A University of Nevada, Las Vegas task force has responded to racial unrest following the death of a man in police custody in Minnesota with recommendations to address safety, equity and inclusion among Black students and employees. Black Lives Matter. The officer has been fired and faces second-degree murder and manslaughter charges. In the email, Meana and Heavey gave an overview of recommendations that they said they plan to implement from the member Anti-Black Racism Task Force created in June.
Those include denouncing racism and Black racism during UNLV student orientation; creating a website for the task force; sponsoring an on-campus workshop to provide employees with intercultural training; expanding mental health services for the Black community; and implementing university police changes. Critics and advocates call the mascot racist and rooted in Confederate mythology. University officials had characterized it as a symbol of rebellion dating to the creation of UNLV in the s as an offshoot of the University of Nevada, Reno.
Javon Johnson, chairman of the task force faculty subcommittee, is assistant professor of African American studies and director of African American and African diaspora studies. He said that in response to the COVID pandemic, university administrators turned to education and health experts for guidance.
Johnson has been at UNLV for three years, and said the university failed in the past to adequately respond to racial incidents. They include an October shooting threat found in a bathroom stall directed toward Black students and Bernie Sanders supporters. Students protested after it took more than five days for the university to issue a campus notification. Officials said the threat was determined to be unsubstantiated.
UNLV will have a new president Aug. Meana has been acting president since June , and announced in February that she would not seek the position permanently. Other local colleges also have responded to the national protests. It said the number of Black first-year students has nearly doubled over the past five years and retention rates have improved, the letter said. The college said the diversity push includes recruiting more Black students and helping them graduate; increasing diversity among faculty and staff; launching a new academic program to support Black students; and working to create a social justice lab on campus.
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If Anka had his way, JayZ would be on there too. To add insult to injury, Jay. Now Omarosa wants payback — in court. Howard Stern, who spoke to Omarosa on his show Tuesday morning, asked her if she was really threatening to sue Jackson. She said really nasty things about Michael.
She repeated it, subsequently, on all of these talk shows. Dear Gwendolyn: The past six months have been nothing but sadness in our home.
Two years ago my son was awarded an athletic scholarship to a prestigious high school. The school is costly because mostly children of celebrities attend there.
Poor parents and the working class do not attend unless they, like my son, receive scholarship. My wife had bragged to all her social club affiliates. The reason the coach gave was that my son was too small body frame.
He was constantly getting hurt. Gwendolyn, how can we let our son know that what happened to him is just a normal part of living? Aaron Dear Aaron: Before going into the issue of your son losing his award, I want to caution you about this entire ordeal. Just because your grandmother would not allow you to play the game is no reason you should want your son to play.
Aaron, you and your wife seem to be sad for the wrong reasons. Think about it. Football is dangerous and no boy or man of a certain thin body structure should play. There are more ex-football players who are partially paralyzed or fully paralyzed that are never mentioned. Get him more into the academics. After all when players do not make the pros, they seldom find a good paying job.
Former all-star contestant La Toya Jackson, right, lashes out at in-game adversary Omarosa. Trust your feelings and say with deep learning this week. I smile for the cameras. When Stern asked speing good things. No the case was first and foreLet happiness flow inside and outother sign can call on inner courage most about emotional disas easily as you. Whether at home, at side of you this week. Refuse to be tress. Soul Affirmation: I flavor my life week the Lord has made.
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Soul Affirmation: I fill my mind with visions of love this week. Discussions with a close friend may reveal the source of your inner freedom in a very tangible way. So talk about it. Soul Affirmation: I let my mind go slack and tighten up my body. Lucky Numbers: 33, 38, Voter Fatigue Americans are tired, and rightfully so. They are tired of political pandering, tired of electoral chicanery, tired of gamesmanship, tired of scandal, tired of careerism purely for the sake of selfish gain, tired of our democratic republic operating like an oligarchy, tired of being pit against each in winless cultural wars — we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of politics.
Voter fatigue is a serious, important and seriously important issue. It can result in apathy to, disinterest in and disdain for our most crucial political right — the right to choose representative democracy, to help decide our fates.
Voter fatigue is a natural by-product of our incessant, perpetual voting cycle. We finished congressional and presidential elections in November. The national parties are already in full election mode as we near the mid-term elections. Jockeying has already begun in earnest, especially among potential Republican Party contenders, for the right to be the nominee in the presidential primary.
Sandwiched between the even-year elections, which generally produce higher-than-average turnout, are municipal elections all across the country. Municipal elections are just as important as national contests, arguably more so. But since national contests suck up so much political oxygen, sap so much energy, take up so much time, soak up so much press and disillusion so many people, they can negatively impact voter turnout in crucial municipal contests.
It matters as much who your president is, as who your mayor, city councilman, county commissioner, school board trustee, or state board of education representative is. Voters must push beyond the fatigue and make their voices heard. When we, as Las Vegans, and as Americans, accommodate this mindset, and allow voter fatigue to win, we all lose.
The women continue to show the way. War, what is it good for? Edwin Starr? Absolutely nothing! The world has evil-doers residing everywhere there is wealth to be exploited. To be consistent, from a logical point of view, our country should be threatening war with dozens of the nations on Earth. A war with Iraq was being hyped by our government for two wrong reasons. Hell, he was put into power by us to start a war with Iran to get back at them for taking American hostages.
The reason they invaded our embassy was in retaliation for the years we propped up the last Shah of Iran. Guess what the invasion, occupation, surge, and hightailing it out of there cost us to dispose of one man? Last week, President Obama made a trip to the Middle East to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders to encourage them to engage in talks to create a two-state. Also, two more wild cards have now been added to the deck, those being the ongoing unrest in Syria and the real possibility of our country going to war with Iran.
Oh well, we have better things to worry about in America, such as a television mini-series on the Bible where the fictional devil looks like the real President Obama, right? Louie Overstreet, a Las Vegas-based book author and political commentator, can be emailed at louieoverstreet cox. Nevada's only African-American community newspaper. Washington Margo Williams. How will Senate and House resolve their differences? Can we all just, maybe, get along? In the wee hours of Saturday morning, the Senate finally passed a budget by the narrowest of margins, Four Democratic Senators jumped ship to side with Republicans, probably because they are facing tough election fights in Republican leaning states.
Unlike proposals presented by the likes of Paul Ryan, who would eviscerate social programs, the Senate offers a budget that cuts social and other programs more carefully and thoughtfully. Since this is the first budget the Senate has passed in four years, one might think that they should be congratulated. But the passage of a Senate budget is only the first step. Now, the Senate and the House of Representatives have to find some common ground. Democrats by turning MediThat means families who recare into a voucher program ceive this benefit are working and slashing Medicaid, SNAP part-time or not at all, not an Supplemental Nutrition Asunusual occurrence when the Julianne Malveaux sistance Program, formerly unemployment rate remains Food Stamps , and other safety net programs.
If half tions to come. It is up to we, the people. As it is, some hospitals are clos- these budget deliberations continue to remind ing or consolidating, largely because of the the Senate and the House that we are watchnumber of poor and elderly people who use ing them. As this is the 50th anniversary of those facilities.
While Ryan is talking slash the March on Washington, many marches are and burn, Obamacare, albeit imperfect, ex- being planned to commemorate that critical. But it might also be meaningful if Dr. When one contrasts the House Budget with the one that comes from the Senate, one realizes that there are two starkly different visions of our country. We were presented with these stark choices when Mr. One could hardly call our president a flaming liberal.
People chose the humanitarian Obama vision of the world instead of the elitist austerity that Romney exemplified. The people are talking, the politicians are posturing, and millions are wondering how they will survive if a Ryan budget passes. Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.
By George E. Philip Randolph, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King in its name — is still hoping it can participate in a joint celebration by all of the civil rights. The unemployment Williams have an interesting rate for Blacks 20 and older in article posted online at February was Obamacare Continued from Page 2 spillovers into the market for employer-sponsored plans, which according to U.
Census data, cover about half of U. But Wyden said the approach would not help many of the nearly 4 million worker dependents who may have to forego subsidized private health coverage as a result of an IRS ruling. The law would have most people with employer insurance remain under their current plans. Workers can opt for subsidized coverage if their employer plan is unaffordable, but only according to a narrow definition of what is affordable. That rule ignores the fact that family coverage is far more expensive than individual coverage.
As a result, the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that 3. To his credit, Armstrong acknowledged his error onair and apologized. During the program Sunday, Roland said he had spoken with Tricia Harris, a King representative, who said the money paid to the Kings was for corporations that exploited Dr. The issue is, unlike the descendants of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, they are trying to personally profit from a national monument that honors their father and the struggle he led.
It appears to be simply self-enrichment for a small number of people. It was about jobs and freedom. Sadly, 50 years later, we need a similar march that unites our leaders around those same issues. George E. Curry can be reached through his website, www. You can also follow him at www. Despite many reports, the pathway to citizenship for undocumented individuals is just one ingredient in the multi-layered immigration policy, yet to be written, that will have far-reaching impacts for Blacks and African descendants in the United States and abroad.
According to a recent Angus Reid Public Opinion. The Labor Department reported that the national unemployment rate was 7.
The jobless rate was 6. According to Daniels, opposition to immigration and the misconception that immigrants are to blame for depressing wages and taking jobs could hinder progress and support for any immigration bill that is crafted by Congress. Daniels and the Institute partnered with a number of groups from the African diaspora to form the Pan-African Unity Dialogue to develop an immigration agenda tailored to meet the needs of Black Americans and Blacks of African descent in the U.
The group wants the U. Commerce and Agriculture departments to foster partnerships between Blacks in the United States and Blacks in the countries where the federal government is already working to advance its own interests in agriculture. The group also wants to make sure that the immigration process provides equitable allocation of visas to Sub Saharan African countries, to the Caribbean and to countries in Latin America that are underrepresented.
Experts say that both the powerful business lobby and labor groups want to change See Immigration, Page By Harry C. Some can be violent and many can be criminal organizations. Los Angeles, without a doubt, is the world hub of ethnic street gangs.
Hispanics have the most gang activity. The Slausons and Del Vikings retaliated and put them to rest. After the Watts riot, a new type of organization appeared. He was recruiting 50 to a hundred members per week, and their mantra was to watch the L. This anti-constitutional concoction of J.
Edgar Hoover basically went after Black elected officials, but the national rise of the Black Panthers made Hoover decide to literally wipe them out. Ron Karenga and some of his members came to my neighborhood to recruit us. Many Black youth were depressed, and a void was created that needed to be filled.
They met and decided to merge under the Crip banner. Today, they are the largest Black gang in America with chapters expanding from coast to coast. The Bloods were started from a rebellious set of the Crips. The Pirus, named after a street in Compton, helped start this rival gang. Being smaller than the Crips, the Bloods got a reputation for being very violent and ruthless to any rivals.
Today, Bloods too are national with sets operating wherever a large Black population exists. The largest by far is Mara Salvatrucha — MS, which has more than 70, members and sets throughout the U. S, Canada, Mexico and Central America. These guys stay busy with drug trafficking, robbery, larceny, human trafficking, kidnapping, arms trafficking, racketeering and everything that goes with it. They are extremely organized and fear nothing. One of their sets is located in Washington, D.
All of these L. They are tight with Mexican and South American drug cartels. Drug trafficking is their main source of revenue, and it adds up into the billions of dollars per year. The Drug Enforcement Agency seems to be unable to get a handle on how to stop them. Most run with heroin, marijuana, ecstasy and other illegal pills. The pioneer of crack cocaine was Rick Ross. He grew up in Crip territory, but his operation furnished his product to both the Crips and Bloods for national distribution.
It started right in the middle of her Congressional District. Rick eventually got busted. For all this, he did only 13 years in prison. Los Angeles is number one when it comes to gangs. Health Continued from Page 5 communities to gain access to healthcare. Medically underserved areas are disproportionately rural and urban.
The funding will allow health centers to expand access to primary care across. Our goal is to make it as local and available as possible. West for Florida governor? Stranger things have happened Special to Sentinel-Voice When Allen West lost his congressional seat to a 29year-old newcomer, many Florida watchers wrote his political obituary.
He ran for office in after a failed attempt to unseat the Democrat in the 22nd district, but succeeded his second time around thanks to a national Republican wave fueled by opposition to President Barack.
Some of its staunchest opponents, like Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who made a name for himself by creating a PAC to specifically oppose healthcare reform, have relented. Is Allen West a possible candidate for Florida governor? And according to the Supreme Court decision, it was not something you were mandated to do.
Due to open on Good Friday, currently award-winning sand sculptors been mired in the 30s almost from across the globe are working to create sand sculptures including characters since the start of his term as from the Star Wars and Harry Potter films, actress Marilyn Monroe and director governor.
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