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Experts: Gabby Will MakeMillions! While negroes talk about her hair, world’s best gymnast flips all the way to the bank... “Sixteen-year-old Gabby Douglas said she was a little confused when she logged onto her computer after win-ning her second gold medal in three days and discovered people were debating her pulled-back look. “I don’t know where this is coming from. What’s wrong with my hair?” said Douglas, the first U.S. gymnast to win gold in team and all-around competition. “I’m like, `I just made history and people are focused on my hair?’ It can be bald or short, it doesn’t matter about (my) hair.” Douglas uses gel, clips and a ponytail holder to keep things in place while she competes, a style she’s worn for years. And while some might be focused on the fact that they think that Gabby Douglas has had a few bad hair days, but she’s now got enough money to get whatever hairstyle she wants. Industry experts are esti-mating that everyone’s favor-ite little superstar could easily rake in $10 million in endorse-ment deals over the next four years. The bubbly teenager is the first African-American gymnast to win her sport’s biggest prize.

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Keep the Culture Alive! African American Cultural Center Launches first Membershp Drive in 25 Years!

Director Agnes Bain and some of the Center’s Jumpin’Jambalaya Summer Camp students. Photo Princess Photography

Protecting Our Right to VOTE!

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Profile: African-Cultural Center’s Unsung Heroine,

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By JESSICA THORPEThe African American Cultur-al Center (AACC) is mount-ing its first membership drive in more than 25 years.

“Malcolm Erni founded the Af-rican American Cultural Cen-ter to serve the children and families of Buffalo through celebration and knowledge of their unique cultural heritage. We have upheld this mission for 54 years and are calling on

the community we continue to serve to support planning for the next urban generations,” AACC Executive Director Agnes M. Bain said.

The African American Cultur-al Center today is comprised of five core components: AACC Dance & Drum Performance Company, Paul Robeson The-atre at the African American Cultural Center, Cultural En-richment / Educational Direc-

tives After School Program, Jumpin’ Jambalaya Summer Program and Pine Grill Jazz Reunion.

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“A Grill and A Prayer, “ is an on-going violence prevention street effort aimed at bringing qualified mentors out on the various street corners in Buffalo from both Urban Christian Ministries and Jericho Road Ministries. Said UCM Executive Director Alex Wright, “It’s like violence is walking into our living rooms, smacking us in the face and then daring us to do something. Is Anyone one upset yet? Is anyone sick and tired to the point you are ready to get up and do something? If so let’s get out here and make a difference...I challenge you to get out in the streets outside of your comfort zone and build the relation-ships with the people. Once we show we care we can then steer them away from crime. It is impossible for the police to stop all the crime. They are out numbered. It takes regular Joes and Janes. Shake your fear and take your neighborhood back!” So far there have been three “grill and prayer” events. The most recent was scheduled in partner-

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*August 11: “Annual A Call to Women of Color Social Gathering” -Noon - 6 .p.m. For more information, loca-tion and vendor registration, contact Jackie Dozier, Event Coordinator-585-210-4126 or 585-760-3447; jdozier@ac-Rochester.org

ROCHESTER A.B.0.V.E. AFRICAN/ AFRICAN

AMERICAN FESTIVALAugust 4: 11 a.m.- 9 p.m. Highland Bowlark. This event is FREE and open to the pub-lic for enjoyment of Live En-tertainment, Arts & Crafts, a variety of Food, Product, Information/Education Ven-dors, Children Inflatable Play-center and more.....Fun for everyone! For more informa-tion-585-576-2471 or contact-Diane Sheffield-585-313-3685 and visit the website at: www.rochesterabove.org

ROCHESTER CARIFESTAugust 11: Parade, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Liberty Pole Way Downtown; Festival Site 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Downtown, Rochester, New York Riv-erside Festival Site (Court & Exchange St.), Caribbean music, Arts & Crafts,Food, Fun for the children and much more. 585-234-0909 or email rwifo@rwifo.com

CLARISSA STREET REUNION

August 18: “Annual Clarissa Street Reunion” A Neighbor-hood Reunion with a Parade, Entertainment Stages of Gos-pel, Jazz, R&B and Poetry, Vendors, Food, Children Ac-tivities and more. For more information contact the Com-mittee at 585-234-4177

SANKOFA ARTS, DANCE, MUSIC &

THEATRE FESTIVALAugust 23,24,25: Sponsored by MMB Theatre 1 Project. Three Nights of Theatre & Jazz!!! “Bringing the Com-munity Together”, the festival will showcase the talents of local African American Play-wrights, Stage Performers, Producers, Musicians and to remember our Heritage and History in the Arts. Advance Tickets will be on sale at Mood Makers Books for $12.50 each, tickets at the door will be $16.00 each and a three night pass will be $35.00 each. The location is the Multi-Use Cul-tural Community Center (The MuCCC) at 142 Atlantic Av-enue, in the “Neighborhood of the Arts”. “Bringing Life to the Stage” for you, your fam-ily and friends, so come sup-port Rochester's local talent! For more information contact: Curtis Rivers-585-271-7010 or Diane Sheffield- 585-313-3685

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who had been virtually unresponsive, clearly heard Bro. Barron’s words as he brought “greetings” from some of New York City’s hardest working nationalists, such as Jitu Weusi, Viola Plummer and others. Baba Simba loved his culture and was blessed to have been able to travel to the Motherland (Africa) at least once and “On High” to Dimona, Israel with the Black Hebrew Israelites. He loved the Black press. He loved the Challenger (and we loved him). He loved Kwanznaa celebrations and the Juneteenth Fes-tival. Last June he was virtually released from his death bed so that he could attend Juneteenth. He sat in the sun, absorbing the sights and sounds of the culture, surrounded by the people he loved, grateful to soak in the essence of who he was, one last time. “I’m tired baby,” he said tearfully at one point reflecting on his personal battle with the dis-ease that had ravaged his body. “I’m ready to go home.” Baba Simba was blessed to have Angles here on earth, to help him along as he struggled to make his Transition: “Mama” Charlene Miller, Bro. Abubacar Jackson, and Sister Joyce Dade were devoted to him to the very end. Brother Simba was not perfect (none of us are). But he was perfectly clear about his blackness and our struggle/ sourjourn here in the “wilderness of North America.” He had particular compassion for those he referred to as the “casualties of Babylon”– the brothers and sisters who found themselves caught up in, and unable to navigate, this oppressive system. One of the things Baba Simba wanted most next to seeing his people “free,” was his historic and beloved photos, properly catalogued and exhibited, maybe even put into a book. Inshallah (if it is God’s will), perhaps that will happen now. Brother Simba’s physical presence is gone, but his spiritual essence will always be with us. And every time we hear or say “peace and love” we will remember him. Because that, in essence, was who he was, and that is what he has finally found…peace and an abundance of God’s love. Go with God my beloved brother. Go with God...-alnisa banks(Reprint Challenger, 8.4.2010 issue)

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ship with the Fruitbelt Coali-tion on Night Out Tuesday. Mr. Wright said that they also offer Block Club Basketball throughout the city at various locations. “We set up the grill with beef, chicken and turkey hot dogs and prayer and we really talk to the young people. We really mentor kids and bring other youth out, who can bet-ter relate, to help.”

Building relationships, he said was key “We’re trying to bring back the old school way of doing things.” A grill and a prayer is as good a start as any.People interested in helping can call 716.882.9472.

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Sinbad – “Where Have You Been?” I had the pleasure of interviewing Sinbad before his perfor-mance at Turning Stone Casino in July.

Sinbad started doing Comedy in 1983 but his big break came from “Star Search”. He never won but it opened up a few doors for him. He said he realized he had “IT” on his eighth grade field trip. “I didn’t know how to control the kids but I knew I had some-thing, ” he said.

That “something” was what he needed when he met Bill Cosby who was so impressed that he put him in the TV show, “A Dif-ferent World.” “Bill Cosby is the God Father of Comedy. He’s the smartest man I’ve ever met,” exclaimed the talented comedian. While doing “A Different World” Sinbad hosted “It’s Showtime at the Apollo.” Later he went on to star in “The Sinbad Show” as well as produce the “70’s Soul Music Festival” which aired on HBO. His performance at Turning Stone makes you wonder why he has been out of the lime light for so long. His performance was beyond hysterical! He captivated the crowd and maintained his repute of clean, family jokes. I watched as one audience member wiped tears from her eyes from laughing so much and listened to one lady ask her friend, “are you ok?” as she was laughing so hard her friend must have thought they may need the Medics. “I tour and do three shows a weekend and each show is 70% different,” Sinbad said. A good portion of the show involved help from the crowd. Sinbad asked woman to participate by asking them, what does your man / spouse do that frustrates you? As they asked the questions Sinbad poetically puts it back on them with unmistakable humor. Sinbad ended the night to a standing ovation which is pretty good since we’ve been wondering “where u been?” I’m suggest if he’s ever in the area to go see him! It’s clean witty fun for the whole family.

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Fundrasier for Betty Jean Grant Wallace Wilson and Antoine Thompson are hosting a fund-raiser and reception for the Hon. Betty Jean Grant for NY State Senate Wednesday, August 8, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the New Golden Nugget, 2046 Fillmore Avenue. Minimum $25. For more information call (716)308-0945. If unable to attend contributions may be ailed to: The Friends of Betty Jean Grant for NYS Senate, P.O. Box 855, Buffalo, NY 14215.

What could be better than having an organization of es-tablished business profession-als get together to help other Black folk get into business, stay in business, or grow their businesses? Two of them! Really…no really…this is the best news ever!!! The Buf-

falo Chap-ter of the B l a c k C h a m b e r of Com-merce has j o i n e d hands with the WNY

Chapter of the National Black MBA Association to host a gathering on this coming Saturday to handle the busi-ness of Black business. These two organizations have been working toward successful Black business development for decades. It just makes sense that they would combine their efforts in a major push to educate the community on the particulars of how to start, grow, and maintain successful businesses. While the nation groans at the notion of an 8% un-employment rate, the rate of unemployment for Black men in cities like Buffalo and Detroit is over 50%! It’s no accident that our community has been steered toward job seeking, instead of business building. Far too few of our children know the joy, the empowerment, and the self-respect inherent in working for themselves. That ends on Saturday. Join us at the Merriweather Library, August 11th, corner of Jefferson and Utica at 11:00 am. Bring your questions and join the dialogue. This gath-ering is the first of many to be organized that will steward young folk, old folk, anybody with a desire to be self suffi-

On Saturday, August 11 at 11 a.m. at the Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Avenue at Utica, the National Black MBA Association, Western NY Chapter and the Black Chamber of Commerce will celebrate Black Business Month with a panel discussion on the topic, “Stepping Up to Keep Businesses Running in the Black Community.”

Ellicott Mall Reunion The 14th Annual Ellicott Mall Reunion will take place at JFK Park Saturday, August 11 from noon to 6 p.m.

Brown Announces 5th Gun Buyback ProgramNo Questions Asked, Pre-Paid Cash Cards For Guns Mayor Byron W. Brown has announced the 5th Citywide Gun Buyback Event, scheduled for next Saturday, August 18. The Gun Buyback program allows people to surrender their fire-arms and ammunition with no questions asked. In exchange, they receive varying amounts of pre-paid credit cards, depend-ing on the type of gun turned in. Since 2005, 8,430 guns have been removed from city streets. Nearly 3,000 of those weapons have been seized through Mayor Brown’s Gun BuyBack pro-gram.

East High Class of 1972 40th Year Class Reunion This Weekend! The East high School Class 0f 1972 40th Year Class Reunion will take place August 10-12 at various locations in Buffalo in-cluding a banquet on August 11 at the Adams Mark Hotel, a Meet-and-Greet at East High School and a picnic at Martin Luther King Park. “As you may be aware, East High has educated many promi-nent African Americans” stated Econuel Ingram, president of the 40th Class Reunion. “We are committed to donating a por-tion of the proceeds raised for this event to the general scholar-ship fund for East High School on behalf of the class of 1972.”For more information contact Econuel at (404) 731-6465 or email to econueli!@yahoo.com

“Spirit And Soul” Book ReleaseNewly published author Theodore (Ted) Kirkland will release his book entitled “Spirit and Soul: Odyssey of a Black Man in America Vo. 1” on Friday, August 10 from 4 – 6 p.m. at the Golden Cup Coffee Café located at 883 Jefferson Ave. Pictured (L-R) Warren Galloway, Ted Kirkland, Buffalo’s new Schools Superintendent Dr. Brown and Rico Mitchell.

August is Black Business Month!

Joining Forces for Black Business Development!

cient on the joyful journey of business and wealth building. You may know that Buf-falo’s Black Chamber of Commerce has been melding Black business minds since 1993. Under its current presi-dent, Lumon Ross, in addition to the development of new businesses and the strength-ening and growth of existing businesses, another aspect of their service is promoting the recycling of our own dollars amongst ourselves. The Na-tional Black MBA Association also incorporates Corning, Rochester, Syracuse, Niagara Falls, and Southern Ontario. Thomas Beauford, Jr. the group’s president, describes the organization as one that empowers visionaries. Like the Black Chamber, they tar-get young people to enlist in the business arena, network with other organizations, and identify resources for profes-sional development. This is it. This is the mo-ment when we realize that the answer to the question: Don’t we have anybody with the know-how and the desire to build and beautify our com-munity, and train and cultivate our children?....is yes. How often have we looked at the blight that surrounds us and wished for an escape? Well, since wherever we go, we take ourselves with us; the answer is not escape, but transforma-tion – starting with ourselves. Poverty is a state of mind. The amount of money that flows through Black folks hands each year could make us an economic powerhouse. Independent Black townships that were established after the civil war waxed rich – astound-ingly rich because segregation and Jim Crow laws forced us to trade exclusively with one another. Let’s do that again…by choice this time. August is also Black Busi-

ness month. Each and every day should find us doing some-thing to support and promote Black business. Federal and State bureaucracies take our tax money and don’t provide us the services we’ve paid for. When dollars come around for economic development – even dollars that are targeted for us - our own elected officials often end up taking care of everybody else but us. Even our president can only do so much to help. Make this the moment when we decide…to save ourselves. See you Saturday! (wnyblackchamber.com, (716- 995-0622, nybmba.org).

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Baba Simba Mlee, the Ambassador of Peace and Love, made his

Transistion on Monday evening (August 2, 2010) after a brief, but valiant bout with cancer. He was 76 y e a r s young. It was perhaps his great-est strug-gle, aside from what he often described as his lifelong quest to liberate the African mind in “the strug-gle to eliminate ignorance.” An uncompromis ing cultural nationalist, Pan Africanist and chief Chal- lenger photographer for more than a quarter of a century, he was known affectionately throughout the region and the country, as “Brother Simba.” Indeed he was everybody’s “brother,” everybody’s con-science, everybody’s reminder of their Blackness (whether they wanted to be or not). Through his camera lens he captured generations and important mile-stones and events in the his-tory of African Americans from the Black power movement to politicians local, national and regional. Simba was respected and even revered by many, especially young people striv-ing to understand their culture. He made the phrase “peace and love” a household word in this community. Some even referred to him as “Mr. Peace and Love.” And when things got rough, his advice (even to himself) was always, “go with God.” When New York City Coun-cilmember and Freedom Parry candidate for Governor Charles Barron visited here, one of the top things to do on his agenda was to see Brother Simba. Sister Eva Doyle, who was running for Lt. Governor on the Freedom party ticket, and who accompa-nied Bro. Barron to the Veter-ans Administration Hospital to see him, described the visit as nothing less than amazing and moving. Bro. Simba, she said,

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Hiroshima & Nagasaki: 67th Anniversary of U.S. Massive Terrorism MarkedJapan marked the 67th an-niversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack with a ceremony Monday that was attended by a grandson of Harry Truman, the U.S. pres-ident who ordered the bomb dropped on the city of Hiro-shima. About 50,000 people gathered in Hiroshima’s peace park near the epicenter of the 1945 blast that destroyed most of the city and killed as many as 140,000 people. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and, as history books claim, prompted Japan to surrender to the World War II Allies.But was this case of massive terrorism justified?

Anthony Gregor writes in “Targeting Civilians at Hiroshima and Nagasak”: The U.S. government has killed civilians for well over a cen-tury. During the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sher-man waged war on civilians in Atlanta. During the Philippine Insurrection at the turn of 20th century, U.S. forces killed about 200,000 civilians, and even had a policy to shoot anyone more than 10 years old who dared to resist the U.S. occupation of the Philippines. During World War II, the Allies ruthlessly fire-bombed Dresden and Tokyo and other cities in Germany and Ja-pan, killing hundreds of thousands of innocent noncombatants.

But there was nevertheless something special about Hiroshima and its sequel of mass horror, Nagasaki.

In the case of Hiroshima, no substantive evidence exists that the bombing was “necessary” to make Japan surrender. In fact, the Japanese had already attempted to sue for peace in July and were only hesitant because they distrusted the terms of unconditional surrender that the Allies demanded. They specifically wanted to keep their emperor, which, after the atomic bombings, they were allowed to, anyway. The military estimated before Hiroshima that invasion would cost as many as 20,000 American lives, but not nearly the half million lives that Truman later claimed had been the estimate. Even without invasion, Japan was utterly defeated by the war and U.S. blockades prevented the island nation from getting the necessary food to survive, much less maintain any type of threat against America.

Truman’s decision to use nuclear weapons against civilians has not gone without criticism from the political and military elite of his time. Truman’s chief of staff, Admiral William D. Leahy, wrote in his book I Was There that using the “barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons.” He lamented that the U.S. government “had adopted an ethical standard com-mon to the barbarians of the Dark Ages” and that he “was not taught to make war in that fashion.” In 1963 Dwight Eisenhower told Newsweek that “the Japanese were ready to surrender and it wasn’t necessary to hit them with that awful thing.”

The Curious Case of Chavis Carter: Police Cliam He Commited Suicide While Handcuffed Could this be the next Tray-von Martin type situation? It very well could be be-cause more and more observ-ers are becoming concerned about the alleged “suicide” of Chavis Carter. Carter is a man that police allege to have shot himself in the head in the back of a po-lice car. Even the police chief of the town where Chavis died says that the case “defies logic at first glance.” The 21-year old native of Jonesboro, Arkansas died from a single gunshot wound to the temple while hand-cuffed inside the back of a po-lice car. Police had searched him, only to find $10 worth of marijuana.

COINTELPRO Never EndedThe government’s Counter Intelligence Program of the Six-ties were never shut down, said Larry Pinkney, former Black Panther and political prisoner. The Feds continue to plant pro-vocateurs in activist ranks. “It’s the oldest trick in the book,” said Pinkney, “and the reason it has consistently worked ism we’ve got too man ‘sheeple’ out there who are about to find themselves in a situation where they have no Constitutional or human rights.”Offshore TrillionsMeasuring the global elite’s offshore cash stashes is “like es-timating the size of a black hole,” said James Henry, author of Tax Justice Network-USA study titled “The Price of Offshore, Revisited.” Between $21 trillion to $32 trillion is hidden from tax collectors, said Henry, a former chief economist for the McKinsey consulting group. Developing nations are actually net lenders to First World countries, “to the tune of $11 tril-lion, which is exactly opposite the way global capital markets are supposed to function.”Africa at Crossroads“The African Union has proven itself incapable of resolving armed conflicts” in Libya, the Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau, said Dr. Gerald Horne, professor of history and African Amer-ican Studies at the University of Houston. South Africa, the sub-Saharan powerhouse, is key to continental security. “It’s either get South Africa off the sidelines or invite in the United States or some outside power – and, obviously, the latter is too ghastly to contemplate.”

US assassination drone crashes in Somalia: August 5 - A US assassination drone has crashed near Galgala Mountains close to Bosaso city in northern Somalia, Press TV reports. Senior al-Shabab official Sheikh Muhammad Talal Daahir told the Press TV correspondent in Mogadishu that the drone went down on Saturday. After the crash, Daahir said an-other unmanned aerial vehicle fired several missiles and killed 13 al-Shabab fighters in the region.

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“Definitely bizarre,” Jones-boro Police Chief Michael Yates said.But in spite of his concerns about the case, Yates claims

that the evidence supports the officers who made the arrest. But his version of the facts are being disputed by the vic-tim’s family and the NAACP.

Trayvon Martin's Mom Sued by Traveler's Insurance Co.Trayvon Martin’s mom, Syb-rina Fulton, has been sued by Traveler’s Insurance Compa-ny in a dispute over whether the insurance company is re-sponsible for damages over her son’s death.

Fulton made an insurance claim against Traveler’s for about $75,000, reports The Washington Post. The insur-ance company had a policy with the homeowners’ asso-ciation at the Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford, Fla., where Trayvon Martin was killed, agreeing to cover the costs of certain injuries.

But instead of paying out Ful-ton’s claim, Traveler’s filed a lawsuit against Fulton so that a court would step in and clar-ify just what damages it owes, if any.

Traveler’s reportedly issued the insurance policy to the Retreat at Twin Lakes HOA a month after Trayvon Martin’s shooting death in February.

Trayvon Martin’s mom is be-ing sued because Traveler’s argues its HOA policy spe-cifically exempts making any payments “arising from bodi-ly injury, sickness, mental an-guish, emotional distress, dis-ease or death of any person,” reports the Post.

By filing the lawsuit against Sybrina Fulton, Traveler’s is seeking a declaratory judg-ment from a judge. Generally, a declaratory judgment differs from other judicial rulings in that it does not require that any action be taken. Instead, the judge simply issues an opinion declaring the rights of each of the parties involved after analyzing the contro-versy.

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Update Light is emitted by every cell in our bodies. We live in a sea of energy

where color is working within us. It shines within our divine self, and radiates upon us from the Sun. Specific colors bring balance to our physical and emotional systems. Daily Light Medicine Wheel Color Therapy was anciently used as a spiritual modality that complimented and completed all healing and evolution arts. Its aim was to unblock and balance the internal merid-ians, transformation centers and power points of the three-fold Light body of our Soul. Consider the power of color

“Walking 4 Hope” Jes Breathe Cancer Aware-ness Group will host their 3rd annual “Walking 4 Hope” at MLK Park on Saturday, Au-gust 25 from 9 a.m. to noon. Jes Breathe brings the aware-ness of all types of cancers to our community. For more in-formation contact 533-1985.

Put On Your Walking Shoes

for Health!City-wide Walk for Total Wellness A City Wide walk for To-tal Wellness will take place on Saturday, August 18 prior to the annual Taking it to the Streets Rally in MLK Park. Sponsored by Soul2Soul Ministries, the walk begins at 9 a.m. in MLK Park. Par-tial proceeds will benefit Sickle Cell research. Free foot screenings will also be avail-able. For more information or to participate or volunteer, call 862-9957.

There is Power in the Color of Your Food!in the foods we eat...our Daily Bread. –bro. ishma’el jamal

Red Colored FoodsDepression can be lessened with extra red plant foods.This color is thought to main-tain a healthy heart, aid mem-ory function, lower the risk of some cancers, and promote urinary tract health. Red col-ored food helps boost energy, helps combat tiredness, and as it strengthens the blood, is used in the treatment of ane-mia and helps fight infection.

Orange Colored FoodsOrange is the color of balance, energy, and unify. This color is linked to our emotions and is the color of joy. Orange is a good relationship color for putting your life back togeth-er after divorce, grieving, or shock.Orange is the color of balance - energy, and unity. This color is linked to our emotions and is the color of joy. Orange improves blood circulation and digestion, stimulates the appetite, and is associated with the assimila-tion of food. Orange foods are high in anti-oxidants that help to destroy toxic cells and repair some cellular damage.This color lowers the risk of some types of cancers, improves vi-sion, maintain a healthy heart, and contribute to a healthy immune system. Orange col-ored foods contain varying amounts of anti-oxidants such as vitamin C as well as caro-tenoids and bioflavonoids, phytochemicals being studied by scientists for their health promoting potential.

Yellow Colored FoodsYellow represents the color of the sun and brings feel-ings of self-worth and lifts depression. It is a great aid to concentration and study as it provides intellectual and inspirational stimulation. It surrounds us with warmth, joy, and laughter and brings us to a more positive outlook on life. It is thought to prevent calcium from accumulating in the joints of older people and is used in the treatment of diabetes, kidney, and liver dis-orders.Yellow colored foods are important for the support of the nervous system ad it is directly involved with the di-

gestive process especially the liver and intestines. It helps the elimination of toxins.

Green Colored FoodsAs the primary healing color, green, the color of nature brings harmony to all in its presence. Green creates feel-ings of inner peace, harmony and balance. This balance brings us a feeling of newness and freedom of the spirit and helps relieve stress and emo-tional problems. Green is as-sociated with the heart and is thought to be beneficial for the prevention of heart dis-ease and high blood pressure. It creates a sense of calmness and helps relive problems as-sociated with tension such as headaches.Chlorophyll at its highest in green leafy vegeta-bles, needs to be part of every meal as it has a soothing and healing effect, balances the body’s metabolism, detoxi-fies and helps the cleansing functions. Benefits from the green phytochemicals include protection from bacteria such as E-coli, food poisoning and tumors. Green is used in the treatment of colds, influenza, hay fever, ulcers malaria and cancer.

Blue Colored Foods

Blue is the color of truth, un-derstanding and tranquility. This color is relaxing, calming and ideal for places of healing. For people struggling with in-somnia, blue is an important color as it relaxes the mind and body. Blue means spirit and is very conductive for places of meditation, inspiring pa-tience and calm thought. Ex-posure to blue reduces blood pressure, pulse rate and brain wave activity.Blue is used in the treatment of throat prob-lems, fevers, stings, itchiness, heart palpitations, inflamma-tions, headaches and for the treatment of anxiety disorders related to nervousness, ten-sion or fear. Blue foods are though to maintain urinary health, healthy aging, assist in the memory function, and lower the risk of some types of cancer. This color encourages exhalation so is very helpful in case of asthma where it can ease symptoms of breathless-ness. It is beneficial in heal-

ing burns, reduces bleeding and alleviates pain.

Indigo colored FoodsIndigo is the color that brings focus to our lives. It is calm-ing, soothing and brings feel-ings of self-worth. Indigo is said to be the color of creative visualization and enhances psychic perception.This color indicates knowledge, spiritu-ality, self-respect and dignity. Indigo is very beneficial for meditation and to feed your spirituality and quest for in-ner guidance. Sight and hear-ing are influenced by the color indigo so eating indigo col-ored foods is useful for the treatment to diseases of the eyes, ears and nose as well as the lungs and skin. Indigo is used by color therapists to treat a wide range of mental disorders including schizo-phrenia, arthritis, acute cases of tuberculosis, nervous and emotional disturbances and insomnia. The color indigo is useful when there is tension in the family or violence as the soft gentle colors bring feel-ings of love and protection.

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Worship this week!

The Emmanuel Temple Family Life Department pres-ents Pastor Roy R. Brown, Sr., guest speaker, former President of Southeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventist, Friday, August 17, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, August 18, at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m at Emmanuel Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church, 300 Adams Street. Call 716-856-6044 for more information.Willard Hall is Interim PastorALL ARE WELCOME!

Former President of South-eastern Conference SDA to Speak at Emmanuel Temple

Full Gospel Women’s Fellowship

An ‘Oldies But Goodies Gospel Night Out’ given by Follow Him Ministries willbe held Friday, August 17 from 8:30 p.m. until midnight at Ephesus Fellowship Hall, 80 Durham Ave. There will be a $5 donation at the door. Re-freshments will be sold.

Oldies But Goodies Gospel Night Banquet in Honor of Pastor Lewis A banquet in honor of Pastor James A. Lewis’ II 20th Plus Anniversary of Pastoral Min-istry will be held on August 17 at Pettibones Grille Indoor Patio (located at Coca-Cola Field) at 6:30 p.m. for drinks and 7 p.m. for food. The party includes your game ticket as well as food and drinks for the party. Tickets are $35 for adults and $20 for children. For more information contact Dean Williams at 816-6249 or willa235@roadrunner.com

Mt. Hope First Anniversary Celebration Set Rev. Charles H. Walker II, Pastor of Mt. Hope Commu-nity Church, formally invites the community to its First An-niversary celebration which will be a two night revival, beginning August 9 thru 10, at 7 pm. The guest speaker will be GOD ‘s own child, the Rev. Arthur Holloway, Pastor of St. Luke AME Church, New Cas-tle, PA, who is no stranger to the City of Buffalo.

New Hope Baptist Church, 1122 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Fal1s, Reverend Harvey L. Kel-ley, Pastor will hold their Sum-mer Revival, Monday, August 13 through Wednesday August 15 at 7 p.m. each evening. Rev-erend Craig Pridgen of True Bethel Baptist Church, Niagara Falls, will kick off the revival on Monday. The guest speaker on Tuesday is Reverend Timo-thy J. Brown, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Niagara Falls and on Wednesday, Reverend Ray-mond AlIen, Bethany Mission-ary Baptist Church, Niagara Falls. For more information call (716) 282-8118.

New Hope Revival

Gethsemane Full Gospel Women’s Fellowship Week-end, 1050 Walden Avenue, August 11 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and August 12 at 11:30 a.m. call 698-2095 for info.

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“Culture of Religion”A “Culture of Religion Inter-faith Seminar” will be held on Sunday, Sept. 9 from 1-4 p.m. at the Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Avenue. Enid Bloch, Lynn Brunner, Jean Campbell and Shanaz Butt will address questions related to the on go-ing debate between cultural norms and religious prac-tices. Registration is free but preferred. Kindly RSVP your registration at 4thSeminar@gmail.com The event is being sponsored by the Women’s Auxiliary of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Buf-falo.

“What God Has Joined Together”

Mr. and Mrs. Davis...again!

Local love story gets world wide attention as couple renew vows after nearly 50 years apart!

“Reporters from all over the country have called us and ABC news have sent cam-eras and a reporter to cover the story,” said Mrs. Davis’ son-in-law Jerome Shadwick. “ I think there has been over 1 million hits on the Inter-net.Tom Joyner spoke about it,Conan joked about too and-WBLK has it on its website.”

Lena Henderson and Ro-land Davis got married while still in their teens, divorced 20 years and four children later, and remarried on Saturday af-ter nearly a half-century apart with four generations on hand to see it happen. The touching ceremony took place in Elim Christian Fel-lowship Church where Bishop T. Anthony Bonner officiated. “God loves you so much he wanted your whole family to see this!” he said at one point.Both the bride and groom are 85 years old. She wore a lovely silver dress and beauti-ful tiara and was escorted by two grandsons. He was dapper in a tuxedo. “It’s every child’s dream, every child who has ever been in a family where divorce has occurred, that your parents would come back together,” their youngest daughter, Ren-ita Shadwick, during wedding preparations. “We are all so ridiculously excited. We’re like little chil-dren again,” said Shadwick, herself a grandmother. Davis recently moved to suburban Buffalo from Colo-rado, where he was living alone following the death of his second wife in January. Henderson also was widowed after re-marrying. Davis proposed to Hender-son over the phone around Easter and she accepted, even

though they hadn’t seen each other since a family funeral in 1996. Before that, the two hadn’t been face-to-face since splitting up in 1964, though they had stayed in touch and kept up with each other’s lives through the children.

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CARIBBEAN ISLAND FESTIVAL: Caribbean Parade 11 a.m. downtown Buffalo, festival in LaSalle Park; Call WUFO 834-1080 for details.

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City-Wide Walk for Total Wellness: 9 a.m. in MLK Park prior to Taking It To The Streets Rally; walkers, volunteers and sponsors needed, call 862-9957.

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ONSTAGE Links Annual “Night On the Town Black Tie Gala” Scholarship Fundraiser Set

Whitney Houston’s 49th Birthday: Remembering a DivaWhitney Houston would have celebrated her 49th birthday this week, on August 9. Sadly, one of the greatest voices of our time died tragically earlier this year, on February 11. Since her un-timely passing, Houston’s legacy has been celebrated and up-held all over the world. To prove just how loved she is, the pop icon’s homegoing service on February 18 aired on three cable channels -- CNN, BET, and E! -- for four hours and drew mil-lions of viewers, even surpassing the royal wedding in online viewership. She is indeed gone, but not forgotten. Actor Omari Hardwick, who worked with Whitney Houston in what would be her final film, said he believes the film, which took Houston 12 years to bring to the big screen, is a fitting homage to the iconic performer and actress. “She put all of that energy into it” he said. “Sparkle” opens in theaters Aug. 17.

EAST HIGH SCHOOL CLASS ‘77 PRESENTS AN “ALL ALUMNI REUNION” The following is a sched-ule of events for the East High Class ’77 All Alumni Re-union: *Friday, Aug.24th will begin with a FREE Meet & Greet @ Buffalo Live3053 Main St. (Minnesota) at 6:00 p.m. *Saturday, Aug. 25th, a Dinner/Dance held @ The MetropolitanEntertainment Complex 1670 Main St. at 6:00 p.m. *Sunday, Aug. 26th, there will be a picnic @ The Como Lake Park“Casino Shelter” at 1:00 p.m. *Tickets are $50 which in-cludes Dinner/Dance, Picnic & Reunion T-Shirt.(extra T-Shirts $10 each. Ad-ditional picnic only tickets are $25) For more information or to purchase tickets log on towww.EastHighReunion.net or call Sandra Price-Allen @ (716) 903-3503 orReggie Wallace @ (716) 715-0225 Seating is limited! Be Sure to get your tickets NOW! Food, Fun, Prizes and Surprises! H Certain restrictions apply. Subject to credit and property approval. ©2012 M&T Bank.

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The Erie County Chapter of The Links, Incorporated cel-ebrating 25 years of community service will spotlight the con-tributions of their community partners at their annual 'Night On The Town: Black Tie Gala' scholarship fundraiser on Sat-urday, November 3, 2012 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. The unwavering support of the community has enabled the chap-ter to award over $300,000 in college scholarships to deserv-ing young people in area high schools. The elegant evening of dinner, dancing and entertainment promises to be a memorable one and the community is cordially invited to attend. Joyce Harrington, President, Lisa Tolbert Yokley, Chair and Catherine Lewis-Smith, Co-Chair. For more information visit our website at www.eriecountylinksinc.org. or call (716) 310-7297.

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Spike Lee premiered the latest film in his “Chronicles of Brooklyn” series RED HOOK SUMMER Hundreds came out to support the iconic writer/director in-cluding Mike Tyson, Gayle King, Laila Ali, Debra Lee, Stephen Hill, Mona Scott-Young, Romany Malco, Jamie Hector, Toure, Nelson George, Ilyasah Shabazz and many more. The film opens August 10 in New York City & Los Angeles and wider on Au-gust 24. Visit www.redhooksummer.com for more information.

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GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

On August 11 and 12th, 2012, the 500 Block of Main Street in downtown Buffalo will be overtaken by art.Chalkfest [a FREE annual event] is a project envisioned by The 500 Block Associa-tion, a group of business, art-ists and native Buffalo resi-dents to revitalize the 500 Block of Main Street. The fes-tival is throughout the week-end and includes the artwork of Michael Macauley, world reknowned 3D chalk artist.

The two day festival is the first of its kind, all ages on Saturday and Sunday from 12 -5 pm, and after 5 pm on Saturday for adults with live entertainment.Serious artists are asked to register as early as 8am on Saturday. This can be done through the website below.Chalkfest includes drawing squares that will be judged within specific age groups, as well as adults, with prizes awarded. To reserve drawing space, email: chalkfestbuf-falo@yahoo.com with name, age, and phone. Children and adults can also draw without competing. There will be street dancers, live storybooks with WGRZ, hopscotch tournaments, food and art vendors, SPCA adop-tion services, caricature art-ists, and an adult only beer tent and live music on Satur-day after 5pm.To receive your free street chalk and register, get to 537 Main Street by 12 noon on Saturday and check out the following link http://chalk-festbuffalo.com/index.html

On a late July Friday af-ternoon at the African American Cultural Cen-

ter, the Jumpin’ Jambalaya Sum-mer Program is in full swing. The youngest children are playing “duck-duck-goose” in the gated parking lot under the supervision of youth coun-selors, most of whom not long ago were AACC campers them-selves. There are 63 children, aged six to 12, enrolled this year in the rigorously fun sum-mer day camp, which runs from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, from the time school is dismissed until late August. In her office, against the backbeat of the African Drum-ming class that has now started in the dance chamber, long time AACC Executive Director Ag-nes M. Bain is wrangling final arrangements for the 23rd an-nual AACC Pine Grill Jazz Re-union on August 5 and August 12. “The African American Cul-tural Center has always been valuable to this community. But I don’t think the communi-ty is really aware of that value,” Bain says, moving aside fund-ing documents and contract agreements to talk. “Right now, we have gone about as far as we can go because of our physical structure.” A former garage for Kauf-mann’s Bakery trucks and then a welding business, the AACC physical plant was purchased for $25,000 in 1968 with funds were raised through a grass-roots capital campaign. Today the African American Cultural Center is the only Buffalo cul-tural arts organization of color operating on its own property. “It’s difficult for long term, es-tablished organizations of color to bring their institutions up to state of the art, technologically competitive standards,” Bain says, estimating that it will take about $30 million in capital im-provement monies to fully de-velop the two buildings at 350 Masten Avenue. A native Buffalnonian, Agnes Bain grew up on Woodlawn Av-enue, the fourth of six children by the marriage of Frank and Genevieve Hawkins. She at-tended P.S. 53 and Fosdick Mas-ten Vociational High School, and studied business at Empire State College before going to work as a pharmacy appren-tice at Hamlin Park Drug Store. When the owner was killed, she found herself unemployed and was directed from the Un-employment Station on ----- to the African American Cultural Center to find new work. She became AACC executive director in 1979, just three years after joining the staff as the sec-retary to then executive director

Edward Lawrence. She stepped into the position following the difficult exit of Lawrence – and then the administration of Ce-les Tisdale. Among her first administrative challenges, she says, was the leadership transi-tion as the first female adminis-trator of the agency. Today, in addition to the longstanding African dance and drum and theater programs, Bain has developed and administers the AACC Cultural Enrichment / Educational Directives After School Program, Jumpin’ Jam-balaya Summer Program and Pine Grill Jazz Reunion. Other programming includes Positive Productive Sisters, a self-mentoring program for young girls; the PRT Theatre Arts Program, Friday Night Jook Joint event series and the Soulful Discussions Book Club. For the last 15 years, Bain also has been chief financial administrator for more than 30 Buffalo special projects and community-based organiza-tions that could not receive op-erational funds without AACC support. These include, among many others, the Masten District Jazz Festival, Funkfest, Gospel-fest, Queen City Jazz Festival, Buffalo Kwanzaa Committee, Juneteenth of Buffalo, The Col-lective Buffalo and the Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Cel-ebration. “These organizations don’t make it known that we do that. They don’t generally publicize the African American Cultural

Center as a sponsor on their in-formation,” she says, then adds: “I don’t think the community is aware of how much this center does outside of its own opera-tions.” Bain also acknowledges the challenges in trying to align with other cultural arts organi-zations to meet current not for profit funding trends. As part of The Collective Buffalo, the Af-rican American Cultural Center partners with Buffalo City Bal-let, El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera, Colored Musi-cians Club, Nash House Mu-seum and Locust Street Art to pursue collaborative funding. “There is a difference between an African American institution and a European institution,” she maintains. “Our funding and operational problems are greater, so it’s hard to put us all under one umbrella. When that happens, there are still econom-ic, social and cultural issues that don’t get addressed.” While deeply appreciative of the agency’s current funders, friends, patrons and volunteers, Bain would like to see broader support from the community for which it was founded to serve. For 36 years, with loving dedication, she has served the urban generations of children and families who have come through the African American Cultural Center doors. “We’re here for you,” she says quietly, simply, when asked what she wants most for this community to know about the

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Get Ready for Volleyball The Willie Hutch Jones Ed-ucational and Sports Program is accepting final registrations for its volleyball clinic being held daily August 6-17 from 1-2:30 p.m., with Elite level clinics from 5-7 p.m. at the Gateway Longview site at 335 Ferry St.

This is a dynamic workshop for area youth offering com-petitive level instruction and dynamic guest speakers which include Marsha Jackson, Ph.D., associate vice presi-dent for student services at ECC, Judge Jeanette Ogden, Felicia Beard, Manager, Com-munity Engagement and En-rollment at BlueCross, Physi-cal Therapist Merel Contuci and Lafayette HS Principal Naomi Cerre.

For more information on WHJSC sponsored programs or to register for the volley-ball clinic please call 716-715-4980 or visit the website at WHJSC.org.

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The Center also serves as the chief financial administrator for more than 30 Buffalo summer events, special projects and community-based organizations. These include, among many others, the Masten District Jazz Festival, Funkfest, Gospelfest, Queen City Jazz Festival, Buffalo Kwan-zaa Committee, Juneteenth of Buffalo, the Puerto Rican Day Parade and the Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration.

“I have been executive director of the African American Cultural Center since 1979. My vision for its future is of a facility that offers Buffalo families and children the state of the art technology and comprehensive performance and visual arts programming needed to continue our founding mission of cultural enlightenment, education, enrichment and entertainment. I am counting on the full support of the community we serve to help move this important Buffalo institution to the next level,” Bain said.

The new AACC Membership is available at four levels: *TOURIST ($50.00) One general, senior or student admission to any Paul Robeson Theatre (PRT) 2012-2013 Season production*EXPLORER ($100.00) Choose one of the following -Admission for two to any 2012-2013 Season Opening Night-Admission for one to one Friday Night Jook Joint*ADVENTURER ($150.00) Choose one of the following -20% off PRT 2012-2013 Season Subscription -Admission for two to one Friday Night Jook Joint-Admission two to one Saturday Afternoon African Dance OR African Drum class *FAMILY SAFARI ($250.00) 15% annual discount on any Paul Robeson Theatre general, senior or student admission, African Dance and Drum Class fee (child or adult), or Friday Night Jook Joint donation for up to four people. The AACC Membership Passport is now available at the front desk at the African American Cultural Center at 350 Masten Avenue, and will be available online after August 15. For more information about becoming a member of the African American Cultural Center, to make a donation or to learn how you can support the AACC as a volunteer, call 716-884-2013 or email afri-cancultural350@gmail.com

institution, which has been vi-able now for more than half a century. Her future vision for the AACC is of a facility that offers the advanced technology and comprehensive performance and visual arts education and programming needed to carry forward the founding mission of enlightenment, education, enrichment and entertainment. “I believe that future must come again from the commit-ment, the vested interest of the Buffalo community,” Bain says. “I would like for the commu-nity to develop a place in their heart for this Center, to realize that we have a gold mine in the heart of the East Side commu-nity that must be preserved and be ready to fight and to take ac-tion to preserve it. In general, we really need to have more passion about our long-term in-stitutions.”

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Hoop Classic Basket-ball Tournament at Delaware Park A hoop Classic 3 on 3 Bas-ketball Tournament for boys and girls 10 to 17 years of age will be held at Delaware Park Saturday, August 25. Reg-istration deadline is August 15. For more information call 563-5275 or 235-4825.

Buffalo Soccer Club Success! The Buffalo Soccer Club recently completed its 5th year of soc-cer programming at the JFK Center. This year the club had over 120 players registered. The program offered soccer for players aged 4-14. August 2 was the last day of the 2012 league. The coaches this year were: Nikki, Kris, Christie, Denise, Christina, Adele, Maya, Zoe, Emily N., Emily M., Ayo, Austin and An-drew. See you next year!!

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“We wish to plead our own cause.Too long have others spoken for us.”

- John Russwurm, Freedom’s Journal.1827 America’s 1st Black Newspaper

Jericho March For JusticeDear Editor: To the City of Buffalo New York, Erie County and all who know the truth and are still seeking “Freedom and Jus-tice for All,” the time is now! We must stand and send the Peaceful Message loud and clear. We don’t have to make a long “impressive speech,” as truth speaks for itself. The media and the judicial system have made it as plain as day. On behalf of our severely damaged families and com-munities in this highly ac-claimed impoverished city, MOTIC (Mothers of those In Crisis) is asking you to attend-ed and participate in the final preparation.

Local NAACP Shell of Its Former SelfDear Editor: I have recently read in the Buffalo News, an article dealing with the “improve-ment” of minority presence in the Brown administration. With all due respect, it’s time for Frank Mesiah, the pres-ent leader of the N.A.A.C.P., to retire. Over the past few months, various articles have been written about Black pres-ence in City Hall and in every one, Mr. Mesiah has come across as the President of the National Association for the Advancement of Caucasian People. He has more excuses as to why we are not properly represented and no question as to why we are not. For centuries, White people (understandably so), when ever in power have taken care of White people. When we now have the opportunity to do so, Mr. Mesiah seems to justify why we should con-tinue to be left out. Please do not take me the wrong way. For years, Mr. Mesiah did good work. He was in step and in tune. How-ever it seems, like all things, his shelf life as N.A.A.C.P President, has expired. With his present thoughts, he can forget about younger people wanting to be a part of an or-ganization that seems a shell of its former self.

Dennis Dean

The American Revolu-tion, which created our nation, was a fight for

self-governance. The American Evolution, which delivered the promises of democracy to all Ameri-cans, was a longer struggle, requiring countless protests, marches, sacrifices and

even lives lost, all of which led to the Vot-ing Rights Act of 1965. This l andmark legislation

became the great equalizer, bringing about the end of discriminatory practices of voter disenfranchisement. It was a victory for justice and for all Americans. Now we face a new threat: that of an American De-vo-lution, which could reverse nearly 50 years of progress since the Voting Rights Act. Across the country, states have passed or have pro-posed new rules for voting, such as photo ID require-ments and restrictions in ear-ly and absentee voting. The laws are new, but to many of us they're just the same old tricks. I remember when tactics like these were called Jim Crow. According to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, 10 states now have highly restrictive photo ID laws that require citizens to produce specific types of government-issued documents to vote: Missis-sippi, Tennessee, Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kansas, South Car-olina, Alabama and Texas. Alabama's law won't take effect this year, and others face legal scrutiny, but it's possible that the restrictive rules will affect 127 electoral votes — almost half of the 270 needed to win the presi-dency in 2012. And who are the voters who will be affected? As the Brennan Center reports, more than 1 in 10 eligible voters in the U.S. do not pos-sess the kind of IDs required by those 10 states. More spe-

Protecting Our Voting Rights

Rev. AlSharpton

cifically, 1 in 4 African Ameri-cans, 1 in 6 Latinos and 1 in 5 Americans over age 65 lack the requisite ID. Though it may be difficult for some of us to imagine, many of these people simply do not drive or cannot afford a vehicle and therefore don't possess a driver's license. And the process of obtaining a val-id ID — even when the states issue them for free — can be costly to those on fixed in-comes or for those who must take time off from work, lose wages and find the means to travel to a government agen-cy. Often they must produce copies of items such as birth certificates, which not only cost money to reproduce but may take weeks to process. If these added difficulties weren't discouraging enough, in Wisconsin, Mississippi and Alabama, fewer than half of all ID-issuing offices are open five days a week and none are open on the weekends. And many have irregular op-erating hours. The Brennan Center documented an office in Mississippi open only on the second Thursday of the month, and in Wisconsin, only on the fifth Wednesday (only four months in 2012 have five Wednesdays). Those championing tough new voter ID laws say they are concerned about voter fraud. I've heard their arguments: "What's wrong with requiring voters to have an ID? After all, you need a state-issued ID to drive, to get on an airplane, to write a check. Why not to vote?" Here's why. On a fundamen-tal level, that argument con-fuses privileges with rights. No American has a constitu-tional right to drive, fly or pay by check. We do not have con-stitutionally protected rights to rent cars or to use credit cards. That some people think these activities are comparable to voting is alarming — and re-vealing.

Every American 18 or older has the right to vote. Poor Americans, black Americans, Americans who live in rural areas, Americans of every background. For decades we

have recognized this truth, making it easier to vote, ex-panding options for casting ballots and improving access to registration. These new ID laws take us backward; they truly are nothing more than modern-day poll taxes and lit-eracy tests. We're watching history re-peat itself. Why now? For the same rea-son partisans demanded to see President Obama's birth cer-tificate. For the same reason some whisper that the presi-dent is a Muslim: to de-legit-imize those with whom they disagree. The new voter sup-pression movement has taken off since the game-changing 2008 presidential race, when minorities and young voters turned out in record numbers. Most of these first-time or occasional voters cast their ballots for Obama. Very quickly, Republicans began doing their best to stop them from voting again. Even a few hundred thousand votes not counted or cast in battleground states such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin could make a big difference in November. I'll be in Los Angeles on Thursday to keynote the West-ern Baptist State Convention. The focus of the convention this year will be on systematic voter disenfranchisement. We as a nation must realize the suppression is spreading. Ac-cording to the Brennan Center, since the beginning of 2011, at least 180 restrictive bills have been introduced in 41 states, and 19 states have cut back on voting rights in various ways. Millions of voters are at risk, and wherever we live, we must combat voter dis-enfranchisement nationwide. The ability for Americans to participate in the process was won by all; we now must join together once again to ensure that it stays that way.The Rev. Al Sharpton is the president of National Action Network and the host of "Poli-ticsNation" on MSNBC.

Homeowners Demand: Stop The Cedar Street Project!

Dear Editor: Why do my neighbors and I have to fight to live in peace in our own homes? When I purchased my house 20 years ago, I had no idea that I would have to continue to fight with Bennett Montessori about the space surrounding my home. In 2005 they tried to reopen Cedar Street from William Street to Clinton Street to make parking space for the staff of the school. This portion of Cedar Street has been closed for over 30 years. We went to our Council Member with our concerns about a parking lot being built on the side, and in the back of our homes. We were told that the properties belong to the City and the school cannot use the area for a parking lot. It was our un-derstanding that the matter had been resolved. But in 2008 Bennett Montessori School had another proposal for Cedar Street. They wanted to reopen it for a thruway for the school busses. Again we went to our Council Member, Brian Davis, the Board of Education and to the Mayor’s Office. We expressed our concerns about diesel pollution from the buses, health is-sues, safety issues, traffic, and noise pollution and how this proj-ect may distress our neighborhood’s quality of life. We were once again told that the school was not allowed to reopen Cedar Street for the purpose of a drive thru or parking lot. It’s 2012 and here we go again. It appears that every time the administration in City Hall and the Board Education changes, Bennett Montessori School revisits the Cedar Street project. However, this time a decision was made behind closed doors and behind the community’s back. We found out about the decision to reopen Cedar Street when we saw them cutting down all the big beautiful trees that pro-vided privacy and shade from the heat. These trees were in the open space between my home and Essex Court. We have tried to get some answers about why this has been allowed to happen. We were told by our Council Member and the Mayor in 2008 that Cedar Street would not be reopening. We have called the Board of Education, the Mayor’s office, Ellicott District Council Member’s office and others and no one has given us a straight answer. All we got was fast talk and no return calls. Once again, the most disturbing part about this matter is that the voice of the community was not heard. Our interests were not pursued in this collaboration and our concerns were disregarded. They are trying to undermind our intelligence by playing on words. We were told by a representative from the Board of Education, a Mr. McDonnell, that they are not reopening Cedar Street, rather they are making a driveway from William Street to Clinton Street. Call it whatever you want Mr. Mc Donnell, it will still distress our neighborhood. Children no longer have a place to play. Beautiful trees have been cut down. Future health issues due to the diesel pollution coming from the buses loom and the value of homes will go down once a gated fence in the driveway is placed next to someone’s home. It will be an eye sore that will bring down the value of our homes and distress our neighborhood.All we have asked is to have a voice and be heard, but no one cared enough to listen. We want this project to be stopped until the community con-cerns have been heard!

Barbara Davis & Electa Churchill (Home owners)

Stay tuned to the media for more details. The 1st Jericho March for Justice will be held on Monday August 13-17.

The community meetings will be from August 6-10.

Barbara Kirkland Dennis

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113 Schutrum St.553-8591

COFFEE SHOPSGolden Cup Coffee

883 Jefferson(716) 883-7770

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Grant’s Variety Shop1055 E. Ferry St.

893-0704

DJ’SDJ Kenny Kutz(716) 400-7358

DOG TRAININGDogman Joe

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Mr. Bones893 Jefferson

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Nette’s Fried Chicken3118 Main St. * 715-9592

The Corner StoreDeli & Grill

1733 Genesee * 895-2009

West African Int. Market & Take Out3125 Bailey

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Tomatoes1393 Kensington*835-3663

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179 Parkridge * 578-2880

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308-4873Miracle Tranition 2

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More Hair Hair Clinic72 Allen St.

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Promise Hair Studio87 W. Cleveland Dr.

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Serenity Hair Boutique 221 Jefferson Ave.

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Salon Toss 2527 Delaware Ave.

894-8737

HAIR SUPPLYMain Hair & Beauty Supply

3067 Main St.(716) 862-4247

HEATING & COOLINGZenner & Ritter

3404 Bailey 833-2463

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Jones Hardwood FlooringAlton Jones

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1798 Main St. * 883-5212

Joseph Burch Insurance2317 Main St.

551-0006 / 510-4729

LIQUORS & WINES

Bellamy’s Liquor Store405 E. Ferry * 884-4066

MEDICALMain Pediatrics

2800 Main St.(716) 837-0995

Rapha Family Medicine2200 Main St.

(716) 200-4122

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716-882-0288

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ATTORNEYSJames P. Davis181 Franklin St.(716) 847-2606

Samuel P. Davis534 Delaware Ave. #108

855-7611

Terrence D. McKelvey181 Franklin St.(716) 847-2606

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Pratcher & Associates1133 Kensington(716) 838-4612

Daria L. Pratcher500 Broadway(716) 541-8574

AUTOMOTIVEColslton Mobile Auto Repair

720 E. Ferry * 896-3910

BAILA Bail Company Inc.

Licensed Bail Bond Agents867-0073*830-1512

BARBER SHOPSKlassic Kuts

1471 Kensington 836-3260

Master Touch1283 E. Delavan

570-7234 / 335-8240

Precision Cutz87 Cleveland Dr. 603-1477

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Cookieland Group Day Care24 Barthel

Miss Cookie*893-0590

Debbie’s Little Scholars484 Hickory St.(716)304-6820

Kim’s Building Blocks Day Care1479 E. Delavan Ave.

895-8693

HAIR SALONSAkole Style Unisex Salon

2500 Main St.(716) 332-9078

Althea/Hair to Go Natural727 Main St.

(716) 883-2000

CompositionsProfessional Hair143 Kenmore Ave.

716 995-3450

Modeste Real EstateJosephine Latifa(716) 704-0685

Realty EdgeJeanette Lane(716)703-8424

TAILORSF&S Tailors

2930 Genesee St.(716) 894-3742

F&S Tailors & Fashions(716) 894-3742

wwwfandsfashions.com

Ann Rhod’s Tailoring3185 Bailey Ave.(716) 838-5633

TAX SERVICE

L. Sessum Income Tax Service1650 Fillmore

(716) 894-4904

TOWINGRon’s Towing & Recovery

(716) 892-2282

WINDOWS

Priced Right Windows USA710 Kensington Ave.

(716)833-2500 * 578-7873

Everything Beauty Salon/Spa

156 Elmwood*939-3355

Excellence Hair Design5 Kenmore Ave. 835-2036

Hersha / Hair to Go Natural727 Main St.

(716) 563-1734

REAL ESTATE

DID YOU KNOW...Black America Represent a half-Trillion Dollar

Consumer Market.

August is Black Business Month! On Saturday, August 11 at 11 a.m. at the Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Av-enue at Utica, the National Black MBA Association, Western NY Chapter and the Black Chamber of Commerce Celebrates Black Business Month with a Panel Discus-sion on “Stepping Up to Keep Businesses Running in the Black Community.” The discussion will focus on the need for and basic steps to succession planning for Buffalo’s East Side business owners. Business Owners and managers are encouraged to attend, and the public is wel-come.

Buffalo Welcomes Mary Kay History Makers The Buffalo business and community are proud to wel-come to our city, Mary Kay National Sales Directors Son-ja Hunter Mason, National Sales Director Emeritus and her daughter National Sales Director Mia Mason Taylor of Atlanta, Georgia. Mia and Sonja are the first African American mother and daughter sales directors in the 49-year-old history of Mary Kay Inc. They plan to intro-duce one of Buffalo’s newest independent Sales Directors, Geraldine Rhodes-Daniels (Geri), a native of this com-munity for many years. Hear about their journey and be a part of the debut for Geri Dan-iels on Saturday, August 11 at 10 a.m. at the First Shiloh Baptist Church, located at 15 Pine Street. For more infor-mation call 816-5948.

Mia Mason Taylor (left) and Sonja Hunter Mason

DID YOU KNOW...Black Americans spend...*29.1 billion on cars & trucks, new & used*$23.6 billion on health care*$18.6 billion on telephone services*$8.8 billion on media*$7.4 billion on personal product and services*$6.1 billion on consumer electronics*$3.6 billion on computers$16.5 billion on household furnishings & equipment

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Staff AssistantBuffalo State, State University of New York, seeks candidates for the full-timeposition of staff assistant for the Computing and Technology ServicesDepartment. The staff assistant’s primary responsibilities focus on configuringand troubleshooting workstation configurations, performing applied research andprocess development in support of these activities and coordinating equipmentupgrades in defined academic and research settings. Required Qualifications: Four-year degree; experience with setting up, movingand connecting computer workstations and peripheral equipment in an enterpriseenvironment; proven analytical and technical troubleshooting skills; knowledgeof Microsoft Office, general network technologies, security, and other line ofbusiness applications; excellent interpersonal, communication and customerservice skills. Preferred Qualifications: Degree in computer science, computer informationsystems, or related field; two or more year's recent professional experiencesupporting workstations and peripherals in an Active Directory domain; strongknowledge of recent Microsoft and Apple operating systems; experience with serverand management tools (i.e., Windows Server 2008, OS X Server, Microsoft SCCM,Group Policy, etc.); familiarity with networking concepts (i.e., VLANS, protocols,Wi-Fi, etc.); certifications (i.e., Microsoft, Apple, CompTIA, etc.).Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until position isfilled. Qualified applicants may apply online at https://jobs.buffalostate.edu.

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Former School #57 The Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning (OSP), Division of Real Estate is soliciting proposals for the sale and redevelopment of former School #57 located at 243 Sears street Buffalo, New York. The for-mer school is a 3 story, brick with block backup, consisting of 30,539 gross floor area(GFA) on a lot size 300’ x 180’. Proposals should include all infor-mation specified in the Request for Proposal which is available in the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Plan-ning, Division of Real Estate 920 City Hall Buffalo, NY 14202. The proposal package is also available on the City of Buffalo’s website at www.city-buffalo.com/bids.

Care Coordinator of Wraparound Services Gateway-Longview is cur-rently hiring for a Care Co-ordinator of Wraparound Services at its Family Resource Center located at 347 East Ferry St. Buf-falo, NY. This position is responsible for coordinat-ing services for families enrolled in the Erie County Wraparound Services Pro-gram. Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s degree in a hu-man services related field plus 4 years experience providing direct care ser-vices or linkage services to at risk youth and families OR 2 years experience pro-viding the same care with a Master’s degree. Must have a valid NYS driver’s license and adequate auto insurance. Bi-lingual a plus! Excellent Benefits & time off package! Send a cover letter & resume to 10 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201. Attn: HR or forward to jobs@gateway-longview.org. EOE/AAP.

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This is Obama money for “Infrastructure” and the jobs are located all over, with paid training in Atlanta. These jobs pay good wages. Training:

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You will attend two or three weeks of training at the Rail-road Education & Develop-ment Institute in Atlanta, GA. CSX will pay for travel, lodg-ing and meals as required by collective bargaining agree-ment. *Track Worker-030702 Job Summary: Work as a member of a crew to install new rail-road tracks, maintain existing tracks and right-of-way. Pay Rate Entry Rate: $19.36/hour Full Rate $21.52/hour *Machine Operator $23.25 - $24.81 (hour)*Welder Helper $21.93 (hour)*Bridge Tender $21.93 (hour)*Bridge Mechanic $22.65 (hour)*Foreman $22.71 - $25.53 (hour)*Track Inspector $23.98 - $25.14 (hour) Qualifications: High School diploma/GED; 18 years of age or older; Valid Driver’s License. Call 202-906-2739 for as-sistance, Monday through Fri-day from 8 am to 8 pm ET.

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Dance! Dance! Dance!*2nd Cup 36 Broadway St. 840-0048 7p.m. Wed. “Salsa night with Calvin and Fanny.” Beginner Salsa lesson and social dance. salsacalvinfanny@hotmail.

*African American Cultural Center 350 Masten Ave. 884-2013 3 p.m. Sat. 3 pm @5 p.m. Tues. Thurs. “Community Dance and Drumming.” Visit www.africanamericancultural.org.

*El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera 91 Allen St. 884-9693.wwwfolkloric.org. Mon through Wed: Includes medita-tion and yoga 912-8754.

*First Shioh Baptist Church. 15 Pine St. 6:30 p.m. Fri. “Line dancing lessons.” 847-6555. Free.

*Gateway Longview Family Resource Center. 347 E. Ferry St. 6 p.m. Tues. Dance lessons with the Smooth Steppers. Classes in Urban Ballroom, Chicago Steppin’ and Swing. 633-7813.

*Kenan Center 433 Locust St.; Level Breakdancing class. Also 7:30 p.m. Mon. Wed. “B-Girl class.” Beginners welcome. $10; $15; Also 6 p.m. Tues; 4 p.m. Thurs. Open practice.” $5.

*Urban Line dance lessons each Monday, 665 Michigan atPilgrim Baptist Church, 6-7:30 p.m, Ernestine Wilson, instruc-tor.

*Urban Line dance lessons each Friday morning, 10:45-12:30 p.m., JFK Center,114 Clinton, Ernestine Wilson, instructor.

*Line Dance Exercise Classes Tuesday-Wednesday Morn-ings, Martha Mitchell Community Center, 175 Oakmont Ave. 444-2046.

*African Dance Classs w/Aminata, 6-8 p.m., Fridays, June-teenth Headquarters, 1517 Genesee St @ Moselle; Ethnic Dance @ Artspace Gallery, 1219 Main 6-9 p.m. Thurs-days & 10:15 a.m..-3:45 p.m.. Saturdays, $10; 948-3583.

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See You at the Events!

You’re invited...Kaleida Health will host a

neighborhood informational update on the re-use plan for the Deaconess Center site.

Thursday, August 16, 20125:30 p.m.

St. Martin De Porres Church555 Northhampton StreetFor more information call 859-8067.

www.kaleidahealth.org

Wednesday August 8

Fundraiser & Reception for Betty Jean Grant Candidate for NYS Senate: 5:30-7:30 p.m., New Golden Nugget, 2046 Fillmore Ave., $25;(716) 308-0945.

501 (c) (3) Workshop: Hosted by Office of Council Member Demone Smith, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Dorothy Collier Com-munity Center, 118 E. Utica St.; 851-5145 to register.

Public Meeting: Board of the Westminster Community Charter School, 3 p.m., M&T Bank, One M&T Plaza, 19th Floor.

Thursday August 9

Summer Teen Theater Work-shop, “Over the Edge”; 2 performances @ 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Villa Maria College Auditorium , 240 Pine Ridge Rd; tickets $2 @ door; for more info 896-4021.

Friday August 10

Theodore Kirkland Book Re-lease Party “Spirit and Soul”: 4-6 p.m., Golden Cup Coffee Café, 883 Jefferson Ave.

Documentary Series Dis-cussion: 5-7 p.m., Free, The Golden Cup, 883 Jefferson, “Marcus Garey – Toward Black Nationalism.” 883-7770.

Garvey Day Committee Meet-ing: 6 p.m., Edward Saunders Community Center, 2777 Bai-ley Ave. 844-8736 for info.

14TH Annual Ellicott Mall Reunion: Noon – 6 p.m., JFK Park.

Black Business Month Panel Discussion: 11 a.m., Mer-riweather Library; hosted by National Black MBA Assn. WNY Chapter and the Black Chamber of Commerce; free.

Womens’ Fellowship Break-fast: Free, hosted by “No More Tears” organization, 18 and older, 8:30 a.m. to noon, George K. Arthur Center, 2056 Genesee St., 816-8264.

Family Community Fun Day: St. Martin DePorres Church, 555 Northampton St. adult bingo, music, bounce house and more; hosted by St. Mar-tin De Porres Church and Community Block Club #3; 883-7729 or 381-2038.

Chaulkfest Festival: 500 Block of Main Street; noon – 5 p.m., street dancers, live storybooks, hopscotch tour-naments, food vendors and more.

Sunday August 12

Pine Grill Reunion Part II: MLK Park, 4-9 p.m.; 884-2013, www.africancultural.org

Chaulkfest Festival: 500 Block of Main Street; noon – 5 p.m., street dancers, live storybooks, hopscotch tour-naments, food vendors and more.

Wednesday August 15

“Survive and Thrive” Small Business Workshop: Buf-falo State College, Burchfield Penny Art Museum, 8:30 a.m. – noon; fee $20;

Thursday August 16

Neighborhood Informational Update on Re-Use for Dea-coness Center: 5:30 p.m., St. Martin DePorres Church, 555 Northampton St; hosted by Kaleida Health; community urged to attend.

Annual Bishop CH McCoy Memorial Gala: 4 p.m., Buf-falo Marriott Hotel, 1340 Millersport Highway also launch of York Western Sec-ond Scholarship Fund; dona-tion $100; hosted by COGIC

Inc. NY Second Ecclesiasti-cal Jurisdiction Bishop GH Young Sr., Prelate; 310-1139 or 432-744o for tickets.

Friday August 17

Marcus Garvey Day: 5-9 p.m., Martha Mitchell Center, 175 Oakmont Ave.; 844-8736.

Oldies But Goodies Gospel Night Out: 8:30 p.m. – mid-night; Ephesus Fellowship Hall, 80 Durham Ave; $5.

Banquet in Honor of Pastor James A. Lewis III: 7 6:30 p.m., Pettibones Grille Indoor Patio (Coca-Cola Field); Tick-ets adults $35, children $20 and included game ticket and food; 816-6249 or willa235@roadrunner.com

Saturday August 18

Taking it to the Streets: MLK Park, Hosted by Pastor Anita Williams;gospel music, inspi-rational messages vendors.

CARIBBEAN ISLAND FES-TIVAL: Caribbean Parade 11 a.m. downtown Buffalo, festival in LaSalle Park; Call WUFO 834-1080 for details.

Lil’ Black Dress Affair: 7 p.m. – midnight, McCoy Center, 653 Clinton St., $35/ $40 @ door; for tickets 200-9702 or 553-1233.

City-Wide Walk for Total Wellness: 9 a.m. in MLK Park prior to Taking It To The Streets Rally; walkers, vol-unteers and sponsors needed, call 862-9957.

Sunday August 19

Taking it to the Streets: MLK Park, Hosted by Pastor Anita Williams; .gospel music, in-spirational messages and ven-dors.

CARIBBEAN ISLAND FES-TIVAL: LaSalle Park; Call WUFO 834-1080 for details.

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Big Sister Highlight:

Volunteer Involvement: Originally a refugee from Africa, Christine wanted to volunteer as a Big Sister as a way to “pay it forward” and give someone the same experience she had when she came to this country. Christine and her Little Sister, Leah, have been matched for six months. The two enjoy going to the movies, taking walks and going out for dinner. Christine is even taking Leah to horseback riding lessons once a week! This summer, Christine and Leah have been participating in community service projects around the city, including helping out with a community garden.

On Being A Big Sister: “When I first met my Little Sister, she used to say she is not that smart. But now she believes she is very smart and is going for bigger things in life.”

Personal Profile: When she is not spending time volunteering as a Big Sister, Christine has a busy social and professional life. She has a Masters Degree in Public Health and is employed by Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Christine is also a board member for the Environmental Justice Action Group and a member of the Women’s Coalition of Buffalo for Africa.

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UB ON THE GREEN IN THE BLACK... Healing Hands Drum Journey brought the magic of diasporic music to UB on the Green in July. Healing Hands is an exraordinary group which features musicians from America and Africa to provide a traditional and contemporary “journey” in sound. This journey in sound includes traditional drum music from Mali and Senegal, modern Congolese music (N’dombolo), and even Reggae from Jamaica. In addition, the group features traditional singers and dancers who tour the world spreading the proud African-rooted cultural arts. PHOTOS ABUBAKAR