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Karen James is the first African-AmericanFemale to receive the Pennsylvania De-partment of Education’s Migrant Edu-cation Partner 2008 Award for South-eastern Pennsylvania. As the School Dis-trict of Philadelphia’s Customer Serviceand Parent Support Director, James wasnominated by the Pennsyl-vania MigrantPro-gram’s Chester County unit, whichalso has an affiliate here in Philadelphia.She was selected for this honor from the 13nominees representing Philadelphia,Bucks, Delaware and MontgomeryCounties and is recognized for managingthe District’s successful immigrant studentregistration program.

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Homeless Vets receive Housing Choice Vouchers as part of new PHA/VA program

Mayor Michael Nutter and Congressman Bob Brady joined PHA Executive Director Carl Greene on Veterans Day toaward Housing Choice Vouchers to six homeless veterans. The veterans are holding their vouchers, which enablethem to rent apartments on the private market. From left to right: Clarence Thomas, James Davis, Mayor Nutter,Brady, Kevin Carroll, VA social worker Steve Bennett and Greene. See Homeless Vets… page 4

Rhashida Childs, a Navy veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, thanks PHAExecutive Director Carl Greene for her housing voucher and relates howimportant it is to her and her two children to be able to have their own home.

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Sitting in some North Philly barbershop, you can heartwisted tales all up inside of twisted tales. Sportplay dom-inates the conversation. Team favorites are definitivelyspoken of in the possessive: “My team ain’t having it.”Players and playas. Playthangs. Played. Staying ready.Sporting some old new moves. Styling and wilding.Making the moves that make you say, ‘Woeeeeeeeeee!’Boy moving down the court like A.I. Straight up anddown the court. Criss Cross. Crossover. Fake. Field.Silent weapons for street wars.

Saturday night at 2:30 A.M. They balling up and down.Through and threw. Steady being. Shakir knows themove. Spinning in that same forever. Son of a baller. Stillgot some game like his dad. Night time begins in the mid-dle of the day. Street ball they called it. Freeways inPhilly.

Great Grandmother’s LessonsAre we cuttin? Multiplying the bright stars in Philly.

Hip Hop constellation requires Jake’s calculator.Calibrating. Celebrating. This and that. You are out.Wayblackmemories, son. The next voice you hearbelongs to Pastor Troy of Down Souf Baptist Church: “Iheard Black English from grandparents. They from DownSouf in Carterville, Georgia near Atlanta. My greatgrandmother. That’s my Girl. Her name was HelenPullen. She might say, ‘Something Teet” [Something toeat.] Over Heahhhhh! Over Yondah. Everything. I heardeverything. That was just Grandma. I understood hernachally. She was a greatgrandmother. “Showed Troy theright way. Showed him the way. Right from wrong.”

Ode to great greatgrandmother. Pastor Troy ain’t surehe can reduce their relationship to lyrics. Pastor Troy:“Dogg, it would be too serious. I don’t even know. I don’tknow if I could. I try to get act like she’s just at home andI haven’t been over to see her in a couple of days. OhYeah. Every summer she was my babysitter and every-thing. I was her boy. I was the damn rotten apple, manand she took to me. So that was my girl. I was special toher. She was special to me.”

We Want Some AnswerzBeen there. Done it. Couple of times. Got it bad and

that ain’t good. Balling in this big city. Up to Myers play-ground to run a little ball. Got to get your game on.What’s the score? Scoring up and down Chester Avenue.Last Quarter. What’s the score? We want Sum Answerz.Hook it. Rhonda be real: “ I am mo realer than reality.” Inthe kitchen licking cough syrup and water ice. Night song

Are We Cuttin’?: Sport and Cultural Play in North PhillyCopyright James G. Spady 2008 being sung by Missy & Lil Rhonda. Nature boy all bout

S*P [Sport and Play, baby]. Leaving all the N.O. BABbehind.

Check it out nowAll about how they livingAin’t been through nothingEverybody G’d up and ThugginCold Pimpin or King Pin HusslinKnowing half the timeHalf of yo cream puffs dropping dimesOver petty crimes

Who’s claiming the fame? Thursday evening. Sonmaking it over to Myers. He’s got game and he’s got agame. Pull up in the black one today. Parks onKingsessing. Showing his ice cause he got the cream.Cream colored motor bent on highways and haberdash-eries. In the Grind. On the hot asphalt court. Steel driv-ing. Blank range and more vegetable soup. Ryding for herNiggas. Pimpettes in Nellyville. Esteban and that boyAnthony Cruz bilingualizing the Hip Hop Nation. Ja Ruleand Lil Rule. Bouncing and Banging. Universal Soldiers.Bouncing and Banging. Whose streets are these? Whichplayground you meeting at? Xzibit and Nate Dogg.Living it, multiply and multifly. JaRuling theHiphopological spaces. Styles:”Life is a circle of pain.The darkest clouds end up like the purplest rain/ They saypatience is a virtue to gain.

What lies beneath Zoo York? Asphalts and more tomorrows.

Lehighs and Somersets. Days on the Avenue when itwas just getting hot. Up to Dobbin’s Basketball Court,22nd and Lehigh Avenue. Yeah… Mr. Dixon used toalways come out and coach those fierce neighborhoodgames. All the way up Sergeant Street. Still balling. Nostopping. From early morning until sunrise the next day.You could always get your game on. Not always on theschool ground. That was different but each block hadthose magical nets. Everybody had a ball bouncing, drib-bling, driving, getting ready for the next game. There wasa sense of being in constant motion. Walking down thestreet talking to your people in the era before cell phones,in an era when the black wall phones hung on the wallsof each home on that block.

“Good Morning, Jamal! “ And you knew how torespond in a proper way, “Good Morning, Mrs. Stewart.How are you doing today? “All the way up the block asyour neighbors were making their way to work, youspoke. Never wanted it reported that you did not speak.That’s a major violation in the African American com-munity, an indication that you were not ‘raised well.’

I remember a conversation with Jill Scott one day. Itwas only a few days after Hurricane Katrina. She was ina heavy reflecting mode that day. Jill began reminiscingabout growing up in North Philly where you learned tosweep your steps clean and you also knew that if the nextdoor lady was an older person, you offered to sweep hersteps as well. Daily chores but on weekends there weremany more. Lessons learned. Long forgotten? Nah, it’sthere. Sometimes it is only a matter of refreshing yourmemory. But it’s all good when that memory kicks backin. Jill lived West of Dobbins. Not very far from theWidener Branch of the Library on Lehigh Avenue. Andshe has fond memories of going to school at T. M. PierceElementary back in the day. Jill embodies both the ethicsand ethos of North Philly. It is not only the fact that sheshot the memorable video not very far from where shegrew up . She has managed to ‘keep it real’ in a NorthPhilly normative manner. That’s Jill. And people aroundthe way still say, “That’s my boo.”

By the time you get to Clearfield you are remindedonce again of just how crucial those pickup games are.Young Bucks taking charge of their lives and dominatingthe court. Learning to navigate these mean but alluringstreets. Lessons are learned daily. New thresholds estab-lished. Dreams turn into fables just as night turns intoday. Nihilism? Nah, Cornel had the privilege of growingup in these streets. So it is understandable how he missedthe very subtle play, the daring performance of self asbeing all that there was to see. Nah, these are styling peo-ple. Bragging, profiling, styling and being themselves.Gotta be quick to check it all out. A mere glance suggestslevel of complexity yet undocumented. But that’s no rea-son to believe that there is hopelessness dominating thehoods and barrios. That’s just how they living in thewild, wild west. Did the philosopher ever enter a dancecipha in Philly? Did he even observe it from the sideline?

Dance Ciphas in North Philly:Bopping, Whopping, Hiphopping and Wutanging“The circle of the dance is a permissive circle; it pro-

tects and permits. At certain times on certain days, menand women come together at a given place and then,under the solemn eye of the tribe, fling themselves into aseemingly unorganized pantomime which is in realityextremely systematic in which by various means---shakesof the head, bending of the spinal column, throwing thewhole body backwards----may be deciphered as in anopen book the huge effort of community to exorciseitself, to liberate itself, to explain itself, There are no lim-its-inside the circle.” ….Dr. Frantz Fanon

The noted psychiatrist, Dr. Frantz Fanon had a veryprecise understanding of the liberating aspects of Africanand African American dance. There is so much to belearned about a people by watching them dance. Whostill remembers the Shake? Is there anyone out therewho can do the Monkey? What do you know about“The Hustle”, “The Shimmy Sham”, “The Bop”. Whatare the distinguishing characteristics of North Philly Bopand West Philly Boy or do you really believe they are allthe same? Ok, Hip Hop headz and historians of dance,please tell me what is “G.Q ing” and “ Hood Stepping.”Is Hood Stepping the same as what college steppers do?Back in the day, Groove Phi Groove had a lock on col-lege stepping. Who were the very best steppers youknew? Alright, go home and ask your parents who hadthat lock on The North Philly Hustle back in the day?

Dancing in the Streets of Philly on Obama DayShortly after 11PM, the streets of Philly began to fill

up like it was morning rush on the way to work. Somedanced their way down Chestnut Street until they reached22nd and began to jog the rest of the way to Broad Street.It was a joyous moment in history. Students from Drexeland Penn joined workers in both the formal and informaleconomies. This victory dance provided a feeling ofequanimity. Black, White, Asian, Latino, African,Continental Europeans and others found a common bondin a victory they had worked hard to achieve. And sowhat one witnessed/ observed and participated in was abinding together through walking, jogging, dancing andtalking. People just couldn’t stop talking about it. Manywanted to believe it could happen but had just a littledoubt. They weren’t doubting whether Senator Obamawas capable of being elected President. What they won-dered about was America’s capacity to elect a man ofcolor who had his own view of history, marched to thesound of a different drummer. Ba-RACK-KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. They holleredand put their hand on the horn at the same time. Waving,screaming and congratulating everyone in sight as 2 A.M.rapidly became 4:00 A.M. and if you are go get even anhour of sleep before going to work the next day, it’s timeto go.

Days later, the feeling hung in the air as one moved upNorth 22nd Street toward Allegheny. Memories and themotion of history. Tommy’s Men Store where GeorgieWoods did his shopping was still there. The old whiteowned bakery was now owned by an African Americannamed Denise. She is rooted in this community. Changesall up inside of changes. Like Obama, she had a visionone could believe in. But who would have expected theCuban beauty shoppe owner playing her favorite song byCelia Cruz? Further up the street is this Hip Hop kidfrom Catalina bugging about Vico C and Tego Calderon.But how do you know Yaga and Mackie. I’m saying,you‘d heard Daddy Yankee announce his support forMcCain but you never did hear Lennox and Yaga do that.Nor Fat Joe and Pitbull. New dances for a new people.Still styling and profiling.

Hip Hop History Month Celebration at WidenerBranch Of Free Library of Philadelphia

It seems appropriate that there would be a celebrationof Hip Hop History in North Philly for the same reasonthat Black History Month has been celebrated in this sec-tion of the city since the 1920’s That’s just the way theyroll UPTOWN. I mean, can you imagine North Phillywithout Georgie Woods and The Uptown Theatre? Thesame questions can be asked of those coming up out of alater time in history? What about Hip Hop Dance with-out Rennie Harris, “Prince of the Ghetto”?

Doubledutch To Krump: Dancing, Styling and BeingDancers, Rhymers, DJs, Overstanders and Writers will

gather at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Widener

Dedicated to Larry Neal, Mark Taylor & TheStyling People of North Philly

See “Cuttin’” page 6

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What with all the hooplaand excitement leading up tothe General Election,November 4th, I know haveto do some back-tracking inorder to tell some good, posi-tive local news stories thathappened in that last twoweeks before the election,that are worthy of telling.

The Philadelphia LicensedTavern & MerchantsAssociation hosted its annual

scholarship awards banquet, Sunday, October 26,2008 at Galdo’s in South Philadelphia. It was ablack tie evening and eleven African Americanyouth were the recipients of $1,000 scholarshipswho are already attending colleges inPennsylvania and beyond Pennsylvania. One ofthe student awardees received a $5,000 scholar-ship in the name of her grandfather as well as the$1,000 scholarship from the Philadelphia

Licensed Tavern & Merchants Association organization.Truly it was an evening of elegance and I was proud to bethere, acting as the volunteer Mistress of Ceremonies. Itwas also an evening to celebrate and remember LoraineTaylor, longtime owner of the Checker Club on RidgeAvenue and the most recent past President of thePhiladelphia Licensed Tavern & Merchant Association.She passed away last Spring.

Last year, I attended the event and Loraine Taylor wasthe ‘hostess with the mostest’. Now she’s gone but hermemory wand legacy of giving will live on.

The new president is Charles Aaron. He stated, “It ismy pleasure to represent the Philadelphia LicensedTavern & Merchants Association in our annual scholar-ship banquet. I am pleased to congratulate the scholarshiprecipients. I charge them to remember this: Knowledge ispower. Acquire all the knowledge you can and use thepower to help those who come after. I would also like tothank our members for their continued support in helpingdeserving students reach their academic goals. I thankyou in advance for your future support.”

The new Vice Present of the organization is Rita V.Jefferson and they are the two pictured in the photographthat accompanies this column this week. I admire andsalute all the members of the Philadelphia LicensedTavern & Merchants Association because they are busi-ness people who hire other people and that translates intojobs in our community. I salute them because, in fact, barowners and night club owners, many of them, do giveback to our community. So they don’t just pour yourdrinks and collect money form you via cover charges atnight clubs and the like. They take some of their earningsand do scholarships for black youth to help them pay theircollege tuition and other related education bills. They col-lect money when someone in the neighborhood has had afire and lost everything they had. Lord knows, if the truthwere ever to be told, the black bar owners and night clubowners have financed more little league teams and youthprograms than one can imagine. But they never get thecredit.

I remember years ago when I was just a young girl, cer-tainly before my days of being old enough to go into aclub or bar, I would hear Mary Mason on the air talkingabout Sid Booker or Prince Gillard and she would oftenmake positive reference to black bar owners. I liked that.I would admire Ms. Mary for giving props to black barowners. Too often church folk want to turn their noses upat bar owners and night club owners but I say, hey, how-ever they are helping our children, so be it. If you reallythink about it, bar owners and bar tenders and bar maidsare often psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors, lawyers,marriage counselors, family counselors, accountants andbaby sitters as well as playing the role of Mama, Poppaand mixologists, all wrapped up in one.

I despise seeing people who get drunk and sloppy andwho do not know how to carry themselves once they’vehad a few drinks. But that does not make me upset withgood, decent bar owners and night club owners. Goodowners, barmaids and bartenders know what to do whensomeone has had too much to drink. They cut them off,as should be.

My father used to always say the four best businessesto be in are: the bar business, beauty salons, barbershopsand funerals. He said no matter how good or how badtimes are, women and men want to look good so they willget their hair done. Good or bad times, folks always wanta drink. Good or bad times, people are always dying.

The annual scholarship awards banquet is the black barand tavern owners way of giving back to our communityto help support students and encourage their academicand artistic endeavors. P.L.T.M.A. is here to help serve asa self-help network to effect positive changes for licens-es and the community at large.

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Black Bar Owners Licensed Tavern & Merchants Association shared withme that in all the years the organization has existed, theyhave raised more than $250 thousand dollars in scholar-ship money for African American youth who need helpgoing to college. How can your young person possible beconsidered for a scholarship next year? You need to speakup. Tell the black bar owners about your child and the factthat they can use some help with college money. Theymay request that a nomination form be filled out. Theymay ask for an essay from the student. But you start byspeaking up. If you ask not, you get not. Contact VicePresident Rita Jefferson at Reflections Café at 1640Wingohocking Street, the corner of 4400 block of North17th Street, or call 215-324-9971 and ask for Rita. Youcan also reach out to Prince Gilliard at the Fairmount1500 Jazz Club. His number is 215-765-9910.

Special thanks to Lou Crump from Lou and Choo’s Barfor inviting me initially to get involved with P.L.T.M.A.and to Bernard Lopez for making a way for my involve-ment this year with the Black Bar and Night Club own-ers.

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Shown above is the Charles Aaron, presi-dent and Rita V. Jefferson, vice president ofthe Black Bar Owners group called Phila.Licensed Tavern & Merchants Association.

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Last week was unique. Itwas wonderful. First, thePhillies won the WorldSeries. Then, our candidate,Barack Obama, was electedthe 44th President of theUnited States. All overAmerica, people were cryingand dancing in the streets!There was Jesse Jackson,Oprah, and even ……..Matthews crying. And me.For the last two years, along

with many other people, I have prayed BarackObama would become our President. I read the

Philly, New York, and Delaware newspapers, and watchthe pundits on MSNBC. I understood why it was imper-ative for our nation to elect Obama. And we did it! Ithank God that President Obama won 52% of the vote.

The people who fought for and laid down their lives forCivil Rights are crying for joy. No one believed wewould see this day. Children called their parents to sharethe joy. We have not arrived yet, but we are on the road.It was the time for celebration.

From Kansas and Hawaii, from parents American andKenyan, a brilliant leader has emerged. We all pray hecan bring us out of the pain and sorrow President Bushhas brought on us. Truly, there is no one more able. Wehave elected a man who has a good chance of being great.

“WASHINGTON (AP)-- Regulators shut downHouston-based FranklinBank and Security PacificBank in Los Angeles onFriday, bringing the num-ber of failures of federallyinsured banks this year to19. The Federal DepositInsurance Corp. wasappointed receiver of

Franklin Bank, which had $5.1 billion in assetsand $3.7 billion in deposits as of Sept. 30, and ofSecurity Pacific Bank, with $561.1 million inassets and $450.1 million in deposits as of Oct. 17.

The co-founder and chairman of parent Franklin BankCorp., Lewis Ranieri, is credited with inventing mort-gage-backed securities two decades ago, but apparentlywas unable to save his own company from gettingensnared in the home-loan bust.” Regulators shut banksin Texas, California Saturday November 8, 1:29 am ET

While most black folks are still giddy, excited and cel-ebrating the election of Barack Obama as president of theUnited States, the US economy continues to unravel at anincreasing pace. The Associated Press reported onSaturday two more banks have been taken over by feder-al regulators bringing the number of banks that havefailed this year to nineteen. The supreme irony (Karma?)is one of the banks’, Franklin Bank Corp of HoustonTexas, founder Lewis Ranieri was the man credited withinventing mortgage backed securities which are at thecore of the current mortgage and credit meltdowns.

These two banks have joined an alarmingly increasinglist of banks going belly up. More bank failures are pre-dicted as the mismanagement, fraud and maleficence ofthe banksters continues to ripple throughout the system;infecting the whole economy. Even the FDIC is predict-ing more failures in the months and years to come due tothe systemic implosion of the financial sector. “The 19bank failures so far this year compare with three for all of2007 and are more than in the previous five years com-bined. It's expected that many more banks won't survivethe next year of economic tumult. The pressures of tum-bling home prices, rising mortgage foreclosures andtighter credit have been battering many banks, large andsmall, across the nation. The failures this year includethat of Seattle-based thrift Washington Mutual Inc. in lateSeptember, the biggest bank collapse in history. It had$307 billion in assets. In July another big savings andloan, IndyMac Bank based in Pasadena, Calif., failed andwas seized by regulators with about $32 billion in assets.The FDIC estimates that through 2013 there will be about$40 billion in losses to the deposit insurance fund, includ-ing an $8.9 billion loss from the failure of IndyMac Bank.The FDIC is raising insurance premiums paid by banksand thrifts to replenish its fund, which now stands ataround $45.2 billion, below the minimum target level setby Congress and the lowest level since 2003.”http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081108/bank_closures_texas_california.html

President elect Obama comes into office facingthe most frightening economic climate since the 1930's.The stock market continues to sputter and the job lossesare the highest in fourteen years. Keep in mind the gov-ernment’s figures are suspect due to their long history offudging, manipulation and lies. “Some economists pre-dict the jobless rate could climb to 8%, or possibly high-

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n In Other News…er, next year. Job losses in August and September turnedout to be much deeper than initially estimated by theLabor Department. Employers cut 127,000 positions inAugust, compared with 73,000 previously reported,while 284,000 jobs were axed in September, comparedwith the first estimate of 159,000 jobs.

The revised figures for September showed the biggestmonthly cut in jobs since November 2001. The employ-ment market is much weaker than economists expected.They were forecasting the unemployment rate to climb to6.3% in October and for payrolls to fall by about 200,000.The department said 481,000 people in the US filed newclaims for jobless benefits in the last week of October.”http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7715873.stm

Here’s additional bad news, the US auto industry is fal-tering. GM, Ford and Chrysler all announced worseningsales and profit outlooks. “New Jersey-based Researchfirm Autodata said on Monday that US auto salesdropped for the 12th straight month in October to838,156 from 1.23 million last year, the lowest monthlylevel since 1991.The seasonally adjusted annual sales ratefor the month was 10.6 million down from 16.04 milliona year ago. It is the worst seasonally adjusted annual rateof sales since February. Monthly auto sales in US weredown 32% while seasonally adjusted annual sales rateslumped 37%. The largest US automaker, GeneralMotors (NYSE: GM), said its October US sales shrank45% to 168,719 cars and trucks in October from 307,408a year ago. Sales of light truck were down 51% to 97,119,while passenger car sales fell 34.3% to 73,466 vehicles.In a conference on Monday, GM Sales Chief MarkLaNeve said ‘In my 27 years (in the auto industry), I'venever seen a month like this.’ GM's market share likelyfell to around 20% in October. ‘Clearly we're in a verydire situation,’ said Mike DiGiovanni, GM executive

director of global market and industry analysis. The othertwo who make U.S. Big Three automakers- Ford (NYSE:F), and Chrysler, also saw their sales falling by doubledigits in October. Ford reported that it sold 132,838 carsand trucks last month, down 30.2% from 190,195 vehi-cles a year ago. Dearborn, Michigan based automakerreported that the combined car sales of Ford, Lincoln andMercury fell 26.8% to 40,854 units. Demand for SUVsfell 54% while it was down 39% for crossover vehicles.Sales of F-Series pickups dropped 16.3% to 43,324 units.Chrysler registered a 35% drop in sales to 94,530 vehi-cles. Vice president of marketing and communicationsJim Farley said in a statement ‘Economic and marketconcerns have hurt the industry, along with harsher cred-it terms. We do not see near-term relief for Ford or itsdepressed shares.’ Chrysler said its October U.S. salestumbled 35% to 94,530 vehicles. Demand for Chrysler'sheavily-weighted truck lineup fell 34% while that forcars, it was down 37%.” US October Auto Sales Sink,GM Sales Tumble 45% http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle+articleid_2764128.html

The news across the country concerning the economyis not good. Hopefully Obama will be able to inspirefolks to tough it out and not despair because the news isnot going to get better any time soon. On the personallevel, don’t get discouraged or become a gloom anddoomer. Become more frugal with your money and beginliving within your means. Strive to get out of debt andplease do not fall for the materialism, buy, spend keep upwith the Jones’ okey-doke.

Things are going to be bleak for a while but do notdespair, we will make it through. It is not what happensto you in life, it is how you choose to deal with it thatcounts. Don’t pin all your hopes on Barack Obama. He isonly one person and this is a group thing. We have topress for economic and social justice and policies thatbenefit the whole country not just Wall Street and theKleptomaniacs that got us in this predicament in the firstplace.

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Copyright 2006 by Harry Martin Polis and edited by Jaynee Levy-Polis

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The PhiladelphiaHousing Authority madeVeterans Day more than aday to mourn andremember by awardingHousing ChoiceVouchers to six homelessveterans – including awoman who served as acombat soldiers in Iraq.

The vouchers willenable the homeless vetsto rent apartments in theprivate market.

“I can think of no bet-ter way to recognizethese men and womenwho have served ourcountry than by helpingthem find permanenthomes for themselvesand for their families,”said PHA ExecutiveDirector Carl R. Greene.

Veterans who receivedtheir vouchers at today’sVeterans Day event atPHA’s Greater GraysFerry Estates communitywere: Rhashida Childs,Cynthia Armstrong,George Smith, KevinCarroll, James Davis, andClarence Thomas. A sev-enth vet, Colette Coe, hasalso been approved for avoucher, but was not ableto attend.

Carroll, who served asa medic after the Vietnam War, and Smith, a Vietnamcombat vet, have already signed leases for their newapartments. Thomas is also a combat veteran of Vietnam.Childs, a mother of two, was with the Navy in OperationIraqi Freedom. They are now looking for landlords whowill accept their vouchers.

“This program brings one more element into the fightagainst homelessness in our city. This arrangementbetween PHA and the Veterans Administration will com-plement other programs put into place earlier this year tocontinue moving homeless Philadelphians into homes oftheir own,” said Mayor Michael Nutter. “It’s especiallysignificant to be helping those who’ve worn the nation’suniform.”

Congressman Robert Brady, a member of the HousedArmed Services Committee and strong supporter of vet-erans programs, congratulated the vets on receiving theirhousing vouchers, saying, “You have served our nationvaliantly and we have an obligation to support you.”

PHA is working with the Veterans Administration toimplement this program, which the U.S. Department ofHousing and Development (HUD) kicked off last Aprilby targeting $75 million to provide vouchers for vets

nationwide. Philadelphia was allotted 105 vouchers. Currently, the Philadelphia VA is processing 30 appli-

cations. According to Stephen Bennett, a social workerwith the VA, his department is staffing up to handle alarger influx of applicants more quickly. Federal guide-lines require that candidates receive psychologicalscreening and agree to case management before enteringthe voucher program.

“We’ve been hoping to get permanent housing for ourvets for some time,” Bennett said. “We’re happy thatCongress listened to us.”

To qualify for the voucher, said Bennett, the vets mustbe homeless, have mental or physical illnesses, and beinvolved in a treatment or case management program.They must also be able to pay the security deposit for theapartment, which the voucher does not cover. The VAalso helps them acquire furniture for their new homes.

Today, there are more than 100 vets in transitionalhousing throughout the City, who, Bennett says, areexcellent candidates for the program. Qualified candi-dates may apply by themselves to the program or bereferred by their case manager or social worker.

For more information or to apply for the program, call

First group of homeless Vets receive Housing ChoiceVouchers as part of new PHA/VA program

Rhashida Childs, a Navy veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, thanksPHA Executive Director Carl Greene for her housing vouc er andrelates how important it is to her and her two children to be able tohave their own home.

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I am so proud ofAmerica! I am so proud ofPresident-Elect BarackObama who calls us togreatness and to rise to ourbest selves. And I am soproud of all the young peo-ple who joined with him insaying, "Yes we can."

The election of BarackObama as the 44thPresident of the UnitedStates has revived

America's dream from the smoldering rubble ofwar; the quicksand of racial, religious, and classstrife; and the selfish individualism and recklessgreed that brought our nation's and world'seconomies to the brink of collapse. Hope is aliveagain and we, as a more united people, are poised tomove forward and tackle the unprecedented chal-lenges we face working more collaboratively withleaders throughout the world.

What a powerful message President-Elect Obama'selection sends to children everywhere. It affirms everychild's life is of equal value and each child can strive toachieve at the highest level that his or her talent, disciplineand hard work allow. It says that neither color, nor gender,nor family circumstance nor any extrinsic obstacle needstop you from soaring and reaching the highest levels ofleadership. The poorest Black boy can say, "I can makeit." The child without a father in the home can say, "Yes Ican." The poor child with a parent on food stamps can say,"This is temporary." The biracial child whom many saidbelonged to no race can say, "Yes, I belong to the greatestrace, the human race" in a world that is incredibly diverse,reflecting all the rich hues of God's universe.

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another and compete in a globalizing world that is two-thirds nonwhite and poor and in a nation that will bemajority minority in another 40 years. The election ofBarack Obama is a testament that America sees and hearsand is prepared to join and help guide the world in thisnew era. It also signals a recognition that America's dreamcan and must become real at home to be credible abroad.How wonderful that our new President in his persona,character and talent is able to re-establish the idea ofAmerica as a beacon of hope and equality.

After we savor our great stride forward and the mostbrilliant political campaign in my lifetime, let us hunkerdown for the hard work of helping our new President andCongress achieve sound solutions to the enormously com-plex concerns we face inside and outside America: thegreatest divide between rich and poor in our nation's his-tory and the in world's history; epidemic poverty; eco-nomic, energy and environmental crises; a huge humancapital development deficit resulting from our long-termfailure to ensure the health and education of all children.These are the very children who will determine our col-lective future. If the child is safe, everyone is safe. So letus begin in 2009 by making a commitment to ensure thatevery child is given a healthy and fair start and is able tobegin life on a more level playing field.

Yes we can believe in miracles again. David Ben-Gurion once commented that a man who does not believein miracles is not a realist. Let us thank God for this trans-forming miracle by translating it into reality for the mil-lions of children left behind in our nation and the world sothat they can believe in miracles in their daily lives. Let usorganize and lift a mighty voice as citizens to ensure thatour leaders make the right choices among their many

Children and families residing at the PhiladelphiaRonald McDonald House at Front and Erie got a specialtreat when actress Holly Robinson Peete visited the housein honor of World Children’s Day on November 10, 2008.Peete volunteered as the house’s guest chef for the dayand with the help of students from Cornwells Elementary

Holly Robinson Peete visits Philadelphia RonaldMcDonald House in Honor of World Children’s Day

school, baked and decorated hand-shaped cookies for thechildren and families at the house in recognition of theWorld Children’s Day “Give A Hand®” fundraiser. Salesfrom the “Give A Hand” fundraiser directly supportRonald McDonald House Charities.

Pictured center: Holly Robinson Peete with students from Cornwells Elementary School.

McDonald’s is proud tointroduce the new AllAmerican Achievers™program which encour-ages 7th and 8th grade stu-dents of Greater Philadel-phia to stay in the booksand be active in their com-munities. Teachers inGreater Philadelphia areinvited to submit studentessays celebrating aca-demic achievement andcommunity leadership tothe McDonald’s AllAmerican Achievers pro-gram from now through

December 8, 2008.Teachers of 7th and 8th

grade students at selectschools in the GreaterPhiladelphia region willreceive the All AmericanAchievers packet in Oct-ober. The packet includesa mini-magazine writtenby education experts for7th and 8th graders. Themagazine includes pro-gram entry materials andwill enable teachers toguide their students inwriting an essay abouttheir academic accom-

McDonald’s accepting Nominations to New McDonaldsAll American Achievers Program

When I was in graduate school I wrote extensivelyabout slave narratives – documented oral histories ofenslaved Africans – mostly recorded post-emancipa-tion. One paper dealt with how people found out theywere free. Without access to even that era’s massmedia – newspapers, pamphlets, leaflets and the tele-graph – many people labored on, remaining the chattelof particularly unscrupulous owners.

In one narrative I came across, an enslaved man saidhe learned of his freedom from “a smart Negro.” I wasdelighted to learn that the term “a smart Negro” hadsuch old origins – at least back to the mid-19thCentury, maybe even earlier.

Listening to a smart Negro turned out to be a wisemove for this brother who, as I remember it, reacted bysimply walking away from his servitude; marchingbravely into an uncertain future.

America has, at last elected a smart Negro.There’s much that’s good about this – beginning

with at least for the time being a departure from thisnation’s preoccupation and enthusiastic embracing ofmediocrity.

Throughout this election, I just wanted to shoutagain and again, “Just vote for the smart guy!”

Much will be made of this nation’s so-called trans-formational phase – in terms of race, in terms of gen-eration, in terms of political campaigning, technologyand fund-raising.

The demographic statistics will be pulled apart,reconfigured and put back together again as punditsblather on and on and on.

Even though public speculating is a respected pro-fession, most of us understand that, in truth, the future– the great unknown – is always a gamble -- as muchfor me, as it was for the brother who walked away fromslavery. Life is a game of risk and reward, that’s truefor individuals and that’s true for the nation.

In past elections, working class and poor uneducatedwhite people have consistently voted against their eco-nomic interest. They failed to properly assess the riskor understand the potential of the reward. That failurecontinued to happen with this election -- many of uslistened cynically un-astonished at irrational rationalesgiven by politicians, pundits and editorial writers --forrejecting the smart guy.

So, alas, despite temporary euphoria, we know fromthe popular vote that our nation’s racial division is notat an end. But thank God, with this election, a lot ofeducated whites finally drank the Kool-Aid, and votedin their own self-interest-- for all our sakes.

Obama has made a big deal about being bi-partisan,being president for everybody about the United Statesof America. I don’t know whether conciliation is theway to lead, but it’s clearly the way to get elected.Obama’s likeability quotient certainly won him a lot ofvotes.

Willingness by whites to embrace one likeable blackwon’t require a wholesale change in methods toachieve racial parity because a lot of race matters areentrenched and must be fought-out – sometimes in adisagreeable fashion. Racial tolerance may be on therise, racial understanding, I think, will lag behind. It’sa worry, but a manageable one.

Especially since race matters along with the world’sother challenges are in better shape today because a lotof people grew beyond their racial prejudices andsteeled themselves to get behind the election of a smartNegro.

(Maida Cassandra Odom, who has written for TheNational Urban League’s Opportunity Journal, The BostonGlobe and The Philadelphia Inquirer, worked as a newspa-per writer for more than 20 years. She is now on the facultyof the Journalism Department at Temple University inPhiladelphia.)

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plishments, extracurricularactivities and leadership intheir communities.Schools that do not receivethe packet can downloadthe entry forms at365Black. com.

“This is an excellentopportunity for McDon-ald’s to continue its long-standing commitment toeducation and to celebratethe academic achieve-ments of Greater Philadel-phia’s young people. Ourhope is that one of ourown local students will be

acknowledged nationallyas a McDonald’s All Ame-rican Achiever,” saidBarry Person, President,Phila-delphia Black Mc-Donald’s Owner/OperatorAssocia-tion.

A panel of judges,including educators, willselect the Grand Prize win-ners from the highest scor-ing essays submitted.Essays will be judged byscores submitted by teach-ers and who will judge

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SYJ: Is this a crusade for the "younger generation"?Pastor Carl: It's for all generations..For God can use

anybody!SYJ: Where will it be held and how often?Pastor Carl: The crusade will be held at the Temple

University Student Faculty Center on Broad and OntarioStreets every month.

SYJ: What made you choose that location?Pastor Carl: I've been at this location for another func-

tion and thought it would be a great place to start thismovement.

SYJ: Are you working with any other ministries, com-panies, organizations on this wonderful idea? If so, pleaselet us know.

Pastor Carl: At this point not right now. This is a"Truth and the Life" event and we will look to partnerwith ministries in the future to help form and progress themovement.

SYJ: What is your opinion on reaching this genera-tion and how do you propose we do such?

Pastor Carl: There is so many ways to reach this gen-eration but you also have to touch them as well throughinspiration and hope. Reaching them is an effort buttouching them is an accomplishment! And how do youdo that...JUST GIVE THEM THE WORD! God will takecare of the rest.

SYJ: How can someone in need of prayer or desirousof getting more information about your ministry get intouch with you?

Pastor Carl: Please feel free to contact me at_Thetruthnlife@aol.com_

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Supreme Gospel Enter-tainment & Ministriesenjoys supporting variouschurches, events and orga-nizations that think outsidethe box when it comes toreaching the "unchurched."This week we decided totalk with Pastor CarlAshton of Truth and theLife InternationalMinistries to discuss hisupcoming crusade and his

mission.SYJ: How long have you been a pastor and/or

preaching the Word of God?Pastor Carl: I have been a pastor for one year

now.SYJ: Pastor, explain the crusade that you have

launched and its purpose.Pastor Carl: The goal of this crusade is for the Spirit

of God to be unleashed in the kingdom. It has been sucha long time that the people of God have been seeking amanifestation of His power through healing, deliverance,spiritual breakthrough and other means but have onlyseen a glimpse of His glory. This powerful crusade is forthe people to see that the power is also in them that willallow God move through us and not just for us.

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Branch, 2800 Lehigh Avenue on Wednesday, 19November 2008 at 4PM to participate in a conversation,celebration and evocation of Hip Hop ‘s long and pro-ductive history in the Streets of Philadelphia. Do youstill have those party flyers and posters announcing somehip hop party, dance or rhyme battle? How about pho-tographs from your neighborhood block parties and theythrew down on Gratz Street or Bancroft? Who still hasphotographs of the first block party where GQing was infull display? Where are those Mixed tapes that youcopied and passed on to your younger brothers and sis-ters? Who are the graph artists that designed yourposters for that very first jahn.

Making the connection and connecting the dots will alltake place on Wednesday afternoon at the WidenerBranch of the Library as you participate in Tha GlobalCipha. This intergenerational event is free and open tothe public. It’s a celebration of not only those Hip Hoppioneers in the city like Lady B, Bobby Dance, DiscoRat, Grand Wizard Rasheen, Bahamadia, Lady Ice T,Lady Smurf and those original B-Girls from BodineInternational High School. But Dobbins, Ben Franklin,William Penn, Gratz and Strawberry Mansion were notsleeping. Just ask Cornbread. He’ll be able to tell you notonly about the pioneers but those who keep the Hip Hoptradition alive in Philly. Come out and join in this cele-bration.

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SYJ: We do ask this often of ministers and will askagain. What is your favorite scripture and why?

Pastor Carl: Jeremiah 1:5, God told Jeremiah heknew him before natural conception and called him to bea Prophet to the nations....It is the scripture that God con-firmed what I was called to be. My true destiny is thiscrusade to "unleash power" spiritually

SYJ: Finally, you have a wonderful family. Howinstrumental have they been in assisting with yourvision?

Pastor Carl: A lot! They keep me focused on the taskat hand...and keep me grounded as well!

SYJ: Any final thoughts for our readers?Pastor Carl: Seek God not just for things, but for the

power that comes with believing in him in the first place.See we don't have to ask for things. For he said if we seekhim, things will be added. So seek him for his power andwatch God reveal himself to you.

We thank Pastor Carl Ashton of Truth and the Life forsharing his views and telling us about his upcomingCrusade. Please take time to attend tonight, November14, 2008 at 7:30pm Temple University Student FaculatyCenter located 3340 N. Broad Street. For more infor-mation call: 215.848.4034. If you would like to visit hischurch, Truth and the Life Int'l Ministries is located 131W. Washington Lane in Germantown section ofPhiladelphia where services begin at 10:30am.

If you would like to join our team, please contact us at215.843.3355 or _www.supremegospel.org_.

Until the next column, remain encouraged!

James Forten, Richard Allen, Frances Ellen WatkinsHarper, Octavius Catto, Alice of Dunks Ferry, RobertPurvis, David Bustill Bowser, Thomas Morris Chester,Benjamin Tucker Tanner, Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield

There will be thirty-three, 30 second agent’s stories tobe told. (10 agents- three stories per agent plus threeadditional speeches for Forten,Allen and Greenfield when theywere ages fifteen, sixteen andseventeen to appeal to a youngaudience.

JAMES FORTEN 1766-1842 ABOLITIONIST AND

BUSINESSMANThis is a new addition to the

Forten story, bringing him intoview as a seventeen year oldapprentice sail maker in theRobert Bridges sail makingshop. The date is 1783... Fortenis dressed in workman’s clothesof the late eighteenth centuryand holds in one hand a leather “seeming palm” and inthe other, a wooden sail maker’s fid. He is recalling hisdays as a sailor aboard the privateer, Royal Louis and hiscapture and imprisonment by the British navy.

James Forten in this second of four presentations hasmatured into a lean hard-eyed 73 year old business-man.(the year is 1839) He dresses neatly as before butnow his clothes are cut to the fashions of the early 19thCentury. He wears a sail maker’s apron over a shirt andtie and again holds the tools of his trade; the leather“seaming palm” and wooden fid. He is a “hands on”businessman equally at home among his sail makers asthe accountants upstairs.

ELIZABETH TAYLORGREENFIELD 1819-1876This is an addition to the

Elizabeth Taylor Greenfieldstory. The year is 1835 and MsGreenfield is 16 years old. Sheis a handsome young woman ofmodest height. She is fashion-ably dressed and has a stylishattitude quite beyond her years.She stands beside a tall cabinetthat has an operatingmetronome in view. Before shespeaks she gently stops themetronome’s action and facesthe audience.

ALICE OF DUNKS FERRY,1686-1804 HISTORIAN

Alice is a lively centenarian.She is modestly dressed in1790’s fashion. She probablysmokes a clay pipe. She talksslowly but forcefully about thepast. She is uneducated and like-ly speaks the language of theuneducated. She is seated in achair with trees and a river asbackground.

THOMAS MORRISCHESTER, 1834-1892 WAR

CORRESPONDENTThomas M. Chester is a bald-

ing, fully bearded man in hisearly fifties. He is a pridefulman and has reason to be. Hishistory is colorful, filled withevents well beyond the experi-ence of most people. The back-ground is that of a literary man;a desk piled high with booksand papers etc

STEVEN SPIEL-BERGS' DREAMWORKSproduction company anni-hilated the box office com-petition this past week withthe release of the sequel totheir star-studded animatedhit MADAGASCAR. Igave this film a glowingreview back in 2005 andthis sequel (MADAGAS-CAR: ESCAPE 2AFRICA) provokes thesame belly-laughs I experi-enced three years ago -right from the very onset of

the film when the wholesome DreamWorks signa-ture production logo boy; all set to go fishing fromthe tip of the moon, is body-snatched and roughedup by the crafty penguins from Madagascar. It's

friggin uproarious, and the laughs just continue to barrelin throughout most of the film.

In addition to the reprisal of the original four celebrityvoiceovers (CHRIS ROCK as Marty the Zebra, BENSTILLER as Alex the Lion, the tiny JADA PINKETTSMITH as Gloria The Hippo, DAVID SCHWIMMER asMelman The Giraffe, and SACHA BARON COHEN asthe risible KING JULIAN); BERNIE MAC joins theteam in one of his last film industry projects (he can alsobe seen this week in SOUL MEN with SAMUEL L.JACKSON) as the voice of ZUBA; a revered lion Kingand long-lost sire of ALEX.

MADASCAR 2 picks up with our four animated pro-tagonists embarking on an ill-fated attempt to return toNYC via the shrewd ingenuity of the four impish pen-guins, with King Julian also in tow harboring dreams ofconcrete jungle glory. However, the escape from theisland of MADAGASCAR is foiled after the plane mal-functions, and they land a mere few miles away in neigh-boring AFRICA, just outside of a wildlife preserve brim-ming over with other lions, zebras, giraffes, and hippos,much to the delight of GLORIA - who thinks she's foundthe father of her future children via a massive Hipponamed MOTO-MOTO (charmingly voiced byWILL.I.AM - who's sure to get more voiceover offers),MELMAN - who finds his niche as a witch doctor to theother giraffes, MARTY - who realizes he isn't one ofkind but a mere mirror image to all the other Zebras (eventhe same wacky Chris Rock voice), and ALEX - who dis-covers his long lost parents. This film is so chock full ofside jokes and visuals that it couldn't have possible beenmade with the likes of small children in mind. Evenadults may miss the lightening-paced visuals, marriedwith the adult one-liners that also fueled the fame of theoriginal MADAGASCAR. For my money MADAGAS-CAR is simply the funniest animated tale ever marketed(allegedly) for children. The reality is that a film like this

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There has to be "some-thing" that officially kicksoff Lincoln UniversityHomecoming every year.That "something" wouldhappen to be the "Unique"and "Stylish", ZianaFashion Club. For 24 yearsZiana has put on entertain-ing and stylish fashionshows. Homecoming"2008" was the grounds ofan outstanding fashion pro-

duction like no other can describe. The fiercestwalks, signature footwork and one-of-a kind skitspulled together what was called "Hot Off The

Press, The Ziana Times". As they impressed the crowdwith every scene there was a clothing line that was exhib-ited during the intermission of the show.

That clothing line is the Frank Lucas Clothing whichwas introduced by a Lincoln University graduate DerrickDicker aka Sosa co-founder of Frank Lucas Clothing.Students that model the clothes in the runway show wasAngel, Anthony, Lacey, Ashley, Oluwaseye Adekanye,James Thompson, Bathan Freeman, Lawrence Lisby,Kristopher Byes, Tameisha Carter, Sheryne Jackson,Alisha Mckiethan And Cynquessa Bernard.

The website for the clothing line is _www.franklucas-clothing.com_ (http://www.franklucasclothing.com/)

Frank Lucas has always been known for his acutesense of style and impeccable taste. Mr. Lucas and Sosahave a signature collection of menswear & women’s weartitled Frank Lucas Clothing. Sosa & Mr. Lucas decided tocreate a licensee for a clothing brand to fill a void in themarket for sophisticated clothing that reflects an urbansensibility and distinct style.

Although Mr. Lucas is known as the "AmericanGangster" today Lucas, fully understands his impact onhis beloved culture. His mission, now, is to amend thatlegacy. To the youth of the nation, he is now committedto show by example via his Frank Lucas Foundation andclothing Brand, that redemption is available to all.

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Madagascar 2: Escapes with Box Office Goldgarners nearly 65 milliondollars during its first weekdue primarily to the han-kering for ADULT escapeto the American cinema.American adults are flock-ing to this animated come-dy and not necessarily withchildren in tow.

Penned by the now sure-ly in demand ETANCOHEN (not ETHANCOHEN of the CohenBrothers fame) of TROPICTHUNDER fame;MADAGASCAR 2 handi-ly utilizes a myriad ofavenues to entice the senses of its audience. Its onslaughtof rapier banter inundates you, while the brilliant anima-

tion is rendered both kooky and majestic. It's simply alaugh-out-loud delight that sets aside room for not onlyanother sequel... but perhaps a gold mine of prequels, asthe opening of MADAGASCAR 2 also gives us a warmand fuzzy glimpse back into the childhood versions ofAlex, Marty, Gloria (voiced by Jada and Will's youngdaughter WILLOW SMITH), and Melman.

A great FOUR AND A HALF OUT OF FIVE SCOOPescape that should last well into the rest of the holidayseason.

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Actors Wanted for These Characters OCTAVIUS CATTO, 1839-

1871--ATHLETE, TEACHERAND CIVIL RIGHTS

ACTIVISTOctavius Catto is an eloquent,

powerful speaker. He has anintelligent, charismatic bearingand possesses impeccable aca-demic credentials. He is 32 yearsold, tall and very handsome, (seepicture). He is dressed in the uni-form of a Major of Infantry, 5thBrigade, Pennsylvania NationalGuard where he is the unit’sInspector General It is the morn-ing of October10th, 1871 and

Major Catto has just returned from a meeting with hisBrigade Commander to consider what precautions shouldbe taken regarding today’s elec-tion.

ROBERT PURVIS 1810-1898

Purvis is a wealthy fifty-sevenyear old light-skinned African-American businessman. Heaffects rather substantial side-burns in the manner of GeneralBurnside of the late Civil War.The year is 1867 and Purvis isreflecting upon his experiencesbefore and during the Civil War.He has a sense of humor and aslight southern accent. He dress-es very stylishly.

DAVID BUSTILL-BOWSER1820-1900

A tall, heavily bearded man(see picture) who wears apainter’s smock over a formalshirt and tie. He holds a paint-filled palette and three or fourbrushes in his left hand.Background projection is a typi-cal 19th century artists studiofilled with wall hung canvases,plaster models etc.. It is clearfrom his attitude that Bowser istaking a short break from hisartisticl a b o r s

to talk about his life.

FRANCES ELLENWATKINS HARPER, 1825-

1911Ms Harper is a tall woman of

substantial proportions (see pic-ture), She stands before alectern and is formally dressedin the style of the late 1870’s.She is 55 years old. The back-

g roundis that ofa lecturehall.

BISHOP BENJAMINTUCKER TANNER,

1835- 1923The year is 1868. Tanner is a

slightly built, (actual height was abit over five feet, but for our pur-poses we can go as high as fivefeet six or seven) elegantlydressed 33 year old man seen in

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1839-1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenesin NY

1915-Booker T. Washington dies this day in Tuskegee,Alabama.

1934-William Levi Dawson's Symphony No. 1, NegroFolk Symphony, was the first symphony on black folkthemes by a black composer to be performed by a majororchestra.

1950-Lydia M. Holmes, St. Augustine, Florida--PatentNo. 2,529,692 on November 14, 1950 were the plans forseveral easily assembled wooden pull toys including abird, a truck and dog.

NovemberNovember 15th15th1884-Colonization of Africa organized at international

conference in Berlin, November 15, February 26.1887-Granville T Woods patents the Synchronous

Multiplier Railway Telegraph. 1897-Death of John Mercer Langston (67),

Washington, D.C. One hundred and twenty-three Blacksreported lynched in 1897

1897-Langston University and Voorhees Collegefounded

1928-Roland Hayes opened his fifth American Tour atNew York's Carnegie Hall packed with admirers.

1950-Signing with the Atlantic City Seagulls of theEastern Amateur League on this day made ArthurDorrington the first Black to play organized hockey.

1979-Study compiled by the Anti-Defamation Leagueof B'nai B'rith indicated a sharp rise in Ku Klux Klanactivity. Study said Klan membership in 22 statesincreased from 8,000 to 10,000 in the twenty-month peri-od ending in November, 1979, and that the number ofsympathizers grew from 30,000 to 100,000.

1979-Spingarn Medal awarded to Rosa L. Parks, whowas the Catalyst in the Montgomery Bus Boycott of1955-56.

1979-Nobel Prize in economics awarded to ProfessorArthur Lewis of Princeton. He was the first Black cited ina category other than peace.

1990-On this day, the US Golf Association bans racial& gender discrimination.

2001-Henry Ossawa Tanner, painter of biblical, land-scape and genre subjects, was the first black artist elect-ed to full membership in the National Academy.Pennsylvania-born Tanner studied at the PennsylvaniaAcademy of the Fine Arts, and in France, where he set-tled. He developed a fine reputation, based principally onhis biblical paintings, on both sides of the Atlantic.

2001-Richard Allen, the first AME bishop compiledthe first black hymnal, "Collection of Spiritual Songs andHymns, Selected from Various Authors."

Black HistorBlack History y NovemberNovember 7th7th - November- November 8th8th

Changing America, Race and Class: 1969-2009

Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition (GPUAC) hosted its Annual Board of DirectorsMeeting on October 16, themed Changing America, Race and Class: 1969-2009. SharmainMatlock-Turner, President and CEO of GPUAC (center) with panelists (left to right) ChrisSatullo of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dr. Bernard Anderson an economist, Patricia DeCarloof the Norris Square Civic Association, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill of Temple University, and mod-erator E. Steven Collins of Radio One.

Sharmain-Matlock-Turner, President and CEO of The Greater Philadelphia Urban AffairsCoalition (left) and board member, Councilwoman Marian B. Tasco (right) present award to DonScott and Michael Delbane (center) of Wachovia as one of GPUAC's top corporate donors.

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his small study among his many books. He stands at ahigh reading desk preparing his Sunday sermon and looks

up somewhat impatiently asthe camera interrupts hisresearch.

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1750-1831 Richard Allen is first seen

dressed in the tattered clothingworn by most slaves. He isseventeen years old and hasrecently experienced a reli-gious conversion that haschanged his life. In spite of hiscondition as a slave on aDelaware plantation he hasseen his master recently con-verted to Methodism and

rejoices for him. It is the year 1794 and Allen is now a 44 year old

ordained minister of the African Methodist, EpiscopalChurch of Philadelphia. Allen calls his church, “Bethel,the House of God.”

A photo shot at the taping of The Ron Alexander New York TV Show. Many of the artistsshown are from Chicago, New York City, Bronx, NY and Philly and were part of the tapingpromoted by Mr. Webb at the Platinum Grill. Mr. Webb photo

For the month of Nov-ember, the 23rd Districtwill be focusing on 8th-12th graders from variousschools in the district. Aseries of three (3) work-shops will be conducted togive the youth a guidetowards planning theirfuture. Various profession-al guests will be invited tospeak on various topicsranging from how mucheducation is needed to

equip you for the future,financial matters, militaryopportunities, do you wantto be an average “Joe”(just getting by), “Youdon’t have to sell drugs orbe a gang member to getby”, and “do you have apurpose for your life.”

The goal is to introducethe youth to variousopportunities for their

Mentoring the Youth Month

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Nov. 14th, the Keepin’ It Real Tour will have a Town HallMeeting from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at KensingtonHigh School, 2051 E. Cumberland Street. And this is notlike any town meeting you have been to before. Gearedtowards youth, the Tour encompasses several compo-nents all to encourage students to stay in school.

One segment focuses on Dress for Success -- whereeach student is coached on grooming, proper dress, andhow to tie a tie. One lucky student who wins the TieTying Contest will win a shopping trip for a completesuit, shirt, tie, and shoes.

Another segment focuses on reading -- prior to theshow five students were asked to read a specific book andwrite a one-page report. The students that complete thisassignment will receive $100.00 bill, lunch with the hostof the show, and read their report at a luncheon at theirschool with their peers.

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At each tour, a company that shows a commitment toyouth and community service will be acknowledged. Thisweek the Tour will highlight the Philadelphia Coca ColaBottling Company. Guest speaker, Tracee Hunt, VicePresident of Human Resources will share her life storyand encourage youth to stay in school. She will also sharethe many employment opportunities at Coke and how togain employment there.

BACKGROUND: The Keepin’ It Real Tour will visitover 60 schools during the 2008-2009 school year andintroduce its Men Tour to Mentor Program. According toEric Ward, Executive Producer of the Tour, “We plan togive every student a mentor upon their request. Last weekat Vare Middle School over 100 young men wanted amentor. We have an ambitious plan to have successfulcareer oriented people, to talk with and motivate our 5thto 8th graders to stay in school.” Within a two year peri-od, the Keepin’ It Real Tour has visited area middle andhigh schools to bring back successful career and motiva-tional speakers to encourage students to stay in school,make good career and life choices, and to become excel-lent citizens in their schools and communities.

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The next open season forenrollment in the MedicarePart D prescription drug pro-gram is rapidly approaching.Newly eligible Medicarebeneficiaries, and currentbeneficiaries who are consid-ering changes to theirMedicare Part D plan, shouldmark their calendars forNovember 15. The “open

season” will run from November 15 toDecember 31. The Medicare Part D prescriptiondrug program is available to all Medicare bene-ficiaries to help with the costs of medications.Joining a Medicare prescription drug plan is vol-untary, and participants pay an additional month-ly premium for the coverage.

While all Medicare beneficiaries can participate in theprescription drug program, some people with limitedincome and resources also are eligible for extra help topay for monthly premiums, annual deductibles and pre-scription co-payments. In 2008, the extra help is worth anaverage of $3,600; in 2009, it’s worth an average of$3900. To figure out whether you are eligible for theextra help, Social Security needs to know your incomeand the value of any savings, investments and real estate(other than the home you live in). To qualify you must bereceiving Medicare and also have: Income limited to$15,600 for an individual or $21,000 for a married coupleliving together. Even if your annual income is higher, youstill may be able to get some help with monthly premi-ums, annual deductibles and prescription co-payments.Some examples where your income may be higherinclude if you or your spouse: Support other familymembers who live with you; Have earnings from work; orlive in Alaska or Hawaii. Resources limited to $11,990for an individual or $23,970 for a married couple livingtogether. Resources include such things as bankaccounts, stocks and bonds. We do not count your houseor car as resources. You can complete an easy-to-useonline application for yourself or someone you care aboutat www.socialsecurity.gov. Click on Medicare on the topright side of the page. Then click on “Apply for help withprescription drug costs.” To apply for the extra help byphone or have an application mailed to you, call SocialSecurity at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) andask for the Application for Help with MedicarePrescription Drug Plan Costs (SSA-1020). Or go to yournearest Social Security office. And if you would likemore information about the Medicare Part D PrescriptionDrug Program itself, visit www.medicare.gov or call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227; TTY 1-877-486-2048).

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An estimated 21 millionpeople in the United Statescurrently have diabetes.While an estimated 54 mil-lion are right on the verge ofdeveloping the disease. Inhonor of National DiabetesMonth Actor, Dancer BenVereen is speaking out about

life as a diabetic.According to the Tony Award-winning actor Vereen

who spent hours preparing for appearances, dancing,singing and performing said one day he just didn’t havethe energy to rehearse. “Performing has been my life,”said Vereen. “And when I found myself incapable ofrehearsing because of my extreme fatigue I knew some-thing was wrong.” He adds, "I was feeling off for quiteawhile. I was tired all the time. I couldn't focus. I wasthirsty all the time. …everything was off … my wholesystem was off."

Vereen was experiencing all the warning signs of dia-betes: “I was feeling really lazy which is not me,” headded. “I was urinating a a lot and craving a lot ofsweets. As a singer I need to eat the right things and thenone day I collapse.”

Hospitalized at the end of 2007, the lab report on hisblood work uncovered a reason for his growing malaise.Like someone every 30 seconds around the country, BenVereen was diagnosed diabetic.

Initially, Vereen was surprised. “I didn’t know thesymptoms and was astonished when I found out.Statistics show the entertainer was at increased risk forType 2 diabetes based on ethnicity and age. According tothe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 14.7 per-cent of all non-Hispanic blacks over the age of 20 havediabetes. Growing older, however, is one of the biggestrisk factors for the disease. At age 60 or older, 23.1 per-

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"We have close to 25 millionpeople in the United States withdiabetes," Vereen stated. "Wehave an epidemic on our hands,and it's been kept quiet. But itcan't be kept quiet anymore.

"There's such a stigmaaround diabetes," he continued,adding that people act like youare dying when you tell themyou have diabetes. "It's nottrue," he asserted. "You can livewith diabetes. You can have agreat life … a better life."

This is the message he hopes to spread nationwide withhis "Take the Stage for Diabetes Awareness" campaign,which he launched from New York City on Sept. 24.“Even though I am new to the diabetes family, I know itis not a death sentence. That’s why I want people to knowbecause by knowing you can make a difference,” saidVereen, referring to a life change. "It's time for people totake the stage for their life. It's not a death sentence….It'sa life sentence."

Vereen said with the help of his doctor, endocrinolo-gist, Michael A. Bush, MD, he now has the tools to dealwith it.'

According to Dr. Bush, type 2 diabetes has reachedepidemic proportions around the world."It's an ever-growing population and an ever-growing problem," saidBush, a clinical associate professor at UCLA. He addedthat building awareness among providers and the generalpublic is an important step in taking control of the dis-

National Diabetes MonthBen Vereen recently diagnosed for Diabetes

Talks about his experience for Diabetes Month

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Ben Vereen

1. The Earning Principle.All wealth is created in the

mind. The earning principlecovers the exchange of valuerequired to create sufficientincome to meet your needs.

2. The Spending Principle.The spending principle covers the manner in which

you spend, circulate, or otherwise dispose of your money.

3. The Savings Principle.The savings principle covers the accumulation of sur-

plus—the difference between your income and expens-es—from your income.

4. The Investing Principle.The investing principle covers the allocation of surplus

to increase your wealth and income.

The Universal Law of Value as applied to money is asfollows: Generate sufficient income in a manner that sup-ports your goals. Wisely exchange your time, knowledge,and energies to generate this income. Spend this incomein a manner consistent with your goals, which empowersyou and others. Pay yourself first as a means to create asurplus—your savings. Put a portion of your savings towork in a self-generating investment, which itself pro-duces growth and income.

Put simply:Spend less than you earn.Save what you do not spend.Invest a portion of what you saveto help you generate more.Ask yourself the money question, “What is the best use

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water in your house.* Reverse Osmosis - The best way is to have a Reverse

Osmosis unit on the main water line coming into thehouse. These are expensive and require maintenance, butwill filter everything in the house.

* Well Water - Ideally your main pipes will be pump-ing your own well water from underground, also using apolishing filter.

* Chlorine Filter (for shower head) - If you have ashower chlorine filter (that only works for a limited time)you can remove the nozzle and fill the tub through the fil-ter, but heat is wasted as the water cools on the way out.

* Sacred Water - Some water, especially in the ocean ornear volcanic springs, is said to have magic healing prop-erties. This is worth seeking and is tough to recreate athome.

3) Water EnhancementOk, so the water and pipes aren't perfect... we did our

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For detoxification, a bath ispreferable to a shower since youwash toxins off instead of absorb-ing them in. When we wash our-selves with tap water (especiallywhen it is vaporized in the show-er), we are ingesting chlorine, flu-oride and other bad thingsthrough our pores and lungs. Notto mention the scented, toxic

detergents and pharmaceutical residues. We can’tpossibly get any cleaner than our water.

With the right combination of ingredients how-ever we can turn ordinary bath water into a detox-ifying liquid solution, but first consider things thatmay be contaminating the water to begin with.

Older pipes may rust, or contain lead. There arethree main options for pipes:

* Copper - the most expensive pipe fits into tight areas,increases property value and is less likely to leak unlessreaching 180 degrees. Be sure to use quality lead-free sol-der for the pipes.

* Galvanized Steel - This zinc coated steel preventsrust, but contains lead and corrodes quickly, lasting only40 years; suitable mainly for large projects.

* PCV pipes (plastic) - The lightest, cheapest andfastest to install is also bulky in size, may add plasticresidue to water, and is most likely to fail.

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* Apple Cider Vinegar - Malus Domestica (Rosaceae) Raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegar contains the

Mother, an enzyme chain long regarded as a cure-all andtaken by Hippocrates (Father of medicine). Apple cidervinegar helps relieve gout, acid reflux and arthritis symp-toms. Adding cider vinegar to a bath is an age old reme-dy for many skin ailments and generally is used to keepthe water free of harmful bacteria.

* Baking Soda – Sodium BicarbonateAdding 1/2 cup of baking soda helps neutralize acids

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Don’t Let the Economy Affect your WaistlineThe current economic crisis has done a great

deal to increase stress across the country. Fromaverage folks worrying about their next pay-check, to top financial executives worryingabout their next bailout, our current economicproblems have most of us feeling more anxious.

Unfortunately, many people react to highstress levels by turning more to something we allfind comforting – food. It’s called “stress eating”because it feeds an emotional rather than a phys-ical hunger.

We do it because food, especially sweetthings, triggers emotional and chemical reac-tions in our bodies that do make us feel better,though only for a sort time (then it’s time foranother snack).

Stress eating is a problem because it’s one ofthe most common sources of excessive weightgain, something that can directly impact our self-

image and health.So instead of reaching for that donut the next time the

stock market is tumbling, look for alternative ways tohandle the stress.

Start by being more aware of what’s triggering youreating. Are you snacking because you’re physically hun-gry, or simply because you’re stressed or bored or unhap-py?

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ties besides eating that can help calm you. Exercise, forexample, can be very effective. From gym workouts toquick walks around the block, exercise boosts the actionof feel-good neurotransmitters in your body. Plus it burnscalories and actually makes you physically healthier.

Other stress busters, like reading a book or listening tomusic or calling a friend, can also be alternatives to foodyou don’t really need. But if you really can’t survivewithout a snack, make it one that’s good for you.

Foods high in sugar and calories may quickly elevategood feelings, but also lead to a sharp emotional crash assugar levels drop. Fight that with a piece of fruit insteadof a donut. Try snacking on veggie sticks with low calo-rie dressing. Have them handy for when hunger strikes.And, instead of that high sugar, high calorie soda or ener-gy drink, have a glass of water.

Eating in response to stress is a common problem, butone that’s fixable. Think about why you’re eating andwhat you could do instead to help you feel calmer andmore relaxed without resorting to food. Sometimes justbeing more aware of stress eating can do a great deal tominimize the problem.

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A pink stretch limousinepicked up the girls at theRonald McDonald Housein Camden and took themto Sweet and Sassy atGarden State Pavilions inCherry Hill where theyenjoyed a day of pamper-ing. From mini pedicuresand manicures, glitteringup dos, and a touch ofmakeup, the girls shonelike stars on the child-friendly fashion runway.Designed to help the girlsforget their ailments for anafternoon, the day was a success.

Faith Waterman, 4, and her family began staying at theRonald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey afterFaith was born with a rare and extremely dangerous con-dition called congenital high airway obstruction syn-drome, which requires her to breathe through an artificialairway. Faith has been hospitalized more than 20 timesand has had to endure more than 20 surgical procedures.

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about him, but that's over and it's a new day with somenew ways coming, so hold on to your seat, and get readyfor the treat.

I asked our Mayor Nutter if he were given the optionby President-elect Obama to ask him for something whatwould he ask for, and he very unselfishly said, "I wouldask for funds to mend our budget, ways to promote newand exciting jobs for all of the employable folks in Philly,and funds that would be able to reconstruct our info-structure Philly Style."

I thought that was pretty alright. Everything that hetalked about was things for the people of Philly. He nevermentioned a position for him or his wife or someone inhis family, his rap was only about Philly folks. That's biglove, so our Mayor deserves a Philly SCOOP USA shout-out award along with our Governor Big Ed Rendell whowent all over the state of Pennsylvania with a bus urgingpeople to vote for Obama. He also brought many goodpeople with him that deserve a shout-out too like, JimmyRollins of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Fire week in Philly is an important time and ourbeloved Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers always wants usto be fire safe. He is always telling me to please remindeveryone to keep new batteries for all of your fire alarms.He is very passionate about fire safety along with thesafety of all of his firemen and women who leave theirhomes to protect us from injury and death.

Before I sign off I wanted to recognize some very spe-cial people by giving them shout-outs. Here's anotherround of SCOOP USA shout-outs for my barber shopslike the 5th Element at 532 S. 4th Street, featuringJ.K.(owner), J.C., Ray, and Delio, then at 11th andMarket, Kazoo's shop of hard knocks. He and all of theboys with Rev. Run get a SCOOP USA shout-out.Williards at 16th and Stiles, he and my main man Smokeget the shout-out stuff, and at 6th and Jefferson andOxford, Bruno and the boys up the street, the young menwho hold it down pretty good for some young dudes getshout-outs, and last but not least all the way up in G-Town on Germantown Avenue by Price Street, thePhiladelphia Hair Company featuring Mark and MomLightfoot, plus all of my G-town family get shout-outs.Those guys are so special to me that I cannot name themall, so here's your SCOOP USA shout-out. With love,honor and respect, from your Mayor of Girard Avenue,Toby Rich, peace.

This week's rap from theMayor of Girard Avenue,Toby Rich, is called, "ANew President, Plus ADream Come True, BarackObama." Now I don't wantto sound real corny, but somany people have waitedfor this day. I don't carewhat color you are or whatyour religion is, it's not real-ly important anymore. After

all this is America, the same government that told SouthAfrica that they were wrong for not helping Mr. NelsonMandela become president when he first thought of run-ning. Majority rule did not really work there but Americatold them that to let everybody vote and let the chips fallwhere they may is the right thing to do. We used to beable to say that here in America there was a double stan-dard because we were telling another country to do some-thing we weren't even doing but not anymore, at least fornow. America has changed her ways and I did not reallythink that I would be living when this great moment hap-pened. America has really grown up! I have not seen thisattitude about the presidency since John F. Kennedy. Hispresidency brought with it a lot of raw feelings, and peo-ple young, old, black, white, rich, poor etc., all loved feel-ing and being a part of the voting process and felt goodabout living in this country. Remember when he said,"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what youcan do for your country?" We have all witnessed a part ofhistory. I remember in 1999, I was on the Chris Rockshow and when I was asked did I think this country wouldever elect a black president, I replied, "No. Not in my life-time." Well I was wrong because Barack Obama did it.He won with the help of all America. God Bless America!These are the things that make you love this country, andmake you never want to ever think about living any placeelse.

The acceptance speech given by President-elect Obamawas very eloquent. He talked about Senator McCainbeing a great American who made a huge sacrifice bybeing captured and becoming a P.O.W. during war time.That was a true testament to his character especially aftersome of the things said about him during the campaignwars between Republicans and Democrat. At timesMcCain's people said some very ugly and untrue things

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“It’s a testament to the House that even though Mei Feispeaks mostly Chinese and Faith uses sign language tocommunicate, the girls have become great friends duringtheir stay,” said Waterman.

Sweet and Sassy offers spa-inspired services tailor-made for the toddler to “tween” age group. The day ofpampering was generously donated by Sweet and Sassy.

Located in Camden, the Ronald McDonald House ofSouthern New Jersey provides a home-away-from homefor seriously ill children and their families. In addition toits residential facility in Camden, Ronald McDonaldHouse operates six family rooms, specially designedwaiting areas in pediatric units of six South Jersey hospi-tals, to assist families whose children are being treated inthose facilities.

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Black newspaper reporterDarryl T. Nutter Sr., cousinof Michael Nutter, Mayor ofPhiladelphia, and yours trulyVan Stone, are requestingyour immediate participationof a boycott until furthernotice of the DelawareCounty Daily TimesNewspaper located at 500Mildred Ave., Primos, PA.

The Delco County DailyTimes has been identified assupporting non-reporting of

judges who abuse power within our Pennsylvania com-munity without admitting error or misconduct. The DelcoDaily Times and Media Delaware County Common PleasJudges refuse to report alleged cover-ups. Many of thesecover-ups include Court Protection From Abuse filings,alimony, divorce complaint stipulations and decrees, cus-tody, special relief, equitable distribution and processingcontinuances.

(For example: Judge M. Fitzpatrick's and Judge BarryC. Dozor 'most recent recuse and errors' from Filing CivilMatter case no DOWNING v. STONE DOWNING 03-6372 EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION and MARCIABROWN -DOWNING v. SAMUEL STONE DOWNING03-7727 PROTECTION FROM ABUSE. And BROWN-DOWNING v. STONE DOWNING 03-7727 MD 48-0410/7/04 and [Judge Dozor] STONE DOWNING v.BROWN-DOWNING 03-06372 CUSTODY)

The Van Stone family has been victim of extreme judgearrogance using the power of the court to make efforts tofalsely imprison Van Stone and other Pennsylvanians.There is also a planned scam to operate and seize familyproperty, operate false restriction Orders where BlackMale movements in PA are limited, operate false restric-tion orders where Black Males and White Males and PoorWomen Parental Rights (and children) are taken fromthem for the life span of the children.

It is of utmost importance for us and generations tocome that The Thoughts of Black Men Community,Philadelphia, PA Community, Delaware CountyCommunity, and Pennsylvania Community come togeth-er at this time and command the attention of those news-papers and judges in our community who are not fair andwho do not report fully what is going on.

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competing ones. Building healthy, hopeful, educated chil-dren must be the first priority for all of us.

For more information about the Children's DefenseFund, go to http://www.childrensdefense.org/.

Mrs. Edelman's Child Watch Column also appears eachweek on The Huffington Post.

Marian Wright Edelman is President of the Children'sDefense Fund and its Action Council whose Leave NoChild Behind® mission is to ensure every child a HealthyStart, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a MoralStart in life and successful passage to adulthood with thehelp of caring families and communities.

Mrs. Edelman has released her new book, The Sea Is SoWide and My Boat Is So Small: Charting a Course for theNext Generation, a call to action for all Americans toaddress the urgent needs of the country's youth. The bookis a series of letters to a variety of audiences—educators,faith leaders, youth, mothers, elected officials and con-cerned citizens nationwide that reflect on the social andeconomic progress as well as the setbacks since Dr. King'sdeath 40 years ago. Mrs. Edelman challenges each audi-ence to step up and take action at this pivotal moment toensure a level playing field for the next generation. Learnmore.

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Above: President-elect Barack Obama. Darryl, T. NutterSr., Van Stone, as well as the SCOOP USA staff and thePhiladelphia Front Page News staff congratulates and cel-ebrates with smiles and tears of joy the Barack Obama winas the 44th President of the United States of America. Over200 years of black folks waiting for a time that speaks forall of us: Being Black Is Being Cool Again.

WE MUST BOYCOTT Delco DailyTimes until its owner communicates inwriting a detailed, realistic course ofaction to diversify its business meaning-fully into our community, and supportsnews which has an agenda that fairly rep-resents our community!

WE MUST CONSIDER CIVILACTION concerning Common PleasJudges M. Fitzpatrick, B. Dozor, amongstothers until their Board of Judges com-municates in writing a detailed, realisticcourt report which has an agenda thatempowers our community!

During this boycott, you are asked tocall, send emails, and/or talk to at leastthree people and main stream local news-papers DAILY requesting their FULLparticipation of the boycott! And you areasked to send this press or email out tolocal and online press as an OfficialPRESS RELEASE.

You are also asked to call, send emails,and talk to the Delco Daily Times and theMedia Delaware County CourthouseFamily Law demanding that Judges M.Fitzpatrick and B. Dozor be restrictedfrom sitting on the bench in any FamilyLaw Civil matters until a full investiga-tion is completed by the Judicial ConductBoard, the Media Common Pleas CourtBoard President, the Members of TBMCommunity, and other authoritiesinvolved in Civil Rights and DomesticAbuse Relations matters.

Please voice your concern aboutalleged Media Delaware CountyCourthouse Judge Misconduct, JudgeAbuse of Power, Judge Corruption, JudgeBias, Judge Racism Toward Black Malesand their own children, Judge Failure InThe War Against Drugs, and JudgesImprisonment of Non-Violent Cases OnThe Rise In Black Community & PoorClass. Please direct suggestions of howto enhance the BOYCOTT Subject to VanStone at: frontpagenews1@yahoo.com;Darryl T. Nutter Sr.dnutter_pres@ yahoo.com

lives, to give them a realis-tic view that it takes hardwork to advance in life,and to boost their self-esteem.

The youths that com-plete the three (3) work-shops will be given a cer-tificate and award medal-lion from D/C Bethel’soffice.All workshops willbe held at the 23rd PoliceDistrict, 1747 N. 17th St,on the date and time spec-ified.

Our expectation is tohave (20-30) young peo-ple, male and female to

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attend each workshop.On Thursday, Novem-

ber 20, from 6:00 to 8:00p.m., the guests will be:23rd Police Clergy; Rev-erend Elisha B. Morris, PAState NAACP Youth andCollege Division (Willbring a team of collegestudents with him); StaffSergeant, Terrance E.Garrett, United StatesArmy (Will bring a teamof three (3) with variousspecialities; Kevin J.Clifton, Group Sales Exe-cutive of Brokerage Con-cepts, Inc. (Will bring ateam of his colleagues);and Reuben Jones, Direc-tor, Institute for the De-velopment of AfricanAmerican youth.

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stant friend is He. For His eye is on the sparrow so Iknow He watches me!” And as he was saying that, a cer-tain man called a Samaritan came upon him, saw him andstopped to help. The Samaritan did not consider that hehimself might be in danger of violence by tarring in theplace like the priest and the Levite did who probably said,“If I stop to help this man what will happen to me?” Nothe Good Samaritan reversed the question and said, “If Ido not stop to help this man what will happen to him?”So he stopped to pour oil and wine on the man’s woundsand bandaged them up. Then he put the wounded man onhis mule, took him to an inn to take care of him. Then thenext day, the Samaritan gave the innkeeper some moneyand said, “Take care of him and whatever more you spendI will repay you when I return.”

The story ended, Jesus fixed his eyes on the lawyer, ina glance that seemed to read his soul and said, “Which ofthese three do you think was a neighbor unto him that fellamong the robbers?” The lawyer said the one whoshowed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said unto him, “Goand do likewise.”

By a simple story Jesus held up before his hearers apicture of the out flowing of heaven born love and drewfrom the lawyer a confession of the truth. We who claimto be Christians must realize that we are called to do thesame work that Jesus had described as His own when Hesaid, “The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He haschosen me to bring good news to the poor. He has sentme to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery ofsight to the blind, to set free the oppressed and announcethat the time has come when the Lord will save His peo-ple. Jesus has also told us that, “He who is not with me,is against me and he who does not gather with me scat-ters.” We are either with Jesus or we are not. We areeither part of the solution or part of the problem.

Thus the question, who is my neighbor, is foreveranswered. Jesus has shown to us that our neighbor doesnot mean just the people of the church or faith to whichwe belong. It has no reference to race, sex, age, color,creed, class distinction, or economic status. Our neighboris any soul that has been wounded and bruised by this sinsick world. Our neighbor is anybody other than our-selves. Yes our neighbor is everyone because we all arethe property of God.

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One day, Jesus wasteaching the people when alawyer stood up and tempt-ed Him, saying “Masterwhat shall I do to inheriteternal life? Jesus had theman answer his own ques-tion by saying, “What iswritten in the law, how doyou understand it?” Thenthe Lawyer said, “I mustlove the Lord my God withall my heart, soul, strength

and mind as well as love my neighbor as I lovemyself”. Jesus then said, “You have answeredright, do this and you shall live.” But the lawyer,wishing to make an excuse for himself and trying

to puzzle Jesus, gives another question asking, “Who ismy neighbor?”

Again, Jesus refused to be drawn into controversy, Heknew the best way to deal with error is to present thetruth. So he gave the lawyer these words of wisdomwhich is called a “parable”.

One day a man was traveling on the rough and danger-ous Jericho Road, he had just left Jerusalem when all ofa sudden some men robbed and beat him, then ran leav-ing him almost dead along side of the road. So bychance, a priest saw the man and just passed by on theother side. A little while later one of the assistants to thepriest called a Levite, who came, but did the same as thepriest, just passed by on the other side.

Now, I can imagine while this man was lying there halfdead on that road he began to worry, but said to himself,“Why should I feel discouraged? Why should the shad-ows come? Why should my heart be lonely and long forheaven and home? When Jesus is my portion, my con-

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Longtime coach Paul K. Johnson is launching a newsports organization focused on the issues and challengesfacing grassroots sports and participants in urban com-munities. The draft mission of the Sports Urban Network(SUN) aims to broaden public access and awareness ofamateur sports in urban communities and to improve theequality and quality of facilities, programs, instruction,and communication. Coach Johnson, with almost 20years of collegiate and amateur coaching experience, iscreating this organization to concentrate efforts initiallyin Philadelphia in response to his observation of theobstacles faced in grassroots sports.

“I’ve seen how grassroots amateur sports can transformlives with positive long term implications. However, I’vealso seen some shortcomings and roadblocks that prohib-it its maximum impacts on our struggling communities,”said Coach Johnson. “We need to eliminate the social,economic, political, and neighborhood barriers that limitquality and equality in amateur sports for all. SUN will beon the forefront concerning these issues in Philadelphiaand eventually other urban communities.”

SUN (www.sportsurbannetwork.com) hopes to pub-licly address inequalities in a variety of sports-relatedareas by challenging and working with the public and pri-vate sectors along with community stakeholders througha local team of volunteers that

Johnson is currently assembling. The focus of SUN isto advocate for the streamlining of quality of access,facilities, programs, instruction, collaboration and com-munication.

Johnson added, “Specifically SUN should positively

Coach creates Sports Organizationinfluence leagues, camps, coaching/player clinics, andparticipants including players, coaches, commissioners,and officials.”

Among the most important aspects of SUN is publicadvocacy and issuing challenges.

“On behalf of SUN, I’m making a public challenge toadults in my generation and younger (28-50 years old) tojoin the ranks of volunteer coaches. If you’ve playedsports in the past and have a passion for the sports, weneed you now! Your involvement can make a positivechange in our neighborhoods. Act now and volunteer atthe YMCA, Salvation Army, Department of Recreation,Boys & Girls Clubs, Police Athletic League, other local

sports organizations, or create your own team/organiza-tion,” added Johnson.

SUN seeks volunteers and other interested parties toget involved. Contact

Coach Johnson via email at sun@sportsurbannet-work.com or by calling 215-365- 2769.

Johnson is creating SUN in response to his vision foran organization focused on sports in urban environments.He has coached a variety of youth baseball teams includ-ing the well-known Philly Area Black Sox (www.league-lineup.com/blacksox) as well on the collegiate level atBucks County Community College of Philadelphia,Montgomery County Community College, LincolnUniversity, and Drexel University. Johnson has receivednumerous awards including RBI Coach of the Year in2008 from the Philadelphia Phillies.

ease.Dr. Bush explained that there are some million people

who are considered pre-diabetic and without interventionare at heightened risk to transition into diabetes anddevelop heart disease. Dr. Bush said the DiabetesPrevention Program, a long-term, NIH-funded nationalclinical trial, clearly showed the correlation betweenweight loss and moderate exercise (as little as 30 minutesper day, five days a week) added up to a major difference.

"They lost about 6 percent body weight with 150 min-utes per week exercise," he stated of the lifestyle inter-vention group. "Instead of an 11 percent transition (to

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Diabetes diabetes) per year, the lifestyle group had a 4-1/2 percenttransition per year."

As for the new campaign, Bush said he and Vereenshare an interest in educating the public. "We're fortu-nate," he said, "in the sense that diabetes is a commondisorder in that there's a lot of public health awarenessand research awareness." Now, he continued, that sameattention to the problem must filter its way into the dailyconsciousness of the general public. "Everyone, even ifthey don't have diabetes, has someone in their family orknows someone who has diabetes. I think that's howprevalent it is in our society," Dr. Bush said.

Once someone has been diagnosed with diabetes, Bushsaid, there are more opportunities than ever before toeffectively manage the disease and avoid common dia-betic complications. Some of those complications includeheart attack, stoke, amputations, kidney failure and blind-ness.

For Vereen, surviving with diabetes is basically chang-ing your eating habits, exercising and being aware youhave the disease. But by no means, have this diseasedcrippled the performing.

"Now I'm feeling fantastic," he said, noting that he'sbeen hard at work on upcoming projects including thetelevision movie "An Accidental Friendship," which isscheduled to air on the Hallmark channel Nov. 15, and theupcoming Fox feature "Mama, I want to Sing!" with PattiLabelle and Ciara.

"Whenever you see me, I'll be waiving the banner," hesaid of his commitment to increasing awareness andresearch dollars to turn the tide on diabetes. "My job is tomake people aware that you can live with this. My job isto make people aware of what choices are available."

D J Mel

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ARIES - Mar. 21- Apr.19

TAURUS - Apr. 20 - May 20

GEMINI - May 21 - June 20

CANCER - June 21 - July 22

LEO - July 23 - Aug. 22

LIBRA - Sept. 23 - Oct. 22

SCORPIO - Oct. 23 - Nov. 21

SAGITTARIUS - Nov. 22 - Dec. 21

CAPRICORN -Dec. 22 - Jan. 19

PISCES - Feb. 19 - Mar. 20

Your problem area might be with Pisces.Psalms 17

Trip overland may be held back by someonewho is the Scorpio. You will have a new beginning in themoney matter that you have been wishing for. Rememberyou don't have to hang out with someone because theyhave money. Get your private juices working and makeyour living. Scorpio persons very close to you watch out.Psalms 21: 1-7

New job may be coming in to your life. Beready for the best of everything. Read on. John 14

Ideal time to bring your things and life together

Disagreement with your friend will be veryupsetting. This is time you'll have to hold your temper.Scorpio persons will mean well but they will be under.Take time with you in money than an eye on in watchingyou. Psalms 87: 3-7

There will be the disagreement you will haveto settle. You will need the help of the archangelMichael. The man with the rules will stand in your wayof progress. Sexual experience will not be a happy one.You will do more with what you will get. Forgive every-thing else your life. Psalms 15 3-7

You will need the assistance of many people tohold this key role. Fear not for you will fix it. Psalms 81:3-7

VIRGO - AUG. 23 - SEPT. 22

That trip planned to money city will not workout. Things are kind of spin out for you at this time. Youwill have to pull it together. Tears could be helpful butnot for you at this time. Trip to pass a cemetery will openyour eyes: you must learn in the short term. Psalms 67:3-4

You would be unable to for the next week.Be happy where you are an awful time for those close toyou. You might have to get physical with someone. Theymean well, but road to hell is paved with good intentions.Psalms 40

Unnecessary travel will be coming your way.Stop look and listen you don't have to tell everything youknow. There are some who will listen others don't give adamn. Psalms 141

Good time to take those stocks and turn themin. Psalms 11

Your hopes and dreams and destiny arecoming together in the next two or three weeks. Keepyour eye on the prize. This is a great time for you.Psalms eight

AQUARIUS - Jan. 20 - Feb. 18

Pisces: You have happened; you should behappy. Psalms three

BBEGINNINGEGINNING JJEWELREWELRYY MMAKINGAKINGLet Lisa Cole help you learn how to make a beaded necklace,

charm bracelets, and fashion earrings. All materials and suppliesare included in the workshop which will be held at the Lucien E.Blackwell West Regional Library, 125 south 52nd Street, onNovember 15th at 10:30 A.M. Workshop Admission is free. Formore information call 215-685-7433.

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West Philadelphia (November 10, 2008): Mercy PhiladelphiaHospital will offer free prostate exams and free PSAblood tests toall men age 40 and older on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 from5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Mercy Philadelphia Hospital. Appointmentsmust be made in advance by calling 215-748-9700 or 215-748-9600.

************UURBANRBAN TTEENAGEEENAGE GGIRLIRL OFOF FFAITHAITH CCONFERENCEONFERENCE

Can you feel the excitement about the 8th Annual UrbanTeenage Girl of Faith Conference. The Conference will beheld on Saturday, November 15th at the Temple UniversityStudent Center. Register today at www.esthermagonline08@eventbrite.com or call Rose at 215-432-0740.

************AAFRICANFRICAN AAMERICANMERICAN HHISTISTORORYY LLECTUREECTURE SSERIESERIES

The African American History: The Journey of Liberationlecture Series featuring Dr. Molefi Kete Asante will con-tinue on Saturday, November 15th with Beyond Heroes:African Americans in Philadelphia History at the AfricanAmerican History Museum, 701 Arch St. For informationcall: 215-574-0380.

************NNAATIVETIVE AAMERICANMERICAN IINDIANNDIAN AAWWARENESSARENESS SSUNDAUNDAYY

All are welcome to join us! Arch Street United MethodistChurch, Broad & Arch St, November 16th 8:30 a.m. and11:00 a.m. Indian Drumming, Storytelling, IntertribalDancing and Singing followed by a Pot Luck LuncheonDownstairs in Nichols Hall. Please call Pastor RobinLynicka at 215-568-6250.

************TTHEHE RREBIREBIRTHTH FFILMILM SSERIESERIES

The Rebirth Film Series at the Philadelphia Clef Club,Broad and Fitzwater Sts. will feature music giants of Jazz,Rhythm & Blues. Presentations include rare and docu-mented footage, special guests and audience participation.Wednesday, November 19th, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. isFamily Night “The R&B Celebration” featuring variousartists. For more information call 215-893-9912 or 215-459-9574. Donation $5.00.

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The Philadelphia Martin Luther King, Jr. Association forNonviolence, Inc. will hold its 5th Annual Children’sChristmas Dinner Party for disadvantaged children onSunday, December 14, 2008. We need your help! Here ishow: Drop off locations for toys and food goods. If you orsomeone you know can assist, please let us know. 150turkeys and 50 hams are needed. Volunteers needed theday of the event. Christmas decorations and stockings.Toys and other donations. Materials for costumes. Pleasecall 215-751-9300 if you would like to help.

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“Secrets on South 60th Street”, a “Chosen VessellProduction will be held on Friday December 12, at 7:30p.m. and Saturday, December 13, at 7:00 p.m. atStagecrafters Theater, 8130 Germantown Ave. Tickets $10in advance ($15 at the door. For tickets call 215-381-0350.

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16 - SCOOP U.S.A. - Friday, November 14, 2008

CCRIMERIME IINN OOURUR CCOMMUNITYOMMUNITYThe Commanding Officer of the 23rd PoliceDistrict isconcerned about the crime in our community. Learn howto become the eyes and ears to report crimes anonymous-ly and to make your community safer. Let us hear fromyou. A community meeting will be held on Tuesday,November 25th at 6:00 p.m. at the Athletic RecreationCenter, 26th & Masters Sts. For more information contactP/O Dixon, Community Affairs Officer at 215-685-2705.

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Teen Leadership Talent Search Auditions will be held foryouth ages 13-18 on November 19th in the New Youth andCommunity Center located inside the Martin Luther KingRecreation Center, 2101 Cecil B. Moore Ave. Learn toDesign and Lead Workshops. Earn extra $$$. For moreinformation please contact Wanda Darden at 215-685-2733 or Judy Nelson at 215-685-1971.

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