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The Friends of Zack Reed will sponsor its 22nd Annual 2018 Toys for Tots Holiday Party & Celebrity Fashion Show with the goal to collect 1,000 toys for the needy children of Northeast Ohio. Beverages will be pro-vided with admission. Celebrities invited include: Alec Blackmon, Andrea Vecchio, Tiffany Tarpley, and Vanessa Whiting, Esq. Doors open at 6pm. Admission is $10 at the door with a new, unopened toy for donation (or $20 without a toy).

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Effective today, the Cuyahoga Coun-ty Medical Examiner’s Office building will be closed to the public and non-essential emplo-yees due to a water main break in the city. The City of Cleveland Water Department is aware of the situation and working to resolve this matter.

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region whose average has jumped back over $2/gallon. At $1.86, Indiana carries the second most expensive aver-age in the region, while Mis-souri ($1.54) touts the cheap-est. The Energy Informa-tion Administration (EIA) reports that regional gasoline stocks have decreased for six straight weeks, bringing total stock levels down to the low-est measurement of the year at 54 million barrels. How-ever, stocks remain above the year-ago level of 49.5 million barrels and the five-year aver-age of 52.6 million barrels.This week’s average pric-es: Northeast Ohio Average $1.915

The average price for gasoline across Northeast Ohio is six cents higher this week at $1.915 per gallon, ac-cording to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The nation’s largest weekly gas price increases can be found for a second week in the Great Lakes and Central States region. Five states from the region land on the top 10 list for largest jumps, although this week’s increases are less than a dime: Wisconsin (+7 cents), Iowa (+7 cents), Kan-sas (+7 cents), Nebraska (+5 cents) and Minnesota (+5 cents). With increases over the last two weeks, Illinois ($2.13) is the only state in the

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The Goodyear blimp, Wingfoot Three, flew over the Cleveland on Monday to honor healthcare workers. The blimp flew over Cleveland Clinic’s Marymount Hospital in Garfield Heights at 10:30 to 10:45 a.m.;Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital from 11 to 11:30 a.m.;St. Vincent Charity Medical Center from 11:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital from 12:15 to 12:30 p.m.; MetroHealth from 12:45 to 1 p.m.; St. Vincent Medical Center from 1:15 to 1:30 p.m.;The Beachwood campuses of the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and Me-troHealth from 1:45 to 2 p.m.; and Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital in Warrensville Heights from 2:30 to 2:45 p.m.

Jude is almost in preschool. He turns 3 in a few weeks. He likes dinosaurs, dragons and trucks. He can count to 30 and knows the ABC’s, shapes and colors. His favorite TV show is Paw Patrol. Vegetables, noodles and strawberries are his favorite foods. He loves reading Eric Carle books and he is very excited to see his teachers again soon. Jude is also very talkative and enjoys chasing his big sister, Emmy, all over the place.McHale

‘A Mother’s Cry to End Racism’ march and rally was held last Sunday in Cudell Park. Participants included: Brenda Bickerstaff, who lost her brother Craig Bickerstaff; Alicia Kirkman, who lost her son Angelo Miller by hands of police; County Council Cheryl Stevens; and Yvonne Conwell. The event was organized by Angela Woodson. Congress Candidate Laverne Gore, Council woman EC Juanita Gowdy, and Donna Walker Brown were also in attendance to show their support.

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Black Lives Matter protest held at Shaker Square Hundreds participated in a Black Lives Matter march and pro-test rally that was held at Shaker Square last Saturday. The rally was in conjunction with nationwide and worldwide anti-racist protests fol-lowing the death of George Floyd which have led to calls to defund police departments and take down Confederate statues. President Trump warned against labeling “tens of millions of decent Americans as racist or bigots.” He confirmed the White House is working to finalize an or-der on policing standards. Several speakers ad-dressed the crowd to talk about rac-ism in America and introduce leg-

islation that would call for the creation of an elected Civilian Complaint Review Board and defunding the police. The is-sue of mass incarceration and the failure of the justice system was also addressed. Groups came from all parts of the city and sub-urbs to take part in this dem-onstration, with many other marches occurring simultane-ously throughout the city and country. Police report those marches across Cleveland to be mostly peaceful. Res-idents of Shaker Heights held a peaceful vigil for social jus-tice last week,

Bumper Crop Farm, at Woodland Ave. and 114th Street, welcomed its neighbors to an open house last Saturday. Families enjoyed a cookout and a tour of the farm. See additional pictures and story on page 6.

A picture Desmond Franklin, 22, who was recent-ly killed Cleveland Police Of-ficer Jose Garcia, is on a poster announcing ‘A Mother’s Cry to End Racism’ march and ral-ly that was held last Sunday in Cudell Park. George Floyd’s picture is there, too. Mothers across Cleve-land and their supporters ral-lied for justice and an end to racism. Several mothers who have lost sons spoke at the Rally. The women demanded that the police be held ac-countable for these deaths.

‘A Mother’s Cry to End Racism’ march and rally Participants included: Bren-da Bickerstaff, who lost her brother Craig Bickerstaff; Alicia Kirkman, who lost her son Angelo Miller by hands of police; County Council Cheryl Stevens; and Yvonne Conwell. The event was or-ganized by Angela Woodson. Congress Candidate Laverne Gore, Council woman EC Juanita Gowdy, and Donna Walker Brown were also in attendance to show their sup-port.

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Groups came from all parts of the city and suburbs to take part in this demonstration, with many other marches occurring simultaneously throughout the city and country. Police report those marches to be mostly peaceful. (ESDN Photo by Omar Quadir)

Hundreds participated in a Black Lives Matter march and protest rally that was held at Shaker Square last Saturday. (ESDN Photo by Omar Quadir)

Three protesters at the Black Lives Matter protest held last Saturday at Shaker Square held a sign asking to ‘End Police Brutality.’ According to the protesters, reform has to happen now, and many protesters called for the defunding of the police and for justice for those who are being held in prison in the mass incarceration of African Americans.(ESDN Photo by Omar Quadir)

Groups came from all parts of the city and suburbs to take part in this demonstration, with many other marches occurring simultaneously through-out the city and country. Police report those marches to be mostly peaceful. Residents of Shaker Heights held a peaceful vigil for social justice last week, (ESDN Photo by Omar Quadir)

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The past week was an unusually quiet week around the parsonage. It en-abled me to do something that I have wanted to do all summer long. Nothing. I am not bragging or anything, but I can do nothing right up there with the best of them. The week, as all weeks do, started on Mon-day. For me, there is always something about a Monday morning. And this Monday morning was going to set the tone for the rest of the week. It all began when the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage made one of her announcements. I live for these announcements be-cause I know it will affect my whole week. “Our daughter and I,” she said rather matter-of-factly, “will be going out of town for the entire day on Thursday.” This came as a shock to me, for I had not been forewarned. And you know what they say about being forewarned. However, I’m not one to look a gift horse in the mouth. I will take what I can take when I can take it. Apparently, our daughter was going to take her daughter to visit friends for an entire week, and she wanted my wife to go along to keep her company. Try-ing to hide my delight in the whole matter, I soberly said, “Is there anything I can do for you for your trip?” Evidently, my offer was not heard because the next words out of my wife’s mouth were, “Now, here’s the list I made for you while I’m away. Make sure you do ev-erything on that list.” I graciously accept-ed “The List” and glanced at it casually. If I did everything on that list, she would have to be gone for a month. I smiled as I folded “The List” and tucked it into my shirt pock-et. This is what I love about my Beloved. She is

always thinking of me. Even when she is planning to be away, she takes the time to plan my day. I could not ask for a better helpmeet in all the wide world. I promised her that I would take special care of “The List” while she was away for the day. Fortunately for me, I did not define what I meant by “special care.” Af-ter being married as long as I have, there are certain things not appropriate to divulge to your Better Half. For the rest of the week, she was busy mak-ing her plans, and I, for my part, stayed out of her way as much as possible. My motto being, never interrupt some-body who is busy about his or her business. Finally, the day ar-rived. Early that morning, the three of them – grandmother, mother, and daughter – load-ed up the car and began their journey. I stood in the door-way and waved until I could no longer see the car, and then I waved for three more minutes just to make sure the job was done. After I shut the door, I sighed very deeply, toddled over to my easy chair with a nice hot cup of coffee, and began my day’s activities. Oh sure, I read over “The List” several times and then folded it neatly up and put it back in my shirt pocket. As I pat-ted my shirt pocket, I said to myself, “I plan to take special care of this list.” Knowing all the things I was supposed to do as outlined in “The List,” I decided to do something not on that list. After all, I was now captain of my ship, and I decided to live rather danger-ously for the day. After pouring my-self another hot cup of cof-fee, I ventured out onto the patio, sat down to enjoy the morning and watched the birds play in the backyard. This was living. Nobody could ever accuse me of be-ing afraid of work because I had a whole list of work that needed to be done and absolutely did nothing about

it. It gave me a real sense of ownership. Right at this moment, I owned the mo-ment. I know what you are thinking right now. You’re thinking, what are you going to do when your wife comes home? That is the difference between the average person and Yours Truly. I am living in the moment. Whatever hap-pens later on has no bear-ing whatsoever upon my enjoyment of the moment. Indeed, I may get into some complicated trouble; how-ever, it is a small price to pay for enjoying my mo-ment. Not many people come to the place where they can enjoy their mo-ment in the sun. Some peo-ple have grandiose ideas of life to such an extent that they work all their life and never achieve it. Some peo-ple work very hard all their life so that they can come to the place where they can do nothing. I am miles ahead of the ordinary citizen. I find ways in which to enjoy do-ing nothing wherever I can find it. I purposefully look for those moments and grab them when I can. Even Jesus took time to rest. “And he [Jesus] said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a des-ert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat” (Mark 6:31). I am reminded of another old Pennsylvania Dutch saying, “The hurrier I go the behinder I get.” Dr. James L. Snyder, pastor of the Family of God Fel-lowship, lives with the Gra-cious Mistress of the Par-sonage in Ocala, FL. Call 352-687-4240 or e-mail jamessnyder2@att.net.

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Why Muslims must support Black Lives Matter The #BlackLives-Matter movement has been able to highlight the issue of police brutality against Black Americans, with a public ex-posure past activists could only dream about. For the one-third of the American Muslim community that is Black, this exposure has been a sigh of relief. There has been much support for #Black-LivesMatter among Ameri-can Muslims. Baltimore ac-tivist, Tariq Toure, sparked the #NoJusticeNoLebron hashtag, calling for Lebron James to not play basketball until the murderers of 12-year old Tamir Rice are con-victed. Toure is just one of many Muslims involved. Ba-sheer Jones leads the Cleve-land Renaissance Movement. Linda Sarsour took part in a 9 day #MarchForJustice from New York City to Washing-ton DC. Bassem Masri was on the ground livestream-ing from Ferguson from the dawn of the protests. The chant of Baltimore teen and poet, Mohammed Tall,”I got a target on my body, some-body please protect me,” is an anthem for #BlackLives-Matter activists in his city. Despite this strong support from many American Mus-lims, some in the American

Muslim community still re-luctantly ask: Why is #Black-LivesMatter our movement? Most important-ly, #BlackLivesMatter is our movement because Is-lam, from the beginning, took a stand against sense-less violence. The Prophet Muhammad(Peace be Upon Him) came to a people who would bury their newborn daughters alive. The Quran speaks against this barbaric practice, saying, “And when the girl who was buried alive is questioned for what sin she was killed, when the re-cord is laid open...then each soul should know what is has brought”(Quran 81: 8-14). We can similarly ask,”For what sin was Tamir Rice killed? For what sin was Trayvon Martin killed? For what sin was Michael Brown killed?” Just as infant girls were murdered in pre-Islamic Arabia for absolutely no rea-son, we see the same lack of justification for the killing of Black youth today. Killing without jus-tification is something that Muslim children around the world know all too well. Mus-lim children murdered by US drones in Pakistan or Israeli missiles in Gaza, are victim to the same militarized, state-sanctioned violence as Black

youth in America. The connection be-tween marginalized commu-nities, based on their com-mon oppression by systems of racism and militarism, has been especially strong re-cently. This connection has been notably pronounced be-tween Black and Palestinian communities, with Palestin-ians and Ferguson protesters tweeting in solidarity with one another. This Palestinian man tweeted this picture, holding up a sign saying,”The Palestinian people know what [it] mean[s] to be shot while unarmed because of your eth-nicity #Ferguson #Justice.” Black activists from organi-zations like Dream Defend-ers, Hands Up United, and #BlackLivesMatter took a trip to Palestine last winter, reciprocating that solidarity. Upon returning from the trip, Tef Poe, co-founder of Hands Up United, said,”There is no grey area in right or wrong. This is one of the greatest catastrophes in the history of human rights...What’s happening in Pales-tine is bloody murder.” We must recognize that those who profit off the oppression of Black Ameri-cans also profit off the op-pression of Muslims abroad.

Combined Tactical Systems Inc, a company based in Pennsylvania, manufactures the tear gas shot at protesters in both Ferguson and Pales-tine. Just as Israeli sol-diers walk free after murder-ing Palestinian youth, police officers sadly are allowed to the do the same after murder-ing Black youth. Racial egalitarian-ism is also very apparent in Islam. In his final sermon, Prophet Muhammad(Peace be Upon Him) said, “O peo-ple! Your God is one and your forefather (Adam) is one. An Arab is not better than a non-Arab and a non-Arab is not better than an Arab, and a white person is not bet-ter than a black person and a black person is not better than a white person except in piety.” (Narrated in Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal). In addition, the Prophet Muhammad(Peace be Upon Him)’s foster moth-

er, Halima bint Abi Dhuayb, was a Black women from the North African Hawa-zin tribe. The question of whether #BlackLivesMat-ter in Islam is a no-brainer considering that a Black woman breastfed the Prophet Muhammad(Peace be Upon Him) for the first 2 years of his life. The Middle Pas-sage, the beginning of Black American history is also Is-lamic history. Between 15 and 50 percent of Africans enslaved and brought to the Americas were Muslim. The event of the Middle Passage, where two million slaves, including hundreds of thou-sands of Muslim slaves, were murdered also marks the be-ginning of American murder of Black bodies. Fast forward to the 20th century and state-sanctioned violence against Black Americans was still ubiquitous. Some of the most prominent opponents of this

injustice were Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, Muslim Americans who were able to have an indispensable effect and influence on the Black American psyche. The chorus of Kanye West’s song “Power” says,”No man should have all this power,” in reference to a New York City Police Department officer’s state-ment after witnessing Mal-colm X so easily and effec-tively control a crowd of over 4,000 people. With the simple motion of his hands, Mal-colm was able to rally and disperse the crowd, gathered in opposition to New York City police brutally beating Johnson X Hinton, a Black man. Malcolm’s drawing 4000 people in protest to this event was able to ensure Hin-ton proper hospital care. Had he not done so, Hinton would probably ended up dead in the street. Malcolm X would also sue the city and win, in what would become the larg-est police brutality settlement in New York City history at

the time. Social justice and standing up to systematic oppression is a rich part of American Muslim history. If American Muslims are to re-ject #BlackLivesMatter, we are effectively rejecting the legacy of people like Mal-colm X and Muhammad Ali, pillars of the history of Islam in America. In order to stay hon-est to our racially egalitarian theology, honor the legacy of staples within the history of Islam in America, and stay consistent in our opposition to state-sanctioned violence, it is imperative that Ameri-can Muslims support #Black-LivesMatter.

U.S. food insecurity and unemployment rates are at an all-time high due to the un-foreseen effects of COVID-19, which have wreaked havoc all over the world since the begin-ning of 2020. In Ohio, more than one in seven workers re-main unemployed, and recent polls show one in four Ameri-cans missed last month’s rent or mortgage or have little to no confidence they can pay next month on time. Food insecu-rity rates have nearly doubled in Ohio from 13.9% to 23%, according to the Census House-hold Pulse Survey. The Census found that just in the past week, nearly 350,000 Ohio house-holds have reported receiving free food from a food pantry, school or children’s program, or other source, such as a neighbor. Foodbanks across the country rapidly shifted operat-ing models to meet skyrocket-

ing demand while mitigating the spread of COVID-19, and they haven’t seen demand ease off for three months. Meanwhile, dis-ruptions to the supply chain have meant fewer retail donations and a surge in food prices putting ad-ditional pressure on family food budgets. SNAP is America’s most effective anti-hunger pro-gram and one of the best ways to stimulate the economy as people spend their benefits quickly and in their local communities. As Congress negotiates the next stimulus package, Ohio’s food-banks urge members to consider the following: A temporary 15% in-crease in the maximum SNAP benefit for all households must be included. This modest change would add just $25 per person per month, but this small in-crease will do a lot to address hunger and food insecurity.

Food insecurity increased due to COVID-19

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Due to uncertainties created by the COVID-19 outbreak, Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) is suspending fall and winter athletics to safeguard student-athletes, coaches and community spectators.

Zips excel on field and in classroom Tuesday, June 16, 2020- Friday, June 19, 2020 Following a volatile Spring semester at the Univer-sity of Akron due to the COVID-19 pandemic, head football coach Tom Arth announced that his players continued to make strides in the classroom and in the community. With the re-cent conclusion of the Spring semester, the grades are in, and the Zips overcame obstacles to show further improvement. As a team, the 110 players on the spring roster combined for a 3.091 grade-point average (GPA), the highest team semes-ter GPA in program history. The team’s cumulative GPA in-creased to 2.914 (by 0.23) from Fall 2019.

Zip football players named to Athlon Conference Five University of Akron football players have been named to Athlon Sports’ 2020 preseason All-Mid-American Conference teams, the magazine announced on Wednesday.Earning preseason first-team All-MAC was sophomore kick returner Michael Mathison (Covington, Ga.).Named to the preseason third-team All-MAC was redshirt junior LB Bub-ba Arslanian (Aurora, Ohio). Senior center Bryce Petersen (McKinleyville, Calif.), sophomore safety Randy Cochran, Jr. (Doraville, Ga.), and junior punt returner Jeremiah Knight (Jef-ferson, Ohio) were preseason fourth-team All-MAC honorees.

Love

By KARL BRYANT

Kyrie Irving, who just about single-handedly broke up the four-straight NBA finalist Cavs, is at it again. Kyrie admittedly made the shot that captured the 2016 NBA Title for the Cavs, but couldn’t stand to be in the shadow of LeB-ron James and wanted out of CLE a year later. His stance forced a disastrous trade that led to the team’s decimation, LBJ’s (second) exit, and ultimately, the Cavs’ cellar-dweller status. He wore out his welcome in Boston, went to Brooklyn – once more, stirring contro-versy - and now again has fostered discontent. Irving, who in the past infamously was a cult of one, stating, “The earth is flat,” (see NFL article re those who proved otherwise 400 years ago), made some contentious comments to fellow players, while talk-ing about the NBA restart. He wants players to “take a stand” and sit out the re-sumption scheduled for the Wide World of Sports com-plex at Walt Disney World in Orlando. A couple of other players were in agree-

Could Kyrie’s noise jeopardize NBA restart?

ment. In response, for-mer Celtic teammate Ken-drick Perkins tweeted, “I’m sooo damn confused when it comes down to Kyrie Ir-ving....just 9 days ago he was saying this now all of sudden it’s something dif-ferent?! Now he’s started unnecessary drama between the NBA brothers which is something we don’t need right now.” His reference was to Kyrie initially sup-porting the restart, then, in a week and a half, chang-ing his mind. NBA Players Union representatives had voted 28-0 to approve the 2020 season restart on July 5. Irving definitely has star power as a player, but also has a bit of a cap-tive audience in the Union.

Kyrie, who’s been accused of being a serial “Cancer in the lockerroom,” somehow became a VP in the NBPA after Pau Gasol left the post. It was in a conference call with “about 80 players” that he voiced his opposition to returning. Apparently, he said there were more impor-tant issues, like the protests, and social justice issues, so players shouldn’t report. It was reported he mentioned about players forming “a new league.” (With no TV contract?) Others have stated opposing views, noting that the players participating would be afforded a great opportunity to voice their concerns over social justice issues. They point out that the high-profile platforms of Prime Time televised post-game press conferences would give players a huge audience with whom they could share their views and opinions. Personally, Irving is in the “catbird seat” since he has a guaranteed con-tract. He had season-ending shoulder surgery and is list-ed as “Inactive,” so is ineli-gible to play anyway. Per-kins intimated that Irving

wanted to go to Orlando to watch, but his request was rejected since the NBA is limiting team personnel for pandemic avoidance con-cern. So, he had a snit. As one pundit pointed out, “How about the guys at the end of the Bench? They’re maybe making just over the NBA Minimum and their families need every dollar they can scrape together. If they sit out, is Irving willing

to donate some of his extra millions to them?” MLB already has a mishmash of selfish own-ers and even more selfish players and there’s a good chance they’ll never play this year. The NFL is months away, and in light of recent positive COVID-19 tests by star players, who knows if there will be a delay? The NHL and MLS have ardent, although not universal, fan

bases. Sports-starved fans would welcome the NBA with open arms. Nearly ¾ of NBA athletes are Black. Players could take to the court and still be able to make major statements about societal change any-time they want to, without contributing to the commo-tion caused by one of the NBA’s leading drama mer-chants.

By KARL BRYANT NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has seen the writing on the wall, the pro-tests in the streets, and the volumes of words written and spoken by social change advocates in the wake of George Floyd’s death. This week, he de-cided to bring his views, and those of the league he represents, into the 21st Century, foregoing the howl-ing and screaming that usu-ally accompanies those being dragged into it against their will. No word on if he’s also backing Italian astronomer Galileo’s restoration of sta-tus, removed for affirming Polish scientist Copernicus’ solar-centric system. When asked if blacklisted former NFL QB Colin Kaepernick should be welcomed back to play in the league, he remarked, “Well, listen, if he wants to resume his career in the NFL, then obviously it’s going to take a team to make that decision. But I welcome that and sup-port a club making that deci-sion and encourage them to do that.” Kaepernick became persona non grata for fa-mously taking a knee during pre-game renditions of the National Anthem to protest social injustice inflicted on Minorities by those in author-ity. As a thinly-veiled conse-quence, he has been out of a job as a player since 2016. Goodell further stat-ed, “We have invited him in before, and we want to make sure that everybody’s wel-

come at that table and trying to help us deal with some very complex, difficult issues that have been around for a long time. But I hope we’re at a point now where everybody’s committed to making long-term, sustainable change.” The “invitation” he refer-enced, was to the NFL’s hasti-ly-proposed November work-out on a Saturday during the season, no less, that Kaeper-nick had issue with, and put together his own workout, at a different location. After the workout fiasco, Goodell said “we have moved on” from the Kaepernick matter, but recent events magically have opened his eyes. Kneeling was a form of peaceful protest, was vili-fied in many quarters, and no change came about. The cur-rent-day massive blaring pro-tests that have gone interna-tional and comments made by outraged active roster players have been more persuasive and can’t be ignored. A now-enlightened Goodell even said that Kaepernick would be welcomed by the NFL in an off-field role if he goes un-signed as a player. In 2019, Kaepernick and Free Agent DB Eric Reid - a fellow protest kneeler, but less of a lightning rod - set-tled a collusion case with the NFL for millions of dollars. Goodell’s newfound religion also may have been acceler-ated when a now-more-vocal Reid reacted when the NFL tweeted a couple of state-ments a week before, during nationwide Black Lives Mat-ter protests. The league statements

Goodell, NFL moving into 21st centurywere: “Through ‘Inspire Change,’ the NFL, Players and our partners have sup-ported programs and initia-tives throughout the country to address systemic racism. We will continue using our platform to challenge the in-justice around us.” “To date we have do-nated $44 million to support hundreds of worthy orga-nizations. This year, we are committing an additional $20 million to these causes and we will accelerate efforts to highlight their critical work.” Reid, who played for the Panthers last year, released three tweets in response: “Where do I start? In your self reflection you chose to tell us that you donated .00275% of your 2019 revenue of roughly $16B to the causes you care so deeply for. Yet you have not denounced the police fortheir history of murder nor have you addressed your own oppressive constructs.” “In your self reflec-tion, you didn’t come too the conclusion too apolo-gize for your numerous attempts 2 subvert the very movement that you now claim 2 be a part of, including but not limited to: breaking your own protocols in an attempt to force us from kneeling and blackballing Colin.” “In your self reflection, you didn’t feel the need to reconcile your aforemen-tioned actions. You aren’t trying to change the sys-tem. You are the system.” Ouch!

By KARL BRYANT

Cavaliers forward Kevin Love has been named as the Arthur Ashe Courage Award recipient for 2020. Love will receive the award, named for the late tennis champion, Arthur Ashe, who died of AIDS contract-ed from a blood transfusion, at the ESPY Awards this Sunday. Love has been a spokes-man for mental health is-sues since he revealed that he has suffered from panic attacks. He has encouraged other athletes to tell their stories and to seek counsel-ing if they recognize they have problems. He wants people to realize that there is no stigma to seeking help to confront mental health is-sues. He courageously wrote a piece in the Players Tri-

Love to receive Courage Award

bune in March, 2018, en-titled, “Everyone Is Going through Something,” which described his situation since he first suffered a panic at-tack in November of 2017. Since then, in support of mental health issues, he has made numerous speeches, shared coping skills with others - especially during the pandemic crisis - and

Joiner

Boxing NostalgiaBy JIM AMATO

In the early 1960′s Cincinnati produced what looked to be a blue chip heavyweight prospect. Billy Joiner turned professional in 1962 after a stellar ama-teur career, He won 86 of 92 fights in the amateur ranks winning the National AAU and Golden Gloves light heavyweight titles in 1962. He twice crossed gloves with none other then Cassius Clay. After turning pro, Joiner won his first seven fights. Marion Conner,Amos Johnson and Lou Bailey were among the men he defeated. In 1964 he lost his first fight. A ten round deci-sion to Amos Johnson for the Ohio Heavyweight title. He was then stopped by Hubert Hilton and outscored by Jim-

Billy Joiner boxed with some of the best

my “The King” Fletcher. Joiner then fought three straight draws against Piero Tomasoni,Dante Cane and Chuck Leslie. In 1968, Joiner would go to Los Angeles to face the feared former heavy-weight champion Sonny Lis-ton. Liston had embarked on a comeback and was slowly

working his way back into the ratings. Joiner was halted in the 7th round. Ten months later Billy would meet Liston again. This time in St.Louis. The game and crafty Joiner extended Liston the full ten rounds in losing a decision. In his next bout, Joiner would score a major upset outpointing Canadian Robert Cleroux eliminating Cleroux from a proposed title match with WBA champion Jimmy Ellis. The tide turned quickly though as Joiner would lose his next seven fights. It was against some stiff competition like Zora Folley,Alvin “Blue” Lewis,Juergen Blin,Mac Foster,Bernd August,Larry

Holmes and Oscar Bonavena. He did gain some measure of revenge halting Fletcher in a rematch. A one round KO loss to Alfredo Evangalista followed that. Joiner didn’t fight again for three and a half years but closed his career with a victory outscoring Young Louis in Detroit. Joiner finished his career with a 12-13-3 record. It is a very decieving record. Along the way he met two world champions and three others that challenged for the crown. Add in legitimate contenders like Mac Foster and “Blue” Lewis and you can see Joiner boxed with some of the best.

created the Kevin Love Foundation dedicated to as-sisting people with main-taining mental health. Love stated, “It is an ab-solute honor to receive this award and I am incredibly humbled by it. In telling my story, if I can help just one child that is suffering to make sense of what they are expe-riencing, I know my efforts have been worth it. “And I hope one day we are able to erase the stigma around mental illness, start-ing with public conversations around mental health, and encouraging people to seek help when they need it, fol-lowed by research, action, and change.”

Irving

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Movies to watch with dad on Father's Day Not that you need an excuse to hang out with the old man, but with Fa-ther's Day just around the corner, we've put together a list of some classic mov-ies about dads and their families, giving you all the more reason to make some popcorn and kick up your feet while laughing (or crying) along with the #1 guy in your life. Parenthood Is there anyone better at playing the role of dad than Steve Mar-tin? This comedy nails the anxiety of parenting in full view of your family—and how we must accept our own parents flaws if we are to confront our own.

Watch with your father and then tell him you accept his apology for all of it. He Got Game This is the perfect pick for any sports-loving dad. Denzel Washington plays a father who tries to re-build his relationship with his son, a top-ranked basket-ball player, after spending six years in prison. The state governor releases him for a week on parole in order for him to convince his son to play for the governor's alma mater. If he succeeds, he's promised a greatly reduced prison sentence. Mrs. Doubtfire After finalizing a divorce from his wife, a lov-ing father (Robin Williams)

creates a rather wild plan to spend more time with his kids. With makeup and a costume, he transforms him-self into an elderly woman in order to pass as a nanny. All goes well until both of them are invited to a family dinner, putting his secret at risk. This throwback is sure to make both you and your dad smile. Boyhood Be prepared for a rollercoaster of emotions when watching this com-ing-of-age drama, which was filmed with the same cast over the course of 12 years. The highs and lows of growing up are docu-mented through the eyes of a child and his parents as

they experience important milestones. This movie will inspire you to reminisce about your adolescence with the person who helped raise you. Three Men And A Baby As if the title didn't hint at it enough, witness-ing three men take care of an infant is quality material for a comedy. A group of unmarried gents are forced to act as babysitters when they come home to their New York City loft to find an abandoned baby. The immediate panic and fear of raising a child quickly develops into a love like no other. Field of Dreams

Feeling nostalgic for all of those games of catch you used to play with dad? You certainly will be after this heartwarming tale of an Iowa farmer whose vision of creating a base-ball diamond in his corn-field helps him reconnect with the memory of his es-tranged, late father. Fish It's all about where fact meets fiction in this Tim Burton film. As his father comes to the end of his life, Will Bloom tries to wind his way back through his dad's over-the-top tales to find the truth about his father's life only to find that the man and the myth aren't quite as far apart as he's always thought.

Chris' Cinema Trivia &Movie Match Up

By CHRIS APPLING

TRIVIA - (Biographies)

1. In the HBO cable film The Josephine Baker Story (1991), actress Lynn Whitfield portrayed the great, American expatriate dancer who fled to Paris, France and became an international sensation and the richest black woman in the '20's and '30's; but who is the veteran, black actor that portrayed a U.S.serviceman that inspires her to return to performing after she experiences great pain and loss? 2. In what musical mini-series do actor Lawrence Hilton Jacobs and actress Angela Bassett portray a '60's, lower-class, black couple from Gary, Indiana who take their five sons(Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael) to audition for Mo-town Record's President Berry Gordy to become the most fa-mous, musical family in history? 3. Who is the light-skinned, green-eyed actress/singer in The Courage To Love (2000) that portrayed the story of Henriette Delille: a quadroon inpre-Civil War New Orleans who

rejects the female, Creole tradi-tion of being kept by a wealthy, white man to instead become a Catholic nun and teach slave children to read and write? 4. In Livin' For Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2001), actress Teresa Randle portrays the young-adult Natalie while Diahann Carroll portrays Cole's mother, but who is the African-American actor who portrayed the singer's legendary father, Nat King Cole? 5. In what film does African-American director Julie Dash have actress Angela Bassett portray the special bus rider who made history by sparking the '60's Civil Rights Movementwhen she was arrested for re-fusing to give up her Jim Crow seat for a white passenger?

ANSWERS: 1. Louis Gos-sett, Jr. 2. 'The Jacksons: An American Dream' (1997) 3. Vanessa L. Williams 4. James McDaniel 5. 'The Rosa Parks Story' (2002)

MOVIE MATCH-UP - (The Jacksons: An American Dream)

ACTORS/ACTRESSES:1.Angela Bassett2. Lawrence Hilton Jacobs3. Holly Robinson-Peete4. Billy Dee Williams5. Vanessa L. Williams

ROLES:a) dad, Joe Jacksonb)assistant Suzanne De-Passec) producer Berry Gordyd) mom, Katherine Jackson

'The Bodyguard' was transitional role for Houston

Da 'Round Da Way Rewind Review

(Cobbs). When Rachel and Frank first meet, they clash and lock horns immediate-ly. Once again, Devaney intervenes, so he introduces the new bodyguard to her entourage and family: Sy, (Kemp) her manager; Tony Scavelli (Mike Starr) her huge Italian-American cur-rent bodyguard; and Nicki (Michele La-mar Richards), Rachel’s older sister and personal assistant. Later, Frank also meets Fletcher (Devaughn Nixon), Rachel’s ten year old son. After Bill and Sy show Frank the death threats they received from the stalker, Frank automati-cally updates the security around the estate. Rachel rationalizes with Frank that since she cannot go out on a date without Frank follow-ing her that they should go out together. He agrees so they pursue a relationship. U n f o r t u n a t e l y, after they sleep together, Frank tells Rachel they can-not continue this way be-cause it will interfere with him protecting her. She is insulted and does not understand, so they go back to their origi-nal dysfunctional relation-ship with him being stoic and calculating and her be-ing emotional and reactive. Meanwhile, movie viewers are shown what the stalker looks like: a somewhat feminine-look-ing platinum-blond young white man. Rachel and Frank continue their bickering as he gets angry at her for ig-noring and disobeying his safety protocols. At a charity con-cert in Miami, she tries to make him jealous at a party by flirting with a bodyguard associate of Frank’s named Portman (Tomas Arana). But, when the blond stalker manages to call Rachel on her private phone line, she is shaken and begs Frank to help her. She promises to do whatever he wants, so he packs up the spoiled singer, Nicki and Fletcher and they go visit Frank’s father

(Ralph Waite) at his isolated cabin in the snowy moun-tain wilderness. At the cabin, Ra-chel and Frank grow closer even though Nicki makes a pass at Frank. But, after the skilled protector saves Fletcher from being blown up by a rigged motor boat, Nicki makes a guilt-ridden confession to Frank that night. She tells him she hired the assassin tokill Rachel because of her overwhelming jealousy. Later, the killer accidently murders Nicki thinking it was the other sister. Ironi-cally, the F.B.I. had already caught the blond stalker, so Frank knows that Nicki’s assassin is still out there. A solemn and grieving Rachel decides to throw caution to the wind and attend the Academy Awards ceremony since she is nominated for Best Ac-tress in the movie I Have Nothing. Determined to use any means necessary to in-sure her safety on Oscar night, Frank manages to figure out that Portman is Nicki’s hired gun. At just the right moment, Frank lunges in front of Rachel on stage and takes a bullet meant for her. He shoots Portman and the entire or-deal is finally over. At the airport, in a scene much like the conclu-sion of Casablanca (1942), Frank and Rachel part ways as he prepares to take on a new assignment. But, not before they share one last passionate kiss with the main soundtrack theme ‘I Will Always Love You’ playing in the background. The movie and soundtrack for The Body-guard were massively suc-cessful with the main single release spending weeks at the top of the music charts. The film served as a starting point for Houston’s movie career as it gave her the necessary hit she needed to do so. Eventually, her film career somewhat pe-tered out but she managed to maintain minimal popu-larity with later music re-cordings.

By C.M. APPLING

Before her untime-ly death in 2012, Whitney Houston was one of the living legends of the music industry. After the debut of her self-titled album in 1985, she went on to be-come a singing super-star who won various Gram-my and Soul Train music awards. As a former model, her beauty was impres-sive. But, her voice was remarkable and stood peer-less with many wanna-bes trying to reach her profes-sional level but none ever achieving it. Some of her film credits include Waiting To Exhale (1995), The Preach-er’s Wife (1996) and the Sparkle remake (2012) that was her last movie before her demise. However, her premiere into the film world did not just make a ‘splash.’ It made a tidal wave. The Bodyguard(1992) provided a smooth transition between Houston’s two entertain-ment mediums by hav-ing her star as an African-American pop singer and actress who is being stalked by a psychotic fan. Hired to co-star opposite Houston is Cau-casian actor Kevin Costner. Having appeared in movies like the Native-American classic Dances With Wolves (1990) and the futuristic sci-fi flick Waterworld (1995), Costner became a major Hollywood leading man in the 1990’s. Together, Houston and Costner would make history in the interra-cial romantic thriller. Directed by Mick Jackson, the story-line re-volves around tempestuous celebrity Rachel Marron (Houston). After someone de-livers an exploding ‘Rachel’ doll to her dressing room, her management team made up of black elderly Bill Devaney (Bill Cobbs) and Englishman Sy Spec-tor (Gary Kemp) decide to hire extra special security to protect her. Along comes Frank Farmer (Costner): a former Secret Service agent who takes the new assign-ment as a favor for Devany

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By NANCY ANN LEE

Flavorful stir-fry cooking Here’s delicious news: You can enjoy great meals that are high in flavor yet low in calories when you turn to the stirring tastes of stir-fry cooking. This kind of cuisine originated in China many years ago with the wok and has become a major part of many American lifestyles. The trend is growing as more and more people realize that this type of cooking can be a healthy part of the family diet—whether you use a skil-let, wok or pan. The key is in the preparation. As with any method of cooking, it is still possible to make a dish that is high in fat and calories with stir-fry cooking if you’re not care-ful. By working with a small amount of cooking oil and sticking to lean meats and lots of vegetables, however, you can do stir-fry cooking that’s a quick and easy way to prepare healthy and flavorful meals. “Asian-inspired cui-sine is one of the major food trends today because of the fresh ingredients and excit-ing flavor combinations avail-able,” explained one expert on food, Jason Abelkop of Buf-fets, Inc. Popular restaurants that are owned by Buffets, such as Ryan’s® as well as HomeTown® Buffet and Old Country Buffet®, are helping to lead the trend with made-to-order Mongolian Stir Fry, now available for lunch and dinner at most locations. Guests choose from chicken, beef or shrimp to create the combination that’s just right

for them. To kick-start stir-fry cooking in your kitchen, check out this recipe from the restau-rants’ chefs:Garlic Ginger Mongolian Chicken Yield: 2 servings2 4-oz. chicken breasts1 tsp. vegetable oil1 tsp. chopped ginger1 tsp. chopped garlic1 cup peapods1 cup cabbage, shredded½ cup ¼” julienned onions½ cup matchstick carrots1 cup broccoli florets1 Tbsp vegetable oil¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce¼ cup teriyaki sauce2 sprigs cilantro 2 servings unconvert-ed rice (cooked according to recipe) Cut chicken into ½” strips. Mix vegetable oil, ginger and garlic together. Rub mix-ture on the chicken breast strips, place in refrigerator for a mini-mum of two hours. Mix vegeta-bles together in bowl. Place oil in sauté pan over medium heat. Add chicken strips and sauté for five minutes. Toss frequently to evenly brown. Turn up heat to “high” and add fresh vegetables. Toss frequently. Cook for one minute. Vegetables should be crisp in texture. Add soy sauce, teriyaki sauce and the cilantro sprigs to taste. Quickly toss to coat, then remove from heat. Top rice with hot fresh stir-fry and enjoy. For locations and other information on Buffets restau-rants, visit www.Ryans.com as well as www.HomeTownBuffet.com and www.OldCountryBuf-fet.com.

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C o r n e t i s t a n d bandleader (Joe) King Oliver was born in 1885 in New Orleans His career began in hometown brass bands, dance bands, and other small groups in Crescent City cabarets and bars. Claimed to be the spiri-tual father of syncopated ("hot") jazz, he moved to Chicago in 1918 and formed King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band (June 1922) with cornetists Louis Armstrong, clarinetist Johnny Dodds, trom-bonist Honore Dutrex, pianist Lil Hardin, drummer Baby Dodds, and bassist-banjo player Bill Johnson.Oliver began recording in 1923 what are now considered historic masterpieces. After Armstrong de-parted in 1924, Oliver completely reorganized his band to include saxophones. He went to New York, had a successful but brief club engagement before his group disbanded.He toured widely in the Midwest and upper South from 1920-1936, but made no further recordings after 1931. Considered to be an important New Orleans-style musician, his recordings have been reissued.His tune "Dipper Mouth Blues," later known as "Sugar Foot Stomp," became a classic.Although he was an excellent bandleader, Oliver'splaying style was superseded by Louis Armstrong's and by 1937 he was forgotten and in failing health. He died in Savannah in 1938.

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Movie openings delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic When the lat-est James Bond premiere was called off because of the coronavirus outbreak, it came as a shock. But that was just the first in a cascade of movie block-busters being canceled or postponed, causing a huge reshuffle of the release schedule throughout 2020 and into 2021. Delays have hit big movies including Won-der Woman 1984, Mar-vel's Black Widow, James Bond thriller No Time to Die, Mulan, F9 and A Quiet Place Part 2. Some big films have been can-celed, while others, like Tom Hanks' Greyhound, have changed course for streaming services instead.

But many of the major mov-ies have now named premiere dates, so we've laid out the revised box office calendar to show when (or if) they're coming to a movie theater near you. The health and well-being of people and families around the world remains the most important thing, but these movie cancellations af-fect more than just the bal-ance sheets of major studios. Movie theater closures are just one sign of the disruption the coronavirus is wreaking upon people and businesses around the world. You can stream a bunch of recent re-leases early, but a return to the movies will signal a return to normality when we come out the other side of this strange

time. Here's how the new re-lease dates stack up: Greyhound (July 10) Tom Hanks stars in and directs this World War II epic about a convoy of ships battling U-boats. Apple TV Plus announced May 19 that it will premiere Greyhound on the streaming service, making this one of the first major movies to skip the-aters entirely. It's a coup for Apple's streaming service, which has created plenty of original content but still has some catching up to do against Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Original re-lease date: June 19, 2020 Mulan (July 24)Mulan was pulled from the-aters just before it was due to be released. Disney's live-action Mulan reboot was pulled on March 12, just a few hours after similar an-nouncements for A Quiet Place 2 and F9. The post-ponement came less than

two weeks before it was supposed to open -- late enough that some viewers and critics saw the film at preview screenings, calling the new Mulan "majestic" and "thrilling." The day after Mulan was delayed, Walt Disney Studios said it was pausing production on other live-action films. Dis-ney then named a new date when it reshuffled its entire slate on April 3.Original re-lease date: March 27, 2020 Tenet (July 31)Warner Bros and Christo-pher Nolan's time-twisting thriller Tenet held its nerve and stuck to its planned date much longer than any of the other major summer releas-es. Then in mid-June the re-lease date was pushed back by 2 weeks, from July 17 to July 31. But even if theaters are open again by then, au-diences may be wary of gathering. Original release date: July 17, 2020 Bill and Ted Face the Music (August 21) Original release date: UnchangedThe One and Only Ivan (August 21) As the movie the-aters pile up with block-busters, Disney has moved some of its films from the theatrical schedule straight to streaming service Dis-ney Plus. You can watch

Artemis Fowl online now, and The One and Only Ivan skips the box office to stream in August.

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‘Freedom on Juneteenth’ to debut at Karamu House via live stream On Friday, June 19, 2020, on Juneteenth, the commemoration of the ending of slavery in America, Karamu House—the country’s oldest African American producing theatre—will debut Freedom on June-teenth, an original the-atrical production and artistic response to the recent murders of Black Americans through mu-sic, dance, and spoken word. This one-hour production will stream at 7PM EST/4 PM PST on social media, including Facebook and YouTube, and select streaming plat-forms, including Vimeo, Roku and Fire TV. Imme-

diately following the the-atrical program, Freedom on Juneteenth continues with a live, 30-minute panel discussion and in-teractive dialogue with community leaders on the recent developments of the #BlackLivesMat-ter movement (and the continuing police brutal-ity and murders of Afri-can Americans). Freedom on Ju-neteenth is designed to celebrate, educate, and activate communities. “Within hours of filming our last scene, another Black man, Rayshard Brooks, was murdered by a police officer,” says Tony F. Sias, President & CEO of Karamu House,

who conceptualized and directed the production. “There is an extreme ur-gency to respond to these murders—and to address the freedoms that African Americans still do not yet experience, 155 years after the last slave in this country went free (on

June 19, 1865). Freedom on Juneteenth is Karamu House’s unapologetic re-sponse.” Freedom on Juneteenth is presented through the generous support of KeyBank, and through the continuing generosity of Karamu House’s many donors and supporters. Director Tony F. Sias is the President and CEO of Karamu House, Inc., America’s oldest African American pro-ducing theatre. Under the direction and leader-ship of Sias since 2015, Karamu has been widely accredited for producing professional theatre, arts education, and program-

ming for all communities while honoring the Af-rican American experi-ence. Prior to his tenure at Karamu, Sias served in several pro-gressive roles for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) including Director of Arts Education and Artis-tic Director of Cleveland School of the Arts. As a creative, Sias has produced, per-formed in, and directed more than 100 produc-

tions. Additionally, Sias has received the Ohio House of Representa-tives Tribute for Ex-cellent Leadership in CMSD’s All-City Arts Program and the Certifi-cate of Special Congres-sional Recognition for Contributions in Educa-tion and Cultural Arts. His work has been highlighted nation-ally in The New York Times, American Theatre Magazine, NBC’s To-day, among others. Sias served as a delegate from

the U.S. Department of State in Istanbul, Turkey, representing the Coun-cil of International Pro-grams in the Youth Arts for Peace Project. In 2018, Sias was inducted into The HistoryMakers, the larg-est African American oral history archive col-lection in the U.S. In 2019, Sias was named the Cleve-land Arts Prize Barbara S. Robinson award win-ner, was selected as a fellow in the National

Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program in partnership with Harvard Business School and continues his service as a National Board member for the League of His-toric American Theaters. Sias earned a Bachelor of Science de-gree in dramatic art from Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi and a Master of Fine Arts in acting from The Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

Services to be held for Ronald Foster Ronald Foster died on May 24, 2020 just two days before his 72nd birthday at Crest-mont Nursing Home in Lakewood. He was born on May 26, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee to the parents of Roy B. Foster and the late Lizzie Bell Perry. At age six he lived in Chicago, Il-linois with his mother and two siblings (Rita and Shela). In 1964, Ron with his two sib-lings moved from the Windy City to Cleve-land. While attending Glenville High School, students gave Ron the nickname Chicago. In 1966, he received his high school diploma and matriculated on to sev-eral colleges where he achieved various de-grees: Associate of Arts from Metro Tri-C, in Cleveland, Bachelor of Arts in Urban Planning from University of Cin-cinnati in Cincinnati, and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pitts-burgh in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. He was a suc-cess story as a first gen-eration low-income col-

lege student because of the academic and finan-cial challenges along with being faced with the realities of racism. In 2019, Foster retired from Cuyahoga County as a Fiscal Of-ficer, in the Department of Fiscal & Procurement Services, and worked Part-Time as a Politi-cal Science Instructor at Tri-C (Metro). He enjoyed politics, and watch-ing the news channels, reading the newspapers (the Cleveland Plain Dealer, NY Times and Wall Street Journal). He broke the glass ceiling, at Cuyahoga County when he was first African American employed as, Assistant Budget Di-rector . He was a great debater, ran for council-man, and without a law

degree won a lot of his court cases. Foster was the go to person because either he knew how to make things happen or could find the answers. He was an avid fighter for social injustice and his sting was felt. He was persuasive, char-ismatic, and able to get the attention of many. Foster is sur-

vived by Kalci Ryan Foster (daughter), Rita Foster (sister), Shela Perry Williams (sis-ter), Vashon Williams (nephew), Ruby Foster Jackson (aunt), Edna Foster (aunt) and a host of cousins and friends. Live streaming of the funeral service will start at 10:30am.

Gen. Charles Brown, Jr. named first African American to head U.S. Air Force The Senate unanimously confirmed Gen. Charles Brown Jr. as chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, making him the first black of-ficer to lead one of the nation’s military servic-es. Vice President Mike Pence took the unusual step of presid-ing over the vote, some-thing he usually does to break ties. But Brown’s confirmation, 98-0, was not close. Pence called the moment “historic.” The vote came as the Trump adminis-tration and the mostly white Senate Republi-can conference grapple with the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. Pro-tests have convulsed the nation alongside the coronavirus pandemic, with racial discrimina-tion being the common thread between them. The vote in Washington overlapped with Floyd’s funeral in Houston. Brown most recently served as the commander of U.S. Pa-

cific Air Forces. He is a fighter pilot, with more than 2,900 flying hours, including 130 in com-bat. He posted a video on social media Friday describing a lifetime of dealing with racial bias and the strug-gle to fit in to a predom-inantly white society. “I’m thinking about my Air Force ca-reer where I was often the only African Ameri-can in my squadron or, as a senior officer, the only African American in the room,” he said in

a raw tone. “I’m think-ing about wearing the same flight suit with the same wings on my chest as my peers and being questioned by another military member: ‘Are you a pilot?’” Brown was commissioned in 1984 as a distinguished grad-uate of the ROTC pro-gram at Texas Tech Uni-versity. He has served in a variety of posi-tions at the squadron and wing levels, and commanded a fighter squadron and two fight-er wings. He also was an F-16 instructor at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. The military, with African Ameri-cans making up a little over 17% of its active-duty ranks, is more ra-cially diverse than the country, which is 13% African American, ac-cording to 2019 Census estimates. The Army is the most diverse with more than 21% Afri-can Americans, while the Marine Corp is the least, with 10%. Blacks

make up about 17% of the Navy and less than 15% of the Air Force. But there is a much greater racial di-vide within the active-duty military based on rank. Nineteen per-cent of active-duty en-listed troops are black, but they make up only 9% of the officer corps. Of those, there are just 71 who are general or flag officers, wearing one to four stars, in-cluding only two who have attained the top four-star rank. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. is the Commander, Pacific Air Forces; Air Com-ponent Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Com-mand; and Executive Director, Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Ha-waii. PACAF is respon-sible for Air Force ac-tivities spread over half the globe in a command that supports more than 46,000 Airmen serving principally in Japan, Korea, Hawaii, Alaska

and Guam. Gen. Brown was commissioned in 1984 as a distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at Texas Tech University. He has served in a variety of positions at the squad-ron and wing levels, in-cluding an assignment to the U.S. Air Force Weapons School as an F-16 Fighting Falcon Instructor. His notable staff tours include Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force; Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Executive Ac-tion Group; and Deputy Director, Operations Directorate, U.S. Cen-tral Command. He also served as a National Defense Fellow at the Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Virginia. Gen. Brown has commanded a fight-er squadron, the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, two fighter wings and U.S. Air Forces Central Command. Prior to his current assignment, he served as the Deputy

Commander, U.S. Cen-tral Command. Gen. Brown is a command pilot with more than 2,900 flying hours, including 130 combat hours. Gen. Brown’s education includes: 1984 Bachelor of Science, Civil En-gineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 1991 U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. 1992 Squadron Officer School, Max-well AFB, Ala. 1994 Master of Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aero-nautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla. 1997 Distin-guished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2000 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2004 National Defense Fellow, Insti-tute for Defense Analy-ses, Alexandria, Va. 2008 Air Force Senior Leader-

ship Course, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C. 2012 Joint Force Air Component Commander Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2014 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2015 Pin-nacle Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 2017 Leader-ship at the Peak, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colo. Major awards and decorations: Defense Dis-tinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Defense Supe-rior Service Medal Legion of Mer-it with three oak leaf clusters Bronze Star Medal Defense Meri-torious Service Medal M e r i t o r i o u s Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters A e r i a l

Achievement Medal Joint Service Commendation Medal Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clus-ters Combat Readi-ness Medal National De-fense Service Medal with bronze star Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Global War on Terrorism Expedition-ary Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Med-al Korea Defense Service Medal Nuclear Deter-rence Operations Ser-vice Medal NATO Medal Republic of Korea Order of Nation-al Security Merit (Samil Medal) His publica-tions include: “Devel-oping Doctrine for the Future Joint Force: Creating Synergy and Minimizing Seams,” Air University Press, September 2005

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Bumper Crop Farm volunteer David Thonnings grilled up hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken, and serv-ing some delicious side dishes made by some of the farm neighbors, fruits and veggies.

Bumper Crop Farm welcomed its neighbors to an open house last Saturday.There were many activities such as corn hole, badminton, music and farm tours. Maya Weekly, above, was an expert at corn hole.

Nicole Synder, Barbara Driscoll, and Hol-lie Baker enjoy the open house for Bumper Crop Farm.Bumper Crop Farm was the brainchild of Hollie Baker, who worked at the garden the year before as a Green Corp leader.

Bumper Crop Farm held an open house Bumper Crop Farm welcomed its neighbors to an open house last Saturday. Residents of Woodhill, Woodland and Buckeye neighbors vis-ited and toured the farm. Opportunities to participate and collabo-rate with the farm were be discussed. Resident who were interested in health, nutrition, agricul-ture, horticulture, educa-tion, herbalism or start-ing their own community garden plot received in-formation. Bumper Crop Farm volunteer David

Thonnings grilled up hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken, and serv-ing some delicious side dishes made by some of the farm neighbors, fruits and veggies. Desserts was a big hit with the children. There were many activities such as corn hole, badminton, music and farm tours. Maya Weekly was an ex-pert at corn hole. Bumper Crop Farm was the brainchild of Hollie Baker, who worked at the garden the year before as a Green-Corp leader.Nonprofits receive grants

The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund co-alition announced today the most recent round of grants to support the non-profit community. In total, $928,000 was awarded to 18 organizations and groups serving Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties. Since the Fund’s creation in mid-March, partners have granted more than $6.6 mil-lion to 120 nonprofit groups and organizations. The lat-est round of grant recipients includes: City Club of Cleveland ($22,000): To support the City Club’s food distribution partnership with Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries, an effort that is producing 10,000 meals ev-ery week for Greater Cleve-land’s homeless population.· Harvard Square Cen-ter ($30,000): To support the socially distant delivery of the center’s services and

programming to its South-east Cleveland clients, in-cluding delivery of food and hygiene kits, as well as vir-tual education and wellness programming. · Heights Christian Church ($36,000): To sup-port a collaboration with other churches and com-munity organizations to increase the capacity of the Unity in Community food pantry program to address food insecurity in the Shak-er Heights community.· Vineyard Christian Fellowship ($15,000): For additional equipment and supplies to store and pro-vide more fresh food for the organization’s drive-up food pantry.· Islamic Center of Cleveland ($35,000): To continue to provide hous-ing, utilities, food and nec-essary supplies to those in need in the Northeast Ohio area.

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New car guide released by AAA with emphasis on safety A 2020 Volvo luxury sedan has earned the top score in the first edition of the newly re-leased AAA Car Guide, a consumer resource on the latest and greatest in vehicle technology. The guide pro-vides consumers with reviews based on a num-ber of criteria, includ-ing how many advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) are included in the vehicle. The major-ity of the category win-ners for 2020 are either electric, plug-in electric hybrids, or hybrids, sig-naling that eco-friendly

vehicles tend to offer the most cutting-edge vehi-cle technology. “As newer ve-hicles start to equip more cutting-age technology and add more benefits, it can be hard to mea sure vehicles against one another,” says Mike Hoshaw, vice president of automotive services, AAA East Central. “It is our hope that this guide helps cut through some of the noise, especially given that there are of-ten misconceptions sur-rounding the capabilities of advanced safety tech-

nologies.” The AAA Car Guide is an evolution of the popular AAA Green Car Guide, the book that focused on fuel-efficient, low-emitting cars and trucks. The 175-page guide includes compre-hensive, easy-to-read reviews of 50 new ve-hicles which are based on 13 criteria, including braking, fuel economy, emissions, handling, ride comfort, acceleration and the number of ADAS safety features. These ve-hicles are tested, scored and placed in one of five

vehicle categories by the Automotive Research Center (ARC) of the Au-tomobile Club of South-ernCalifornia, a member of the AAA federation of motor clubs. Highest ranked by category are: 2020 Volvo S90 T8 E-AWD R-Design (plug-in hybrid) Small 2019 Nissan Leaf SV Plus (electric) Midsize 2019 Toyota Camry Hy-brid XLE (hybrid) Large 2020 Volvo S90 T8 E-

Juneteenth celebration to be held In celebration of Juneteenth, the Buck-eye Summer Soul Se-ries in partnership with the NAACP Cleveland Branch, and Neighbor UP, will host a Juneteenth Celebration and NAACP Freedom Walk. Local leaders came together to offer a day of celebra-tion to honor and educate the community, as well as continuing the unity and pride of the African American culture. On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation freed the majority of those enslaved in the Confederacy. How-ever, it was not until June 19, 1865 that those in Texas, still enslaved in the Confederacy, were noti-fied of their freedom. The day became commemo-rated as Juneteenth. “ J u n e t e e n t h couldn’t be more timely this year. This celebra-tion of our arts, history, ingenuity, and collective resiliency is certain to in-

still hope and the spirit of possibility as we continue our fight for freedom,” says Julian Khan, lead or-ganizer for the Juneteenth Celebration. J u n e t e e n t h Celebration and NAACP Freedom Walk Buckeye Summer Soul Series, NAACP Cleve-land Branch, and Neigh-bor UP Saturday, June 20th, 2020, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Walks begins at Benedictine High School, 2900 MLK Jr. Blvd., and will end at Art & Soul Park, 11802 Buckeye Rd.11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Vendor village, voter reg-istration, 2020 Census completion, various sup-port resources for resi-dents, live entertainment, giveaways, free food, arts & crafts (Art & Soul Park, 11802 Buckeye Rd) P r e c a u t i o n s for COVID-19 will be in place, all participants must wear masks and practice physical distanc-ing.

AWD R-Design (plug-in hybrid) Pickup2020 GMC Sierra 1500 2WD Crew Cab SLT (diesel) SUV/Minivan2019 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Limited (plug-in hybrid) Best Under $30,000 2019 Honda In-sight 4-door Touring (hy-brid) Best $30,000-$50,0002019 Kia Niro EV EX Premium (electric) Best Over

$50,0002020 Volvo S90 T8 E-AWD R-Design (plug-in hybrid) The AAA Car Guide is designed to help consumers navigate new car buying, since many of the latest models come equipped with safety sys-tems which can go by different names, often causing confusion. For example, according to previous AAA research, automatic emergency braking (standard on 31% of 2018 vehicles) has been found to have up to 40 different names

– all for the same feature. The Guide also contains a compendium of AAA’s recent research of current automotive technologies and topics, such as advanced driv-er-assistance systems, gasoline quality, the ad-

vantages of synthetic oil, reduced tire traction in wet-weather driving, and headlight effectiveness. Winners, detailed evalu-ation criteria, vehicle reviews and anin-depth analysis can be found at aaa.com/CarGuide.

The Ohio Su-preme Court today af-firmed the life sentence of a Cuyahoga County woman who conspired to murder a police infor-mant and was complicit in the acts leading to his death. A Supreme Court majority affirmed the conviction of Sheila McFarland for her role in the death of Robert Williams, 64. Williams was shot to death in the hallway of the Indian Hills Senior Community Apartments in Euclid in November 2015. Ryan Motley shot Williams. He was an associate of McFarland’s and her boyfriend, Ed-die Brownlee. Through a plea bargain, Motley is serving 18 years to life in prison . McFarland and Brownlee were arrested on drug charges based on information Williams had provided to police. McFarland and Brownlee were accused of direct-ing Motley to harm Wil-liams, and Motley said he shot Williams because he believed Williams was reaching for a gun. In the Court’s lead opinion, Justice Sha-ron L. Kennedy wrote that McFarland was a central figure in the kill-ing of Williams. She was a constant presence in the discussions to target Williams for revenge, the plans to kill him, and the meetings with the assail-ants after he was killed, the opinion stated. Justice R. Pat-rick DeWine concurred in Justice Kennedy’s opinion. Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor and Justices Judith L. French and Patrick F. Fischer concurred in judgment only. Tenth District Court of Appeals Judge Julia L. Dorrian, sitting for Justice Melody J.

Stewart, concurred in the Court’s ruling regarding McFarland’s conviction for aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, and kidnapping. Justice Michael P. Donnelly dissented, noting that some of the biggest threats to the public’s confidence in the justice system are wrongful convictions, disparate treatment, and sentences that are in-consistent with criminal culpability, and he found that this case fits the bill for all. Justice Donnelly determined there was insufficient evidence to sustain McFarland’s con-victions. Judge Dorrian joined Justice Donnelly’s dissent regarding Mc-Farland’s conviction for conspiracy. Arrests Leads to Revenge Plot Williams lived with his girlfriend Korri Henderson at the Indian Hills senior complex. After police caught Wil-liams selling drugs there, he and Henderson agreed to become confidential informants and provide information about their drug supplier, Brownlee.With Williams’ help, Brownlee and McFar-land were both arrested for selling drugs. McFar-land was released from jail, but Brownlee was kept there. The couple almost immediately sus-pected Williams was responsible for their ar-rest. Brownlee and Mc-Farland spoke numerous times by phone while he was in jail, and she was using Brownlee’s cell-phone. In one call, Brownlee said about Williams that he was going to “get him.” Motley was with McFarland at the time when Brownlee called. Brownlee told Mot-ley during the call that “I need you to handle this.” On that same call,

Justice Donnelly overruled in wrongfully convicted caseBrownlee asked Mc-Farland what happened to a gun he owned, and McFarland told him that Motley had already re-trieved it from a hotel where Brownlee and McFarland were staying. The gun was eventually used to kill Williams.While Brownlee was in jail, Motley and McFar-land sold drugs together to raise money to bail out Brownlee. During that time, McFarland called Williams and Henderson twice and accused them of work-ing with police and “being snitches.” Murder Occurs after Release On Nov. 10, 2015, Brownlee was released from jail and he and McFarland almost immediately went back to selling drugs. On Nov. 12, McFarland warned a customer of Brownlee that Williams and Henderson were snitching. Brownlee met with Motley in the ho-tel where he and McFarland were staying. Brownlee dis-cussed with Motley what to do about Williams. Motley said Brownlee told him to “go rough the dude up, beat him up.” Henderson, Wil-liams’ girlfriend, said the night before Williams was killed that Brownlee called Williams and told him the two “were going to see their graves.” Henderson said McFarland called her in the early morning hours of November 14 from Brown-lee’s phone. McFarland de-nied Brownlee was making threatening phone calls.Later that morning, Motley along with his brother Ray-mond and Rahkee Young sneaked into the apartment complex and hid in the stairwell at the end of Wil-liams’ hall. After a brief confrontation, Motley shot Williams and the three men fled. Motley said that af-

ter the murder, he and his two accomplices met with Brownlee and McFarland at the couple’s hotel room. Motley received $4,000 worth of drugs as payment for the murder. Woman Contests Murder Charges Brownlee, Mc-Farland, Ryan and Ray-mond Motley, and Young were all indicted on the same 10 counts, including aggravated murder and con-spiracy to commit aggra-vated murder. Each of the 10 counts included a firearm specification. McFarland’s case was tried before a jury . At the conclusion of the Cuyahoga County pros-ecutor’s case, McFarland’s lawyer asked for the charges to be dismissed , arguing the state failed to present suffi-cient evidence to establish that McFarland was guilty of the 10 charges against her. The trial judge denied the request, and a jury found her guilty on all charges.McFarland was sentenced to life in prison without pa-role, along with three con-current 11-year sentences and three years for the gun specification. She was also fined $20,000.McFarland appealed her convictions and sentence to the Eighth District Court of Appeals, which affirmed the convictions but found some errors with her sentencing regarding one of the aggra-vated murder charges and a kidnapping charge.McFarland appealed the Eighth District’s decision to the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case.Court Weighs the EvidenceJustice Kennedy explained the Supreme Court’s role in this appeal was to deter-mine whether the evidence was sufficient to support the jury verdict. Reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence

requires the Court to exam-ine the evidence admitted at trial to determine whether such evidence, if believed, would convince an average person’s mind of the defen-dant’s guilt beyond a rea-sonable doubt. “The relevant inquiry is whether, after viewing the evidence in a light most fa-vorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essen-tial elements of the crime proven beyond a reasonable doubt,” the lead opinion stated. Because McFarland was not present at the shooting, the central issue was whether the state proved that Mc-Farland was complicit in the commission of the crimes, the lead opinion stated. R.C. 2923.03, Ohio’s complic-ity law, makes it a crime to “aid or abet another” in committing an offense or to “conspire with another” to commit an offense. Anyone who violates the complic-ity law “shall be prosecuted and punished as if he were the principal offender,” the opinion noted.McFarland was prosecuted as if she were the principal offender, and “the evidence at trial was sufficient to prove that McFarland was complicit in the crimes as-sociated with killing of Williams,” the Court con-cluded.Dissent Finds Manifest In-justiceIn his dissent, Justice Don-nelly noted that Motley confessed to the murder in exchange for a plea agree-ment, which resulted in an 18 years-to-life sentence. Motley was the key witness in McFarland’s trial, and he agreed that if his testimony was not truthful and consis-tent with other known facts, the state could rescind his plea agreement. Motley repeatedly stated

that McFarland had no par-ticipatory role in the crimes perpetuated by Brownlee, Motley and Motley’s ac-complices. The dissent stated that because Motley’s testimony exonerates Mc-Farland from the charges, the Court needed to search the record to uphold McFar-land’s convictions, but came up empty-handed. The dis-sent picked apart each piece of evidence relied on by the court to demonstrate Mc-Farland did not have any involvement in the crimes. The dissent found despite the paucity of evidence, Mc-Farland was convicted. By exercising her constitution-al right to trial, she turned down a plea agreement that could have resulted in three-year sentence. She also turned down another plea deal, offered while the jury was deliberating. In-stead, she was convicted and ended up with the most severe sentence short of the death penalty—life without the possibility of parole—while Motley, who pulled the trigger and killed the victim, has the opportunity to be released in 18 years, the dissent stated.“Sheila McFarland chose to place her trust in the crimi-nal justice system, and it failed her, allowing a con-viction to stand based not on evidence but on innuen-do, speculation, and conjec-ture. This court—provided with a final opportunity to remedy this injustice—per-petuates the failure,” Justice Donnelly stated.2018-1116. State v. Mc-Farland, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-3343.

Juneteenth celebration to be held In celebration of Juneteenth, the Buck-eye Summer Soul Se-ries in partnership with the NAACP Cleveland Branch, and Neighbor UP, will host a Juneteenth Celebration and NAACP Freedom Walk. Local leaders came together to offer a day of celebra-tion to honor and educate the community, as well as continuing the unity and pride of the African American culture. On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation freed the majority of those enslaved in the Confederacy. How-ever, it was not until June 19, 1865 that those in Texas, still enslaved in the Confederacy, were noti-fied of their freedom. The day became commemo-rated as Juneteenth. “ J u n e t e e n t h couldn’t be more timely this year. This celebra-tion of our arts, history, ingenuity, and collective resiliency is certain to in-

still hope and the spirit of possibility as we continue our fight for freedom,” says Julian Khan, lead or-ganizer for the Juneteenth Celebration. J u n e t e e n t h Celebration and NAACP Freedom Walk Buckeye Summer Soul Series, NAACP Cleve-land Branch, and Neigh-bor UP Saturday, June 20th, 2020, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Walks begins at Benedictine High School, 2900 MLK Jr. Blvd., and will end at Art & Soul Park, 11802 Buckeye Rd.11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Vendor village, voter reg-istration, 2020 Census completion, various sup-port resources for resi-dents, live entertainment, giveaways, free food, arts & crafts (Art & Soul Park, 11802 Buckeye Rd) P r e c a u t i o n s for COVID-19 will be in place, all participants must wear masks and practice physical distanc-ing.

Why Black wealth matters in white AmericaBy SOLOMON ALI The general population, otherwise known as the 99%, have a love/hate relationship with wealth. They resent those who have it, but spend their lives attempt-ing to get it for them-selves, all the while self-sabotaging that effort in ways that are avoidable if they knew the rules of the rich. Yes, the rich have rules. The reason most individuals, and certainly the majority of Black Americans, never accu-mulate any substantial savings is because they do not understand the na-ture of money and how it

works. Much of this lack of understanding and lack of access to financial education comes down to systemic racism that has been passed down from generation to generation within the black commu-nity. Most Black Americans, throughout American history, were shut out of our finan-cial system, thereby not gaining the access or op-portunity to accumulate wealth or an understand-ing of money that could have been passed down through the generations. Well, the time to start is now. More gen-erational wealth means more societal influence

and less vulnerability to the ills of civil rights infringements. In short, wealth equals life. Our very survival depends upon it. Earning a lot of money does not make you wealthy. You will never out earn your lack of financial education or your bad money habits. It is like trying to out exercise your lack of nutritional knowledge or your bad eating habits; it is exhausting to take two steps forward and three steps back, not to men-tion futile. Being wealthy is much more about your financial behaviors and your financial intelli-

gence quotient, than it is about how much income you earn. Wealth is also not an aesthetic pursuit. Driving an expensive car, buying a house you cannot afford, and wear-ing high end fashion la-bels doesn’t make you wealthy. In fact, for most folks who have not yet attained enough steady wealth to afford those things comfortably, it can surely make you go broke. To bring this les-son home, a person who earns $100,000 per year and spends $100,000 per year will prosper far less than a person who earns $40,000 per year and spends only $20,000 per

year. The latter person is on the path towards building wealth, whereas the prior person is spin-ning his or her wheels and making no progress to-wards achieving wealth. In fact, bankruptcy could be in his or her future if there is an abrupt loss of income. You now have the idea. Wealth is the result of applied knowl-edge, discipline, behav-ioral patterns, and time, more than it is about a specific income. The higher the income, the more opportunities to save and invest, but be-havior, values and dis-cipline are the ultimate deciding factors.

AFL-CIO support Black Lives Matter Tim Burga, President AFL-CIO made a statement about racism in America: “On June 19, we commemorate the of-ficial freeing of the last enslaved Black people in the United States. This is a day of profound mean-ing to Black workers, as it should be to all work-ing people who cherish and defend the freedom to live our own lives, speak with our own voic-es and enjoy the fruits of our labor. Juneteenth reminds us that we are independent of those who hire us, who seek to con-trol us and who view us as objects with costs in-stead of as human beings with inherent dignity and worth. The original Juneteenth celebrations happened on the Texas Gulf Coast, the childhood home of George Floyd. This Juneteenth will be celebrated around the

country—from Galves-ton, Texas, to Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C.—by people demanding jus-tice for George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks and far too many others. We will be in the streets, both cel-ebrating and demanding our freedom—freedom from racism and all the poisonous fruit it bears. On this Juneteenth, we especially call attention to the economic dispari-ties that persist for Black Americans. Though ex-plicit slavery has been abolished for more than 150 years, the exploi-tation of Black labor continues to this day through a systemically racist economy designed to promote wage dispar-ity in the workplace and the chronic unemploy-ment of Black people. At a time when unemploy-ment in America is at record levels—with the official rate at 13.3% and

the Black unemployment rate at 16.8%, with a dis-proportionate impact on Black women—we must fight more than ever be-fore to ensure true eco-nomic freedom for Black workers. We will not al-low workers to be per-petually divided by race! America’s union mem-bers, fresh off our Work-ers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Jus-tice are eager to take part in Juneteenth this year, many for the very first time. We are grate-ful for the struggle of Black leaders and com-munity members who have poured sweat and shed blood in the pursuit of a greater America. We recommit ourselves to-day and every day to be a voice for all who live and work in these Unit-ed States and to say out loud the names of those who were taken from us by racist violence. Black Lives Matter.

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Book highlights eateries of Cleveland With states and local governments ad-justing to the reality of measured reopening and social distancing, Fran Golden and David G. Molyneaux, authors of Unique Eats and Eater-ies of Cleveland, have put together a safe and socially-conscious list of places to eat. Here are but a few: Taste slow-cooked tangy barbecue that has won national awards at Hot Sauce Wil-liams, a black-owned res-taurant that is now serv-ing barbecue and Polish Boys through takeout and delivery The cuisine is Mexico and Jamaica meets Asian at Johnny Mango World Cafe &

Bar, which is now de-livering their famous healthy-eating menu through takeout and de-livery Enjoy authentic Ethiopian fare for take-out at Empress Taytu, a black-owned restaurant that offers a variety of authentic sweet and spicy flavors to your home Fran Golden is an award-winning travel writer whose work ap-pears regularly in publi-cations including Conde Nast Traveler, Bloom-berg BusinessWeek, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. She’s the au-thor of two dozen books, including Frommer’s Easy-Guide to Alaskan Cruises and Ports of Call. She’s an enthusiastic ap-

preciator of food and a pretty good cook herself. David G. Mo-lyneaux is an award-winning writer and editor who covers the world of cruising for print and on-line publications includ-ing the Miami Herald and the travelmavenblog.com. A member of the Cleveland Journal-ism Hall of Fame, he is president of the SATW Foundation, which over-sees the annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journal-ism Competition. Unique Eats and Eateries of Cleve-land-part of the Unique Eats and Eateries series 9781681062068 Soft-cover 9 x 6 inches 212 pages $20.95

Bob Johnson, Founder of Black En-tertainment Television (BET) and The RLJ Companies wrote an open letter to Black Lives Matter about forming an independent black political party. “I am writing to you with a sugges-tion that Black Lives Matter (BLM) consider establishing a formal independent political party. The party could be founded on the prin-ciple articulated by the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1971. That formative princi-

ple stated, “Black peo-ple have no permanent friends, no permanent enemies.…just perma-nent interests.” The effort to create an in-dependent Black party, created specifically to address Black issues, is not a new idea among Black people. There are many people, both Black and white who believe that independent parties can make a sig-nificant contribution to the current political sys-tem as to how this nation of 300 million diverse citizens can be governed in the best interest of all Americans. Many pun-

dits will try to convince you that it is impossible for independent parties to exist in this country. They will argue that the American people seem to be satisfied with just two choices. To the contrary, I believe a politically astute and structured Black inde-pendent party, commit-ted and engaged in the electoral process, can prove them wrong. I am confident in this assertion because BLM has, in a man-ner not seen since the civil rights movement, effectively mobilized and passionately mo-

tivated people, Black and white, to join in and support your righ-teous fight against ra-cial and economic in-justice, particularly on the matter of unjustified police killing of Black people. Your cause has triggered a determined reaction calling for change, heard not only in America, but around the world. Black Lives Matter, by establishing an independent politi-cal party can become a force dedicated to ad-vancing the permanent interests of 40 mil-lion Black Americans

in this country. BLM is endowed with the hope and confidence of youth, fortified with the knowledge of what is

wrong and what must be made right, and has the courage to challenge power, no matter what the risk. The purpose

of this memo is to en-courage you to harness these forces and think about what you have ignited and how it can and should, through the

political process, cause America to truly live up to its belief in American exceptionalism and its promise of the Ameri-can Dream for all.”

‘No Lives Matter’ released in light of George Floyd murder In light of current events, Body Count announces the release of their radio single “No Lives Mat-ter” today via Century Media Records. The music video for “No Lives Matter”, is off their 2017 full-length album Bloodlust. The track’s message is more rele-vant than ever as Body Count frontman Ice-T states in the music vid-eo intro, “...when I say ‘Black Lives Matter’ and you say ‘All Lives Matter’, that’s like if I was to say ‘Gay Lives Matter’ and you say

‘All Lives Matter’. If I said, ‘Women’s Lives Matter’ and you say

‘All Lives Matter’. You’re diluting what I’m saying. You’re di-

luting the issue. The issue isn’t about every-body, it’s about black

lives, at the moment.” Century Me-dia Records Director Philipp Schulte adds, “As a company we felt it was necessary to release this single as a way to actively par-ticipate in the change that is needed to com-bat police brutality and racism. It is a first step in doing our part to in-spire unity and trans-formation.” For more in-formation on Body Count, please contact: Claire Reynolds The Orchard creynolds@theorchard.com

Author writes about remodeling her life Inspired by popular television shows such as “Fix-er Upper,” “Property Brothers,” “Flip or Flop,” and other pro-grams featuring home remodels and make-overs, author Hope An-dersen sought to answer the question, “How does one remodel a life?” Af-ter all, it was her own “remodel” that rejuve-nated––and ultimately saved––her own life. Just in time for Mental Health Aware-ness Month, Andersen

has released her self-help memoir, How to Remodel a Life: A Guide to Living Well with Alcoholism and Bipolar Disorder, pub-lished by Charlotte-based PipeVine Press, an imprint of Warren Publishing. With hon-esty and poignance, An-dersen shares how she learned to live a happier and more peaceful life despite her illnesses, and the many struggles and pitfalls she faced in order to get there. D i a g n o s e d

with bipolar disorder in her forties, though hav-ing lived through its ef-fects since childhood, Andersen struggled for years to find inner peace. Her journey led her to alcoholism, pills, sexual promiscuity, tur-bulent and abusive rela-tionships, and the brink of suicide. While get-ting sober in her mid-twenties improved her life greatly, she was still subject to despair. But it was her husband’s own brush with death as they entered their sixties that

opened her eyes, al-lowing her to begin life anew. Writes Ander-sen, “At the onset of [a life] ‘remodel,’ you’ve gotten to a point where you simply can’t take it anymore. You can’t keep going the way you have been going … but you can’t stop either. Beautiful desperation. That’s the beginning.” For Andersen, that “desperation” point arrived in 2015 when she learned that her hus-band Thom, who had been diagnosed with stage four liver cancer several years prior, had just three months left to live. “Two weeks later, as a result of nothing short of a miracle, he received a new liver, ‘preowned,’ as he likes to say,” explains Ander-sen. Since then, Thom has become a personal trainer and Hope, a novelist, poet, and now memoirist. “When you remodel a home, you must reach the point where the old structure simply does not fit your needs anymore. In re-habbing a life, the same is true. The first step to changing your life is recognizing that your old way of being is seri-ously flawed, non-func-tioning; you need help from someone, some-where to create this new version of yourself,” Andersen continues. It is her wish that this book might be that help, the gentle push, and––yes––the hope that en-courages others to turn their lives around for the better. Written with honesty, poignance, and a touch of wit, this pow-erful and courageous

tale serves as a guide for anyone looking to experience more joy and peace in their lives. Andersen is an author, poet, blogger, screenwriter and coach. Since her return to writ-ing in 2015, she has published two novels, The Book Sisters and When the Moon Winks, and awaits the release of a third titled Paper-whites. Her poems have appeared in a chapbook, Taking in Air (Kelsey Books, 2017), and in a variety of journals, in-cluding Ink&Nebula, The Pangolin Review, The Literary Yard, Time of Singing, and The Awakenings Review. In the summer of 2019, she was asked to share her work at the Ledbury Poetry Festival in Led-bury, England. She was com-missioned to write two screenplays and began her own online coach-ing business for writ-ers. She lives in North Carolina with her hus-band of more than thirty years, Thom. They have three grown children, two dogs, and a cat. For more information about Hope or her books, visit her website at https://www.hopeandersen.org How to Re-model a Life: A Guide to Living Well with Al-coholism and Bipolar Disorder Paperback (5 x 8) / 260 pages; Retail Price: $16.95 ISBN: 978-1734707571 Available at warrenpublishing.net, amazon.com, barne-sandnoble.com, or wherever books are sold.

Body Count announces the release of their radio single “No Lives Matter” today via Century Media Records. The music video for “No Lives Matter”, is off their 2017 full-length album Bloodlust.

Virtual walk to find cure for Crohn’s disease Crohn’s & Coli-tis Foundation to host TAKE STEPS + VIRTU-AL to unite the inflamma-tory bowel disease com-munity nationwide On Saturday, June 20, the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation will host its first-ever virtual Take Steps walk to help find cures for inflamma-tory bowel disease (IBD) live on Facebook and YouTube at 12 p.m. EST.

TAKE STEPS + VIR-TUAL will bring together IBD patients, caregivers, professionals, and more from more than 50 cit-ies for an inspiring online event featuring: Updates from Crohn’s & Colitis Founda-tion President & CEO Mi-chael Osso Messages from honored heroes across 55 TAKE STEPS + VIRTU-AL walksPatient & caregiver recog-

nition ceremonies for the entire country Research up-dates from leading IBD researchers Take Steps is dedicated to finding cures for the millions of Ameri-cans living with IBD. It is the largest fundraising walk event for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. In 2019, more than 50,000 people walked for cures with Take Steps, raising nearly $11 million.

Due to COV-ID-19, many of the Foun-dation’s spring Take Steps walks were postponed or canceled and replaced with TAKE STEPS + VIR-TUAL. The funds raised through TAKE STEPS + VIRTUAL will support the Foundation’s mission-crit-ical research, education, support, and advocacy programs. To watch TAKE STEPS + VIRTUAL live on June 20, please visit https://www.