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Would you like to be a vendor at the Clarissa Street Reunion this year?The Clarissa Street Reunion Committee (CSRC) has scheduled its 18th Annual Festival for August 17, 2013. If you are intersted in being a vendor at the reunion, please call Denise McMcGowen at (585) 234-4177 for your application. All our vendor placements are on a first come first paid.

Registration Period Extended for Adult Basketball League - The City’s Department of Recreation and Youth Ser-vices has extended its dead-line for team registrations for the upcoming season of “The Shootout,” an adult basketball league open to men ages 20 and older.

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Beginning April 29 and con-tinuing through May, games will be played on Monday evenings at East High School, 1801 E. Main St., and at the Flint Street Community Cen-ter, 271 Flint St. Single elimi-nation playoffs begin Monday, June 10 and championships will follow on June 24.

City Cuts Ribbon at Leon’s Quality Cuts BarbershopA ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of Leon’s Quality Cuts Bar-bershop, at 411 Chili Ave. took place last Friday

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Herbert Says Public Pressure on Mayor Brown to get MLK Park Done for Juneteenth WeekendA Memorial Day Weekend Ribon Cutting Rumored Despite rumor that Mayor Brown and Councilmember De-mone Smith are planning a Memorial Day Weenend ribbon cutting to mark the completion of the Martin Luther King Park water feature, activist Samuel A. Herbert said a May 16 public meeting is still being scheduled. The meeting, called by the Coalition to Save Martin Luther King Jr. Park, is slated to take place at the Frank Merriweather

Library from 6 to 7:30 p.m. “The community gathering is designed to update the community on when in May the splash pad will be tested, re-tested and up and operating,” said Herbert. “The Com-missioner of Public Works and Parks, Ste-ven Stepniak has been invited to come and update residents on the remaining work.” Mr.Stepniak recently assured Herbert and the Coalition that all work would be fin-ished before Juneteenth. “On June 1st all pools and splash pads

throughout the City of Buffalo will be open,” continued Her-bert, “but still to this day Mayor Brown has not contacted me as to why he failed to keep his word about having a joint pub-lic meeting in the month of March. The Coalition will keep the public updated.” Herbert said that at the May 16 meeting all questions should be about when the project will be finished only. “Pressure is on Mayor Brown to get MLK Park done before the Juneteenth weekend...” noted Herbert. “That’s what these efforts have been all about. It's about our children and their dream of playing and getting wet on those HOT summer days on Buffalo’s Eastside. It is truly ‘Countdown to Completion’ for the Martin Luther King Park Project!” In a related development, Herbert said he was elated to hear that a suspect - 20 year old Tariq Brown - had been arrested in the May 2012 shooting in Martin Luther King Jr. Park that took one life and injured four others. Two of the four injured suffered permanent injuries; one is now a parapalegic, another is blinded on one eye.. “Violence anyhere in the city is a bad thing, but it was com-pounded because that shooting took place in a park named after a remarkable man of courage and peace.” Dr. King, concuded Herbert, “was truly ‘a Drum major for justice.’”

Candidates Night at the Merriweather

Library On Monday, April 29 100 Black Men of Greater Buffalo and We Are Wom-en Warriors are hosting a Candidate's Night for all candidate running for seats on the Buffalo Board of Education. The forum will be held at the Merri-weather Library from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Come and share your views regarding the Buf-falo Public School system with candidates that are currently running for the board of Education. *Are you aware that the Buffalo Public School System has an operational budget in excess of $1 bil-lion dollars? Find out if these funds are being uti-lized effectively to address the educational needs of our children. *Are you aware that less than 255 of African Ameri-can males who enteed high school as freshmen will

First Shiloh, Urban League, to Host School Board

Candidates Forum The First Shiloh Baptist Church, along with the Buffalo Urban League, will host a Buffalo School Board Candidate Forum with the candidates for the Central, Ferry, and East Districts on Thurs-day, April 25, at 6 p.m. at the First Shiloh Baptist Church, 15 Pine Street, Buffalo, NY 14204. This discussion will en-sure the Eastside com-munity residents have an opportunity to meet the candidates, ask questions and discuss issues of rel-evance in improving edu-cational outcomes for our children. For more infor-mation call 716-250-2445.

United Black Men’s Think Tank To Sponsor

Candidates Night Forum The United Black Men’s Think Tank of Buffalo is sponsoring a “Candidates Night” Forum on Satur-day, April 27 from 2 - 4 p.m. at the St. Martin Vil-lage Community Center, 564 Dodge Street for cur-rent and prospective mem-bers of the Buffalo Board of Education in an effort to provide an opportunity for the candidates to present their positions on matters of interest to the public. Think Tank Chairman, L. Nathan Hare recently presented a “position pa-per” to the sitting School Board Members and to Su-perintendent Dr. Pamela C. Brown, listing several ideas and recommendations for their consideration, which the Think Tank’s Educa-tion Committee believes would greatly assist these administrators in solving some of the problems cur-rently facing the District. “With an emphasis on

VOTE FOR THE CHILDREN!The May 7 School Board Election is Less than 2 Weeks Away! At that time we will decide who will best represent our children in Buffalo Public Schools. Voter turnout is key! Attend the few

remaining forums for a better look at the candidates and their platforms.

BETC Career/Job Fair For 16-21 Year OldsThe BETC Fair is for any City of Buffalo resident, 16-21 years of age. The Fair will be held on May 1 from 1 to 4 pm at the Buffalo Employment and Training Center, located at 77 Goodell Street at the inter-section of Ellicott Street. Over 25 local businesses are coming to the Fair. They will be looking for young people who are eager to start working. They will be sharing informa-tion about their job openings and providing applications that can be filled out and sub-mitted directly on location. If you are interested in attend-ing, please pre-register by contacting Jody Starr at 856-8139 ext. 3172. Leave a clear message if you get the voice-mail system.

Nationwide the typical voter turnout for local school board elections

is about 25 percent.In Buffalo it has been less than 5 percent of registered voters over recent years! According to The Center for Public Education, local school boards make decisions that determine how a community’s children are educated and how its tax dollars are spent. Vot-ing for school board members is a simple but powerful way to support student success and strengthen a community. Every child enrolled in the district is a reason to vote. The overall quality of the schools, both now and in the future, rests with decisions made by the Board of Educa-tion. The best and brightest; the most compassionate and visionary should be in charge. Yet every year a small minor-ity of residents that vote make decisions for the entire com-munity. That culture of apathy must

change starting with this year’s election on Tuesday, May 7.-Upcoming School Board Candidates Forums- Several local organizations are conducting candidate forums that are open to the public. Three such forums are listed below. Take the time to attend at least one and become an informed voter and find out more about your choices. Among the issues in this year’s race: *Turning around the 44 persistently low-achieving/failing schools in the City of Buffalo which disproportion-

ately impact African Ameri-can children *Charter schools – more or less? Godsend or Pandora’s Box? *Should we return to neigh-borhood schools? *A new BTF contract. *Teacher Residency. Should teachers have to live in the city to work in the city? *The high drop out and sus-pension rate among minority children *The dismally low graduat-ing rate - and what can be done about it One issue that is rarely heard in debates and mentioned elsewhere, is the mandatory infusion of African American history into the schools for all children.Who’s running? *East District: It appears that Theresa A. Harris-Tigg, an assistant professor of Eng-lish at SUNY Buffalo State, may be the only one running in the East District. Incumbent

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Absentee Voting - Extended Hours The Erie County Board of Elections announced that their office will be open for absentee voting for the May 7, 2013 Buffalo School Board Election from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. each working day up until and including May 6. In addition the office will be open for absentee voting:*Thurs., April 25 until 7 p.m.*Sat., April 27 until 7 p.m.*Tues. April 30 9 a.m.-12 p.m.*Thurs., May 2 until 7 p.m. *Sat., May 4 until 7 p.m. The last day to apply in per-son for an absentee ballot is Monday, May 6. Please be advised, the Buffa-lo School Board Election per-tains only to those registered voters enrolled in the City of Buffalo. Any resident in the suburban school districts, who wish to vote by absentee ballot for the School Board Elections on May 21 should contact the Clerk of their ap-propriate School Board. Any questions, please call the Absentee Department at 858-7819.

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Birthday Tribute to Mrs. Betty Ozella Miller-Dunn A tribute to Mrs. Betty Ozella Miller-Dunn on her 70th birthday was held on April, 12 during a glorious celebration in her honor. Her siblings include Diane Mingo and Vicky (Todd) Simmons. She is the mother of eight children, Michael (Aletha) Miller, Tyrone (Bonnie) Miller, Grave Miller, Paulette (Ty) Brown, Wil-liam Dunn Jr. (deceased), Troy Dunn, Frank Dunn and Glen Dunn (deceased). She has 28 grandchildren and 59 great grandchildren! Betty was born April 12, 1943 in Cleve-land, OH. She is the third of five girls born to the late Vivian Miller Fuller-Kendrick. Betty moved to Buffalo at an early age and attended the Buffalo Public School System. She later met a young man with eyes to kill named Wil-liam (Don Juan) Dunn Sr. They got married on October 1, 1960. Betty worked at Birds Eye Frozen Food Co and at Mattie’s Bar-beque Place until she retired. She is a member of St. Paul MB Church where Rev. Josephine H. Thompson is pastor. Congratu-lations Mrs. Miller-Dunn! Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. -Isaiah 55:6

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NYC Parents Boycott High Stakes TestingWith their parents’ permis-sion, students at 33 New York City schools will opt out of scheduled standardized tests. “We feel that there is too much riding on these exams that have so much to do with the dismantling of the public school system,” said Cynthia Copeland, a parent and mem-ber of Time Out From Test-ing. “It’s this constant teach-ing to the test; there’s no real learning going on.”

Newark Protests Against Social Security CutsThe People’s Organization for Progress held demonstra-tions, in Newark, New Jersey, to protest President Obama’s proposed cuts to Social Se-curity and other entitlement programs. Chairman Larry Hamm noted that POP en-dorsed Obama “in both elec-tions after much discussion and debate.” But, “now we turn around and have to fight the very guy we voted for.” Obama, said Hamm, is “the first Democratic president to actually propose cuts to So-cial Security.”

U.S. Will Bring About World War ThreeThe U.S. and its allies are run-ning amuk, much like the Axis powers in the 1930s, said Dr. Francis Boyle, professor of in-ternational law at the Univer-sity of Illinois, at Champaign. “After 9/11, we’ve had the United States, Britain, France and NATO literally rampag-ing around the world, destroy-ing and invading states,” said Dr. Boyle. “They are going to lead us into a Third World War over something.” Boyle’s newest book is titled Destroy-ing Libya and World Order: The Three-Decade U.S. Cam-paign to Terminate the Qadd-afi Revolution.

The number of Whites in state prison for drugs rose 42.6 percent since 1999, while Blacks dropped 21.6 percent.

(CNN) -- For the first time since the war on drugs be-came a national law en-forcement obsession in the mid-1980s, the number of African-Americans in state prisons for drug offenses has declined, a criminal justice reform organization said. A study released by the Sentencing Project found a 21.6 percent drop in the num-ber of Blacks incarcerated for drug offenses, a decline of 31,000 people, from 1999 to 2005. The corresponding number of Whites in state prisons for drug offenses rose 42.6 per-cent, or by more than 21,000 people, while the number of Hispanics was virtually un-changed, according to "The Changing Racial Dynamics of the War on Drugs." The study, authored by Ex-ecutive Director Marc Mauer, found that the differences between Black and White im-prisonments for drug crimes are partly because of how po-

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lice target suspects and court sentencing guidelines, which vary by state. Also, there has been a de-crease in the use of crack co-caine in predominantly minor-ity urban neighborhoods and an increase in methamphet-amine abuse in many primar-ily White rural areas, Mauer said. The Sentencing Project, based in Washington, said it seeks to overhaul unfair, inef-fective criminal justice poli-cies and promote alternatives to incarceration. The group opposes stiff penalties for nonviolent drug crimes. Mauer said that 2005 offers the most recent breakdown of racial data but there was no analysis by drug type. Nev-ertheless, "we know in broad

terms" that crack and powder cocaine and methamphet-amine have been key targets of law enforcement, he said. Crack use also is declining, he said. "We know that Blacks have been disproportionately targeted for crack offenses ... conversely for Whites," Mauer said . A growing pro-portion of people have been imprisoned for abusing meth-amphetamine, he said, most of whom are White. In addition, the study sug-gests that much of the dif-ference between Blacks and whites has been because of "police targeting of open-air drug markets" or street cor-ners. "It's conceivable that police are shifting their focus. There has been criticism of police for over policing bBack com-munities, especiIn addition, judges mete out harsher sen-tences for crack cocaine, most often used by minorities, and powder cocaine, usually fa-vored by whites, although the chemical makeup of the two is the same, Mauer said.

Did African-American Slaves Rebel?Historian Henry Louis Gates cites five of the greatest slave rebellions in the United States, about which he and Donald Yacovone write about in the forthcoming companion book to his new PBS series, The Af-rican Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, which starts to air in October.1. Stono Rebellion, 1739. The Stono Rebellion was the larg-est slave revolt ever staged in the 13 colonies. On Sunday, Sept. 9, 1739, a day free of labor, about 20 slaves under the leadership of a man named Jemmy provided whites with a painful lesson on the Afri-can desire for liberty. Many members of the group were seasoned soldiers, either from the Yamasee War or from their experience in their homes in Angola, where they were cap-tured and sold, and had been trained in the use of weapons.

2. The New York City Con-spiracy of 1741. With about 1,700 blacks living in a city of some 7,000 whites appear-ing determined to grind every person of African descent un-der their heel, some form of revenge seemed inevitable. In early 1741, Fort George in New York burned to the ground. Fires erupted else-where in the city -- four in one day.

3. Gabriel’s Conspiracy, 1800. Born prophetically in 1776 on the Prosser plantation, just six miles north of Richmond, Va., and home (to use the term loosely) to 53 slaves, a slave named Gabriel would hatch a plot, with freedom as its goal, that was emblematic of the era in which he lived.

4. German Coast Uprising, 1811. If the Haitian Revolu-tion between 1791 and 1804 -- spearheaded by Touissant Louverture and fought and won by black slaves under the leadership of Jean-Jacques Dessalines -- struck fear in the hearts of slave owners ev-erywhere, it struck a loud and electrifying chord with Afri-can slaves in America.5. Nat Turner’s Rebellion, 1831. Born on Oct. 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Va., Nat Turner, driven by pro-phetic visions and joined by a host of followers on August 22, 1831, he and about 70 armed slaves and free Blacks set off to slaughter the White neighbors who enslaved them. They were later captured and hanged.

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Many people love to eat potato chips like the famous “stackable” Pringles. But did you know that these delightful snacks may contain a harm-ful cancer-causing chemical? Dr. Joseph Mercola explains how Pringles and other potato chips can lead to severe health problems. Dr. Mercola warns that the seemingly harmless process (cooking potato chips at high temperatures), used by other potato chip manufacturers, actually produces a harm-ful cancer-causing byproduct called acrylamide. This Carcinogen Lurks in Your Favorite Snack-Acrylamide is a harmful and potentially neurotoxic chemical that is made when carbohydrate-rich foods like potato chips and French fries are cooked at a high tempera-ture (above 212°F or 100°C), whether fried, baked, toasted, or roasted. When the heating turns the food’s surface into a dry brown or yellow color, acrylamide forms. Foods that contain acrylam-ide include:Grains: bread crust, crisp bread, toast, roasted breakfast cereals and processed snacks Potatoes: French fries, chips, and other roasted or fried potato foods Coffee: ground coffee powder and roasted cof-

BHA and BHTButylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hy-droxytoluene (BHT) are used similarly to propyl gallate -- to keep fats and oils from going rancid. Used commonly in ce-reals, chewing gum, vegeta-ble oil and potato chips (and also in some food packaging to preserve freshness), these additives have been found by some studies to cause cancer in rats. If a brand you com-monly buy uses these addi-tives, look for a different va-riety, as not all manufacturers use these preservatives.

We Need Your Help! Twenty-seven years old is too young to die from a massive heart attack. However, on August 16, 2012, Erica Latrice Perry a vibrant, beautiful young woman did just that. Unexpectedly and too soon Erica‘s life came to an end. On Saturday, May 4 family, friends and loved ones of Erica Latrice will be holding a Community Benefit to heighten aware-ness of healthy living for young African American women and to establish a trust fund and scholarship for Erica’s three year old daughter, Adia. A portion of the proceeds will also go to a non-profit organization in the community. The event will be held at the Gateway-Longview Family Resource Center, 347 East Ferry from 5 to 8 p.m. Scheduled activities include a chil-dren’s corner with take home arts and crafts, face painting with artist fromocust Street Art Classes, A Book Give A Way, courte-sy of PROJECT FLIGHT storytelling, jump rope competition, UNITS donor sign up a Chinese Auction, information booths, just to name a few. Admission is free, but we encourage the community to pur-chase tickets for the Chinese Auction. Financial donations may also be made at any M & T Bank in care of the Erica Perry Scholarship Fund. Erica was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. She attended Buffalo Public Schools and was employed at Buffalo General Hospital. Erica’s smile was contagious and she left a positive impression on everyone she touched. Erica‘s daughter Adia, will turn four years old on May 2nd Adia just as vibrant and beautiful as her mother is now being raised by her grandmother and other family members. We want to help Adia celebrate her birthday as well as remember her mom.

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fee beans. Coffee substitutes based on chicory actually con-tains two or three times more acrylamide than real coffee. Dr. Mercola says potato chips also contain high amounts of this hazardous chemical. A 2005 report is-sued by the California-based Environmental Law Fou dangers of acrylamide in potato chips. Their analysis revealed that all potato chip products they tested went be-yond the legal limit of acryl-amide by a minimum of 39 times and as much as 910 times! The worst offenders included:*Kettle Chips (honey dijon) 495 times the legal limit of acrylamide*Kettle Chips (lightly salted): 505 times*Cape Cod Robust Russet:

910 times This prompted the state of California to sue po-

tato chip makers for failing to warn consumers about the health risks of acrylamide in their products. A settlement was only reached in 2008 when Frito-Lay and several other potato chip makers re-duced the acrylamide levels in their products to 275 parts per billion (ppb) by 2011 – this is low enough to avoid needing a cancer warning label. How-ever, there is still no update on

whether they complied with the settlement. Dr. Mercola also warns that baked potato chips, often tout-ed as “healthier,” also contain acrylamide. In fact, they may even contain more than three times the level of acrylamide in regular chips!Other Dangers Lurking in Your Potato Chips Aside from acrylamide, there are more than 800 heat-induced compounds – 52 of which are potentially carci-nogenic – created when po-tato chips and other foods are cooked at high temperatures. Dr. Mercola says some of the well-known toxins created when heating food include: Polycyclic Aromatic Hy-drocarbons (PAHs) – Fat that drips onto the heat source (such as when you’re cooking meat), produces excess smoke that surrounds your food. This transfers cancer-causing PAHs to the meat. Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) – AGEs you ingest from food builds up in your body over time.

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*Mt. Calvary Holy Church of America New York Diocese Holy Convocation April 30-May 3 at 7p.m. nightly, God’s Tab-ernacle of Praise, 1787 Genesee St. guests Dr. Kathy Bowman of Antioch Holiness Church, Bishop Dwight Brown of New Mt. Ararat Temple of Prayer, Bishop Jacqueline A. Foye of Greater Apostolic House of Prayer and Bishop Reginald McGill of New Life Fellowship from Rochester, NY.

*The Good Will Communi-ty Church of God in Christ, 2926 Genesee St., 16th Pas-toral Anniversary, April 27 at 7 p.m. Superintendent James Lee Mann Pastor. Guest speaker Bishop Frank A. White Freeport, NY..

*New Hope Baptist Church of Niagara Falls, Women's Fellowship "Hat Luncheon" on Saturday, April 27, from 12 - 2:00 p.m. Tickets $20 adults and $10 children 12 and un-der. For additional info, call (716) 282-8118.

*Ministers Wives and Wid-ows of Buffalo and Vicinity Scholarship Breakfast May 4 at Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 179 E. Ferry call 864-7491.

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As far as I know, Bishop T.D. Jakes coined the phrase, Get Ready! Get Ready! Get Ready!

When I first heard Bishop say this I thought it was catchy and cute. Now that I am six-ty years old and my Spiritual Light has been turned to the high position, that phrase has taken on a much deeper meaning to me. Ever since my Spiritual Light illuminated my heart all the more and allowed me to see who I really am and what was in my heart, I repent daily. I make a “conscious” effort every day to be a bet-ter person. Because there is no good thing in this flesh, I practice doing good and I feel compelled to encourage others to do the same. Time is shorter than we think and as Bishop Jakes said, we ALL need to get ready if we really want to make Heaven our home.

God gave Bishop Jakes the message to tell the people to Get Ready. God told me to tell the people to not only GET ready, but to STAY ready. If we want to be caught up to meet Jesus in the sky, we need to stay ready for our exit. My mes-sage is to encourage every-one to not be like the five foolish and unprepared Vir-gins in the Bible.

Be not deceived, whatsoever we sow, we are definitely going to reap. Reaping, also known as Kar-ma, has no expiration date. There is no trickery in the things of God. It is so simple that even a fool can under-stand it. That’s the problem, it’s too simple. God has chosen the simple things to confound the wise. Our little finite minds are always try-ing to wrap around and com-plicate the things of God. It simply cannot be done.

K N O C K ! KNOCK! Wake up people!!! Get ready and Stay ready! Get that hatred and unfor-giveness out of your heart. Kick pride to the curb. Make that phone call, write that letter, send a text, do what-ever it takes to make what-ever is wrong right. Even if you were also offended and don’t receive one back, give that apology. Move forward and throw all that garbage into the Sea of Forgetfulness never to be brought up again.

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The Missionary Department of Greater Apostolic House of Prayer, 1455 Fillmore Ave, Bflo, NY, will sponsor: Moth-er & Daughter Luncheon Sat-urday, May 4, 2013, at 11:30 a.m – 2:30 p.m. Guest Speaker: District Missionary Melinda Hol-lie, Victory Temple Church of God in Christ, Bflo NY. Ticket Prices: Adults – $14; Children: Ages 4-12, $7. Pastor and Founder: Bishop Jacqueline Foye

Spring Skating Party Mount Zion Church of God Holiness will be presenting a Spring Musical on Saturday, April 27 at pm.The program will include instrumental se-lections, soloists and choir performances .Class ical , spirituals and gospel music – something for everyone. This will take place at Mount Zion, 32 Oakgrove Avenue, corner of Hedley Place, where the Pastor is Eld. Theodore Hamilton. Ad-mission is free and all are in-vited to help us lift the name of Jesus!

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Evangelistic Temple to Observe 91st Year! On Sunday, April 28, Evangelistic Temple and Community Church Center, 92 Headley Place, invites the community to help celebrate the 91st Anniversary of the church. The theme will be “Love Conquers all.” –St. John 13:34-35 The services will begin with RISE (religious instruction on Sunday for everyone) at9:30 a.m. , continuing with the 10:30 a.m. service. Special guests will be Pastor Bill Smith and members of his North Buffalo Community Church. Immediately following service, a reception will be held in the Lewis W. Holley Hall. Pastor George W. DuBois welcomes all to join the con-gregation for this wonderful celebration. For more informa-tion please call the church office at (716) 882-1432 Monday – Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Special Ordination Service for Dr. Anita Williams You’re cordially invited to a Special Ordination Service for Dr.Anita William. Apostle Orlando E Short DMIN will be of-ficiating.Dr. Short is the president of the National Fellowship of Christian Churches and the National School of Theology. The event will take place on Sunday April 28 at 6p.m. at Young’s Tabernacle Holiness Church Assembly Inc., 623 Best Street where the Host Pastor is Jean Young.

Walls Memorial Spring Revival Walls Memorial AMEZ Church will again host the Rev. Scott Moore of Judah AME Zion Church, Mitchellville, Md. as he brings The Word for Spring Revival 2013 beginning Wednes-day, May 8 through Friday, May 10 service starts at 7 p.m. each night. The public is invited to attend. Rev. G. Michael Tydus is host Pastor.

Humboldt Parkway Baptist Church Spring Revival The Humboldt parkway Baptist Church Annual Spring Re-vival will take place from Monday through Thursday, April 29-May 2 at 7 p.m. nightly. The Evangelist will be the Rev. James L. Cherry Jr. Pastor of the Aenon Baptist Church in Rochester, New York. The public is invited to attend. Rev. John T. Hilliard is Pastor.

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Richie Havens: Woodstock Singer Dies Of Heart Attack At 72 NEW YORK — Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died Monday at age 72. Havens died of a heart attack in New Jersey, his family said in a statement. He was born in Brooklyn. Havens was known for his crafty guitar work and cover songs, including his well-received cover of Bob Dylan’s “Just Like a Woman.” His performance at the three-day 1969 Woodstock Festival, where headliners included Jimi Hendrix, was a turning point in his career. He was the first act to hit the stage, performing for nearly three hours. His performance of “Freedom,” based from the spiritual “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child,” became an anthem.Havens returned to the site during Wood-stock’s 40th anniversary in 2009. Havens, who released his breakthrough, “Mixed Bag,” in 1967, released more than 25 albums. He sang with doo-wop groups on the street corner in his Brooklyn neighborhood at an early age. Havens was the eldest of nine children. He is sur-vived by his three daughters and many grandchildren.A public memorial for Havens will be planned.

Theatre of Youth Announces Child Auditions for Holiday Musical Theatre of Youth Company (TOY) will hold an audition for its 2013 holiday musical on MONDAY, MAY 5, 2013 at 5 PM at the Allendale The-atre, 203 Allen Street, Buf-falo. TOY is casting 12 girls, be-tween the ages of 9-12. Some acting experience and singing ability are required. Parents should call the theatre from 5-6 PM only on Wednesday, May 1 or Thursday, May 2 to make an appointment for the audition. Call 716-884-4400 ext. 304.

When asked if her tears were real Zoë responded, “Yes.

This is church!”

The “this” she is referring to is the Theaterloft home of Ujima Theatre Company. The tears that she shed were dur-ing the stage reading of the piece entitled “Sista Circle” that was presented Saturday evening April 12 within the hallowed walls of 545 Elm-wood Avenue.

Church is defined as a regular religious service; public wor-ship. And so it goes.

After ascending the stairs, one is greeted with a warm wel-come. Enter into the theatre (sanctuary) the feeling of rev-erence heightens. Hugs, greet-ings, folks who haven’t seen one another in awhile share glimpses of how the family is doing, what grade are you in now? And so good to see you. The stage, the colors, a living room that is about to come alive. A feeling of home, both for the artists as well as for the congregation.

The Sistas begin to arrive at the home of our hostess, each bringing not only food and drink but spirit and life. As the evening unfolds the veil between stage and audience is lifted as we become one. Their stories are our stories. Each Sista delivers with such honesty a fabric of who she is, why she is, how she is that is woven into the tapestry of the Circle. We laugh. We cry. We remember. We nod. We shout “Amen.” This is Ujima.

The Sistas are: Saron Ephrain, Dayatra Hassan, Kunjane Ly-ons-Latimer, Aminata Mitch-ell, Vonetta L. Rhodes and Zoë Viola Scruggs. Shantinna Moore made her debut as a di-rector. Well done.

These young women are the beautiful faces and voices of our time. Through hard work and sheer determination they have unearthed a gold mine of talent and compassions. They trust one another which is oftentimes not a given in a circle of women. Their en-

By Gail Lyons-Hawkins

ergies ignite as the spoken words call and respond, they move, dance, sway, embrace, comfort, share and the congre-gation is held captive.

It’s a powerful piece! A work in progress and from the enthu-siastic response they received, the prospect of this going into production is excellent.

This is good medicine. Many thanks to Lorna Hill, Rahwa Hill and all the voices of Uji-ma family past and present. The spirit of 545 has a renais-sance!

Come out and support live theatre, the arts. Spread the word, join, volunteer. This is a piece that touches the soul with the honesty and courage that are needed in this age of electronic energies. These are human stories. The circle remains unbroken. Let the church say amen!

Sista’s

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*The Larry Salter Orches-tra rehersals, open to the public every Tuesday @ 7 p.m. at the historic Colored Musicians Club, 145 Broad-way @ Michigan. Admission is free!

ON STAGE

*Comedy Festival, featuring Sheryl Underwood, Arnez J, Tommy Davidson, Tony Rock and Don D.C. Curry, May 3, Rochester Blue Cross Arena; tickets ticketmaster locations.

*Old School / New School Dance Monday Nite Madnes fundraiser with DJ Doc, Sat-urday, May 25, Ss. Columba-Brigid RC Church Hall, 75 Hhickory St.; Tickets $15; for info Cheri @ 200-9702 or Roz @ 598-7532.

STOMPIN’ AT THE YARD: To celebrate the 5th year An-niversary of the Annual Stomp the Yard: DSC will premier "The Yard's Greatest Hits: Top 25 performances from 2008-2010" on the big screen at Dip-son Theatre inside the Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre 639 Main St. This is a limited screening taking place Thurs May 2nd @ 7p.m. Tickets are $12 and are available at Doris Records 286 E Ferry St. NO tickets will be available at the door. This screening contains 2 hours of 25 of the very best performances from the first four Annual competitions, based on judges overall scores and audience reaction, never before seen interviews and commentary from competitors, judges, advisers etc. For more information call 602-6253. For chances to win free tickets fol-low us @stydsc on twitter.*Comedian Joe Torry for

the Ques Comedy Comedy Buffalo, Sat. May 4, Adams Mark Hotel; Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. 65th 2nd District Conference; www.quesofcomedy.com

*Oscar Alston and his Or-chestra presents an Evening of Elegance Musical Tribute to Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Lionel Richie, Memorial Day Weekend , Friday May 24, The Tralf; tickets $25 , $40 VIP @ Doris Records and the Tralf Box Of-fice; 716-222-2939 for info.

*Royal Comedy Tour featur-ing Don “DC” Curry, Som-more, Bruce Bruce and Mi-chael Colyar, Sheas’ Buffalo, May 4; wwwroyalcomedy-tour.com

BLACK JAZZ: the stage-play, takes place in a small town where everybody knows ev-erybody through somebody. Stories of love are told as we see the tangled webs that are birthed in this neighborhood. Black Love, Black Drama, this is BLACK JAZZ. Written & Direct-ed by Terre KingMay 4th, 8pm, Mason O. Damon Auditorium, Buffalo Public Library (Clinton St. Entrance). Tickets $15 pre-sale only. See any cast member for tickets:Allison Shorts, Ash-ley Graves,Candace Whitfield, Cierra Monroe, Dereka Stever-son, Damond Rainey, Elisha AliJennifer Holmes. Keith MobleyKunjane Lyons-LatimerMichael Prince, Monique Webb.

*Bill Cosby, Turning Stone Showroom, June 7 @ 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.; tickets at Turning Stone Box Office 361-SHOW

Local Omega Chapters to Host 65th 2nd District Conference May 2-5The Second District Confer-ence of Omega Psi Phi Inc. will bring more than 1200 visitors to downtown Buffalo from five states – Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Dur-ing this conference, May 2-5, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. will present several charitable awards for various programs during this historic gathering

in the city of Buffalo. Hosts are Phi Omega and Phi Epsilon chap-ters. James E. Hicks Jr.

is District Representatives; Daren R. Thomas, District Marshal; and Avon White and Roman West, Deputy Mar-shals. For more information Email: 2nddistrictmarshal@

WEST AFRICAN DANCE: In-tensive West African Sabar Dance Class with Griot Alas-sane Sarr of Dakar, Senegal Saturday, April 27 from12:00pm - 4:00pm Alt. Theatre, 255 Great Arrow, 3rd Floor. For More Info Contact (716) 868-6847, 883-7792. 491-3311

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Weapons are the tools of violence;All decent men detest them.

Weapons are the tools of fear;A decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if compelled, will use themonly with the utmost restraint.Peace is his highest value.If the peace has been shattered,How can he be content?His enemies are not demons,but human beings like himself.He doesn’t wish them personal harm.Nor does he rejoice in victory.How could he rejoice in victoryand delight in the slaughter of men?

He enters a battle gravely,with sorrow and with great compassion,as if he were attending a funeral.

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GENERATIONSHealthy Kids Day at Niaga-ra Falls Y Healthy Kids Day will be held at the Niagara Falls Family YMCA, 1317 Portage Road on Saturday, April 27 from 1-5 p.m. Join the YMCA for an afternoon designed to engage you and your family in a wealth of healthy activi-ties including bounce house, kids fitness, arts and crafts and more. The Y is also waiv-ing the join fee that day.

Denise Y. Hare to Keynote Stop The Violence Coalition Awards Banquet Denise Hare, a Senior Academic Advisor with the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) and former President of the Univesity at Buffalo’s Minority Faculty and Staff Asso-ciation, will deliver the keynote address at the Stop the Violence Coalition’s annual awards banquet on Saturday April 27 at the Creekside Banquet Facility, William St. at Union Road. Enjoy an evening of recognition of those who stand behind the men and women who are in the fore front of community service as the organization honors the “Significant Others.” Doors open at 6p,m, and the program will be held from 7 to 9p.m. For more information or tickets and vending opportunities contact STVC at 716-882-7882.

“Significant Others” Awardees left to right: Top Row Michelle Brown, Margaret Brown, Marlene Daniels; 2nd row Dolores Fontana, Delo-res Giles, Joseph Gordon, George Scott; 3rd row Denise Hare, Nono Holman, Larry Jakubowski, Zandra Lewis; bottom row, Cynthia Cruz Peoples, Antoinette Radford, Mary Stone.

Mrs. Hare

graduate from our public schools this year?*What are the implications of a failed educational system in relationship to our com-munity?

Rosalyn L. Taylor reportedly fell 80 signatures short of the 500 needed to qualify for the ballot. Taylor was appointed to replace Vivian O. Evans in 2011. *Central District: Mary Ruth Kapsiak, current board president and retired pubic school administrator, is be-ing challenged by Bryon J. McIntyre, a retired Buffalo firefighter and vice president of the District Parenting Co-ordinating Council. *Ferry District: Sharon M. Belton-Cottman, the incum-bent, who was also appointed to her seat, is running her first campaign unchallenged. *Park District: Carl P. Paladino, a major Buffalo developer, is running against Adrian F Harris, a teacher’s aide in the Lancaster schools. The incumbent, Petrucci is not running for re-election. *West District: Ralph R. Hernandez, current board vice president, is being challenged by James M. Sampson, chair of the county control board and president of a pro-charter school group. It has been ru-mored that the Hernandez signatures might also be in jeopardy. *North District: Incum-bent Jason M. McCarthy is being challenged by Wendy S. Mistretta a former Buffalo State College administrator and Susan L. Gillick, a retired school administrator.

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School # 59 Student Places in History BeeOn Sunday, April 21st, the first annual American His-tory Bee was held at the Buf-falo Historical Museum. This event was run by the Forest District Civic Association and was sponsored by many local dignitaries, groups, and busi-nesses.

The contest was open to all of Western New York’s current 8th grade students. The Bee included questions from the New York State Social Studies curriculum in the grades of 7th and 8. Contestants participated in a single elimination contest in which questions were asked in a round robin fashion. Buffalo Public School student Ismail Ahmed of Dr. Charles R. Drew Science Magnet #59, placed third in the Bee. He was able to easily answer questions in the first 6 rounds, and then he participated in a heat to decide second and third place.

Ismail received a portable DVD player, a trophy and va-riety of other prizes.

Ismail Ahmed & Mrs. Wellsby Drill Team Champs at #89 Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence!! Only in their 2nd year, The Dr. Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence #89 Drill Team garnered a first place trophy, in the Elementary School Division, at the 40th Annual New York State Champion-ships held at Kleinhans Mu-sic Hall on Friday, April 12!

The teams award-winning routine was choreographed by teacher and team advisor, Mr. Anthony Wilson. Over 33 teams were vying for the Championship. We are so proud of the hard work of the team members and their Ad-visor Mr. Wilson...and their very tall trophy!

Congratulations to the school and their outstanding team for a winning effort!!!

The winning team!

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A Terrorist is a Terrorist is a Terrorist... When Timothy McVeigh truck-bombed the Alfred P. Mur-ray Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, killing 168 people and hundreds more injured – 19 of them children – not much was made over his religion. Likewise, on December 14, 2012, when Adam Lanza, 20, fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the village of Sandy Hook in Newtown, Connecticut (and before driving to the school, shot and killed his mother)....nothing was said about his religion or his Christian upbringing. The Boston Marathon bombing, the most recent act of “ter-rorism” left three dead (including a child) and 183 wounded; a tragedy indeed. But thanks to the major media, we hear just as much if not more, about the alleged bombers religion –Islam - than anything else; further fanning the flame of fear, bias and Islamaphobia in this country...A terrorist is a terrorist is a terrorist...

School Board Update...How School Board Member Rosalyn Taylor got knocked off the ballot is a real shock to a lot of folks in the community giv-en the veteran political “petition gatherers” etc. on her team...Rumor is she was sabotaged...and that it was an inside job...

Happy Earth Day...The Buffalo News, in an extensive article in their Sunday April 21 edition, cited hundreds of hazardous waste sites in Western New York. Two of them under the “Significant Threat -State Superfund Sites” category are located in the heart of the Black community....The American Axle Plant at 1001 East Delavan Avenue, and the one of most concern, 858 East Ferry Street (near Grider) where lead from a former smelting pant is be-lieved to be linked to a deadly outbreak of lupus on Buffalo’s East side...and where all those new homes are currently being built...Happy Earth Day!

And Speaking of New Houses...Word has it that the newly built homes on E. Ferry near Jeffer-son were constructed with no back doors! Say it ain’t so!

Six term congresswoman, ‘08 Green Party presidential candidate and international peace activist Cynthia McK-inney has been that rare voice in the halls of the U.S. Con-gress and wherever the people need her who is willing to risk her life to represent for Black people, fearlessly investigat-ing such hot issues as Katrina, Haiti, the Congo, the opening of the FBI files on Tupac’s assassination, the invasion of Libya and more. Currently pursuing a doctoral degree, she is writing her dissertation on the life of the late President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and attended his recent funer-al in Caracas. She is also the

Dear Editor: What is Carl Paladino, candidate for the Buffalo Public school’s Park District, talking about when he says that he supports neighbor-hood schools? First of all, the Eastside of Buffalo has no neighbor-hood schools in the Genesee/Moselle, Kensington/Bailey or the Delavan/Grider areas. All of the schools in these sections are no longer stand-ing or have been converted into other uses. The Buffalo Board of Education will have to build new schools in these areas in order for these par-ents to send their children to a neighborhood school. The building of new schools is not going to happen so the best the children of those neigh-borhoods can hope for, is for Mr. Paladino and the charter school proponents to buy or acquire a cheap building like they did a few years ago for the KIPP Sankofa Charter School in the Central Parking Plaza. Who can ever forget our neighborhood children being transported to that em-barrassment of a shopping plaza; to sit all day in a drab building with no windows and no recreational or play ground facility outside of it? The charter school people got rich and the school closed. Carl Paladino and others are crying about the need for charter schools and that is okay if that is what the chil-dren and their parents want. But a charter school on the East side will not be able to match the financial resources of a charter school in, say, South Buffalo or the upper Westside or even North Buf-falo. Charter school adminis-trators will pick the ‘cream of the crop’ student-wise as they have done already. Those chil-dren who have special needs or are low achieving students will be ‘farmed’ back to the district’s traditional schools once it becomes evident that their presence will lower the standard of that particular school. What will happen

Cynthia McKinney Pens New Book ‘Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom’

author of The Illegal War on Libya,” released last fall.Cynthia McKinney’s latest book, “Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom,” is literally hot off the press. Here is Amazon’s description: “Elected six times to the House from the state of Geor-gia, Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through congressio-nal deceit like a hot ember through ash. She discovered legislators who passed laws without reading them. Party leaders who colluded across party lines against their con-stituents’ interests. Black-skinned individuals shilling for the white status quo. She excoriated government lassi-

tude over Hurricane Katrina, uncovering dark secrets. She held the only critical congres-sional briefing on 9/11, intro-ducing counter-testimony of scholars, investigators, for-mer intelligence agents. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, she held (Defense Secretary) Rumsfeld to account for malfeasance by military contractors and miss-ing billions in the Pentagon’s budget. Then she hammered him on the reasons for the failure of NORAD air defens-es on 9/11. She read truth into the Congressional Record, held town halls and hear-ings, led protests, showed up while others played along to get along, took the side of the people against the will of the party. And when she got too truth seeking and speaking, the Republicans rigged the Democratic primaries to boot her out, leaving behind a trail of achievements mostly won singlehandedly. But McKin-ney rose again like a Phoenix, answering the call to run as 2008 Green Party candidate for President, challenging the corrupt two-party strangle-hold on American democracy. Then it was on to the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, to be seized on the high seas and impris-oned in Israel. On to Tripoli, to serve as witness to the NATO terror bombing of Libya. On to Malaysia to serve on the War Crimes Commission ... Often introduced as the Sojourner Truth, the Harriet Tubman of our age, McKinney reflects here on the Biblical figures of Esther, Deborah and Naomi. This is the Cynthia McKinney saga as it stands to date – what she saw, what she learned and how she fought for change.”

The real reason behind Mr. Paladino’s Push for ‘Neighborhood’ Schools!

to these children if Mr. Pala-dino gets his way and all our schools are turned into char-ter schools? Also, where will our children go when charter schools fail (and more than a few have failed already) and the State Education Depart-ment revokes their license to remain open? Some of his supporters say that Mr. Paladino is sincere in his wish to help the city’s poor and struggling minority stu-dents achieve a quality educa-tion. I hate to say it but I tend

to believe differently. I believe that by running for, and win-ning, the school board seat, he will be able to steer his friends in the charter schools indus-try in the direction for a shot at the $1 billion dollar public school budget. I believe that he has also found a way to sell a bunch of the many vacant buildings he owns around the city to people wishing to open new charter, or should I say, ‘neighborhood’ schools.

-Mary Johnson

go wrong. It is impossible to lose with God. Ain’t you heard? God can do anything BUT fail.

There are some things that we are powerless over and we need God to do it for us. There are other things that we can do for ourselves and God expects us to do it. I ain’t tryin to be all fire and brimstone, but we need to check ourselves before we wreck ourselves and in Hell lift up our eyes.Don’t try to understand it. Don’t procrastinate. Just Do It! “I’m Just Sayin”(Sis. Dorothy “The Princess of Photography” aka The Picture Lady, will celebrate her 60th Birthday with a star studded Holy Ghost Party on Sunday, April 28 from 4-7 p.m. at the Prince of Peace COGIC, 669 Kensington. Everyone is invited! It’s free and open to the public!)

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shared decision making, it’s time that all concerned members of the public be made aware of the current positions of the Board Members whom we will retain or elect, to ensure our voice in the future of our children, and our community as a

whole” Hare said. All current School Board Members and prospective Candidates are asked to please notify the United Black

Men’s Think Tank’s facilitator, Ms. Bernadine Kennedy at 884-3312 or by email at BJHHA@Yahoo.com to confirm their intent to participate in the Forum. Following an introduction by a representative of the Buf-falo District Parent Coordinating Council, and a presentation of the policy issues published by the Think Tank, Candidates for Election or Re-election will have an opportunity to address the policy issues presented and any other concerns or issues the Candidates seek to get behind through their candidacies. Summaries of the Candidates positions will be published through community media to provide Buffalo residents with as much information as possible to prepare for the election, Tuesday, May 7th. For more information, please feel free to contact Ms. Ken-nedy at the aforementioned telephone number, or Mr. Hare directly at 881-5150. The public is urged to attend this vital community event. Free parking and light refreshments will be offered.

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On December 4, 1906 at Cornell Univer-sity in nearby Ithaca,

NY, Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. was founded. It is formally recognized as the first inter-collegiate African-American Greek-Letter Organization. It was created by 7 young men (known as “The Jew-els”) who were determined to uplift the quality of life for African-Americans on their campus, in the United States and ultimately, the world. With a membership of over 200,000, the Alphas have had a profound impact on our ed-ucation, political and social systems.

The Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc.’s Eastern Region Convention will be held in Buffalo this week, April 24-28 at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Buffalo. Local chapters Rho Lambda, Delta Epsilon, Eta Rho Lambda, Mu Sigman and Rho Alpha will be the hosts. Alpha Brothers from through-out the east coast, Europe, Canada, Africa, and Bermuda will be in attendance. Numer-ous workshops and seminars will be held within the orga-nization; however, there will also be activities open to the general public. The Alphas are known for their service oriented programs, inspired activism, love of the arts and molding of education and le-gal reform.

Notable Alphas include, but are not limited to, Rev.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., The Honorable Thurgood Mar-shall, Adam Clayton Powell, W.E.B. DuBois, Garrett Mor-

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Buffalo to Host ALPHA PHI ALPHA Eastern Regional Conference

Distinguished membmers o the local chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternituy

gan, Duke El-lington, Paul Robeson, Jesse Owens, Dick Gregory, An-drew Young, Donny Hatha-way, Dr. Cor-nell West, Ro-land Martin, Stuart Scott, Hill Harper and Keenan Ivory-Wayans, to name a few. Buffalo Mayor, Byron W. Brown and Councilmem-ber Demone Smith are also Men of Alpha.

Publicly, on Wednesday April 24, the brothers will convene at Niagara Falls, NY to wit-ness the lighting in their fra-ternal base color of “old gold”. A rededication ceremony will take place and brothers/friends will proceed to the Seneca Ca-sino to mix and mingle on the ground floor. This is free to all.

On Thursday, April 25, a “Public Program” will be held at the Buffalo Conven-tion Center, entitled, “Remov-ing the Achievement Gap for Black Males”. This event takes place at 6p.m. and will be moderated by Buffalo Coun-cilmember Demone Smith. It includes a distinguished panel as well. This is free to all.

During the aforementioned program, awards will be given to a group of local dignitaries who are helping to close the achievement gap. Awardees include: Bro./Mayor, Byron

Historic: One of the greatest and most distin-guished Alpha Brothers of all time, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is pictured with honorees George K. Arthur, Mariam Bass and the Hon. Arthur O. Eve. The photo was taken when Dr .King visited Buffalo in the sixties. This group was one of the few progressiv enough to welcome him here. A Challenger Photo

W. Brown, Bro./Dr. Jona-than Daniels, Arthur O. Eve, George K. Arthur, Marion Bass, Winford J. Lucas, Fa-ther Ronald Sadjak, Willie Hutch Jones and Dr. Marvel Ross-Jones.

Later Thursday evening, a “Mix & Mingle” with a Live Band will be held at the Oakk Room Lounge on Main St. from 8pm-until. This is free to all.

Friday, April 26 features “Stomp the Yard”, Step Show and After-Party at the Buffalo Convention Center. This event is hosted by Al-pha’s Delta Epsilon Chapter. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 8pm. Tickets are $15 for the step-show $5 for the “Pyramids” (Delta’s) after-party.

Saturday April 27 is a night for the “Grown & Sexy” with the “Suit & Tie Affair”

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Erie County Elderly Nutrition Services The County of Erie, New York is seeking Proposal State-ments from qualified entities interested in providing nutrition services under the Erie County Elderly Nutrition Services (ECENS) program. Proposers interested in providing nutrition services under the ECENS program are invited to respond to this request. The Request for Proposals can be found at: http://www2.erie.gov/purchasing/index.php?q=requests-proposals-amp-construction-bids and a complete copy of the package can be obtained by contacting Randall Hoak at 716-858-6046. All correspondence, communications and/or contact with the County in regard to any aspect of this proposal shall be with Randall Hoak. Final sealed proposals are due to the Erie County Depart-ment of Senior Services at 95 Franklin St, Room 1335, Buffalo, NY 14202 by 4:00 PM (EST) on Monday June 03, 2013. Erie County reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and waive any informality.Randall HoakCommissioner of Erie CountyDepartment of Senior Services

Paralegal: full-time, min 3 yrs exp for family law & SSI in-take. Duties: intake in disabil-ity, family law; also domestic violence intake at the Family Justice Center. Teamwork and sensitivity to poverty and DV, good telephone, computer, ana-lytical and organizational skills are essential, as well as a dem-onstrated interest in working with low-income people. Bach-elor’s degree and/or paralegal degree is required. Spanish speaking /writing ability pre-ferred. People of color, wom-en, people with disabilities, gay, lesbian, and transgender people are all welcome and en-couraged to apply. Closing date May 6th. Letter of interest, re-sume and references to: Keith A. Morgenheim, Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.237 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203 kmorgenheim@nls.org

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority will receive sealed bids for BMHA Job #AM 12-25, Elevator and Wheelchair Lift Maintenance Service, various develop-ments The Prebid Conference will be held on Monday, May 6, 2013, at 10:00AM, local time, with all potential bidders assembled at the Capital Improvements & Developments Department, 320 Perry Street, Buffalo, New York 14204; the project walk-through may be held/scheduled after the meeting. Sealed bids will be received until 10:00 AM, local time, on Tuesday May 14, 2013 at the Capital Improvements Of-fice, 320 Perry Street, Buffalo, New York 14204. Bids re-ceived after the stated time will not be accepted. Bids will be opened and publicly read aloud immediately after speci-fied closing time. Sets of contract documents may only be obtained at the Capital Improvements Office at 320 Perry Street, with a deposit of $100 per set. Only certified company checks, bank checks or money orders made payable to the Buf-falo Municipal Housing Authority will be accepted. This deposit is refundable upon return of complete sets of docu-ments within 14 calendar days after the bid opening. Failure to comply with this time limit will constitute forfeiture of the deposit. The BMHA reserves the right to reject any bid, which fails to conform to the essential items, required by the contract documents and to reject any and/or all bids submitted.Dated: April 19, 2013

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Erie County Medical Center Corporation

REQUESTED FOR PROPOSALS FOR CONSULTING SERVICES REGARDING

ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICESFOR:

VARYING SIZED FUTURE PROJECTSRFP # 21306

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS2:00pm on Monday MAY 20, 2013

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Separate sealed bids for One (1) subcontract for the Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, New York, ECMCC – OR/MOB Fit Out will be received by the Director of Purchasing at Room G140P, Ground Floor of the Erie County Medical Center at 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, New York 14215, until 2:00 PM local time on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, after which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Smith Auditorium, located on the 3rd floor. Subcontract proposals being received include:Subcontract 219 – Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment The Bidding Documents, Drawings and Specifications may be examined at the following offices:

Construction Exchange of Buffalo & WNY2660 William StreetBuffalo, NY 14227

McGraw Hill – DodgePlan Room

5500 Main StreetWilliamsville, NY 14221

LP Ciminelli, Inc.2421 Main Street

Buffalo, NY 14214

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at the Erie County Medi-cal Center in Conference Room C, located on the 3rd floor, on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 at 2:00 PM. A walk-through of the project site will be conducted and pertinent questions will be re-ceived. Bidders may obtain one (1) copy of Bidding Documents at Reprocraft, 136 Broadway St. Suite 102, Buffalo, NY 14203, upon deposit of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each set; deposit is refundable upon return of the documents in good con-dition within thirty (30) days following the award of the subcon-tract. Documents will be available on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The Information for bidders section in the Project Manuel will provide information for obtaining additional copies of the docu-ments. Deposit shall be payable to “LPCiminelli, Inc.” The Bidder’s attention is drawn to the provisions in the Gen-eral Conditions establishing a Minority/Women’s Business Uti-lization requirement on the project. Bidders are advised that by submitting a signed and sealed proposal, they are agreeing and committing to the M/WBE requirements which are a part of this project.

COUNTY OF ERIENOTICE TO BIDDERS

SOUTH ABBOTT RD BRIDGE REPLACEMENTPROJECT NO. FA-28-3-13

FEDERAL PIN 5758.74

The Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, is seeking sealed bids for this bridge replacement project. Sealed proposals will be received at the DPW-Division of Highways Conference Room, 95 Franklin Street, 14th floor, Buffalo, NY at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 9, 2013. Bid deposit of $40,000.00 required. DBE 11% required. Plans will be available for pur-chase at $100./set from Thursday, April 18, 2013 through bid date. Pre-let meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 2, 2013 10:00 a.m. at the DPW-Division of Highways Conference Room, 95 Franklin Street, 14th floor, Buffalo, NY. Bid submit-tal details are on the Erie County website at: http://www2.erie.gov/dpw

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At the Forefront of Fair HousingBy Scott Gehl - Part II-Conclusion

Fair Housing Month Celebrations

April is Fair Housing Month: •The Other Side, a short film and documentary cover-ing housing discrimination and the development of re-lated civil rights legislation will be screened at the Frank E. Merriweather Library, lo-cated at 1342 Jefferson Ave-nue (at Utica) on Wednesday, April 24 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The event will be sponsored by Housing Opportunities Equal, Inc. (HOME). •The annual Housing Oppor-tunities Made Equal dinner will take place on April 26th. For more information contact HOME at 854-1400.

Joanne Champion’s pas-sion for fair housing was pre-served when, after her death, her husband Dr. Carl Granger created the Joanne Champion Granger Scholarship, which is presented each year to an out-standing high school senior. Joining James Hecht and Joanne Champion Granger in the pantheon of civil rights heroes from HOME’s earliest days are other names: Daniel Acker, Arthur Butler, Sarah Metzger, James Covial, James Myers, Jim & Mamie Craw-ford. Many would still be in-volved in the struggle for fair housing as HOME passed its 20th and 25th anniversaries. Some would stay involved until the day they died. Years after the death of for-mer HOME President James Covial, his widow joined HOME’s Board. On more than one occasion, Rosalie Covial told her younger col-leagues how, in those early all-volunteer days, the tele-phone would often ring just as the Covial family was sit-ting down to dinner. Jim took every call and would then hurry off to another meeting the Unitarian Church where HOME’s leaders would dis-cuss how to obtain justice of the latest victim of housing discrimination. For HOME’s founding generation, that was part of life for fair housing ad-vocates. Fifty years later HOME is still building upon that legacy and the impervious founda-tion of those incredibly heroic selfless volunteers. Growth and achievement By the mid-1970s HOME had hired its first professional staff and opened an office on the second floor of the 1490 Jefferson Community Cen-ter. By 1982 the budget had grown to $50,000 and the staff to three. •In 1982 HOME used a forgotten 60 year-old statute to win the first civil dam-ages from a landlord who had discriminated against a fam-ily with children. Afterwards HOME the worked with NYS Attorney General Robert Abrams to improve the stat-ute.•In the face of discrimina-tory housing advertisements, HOME negotiated with the publishers of the Buffalo News and 26 other Western

New York newspapers to put in place the ‘Publishers Vol-untary Agreement’—which ended illegal advertising.•In 1986 a HOME investiga-tion revealed evidence of dis-crimination by the region’s largest landlord, the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority. While HOME’s mission has long included creating hous-ing opportunities, it wasn’t until 2006 that a group of staff and volunteers began to ex-plore the idea of developing affordable housing—perhaps in concert with relocating HOME’s offices. On July 11, 2012 the Mayor of Buf-falo and a host of dignitar-ies dedicated the new Home for HOME as well as Oxford Commons, which provides energy-efficient barrier-free housing for ten families of limited income. In 50 years HOME has put down deep roots for social justice, strong enough to with-stand political ill winds which sometimes blow its way. The struggle continues--and the dream of fair housing will never die. All are welcomed to join us in HOME Membership and Advocacy! Reservations are required as we come together for the 50th HOME Anniver-sary Celebration in the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center on Friday, April 26th at 6:00 PM. Call our office at 716.854.1400 or you may check out our website for de-tails: www.homeny.org.

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APRIL 24, 2013 Challenger Community News • ChallengerCN.com 15EVENTS CALENDARWednesday April 24th

“Health Equity: Harnessing Your Power in Advocating for a Healthier Community”: 6 p.m. WNED Studios, 140 Lower Terrace sponsored by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, NAACP and WND; guest Shavon Arline-Bradley National NAACP Director of Health Programs.

“Restoring Our Community with Available Grants and Low Interest Loans” Semi-nar: 5:30-7:45 p.m., Mer-riweather Library; free and open to the public; hosted by We Are Women Warriors & County Legislator Betty Jean Grant; 602-5877 for more in-formation.

Thursday April 25

First Shiloh, Urban League, to Host School Board Candi-dates Forum:Featuring candi-dates for the Central, Ferry, and East Districts 6 p.m. at the First Shiloh Baptist Church, 15 Pine Street.For more info 716-250-2445. Saturday April 27

Healthy Kids Day will be held at the Niagara Falls Family YMCA, 1317 Portage Road, from 1-5pm.

The Stop The Violence Co-alition will hosts its annual Awards Banquet at the Creek-side Banquet Hall, 269 Union Road, doors open at 6pm, event from 7-9pm. Donation is $50. More information call 882-7882.

Acting in Faith Theatre Com-pany honors Barbara Glover at & others at Buffalo East, 1410 Main Street near East Utica, 7pm. Tickets are $20 per person or $18 for groups of 10 or more. Call 716-310-7297 or 573-2704.

Celebration for Mrs. Viola Hill on her 95th Birthday: Martha Mitchell Community Center, 175 Oakmont Ave., 3-6 p.m.; RSVP 845-0080.

CBTU Gospelfest 2013: Second Baptist Church, 18 Church St., Lackawanna, 6 p.m. featuring Gospel Rap Recording Artist Shaddie Swag.

School Board Candidate’s Night: hosted by United Black Men’s Think Tank, 2-4 p.m., St. Martin Village Com-munity Center, 564 Dodge Sgt; for info. 884-3312 or email BJHHA@yahoo.com

Community Carnival and Re-cycle Fest: Noon – 2 p.m., Community Charter School, 404 Edison.

CHAMP Training at Group Ministries, 1333 Jefferson Av-enue, from 9am- Noon. Regis-tration is limited to the first 50 people. Contact at 716-835-9356 or Champwny@gmail.com

Sunday April 28

“Legends and Legacies” host-ed by Eva M. Doyle at the Frank E. Merriweather library from 2-5pm. For more infor-mation call 716-847-6010 or 533-9547.

A Holy Ghost Party for Dor-othy Wagstaff, The Princess of Photography, free and open to the public at Prince of Peace COGIC, 669 Kensing-ton Avenue Near Grider, from 4-7pm.

Monday April 29

100 Black Men of Greater Buffalo and We Are Women Warriors Host School Board Candidate’s Night: All candi-date running for seats on the Buffalo Board of Education, Merriweather Library from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday April 30

The Larry Salter Orchestra rehearsals open to the public; Colored Musicians Club, 145 Broadway 7p.m.

Thursday May 2

Phi Omega and Phi Epsilon Chapters host the 65th 2nd District Conference, May 2-5 in Buffalo email 2nddistrict-marshal@oppf.org

National Day of Prayer in the Square: Niagara Square at City Hall, noon – 1:30 p.m.; Lady Kathy Bowman, chair-person.

Saturday April 27

16 APRIL 24, 2013 Challenger Community News •ChallengerCN.com A King and His Princess!”

Miss Barbara’s Father Daughter Dance: An Unforgettable Event!Pictured above are scenes from the Father Daughter Dance sponsored by Miss Barbara’s School of Dance last Saturday at the Metropolitan Entertainment Complex – truly a beautiful and unforgettable event! The theme was “A King and His Princess.” Cover Photo Credits of Madison and Matthew Wagstaff (large photo), Janai and Tyrone Beeks (top) and Angela and Ken Carter by Jesse Hawkins of “Jesse on the Spot Photos.” Photos this page by Princess Photography. Hats off to all the Kings and their beautiful Princesses!