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Chicago Street Journal November 16, 2017 1
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A new
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Brother
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Volume 24 No. 1
Charles Perry (right) addresses
the crowd before the protest
for the Obama Presidential Library,
clutching posters reading,
“The South Side Needs a
Community Benefits Agreement”
and “Honk 4 CBA.”
Organizations to ensure that the community receives
important benefits, including work opportunities
and affordable housing. The Obama Library CBA
Coalition has eight member groups, including the
Poor People’s Campaign and University Chicago for
a CBA.
CBAs have proved effective in the past. The Staples
CBA, for instance, compelled the developers of
the Staples Center in Los Angeles to hire locally,
provide jobs that pay a living wage, and build affordable
housing and parks. The CBA includes an assessment
of the parks and recreation needs of the community,
as well as a $1 million commitment by the developers
to meet those needs.
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Donnell Robinson
Staff Writer
Cook County’s unpopular beverage tax became
the first government to repeal an existing beverage
tax, overwhelmingly voted 15-2; now a campaign
to repel the City of Chicago ‘bag Tax’ is in
motion.
Blocks of Good Government (BOGG), issued
the following statement: What has happened with
the Cook County beverage tax is a repel sign to
the Mayor and aldermen to balance its budget.
The Bag taxes just don’t work and we look forward
to repelling it as well with the Soda Tax”.
But will Mayor Rham Emmanuel and the Aldermen
do it. While the tax has produce income
for the city, it remains to be seen how much the
tax will actually do to reduce the number of plastic
bags Chicagoans use - a major selling point for
such taxes in Chicago and other locales.
BOGG, Representative Erica Dunn says,
"Yes". “Residents and consumers have been
forced to pay more on over everyday basic needs,
when buying goods is just one of.” Said Dunn, “
However Chicago has followed other cities in
the United States on various levels in states like
California, Texas and Virginia, among others.
However the tax haven’t proven to change consumer
behavior,
Kevin Glass, policy director for the Franklin
Center for Government and Public Integrity, told
the Cook County Record that assessments of plastic
bag taxes in other cities have shown they may
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“Can we do this?”
Ask Ja'Mal Green,
Referring
to the new
P E A C E
Center at
79rd and
A s h l a n d ,
“Over 500
people have
donated. But
with almost
50k people on all of my Facebook
pages, I know that if
half donated $19 today we
would be able to complete
our first phase!”
The Peace Center is a
12,500 square foot building
(Continued on page 5)
Follow the Money for
Russia Ties
By _________________
President Donald Trump
actions has been a thin
line of ethnics or legal
reifications. The investigation
of Trump Russia
ties are comparable as in
the movie ‘Training Day’
from the beginning everyone
knew Dansel Washington
played the bad guy.
All the way to the end
‘’King Kong, Ain’t Got
Not-N on Me!
Which seems to be the
case with Trump from
publicly saying he do not
play taxes or to his ties
with Russia.
Despite President
Trump’s claims that he
did not collude with Russia,
a new poll has found that nearly half of
Americans say it is likely he committed a crime
during the campaign.
The ABC News/Washington Post survey, conducted
from October 30 to November 1, asked 714
adults, “Do you think it’s likely or unlikely that
Trump himself committed a crime in connection
with possible Russian attempts to influence the
election?”
The poll indicates 49 percent said it was likely,
even though only 19 percent indicated there was
solid evidence versus the remainder who based
their answer on suspicion only.
Meanwhile, 44 percent
doubted Trump’s
guilt and 7 percent
had no
opinion.
On the other
hand, 53 percent
of the
group said there
was likely
wrongdoing by
other members
of the Trump
campaign beyond
former
chair Paul
Manafort and
adviser George
Papadopoulos,
two men who
have been implicated
in special
counsel Robert
Mueller’s probe thus far.
But aside from any alleged criminal activity, more
than half—or 51 percent—of participants said they
do not think the president is cooperating with the
investigation.
As for Mueller himself, he received fairly high
marks, with 58 percent approving of the job he is
doing and 28 percent disapproving.
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Survey: Nearly half of
Trump voters support a
white history month
Nearly half of President Trump's supporters think
there should be a White History Month, according to a
recent survey by Public Policy Polling, or PPP.
The group reports that 46 percent of pro-Trump
voters were in favor of such a celebration while 36
percent were opposed.
And in terms of Black History Month, 45 percent of
this group indicated a favorable view while 35 percent
expressed an unfavorable opinion.
The issue was less split among Hillary Clinton voters,
with 81 percent supporting Black History Month
and 9 percent not supporting it.
The PPP survey also asked participants about legendary
abolitionist Frederick Douglass whom Trump
seemed to imply was alive during some recent remarks.
The Washington Post notes that in early February,
the president said, "Frederick Douglass is an example
of somebody who's done an amazing job and is getting
recognized more and more, I notice."
Douglass died in 1895—a fact which PPP says less
than half—or 47 percent—of Trump voters knew while
78 percent of Clinton supporters did.
PPP President Dean Debnam said in response, "A
lot of Trump voters don't think we should have
Black History Month. But given that a majority
them don't know Frederick Douglass is dead, they
might need it.".”
The woman who called a
couple "n-----s" in a viral video
from last year's Margarita Fest has been sentenced
to 90 days in Cook County Jail.
Jessica Sanders, 27, was convicted last month of
misdemeanor battery in the July 30, 2016. Cook County
Judge James Linn found Sanders not guilty of felony
hate crime and aggravated battery in a public place.
Linn sentenced Sanders, of southwest suburban
Alsip, to 90 days in jail. She was credited for serving
three days while awaiting trial.
According to prosecutors, Sanders accosted a suburban
couple, repeatedly calling them "n------," during an
argument over a bean bag game at Margarita Fest, an
event hosted at the South Shore Cultural Center, 7059
S. Shore Drive, on July 30, 2016.
The couple — Ernest Crim and his wife, who are
African-American suburban high school teachers —
hoped to play a round of bags but could only find one
bean bag, prosecutors said.
Sanders, who was playing nearby, threw a bean bag
and never collected it. So Crim's wife went to retrieve
it. That's when Sanders, who is white, began calling the
woman a "n-----" repeatedly. Crim took out his phone to
record Sanders, but she knocked it to the ground, according
to prosecutors.
Crim was still able to record Sanders telling him he
was "acting like a n-----."
Senate Overrides Rauner’s
Veto of Cursive Writing Bill
November 8, 2017. Teachers in Illinois will have
one more thing to add to their lesson plans in future
years, as the Illinois Senate has overridden
Governor Bruce Rauner ’s veto of a bill mandating
that students learn how to write in cursive. The
measure, which Rauner vetoed in September,
passed overwhelmingly in the Senate on Wednesday
by a 42-12 margin.
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Distracted Walking’
Could Come With
$500 Fine in Chicago
A proposed “distracted walking” ordinance that could
become law in Chicago would see pedestrians fined up
to $500 for negligently strolling with their eyes fixed on
a cellphone screen. Dick Johnson reports.
A proposed “distracted walking” ordinance that could
become law in Chicago would see pedestrians fined up
to $500 for negligently strolling with their eyes fixed on
a cellphone screen.
NBC 5 asked city strollers what they thought of the
proposal. Some barely noticed a TV news crew let alone
the traffic trying to turn.
“Well people do walk into traffic when they’re not
paying attention,” one pedestrian told NBC 5.
“Pedestrians are getting hurt more often—well if you
cross when the light is red you should be good,” another
said.
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P
aula Robinson the Bronzeville leader shaking
things in Morgan Park as well, said this first issue
of Chicago Street Journal is a tease to the public.
Well Paula what is happening with the Griffen building
on 34th and King Drvie?
F
or 2019 Mayor election
word is the westside will be
driving a Ford down Madison
Street to City Hall or the southside
will be Dunkin the loop from the South
Side, and even having Summer in the
winter election with City Treasurer
Kurt Summers. However, there is a
petition being circulated that states William
Calloway For Mayor! The 28
year-old film student at the Illinois Institute
of Art-Chicago, who has been organizing
heard about the Laquan McDonald
video, and was determined to uncover
the account executed by CPD.
Calloway lives in the South Shore
neighborhood. If not for the efforts of
Calloway and journalist Brandon Smith,
video of Chicago Police Officer Jason
Van Dyke firing 16 fatal shots at Laquan
might still be in the hands of investigators
and attorneys, not the public.
However, word is 5th ward former aldermanic
candidate Jedidiah Brown is
looking for the run for mayor as well. LaQuonda
Townsend said ‘Do it Mayor Brown!’
F or those who remember the late Beauty Turner of
the Ghetto Tours, well a relative of her has been seen
leading a tour bus down 47th Street and it wasn’t community
activist Jeff Baker who also had interest in
picking up the torch of the legendary “Hey Love” and “I
am a writer and a fighter”. Turner spirit with Black
Beauty Tours.
N
aimah Latif (one of the first
editors of CSJ) was so excited to be a part of
the delegation that went to South Korea for a
global peace conference, the 3rd Annual Commemoration
of the World Alliance of Religions Peace
(WARP) Summit, She
reported live for The
Female Solution radio
show and The Media Connection TV
Show! (Photo by John L. Alexander)
S omeone whisper in
the ear to farmers Fred
Carter, Noemi Davis, and
even Michele Banks that weed is on the State of Illinois
agenda to be legalized for social use. The word is brothers
on the streets selling it need to hook up with Black Oaks
farmer Fred Carter before its to late and there really
will be pushed out of the
business.
H
arold Lucas to Gov. Bruce Rauner,
“I'm whispering so that the media
doesn't hear me.”
F rom the north side to
the Southside is Chicago
Black Business Network
founder, Sonja Purdue, is
not in Englewood, but was
in the loop at the Harold
Washington Library music
department networking a
gospel concert and planning.
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In Honor of Lu Palmer
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not have the environmental impact
public officials’ hope for.
“I have no doubt that they’re put
forward with good intentions, but,
you know, the numbers
show that they’re
largely ineffective on
the environmental
aspect of their justification,”
Glass said,
citing a Washington
Post review of the
Washington, D.C.’s 5
-cent tax heralded as
a way to clean up the
Anacostia River. The
review found that
more of the money
put in the Anacostia
River Clean Up and
Protection Fund was used for
school field trips and worker salaries
than for cleanup projects on the
river.
Glass said. Another
unexpected downside
could be the reusable
bags encouraged as
substitutes, which
public health experts
have said could pose a
risk because of the
germs they carry.
A study in the journal
Food Protection
Trends found that food
-borne illnesses could
skyrocket with the
increased adoption of
reusable bags.
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The study found that 99 percent
of reusable bags tested contained
bacteria; the figure was 0 percent in
new bags, or single-use plastic
bags. These bacteria were frequently
dangerous, with E. Coli
being shockingly common in reusable
bags. The average Chicago
resident uses 500 plastic bags a
year, totaling 1.3 billion for the
whole city, according to environmental
experts.
Consumers can avoid paying the
7-cent bag tax on plastic and paper
bags at the grocery store by bringing
their own reusable bags, but
reports are reusable bags tend to be
unsanitary, which causes major
problems when they’re being used
to tote fresh produce and other groceries.
Dunn stated the city is
either taxing or prohibiting
bags and
none of it’s going to
see the upside they’re
really searching for.”
Helen Thomas a civic
activist based in
Englewood say, the
City’s war on plastic
bags is just under the
guise of environmentalism
as
the Soda Tax
was marketed to
the public.”
“Chicago’s elected officials
are taking your money under
false pretenses,
failing to solve
the problem they
claim they’re
a d d r e s s i n g ,
and possibly
making you
sick in the
process. She
added this is
m e r e l y a
stealth tax hike that
disproportionately hits
families that go grocery
shopping more
frequently.
The tax required large retailers to
replace thin plastic bags with
thicker ones that are designed to be
reused. But consumers weren’t
reusing the bags, which are more
expensive to make. At the same
time, retailers receive 2 cents every
time the tax is levied and the rest
goes to the city.
Some, like the Better Government
Association, have publicly
criticized the few cents the city of
Chicago settled on because it’s
unlikely to actually deter shoppers
from using plastic bags, making the
tax just another revenue stream for
the city. The city expects to bring in
$12.9 million from the tax next
year.
Glass said he thinks the mayor’s
intentions are genuine, but he said
the few cents per bag will add up
for low-income shoppers, who may
be disproportionately affected by
the charge. He said he believes
neither a ban nor a tax has enough
of an upside to be worthwhile.
“It’s a surprisingly complicated
issue, but the downsides, I think,
across the board, really outweigh
the upsides,” Glass said. “This is an
evolution of what Chicago has been
trying to do.
Additionally,
although Chic
a g o ’ s
Seven—Cent
tax is a small
fee, it was
designed to be
more salient
than the ban.
While customers
may
not notice that
their grocery
store has
switched to
p r o v i d i n g
thicker plastic
bags as a result
of the ban, research suggests
that customers are likely to notice
when an item that they previously
received for free now comes at a
price, thus bringing their b a g
use to the top of their
minds.
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Registration & Reception,
2:00pm Lunch, 12:20pm
Presentations & Awards.
Nov 17 at 6:30 PM to Nov
19 No Blue Memories: The
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Saturday, November 25 ,
the House of Tradition, as
we give honor to the Father
of the white cloth, Obatala,
who seeks to unite our community
through prayer, music,
dance, laughter and
love. Betty Shabazz International
Charter School, 7823
S Ellis Ave, Chicago For
participants that wish to present
offerings to Obatala’s
shrine we ask that you bring
two coconuts and two candles
and/or a monetary donation.
Food and good vibes
will be provided. Hosted by
Alaje Thomas
Saturday, November 25
BYOB Motown Soulful
Holiday Light Trolley (Kick
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and Drop-off location, Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo-
Lights, Christkindlmarket,
The Magnificent Mile, State
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The artist redering of the Peace Center on 79th and Ashand with a host of supporters
celebrating the movement to open the center next year.
on 79th & Ashland; it features a 700 seat theater,
classrooms, a music & dance studio, and a
garden on the rooftop.
As the center will aim to life the positive
spirits of youth and reduce gun violence by
giving youth a safe haven.
While most youth programs stress the importance
of higher education, Majostee Allstars
aims to explore all options with an emphasis in
entrepreneurship and financial literacy.
The organization initial goal is to raise
$105,000 to finish paying for the building. And
another $1,000,000 for rehab, legal, and furnishing
cost. “I know this will help curve violence.”
Say Ja’mal Green heading the project.
Green from the south side of Chicago was
trusted into the spotlight in the late fall of 2015.
After learning of the Laquan McDonald shooting
and the subsequent cover up from Mayor
Rham Emanuel administration.
Green became the voice of reason for the
young people in the community. Always vocal
about fighting for justice, he has been instrumental
in organizing various demonstrations,
including the historical Black Friday shutdown,
as well as the Mayor’s house stakeouts that
have been effective in creating policy change in
Chicago police department.
Prior to that the organization he heads, Sky
-Rocketing found much success with their message
of anti-bullying and anti-violence, and
was able to spread that message to over 150,
000 students in over 15 states across the US.
The organization has been responsible for
peace concerts, marches, and events within the
community which has earned many awards for
the company. Some organizations honoring
their efforts are the Chicago Police Department,
Prosperity House Chicago, and numerous
other entities.
“We intend to continue to grow our efforts
and work in the community,” pointed out
Ja’Mal indicating the building on Ashland is a
major direction. “But we need your help funding
our new home.”
“We are extremely excited about this new
venture, but we desperately need of the public
to reach our goals.” Said Ja’Mal.
“Can we actually come together as a community
to make this happen?”
Another sector the building activities is the
Majostee Allstars which began in 2011 as Sky-
Rocketing teens corp., dedicated to raising the
higher consciousness of youth through
arts and entertainment.
In the summer of 2015, Sky-rocketing
partnered with the City of Chicago to
present "Put The Guns Down" a massive
effort to reduce gun violence in
the city of Chicago, led by several
representatives from the organization.
They have also partnered with Residents
for a Greater Englewood (RAGE)
to present peace days to spread the
message of unity and self love to our
n e i g h b o r h o o d s .
Majostee Allstars will be targeting
ages 12-24, focusing on economic development,
entrepreneurship, and education
as a means to facilitate growth
and stimulus in urban communities.
Empower youth to become role models
by giving them tools to achieve their
goals and influence others to do the
same.
The Center is to give a window of
opportunities to teens in impoverished
areas to succeed and Enhance the family
structure by providing parents with
assistance needed to provide for their
household in the form of training, job
opportunities, and education works
h o p s .
Majostee Allstars after school program
will be exciting and beneficial for
every youth participant. Youth will
have access to computers and Internet
for homework and business needs. They
will be required to participate in both
two-hour workshops throughout the
week where they will be taught by a
guest celebrity or professional. They
will also have access to job leads and
applications to fill out on site at one of
the computer stations. All students will
have a mentor and a counselor that they
meet with once a week to talk about
things going on in their lives and their
aspirations and goals.
This facility will also host an open mic
every Saturday, rent out the facility for
smaller functions on Sundays, and host
workshops for parents during school
hours. We will be working with
neighborhood schools to serve them
since we are close.
You can help Majostee Allstaars
reach their goals, by going to the web
page at .MajosteeAllstars.com
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Chicago Street Journal
President Obama
Library - CBA
RefuseFascism.org is organizing
thousands to begin nonviolent political
protests on November 4 that inspire
and draw forward a movement
of protests that continues and grows
over the coming days, weeks and
even months if necessary – growing
from thousands to millions. Refuse-
Fascism.org is a national movement
made up of people from diverse perspectives
united around the recognition
that the Trump/Pence regime
poses a catastrophic danger to humanity
and the planet. Refuse Fascism
is organizing protests in cities
and towns across the country on
started November 4 a movement of
continuing protests until the demand:
“This Nightmare Must End: the
Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!” is
met. This moment, when even the
conservative Republican Chairman
of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations says that the Trump has put
the country on the “path to World
War 3,” calls for unprecedented mass
action.
Organizers have invoked the protests
that rocked Seoul, South Korea last
year that resulted in the impeachment
(Continued from page 1)
There are recent examples of
CBAs in Chicago as well—as dusk
began to fall and the protest approached,
Charles Perry of the
Westside Health Authority and Jobs
to Move America told the story of a
successful CBA he had just helped
negotiate in the Pullman neighborhood.
The China Railway Rolling
Stock Corporation had received a
commission to build rail cars for the
CTA, and Perry helped to negotiate
a CBA that kept the 175 new jobs
created in the community, and allowed
them to be open to people
with criminal records.
“If the City of Chicago would do
it for the CTA, why won’t they do it
for the president’s library?” Perry
asked the crowd.
They has been over 10 community
meetings with over 1000 South
Siders, addressing the Obama Library
development and they've met
with officials from the City of Chicago,
University of Chicago, and
Obama Foundation.
"As taxpayers and residents on
the West and Southside communities
we have a right to make sure we
are not displaced. It is not unreasonable
for Black people on the South
Side of Chicago to have a CBA to
demand that construction and permanent
jobs are guaranteed, that we
are not pushed out of our community,
and that we create
spaces for our young
people," said Parrish
Brown, Membership
Chair of the Black Youth
Project 100's Chicago
chapter. "We want the
CBA to be passed
through a city ordinance to ensure
that our community is kept safe. We
can not just trust the word of the
Obama Foundation."
"This is literally a million-dollar
question," said Juanita Irizarry,
Executive Director of Friends of the
Parks. "Not least, will the millions
of dollars worth of public park land
being given to a private foundation
result in promised replacement
parkland, better roads and public
transportation, and other basics?
Chicago won't take this lying
down."
Obama Presidential Library is
unlikely to reach fruition before the
end of the decade, Chicagoans are
vying for the prestige and economic
vitality that the tourism site could
bring. Woodlawn and South Shore
communities are to be the benefactors
of it.
In an interview with the Chicago
Tribune, Susan Donius, director of
the National Archives’ Office of
Presidential Libraries, said of the
economic potential of an Obama
library, “In many areas, you have a
library reaching 200,000 to 300,000
of the South Korean President in
March.
“Our determination to persist and not
back down will compel the whole
world to take note. Every force and
faction in the power structure would
be forced to respond to our demand.
visitors a year. That means people
are coming into the city and spending
travel and tourism dollars.”
Close friends of the Obamas, like
university trustee John W. Rogers
Jr., chairman and CEO of Ariel
Investments and a Kenwood resident
worked to get the library over
competitors.
Obama, who unveiled the conceptual
design of his presidential
center earlier this year, has said he
wants to build something more
ambitious than a museum or archive.
He envisions the complex
becoming a hub for filmmakers,
musicians, writers, activists and
politicians to help train the next
generation of leaders.
Pastor Dr. Byron T. Brazier talks
about Woodlawn and the continued
community planning efforts which
are critical to the development of
this great neighborhood. Pastor
Brazier urges Woodlawn’s participation
is needed and necessary.
Written in part by
Kaeli Subberwal, The Gate
The cracks and divisions among the
powers already evident today will
sharpen and widen. As we draw more
and more people forward to stand up,
all of this, could lead to a situation
where this illegitimate regime is
removed from power.”
(Continued from page 3)
But you’re not according to aldermen
Burke and Beale, co-sponsors
of the new ordinance aimed at pedestrian
safety. Fines ranging from
$90 to $500 are proposed for cell
phone texting or talking in a crosswalk.
“No person shall cross a street or
highway while using a mobile electronic
device in a manner that
averts their visual attention to that
device or that device’s activity,” the
proposed ordinance says.
During the first six months of
2017, 27 pedestrians were killed on
the streets of Chicago, the Chicago
Sun-Times reports. A year prior,
there were 28 deaths reported, according
to the newspaper. One man
NBC 5 spoke with on a busy Chicago
street who looked up from her
cellphone offered a “good excuse.”
“I’m a tourist from Germany, I
just came in today,” he said.
Told the ordinance wasn’t a law
just yet, he conceded that it
“probably” should be.
Carjacking in
Chicago So Far
This Year - The number
of carjackings in Chicago has increased
in the past few days by
dramatic amounts. With 12 carjackings
reported in the area in less than
48 hours, Chicago police have been
on alert for suspects, making at
least four arrests in the last two
days. In total, there have been more
than 700 carjackings in Chicago so
far this year, authorities said.
Though, they add, arrests are up 50
percent.
Push to Legalize
Recreational Pot
in Ill. - Illinois voters
could soon be able to voice their
say on whether the state should
legalize recreational marijuana.
Cook County Commissioner John
Fritchey announced an effort to put
the marijuana legalization question
on the March ballot.
“Legalizing, regulating and taxing
recreational marijuana in Illinois is
long overdue,” Fritchey said in a
statement. “Polls have shown that
Cook County voters, who makes up
40 percent of the Illinois population,
are very supportive of the
idea.
Southern Illinois University’s
Simon Poll found that 66 percent of
voters believe marijuana should be
legal if it’s taxed and regulated like
alcohol. Seventy-four percent of
state voters have said they support
the decriminalization of marijuana.
Last year, Governor Bruce Rauner
signed a bill that decriminalized
up to 10 grams of marijuana, but
earlier this year said he’s not supportive
of legalizing pot.
Recreational legalization is
being supported by some gubernatorial
candidates including Daniel
Biss, Chris Kennedy and JB Pritzker.
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Ro: The God Brother
(Continued from page 1)
Donnell Robinson
Staff Writer
Now comes Roland Davis known
by many as RO is a motivational
powerhouse…a man of passion,
capable of achieving anything. He
has captured his audiences with his
down to earth, insightful, hilarious
and high energy style. An upside
down Godfather sign, the God
Brother.
“I am at a point in my life where
I’m totally confident about who I am
and what I’m looking for. I’m ready
to sell my swagger to the world!”
Said Ro.
From many business ventures of
Ro, the latest is the BOP Business
Center Chatham Suites, a facility
located 642 – 644 E. 79 th St., designed
for business owners who
desire to work in an office environment
and gain access to valuable
business resources, job training and
workshops.
Ro said that the Center is a spinoff
of The New LIFE Movement
which targets mobilizing the Hip
Hop generation. The Center is also
is the base of a more programmatic
thrust with PROJECT 5000. In
which RO says is “...a powerful
vision to not only take back the land
but to redirect the spending habits of
millions of African Americans in
this country.”
Noted the grand opening of the
BOP Business Center was dedicated
to the late Dr. Webb Evans, founder
and past President of the United
American Progress Association.
At the entrance of the business
Center, on the wall is a portrait of
Dr. Evans (by artist Ron Carter CSJ)
greeting all who works and visit the
Center. Dr. Evans was fondly
known as “Mr. Buy Black”, led the
charge in establishing the African
American dollar as indispensable.
Many of the business tenants are
on the same mission lead by Dr.
Evans such as the Black Mall lead
by Cassiopeia Uhuru, and Bean
Soup lead by Torue Muhammad,
and a host of others who together
created many campaign drives that
promote African American business.
For over 17 years, RO understanding
of human psychology and
experiences in the corporate world
has lead him to formulate certain
key strategies that when applied can
completely transform ones mindset.
A major task with the Project 5000
Chicago’s initiative is to create
5,000 new homeowners, investors
and business owners that will revitalize
the community by bringing
new jobs and wealth to the city and
surrounding areas.
“I am clear of the task at hand and
that I chose to do this work. I just
needed to know that somebody cares
and that I'm not in this alone. I have
put every dime and every resource I
have on the table. It's all or nothing.
I've burned all my bridges of retreat
even the one back home.”
Ro point to the warrior in him
has resurfaced. Saying he is determined
to produce a win for the community.
Ro humble roots are Chicago,
where he attended the Mendel
Catholic High School. His strong
academic record landed him an academic
scholarship at Southern Illinois
University. While still a student,
RO started his first entrepreneurial
venture- a night club and
restaurant and entertainment.
He continued with this business
for almost six years, after which he
began searching for new opportunity.
After his education RO was a
Commissioned Officer in the Armed
Forces
He then, moved into the field of
real estate, and was able to carve his
out own space as an extremely successful
mortgage broker and investor.
In about a year’s time, RO was
able to gross over a million dollars
and launch his own branch of the
company for which he had just
joined as an independent contractor.
He ruled the industry for the next 12
years, made a name for himself as a
Guru in the real estate game and had
annual earnings of over 5 million
Dollars in gross retail sales! But
when the market crashed in 2007, he
quickly realized that it is time to
move on. He turned sales on to a
Gold Senior Vice President with
5LINX.
Using Chicago as the city for their
business model, RO has realized that
his vast experience and life story has
made him an inspiration for people
as the God-Brother. Making him
leader, advising people on how to
prosper financially, mentally and
emotionally.
It is time to take charge and make
it happen.” expressed Ro. Watch out
world, no more excuses!” Success
better make a hole cuz ya boy is
Bacccckkkkkkkkkk!
“I can feel the desire for independence
growing in my heart
heightened by my newly formed
eyes ears and mind. I realize that I'm
being born again but this time as my
original self not as a European.
With Project 5000 Chicago Ro
said, “I decided to revisit real estate
after being out the game for almost
9 years last year! Since that time we
have acquired over 20 pieces of real
estate in less than 12 months. I say
this to say that what I know is working
for me so what makes you think
that it wouldn't work for you?
“Our goal is to buy/sell/keep 500
properties in 2017. I am looking to
coach a group of future developers
to participate in this process”.
With theme FlipDatHood is more
than information for real estate in
the community. Ro explains it is a
streamlined system of how people
can buy/sell/own real-estate as a
community.
Looking at the overall development
of the City of Chicago, Ro
says if you’re a developer there's
nothing left to develop other than
the hood. “My Crash Course teaches
everything that you need to know in
4 hours”.
He continued to say, “We will
lock arms with you and mentor you
through the process for 50% of
whatever we earn together. No gimmicks
and no bait and switch”.
“All my desires all my hopes all
my dreams tempered by what I defined
as worth it by Americas standards.
From birth I was taught the
king’s language educated in his
schools and learned his mathematics.
I was even baptized by his truth
and drank the blood”.
“There's a world that many of us
know nothing of that can only come
when we embrace and are taught our
history before slavery and define life
and god on our terms. Food for
thought you do the dishes!”
When addressing his personal life
in handling all that he does, he
laughs, “I’m a lil lonely though I’d
like to meet the right person and
start a family.”
It’s crazy but I really would. I’m
ambitious, aggressive, open minded
and kind overall. I believe in the
preserver of human Spirit!”
Ro is currently involved in developing
a series of books, lectures and
training modules and website that
contains most of his materials.
To learn more about Project 5000
Chicago visit website.
F o r m o r e d e t a i l s v i s i t
www.FlipDatHood.com..
10 November 16, 2017
Chicago Street Journal
IF YOU KNOW YOU HAD ONLY
ONE LIFE TO LIVE, WOULD YOU
LIVE IT TO DIE?
Or
DIE TO LIVE?
T
his questioned has plagued society for
far too long. As we look around the
world, we witness death and destruction
running rampant. Today, our youth seems
to be effected by the woes of life, and the trials
and tribulations it sometimes bringing’s. It has
become a popular belief that to escape life’s
problems, death is an option. This notion is so
far from the truth; it has become a blinding
banner to reality.
Different faiths have developed an ideology
rooted in the belief that if you commit suicide
you are going to hell. This place of fire and
torment is often ignored by the individuals who
embrace the notion of taking their own life. I
believe this is because when a person gets to the
point of wanting to end their own life, they
believe they have no hope. I wanted to introduce
a new idealism and language to interject
life in the place of death. And I want to expand
the readers mind in the concept of death and
hell.
Taking own the biblical concept of hell and
suicide, one must ask the one key question?
That question is how many suicides does the
bible mention? In my years of research, I began
to recall my studies in this area. Most people
always refer to Judas. From this was the concept
developed that the man who betrayed Jesus
and considered evil went to hell. His death
marked by the concept that his guilt had driven
him to go home to the devil, which is hell. But
under careful guise we witness another death
that is most opposite of that concept.
Remember Samson in Judges 16:23-31 who
prayed to God to give him strength to kill not
only himself but his enemies. Now the question
becomes is he in hell also? Especially seeing as
Jesus was not born yet, to give repentance to
sins.
Then there was Ahithophel (2Samuel 17:23)
and Zimiri (1Kings16:15-20). Both deaths
range in lost to despair and even guilt. We witness
the death of Saul (1Samuel 31:2-5) and
even in his guilt
was told he would
be with the
prophet Samuel
the day before. I
mention these
things to point out
the balance of
living life is
knowing that
when despair,
guilt, or even
wrong decisions a
choice is still
available.
We have a duty
to minister life to
By Dr. Al Blumenberg
Asst. Publisher/
Spiritual Editor CSJ
people who want to end what they believe is
their only choice. Suicide is not about the punishment
after it’s apparent sad consequence, its
more about how did a person get to that point.
We use God’s word as a weapon at times on the
weak and lost, yet when we feel down we want
mercy.
Romans 8:32 makes clear that life nor death
can separate us from the love of God in Christ
Jesus. This is not to water down judgement! But
its rather mentioned to say the love of God
should be ministered first! We always want to
pronounce doom and gloom, when we should
be speaking life and love and seeking to discover
the root behind why someone would want
to die before their time.
Our children are taking their life at some
alarming rates. This should get our attention
even the more so! That suicide sometimes
comes wrapped up in gang violence, and criminal
activity. Let us not forget that some people
already believe there in hell. By this a question
is birthed and asked. “If you had one life to live,
would you live it until you die? Or die to live?
Death is measured in the separation of life
and from all activity. In this division, the activities
of life can be changed from death to life.
Meaning sometimes we need to get out of our
grave clothes and dead places and live not in
the activities, but the moment. And if we can
pass the moment unto another person in the
spirit of love, then and only then can we as
individuals and separately have purpose in life.
That purpose then gives us destiny.
#THINKABOUTIT
Katie you say that the bible is
a blatant
contradiction?, So I guess that
means you have read the bible in its entirety and
understand all of it fully to be able to make that
By Barbara R. Thomas
T
he least discussed subject in our
church’s board meetings is the subject
of sexual immorality. This subject has been
overlooked for so long in the Church. The
crisis of sexual sins has developed to a degree
that it can no longer be placed in the dungeon
of situation that it refuses to address. The
reality of sexual immortality exists in great
proportion simply because it is often not dealt
with by leadership in the church. The fear of
losing a good member or financial support
causes the church leadership to shun the responsibility
of teaching, training, and offering
help to those involved in these different sexual
acts.
The Bible speaks often about sexual
sins and its consequences. In I Corinthians
6:18, the Word of God declares to us to flee
sexual immorality. In the study of this passage
of scripture, I noted the word used here
for sexual immorality is the word porneia
which is the root word for
pornography. The problems
associated with porn
have increased at an
alarming rate. The effects
that this addiction is having
on the lives of the
men and women involved
in this practice has come
to a large percentage especially
among those in
the church.
According to a
survey that was conducted
by the Barna Group, 77%
of Christian men between
the ages of 18 and 30
view porn at least once
monthly and 36% look at
it daily. In women it was found in XXX
church that 9.4 million women watch porn
monthly. This high percentage opens up immoral
sexual doors that broaden our understanding
to a problem in the church that can no
longer be hidden. Our inability to openly
discuss these problems in the church in an
open and mature manner has left many with
the secret shame of dealing with an addiction
that they can’t ask help for.
So many in the church are hiding
this addiction for fear of being exposed and
ostracized because of what they are doing in
secret. The secret shame and the realization
that those in the church will shun them often
times causes them not to seek out any counseling
or help for what they are dealing with.
statement such as that, so have you actually
done that?
Have you read all of it and fully understand?
I'm willing to bet that you haven't so you're
wrong in your bible contradiction conclusion.
Katie I challenge you to find any of the contradictions
that you say the bible has and I will
show you that it is not, I will show you the error
Those that are married live with the fear that
their spouses or children will find out that
they’re not the perfect, upright Christian that
they have been portraying. The fear of exposure
often keeps them hidden and increasing in
this addicted behavior.
Dealing with porn often leads to
becoming involved with masturbation. These
two sexual addictions usually work together.
There are so many factors that take place
which leads a person into porn and masturbation.
For instance, it can come about because
a person is not being sexually satisfied. Also,
it can happen because a single person feels
lonely and frustrated. It can occur from a
person feeling neglected and unloved. Likewise,
it can take place because a couple is
dealing with some sexual dysfunction in their
marriage. As Christians, we don’t like to approach
the subject of masturbation because we
don’t want to allow anyone to judge our act of
self-pleasuring ourselves.
As a person that counsels many
persons in these areas of sexual immorality I
find that most have experienced sexual abuse
of some kind in their life. However, I’m not
saying this is the case for everyone but I have
had several that have been molested in which
struggle in these two areas. The disgust that
most encounter when attempting to reveal to
someone they think they can confide in causes
many to continue to suffer in silence because
they are not given any spiritual guidance to
receive deliverance for these areas of their
lives. Until we can deal with these problems,
we will always have persons bound by secrets
that they are crying out for relief from but
incapable of getting in the church.
of your ways thus revealing to you that you are
in fact the contradiction because God and his
word is not a contradiction, people are.
I truly hope you accept my challenge because I
want others here to experience this also. So it's
on you now, go ahead and give me your bible
contradictions, I'll be waiting, take care.
No Matter What
The Test May Be
God Will Take
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Bishop J.
Edward
Dukes
Pastor
Open Letter to President
Trump and Congress:
War’s Hell!
W
ithout question, the repulsive intention of
WAR is HELL! With war declared by these
Not So United States, the first to defend the front lines
are generally African American and Hispanic youth! The
U.S. Army infantry is generally reserved for those who
lack the completion of an educational or acceptable skill.
However, prime duties are ‘generally reserved for
recruits who have acquired and exceled in training. I
reiterate, the first into battle are generally those who are
affiliates of the U.S. Army Infantry, who are habitually
blacks and hispanices, followed by some whites! Enough
Said?
With the President daily tweeting subliminal messages
that often include a subordinate suggestion of war
I shudder to
reason that
the Com-
mander-in-
Chief is void
of history! I
prayerfully
recommend
that there be
no contemplation
to send
United States
youth to war
established on
unfamiliar
hypotheses
which are
undergirded
with hatred
for another
country on
hazardous
impulses!
Educated
citizens of this country who were afforded an educational
opportunity can discern the authentic motive for
war and not that which has been spewed upon us. Â
Educators and historians have well authenticated that
war was profitable for some and not others.
Noticeable political entanglements on numerous
political fronts are unfolded daily before a world who
humorously smirks at us. The unsettling mocking of this
country signifies that there is malignance in our U.S.
Government which has become an embarrassment to the
Nation!
I’ve become perturbed as U.S. adolescence were
intellectually taught that those entrusted with leadership
were elevated to such positions to serve as role-models,
however some governmental personalities have fallen
from the Grace of God - to serve only themselves and
Chicago Street Journal November 16, 2017 11
not their Health-Care Constituents.
And, as youth succumb to minor drug misdemeanor
they are questionably sentenced to what
seems as an eternal life in the waiting rooms to
hell – which is jail! The dire political query
becomes; what are the consequences for those
guilty of governmental acts of fraudulence?
As the world observes they have noted envy in
the eyes of the President Donald Trump, who
ferociously seeks to discredit and unravel constructive
procedures that typifies eminent accomplishments
by those who’ve taken political
philosophies to heights as none before! These
asinine displays of hatred have brought about
blatant acts of stupidity in effort to replace acts
of intelligence with an over-aggression of ignorance!
Releasing of Mr. Trumps sublime tweets across
the Internet identifies hate, fear and division. Â
Authenticated Christians, undeniably know this
spirit of fear, confusion and uncertainties only
come to: Rob, Steal, Kill and Destroy Righteousness!
These undertakings symbolize an evil spirit direct
from the Pit-of-Hell.
Mr. Donald Trump and Members of Congress: It has
been spelled-out and is unequivocally clear that biasness
and racism from the White House has now extended into
many congressional districts simply because of fear -
fear of this president and of losing an election! Fear is
not of God and Politics over humans is unacceptable!
With ambiguous dialogue between President Donald
Trump, United States and Kim Jong Un, North Korea, it
appears that Mr. Trump is without qualms in creating
war rather than coherent dialog!
It is to be noted that not a child of the president or
congressional members will serve in battle! Meanwhile
those who sacrifice
their precious children
will them lose to
war ... The Presidents
Provoked War!
President and Congress
of these Not So
United States shall
have to answer to a
higher power for the
insanities that are
presently seeking to
form under the cloak
of political darkness.
I ˜respectfully serve
spiritual notice to the
entire Congressionalbody
that youth nor
elders are yours their
humanities belong to
God!
Honorable Servants
of the People who sit
in leadership, I begof-you
to bow your knees to whomever your immortal is
and query if decisions to include innocent youth into a
game-of-war is righteous! I plead that the God of Creation
will open understandings and that all concerned will
not mishandle citizens for selfish anxieties.
Politicians who Shepard Gods flock Shall answer for
contrived acts against the Nonviolent and Peaceable God
of the Heavens and Earth.
Rev. Dr. Harold E. Bailey
President, Probation Challenge PCC Network.
WWW.ProbationChallenge.org -
The Truth Network.
Doc and Ms. Arnetha
RTW Veteran Center,
a mainstay on 55th and
Dr. Martin Luther King
Drive across from
Washington Park for
over seven years has
officially vacated the
building as of October
this year.
The center struggled
to stay open and deliver
its programs throughout
its existence. Founded
on the need to service
homeless veterans and
others who showed up
at their door in February
of 2011 the couple started down this
rabbit hole with a commitment that
if anyone came to their door hungry
they would not leave hungry.
Working sometimes 18 hours per
day to serve, they opened their
home to the homeless with the facility
being a three unit building their
residence was located on the second
floor. They began serving people on
the first floor of the building. When
the winter came they open up their
home as a Pads program and let
those homeless and hungry sleep on
a pad on the first floor.
The couple also provided a good
portion of the funding from their
savings and income.
Still In love and still on mission,
By Sonja Cassandra Perdue
Doc and Ms. Arnetha are still committed
as ever to serve veterans, the
community, and each other.
As of November 2017, RTW
Veteran Center's office will be relocated
into the Chicago Medical
Training Center 7415 South East
End, Suite 113. They are working
in collaboration to enhance their
ability to help bring job training and
job placement to veterans and others
with other educational organizations
that are housed within the
building.
You can keep up with the center
t h ro u g h th e i r website a t
www.rtwvetcenter.org and or follow
them on face book at
RTWveterancenter.
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Chicago Street Journal
Black Wall Street Districts of
Chicago
By Everloyce McCullough
79th West
Street District
In 1961 the late Dr. Webb Evans organized
the United American Progress Association;
the purpose was to get more Blacks to prepare
and go into business and get more people to
spend their money with Black owned businesses.
The esteemed Rev. Dr. Webb Evans
known as “Mr. Buy Black,” founded the
United American Progress Association
(UAPA) in 1961 and served as president for
51 years. He died February 23, 2015 at the
age of 101. He was a socially active senior
and strived to improve the lives of Black people.
His focus was on economic justice for
the Black community.
To continue his legacy of promoting and
supporting Black business in Chicago, with
the name change to United Black American
Progress Association (UBAPA) and the Temple
Of Mercy Association has development a
committee and a structure in the name of Dr.
Webb Evans Community
Development Corp. to purchase
the group of store
fronts where their office is
located; 79th St. between
Hermitage and Paulina.
UBAPA president Minister
Rahim Chesed Aton
announces the establishment
of the nonprofit Dr. Webb
Evans Center for Economic
Change (DWECEC), to
continue the legacy of Dr.
Web Evans and his commemorative
iconic advocacy
of Black Economic Empowerment.
It will serve as a
catalyst through which religious
and community organizations,
businesses, and
community residents can
collaborate, network and
partner to engage in a dynamic
exchange of rich
ideas to promote a coordinated
development of community
proprietorship.
Dr. Evans appointed and installed Minister
Anton as the new president in November
2012. Pastor St. John Chisum was elected
Chair. Both leaders with its board of directors
are working hard to keep Dr. Evans’ legacy
alive. The Minister said “Dr. Webb Evans
always believed that the race that creates jobs
will always have more jobs than those who
only look for jobs. For 52 years he advocated
the circulation of Black dollars with Blackowned
business to create more jobs for Black
people.” The Minister is fund raising to purchase
the commercial property and to refurbish
all existing structures on this property.
“It will serve as vital entity honoring the
life work of Dr. Webb Evans, who never wavered
from his push to inspire Blacks to invest
their money in their own community and build
more businesses to create more jobs for
Blacks.”
He continue to say, ”It is reasonable for us
to expect success for our people and a bright
future for our children. This vision requires a
total transformation from the current economic
relations that exist in our community.
“We must establish and develop a very different
economic development program because
Black people are too individualistic.
We as leaders must act on this reality because
this is our day now. Our young people
are on the front line and we need to help them
prepare for taking on the challenges of the 21
century and for embracing the career opportunities
of the future.”
1. 75th St
2. Stony Island
3. Chicago Ave.
4. Madison
5. 43rd St.
6. 47th St.
7. 51st St.
8. 63rd St.
9. 69th St.
10. 79th St. West
11. 79th St. East
12. South Suburbs
13. Peoria
14. Project 60633
Celebrating at their annual fund raiser, left to right; Garnet Hall, Key note speaker at the program
Spencer Leak,Sr., Bernice Lynch, Pastor St. John Chisum, Min. Rahim Aton, Pamela Dominguez,
Evelyn Johnson, Doris Holder.
He further stated “Economic development
means ownership and control of the economy,
property, profits, and development. A real
commitment to fixing our community requires
a comprehensive approach. There are many
possibilities that would create Black-owned
businesses as opposed to importing corporations.
Economic development has not happened
by luring corporations and jobs to the
Black community.
UBAPA can be contacted at 773.846.3091
for more information about how to make economic
development in the community a reality.
- brominrahim365@aol.com or
Cleva Cathey – 705.331.6059 – clevac6432@a77.net.
12 November 16, 2017
Chicago Street Journal
Obama Presidential Center's construction team
(Continued from page 9)
erlands? Zembla meets with
one of Trump’s controversial
cronies and speaks with
a former CIA agent, fraud
investigators, attorneys, and
an American senator, among
others."
The documentary's You-
Tube description barely does
justice to the film's investigative
reporting. While
American journalists are
following Trump's tweets
and tantrums, they followed
the money into a world
where the lines between
outright profiteering and
organized crime are blurred.
What they found on a factbased
money trail reveals much
about who the real Trump is and
how he operates.
Trump received a portion of the
$14 million paid by Agalarov and
other investors to bring the pageant
to Moscow. Agalarov said he and
Trump signed an agreement to build
a Trump Tower in the heart of Moscow
— at least Trump’s fifth attempt
at such a venture.
And Trump seemed energized by
his interactions with Russia’s
financial elite at the
pageant and a glitzy afterparty
in a Moscow nightclub.
“Almost all of the oligarchs
were in the room,”
Trump bragged to Real
Estate Weekly upon returning
home.
The exposed financial
trail raises questions about
whether Trump fired FBI
director James Comey because the
FBI investigation of his campaign's
collusion with Russia was encroaching
into Trump's world of dark
money and dubious business partners.
The Russians are alleged to be in
possession of sensitive information
about Trump. And that exposes
Trump to blackmail. Fake news,
tweets Trump: 'I have nothing
to do with Russia—no deals,
no loans, no nothing!' Trump
says he has no ties with the
Russians. But the filmmakers
describe the first installment
of the series.
They go on to show that
while Trump denies his ties
with Russia, many Russians
have deep financial ties to
him.
Jesse Jackson Jr.
How would Trump protect his
name and interest from Russian
exposure. Shell Corporations and
the old scheme of 'Pump and Dump.'
Before this is over it maybe 'Trump
and Dump.' Methinks.
A shell corporation is a corporation
without active business operations
or significant assets. These
types of corporations are not all
necessarily illegal, but they are
sometimes used illegitimately, such
as to disguise business ownership
from law enforcement or the public.
This is why a Special Prosecutor
with the power to subpoena is necessary.
Only he or she can get to the
Poll: 49 percent
say Trump likely
committed a
crime
related to
Russian election
meddling
Nov 2nd 2017 6:16PM
bottom of this.
I think we are initially looking at
five charges if the can be proved.
The first is inchoate, Obstruction of
Justice, unrelated to the Russian
Probe, maybe even a charge of
threatening the FBI, Money Laundering
is a real possibility, given his
tax firms alleged relationship with
the Russians, of course many lawyers
in that firm are now personally
vulnerable to a criminal scheme if
exposed, ( Election
interference, ) the original
crime of collusion,
General Michael Flynn
appears to be the center
of this scheme. Lastly,
there is no truth in Donald
Trump, so lying or
misleading federal investigators,
from Congress
to the FBI, will
likely collapse the
Trump Empire.
President Barack Obama offered
one of his sharpest denunciations of
Donald Trump declaring the Republican
nominee entirely unfit to serve
as president and lambasting Republicans
for sticking by their nominee.
“This isn’t a situation where you
have an episodic gaffe. This is daily
and weekly, where they are distancing
themselves from statements he’s
making. There has
to be a point at
which you say,
‘This is not somebody
I can support
for president of the
United States, even
if he purports to be
a member of my
party.’ The fact
that that has not yet
happened makes
some of these denunciations
ring hollow.”
Though he said he did not doubt
Republicans’ sincerity or outrage,
Obama added: “There has to come a
point at which you say somebody
who makes those kinds of statements
doesn’t have the judgment,
the temperament, the understanding
to occupy the most powerful position
in the world because a lot of
people depend on the White House
getting stuff right.”
Contiribing to this story Steven
Rosenfeld who covers national political
issues for AlterNet,
Today, we announced the team of
diverse, local firms that will be partnering
to help build the Obama Presidential
Center.
With this decision, our top priority
was making sure we were creating
opportunities for local businesses and
building pathways toward meaningful
jobs for minorities and other underrepresented
populations in the Chicago
area.
The Construction Manager for the
Center will be Lakeside Alliance --
comprised of Turner Construction,
and the Presidential Partners consortium
of Powers & Sons Construction,
UJAMAA Construction, Brown &
Momen, and Safeway Construction.
Powers & Sons, UJAMAA, Brown &
Momen, and Safeway are some of the
most established and well-respected
African-American owned construction
firms in Chicago.
But because you're right here in
the Chicago area -- our neighbors
and partners in this ongoing project
-- we wanted to make sure you
had the opportunity to hear from a
few of these folks directly.
Read on to meet some of our new
partners, and hear what they have to
say.
Meet Jimmy Akintonde, President
and Founder of UJAMAA
Construction:
"We've been around for 16 years
in the South Side. We've been a
growing business all the way
t h r o u g h . "
"We are right at the very front of the
decision-making side of the process,
of how the decisions are going to be
made. That's not always normal.
That's not something we're used to
seeing, especially when you have
grown up a medium-sized business.
These are the opportunities you need
to take your business to the next
level."
Meet Pamyla Brown, Director
of Community and Citizenship of
Turner Construction:
"To have this kind of project happen
in such a great city, it magnifies
the pride that people in this city already
have."
"Having this particular project
come to this community will show
the rest of the city: We do exist. This
is who we are. This is who we have
always been. We just wanted a
chance... This project will bring some
much needed positive attention to this
p a r t o f t h e c i t y . "
"This is our opportunity to see what
hope really looks like. This is hope
personified."
Meet John W. Bonds, Jr., CEO
of Safeway Construction Company:
Lakeside Alliance team. John W.
Bonds, Jr. third from left.
"I was born in Chicago, in Englewood...
I've been in business for 31
years, but it's good to see opportunity
in the community of this magnitude."
"[What inspires me about the South
Side] is the change... What's being
built is going to impact the community,
and property values, and those
k i n d o f t h i n g s ."
Meet Ernest Brown, President
of Brown & Momen:
"I live about five blocks from
the project site. Within ¾ of a
m i l e . "
"Very rarely do you have an
owner that has the kind of goals
and focus that the Foundation has
for this project, so it makes it easy
for us to do our job."
"I'm exceptionally excited. We've
worked on large projects before...but
this is a whole different
approach... Being part of 44's
legacy, and building on his legacy
is unbelievable."
1 ROOM OF CARPET
$24.99
3 ROOMS OF CARPET &
HALL OR STAIRS
$74.99
2 CAR GARAGE FLOOR
$69.99
Table C: Demographic Share of Contract Dollars.
NAICS TOTAL
Black Hispanic Asian White Female DBE Non - DBE
1.13% 11.49% 4.34% 3.85% 20.82% 79.18%
Chicago Street Journal November 16, 2017 13
Chicago Plan for 2050
Economic Indicators update
The vital of the national Minority- and
Women-Owned Business Enterprise program
(M/WBE) is designed to promote government
contracting and subcontracting opportunities
for businesses certified as minority- and
women-owned with a real and substantial presence.
However the rate of Black businesses in
the state of Illinois is still low in comparisons
of it population in parity of the state and other
ethnic groups.
The Illinois State Toll Highway authority
Disparity Study reflects earnings from such
businesses, and their access to capital markets
are highly relevant to the determination
whether the market functions properly for all
firms regardless of the race or gender of their
ownership.
Vincent Gilbert Regional vice President of
the Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce indicated
it has been demonstrated the many kinds
of discriminatory barriers to minority subcontracting
with a strong link between racial disparities
in government's disbursements of public
funds for construction contracts and the
channeling of those funds due to private discrimination.
The Illinois Tollway created the Department
of Diversity and Strategic Development with
the mission to increase access to economic opportunities
for disadvantaged, minority- and
women-owned enterprise firms, as well as small
and veteran-owned businesses and historically
underemployed individuals. The Move Illinois
Program and all aspects of its operations, including
contracting, consulting
and the supply of goods and services
is to remains focused on
promoting, assisting and ensuring
diverse participation said Gilbert.
The first discriminatory barriers
are to the formation of qualified
minority subcontracting enterprises
due to private discrimination,
precluding from the outset
competition for public construction
contracts by minority enterprises.
Despite the contentions of plaintiffs
that possibly dozens of factors
might influence the ability of any
individual to succeed in business,
Vincent Gilbert Regional
vice President
of the Illinois Black
Chamber of Commerce
the courts have rejected such impossible tests
and held that business formation studies are not
flawed because they cannot control for subjective
descriptions such as “quality of education,”
“culture” and “religion.”
For example, in unanimously upholding the
USDOT DBE Program, the courts agree that
disparities between the earnings of minorityowned
firms and similarly situated nonminority-owned
firms and the disparities in
commercial loan denial rates between Black
business owners compared to similarly situated
non-minority business owners are strong evidence
of the continuing effects of discrimination.
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals took a “
hard look” at the evidence Congress considered,
and concluded that the legislature had spent
decades compiling evidence of race discrimination
in government highway contracting, of
barriers to the formation of minority-owned
construction businesses, and of barriers to entry.
In rebuttal, [the plaintiffs] presented evidence
that the data were susceptible to multiple interpretations,
but they failed to present affirmative
evidence that no remedial action was necessary
because minority-owned small businesses enjoy
non-discriminatory access to and participation
in highway contracts. Thus, they failed to meet
their ultimate burden to prove that the DBE
program is unconstitutional on this ground.
The study was undertaken as part of a continuing
effort by the Tollway to ensure equal
opportunities in all aspects of its Move Illinois
capital program, including contracting and consulting.
Technical Assistance Program
• Chicago Minority Supplier Development
Council
•GMA Construction Group
•HACIA Scholarship And Education
Foundation
•Illinois Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce
•Illinois Black Chamber
Of Commerce
•Inner ‐ City Underwriting Agency
•Prairie State College
Diversity Program Statistics 2017 first quarter
DBE payments were $25.6 million
• 33.5 percent of all payments to construction
and professional services firms
• 41.4 percent women
• 26 percent Hispanic
• 18.6 percent African American
• 13.7 percent Asian
$254.1 million paid To DBE firms in
2016
Accounts for 25 percent Of all payments
• 39.7 percent Hispanic ($100.9 million)
• 27.6 percent women (($70.2 million)
• 17.3 percent African American
($43.9 million)
• 14.5 percent Asian ($36.9 million)
DBE payments to African American
firms continue to rise
• The government must establish its
“compelling interest” in remedying race discrimination
by current “strong evidence” of the
persistence of discrimination. Such evidence
may consist of the entity’s “passive participation”
in a system of racial exclusion says Gilbert.
CMAP is developing the
region's next comprehensive
plan, ON TO 2050,
scheduled for adoption in
October 2018. withGO TO
2040, this is a highly transparent
and collaborative
effort involving partners
and stakeholders from
across the seven counties
and 284 communities of
northeastern Illinois. This
page includes information
and links to learn more
about ON TO 2050's development
process through
materials that are complete,
underway, or scheduled.
We recently updated the Innovation
section of the CMAP
Regional Economic Indicators
microsite with 2016 data suggesting
that the Chicago region
has experienced slower growth
in innovation and entrepreneurship compared
to other metropolitan areas, despite
receiving 3,826 U.S. utility patents, securing
$1.1 billion in venture capital, and employing
nearly 550,000 science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) workers
over the last year. In related coverage,
Crain's Chicago Business reported that
Lake and Will counties continue to gain
jobs in manufacturing, one of the economic
employment clusters that CMAP monitors.
Des Plaines Comprehensive Plan public
meeting
What should Des Plaines look like in 2030?
The City of Des Plaines is working with
CMAP to update its Comprehensive Plan,
the document that will guide development
and land use decisions in the city for years
to come. Share your thoughts at a public
meeting on Wednesday, October 18, from
6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the Frisbie Senior Center
(52 Northwest Hwy., Des
Plaines).project is supported by CMAP’s
Local Technical Assistance program.n October
2016, CMAP released the Emerging
Priorities for ON TO 2050 report to
identify key regional objectives based
on initial analysis and public engagement
that began with a public launch
earlier that year.
C o n t a c t E n r i q u e C a s t i l l o
(ecastillo@cmap.illinois.gov or 312-386-
8689) with questions.
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14 November 16, 2017
Chicago Street Journal
According to an anonymous online
confessional, in 1991 a group of music-business
bigwigs gathered outside
L.A. “The meeting was held at
a private residence on the outskirts
of Los Angeles. I remember about
25 to 30 people being there, most of
them familiar faces. Speaking to
those I knew, we joked about the
theme of the meeting as many of us
did not care for rap music and failed
to see the purpose of being invited
to a private gathering to discuss its
future. Among the attendees was a
small group of unfamiliar faces who
stayed to themselves and made no
attempt to socialize beyond their
circle. Based on their behavior and
formal appearances, they didn’t
seem to be in our industry. Our
casual chatter was interrupted when
we were asked to sign a confidentiality
agreement preventing us from
publicly discussing the information
presented during the meeting. Needless
to say, this intrigued and in
some cases disturbed many of us.
The agreement was only a page
long but very clear on the matter
and consequences which stated that
violating the terms would result in
job termination …
The subject quickly changed as
[a]speaker went on to tell us that the
respective companies we represented
had invested in a very profitable
industry which could become
even more rewarding with our active
involvement. He explained that
the companies we work for had
by Alex Friedmann
invested millions into the building
of privately owned prisons and that
our positions of influence in the
music industry would actually impact
the profitability of these investments.
I remember many of us in
the group immediately looking at
each other in confusion. At the time,
I didn’t know what a private prison
was but I wasn’t the only one. Sure
enough, someone asked what these
prisons were and what any of this
had to do with us. We were told that
these prisons were built by privately
owned companies who received
funding from the government based
on the number of inmates. The more
inmates, the more money the government
would pay these prisons. It
was also made clear to us that since
these prisons are privately owned,
as they become publicly traded,
we’d be able to buy shares … He
told us that since our employers had
become silent investors in this
prison business, it was now in their
interest to make sure that these prisons
remained filled. Our job would
be to help make this happen by
marketing music which promotes
criminal behavior, rap being the
music of choice.”
Without the financial support of
major investors like Vanguard and
Wells Fargo, CCA and GEO alone
would not be strong enough to successfully
lobby for policies that
increase the federal government’s
demand for private prisons. With
these powerful allies, however, they
have been able to sway public policy
in favor of more severe “tough
on crime” laws and the increasing
criminalization of immigrants.
The nation’s two largest forprofit
prison companies, Tennesseebased
Corrections Corporation of
America (CCA) and Florida-based
GEO Group (GEO), are publicly
traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Other private prison firms,
including Management & Training
Corporation (MTC), Community
Education Centers (CEC), LaSalle
Southwest Corrections and Emerald
Correctional Management, are privately-held
and thus do not have
public stock.
As of July 2015, CCA had issued
approximately 117 million shares of
stock with a market cap of $4.05
billion, while GEO had issued
around 75 million shares with a
market cap of $2.76 billion. The
vast majority of stock in these two
companies, not everyday people or
individual investors, but rather other
corporations – banks, mutual fund
management companies and private
equity firms – as well as public
employee retirement systems.
In fact, around 92.4% of CCA’s
stock was owned by 300 institutional
investors while 91.1% of
GEO Group stock was owned by
272 institutional investors at the end
of July 2015. In some cases, the
same institutional investors held
stock in both companies.
There are 29 U.S.-based major
financial investors that own over
one million shares of CCA and
GEO combined. The following
companies each own over 1 million
shares of CCA and GEO, and collectively
own over two-thirds of
CCA and GEO:
Adage Capital Partners Group LLC
American Century Companies Inc.
Ameriprise Financial Inc.
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp.
Blackrock Fund Advisors
Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn LLC
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Eagle Asset Management Inc.
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.
FMR LLC
Geode Capital Management, LLC
Hamlin Capital Management, LLC
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management
LLC
ING Investment Management, LLC &
Co.
Invesco LTD.
Jennison Associates, LLC
Lazard Asset Management LLC
London Co. Of Virginia
Managed Account Advisors LLC
Neuberger Berman Group LLC
New South Capital Management INC
Northern Trust Corp
Nuveen Asset Management LLC
Principal Financial Group Inc
Prudential Financial Inc
River Road Asset Management, LLC
State Street Corp
Vanguard Group INC
Wells Fargo & Company
Who Owns Private Prison
Stock?
In the mist of another case of
corrupt former Chicago police Sgt.
Ronald Watts and his crew, Mayor
Rahm Emanuel joined Chicago
Police Department (CPD) Superintendent
Eddie Johnson in commemorating
the graduation of 209
officers in a ceremony at Navy Pier
as part of ongoing hiring plan to add
nearly 1,000 officers by the end of
2018.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said. “We
are investing in these graduates so
they will have the tools they need to
truly ‘Be The Change,’ including
the roll out of body-worn cameras to
every patrol officer in the city by
the end of this year.”
The graduating class includes 199
new police officers and celebrates
the promotion of ten command staff.
In addition, CPD announced the 3rd
and 16th districts are the latest to
receive body-worn cameras in the
continued rollout of body-worn
cameras to every patrol officer a by
the end of this year.
Today’s 199 graduating police
recruits are 23% women, approximately
49% from minority backgrounds,
with 31% Hispanic and
18% African-American, and includes
66% Chicago Public School
graduates, 20% US military veterans,
and 14% second generation
Chicago Police officers, 3% third
generation Chicago Police officers
and two officers representing fourth
generation CPD. Police recruits
spent five months at the Police
Academy and will now begin their
one-year probationary period, which
includes three months training with
a Field Training officer and district
patrol functions.
In addition to the new police
recruits graduating, CPD is celebrating
new promotions. This includes
the appointment of Deputy Chief
Dwayne Betts to lead new Office of
Community Policing, announced
earlier this month, as part of the
Department’s adoption of the Community
Policing Advisory Panel
recommendations and focus on
instilling community policing as a
philosophy at every level in an effort
to rebuild public integrity and
make Chicago safer. CPD is also
recognizing the promotion of four
new District Commanders, in the
15th (Austin), 12th (Near West), 9th
(Deering) and 3rd (Grand Crossing)
districts, as well as five new Captains.
In total, half of the promotions
among the new command staff are
African-Americans.
Since the beginning of 2017, 903
new recruits, 52 Lieutenants, 142
Sergeants, 270 Detectives and 119
Field Training Officers have entered
the Academy.
As part of the hiring effort, in
October, the City announced it had
invited 14,020 individuals to take
the December Police Entry Exam.
This is the second exam of the year
and underscores CPD’s commitment
to achieving its hiring goals
while also laying the groundwork
for a more diverse department.
The Better Government Association
analysis shows just how dearly:
$106 million in 2014 and 2015
alone, covering misconduct-related
settlements, judgments, legal fees
and other costs. All told, Chicago’s
municipal government – under
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his
predecessor, former Mayor Richard
M. Daley – spent nearly $642 million
on alleged police misconduct
over more than a decade, from 2004
through 2015, according to interviews
and city records.
O
Chicago Street Journal November 16, 2017 15
"I Got the Key": as Jay Z video
implies. Shawn Corey Carter, better
known as Jay-Z, is a 13 time
Grammy winner and is regarded as
one of the most successful men in
music, as a rapper, record producer,
club owner and all-around mogul,
estimated net worth of $520 million.
Hailed as the King of America by
Rolling Stones magazine.
In his video, Jay Z come from
behind the guards and joined the
rest of the brothers who was also
wearing a suit..! Basically saying I
got the keys. He did all of the illuminati
puppetry to rise as a leader
with influential powerful to get his
people together not just racial brothers
but slaves of 2016 brothers. “But
y'all saying he is a powerful puppet;
But if he is why is he doing videos
like that for. No illuminati hand
signals No devil horns No cussing
No triangle No money No
Rockafella No dancers Just black
men who was locked up by white
guards who look like they have a 9
to 5 job with a
little authority Into
black men with
trillion dollar suits
on and Jay-Z
come from behind
them walked pass
them like those his
guards then stood
in front of them
like "do we have a
problem here?"
And they were
speechless... Like
saying we are
freeing the slaves.
gives knowl-
He gives
knowledge and
wisdom and in
a language that
can be just as
understanding
without the N
word.
edge and
wisdom and in a language that can
be just as understanding without the
N word. Still your third eye will be
opened. This clip is very powerful
as things taking place here in America.
The African American men
most powerful and influential in the
world; Barack Obama, Minister
Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson and
now Jay Z. Therefore they have the
biggest responsibility to unify. The
image of those men together is inspiring
and brothers like the one
giving true perspective about this
video are the key to getting black
men and the world in place. There is
a Key where we can not only do
away with drug companies, but we
can stop the killing of our legends
both women and men. If the Jay Zs,
Obamas, Farrakhans and Jacksons
of America can unify, we can inspire
oppressed black and people
around the world to come together
and put a stop to this global genocide
that is taking place. The system
is working as it should, and it needs
to be broken.
The artist also co-owns the 40/40
Club, an upscale sports bar that
started in New York City and has
since expanded to Atlantic City and
Chicago. He is a part-owner of the
New Jersey Nets NBA team paying
a reported $4.5 million for his share.
And, Jay-Z, along with his company
SC Enterprises, has recently
launched a new lifestyle site called
Life and Times, making his foray
into content. In terms of earnings he
still reigns over all other hip hop
stars and made a cool $37 million in
2011 in tours and other earnings. He
also has a 10 year long $150 million
deal with Live Nation
records.
Wow, it's 2017 and
we still have slaves on
the plantation refusing
to leave and better
themselves. Here is
Jay-Z and other black
men who have figured
out away to pass on a
valuable lesson that
can change your family
history forever and
all I see is FOOLISH
AND IGNORANT
comments about Jay-Z
and others. Do your research on
how black slaves used to communicate
to each other during slavery.
They sang and pass on valuable
messages to the others through singing.
Jay-Z said, TILL YOU OWN
YOUR OWN,
At the end of the day a lot of Rap
is a distraction. If we weren't as
distracted on certain things as people
we would be more successful.
Focus on god family and being
successful anything else is uncivilized
everything starts at home how
you can fix another king or queens
castle if u can't fix your own.
“Many people love the fact that
Jay-Beyonce are bringing conciseness
into the game. Maybe other
rappers will catch on and stop hating
on each other. If rapping inspired
Gangs, maybe conscious will
bring us together. I’m very proud of
him and his wife!!!”
There are over 2.2 million Black men and women who are not able to vote
because of a felony conviction; yet they have paid their debt to society.
Jalil Johnson pointed out, “The
bit about Jay can be looked at two
ways. 1. Jay has done some good
things in the community. As far as
the Keys video. I already knew he
was drawing these scenes from
Malcolm X, look at the spike lee
movie of Malcolm X. They did
exactly the same on this video. This
video and song could be looked at
symbolically as the same. The narrator
maybe hitting on the point of
black unity as such in the 60's-70's.
BUT there is also a flip side, he also
could be uniting us all to go down a
dark place too.”
Beyonce I don’t agree with. Too
many lines in Beyonce music indicating
Satan too much. I mean the
goat head jewelry and apparel. And
also do not forget a musician is
giving you music through the eyes
of the artist and their thoughts. Just
as the artist paints the picture.
-Black people are letting ignorance
and jealously destroy our
culture. We are not taking the time
to analyze and understand that white
America, the government created
systems for us to remain controlled
which we
allow this to
happen without
understanding
our
rights in the
amendment
and the constitution.
If
we take the time to learn this and
analyze our place in society, then
our culture could rise to an advantage
unlike anything known to man.
Scirby Scott, “I agree 100%. A
major shift in control of the music
(ownership and distribution) is a
major key to "freedom." When we
are in control then we can put a
more conscious persuasion on the
screen and over the air waves.
Every hip hop group that pushed
awareness and Black strength/pride
had a quick and swift demise
(especially X Klan) "To the East
Blackwards..."
Jay Z made sure that he gives
people reasons to remember him
other than his rapping. During his
break from active rapping he used
time to raise awareness to find better
ways for combating shortage of
water. For the same he met with
United Nations Secretary General
Kofi Annan at the organization's
headquarters in New York City.
Further, he also promised to use his
upcoming world tour to raise awareness
of and combat global water
shortage. The effort took place in
partnership with the UN, as well as
MTV, which produced a documentary
entitled Diary of Jay-Z: Water
for Life, first airing in November
2006. He also pledged $1 million
along with Sean "Diddy" Combs, to
the American Red Cross' relief effort
after Hurricane Katrina. .
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