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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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Here are today's news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story.

Fox now blaming Obama for job losses that occurred before he was elected
Fox & Friends twice falsely reported that Ohio has lost 400,000 jobs "under the Obama administration," and advanced the claim that as a result, Obama "has a lot of 'splaining to do." In fact, the 400,000 figure includes job losses that occurred for two years before Obama took office in the midst of a deep recession. Read More

Fox lobs falsehoods to attack BP escrow account as "Chavez-like"
On Fox & Friends, Steve Doocy and Stuart Varney falsely claimed Obama's proposal for a BP escrow account amounts to "seizing private assets" and letting the administration "run the money." In fact, the escrow account would reportedly be established through negotiations with BP and it would be managed by an "independent trustee." Read More

Go figure: McCaughey falsely smears CMS nominee Berwick
In a New York Post op-ed, serial health care misinformer Betsy McCaughey attacked Obama nominee Donald Berwick as a "radical" and an "ideologue." Unsurprisingly, her piece was filled with false claims and misinformation. Read More

When media attack: The "details" edition
Media are criticizing President Obama's address on the Gulf oil spill as lacking specifics. MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski described such criticism as "drivel" and argued that they would criticize his speech no matter what he says; indeed after past speeches and press conferences, the media attacked him for being too professorial, lecturing, boring, or arrogant. Read More

Beck and Limbaugh join forces to mock little girls
Rush Limbaugh today mocked President Obama's 11-year-old daughter Malia. Rush's mockery comes on the heels of Glenn Beck's attack on the Obama girls' intelligence, and recalls a past incident in which Limbaugh reportedly referred to then-13-year-old Chelsea Clinton as the "White House dog." Read More

As oil execs admit their spill plans are "embarrassing," right-wingers slam moratorium
Conservative media figures have attacked President Obama's moratorium on new offshore drilling in the aftermath of the BP oil spill. However, the oil spill response plans for all five major oil companies drilling in the Gulf were written by the same consulting firm, and oil executives have admitted aspects of their plans are "an embarrassment." Read More

Fox News distorts facts to attack election of first Latino to NY village's legislature
Fox News' Gregg Jarrett suggested that an election "scheme" which resulted in the election of the first Latino member of the Board of Trustees of Port Chester, NY is unconstitutional. In fact, the system used in Port Chester is in use elsewhere and was mandated in this case by a judge appointed by George W. Bush. Read More

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Palin Attacks Hit New Low; Boxer Says Warming Worse Than Terror




Take a look at  Illinois Department of Corrections: Dr. Nance sues for damage to his car. You can see how the Illinois Court systems work. This is commonplace.

Public Meeting on Fair Access to Federal Contracting Opportunities on 6/28/10





Dear Minority Business Owner:

On April 26, 2010, President Obama established the Interagency Task Force on Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses to develop proposals and recommendations to ensure that small businesses, including firms owned by women, minorities, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and service-disabled veterans, have fair access to Federal Government contracting. MBDA is one of the federal agencies on the Task Force and welcomes this opportunity to advance the interests of the Nation's more than four million minority-owned firms.

In support of the Task Force, the Department of Commerce, along with the Office of Management and Budget and the Small Business Administration, is hosting a public hearing on June 28, 2010 from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Department of Commerce located at 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

We welcome your views and recommendations as we seek to identify: challenges faced by small businesses in pursuing federal contracts, best practices for overcoming these challenges, and outreach strategies to match small businesses with contracting and subcontracting opportunities. Particular topics to be explored are those around teaming and mentor-protege programs, set-asides and bundling, small business training, outreach, data collection, and federal workforce training. The Task Force expects to submit its recommendations to the President before the end of August.

Interested parties may offer oral comments at the public meeting to be held on June 28. To attend the public hearing, you must pre-register by June 21, 2010 by sending an e-mail to SB_TaskForce_Comments@sba.gov with your name, organization or business, along with contact information and the topics that you are interested in. Please put "Registration" in the subject line of the email message. Stakeholders may also provide written comments in lieu of, or in addition to participating in the public meeting. To submit written comments, please send them by June 30, 2010 to SB_TaskForce_Comments@sba.gov. Please put "Comment" in the subject line of the email message.

MBDA urges you to participate in this important event and thanks you in advance for your steadfast dedication to minority business development.


Sincerely,

David A. Hinson
National Director
Minority Business Development Agency

Violence and Murders Cause Low Academic Performance, The Deborah Movment Joins with Saint Sabina to Stop the Violence, Professor Michelle Alexander Unravels the Mystery of Black Men in Prison






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Research Finds that Violence and Murders Negatively Affect the Academic Performance of Black Students in Chicago
Data on Hispanic students did not show the same negative effect, and data on other racial and ethnic groups were excluded because so few of those children were exposed to neighborhood homicides.
 
Students take academic hit when a slaying is close to their home
Study says academic performance suffers whether they witness the nearby violence or not
 
By Deborah L. Shelton, Tribune reporter
June 14, 2010
 
Neighborhood homicides can have a detrimental effect on Chicago schoolchildren's academic performance, whether they witness the violence or not, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
 
Using Chicago crime reports and the reading and vocabulary assessments of a sample of Chicago children, sociologist Patrick Sharkey of New York University found African-American children scored substantially lower on reading and vocabulary tests within a week of a homicide in their neighborhood.
 
The effect on performance was seen regardless of whether the children were physically harmed, were witnesses to the crime or had merely heard about the violence, the study reported.
 
"The impact of violence is not limited to those victimized or those who directly witness an act of violence but is felt by children across a community who live in close proximity to extreme violent events," Sharkey said.
 
The study did not examine what specifically caused children to get lower scores, but research on how children react to stress points to reduced concentration, inability to focus and sleep disturbances.
 
"All of these are potential explanations that I did not test explicitly," Sharkey said. "What this study does is establish more convincing estimates of the causal impact of this type of extreme violence."
 
The study analyzed 6,041 homicides reported to the Chicago Police Department between 1994 and 2002 as well as testing data on about 1,100 African-American children ages 5 to 17, a subset of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods.
 
Scores from tests taken by neighborhood children after a homicide occurred were compared with the scores of other children in the same area from before the killing.
 
Data on Hispanic students did not show the same negative effect, and data on other racial and ethnic groups were excluded because so few of those children were exposed to neighborhood homicides. Chicago crime statistics show that black children are the most likely to be exposed to community violence.
 
The effect of a homicide decreased as the window of time between the homicide and the assessment expanded beyond a week, and it disappeared after about nine days. In Chicago's most violent neighborhoods, children's thinking ability may be impaired for about one week out of every month.
 
The study, which looked at block groups, census tracts and neighborhood clusters, also found that the effect of a homicide was greater the closer it occurred to the child's home.
Psychologist Tali Raviv, who works with Chicago Public Schools to help students cope with exposure to trauma, said the schools are the best place to reach such children. Numerous barriers, including stigma and finances, make it difficult for low-income families to access needed services.
 
"We know that only a fraction of kids who need mental health services make it to Children's Memorial Hospital or other community mental health agencies," said Raviv, of the Community-Linked Mental Health Services Program at Children's Memorial.
 
"These neighborhoods are very violent, and some children's responses are adaptive," Raviv said. "But there are significant consequences of that behavior that affects their ability to stay in school. ... They are more likely to be suspended, expelled or fail to graduate."
 
Raviv said the negative impact of violence on children needs to be considered when looking at disparities in educational achievement, such as school graduation rates.
 
"As a society we need to come up with new ways of thinking about these problems," she said. "How do we prevent community violence? And how do we support children who have to cope with problems beyond what they are equipped to handle
The New Jim Crow:
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
"Professor Alexander has brilliantly unraveled the mystery of the criminalization and destruction of young Black men in America over the past 40 years. The only way to fix it is to understand it. Now the question is will we protect her and will we support her?"  
 
Phillip Jackson
The Black Star Project
 The Hartzell United Methodist Church, Afri-Ware Book Store, The Bronzeville Visitors and Information Center and The Black Star Project are bringing Michelle Alexander to Chicago to lecture on her internationally acclaimed book, "The New Jim Crow."
Professor Michelle Alexander
Professor Michelle Alexander, one of the most dynamic new voices of the 21st century on issues of race, class and caste is coming to Chicago on July 10, 2010, to explain how Black men in America have been returned to a kind of slavery!  Please become a patron or a sponsor of this event that brings Ms. Alexander to Chicago.
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Saturday, July 10, 2010, 3:30 p.m.
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 Hartzell United Methodist Church
3330 South King Drive
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     While this event is free to the public, we are looking for six sponsors at $500.00 each and thirty patrons at $100.00 each to support this event.
     Sponsors and patrons will receive an autographed book by Michelle Alexander, an invitation to a special reception with Michelle Alexander, guaranteed and priority seating at the lecture, an "Educate or Die" or "Peace in the Hood" T-Shirt, acknowledgement in all written and electronic promotion of this event and other premiums from our hosts.
     This event is free. Please RSVP to 773.285.9600. Space is limited!!! Books will be available for purchase and autographing.
 
Patrons sponsoring Professor Alexander's coming to Chicago are:
 
· Cecilia Hunt Bowie, PHD
· Robert S. Starshak
· James and Sharon Richmond
· Fred Schenck
 
Join The Deborah Movement and Change the Destiny of Your Community 
  All Deborah Branches
 are encouraged to:
 
Join Father Michael Pfleger
  on Friday, June 18, 7:00 pm
at Saint Sabina Church
1210 West 78th Place
Chicago, Illinois
Father Michael Pfleger with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
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 To Help Stop Violence in Chicago  
Special invitations to these Deborah Branches: South Side of Chicago Branch, the West Side of Chicago Branch, the South Suburbs of Chicago Branch, the North Side of Chicago Branch, the Gary Indiana Branch, and to women who want to start a Deborah Branch in their community. 
Women as Mothers, Prophetess, Judges, Warriors and Leaders Working to Improve Our Communities
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Call Dorothy at 773.285.9600 for more information or to start a Deborah Branch in your community or in your city!  This event will have "Deborahs" Sister Khaleelah Muhammad, Barbara Sanders and Charlene Davis serving.
Los Angeles Responds to The Black Star Project, Violence Among Youth and The Million Father March
 Watch the L.A. Sparks Play, Help Improve Fatherhood and Help Stop the Violence in Los Angeles All at the Same Time  
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Join The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. for the Battle of the Greeks
The Black Star Project is working to mobilize college students into the movement to save ourselves.
 
 
  Click on links below for more information about the great programs of The Black Star Project 
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BP will set aside $20 billion to pay the victims of the massive oil spill in the Gulf, senior administration officials said Wednesday, a move made under pressure by the White House as the company copes with causing the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.