Put It In Writing - Chicago Street Journal for November 16, 2017

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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. 


CSJ Photo Parthenia Luke 

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 


“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 


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. 


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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Helen Thomas a civic 

activist based in 

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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. 

Sources: http:// 

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Thursday, November 16 a, 

Gubernatorial Candidates 

Forum t 5 PM - 8 PM, Chicago 

State University Douglas 

Hall Breakey Theater, · 

Hosted by Invited by 

TheNew BlackLeadership 

Thursday, November 16, 

2017, IFI FALL FATHER- 

HOOD CELEBRATION 

& RICKY BYRDSONG 

A W A R D S 

LUNCHEON 

U n i o n 

League Club 

of Chicago, 

65 W. Jacks 

o n 

Blvd, 1:30am 

Registration & Reception, 

2:00pm Lunch, 12:20pm 

Presentations & Awards. 

Nov 17 at 6:30 PM to Nov 

19 No Blue Memories: The 

Life of Gwendolyn Brooks 

Hosted by Poetry Foundation 

& Poetry Magazineat 6 

PM. Pritzker Auditorium at 

Harold Washington Library 

400 S State St, Chicago, 

T i c k e t I n f o r m a t i o n 

www.poetryfoundation.org 

November 18 – November 

19, – Chicago Public, · 

Hosted by Harlem Fine 

Arts Show10 AM to Nov 19 

at 6 PM, Malcolm X College 

1900 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 

Tickets by Eventbrite 

Friday, November 24 Buy 

Black Friday Chicago: Super 

Ujamaa Market · 

Hosted by The Black Mall 

Holy Angels Catholic School 

750 E 40th St, Chicago , 9 

AM - 8 PM 

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 

Off Event) Old Town Pizza 

Pub, 1339 N Wells Pick-up 

and Drop-off location, Chicago 

Lincoln Park Zoo- 

Lights, Christkindlmarket, 

The Magnificent Mile, State 

Street & Macy's Holiday 

Windows, Free wine and 

beer on the tour but only if 

you are 21 and older but feel 

free to BYOB if you like. Join 

along and Sing your favorite 

karaoke motown songs. 

Come Along And Ride On A 

BYOB Soulful Motown Holiday 

lights Trolley ride. Holiday 

attractions, lot of laughing 

and singing to your favorite 

Motown songs, lighting 

displays and Chicago 

holiday landmarks. Ticket 

I n f o r m a t i o n 

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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



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 


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.” 


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 


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..



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 

Care of You 

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Bishop J. 

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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 â€˜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 


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 â€“ 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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Black Wall Street Districts of 


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.



Obama Presidential Center's construction team 


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 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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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 


"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 

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