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Maxine Waters and the Truth About White Obsession With Black Intelligence

August 7, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

By Legrand H. Clegg II

Nationwide — On July 19, 2018, a large crowd of Black people gathered at the south central Los Angeles office of Congresswoman Maxine Waters to confront the Oath Keepers, a white supremacist organization that had planned an anti-Waters rally there. The Oath Keepers failed to appear. Their planned protest against the Congresswoman was the latest trend among Whites to promote blatant racism and to question Black humanity and intelligence. This followed by two weeks President Trump’s claim that Congresswoman Waters has “a low I.Q.”

On May 29th 2018, actress Roseanne Barr tweeted that Valerie Jarrett, a Black woman and one of President Barack Obama’s closest advisors, is the product of “Muslim brotherhood and Planet of the Apes.” A few days later, a Black reporter from a cable network interviewed a White supremacist, Arthur Jones, who was a candidate for public office in Illinois. He informed her that Black people are genetically inferior to Whites, and the fact that she was bright enough to attend Harvard University was attributable to her “White blood.”

The sentiments held and expressed by the Oath Keepers, Barr, Jones and the President are not new. From President Thomas Jefferson to clergymen, scientists, scholars, historians and the rank and file, White Americans have contended that people of African descent are small- brained, genetically inferior sub-humans with no history prior to slavery and colonialism.

Whites have also constantly compared Black people to apes.

Commenting on the perennial White obsession with Black intelligence, Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, a distinguished African American psychiatrist, wrote the following in the July, 1975 issue of Ebony magazine: “[White people] who cannot cease talking and writing in a negative manner about the genetics of black people…[are] victims not only of the genetic recessive deficiency state of skin albinism but also its component psychological disease state of racism (white supremacy).”

By and large, we as African Americans have long chosen to ignore white claims of our inferiority, and striven as a group to prove ourselves equal to all other people. But this noble approach has not resulted in a cessation of White supremacist propaganda emanating from either the white masses or the White House. At this juncture, then, we must address these insults head-on whenever and wherever they appear; lest we lose another generation of Black youths to the forces of racism that have instilled in too many of them a sense of hopelessness and inferiority.

First, we should insist that Black people do not resemble apes. Apes have thin lips, straight hair, hairy bodies and flat behinds. When shaven, apes have pink skin. Black people have thick lips, wooly, curly or wavy hair, smooth bodies and protruding behinds. Our skin color ranges from black to brown, red and yellow—not pink.

Second, when African Americans experience educational parity with Whites, Black performance on standardized I.Q. tests such as SAT, ACT, GRE, etc. is virtually equivalent to their White counterparts. Furthermore, since scientists have determined that Black people are the genetically dominant parents of the human family, and Whites insist that one drop of Black blood determines that one is Black, how, then, does genetic dominance equate to genetic inferiority?

Third, several studies of Black newborns in Africa and the United States show that, prior to acculturation, Black babies are the most advanced in the world. Commenting on the discoveries of White specialist Marcelle Geber, author Joseph C. Pearce has written: “She found [in Uganda] the most precocious, brilliant and advanced infants and children ever observed anywhere…Sensor motor learning and general development were phenomenal. Indeed miraculous. These Ugandan infants were months ahead of American or European children. A superior intellectual development held for the first four years of life.” The racial comparisons, published by Geber and other scientists, are truly staggering.

Finally, authors Robert Bauval and Thomas Brophy have written that “scientists in the field of genetics have been pointing out that it may actually be correct to say that the world was created by Black people.” This is borne out by the fact that Blacks appear to have laid the foundation of civilization. In other words, Africans pioneered in the fields of architecture, art, athletics, government, law, mathematics, medicine, navigation, religion, science, writing, etc. Their astonishing achievements included not only building of the pyramids of Egypt, but also constructing neighboring temples, some of which contain blocks of stone weighing between 200 and 400 tons each, that were arranged and set up with remarkable precision. Black achievements in antiquity have led white author Flora Lugard to write that, during that era, “…[T]he leading race of the Western World was a black race.” Historian Richard Poe has also observed that, among ancient people, there was the “presumption that dark skin connoted higher intelligence.”

It is past time for white supremacists and their sympathizers, who are rarely trained in genetics, to cease lying to themselves and to the public about the intelligence of people of African descent. It is also unconscionable for an ever compliant media to continue dignifying these racists with generous coverage while ignoring the powerful evidence that refutes their malicious propaganda by revealing the truth about Black potential and achievements.

Legrand H. Clegg II is the city attorney emeritus for Compton, California, president of the Western Region of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations, and producer of the documentary “When Black Men Ruled the World.” He may be contacted at [email protected] or at his Long Beach, CA, law office at 562-624-2857 or at his new website at thesiriuspeople.com.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Maxine Waters, Roseanne Barr, Trump

BOXTOROW Preseason Coaches Poll

August 7, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

boxtorow.com

North Carolina A&T, the premier program in HBCU football in the
Celebration Bowl era, begins the 2018 season in a familiar position, atop
the BOXTOROW HBCU FCS coaches poll.

It’s where the Aggies ended the 2017 season after going undefeated and
winning their second Celebration Bowl and HBCU national championship in
three seasons.  Twenty of 21 coaches voted the Aggies No. 1.

N.C. A&T has a new coach this year as Sam Washington takes over the
program following Rod Broadway’s retirement in January. Washington has
been an assistant under Broadway the last 11 years.

Other familiar names are expected to challenge the Aggies for supremacy in
2018. Grambling, who fell to A&T in last year’s Celebration Bowl but won
the title and HBCU national championship in 2016, opens at No. 2.

Alcorn State has won the last four SWAC Eastern Division titles and starts
the year off at No. 3.

The remaining top five teams had solid 2017 seasons.  Howard, which opened
2017 with a 43-40 victory over FBS opponent UNLV and finished the season
with a 7-4 record which tied for second place in the MEAC, opens at No. 4.
No. 5 Bethune-Cookman also finished 2017 tied for second in the MEAC.

The BOXTOROW HBCU FCS Coaches Poll is administered by FROM THE PRESS BOX
TO PRESS ROW and is voted on by the HBCU Football Championship Subdivision
coaches.

2018 BOXTOROW FCS HBCU Preseason Football Coaches Poll

No.             Team                                            W-L           Pts.
2017 Final Poll Rank
1.              North Carolina A&T (20)          12-0          208            1
2.              Grambling (1)                             11-2            175             2
3.              Alcorn State                                 7-5             130             3
4.              Howard                                         7-4             128             6
5.              Bethune-Cookman                      7-4             119             4
6.              Southern                                        7-4             106            5
7.              North Carolina Central               7-4             89              7
8.              Tennessee State                            6-5             79             10
9.              Prairie View A&M                        6-5             65             9
10.             Hampton                                       6-5             16             8

Others receiving votes: Alabama State (5-6) 13, Norfolk State (4-7) 8,
Florida A&M (3-8) 7, Alabama A&M (4-7) 4.
(1st place votes in parentheses)

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: AT&T, hbcu football

August Events at the Lynden Sculpture Garden

August 2, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

The Lynden Sculpture Garden is located at 2145 West Brown Deer Road. Admission is $9 general, $7 for students and seniors. Members and children under 6 are free. Admission includes access to the sculpture garden and house. All events listed below are free with admission unless otherwise indicated. Memberships are available.

HOURS

In August, the Lynden Sculpture Garden is open from 10 am to 5 pm every day except Thursdays (closed); the sculpture garden remains open until 7:30 pm on Wednesday evenings.

ON VIEW ON THE GROUNDS & IN THE HOUSE

ARIANNE KING COMER: IBILE’S VOICE + IBILE’S VOICES
Through August 19, 2018
Free to members or with admission to sculpture garden.
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/exhibitions/ibiles-voices

Ibile is a Yoruba word for “the messenger of our ancestors.” Arianne King Comer makes textile works—paintings–using centuries-old resist-dye processes. These works come from her spirit and represent her ancestors’ call. Many of the landscapes included in this exhibition of paintings, quilts, and dyed textiles depict the past—slave cabins, indigo preparation–and present of the South Carolina Low Country that Comer calls home. Among the works, most dating from the past two years, are two intimate scenes of Lynden made during Comer’s residency last summer. When Comer arrives for her 2018 residency in early July, her solo exhibition, Ibile’s Voice, will slowly become Ibile’s Voices as her paintings are joined by the works of the community members who gather with her around the dye vat.
TYANNA BUIE: IM•POSITIONED
August 26-November 25, 2018
Free to members or with admission to sculpture garden.
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/exhibitions/tyanna-buie-impositioned
Opening reception: Sunday, August 26, 2018 – 3-5 pm(free)

For Im•Positioned, an exhibition in the gallery at Lynden, Tyanna Buie responds to the work of Folayemi Wilson, Reggie Wilson, and other artists in residence at Lynden for Call & Response. Buie was a 2012 Nohl Fellow, and this exhibition has been organized in conjunction with the 15th anniversary of the Nohl Fellowship, a program administered by the Bradley Family Foundation.
Through October 31, 2018
THE BONSAI EXHIBIT AT LYNDEN
The exhibition is open Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays during Lynden’s regular hours, or by appointment.
Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.
More information: http://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/Bonsai

Located beside Big Lake, the Bonsai Exhibit at Lynden—a collaboration with the Milwaukee Bonsai Society and the Milwaukee Bonsai Foundation–includes a display area for bonsai, waterside teaching patio, and pollinator garden.

EVENTS

LATE WEDNESDAYS

Wednesdays through September 26, 2018
In the warmer months, Lynden stays up until 7:30 pm on Wednesday evenings, a perfect time to visit the garden for a picnic or stroll.
DOCENT-LED TOUR
Sunday, August 5, 2018 – 2:30—4 pm
Fee: $12/ Adults; $8/students, children 6-17, seniors, active military with ID. Advanced registration is required.
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/sunday-tours

As you walk with our knowledgeable docents, you will learn more about the history of Lynden and our collection of 50 monumental sculptures sited across 40 acres of park, lake and woodland.
WOMEN’S SPEAKER SERIES: JENNA BLUM, author of THE LOST FAMILY
Thursday, August 9, 2018 – 7:00pm (come early and stroll)
Fee: $32/$27 members

More information and to register:
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/womens-speaker-series-jenna-blum-author-lost-family

Margy Stratton, founder and executive producer of MILWAUKEE READS produces this series of events featuring writers of particular interest to women. She joins Boswell Books in welcoming New York Times bestselling author Jenna Blum back to the Lynden Sculpture Garden. Spanning three cinematic decades, from the explosive 1960s and swinging 1970s to the glittering 1980s, The Lost Family artfully brings to the page a husband and Holocaust-survivor devastated by a grief he cannot name, a frustrated wife struggling to compete with a ghost she cannot banish, and a daughter sensitive to the pain of both her own family and another lost before she was born.

ROOTED: LIZZIE’S LEGACY—A PERFORMANCE on the PORCH WITH PORTIA COBB
Saturday, August 11, 2018 – 4 pm
Free to members and with admission to the sculpture garden.
More information: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/residency/portia-cobb

Artist-in-residence Portia Cobb continues her exploration of her South Carolina roots as she responds to and extends the narrative first created by Fo Wilson, in Eliza’s Peculiar Cabinet of Curiosities, when she imagined a 19th-century enslaved woman and what she might collect in her living quarters. Cobb has conjured “Lizzie,” a Gullah-Geechee woman, descended from Africans captured along the coast of West Africa. By Cobb’s reckoning, Lizzie was born in coastal South Carolina 20 years after the American Civil War and 10 years following Reconstruction. Lizzie is a woman born free, descended from survivors of slavery, who is independent and living within a newly emancipated community. “Lizzie” also honors the memory of Cobb’s great aunt Elizabeth Ashe-Smashum (1887-1976). As the only girl in a family dominated by brothers, Aunt Lizzie became the caregiver of nieces and nephews, creating stories and involving the children in directed performances and recitations of selected works by African-American writer Paul Laurence Dunbar. Following the death of her husband, Aunt Lizzie introduced “Uncle Pomp,” a ghost-hobo character who emerged, mounted on a horse, when Aunt Lizzie needed to entertain or exact obedience. Cobb takes this opportunity to re-imagine Lizzie, her aunt, and Uncle Pomp. She will be joined by the Jazzy Jewels of Milwaukee and the Silverado Trail Riders. This is a Call & Response event.
DOG DAYS AT LYNDEN
Saturday, August 18, 2018 – 10 am-5 pm
Free to dogs and members or with admission to the sculpture garden.
More information: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/dog-days

Bring your canine friends for a stroll. Dogs must be leashed and considerate of other visitors, canine and human.
HARRY & PEG BRADLEY’S BACKYARD BARBECUE
Thursday, August 23, 2018 – 5 pm-8 pm
Tickets: $75 per person / $175 per family (up to 2 adults and children under 18)
Additional children: $25
($45 of each single ticket and $85 of each family pass is tax deductible.)
A limited number of VIP Tables for 8 are available. Reserve by phone at 414-446-8794.
More information and to buy tickets: http://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/bbq

Join us for our seventh annual fundraiser to benefit Lynden’s education programs, featuring a feast of local, sustainable foods catered by Braise (including a kids’ menu and ice cream station), entertainment including close-up magic by Matthew Teague, music by Sista Strings and members of the Nathan Hale High School Orchestra, hands-on art and nature activities, a silent auction, and more. All proceeds benefit our education programs, which serve more than 4,500 children each year.
BIRDING WITH POET CHUCK STEBELTON AND FRIENDS
Sunday, August 26, 2018 – 8:30-10 am
Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden. Advance registration encouraged.
More information: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/birding-poet-chuck-stebelton-fall-2018

Poet/birder and artist-in-residence Chuck Stebelton continues his series of bird walks at Lynden this fall, and he’s bringing friends! Please wear appropriate footwear and bring your binoculars if you have them; no previous birding experience required.
OPENING RECEPTION FOR TYANNA BUIE: IM•POSITIONED
Sunday, August 26, 2018 – 3-5 pm
FREE.
More information: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/tyanna-buie-impositioned-opening-reception

For Im•Positioned, an exhibition in the gallery at Lynden, Tyanna Buie responds to the work of Folayemi Wilson, Reggie Wilson, and other artists in residence at Lynden for Call & Response. Buie was a 2012 Nohl Fellow, and this exhibition has been organized in conjunction with the 15th anniversary of the Nohl Fellowship, a program administered by the Bradley Family Foundation.

WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS

INTRODUCTION TO BOOKBINDING: A WORKSHOP WITH CARY SUNEJA
Saturday, August 4, 2018 – 1-5 pm
Fee: $68/$60 members
More information and to register:
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/introduction-bookbinding-2018

Learn to create a book the old-fashioned way, by folding paper into signatures, sewing those signatures on a sewing frame, and making a case. You’ll even get to try your hand at gold tooling. You will go home with your own handmade blank book, bound in cloth and marbled paper. All materials, including paper, book cloth, hand-marbled paper, sewing supplies and adhesive, are included. Tools are provided. Participants will receive a course book with pictures and a step-by-step description.
FUSED SILVER LOOP EARRINGS: A WORKSHOP WITH LESLIE PERRINO
Sunday, August 5, 2018 – 10 am-3:30 pm
Fee: $90/$80 members
More information and to register:
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/fused-silver-loop-earrings-aug-2018

Fusing is an ancient technique used to permanently connect precious metals, in this case, fine (pure) silver wire. Cleaner, faster, and less toxic than soldering, fusing involves the use of a hand torch. Leslie Perrino will show you how to fuse fine silver wire into loops that can then be made into earrings complete with earwires. Once you master the techniques, you will have time to make more earrings. No experience required, this workshop is suitable for complete beginners or those looking to expand their jewelry-making skills. All materials and tools supplied. You are welcome to bring beads to add to your earrings.
LYNDEN’S GARDEN SERIES: HOW TO MAKE AND USE BOKASHI FERTILIZER WITH DANA CHRISTEL
Saturday, August 11, 2018 – 1-4 pm
Fee: $45/$38 members
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/lyndens-garden-series-how-make-and-use-bokashi-fertilizer

It can be challenging to do something useful and sustainable with your food scraps when you live in an apartment in the city. Farming communities throughout Latin America and parts of Asia have been using bokashi, a method that turns waste into a fertilizer that uses less time and space than traditional composting methods. Bokashi is a soil amendment produced by using particular microbes to ferment wastes such as food scraps. Though slow to catch on in the United States, some urban dwellers have turned to making bokashi with their food scraps rather than throwing them away or adding them to a compost pile. This workshop will show you how to transform food scraps into a “probiotic” for your garden using primarily your own food waste and a five-gallon bucket. Attendees will go home with a bucket retrofitted to make bokashi as well as inoculated material that can be used to make your first batch of bokashi.
TINKERING: A SCULPTURE WORKSHOP WITH JEFF BOSHART
Sunday, August 19, 2018 – 10 am-4 pm
Fee: $85/$75 members
More information and to register:
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/tinkering-sculpture-workshop-jeff-boshart

Creative people tend to gather things that have special meanings attached to them. These small items may collect dust in a bin hidden at the back of the closet until re-discovered and put to use. In this workshop, sculptor Jeff Boshart invites you to bring a gallon-sized bucket of these keepsakes to reconfigure into a sculpture or dimensional wall work. Utilizing elements of design and principles of organization, we will “tinker” with the parts: exploring color, texture, and form as we figure out how to assemble the parts into something bigger and better than the individual fragments.

FOR KIDS & FAMILIES: FAMILY WORKSHOPS, PROGRAMS FOR THE VERY YOUNG

FAMILY WORKSHOP: BALANCING TOYS
Sunday, August 12, 2018 – 12:30pm-2:30pm
Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden. Younger children should be accompanied by an adult.
More information: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/family-workshop-balancing-toys-jeff-boshart

Mother Nature gave us the lever, center of, and moment (think rotation around a point). Artisans and sculptors use these physical concepts to generate ideas and inform aesthetic choices. Using found and repurposed materials, sculptor Jeff Boshart puts these concepts to work as we construct simple balancing toys.
TUESDAYS IN THE GARDEN: AN OUTING FOR PARENTS & VERY SMALL CHILDREN
Tuesday, July 17, 2018 -10:30am -11:30 am
Fee: $10/$8 members (includes admission to the sculpture garden for one adult and one child aged 4 or under; additional children $4 each; extra adults pay daily admission).
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/tuesdays-2018

The 40 acres that house the Lynden collection of monumental outdoor sculpture are also home to many birds, insects, frogs, mammals and plants. Naturalist Naomi Cobb offers a nature program that explores a different theme each month, taking into account the changing seasons, and provides an opportunity for those with very small children to engage in outdoor play and manipulation of art materials. The theme for August is splashing color.

SUMMER CAMPS AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART & NATURE

Through August 24, 2018
Ages 20 months-15 years
Fees vary.
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/camps

Lynden’s art and nature camps for children aged 20 months to 15 years integrate our collection of monumental outdoor sculpture with the natural ecology of our hidden landscapes and unique habitats. Led by artists, naturalists, and art educators, the camps explore the intersection of art and nature through collaborative inquiry and hands-on artmaking, using all of Lynden’s 40 acres to create a joyful, all-senses-engaged outdoor experience. Camps conclude with an informal showing for family and friends. Join us for a summer of art and nature!

COMING IN AUGUST

We are working on the fall schedule, but here are a few dates to save: Tuesdays in the Garden explores prairie life on September 11; Urban Forest Fest (a family free day) returns on September 15; September 22 is a dog day; on September 23 we throw open the doors for Doors Open MKE; and Chuck Stebelton returns for another fall bird walk on September 30. Several fall activities start up again in September: our weekly art drop-in starts up on September 12 for those aged 11 and up, and on the 13th for younger children (ages 6-11). The Women’s Speaker Series welcomes Kelly O’Connor McNees, author of Undiscovered Country, on September 24, and Katheryn Corbin offers a primitive raku workshop on September 30.

ABOUT THE LYNDEN SCULPTURE GARDEN

The Lynden Sculpture Garden offers a unique experience of art in nature through its collection of more than 50 monumental sculptures sited across 40 acres of park, lake and woodland. The sculpture garden is open to art and nature lovers of all ages from 10 am to 5 pm every day except Thursdays (closed). In the summer the sculpture garden remains open until 7:30 pm on Wednesdays. Memberships are available. More information: http://lyndensculpturegarden.org or 414.446.8794.

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Lynden Sculpture Garden

3 Obstacles To Clear On The Road To Immigration Reform

August 2, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

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To Immigration Reform

Immigration is one of the most hotly debated issues of our time, often dividing Republicans and Democrats as reform measures are discussed.

Rather than build a wall along the border as President Donald Trump has suggested, a Mexican-American immigration attorney who’s a Trump supporter says for economic reasons alone, it’s time to put politics aside and build consensus for immigration reform.

“As a conservative and free-market proponent, I’m passionate about positive immigration reform because its economic benefits would be extraordinary,” says Jacob Monty, the author of The Sons of Wetbacks and founder of the law firm Monty & Ramirez LLP (www.monty ramirez law.com).

“Reforming our immigration system will ensure that businesses have access to those workers and that our economy thrives.

Immigrants comprise about 25 million people in the American workforce, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. A Wall Street Journal article cited an assessment by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that concluded immigrants are integral to the nation’s economic growth.

But with much of the immigration discussion focusing on the 11 million undocumented workers in the U.S., Monty says that’s a good place to start when dissecting the need for reform.

“Our immigration system is fundamentally broken,” Monty says. “Millions of immigrants live in uncertainty and fear. Businesses are baffled by convoluted hiring practices.”

Monty lists the main obstacles he thinks need to be overcome in order to broker positive immigration reform:

* CODIFY DACA. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals provides a level of amnesty to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, but no clear path to citizenship. “Their continued undocumented status is shameful,” Monty says. “The parents of DACA kids did not come in the lawful way, but because of the failure of our immigration system to establish a viable guest worker program, there were no proper channels to enter the country.” One solution, Monty says, is to change the law so as to regularize the status of the 11 million illegal immigrants, over half of whom have been in the U.S. 10 or more years.

* IMPROVE THE VETTING PROCESS. Monty points out the common national perception of illegal immigrants being associated with crime. An out-of-date vetting process, Monty says, is partly to blame. “Our vetting process is terrible,” Monty says. “The State Department issued their visas many years ago, but now they’ve overstayed their visas so we don’t know what’s happened to them since those visas were granted. Let’s fingerprint them and find out who they are, do background checks. That will make America safer.”
* STREAMLINE THE WORKER VISA PROGRAM. Immigrant labor’s importance to U.S. agriculture is well-documented. In 2017, changes to the agricultural worker visa cleared the House subcommittee. “Similar expanded visa programs are needed for highly-skilled immigrants, such as in the computer field,” Monty says. “Without them, America’s most profitable corporations could cease to function. Meanwhile, we need to push through visa changes that would provide a steady supply of agricultural workers, who are essential to the productivity and security of our food supply.”

“I believe,” Monty says, “that the reasons for changing our immigration policy to accommodate the 11 million human beings here – people who have not committed major crimes, who are contributing to our economy and who are assimilating to American culture – are just as compelling as the conditions that motivated Martin Luther King Jr. and others in the fight for the civil rights of African-Americans.”

ABOUT JACOB MONTY

Jacob Monty is an immigration attorney and founder of the law firm Monty & Ramirez LLP (www.montyramirezlaw.com), located in Houston. He is the author of _The Sons of Wetbacks_. Monty has appeared on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC regarding immigration and has advised the New York Yankees on immigration matters for over a decade. He has held presidential and gubernatorial appointments to the University of Houston Board of Regents, the Texas Private Security Board, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Board of Directors of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, and the National Hispanic Advisory Council for Trump.

Filed Under: Political Tagged With: Fair Immigration Reform Movement, immigration

BlackDoctor.org (BDO) Announces 2018 Top Hospitals For Diversity

August 2, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

Chicago, IL — BlackDoctor.org (BDO), the leading health and wellness online destination for African Americans, announces its 2018 Top Hospitals For Diversity. These hospitals represent all regions of the United States. Each hospital on this distinguished list delivers quality care at the highest level, while promoting equity and inclusion in their operations, programs, services, and staffing. Among the notable hospitals on the list are Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center and Cedars­Sinai.

In highlighting the significance of the top hospitals list, BDO CEO Reginald Ware exclaims, “Our 30 million plus audience places a great importance upon cultural competency and sensitivity when it comes to the entire healthcare delivery system. Our users have expressed a strong desire for us to point them in the right direction to providers and companies who excel in these areas. Organizations who are working hard to see that everyone is treated fairly, regardless of race or creed, are highlighted here. This important list is our means of recognizing the best institutions, while also paying homage to those values.”

Among the determining critical areas of assessment, that led to this distinction by BDO experts, executives, and editors are:

* Recognition of the institution among and by other leading hospitals
* Commitment to the American Hospital Association’s Equity of Care Pledge
* Recognized delivery of quality healthcare services
* Inclusive and diverse clinical and administrative staff
* Persons of color and women represented at the highest levels‑including the board of directors and senior‑level executives
* Culturally competent medical and professional staff
* Significant investment and profile in community health programs and initiatives

BlackDoctor.org features the 2018 Top Hospitals list on its website and its social media platforms, reaching 30 million people. In addition, a commemorative 2018 Top Hospitals for Diversity ebook has been produced and will be distributed to over 750,000 people nationwide and positioned on the BDO website (www.BlackDoctor.org), for easy and quick downloads.

 

2018 TOP HOSPITALS FOR DIVERSITY

A
Allegheny Health Network – Pittsburgh, PA
Aurora Health Care – Milwaukee, WI

B
Baptist Hospital of Miami – Miami, FL
Baylor University Medical Center – Dallas, TX
Beaumont Health – Royal Oak, MI
Bon Secours Health System – Baltimore, MD
Brigham & Women’s Faulkner Hospital – Boston, MA

C
Carolinas Healthcare System – Charlotte, NC
Cedars-Sinai – Los Angeles, CA
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center – Cincinnati, OH

D
Duke University Hospital – Durham, NC

E
Emory University Hospital – Atlanta, GA

F
Froedtert Hospital – Milwaukee, WI

G
George Washington University Hospital – Washington, DC

H
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center – Tampa, FL
Henry Ford Health System – Detroit, MI
Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian – Philadelphia, PA
Houston Methodist Hospital – Houston, TX

I
Indiana University Health – Indianapolis, IN

J
Johns Hopkins Hospital – Baltimore, MD

K
KentuckyOne Health – Louisville, KY
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center – Los Angeles, CA

M
Massachusetts General Hospital – Boston, MA
Mayo Clinic – Jacksonville, FL
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital – Washington, DC
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center – Houston, TX
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – New York, NY
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare – Memphis, TN
Montefiore Medical Center – Bronx, NY
Mount Sinai Hospital – New York, NY

N
Nationwide Children’s Hospital – Columbus, OH
New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell – New York, NY
Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Chicago, IL
NYU Langone Medical Center – New York, NY

O
Ochsner Health System – New Orleans, LA

P
Piedmont Atlanta Hospital – Atlanta, GA

R
Regional One Health – Memphis, TN
Rush University Medical Center – Chicago, IL

S
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Memphis, TN
SUNY Downstate Medical Ctr. – Brooklyn, NY

T
The Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, OH
The Mayo Clinic – Rochester, MN
Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hospital – Philadelphia, PA
Trinity Health – Livonia, MI

U
UC Davis Health System – Sacramento, CA
UCLA Medical Center – Los Angeles, CA
UCSF Medical Center – San Francisco, CA
University Hospitals of Cleveland – Cleveland, OH
University of Chicago Medical Center – Chicago, IL
University of Maryland Medical System – Baltimore, MD
University of Miami Hospital – Miami, FL
University of Michigan Health System – Ann Arbor, MI
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Pittsburgh, PA
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center – Dallas, TX
University of Virginia Health System – Charlottesville, VA
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center – Houston, TX

V
Vanderbilt Medical Center – Nashville, TN

W
Wexner Medical Center – Columbus, OH

Y
Yale-New Haven Hospital – New Haven, CT

 

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Justice for Derrion Kelly 8yrs old – Shot on 34th and Locust

August 2, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

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On Friday, August 3rd at 6pm Starks Food on 47th and Hampton, will donate a Bookbag filled with school supplies and a bike for Derrion and his 12yrs old sister. As Derrion remains in the Hospital, his family members will be present to receive the gifts.

Also a GoFundMe account has been set-up in his name.
https://www.gofundme.com/justice-for-8yrs-old-derrion-kelly?sharetype=teams&member=537388&rcid=r01-153321155189-7181a49102794a3c&pc=ot_co_campmgmt_w
Derrion Kelly, is a 8 yr old child from Milwaukee, WI. Derrion was sitting on the porch on 34th and Locust on July 30th, 2018, when a car drove up and started shooting at a house. Derrion was caught in the Crossfire.

Derrion remains in the hospital in stable condition but he is very weak. Derrion was shot 3 times,  in the Back, Stomach, and Arm. One of the bullets broke one of his ribs and damaged one of his kidneys.

Derrion’s mom has missed work and will continue to miss work until Derrion is better. Any donations received will be use to support Derrion and his family.

No amount is too great or small!!!!

Derrion’s mother is Truly Grateful for the out pour of love thats being shown to her family during this time.

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: backpack, school supplies

Prince’s Former Hair Stylist and Confidant For 29 Years Tells Her Story in New Book

August 2, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

The bookcover, and the late Prince with his long-time hairstylist, Kim Berry

Los Angeles, CA — Kim Berry, elite hair stylist and confidant to Prince for 29 years, will be announcing some exciting information about her soon to be released and highly anticipated book about her life with Prince, entitled Diamonds N Curlz: My Incredible Journey with Prince.

In the spirit of Prince and continuing his legacy of allowing his fans to be a part of his musical experience, Kim will do the same with the writing and release of her book. Never done before, by any other author who has written a book about Prince, Kim will give his fans a rare and unique opportunity to be a part of his story.

Every fan will have a chance to be in her book. They will have their name placed in the “Thank You” section. Those who submit questions, will have their name along with their query placed in the “Question and Answer” Section. They will also receive a “Certificate of Love”, a personalized autographed picture of her and Prince, a private call with Kim, some will have dinner with her and other memorabilia.

As this book will be read by millions of Prince fans around the world, those that take advantage of this opportunity will stamp their names in Prince history forever.

The deadline for submissions is September 9, 2018.

Fans who want to be a part of this history can visit www.DiamondsNCurlz.com or follow her on Twitter @KimBonSet

For more information about Kim Berry, visit www.KimBOnSet.com or follow her YouTube channel.

Watch her interview on CBS below:

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: celeb hairstylist, prince

MCJ’s 42nd Anniversary Edition

August 2, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

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Why burned-out millennials are quitting lucrative jobs to become digital nomads

July 27, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

Sarah Solomon in Hawaii

Article courtesy of the New York Post via “The Rundown”

Sarah Solomon had a pretty sweet life. The 20-something publicist was always out at fashion events, dinners and parties – and even hung out with John Legend during Fashion Week.

“It was definitely New York glamourous – the black dress, leather pants and high heels, and an hour putting on my makeup,” says Solomon. “Anyone would think I had a really fun life, meeting cool people and celebrities.”

But she yearned for something more and resented only having two weeks of vacation a year. So, last August, she quit her seemingly great job at a plum downtown PR firm.

“I wanted to travel more – I didn’t want to have to ask for time off and grovel for extra days, you know?” says Solomon, now 25 and living in a rental house in Kauai, Hawaii, overlooking the beach.

Over the past 10 months, she’s scaled volcanoes in Guatemala, soaked up the waterfalls of Bali, Indonesia, and basked on glorious beaches halfway around the world. She gets by doing freelance PR work on the road, so long as she can get decent Wi-Fi in paradise.

“I do have to budget more, but the freedom is so worth it,” she says. “There are different ways to do work . . . The world is changing.”

The traditional concept of employment is the latest thing that the ever-contrarian millennial generation is reinventing.

They’re quitting their jobs, without worrying about what they’ll do next. According to a 2018 Millennial Survey by Deloitte, 43 percent of millennials expect to leave their job within two years. The trend is in line with broader shifts. According to the Labor Department, the percentage of workers (of any age) quitting their jobs reached 2.4 percent in May, the highest level in more than 16 years.

Filed Under: Millennials News Tagged With: Millennial News

The New American Adult: Mom and dad help pay the bills

July 27, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

Article courtesy of CBS News via “The Rundown”

Daddy, can you spare a dime? Apparently, many do — and much more than a skinny coin. One out of six American adults receive financial support from their parents or other family members, who chip in for everything from rent to basics like groceries.

That may be in stark contrast to how earlier generations viewed independence, adulthood and money. Today, six in 10 millennials are unmarried, or three times the rate of the silent generation (people now in their 70s and 80s), when the average marriage age was 21 for women and 23 for men.

But the U.S. economy has also changed since their parents and grandparents entered the workforce. The financial crisis and Great Recession hit millennials just as they were entering the job market — and many of them are also juggling hefty student loan repayments.

“They may have been unemployed or underemployed, and if you lose those early couple of years in your career, it takes a long time to recover,” noted Doyle Williams, executive vice president of Country Financial. “When I went to college, you could work a part-time job and pay your way through with a small student loan.”

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: economy, parents

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