The Harlem Community Newspapers covers local events and honors for church and community members. The publication highlights a woman's event honoring local women for their service to church and community. It also reports that Dr. Thomas D. Johnson, Senior Pastor of Canaan Baptist Church, has been elected the new President of the New York Progressive Baptist State Convention for a four-year term beginning in 2015. The newspaper aims to publish positive news and information for readers in Harlem, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.

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New York Progressive Baptist State Convention,
Incorporated Elects Dr. Thomas D. Johnson,
Senior New President
C
anaan Baptist
Church of Christ is
pleased to announce
Dr. Thomas D. Johnson,
Sr., Senior Pastor has been
elected the fourteenth Pres-
ident of the New York
Progressive State Conven-
tion, Inc. (NYPBSC). The
election was held during
the NYPBSC’s 53rd
Annu-
al Session, October 10-13,
2015.
Dr. Johnson previously
served as the Vice President
at large. He will serve a
four-year term as President
beginning 2015.
“I am honored to serve
this distinguished “civil
rights” convention. I am
committed to advocating
the principles by which
this convention was born;
which includes being the
voice for human and civil
rights, equality and justice
and fighting causes for the
disenfranchised. My hope
for the future is to increase
participation of NYPBSC
churches in convention ac-
tivities across New York
State including the youth
and young adult among the
member congregations; ex-
pand the convention’s com-
mitment to promote healthy
lifestyles; promote cooper-
ative initiatives with other
Baptist conventions; and
securing its financial posi-
tion for the future,” said Dr.
Johnson.
Dr. Johnson has been
preaching and teaching the
word of God for 42 years.
Before beginning God’s as-
signment to pastor Harlem’s
83-year old Canaan Baptist
Church of Christ in 2006,
Dr. Johnson served Bethel
Baptist Church in Danville,
Virginia as Senior Pastor
for twenty years. This was
preceded by a pastorate
of five years at West End
Baptist Church, Reidsville,
North Carolina.
Dr. Johnson is a native
of Springfield, Ohio. He
holds a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Sociology from
Central State University,
Wilberforce, Ohio; a Master
Degree in Adult Education
from North Carolina A&T
State University in Greens-
boro, North Carolina; a
Master of Divinity Degree
(Magna Cum Laude) from
Hood Theological Sem-
inary in Salisbury, North
Carolina and the Doctor
of Divinity, conferred with
distinction, from Drew Uni-
versity, Madison, New Jer-
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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS
RANGEL TO HOST 2015 CAREER FAIR
C
o n g r e s s m a n
Charles B. Ran-
gel, in cooper-
ation with The City
College of New York
and Harlem Commu-
nity Development Cor-
poration, is hosting a
career fair on Tuesday,
November 10th, 2015,
from 10:00 AM to 4:00
PM at The Great Hall
of Shepard Hall, locat-
ed on the campus of The
City College of New
York (W. 139th & Con-
vent Street, New York,
New York, 10031). This
event is part of Rangel’s
continued effort to bring
his constituents back to
work and spur the econ-
omy in his congressional
district of New York’s
13th Congressional Dis-
trict that includes Upper
Manhattan and parts of
the Bronx.
“Whether you are
looking to begin a ca-
reer, improve your
qualifications, explore
a new profession, or
hire an employee, I am
here to help provide
the opportunity,” said
Rangel. “My top pri-
ority is ensuring that
my constituents have
access to high-quali-
ty, well-paying jobs. I
hope that this event not
only provides attend-
ees with the chance to
expand their horizon,
but also to learn how to
find and apply for dif-
ferent positions.”
The Rangel Career
Fair in 2014 attracted
over 1,500 job-seekers
and representatives from
more than 70 of Ameri-
ca’s leading companies
government agencies,
and non-profit organi-
zations. Many attend-
ees left with job leads
and new contacts, while
participating employers
were able to recruit can-
didates and distribute
materials.
In effort to help his
constituents find gain-
ful employment, Ran-
gel has reached out to
various entities that will
be participating in the
upcoming career fair.
There are 70 employ-
ers that have confirmed,
including: AARP Foun-
dation SCSEP, Acacia
Network, Aflac, AHRC
NYC, AmeriPlan, An-
imal Care Centers of
NYC, ASA College,
ATF, Best Buy, Birch
Family Services, Board
of Election City of
New York, Brooklyn
Workforce Innova-
tions, CAMBA, Inc.,
CIANA, Civilian Com-
plaint Review Board,
COHME (Concerned
Home Managers for
the Elderly), Colum-
bia University (Co-
lumbia Employment
Information Center),
Community Healthcare
Network, Customs and
Border Protection, Dept
Citywide Admin SVC,
DeVry, DHS/ICE/ERO,
Duane Reade, East Har-
lem Tutorial Program,
Fastenal, Forestdale
Inc., GoodTemps, Juice
Generation, Leake and
Watts, Legal Shield
Inc., Lifespire, Lifes-
pire, Inc., Metropolitan
College of New York,
MTA Metro-North
Railroad, NAE52, New
York Career Institute,
New York City Fire
Department, New York
Life, New York Pub-
lic Library, New York
State Police, Nontradi-
tional Employment for
Women, NRG, NYC
Department of Correc-
tion, NYC Department
of Correction, NYC
Dept for the Aging,
NYS Comptroller Di-
Napoli Office of Un-
claimed Funds, NYS
Department of Civil
Service, Organo, Penn-
sylvania State Police,
Philadelphia Police
Department, Primerica,
Inc., Reliable Commu-
nity Care, Southwest
Airlines, St. Joseph’s
College, The City Col-
lege of New York, The
New York Foundling,
Time Cabinet, Time
Warner Cable, U.S. En-
vironmental, Protection
Agency - Region 2,
U.S. Peace Corps, Unit-
ed States Park Police,
United States Secret
Service, Upper Man-
hattan Workforce 1 Ca-
reer Center , US DOS
NY Passport Agency,
WorldNet International.
“Lifting people out
of poverty and creating
opportunities for ev-
eryone to succeed have
always been my utmost
concern in Congress,”
said Rangel. “Ameri-
ca’s economic strength
begins with creating
jobs in the communi-
ty. I thank President
Lisa S. Coico and her
outstanding staff at
CCNY, as well as the
Harlem Development
Corporation, for once
assisting my office
with the great mission
of providing opportu-
nities for those seek-
ing a new career. Our
continued partnership
will ensure a pathway
for hundreds of people
searching for gainful
employment to achieve
the American Dream.”
For more details or to
RSVP for the career fair,
visit http://rangel.house.
gov/careerfair2015
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EDITORIAL
20 Questions Every Presidential
Candidate Must Answer
B
ye, bye Biden. The
Vice-President who might
have given the Honorable
Hillary Clinton a run for her money
has concluded that the timing is not
right for him. Clinton needs someone
to rattle her cage, to push her to be
more focused in the general election.
Now, Senator Bernie Sanders will
push her to the left. Biden may have
pushed her back to center, enhancing
her electability.
It doesn’t matter now. The late
Congressman William Clay (D-Mo.)
often said that black folks should have
“no permanent friends, no permanent
enemies, only permanent issues.”
How hard will African Americans
push candidates for President in 2016,
whether they are African American or
white, Democratic or Republican, leg-
acy candidates (Bush, Clinton), or out-
siders? We should directly challenge
these candidates on race matters, and
push it as aggressively as we can. Hats
off to the #BlackLivesMatter move-
ment for doing exactly that – pushing
until our issues garnered recognition
among Democrats. Republicans were
not asked, nor did they volunteer, their
perspective on race matters.
If I were questioning these candi-
dates on race matters, here’s what I’d
ask about their views:
1. What do you think about race
relations in our nation? If you think
they are broken, how would you fix
them? If you think everything is fine,
how do you account for the differen-
tials we can measure in terms of in-
come, employment and educational
attainment?
2. Do you think that race matters?
How? Do you think that the Presiden-
tial bully pulpit is an appropriate plat-
form from which to raise this issues?
Assuming that you are inaugurated
in January 2016, what would be your
first speech on race, and whom would
you offer it to?
3. Do you believe in targeted pro-
grams? In other words since African
Americans were disproportionately
hit by the Great Recession, should this
community get disproportionate assis-
tance in recovery funding. How would
you manage this?
4. How do you define affirmative
action? Do you agree with its premise
and support its implementation?
5.TheAfricanAmericanunemploy-
ment rate has been twice that of Whites
for five decades. Do you feel any obli-
gation to close the gap? How would you
approach that? Too many have accepted
this employment gap as historic. Should
theAfricanAmerican community accept
this as a permanent gap?
6. How would you deal with some
of the educational challenges in the
African American community, from
differences in high school graduation
rates, to differences in college atten-
dance? Would you increase the Pell
Grant, and where would the money
come from? How strongly will you
support HBCUs (Historically Black
Colleges and Universities), and can
these institutions expect more support
from your administration?
7. The criminal justice system
seems biased against African Amer-
icans, and the recent spate of the
killings of black men at the hands of
white officers magnify this. What are
your plans to reform a system that is
so clearly biased that half of prison
populations are African American (yet
only 13 percent of the population)?
8. African Americans dispropor-
tionately depend on Social Security,
mainly because as few as a third have
company provided pensions. Calls for
Social Security reform have includ-
ed proposals to cut benefits, raise the
retirement age, or both. What is your
position on Social Security changes?
How do you think African Americans
are affected by these changes? What
will you do to mitigate the dispro-
portionate impact of social security
changes on African Americans?
9. Who are the African Americans
on your campaign team? What are
their roles? Will you contract with
African American entrepreneurs to do
your printing, or media buys and to
provide other services? Do you have
a goal for what percentage of your
campaign budget will be awarded to
African American businesses?
10. Do you support theAffordable
Care Act, which increases health in-
surance availability for African Amer-
ican, as well as all Americans? If you
do not support the Affordable Care
Act, how will you improve health
access?
Historically, African Americans
heavily support Democrats, and from
what I see in the Republican field, we
should continue to do so. However,
Democratic candidates should not
take the African American community
for granted and those Democrats in the
race should be willing to answer these
questions.
Hilary Clinton enjoys significant
support among African Americans.
Our support should not excuse her
from asking questions about her sup-
port of African Americans. If we don’t
ask her these questions, we have no
right to ask them of others.
Julianne Malveaux is an author
and economist based in Washington,
D.C. Her latest book “Are We Better
off? Race, Obama and Public Policy”
will be released in November 2015
and is available for preorder at www.
juliannemalveaux.com.
OP ED:
By Julianne Malveaux
NNPA Columnist

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an anyone afford
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Harlem? A better
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be; are Harlem residents
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community? The prob-
lem has become alarm-
ing because there is no-
where in Harlem that is
affordable. What are first
time home buyers to do?
Where can they go to
purchase homes for their
families? Apparently the
escalating home values
and the limited amount
of money a lender is now
willing to finance to a
first time buyer is doing
just that.
Home values in to-
day’s market are dictat-
ing that low to moderate
income buyers cannot af-
ford to purchase a home
in Harlem. As a prospec-
tive first time buyer you
can only expect this situ-
ation to get worse before
it gets any better.
For this very reason,
many first time home
buyers are now looking
into low income areas
like Jersey City and
Newark. Prices are
still somewhat reason-
able in these commu-
nities. However, the
additional time spent
in commuting back and
forth to the city might
become a problem if
there are young chil-
dren in your family.
Another possible op-
tion to consider is Staten
Island. There are many
affordable homes that
are reasonably priced in
this borough. One pos-
itive factor also is you
will still be residing in
New York City. There-
fore, you could still use
the HPD grant if you
meet the other eligibil-
ity requirements. Either
way, do your research to
determine if relocating
to any one of these com-
munities will fit your
budget, lifestyle and
provide you with a level
of comfort.
Buying a home is a
big decision and you
do not want to rush into
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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS
HARLEM CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS
CALENDAR
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Oct 29 7pm
Broken Box Mime The-
ater is a collaborative per-
formance group that tells
original stories through
mime technique and
dance movement. Aaron
Davis Hall (129 Convent
Avenue at 135th St.)
Oct 31
New Orleans Masquer-
ade and after party. Irvin
Mayfield and The New Or-
leans Jazz Orchestra fea-
turing Dee Dee Bridgewa-
ter at the World Famous
Apollo Theater (253 West
125th Street)
Nov 2, 8pm
Comedy Night at the
Schomburg. Join three
leading ladies of comedy
for an evening of laughter
and conversation, featur-
ing Naomi Ekperigin and
Phoebe Robinson and
with host, Akila Hughes.
The Schomburg Center
for Research in Black Cul-
ture (515 Lenox Ave)
Nov 2
Dead and Breathing by
Chisa Hutchinson (Come-
dy). Opening Night Gala.
Cranky old broad, Caro-
lyn Whitlock, has been in
hospice for far too long
and just wants to die al-
ready. National Black The-
atre (2031 Fifth Avenue)
Nov 3 noon-2pm
Harlem Afternoon Jazz
Series featuring Craig Har-
ris at Rendall Memorial
Presbyterian Church, 59 W
137th Street
Nov 4, 6:30pm
Talks at the Schom-
burg: Nat Turner, Rebel
and Prophet. Join histori-
an Anthony E. Kaye and
writer and artist Thulani
Davis for a conversation
placing Nat Turner in a
broad context of bibli-
cal prophets and African
American religion, slave
rebels and slave rebel-
lions across the Atlantic
world. The Schomburg
Center for Research in
Black Culture (515 Lenox
Ave)
Nov 6 8pm
The Puerto Rican
Songbook Hidden Trea-
sures Concert returns to
Aaron Davis Hall (129
Convent Avenue at
135th St.) Dr. Willie Rodri-
guez and friends back
celebrating the musical
giants and scholars of
Puerto Rico
Nov 10 noon-2pm
Harlem Afternoon Jazz
Series featuring Art Bloom
at Rendall Memorial Pres-
byterian Church, 59 W
137th Street
Nov 12 6pm-10pm
“An Evening of Art &
Elegance” at the Dwyer
Cultural Center (258 St.
Nicholas Ave at 123rd
Street) Featured perform-
ers for the evening are
the Eric Frazier Quintet
with jazz vocalists Pamela
Cornelius and The Soyemi
Sisters. Special guest ap-
pearance by K-Jil!
Nov 16 6:30pm
Films at the Schom-
burg: My Block: Strong
Island,Part 2.Award-win-
ning filmmaker Jordan
Crafton explores the
present-day black expe-
rience across on Long Is-
land in his powerful docu-
mentary. The Schomburg
Center for Research in
Black Culture (515 Lenox
Ave)
Nov 17 noon-2pm
Harlem Afternoon Jazz
Series featuring Milton
Suggs at Rendall Memori-
al Presbyterian Church, 59
W 137th Street
Nov 17, 7:30pm
A celebration of Ce-
cil Taylor to Benefit Har-
lem Stage. Join Harlem
Stage for a spectacular
evening celebrating the
genius of one of the last
living pioneers of the jazz
avant-garde. 150 Con-
vent Avenue at 135th
Street
Nov 24 noon-2pm
Harlem Afternoon Jazz
Series featuring Jorge Syl-
vester at Rendall Memori-
al Presbyterian Church, 59
W 137th Street
Dec 11-31
The First Noel. The
Classical Theatre of Har-
lem, in its debut at the
Apollo Theater, brings a
new Harlem-based hol-
iday musical that cross-
es genres - from disco
to rock to gospel that
promises to be a clas-
sic for years to come. At
the World Famous Apollo
Theater (253 West 125th
Street)
Now until Dec 12
El Museo del Barrio
(1230 Fifth Ave) İPresente!
The Young Lords in New
York explores the lega-
cy of the Young Lords in
East Harlem, the Bronx
and the Lower East Side,
focusing on specific polit-
ical events that the Young
Lords organized in these
locations.
All listings on this cal-
endar are free of charge.
To add your listing, please
send copy 50 words or less
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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERSTHEATER
“The Gin Game” Theatre Icons—James Earl Jones and
Cicely Tyson—Pure Brilliance On Broadway
By Linda Armstrong
P
ure brilliance is what I saw
as I watched James Earl
Jones and Cicely Tyson
perform in “The Gin Game” at the
Golden Theatre on W 45th
Street.
These two veteran, intense actors
bring to light the tragedy that se-
nior citizens face in their waning
years when their families decide
to put them in the nursing home
and forget they exist.
Senior citizens in nursing
homes are facing illness, depres-
sion, abandonment and feeling
disrespected. Although play-
wright D. L. Coburn consistently
interweaves humor into the script,
he also makes sure that the audi-
ence gets the full, disconcerting
picture of what the elderly go
through. This play makes one
realize that no matter what has
happened in your life with your
parents and elderly family mem-
bers--is it worth them being put
into a place that is falling apart,
where they feel worthless? I hope
not.
You also have to wonder when
you see “mean” elderly people in
nursing homes, why they are that
way--maybe they feel a sense of
hopelessness. They are definitely
frustrated. This play helps one to
put themselves in the place of the
elderly person who feels frustra-
tion, boredom and disrespected.
They feel like they are spoken
to as if they are children. The
characters that Jones and Tyson
portray are Weller and Fonsia.
Weller is an angry, foul-mouthed
man who alienates everyone, but
has a passion for the card game
gin. Fonsia is an ill woman, who
has no relationship with her son
or her sister. No one comes to see
her.
Despite all the negative as-
pects of their lives Weller and
Fonsia find solace when they play
gin with each other. That is until
Fonsia wins. Every hand that she
wins leads to that much more un-
raveling of Weller’s composure.
With every hand played his phys-
ical anger is more demonstrated
and he easily frightens Fonsia.
One of the results of him intim-
idating her is that she complains
to the doctors and that opens a
whole different can of worms, es-
pecially for a resident of a nursing
home.
This play, while immensely
entertaining, is also a devastating-
ly vivid look at the hardships that
many elderly people face. Jones,
at age 84 and Tyson, at 90, are a
“dream team.” Leonard Foglia
provides flawless direction of this
amazing couple. You must make
plans to go and see this incredible
production. It will enlighten you
and move your heart.
Mark The Date: Monday, November 16 AUDELCO Awards, Plan To Go!
By Linda Armstrong
T
he AUDELCO
Award nominations
are out and many
Black Theatre companies
and Black playwrights,
actors and directors are
in the running to receive
“The VIV”—a prestigious
award that recognizes ex-
cellence in Black Theatre.
This year’s awards will oc-
cur on Monday, November
16 at Symphony Space,
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre,
located at 2537 Broadway
at 95th
St.
The theatre companies
up for nominations are
the Billie Holiday The-
atre; New Federal Theatre;
National Black Theatre;
Shades of Truth Theatre/
Voza Rivers/New Heri-
tage Theatre Group; Irving
Street Rep/Faison Fire-
house Theatre; Classical
Theatre of Harlem; An-
thonyKen, LLC/Sheryl L.
Ralph; Layon Gray Amer-
ican Theatre Co.; and The
Morningside Players. Ad-
ditional theatre companies
being nominated include
Primary Stages; Lincoln
Center Theatre 3; Signa-
ture Theatre; The Pub-
lic Theatre; York Theatre
Company; New York City
Children’s Theater; Obsid-
ian Media Group/Braata
Productions; Theatre for
a New Audience; Master-
works Theatre Company;
Clement Arts/Epic Theatre
Ensemble; Phoenix The-
atre Ensemble; StreetSigns
Center for Literature and
Performance/New Dog
Theatre Company; Derek
Yip and Nikita Produc-
tions; and Rattlestick Play-
wrights Theater.
The productions nom-
inated include some mar-
velous shows. The Katori
Hall play “Our Lady of
Kibeho” is up for 10 VIV
awards. Tony award win-
ner, Billy Porter’s “While
I Yet Live” is coming in
with nine nominations.
“Brothers From the Bot-
toms” has eight nomina-
tions. “Brownsville song
(b-side for tray), “Carna-
val,” and “Flambeaux” tie
with seven nominations.
Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Fa-
ther Comes Home from
the Wards, Parts 1, 2 &
3’ has six nominations.
“Mighty Real: A Fabulous
Sylvester Musical” has
five nominations. Six pro-
ductions landed four nom-
inations and include: “A
Band of Angels,” “Ain’t
Misbehavin’, “For the Last
Time,” “Texas in Paris,”
“The Fortress of Soli-
tude,” and “The Tempest.”
Two productions had three
nominations--“Tambur-
laine, Parts I & II,” and
“The Glass Menagerie.”
Three productions had two
nominations—“Dutch-
man,” “Kings of Har-
lem,” and “Pitbulls.” A
single nomination came to
“American Moor,” “Black
Wall Street,” “Dancing
on Eggshells,” “Fences,”
“Forever,” Freight: The
Five Incarnations of Abel
Green,” “Fried Chicken
and Latkes,” “Most Dan-
gerous Man in America
(W.E.B.DuBois),” “R&J:
An Uncivil Tale,” and
“Self Made Man: The
Frederick Douglass Story.”
To get information on
the nominations and get-
ting tickets to see who
wins what visit www.
audelco.net. The 43rd
Annual Vivian Robin-
son/AUDELCO Awards
has honorary co-chairs
Ralph Carter, Erich Mc-
Millan-McCall and Petro-
nia Paley. This year’s
awards will be co-hosted
by Kenny Seymour and
Alyson Williams. Pioneer
awards will be received
by Bernard March; San-
dra Reeves Phillips and
Rudolph Shaw. Special
Achievement Awards will
go to BAYO and Nia Pro-
ductions. Board of Direc-
tors Awards will be pre-
sented to Darlene Gidney;
Toni Peterson and Leon
Pinkney. And I’m so ex-
cited to announce that I
will be receiving a Special
Lifetime Achievement
Award for my 30 year ca-
reer as a Theatre Critic.
The AUDELCO’s are
a Black Theatre family re-
union, please make plans to
attend and feel your heart
full.

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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS
The Harlem Mile
T
he annual New
York Marathon
will take place
this Sunday November
1st, and for many of
the runners the Harlem
Mile, a distance rough-
ly between 138th street
and Fifth Avenue and
96th street and Fifth
Avenue, is one of the
hardest parts of the race.
Runners hit what is
known as the wall at this
time. The wall is when
the body reaches the
point of breaking down
and the psychological
motivation to stop or
give up seems to be the
greatest.
A few years ago The
Greater Harlem Cham-
ber of Commerce and
The New York Road
Runners (who are
GHCC members) de-
veloped an initiative
called the Harlem Mile,
five locations along the
race route from 135th
street and 5th Avenue
to 110th
street and Duke
Ellington Circle, with
five musical stages that
provide international
sounds of Harlem.
Over the years not
only has the entertain-
ment along the Harlem
Mile become a motivat-
ing high point for the
many non-professional
marathon runners but
an excellent place for
family and friends to
come together to watch
the race and hear great
music. Gospel and Spir-
itual music is the theme
for the 135st stage,
R&B and HIP HOP is
the theme for the 125th
street stage.
The main stage on
the route is at 121st
street and Mount Mor-
ris Park West; this stage
will feature the “Sounds
of Harlem;” Jazz, Lat-
in, House Music, Gos-
pel, Blues, Caribbean
and Rock. Latin and
Caribbean music is the
theme for the stage at
117th street and 5th av-
enue. The 5th stage at
110th and Duke Elling-
ton Circle features live
performances by Keith
the Captain Gamble and
other surprise guests.
Towards the end of
the race many of the
runners stop to dance
and become energized
to continue the race.
For many of the runners
who come from all parts
of the world this is their
first introduction to the
spirit of Harlem.
The New York Mar-
athon is New York’s
largest tourist event
where thousands of
runner and their fam-
ilies and friends in-
vade New York for one
week. Harlem Mara-
thon Week is another
initiative developed by
GHCC to attract many
of the tourists who
are visiting New York
for the race to explore
businesses uptown.
Starting Monday Oc-
tober 26th to Novem-
ber 1st there will be a
number of activities
in Harlem, visit www.
harlemdiscover.com or
call 212 862-7200 for
additional information.
If you have a friend
or family member run-
ning in this year’s New
York Marathon or if you
would like a close up
look at the race and to
listen to great music, I
suggest you come out to
one of the Harlem Mile
locations this Sunday.
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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS EVENT
5 Stages of Retirement Preparation: What to Know Now (StatePoint)
It’s never too early or too
late to save for your re-
tirement, whether you’re
a young saver or approaching
your retirement years.
“There are actions you can
take to help boost your retire-
ment readiness at key points
throughout your life,” says Ja-
mie Ohl, president of Retire-
ment Plan Services at Lincoln
Financial Group.
According to a 2015 Lin-
coln Financial Group M.O.O.D.
of America study, 92 percent of
Americans agree that putting
money into a retirement plan,
like a 401(k), contributes to a
more secure financial future.
Ohl and the professionals at
Lincoln are offering retirement
savings tips for various life
stages that can help all savers
take full advantage of their
workplace retirement plan and
become more confident about
their retirement readiness at ev-
ery step along the way.
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It may be tempting to
spend your new paycheck ex-
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or need now, and delay saving
for retirement altogether at
this point. Lincoln’s M.O.O.D.
study shows that 78 percent
of Millennials feel that pay-
ments they need to make now,
like bills, housing, and other
necessities, make it difficult
for them to put money toward
their future. However, your
monthly budget should include
a line for retirement savings.
Now is the time to create a
habit of contributing regular-
ly to your retirement savings
plan at work. As soon as it’s
available to you, enroll in your
employer-sponsored plan and
save at least up to the compa-
ny match. Saving a small but
steady amount early on can
compound over time and pay
off down the road.
Keeping It Up
Life can get complicated as
you get older. From mortgage
and car payments to education
expenses to raising kids, com-
peting financial priorities can
distract you from retirement
savings goals. Resist the temp-
tation to stop saving altogether
or borrow from your plan. Lin-
coln’s 2015 American Consum-
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of Generation X and younger
Baby Boomers would like to
put more money into saving
for retirement, but cannot due
to present financial constraints.
Now more than ever, keep
up the momentum. A finan-
cial professional can help you
evaluate your retirement sav-
ings picture and identify ways
to maintain savings growth. As
you navigate your career and
make job changes, be sure to
evaluate a potential employ-
er’s benefits offering -- in-
cluding a retirement savings
plan -- as part of your overall
compensation. Learn about
what options are available to
you, such as a company match,
investment choices and other
resources to help you stay on
track and keep a holistic view
of your savings.
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At this point you have done
most of the hard work and the
retirement you’ve envisioned is
in sight. Continue to save and
set aside extra money from in-
come boosts or bonuses. Work
with a financial consultant to
reset your savings strategies
and learn about other savings
tools like income guarantee op-
tions that may be available in
your plan. Familiarize yourself
with Social Security benefits,
and any other income sourc-
es you’ve secured throughout
your career.
For more retirement prepa-
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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERSEVENT
Local Women Honored for Service to Church and Community
by Derrel Jazz Johnson
H
arlem Community
Newspapers, Inc &
Healthfirst honored
six lovely ladies in the pro-
gram titled “Women Who
Nurture the Church and Har-
lem Community” Saturday,
October 24, 2015, at Har-
lem Commonwealth Coun-
cil, Inc. located at 361 West
125th Street.
The honorees for the
event were Pastor Desiree
Allen, Associate Pastor of
Arts and Spiritual Formation
at First Corinthian Baptist
Church, Carmen Mat-
thew, a deaconess at Victo-
ry Tabernacle Seventh-Day
Christian Church who has
attended since 1946, Doris
Andrea Rhem, the Presi-
dent of Mother AME Zion
Church Health Ministry,
Pastor Dame Raven West-
brook, Assistant Pastor of
Harlem Christian Center,
Doris D. Wooten, an active
parishioner at St. Charles
Borromeo Church for over
three decades who is a mem-
ber of the Fellowship Com-
mittee and Lazarus Project,
and Reverend Itang Hope
Young, Assistant Minis-
ter for Youth at Abyssinian
Baptist Church.
With these anointed
women being honored, a
great Saturday afternoon
was had by all in attendance.
The festivities began with
complimentary white wine
and light snacks while the
music of the Phil Young Ex-
perience greeted the packed
audience of attendees and
honorees.
After, Sonya Simmons
from JRose Catering made
brief announcements, fol-
lowed by Pat Stevenson,
Publisher of this very publi-
cation greeting everyone be-
fore she turned it over to the
Mistress of Ceremonies for
the afternoon, the very tal-
ented playwright and scribe
for Harlem News, Hazel Ro-
setta Smith.
Representatives from
Healthfirst also said a few
words about their products
and the satisfaction received
by their clients, and then
it was time for the “Hats
by Rosebud” show, which
featured a group of models
displaying wonderful hats of
all colors, shapes, sizes, and
materials.
Lunch was served after
with a buffet so tasty pre-
pared by James Rosebud and
his JRose Catering, featuring
salmon, baked chicken, rice,
salad, and carrots and string
beans so good I raved after
(and secretly wanted to take
a plate home for dinner).
After lunch, it was finally
time to honor the six wom-
en. Harlem News spoke with
many of the women after
they received the honor.
“For me personally, it
was an honor because I be-
lieve in serving God first.
It gave me an opportunity
also to be able to represent
my church, Mother African
Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church where Reverend Dr.
Richard Chapple, Jr. is our
senior pastor, and to rec-
ognize that they have been
so helpful and just been so
involved in the ministry of
health and wellness and en-
couragement through this
ministry…I had an oppor-
tunity to fellowship with
everyone who attended,”
said honoree Doris Andrea
Rhem.
“It was a wonderful feel-
ing. I’m proud and honored
and I hope that they continue
this because I think it’s im-
portant for people in church-
es to know and understand
that what they do is recog-
nized,” said honoree Doris
D. Wooten.
“Well first of all it was
definitely a surprise. I had
no idea that I was actually
nominated, but after I did
have an opportunity to think
about what the honor meant,
I felt very honored and very
privileged because I am not
the only one who does great
work within the community.
I’m amongst a host of many
other as what we would say
‘cloud of working witness-
es;’ strong women who are
on the ground, in the mix,
in the thick of things, help-
ing young people and older
people alike create positive
outcomes for their lives,”
said Reverend Itang Hope
Young.
“I was really honored,”
said a surprised Pastor De-
siree Allen, who attended
the event with several fam-
ily members, including her
proud mother Renee Ben-
son, who visited from Nash-
ville, Tennessee. “That my
family was able to be here
and celebrate with me or that
anybody in the community
would recognize the work
that I am doing or any of the
women are doing is truly a
blessing,” she added.
“I was so impressed with
the gift and the honor,” said
Carmen Matthew, who was
also honored to be amongst
the honorees, though she
noted she wasn’t a Rever-
end or Pastor. “But it was all
part of women in the min-
istry, which is God’s work,
and that’s what I have been
doing all of these years.”
Matthew impressed me with
her youthful energy and en-
thusiasm, especially for 83!
I would personally like to
say thank you to all of the
women who were honored
for inspiring me. There are
many ways we can give, but
giving back to the church
and the community allows
you to best see the fruits of
your labor.
Mistress of Ceremonies Hazel Smith wowed the crowd with an excerpt from her play
"Tell It, Sing It, Shout It"
Models wore Rosebud Hats and outfits
from the Brownstone
Honoree Reverend Itang Hope Young, Honoree Carmen Matthew; HCN Publisher
Pat Stevenson; Honoree Pastor Desiree Allen; Honoree Doris D. Wooten; Honoree Pastor
Dame Raven Westbrook; Honoree Doris Andrea Rhem; Healthfirst V.P. George Hulse
photos by Nadezda Tavodova

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S
tudents inAkron have a lot to look
forward to thanks in part to the
city’s own NBA legend LeBron
James, who recently announced plans to
help students pay for their college edu-
cation.
On Wednesday October 21, 2015
at the University of Akron’s James A.
Rhodes (JAR) Arena, LeBron James and
First Lady of the United States Michelle
Obama addressed this announcement to
over one thousand students at a special
event focused on education.
In 2011, in partnership with Akron
Public Schools, the LeBron James Fami-
ly Foundation began working on the high
school dropout crisis, through the foun-
dation’s “Wheels for Education” (WFE)
program, that targets third graders and
follow them through graduation.
Now the foundation will guarantee
a 4-year, renewable University of Akron
scholarship to all qualifying students that
are part of the Akron I PROMISE Net-
work (AIPN).
In order to qualify, each student
must graduate from a high school within
the Akron Public School district, achieve
standard testing, maintain good atten-
dance and perform community service.
As a child growing up in Akron,
James knows the challenges for many
students whose parents face low income
challenges and can’t afford to send their
kids to college. “This will give parents a
sense of relief and I can now look for-
ward to my kids having the opportunity
to do something I’ve always wanted to
do,” said James, The Reporter’s 2015
“Man of the Year.”
James generated cheers from stu-
dents as he told said, “this is an unbe-
lievable day and I always think about the
hard work you do. I promise to work hard
from the time I get up for work as I go to
practice or to appearances, I hold up to
my responsibilities and I know you will
do the same.”
First Lady Michelle Obama fol-
lowed suit as she came out to a roaring
crowd saying, “Wow! I want to take time
to talk about Mr. LeBron as you all call
him - I’m telling Mr. LeBron that he has
two huge fans in the White House; that’s
me and Mr. Obama.”
Obama continued: “We love this
man because of the man that he is, not
because he’s a great athlete. We love him
because of the husband, father, the son,
friend and citizen that he is. He’s a role
model and we’re so proud of him for
stepping up for his state and city. I love
LeBron.”
First Lady Michelle Obama was
on hand to promote her “Better Make
Room” campaign, a program that targets
14-19 year-old and is associated with her
“Reach Higher” initiative. According to
the White House, the “Reach Higher”
initiative was designed, “to inspire every
student inAmerica to take charge of their
future by completing their education past
high school, whether at a professional
training program, a community college,
or a four-year college or university.”
Obama said that she hoped every-
one would soon be hearing about the stu-
dents’ accomplishments as they finished
high school and went on to college.
We want to make room for you and
your stories and so instead of everybody
always talking about folks like me and
LeBron and the next reality TV show, we
want them to talk about kids like you,”
said Obama. “You are the stars, so we
want to shine a big bright light on how
hard you are working and how much
you’re achieving.
ESPN sports anchor Michael Wil-
bon joined Obama and James in lead-
ing the students in the “I Promise”
pledge. Students stood up and repeated
the words: “I promise to dream big...to
go to school, do my home work, listen
to teachers; ask questions and find an-
swers.”
Many students received hugs and
handshakes from Obama, James, and
members of the James family.
“I can’t wait to tell my friends that
I saw LeBron and Mrs. Obama,” young
Anthony Patterson, Jr. told The Reporter.
His dad Anthony Patterson, Sr. said,
“What LeBron is doing says a lot about
his character. The fact that he’s willing to
pay for all of these kids education means
a lot to me, because not too many athletes
will do this.”
“I learned that I need to finish school
if I want to get a scholarship,” said young
Gavin Messner, who said that he wants to
be a policeman someday.
Marlon Cheatham said that he
learned to always do his best and he
shared that he wants to be an architect
some day.
Young Haneef Abdulmujib also
learned to always try his best and to nev-
er give up when it gets hard. Abdulmujib
said that he dreams of being a doctor
when he grows up.
The first class of the “Wheels for
Education” will graduate in the year
2021. For information about the LeB-
ron James Family Foundation, log on to
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Special to the NNPA News Wire from The Akron Reporter

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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS URBANOLOGY
Herbs Are Nature’s Medicine...
Answers to Puzzle on page 20
By Zakiyyah
Breathingdo Part I
By William A. Rogers
I
n Korea and Japan the
word Do means “the
way” and Ki means
one’s vital energy such
as Kendo the way of the
sword, Aikido the way of
unifying with life energy
or Kido the way of ener-
gy. The term breathingdo
means the way of breath-
ing. We all know that
breathing is the founda-
tion of life; yet most of
the individuals that I see
at the Harlem Ki Energy
Center breath incorrectly.
The first step in learning
how to self-heal is the way
of breathing correctly or
“Breathingdo”.
Breathing incorrect-
ly is partly due to social
programing, we learned to
breathe correctly while in
our mother’s womb. The
expansion of our stomach
allows for nourishment to
enter our body through
the Umbilical Cord, we
then contract our stomach
to remove waste. If you
watch a new born infant’s
breathing, only the stom-
ach moves. As we grow
older social programing
creates the bad habit of
raising our chest to take in
oxygen.
If your chest moves
when taking a deep breath
you are breathing incor-
rectly. Abdominal breath-
ing or baby breathing is
an ancient method used
by Taoists and martial art-
ists to detoxify the lungs.
I was taught this many
years ago by my sensi
Great Grand Master Leon
“Major” Wallace, while
studying Goju Karate
under him. His favorite
Kata and what became
my favorite Kata was
Sanchin also known as
the breathing Kata. Mas-
ter Wallace would always
say “Sanchin will make
you strong and keep you
healthy; it took me many
years to truly understand
his wisdom.
During Autumn Taoist
healing strategies focus
on the detoxification of
the lungs, one of the rea-
sons for this article and
the deep breathing exer-
cises that I teach in the
Fall during the Wednes-
day evening Ki training
sessions at the Ki Cen-
ter. Abdominal breath-
ing exercises are natural
ways to reduce stress and
stress-related health issues
like high blood pressure
and depression.
Stress develops from
an imbalance in our Au-
tonomic Nervous System
(ANS). The ANS controls
the body’s involuntary
actions; it influences the
functions of our internal
organs. Our breathing,
our heart beat, our body
temperature, and all of
our cellular interactions
are regulated by the ANS.
The primary control cen-
ter in our brain that allows
the ANS to send the right
signal to the right organ at
the right time without our
conscious knowledge or
effort is called the hypo-
thalamus.
Learning the correct
way to breathe can bring
balance to the ANS. Next
week we will discuss how
this happens and why
many of our health prob-
lems can be addressed
naturally by relearning
how to breathe like a
baby.
You can also call my
direct line at 646 329-
6727 or send an email to
yourway2wellness2014@
gmail.com to schedule a
Chunsoo Ki Energy treat-
ment to experience the
ancient Taoist healing sys-
tem of, Heavenly Hands.
I
n the last article we
were speaking about
adaptogen herbs. This
group of herbs increases
strength and stamina, and
protects the body against
stress. Gynostemma is
used to reduce fatigue, treat
bronchitis, improve sexu-
al function and strengthen
the body in general. It can
also help maintain normal
blood sugar levels and re-
move harmful blood fat.
It’s also able to maintain
healthy bowel function by
its cleansing action on the
intestines and stomach.
Gynostemma is a very
powerful adaptogen herb,
as it also has anti-cancer
properties, and is often lik-
ened to ginseng.
Gynostemma is also
capable of lowering serum
cholesterol, bad cholesterol
(LDL) and triglycerides,
and at the same time in-
creasing good cholesterol
(HDL). It can lower high
blood pressure and im-
prove the function of the
cardiovascular health by
increasing coronary blood
flow and decreasing vascu-
lar resistance. Its ability to
release nitric oxide relaxes
the blood vessels.
I am still working hard
on my book release, which
should be within another
month or two. To stay post-
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This information is to
help you balance your
natural healing energies
and is not intended as di-
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he holidays ar-
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you– Sale! Sale! Sale!
The urge to shop, even
in difficult economic
times, can be powerful.
It’s hard to resist an op-
portunity to save by pur-
chasing something-any-
thing that you “just gotta
have,” that you really
only created an impulse
need for–simply because
it’s on sale or because
it’s a great time to shop
because there are oppor-
tunities everywhere to
save on just about any-
thing!
I’m not pointing
fingers; I’m guilty of
loving a good sale too.
BUT, I have to face a
few cold facts, so go
with me for a minute .
. . Often what looked
fabulous in the fitting
room, didn’t look so
great after getting home
to my own mirror. Or,
I sometimes buy things
that I already have in
my closet . . . how many
black skirts does one
really need? What I fi-
nally realized was that I
was shopping for all the
wrong reasons. Instead
of shopping I really
needed to address what
was really bothering
me, because shopping
didn’t help me feel bet-
ter. So, as I see it, this is
a great time to reflect on
changes I need to make.
And since it is custom-
ary to work on one’s
worst habits first–I
chose shopping.
All of you kindred
spirits out there; please
keep reading. Don’t get
me wrong. I’m not go-
ing to advocate that one
should never shop again,
because like I said, I love
sales. But what I will say
is that if you are going to
shop; shop responsibly.
So, here a few guidelines
for you to implement be-
fore you start shopping.
Before you go consid-
er doing the following
three things:
• Go through your closet
(as well as your other
family members), and
contribute undamaged
or slightly worn cloth-
ing, shoes, handbags
and other accessories to
a local organization or
shelter that works with
the less fortunate to
empower themselves.
Having “good” clothes
can really be a great
new start for someone.
As you go through, be
honest with yourself, if
you haven’t worn it in a
year or it’s too small–
it’s out!
• Before you go shop-
ping, ask yourself if
you really, really need
to shop. Your time and
energy might be bet-
ter spent improving
yourself in other ways
or spending time with
family and friends.
• Ask yourself why you
want to shop. Are you
lonely? Down in the
dumps? Have your ex’s
credit card number? If
you’ve got it like that
financially, and have
a need to spend, then
you might consider
putting some of your
disposable income to
better use– like put-
ting something away
for your child’s college
education, starting an
annuity, saving for a
down payment on a
home, adding to your
retirement fund, taking
a class to grow profes-
sionally or giving to
charity . . .
If after asking your-
self these three ques-
tions, and you still feel
the need to shop—Wait
until next week’s col-
umn. I have a few more
things for you to consid-
er. Don’t worry though,
the sale signs will still
be there . . . think about.
See you next week.
Please visit my web-
site,TalkwithAudrey.
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R
ev. Al Sharpton
and the National
Action Network
held an observance mark-
ing the tragic death of Of-
ficer Rudolph Holder, Jr.
This senseless murder
of Holder underscores the
fact that our children and
grandchildren are keeping
guns in our homes. Don’t
give me that “Not my
child” foolishness. Par-
ents have to be responsi-
ble for the behavior of our
children. Please; it’s later
than you think. There is
an element of lawlessness
in our community that is
rising day by day.
Spiritual folks need to
be aware that a shift is oc-
curring in the atmosphere
and if we are not careful
we will find ourselves
on the wrong side of that
shift.
People have to stop
walking in the streets and
crossing the streets with
your faces buried in those
damn cell phones. Every
other person is walking,
watching and talking on
the phone. They are total-
ly oblivious to what’s hap-
pening around them! It is
not safe.
Congratulations to Tab-
ernacle of Deliverance,
2890 Frederick Doug-
lass Blvd., in Harlem, as
they celebrate 39 years of
continuous service to the
community and the world.
A series of services will
be held from October 20
– 23, each night a different
Pastor and congregation
will be in attendance.
Rev. Idus Nunn, Jr.,
Pastor of Franklin Avenue
Baptist Church celebrated
his 20th Anniversary as
the Pastor. The well-at-
tended event was held at
Maestro’s Catering Hall
in the Bronx. The table
settings were unique and
remarkable!
WHCR-90.3 FM, The
Voice of Harlem, has been
broadcasting live news
every day at 9:00am and
6:00pm. Join us for the
latest in what’s going on
across the country, around
the world and in our
neighborhood. Ms. An-
gela Harden is the General
Manager.
Rev. Johnnie Green,
Pastor of Mt. Neboh Bap-
tist Church in Harlem was
my guest on the 3G Ex-
perience radio program.
He spoke about Pastors
not taking the Biblical
position in regard to ho-
mosexuality and trying to
be popular and fill pews!
What do you say?
Follow Bro. Bill on
Facebook or on the air at
WHCR.90.3 FM or www.
whcr.org. Thursday morn-
ing from 6am- 10am.Oth-
er communication may be
sent to PO Box 446, New
York, NY 10039.
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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERSLITERARY CORNER
“What Color is Your Hoodie? Essays on Black Gay Identity” by Jarrett Neal
REVIEW by Terri Schlichenmeyer, Harlem News contributor
S
ome days, it seems as though
you have Super Powers.
That must be the explana-
tion for being unseen. That’s why there
are days when nobody looks at you.
There’s no acknowledgment that you
exist. You’re suddenly Invisible Man,
and in the new book “What Color is
Your Hoodie? Essays on Black Gay
Identity” by Jarrett Neal, the reason
is not so transparent.
Born to a fourteen-year-old moth-
er, raised in a household with an al-
coholic grandfather, Jarrett Neal was
in eighth grade when his gym class
accidentally walked in on their coach,
showering. It was Neal’s first glimpse
of a naked man and it “ended my boy-
hood,” he says.
He was well into college when he
finally admitted to himself that he was
attracted to men; still, the “daily taunts”
from his more athletic, more self-con-
fident peers and the absence of a father
haunted him for many years. To coun-
teract it, Neal joined a gym and worked
out tirelessly, until he realized that he’d
never have a body like He-Man. He
was never going to make a living with
his physique.
Instead, Neal knew that he had to
write.
It was “write or die,” he says,
though he’s been told that his style is
“either too black of too gay” and he
once assumed that “as a boy I wasn’t
supposed to care about books…” Even
so, he devoured the works of gay men
– particularly those who were black.
That voracity for books led to a teach-
ing career.
In his essays here, Neal discusses
the dearth of gay black men in films and
television, and he decries the lack of in-
terest by white readers in the works of
black authors. He looks at the sexuality
of gay black men who, like most Afri-
can American men, live under “sexual
stereotypes” that cause “a tremendous
onus… to live up to…” He writes about
black men (some, gay) who have made
history and changed perceptions within
their neighborhoods or industries. And
as a black man married to a white man,
he notes that racism within the gay
community is as big a problem as it is
anywhere else.
Author Jarrett Neal is not shy.
There’s no waffling inside this
book, and nothing held back. Neal dis-
cusses gay porn as blithely as he does
modern literature; he remembers his
childhood with the same passion as
he does coming out. Such power and
force in writing serves to give readers
– straight or gay – a solid understand-
ing of the points he tries to make. We
might laugh or raise our eyebrows but
we also empathize or, as the case may
be, sympathize.
What mars this otherwise well-do-
ne collection of essays is its sloppiness.
“What Color is Your Hoodie?” is rid-
dled with misspellings and punctuation
mistakes which, because of the fre-
quency, almost made me want to quit
this book too many times.
If you can forgive that distraction,
then this unusual book is a good read
that may actually change minds. Truth-
ful, blunt, and thought-provoking, re-
gretful mistakes aside, “What Color is
Your Hoodie?” should be seen.
“What Color is Your Hoodie? Es-
says on Black Gay Identity” by Jarrett
Neal
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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS GAMES
STATEPOINT
CROSSWORD
THEME:
VETERANS DAY
ACROSS
1. Laugh at with con-
tempt
6. *Veterans Day stems
from this war
9. *Hand-to-hand com-
bat weapon
13. Par on a short golf
hole
14. Immeasurable period
15. Gossipmonger
16. Triangular road sign
17. “M*A*S*H” character
18. *Commander’s in-
struction
19. *a.k.a. American flag
21. *Like soldier honored
at certain tombs
23. Present plural of
“be”
24. Acer, e.g.
25. Unit of electric cur-
rent
28. Yearn or pine
30. *Traditional time for
moment of silence
35. Luau souvenirs
37. Salad prep
39. Kidney problem
40. Cut or carve a design
41. Chose instead
43. High school breakout
44. Measure of alcohol
46. Republic of Ireland
47. Glorify
48. John Cusack’s time
machine, 2010
50. Irena Cara’s 1980 hit
52. Fleur-de-___
53. Snoopy
55. Argo propeller
57. *Washington or
Carter
61. *Key’s composition
64. 3-line poem
65. *Between “ready”
and “fire”
67. Well-____ machine
69. Skier’s mecca
70. Winter glider
71. Unnerve
72. East India Company
wares
73. Part of H.M.S.
74. T in Ferrari TR
DOWN
1. Hog haven
2. Like a “Vogue” ad
3. Three-layer cookie
4. Jolly good one
5. Indiana’s head gear
6. What one does at the
altar
7. Court or solicit
8. Bring upon oneself
9. “Where the Red ____
Grows”
10. *Vietnam, on the
____china Peninsula
11. One-pot meal
12. Mountain lake
15. Bumpkins
20. Right-hand page
22. Denotes maiden last
name
24. Bear witness
25. First in Hebrew alphabet
26. First M in MGM
27. Lace loop
29. *Honorary veteran,
GI Bob
31. And elsewhere
32. Singing part
33. Boredom
34. Required things
36. *Marksmanship Badge
denotes a good one
38. “Que Sera ____”
42. Evil one
45. Charity race
49. Flapper’s feathers
51. Have dinner at a
restaurant
54. URL sign
56. *River Allies crossed
in Invasian of Germany
57. Stairway to river in
India
58. *”At ____, soldier”
59. Australian palm
60. Adds to or augments
61. Gulf V.I.P.
62. They have oval leaves
that come to a point
63. Source of protein
66. *Veterans Day Procla-
mation signer
68. Genetic stuff
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Latest Social Mobility Index Ranks Touro
College as a Top School in Facilitating Economic
Opportunity for Underserved Students
T
he 2015 Social
Mobility Index
(SMI) ranks
Touro College high in
its contribution toward
narrowing the econom-
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ing the SMI top twenty
for the first time, Touro
College scored high
on all SMI variables:
number of low income
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The SMI is a da-
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Ranked #18 out of
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bers of society, across
all races, nations, and
creeds,” said Dr. Alan
Kadish, Touro Pres-
ident. “Many of our
students are first in
their families to attend
college and to pursue
profession careers.
They in turn become
thoughtful citizens
dedicated to build-
ing a responsive and
responsible society.
We are proud to be
recognized with this
distinction and to be
making a significant
contribution to com-
batting economic dis-
parities in the U.S.”
About the Touro
College and Universi-
ty System
Touro is a system
of non-profit institu-
tions of higher and
professional educa-
tion. Touro College
was chartered in 1970
primarily to enrich
the Jewish heritage,
and to serve the larger
American and global
community. Approxi-
mately 18,000 students
are currently enrolled
in its various schools
and divisions, includ-
ing 16 undergraduate,
12 graduate and seven
professional schools.
Touro College has 29
campuses, locations
and instructional sites
in the New York area,
as well as branch cam-
puses and programs
in Berlin, Jerusalem
and Moscow. New
York Medical College,
Touro University Cal-
ifornia and its Neva-
da branch campus, as
well as Touro Univer-
sity Worldwide and
its Touro College Los
Angeles division are
separately accredit-
ed institutions within
the Touro College and
University System. For
further information on
Touro College, please
go to: http://www.tou-
ro.edu
M
y name is Dennis
Richmond, Jr. and
I am a 20-year-old
Yonkers, Westchester, New
York native. I attend Claflin
University, a private Histor-
ically Black Institution in
Orangeburg, South Carolina
where I am studying Afri-
can Diaspora Studies and
education. After returning
from school for the holiday
season in 2013, I noticed the
same people, in the same
neighborhoods, doing the
same things. I knew that I
had to make a change.
I began calling high
schools across the state of
New York to speak to stu-
dents about the opportuni-
ties available for them not
only in college but at a His-
torically Black College or
University(HBCU). I have
spoken to students from
Mount Vernon, NY to Har-
lem and from Yonkers to Or-
angeburg, SC. I have applied
for close to 70 scholarships
and I have been fortunate to
win almost 10. The largest
and most recent, has been
the United Negro College
Fund’s, An Evening of Stars
scholarship for the amount
of $25,000 and a feature on
BET. I am a young man of
color from New York and I
want students to know that
anything is possible. A rap-
per named Drake said it best
in a song called My Way,
“All I have to do is put my
mind to this”.
If I had to give advice to
every young man and wom-
an in New York I would say
three that if applied, create
life-changing habits. The
first is to read as much as
you can as often as you can.
Reading is fundamental…
fun-to-mental. Second, al-
ways try your hardest, no
matter what obstacles rise.
Last, never give up. HBCUs
were founded during a time
of constant struggle, the Re-
construction era. If our an-
cestors made something out
of nothing, you could make
something out of what they
left you.
Opportunities to Attend Historically Black Colleges by Dennis Richmond. Jr.

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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERSBRONX
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SEN. KLEIN & ACC LAUNCH BRONX MOBILE PET ADOPTION CENTER
S
tate Senator Jeff Klein
(D-Bronx/Westchester),
joined by Risa Weinstock,
executive director of Animal Care
Centers of NYC (ACC), today an-
nounced $250,000 in state funding
for a new mobile pet adoption cen-
ter in The Bronx.
“Providing safe, quality care
to animals is critically important
and nobody does it better than the
Animal Care Centers of NYC. As
one of the only boroughs lacking
access to a full service animal
shelter, I’m proud to have se-
cured $250,000 in state funding
for a new mobile adoption van in
The Bronx,” said State Senator
Jeff Klein. “This vehicle will not
only encourage more pet lovers to
adopt, but reduce overcrowding
at shelters in Manhattan, Staten
Island and Brooklyn. Be on the
lookout for our new mobile adop-
tion center, coming to a neighbor-
hood near you!”
“This new mobile adoption
center enables us to expand our
outreach in The Bronx signifi-
cantly and to find more homes for
wonderful animals,” said Risa
Weinstock, executive director of
Animal Care Centers of NYC.
“We’re very grateful for Sena-
tor Klein’s clear commitment to
NYC’s shelter animals and his
very generous support, without
which we wouldn’t be here today.
Now, thanks to Senator Klein,
adoptions in The Bronx are Easy
as ACC!”
“BASE thanks to Senator
Klein for his outstanding com-
mitment to animal welfare in The
Bronx,” said Donna Dechiaro of
the Bronx Animal Shelter En-
deavor (BASE). “By providing
the funding for this new mobile
adoption van, Bronx animals have
a much improved opportunity for
adoption and for a widening audi-
ence of well-informed Bronxites
on the care of animals. We sincere-
ly thank Senator Klein. “
The announcement was made as
part of Senator Klein’s annual Fall
Festival at the Holy Cross School on
Sundayafternoon.Familiesandchil-
dren enjoyed fun fall activities like
face painting, pumpkin picking, arts
and crafts and more. Local residents
also had the chance to take home a
furry new friend.
With the lack of access to a
full service animal shelter in The
Bronx, Klein’s funding will sig-
nificantly boost opportunities for
adoptions in the borough. The cur-
rent ACC facility, located at 464
East Fordham Road, serves as an
admissions center and therefore
does not accommodate adoptions
or sick animals. Animals can be
surrendered at The Bronx loca-
tion, but are then transferred to
other facilities for care, treatment
and adoption. The new mobile
adoption center will help connect
more cats and dogs with loving
homes.
In the coming weeks and
months, the mobile adoption center
will be at locations throughout The
Bronx, including:
Saturday, October 31 from
12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Petland Discounts Bay Plaza
Bay Plaza Shopping Center
2096 Bartow Avenue, Bronx,
NY
Sunday, November 8 from 12 -
4:00 p.m.
Petland Discounts E. 170th
St.,
Super Foodtown Shopping Center
62 E 170th St, Bronx, NY
Saturday, November 14 from
12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Petco Riverdale
193 West 237th Street, Bronx,
NY
Sunday, November 15 from
12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Petco Riverdale
193 West 237th Street, Bronx,
NY
Animal Care Centers of NYC
(ACC) is one of the largest animal
welfare organizations in the country,
taking in more than 30,000 animals
each year. ACC is a 501(c)(3) non-
profit that rescues, cares for and finds
loving homes for animals throughout
thefiveboroughs.ACCisanopen-ad-
missionsorganization,whichmeansit
never turns away any homeless, aban-
doned, injured or sick animal in need
of help, including cats, dogs, rabbits,
small mammals, reptiles, birds, farm
animals and wildlife. It is the only
organization in NYC with this unique
responsibility. For more information,
please visit www.nycacc.org, and be
sure to follow ACC on Facebook,
Twitter, and Instagram.
Animals available for adop-
tion can be viewed online at http://
nycacc.org/AdoptionSearch.htm,
or on ACC’s free mobile app. ACC
adoptions include vaccinations, a
microchip, spay/neuter, a free office
visit at a participating veterinarian,
a collar and a free identification tag.
Senator Jeff Klein, Risa Weinstock, executive director
of ACC, and Bronx children and families at the launch
of the Bronx Mobile Adoption Center at Holy Cross
School on Sunday, October 18.
Senator Klein and Risa Weinstock, executive director
of ACC, with two kittens at a mobile adoption event at
Holy Cross School on Sunday, October 18.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, STATE SENATOR SERRANO RECOGNIZE
STORE OWNERS FOR PARTICIPATING IN SHOP HEALTHY PROGRAM
T
he Health Department’s Center for
Health Equity and the East and Cen-
tral Harlem District Public Health
Office today joined New York State Senator
Jose M. Serrano (D/District 29) outside Mi
Mexico Mini Market, an East Harlem bode-
ga, to recognize store owners in the com-
munity for participating in Shop Healthy
NYC. Shop Healthy NYC aims to increase
access to healthier food in neighborhoods
with high rates of obesity and limited ac-
cess to nutritious food and beverage op-
tions. This year the program increased pro-
motion and access to healthier foods in 35
East Harlem neighborhood stores, expand-
ing the proportion of advertising for healthy
foods and the stocking of healthier food
options in nearly 30 percent of the bodegas
and supermarkets in zip code 10029. Twen-
ty stores reached all seven of Shop Healthy
NYC’s criteria and were recognized with
proclamations from Senator Serrano.
“By providing increased advertising
and access to healthier foods and bever-
ages in their businesses, local food store
owners can make a positive impact on the
wellbeing of the communities they serve,”
said La’Shawn Brown-Dudley, Acting
Assistant Commissioner of the East and
Central Harlem District Public Health
Office. “More often than not, communities
of color are faced with too few options for
foods like fruits and vegetables while being
targeted by marketing for junk food or sugar
sweetened beverages. Shop Healthy NYC
works to improve the retail environment in
local corner stores and supermarkets to give
East Harlem residents opportunities to buy
healthy foods and beverages.”
“Residents of East Harlem suffer
from some of the worst health dispari-
ties of any community in New York City,”
said State Senator Jose M. Serrano. “Ac-
cess to healthy foods is a major step towards
alleviating this chronic problem. I applaud
the local businesses who have committed to
provide healthy food choices for our com-
munities through the Shop Healthy NYC
program. Shop Healthy NYC aims to change
this epidemic by engaging our local super-
markets, bodegas, and restaurants to offer
the healthy food options that our communi-
ties deserve. I commend Shop Healthy NYC
for their hard work on improving the overall
health and wellness of our neighborhoods.”
Shop Healthy NYC aims to increase ac-
cess to healthier food in neighborhoods with
high rates of chronic illnesses that are related
to diet. 28% and 32% of East Harlem and
Central Harlem residents are overweight or
obese, respectively, compared to 33% and
22% of the city as a whole. Obesity can
lead to several chronic conditions includ-
ing diabetes and heart disease. In East and
Central Harlem, almost 14% of adults have
diabetes compared to 10% of adults in other
NYC neighborhoods. Diabetes is twice as
common among New Yorkers who are obese
and both conditions disproportionally affect
low-income communities where there is less
access to healthy food options.
Shop Healthy NYC engages community
residents as partners in changing the envi-
ronments of their local food stores. Working
along with local business to promote activities
that increase demand for healthier foods and
improve the healthfulness of their store envi-
ronment, Shop Healthy creates positive sus-
tainable changes in the neighborhood’s food
environments.
Shop Healthy NYC is a program of the
Health Department’s Center for Health Equi-
ty, which is leading the charge to make sure
that all communities have the same opportu-
nity to be healthy and well.
For more information about Shop
Healthy NYC, call (212) 996-8674.

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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERSBROOKLYN
5
WILLIAMS HOSTS STREET CO-NAMING CEREMONY FOR
“CATHERINE MCAULEY HIGH SCHOOL WAY”
S
aturday, Council Mem-
ber Jumaane D. Wil-
liams (D-Brooklyn),
Deputy Leader and Chair of the
Council’s Housing and Build-
ings Committee, was joined
by Assembly Member N. Nick
Perry (D-Brooklyn), Catherine
McAuley High School alumni
and more than 100 community
members during a ceremony to
co-name East 37th Street and Fos-
ter Avenue “Catherine McAuley
High School Way.” The school,
which closed in 2013, was an
all-girls’ private Catholic high
school in East Flatbush that was
founded by the Brooklyn Sisters
of Mercy in 1942. It remains
the only all-girls’ Catholic high
school in Brooklyn or Queens
to have earned the Blue Ribbon
Award from the U.S. Department
of Education.
“Catherine McAuley High
School was a beacon in the East
Flatbush community for decades,
known for its academic excellence
and positive community impact.
Named after Mother Catherine
Elizabeth McAuley who exem-
plified public service, the all-girls’
Catholic high school was desig-
nated a Nationally Recognized
School of Excellence - the first
and only in my district. Though it
closed in 2013, I am proud that it
will forever live on by co-naming
East 37th Street and Foster Ave-
nue ‘Catherine McAuley High
School Way,” said Council Mem-
ber Williams.
On August 10, 2015, May-
or Bill de Blasio signed into
law Intro. 849, a piece of legis-
lation Council Member Williams
co-sponsored that co-named East
37th Street and Foster Ave-
nue “Catherine McAuley High
School Way.” During Saturday’s
ceremony, Council Member
Williams thanked the following
community members and alumni
for pushing this initiative, many
of which were present during the
street-co-naming ceremony: Lee
Burnett, Transportation Chair of
Community Board 17; Coral Bar-
nett, Community Board 17 staff
member; Josephine Valente; Jew-
el Brown; Melba P. Brown; Sis-
ter Margaret Dempsey; June
George; Peggy Lake; Sister Rose-
mary Maguire; Carol McIntosh
M.D.; Chantal Antoine; Renee
Hastick Motes; Camille Has-
tick Ortiz; Xamayla Rose-Per-
sadi; Sharon Rose; Mary Hel-
en Taylor; Sister Mary Ann
Noonan; and Imani Hastick.
“I am grateful to Council
Member Williams for this trib-
ute to CMCA, it makes me feel
proud to be an alumna. CMCA
prepared all girls for the rigors of
college and allowed us to realize
our God given potential early in
life-that is laudable. Even though
the school closed, I’m relieved
that the Alumnae Association will
continue this tradition of helping
Brooklyn girls afford a quality
education. That’s the McAuleyan
way,” said Xamayla Rose-Persa-
di, Class of 1998.
“To me, this event is a mark-
er to remember always a special
school, a special time in our lives,
to see what and where we are to-
day because of that experience,
and to resolve to continue on our
journey, proud, empowered, and
confident to have been among the
9010 women who have walked
‘Catherine MCAuley High
School Way,’” said Chantal Pa-
ret Antoine, Class of 1975.
“The street co-naming is a
great gift to all McAuley Alum-
nae,” said Lauren O’Brien,
Class of 1977. “The announce-
ment about the Catherine McAu-
ley Alumnae Association and the
plan to give scholarships to young
women brought even more joy
and excitement to a wonderful
day. Thanks to all who made it
happen!”
Catherine McAuley High
School started out as a two-year
school that prepared young wom-
en for secretarial jobs. Cather-
ine McAuley’s original name was
Catherine McAuley Commer-
cial, and for many years McAu-
ley graduates entered the work-
force after high school. In the
1960’s the word commercial was
dropped from the school’s name
as graduates pursued post-sec-
ondary education. McAuley ini-
tially served the daughters of Irish
and Italian immigrants, and as
demographics changed, McAu-
ley welcomed the daughters of
the “new” immigrants from the
Caribbean and beyond. English
as a Second Language (ESL) was
offered to serve English Language
Learners. School officials said
that students, many of whom are
new to the country and have lim-
ited English ability or are below
average in reading and math, can
progress as much as three years
during a single school year. The
key - small classes - a ratio of 12
students per teacher. “Because
of its small size, nobody falls
through the cracks,” co-principal
Sister Peggy Dempsey said. “This
is a student-centered school.”
In 1991, McAuley became the
first and is still the only all-girls’
Catholic high school in Brooklyn
or Queens to earn the prestigious
title, “Nationally Recognized
School of Excellence” from
the U.S. Department of Educa-
tion. Each student is encouraged
to develop at her own pace. In
2002, celebrating its 60th anni-
versary, McAuley partnered with
Boys Hope Girls Hope of New
York opening the first boarding
program for teenage girls in New
York City. For many years, nearly
100% of McAuley students grad-
uated on time and were accepted
to college. Many earned college
scholarships at a rate at or above
that of other Catholic high schools
in Brooklyn. Unfortunately, the
beloved school that was built
during World War II has endured
many storms and difficult times,
was a victim of the economic
downturn, having opened in 1942
and closed in 2013.
Those interested in joining
the Catherine McAuley Alumnae
Association can contact Sister
Margaret Dempsey at mdempsey-
mcauley@gmail.com.
Council Member Jumaane D. Williams (center) joined Assembly Member N.Nick Perry (right) and community
members to unveil “Catherine McAuley High School Way,” on East 37th Street and Foster Avenue.
PHOTO CREDIT: Ernest Skinner, NYC COUNCIL
Council Member Jumaane D. Williams (center) joined more than 100 community members during Saturday’s
street co-naming ceremony for “Catherine McAuley High School Way.”
PHOTO CREDIT: Ernest Skinner, NYC COUNCIL

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Mary C. Bounds at Cambria Heights Public
Library. Award -winning journalist Mary C.
Bounds discusses her book, “A Light Shines in
Harlem.” The Winner of the 2015 Phillis Wheatley
Book Award tells the true story of how a hero
of the civil rights movement, a Wall Street star,
educators, inner-city activists, parents and students
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H
undreds of Offi-
cers, friends and
family paid tribute
at the wake of NYPD Of-
ficer Randolph Holder held
at Allen AME Church in
Queens, Tuesday, October
27th.. Holder was shot in
the head on October 20th
while chasing a suspect and
later died.
He joined the New York
City Police Department in
2010 becoming the third
generation in his family fol-
lowing in the footsteps of
his father and grandfather
in Guyana.
Queens Borough pres-
ident Melinda Katz’s
statement on the shooting
of Holder, whose family
resides in Queens.:
“Officer Holder was
one of our finest, killed in
the line of duty while run-
ning toward danger in the
selfless mission to protect
our city. Officer Hold-
er was also an Immigrant
success story, having emi-
grated here and becoming
a third-generation police
officer. The borough deep-
ly mourns this terrible loss.
Our police officers derserve
the utmost respect for their
devotion and the very real
dangers they face day-in
and day-out in service. We
must honor the heroism and
ultimate sacrifice rendered
by both Officer and his ded-
icated family, who have our
prayers and thoughts at this
time and who will have the
City’s continuous support.”.
Hundreds Pay Tribute to Officer
Randolph Holder at Allen AME in Queens