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January 2015
The AC Phoenix
My Prayer As We
March For Justice To
End Police Brutality
In America
By Kwame Fosu - Washington, DC
There is no excuse big enough nor any flag
iarge enough to cover up this shame in Amer
ica—the 21st Century iynching of Biack and
Brown Americans by extra judiciai kiiiings,
Biack Chiid, 12 years oid, shot dead on piay-
ground; Brown Chiid, shot dead for jaywalking;
it does not matter the occasion or the reason,
our innocent and unarmed offspring are shot
to death by cops. The hunt for their Fathers also
continues unabated: Beat down and shot dead
in Walmart while shopping for a toy gun sold by
Walmart; beat down and shot dead in their own .
homes while calling police for help: beat down
and shot dead with 41 bullets; beat down and
choked to death playing a game of football...
and the list goes on. It does not matter the
occasion or the reason, our unarmed and inno
cent Fathers and Brothers are shot and choked
to death by cops with impunity.
But, America has managed to maneuver
as a paragon of human rights on the world
stage, pretending that there is no “Racism
Issue,” but rather a "Black Attitude" problem in
America. Then the world suddenly took notice
and reacted through an unfiltered lens of video
taped brutality that magnified America's covert
racism and injustice, as the fury of Ferguson and
New York spilled over into the streets of Berkeley,
Seattle, Los Angeles, Philly, Cairo, China, London,
Moscow, Palestine, Paris, the United Nations, the
African Union—all finally taking a stand for Black
Men in America and questioning the wretched
state of American jurisprudence.
The fact of the matter is that in America,
prosecutors can indict and prosecute cases
without a grand jury indictment. Prosecutors in
police brutality cases deliberately present cases
to grand juries as a buffer, insulating them from
sworn prosecutorial duty and responsibility
because they work closely with the police and
do not want to appear unsupportive. Grand
juries faced with an inherent Conflict of interest
in our legal system when it is the police who
commit the crimes. The grand jury process in
police brutality cases is part of the condoned
benevolent shepherding dirty-cops, with the
clean-hands of prosecutors. And, when grand
juries don't India as planned, prosecutors
cannot be blamed. For that reason, egregious
police brutality cases should require automatic
federal reviews and Color of Law prosecutions,
as was the case with Anthony Baez in New
York. Furthermore, when an expert medial
examiner rules a death a homicide, then, it
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Eight Cancer
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Their Story
By John Raye
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The Aim traces the initial diagnosis of eight
men and women who share personal
testimonies of how they challenged and
eventually won the battle with mankind's
most feared disease.
Another survivor, Betty Brayboy, had
a similar reaction. Like Agnew, she also
thought that cancer would take her life.
"Yes, I had those same kinds of thoughts.
When you hear that word, it's almost the
first thing that hits your mind", she said.
But Betty Brayboy and other survivors in
the big "C"film are sharing their experienc
es to give hope and inspiration to othqrs.
While cancer is among the most feared
of all diseases, a diagnosis is not always
fatal. Worldwide, an estimated ten million
people have survived and recovered from
a cancer diagnosis.
"Even though it ranks right behind heart
disease as one of the major causes of
death, cancer still does not kill everyone
it attacks", says Rev. Dr John Mendez, a
psychotherapist and senior pastor of
Emmanuel Baptist Church.
"A cancer diagnosis does not always mean
its final either", Mendez said. "In fact, many
people do survive and go on to lead long,
meaningful and productive lives", he said.
Another well known survivor. Dr. Eunice
Dudley, co-founder of the legendary
Dudley Products hair care, cosmetics and
beauty company, was adamant, almost
defiant about her coping and survival
skills.
"No, I did not panic. I knew I was not going
to die. I just went in and took my treat
ments and kept on working in our com
pany", said Dudley, now a 12 year survivor
and celebrating her 71st birthday as a
newly enrolled cosmetology student in
the school that bears her name, Dudley
Beauty School in Greensboro.
Some forms of cancer are preventable and
treatable. One example would be prostate
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Public Private
Partnership Formed
To Help Community
Enroll For Affordable
Healthcare
Goodwill Industries of Northwest North
Carolina supports Afforahle Health Care
Outreach initiative.
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opportunity to make this resource available
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Also, as part of the initiative, SMSi Partners
developed and launched a comprehen
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sumers. Consumers also have access to the
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said. Lafayette Jones, President, SMSi-Urban
Call Marketing and publisher of Urban Call
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Last year, SMSi and Urban Call Marketing
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community outreach efforts and were re
sponsible for 3,000 sign-ups. Along with
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Segmented Marketing Services, Inc. (SMSi),
founded in 1978, is a minority-owned na
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field execution and in-store marketing with
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to women, teenagers, and urban and ethnic
consumers (Flispanic and African-American
segments). SMSi and its sister company high
lighted below deliver millions of samples
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live (homes). Sandra Miller Jones is founder
and CEO.
SMSi - Urban Call Marketing, Inc is a minor
ity-owned marketing, promotion and pub
lishing company. The publishing arm of the
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tegic alliance partnership with BH Media En
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