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ISSUE 06 / MARCH 2017<br />

STARS CLAP INC<br />

2017<br />

SPRING<br />

TREND<br />

GUIDE<br />

DIY BAG<br />

YOU WONT<br />

BELIEVE<br />

HENRIETTA<br />

LACKS<br />

WOMANS HISTORY<br />

THAT CONTINUES<br />

TO SHAPE THE<br />

FUTURE OF<br />

BIOMEDICINE<br />

BECOME<br />

A HAPPIER<br />

PERSON


I N F L U E N T I A L W O M


E N S P E A K<br />

W O R D S F O R O U R Y O U T H T O L I V E B Y<br />

S P O K E N B Y S O M E O F T H E M O S T<br />

I N F L U E N T I A L W O M E N . . .<br />

“The most difficult thing is the decision to<br />

act, the rest is merely tenacity.” - Amelia<br />

Earhart<br />

“Step out of the history that is holding you<br />

back. Step into the new story you are willing to<br />

create.” - Oprah Winfrey<br />

“We do not need magic to change the world,<br />

we carry all the power we need inside<br />

ourselves already: we have the power to<br />

imagine better.” - J.K. Rowling<br />

“There are two kinds of people, those who do<br />

the work and those who take the credit. Try to<br />

be in the first group; there is less competition<br />

there.” - Indira Gandhi<br />

“Everyone shines, given the<br />

right lighting.” - Susan Cain<br />

“Knowing what must be done does<br />

away with fear.” - Rosa Parks


The Immortal<br />

Woman...<br />

Polio. Cancer. Cloning.<br />

Scientists researching<br />

these and many other<br />

areas have one thing in<br />

common: the human cells<br />

they use in their tests all<br />

come from a young<br />

African-American woman<br />

named Henrietta Lacks.<br />

HENRIETTA LACKS<br />

4<br />

Henrietta Lacks was born Loretta Pleasant<br />

on August 1, 1920, in Roanoke, Virginia, to<br />

Eliza and Johnny Pleasant. Her family is<br />

uncertain how her name changed from<br />

Loretta to Henrietta, but she was<br />

nicknamed Hennie. When Lacks was four<br />

years old in 1924, her mother died giving<br />

birth to her tenth child.Unable to care for<br />

the children alone after his wife's death,<br />

Lacks' father moved the family to Clover,<br />

Virginia, where the children were<br />

distributed among relatives. Lacks ended<br />

up with her grandfather, Tommy Lacks, in a<br />

two-story log cabin that was once the<br />

slave quarters on the plantation that had<br />

been owned by Henrietta's white greatgrandfather<br />

and great-uncle. She shared a<br />

room with her nine-year-old cousin and<br />

future husband, David "Day" Lacks (1915–<br />

2002).<br />

Like most members of her family living in<br />

Clover, Lacks worked as a tobacco farmer<br />

starting from an early age. In 1935, when<br />

Lacks was 14 years old, she gave birth to a<br />

son, Lawrence Lacks. In 1939, her daughter<br />

Elsie Lacks (1939–1955) was born. Both<br />

children were fathered by Day Lacks. On<br />

April 10, 1941, Day and Henrietta Lacks<br />

were married in Halifax County, Virginia.<br />

Later that year, their cousin, convinced the<br />

couple to leave the tobacco farm in<br />

Virginia and move to Maryland.


The HeLa cell line is an immortal cell line,<br />

its cells will and can grow indefinitely.<br />

Living in Maryland, Henrietta<br />

and Day Lacks had three more<br />

children. Lacks gave birth to<br />

her last child at the Johns<br />

Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore<br />

in November 1950, four and a<br />

half months before she was<br />

diagnosed with cervical<br />

cancer.<br />

On January 29, 1951, Lacks<br />

went to Johns Hopkins, the<br />

only hospital in the area that<br />

treated black patients, because<br />

she felt a "knot" in her womb.<br />

There, her doctor, Howard W.<br />

Jones, took a biopsy of the<br />

mass on Lacks's cervix for<br />

laboratory testing. Soon after,<br />

Lacks was told that she had a<br />

malignant epidermoid<br />

carcinoma of the cervix.<br />

Lacks was treated with radium<br />

tube inserts as an inpatient and<br />

discharged a few days later<br />

with instructions to return for<br />

X-ray treatments as a followup.<br />

During her treatments, two<br />

samples were taken from<br />

Lacks's cervix without her<br />

permission or knowledge; one<br />

sample was of healthy tissue<br />

and the other was cancerous.<br />

These samples were given to<br />

George Otto Gey, a physician<br />

and cancer researcher at Johns<br />

Hopkins.<br />

The cells from the cancerous sample eventually<br />

became known as the HeLa immortal cell line, a<br />

commonly used cell line in contemporary biomedical<br />

research to this day.<br />

On August 8, 1951, Lacks, who was only 31 years old,<br />

went to Johns Hopkins for a routine treatment<br />

session and asked to be admitted due to continued<br />

severe abdominal pain. She received blood<br />

transfusions and remained at the hospital until her<br />

death on October 4, 1951. A partial autopsy showed<br />

that the cancer had metastasized throughout her<br />

entire body.<br />

The headstone of Henrietta Lacks contains an<br />

epitaph written by her grandchildren that reads:<br />

Henrietta Lacks, August 1, 1920 - October 4, 1951<br />

In loving memory of a phenomenal woman,<br />

wife and mother who touched the lives of many.<br />

Here lies Henrietta Lacks (HeLa). Her immortal<br />

cells will continue to help mankind forever.<br />

Eternal Love and Admiration, From Your Family<br />

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INTERNATIONAL REA<br />

TO ME DAY<br />

"It takes a village to raise a child and it takes a<br />

child to inspire a village."— Emma Mactaggart, The<br />

Child Writes Fund<br />

Malsy Takes Dialysis to Show &<br />

Tell<br />

By Lisa Baxter<br />

A story of courage that helps<br />

children understand dialysis.<br />

The Sock Kids Stop a Bully<br />

By Micheal Sullivan<br />

Sudsy and Wooly discover their human is<br />

being bullied at school and team up a<br />

with Ethan’s newest friend, Olivia. They<br />

discover bullying hurts everyone and<br />

yooou cnat stay silent.<br />

Available at The Social Express


D<br />

Literacy<br />

is a gateway skill for us<br />

all. If you can’t read you get left<br />

behind in so many ways. This has<br />

a major impact on your<br />

opportunities in life. Reading and<br />

writing create social connections<br />

and this creates opportunity for<br />

all; this is key to every person’s<br />

future success.<br />

We can all help others improve<br />

their literacy skills and truly enjoy<br />

reading a wonderful book.We<br />

want to encourage children<br />

especially, by dedicating a special<br />

day to reading together all Around<br />

the world. We want to change the<br />

dynamics and empower children<br />

to ask for more support, not just<br />

from their family but also from<br />

their community.<br />

Held on March 19th every year,<br />

International Read To Me Day<br />

provides a wonderful opportunity<br />

to have a conversation<br />

revolving around reading. By<br />

including community members,<br />

family members, and youth, we<br />

have an opportunity to become<br />

enlightened as to the possible<br />

barriers youth and community<br />

members may have in developing<br />

improved reading habits; perhaps<br />

a lack of resources, time,<br />

inadequate educational support or<br />

geographic isolation play a factor.<br />

International Read To Me Day not<br />

only provides a platform to discuss<br />

risk factors and solutions in the<br />

battle to improve literacy it also<br />

offers an excellent opportunity to<br />

spend quality time with others<br />

experiencing an adventure only a<br />

good book can provide.<br />

Read to someone today!<br />

Wishing on A Star<br />

BY LADEA SANDERS<br />

Dedicated to raising awareness of youth<br />

homelessness in America.<br />

AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM<br />

Deja's Great Start<br />

BY LADEA SANDERS<br />

Deja loves to read and with this<br />

book your child will too.<br />

Available at Amazon.com


5S T E P S T O<br />

B E I N G A<br />

H A P P I E R<br />

P E R S O N<br />

"Happiness is like a butterfly: the<br />

more you chase it, the more it will<br />

elude you, but if you turn your<br />

attention to other things, it will come<br />

and sit softly on your shoulder."-<br />

Henry David Thoreau<br />

Everyone tends to head towards a<br />

happy life without worries and<br />

problems, but it isn’t always that<br />

easy. People define happiness in<br />

different ways. For some it’s health<br />

and well-being, for others it’s being<br />

famous with a bag full of money. For<br />

others its love. One thing is certain –<br />

it’s easier to notice someone else’s<br />

happiness than it is to notice your<br />

own, and it's the opposite with<br />

problems – our own seem to be much<br />

larger than other people's.<br />

Today we present 5 tips that will help<br />

you become a happy person and<br />

share it with the world.<br />

1MAKE TIME FOR<br />

YOU<br />

Having 'me' time is essential for<br />

positive mental health. Spending<br />

time doing things that inspire you<br />

makes you happy.<br />

Whether it's baking, walking the dog,<br />

salsa dancing, practising meditation,<br />

or swinging with childish abandon,<br />

self-activity inspires a positive<br />

attitude


2<br />

NURTURE YOUR<br />

RELATIONSHIPS<br />

A lot of our personal happiness comes<br />

from moments and feelings we get while<br />

interacting with others so make sure to<br />

make time to nurture positive<br />

relationships, you have in your life, and<br />

maybe even develop a couple of new<br />

ones.<br />

4<br />

ENJOY THE MOMENT<br />

So many of us are second guessing what's<br />

going to happen that we fail to experience<br />

what's happening right now and consequently<br />

end up missing out. Take a breath and look at how amazing<br />

your life is right now. Enjoy every moment you are given in<br />

life and truly appreciate the small things as if they were<br />

major events, because they usually end up being quite<br />

amazing and memorable.<br />

3<br />

LEARN A NEW SKILL<br />

Identify your personal strengths for a positivity<br />

boost! Noting how skilled we are in certain areas of<br />

our lives can remind us of just how talented we are<br />

and make us feel great. Trying a new activity, facing<br />

a fear or joining a new interest group can feel scary, but the<br />

rewards are worth it. People who take risks tend to be happier<br />

and more successful than those who don't.<br />

5GIVE TO OTHERS<br />

Giving can often make you happier. It is no secret<br />

that altruism can help us to feel good about<br />

ourselves, and this is now backed up by MRI scans which<br />

show this “warm-glow effect” in the reward centres of the<br />

brain. Experiments have been conducted in which a group<br />

of people are given money, and half of them are required to<br />

spend it on themselves while half are required to spend it on<br />

other people. Contrary to their own expectations, the half<br />

who spent the money on others consistently get more<br />

pleasure out of the experience than their non-altruistic<br />

colleagues.


SPRING FORWA


RD FASHION<br />

LOGO TEES<br />

Think back to the time when repping the logo of your<br />

favorite brand was all the rage. Then also think back to<br />

when that trend quickly faded and visible brand names<br />

became not only obsolete but also uncool. Well, we have<br />

news for you—this once cliché trend is officially back.<br />

Whether it's your favorite brand, designer, tv show,<br />

band or socially conscience statement, Logo Tees are<br />

being churned out in masses. From Gucci T-shirts to the<br />

ever-evolving statement tees this trend has already<br />

blown up and will only get bigger as we navigate our way<br />

through spring 2017.


BLUE THE C<br />

DENIM FOR<br />

DAYS<br />

An american staple<br />

transending the<br />

generations, denim, our<br />

favorite blue, is still<br />

standing strong with the<br />

spring fashion trends.<br />

With leggings, jackets and<br />

his and hers denim, it's no<br />

wonder you will see it<br />

everywhere this Spring!


OLOR OF THE SEASON<br />

INSTANT STYLE<br />

Whether its a romantic picnic in the<br />

park or a business lunch with the<br />

executives at your firm you will<br />

always be stylish in blue. The color is<br />

calming and flattering for every skin<br />

tone, making it a classic go to when<br />

you want to stand out from the<br />

typical.


THE CLASSIC BUTTON DOWN<br />

The classic mens button down<br />

business shirt has been re-<br />

invented for him and for her.<br />

New colors, patterns and<br />

designs have made it the<br />

hottest basic for years but in<br />

2017 it's on a whole new level.


CLASSICS FAVORITES<br />

RE-INVENTED<br />

PAJAMA'S FOR WORK<br />

Believe it or not, in large cut shapes and<br />

fabrics like silk or fine linen,<br />

accompanied by long coats (aka<br />

matching robes), In 2017 pajamas<br />

become an item of high fashion<br />

that you can wear to<br />

go to work or out<br />

to dinner. Just<br />

skip the slippers<br />

and opt for heels<br />

and designer dress<br />

shoes.


DID YOU KNOW<br />

About 100 billion plastic bags are<br />

used annually in the US alone and<br />

only about 2% of them are<br />

recycled? Check it out at www.<br />

droptheplasticbag.org.<br />

We can all do small things to help<br />

save our earth. Using reusable bags<br />

or totes is a very easy way to do<br />

your part. It is a great alternative to<br />

buying reusable bags or taking<br />

merchandise home in plastic bags<br />

from stores and much more<br />

fashionable! They are durable, can<br />

be washed and will last a long time.<br />

Everyone at some time or another<br />

has probably had an old t-shirt that<br />

they didn't need or like anymore.<br />

This is a way to improve that<br />

favorite old tee so instead of<br />

tossing it make it into a reusable<br />

tote in about 10 minutes.<br />

All you will need is an old t-shirt<br />

and a pair of scissors.<br />

EASY NO-SEW TOTE<br />

1<br />

CUT<br />

SLEEVES OFF OF SHIRT<br />

You can use a short or a long sleeved t-shirt. It won't matter since<br />

you will be cutting the sleeves off anyway. if you use an old tank<br />

top you can skip this step all together. Lay your t-shirt out on a flat<br />

work surface. Using a sharp pair of scissors cut the sleeves off of<br />

your t-shirt.


"This is a great project for kids and youth groups<br />

to do- give the bags to the homeless shelters."<br />

2<br />

CUT<br />

NECK OUT OF SHIRT<br />

You can use a large bowl and draw around it on your fabric to get a<br />

nice rounded scoop shape or just eyeball it and cut the scoop. I just<br />

eyeballed it. Again if you have a scooped or v- neckline you can skip<br />

this step too.<br />

3<br />

CUT SLITS AND TIE KNOTS<br />

At the bottom of the shirt cut slits about every inch through<br />

both layers (length will depend on the size of the shirt so<br />

you will have to make the call) long enough that you<br />

will be able to tie them twice. Remember the shirt will<br />

stretchwith weight so try to make sure your tote isn't<br />

going to hang to your feet with filled with goodies!<br />

4<br />

TIE<br />

IT UP!<br />

Keep the slits lined up and starting with one end tie the aligning front<br />

and back pieces together in double knots until you have done the<br />

entire row.


March 21,2017<br />

N a t i o n a l<br />

S i n g l e P a r e n t s<br />

D a y<br />

W<br />

e all know of a family member, friend, neighbor, co-worker or someone who is<br />

a single parent. Support and appreciate them. Make March 21, a special day for<br />

the single parents that you know. March 21st is the day set aside to observe<br />

National Single Parent Day. This day was created to honor and recognize the<br />

hard work, devotion and sacrifices of single parenting. Raising children can be<br />

challenging, and even more so for single parents. This day was created for you.<br />

In 1984 an article was written by Janice Moglen with the hope that Single Parent Day<br />

may one day gain the recognition many associate with Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.<br />

She collaborated with the organization, Parents Without Partners, and began to<br />

petition to have states declare recognition of Single Parent Day. It is the belief that the<br />

day, March 21, was chosen to coincide with the inception of Parents Without Partners,<br />

which began on March 21, 1957. Proclamation 5166 was presented to, and signed, by<br />

President Ronald Reagan declaring March 21st, 1984 as National Single Parent Day.<br />

.


CELEBRATE<br />

NEIGHBOR<br />

DAY EVERYDAY<br />

Being on bad terms with<br />

your neighbor can make<br />

your life frustrating, day<br />

after day. But taking the<br />

time to establish good<br />

terms with your<br />

neighbors has numerous<br />

benefits. The community<br />

will be friendlier, the<br />

neighbourhood safer,<br />

and the area a nicer and<br />

more comfortable place<br />

to live.<br />

What's a good<br />

neighbor?<br />

By definition a neighbor is<br />

someone who lives close by you,<br />

but "close" is a relative term. For<br />

the citydweller, the neighbor is<br />

probably someone in the next<br />

apartment, but for the urban<br />

family, the neighbor is a bit<br />

further away. And for those who<br />

live out in rural areas, the<br />

neighbor may live a mile or two<br />

away. But what is a good<br />

neighbor? A good neighbor is<br />

friendly and considerate,<br />

compassionate and kind. Most<br />

importantly good neighbors<br />

reach out to connect to each<br />

other.<br />

Here are a few keys to building<br />

good neighbor relationships that<br />

will lead to stronger<br />

communities.<br />

1<br />

INTRODUCE<br />

YOURSELF<br />

Often new residents move into<br />

our neighborhoods or we haven't<br />

had the time to meet those who<br />

have been there awhile. Spend a<br />

little time each week to<br />

introduce yourself. We all know<br />

how stressful and often scary, it<br />

can be to move, especially for<br />

children, and we have all<br />

experienced moments of<br />

isolation or lonliness, so say<br />

hello, offer a friendly gift and<br />

share info about the local area.<br />

Introducing yourself in a polite,<br />

kind way will definitely be<br />

appreciated and ease the stress<br />

being new to an area or feeling<br />

forgotten by others can bring..<br />

2<br />

COMMUNICATE<br />

REGULARLY<br />

Now that you have met your<br />

neighbors, touch base with them<br />

regularly and get to know them<br />

and their family. Keep them in<br />

the loop of your community or<br />

neighborhood. Keep the<br />

channels of communication<br />

open by including them in<br />

events, parties, clean-ups or<br />

anything else that impacts your<br />

community. Good neighbors<br />

should feel comfortable bonding<br />

with each other for the good of<br />

their neighborhood.<br />

HELP EACH<br />

OTHER.<br />

3 You don't have to be friends, you<br />

don't even have to knoow<br />

someone, to recognize that they<br />

need help and offer a small bit of<br />

kindness. Maybe its shoveling<br />

snow off the steps and sidewalk,<br />

offering to take a child to school,<br />

or someone to an appointment,<br />

or just checking in to make sure<br />

they are ok, helping others not<br />

only makes them feel better but<br />

helps you feel better about<br />

yourself as well. Knowing<br />

someone cares is the key to<br />

strong, safe communities and<br />

neighborhoods<br />

MARCH<br />

26TH<br />

2017


COMMUNITY<br />

A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR<br />

When I was a kid, we took a plate<br />

of food to our neighbors in need, we<br />

welcomed new neighbors with<br />

cookies and we borrowed sugar<br />

from next door if we ran out. We<br />

ran freely around the neighborhood<br />

until the street lights came on and<br />

Mom always knew we were safe<br />

because everyone looked out for<br />

each other. The elders policed our<br />

neighborhoods from the front porch<br />

and the back yard as our aunties<br />

and uncles and parents and<br />

grandparents sat in the evening over<br />

a glass of tea or lemonade and<br />

recalled the stories of how the<br />

neighborhood had been “when they<br />

was coming up” and discussed their<br />

joys and struggles of the day, and<br />

kept us all in line in a quickness for<br />

disrespecting ourselves, each other<br />

or our community. Saturday was<br />

spent with the men in the<br />

community helping the guy down<br />

the street get his car running before<br />

work Monday morning and the<br />

women cooking dinner and making<br />

enough that everyone had a plate.<br />

Sunday was for church and BBQ's<br />

that traveled from neighbors house<br />

to neighbors house each week, as<br />

we ran around catching firefly's and<br />

throwing baseballs, not catching<br />

attitudes and shooting bullets.<br />

Everyone knew each other, trusted<br />

each other and worked together to<br />

ensure the well being of the entire<br />

neighborhood.<br />

Fast forward to 2016. We have<br />

cell phones and facebook to<br />

make it easier to communicate<br />

all across the world, at any time<br />

day or night. The internet made<br />

it possible to learn and<br />

experience things some of us<br />

may have never had the<br />

opportunity to see, but with<br />

such amazing developments we<br />

have stopped developing our<br />

community and started<br />

developing social media<br />

networks. We get on line and<br />

talk about our relationships, our<br />

joys and our struggles, often<br />

with people we have never met<br />

and likely never will, yet we<br />

wont reach out to the person<br />

in our community we see<br />

everyday, we dont even hive<br />

time to make a phone call but<br />

we can tweet and text. We feel<br />

lonely, or sad, have a beautiful<br />

moment or great success and<br />

share it with no expectation of<br />

human contact on our timeline,<br />

and wonder why our younger<br />

generations lack emotion,<br />

empathy and love. We have<br />

become so consumed with our<br />

networks, we have lost our<br />

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communities. For most I believe<br />

its just easier to view life,<br />

rather than to experience it. Its<br />

not easy to live up to others<br />

expectations, or feel the pain<br />

when they dont live up to<br />

yours. You dont have to deal<br />

with emotions, you dont have<br />

to even be you. You can post<br />

the happiest pictures and cry<br />

all day, whos going to know.<br />

Sounds great to a lot of<br />

people; complete and total<br />

anoniminity and individual<br />

expression but at the end of<br />

the day you have to ask<br />

yourself who even cares..... we<br />

have all just become a picture<br />

on the screen. Instead of<br />

expanding our hearts and mind<br />

with all the access we have to<br />

others in the world we have<br />

narrowed our hearts with fear<br />

and anxiety of actual human<br />

contact and we have lost our<br />

sense of community, of caring<br />

about others and them caring<br />

about us, in fact we have<br />

come so far from the true<br />

definition of community that<br />

the United Nations has<br />

formulated a formal definition<br />

of community development as “a<br />

process where community members<br />

come together to take collective<br />

action and generate solutions to<br />

common problems.” and Community<br />

Builders as “a broad term given to<br />

civic leaders, activists, involved<br />

citizens and professionals that take<br />

action to improve various aspects of<br />

the community , in an effort to build<br />

stronger bonds, character and<br />

citizenship which in turn builds a<br />

stronger and more resilient<br />

sustainable local community.” When I<br />

was growing up that was called<br />

family,a neighbor, a friend, and we<br />

didn't require a government definition<br />

to remind us to be kind and care<br />

about one another. Its just my<br />

opinion and I'm sure it doesn't mean<br />

much to most, but if we want to live<br />

in world full of caring, considerate,<br />

loving people, with respect for each<br />

other, we have to start teaching<br />

each other how to be those things<br />

again, one COMMUNITY at a time.<br />

Each One Teach One Until You<br />

Reach One.


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