilege; that thing that says that

black boys like Martin shouldn't be in or near certain communities.And it takes Florida back to the days of the Groveland slayings. The

days when black men could wind up being killed for being somewherethat a white person didn't want them to be.Or for daring to wear something that a white person didn’t like.

PERSPECTIVESPERSPECTIVESTHE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT (SECTION 1): All persons born or naturalized in the United States and

subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the state wherein they reside. “No state shallmake or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shallany state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any persons withinits jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

I asked a half dozen Black minis-ters over the past month what was themost significant issue facing theBlack community and received threedifferent answers. Two said unem-ployment. Two others said poverty. Another

prioritized imprisonment—noting our state’s status ofhaving the highest Black male incarceration rate in thecountry. The last brother said drugs. His concern not only in-

cluded drugs devastating impact on crime, family and so-ciety, including the exclusion of African Americans fromemployment opportunities because they can’t pass a drugtest.I was somewhat surprised none of the brothers men-

tioned out of wedlock births or the near extinct institutionof marriage. Just as drugs impacts other social indicators,the firmly entrenched paradigm of fatherless home andresulting phenomena of single parent households may bethe catalyst for the destruction of the Black community;as least as some of us remember it.Why are those two ‘concerns’ not at the top of the sur-

veyed clerics’---politicians and poverty pimps’---list? The obvious answer may rest with their cultural my-

opia, although I think the truth is probably somewhat tothe left of that. For reasons few understand, marriage and out-of-wed-

lock births are taboo subjects in the Black community.For ministers the subject, at least out of wedlock births,lead to questions of morality, and opens a Pandora’s box

of social sins that begin with the premise of personal re-sponsibility and end with the elimination of an excuse forwhy we’re in our current state of chaos and dysfunction-ality. In a nutshell, as long as a we can blame others, we can

keep the heat on politicians to fund programs that ap-pease, but never empower.With Black History Month now behind us, let’s pull the

skin completely off this big nasty creature in the room:If we could somehow restore our cultural and religiousstatus to where we were 50 years ago, chances are wewouldn’t be facing the turmoil and misery and dysfunc-tionality we find ourselves in today.Fifty years ago, over 75% of all Black households were

headed by two parents (you might have read about thatconcept--it involves “marriage”). We had a sense of cul-tural pride. Teen pregnancy was frowned upon (they usedto send girls down south to hide the family shame) andsexual promiscuity was “taboo.” It was no coincidence that in spite of rampant racism

and segregation, a significantly smaller percentage ofbrothers were tied into the criminal justice system.Black businesses thrived and people actually left their

“THE VISUAL GRIOT” HARRYKEMP HONORED BY BREWERSMCJ Photographer Yvonne Kemp received a plaque from

Milwaukee Brewer official Thand McGrew on behalf of herbrother the late photographer Harry Kemp during the sec-ond annual Black History Month luncheon held recently inthe Gehl Club at Miller Park. A freelance photographer who took pictures of the games

and the fans at Miller Park for several years, Kemp passedaway last September. During the luncheon there was a photo presentation that

paid tribute to his work. There was also a drawing for thepopular Brewers Family Reunion package for 25 people tothe 2012 Negro Leagues Tribute game on Saturday, July 28against the Washington Nationals.An invitation only luncheon for selected key influencers in

the African American community, the Black History lunch-eon is designed to continue fostering quality relationshipswith members of the Milwaukee community in a business-social networking environment. Part of the event program will include a visual presenta-

tion that will draw parallels between the improvements ofsocial relations and the success of African Americans in thesport of baseball.The photo was taken by MCJ Associate Publisher Mikel

Holt.

Michelle Carter, principal of Golda Meir Elementary School; Dextra Hadnot, director of governmentaffairs for AT&T Wisconsin and a local Pioneer; and state Rep. Leon Young presented donated dic-tionaries to these students at the school. Nearly 100 third graders at Golda Meir received the dic-tionaries to help improve childhood literacy and reading scores.

Nearly 100 Milwaukee Third Graders ReceiveDonated Dictionaries to Help Further Education

Will the decline of Black marriage lead to our extinction?

AT&T Wisconsin Pioneers, Rep.Young Team Up in StatewideEffort to Help Improve ChildhoodLiteracy, Reading Scores

ing lists. But instead of fighting for expansion of thosesuccessful programs, they have called for a return to thefailing status quo. James Shelton, assistant Deputy Secretary of the U.S.

Department of Education could only shake his head infrustration and bewilderment at the protesters’ suggestionto return to a system that prioritized teachers or studentsand failure over success. The closing speaker for the 12th annual Black Alliance

for Educational Options Symposium here recently, Shel-ton encouraged the disenfranchised to reassess their po-sitions, look at what’s best for the city versus the needsof a few. Shelton did not go so far as to say the small, but vocal

group of parents were pawns of a union effort to abandonthe charter movement, but suggested logic and rationalthinking in place of emotionalism. Shelton noted that oftentimes not everyone immedi-

ately benefits from civil rights struggles, but stressedmuch more would be lost if they abandoned their course. Though not every student can avail themselves of the

best charters, Shelton said every child at least has a betteropportunity, and the system in place is working.“We can’t turn back,” Shelton declared to over 500

people attending the three-day convention at the GrandHyatt Hotel. The charter school renaissance in New Orleans is a cor-

nerstone of President Barack Obama’s educational reform

movement, instituting autonomous magnet and specialtyschools for traditional schools with long histories of fail-ure. From New Orleans to New York, the presidential

agenda is proving to be highly successful, providing par-ents with greater options and students with greater incen-tives to achieve and succeed.Obviously, in a some scenarios, some families have not

received their first choices, as the most successful and ac-claimed charter schools have been besieged with appli-cants. But the solution to that problem is to replicate thecharters, not to abandon the movement, Shelton said. “We are about investment and innovations,” Shelton

said to a packed house of educational activists and par-ents. “We see ideas that work; and this is the way gov-ernment ought to work.”Unlike traditional schools, charters are unique special-

ties covering the spectrum of educational curriculums.They are public schools run by an established organiza-tion or the local school district and enter a contract witha governmental body with identifiable academic achieve-ment measurements. If they do not reach their targeted goals, their contracts

can be terminated.“We continue to close schools that don’t work;, that

aren’t performing (up to our expectations),“ Shelton ex-plained, stressing that students are not trapped in pro-grams that do not work.



SIGNIFYIN’SIGNIFYIN’By Mikel Kwaku Osei Holt

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GUEST COMMENTARYGUEST COMMENTARYBy Tonyaa Weathersbee, BlackAmericaWeb.com

Florida Teen’s killing harkens to uglier days

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RELIGIONRELIGION

he Gospel for thefourth Sunday of

Lent is John 3:14-21.This Gospel message was

given by Jesus to Nicodemus,a faithful Jew who wanted toknow more about The Way ofJesus, but was afraid to askJesus in the broad daylight.Certainly one of the most quoted

verses from scripture is included inthe reading—“For God so loved theworld that he gave his only Son, sothat everyone who believes in himmay not perish but may have lifeeternal.” In this statement it is re-vealed that the purpose of God insending His Son is not in judgementbut in love.This verse can give us much joy,

but it can also be misread as we seeourselves “saved” and the non-be-liever condemned. There is no con-

demnation in the nature of our God,as we see in the life and death of HisSon. “Any judgment that is passedis the verdict we pass on ourselvesand even from that verdict, we shallbe delivered.” (www.preaching-peace.org)This is truly Good News! If Jesus

can say from the Cross: “Father, for-give them for they know not whatthey do,” then who cannot be saved?“The text lays a claim upon us: to

acknowledge that the purpose of God

is revealed not in judgment but inlove. To fail to acknowledge thecharacter of this love, displayed inthe life of Jesus, is to be in the dark-ness.” (Preaching Peace)The true message of the gospel is

that we know that we have been for-given for killing Jesus. In his ownwords we have been set free!And if our church is to preach

love, it must practice what itpreaches. If it is to preach God’s for-giveness, it has to forgive. If the

church is to teach that God loves us,while we were still enemies, it mustlove all enemies.A famous atheist said: “If you

want me to believe in your Re-deemer, you had better look a littlemore redeemed.” We are the livingsigns of God’s love as we walk andtalk and care and share.And for many people, as some fa-

mous person said, the only gospelmany people will ever read is us. Wecarry within us the very Presence ofGod, a presence that has the powerto bring peace and joy. And the morewe give it away the more we will re-ceive to give again.“God did not send his Son to con-

demn the world, but in order that theworld might be saved through him.”You are always welcome at All

Saints. We worship at 8:00 and10:30 AM every Sunday. We are inthe heart of the city at 4051 N. 25thStreet. 414-444-5610.

For a Christian leader, hearing from God is boththe most essential and most overlooked componentof ministry. Without hearing from God, a Christianleader does little more than execute the limited plancreated within the confines of their human frailty.A leader who operates in their own strength will

tend to operate from two polar extremes; overreach-ing and overpromising based on an overinflatedsense of self or reducing the depth of their leadershippotential due to fear and the trauma of past experi-ences, which too often leaves the residue of low selfesteem.Hearing from God is essential for the Christian

leader because unlike the secular leader, the Chris-tian leader is not promoting his or her own agenda orideas. The Christian leader is charged with imple-menting the divine desire and will of God for theevent, situation, people, or ministry to which theyhave been given authority over.Without hearing from God a Christian leader is

crippled and doomed to ultimate failure even if theymanage to have short-term success. Failing to hearfrom God can also produce a desperation that cancause a leader to seek answers from ungodlysources. 1 Samuel 28:3-7 gives us a prime exampleof a leader who, when he was no longer able to hearthe voice of God turned to ungodly means to get ananswer.“3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had

mourned for him and buried him in his own town ofRamah. Saul had expelled the mediums and spiritists

from the land. 4 The Philistines assembled and cameand set up camp at Shunem, while Saul gathered allthe Israelites and set up camp at Gilboa. 5When Saulsaw the Philistine army, he was afraid; terror filledhis heart. 6 He inquired of the LORD, but the LORDdid not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.7 Saul then said to his attendants, “Find me a womanwho is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her.”“There is one in Endor,” they said.”Saul experienced the frustration and pain of striv-

ing to be a leader of the people of God without thebenefit of hearing God, an impossible task for themost formidable leader. Saul was so desperate fordirection that he contacted a medium (witch) andused a method he previously disparaged and disal-lowed within the land he had rule over.Not being in the presence of God and failing to

hear His instruction can cause even the most pro-found leader to do things that they are not only not

called to do, but would never think they would do.15 Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed

me by bringing me up?” “I am in great distress,”Saul said. “The Philistines are fighting against me,and God has turned away from me. He no longer an-swers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I havecalled on you to tell me what to do.” 16 Samuel said,“Why do you consult me, now that the LORD hasturned away from you and become your enemy? 17The LORD has done what he predicted through me.The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your handsand given it to one of your neighbors—to David.”(1Samuel 28:15-17)After violating the law of God and consulting a

witch, Saul finds out that his destruction is near. Saul,like many others, can forget in their desperation thatusing ungodly methods in the hope of obtaininggodly results is a futile effort. Saul, not withstand-ing, the challenge for many leaders is as basic as ded-icating the time within their day to hear from God.Too often Christian leaders are pulled in so many

directions in the midst of executing their day-to-dayresponsibilities that finding time to simply sit quietlyin the presence of God seems to be impossible.There can even be a feeling of guilt for taking this

time as it can be seen by the leader or others as“doing nothing” when in fact it is this time of con-nection with God that empowers them to do every-thing.

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Family, friends gather toremember Daniela MatthewsDaniela Marie Sayas Matthews was born to eternal life on March 8, 2012

at the age of 35.Born on October 3, 1976, she is survived by husband, Radolph Matthews

Jr., children, Nasir, Nile, N’kya, andNaim; Father, Joe Donald; Mother,Patricia Sayas; Brothers, DerekWillis and Joe Donald Jr.; Sisters,Sheyenne Porter, Alesha Willis,Catherine Thomas, Nicole Donaldand Deborah Donald; and a host ofrelatives and friends.Daniela was a wonderful mother,

daughter, sister, and friend wholoved life. She was a giving personand continued to give even in deathas an organ donor.She worked at OIC-GM and

UMOS and the LegislativeAssistantfor County Supervisor Elizabeth M.Coggs of the 10th District for Mil-waukee County Board of Supervisors.“Celebration of Life” recognition was held Wednesday, March 14, 2012,

at 1:00pm at Martin Luther King Center on1531W. Vliet Street, MilwaukeeWI.A fund has been set up for the children; in lieu of flowers the family re-

quest cash donations to: Daniela Matthews Memorial Fund at EducatorsCredit Union.

Wright will be greatly missedMr. Christopher L. Wright was born on November 30, 1972 to the union

of the late Ida Louise and Willie Lee Wright, Sr. in Milwaukee Wisconsin.Christopher led a happy and relatively healthy life in Milwaukee for over

39 years. He attended and graduatedfrom Pleasant View High School. Heenjoyed playing basketball and lis-tening to music. He was loved andadored by his family and friends.Christopher made his transition on

March 9, 2012, after a lengthy ill-ness. He is preceded in death by hismother, Mrs. Ida Louise Wright.He leaves to cherish his memory:

his father, Willie L. Wright Sr., twobrothersWillie (Mildred)Wright, Jr.and Bobby Wright; four sistersTeretha Martin, Renee Johnson,Cemidoll Wright, and Patricia(Michael) Trapp, all of Milwaukee,Wisconsin, and a host of uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.Visitation services will be held Friday, March 16, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. at

Leon L.Williamson Funeral Home, 2157 N. 12th Street; the funeral serviceswill follow at 1;00 p.m. where the Rev. Eugene Wright will officiate.

Hearing fromGOD:

An Essential Tool forChristian Leadership

Marvin Sapp to release new CDMarvin Sapp’s new CD&DVD “IWIN” will be in storesApril 3, and the CD can

be pre-ordered now at iTunes,Amazon.com andWalmart.com. The project, recordedlive at Evangel Cathedral outside of Washington, D.C., is the artist’s first CD sincethe passing of his wife MaLinda – who died of colon cancer in 2010. As such, it isalso the first live CD recorded outside of Sapp’s Grand Rapids, Michigan, home-town. Still, I WIN is indeed a musical triumph, with 10 brilliant tracks that reinforceSapp’s sentiment that “because I endured, I won.”The first single, “My Testimony,” is quickly approaching the #1 position at Gospel

radio. “It is a transparent, introspective look at what I came through and how, in themidst of it all, I still maintained and ammaintaining my faith,” Sapp says of thesingle, which he co-wrote with AaronLindsey. “I think that’s the differ-ence…it is about how I realized that if ithad not been for God being there in themidst of everything, I would have beentaken out. ‘My Testimony’ is more aboutme sharing how I got through it, not justthat I got through it.”The title track is a soul-stirring ballad

that declares “I am an over comer/I knowI can conquer anything/with Jesus I am an over comer/I can win…” The song waswritten by newcomers Brittney A. Wright and Joshua A. Lay.A few new songwriters are showcased on I WIN, because Sapp issued a call via

Facebook and Twitter for song submissions. He listened to more than 2,000 songsbefore finding a few that represented the tone of this CD. “I think part of my as-signment is to give unknown writers and opportunity to be heard on a national scale,”says Sapp, who has always given a chance to up and coming songwriters. “My prayeris that their names and work will now become a little more prominent.”I WIN is Marvin Sapp’s 9th solo recording. He first hit the national stage in 1990

as a member of the groundbreaking group Commissioned. The group disbandedaround 1996 and Sapp launched his solo career. After a string of Top-Ten radio hitsand a considerable following in Gospel music, Sapp saw unprecedented mainstreamsuccess in 2007 when a song that started out as a spontaneous moment of worship be-came a runaway hit at radio. The song, “NeverWould Have Made It,” went on to be-come the #1 most played song of any genre at radio, and was the first Gospel songto sell 1 million ringtones. The rest, as they say, is history.

ANOINTEDANOINTEDTHOUGHTSTHOUGHTSby Rev. RoxanneCardenas, M.Div

Frazier BrownMarch 15, 2012Sallie Morton-BennMarch 16, 2012Janice JacksonMarch 16, 2012

Rosie GranberryMarch 16, 2012Fred EllisMarch 16, 2012

Rev. Walter HurtMarch 17, 2012Patricia GordonMarch 19, 2012

Remember: ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only son...’BREAD IN

THEWILDERNESS

by Fr. Carl Diederichs,All Saints Catholic Church

TT Christopher L. Wright

Daniela Marie Sayas Matthews


doors open at night to let in cool airand neighbors who didn’t steal themblind.Believe it or not, when I went to

high school, it was hard to find a girlthat ‘did it.’ Today its hard to find onethat doesn’t, didn’t and won’t do stuffI didn’t learn about until I was in my30s. Just about everyone I grew up with

had a mother at home who showedup at school when she got a call froma teacher (Mama didn’t play thatstuff, and Black families pushed ed-ucation as the be all and end all), anda Pops would be waiting for youwhen you got home, belt in hand,grease on his clothes and dirt underhis nails (he worked and also didn’thave time for that crazy stuff).Mama’s job was to teach you man-ners, check your homework andmake sure God was the center ofyour life. Pop’s role included instilling a

work ethic in you, providing youwith manhood skills and making sureyou prepared yourself so you didn’thave to work in a factory like he did.A half-century later and we have

gone from “sugar” to “ship” (mis-spelling for obvious reasons). Andthough Black leaders hide it underthe rug, Black preachers are afraid totalk about fearing it will hurt theirSunday collections, and Black politi-cians are too deep in the pockets ofmissionaries paid to band-aide on ourpain and suffering, the reality is thesocioeconomic and cultural status ofthe Black community today can bedirectly tied to the decline in thenumber of Black nuclear families. One recent study suggested mar-

riage is becoming extinct for lowerincome African Americans, and isbecoming an institution only for col-lege educated brothers and sisters. Ifthat’s true, I guess a new societalclass system is on the horizon.I’m not among those who have

blinders on or is ashamed to hang ourdirty clothes out in public if its nec-essary to air them out. Thus, I predictthe extinction of Black America aswe once envisioned it. We’ve beento the mountaintop, looked over andsaw a swamp. Welcome home folks.Interestingly, Black leaders re-

sponded angrily and with indignationwhen former liberal senator and so-cial scientist Daniel Patrick Moyni-han issued a report in 1965suggesting that all the civil rights leg-islation and social programming inthe world wouldn’t help the Blackcommunity if it continued down aroad without a father in the lead. Nearly a centurya ago, Moynihan’s

report noted:“The structure of family life in the

Black community constituted a 'tan-gle of pathology...capable of perpet-uating itself without assistance fromthe White world, and that at the heartof the deterioration of the fabric ofNegro society is the deterioration ofthe Negro family. “It is the fundamental source of the

weakness of the Negro community atthe present time.”The report also argued the matriar-

chal structure of Black culture weak-ened the ability of Black men tofunction as authority figures. Thisparticular notion of Black familiallife has become a widespread, if notdominant, paradigm for comprehend-ing the social and economic disinte-gration of late twentieth-centuryBlack urban life.”Moynihan argued the rise in sin-

gle-mother families was not due to alack of jobs, but a destructive vein inghetto culture that could be tracedback to slavery and Jim Crow dis-crimination. Though Black sociolo-gist E. Franklin Frazier had alreadyintroduced the idea in the 1930s,Moynihan’s argument defied conven-tional social-science wisdom.Black leaders of that era lambasted

Moynihan’s assertion, calling himracist and the report hateful and aveiled attempt to dismiss the strug-gles of the Black community thatwere being adequately addressed bywelfare and anti-poverty plans(which they didn’t mention enricheda new generation of suburban mis-sionaries while keeping Black folkscomfortable in our misery.)When Moynihan issued his contro-

versial report/prediction, over 76% ofBlack families were nuclear. In lay-men’s terms, that meant the over-whelming majority of Black coupleswere married.Today over 70% of families are

headed by sisters and in one Milwau-kee zip code, over 90% of the chil-

dren are born out of wedlock.Moynihan also noted “Black job-

lessness would be a contributing fac-tor to this phenomena, and withoutaccess to jobs and the means to con-tribute meaningful support to a fam-ily, Black men would becomesystematically alienated from theirroles as husbands and fathers. “This would cause rates of divorce,

abandonment and out-of-wedlockbirths to skyrocket in the Black com-munity (a trend that had alreadybegun by the mid-1960s)—leading tovast increases in the numbers of fe-male-headed households and thehigh rates of poverty, low educationaloutcomes, and inflated rates of abusethat are associated with them.”

Moynihan made a compellingcontemporary argument for the pro-vision of jobs, job programs, voca-tional training, and educationalprograms for the Black community.There are those who said the soci-

ocultural conditions that are nowfirmly entrenched in the Black com-munity as well as our lack of generalinterest in education cemented thatphenomenon. We continue to ignore the realities

of this social phenomena: Eightypercent of Black high school dropouts come from single parent house-holds, as well as three out of everyfour prison inmates. There’s an 78% chance that if you

live in a single parent household youare going to be poor, less healthy,have a shorter lifespan, and willprobably name your child after a

popular liquor, rapper or nonsensicalset of vowels. There are obvious exceptions

(great men and women have over-come the obstacles that come frombeing raised in poor, female headedhouseholds), but the majority canlook forward to having a policerecord, not being able to read beyonda sixth grade level, or secure a jobwith benefits or that pays enough to

buy a dependable car. Even duringthis depression, there are thousandsof jobs unfilled because many broth-ers raised in these households can’tpass the drug test and are unable toread the instructions on the job appli-cation.As I see it, there’s only two routes

left to us, a full out, multifacetedcampaign to reverse and restore theBlack community to its post slavery

days (we were actually better off thenthan now), or complete miscegena-tion with the hopes that we end upbeing absorbed into someone else’sculture. For those of you who dropped out

in the fourth grade, by miscegena-tion, I mean your brother marryingWhite women and their offspringmarrying a Japanese or Korean. Their

of a government’s existence—“thepeople’s inherent, pre-constitutionalright to vote” and “imperils its legit-imacy as a government by the peo-ple, for the people, and especially ofthe people.“It sows the seeds for its own de-

mise as a democratic institution,” theopinion continues. “This is preciselywhat 2011 Wisconsin Act 23 doeswith its photo ID mandates.”“I am pleased with the judge’s de-

cision and I applaud the League ofWomen Voters for filing the lawsuitthat helped strike down this mis-

guided ‘solution in search of a prob-lem.’”James Hall, Milwaukee Branch

NAACP president said he and Vocesde la Frontera are pleased with thatthe suit prevailed.“Judge Niess’ ruling, combined

with Judge Flanagan’s temporary in-junction of last week, send a power-ful message that Act 23 (Wisconsin’svoter ID law) has significant and sub-stantial constitutional infirmities,which violate the spirit of voter ac-cess and citizen participation in theelectoral process in Wisconsin,” saidHall.

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SIGNIFYIN’SIGNIFYIN’(cont. from pg.3)

C.A.A.S.S.H’SBlack FamilyDroughtBy G. Maajidah Abdullah


YOUTH&EDUCATIONYOUTH&EDUCATION

Sheriff David Clarke recently visited a fifth-grade classroom at the Darrell Lynn Hines CollegePreparatory Academy of Excellence for the Read Across America event on March 2. Each yearthe joys of reading are celebrated on the birthday of Dr. Seuss. The sheriff spoke with the stu-dents and read them a book selected by the school: "Oh, the Places You'll Go!"

(Photo courtesy of the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office)

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee welcomed itsfourth cohort of Diversity Fellows during a site visit early inMarch.The Diversity Fellows program, which started in 2009,

provides an avenue for UWM to strengthen its academicprograms while pursuing the university’s commitment to di-versity and inclusion, says CherylAjirotutu, interim associ-ate vice chancellor for academic affairs.The Diversity Fellows are comprised of underrepresented

students who have recently earned doctoral or terminal de-grees, or are Ph.D. candidates. They may teach six-weekcourses during the summer session or conduct research intheir areas of discipline.The 2012 Diversity Fellows who will be joining UWM

come from an array of backgrounds, though they are unitedby some common objectives, including the opportunity toteach.“I was excited about the opportunity to get some teaching

experience before starting my professional academic ca-reer,” says Shaun Ossei-Owusu, a doctoral candidate fromBerkeley’s Department of African American Studies.Ossei-Owusu will be teaching “Order and Disorder: The

Quest for Social Justice,” a course in the Department ofAfricology. His research has reviewed equality in the crim-inal justice system, with specific focus on public defenders.“The majority of the research focus in this area has beenwith police officers and prosecutors; however, public de-fenders play a key role.”

“I think the professional connections will be very valu-able,” says Jacqueline Nguyen, a postdoctoral fellow in theChild Development Laboratory at St. Joseph’s Universityin Philadelphia. Nguyen received her doctorate in educa-tional psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madi-son and will be teaching a course in the School ofEducation. Her research interest, which grew out of her ownexperiences as a child of Vietnamese immigrants, focuseson parent-child relationships among immigrant families.Selina Gallo-Cruz is a doctoral candidate in sociology at

Emory University in Atlanta. She will be teaching a sociol-ogy course at UWM this summer. “I was very interested inbecoming a Diversity Fellow for the opportunity to expandmy teaching experience and become acquainted with schol-ars at UWM whose work I am familiar with.” Her researchinterests are in the areas of culture, social movements andglobal change.Joseph Flipper, a doctoral candidate in religious studies at

Marquette University, joins the fellows with the advantage

Diversity Fellows (from left) Joseph Flipper, Selina Gallo-Cruz, Melissa Redmond, JacquelineNguyen and Shaun Ossei-Owusu (Photo by Alan Magayne-Roshak)

UWM welcomes Diversity FellowsI was excited about the opportu-nity to get some teaching experi-ence before starting my

professional academic career.

City Year Milwaukee will helpstudents at Milwaukee PublicSchools¹ South Division HighSchool get ready for college and ca-reers with a week-long series ofevents that started Monday after-noon.“It¹s great to see our partners step-

ping up to complement our efforts toget students ready for college and ca-reers,” Superintendent GregoryThornton said.This school year, the district

opened its new TeamUp CollegeAc-cess Center, open seven days perweek at 2730 W. Fond du Lac Av-

enue, to help students every stepalong the way to higher education.City Year Milwaukee built on dis-

trict efforts by leading a resume andmock interview workshop on Mon-day and a college and career panelfeaturing MPS graduates Tuesday.OnWednesday, more than a dozen

colleges attended a college fair atSouth Division. Following the col-lege fair, City Year plans to lead stu-dents on a college tour on Thursday.City Year Milwaukee provides

mentoring, tutoring and other help atsix MPS schools including South Di-vision.

“We¹re so excited to be providingthis programming at South DivisionHighSchool this week to promote col-

lege and career readiness through thework of our City Year AmeriCorpsmembers,” said Jason Holton, CityYear Milwaukee¹s executive direc-tor.“Along with their work to improve

academic achievement, supporting aculture of college and career readi-ness is a key component to preparingour students for future success.”

City Year help South Divisionstudents get ready for college, careers


Sheriff Clarke reads tofifth-grade students duringRead Across America event

“”--Shaun Ossei-Owusu


of familiarity with the Milwaukee areaand the UWM campus. Flipper indi-cates he has used the Golda Meir Li-brary often while attending Marquette.One factor that attracted him to the Di-versity Fellows program was theunique opportunity to work in two dif-ferent areas. His research focus is onthe relationships between Christiantheology and modern politics, and hewill be teaching a course on religionand literature this summer.Melissa Redmond, a doctoral candi-

date from the Factor-Inwentash Facultyof Social Work at the University ofToronto, is the program’s first interna-tional fellow. “This was a great oppor-tunity to work and come to the UnitedStates without having to apply for avisa until after I was accepted,” saysRedmond. She will be teaching acourse in Cultural Diversity and SocialWork in the Helen Bader School of So-cial Welfare this summer.Her research focus is child protec-

tion workers and how legislation andregulatory requirements within organi-zations impact them. She’s also look-ing at ways to encourage those workersto stay in the field, since long-term sup-port from them can help improve thefuture for children. “Retention of childprotection workers is a very hot topicright now. I hope to be able to con-tribute to that discussion.”The Diversity Fellows program is a

campuswide initiative that supports de-partmental efforts to increase campusdiversity, notes Ajirotutu. “We arecommitted to preparing our students tobe effective citizen-leaders who respectand appreciate the dynamics of a plu-ralistic world.”

MPS Principal Darrell Williams is very proud of ourstudents! The Pulaski High School Student Leadershipgroup went one-on-one with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson atthe Milwaukee Area Technical College’s Soul Fooddinner. Students also took photos with Vel Phillipsand State Representative Barbara Toles.

In honor of National NutritionMonth, Molina Healthcare hosted anutrition event at Guadalupe NorthHead Start to educate youth abouthealthy foods.Dr. Cleo, Molina Healthcare’s cat

doctor mascot, presented examplesof nutritious foods while childrenparticipated in interactive games.Youngsters took what they learnedinto practice and assembled ahealthy snack.The students received free healthy

recipes, stickers, coloring books anda letter to their parents with addi-tional suggestions on how to main-tain a healthy diet.“We are pleased to present health

education to students and encouragehealthy practices at Guadalupe NorthHead Start,” said Stephen Harris,president of Molina Healthcare ofWisconsin.

“Nutrition should be taught anearly age so youngsters can begin todevelop healthy habits that will be-come routine as they get older.”The Guadalupe North Head Start

provides a child development pro-gram that supports the physical, so-cial-emotional, and cognitivedevelopment of each child.

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Molina Healthcare teacheslocal Head Startyoungsters about nutrition

After learning abouthealthy foods,youngsters were able toassemble a healthysnack.One young GuadalupeNorth Head Startstudent learns that fruitkabobs using pretzelsticks makes a fun, easyand nutritious snack.

BPRS topresent ‘MarkMyWords’Friday eveningMilwaukee’s Black Public Rela-

tions Society presents ‘Mark MyWords – The Movie,’ a documen-tary that chronicles a day in the lifeof Milwaukee spoken word artistsfrom various backgrounds.A special viewing will be held

Friday, March 23, at MilwaukeeArtMuseum, 700 n.At Museum Drive,at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are only $3.The film features Autumn Blaze,

Shelly Davis, Muhibb Dyer, DashaKelly, Dan Vaughn, Kwabena An-toine Nixon, K-Love, Tina “Ms.Jazzi” Pulley Nixon and TonyaHarris and explores the power ofthe spoken word and its ability totransform people and community.Artist will be on-site at Friday’s

viewing and available for a post-event talk-back session.For more information, visit

bprsmilwaukee.org.

UWMDiversityFellows(continued from page 6)

Student leaders meet one-on-onewith Michael Eric Dyson

A CAA$$H consumer wrote mewith this complaint, which reallyturned out to be an observation.Natalie came to the cable com-pany to turn their cable box backto them because her charges hadincreased.

She arrived very early becauseshe was on her way to work. Theconsumer was shocked becausepeople were standing in a linethat was long and shaped like asnake.

She was astonished to seethem so early in force pealing offhundreds of dollars to pay cablebills.

They were in wheel chair,crutches and walkers. The lineconsisted of the young, the oldand all races.

She was annoyed because shewas in a hurry. And maybe she

was just shocked, that had somuch time, money and energy isallocated – by the so-called poor– to have cable.

They won’t go to vote, or takethe time to put their children onthe lottery list to get into a betterschool.

Will they even turn out to voicetheir concerns at a town hallmeeting? No, but they will go tothe ends of the Earth to pay thatcable bill.

That is an observation worthairing so I did incorporate it intomy article. And if any consumerhas an issue with a company,please write and us at theCAA$$H Consumer Division ofthe Milwaukee Community Jour-nal.

We will investigate and or con-tact the business or organization

to try to resolve the problem. Andif appropriate, we will report thefindings in print.

Now, I have to make a correc-tion in regards to the former“Where Your Money Goes” Arti-cle.

I wrote that Fast and Friendly,311 W. Locust Street, had onlyone African who was Somalianworking for them.

When in fact, they also havefive (5) African Americans in theiremploy, as well as, two (2) His-panics. I stand corrected.

The manager also asserts withpride that Fast and Friendly hasbeen in business at that locationsince 1980; and they have thelargest full-service meat deport onthe North Side of Milwaukee.

Think, seriously think abouthow you spend your money. In

the coming months, you will findthat it is going to be increasinglyimportant to monitor your spend-ing – especially how and whereyou spend it.

Remember to spend with the

small businesses and STOPbeing so proud to give yourmoney to enormous corporations.Do an enactment of the anti-trustby how you spend. Join us andbe a CAA$$H Consumer.


Where Your Money Goes IIwww.communi-tyjournal.net(continued on page 8)

offspring would in turn marry a Mexican and their children would marry aNative American and an African. By my calculations, in 200 years you’llend up with one race of people who will be light skinned, with slanted eyes,‘good hair’ and rhythm.The other option is to take on the beast in the room. Remember the African

adage (actually if we remembered more of them we wouldn’t be in thispredicament) that a thousand ants can eat the mighty elephant. Well, we needa thousand, hundred thousand, maybe a million people preaching a new par-adigm.Preachers must restore the bible as the centerpiece of our community. (We

can debate later which version, and the proper interpretation; in fact we prob-ably would need a new Conference of Nicaea to get that right). The bibleprovides a blueprint for nuclear families and it also strongly condemns theconduct that has become the status quo in our community. Don’t get mad at me for telling the truth. The bible condemns fornication,

adultery, and 60 other sins that we select and choose as acceptable. I know that’s an uphill climb in today’s society, particularly since many

ministers are ‘called’ by greed and opportunity instead of by divine ethos,and as such are afraid to alienate not only the wayward sheep, but the moneyfrom the collection plate. While I may debate whether God intervenes in the day-to-day going ons

of mankind, I do believe He is watching. And he is probably pissed and whyheaven’s not a very crowded plac. The culturists, community elders and politicians must lend their voices to

establish a new paradigm. That may include convincing sisters that they aredestined for greatness but will never see utopia if they choose to have childrenout of wedlock for it destines them to poverty, second-class citizenship andpoor health. They may also want to explain that anyone who has a child outside mar-

riage and without the means to support and nurture them is cheating that child.And if you raise a child without a full time father, you run the risk of imbal-ance.It’s hard enough being Black in America, to bring a child into the world

without the resources, education or capital men bring to the table to is myopic,at best. And that doesn’t mean a man who stops by once a month for a bootycall, or to drop off a pair of Jordan’s on Christmas. Sperm donors don’t makegood husbands.They should also debunk the myths about a shortage of Black men, or their

ability to be both father and mother. Those two lies have been repeated sooften people believe them. Finding a man with a job isn’t easy in Milwaukee,but remember a man isn’t completely valued by his paycheck. Adam wasn’temployed. There are good men out there, and our sisters have the power todrastically alter the status quo by choosing the right one before they are forcedto sign up for WIC.Black leadership should lay out the facts, and stop blaming White people

for our circumstances. The reason why White households have twice the in-come is because they have twice as many breadwinners. It’s a simple fact. The reason the high school graduation rate is higher among White people

is because they stress the importance of education, have twice as many peopleengaged in the educational process, and there’s a father in the house screeninghorny young men so their daughters don’t drop out of school because theygot pregnant. For the record, fathers take their children further; that’s a God ordained

mandate. Nuclear families provide stability, and are the essence of a commu-nity. It’s culturally, socioeconomically and spiritually grounded. We havestrayed off the path and look at where we are. And there is no legislation, poverty program or politician that’s going to

solve our problems. It starts and ends with us and the culture we choose toadhere to. Our survival is linked to our culture and to be honest, right now we don’t

have one, or the one we have is leading us down a path to self-destruction.Hotep.

SIGNIFYIN’SIGNIFYIN’(conrtinued from page 5)

“WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?”How many of these neighborhood organizations listed below do you know about?Place an X next to the ones you have heard about. Are they a service agency, neigh-borhood association, or a business/employer? What do they do?

__35th St. Industrial Corridor__African American Chamber of Commerce__Agape__Avenue West__Benedict Center__Boys & Girls Club__Brady Street__Brewers Hill__Capital West Neighborhood__COA Youth and Family Centers__Community Advocates__Downtown Business District__Enderis Park Neighborhood__Esperenza Unida__Granville Heritage Neighborhood__Guest House of Milwaukee__Habitat for Humanity__Halyard Park__Harambee Ombudsman Project__Harley Davidson__Havenwoods Economic Development__Heartlove Place Ministries__Hillside Family Resource Center__Historic King Drive__Historic Third Street__Home Depot__Hope House__House of Peace__Housing Authority of Milwaukee__Independence First__Interfaith Conference of Greater Milw.__Jackson Park Community Association__Journey House__La Causa__Latino Community Center__Lincoln Park Community Center__Lisbon Avenue Neighborhood Center__Menomonee Valley Partners__Meta House__Metcalf Park Neighborhood__Milw. Fair Housing Council

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__MillerCoors__Milw. Area Workforce Investment Board__Milwaukee Christian Center__Milw. Center for Independence__Milw. Urban League__My Home Your Home__Neighborhood House of Milwaukee__Next Door Foundation__North Ave. Community Development Corp.__North Central YMCA__Northwest Side Community Dev. Corp.__Project Respect__Riverworks Development Corp.__Rosalie Manor__Running Rebels Community Organ.__Safe & Sound__SET Ministries__Sherman Park Community Assoc.__Silver Spring Neighborhood__Social Development Commission__SOS Center, Inc.__St. Aemelian’s Neighborhood Association__St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center__St. Rose Youth and Family Center__TALC New Vision__The Gathering of Southeastern Wisc.__The Milwaukee Outreach Center__The Mosaic On Burleigh St.__The Salvation Army__UMOS__United Community Center__WALMART__Walker’s Square Neighborhood Assoc.__Walnut Way Conservation Corp.__Washington Heights Neighborhood__Westown Association__Wisconsin Community Services__Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative__YMCA of Milwaukee__YWCA of Milwaukee

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There are many “neighbors” who work daily to make our lives better. We need to know who they are and what they do. How can you/we help them. Neighborswho know their neighbors build a better Milwaukee. Join us...

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Watch weekly for articles about these companies, neigh-borhoods, services and agencies. Your recommendationsmatter! We will come to know our neighbors and whytheir services are so important in building a stronger Mil-waukee. Mail to the Milwaukee Community Journal, 3612N. Martin Luther King Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53212 Or, vote on-line at www.communityjournal.net. You areour BEST!

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CLASSIFIEDS/LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICESCLASSIFIEDS/LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICESSUMMONS

(PUBLICATION)STATE OFWISCONSINCIRCUIT COURT:

MILWAUKEE COUNTYCase No. 12CV002223

Notice and Order for Name Change Hear-ingIn the matter of the name change of:TWANATREIE BURAGEBy: (Petitioner) TWANA TREIEBURAGENOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to change thename of the person listed above:From: TWANA TREIE BURAGE To:TWANATREIE BEASLEY-RANSOMBirth Certificate: TWANA TREIEBURAGEIT IS ORDERED:This petition will be heard in the CircuitCourt Milwaukee CountyState of Wisconsin: JUDGE WILLIAMSOSNAYPlace: Circuit Court Branch 8 Room 404,901 N. 9th Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin53233 Date: April 3, 2012 Time: 10:00a.m.IT IS FURTHERED ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be given bypublication Class 3 notice for three (3)weeks in a row prior to the date of thehearing in the Milwaukee CommunityJournal a newspaper published in Mil-waukee County, State of Wisconsin.Dated: February 28, 2012BY THE COURT:WILLIAM SOSNAYCIRCUIT COURT JUDGE012-014/2-29/3-7-14-2012

SUMMONS(PUBLICATION)

STATE OFWISCONSIN:CIRCUIT COURT:

MILWAUKEE COUNTYFAMILY COURT BRANCHCase No. 2012FA000828-B

In re the marriage of: JOSE ELIASGUTIERREZ-PANTOJA, 8976 N.Michele St # 105Milwaukee WI 53227 Petitioner andFLORA I. GUTIERREZ-CASTELAN,RespondentTHE STATE OFWISCONSINTo the person named above as respondent:You are hereby notified that the petitionernamed above has filed a petition for di-vorce against you. Within forty (40) daysafter the 20th day of February 2012 ex-clusive of the date just stated, you mustrespond with a written demand for a copyof the petition.

The demand must be sent or delivered tothis Court, whose address is:Clerk of Circuit Court, MilwaukeeCounty Courthouse 901 N. 9th St. Mil-waukee, WI 53233 and to JOSE ELIASGUTIERREZ-PANTOJA whose addressis: 8976 N. Michele St. #105, MilwaukeeWI 53224.You may have an attorney represent you.If you do not demand a copy within forty(40) days, the Court may grant a judgmentagainst you for the award of money orother legal action requested in the peti-tion, and you may lose your right to ob-ject to anything that is or may be incorrectin the petition. A judgment may be en-forced as provided by law. Judgmentawarding money may become a lienagainst any real estate you own now or inthe future and may also be enforced by

garnishment of wages or seizure of prop-erty.

You are hereby further notified that theparties to this action are entitled to notifi-cation of the availability of the informa-tion set forth in sec. 767.081, Stats. Theinformation is available from the familycourt commissioner.You are further notified that if the partiesto this action have minor children viola-tion of the following criminal statutes ispunishable by a fine not to exceed$10,000 or imprisonment not to exceedtow years or both.948.31 Interference with custody by par-ent or others.If you and the petitioner have minor chil-dren, a document setting forth the per-centage standard for child supportestablished by the Department of Healthand Social Services under sec.46.25(9)(a), Stats. and listing the factorsthat a court may consider for modificationof that standard under sec. 767.25(1m),Stats, is available upon your request fromthe clerk of court.Dated this 20th day of February 2012.By: JOSE ELIAS GUITERREZ-PAN-TOJA012-015/2-29/3-7-14-2012


STATE OFWISCONSINCIRCUIT COURT

MILWAUKEE COUNTYFAMILY COURT BRANCHCase No. 2012FA000765-B

In re the marriage of:JUANA GUADARRAMA, 1210A S.21st St Milwaukee WI 53204, Petitionerand JAIME GONZALEZ, ADDRESSUNKNOWN, RespondentTHE STATE OFWISCONSINTo the person named above as respondent:You are hereby notified that the petitionernamed above has filed a petition for di-vorce against you.Within forty (40) days after the 2nd dayof March 2012 exclusive of the date juststated, you must respond with a writtendemand for a copy of the petition.The demand must be sent or delivered tothis Court, whose address is:Clerk of Circuit Court Milwaukee CountyCourthouse, 901 N. 9th St.Milwaukee, WI 53233 and to JUANAGUADARRAMAwhose address is:1210A S. 21st St Milwaukee, WI 53204You may have an attorney represent you.If you do not demand a copy within forty(40) days, the Court may grant a judgmentagainst you for the award of money orother legal action requested in the peti-tion, and you may lose your right to ob-ject to anything that is or may be incorrectin the petition. A judgment may be en-forced as provided by law. Judgmentawarding money may become a lienagainst any real estate you own now or inthe future and may also be enforced bygarnishment of wages or seizure of prop-erty.

You are hereby notified that if the partiesto this action have minor children viola-tion of the following criminal statutes ispunishable by a fine not to exceed$10,000 or imprisonment not to exceedtwo years or both.948.31 Interference with custody by par-ent or others.If you and the petitioner have minor chil-dren, a document setting forth the per-

centage standard for child support estab-lished by the Department of Health andSocial Services under sec. 46.25(9)(a),Stats. and listing the factors that a courtmay consider for modification of thatstandard under sec. 767.25(1m),Stats, isavailable upon your request from the clerkof court.Dated this 2nd day of March 2012.By: JUANAGUADARRAMA012-0/3-7-14-21-2012



MILWAUKEE COUNTYDIVORCE-40101

WITH MINOR CHILDRENCase No.11FA005020

In Re: The marriage of DOMINICATHOMPSON, 3956 N. 39th St Milwau-kee WI 53216, Petitioner and TERRYTHOMPSON, 4577 N 24th Pl MilwaukeeWI 53209, RespondentThe State of Wisconsin, to the personnamed above as respondent:You are notified that your spouse has fileda lawsuit or other legal action against you.The Petition, which is attached, states thenature and basis of the legal action.Within 20 days of receiving this Sum-mons, you must provide a written re-sponse, as that term is used in ch. 802,Wis. Stats., to the Petition. The court mayreject or disregard a response that doesnot follow the requirements of thestatutes.The response must be sent or delivered tothe following government offices:Clerk of Court Milwaukee 901 N. 9th St.,Milwaukee WI 53233 and to CountyChild SupportAgency Milwaukee 901 N.9th St, Milwaukee WI 53233The response must also be mailed or de-livered within 20 days to the petitioner atthe address above.It is recommended, but not required, thatyou have attorney help or represent you.If you do not provide a proper responsewithin 20 days, the court may grant judg-ment against you, and you may lose yourright to object to anything that is or maybe incorrect in the Petition.A judgment may be enforced by garnish-ment or seizure or property.You are notified of the availability of in-formation from the Family Court Com-missioner as set forth in sec. 767.105Wis.Stats.767.105 Information from Family courtCommissioner.(2) Upon the request of a party to an ac-tion affecting the family, including a revi-sion of judgment or order under sec.767.59 or 767.451:(a) The Family Court Commissionershall, with or without charge, provide theparty with written information on the fol-lowing, as appropriate to the action com-menced:1. The procedure for obtaining a judg-ment or order in the action;2. The major issues usually addressed insuch an action.3. Community resources and family courtcounseling services available to assist theparties.4. The procedure for setting, modifying,and enforcing child support awards, ormodifying and enforcing legal custody orphysical placement judgments or orders.(b) The Family Court Commissioner shallprovide a party, for inspection or pur-chase, with a copy of the statutory provi-

sions in this chapter generally pertinent tothe action.You are notified that if the parties to theaction have minor children, violation ofthe following criminal statute is punish-able by fines and/or imprisonment as setforth in sec. 948.31 Wis. Stats.948.31 Interference with custody by par-ent or others.(1) (a) In this subsection, “legal custodianof a child” means:1. A parent or other person having legalcustody of the child under an order orjudgment in an action for divorce, legalseparation, annulment, child custody, pa-ternity, guardianship or habeas corpus.(2) The department of children and fami-lies or the department of corrections orany person, county department under sec.46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 or licensed childwelfare agency, if custody or supervisionof the child has been transferred underchapter 48 or chapter 938 to that depart-ment, person or agency.(b) Except a provided under chs. 48 and938, whoever intentionally causes a childto leave, takes a child away, or withholdthe consent of the custodian is guilty of aClass F felony. This paragraph is not ap-plicable if the court has entered an orderauthorizing the person to so take or with-hold the child. The fact that joint legalcustody has been awarded to both parentsby court does not preclude a court fromfinding that one parent has committed aviolation of this paragraph.(2)Whoever causes a child to leave, takesa child away or withhold a child for morethen 12 hours from the child’s parents, orin the case of a nonmarital child whoseparents do not subsequently intermarryunder sec. 767.803, from the child’smother or if he ass been granted legal cus-tody, the child’s father, without the con-sent of the parents, the mother or thefather with legal custody, is guilt of aClass I felony. This subsection in not ap-plicable if legal custody has been grantedby court order to the person taking orwithholding the child.(3) Any parent, or any person acting pur-suant to directions from the parent, whodoes any of the following is guilty of aClass F felony:(a) Intentionally hides a child from thechild’s other parent.(b) After being served with process in ac-tion affecting the family but prior to theissuances of a temporary or final order de-termining child custody rights, takes thechild or causes the child to leave with in-tent to deprive the other parent of physicalcustody as defined in sec. 822.02(9).(c) After issuance of a temporary or finalorder specifying joint legal custody rightsand periods of physical placement, takes achild from or causes a child to leave theother parent in violation of the order orwithholds a child for more than 12 hoursbeyond the court-approved period ofphysical placement or visitation period.(4) (a) It is an affirmative defense to pros-ecution for violation of this section if theaction:1. Is taken by parent or by a person au-thorized by a parent to protect his or herchild in a situation in which the parent orauthorized person reasonably believesthat there is a threat of physical harm orsexual assault to the child;2. Is taken by a parent fleeing in a situa-tion in which the parent reasonably be-lieves that there is a threat of physicalharm or sexual assault to himself or her-self;3. Is consented to by the other parent or

any other person or agency having legalcustody of the child; or4. Is otherwise authorized by law.(b) A defendant who raises an affirmativedefense has the burden or proving the de-fense by a preponderance of the evidence.(5) The venue of an action under this sec-tion is prescribed in sec. 971.19(8).(6) In addition to any other penalties pro-vided for violation of this section, a courtmay order a violator to pay restitution, re-gardless of whether the violator is placedon probation under s. 973.09, to providereimbursement for any reasonable ex-penses incurred by any person or any gov-ernmental entity in location and returningthe child. Any such amounts paid by theviolator shall be paid to the person or gov-ernmental entity which incurred the ex-pense on a prorated basis. Upon theapplication of any interested party, thecourt shall hold an evidentiary hearing todetermine the amount of reasonable ex-penses.Date: March 4, 2011By: DOMINICATHOMPSON012-0/3-7-14-21-2012



MILWAUKEE COUNTYDIVORCE-40101

Case No. 12FA000748

In Re: The marriage of TOM E. RICH-MOND, Petitioner and SHINITHARICHMOND, RespondentTHE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO THEPERSON NAMED ABOVE AS RE-SPONDENT:

You are notified that the petitioner namedabove has filed a Petition for divorce orlegal separation against you.

You must respond with a written demandfor a copy of the Petition within 45 daysfrom the day after the first date of publi-cation.

The demand must be sent or delivered tothe court at: Clerk of Court 901 N. 9th St.Milwaukee, WI 53233 and to TOM E.RICHMOND, 3424 N 6th St. Milwaukee53212

It is recommended, but not required, thatyou have attorney help or represent you.If you do not demand a copy of the Peti-tion within 45 days, the court may grantjudgment against you for the award ofmoney or other legal action requested inthe Petition and you may lose your rightto object anything that is or may be in-correct in the Petition.

A judgment may be enforced as providedby law. A judgment awarding money maybecome a lien against any real estate youown now or in the future, and may also beenforced by garnishment or seizure ofproperty.

You are further notified that if the partiesto this action have minor children, viola-tion of 948.31, Wis. Stats., (Interferencewith custody by parent or others) is pun-ishable by fines and/or imprisonment.

If you and the petitioner have minor chil-dren, documents setting forth the percent-age standard for child support establishedby the department under 49.22(9), WIs.Stats., and the factors that a court may

consider for modification of that standardunder 767.511(1m), WIs. Stats. are avail-able upon your request from the Clerk ofCourt.

You are notified of the availability of in-formation from the Circuit Court Com-missioner as set forth in 767.105, WisStats.

767.105 Information from Circuit CourtCommissioner.

(2) Upon the request of a party to an ac-tion affecting the family, including a revi-sion of judgment or order under sec.767.59 or 767.451:(a) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall,with or without charge provide the partywith written information on the following,as appropriate to the action commenced:1. The procedure for obtaining a judg-ment or order n the action.2. The major issues usually addressed insuch an action.3. Community resources and family courtcounseling services available to assist theparties.4. The procedure for setting modifying,and enforcing child support awards, ormodifying and enforcing legal custody orphysical placement judgments or orders.(b) The Circuit Court Commissioner shallprovide a party, for inspection or purchasewith a copy of the statutory provisions inthis chapter generally pertinent to the ac-tion.Date: 3-6-2012By: TOM E. RICHMOND, Petitioner012-0??/3-14-21-28-2012.



MILWAUKEE COUNTYNOTICE and ORDER for

NAME CHANGE HEARINGCase No. 12CV002572

In the matter of the name change of:AIDAN FLORIAN GALLEGOSBy petitioner VICTORIA POPANOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to change thename of the person listed above:From: AIDAN FLORIAN GALLEGOSTo: AIDAN FLORIAN POPABirth Certificate: AIDAN FLORIANGALLEGOS

IT IS ORDERED:This petition will be heard in the CircuitCourt of Milwaukee County,State of Wisconsin:By: HONORABLE TIMOTHYWITKOWIAK Branch 22 Place: Mil-waukee County Courthouse 901 N. 9th StRoom 412 Milwaukee, WI 53233 Date:April 20, 2012Time: 10:00 AM

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be given bypublication as a Class 3 notice for three(3) weeks in a row prior to the date of thehearing in the Milwaukee CommunityJournal a newspaper published in Mil-waukee County,State of WisconsinDate: 3-7-2012BY THE COURT:HONORABLETIMOTHYWITKOWIAKCircuit Court Judge012-0??/3-14-21-28-2012

PROPOSED MILWAUKEE COUNTY DAS-FMProjects for Advertisement for Bids

Name of Project:MARCIA COGGS HUMAN SERVICES CENTER HVAC RENOVATIONS RE-BID

Project No.: S032-09434Bid Due Date: April 4, 2012See Bid Documents for details

Pre-Bid Meeting: March 21, 2012BID DOCUMENTS FOR THE ABOVE PROJECT ARE AVAILABLE AT:

CITY CAMPUS2711 WEST WELLS STREET 2

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Milwaukee, WI 53208

For Further Information contact 414-278-4861 orwww.county.milwaukee.gov


Name of Project:ZOO AQUATIC REPTILE CENTER HVAC REPLACEMENT & SOLAR WATER HEATING

Project No.: Z014-09475Bid Due Date: March 28, 2012See Bid Documents for details



ND FL

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Name of Project:GRANT PARK (FORK N.W. TO LAKE DR.)ROAD RECONSTRUCTION

Project No.: O060-10634Bid Due Date: March 28, 2012See Bid Documents for details

BID DOCUMENTS FOR THE ABOVE PROJECT ARE AVAILABLE AT:CITY CAMPUS

2711 WEST WELLS STREET 2ND

FLMilwaukee, WI 53208For Further Information contact 414-278-4861 orwww.county.milwaukee.gov


Name of Project:MARCIA COGGS HUMAN SERVICES CENTER HVAC RENOVATIONS RE-BID

Project No.: S032-09434Bid Due Date: April 4, 2012See Bid Documents for details



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said in describing the woman, whichwas understandable given that shewasn’t able to get her child in theschool of her first choice. “She said the high performing

schools are not serving enough chil-dren, and the system was more (equi-table under the old system).”The exchange sent chills up Shelton’s spine, not only because of the strong

emotional outburst from the mother who wanted the best for her child, butmoreso because the ‘old system’ was a failure. “We were sending our kids out to these schools and most were on the (No

Child Left Behind) failure list. Now that figure has cut in half.” New Orleans is on the cusp of providing a model school district for the rest

of the nation. The key to the New Orleans’ educational renaissance rests inproviding parents with educational options for their children, and their abilityto choose from a variety of schools that are under the microscope. “This is the way government should work,” Shelton told the enthusiastic

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ent, Shelton encouraged her to con-tinue fighting for her children to getinto the school of her choice, but saidit would be counterproductive to teardown the entire system. “It takes a while to establish a sys-

tem where all schools are high per-forming. “In the mean while wemust continue to be advocates for ourchildren.”Similar educational revolutions are

taking place around the country, sup-ported in full measure by PresidentBarack Obama who is intent on lev-eling the educational landscapethrough innovations like charters.“(The president) has (allocated)

$100 billion for education, $10 bil-lion put in competitive programs tospark innovation. But the states con-trol the resources and that is wherewe must focus (our activism).”More innovative schools are but

part of the solution, he continued.There must also be teacher account-ability. “Everybody (teachers) mustbe judged on how they (students) aredoing.“We are going to change the game.

We have increased Pell Grants andnow we are seeing the highest num-ber of Black males going to college.“But we learned you can’t play the

pieces, you have to play the board.For too long we’ve had people speak-ing on our behalf, but not to our in-terests. “Our whole conversation now

must be about providing our childrenwith access to excellence,” thedeputy secretary said to thunderousapplause.The 12th annual BAEO Sympo-

sium drew over 500 parents, educa-tors, community activities andpoliticians from around the country. Workshops and planning sessions

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audience dealt with the BAEO ledsummer reading project in Milwau-kee over the last two summers. The project grew out of a report

that revealed Milwaukee’s fourthgrade Black students had the worstreading levels in the country. Members of BAEO worked with

a coalition of community activists tocreate an intensive summer readingprogram that elevated the students’reading ability by one full gradelevel. Over 100 people from Milwaukee

attended the symposium, includingstate Senator Lena Taylor and stateRepresentatives Jason Fields andElizabeth Coggs.Deborah McGriff, former deputy

superintendent of the MilwaukeePublic Schools and superintendent ofthe Detroit public schools, chairs theMilwaukee Chapter of BAEO.BAEO was born out of an educa-

tional symposium organized by for-mer MPS Superintendent HowardFuller in 1999. It’s founding members include for-

mer Rep. Floyd Flakes, Newark,New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker andMilwaukee’s Rev. John McVicker.The organization is the premiere

advocate for educational options forBlack children.

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tioned St. Michaels Hospital’s closing, which Standridge later noted Wheaton-Franciscan still has a commitment to the area the hosptial served. There is a pri-mary care center on the spot once occupied by the hospital serving thesurrounding neighborhood and expanding its facility. The BHCW president added the challenge for the community was repairing a

crumbling safety net and developing ways to maintain it in the face of rising healthcosts driven by individuals who don’t practice preventative health, nor have a pri-mary care physician and wait till the last moment to deal with serious personalhealth issues.Both Hinton and Van Cleave reassured the community regarding the status of

Aurora Sinai, which was reportedly on the brink of closing its doors in the faceof projected losses of $30 million in 2012. Last year, Sinai lost $20 million. IfSinai had closed it would have been one less health care resource for the centralcity and would have placed considerable pressure on St. Joseph Hospital, whichStandridge said during the forum, doesn’t have the capacity to handle all centralcity patients.It was later noted it takes the resources of both Sinai and St. Joseph to ade-

quately serve the central city.“We have enough hospitals; we just don’t have enough primary care and well-

ness initiatives,” Hinton said.The Sinai Medical Center president stressed the need for health care providers

to move their resources “to where people need them. Too many resources are inmedical centers and not in the community.”Mayor Tom Barrett, who made a brief appearance at the forum and spoke on

the issue of available and affordable care echoed Hinton, noting that too manyhealth centers are located outside the community and city in affluent suburbancommunities that have hospital rooms with empty beds.Van Cleave said it was important the community knows how to use the health

care system so as to ascertain what works and what doesn’t work for them. TheAurora CMO also stressed the need for increasing the community’s use of primary

care, adding he wants Aurora and Sinai to work with the community toward thatend. Izard of MHSI said greater access to medical and health information has made

for more informed consumers. But, he said, the Black community must takegreater advantage of the information and use it to increase the number of positivehealth outcomes.Izard said community based clinics must “help individuals, help families, help

neighbors, help the community. We have to do things differently as clinics to servepeople who are in a more precarious economic climate.”As an example, the MHSI president and CEO said the clinic has expanded its

hours and is now opened on Saturdays. City Health Commissioner Baker said the community must have a total health

system in order to determine how sick or well the community is.“If they go through a system of care, (the question then becomes) will the pa-

tients become better?” Baker asked. “Given all the diseases that ravish our com-munity, we need to reform the way people get care so Milwaukee will have oneof the healthiest cities in the nation.”Stressing the need for a safety net with a bottom for a system that has no bot-

tom, Baker said city government must have a role--with the business leaders andthe community--in discussing and finding solutions that improve communityhealth care with better health outcomes. “(And) there needs to be the same type of enthusiasm for healthcare that there

is for the NCAA tournament.“The goal is improving health outcomes and reducing health disparities,” Baker

continued. “I don’t want to avert a crisis just to be back hear holding anotherforum.” Alderman Murphy echoed what Izard said about the community being educated

to take charge of their health and health outcomes. He also noted the misuse ofemergency rooms by many low-income individuals who should be utilizing pri-mary care facilities.“But what are the options for a single mother with three kids attending three

different schools, who doesn’t have a car and has little income?” Murphy asked.“Where else can she go but a hospital ER?”Murphy said there may come a time when all the hospitals and clinics repre-

sented at the forum will have to pool there resources and place them in an area of



James Shelton--AssistantDeputy Secretary of the U.S.Department of Education

Forum focuses on Sinai andstate of Black health care


(continued from page 11)Callers Claim to be Microsoft Tech Support,Trying to Gain Access to Your ComputerThe Wisconsin Better Business Bureau(BBB) is alerting consumers of a phonescam in which the caller claims to befrom Microsoft. The caller offers to solvea consumer’s computer problems or sellhim or her a software license, all in an ef-fort to gain remote control access to theconsumer’s computer.Three business owners in Northeast Wis-consin have received phone calls fromsomeone who claims to be a “Microsoftemployee”, and who told the owners thattheir computers were infected with avirus and were sending out spam. Thescammers were calling from 857-366-7172, a phone number which traces backto an online company, The Tech Care. Onits website, The Tech Care has three cus-tomer testimonials from Wisconsin resi-dents, which could be a sign that thescammers are targeting Wisconsinites,according to the BBB.Pam Webster called the BBB to reportthat she, too, had received a phone callfrom a "Microsoft employee", who toldher she had a computer virus. From al-most the instant the conversation started,Webster realized this call was not madewith good intentions.“The man identified himself as beingfrom Microsoft tech support and said hehad identified that my computer had avirus,” Webster said. “He directed me togo to my computer and proceeded to giveme directions to ‘get rid of the virus.’”Webster, who works with computers on adaily basis, realized almost immediatelythat the directions being given were thesame steps she follows when her IT de-partment needs full, remote access to hercomputer.Webster did not allow the caller to pro-ceed any further.According to Microsoft, once thesescammers have access to the computerthey can install malicious software, stealpersonal information, take control of thecomputer remotely or direct consumersto fraudulent websites where they areasked to enter their credit card informa-tion.Microsoft’s Online Safety and SecurityCenter states that neither Microsoft norits partners make unsolicited phone calls.Here are some of the organizations thatcybercriminals claim to be from:· Windows Helpdesk· Windows Service Center· Microsoft Tech Support· Microsoft Support· Windows Technical Department Sup-port Group· Microsoft Research and DevelopmentTeam (Microsoft R & D Team)BBB advises consumers follow these tipsto protect themselves from scammers at-tempting to access their computer:· Go through your service provider di-rectly. If you are concerned your com-puter may be exposed to viruses or othersecurity threats, contact your serviceprovider directly. Some providers offerfree tools that can help detect and removeviruses.· Install virus detection. To help protectyour computer from viruses make sureyou have virus detection software in-stalled on your computer. This softwarecan also help identify if a virus appearson your computer.·· Find a computer repair company youcan trust. Go to BBB Member Pages tofind a BBB Accredited Business you cantrust.To check the reliability of a company andfind trustworthy businesses, visit bbb.org.For more information or further inquiries,please contact the Wisconsin BBB atwww.wisconsin.bbb.org or 414-847-6000 (metro Milwaukee), 920-734-4352(Appleton), 608-268-2221 (Madison) or1-800-273-1002 (elsewhere in Wiscon-sin).


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great need...the community.“All of us will be impacted by this (healthcare) crisis re-

gardless of economic status,” the alderman said. “Diseasedoesn’t recognize color, income status, or where you live.All of us will be impacted.”Murphy commented on the status of BadgerCare, the

state’s health insurance program that provides health cover-age to low-income, uninsured families with children underthe age of 19 who are nor eligible for Medicaid and who areuninsured.The alderman said Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin

must speak out on the changes in BadgerCare in which64,000 people, including over 29,000 children, would bekicked off the program. Over 260,000 people remaining onthe program would have there benefits reduced and payhigher copays. The proposed changes to the program require federal ap-

proval, which has not been received, leaving many needy

families in limbo as to how much of an impact the finalchanges will have on their lives.Saying he wasn’t optimistic the state will do the right

thing, Murphy said board members of area hospitals havethe ability to affect positive change in healthcare. “Theyhave the power to influence government.“We must make noise in Madison and speakout by voting

and supporting our legislators who care and want to preservethe safety net.”On a question about mental health reform and if the needs

of mental health patients are being met, Milwaukee CountySupervisor Willie Johnson, who is a member of a countyboard committee addressing the issue, said there ois an on-going redesign process of the county’s mental health system,which calls for a new mental health facility.However Johnson said the redesign is a work in progress

“that’s not going to happen overnight,” adding funds are notavailable to pay for the facility’s construction.

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