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Annual MLK Service toFeature Rev. Samuel RodriguezFor the first time since its inception, the

annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative

Service will feature Hispanic speaker the Rev.

Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National

Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, who

Elder Bernice King called “an electrifying ora-

tor. . . . He is one of the most dynamic and in-

spiring proponents of the social gospel in the

spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.”

Rodriguez will speak at 8 a.m. on Monday,

Jan. 21 at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church,

preceeding the inauguration of President Barack

Obama in Washington.

The Monday service caps the weekend

which features the annual “Salute to Greatness

dinner on Saturday, Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at

Atlanta’s Hyatt Regency Hotel. The dinner

will honor Professor Muhammad Yunus, a

Nobel Peace Prize laureate known as the “Father

of Microcredit,” and founder of the Gameen Bank

in Bangladesh. In addition, Aflac Inc. and its

chairman and chief executive officer, Daniel P.

Amos, will be honored.

“The King Center welcomes the opportunity

to honor one of our world’s great humanitarians,

Professor Yunus, the pioneering leader of the

‘microcredit’movement, which has empowered

millions of women to lift their families out of

poverty,” said Dr. Bernice King, daughter of

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “We are also

honoring Aflac Inc., for their innovative

corporate citizenship and stellar example of

social responsibility in communities across the

nation.”

One of The King Center’s highest honors,

the Salute to Greatness Award, is being

presented to these two individuals at the

annual fundraising dinner to recognize their

excellence in leadership and a commitment

to social responsibility in the spirit of

Martin Luther King Jr.

Residents of Historic Westside Village are invited to the new

Walmart store, which opens immediately following a 7:30 a.m.,

grand-opening celebration Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 835 Martin

Luther King Jr. Drive. The new store brings approximately

150 new jobs to the area and opportunities for savings for

customers. It will be open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week.

Mayor Kasim Reed and community officials will be on-site

for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 23.

The Washington High School band will perform the national

anthem. The Rev. Kenny Alexander from the Antioch Urban

Ministries will lead the invocation.

Customers are encouraged to come to the store on

Wednesday to take advantage of a wide variety of events and

promotions, including product samplings and giveaways from

companies such as Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay and Nestle.

Walmart Opens new Store in historic

Westside Village

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President Obama SignsExecutive Actions on

Gun Control

President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed

background checks on all gun sales and bans on military

style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines as part

of a package of steps to reduce gun violence in the wake of

the Newtown school massacre last month.

With relatives of some of the 20 children killed in the

Connecticut rampage looking on, Obama signed 23

executive actions -- which don't require congressional

approval -- to strengthen background checks and expand

safety programs in schools.

He also called on Congress to reinstate an assault weapons

ban that expired in 2004, to restrict ammunition magazines to

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Atlanta to Create Registryof Homeless PeopleSpecial to the Daily World

Atlanta is seeking volunteers as part of

an effort to create the first name-by-name

registry of homeless people in the city.

The survey is aimed at placing hundreds

of homeless residents in permanent housing

by December.

Officials say as many of 300 volunteers

are needed to scour the city and determine

which services are needed.

The survey is planned for this week,

Thursday evening and Friday morning,

when volunteers supported by professional

outreach workers and Atlanta police are

scheduled to conduct surveys of people

sleeping outdoors and in emergency shelters

in Atlanta.

Data from the surveys will be used to

create the registry of homeless people in

Atlanta, with information about their health

problems and barriers to getting and

keeping permanent housing.

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Kellogg’s will be giving away cereal bowls and Sara Lee will

be handing out loaves of bread. Throughout the weekend, the

Oscar Mayer weiner mobile will be on hand and Cross Mark

will be grilling steaks for sampling. All events are family-

friendly, free and open to the public.

“My team and I are thrilled to have this opportunity to serve

as good stewards of the community,” said store manager

Quincy L.A. Springs, IV. “We are excited to provide groceries,

produce, and general merchandise to our community so they

can save money and live better.”

The new store features a wide assortment of quality,

value-priced merchandise, including:

• Family apparel

• Health and beauty aids

• Electronics

• Toys

• Jewelry

• Automotive products

• Home furnishings

• Hardware

• Sporting goods

• Pet supplies

• Housewares

The grocery area will include a wide selection of fresh produce,

including a variety of ethnic products. Other features include a bak-

ery, meat and dairy products, dry goods and staples, beverages, beer

and wine, a deli, frozen foods, canned and packaged goods, baking

items and household supplies.

The pharmacy will offer a full range of products and services to

support the health and wellness of customers and their families. The

pharmacy team can answer

questions and offer health and wellness solutions. They can also as-

sist customers who wish to transfer their prescriptions to Walmart.

As customers enter the store, a mural of photos

depicting local civil rights leaders and the history of the community

can be seen.

Nonprofit organizations will also benefit from the

retailer’s ongoing charitable contributions and support for commu-

nity projects. As part of Walmart’s commitment to the communities

in which it operates, grants will be given throughout the year.

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on anyone buying a gun, whether at a store or in a private sale

at an auction or convention.

Referring to the young students killed in the Newtown

shootings on Dec. 14 and other victims of gun violence, Obama

said the nation must do a better job of protecting its children,

especially when they are in schools, shopping malls, movie

theaters and other public places.

While some of the steps he proposed are given little chance

of winning congressional approval in the face of the nation's

powerful gun lobby, Obama said all efforts must be made to

reduce chronic gun violence in the country.

"This is our first task as a society -- keeping our children

safe," the president said, adding that saving even one life would

make the changes he seeks worth the effort.

Republicans immediately rejected the Obama proposals as

an attack on the constitutional right to bear arms.

"Nothing the president is proposing would have stopped the

massacre at Sandy Hook," said a statement by Sen. Marco

Rubio, R-Florida, considered an up-and-coming GOP leader.

"President Obama is targeting the Second Amendment rights

of law-abiding citizens instead of seriously addressing the real

underlying causes of such violence."

The powerful National Rifle Association said it would work

with Congress to find what it called "real solutions to protecting

America's most valuable asset -- our children."

"Attacking firearms and ignoring children is not a solution to

the crisis we face as a nation," the NRA said in a statement.

"Only honest, law-abiding gun owners will be affected and our

children will remain vulnerable to the inevitability of more

tragedy."

Obama called accusations that he seeks to violate gun rights

untrue, saying opponents seek to wage a campaign of intimida-

tion and fear instead of working with him for needed changes.

Obama proposed legislative steps he previously has

backed, such as reinstating the Clinton-era ban on assault

weapons, and also requested that funds be made available to

help treat mental illness and provide schools with support to

enhance their safety.

Vice President Joe Biden led a panel assembled by Obama

to examine gun control steps after the Newtown shootings,

which sparked a fierce public debate over how to prevent such

mass killings.

"The world has changed, and it's demanding action," Biden

said at Wednesday's White House event.

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Delta Sigma Theta Atlanta

Alumnae Chapter Holds

Career FairIn response to the current economic crisis and

a stressed labor market, the Atlanta Alumnae

Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is

bringing together jobseekers with companies

who seek their talents. On Wednesday, January

23 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Green-

briar Mall, upper level, 2841 Greenbriar Park-

way, Atlanta 30331, employers will meet and

interview hundreds of job seekers.

Titled, “Uniting Talent with Opportunity In

2013,” the Career Fair is part of Delta Sigma

Theta Sorority’s national initiative to respond to

national economic conditions such as high

unemployment, threats to Social Security and the

widening gap between people with wealth and

people in poverty. The event is being organized by

the sorority’s Economic Development Committee

chaired by Dr. Priscilla Oliver and Bobbie Gary.

Participation in the fair is free and open to all

businesses, jobseekers and those who may be

searching for new opportunities. Space is limited

and employers who wish to participate may ob-

tain a registration form by contacting Antionette

Waits at (404)272-6447 or by sending an email to:

[email protected] to register.

Jobs are being offered in the fields of

healthcare, manufacturing, IT, sales, retail,

financial, engineering, government, education,

telecommunications, professional,

administrative and many more.

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The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) has announced

the Bibles President Obama and Vice President Biden will use

at their swearing-in ceremonies on Sunday, Jan. 20, and Mon-

day, Jan. 21.

On Sunday, Jan. 20, President Obama will take the oath of

office using the Robinson Family Bible. On Monday,

Jan. 21, the President will take the oath of office using

two Bibles: the Bible used by President Lincoln at his first

Inauguration, which the President used in 2009, and a Bible

used by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“President Obama is honored to use these Bibles at the

swearing-in ceremonies,” said Steve Kerrigan, President and

CEO of the PIC. “On the 50th anniversary of the March on

Washington and 150th anniversary of the Emancipation

Proclamation, this historic moment is a reflection of the

extraordinary progress we’ve made as a nation.”

Though there is no constitutional requirement for the use of

a Bible during the swearing-in, Presidents have traditionally

used Bibles for the ceremony, choosing a volume with personal

or historical significance. In 2009, President Obama became the

first President sworn in using the Lincoln Bible since its initial

use in 1861.

The Robinson Family Bible was selected specifically for

the occasion. The Bible was a gift from the First Lady’s father,

Fraser Robinson III, to his mother, LaVaughn Delores

Robinson, on Mother’s Day in 1958. Mrs. Robinson was the

first African-American woman manager of a Moody Bible

Institute’s bookstore, and she used the Bible regularly.

The Lincoln Bible is part of the collections of the Library

of Congress and was originally purchased by William Thomas

Carroll, clerk of the Supreme Court, for use during Lincoln’s

swearing-in ceremony on March 4, 1861. The Bible itself is

bound in burgundy velvet with a gold-washed white metal rim

around the three outside edges of both covers, and all of its

edges are heavily gilded.

The King Bible was Dr. King’s “traveling Bible.” An avid

reader who was constantly on the road, Dr. King typically

traveled with a selection of books that included this Bible. It

was used for inspiration and preparing sermons and speeches,

including during Dr. King’s time as pastor of Dexter Avenue

Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala.

“We know our father would be deeply moved to see

President Obama take the Oath of Office using his Bible,” Dr.

King’s children said recently. “His ‘traveling Bible’ inspired

him as he fought for freedom, justice and equality, and we hope

it can be a source of strength for the President as he begins his

second term. With the Inauguration less than two weeks away,

we join Americans across the country in embracing this

opportunity to celebrate how far we have come, honor the

legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through service, and

rededicate ourselves to the

work ahead.”

Members of the King family

also will join Americans across

the country to honor the life

and legacy of Dr. King by

participating in National

Day of Service events on

Saturday, Jan. 19. Addi-

tionally, a float in the

Inaugural parade will

commemorate Dr.

King’s enduring

legacy.

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MLK Service To Feature

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez

In addition, The King Center will unveil and

present the Inaugural Coretta Scott King

A.N.G.E.L. Award (Advancing Non-violence

through Generations of Exceptional Leadership),

which recognizes young leaders (ages 12-25) and

a youth organization/initiative that exemplifies

exceptional leadership in the areas of peace,

social justice and nonviolent social change. The

recipients of the 1st annual A.N.G.E.L. Award are

Alec Loorz, founder of Kids vs. Global

Warming (A.N.G.E.L. Award Youth), and

“The 100 Days of Nonviolence” the Birmingham

Campaign (A.N.G.E.L. Award Youth Initiative),

accepted by City Councilman James (Jay) E.

Roberson Jr. Birmingham, Ala., District 7.

The inaugural A.N.G.E.L. awardees exemplify

the spirit of youth activism for environmental

progress and the pursuit of social progress through

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’ s philosophy and

methods of nonviolent conflict reconciliation.

“I am my father’s daughter; I realize that the

responsibility for his legacy is ours,” said

Bernice King. “ I am also my mother’s child; and

like her, I am determined to keep his spirit alive.

This is why I am so honored to serve as the CEO

of the King Center. The challenges are great, but

with help from our friends, supporters, and those

who are committed to living the dream, we will

not fail.”

The Annual Salute to Greatness Dinner has

become one of the largest dinners held in Atlanta

during the calendar year, with many nationally

known public figures and some of Atlanta’s top

community leaders participating. Some of the

recipients of the Salute to Greatness Award in

recent years have included: (then) Sen. Hillary

Rodham Clinton; Ben & Jerry’s; Oprah Winfrey;

The Portman Companies; Bono; Turner

Broadcasting System Inc.; Quincy Jones; Sara

Lee Corporation; Tony Bennett; AOL Time

Warner; Stevie Wonder; the Coca-Cola

Company; Coretta Scott King (posthumously);

Reid Hoffman, co-founder and executive chair-

man of LinkedIn; and Sheila C. Johnson, founder

and C.E.O. of Salamander Hotels and Resorts.

There will be a reception prior to the dinner in

the foyer outside the ballroom beginning at 5:30

p.m. and an “Afterglow” reception in the Re-

gency Ballroom following the dinner. Sponsors of

the Salute to Greatness Awards Dinner include:

the Coca-Cola Company; Mercedes-Benz USA;

Newell Rubbermaid; Delta Airlines; Allstate; Cox

Media Group; Kaiser Permanente; Wells Fargo;

The Home Depot; the Captain Planet Foundation;

and others to be announced.

Ingrid Saunders Jones, senior vice president

Global Connections of theCoca-Cola Company,

is serving as the 2013 MLK Dinner Chair and the

new co-chairs are Laura Turner Seydel,

chairperson of the Captain Planet Foundation and

Tad Hutcheson, vice president, community and

public affairs of Delta Airlines.

The dinner is one of the highlights of the

King Center’s 10-day Martin Luther King Jr.

Birthday Observance program (Jan. 11-21), cul-

minating on the national holiday honoring Dr.

King. The other events of the MLK observance

program will be announced in the weeks ahead.

For more information about sponsorships and

tickets, call Barbara Harrison at

404- 526-8961 (email: bharrison@thekingcen-

ter.org) or Events Manager Sonjia Young at

404- 526-8989.

Tickets may also be purchased on line via the

King Center’s web page http://www.thekingcen-

ter.org/salute-greatness-award-2013.

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Friday, January 18, 2013, 10:00 a.m.

Naturalization Ceremony – U.S. Immigration Services

The King Center, Freedom Hall Auditorium

Saturday, January 19, 2013, 2:30 p.m.

The DREAM 50 Art Contest Awards Ceremony

Morehouse College – Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel

FREE and Open to the Public

Hosted by the Morehouse College, Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection and The King Center

Saturday, January 19, 2013, 5:30 p.m. Reception – 6:30 p.m. Dinner

The Annual “Salute to Greatness” Awards Dinner

Hyatt Regency – Downtown Atlanta (Ticketed Event)

Ticket -- $250.00

Sunday, January 20, 2013, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

The King Center Book Signing

The King Center, Freedom Hall Auditorium – FREE and Open to the Public

Monday, January 21, 2013, 8:00 a.m.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Commemorative Service

Ebenezer Baptist Church – Horizon Sanctuary, 407 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, GA

Free and Open to the Public (Limited Seat-

ing)

{Presidential Inauguration “Watch Party”

will be held in the Horizon Sanctuary fol-

lowing the Commemorative Service}

Monday, January 21, 2013, 2:00 p.m.

King Week Holiday March & Rally


The march is held on Auburn Avenue from

Peachtree Street to Jackson Street

To participate in the march, call or email

404.614.3233 or

[email protected]

Monday, January 21, 2013

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

of Service Project


For more information contact: Hands On Atlanta at (404) 979- 2800 or www.handsonatlanta.org

For more information about the MLK birthday observance program and the year-long

commemoration of Dr. King's “I Have a Dream” speech, please contact 404-526-8900 or

visit www.thekingcenter.org .

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The Davis Bozeman Law Firm, in

collaboration with the Auburn Avenue

Research Library, will host “The

Consequences of Thug Life: To Be A Thug Or

To Be Brave,” facilitated by Criminal De-

fense/Trial Attorney Mawuli Mel Davis on

Saturday, Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. at the Auburn Av-

enue Research Library.

The library is located at 101 Auburn Av-

enue, N.E. in Atlanta.

The “Consequences of Thug Life: To Be A

Thug Or To Be Brave” presentation was devel-

oped after Davis witnessed the increase in

youth that come from “good families” going to

prison because they have bought into the

glamorization of being a “thug.”

This multimedia presentation uses

hip-hop music, images, and clips to engage

youth in a thought-provoking discussion. This

solution based workshop provides attendees a

strong sense of self-identity, self-worth, and re-

sponsibility to the community. This dynamic

and energetic workshop uses positive affirma-

tions and creative teaching tools to inspire

young people to be “brave enough” to be

themselves. This discussion is a penetrating

examination of what manhood has been “re-

duced to” in many communities of color.

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Allstate Insurance Company has

announced that Freedom Wright of Atlanta

has been named a 2013 Allstate Give Back

Day Hero. For the fifth consecutive year,

Allstate Insurance Company is honoring the

legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through

Allstate Give Back Day, a national program

that encourages individuals across the country

to volunteer.

This year, actress and volunteer enthusiast

Keshia Knight Pulliam has partnered with

Allstate to help launch the program and

recognize Wright and the three other selfless

African-American heroes who dedicate their

time and efforts to making a positive impact

in their communities.

A former foster child, Wright is a high

school senior from Atlanta who knows what

it means to wonder how she will get her next

meal or clothes. That’s one reason why the

17-year-old, who was adopted at the age of 4,

decided to help other children living in the

foster care system by holding “Free Your

Mind” backpack drives benefitting foster

children in her area. Wright’s goal is to not

only raise awareness of older children living

in foster care, but also to encourage Atlanta’s

youth to volunteer.

To help further this effort, Wright also

speaks to community groups about the foster

care experience. Wright has earned the

Presidential Service Award the past four years

for her efforts as a regular volunteer at The

Atlanta Community Food Bank, The Atlanta

Fulton County Library and St. Francis Table,

a soup kitchen in Atlanta that feeds the

homeless.

“Freedom Wright is an outstanding

individual who keeps Dr. King’s legacy alive

through her unwavering devotion to bettering

the greater Atlanta community,” said Vicky

Dinges, vice president of public social

responsibility for Allstate. “Each of our heroes

has truly made a commitment to community

service, and we hope that their dedication will

serve as motivation for others to give back on

MLK Day and every day.”

As part of their recognition, the heroes will

attend The King Center’s “Salute to

Greatness” Awards in Atlanta on Jan. 19,

2013. In addition, Allstate will be making a

$2,500 donation on behalf of Wright to the

charity organization of her choice.


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Federal Benefit

Recipients Must

Switch to Direct

Deposit by March 1The U.S. Department of the Treasury

recently reported that 5 million checks

continue to be mailed to federal

beneficiaries each month. With just two

months remaining until the March 1

electronic payment law goes into effect,

the Treasury Department is urging Social

Security and other federal benefit

recipients to not delay and switch now to

either direct deposit or the Direct

Express® Debit MasterCard® card.

“Choosing direct deposit or the Direct

Express® card makes it easier, safer and

more convenient for beneficiaries to

receive their payments. Switching to an

electronic payment is not optional – it’s the

law,” said David Lebryk, commissioner of

the Treasury Department’s Financial

Management Service. “If you or a loved

one still receive paper checks for your

benefit payments, now is the time to

switch. It’s free and easy – just call 1-800-

333-1795 or visit www.GoDirect.org.”

Converting the remaining paper check

recipients to electronic payments will save

American taxpayers $1 billion over the

next 10 years.

The Treasury Department published a

final rule in December 2010 to gradually

phase out paper checks for federal benefit

payments. Since May 1, 2011, all people

newly applying for federal benefits,

including Social Security, SSI, Veterans

Affairs, Railroad Retirement Board, Office

of Personnel Management benefits and

other non-tax payments, have had to

choose direct deposit or the Direct

Express® card at the time they sign up for

their benefits. March 1, 2013, is the final

deadline by which all remaining federal

benefit check recipients must receive their

money electronically.

Check recipients can sign up for

direct deposit or the Direct Express® card

by calling toll-free 1-800-333-1795,

visiting www.GoDirect.org, or talking to

their local federal paying agency office.

The process is fast, easy and free.

• By taking a few minutes to gather

the necessary information ahead of time,

most federal benefit recipients can sign up

for electronic payments with one phone

call.

• Individuals will need their Social

Security number or claim number, their

12-digital federal benefit check number

and the amount of their most recent federal

benefit check. If choosing direct deposit,

recipients also will need their financial

institution’s routing transit number, (often

found on a personal check) account

number and account type (checking or

saving).

• There are no sign-up fees or monthly

fees to receive benefits electronically.

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The National Marine Sanctuary

Foundation (NMSF), in collaboration with

NOAA Office of National Marine

Sanctuaries (ONMS), invites 7th to 12th

grade students to submit an original essay

about African-American contributions to

the country’s maritime heritage.

“NMSF is proud to launch this

initiative, which seeks to expand students'

understanding of how our nation's rich

history is tied to the ocean and celebrated

through our national marine sanctuaries,"

said Jason Patlis, president and CEO of the

National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.

Entries to the Voyage to Discovery

Essay Contest will be accepted through

April 15. Teachers and parents are asked to

encourage student participation.

Two winners – one high school student

and one middle school student – will be

selected. The high school student winner

will receive a $1,500 prize for

post-secondary education. The middle

school student winner will receivea $500

prize for continuing education.

“The Voyage to Discovery Essay Contest

is part of a broad NOAA initiative to build

public awareness about the legacy of

African-American maritime heritage,” said

Daniel J. Basta, director of the Office of

National Marine Sanctuaries. “This contest

offers all students an opportunity to enhance

their writing and analytical skills while they

learn about the continuing, historic

contributions of African Americans in

the security, stability and prosperity of

our nation.”

Entries will be judged on originality,

clarity, and content. More information on

the contest, including how to enter and a

complete set of rules, can be found at

http://voyagetodiscoveryessaycontest.org.

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Voyage to Discovery Essay Contest Announced

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West Featured at Kennesaw

State for MLK Holiday

Kennesaw State University will celebrate

the 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with

a day devoted to volunteer service on

Saturday, Jan. 19, and a Sunday, Jan.20, forum

featuring author Cornel West

Kennesaw State’s annual observance of the

M.L. King Jr. holiday, titled “Celebrating a

Dream Come True,” will feature a “Day of

Impact” in which Kennesaw State University and

the Cobb County branch of the National

Association for the Advancement of Colored

People (NAACP) have partnered to conduct

volunteer service projects to benefit Kennesaw

Mountain Park and other local non-profit

organizations. The annual observance is

presented by the African-American Student

Alliance and the Office of Multicultural Student

Retention Services at Kennesaw State.

Cornel West, featured speaker at the Sunday

M.L. King Jr. forum, is the author of 19 books,

most notably his classics, Race Matters and

Democracy Matters. His recent books include a

memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out

Loud, and a social commentary, The Rich and

the Rest of Us, which he co-authored with broad-

caster Tavis Smiley.

West, who graduated magna cum laude from

Harvard and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in

philosophy at Princeton, is the Class of 1943

University Professor at Princeton University. He

appears frequently on the “Bill Maher Show,”

“Colbert Report,” CNN and C-Span, as well as

on the Tavis Smiley TV show on PBS.

The volunteer projects will begin at 9 a.m.,

Saturday, Jan.19, at various Cobb County

locations. For information, contact Brent

Obleton at 678-797-2575 or via e-mail at

[email protected].

West will speak Sunday, Jan. 20, at 8 p.m. at

the Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance

Center on the Kennesaw State University

campus, 1000 Chastain Road, Kennesaw, GA,

30144.

The public is invited. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.



In 2009, Rear Adm. Michelle Howard coordinated the complex tactical plan to

rescue Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips, who was taken hostage after

Somali pirates boarded his container ship.

CORNEL WESTAttention Teenagers And Adults

The Atlanta Daily World is partnering with New American Media (NAM) andother media outlets in Atlanta to promote an essay contest on teachers. Teensand adults are invited to write up to 500 words in English or in the writer's nativelanguage describing a teacher who changed their life or the life of their child. In-language submissions will be translated prior to final judging. Essays shouldbe sent via email or regular mail, along with the entry form.

A panel of distinguished educators, journalists, scholars and advocates will select a winner from each category. Judges will look for evidencethat the teacher opened up a new pathway of knowledge or opportunity for thestudent that he or she had previously not been aware of, or that the teacher inspired or fostered a love of learning. We are looking for real life examplesand expect the entries will help us expand our definition of what a "great teacher" is.

Winners in the "Teenager" and"Adult" categories will each receive a cash award of $500 and theteachers profiled will also receive anaward of $500. Winner in "Teacher InMemory" will have the honor to picka local public school in Atlanta or surrounding counties to donate a$500 check made by NAM.

A special presentation of theawards will be held in Atlanta in February. Winning essays will be published by NAM and participating media outlets. Hurry! The deadline for entries to be postmarked is Feb. 4.

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Rev. Olu Brown Keynotes at

Ben Hill United Methodist ChurchSpecial to the Daily World

The public is invited to attend the Ben Hill United

Methodist Church 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

on Monday, Jan. 21 at 10 a.m.

The Rev. Olujimi Brown, lead pastor at the IMPACT

Church of the West End, will bring the keynote address. The

Rev. Richard D. Winn is Ben Hill UMC’s senior pastor. The

church is located at 2099 Fairburn Rd. in southwest Atlanta.

“Empowering To Serve” is the theme of this annual

celebration. This year, the Community Service Award will go to

Ben Hill UMC member Jessica Godfrey, who was recognized as

an Outstanding Adult, is president of the Atlanta College Park

District United Methodist Women, was chair of Women’s Day

2009 and 2011 and has been a member of Ben Hill since 1986.

In the Outstanding Youth category, the award goes to

Persephone White, Ben Hill Youth Council President, member

of the Youth Choir and Youth Hope Builders Academy scholar.

Highlighting achievement in public service, the

following men and women in the legal and public service

fields will be recognized:

The Hon. Robert Benham, judge, Supreme Court of Georgia;

the Hon. Kimberly Esmond Adams, judge, Superior Court of

Fulton County; the Hon. Brenda Hill Cole, judge, State Court of

Fulton County; the Hon. M. Yvette Miller, judge, Georgia Court

of Appeals; Chief George Turner, Atlanta Police Department;

Major Rodney Bryant, commander, Zone 4 Atlanta Police;

Chief Kelvin J. Cochran, Atlanta Fire & Rescue; Chief

Cassandra Jones, Fulton County

Police; Chief Larry Few, Fulton

County Fire & Rescue;

Theodore Jackson,

Fulton County Sheriff; and

Antonio Johnson, Fulton

County Marshal.

“We look forward to having

the public join us as we celebrate

the birthday of the late Rev. Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr. and

recognize those who have

provided outstanding public and

legal service to our community,” said Winn.

Ben Hill UMC members Martha Bell and Carrie Shipp

are co-chairs of the celebration planning committee and

committee members include: Johnnie Follins, Sherri Brown,

Cathy Taylor, Sarah Lucas, Jacqueline Adams, Julie Bailey

and Pearl Logan under the guidance of Associate Pastor Rev.

Belinda G. McCastle.

Ben Hill United Methodist Church supports the needs of

the less fortunate in the metro Atlanta area and beyond

through its Urban Responsibility Ministry (financial

assistance to those in need), feeding the hungry through the

Ben Hill Food Bank and Trinity Table Feeding Program,

Commission on Missions and Health and Wellness Ministry.


Multi-cultural

Church Hosts King

Table Fellowship

A tradition begun two years ago

has now become an ongoing

celebration. The Third Annual

Martin Luther King Jr. Table

Fellowship will honor the fallen

leader on Sunday, Jan. 20, in a

transitioning inner city community

that embodies King’s focus on “the

least of these.”

New Life Covenant Church,

located at 575 Travis St., NW, in the midst of the English

Avenue neighborhood known as “The Bluff,” will honor

King’s life and legacy at a breakfast reading at 11 a.m.

Nestled in the midst of a fast-changing, underserved

neighborhood inhabited by poor Blacks who have lived in

the community for generations and young, highly-educated

Whites, New Life, focused on incarnation ministry, is

directed by Pastor Timothy Rodgers, who is White and who

has been lead pastor for the past decade, and Associate

Pastor Catherine Gilliard, who is Black and who grew up in

a similar Chicago neighborhood. The public is cordially

invited to participate.

For more information, visit http://www.newlife-

covenantchurch.org.


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The Obama Administration has spoken. There will be no seces-

sions from the United States of America.

In a response to states that so couldn’t bear the thought

of living in a nation where President Barack Obama is com-

mander-in-chief that they inundated WhiteHouse.gov with peti-

tions of secession, Jon Carson, director of the Office of Public

Engagement, wrote the following:

“Thank you for using the White House’s online petitions plat-

form to participate in your government.

“In a nation of 300 million people — each with their own set of

deeply-held beliefs — democracy can be noisy and controversial.

And that’s a good thing. Free and open debate is what makes this

country work, and many people around the world risk their lives

every day for the liberties we often take for granted.

“But as much as we value a healthy debate, we don’t let that de-

bate tear us apart.

“Our founding fathers established the Constitution of the United

States ‘in order to form a more perfect union’ through the hard and

frustrating but necessary work of self-government. They enshrined

in that document the right to change our national government

through the power of the ballot — a right that generations of Amer-

icans have fought to secure for all. But they did not provide a right

to walk away from it. As President Abraham Lincoln explained in

his first inaugural address in 1861, ‘in contemplation of universal

law and of the Constitution the Union of these States is perpetual.’

In the years that followed, more than 600,000 Americans died in a

long and bloody civil war that vindicated the principle that the

Constitution establishes a permanent union between the States.

And shortly after the Civil War ended, the Supreme Court con-

firmed that “[t]he Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an in-

destructible Union composed of indestructible States.

“Although the founders established a perpetual union, they also

provided for a government that is, as President Lincoln would later

describe it, “of the people, by the people, and for the people” — all

of the people. Participation in, and engagement with, government

is the cornerstone of our democracy. And because every American

who wants to participate deserves a government that is accessible

and responsive, the Obama Administration has created a host of

new tools and channels to connect concerned citizens with the

White House. In fact, one of the most exciting aspects of the We

the People platform is a chance to engage directly with our most

outspoken critics.”

So let’s be clear: No one disputes that our country faces big

challenges, and the recent election followed a vigorous debate

about how they should be addressed. As President Obama said the

night he won re-election, “We may have battled fiercely, but it’s

only because we love this country deeply and we care so strongly

about its future.”

Whether it’s figuring out how to strengthen our economy, re-

duce our deficit in a responsible way, or protect our country, we

will need to work together — and hear from one another — in

order to find the best way to move forward. I hope you’ll take a

few minutes to learn more about the President’s ideas and share

more of your own.

As previously reported, the terms of participation for ‘We The

People,’ as of Oct. 3, 2011, state that petitions which meet the listed

criteria become searchable on WhiteHouse.gov once — and if —

they reach 150 signatures within 30 days. If that is accomplished,

for President Obama to actively consider a petition, it must reach

25,000 signatures within the remainder of the same 30-day period.

States that petitioned to seceed included: South Carolina, North

Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Louisiana. States do

not have a legal right to secede. In response to a question about se-

cession in 2010, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made it

clear that the states are part of a whole under one federal govern-

ment, not individual entities: “If there was any constitutional issue

resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede.

(Hence, in the Pledge of Allegiance, ‘one Nation . . . indivisible.’)”

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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Legoland

Discovery Center invites local students to submit a photo

depicting their “perfect world” for a chance to win a field

trip to the Atlanta attraction.

The “Draw Your Dream” art contest is open to

classrooms and students in kindergarten through fourth

grade beginning Jan. 21 through the Jan. 25. Sample themes

for the artwork include equality, character, society and/or an

eco-friendly environment. One winner will be selected, and

their classroom (up to 30 children) will receive a free trip to

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Atlanta. The drawings will

be on display in the attraction following the contest.

For contest rules and more information, visit

www.LEGOLANDDiscoveryCenter.com or ‘Like’

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Atlanta on Facebook.

The “United Negro College Fund (UNCF):

An Evening Of Stars” airs on BET Network on

Jan. 27 at 10 p.m. The broadcast will also air on

select regional outlets on Jan. 26.

The 34th annual telecast is hosted by

actor/comedian Anthony Anderson (NBC's

"Law & Order," "Guys with Kids") and

features unforgettable performances from

Melanie Fiona, Eric Benet, Faith Evans,

Keyshia Cole, Charlie Wilson, Tyrese

Gibson and Chaka Khan.

Music superstar Usher also will present

the first scholarship from his New Look

Foundation to a very special recipient.

Each year, the UNCF raises funds to send

deserving students to top colleges and

universities across the country. The students

spotlighted this year have amazing stories of

triumph over adversity to reach their goals of a

priceless education.

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UNCF Evening of Stars Airs on BET


R&B singer Usher Raymond greets guest.

‘Steve Harvey’ Renewed

For Second Season News One

NBCUniversal Domestic TV

Distribution has renewed “Steve Harvey” –

the television talk show -- for its second

season in national syndication, according to

an announcement by Barry Wallach,

president of NBCUniversal Domestic

Television Distribution and David

Goldberg, chairman and CEO of Endemol

North America. The show airs in Atlanta at

1 p.m. on WAGA-TV, Fox 5.

Steve Harvey is the host of the new

one-hour daytime show and was chosen by

the 2013 People’s Choice Awards as

Favorite New Talk Show Host. “Steve

Harvey” is currently sold in 98 percent of

the country, including all of the NBC

Owned Television stations. Since the

show’s debut, markets that are upgrading

“Steve Harvey” include Detroit, Phoenix,

Portland (OR), Pittsburgh, Raleigh,

Baltimore, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City,

Oklahoma City, Austin, Buffalo, Fresno,

Fort Myers, Tucson, Honolulu, Des Moines,

Madison, Tri Cities and Burlington, among

many others. In addition, NBCUniversal is

actively extending the show with stations

across the U.S. for 2014-2016.

“The instant success of ‘Steve Harvey’

with the daytime audience is being greeted

with long-term commitments from our sta-

tion partners,” said NBCU’s Wallach.

In its premiere season, “Steve Harvey”

has been a phenomenon in all key rating

benchmarks. In the November 2012 sweep,

“Steve Harvey” is the only new syndicated

strip to increase over year-ago time periods,

build on its lead-in and grow in consecutive

quarter-hour ratings among households and

women ages 25 to 54. In fact, “Steve

Harvey” is one of only four syndicated talk

shows over the last decade to accomplish all

three of these feats in its premiere

November sweep, alongside “Dr. Phil,”

“Ellen” and “Dr. Oz.”

Each weekday, Steve Harvey weaves

universal relationship themes into his

one-hour show, bringing a blend of

common sense advice and insightful humor

to a vast range of relatable topics such as

marriage, romance, parenting, friendship

and workplace.

“Steve Harvey” is produced by Endemol

USA with Steve Harvey, Alex Duda and

Rushion McDonald serving as executive

producers. The show is distributed in

national syndication by NBCUniversal

Domestic Television Distribution. “Steve

Harvey” is taped before a live studio

audience at the state-of-the-art HD NBC 5

studios in downtown Chicago.

‘Draw Your Dream’

Art Contest at LegolandSpecial to the Daily World

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In anticipation of the 2013 Major League season, the

Atlanta Braves Country Caravan, presented by Academy

Sports + Outdoors, will roll through the Southeast Jan. 22

through Feb. 2. For two weeks, Braves players, coaches,

broadcasters and front office staff will hit the road traveling

nearly 3000 miles of Braves country to meet and greet fans

prior to taking off for Spring Training.

The Braves Country Caravan provides the opportunity

to engage fans with players, coaches and broadcasters to

create lasting memories in each of its stops. Throughout

the planned visits, the Caravan will make community

appearances, as well as host free public autograph signings

at Academy Sports +

Outdoors stores and Taco

Mac locations throughout the

Southeast.

Additional details for each

market and a full lineup of scheduled appearances and

participants will be announced at a later date.

meTRO ATlANTA 2013 BRAVeS COUNTRy

CARAVAN TOUR SCHeDUle:

Tuesday, Jan. 22 – Atlanta

Wednesday, Jan. 23 – Atlanta

Friday, Jan. 25 – Gwinnett County

monday, Jan. 28 – Rome and Dalton

Thursday, Jan. 31 – Atlanta and Hiram

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Clark Atlanta Names Kevin Weston

New Head Football CoachBy JAmeS PReSSley

Daily World Staff

Former Tusculum College Assistant Coach Kevin

Weston is now the Clark Atlanta University (CAU)

Panthers’ new head football coach. The appointment was

announced this week by the athletic department of CAU at

a press conference in the Bishop Cornelius L. Henderson

Student Center.

"We wanted to be quick as well as thorough because

from the end of the season to the time period where you

must begin to lock in your recruitment and set your plans is

very short, and we have met that objective," Clark Atlanta

President Carlton E. Brown said. "Weston knows the game

inside and out and has proven his ability to build and grow

successful teams; all these qualities create the kind of

foundation necessary to ensure a focused and aggressive

turnaround in our football program."

Weston spent eight years on the coaching staff at his

alma mater, Tusculum College, where in 2008 as assistant

head coach, he helped lead the team to a 9-4 record while

claiming the South Atlantic Conference Championship and

a berth to the NCAA Division II Playoffs for the first time

in school history.

Known for his defensive prowess, Weston's 2011

defensive unit finished second in the nation in pass defense,

allowing teams to average just 140.6 passing yards per

game.

"We are thrilled to have

secured a rising star like Kevin

Weston," said Dr. Tamica

Smith-Jones, Clark Atlanta's

director of athletics. "I believe

he will be an ambassador for

the program by winning local

recruiting and reengaging the

CAU fan base in new and

exciting ways."

Coach Weston said he

believes that the ground

movement to a turnaround

begins with day to day

coaching of little things, such

as making sure the players

are living right from the

classroom to the dorm room. Then that will reflect what

happens on the field, he said.

Weston has also divided metro Atlanta into 10 counties,

Fulton County and the nine that surround it, for recruitment

purposes.

"I believe that recruiting is definitely the pipeline to a

successful program and we're going to start off recruiting in

this Atlanta area -- everything in the 150 miles of it,"

Weston said. "We're going to put the ‘Atlanta’ back in Clark

Atlanta."

In November, the school dismissed five members of the

football team's coaching staff, including former Head

Coach Daryl McNeill.

The Panthers finished the 2012 season in fourth place in

the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with a

conference record of 2-6 and went 2-8 overall.

Panther’s New Coach Kevin Weston is flanked by CAU President Carlton E.

Brown and CAU Athletics Director Dr. Tamica Smith Jones.

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NNPA SPOTLIGHTBY GEORGE E. CURRY

NRA Maintains

Stranglehold

on Congress

Connecting the Past

with the President

UNFINISHED BUSINESSBY JULIANNE MALVEAUX

One hundred and fifty years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the

Emancipation Proclamation. It was a flawed document that freed enslaved people in

Confederate areas that he did not control. At the same time, it was a progressive

document because it initiated discussion about “freedom” Thirteenth, Fourteenth and

Fifteen Amendments.

One hundred years later, in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. riveted the nation with

his “I Have A Dream” speech during the Aug. 28 March on Washington. Many will

remember that he said, “I have a dream that one day people will be judged not by the

color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

Somehow people forget that in the same speech he said, “We have come to the nation’s

capital to cash a check that has been marked insufficient funds.” If people said “cash the

check” as often as they said “I have a dream,” we’d move more quickly forward in

closing the economic gaps that African-American people experience.

We’ve been doing this 50-year thing for the past couple years, and we’ll be doing it

for another few. The “Greensboro Four” North Carolina A&T State University students

(with the help of Bennett College students, who are often ignored) sat in at the

Woolworth counter on Feb. 1, 1960. The March on Washington happened 50 years ago.

The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964, and beyond that the ‘60s will resonate for the

next few years with commemorations and anniversaries.

These celebrations are important historical moments, but who remembers? The

median age of the population in the United States is about 37 years old. Many of these

folks remember the Civil Rights Movement through twice and thrice told tales. Those

who are under the median age see the Civil Rights Movement as something like a fable,

something that they heard about, but that doesn’t really matter to them. Many of these

young people see themselves as “post-racial.” They hang out with their peers, race

notwithstanding. They have never experienced discrimination. Even when they

experience it, they are slow to embrace it. They are post-racial, whatever that means.

If some of these young people had been immersed in history, they might

understand why the Black unemployment rate is twice that of the White rate. If they had

books and speeches by King, who spoke of racial disparities in much of his work, they

would understand the many ways the struggle continues. But popular culture suggests

that when Black folks and White folks can both act extreme fools on reality shows

(I think I blanked out after about a minute of “Bad Girls Club”); there is some measure

of equality.

There has been a rich history and legacy of struggle and protest that has been

swallowed by the notion of post-racialism in the first decades of this century. It is

laudable that President Obama will use both the Bible of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

and that of President Abraham Lincoln, connecting the 150-year-old dots.

President Obama’s choice in using both Bibles in this anniversary year is a testament to

his sensitivity and ability to juggle the tightrope he must manage as both president of the

United States and the first African-American president of our nation.

Most folks 50 and older get it. What about those who are both younger than our

nation’s median age and unschooled in the nuances of history? Is our conversation about

race in America stuck in some kind of time warp, where we are unable to speak cross

generationally because we have extremely different memories, recollections, and

knowledge about that which happened 50 years ago?

We do our nation a disservice when we duck and dodge our racially tinged history.

We have to grace and embrace the past in order to move forward with our future.

Somehow this is a message that needs to be transmitted to young people, especially in

this 150th year after emancipation, this 50th year after the March on Washington, this

season of embracing and celebrating our history.

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is

president emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.

In the wake of the killing of 20 schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., last month and just before

Vice President Joe Biden presented a list of proposals to President Obama this week that includes

banning assault weapons and limiting sales of high-capacity ammunition clips, the president of the

National Rifle Association expressed confidence that new gun legislation will stall in Congress.

In an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State Of The Union,” NRA President David Keene said, “I

would say that the likelihood is that they are not going to be able to get assault weapons ban through

this Congress.”

When asked about placing limits on high-capacity ammunition clips, Keene replied, “I don’t think

ultimately they are going to get that, either.”

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), referring to Keene, said on CNN, “I think he’s wrong.” Murphy

explained, “Newtown fundamentally changed things. The NRA doesn’t get this.”

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) acknowledged that it will not be easy to get Congress to ban assault

weapons.

He told CNN, “I think we have the possibility, but it’s going to be difficult.” Cummings said the

prospects are brighter for Congress to place restrictions on high-capacity magazines and require

expanded background checks.

A 10-year ban on the sale of assault weapons expired in 2004, largely as a result of pressure ex-

erted by the NRA. The organization has risen from being founded in 1871 to help improve marks-

manship to a powerful 4 million-member lobbying organization that takes in more than $200 million

in annual revenue.

According to Opensecrets.org, NRA spent $20 million in the last election cycle, all on friendly

lawmakers who score well on the NRA’s political scorecard. The combination of big bucks and

political pressure have made too many members of Congress fearful of bucking the powerful gun

lobby, a group that doesn’t even want machine guns banned.

But there are growing indications that the NRA’s political clout might be vastly overrated.

“The gun lobby had an abysmal 2012 election cycle. They spent more than $11 million to defeat

President Obama, warning that on Election Day, “Americans will vote either to defend or surrender

freedom in the most consequential national decision in U.S. history.” They also failed to elect their

preferred candidate in six of their seven top targets for the U.S. Senate. And more than two-thirds of

incumbents who lost their seats in the House of Representatives were backed by the NRA, including

four Democrats,” noted Media Matters, the watchdog group.

And the NRA got a poor return on its political investment.

“According to open government group the Sunlight Foundation, the NRA Political Victory Fund,

the NRA’s political action committee, received a less than one percent return on $10,536,106 spent

on independent expenditures during the election cycle,” the media monitoring group also found.

“The NRA spent 0.44 percent of its money supporting winning candidates and 0.39 percent opposing

losing candidates. The NRA Institute for Legislative Action, the organization’s lobbying arm,

garnered a 10.25 percent return on $7,448,017 spent on the election. In seven Senate races where the

NRA spent more than $100,000, six of the NRA-backed candidates lost.”

That trend did not start with the November elections, according to ThinkProgress, a liberal blog.

Paul Waldman, contributing editor at The American Prospect, analyzed data from the last four

federal elections – 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010.

“If you’ve been following the issue of guns over the last few years, you know that these have been

good times for gun advocates,” according to ThinkProgress. “In a landmark 2008 decision in District

of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court settled a longstanding question by declaring that the 2nd

Amendment confers an individual right to own guns. Under Barack Obama’s administration, the

only pieces of legislation on guns have expanded gun rights; for instance, gun owners are now

allowed to bring firearms into national parks as a result of legislation Obama signed in 2009. The

assault weapons ban passed under Bill Clinton expired in 2004, and despite early indications the

Obama administration might try to renew it, they have made no moves to do so.”

Public opinion on gun control has moved, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. It showed

that 38 percent of Americans favor stricter gun measures, a 13-point increase from last year and the

highest it has been in more than a decade.

Now is the time for Obama to make his move. If not, the NRA will do it for him.

George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National

Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) Curry can be reached through his Web

site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge.

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January 17 - 23, 2013 VIEWPOINTS

National Urban

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Million Jobs Rebuild

America Initiative

Lincoln, King and

Obama Come Together

in 2013

MY PART OF THE WORLDBY M. ALEXIS SCOTT

So 2013 is already shaping up to be quite a memorable year. On Jan. 1, we celebrated the 150th

anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, an executive order to free the enslaved Blacks in the 10

states in rebellion as part of Abraham Lincoln’s strategy to defeat the Confederacy during the Civil War

and re-unite the union. Now, President Barack Obama is using a Bible owned by President Lincoln as

he is sworn in on Jan. 21 to his second term as the first Black president of the United States.

And as if that weren’t fitting enough, this year also marks the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on

Washington during which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. To

mark this signal event, President Obama is also using a copy of one of King’s Bibles during his

swearing-in ceremony, which will also take place on the 2013 King Holiday.

It’s hard to get any more symbolism than this. The combination of Lincoln, King and Obama is

certainly one for the history books. It’s especially moving to me, a child of the 1960s who grew up in the

segregated South.

“President Obama is honored to use these bibles at the swearing-in ceremonies,” said Steve

Kerrigan, president and CEO of the Presidential Inaugural Committee. “On the 50th anniversary of the

March on Washington and 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, this historic moment is

a reflection of the extraordinary progress we’ve made as a nation.”

The Lincoln Bible is part of the collections of the Library of Congress and was originally purchased

by William Thomas Carroll, clerk of the Supreme Court, for use during Lincoln’s swearing-in

ceremony on March 4, 1861.

The King Bible was Dr. King’s “traveling Bible.” It was used for inspiration and preparation of

sermons and speeches, including during Dr. King’s time as pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in

Montgomery, Ala.

“We know our father would be deeply moved to see President Obama take the Oath of Office using

his Bible,” Dr. King’s children said in a statement. “His ‘traveling Bible’ inspired him as he fought for

freedom, justice and equality, and we hope it can be a source of strength for the President as he begins

his second term.”

While I wasn’t old enough to have marched with Dr. King, Andy Young, John Lewis and others, I

feel privileged to have grown up in Atlanta seeing these icons at work. As my family chronicled the

fight for equal rights and desegregation through the pages of the Atlanta Daily World, I came of age

seeing and experiencing many dramatic changes -- from racial segregation to the election of Atlanta’s

first Black mayor in 1973, and the nation’s first Black president in 2008.

We have indeed come a long way from the “colored only” signs of my youth to the Obama signs of

“hope and change.”

And now look at what Bernice A. King is doing as CEO of The King Center. The MLK birthday

observance Annual Commemorative Service, also on Jan. 21, will feature the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez,

president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, the first time a Latino leader will

serve as keynote speaker. Elder King calls him “an electrifying orator” and “one of the most dynamic

and inspiring proponents of the social gospel in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.” The program,

which will be held in Ebenezer Baptist Church Horizon Sanctuary, precedes the swearing-in of

President Obama.

So here we are, not a month into 2013, and it looks like it will be a remarkable year. I can’t wait to see

what happens next.

M. Alexis Scott is publisher of Atlanta Daily World.

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“We urge that a comprehensive jobs program be developed and executed by way of a

partnership that includes government, the private sector and the nation’s non-profit community.” –

Nov. 7, 2012, National Urban League letter to President Obama, John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi.

The December jobs report has confirmed what urban America has known for a very long time:

The fierce urgency of “now” is overtaking the slow pace of the economic recovery and continuing

partisan gridlock in Washington. The recent jobs report reveals that 155,000 jobs were created last

month and overall unemployment remained at a steady and still too high rate of 7.8 percent. But

the unemployment picture in urban America tells a decidedly different story.

African-American unemployment, which has hovered at twice the national average for decades,

has now climbed to 14 percent and the Hispanic jobless rate of 9.6 percent also continues to

exceed the national average. Despite the efforts of the Congressional Black Caucus and other pro-

gressive voices in Congress, the jobs crisis in urban America has reached emergency proportions

and is tearing at the economic and social fabric of many communities. That is why the National

Urban League announced last week a new $70 million “Jobs Rebuild America” initiative designed

to employ, educate and empower communities that have been hardest hit by the Great Recession.

Our campaign is a two-pronged effort. First, through a $70 million public-private expansion of

existing Urban League job training, education and business development programs, we intend to

directly assist thousands of jobseekers and entrepreneurs in dozens of cities over the next five

years. The second component of the Jobs Rebuild America initiative is a public engagement

campaign to increase pressure on Washington to invest in the education and skills enhancement of

at-risk youth and disadvantaged young adults. We also call for passage of targeted jobs legislation

and a responsible fiscal plan and deficit reduction initiatives that do not exacerbate the

unemployment crisis.

This effort is an outgrowth of the National Urban League’s historic mission of economic

empowerment for African Americans and other hard-pressed urban citizens. It also builds upon the

work that our network of nearly 100 affiliates has been engaged in since the start of the Great

Recession. Our affiliates have served as economic first responders for communities devastated by

job loss. They have also been successful in creating economic opportunity and preparing

thousands of people to avail themselves of those opportunities. We’ve worked closely with our

partners in the private sector and the federal government to maximize resources and mobilize the

strength of our collaborative efforts.

For this expanded effort, we have put together a powerful coalition of public and private

partners who have pledged their expertise and other resources. They include, the U.S. Department

of Labor, Nationwide Insurance, Everest College, Pitney Bowes, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs,

Stonehenge, UPS, State Farm, Target, Best Buy, the U.S. Department of Justice, AT&T, Time

Warner, Chevron, BP and the New York Stock Exchange.

Our collective message is this: While we believe it is important to tackle deficit reduction, job

creation remains the nation’s number one priority. We urge the president and the Congress to adopt

a balanced approach that marries compassion for the most vulnerable Americans with protections

for the nation’s jobs and sacrifice from all.

For a full description of the Jobs Rebuild America Initiative visit www.nul.org.

Marc H. Morial, former mayor of New Orleans, is president and CEO of the National

Urban League.

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