50 Years Since LBJ's War on Poverty: A New Battle Cry

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SAKURI FEARS: “Extending thebenefits for the chronically un-employed will help our economyin the long run. Being employedin Workforce Development, Iwork with clients who rely onthose benefits for survival whilethey continue to search for em-ployment in a still recoveringeconomy. Taking away that life-line will only serve to demoralizethose still seeking work and neg-atively impact the country’s long-term economic recovery.”

BETTY SPEED: “Our economyis hurt whenever a person’sspending ability is cut short.Everyone suffers. Unemploy-ment benefits are just that, ben-efits whle a person is out of workand looking for a new position. ifyou have worked and are eligi-ble to receive be able to receivethem without the fear or threat ofbenefits being cut off.”

DAVID COLE: “it will help theeconomy because we don’t wantpeople that don’t have anythinggoing around committing crimes.These people need help andhope.”

JAMES NELSON, SR.:“It will help because it will gener-ate cash flow and assist thosewho are still seeking employ-ment.”

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Photos and question by Yvonne KempQUESTION OF THEWEEK:“Will extendingthe unemployment bene-fits help or hurt the economy?

he year 2013 wit-nessed history beingmade and history re-membered on a na-tional andinternational level.

It was also a year when many localnewsmakers and political movers andshakers and policy makers made head-lines in politics, health, education, andcrime and punishment (sadly, some ofthe so-called “punishment-especially asit related to those sworn to protect andserve us- fell woefully short).

Just as the year before-and years before that- Black Mil-waukee faced familiar challenges: hyper-segregation andsystemic racism, a struggling public school system facedwith the challenge of an expanded private school voucherprogram (compliments of Gov. Scott Walker), high unem-ployment, Black-on-Black crime, more challenges to thestate’s progressive voting laws, changes in the Black medialandscape, continued fallout from the elimination of col-lective bargaining…the list goes on and on.

Noted community leaders stepped down (either volun-tarily or involuntarily), were elevated to newer positionseither within the city and our community or in other cities(with a more progressive climate for Blacks and other mi-norities), or passed away.

Projects were announced that will benefit the affluentwhile leaving questions as to the projects’ benefits for mi-norities, the poor and jobless unanswered.

Depending on who you are (race, class and incomewise), “Thirteen” was either a lucky or unlucky number.Only history will judge which. The following review of thepast year will give you, our reader, the opportunity to passjudgment on the third year of the second decade of the 21stcentury.

JANUARY*The new year of 2013 started on an ominous nore on

New Year’s Day when Evon young, a local rapper (whoalso known as Yung LT) went missing. The family ofYoung, 24, believe his music may have made him a target.

Family members covered the neighborhood where he wentmissing with posters. His mother Annette Perry says herson was supposed to visit her on January 2, 2013.

Perry says her first feeling that something was wrongcame when Young didn’t show up for work that same day.“My fear is that my baby won’t come home,” she said.

Young’s roommate reportedly heard a car pull up outsidetheir home and saw Young leave around 10:45 p.m. Youngapparently left his jacket behind, suggesting he wouldn’tbe gone long.

Approximately two weeks later, five men-one of themYoung’s roommate-were arrested by Milwaukee Police assuspects in Young’s disappearance. Between the initial dis-appearance and the arrests, it was learned that Young wasactually a female. The criminal complaint identified her asEbony Young.

According to a Fox6 Now.com report, Billy Griffin,Ashanti McCalister and Victor Stewart faced one count ofsubstantial battery as a party to a crime.

Later that same day, two other men, Ron Joseph Allenand Devin Latterez Seaberry, were arrested for first degreeintentional homicide. Young’s body has yet to be found.

*With his hand on the Bibles of Martin Luther King, Jr.and Abraham Lincoln, President Barack Obama took theoath of office for a second time on the steps of the CapitalBuilding in Washington, D.C. during his inauguration.

“Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real,they are serious and they are many,” the president said dur-ing his 15-minute inaugural address. “They will not be meteasily or in a short span of time. But know this America:They will be met.”

*Depending on whom you ask, the resignation of SocialDevelopment Commission (SDC) Executive Director Deb-orah Blanks signaled either a new direction for the state’slargest anti-poverty agency, or is the by-product ofoverblown mainstream media attention that sought to un-dermine the integrity of the agency and its CEO.

While few believed Blanks, who headed the organizationfor 15 years, resigned willingly, the general consensus isthe organization will survive the loss of its largest contracts(which included its vaunted Head Start program), majorstaffing reductions and significant revampinig of severalof its programs.

The agency has been under constant scrutiny by thecity’s daily newspaper for several years following revela-tions the state had found several improprieties with themanagement of a $32 million Wisconsin Works (welfareto work) contract.

Many Black community leaders believe the city’s dailynewspaper unfairly attacked SDC and over sensationalizedproblems and personnel conflicts at the agency. For in-stance, former SDC board member Wallace White ex-

ReviewingReviewingThe YearThe Year20132013

PART ONE

“Unfortunately, many Americans live on the outskirts of hope--some because of theirpoverty, and some because of their color, and all too many because of both. Our task is to helpreplace their despair with opportunity. This administration today, here and now, declares un-conditional war on poverty in America.

I urge this Congress and all Americans to join with me in that effort. It will not be a short oreasy struggle, no single weapon or strategy will suffice, but we shall not rest until that war iswon.

The richest Nation on earth can afford to win it. We cannot afford to lose it...So I ask younow in the Congress and in the country to join with me in expressing and fulfilling that faith inworking for a nation, a nation that is free from want and a world that is free from hate--a worldof peace and justice, and freedom and abundance, for our time and for all time to come.”

--President Lyndon Baines Johnson, State of the Union (January 8, 1964)

t's hard to believe that it's been nearly 50 years since PresidentJohnson stood before Congress and gave the speech of a life-time -- launching his "War on Poverty."

At the time, I was a young girl of just 12 years old but, evenas a child, I already knew too much about what it feels like tolive in poverty.

I was poor in 1964, and I was poor for many years after that. I struggled -- taking one step for-ward and two steps back -- time after time. Yet I was far better off than my parents were, in partbecause I was born in the era when this country committed to opening doors of opportunity forthe poor.

Many people who are familiar with Congress' record of dysfunction in recent years would be

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Former staff and personalities of 1290 WMCS AM (front row) after a “Thank You” Celebration fortheir 20-plus years of service informing the community with news and information. The celebrationwas held at the Brotherhood of Black Firefighters Hall on Good Hope Rd. (Yvonne Kemp)

As his wife Michelle beams with pride, President BarackObama takes the oath of office for a second four-yearterm during his inauguration in Washington, D.C.

Mr. & Mrs.Kendricks werethe newlywedwinners atBrentwood's 3rdannual BlackMarriage Daythat took placeat BrentwoodChurch ofChrist. Theevent took placethe day beforethe official ob-servance honor-ing BlackMarriage acrossthe U.S. (Photoby Robert Bell)

Atty. Chad A. Kreblin of Hupy & Abraham, S.C. Law Firm, who presented Charles (Butch) Walton, director &CEO of CYD with a check at the event and Mayor Tom Barrett. The presentation was made during the socialservice agency’s 25th Annual Lil’ Jeannetta Toys for the Children that Santa Forgot but God Rememberedthrough your Gifts of Love event on Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, at North Division High School (File photo by Harry Kemp)

Civil Rights activist, former U.N. Ambasssador and Atlanta Mayor AndrewYoung with Thelma Sias, Vice President of Local Affairs for WE Energies(left) and Cecilia Gore, Executive Director of Brewers Charities, Inc.

The MCJ encour-aged weight lossas a way to betterhealth with its“MissionMakeover” proj-ect, which waspart of its“Healthy Start”campaign. (Posedby model)

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Here in 2014, have we been over decadesgoing backward to move forward?By Taki S. Raton

On my Thursday evening “MenThink” radio show networked under the Harambee Radio and TV Internet stream,we began on this past December 19 what I themed “The Watchman Series.” Discussions are inspired by ChancellorWilliams in his work, “Destruction of Black Civilization” where in Part II, his Chapter XII heading is entitled “Viewfrom the Bridge.”

Williams speaks in his opening page narrative of a bridge suspended between two eternities, “Arched so high upthere that the Watchman could from his tower see all that had gone before and all that was to come.” The populacelooks up to the Watchman “in this endless night,” and ask, in this MCJ treatment, just what does the future hold forus? What does it look like? Chapter XIII is titled “The Black World at the Crossroad” with an opening inscriptiveprobing the tenet: “Out of the stormy past till we now stand at last …WHERE?”

My guest on December 19 were the pair Anna’ McMillion from Moss Point, Mississippi, and Carlos Carr fromOmaha, Nebraska. Just this past Thursday week on January 2, the series featured radio talk show host Kathleen Wellsof the Kathleen Wells Show out of Los Angeles.

All very highly placed cultural stakeholders with admirable contributive track records within their respective com-munities, the objective of the hour broadcast was to answer the “WHERE” from our symbolic “Watchman’s” per-spective. What does this view from the bridge look like? Are we now here in 2014 at a crossroad and if so, how didwe get to this point?

Seguing from “MenThink” to Dr. Claude Anderson in his 2010 DVD, “A Vision Beyond a Dream,” he wouldsubmit in his words: “With integration, we have been going backwards.” And as an instructor of African AmericanHistory, data would evidence a similar conclusion that in fact, the farther back we go into our own history, the betterwere our social and economic circumstance. Current trends coupled with a view of the historical record prior to in-tegration would certainly support such observations - From the Bridge.

Moving into 2014, such brief select sampled trends – as cited in the past under this byline and in highly publicizedposted accounts - are as follows. A September 19, 2013 account headlined that “Black People are Worse Off Finan-cially Than Any Other Group in America.” The U.S. Census report reveals that at 27.2 percent, African Americans,collectively speaking, “are the poorest of all ethnic and racial groups in America.

As noted March 3, 2013 in Your Black World, “The Black Family Is Worse Off Today than in the 1960’s.” The re-port released by the Urban Institute that African American families have suffered the worst decline of all ethnicitiessince the 1965 Moynihan report on “The Black Family: A Case for National Action.”

In 1950, 17 percent of African-American children lived in a home with their mothers but not their father. By 2010,that had increased to 50 percent. In 1965, only eight percent of childbirths in the Black community occurred out-of-wedlock. In 2010, that figure was 41 percent. Today, the out-of-wedlock childbirth in the Black community standsat 72 percent. The number of African American women married and living with their spouse in 1950 was recordedat 53 percent. By 2010, it had dropped to 25 percent.

The Urban Institute’s report additionally underscored another disturbing social trend – the mass incarceration ofBlack men. The study shared that by 2010, “one out of every six Black men had spent some time in prison as com-pared with about 1 out of 33 white men.” I believe right now as of 2013 going into 2014, that 1 in 3 Black males arepredicted to have their name listed in some aspect of criminal judicial recordings.

Author Michelle Alexander posted in the March 20, 2011 edition of Colorlines that as of that year, there were moreBlack men in prison then were enslaved in 1850.

In an October 14, 2010 published MCJ article under this byline, within the nine-and-a-half years from 2001 through2010, 67,000 Black Americans were murdered by Black hands. Given the 67,000 figure, that would be 64,068 moreBlack folks killed by Black folk than were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan during the 29 years between 1889 and1918.

The “Yes We Can: The 2010 Schott 50 State Report on Black Males in Public Education” cites that the overall2007/2008 graduation rate for Black males in the U.S. was only 48 percent. According to the November 8, 2013Milwaukee Journal Sentinel account, in Milwaukee specifically, Black students scored near the bottom in the nationon benchmark math and reading test.

Eighth-grade reading scores for Black students were the worst in any state as compared to other ethnic groupingsand fourth-grade reading scores for Black students were the second worst.

“I don’t like what I see,” writes James Clingman in his March 21, 2013 AfricanGlobe writing “Is it Too Late forBlack People in America – A Must Read.” He adds that, “In 2013, Black people are mired in the worse conditionssince we got our ‘civil rights.’ Despite the election and reelection of a Black President, Black people in general arestill at the bottom, steeped in poverty, poor health, short life spans, crime, unemployment and poor education.”

Continuing, he posits that, “In all of our grandeur, all of our pomposity, all of our red-carpet flash, all of our cham-pagne-sipping-braggadocios-arrogance, we have sunk to new levels of selfishness, self-hate, and insecurity. Our col-lective prosperity is virtually nonexistent because we have fallen for the ploy that directs us towards ‘I’ rather than‘we.’”

Looking back from 2013 on the Watchman’s bridge into the 50’s and 60’s, Anderson says that his family in NorthCarolina had part ownership in a Black bus line. “We had the biggest bus line in the state and the only bus line in the

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Reviewing the Year 2013Reviewing the Year 2013pressed amazement in an MCJ article on Blanks’ resignation that the Journal Sentinel would criticize the organizationfor saving money and maximizing output on a federal program.

“They (Journal Sentinel) published stories that made it appear we were dysfunctional, when that wasn’t the case,”White said. They talked about mismanagement of Head Start and W-2, but they didn’t report we received a $15 millioncontract extension in November that runs through June.”

FEBRUARY*Milwaukee Ald. Joe Davis, Sr. warned the city’s criminal element not to get too comfortable or bold, thinking they

have carte blanche over the city as the Milwaukee Police Department was being scrutinized by the public and media forrecent unlawful activities of some of its officers.

“Let’s be clear about one thing, (the recent abuses of power by MPD) is not an invitation for lawbreakers to try andhide their crimes behind accusations against MPD officers who are simply doing their jobs,” Davis said as the MPD andPolice and Fire Commission struggled to regain the public’s trust.

Within the last two years, the MPD has been under fire for incidents in which officers have been accused of using ex-cessive force towards individuals in their custody.

Recent revelations in the death of Darryl Williams in the back of a police squad car, an officer hitting a handcuffedfemale suspect in the back of a squad car (both incidents caught on video tape), and allegations of illegal strip searchesby officers of suspected drug dealer has put the department and MPD Chief Edward Flynn on the defensive.

Davis, who is a member of the Common Council’s Public Safety Committee, stressed the scrutiny the MPD is expe-riencing is “a good thing” for both it and the community. “I strongly urge anyone who believes they are the legitimatevictims of police abuse of power to come forward and report it.”

*Legendary civil rights leader and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Youngvisited Milwaukee and MillerCoors, giving the keynote address for the brewery’s annual Black History luncheon spon-sored by MillerCoors and the MillerCoors African American Employee Network (AAEN). The focus of the programwas the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Young was invited to share his unique perspective on the march and how it has shaped our world today. Young wasone of the organizers of the march who worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King throughout his civil rights careeruntil his death in 1968.

*The Community Journal unveiled its anniversary focus for 2013: Health and “Mission Makeover,” an initiative thatencouraged weight loss, weight control and asked our readers to share their successes. The top five makeover successeswould be honorees at the MCJ Anniversary Brunch on August 4.

*“I don’t know if that was a bad joke or just bad programming,” said former 1290 WMCS AM radio talk show hostEric Von when told that instead of hearing the intro music for former fellow on-air personality Tyrene “T.J.” Jackson’sshow at 10 a.m. Tuesday, listeners to the popular Black radio station were shocked to hear Elvis Presley music.

It was the signal to loyal listeners of the 20-year-old talk, news and music station that an era had come to an end inBlack Milwaukee radio.

Von and 14 other full and part-time employees were terminated Tuesday. The “Talk of The Town” is no more and isbeing replaced—temporarily according to station management—by an all-Elvis music format.

1290 listeners reportedly tried to call the radio station to find out what was going on, only to be met by a busy signal.The Community Journal received numerous calls from surprised, flustered—and irate—1290 listeners asking the news-paper’s receptionist and staff if they knew what was going on. One caller to the newspaper, a truck driver, lamented hehas lost the only “company” he had as he drove.

An hour after the Elvis music started and the community was still trying to absorb the initial shock, Bill Hurwitz, vicepresident of the Milwaukee Radio Alliance, a partnership of Willie Davis’ All-Pro Broadcasting and Pennsylvania’sTimes-Shamrock, Inc.,, which owned the station, reportedly told mainstream media that WMCS AM “is changing for-mats.”

Commenting further on what happened, Von said: “I’m bothered no one else will be presenting the type of forum I,Earl and T.J. did…What made 1290 special was we focused on community issues in a way the other stations didn’t.”

MARCH*Saying the issue before Wisconsin and the nation is not its size, but who it works for, the head of Citizen Action of

Wisconsin said the automatic federal spending cuts, or “sequester,” of $85 billion, didn’t have to happen.“What is occurring is a human-made and self-imposed crisis,” said Robert Kraig, executive director of Citizen Action

of Wisconsin. Sequestration is a set of automatic across the board spending cuts put into law by the Budget Control Act to apply

pressure on Congress to come up with a longer term plan for deficit reduction.“At a time when our communities and families are just starting to do better, the last thing we need is 36,000 Wiscon-

sinites being forced out of work,” Kraig said in a statement. “The last thing we need is services to families that providesecurity and opportunity cut, things like nutrition for mothers and babies eliminated, teachers laid off, food inspectorsand air traffic controllers furloughed.”

*What was supposed to be a “thank you” celebration for former on air personalities and staff of the now defunct 1290WMCS AM quickly became a rally for the support of the few remaining Black owned media outlets at the Brotherhoodof Black Firefighters Hall, located on Good Hope Road.

A panel of noted Black activists from the fields of health, religion and radio joined members of an overflow audiencein calling for monetary unity and support of Black Milwaukee newspapers and the lone remaining Black radio stationfeaturing a talk radio format, 860 WNOV AM.

The panel and audience also expressed their theories as to the demise of 1290 three weeks earlier when the “Talk ofthe Town” was replaced by Elvis Presley and, subsequently, “Martini Music.”

While management of 1290 said at the time it was a “business decision,” many in the audience—and the commu-nity—believe and expressed the theory the plug was pulled on the radio station because it was informing and educatingthe community about issues that impact them and their daily lives.

“In war, the first thing you do is cut off the enemy’s communication,” said Reuben Hopkins of the Wisconsin BlackChamber of Commerce. But one of the panelists, Dr. Patricia McManus, president and CEO of the Black Health Coalitionof Wisconsin said the question now is “what do we (the community) do?” Answering her on question, McManus saidthe community must work with what we have left. “We have three Black Newspapers and some Black Radio (WNOVis the sole Black owned radio station left).

“People spend too much time wondering, ‘who moved my cheese’ and not doing what we have to do to make sure wedon’t lose anything else. We must keep what we have and build on that,” McManus said.

*Brentwood Church of Christ joined the Wedded Bliss Foundation, Inc. and hundreds of cities around the country inhighlighting and promoting marriage in the Black community through Black Marriage Day activities.

Brentwood hosted its third annual Black Marriage Day event to a capacity crowd. The event was begun in 2011 byThomas and Clarene Mitchell, members of Brentwood, as a way to celebrate their marriage and it has grown to a muchanticipated event. This year’s theme was, “Marriage Changes Things.”

Black Marriage Day is a national initiative to create a cultural shift in the way marriage is viewed and celebrated inthe Black community. Marriage rates in the United States have hit an alarming all-time low; decreasing from 72% to50%. Black families are doing worse. The Black community has the distinction of having the lowest marriage rate inAmerica.

*Wisconsin business leaders often lament that not enough qualified workers are in the job pool for the job that theyneed to fill—that there is a so-called “skills gap.” But a recent study says that’s simply not the case.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor Mark Levine, in a study he has done titled, “Skills Gap and Unem-ployment in Wisconsin: Separating Fact from Fiction, has found that the claims by state business leaders flies in theface of the narrative that is often portrayed in the state.

After reviewing studies from across the country, Levine says there is virtually no research supporting the existence ofa skills gap in Milwaukee. If a skills shortage did exist here, Levine said he would see higher wages and longer hours-instead there has been a decline in these two areas since 2000.

“There’s almost a complete disconnect between the public discourse, the discourse certainly that we see in Wisconsinabout the skills gap as if it’s a given from politicians, from media, from business leaders,” Levine says. “There’s a dis-connect between that and the consensus on the other side among trained economists.

Contrary to claims that future jobs will require a high level of skills, Levine says occupational projections suggest70% of openings through 2020 will require a high school diploma or less. Nor do national data on job requirementsshow that the Milwaukee and Wisconsin labor markets comparatively lack a certain set of skills.

APRIL*Milwaukee voters said “No Way” to ending same day voter registration at the polls on election day, highlighting

Tuesday’s elections for Milwaukee County board and Circuit Court, Milwaukee School board, state Supreme Court,and state Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The advisory referendum on same-day voter registration won by an overwhelming margin of 73% (29,229 total votesout of the 97 percent of the polling places reporting in). Only 27 percent (11,075 total votes) voted to abolish the statelaw.

The overwhelming passage of the referendum was credited to community and faith-based organizations workingthroughout the winter and spring months to educate voters on the importance of keeping same-day registration intact.

The referendum’s approval also sent a message to opponents of same-day registration (the majority of whom are stateRepublicans) who base their assault on voting rights on the false belief it promotes voting impropriety.

country for Black people. We had over 500 buses that serviced not only Blackneighborhoods, but White neighborhoods as well.”

But unfortunately and regretfully, he says when Martin Luther King andRosa Parks integrated the buses and Black folk got to ride on the front of thebus; when the ruling got to North Carolina, Black folk left the Black bus lineand went to ride on the White buses so that they could sit up in the front.“And so we were forced to go out of business.”

The same thing eventually happened he adds with the two Black ownedcab companies – the Harris and the Camel City Cab companies. With inte-gration, Black folk wanted to ride in the White cabs. The Black cab linessoon also went out of business. We had Black owned theaters, specificallythe Black owned Lafayette and the Lincoln theaters with chains nationwideAnderson recalls. We had Black own film companies in Jacksonville, Floridacalled Norman Productions. There were Black owned studios in Chicagoand in Hollywood under the banner of “Hollywood Productions” where Blackowned western and romantic films were made. “We owned our own film dis-tribution system and employed our own Black workers,” he says in “Visions.”

We had all of this until integration. Blacks then left Black and went White.We now have no Black owned studios, no Black owned distribution systems,no theaters; nothing left except the above shameful trend stats that in 2013will most assuredly be passed down well into 2014. We have indeed gonebackward.

Anderson in his DVD speaks of Black ownership of mattress factories, toolfactories, drilling companies. We had a Black railroad line in JacksonvilleFlorida and another Black railroad company in Oklahoma.

I have often noted in writings of Robert R. Johnson in his work “Wake UpBlack America, You’re Sleepwalking Black Into Slavery,” where he speaksto his upbringing in Natchez, Tennessee. As compared to the “WHERE”today in sunrise 2014, we had, says Johnson, an all-Black business district inthe main section of the downtown area. There were Black doctors, lawyers,restaurants, nightclubs, soda fountains, barbershops, beauty/nail shops, gam-bling joints, five funeral homes and a Black lottery.

“These businesses provided strong models for our children, income formany families and kept money moving around this small Black community.”

Again noting the premise of this writing that data would evidence the con-clusion that the farther back we go into our own history, the better were oursocial and economic circumstance; the safer and more nurturing our commu-nities. Anderson further reveals that during the 1940’s, more than 150 busi-nesses were owned by African Americans and flourished in Durham, NorthCarolina.

Among these businesses were restaurants, movie theaters, barbershops,nightclubs, boarding houses, pressing ships, grocery stores, banks, savingsand loan establishments and funeral parlors. Up until 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma’sBlack Wall Street had created 600 Black owned businesses to include 21churches, 22 Black owned restaurants, 30 Black owned grocery stores, twoBlack owned movie theaters, six Black owned private airplanes, one Blackowned and operated hospital, one bank and its own school system.

To repeat, even with the variable of automation in the 60’s, the farther backwe go when we were away from others and amongst our own, the better welooked, definitely as compared to today in 2014. Dr. Michael D. Woodard in“Black Entrepreneurs in America” documents that during the Jim Crow era124 years ago in 1890, close to 74,000 Blacks were self-employed in variouscities nationally. Trades included 43,963 handymen, 17,480 bankers, 7,181merchants, 2,516 peddlers, 1,166 salesmen, 567 packers and shippers, 420hotel owners, 390 livery stable keepers and 231 undertakers – 73,914 self-employed Blacks in total, all during the segregated Jim Crow era.

Even during the enslavement era, Woodward tells us that numbering up-wards of 60,000 free Africans (Negroes/Blacks) developed enterprises in al-most every area of the business community to include merchandising, realestate, manufacturing, construction, transportation, extractive industries, serv-ice occupations, and carpentry.

In 1838, the “Register of Trades of Colored People in the city of Philadel-

phia,’ cites the author, list 8 bakers, 75 blacksmiths, 3 brass founders, 15 cab-inet makers and carpenters, 5 confectioners, 2 caulkers, 2 chair buttoners, 15tailoring enterprises, 31 tanners, 5 weavers, and 6 wheelwrights.

Further in Philly’s 1838, the trade’s business list 187 businesses ran just byBlack women. Such a list include 81 dressmakers and tailors, 4 dryers andscourers, 2 glass and paper makers, 2 fullers, and 98 hairdressers. Woodwardposits that the 98 registered hairdressers covered the largest trade group op-erating some of the most lucrative enterprises. In 1829 – still in the enslave-ment era – James Forster owned a major sail making firm employing 40workers, Black and White. In 1838, 19 Black sail makers were also recordedin the business register for that year.

Mary Ann Shadd at the age of 30 in 1853 became the first Black womanjournalist, editor, and publisher with her paper, the “Provincial Freeman.”David John Peck in 1847 was the first Black to graduate from an AmericanMedical School with an M.D. at the Rush Medical Center in Chicago. He was30 year old. Born in Africa and enslaved in 1716, Onesimus, without anyformal training, was a pioneer healer of smallpox. Phyllis Wheatly, thoughenslaved, was, at the age of 17, the first Negro female to publish a book ofpoems. Entitled “On the Death of the Reverend George Whitefield,” her workwas published 244 years ago in 1770.

The above even to include the Johnson, Anderson, and Woodard samplesare but a mere blink of our mastery during the enslavement, Reconstructionand Jim Crow eras. During these periods, lasting 345 years from 1619 to1964, our African (Colored/Negro/Black) forbearers – even given the kid-napping, Middle Passage, forced bondage, brutality, oppression, terror, colo-nization, et al. – we indeed still remained resilient, resistant, masterfullyadaptive, masterfully creative, masterfully skilled and masterfully equalizing.It’s all in our African DNA. It’s all in our genes.

But we would not know this as Tony Browder said in Hidden Colors 2,most of all of our early history in this country was written by other people –White historians, writers, slave owners, missionaries, teachers, scholars - allfrom a Euro frame-of-reference. Black students/scholars who studied, wrote,and taught our history were also learners under this same Euro frame-of-ref-erence paradigm. They dared not to counter or argue such teachings, therebyrisk earning those titled letters behind their name or possible publicationprospects.

The falsified myths over centuries of the African in Africa and in the Amer-icas about who we were, what we accomplished and when, and of our mas-terfully competitive potential in all areas continue to persist today in the hallsof public schooling, in academia, from the Black pulpit, in the homes of ourfamilies and throughout mainstreamed African American culture.

I mean really, a people who over millennium populated the earth andthrough migratory patterns out of Africa laid the foundation for all of theworld’s cultures in Europe and in Asia beginning around 32,999 B.C.E; cre-ated the world’s first calendar in 4236 B.C.E., formed the world first civiliza-tions in Kemet over the 2,625 years from 3150 B.C.E to 535 B.C.E. andbrought the European out of the Dark Ages during the 781 years of the (Black)Moorish occupation from 711 to 1492 A.D. - these people can certainly andmost assuredly survive and master the peculiar circumstances that befell uson these shores over the 345 years from 1619 to 1964. This is how we, as aBlack people, should be teaching our history.

But as the old African proverb goes: “When the tale of the hunt is alwaystold by the hunter, his version is all that you will know.”

History – our history from an African Centered perspective - records thatat no time were Black people ever inferior to the White or to any other group.When left to our own, even in America, we were always not only the survivor,but the adaptor, the builder, civilizer, creator, entrepreneur, and imaged ex-emplar mastery in all areas of respectable humankind endeavors. TheseBlack masters were in front of and models for our children. Such a proudlegacy was passed onward by us through our enslavement, into Reconstruc-tion and definitely through and during the Jim Crow periods – by Black, ofBlack, for the advancement of Black.

The only time that Black people collectively regressed and experiencedcultural, social, economic, and community decline in this country was at the

point of integration onward – over the last now 44 years from 1970 intotoday’s sunrise of 2014 - when we collectively abandoned by Black, of Black,for the advancement of Black and became voluntarily dependent upon, fol-lowers of and dictated by the images, ideals, vision and mandates of otherpeople.

No men of any other culture in the world would or has ever done this. Crea-tures in the forest, birds in the air, fish in the sea – no living species wouldgive up its unique “Way” totally to adopt the way of another. It is againstNatural Law. The only outcome is the inevitable surmise of that population,evidence of which is reflected in the above noted social and economic trends.

As noted in African thought and agreed upon in all sociological literaturethat has ever been written, the destruction of a people begins in the home ofits children. The question for Black people here in 2014 in this View Fromthe Bridge is not why is this happening? But why are we sitting back so com-fortably and allowing it to happen?

To counter what is bound to be our downfall if not redirected, we mightwant to consider the words of our renowned historian Runoko Rashidi. Quot-ing Marcus Garvey: “The time has come for the Negro to forget and cast be-hind him his hero-worship and adoration of other races, and start outimmediately to create and emulate heroes of his own. We must canonize ourown saints, create our own martyrs, and elevate to positions of fame, andhonor Black men and women who have made their distinct contributions toour racial history…Africa has produced countless numbers of men andwomen, in war and in peace, whose luster and bravery outshined that of anyother people. Why should we not, then, see good and perfection in our-selves?”

The “Watchman” series will continue on “MenThink” each and everyThursday from 8 to 9 p.m. (CST) through January. Tune in for a listen atwww.harambeeradio.com.

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RELIGIONRELIGION

Well, we have just concluded another time line in ourlives that some of us are grateful for; and some of us arequestioning why we are still where we are. Maybe youare saying to yourself, Why am I still in this relationshipthat I 'm in , or why am I still working this same job thatdoesn't appreciate me for all I do for this company.

Why am I not the "Super Successful" person that I be-lieve I should be and feel that I deserve to be?

When I speak of "Super Success", don't let me con-fuse you to the point that I mean you have to be the pres-ident of the company you work for, the captain of theteam you are on, or in the most enviable personal rela-tionship that everyone 'thinks' you are in.

All of us want to feel "Successful". To illustrate mythoughts to you on being a "Super Successful" personlet me quote from a statement made by Dr. RobertSchuller, the noted theologian, author and lecturer. "Suc-cess is building self-esteem in yourself and othersthrough sincere service to God".

All Super-Successful people know that self-esteem islife's highest value. They know the joy of getting, isbeing able to give of yourself, to those in need.

In every part of our life, there seems to be a step thatwe have to take or a decision we have to make that ismore important than the last.

Let's refer to these steps and decisions in life as a lad-der; one person is at the top, another is at the bottom,and there's one in between.

WHERE ARE YOU?Talent, certain skills, good looks, ability to speak well,

does not make you successful in life. One of the mostimportant steps in being a successful person is to main-tain an open or progressive mind in all your endeavors.

To succeed, you have to sincerely believe that you needto improve. Ask yourself, what can I do to be a betterperson; the kind of person that God envisions me to be.Seek out and find your shortcomings and expound onthem. Be able to accept criticisms and corrections.

We all have our personal limitations. If you are able tomeet success and failure head on, and treat them both inthe same way, then you are on your way to what Godwants to be. If you can think and don't put your thoughtsto work you are not on your way. BUT; if you candream, but not make just dreams your total success, YouAre on Your Way!

Always keep your faith in the Lord no matter how lifecomes to you and be thankful for the life He has pro-vided for you. I leave you with this prayer.

Dear Lord, in this New Year we have just entered, weask that you give us renewed faith and lasting stamina,clarity of mind, and sincerity in our hearts, to understandthat no matter what the challenges that lie ahead for uswe will not be alone, for we know from the lessons thatYou have given us in the past, You will pick us up andcarry us through any difficult times that may lie ahead;AMEN

A New Year and a new perspective?Sheriff Clarke recently spoke atthe Candlelight Vigil for 2013homicide victims. Sheriff Clarkejoined Congresswoman GwenMoore, other elected officials,community and family membersin prayer. The vigil was called"Milwaukee Lights a Candle forChange." The annual event issponsored by the NorthcottNeighborhood House and thisyear was hosted by St. GabrielChurch of God, 5363 N. 37thStreet, Pastor Lee Shaw. (Photoscourtesy of the Sheriff's Office)

Praying forlives lost

23rd Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Prayer Service

The 23rd Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Prayer Service will be held Saturday, January 18, 1:30PM at St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church, 2nd and Burleigh, Milwaukee. This year’s theme is *Who is yourGod?

The event is sponsored by Black Catholic Ministry Commission-Archdiocese of Milwaukee and the 2014 Rev.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Prayer Service Planning Committee.

In Loving Memory

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sincere concern at your time of need.

Offering pre-need, at need andafter-care services to families in

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throughout our state.

Services scheduled for January 5- 11, 2014

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Greene, Michael E.Age 53 yrs.January7, 2013. A Me-morial Service will be held onSaturday 11AM at Holy Re-deemer COGIC 3500 W. MotherDaniels Way.

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“Voters have spoken and their mes-sage is clear, they want their right tovote protected,” said Scot Ross, exec-utive director of One Wisconsin Now.

*Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrettand members of an organization ofBlack city firefighters called on statelegislators to take out of the proposedbudget a measure lifting the residencyrequirement for police and firefight-ers.

The mayor and the organization, theBrotherhood of Black Firefighters, be-lieve the proposal is a policy item andshould be debated and voted on by thelegislature based on its own merits.

The measure was part of Gov. ScottWalker’s proposed budget and wouldeliminate local government’s ability toenforce residency requirements. Themeasure would apply to all communi-ties across the state.

During a news conference outsidehis office surrounded by several Blackfirefighters, police officers and Com-mon Council members, Barrett de-scribed the governor’s effort to endthe residency rule as “wrong,” addingit would infringe on local governmentcontrol.

The mayor fears city employees—most notably police and firefighters—would leave the city en masse for thesuburbs, taking millions in propertytax dollars with them.

*After nearly 25 years of distin-guished public service to Milwaukee’sAfrican American Community,Charles “Butch” Walton retired asCEO of Career Youth Development,Inc., the legendary 43-year-old socialservice agency co-founded by hismother, Jeannetta Robinson, andgrandmother, Claretta “Mother Free-dom” Simpson.

Walton became the head of theagency in 2008 after his mother’s sud-den death during a meeting of theagency’s Survivor of Homicide andGreif Support Group.

Though retired, Walton continues towork behind the scenes to support theorganization and move its mission for-ward.

MAY*Three community icons died

within weeks of each other: Dr. An-thony Mensah, who created the Ritesof Passage manhood training initia-tives; Larry Harwell, a legislative aide

to former state legislator PollyWilliams and the architect of politicalcampaigns and initiatives, as well asthe architect of the MilwaukeeParental School Choice program; andFairbanks Cooper, a noted communitybusinessman who led the way inbuilding one of the most uniquely de-signed churches in the city and the na-tion, Calvary Baptist Church onTeutonia Avenue.

*The Beckum-Stapleton LittleLeague opened its 49th season in his-toric fashion. At the end of the annualparade of Little Leaguers from aroundthe community down King Drive, theribbon was cut by one of the league’sfounders, James Beckum, dedicatingthe Milwaukee County Park named inhis honor for his tireless work servingthe youth of the community throughsports.

A portion of Carver Park, where theleague is located, has been renamedthe James W. Beckum Park, located at900 W. Brown St.

A former Negro League Baseballplayer, Beckum founded the league in1964 with the help of the late CharlesStapleton at the behest of Rev. E.B.Phillips of Greater Galilee BaptistChurch.

The first year of the league, 60youth played. In 2013, more than 300boys and girls age four to 15 playedbaseball thanks to Beckum’s visionand tireless work to maintain Amer-ica’s past-time in urban neighbor-hoods.

*On an early Tuesday morning be-fore a gathering of Milwaukee’s civicand business leaders at the ItalianConference Center, Mayor Tom Bar-rett touted the future of his city by thelake.

The mayor spoke glowingly ofprojects on the drawing board orunder construction that would literallychange the city’s landscape along thelakefront, boost its economy, andchange local and national perceptions.

He talked about the construction ofa new 30-story Northwestern Mutualoffice tower, a planned 44-story hoteland apartment high-rise and 17 storyoffice building, as well as a proposalto extend Lincoln Memorial Driveinto the Historic Third Ward.

Later that same morning, during aninterview with the Community Jour-nal in his City Hall office, Barrett wasnot as buoyant talking about a poten-tial fiscal crisis that threatens to irrev-ocably set-back the city’s bold planstowards a brighter future.

The potential crisis is due, in part,by Gov. Walker’s and the Republicancontrolled legislature’s effort to abol-ish statewide local government’s abil-ity to enforce residency requirements.

Though he wouldn’t say it directly,

Barrett did not disagree with the ob-servation of other locals who see thestate’s attempt to dismantle the resi-dency requirement as an assault on thecity and an attempt to turn Milwaukeeinto another Detroit, which did awaywith residency requirements, whichled to that’s city’s police officers andfirefighters leaving the city, takingtheir property tax dollars with them.

JUNE*Funeral services were held for

Jessie M. Chaney, the wife of the lateMilwaukee Branch NAACP PresidentFelmers Chaney. She was 91 years ofage.

Like her husband, Chaney was awell known civil rights activist in theMilwaukee Black community for over70 years.

She was an executive committeemember of the NAACP.

She worked tirelessly for theNAACP supporting such initiatives asthe insurance red-lining lawsuit thatgarnered national attention.

*The Milwaukee NAACP called onthe U.S. Justice Department to con-duct a comprehensive and thoroughreview of the patterns and practices ofthe Milwaukee Police Department.The civil rights organization made its

demand after the Justice Departmentannounced its decision not to filecriminal charges against three MPDofficers involved in the police custodydeath of Derek Williams.

“The NAACP Milwaukee Branchwill continue to be an unyielding ad-vocate for transparency, accountabil-ity and meaningful change within theMilwaukee Police Department,” ac-cording to a statement by the organi-zation.

*Five members of the Milwaukeedelegation of the Wisconsin State As-sembly blasted the passage of theheavily Republican influenced 2013-2015 biennial state budget, which onemember, State Rep. Mandela Barnescalled, “indecent.”

Passing by a vote of 55 to 42, the$70 billion budget would cut incometaxes for all tax filers by $650 millionover two years, expand statewide pri-vate school vouchers—currently onlyavailable in Milwaukee and Racine—and tighten income eligibility underMedicaid, forcing nearly 90,000 peo-ple into federally subsidized ex-changes to purchase insurance.

“What this budget currently demon-strates is that Republicans are out oftune with what matters most to thestate of Wisconsin,” said Barnes.

Part Two Next Week.

floored to learn of the accomplishments of Johnson's era. Over the period ofa few years, our nation focused fiercely on people facing hardship.

By the end of Johnson's term, his "war" had resulted in the establishmentof many of our bedrock safety net programs, including Medicare, Medicaid,food stamps, Head Start and other core education programs.

In the years since LBJ, his programs have lifted millions upon millions outof desperate situations. Unfortunately, we have lost the focus we once had.Today in Congress, some of my colleagues seem to have launched the oppo-site of the War on Poverty; they have launched a battle against our anti-poverty programs.

Or perhaps more tragically, they seem to be fighting a war against the poor.Many of my colleagues in Congress endeavor to chip away at safety-net fund-ing, eroding budgets little by little, until we are left with programs that areless effective at eradicating need -- and then the critics somehow find thenerve to pass judgment on the value of the programs!

Obviously, we haven't eliminated poverty in this country. In fact, we havedone some backsliding since the Great Recession. According to recent povertyfigures, nearly 1 in 5 families in the U.S. struggle to meet one or more of theirnine basic needs. "

Basic needs" include such necessities as utilities, rent or mortgage, seeinga doctor, and having enough food. Too many children live in these house-holds.

In my district, and districts across the country, I hear tragic stories of foodinsecurity and its effects on kids. What's worse, Census data show that finan-cial strain actually increased between 2005 and 2011. We have a multitudeof evidence demonstrating that poverty's roots are deep and entrenched.

These findings should underscore the importance of programs such as un-employment insurance, housing assistance, and others. These programs havebeen proven to work and lift people out of poverty. But somehow, they havedeveloped enemies.

Our anti-poverty programs face threats on the federal, state, and local level,day in and day out. Families' benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assis-tance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) were just reduced inNovember, and the House of Representatives passed a Farm Bill this yearthat would cut almost 4 million people off the program.

Governors across the country, including Governor Scott Walker, have cho-sen to refuse free funding to expand Medicaid -- undermining the program,and undermining the Affordable Care Act in the process.

Now House Republicans aren't committed to extending unemployment in-surance benefits -- in spite of the fact that many of our unemployed are nowin the "long-term" category, since they have been seeking a job for 27 weeksor longer.

Republicans hide behind claims that they are "rooting out fraud and abuse"and using that excuse to slash and gut supports for people in need.

It's time for us to remember the words of LBJ. I hope we all take a moment,on this 50th anniversary, to recall that once upon a time, our political leadersproudly worked to end poverty -- instead of proudly campaigning on promisesto erode anti-poverty programs.

We must reawaken our desire to help those in need and open our eyes tothe reality of life for the poor. Let's join together and recommit ourselves tofinishing President Johnson's mission.

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Wess Roberts in his book "Victory Secrets of AttilaThe Hun" credits the battle-savvy leader with havingsaid, "Chieftains should never intentionally place [sol-diers] in a situation where the price of losing outweighsthe rewards ofwinning".Howoften can you honestly saythat your sales managers apply this rule to their sales-people? And what systems do your salespeople have inplace to ensure victory, even before they go into battle?You have two challenges when your sales force pre-

pares for battle:Challenge 1: Like any kind ofwarfare, you have a dis-

tinct advantage when you can tap good and reliable in-telligence.Here's the problem:Your salespeople don’t getenough accurate intelligence about their prospects. As aresult, their pipelines are filled with flaky opportunities.And your sales managers don’t have enough guts to callthem on it.Here’s the litmus test. When your sales people sub-

mit their forecasts, do you or your managers “adjust”them down for realism? It’s typically easier for sales-people and theirmanagers to discusswhy they didn’twinbusiness, instead of asking themselves the right questionsbefore going to battle.The right questions:1. “Can we win and should we pursue this opportu-

nity?” If yes, then2. “Which strategy shouldwe adopt to ensure that we

win?To begin, ask your salespeople: "How much does it

cost towin a newaccount?” Calculate the actual costs as-sociated with generating a lead, a contact, an appoint-ment, a proposal and a sale. Now add in the opportunitycost of missed business they could have won if they

weren’t wasting time on business that won’t closequickly.If you’re like most selling organizations, the cost per

pursuit is several hundred or even thousands of dollars.Multiply that by the number of opportunities you chasedand didn’t close in the last 12months. Staggering isn’t it?Before your sales people charge off to fight the next

battle, ask them, “If this was your money, would youspend it?”Challenge 2:Your sales people don’t do enough plan-

ning work before going to battle.Before going into battle again, make sure your sales-

people can answer these questions (honestly):• What are you trying to sell and most importantly,

why? Sounds simple enough until you actually try toquantify it.• Is the project funded? What if there’s not enough?

Who has discretionary use of the funds? Who can getmore?•What is the sale worth to the organization? Does the

ROI justify the investment of time, money and effort?• Have we sold this prospect anything in the past?

Who?What?Where?When? How?Why?• How many contacts have you already had with this

contact? How many phone calls, face-to-face meetingsand so on? Do you have a clear next step?•Doyou have an organizational chart?Doyou have an

inside coach?•What has been (or will be) your sales strategy?• Where are you in the selling process? Here is a

checklist:1. Were you invited in or did you beg for an appoint-

ment?2.What were the prospect’s reasons for seeing you?3. What were the challenges, problems, and frustra-

tions that you identified in the interview?4.How important is it to the prospect to fix those prob-

lems?5.Howcommitted is the prospect to fixing those prob-

lems? (Time, effort, money, willingness to fail?)6. What is the agreement you and the prospect have

reached concerning the decisions that will be made eachstep of the way?Few salespeople understand the cost of pursuing sales

and often fill their funnelswith bad business. Fewer thinkthrough winning strategies before going into sales “bat-tle”.Ask your sales people these fundamental sales ques-

tions before committing resources to a battle you cannotwin.Successful sales professionals qualify vigorously, and

religiously before committing time and energy so theirclosing ratios are 90% or better.So, what are yours?

ByAntoine MilerThe doorbell rang for

the third time.Looking

out-side

that coldand snowy after-

noon, I found myself talkingto yet another young man eager toshovel the snow in front of my housefor $10. I’d had enough of the inter-ruptions from the doorbell.And I haddecided that I wasn’t going to payanyone $10 to shovel for me. Callme cheap but $10 was too muchmoney. I usually shovel my ownsnow for free.Just as I was about to yell through

the front door and tell this latestyoung man that his services weren’tneeded, the young man made me anoffer that got my attention. He askedme, “Would you be interested in hav-ing your snow shoveled for $5?” Ihad told myself I wouldn’t pay $10but, quite honestly,I would do it for$5. Just then, the young man clari-fied. He said, “I will do it for $5 if,

after I’ve done a great job, you agreeto recommend me to a neighbor.”The young man told me that I couldjust wave at the neighbor from whereI stood in my doorwayand he’d ringtheir doorbell or, if I wanted, I couldcall the neighbor on the phone. I di-aled a neighbor and recommendedthe young man. My neighbor agreedto support.As I stood impressed by the young

man, his cleverness and ambition, itbecame clear to me that this youngman was practicing some new think-ing. He was delivering value andasking for referrals. While all theother guys came around asking for$10, this young man only asked for$5. In the long run, while the youngman made less money up front, I’dbe willing to bet, he made moremoney in the end because he gotmore people to buy what he had tooffer.As you enter 2014, remember to

be like the ambitious young manwho was willing to change the wayhe did business so that he could stayin business. If your competitors are

doing the same thing, don’t do whatthey are doing. Find the courage todo something different. Your newplan may seem strange at first butstrange draws attention. People canonly buy from you if you have theirattention.A$5 deal got my attention.In 2014, how will your business getmore attention?Antoine Miller is Founder of 99

SALES iDEAS for Business Devel-opment. Miller is proud to helpbusiness owners sell more of theirproducts and services. He can becontacted at 414-219-1989 oramiller@99salesideas.com

A Business plan mustinclude marketing strategyByMarsha FriedmanWhether your goal is to own your own business, become a consultant, a

speaker or an author, you'll need to start with a business plan.Even if you launched your business years ago, it's important to revisit and re-

fresh your plan. In recent years, the economy, technology and consumer habitshave changed rapidly and dramatically, affecting every aspect of your business.That makes it absolutely vital to re-evaluate your short- and long-term strate-gies.One of the most critical elements of any business plan is your marketing strat-

egy. Too often, people don't think through that all-important component with thesame rigor they tackle aspects like projected cash flow and long-term goals.Or, they /do/ put thought and effort into planning for market research, pro-

motion and positioning - and then never follow through on their great ideas.One problem is that most entrepreneurs (or professionals or authors) don't

have marketing experience. They may be skilled tradesmen, savvy financialadvisers or talented writers - the expertise they plan to build their businessaround - but they're not marketers. Some don't realize that executing a solidmarketing strategy is essential to any venture's success; others know it's im-portant but don't know where to begin.Here's why it's so important: You may have the book that changes the way

business is done, or the product that solves a problem for lots of consumers, butif no one knows about it, they can't come looking for it. Marketing is the fun-damental building block of any business; it's what drives the business, so it can'tbe an afterthought.The marketing component of your business plan should include a budget for

time (if you're going to tackle the job yourself) and/or money. You need atimetable and a professional website that attracts visitors and makes it easy forthem to learn more about you, your product, book or service -- and equally easyto purchase what you're selling.Here are some other points to consider as you're developing your marketing

plan:• What is my message? Your message needs to be more than "My product is

great." What's the problem it solves? If you're a professional, what's the valueyou and your service offer? How are you different from your competition? Asan example: /At EMSI, we create visibility and credibility for our clients usinga pay-for-performance model that guarantees media exposure and sets us apartfrom our peers./• Who is my audience? Unless you have a niche product, consider your po-

tential audience in terms of ever-expanding ripples. For instance, a collapsiblecoffeepot may be just the thing for a college student's tiny dorm room. That'syour initial target audience. But his parents and grandparents, who are helpingoutfit that dorm room, might also be audiences. If they've downsized their liv-ing quarters, they might just want one for themselves, too. In fact, it could begreat for campers, boaters - anyone living in a small space.• Which are the appropriate media outlets for a PR campaign? Social media

is great for niche products because online forums build communities aroundcommon interests. Daytime TV talk shows tend to have audiences with lots ofwomen. Most newspaper readers are now 55 or older. Once you have decidedyour audience is, figure out what they're watching, listening to, reading, anddoing online, then customize your message for that medium and audience.• What's your budget?* When you've answered these questions, you should

be able to determine how much marketing you can do yourself (if you'll bedoing any at all) and howmuch you'll need help with. If you're handling it your-self, budget for the time it will take to do things like keeping your website ac-tive with fresh blog posts once or twice a week; posting content on social media;developing pitches to get print, radio or TV interested. If you plan to pay a pro-fessional for marketing services, use your marketing plan to explore the costsand timetable, and budget accordingly.Whether you're launching a dream or strengthening your existing business,

you need to lay a good foundation with a solid plan. If marketing isn't an im-portant component of that plan, your rocket to the moon will likely fizzle andfade.Marsha Friedman is a 23-year veteran of the public relations industry. She

is the CEO of EMSI Public Relations (www.emsincorporated.comhttp://www.emsincorporated.com>), a national firm that provides PR strat-egy and publicity services to businesses, professional firms, entertainers andauthors.

Lisa Williams

$5 and a snow shovel...

Antoine MIller

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KALEIDOSCOPEKALEIDOSCOPEt h e M C J l i f e s t y l e & e n t e r t a i n m e n t s e c t i o n

First Stage presents the moving historical drama

A MIDNIGHT CRYThe Underground Railroad to Freedom Jan. 10 through Feb. 9

First Stage continues its 27th season with A MIDNIGHT CRY from January10 – February 9, 2014 at the Todd Wehr Theater in the Marcus Center for thePerforming Arts, 929 N. Water Street, Milwaukee. Recommended for every-one ages 9 and up, A MIDNIGHT CRY is inspired by a true story, this dramachronicles a young slave’s journey to freedom through the Underground Rail-road.

Written by First Stage Resident Playwright James DeVita, A MIDNIGHTCRY premiered in 2003 to critical acclaim. The play is inspired by the jour-ney of Caroline Quarlls – who escaped slavery, made her way into Wisconsin– through Milwaukee to Detroit and eventually to freedom in Toronto.

“I can easily say this is the most powerful play I’ve ever been a part of,”said First Stage Artistic Director Jeff Frank, who directs this production. “Themusic by Josh Schmidt and Sheri Williams Pannell, performed live, adds tothis moving historical drama, a story that speaks to the indomitable power ofthe human spirit.”

A MIDNIGHT CRY marks the third play in First Stage’s Wisconsin Cycle,a new play development initiative celebrating the local history, heritage andpeople of Wisconsin through a six-part series of plays, associated workshops,special events and educational opportunities.

The adult actor cast of A MIDNIGHT CRY includes Malkia Stampley asLida; Michael A. Torrey as Papa/Ensemble; Marvette Knight as Mama; GavinLawrence as Uncle Eli/Ensemble; Matt Daniels as Bullard/Ensemble; ToddDenning as Jessup/Ensemble; Matt Corkins as Halston/Ensemble; KarenWieser Peterson as Ensemble/Female Understudy; James Carrington as En-

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PASSIONATELY MOVINGFORWARD…I discovered something about myself in the pastsix days of 2014.I am more passionate than I thought, about myfuture.I refuse to take useless habits and useless peo-ple into 2014 with me. I am passionate about them being water underthe bridge.I got a clean bill of health from my doctor aweek ago, therefore I am passionate about stay-ing healthy in 2014.I am passionate about my family and how theysee me moving forward into my new future,though I have no idea what lay before me.I am passionate about not being neglected andnot letting anyone talk down to me nor take mefor granted, no matter how much I love them.I am passionate about still being able to loveand give in 2014, though others did not recipro-cate that to me in 2013.I am passionate that to attempt to do more thanone thing at a time, is to really do neither.

I made a startling discovery about myself in2014. I am more passionate about my self-worth than I ever gave myself credit for in 2013.Sonya Marie Bowman

BEACHESThe New Year has arrived and I want to ThankGod I'm here!!!!!!I brought in the New Year looking at pics ofsome of the World's Best Beaches..............Ifound a calendar with these World's BestBeaches and shared it with one of my bestfriends. We talked on how nice it would be to beon one of these beaches just chillin' - no need totalk as the view from our beach chairs wouldsay it all....................I do believe what you put in the atmosphere youcan achieve it....speak it....pray 'bout it and re-peat it - it can be attainable.I realized when I did look at the pics of beachesit did something to my mind,body,soul and aspiritual peace. God's Creation - Wow!!!!!! Godcreated these beaches!!!!!!!!I know what I am praying for this year - DoYou?????

Always Keeping It RealTara R. PulleyMORNINGS

I encountered tests in 2013 that required me tostretch my faith to limits I never knew existed.I shared more of my vulnerability in 2013,which challenged me to be more real with oth-ers, but especially with myself.I defied fear in 2013 by making life altering de-cisions, that forced me to face uncertainties andembrace insecurities.I sought encouragement in 2013, and I was car-ried through my situation by leaning not on myflesh, but my beliefs.I dreamed bigger in 2013, because I was toldthat anything is attainable as long as I remainedobedient.I walked out of an old door in 2013, and a newdoor was made available that sanctioned me touse talents that were dormant.I watched healing in 2013, which leads me to be-lieve that new-birth comes in many forms.I learned in 2013 that people will surprise you inboth positive and negative ways, but how I han-dle this shock of reality is up to me.

I decided in 2013 that my purpose was more im-portant than my conformity, which lead me toset myself apart from my regularity.It is now 2014, and this starts the year of myNew Beginning…Thank you Lord for mornings!!!Zelda Corona

Sista Speak. . .Speak Lord! ! !Sista Speak. . .Speak Lord!! !NEW BEGINNINGS!

Tara R. Pulley Zelda CoronaSonya Marie Bowman

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Instead, the visiting San Francisco49ers played as if they adjusted toeverything better than the Packersand pulled out a 23-20 win on kickerPhil Dawson’s 33-yard field goal.

Things changed for the green andgold when both linebacker MikeNeal and cornerback Sam Shieldswent out in the first quarter with kneeinjuries.

The sense of urgency on defensechanged for the Packers at that mo-ment. With that adversity hittingthem immediately, Green Bay keptSan Francisco out of the end zoneand gave up only two field goals,which was a minor exchange forkeeping the game within reach.

“We were definitely stretched,”Packers head coach Mike McCarthysaid. “The other guys got in there andbattled. We were definitely chal-lenged.”

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ mindwas frozen in time. He was frus-trated, no doubt, and he created hisown situation by running into theteeth of the San Francisco defensewhen the pocket collapsed.

With not much faith in throwingthe ball early in the game and no firstdowns to show for it in the first quar-ter, Packer Nation wondered why hegave rookie running back Eddie Lacythe ball when the 49ers defense keptthe running game in check.

The Niners ran and threw the ballat will and chomped on the GreenBay secondary down the field.

When they tried to drive down thefield one too many times, Green Baycornerback Tramon Williams wasready for them.

His interception and runbackended the Niners’ drive when he ranover San Francisco QB ColinKaepernick, who tried to tackle him,to the roar of the Lambeau Fieldcrowd.

After that turnover, the Packerstook a 14-play, 70-yard drive to theend zone and in the process took overseven minutes off the clock in thesecond quarter for a 7-6 lead. Butafter the visitors scored, the crowdgot quiet.

Kaepernick’s long run and FrankGore’s TD run gave the Niners themomentum they needed going intothe half. It was interesting how the

Packers would respond being down13-7. Did San Fran have Green Bay’snumber again?

The Packers shut out the Niners’offense in the third quarter, whichwas good, because it gave them justenough momentum for the offense toturn the tide in the fourth quarter.

Rodgers went to work and engi-neered another long TD drive to putthe Packers ahead 17-13. Meanwhile,casualties continued to mount as of-fensive tackle David Bakhtiari andcornerback Davon House went outwith injuries.

Kaepernick took off for big yardswhen his receivers were covered andlater made the Green Bay defenderspay downfield with another TD tossto tight end Vernon Davis as they re-took the lead by three points.

The crowd sat on the edge of theirseats when the Packers had the ballon offense with a chance to tie or takethe lead.

If No. 12 wanted to take the mon-key off his back with a playoff winover the team he rooted for as a kidand who passed him up in the draft,then the time was now.

Rodgers did his part and marchedthe team to within field goal range.Kicker Mason Crosby made the 24-yard field goal for a 20-20 tie and itwas a whole new ballgame.

Unfortunately, San Fran had theball, the clock in their favor and achance to send the Lambeau Fieldfaithful home in a bad mood andmake McCarthy mad enough tomake wholesale changes to hiscoaching staff for next season.

The Niners got the game-winningfield goal to move on, and the Pack-ers will spend the offseason figuringout what it takes to play winningplayoff football.

“It was very tough,” Lacy said.

“It’s a bitter pill to swallow. Weplayed a great game and played outhearts out and come up that short, ithurts a lot.”

Yes it does hurt, especially aroundTitletown. Rodgers has been to fiveplayoff games in his career as thestarting QB and lost four of them.

He pointed out that it will be a dif-ferent team next season with some ofthe players from the Super Bowlchampionship season moving on.

The one play that would’ve fa-vored the Packers was the attemptedpass that Kaepernick threw to re-ceiver Anquan Boldin at their 31-yard line that Green Bay cornerbackMycah Hyde almost came downwith.

He lost his balance and the balldropped to the ground. Make thatplay, and Green Bay would’ve beenin a position to get the game-winningfield goal instead.

Or, if Hyde catches the ball andstayed on his feet, there was a clearpath to the end zone.

Hyde was asked if the cold af-fected his ability to hold on to theball. “It didn’t have an effect at all,”he said. “It was just a drop. I wasn’tcold or anything. That had nothing todo with it. It was just a dropped ball.”

That one play would’ve been big,and the Packers would’ve marchedinto Carolina as the underdogs. SanFran had the upper hand again overthe Packers, which it will take a longtime to get over. “Unfortunately, wewere one play away from getting itdone,” McCarthy said.

“It was a frustrating way to end theseason,” Rodgers said. “I think that alot of us felt that the way things havegone the last four or five weeks therewas something special about thisyear.

Personally, it’s frustrating that youplay your best game under toughconditions, but if the defense holdsthem to 23 points, we should win thatgame.”

At this point, it doesn’t matter whowins the Super Bowl because Packerbackers don’t care about that. Theirteam isn’t in the NFL Tournamentany more. They’re getting tired of thewait until next year speech.

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Marquette Univ.Golden EagleDeonte Burtonmanuvers for alay-up aroundDePaul BlueDemon player-Charles McKin-ney duringMarquette’s re-cent win overDePaul at theBMO HarrisBradley Center.(Photo by BillTennessen)

REEN BAY – Everything in theNFC Wild Card Game, Jan 5, atLambeau Field, was supposedto favor Green Bay, from the

weather, to home field advantage, to hav-ing key healthy players available.

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Lawyers representing formerNFL players in the proposed $765million settlement of thousands ofconcussion-related claims detailedMonday how the money would bedivided.

The awards could reach $5 mil-lion for athletes with amyotrophiclateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig'sdisease; $4 million for a death in-volving brain trauma; and $3 mil-lion for dementia cases.

Under the payout formula, thosemaximum awards would go toplayers under 45, who wouldlikely need more lifetime care.

For a man in his early 60s, theawards top out at $3 million forALS and $950,000 for Alzheimer'sdisease. An 80-year-old with earlydementia would get $25,000.

Individual awards would alsoreflect how long the player spentin the NFL, unrelated medical is-sues and other factors.

For instance, the award could be

reduced significantly if someonehad injuries from an unrelatedstroke or car accident.

Men without any neurologicalproblems would get baseline test-ing, and could seek compensationif test reveal any problems.

"This is an extraordinary settle-ment for retired NFL players and

their families - from those whosuffer with severe neurocognitiveillnesses today, to those who arecurrently healthy but fear theymay develop symptoms decadesinto the future," lead players'lawyers Christopher Seeger andSol Weiss said in a statement.

Senior U.S. District Judge Anita

Brody of Philadelphia must stillapprove of the plan, and is ex-pected to hold a fairness hearinglater this year.

Individual players can also optout or object to the settlement,which followed five months ofwhat a mediator called "vigorous"negotiations between the playersand the NFL.

"We of course support plaintiffs'motions, and will await further di-rection from Judge Brody," NFLspokesman Brian McCarthy said.

Colin Kapernick the difference (again)as Niners beat Packers in Wild Card

By Troy Sparks

MU defeats DePaul

Photos by Kim Robinson

Packer Quarterback AaronRodger hands the ball off torookie sensation Eddie Lacy.

Lawyers detail $765M plan for NFL concussionsArticle courtesy of Associated Press via “The Rundown”

(continued from page 7)semble; and John Nicholson as Musician.

Young performer roles are double cast. Young performers in the Hope Castare Chantae Miller (as Keely) from Waukesha; Mikayla Penn (Ensemble)from Glendale; Silma Berrada (Ensemble) from Mequon; Gabriella Hamilton(Ensemble) from South Milwaukee; Alex Hatcher (Ensemble) from Ripon;and Austin Winter (Ensemble) from Milwaukee.

Young performers in the Freedom Cast are Ashley Nord (as Keely) andReese Parish (Ensemble) from Glendale; Jamie Mercado (Ensemble) fromOak Creek; Katarina Vandlik (Ensemble) from Whitefish Bay; Cole Hines(Ensemble) from Brookfield and Braylen Stevens (Ensemble) from Milwau-kee.

Tickets for A MIDNIGHT CRY start at $14. Tickets may be purchased atwww.firststage.org or through the Marcus Center box office, in person at 929N. Water Street in downtown Milwaukee or by phone (414) 273-7206 or tollfree at (888) 612-3500.

A MIDNIGHT CRY

“Under the payout for-mula, those maximumawards would go toplayers under 45, whowould likely needmore lifetime care.For a man in his early60s, the awards topout at $3 million forALS and $950,000 forAlzheimer's disease.An 80-year-old withearly dementia wouldget $25,000.”

SUMMO!S(PUBLICATIO!)

STATE OFWISCO!SI!CIRCUIT COURT

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

Case !o. 13CV011432In the matter of the name changeof: DARNELL DAVON MC-CARTYBy (Petitioner)DARNELL DAVONMCCARTY

NOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking tochange the name of the personlisted above:From:DARNELLDAVON MCCARTYTo:DARNELL DAVON NOR-WOOD Birth Certificate:DAR-NELL DAVON MCCARTY

IT IS ORDEREDThis petition will be heard in theCircuit Court of MilwaukeeCounty, State of Wisconsin.Judge’s Name:HON. RICHARD JSANKOVITZROOM 500 PLACE:901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wis-consin, 53233 DATE: January22,2013, TIME 4:30 P.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall begiven by publication as a Class 3notice for three (3) weeks in a rowprior to the date of the hearing inthe Milwaukee Community Journal,a newspaper published in Milwau-kee County, State of Wisconsin.Dated: 12-16-2013BY THE COURT:HON. RICHARD J SANKOVITZCircuit Court Judge013-207/12-25-2013/1-1-8-2014

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!CIRCUIT COURT

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

Case !o. 13CV011515In the matter of the name changeof: KENDALL LYLE RENEBICKERSTAFF

By: (Co-Petitioner) TYRONEDENTON

NOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking tochange the name of the personlisted above:From:KENDALL LYLE RENEBICKERSTAFFTo: KENDALLTREY DENTON

IT IS ORDEREDThis petition will be heard in theCircuit Court of MilwaukeeCounty, State of Wisconsin.Judge’s Name:HON. DAVIDAHANSHER ROOM 412 PLACE:901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wis-consin, 53233 DATE: January23,2014, TIME 9:30 A.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall begiven by publication as a Class 3notice for three (3) weeks in a rowprior to the date of the hearing inthe Milwaukee Community Journal,a newspaper published in Milwau-kee County, State of Wisconsin.Dated: 12-16-2013BY THE COURT:HON. DAVIDAHANSHERCircuit Court Judge013-208/12-25-2013/1-1-8-2014

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!:CIRCUIT COURT:

FAMILY COURT BRA!CHMILWAUKEE COU!TYCASE !O. 2013FA008047D

In re the marriage of: SHIRLEYRIVERA, 2318 South 8th St Apt 4,Milwaukee WI 53215Petitioner and PASCUAL GUZ-MAN, ADDRESS UNKNOWNRespondent

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

Within forty days after the 3rd dayof January, 2014 exclusive of the

date just stated, you must respondwith a written demand for a copyof the petition.

The demand must be sent or deliv-ered to this Court, whose addressis: Clerk of Circuit Court Milwau-kee County Courthouse 901 N 9thSt. Milwaukee WI 53233 and toSHIRLEY RIVERAwhose addressis 2318 South 8th St Apt. 4 Mil-waukee WI 53215

You may have an attorney repre-sent you.

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

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

upon your request from the clerk ofcourt.

Dated this 3rd day of January, 2014By: SHIRLEY RIVERA014-003/1-8-15-22-2014

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!CIRCUIT COURT

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

Case !o. 13CV008371In the matter of the name changeof: QUIELA SOPHIE MONTENE-GROBy (Petitioner) CARISA JUNEPINCOLIC

!OTICE IS GIVE!:A petition was filed asking tochange the name of the personlisted above:From: QUIELA SOPHIE MON-TENEGROTo: KAYLA SOPHIAPINCOLICBirth Certificate: QUIELA SO-PHIE MONTENEGRO

IT IS ORDEREDThis petition will be heard in theCircuit Court of MilwaukeeCounty, State of Wisconsin.Judge’s Name:HON.MCHAEL D.GUOLEEROOM 413PLACE:901N. 9th Street, Milwaukee Wiscon-sin, 53233 DATE: February 3,2014, TIME 10:00 A.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall begiven by publication as a Class 3notice for three (3) weeks in a rowprior to the date of the hearing inthe Milwaukee Community Journal,a newspaper published in Milwau-kee County, State of Wisconsin.Dated: 12-30-2013BY THE COURT:HON. MICHAEL D GUOLEECircuit Court Judge014-002/1-8-15-22-2014

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!

CIRCUIT COURTMILWAUKEE COU!TYCase !o. 2013FA002590Divorce-40101

In Re: The marriage of: GARYBRUCE CAMPBELL, Peti-tionerand Respondent: BARBARADARLENEALEXACDER

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

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

The demand must be sent or deliv-ered to the court at: Clerk of Court,Milwaukee County Courthouse 901N 9thStMilwaukee WI 53233 andtoGARY CAMPBELL, 3245 N37th Street, Apartment 11Milwau-kee WI 53216

It is recommended, but not requiredthat you have an attorney help orrepresent you.

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

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

You are further notified that if theparties to this action have minorchildren, violation of 948.31 Wis.Stats., (Interference with custodyby parent or others) is punishableby fines and/or imprisonment:

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

You are notified of the availabilityof information from the CircuitCourt Commissioner as set forth in767.105 WIs.Stats.

767.105 Information from CircuitCourt Commissioner.

(2)Upon the request of a party to anaction affecting the family, includ-ing a revision of judgment or orderunder sec. 767.59 or 767.451:(a)The Circuit Court Commissionershall, with or without charge, pro-vide the party with written informa-tion on the following, asappropriate to the action com-menced:1. The procedure for obtaining ajudgment or order in the action2. The major issues usually ad-dressed in such an action.3. Community resources and familycourt counseling services availableto assist the parties.4. The procedure for setting, modi-fying, and enforcing child supportawards, or modifying and enforcinglegal custody or physical placementjudgments or orders.(b)The Circuit Court Commissionershall provide a party, for inspectionor purchase, with a copy of thestatutory provisions in this chaptergenerally pertinent to the action.

Date: 12-3-2013BY:GARY B CAMPBELL014-001/1-8-15-22-2014

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AdvisorUWM CAREER OPPORTU!ITY

The Upward Bound Math & Science Program seeks an individual interested in a fixed-term, non-teaching, academic staff position as (no-prefix) Advisor. UWM Upward BoundMath and Science is a pre-college program funded through the U.S. Department of Education.The program works with students in grades 9-12 to help them realize their potential toexcel in math and science, and encourage them to pursue a postsecondary degree in thesefields.This position assists with the development, planning and implementation ofprogramming, events and activities, including academic advising activities, studentassessment, workshops and record/case management.Qualified candidates must havea Bachelor’s degree (non-specified) and possess a minimum of two years of experienceworking with underrepresented and disadvantaged middle and high school students.

Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree preferred in Education, LiberalArts, Counseling or Social Sciences; demonstrated ability helping students with the collegeapplication process; experience working with high school students preferred; experienceworking in a Pre-College based program is also a plus; experience in overcoming obstaclessimilar to those encountered by the target population a plus; experience working with a diversestudent population; strong written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated abilityexecuting academic advising and educational workshops: demonstrated experience designing,planning enrichment and skill-building programs; proficient with Microsoft Office anddatabase software.

We offer a competitive compensation commensurate with experience and an excellent ben-efits package. Applicants must apply electronically to http://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/by theapplication deadline date of February 4, 2014.Complete application materials must includea letter of application addressing educational and professional level work experience andknowledge as it relates to all required and preferred qualifications, a professional resume,and the names and contact information of three professional references.

Contact Information: Interested job seekers are welcome to email Angela Broderick atwickhama@uwm.eduwith questions regarding this position vacancy.

For the UWM Campus Security Report, see http://www.cleryact.uwm.edu/ or contact theOffice of Student Life, Mellencamp Hall 118, at (414) 229-4632 for a paper copy.

The names of nominees and applicants who have not requested in writing that theiridentities be withheld and the names of all finalists will be released upon request.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee iscommitted to diversity and believes that it is an essential element in the pursuit of

academic excellence.

OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENT

Office of the Milwaukee Public Schools, DIVISION OF FACILITIES ANDMAINTENANCE SERVICES, 1124 N. 11th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin,December 20, 2013.

Sealed proposals will be received at 1124 N. 11th St., directed to the attentionof Ms. Gina M. Spang, P.E., Director of the Division of Facilities and MaintenanceServices, pursuant to Section 119.52(3) Wisconsin Statutes, until Thursday,January 23, 2014 at 1:30 P.M., in accordance with plans and specifications for thefollowing work:

All contractor(s) and subcontractor(s) are subject to the prevailing wage ratesand hours of labor as prescribed by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors ofthe City of Milwaukee consistent with provisions of Section 66.0903 of theWisconsin Statutes.

BID GUARANTY TO ACCOMPANY BID: MPS Bid Bond, Certified orCashier’s Check: 10% of Contractor’s Base Bid.

REMODELING MODIFICATIONS

Reagan High School @ Sholes Multiplex4965 S. 20th StreetMilwaukee, WI 53221MPS Property No. 060MPS Project No. 2776

The HUB requirements for this project are 15%The COIN requirements for this project are 25%The minimum Student Participation requirements for this project are:

Paid Employment: 200 HoursEducational Activities: 10 Hours

Deposit for Drawings and Specifications: $25.00MAILING CHARGE: $35.00

The bidding documents may be obtained 7:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.Monday through Friday from A/E Graphics, Inc., 4075 North 124thStreet, Brookfield, WI 53005; phone (262) 781-7744; fax (262) 781-4250.Call A/E Graphics for availability of bid documents for pick up. Plansand specifications will be loaned to a prospective bidder upon receipt of thedeposit listed, which deposit will be returned upon surrender of the plans andspecifications in good condition. Bid documents must be returned only to A/EGraphics, Inc. Plans and specifications may be examined at the Facilities andMaintenance Services’ office. Bid documents may not be examined at A/EGraphics, Inc.. Plans and specifications may also be viewed online at A/EGraphics, Inc. @ www.aegraphics.com.

Each proposal shall be for a fixed lump sum.The right is reserved to reject any or all bids or to waive informalities.Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of dis-

abled individuals at the bid opening through sign language interpreters or otherauxiliary aids. The following TDD number is available for the hearing impairedfor questions prior to bid opening, 283-4611.

GREGORY E. THORNTON, Ed.D,10464747/12-20-26-1-2-9-16 Superintendent of Schools.

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Best-qualified candidates possess:• PhD or equivalent degree• Academic preparation in a related discipline, such as communitydevelopment, economic development or natural resources• Demonstrated understanding of an inclusive educational process,i.e., developing, managing, and evaluating educational programs witha demonstrated ability to promote creativity and vision in programdevelopment• Success in developing and maintaining effective partnerships• Successful experience in the administration and leadership ofeducational programs, leading and managing people, strategic planning,fiscal management• Success in securing funding to support new and existing programs• Demonstrated commitment and skill related to multiculturalism

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