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The Friends of Zack Reed will sponsor its 22nd Annual 2018 Toys for Tots Holiday Party & Celebrity Fashion Show with the goal to collect 1,000 toys for the needy children of Northeast Ohio. Beverages will be pro-vided with admission. Celebrities invited include: Alec Blackmon, Andrea Vecchio, Tiffany Tarpley, and Vanessa Whiting, Esq. Doors open at 6pm. Admission is $10 at the door with a new, unopened toy for donation (or $20 without a toy).

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The Friends of Zack Reed will sponsor its 22nd Annual 2018 Toys for Tots Holiday Party & Celebrity Fashion Show with the goal to collect 1,000 toys for the needy children of Northeast Ohio. Beverages will be pro-vided with admission. Celebrities invited include: Alec Blackmon, Andrea Vecchio, Tiffany Tarpley, and Vanessa Whiting, Esq. Doors open at 6pm. Admission is $10 at the door with a new, unopened toy for donation (or $20 without a toy).

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AAA forecasts the national gas price average to increase in March. However, if refineries resume normal op-erations, and if crude oil prices show signs of stability, motor-ists may see some relief at the pump towards the end of the month. At the close of Friday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate decreased by $2.03 to settle at $61.50. Crude prices rose mid-week despite the EIA’s latest report revealing that total domestic crude inventories increased by 1.3 million barrels last week, bringing the supply level to 463 million barrels. For this week, crude prices could rise if the EIA’s next weekly report shows a decrease in total stocks.

Gas prices continue to increase, with the national average up nine cents on the week to $2.72. That is a 30 cent increase from the beginning of February, 28 cents more than a year ago and the most expen-sive daily national average since August 2019. The latest price jumps are a direct result of February’s winter storm that took 26 U.S. refineries offline and pushed refinery utilization from an av-erage of about 83% down to an atypical low of 68%, according to the Energy Information Ad-ministration (EIA). In its latest data, EIA also reported demand at 7.2 million barrels per day. Both utilization and demand rates have not been reported this low since last May.

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Toys For Tots event to be held Toys For Tots event to be held Student addresses racist sports logo Arthur Jayden McKoy will protest today at

Euclid Ave. and Knowles Ave. and demand that the

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Correction on post office hours The mobile post office, E.130th Street Post Office, set up at the location sells stamps, is-sue money orders, and accept packages on Mon-day and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. P.O. Box holders will have to continue to retrieve their mail from the Shaker Main Post Office, 3675 Warrensville Road which has 24 hour lobby ac-cess and a self-service kiosk.

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish in his sixth State of the County Address announced the launch of the Cuya-hoga County Neighborhood Surge program. The Surge program is a new initiative designed to trans-form the County’s underprivile-

ged, most in need communities by pouring concentrated resources into a selected neighborhood to help lift it up across all areas. The County is proposing to begin the Neighborhood Surge program in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood. “Our first step with the Neighborhood Surge program is to

In ‘State of Cuyahoga County’ address, Budish discusses Neighborhood Surge programget input from residents and commu-nity leaders in a specific community. Together, based on their priorities, we will come up with a holistic plan to address their needs,” said Cuya-hoga County Executive Armond Budish. “For a period of one year, we will actively concentrate our pro-grams on that community, working to lift up the residents and businesses so that they can get the support they need to thrive. We cannot reach our fullest potential when segments of

our community are left behind. By transforming the areas most in need, we can improve the li-ves of all County residents.” The Surge program will focus resources on road impro-vements, providing financial literacy and job coaching pro-grams, and enhancing the Cen-tral neighborhood by including it in the tree planting initiative. In partnership with for-mer Cleveland Councilwoman

Phyllis Cleveland, new Cleveland Councilwoman Delores Gray, and County Council President Pernel Jones, Jr., the County will begin the Surge program in Central ne-ighborhood and allocate resources across several key areas, includ-ing job creation, small business supports, enhanced community services, and bridging the digital divide. Funding for the program will also support the preparation of vacant sites to be shovel-ready for development, which will create new jobs for neighborhood resi-dents and enhance desired commu-nity services. The County, along with

OhioMeansJobs, Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc., and Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority will train Central re-sidents for in-demand jobs. The County will also dedicate a porti-on of its summer job positions for youth in Central. The County will work with its small business assistance partners, the Economic Communi-ty Development Institute (ECDI), the National Development Coun-cil, JumpStart, and the Urban Le-ague of Greater Cleveland to sup-port existing businesses in the area and foster entrepreneurship among residents.

Cleveland City council along with the residents of Ward 4 are still waiting to see who will finish out the term of suspended Council-man Ken Johnson. A special commission of the Ohio justice of the supreme court handed down the suspension fol-lowing his arrest in February on a 15-count indictment on charges that include stealing and conspiracy. According to Cleveland Council President Kevin Kelley, “This is the first time we’ve had this process whereby the probate court judge is, has been empowered to choose a member of Cleveland City Council.” 18 people submitted their application to the Cleveland probate court seeking the appointment to fill the seat. The deadline was last Fri-day. Presiding Judge Anthony J. Russo will be making the decision and the court’s magistrate says he has already begun interviewing the appli-cants. Kelley says he’s not sur-prised at the significant interest. “I’m glad that there are people that, you

Judge to decide Johnson’s council seatknow want to be a part of gov-ernment, want to be a part of city council and the decisions that we make.” In a statement, the court’s magistrate said, “Judge Russo has found the process to be quite interesting. Many quali-fied candidates with a strong commitment to the ward have applied.” The magistrate also said Russo hopes to have a decision within the next two weeks. Applicants for Ward 4 Council seat:Lashorn K. Caldwell; Barbara A. Cole-Deberry; Dontea T. Gresham;. James A. Gay; Craig E. Willis; Shafron E. Hawkins; Michael Shomo;. Marion Gardner; Mar-cia L. McCoy; Darnell T. Brew-er; Jeff Burger; Dontez Taylor; Cecil Ekechukwu; Rowland Mitchell; Antoine Tolbert; Deb-orah Gray; Daniel Sexton; and Steven Charron, Jr. Come September, the council seat will then be up for election in the primary.

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Emmy loves school and is getting ready to start kindergarten in the fall. Her favorite animal is a dog. She loves to collect stuffed puppies and play with her dolls and little brother, Jude. Pizza and oranges are her favorite things to eat. She also enjoys watching Disney movies and reading books. Emmy has recently started karate lessons and is learning to ride a big girl bike. She will be 5 in July..

Cleveland video surveillance highly edited before release One year following the death of George Floyd, the world re-flects on that moment and the hope for change. The hope that the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 will: Work to End Racial & Religious Profiling • Prohibits federal, state, and local law enforcement from racial, re-ligious and discriminatory profiling. How differently the world sees the need for reform after Floyd’s death and the cover-up by the police. At first, the Minneapolis Police Department released a state-ment on the killing of George Floyd in which they allege that Floyd had “resisted officers”: “Two officers arrived and located the suspect, a male believed to be in his 40s, in his car. He was or-dered to step from his car. After he got out, he physically resisted officers. Of-ficers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and noted he appeared to be suffering medical distress. Officers called for an ambulance. He was trans-ported to Hennepin County Medical Center by ambulance where he died a short time later.” A cell phone video of his ar-rest released went viral, showing Of-ficer Derek Chauvin, with his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than seven min-utes as Floyd’s arms were cuffed be-hind his back and other officers were holding him down. In the video, Floyd is on the ground repeatedly telling officers he cannot breathe, that he is in pain and that he needs help. In the video, bystanders can be heard pleading with officers to stop and pointing out that Floyd had begun bleeding from his nose, was no longer a threat and seemed to be struggling to breathe. Floyd’s lifeless body can be

seen being lifted onto a stretcher. EMS could not revive him Without the second video from the restaurant being released to the public, Floyd could have become another statistic. Just another black man killed by police who have total impunity and protection through the American justice system. On the first anniversary of the death of George Floyd, what changes have been put in place to pro-tect the public and hold police account-able for their actions? In Cleveland, case after case enters into a justice system which seems unable to bring about justice for black victims or their families. The family of Desmond Franklin will not get justice here in Cleveland. Franklin, 22, was killed on April 9, 2020 by a police officer, and the Grand Jury recently chose not to indict the officer.

Cleveland police’s official ac-count and the video footage of the shoot-ing that killed Franklin, like the Floyd case, show two divergent narratives. Cleveland off-duty police of-ficer Jose Garcia called 911 shortly be-fore 2 p.m. on April 9 to report Franklin and a teen followed Garcia in their car and pointed a gun at him. Garcia fired shots, hitting Franklin in the head. The car crashed into the fence at Riverside Cemetery. Garcia order the teen to lay on the ground. Garcia told dispatchers that Franklin “tried to shoot” at Garcia and that he “shot at him” as he drove. “You tried to shoot me up, you know that,” Garcia can be heard saying on the 911 call. “You can’t do that.” According to Garcia, he was on his way to work when he spotted Franklin and the teen about a block south and he believed they were stealing items out of a delivery truck. Franklin and the teen left the scene, Garcia followed them and the incident occurred shortly thereafter.

The Justice Department’s blistering 2015 report, especially after the 137 shots case, criticized Cleveland police for drawing their guns while responding to non-vio-lent crimes and firing guns at mov-ing cars. Neither Franklin or the teen flashed a gun. Franklin was shot in the right temple, meaning that he was looking straight ahead when the bullet struck him. Video shows how quickly the shooting happened. According to an attorney for the family, “It literally looks like he’s just driving past the offi-cer’s vehicle, and then the officer fires into the vehicle on a main street where there’s traffic going back and forth.The officers could have shot into those other vehicles and killed other people. We believe the officer was very reckless in what he did.”

Yatsko According to Garcia, the teen was attempting to flee the scene of the crime. Actually, the teen ran across the street to a nearby business to ask to call for help, The business denied let-ting him use the phone and he ran back to the scene, where he applied pres-sure in an attempt to save his friend’s life. Franklin was a loving father of four and the beloved son of Emmanuel Franklin. In a similar case here in Cleveland, activist Khalid Samad sought to have the video surveillance released and held rallies seeking justice for Thomas Yatsko, a young unarmed African American man fatally shot to death by a Cleveland police officer. In the Yatsko homicide in-vestigation, no criminal charges were files against Sgt. Dean Graziolli in connection with the deadly shooting of Yatsko outside a University Circle bowling alley in January 2018.

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For months protesters de-manded the release of the security video. All those requests were de-nied until a highly edited surveillance video was released almost a year after the killing and after the bowling alley closed. Franklin County Prosecu-tor Ron O’Brien handled the criminal case at the request of Cuyahoga Coun-ty Prosecutor Michael O’Malley, who sends all fatal police-involved shoot-ings to special prosecutors. O’Brien said his office presented the case to the grand jury for two days. A Cuyahoga County grand jury rejected criminal charges against Graziolli. Yatsko’s family sued Graziolli and the city in federal court. That case is pending. Yatsko was un-armed. The incident was taped by security footage and was not released for more than a year. The tape that was released was grainy and there was no sound. In the case of Tamir Rice, the videos were altered and some tracks never presented to the pub-lic. “In the Cuyahoga County Office of Prosecutor Investigation Into The Death of Tamir Rice The Final Re-port, the prosecutor wrote that Tamir had a gun and appeared to pull it out of his waistband forcing the rookie to shoot. But, buried in the last section of the report: The DNA Laboratory Examination Report of January 23, 2015 : the DNA on the cell phone at placard #3 at the crime scene matched Tamir’s DNA, but there was no trace of Tamir’s DNA on the gun at the scene, and several witnesses said they did not see a gun near Tamir as he lay shot on the pavement.” The gun police showed the public was not Tamir’s toy gun.

Last weekend, protesters in Cleveland demanded an end to the vio-lence in Gaza. Sec. of State Antony Blinken said a long-term solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestinians is possible, especially if humanitarian steps are taken to rebuild and improve the lives of people in Gaza.Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire, ending 11 days of violence in which more than 250 people lost their lives, most of them Palestinians. ESDN Photo by Al Porter, Jr., Black on Black Crime, Inc.

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The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 is the first-person witness sto-ry of Mary E. Jones Parrish as well as eyewitness statements she compiled from survivors of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921 Mary Parrish was reading in her home when the Tulsa race massacre began on the evening of May 31, 1921. Parrish’s daughter, Florence Mary, called the young jour-nalist and teacher to the win-dow. “Mother,” she said, “I see men with guns.” The two eventually fled and unwittingly became eyewitnesses to the death of hundreds of Black Okla-homans and the destruction of the Greenwood district, a prosperous, primarily Black area known nationally as Black Wall Street. The Nation Must Awake is Parrish’s first-person account, compiled along with the recollections of nearly two dozen others, of what is now recognized as the single

worst incident of racial vio-lence in U.S. history. Includes an afterword by Ms. Parrish’s great-granddaughter Anneliese M. Bruner and an introduction by the late historian and activ-ist John Hope Franklin and Scott Ellsworth, author of The Ground Breaking: An Ameri-can City and Its Search for Jus-tice. It is my sincere hope and desire that [The Nation Must Awake] will serve the purpose of Uncle Tom's Cabin, that is, that it will serve to open the eyes of the thinking people

of America to the impending danger of letting such condi-tions exist and remain within he "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave," and to pay trib-ute to the martyrs of the Tulsa Disaster and massacre. — Mary Parrish, from her fore-word in the original printing of the book Parrish (1892–1972) was born in 1892 in Yazoo City, Mississippi. She moved to Tulsa around 1919 and worked

teaching typing and shorthand at a branch of the YMCA. A trained journalist, Parrish gathered eyewitness accounts from survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre and chronicled her own experi-ence fleeing the violence with her young daughter. Those accounts were published in her book Events of the Tulsa Disaster, which was privately printed in 1922.

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When you die, will your kids fight over your money? It's an important question that might be hard to answer now, but parents who devote themselves to estate planning with relevant updates over their lifetimes can potentially keep argu-ments between adult chil-dren to a minimum. As of 2013, Ameri-can retirees are the sixth most generous in the world when it comes to the amount of assets passed on to fam-ily, according to a survey by HSBC, the global Brit-ish bank. The latest survey (http:/ /www.about.hsbc.com.au/news-and-media) noted that 56 percent of American retirees planned to

leave an inheritance with an average amount of $176,814.How you allocate your estate, no matter what the amount, requires planning and proper communication. Here are a few ways to start. Know where you stand first. If you haven't up-dated your estate planning in the last 5-10 years, do so now to fully understand your com-plete financial picture. Like all personal fi-nance issues, estate planning should be adjusted when sig-nificant life changes happen or there is a major shift in assets, such as when a rela-tive needs help. In short, your estate picture has to reflect current financial realities, so before you decide how to allocate your wealth ei-ther before or after you die, seek qualified financial, tax

(https://www.irs.gov/Busi-nesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Estate-and-Gift-Taxes) and estate advice.Once you've determined dis-tribution, confirm your plan. Managing money and family are usually parallel issues un-til the topic of estate planning arises. For some families, splitting money, property and possessions more or less equally among adult children is a smooth process. How-ever, when it doesn't result in the fairest outcome for every-one involved, it can be trick-ier to navigate. Varying situ-ations for each child might mean that an even split won't work. Once you are able to determine your assets, start thinking through how you can distribute them. Re-affirm your exec-utor and powers of attorney. Making a will and designat-ing various health, financial and business powers of at-torney as applicable are the standard first steps in estate planning. Certain kinds of trusts might also be relevant. Generally it's good to have documents in place (http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/estateplanning) early in life. As your children

Preparation can avoid estate fightsget older, it's a good idea to review those documents and designated leadership. Start communicat-ing. Hollywood has pro-duced many a movie scene with family members sitting nervously in a lawyer's of-fice waiting for the will to be read. Such moments make for great comedy or drama, but not great modern estate planning. Based on what you hope to leave your family, the state of your rela-tionship with your adult chil-dren and whatever weigh-in you get from qualified ad-visors, it's usually better to communicate your plans to your children in advance in person and make sure your legal documents confirm ex-actly what you plan to do. Bottom line: Could your current estate planning eventually put your kids and other family members at odds? Don't wait – the time to update or start estate plan-ning is right now. Nathaniel Sillin directs Visa’s financial edu-cation programs. To follow Practical Money Skills on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PracticalMoney

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One day this past week, I decided to stay home and catch up on a little bit of reading. It’s not often that I take a day and not go to the office and just pander around the house. Sometimes it’s necessary to do such a thing, and I don’t do it often enough. The Gracious Mis-tress of the Parsonage had a day planned of shopping as well as an appointment at her doctor. She would be gone the whole day, and so I would have the entire day to myself. I was looking forward to it. Who wouldn’t? I really was mis-taken about this idea. For me to have a day by myself is a wonderful idea, but it’s still back in Kansas. The wife just left the building, I had settled down with a stack of books I needed to go through and, of course, a hot cup of coffee to the left of me. I was look-ing forward to a wonderful day. I sighed a deep sigh and opened up the first book. Then I got a phone call. I wasn’t prepared for the phone call, so I answered, ex-pecting to talk to someone. It was a reminder that my car warranty had ex-pired, and if I press number 1, I would be transferred to someone who could renew it. They also said that this is the last opportunity I have to renew my warranty. I want to get the definition of the word “last.” If this is the last opportunity I have, why have I received hundreds of these phone calls? A few moments lat-er, another phone call came. I wrestle with the idea of, is it okay to lie to someone who is lying to you? The lady on the phone congratulated me on winning two round-trip tick-ets to anywhere I wanted to go. All I needed to do was come to their headquarters

and they would put us up for three days and two nights, and the food was included. I don’t know how ideas dance into my head, but this one did. I responded to the lady, “I’m sorry, but my reli-gion does not allow me to fly on airplanes.” The crickets on the other end did a little concert and then she got back to me and told me that I could give those tickets to anybody I wanted to. All I had to do was to come over to their headquarters, and everything would be fine. “My religion,” I ex-plained, “not only does not permit me to fly on airplanes but does not allow me to give airplane tickets to anybody. I appreciate your offer, but I cannot do it.” Sometimes religion can come in handy. I chuckled to myself the rest of the day. When I’m through chuckling, I will confess my sin. There were a few other phone calls, and I re-sponded quite similarly to all of them. If anybody can ha-rass a telemarketer, it is my wife’s favorite husband. Then I got a phone call I wasn’t prepared for. This phone call was from Duke Energy. According to the person on the phone, they sent me four notifications that my account was delinquent and that my electricity would be cut off today. This sort of rocked my afternoon. If I’m with-out electricity, what do I do? And you know what it’s like to have your electricity rein-stated with all the fees. According to the person on the other end of the phone, I owed Duke en-ergy $998.59 for the last eight months that I have not paid. If you want to get my attention just tell me you want my money. “What can I do,” I asked in desperation, “to keep from having my elec-

tricity cut off?” Then I told him I did not have that much money to pay. He was ask-ing for a credit card number so I could get up to date on my account. “I can help you here,” he said, “by lowering your payment to $698.59.” He could tell I was hesitating here, and so he re-sponded by saying, “If there is anything wrong, we will be able to refund your pay-ment, so there’s no risk.” Then, I heard in my head, “ding dong, the witch is dead.” I began to real-ize I was in the middle of a scam, and I didn’t know it. As soon as I thought that, I knew I was in trouble but not the kind of trouble he was telling me. He gave me a num-ber that I could call, and I knew it wasn’t the right number. After I hung up, I looked up my Duke Energy account and called them, and much to my relief, they told me that it was a scam and that my account was up-to-date. I thought about this, and perhaps this scam was a payment for lying about the airplane tickets. I could have really been had. Thinking about what I really could have been involved in brought a little spirit of repentance to my heart. I thought about a verse in the Bible. “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Galatians 6:7). When I do negative things, I will reap negative things. And I was about to reap something very nega-tive. But the thing that makes the difference is rec-ognizing it and then repent-ing. Call him at 352-687-4240 or e-mail jamess-nyder2@att.net. The church website is www.whatafel-lowship.com.

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The first Americans to celebrate Ramadan were African slavesBy KHALED A. BEYDOUN Eid marked the ending of Ramadan. Nearly one-fourth of the world ob-served the annual fast and eight million Muslims in the United States abstain ed from food and drink from sunrise to sunset during the holy month. A gruelling task at any time of the year, Ramadan this year was es-pecially daunting during the long and hot pandemic days. Islam in America is rapidly expanding. It is the fastest-growing religion in the nation, and the sec-ond most practiced faith in twenty states. These demographic shifts prompted a prominent Los Angeles-based imam to comment, “Ramadan is a new American tradition.” The cleric’s forward-look-ing pronouncement marks Islam’s recent arrival in the US. However, this statement reveals a pathol-ogy afflicting a lot of Mus-lim Americans today - an inability to look back and embrace the opening chap-ters of Muslim American history written by enslaved

African Muslims. Social scientists es-timate that 15 to 30 percent, or, “[a]s many as 600,000 to 1.2 million slaves” in antebellum America were Muslims. 46 percent of the slaves in the antebellum South were kidnapped from Africa’s western regions, which boasted “significant numbers of Muslims”. These enslaved Muslims strove to meet the demands of their faith, most notably the Ramadan fast, prayers, and community meals, in the face of com-prehensive slave codes that linked religious activity to insubordination and rebel-lion. Marking Ramadan as a “new American tradi-tion” not only overlooks the holy month observed by en-slaved Muslims many years ago, but also perpetuates their erasure from Muslim-American history. Although the Quran “allows a believer to abstain from fasting if he or she is far from home or in-volved in strenuous work,” many enslaved Muslims demonstrated transcendent piety by choosing to fast while bonded.

In addition to ab-staining from food and drink, enslaved Muslims held holy month prayers in slave quarters, and put to-gether iftars - meals at sun-down to break the fast - that brought observing Muslims together. These prayers and iftars violated slave codes restricting assembly of any kind. The breadth of Muslim America’s racial and cultural diversity today is unprecedented. For instance, the Virginia Slave Code of 1723 considered the assembly of five slaves as an “unlawful and tumultuous meeting”, convened to plot rebellion attempts. Every state in the south codified similar laws barring slave assemblages, which disparately impacted enslaved African Muslims observing the Holy Month. Therefore, practic-ing Islam and observing Ra-madan and its fundamental rituals, for enslaved Mus-lims in antebellum America, necessitated the violation of slave codes. This exposed them to barbaric punishment, in-jury, and oftentimes, even death. However, the cour-

age to observe the holy month while bonded, and in the face of grave risk, high-lights the supreme piety of many enslaved Muslims. Ramadan was widely observed by en-slaved Muslims. Yet, this history is largely ignored by Muslim American leaders and laypeople alike - and erased from the modern Muslim American narra-tive. Muslim America was almost entirely black during the antebellum Era. Today, it stands as the most diverse Muslim community in the world. Today African Americans comprise a sig-nificant part of the commu-

nity along with Muslims of South Asian and Arab de-scent. Latin Americans are a rapidly growing demo-graphic in the community, ensuring that Muslims in America are a microcosm of their home nation’s overall multiculturalism. In the US today, Ramadan dinner tables are sure to include staple Arab or Pakistani dishes. Yet, many Muslim Americans will break the fast with tor-tas and tamales, halal meat-loaf and greens. Muslim diversity in the US has reshaped Ra-madan into a multicultural American tradition. The breadth of Muslim Amer-ica’s racial and cultural

diversity today is unprec-edented, making this year’s Ramadan - and the Ra-madans to follow - new in terms of how transcultural and multiracial the tradition has become. This Muslim American multiculturalism comes with many challeng-es: Namely, intra-racism, Arab supremacy, and anti-black racism prevents cohe-sion inside and outside of American mosques. These deplorable trends perpetuate the era-sure of the Muslim slave narrative. Integrating this history will not only miti-gate racism and facilitate Muslim American cohe-sion, but also reveal the deep-rootedness of the

faith, and its holiest month, on US soil. This Ramadan honouring the memory of the first Muslim Ameri-cans and their struggle for freedom and sharing their story with loved ones at the iftar table, seems an ideal step towards rewriting this missing chapter of Muslim American history into our collective consciousness.

Voters in Cuyahoga County are invited to take part in the ongoing selec-tion of new voting equip-ment by participating in the Voting Equipment and Tabulation System Election Demonstration on Thurs-day, May 27 from 1:00 -3:00 p.m. at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Administration Building, 2925 Euclid Ave. The Election Dem-onstration will focus on the experience of the general voter utilizing the certified voting equipment avail-able from the Clear Ballot Group, Elections Systems and Software (ES&S), and Hart InterCivic. This dem-onstration is another oppor-tunity for voters to provide insight on what vendor pro-vides the best available op-tions for Cuyahoga County voters while continuing to utilize paper optical scan ballots. Event participants will have the opportunity to interact with the vendor rep-resentatives, cast a demon-stration ballot on each bal-

Comment on voting equipmentlot scanner, and complete a brief survey to evaluate the performance of each piece of voting equipment. “Hearing from the public is an important piece to choosing voting equipment that will ben-efit Cuyahoga voters. We are excited to receive voter feedback as we continue through the acquisition pro-cess,” said Anthony Perlat-ti, Director of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. The Board of Elec-tions plans to fully imple-ment the new voting equip-ment and tabulation system prior to the 2022 Gubernato-rial Primary Election. In 2018 state law-makers created the Voting Equipment Acquisition Pro-gram. The 104-million-dol-lar spending package pro-vided funding for replacing old voting machines in all of Ohio’s 88 voting jurisdic-tions. The 10-million-dol-lar cost of the voting equip-ment upgrade is Cuyahoga County’s share of state fund-ing provided by the Program.

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The Lake Erie Assoc. of USA Boxing Jr. Olympics Qualify-ing Tournament 2021 will be held on Saturday, June 5 at 2:00 p.m at T-County Boxing Academy, 1203 Rear East High Ave., New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663. For information, contact Rasheen Ali at 216-956-1354.

Zips end season with win over Kent Tuesday, May 25, 2021- Friday, May 28, 2021 The 9-6 win over Kent State marks the end of the 2021 campaign for Akron baseball. Starting pitcher John Creel earned the decision, throwing three innings and allowing one run on two hits with two strikeouts to move to 4-3 on the season, while senior pitcher Mark Meyer earned the save in three innings of work. Meyer struck out two batters and allowed two hits without relinquishing a run.

Zip star Willis excells at NCAA tournament University of Akron Track and Field junior Amir Willis registered a pair of automatic qualifying times in the men’s 100 and 200 meters, respectively, to headline the Zips’ efforts on the opening day of the NCAA East Preliminary Round hosted by North Florida on Wednes-day, May 26. The meet, which invites the region’s top 48 athletes in each event, serves as the opening round of the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The top-12 finishers in each event will advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon from June 9-12.

Doctor Detroit cures what ails TribeBy KARL BRYANT

The Indians had lost two of three last weekend to last place Minnesota (one, a 10-0 thrashing), making it six losses in their last nine. They had to place slugging DH Franmil Reyes on the IL with an oblique strain (side abdominal muscle), and he’ll miss five-seven weeks. They lost starter Zach Plesac for an indeter-minate amount of time with a broken thumb. So it was soothing balm from Doctor Detroit when the Tribe was

able to capture three of four in a trip to the Motor City, as Skipper Terry Francona joined a “700 Club.” Reyes injury came Saturday when he was foul-ing off a 1-2 pitch in the 6th Inning. You’re supposed to swing hard at the ball, so he did nothing wrong. He had hit a 2-Run HRin the 1st Inning by swinging hard. Jordan Luplow had to come on to complete Reyes’ At Bat and ended up drawing a walk. The Tribe won that game, 5-3. Plesac’s injury was

an oddball one. He’d been knocked out of the game in the 4th after giving up five runs in Sunday’s 8-5, 10-in-ning loss, and went down into the Clubhouse. It was reported he “aggressively” was taking off his shirt and banged his hand on a chair. A break was de-tected later. Last year, Ple-sac along with since-traded Mike Clevinger, missed starts when he was sent to the Alternate Training Site after the two went out against regulations, for a night on the town in Chica-go during the height of the Pandemic. The 2nd Place In-dians are chasing the White Sox. With C Roberto Perez already out, Reyes’ injury makes a sputtering Offense even less potent. Now, with the starting pitching being shorthanded (no pun intend-ed), there’s a lot more un-certainty. That’s why taking

three of four from the Tigers was essential. Monday, the Tribe got a 6-5 win when defen-sive replacement Jordan Lu-plow made a diving catch in RF with the Tigers having the bases loaded in the 9th Inning. Luplow had bunted in the tying run the previ-ous day to send that game into extras, which the Tribe eventually lost, so his util-ity play has been vital. De-scribing watching Luplow’s game-saving play, Manager Francona later stated, “It’s like your stomach’s in your throat.” Owen Miller, called up from the Minors to take Reyes’ spot on the ros-ter, got his first MLB hit and scored twice. Miller came over from San Diego in the Clevinger trade. Reliever Jean Carlos Mejia (1-0) got his first MLB win. Thanks to the assist from Luplow, Emmanuel Clase hung on to

Mickelson wins one for the agesBy KARL BRYANT

Phil Mickelson won one for the ages, or as one wag put it, “One for the aged,” as at 50 years of age, he captured the 2021 PGA Championship, thus becoming the oldest player ever to win a Major Tourna-ment Championship. He’ll actually turn 51 on June 16. It was the second PGA Champi-onship for Phil – the one-word name by which he is known by golf fans. The 16 years be-tween this and his first PGA title in 2005 is the longest time between wins for a golfer at the same Major. It was his 6th Ma-jor and 45th PGA Tour title. The popular Mickelson was engulfed by the gallery shout-ing “Lefty,” the other moniker by which Phil is endearingly known, as he approached the green on 18 with the lead. He finished the 72 holes on Kiawah Island, S.C. with a six-under par 282 to take the title. After recovering from the mosh pit of well-wishers as he came to the green, he two-putt-ed on 18 to end a windswept final day with one-over par 73, to still win by two strokes over fellow American Brooks Ko-epka and South African Louis

Oosthuizen. At 7876 yards, the Ocean Course at Kiawah was the longest course in Major Tour-nament history. The extreme course length apparently didn’t bother Phil or Irishman Padraig Harrington, who at age 49, also spotlighted the older set, as he finished just four strokes be-hind, in a four-way tie for 4th Place. Although Mickelson did well in the long game teeing off, his short game excelled

in the final round, especially when he spectacularly holed out from the sand on no. 5. Phil always has been a fan fa-vorite. He temporarily had quit the PGA Tour over a decade ago to care for his wife, Amy, who had breast cancer, which she eventually overcame. He successfully returned to the Tour. He had two surgeries in 2016, but was able to success-fully come back. Numerous times, this report-

er has witnessed Mickelson patiently standing outside the Firestone Clubhouse at the for-mer Bridgestone Invitational, signing autographs for literally thousands of fans who lined the spectator ropes. He under-stands those fans. By the way, he signs (and eats) right-hand-ed, but plays left-handed as he had learned to swing clubs as he mirror-imaged his father, who taught him the game. When he became eligible for the Champions Tour, for players who are 50+, he won his first two events there. Yet he’s still playing on the regular PGA Tour and showing players half his age how to do it. After his PGA win at Ki-awah, an elated Mickelson stated, “This is just an incred-ible feeling because I believed that it was possible but yet ev-erything was saying it wasn’t. I hope others find that inspi-rational.” Describing his emo-tions, he said, “Certainly, one of the moments I’ll cherish my entire life. I don’t know how to describe the feeling of excite-ment and fulfillment and ac-complishment to do something when, you know, of this mag-nitude, when very few people thought that I could.”

get his 8th Save. Tuesday, Aaron Civale (7-1) captured his league-leading 7th win with a solid outing. Tarik Skubal (1-7), although striking out nine Indians in five innings, is going in opposite direc-tion of Civale, as he lost his seventh. Cesar Hernandez led off the game with a HR. Miller knocked in his first MLB RBI with a ground-out. Luplow’s 8th Inning 2-Run HR gave CLE insur-ance. After Civale allowed the first two Tigers aboard in the 9th, James Karinchak relieved. He allowed a run while loading the bases, but luckily got Save No. 6. Wednesday, Tristan McKenzie, who was sent to AAA Columbus to tinker with his rickety mechanics, had to be brought back only for the day and responded wonderfully with a fine five-inning, no-run, one-hit out-

ing in a No Decision. Tribe Offense was a no-show also, as four hits brought no runs. A Tiger Sac Fly brought in the only run in the 8th off of Cal Quantrill (0-1), who worked three innings and took the undeserved, 1-0 loss. In Thursday’s daytime “getaway game,” Shane Bieber (5-3) flirted with a No-Hitter. Coming off of two subpar starts, he returned to his early season dominance, when he was setting strikeout records. The first hit he allowed was a HR to Jonathan Schoop leading off the 7th. “The Biebs” fin-ished the inning, as he struck out three of four Ti-gers to end with a dozen K’s, before being relieved. It was the second straight day the Tribe held the Tigers to three hits. Eddie Rosario hit a 2-Run HR for CLE. That 5-2 victory was win No. 700 as Tribe Skipper for Manager Fran-cona. After the game, he told the media, “I love it here…That’s what I care about - going through stuff with the people I really care about. That’s the most meaning-ful thing to me by far.” He only trails Lou Boudreau by 28 and Mike Hargrove by 21 for most Tribe wins in the Indians’ Managers’ 700 Club.

CSU’s M’Barek honored Cleveland State University defender Thom-as M’Barek has been se-lected as the 2020-21 Senior CLASS Award® winner in NCAA® Division I men’s soccer. The award, cho-sen by a vote of Division I men’s soccer coaches, national soccer media and fans, is given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I men’s soccer. M’Barek is the first student-athlete from Cleveland State to win the Senior CLASS Award. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encour-ages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. To be eligible for the award, a stu-dent-athlete must be classi-fied as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: classroom, community, character, and competition. “Cleveland State has taught me many things throughout the course of my collegiate career, such as the values of respect, hard work, leadership, and the importance of serving my community,” said M’Barek, a three-time team captain for the Vikings. “These val-

ues have helped shape me into the person that I am to-day and I will certainly carry these values in each step of my life’s journey. I’m incred-ibly lucky to call myself a Cleveland State Viking.” “Thomas is some-one who truly embodies a student-athlete and has rep-resented our program and university in the best possible way,” said Sinisa Ubiparipo-vic, who has coached Cleve-land State for the last two seasons. “His dedication in the classroom and on the field is exceptional. Thomas has set a high standard to what we expect of our student-ath-letes to achieve at Cleveland State.” M’Barek was born in Saint-Aunès, France, and played for the Montpel-lier Herault Sport Club from 2003-2017. He helped Mont-pellier win the 2017 Coupe de France Gambardella, the annual competition for U-19 French clubs.

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Say Yes Cleve-land (SYC) has an-nounced the 3rd cohort of schools that will receive Say Yes support services, starting in the 2021-2022 school year. The addition of these 26 schools – 18 elementary schools and 8 high schools – brings the total number of schools receiving SYC support services to 68, or ap-proximately 65% of all CMSD and eligible char-ter schools. Additionally, SYC has released the current list of remaining CMSD schools that will receive support services beginning with the 2022-2023 school year. (The full list of schools in the 3rd and 4th Say Yes co-horts are included at the

end of this release.) The 3rd cohort adds three more char-ter schools that will be receiving support ser-vices, including, for the first time, a charter high school, Horizon Sci-ence Academy. As a high school, Horizon will not only receive support services, it will also be the first charter school whose eligible gradu-ates can receive Say Yes Cleveland postsecondary scholarships, beginning with the Class of 2022. To be eligible for the Say Yes scholarship, new Horizon graduates will need to: 1) be enrolled in Horizon or a CMSD high school continuously from the beginning 9th

Say Yes Cleveland supports Cleveland schoolsgrade (or from the start of the 2021-2022 school year for current students) through graduation, and 2) continuously reside within the geographic boundaries of CMSD or the City of Cleveland throughout high school. “Despite the challenges of the last year, we’ve seen how im-portant it has been to stay on schedule and expand our support services to more of Cleveland’s chil-dren,” said Diane Down-ing, executive director of Say Yes Cleveland. “At the beginning of this past school year, we expanded our support services from 16 schools to 42. We’ve learned that these ser-vices are a crucial lifeline

for students and fami-lies, now more than ever. That’s why we’ve stayed aligned with the origi-nal Say Yes Cleveland strategy to have services in 100% of CMSD and partner charter schools by 2023.” Though SYC support services are be-ing rolled out over four years, all eligible seniors at all CMSD high schools – and now Horizon Sci-ence Academy Charter High School - can access Say Yes postsecondary scholarships now, wheth-er their school has sup-port services yet or not. Say Yes Cleve-land support services in-clude: a Family Support Specialist in each school;

the Say Yes Postsecond-ary Planning System, which helps identify stu-dent needs and enables the family support spe-cialist to connect them with services and sup-port; access to free le-gal services and mental health services; and, in the future, afterschool and summer program-ming. 3rd Cohort of Say Yes Cleveland Sup-port Service Schools, for the 2021-2022 School Year:A.J. RickoffArtemus WardCharles DickensE Prep and Village Prep Willard Campus*Euclid ParkFranklin D. Roosevelt

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Missing Children’s Day, NCMEC wants to remind and empower the pub-lic to be on the lookout missing children in their area. At NCMEC, we know that all it takes is one person to pay atten-tion, do the right thing, and help bring a missing child home. For the fami-lies that NCMEC works with, National Missing Children’s Day is an op-portunity to generate new attention for their missing loved ones and garner new leads in their case.

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Former indus-trial and manufactur-ing hubs like Dayton, Ohio, and Gary, Indi-ana—known as legacy cities—need not choose between economic growth and equity, as growth is most durable when it benefits ev-eryone, according to a new Policy Focus Re-port and accompanying Policy Brief published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in part-nership with the Greater Ohio Policy Center. Legacy cities can promote long-term growth while address-

ing racial and economic inequities laid bare by COVID-19 using strat-egies mapped out in Equitably Developing Smaller Legacy Cities: Investing in Residents from South Bend to Worcester. Using case studies of successful initiatives, the report guides practitioners through equitable in-vestment in both physi-cal projects and people. Legacy cities experienced declining manufacturing econo-mies and population loss in the 20th cen-tury, and they are now at various points on a

Report outlines equitable development in Ohiopath to revitalization. The report focuses on small to mid-size legacy cities with populations of 30,000 to 200,000 residents. Though they share many character-istics with their larger counterparts, these cit-ies face unique chal-lenges and require tai-lored approaches to revitalization. Village Capital Corporation has a simi-lar program called Con-tractors on the Rise that helps underrepresented populations get a foot-hold in the region’s con-struction industry. The program works with

cohorts of minority and female real estate con-tractors—who already do rehabilitation, new construction, or subcon-tracting work—to ex-pand their portfolio, in-crease their operational capacity, and improve their cash flow and bankability. Each par-ticipant receives a suite of financial and busi-ness support services, including credit repair, coaching, and training in everyday business activities (for example, bookkeeping and free legal and ac-counting services). The Village Capital Corpo-ration uses an evidence-based implementation model to ensure that participants are given all the tools they need to overcome structural barriers to growth. After con-firming a participant’s readiness, the Village Capital Corporation is-sues a revolving line of credit based on the contractor’s current

capacity and experi-ence. That line of credit can go up to $200,000, though few contractors have been awarded so much. This low-interest construction loan can be used toward prop-erty acquisition, hard construction costs like the purchase of con-struction materials and labor, and associated soft costs such as per-mits. The program aims to enhance the business capacity of historically marginalized contrac-tors, including female and Black contractors, to increase homeowner-ship in target neighbor-hoods, and to remove blight. The Western Reserve Community Fund, another commu-nity development finan-cial institution serving northeastern Ohio, also started a minority con-tractor loan program in 2020, based on the CfC and Contractors on the Rise programs.

The Ohio Department of Re-habilitation and Correction (DRC) was entitled to with-hold information re-lated to carrying out executions by lethal injection requested by a law firm, but must pay the firm $500 and a yet-to-be determined amount in legal fees for waiting three months to respond, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today. A divided Supreme Court de-termined the 120 pages of public re-cords the depart-

ODRC can withhold execution records ment provided to Hogan Lovells, an international law firm, complied with the Ohio Public Records Act. The Court also indicated DRC was justified in withholding four pieces of correspon-dence written by the department’s gen-eral counsel. In a per cu-riam opinion, the Court was split on whether the depart-ment had to turn over records regard-ing the training and rehearsals for the planned February 2019 execution of Warren Henness. Gov. Mike DeWine has delayed Hen-ness’ execution date. After re-viewing 210 pages of records submit-ted to the justices for an in camera inspection, a Court majority ruled DRC properly withheld the execution re-hearsal records. The Court’s lead opinion concluded the ma-terial was exempt

as “records of in-mates,” under R.C. 5120.21(F). Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor and Justice Patrick F. Fischer and Jen-nifer Brunner joined the per curiam opin-ion. Justice Michael P. Donnelly con-curred in judgment only. In an opin-ion concurring in part and dissent-ing in part, Justice Sharon L. Kennedy wrote that the lead opinion’s interpre-tation of “records of inmates” con-tradicts the Court’s own case law and the Ohio Adminis-trative Code. She stated the “potential impact of today’s decision is far-reaching” by find-ing that any record that in any way re-lates to an inmate is not a public record. Justices R. Patrick DeWine and Melody J. Stewart joined Justice Ken-nedy’s opinion

Mardele L. Co-hen, born Dec. 31, 1949, in Cleveland, to the late Claire and Carl Cohen, passed peacefully on April 29. Cohen dedicat-ed her career to the state of Ohio in government service.She began with the very first mayoral political campaign for George V. Voinovich and was by his side through his gubernatorial term. In the late 1990s, she re-turned to Cleveland and served as the communi-cations director for the Ohio Lottery Commis-sion and the NEORSD in community relations. Throughout her career she mentored many and will be remembered for her sharp mind and her take-charge style. Cohen was a pi-oneer in her field of pub-lic service. She devel-oped and perfected the art of political advance work and event plan-ning. From the president of the United States, to governors, senators and mayors, many elected officials breathed easier knowing that Mardele was behind the scenes, managing the program and staff and keeping everything and everyone

Mardele Cohen, Voinovich aide, dies

moving on time. In retirement, Cohen continued her public service work as a docent for the Cleveland Museum of Art. Her spe-cial way with children was noticed immediately.There are hundreds of Cleveland children who experienced the magic of a museum tour with Miss Mardele, and her imagi-native way of explaining pieces and inspiring a love of art. As a native Clevelander, Cohen was a steadfast Browns fan, with some choice words of advice for players and coaches. She loved the Rolling Stones and at-tended many rock con-certs. Her fierce love for the children in her life, made her “Aunt Mardele” to dozens of big and little

kids. She loved all ani-mals, especially her little Vera who she took to the doggie beauty shop and walked with around Shaker Square. She leaves be-hind her sisters and niece, Lauri (Karl) Bosshart, Bonnie (Chet) Zajac and Kelsey (Kyle) Baugh-man.

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Humanitarian aid needed following volcanic eruption in Congo The volca-nic eruption in eastern Congo a week ago has killed at least 32 people.Residents searched for missing loved ones amid destroyed homes on the outskirts of the eastern city of Goma where af-tershocks were detected. With little warn-ing Mount Nyiragongo turned the dark sky fiery red Saturday night and then spewed torrents of lava into villages de-stroying more than 500 homes, officials and sur-vivors said. Some died Monday from inhal-ing smoke or toxic gas when they were walking across a wide expanse of the cooling lava, the scientific director of the Volcanic Observatory of Goma, Celestin Kasereka

Mahinda, told The Asso-ciated Press. Panicked resi-dents tried to flee Goma, a city of nearly 2 million. They were traveling on the road between Ki-bati and Goma that was cut off by a flow of lava 1,000 meters (about a half-mile) wide, he said. “The population of Goma must avoid un-necessary travel, but also not visit places that have been hit by lava from the volcano because these lavas are toxic and harm-ful,” he said. Grief, disbe-lief and fear hung over the area as a delegation of government minis-ters, including Congo’s health minister, visited Goma after flying in from neighboring Rwanda. The volcano re-

mains active and earth-quake tremors are being recorded, he said, call-ing on the population to remain vigilant. The government ministers visiting Goma Monday were assessing what aid is needed for those hurt by the eruption. The military governor of North Kivu province, Lt. Gen. Con-stant Ndima called on the population of Goma not to send children to school. Goma’s interna-tional airport of Goma and the airport in Kavu-mu in South Kivu prov-ince were closed for se-curity reasons, he said in a statement. Goma ultimate-ly was largely spared the mass destruction caused by Mt. Nyiragongo’s last eruption in 2002. Hun-dreds died then and more than 100,000 people were left homeless.

Goma is a re-gional hub for many humanitarian agencies as well as a U.N. peace-keeping mission. Much of surrounding eastern Congo is threatened by a multitude of armed groups vying for control of the region’s lucrative mineral resources. Why has the world allowed the peo-ple of the Congo to live in poverty? Corporate Greed and environmental exploitation. The annual rain-fall can total upwards of 2,000 millimetres (80 in) in some places, and the area sustains the Congo Rainforest, the second-largest rain forest in the world after the Amazon. The Congo river also has the second-larg-est flow and the second-largest watershed of any river in the world (trail-ing the Amazon in both

respects). The river and a 37 kilometres (23 mi) wide strip of coastline on its north bank provide the country’s only outlet to the Atlantic. World Wide Fund for Nature ecore-gions located in the Con-go include: Central Con-golian lowland forests – home to the rare bonobo primate The Eastern Congolian swamp forests along the Congo River The Northeast-ern Congolian lowland forests, with one of the richest concentrations of primates in the world Southern Con-golian forest-savanna

mosaic A large section of the Central Zambezian miombo woodlands The Albertine Rift montane forests re-gion of high forest runs along the eastern borders of the country. World Heritage Sites located in Demo-cratic Republic of Congo are: Virunga National Park (1979), Garamba National Park (1980), Kahuzi-Biega National Park (1980), Salonga National Park (1984) and Okapi Wildlife Reserve (1996). The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the world’s largest producer of cobalt

ore, and a major producer of copper and diamonds.The latter come from Ka-sai province in the west. By far the largest mines in the DRC are located in southern Katanga prov-ince (formerly Shaba), and are highly mecha-nized, with a capacity of several million tons per year of copper and cobalt ore, and refining capabil-ity for metal ore. The DRC is the second-largest diamond-producing nation in the world, and artisanal and small-scale miners ac-count for most of its pro-duction. At indepen-dence in 1960, DRC was the second-most indus-trialized country in Af-rica after South Africa; it boasted a thriving mining sector and a relatively productive agriculture sector. The First and Second Congo Wars be-gan in 1996. These con-flicts have dramatically reduced national output and government revenue, increased external debt, and resulted in deaths of more than five million people from war and as-sociated famine and dis-ease. Malnutrition affects approximately two-thirds

of the country’s popula-tion. Foreign busi-nesses have curtailed operations due to uncer-tainty about the outcome of the conflict, lack of in-frastructure, and the dif-ficult operating environ-ment. The war intensified the impact of such basic problems as an uncertain legal framework, corrup-tion, inflation, and lack of openness in govern-ment economic policy and financial operations. The economy of DRC relies heavily on mining. However, the smaller-scale economic activity from artisanal mining occurs in the in-formal sector and is not reflected in GDP data.Foreign companies simi-lar to colonial states have exploited the people and are destroying their coun-try at an alarming rate. Environmental justice or-ganizations have to allow for the resource wealth of the Congo to benefit its people. In February 2018, global asset man-agement firm AllianceBer-nstein defined the DRC as economically “the Saudi Arabia of the electric ve-hicle age,” due to its co-balt resources, as essential to the lithium-ion batteries that drive electric vehicles.

Vacs-a-million is a wrongBy GEZA JOHN VAMOS

The vacs-a-nillion is wrong for a number of reasons. First, the governor did this by his edict. Any changes or additions to the Ohio Lottery need to be approved by the Ohio House and Sen-ate. Second, this is not the best use of the funds received from the federal government. Third, enticing peo-

ple with this game of chance, teaches young people that gambling if good. Fourth, turn-ing over your medical info for this is insane. Fifth, not allowing anonymity to winners is a clear violation of Ohio Lottery rules and regulations.I applaud the brave and smart Ohio legislator that introduced legislation outlawing this idiotic game.

Juneteenth Freedom Fest to be held C l e v e l a n d ’s first Juneteenth Free-dom Fest, produced in partnership with Karamu House, Down-town Cleveland Alli-ance (DCA) and Inge-nuity Cleveland – with the support of Cleve-land Clinic, the City of Cleveland, Destination Cleveland, and Greater Cleveland Partner-ship – today announces an exciting lineup of headline performances and community part-ners. Set to take place on Saturday, June 19 from 12:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. on Mall C in the heart of Downtown Cleveland, the city-wide, family-friendly celebration and commemoration of Juneteenth will feature headline performances by GRAMMY Award winning performers

Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science and Lisa Fischer, and GRAMMY nominated Mumu Fresh; “Free-dom on Juneteenth: Songs of Liberation,” a mainstage perfor-mance by Karamu House, the country’s oldest Black produc-ing theatre; and a fire-works finale made possible by CL3 Al-liance, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Browns, and Cleve-land Indians. Festivities will also include the JACK Casino vendor vil-lage to spotlight Black businesses and entre-preneurs; community programming and edu-cation supported by The Sherwin-Williams Company, The Good Community Founda-tion and AKA Team Construction; and

spoken-word perfor-mances, interactive art demonstrations, food trucks, and beverage concessions. C leve land’s first Juneteenth Free-dom Fest brings to-gether more than 30 organizations who have committed to unite the city after taking the Cleveland Pledge and recogniz-ing racism as a public health crisis nearly one year ago. Sponsors of the community event include Bank of Amer-ica, Cleveland Neigh-borhood Progress, Do-minion Energy, ERIE Bank, Gilbane, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, GrowthOpps, McDon-ald Hopkins, Medical Mutual of Ohio, Play-house Square, PNC, RPM International, Jack Daniel’s and

Thompson Hine. Event sup-porters are E. F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home, Copy King, Ozanne Construction, 48 Hour Virtual Music Fest, Cleveland State Uni-versity / Project 400, and Jack Daniel’s. A d d i t i o n a l community partners include the Women of Color Foundation, Step Forward, Urban League of Greater Cleveland, #Voicesof-CLE, University Cir-cle Inc., and Cleveland Public Library. For the most up-to-date information regarding Cleveland’s first Juneteenth Free-dom Fest, please visit juneteenthcle.com. All attendees are required to fol-low any local health department and CDC guidelines.

Amtrak’s Corridor Vision includes CLE The Rail Pas-sengers Association applauded Amtrak’s Corridor Vision docu-ment released earlier today, which provides additional details on the railroad’s plan to bring service to over 160 new communi-ties by 2035 by add-ing 39 new routes and enhancing 25 existing corridors. The document provides an initial cost estimate for building out the network and outlines the economic benefits of investing in modern, frequent train service. “This plan provides a realistic blueprint for expand-ing access to modern, energy efficient pas-senger train service to 20 million additional Americans each year by 2035,” said Rail

Passengers President & CEO Jim Mathews. “It’s critical that Con-gress take the neces-sary steps to support a strong rail program in any infrastructure bill. That means predictable and dedicated funding; a mechanism for en-suring that passengers get to their stations on-time, free from freight train interference; and a streamlined process for launching new cor-ridors.” Amtrak es-timates the cost for new stations, cars, lo-comotives, and the in-frastructure upgrades to implement this vi-sion by 2035 is ap-proximately $75 bil-lion, or $5 billion per year over 15 years. That cost, however, is dwarfed by the return on this investment in new jobs and increased

economic output. “The net eco-nomic benefit of this investment from op-erations is expected to reach $8 billion annu-ally by 2035, with an additional $195 billion in economic activity generated by addition-al capital investments during 2021-2035,” stated Amtrak in its corridor vision docu-ment. “Over 26,000 ongoing permanent jobs, plus 616,000 per-son-years of temporary employment supported by capital investments during 2021-2035, will be created or support-ed by this effort.” Rail Passen-gers will provide a se-ries of regional break-downs of Amtrak’s Corridor Vision over the coming weeks to help Americans better understand how this

plan would benefit their communities. The Rail Pas-sengers Association is the oldest and largest national organization serving as a voice for the more than 40 mil-lion rail passengers in the U.S. Its mission is to improve and expand conventional intercity and regional passenger train services, support higher speed rail initia-tives, increase connec-tivity among all forms of transportation and ensure safety for our country’s trains and passengers. All of this makes communities safer, more accessible and more productive, improving the lives of everyone who lives, works and plays in towns all across Amer-ica.

Memorial Day gas prices soar The White House addressed the hike in gas prices with the following statement: “ A c r o s s America, the pan-demic is in retreat. As we continue to make progress, and our life returns to normal, Americans are eager to make up for lost time, and more people are trav-eling this Memorial Day weekend. And as Amer-icans are hitting the road, they are paying less in real terms for

gas than they have on average over the last 15 years—and they’re paying about the same as they did in May 2018 and May 2019. The Admin-istration’s success in beating the pandemic and getting our econ-omy back on track has led to increased demand for gas as the country re-opens. But, while prices have increased from the lows last year—as demand drasti-cally dipped—prices at just about $3 per

gallon are still well in-line with what they’ve been in re-cent decades. And since last week, prices have already stabi-lized after a spike earlier this month, as the Colonial Pipeline is fully flowing, and the supply situation returns to normal. This is due in part to the adminis-tration’s aggressive, whole-of-govern-ment response to the unprecedented shut-down of that pipe-line.

While oil prices are shaped by global forces, the President knows that gas prices are a pain point for Amer-icans—especially the middle-class families he’s put at the center of his economic agenda. That’s why President Biden is opposed any proposals to raise the gas tax. And it’s why we will continue to monitor prices, and are glad that Ameri-cans can get on the road again.”

Feast of the Assumption Festival returns The tradition of the Feast of the As-sumption will resume this August, with ap-propriate COVID-19 protocols in place. This annual tradition brings together many in Northeast Ohio as well as visitors from around the country who return each year to celebratethe assumption. “For more than 100 years, The Holy Rosary Parish’s Feast of the Assump-tion celebration has been a time for fami-lies to come together to honor and com-memorate their rich cultural heritage,” said Mayor Frank G. Jackson. “This year,

we look forward to joining the Little It-aly community and our Italian-American residents in celebra-tion of this long-standing tradition.” “With grati-tude to God’s Provi-dence and for all those who have

worked to bring us through the pandem-ic, which we pray will soon completely end, we remember and pray for all those who have died, lost loved ones or have been affected by CO-VID-19,” said Fr. Joseph Previte of the

Holy Rosary Parish in Little Italy. “We look forward to cel-ebrating this solem-nity and parish tra-dition in 2021 with a profound sense of gratitude.” “I am ex-tremely excited to join Father Joe, The Holy Rosary Parish, the Little Italy com-munity and Italian-Americans through-out the region in bringing back this traditional celebra-tion,” said Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin. “I look for-ward to having a safe, healthy and en-joyable Feast of the Assumption.”

The Feast of the Assumption will be held this year from August 12 to Sunday, August 15 on Mayfield Road in Little Italy with music, food, and entertainment.

Panicked residents tried to flee Goma, a city of nearly 2 million. They were traveling on the road between Kibati and Goma that was cut off by a flow of lava 1,000 meters

The volcanic eruption in eastern Congo a week ago has killed at least 32 people. Residents searched for missing loved ones amid destroyed homes on the outskirts of the eastern city of Goma where aftershocks were de-tected.

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By C.M. APPLING We all know that systemic racism is em-bedded in every social, economic and religious aspect of America’s in-frastructure. So, while it is not surprising that af-ter former, white officer Derek Chauvin was con-victed of killing African-American George Floyd, that other incidents of po-lice brutality was inevita-bly forthcoming, it is still frustrating and infuriating nonetheless. Since Chauvin’s trial conviction, two more black men have been slain by police authorities: An-drew Brown, Jr, and Ron-ald Greene. But, what is truly sinister is that both the murders have been covered up because the families of the victims have not been allowed to view the total video foot-age taken by police body cameras at the scenes of the incidents. On April 21, in Elizabeth City, North Car-olina, African-American Andrew Brown, Jr., was in his car, at his home, when police ar-rived. With the pretense of serving a drug-related, arrest warrant, eight depu-ties surrounded him, point-ing guns. Brown showed no signs of resistance, but when he suddenly put his car in reverse, they shot five times, with one bullet piercing the back of

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At the close of another year of learning disrupted by the CO-VID-19 pandemic, the stakes for preschoolers and their caregivers are particularly high. The years from birth to age 5 are essen-tial to lifelong success and well being: social and emotional skills de-velop rapidly as infants and young children learn to communicate, express emotions and engage with the world around them. As the upended routines and forced iso-lation of the pandemic wind down and life be-gins to return to normal, caregivers can help en-sure their child’s social and emotional learning stays on track. To build learn-ing into each day, the experts at the Univer-sity of Florida’s College of Education focus on what they call the “3R’s

Summer tips for early learnersof Early Learning: Re-lationships, Repetition, Routines.” “Regardless of the disruption caused by the pandemic, care-givers can continue to support their children’s social and emotional wellbeing throughout changes that occur in their everyday activi-ties and routines,” said Patricia Snyder, Ph.D., director of UF’s Anita Zucker Center for Ex-cellence in Early Child-hood Studies. Experts from the center offer these tips, backed by the sci-ence of early childhood development and learn-ing: E n c o u r a g e children to recognize, understand and manage their emotions Talking about children’s feelings or expressing your feelings in age-appropriate ways helps them learn to rec-ognize, understand, and express their own feel-ings and emotions, the Anita Zucker Center ex-perts say. To support these expressions and help them learn how to identify positive and negative feelings in themselves or others, you can model appropri-ate responses by shar-ing your own. If you are frustrated at the end of the day, you can share, “It was a hard day! I’m feeling frustrated. I’m going to take a deep breath.” Back and forth exchanges between you and your child are the beginning of social and emotional development and learning. Help children learn to cooperate and get along with others Playtime is a great opportunity for children to learn and practice social and emo-tional skills in a familiar context. A caregiver’s involvement in playtime helps build a positive, nurturing relationship and provides an op-

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Brown’s head. Later, it was proven that Brown had neither any drugs or weap-ons in his house or car. Ofthe eight deputies, only one body camera video was released. It showed the officers arriving in a pick-up truck, wield-ing rifles. When I origi-nally saw this footage, it automatically triggered a similar memory, like a flashback to another era. It reminded me of the Jim Crow period of the 1950’s South where groups of white, ‘Good Ol’ Boys’ would gather together in their pick-up trucks, with Confederate flag stick-ers on their windows and bumpers, ready to ‘have fun’ by ‘coon-hunting’ (i.e.; searching for an in-nocent black person to tor-ture or maim). The other, black man recently killed was Ronald Greene, in Louisi-ana. However, this was two years ago, in 2019. Stopped by state troopers for what they said was an ‘unspecified, traffic violation,’ they yanked Greene out of his car as he was not resist-ing and kept telling them he was complying because he repeated, “I’m scared,” But, they cursed at him, handcuffed him, then tased him several times, while also kicking and dragging him. One police body cam shows him bloodied and

moaning for nine min-utes (similar to George Floyd being suffocating for nine minutes), while the police used sanitizer to wipe blood off their hands and faces. During the en-tire ordeal, they offered Greene no medical assis-tance at all. After Greene died, the police depart-ment conspired to cover it up by saying in the police report that Greene died in a car crash. Now, as the body cam footage shows what really happened, Greene’s family is seeking justice and accountability for be-ing deceived by the au-thorities. When 17-year old, Trayvon Martin died at the hands of a neighbor-hood watchman George Zimmerman in Febru-ary of 2012, then Afri-can-American president Barack Obama, spoke and showed empathy and compassion by saying that if he and First Lady, Mi-chelle, had had a son, he might have looked like Trayvon. When I saw video of Ronald Greene’s light-skinned, black mother who looked like a Creole who could pass-for-white, I felt empathy

because I thought of my own, white-looking, black mother and the thought that Ronald could have been me, or my nephew, or my two brothers-in-law. In both cases of Andrew Brown, Jr. and Ronald Greene, the police authorities tried to cover up what really happened in their deaths. The peo-ple who are supposed to protect the public are lying whenever they want, kill-ing whenever they want. Just as during the slav-ery era in the antebellum South, like the plantation overseers and the slave-catchers of old, they must remain vigilant in keeping ‘Negroes’ in line and dis-pensing terror and may-hem to instill fear and to exert control. Police reform legislation has been re-quired and sought after for decades. Now, the HR 7120 George Floyd Justice in Policing Act has passed the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives but has not yet been voted in the Senate. We must make sure that this impor-tant bill is passed so that real change can be made in preventing further, future acts of police brutality. The Black Lives

Matters generation wants to ‘Defund The Police’. However, what I think should happen is much simpler. In my opinion, all police officers in ev-ery state, in every city, in every town, needs to wear a body camera. And, ev-ery time they are called to engage in an incident or encounter, every officer involved must present that body cam footage in the event of someone dying. Then, if an officer (or of-ficers), are revealed to be complicit and have killed-someone using excessive force, they then should be sentenced to life in prison for taking thatperson’s life. In order for these continuing horrors and atrocities to stop oc-curring, we must band together and make legal authorities transparent and accountable by enforcing real punishment for kill-ing when it is blatantly un-necessary. And, we need more, black police offi-cers. Because, Lord knows, that even if a black person offers no resistance to a racist or bigoted, white officer, that in no way pro-tects or ensures our safety or our lives.

L o g a n b e r r y Books, 13015 Larch-mere Blvd.. will cel-ebrate Juneteeth on Saturday, June 19th, at 10:00 a.m. According to the store’s website, “Every day is a good day to celebrate Black Lives and to work towards social change, and Juneteenth is a spe-cial day on the equality calendar. 156 years af-ter Jubilee Day, and one year after the murder of George Floyd, we are still in the fight, still educating ourselves and others, and still seek-ing freedom and equal-ity. Booksellers can only do so much, but we can put our money where our hearts are, and this Juneteenth we

Juneteeth event to be heldwill be donating 10% of our sales to the Ur-ban League of Greater Cleveland to commit to issues of housing, em-ployment, education, research, and advocacy for Black Americans. Please spread the news; the more sales we make the larger our donation. ALSO, we will be ac-tively seeking donations for Karamu House, the oldest producing Afri-can American theatre in the nation. We will be partnering with Karamu on June 14th for a book talk about the history of the play Shuffle Along, which Karamu celebrat-ed just last year. See de-tails below for more info on that, and help us sup-port one of Cleveland’s greatest cultural assets.”