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Locals Attend “March On Washington” in D.C. By C. Edward Corbett

Washington, D.C.—The gathering of civil rights or-ganizations, labor, religious lead-ers, fraternities, education lead-ers, health organizations, and social change organizations for the 50th Anniversary of the “March on Washington” with multiple themes drew hundred thousands of marchers and par-ticipants from around the county and beyond.

Los Angeles and the State of California were well represented at the 50th Anniver-sary of the “March on Washing-ton”.

There was a weekly schedule of activities and events, seminars, conferences, youth workshops, labor workshops, civil rights and justice work-shops, voter's suppression and the voter's rights workshops, pre-march rallies, freedom festivals and meet and greet activities.

Los Angeles attendees included Reginald Mims; SEIU Local 721, Ed Corbett, CORE-CA, Leon Jenkins, President, Los Angeles NAACP, Alice Huff-man, Chair, CA State NAACP President and Gwen Moore, Communication Consultant and her daughter (see photos). There were groups from Bakersfield, San Francisco students, Inland Empire and more.

The weekly celebrations were an eye opening for some families and for many others, this were their first march and their first trip to Washington, D. C.

(L-R) Reginald Mims, SEIU Local 721 and Ed Corbett, CORE-CA preparing signs to march in the 50th Anniversary of the “March On Washington” in D.C. Photo courtesy Ed Corbett

Bill To Allow Rehab Class Credits for County Prisoners Becomes Law

SACRAMENTO -- Assemblymember Holly J. Mitchell’s bill, AB 624, to allow counties to give their sheriffs and corrections directors authority to award inmates time credits to-ward reduced sentences for classes taken to improve employ-ability, literacy or social skills has been signed into law by Gov-ernor Brown after passing the Senate on a 48 to 21 vote.

“Two of California’s most intractable problems in managing the inmate population just got better,” said Assembly-woman Mitchell, whose South Los Angeles district includes a significant number of households with at least one family member who has served jail time.

“ B o t h j a i l o v e r -crowding and the release of in-mates who are under-prepared to become productive members of society can be

Please see Inmates, page 7

Gwen Moore, Communications Consultant with her daughter and Alice Huffman, CA State NAACP Presi-dent in Washington, D.C. to participate in the “March On Washington”. Photo courtesy Ed Corbett

Photo courtesy Ed Corbett Ed Corbett (second from left) and Leon Jenkins, President, Los Angeles NAACP at the march in D.C.

Jackie Robinson Highway Resolution Approved

SACRAMENTO—The California Legislature today ap-proved a resolution calling on local governments in Southern California to rename the former State Route 42 after baseball and

civil rights icon Jackie Robinson. HR 24, by Assembly

Member Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), urges the cities of Los Angeles, Inglewood, Downey, South Gate, and Norwalk, and the County of Los Angeles

Please see Jackie, page 7

Senior Citizen In Need Inspired By Young People Offering To Help By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief

LOS A NGE LE S—While visiting a local Goodwill store located on Crenshaw Blvd. recently, I was informed by the manager, Linda, that a senior citi-zen named Curtis Kirk had a good human interest story he wanted to report about a group of young Good Samaritans who helped him

Please see Help, page 7

Photo by Gloria Zuurveen Curtis Kirk

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Hello Readers, As of today, I believe that school is officially in for everyone and we need to keep our young people in our prayers for their safety, for their ability to grasp what it is the teachers are taking the time to give them for them to learn. We need to pray that our ch i ld ren teachers a re concerned and considerate of our children. Children are precious and they are to be given every opportunity to thrive and be all that God has created them to be without all the baggage one desire to put on them out of their own desire and lusts. So I ask that we will be so ever mindful of all that we are able to do to assist in helping out the young people doing this school year. We are blessed to be a vessel for good use to children whether they are our or someone’s else. Children remember the good that we do for them. Praise God.

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By George E. Curry Selma, Ala., the county seat of Dallas County, was a bastion of White supremacy in 1965. At the time, of the 15,000 potential Black voters, only 300 were registered. In response to chants of “We Shall Overcome,” by civil rights pro-testers, Sheriff Jim Clark wore a button on his uniform declaring, “Never.” That did not stop Rev. C.T. Vivian, a close aide of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and workers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from leading daily marches to the courthouse in an effort to register Blacks.

On Feb. 5, 1965, Clark blocked the entrance to the courthouse with his depu-ties.

“If we’re wrong, why don’t you arrest us?” Vivian said. Instead of arresting Vivian, Clark hit him so hard in the face that he

fractured a finger. After being knocked down the steps, a bloodied C.T. Vivian rose to his feet and said, “We’re willing to be beaten for democracy, and you misuse democracy in this street. You beat people bloody in order that they will not have the privilege to vote.”

Vivian and other activists persisted. Though John Lewis and others were pummeled by Clark’s deputies and Alabama State troopers on the Ed-mund Pettus Bridge in Selma on what became known as “Bloody Sunday,” Blacks did overcome after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

When Sheriff Clark sought re-election in predominantly Black Dal-las County in 1966, newly-empowered Black voters said “Never” and kicked him out of office.

Surely, President Obama had Vivian and others like him in mind when he said at the Aug. 28 commemoration of the 1963 March on Washing-ton: “To dismiss the magnitude of this progress – to suggest, as some some-times do, that little has changed – that dishonors the courage and the sacrifice of those who paid the price to march in those years….”

Obama recently announced that he is awarding Vivian, one of the most courageous figures of the Civil Rights Movement, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Vivian joins other movement veterans, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (posthumously), James L. Farmer, Dorothy Height, John Lewis, Benjamin L. Hooks, Jesse L. Jackson Sr., Joseph Lowery, Clarence Mitchell, Rosa Parks, Bayard Rustin (posthumously), Roy Wilkins, Andrew Young and Marian Wright Edelman in receiving the distinguished honor.

Because so much work still needs to be done, sometimes we neglect to stand back and appreciate just how much America has changed in the past 50 years.

The Census Bureau provided the following comparisons: INCOME 1963: $22,266 (in 2011 dollars) The median family income for blacks was 55 percent of the median

income for all American families. $25,826 and $14,651 (in 2011 dollars) Median income of black men and black women who worked full

time, year-round 2011 $40,495 The median family income for the Black-alone population was 66

percent of the median income for all American families $40,273 and $35,146 Median income of single-race black men and black women who

worked full time, year-round.

Never Say We Haven’t Made Progress POVERTY 1966 41.8percent Poverty rate for Blacks (1966 is the closest year these statistics are

available to the historic speech). Nationally, the poverty rate for all races was 14.7 percent.

2011 27.6 percent Poverty rate for single-race Blacks. Nationally, the poverty rate for

all races was 15 percent. HOUSING 1970 41.6 percent Homeownership rate for Blacks (the earliest this information is

available for race). 2011 43.4 percent Homeownership rate for Blacks. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION 1964 25.7 percent Percentage of Blacks age 25 and over who completed at least four

years of high school. 2.4 million Number of Blacks 25 and over with at least four years of high

school. 2012 85.0 percent Percentage of Blacks age 25 and over who completed at least four

years of high school. 20.3 million Number of Blacks 25 and over with at least a high school diploma. COLLEGE STUDENTS AND GRADUATES 1964 234,000 Number of Black undergraduate college students. 3.9 percent Percent of Blacks age 25 and over who completed at least four

years of college 365,000 Number of Blacks who had at least a bachelor’s degree. 2012 2.6 million Number of Black undergraduate college students in 2011 — More

than 10 times as many as 1964. 21.2percent Percent of Blacks age 25 and over who completed at least four

years of college. 5.1 million Number of Blacks who had at least a bachelor’s degree. Yes, we have made progress as a direct result of the modern Civil

Rights Movement. And instead of denying that fact – preferring to see the glass as half empty instead of half full – we should celebrate that progress let it be proof that with our efforts, we can continue to make progress over an-other 50 years.

George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Ser-vice (NNPA).

Obama Selling ‘Wolf Tickets’ On Syria By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA) President Barack Obama stepped on a big limb when he threatened “limited action” against Syria because the country’s leaders allegedly used chemical weapons against their own people. There are interna-tional bans against the use of chemical weapons, with Syria one of few countries not supporting the ban. Chemical weapons allegedly killed more than 1,400 Syrians, and the ongoing civil war may have killed as many as 100,000. President Obama announced his willingness to act on

Syria’s domestic chemical intrusion before Labor Day, but he has backpedaled and asked for Congressional approval. What will he do if Congress says no? Will he face the international community conceding that he has less power than he thought, or will he go ahead and take military action without congres-sional approval?

Reportedly, U.S. troops in the Middle East were ready to follow the orders of the Commander-in-Chief before they got orders to slow down any action. Perhaps President Obama is finally listening to the sentiment of the American people, who, according to several polls, do not support action against Syria. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and dozens of other members of Congress sent the president a letter urging debate on any military action against Syria. Does the urgency of a strike against Syria recede over time?

Have we learned from the lessons of Iran, Afghanistan, and, yes, Vietnam? In the last case, “simple” military action led us into a war that lasted for nearly a decade, and the loss of tens of thousands of lives. The “end” of that war was hardly decisive, with a withdrawal that didn’t so much save the day as salvage the our nation’s bruised ego. If allegations against Syria are true, they have clearly crossed a line. Still, it is not clear that unilateral action from the United States is the solution. While the United Nations is not always as effective as it might be, I’d prefer United Nations concurrence to United States go-it-along position in this matter.

From Iraq, we must remember that verification of the use of chemi-cal weapons is key to any action. I’ll never forget Secretary of State Colin Powell holding up a small container and saying, “This could be anthrax.” Turns out, it wasn’t. Based on that vivid display, we stepped up our action

against Iraq, and a decade later we are still there. General Powell said that if we broke it, we have to fix it. We’ve not fixed it – we are withdrawing, and billions of dollars and thousands of lives later, the situation is almost as murky as it was when we entered that country.

What will we do if Syria chooses to respond to our “limited” mili-tary action? Action and counteraction are the first steps to war. We aren’t ready for that. We’ve got existing military commitments, and an already-challenged budget, something not often mentioned in the face of this impend-ing crisis. Military experts say Syrian action could cost about $100 million. Depending on escalation, we could easily end up in billion-dollar territory.

Meanwhile Congress and the president are on a budget brink. Gov-ernment could actually shut down at the end of the fiscal year unless unlikely compromises are made. Will President Obama be forced to offer budget con-cessions in order to get Republican votes to support limited action against Syria? If he does, what implications will that have on the domestic budget, especially in the face of budget austerity? Will the money to cover a Syria strike come from the already-cut food stamps program, from sparsely funded education programs, from already-embattled health care?

Former President Bill Clinton reportedly supports military action against Syria, and regrets that the United States did not get involved in the massacre in Rwanda that claimed nearly 1 million lives. With Rwanda, though, a bipartisan group of legislators pushed Clinton to take the case against Rwanda to the United Nations and he did not. President Obama has not suggested United Nations cooperation but instead insisted that it is time to take action.

Where is the peace movement? Are they shying away from their traditional anti-war stance because President Obama, not President Bush, is in the White House? Once, you could count on groups like Code Pink to lift their voices against military action. Now their silence speaks volumes.

There are alternatives to “limited military action” in Syria. Yet, those alternatives have yet to be explored. We shouldn’t involve ourselves in what might be a multi-billion dollar action just so President Obama can sell wolf tickets (or bragging rights) and count on Congress to cash them.

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and

writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.

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Census Bureau Reports Women's Employment in Science, Tech, Engineering and Math Jobs Slowing as Their Share of Computer Employment Falls

P R N e w s w i r e -USNewswire/ -- Growth in women's share of science, tech-nology, engineering and mathe-matics occupations – commonly referred to as STEM jobs – has slowed since the 1990s, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today. Women's employ-ment in STEM has slowed be-cause their share in computer occupations declined to 27 per-cent in 2011 after reaching a high of 34 percent in 1990. Blacks and Hispanics also remain underrepre-sented in STEM jobs.

These statistics come from two reports released today: Disparities in STEM Employment by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Ori-

gin and The Relationship Between Science and Engineering Educa-tion and Employment in STEM Occupations. STEM workers in-clude those who work in computer and mathematical occupations, engineers, engineering technicians, life scientists, physical scientists, social scientists and science tech-nicians. It also includes managers, teachers, practitioners, researchers and technicians. The reports are an example of the important educa-tion and occupation statistics that the American Community Survey produces annually, allowing busi-nesses, communities and civic leaders to make informed deci-sions on workforce development.

In 2011, there were 7.2

million STEM workers accounting for 6 percent of the U.S. workforce compared with 4 percent in 1970. Half of STEM workers were em-ployed in computer occupations, followed by engineers (32 per-cent), life and physical scientists (12 percent), social scientists (4 percent), and mathematicians and statisticians (3 percent).

While women make up nearly half of the workforce, they were 26 percent of the STEM workforce in 2011.

"We have seen an in-crease in women employed in STEM occupations, but they are still underrepresented in engineer-ing and computer occupations that make up more than 80 percent of STEM employment," said Liana Christin Landivar, a sociologist in the Census Bureau's Industry and Occupation Statistics Branch and the reports' author.

S i n c e t h e 1 9 7 0 s , women's representation in the STEM workforce has grown in all occupation groups with the largest increase in social sciences from 17 percent to 61 percent. In 2011, women made up almost half of mathematical workers at 47 per-cent, an increase from 15 percent in 1970, and 41 percent of life and physical scientists, up from 14 percent in 1970. Women's share of computer employment reached a high in 1990 of 34 percent, up from 15 percent in 1970, but it declined to 27 percent in 2011. Among all STEM occupations, women were most underrepre-sented in engineering in 1970 and in 2011. About 3 percent of engi-neers were women in 1970, com-pared with 13 percent in 2011. The 1970 estimates for social scien-tists, life and physical scientists and computer workers are not sta-tistically different from one an-other.

Earnings by Sex Men with a bachelor's

degree in science or engineering and employed full-time, year-round in STEM occupations earned $91,000, compared with women who earned $75,100 on average. Women with a science or engineering bachelor's degree who were employed full-time, year-round in STEM occupations earned $16,300 more per year than women who had a bachelor's de-gree in science or engineering but were not employed in a STEM occupation.

Blacks and Hispanics make strides but still underrepre-sented in STEM

Blacks and Hispanics have been consistently underrepre-sented in STEM employment. In 2011, 6 percent of STEM workers were black, increasing from 2 per-cent in 1970. Although the His-panic population's share of the overall workforce has increased significantly, its share of STEM employment has not shown a simi-lar rate of increase. Hispanics made up 3 percent of the overall workforce in 1970; by 2011, their share had climbed to 15 percent. The Hispanic share of the STEM workforce in 1970 was 2 percent and increased to 7 percent in 2011. The estimates for the share of STEM workers who are black and Hispanic are not statistically dif-ferent.

Asian and non-Hispanic white workers were employed in STEM occupations at higher rates. Non-Hispanic whites held 71 per-cent of STEM jobs, but made up 67 percent of the total workforce, whereas Asians held 15 percent of STEM jobs compared with 6 per-cent of total jobs.

The unemployment rates among science and engineering graduates varied by race and His-panic origin. The unemployment rate among black and American Indian and Alaska Native science and engineering graduates was 6.6 percent. Of all science and engi-neering graduates, 83.3 percent were employed, 3.9 percent were unemployed, and 12.8 percent were not in the labor force.

Asians and non-Hispanic whites who were science and engi-neering graduates and were em-ployed full-time, year-round in STEM occupations earned more than any other demographic group ($89,500 and $88,400 respec-tively). The earnings estimates for Asians and non-Hispanic whites are not statistically different.

Science and engineering graduates employed in STEM earned more than science and en-gineering graduates who were not employed in STEM. For example, the median earnings for employed blacks with a science or engineer-ing degree was $58,000 but in-creased by $17,000 to $75,000 when employed in STEM. Simi-larly, Hispanics with a science and engineering degree earned $18,300 more when employed in STEM, increasing from $59,000 to $77,300. These three estimates for blacks and Hispanics are not statis-tically different from one another. Three in Four Science and Engi-neering Graduates not Employed in STEM Occupations Three in four science and engineering graduates were not working in STEM occupations in 2011. In-stead, they were working in fields such as non-STEM management,

law, education and accounting, and STEM-related occupations, such as health care.

Science graduates were less likely to be employed in STEM because science employ-ment typically requires graduate training, and many graduates may be employed in STEM-related fields, such as health care. On the other hand, engineering, computer, math and statistics majors were most likely to be employed in STEM because graduate training is not required for many engineering and computer jobs.

"The statistics show that women are less likely to major in engineering and computer sci-ences, which may reduce their STEM employment options unless they go on to graduate school," Landivar said.

Of all STEM workers, 42 percent had a bachelor's degree, 21 percent had a master's degree, 6 percent had a doctorate degree and 1 percent had a professional de-gree. Women in 2011 were more likely than men to have a bache-lor's degree, but less likely to graduate with a science or engi-neering major. Women were 53 percent of college graduates and 41 percent of science and engi-neering graduates. Of female sci-ence and engineering graduates, only 15 percent were employed in STEM. Male science and engi-neering graduates were employed in STEM occupations at about twice the rate of women at 31 per-cent.

Note: The Standard Oc-cupational Classification Policy Committee issued recommenda-tions in April 2012 on how to de-fine STEM occupations. These two Census Bureau reports reflect the new recommendations. Other prior analyses, including a report released by the U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statis-tics Administration in July 2011, have defined STEM workers in slightly different ways.

Funeral Planned for Conn. Slave Who Died in 1798 By John Christoffersen

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ( AP)— Abused in life and death, an enslaved man known as Mr. For-tune will be honored with an elabo-rate funeral more than 200 years after he died in Connecticut.

Fortune's remains lay in state in the Capitol rotunda in Hart-ford Sept. 12 before being taken by state police escort to Waterbury for a memorial service at the church where he was baptized and burial in a cemetery filled with prominent residents. Plans call for bagpipers and the singing of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."

"It's a long overdue honor," said Steven R. Mullins, one of the organizers. "We're not just remembering one man. His body is representing all of the slaves that came over here and worked in this country."

Fortune was owned by Dr. Preserved Porter on a farm in Waterbury. When Fortune died in 1798, Porter, a bone surgeon, pre-served his skeleton by having the bones boiled to study anatomy at a time when cadavers for medical study were disproportionately taken from slaves, servants and prisoners.

One of Porter's descen-dants gave the skeleton in 1933 to Mattituck Museum in Waterbury, where it was displayed from the 1940s until 1970. The descendant referred to the slave as "Larry," and his name was forgotten at the time.

A local historical account from 1896 claimed "Larry" slipped on a rock and drowned in the river. Tests over the years, including a recent exam at Quinnipiac Univer-sity, found evidence of a neck frac-ture around the time of death not associated with hanging. The uni-versity has not been able to deter-mine his cause of death.

The study by Quinnipiac concluded that Fortune was about 5 feet 5 inches tall and died when he was around 55 years old, said Rich-ard Gonzalez, an assistant professor and forensic anthropologist at Quin-nipiac school of medicine.

He suffered a number of painful ailments, including a frac-ture in his left hand, a severe ankle sprain and lower back pain.

"He was an individual who was in considerable distress," Gonzalez said. The museum has long wanted to give Fortune a proper burial, director Bob Burns said. The latest tests, which included CT scans of the bones, will allow

researchers to continue studying the bones without the physical need for them, he said.

"We've always had a desire to finally put these remains to rest but there was always a concern that there may be some new oppor-tunity to learn more in the future. And that future is right now," Burns said. Maxine Watts, chairman of a committee involved with the project and past president of the NAACP, shared those concerns. Now that the latest tests have been done, she said it's time to bury Fortune.

"Now we feel even though he was used that way he did prove underneath the skin we're all the same," Watts said of the earlier anatomical study of the skeleton.

The Rev. Amy D. Welin of St. John's Episcopal Church in Waterbury, who will preside over the funeral, said she considers For-tune a parishioner, albeit one who died long ago.

"I think it's been a very convoluted path to justice," Welin said. "I'm hoping we can use this as a learning experience and a time of reflection on how do we as human beings treat one another and how do we deal with issues of diversity now."

Fortune will be buried near contemporaries who never would have spoken to him or viewed him as human, said Mullins, president of the southern Connecti-cut chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians. He noted the use and display of his bones was done with-out his consent.

"He will be at a place of honor completely contrary to the life he and his family and his colleagues in slavery ever knew," Mullins said.

A memorial register book with en-tries from friends and family for an enslaved man known as Mr. Fortune is seen at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. Mr. Fortune will be honored Thursday with a funeral more than 200 years after he died in Connecticut. (APPhoto/Jessica Hill)

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CHURCH & RELIGIOUS NEWS New York Judge Dismisses Suit Against 'In God We Trust' on Money

Dr. Gloria Zuurveen Minister & Teacher

From 9:30 am to 11:00 am

By Michael Gryboski From the Christian Post Reporter

A United States District Court Judge has dismissed a suit brought by an atheist organiza-tion against the motto "In God We Trust" being on the national currency.

Judge Harold Baer Jr. of the Southern District of New York ruled Monday that a suit brought by the Freedom From Religion Foundation and others should be dismissed.

"The Supreme Court has repeatedly assumed the motto's secular purpose and effect, and all circuit courts that have consid-ered this issue-namely the Ninth, Fifth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuit- have found no constitutional vio-lation in the motto's inclusion on currency," wrote Baer.

"Each circuit court that has considered the issue found no Establishment Clause violation in the motto's placement on cur-rency, finding ceremonial or secular purposes and no religious effect or endorsement."

American Center for Law and Justice, a conservative

legal group, filed an amicus brief in support of the motto on behalf of 41 members of Congress and approximately 90,000 Americans who wanted a dismissal.

Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the ACLJ, told The Christian Post that he was "extremely pleased that the fed-eral district court reached that conclusion."

"The decision to dismiss the suit is the correct decision and underscores what previous courts - including the U.S. Supreme

Court - have determined that the national motto does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment," said Sekulow.

In February, the FFRF and 19 other plaintiffs filed suit against U.S. government over the motto In God We Trust being on the national currency.

The suit specifically named Jacob J. Lew, secretary of the Treasury; Richard A. Peter-son, acting director of the US Mint; and Larry R. Felix, director of the Bureau of Engraving and

Printing. In an earlier interview

with The Christian Post, FFRF co-President Dan Barker said that the motto is "a religious phrase" that has no place in government.

"The message belongs in churches, private institutions and can be shared by missionaries. But who is the 'we' representing, if not all of us trust in a God?" asked Barker.

Rob Boston, communi-cations director for the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, told The Christian Post that he did not agree with the dismissal.

"We don't agree with the decision, but we're not surprised by it. Most courts have refused to take a serious look at the issue of the national motto and have blithely approved it, calling it a form of 'ceremonial deism,'" said Boston.

"The federal government

is supposed to be neutral on theo-logical matters. In God We Trust is a clearly religious statement. That's not neutrality."

When asked by CP if he thought FFRF might appeal the decision, Sekulow responded that he would not be surprised if they did.

"It would not be surpris-ing if the FFRF and others filed an appeal in this case. They have a track record of filing such court challenges which are nothing more than misguided attempts to alter the historical and cultural landscape of America," said Se-kulow.

"It's always been our position that while the First Amendment affords atheists com-plete freedom to disbelieve, it does not compel the federal judi-ciary to redact religious refer-ences in every area of public life in order to suit atheistic sensibili-ties

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House Ignores Public Outcry, Extends Controversial "Monsanto Protection Act"

OMG - GMO By Dean L. Jones, CPM

Oh my gosh (OMG), genetically modified organism (GMO) may rule! GMOs are as serious as the creation and use of the atomic bomb. Mega corpora-tion Monsanto, responsible for chemical pesticides, Agent Or-ange and Aspartame has literally taken the world's eating freedom away. Monsanto's mission is to own the world's food supply through genetically-altered and patented seeds. GMOs are when a plant or animal has been bio-engineered with DNA from bacte-ria, viruses or other plants and animals.

It is truly an apocalyptic agricultural condition by altering the makeup of plants. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first genetically engineered consumer product back in 1982, and since then an industrial race to conquer plant life through Government Patents has been the sole objective of a number of corporations. The kicker is that he who controls the food supply controls the people. It is no different than water sup-ply where one can literally make or break a community simply by adjusting the flow of water.

The nutrients that are absent in GMO products is the story that is yet to be determined if the modified plants will sustain human life as we know it. What is worst is that the alternatives are becoming smaller and smaller as farmers are being regulated to grow GMO seeds or pay the price of huge court costs fighting Mon-santo. One example of how large this issue is can be witnessed in the country of France that has a moratorium on the cultivation of Monsanto's genetically-modified corn within its borders in order to ensure the integrity of the nation's agricultural system. Likewise, Switzerland, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Austria and Ireland are staunchly opposed to genetically modified crops and no such seeds are planted in these countries.

In view of that, the lo-cally grown food issue that is

center stage in Los Angeles today is extremely essential. Being able to grow and eat your own fruits and vegetables is becoming a possibility. The Los Angeles Council is approving the right to grow produce on the public park-ways. (The land sandwiched be-tween streets and sidewalks.) I commend John Parker, a south Los Angeles resident, who per-sonally pushed to make this hap-pen. Being able to grow your herbs and plants in front of your house is something that demon-strates greater freedom of civil rights.

The key now is to store and plant natural seeds vs. GMOs, which in a lot of cases it may be too late. Even so, grow-ing fruits and vegetables at home is economical and healthy, espe-cially for those choosing to steer clear of processed food. A free life includes no dictation of what and how one should eat. In the same way freedom would be bat-tered if a person must adhere to corporate guidelines of quantity and quality of one's individual sleep patterns.

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Washington, DC—Center for Food Safety has just learned that the controver-sial corporate earmark known as the “Monsanto Protection Act” has been extended in the short-term 3-month appropria-tions bill released by the House last evening.

The rider, included in last spring’s 6-month continu-ing resolution (H.R. 933), un-dermines federal courts’ abil-ity to safeguard farmers and the environment from poten-tially hazardous genetically engineered (GE) crops.

“It is extremely disap-pointing to see the damaging ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ policy rider extended in the House spending bill,” said Colin O’Neil, director of gov-ernment affairs for Center for Food Safety.

“Hundreds of thou-sands of Americans called their elected officials to voice their frustration and disap-pointment over the inclusion of ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ this past spring. Its inclusion is a slap in the face to the American public and our jus-tice system.”

Wrapped in a “farmer-friendly” package, the rider represents a serious assault on the fundamental safeguards of our judicial system and would negatively impact farmers, the environment and public health across America.

The rider would strip federal courts of their author-ity to halt the sale and planting of an illegal, potentially haz-ardous GE crop and compel USDA to allow continued planting of that same crop

upon request. In addition to being

completely unnecessary, the rider represents an unprece-dented attack on U.S. judicial review, which is an essential element of U.S. law and pro-vides a critical check on gov-ernment decisions that may negatively impact human health, the environment or livelihoods. This also raises potential jurisdictional con-cerns with the Senate Agricul-

ture and Judiciary Committees that merited hearings by the Committees before its consid-eration.

Today over 100 of the nation’s top organizations and businesses will send a letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid and Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Mikulski calling on them to strip the rider from the bill.

Senator leadership issued strong statements last

spring opposing the rider and Center for Food Safety hopes they will stay true to their word.

The letter cosigners include the National Farmers Union, American Civil Liber-ties Union, Sierra Club, Envi-ronmental Working Group, Stonyfield Farm, Nature’s Path, Consumers Union, Na-tional Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Public Citizen and dozens more.

Was Your Chicken Nugget Made In China? It'll Soon Be Hard To Know By Maria Godoy From NPR

Here's a bit of news that might make you drop that chicken nugget midbite.

Just before the start of the long holiday weekend last Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture quietly announced that it was end-ing a ban on processed chicken imports from China. The kicker: These products can now be sold in the U.S. without a country-of-origin label

For starters, just four Chi-nese processing plants will be al-lowed to export cooked chicken products to the U.S., as first re-

ported by Politico. The plants in question passed USDA inspection in March. Initially, these processors will only be allowed to export chicken products made from birds that were raised in the U.S. and Canada. Because of that, the poul-try processors won't be required to have a USDA inspector on site, as The New York Times notes, add-ing:

"And because the poultry will be processed, it will not re-quire country-of-origin labeling. Nor will consumers eating chicken noodle soup from a can or chicken nuggets in a fast-food restaurant know if the chicken came from Chinese processing plants."

That's a pretty disturbing thought for anyone who's followed the slew of stories regarding food safety failures in China in recent years. As we've previously reported on The Salt, this year alone, thou-sands of dead pigs turned up in the

waters of Shanghai, rat meat was passed off as mutton and — per-haps most disconcerting for U.S. consumers — there was an out-break of the H7N9 bird flu virus among live fowl in fresh meat mar-kets. What's more, critics fear that the changes could eventually open the floodgates for a whole slew of chicken products from China. As the industry publication World Poultry notes:

"It is thought ... that the government would eventually ex-pand the rules, so that chickens and turkeys bred in China could end up in the American market. Experts suggest that this could be the first

step towards allowing China to export its own domestic chickens to the U.S." The USDA's decision comes with a backdrop of long-running trade disputes over meat between the U.S. and China. In a nutshell: China banned U.S. beef exports in 2003 after a case of mad cow disease turned up in a Wash-ington state cow.

Then, when the bird flu virus broke out widely among Asian bird flocks in 2004, the U.S. blocked imports of Chinese poul-try. China challenged that decision in front of the World Trade Organi-zation, which ruled in China's favor in 2010. And, chicken lovers, brace yourselves: There's more. A report suggests chicken inspections here in the U.S. might be poised to take a turn for the worse.

The Government Ac-countability Office said this week it has serious "questions about the validity" of the new procedures for

inspecting poultry across the coun-try.

Basically, these changes would replace many USDA inspec-tors on chicken processing lines with employees from the poultry companies themselves.

The USDA has been pi-loting the new procedures, which will save money and significantly speed up processing lines, in 29 chicken plants.

As The Washington Post reports, the plan is to roll out the new procedures eventually to "most of the country's 239 chicken and 96 turkey plants."

The problem? According

to the GAO, the USDA did a poor job of evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot programs it has in place.

As a result, the report concludes, it's hard to justify the USDA's conclusions that the new procedures will do a better job than current approaches at cutting down on the number of dangerous bacte-ria like salmonella that pop up on the birds that will later end up on our dinner tables.

Still, the USDA maintains that the changes will, in fact, boost food safety. In a commentary pub-lished on Food Safety News, USDA food safety and inspections administrator Alfred Almanza writes, "If finalized and imple-mented broadly, this new inspec-tion system would enable [USDA inspectors] to better fulfill our food safety mission. Nothing in the GAO's report contradicts this basic fact."

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(Continued from page 1) to work together to rename Man-chester Avenue and Firestone Boulevard, formerly State Route 42, after Robinson.

“Jackie Robinson is a Southern California native,” Brad-ford said. “His achievements on the athletic field, on the battlefield as a World War II veteran, and in the civil rights arena make us proud to call him a native son.”

Robinson was an accom-plished four-sport athlete at John Muir High School in Pasadena and at UCLA.

He broke down racial barriers in the military during World War II and became the first African American player in Major

(Continued from page 1) expected to improve now that state law allows earlier release for inmates who take classes inside to improve their social skills and employability on the outside.”

Successful completion of educational, vocational or life management programs may be counted toward an inmate’s early release at the sheriff’s discretion, encouraging felons re-aligned from state prison to county jails to cooperate better with authori-ties and to improve their personal functionality, reducing jail time by up to six weeks in a year.

California currently op-erates a prisoner time-credit pro-gram. AB 624 offers counties, which have been required to ac-cept “realigned” state prisoners in local jails, a similar opportunity to address county jail overcrowd-ing by encouraging inmate reha-bilitation and reduction of recidi-vism.

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(Continued from page 1) out when he had left his cell phone at home and his car stopped on him.

I agreed that it was a story to be told and afterward I was contacted by Curtis Kirk, a retired musician who said he was so inspired by the willful help which came from three young people. He said one of them, the young man named Stan who was crippled and in a wheel chair ini-tially didn’t have a phone when asked but he left and came back with one to help him.

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Mr. Kirk said it was really uplifting to him to see all these people willing to offer a helping hand when he needed.

He said he had even tried to offer to give Stan some money for helping him but Stan refused to take it. He said he wanted the story to be told because we, as Black people, some of us, have given up on our youngsters, but some of them are the kind of youngsters that you can admire.

He said he just wanted to let the community know that we are to give credit where credit is

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League Baseball when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

“Mr. Robinson was an American hero in many ways,” Bradford continued. “It would be a great tribute to his legacy to rename Route 42 in his honor.”

The former State Route 42 runs from State Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) on the west, to Interstate 5 on the east. The route was turned over to local control in 2000. Robinson’s widow, Rachel Robinson, received a standing ova-tion as she was introduced on the Assembly floor to witness the vote, which saw 71 members sign on as co-authors.

She expressed her grati-tude personally to Bradford.

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Grambling State Fires NFL Legend Doug Williams as Head Coach By Nick Birdsong From the al.Com

Doug Williams is now the former head football coach at Grambling State (La.).

Williams, an NFL leg-end, known primarily for being the first and only black starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl, doing so as a member of the 1987 Washington Redskins, told the Monroe News Star he's been fired. Williams, a Grambling alumnus, was in his second stint as coach of the Tigers.

He first took the job in 1998. He led the Tigers to three-straight Southwestern Athletic Conference titles from 2000-2002 before leaving to take a front of-fice gig with the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team which took him in the 17th round of the

1978 NFL Draft. He returned to Gram-

bling as head coach in February of 2011 and led the Tigers to an 8-4 record and another conference title that fall.

Last season, the Tigers went a disappointing 1-10, includ-ing 0-9 in SWAC play. The Ti-gers are 0-2, with losses against Alabama A&M and Louisiana-Monroe, heading into their matchup against Lincoln (Mo.) at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City Saturday.

Williams did not partici-pate in the weekly SWAC coaches' teleconference Monday and told the News-Star Grambling President Frank Pogue simply called him into his office, handed him a piece of paper and relieved him of his duties.

NFL legend Doug Williams, seen here speaking during the SWAC Football Media Day 2013 at the Birmingham - Marriott Hotel in Birmingham, Ala., Monday July 15, 2013, was fired today as head coach at his alma mater Gram-bling State (La.). (Mark Almond/[email protected])

MMPA Honored 8 Women at the Summer Soiree 'The Lady In Red'

HOLLYWOOD, CA. Entertainment journalists working in print, online, radio, television and photo journalism in the United States are invited to sub-mit their best works of 2012-13 for the Los Angeles Press Club’s sixth annual National Entertain-ment Journalism Awards.

To celebrate the Club’s 100-year history we have created a Special Centennial Awards cate-gory in which journalists are in-vited to submit their “best career work” regardless of year of publi-cation or broadcast, in any of four areas: celebrity photo, celebrity interview, entertainment investi-gation and entertainment feature.

The other usual annual entertainment journalism compe-tition categories will also be of-fered, including entertainment documentary and entertainment non-fiction book.

Join the keen competi-tion and the fun! The Los Angeles Press Club expects a lively com-petition. The winners will be an-nounced at the elegant and his-toric Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on November 24, the Sunday before

Thanksgiving. Since its inception, the

National Entertainment Journal-ism Awards competition has dra-matically grown in stature and number of entries.

The deadline for e-mailing your entries is October 10, 2013.

The L.A. Press Club, headquartered in the heart of the world’s entertainment capital, seeks the finest work by entertain-ment reporters and editors, as well as theater, film and television critics. Entries from international journalists working in another language but based in the U.S. are eligible. Any entries in a language other than English or Spanish must be accompanied by a trans-lation.

“Journalists have worked hard all year to bring us tough, smart, wonderful stories that open our eyes to the world of entertain-ment,” said Los Angeles Press Club President Jill Stewart, man-aging editor of LA Weekly. “We think it’s critical to recognize their efforts as they find new and invigorating ways to thrive and survive.”

For that reason, the Club last year instituted the Visionary Award at the NEJ gala to honor high-profile entertainment person-alities who use their status to help others. Our first recipient last year was Jane Fonda, who was intro-duced by Robert Redford.

Each year, the NEJ also honors one special journalist for career achievement. Our stellar past recipients have included The Hollywood Reporter‘s Janice Min, The Wall Street Journal‘s Joe Morgenstern and Playboy‘s Hugh Hefner.

The Los Angeles Press Club is dedicated to fostering quality journalism. It also pro-duces the Southern California Journalism Awards each June. Honorees have included Arianna Huffington, Walter Cronkite, Anderson Cooper, Leslie Stahl, Judy Woodruff, Bob Woodward and Tom Brokaw. The Press Club is the only Southern California organization that speaks for all journalists-newspaper, magazine, radio, TV, photography, online and social media.

For entry form go to http://lapressclub.org/.

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The Official photo of the Honorees at the Summer Weekend Soiree, "THE LADY IN RED" were: An-gela Rene, Dr. Stephanie Evans, Denise O'Brien, Carmelita Pittman, Solecito Vasquez, Tanya Kersey, Neng Frieda and Michelle King, MD. Each of the ladies received the Official Diamond Rose Award which was presented by the President, Jarvee Hutcherson (center).

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NATIONAL & WORLD NEWS Merrill Lynch Settles Record Race Bias Claim By PressTV

Merrill Lynch, the world’s largest brokerage fi rm, has agreed to pay a $160 million settlement in a lawsuit accusing the Wall Street fi rm of racial discrimination against Blacks.

More than 1,200 current and former Black Merrill Lynch employees could be eligible to take part in the settlement, an attorney for the plaintiffs con-firmed on Aug. 28.

The plaintiffs claimed that discrimination was pervasive in Merrill Lynch, partly because the American company relatively e mp l o ye d f e w A f r i c a n -Americans. In a 2009 filing, the plaintiffs contended that less than 2 percent of the brokers at Merrill Lynch, the wealth man-agement division of Bank of America, were Black.

Lead plaintiff George McReynolds, a Black broker who

has worked for Merrill Lynch for 30 years, sued his employer in 2005, accusing the fi rm of steer-ing Black brokers away from the most lucrative business so they earned less than their White counterparts.

Mr. McReynolds said Merrill Lynch had a segregated workforce and had policies that steered Black brokers into cleri-cal positions and reassigned their accounts to White workers.

Another plaintiff, Maroc Howard, said he wished he and his fellow Black brokers never

had to resort to litigation. “Working in a fair environment, I would have made more money than this settlement is going to make me,” he said. “But it is a positive thing.” The settlement coincided with the 50th anniver-sary of the March on Washing-

ton, one of the largest political rallies for human rights in U.S. history which called for civil and economic rights for African Americans.

According to a new Gallup poll, many Black people in the United States are not satisfi

ed with the way they are treated in the society.

Economic and social gaps between Whites and Afri-can-Americans have widened over the last few decades, ac-cording to a Pew study. (PressTV.com)

Rep. Maxine Waters Introduces Bill to Remove Mandatory Minimums From Federal Code

Washington, D.C. - Yesterday on Capitol Hill, Con-gresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), a Congressional leader in the fight to eliminate mandatory minimum sentencing, reintro-duced the Major Drug Traffick-ing Prosecution Act (H.R. 3088). This bill would re-focus scarce federal resources to prosecute major drug kingpins and give courts and judges the authority to use greater discretion to make individualized determinations rather than being held to a strin-gent sentencing requirement pre-scribed by Congress.

This past August, Attor-ney General Eric Holder an-nounced that he would instruct federal prosecutors to forgo the pursuit of mandatory minimum sentences in certain cases involv-ing low-level, non-violent drug offenders. The Major Drug Traf-ficking Prosecution Act of 2013 would build on the Attorney General’s announcement and codify into law the repeal of mandatory minimums for non-violent offenders so that no one, regardless of the Administration in office, will be subject to these harsh and ineffective sentencing policies. "Although the Justice Department’s policy shift is a welcoming step towards more "smart on crime" initiatives, the fight is far from over as long as mandatory minimums still re-main in law," said Congress-woman Waters. "Mandatory minimum sentences have not reduced drug use and have con-tributed to exploding prison populations throughout the United States."

According to the Bureau of Prisons, when the Anti-Drug Abuse Act passed in 1986 con-taining lengthy mandatory mini-mum sentences, the prison popu-lation was 36,000. Today, the federal prison population is over 215,000 prisoners, an increase of

nearly 800 percent in 28 years, costing taxpayers approximately $26,000 to keep one prisoner in federal prison for one year.

Congresswoman Waters has worked over the last 20 years to raise awareness and educate communities about mandatory minimums and sentencing dis-parities. On many occasions, Rep. Waters has partnered with organizations such as Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), the Open Society Insti-tute, Drug Policy Alliance, and the Sentencing Project during these forums.

She also worked along-side courageous advocates such as Professor Charles Ogletree and Kemba Smith, who was sen-tenced to serve a mandatory minimum before she was com-muted under the Clinton Admini-stration. "Mandatory drug sen-tences have broken communities and destroyed lives. Mandatory minimums are not only ineffec-tive, but they are also in direct contradiction with our fundamen-tal principles of justice and the rule of law," added Congress-woman Waters. "It time for us to renew the call to action and con-tinue the fight for the full repeal of these substandard sentencing policies."

Mayor Emanuel Works To Repair Image in African-American Community By Charles Thomas

(CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Mayor Emaunel has asked to city council to rename Stony Island Avenue after the late Bishop Ar-thur Brazier, a civil rights and reli-gious leader. This is just one of a series of initiatives the mayor has introduced to appeal to the Afri-can-American community. If polls suggest the mayor's popularity among African-Americans has slipped, he's working hard to repair the damage. The mayor began his day surrounded by African-American business leaders and politicians promoting a September 21st football game to benefit his-torically black colleges.

"This game is about the community. So the mayor supports it because it's an example of what you can do," said Everett Rand, Chicago Football Classic.

"Most importantly it's about the dedication we all have to making sure every child goes to college," said Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Minutes later, Emanuel proposed re-naming Stony Island Avenue in honor of a religious and civil rights leader, the late Bishop Arthur M. Brazier. "Bishop Brazier is larger than life in the African American Community on the South Side. He's made tremendous contributions to our community," said Ald. Michelle Harris, 8th Ward. "In my view the street nam-ing is a small tribute for somebody

who's done big things," said Mayor Emanuel.

After winning 59% of the black vote in 2011, worsening crime, unemployment and school closings have raised questions about Emanuel's image. "More substantive work needs to be done as it relates to economic empower-ment in our neighborhoods," said Ald. Roderick Sawyer, 6th Ward.

Also this month, the mayor has promised a Whole Foods store in Englewood, deliv-ered a bus line to the new Pullman Walmart within hours, and appears to have made good on a promise last spring to involve more black workers on the Red Line recon-struction. "I don't know his politi-cal motivation if there is one be-

hind it so I'm not going to specu-late as to that," said Ald. Roderick Sawyer, 6th Ward. When asked if renaming a street to honor an Afri-can-American hero had political implications, the mayor answered this way:

"I'll leave that to the cyn-ics. My hope is that people around the city take note of somebody who's changed our city," said Mayor Emanuel.

The Stony Island rename ordinance apparently has no oppo-sition and the transportation com-mittee chairman Alderman An-thony Beale says the council could vote on it within weeks.

ABC7's Charles Thomas was also told the name-change idea originated in the mayor's office.

Rep. Maxine Waters

Mayor Emaunel has asked to city council to rename Stony Island Ave-nue after the late Bishop Arthur Brazier, a civil rights and religious leader.

CBC Chair Statement On the 41st Vote to Repeal the Affordable Care

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia L. Fudge made the following statement Thursday after the House of Representa-tives passed H.R. 2775, the No Subsidies Without Verification Act, the 41st vote to repeal or defund the Affordable Care Act (ACA):

“For the 41st time, Re-publican leadership brought a bill to the House floor that would defund the Patient Pro-tection and Affordable Care Act that will help more than 30 mil-lion individuals gain access to the healthcare they need.

“In addition to passing this legislation, Health Naviga-tor grantees across the country have been receiving letters from Members of Congress demand-ing they answer detailed ques-tions about the scope of their work.

Besides requesting in-formation that would be difficult for anyone to complete within

the allotted time, these letters have absolutely no legal stand-ing and are merely being used to distract those employed to help the uninsured enroll in health exchanges.

“I’m baffled as to why Members of this House continue trying to place obstacles in the

way of successful implementa-tion of this law.

“Through the ACA, individuals of all ages with pre-existing conditions and chronic illnesses will have the peace of mind that comes from knowing that they cannot be dropped from their health plan or denied coverage. People are receiving rebates from their insurance companies and are saving money as reports show that con-sumers saved $1.2 billion in health insurance premiums last year.

“Instead of working to find solutions that will help cre-ate jobs, rebuild our economy and invest in programs that will improve the quality of life for Americans, Members of Con-gress are stuck on repealing a law that helps them. It’s time to get serious about doing what’s best for this country and to stop trying to hinder efforts that do.”

Rep. Marcia L. Fudge

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