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PUBLISHER’S
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Spring
Into
Action
Let’s Celebrate
Black
History in February
and Make Black History in March!
Spring is here!
The primary elections are over, we still have work to do.
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Mayorishas
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his choice
superintendent,
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29 days this
year,
Chicago
Union
went on strike for one day, we still have work to do.
Governor Rauner and Michael Madigan still have not passed a state budget, we still
29 Days in February of 2016 to celebrate the plight of an oppressed people
have work to do.
who survived slavery, racism, prejudice and Jim Crow laws and now have the
honor of seeing the first African American as President of the United States of
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intoBarack
Action!Obama.
America,
State lawmakers will return to Springfield in April. We still have work to do.
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Attorney
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patterns
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Chicago
Police
The Fraternal Order of Police hired the officer who shot LaQuan McDonald, we still have work to do.
Department.
Black on Black crime continues to increase, we still have work to do.
Spring into Action!
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in February
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vote in
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others.
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fight for
jobs for
our young people.
Let’s
Celebrate
History
Month!
Action. We must get ready for the general election in November.
Let’s
Black History
by registering
to care
vote about
by February
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to organize
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Let’s Celebrate Black History by getting 16 other people to Register and Vote in honor of the 16 shots that killed
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livable wages.
Let’s
Black
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becoming
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Let’s
Black History
by taking
out
a Membership
at DuSable
Museum.
We Celebrate
have six months
to organize
people
who
care about affordable
housing
and ending homelessness.
Spring
into
Action!
Let’s Celebrate Black History by eating at a Black-owned Restaurant.
We have six months to organize people who care about the plight of our veterans.
Let’s
Celebrate
Black History by supporting a Black-owned business this month.
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into Action!
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We have six months to organize people who care about common sense gun legislation.
We can also Make Black History in March by voting in record numbers on Tuesday, March 15th.
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Democratic
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CITY COUNCIL NAMES EDDIE JOHNSON AS THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE
I
n a unanimous vote, City Council
approved Eddie Johnson as Chicago’s
new top cop Wednesday, hours before
a scathing report on the department
was released.
he was sworn in, a mayoral task force
issued a report calling on the Chicago
Police Department to “acknowledge its
racist history.”
“We have racism in America, we have racism
in Chicago and it stands to reason that we
have racism in our agency,” he said.
Aldermen approved Johnson, a 27-year
veteran of the CPD who as a child lived in
the Cabrini Green public housing project,
saying he is the man who should lead the
way to restoring that trust.
At mid-afternoon, Johnson said he still
had not read the accountability task force’s
report, but he said his goal is to root out
racism and, when he leaves office, for the
department to be in better shape than when
he arrived.
Johnson was hand-picked by Mayor Rahm
Emanuel to lead the embattled police
department. The CPD is under fire following
a series of police involved shootings.
“You know I’m ready to hit the ground
running because the crime won’t wait,”
Johnson said. “So we have to get going, we
have to get started. But it takes everybody
to tackle this issue and I’m in it for the
long haul.”
Johnson repeated a promise made by
his superintendent predecessors to get
tough on abusive cops, a timely pledge
as his confirmation came on the same
day that Aldermen authorized spending
$6.5 million to settle two separate police
misconduct cases.
“Most of the police officers working in
Emanuel himself acknowledged racism in
the U.S., Chicago and in CPD after Johnson
was sworn in.
Chicago are professional and they treat
people with respect. Those that want to
engage in inappropriate conduct, then we’ll
handle them accordingly,” Johnson said.
“He’s really serious about rebuilding the
trust factor between the police department
and our communities,” said Ald. Pat Dowell,
Ward 3, of Johnson.
Johnson begins his first day as superintendent
facing those issues head on. Hours after
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“The question is not whether we have
racism, it’s what are we doing about it,”
Emanuel said.
The Police Accountability Task Force
spent several months listening to angry
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Sleep loss boosts hunger and unhealthy food choices
Skimping
on sleep has
long
been
associated
with overeating, poor food choices and weight
gain. Now a new study shows how sleep
loss initiates this process, amplifying and
extending blood levels of a chemical signal
that enhances the joy of eating, particularly
the guilty pleasures gained from sweet or
salty, high-fat snack foods.
Sleep-deprived participants in this study—
all young, healthy volunteers—were unable
to resist what the researchers called “highly
palatable, rewarding snacks,” meaning
cookies, candy and chips, even though
they had consumed a meal that supplied 90
percent of their daily caloric needs two hours
before. The effects of sleep loss on appetite
were most powerful in the late afternoon and
early evening, times when snacking has been
linked to weight gain.
“We found that sleep restriction boosts a
signal that may increase the hedonic aspect
of food intake, the pleasure and satisfaction
gained from eating,” said Erin Hanlon,
PhD, a research associate in endocrinology,
diabetes and metabolism at the University of
Chicago. “Sleep restriction seems to augment
form of snacks, despite minimal increases in
energy need.”
the endocannabinoid system, the same system
targeted by the active ingredient of marijuana,
to enhance the desire for food intake.”
Blood levels of this chemical signal are
typically low overnight. They slowly rise
during the day, peaking in the early afternoon.
When the study subjects were sleep-deprived,
however, endocannabinoid levels rose higher
and remained elevated through the evening,
beyond the typical 12:30 p.m. peak. During
that period, sleep-restricted study subjects
reported higher scores for hunger and
stronger desire to eat. When given access to
snacks, they ate nearly twice as much fat as
when they had slept for eight hours.
This increase in circulating endocannabinoid
levels, the authors note, “could be a mechanism
by which recurrent sleep restriction results
in excessive food intake, particularly in the
“The energy costs of staying awake a few
extra hours seem to be modest,” explained
Hanlon. “One study has reported that each
added hour of wakefulness uses about 17 extra
calories. That adds up to about 70 calories for
the four hours of lost sleep. But, given the
opportunity, the subjects in this study more
than made up for it by bingeing on snacks,
taking in more than 300 extra calories. Over
time, that can cause significant weight gain.”
Obesity and sleep restriction have become
extremely common. According to the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, about a
third of Americans get less than seven hours
of sleep a night and more than a third of adults
in the United States are obese. A 2013 Gallup
poll found that U.S. adults sleep an average
of 6.8 hours per night. Forty percent of adults
report sleeping six hours or less.
“This study tells us that if you have a Snickers
bar, and you’ve had enough sleep, you can
control your natural response,” Hanlon
explained. “But if you’re sleep deprived,
your hedonic drive for certain foods gets
stronger, and your ability to resist them may
be impaired. So you are more likely to eat it.
Do that again and again, and you pack on the
pounds.”
APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH
Child maltreatment is a significant source
of morbidity and mortality every year. In the US
alone, nearly 700,000 children are victims of child
maltreatment (9.2 per 1,000) and four deaths occur
per day due to child abuse fatalities, which is the
third leading cause of death in children between
ages one and four. “All of us want to deny that child
abuse happens; it’s a very hard thing to accept,”
says Jill Glick, Medical Director, Child Advocacy
and Protective Services (CAPS). The University of
Chicago is a national leader in the response to child
abuse “thanks to our dedicated team members and, in
particular, to our social workers, who have so much
heart, compassion, and commitment to keeping kids
safe,” says Glick. Each month, 30 to 40 children
present to the Comer ED for suspected abuse and,
annually, the team evaluates 250 to 300 children
who are admitted for possible inflicted injuries and
medical neglect.
But it’s not just childhoods that need to be
rescued from abuse. A growing body of research is
finding that the impact of abuse persists long after a
child grows up, giving rise to numerous diseases and
poor health in adulthood. “Studies clearly inform us
that investment in both prevention and services to
improve resiliency are crucial,” says Glick. “We use
the mantra ‘Happy children become healthy adults’ to
remind us of this strong connection.”
To commemorate April’s Child Abuse Prevention
month, Glick will participate in a Twitter chat about
child abuse with the medical director of the Illinois
Department of Children and Family Services on April
25 at 2 p.m.
A call to arms to end Chicago’s shame
“The community’s lack of trust
in C.P.D. (Chicago Police Department) is justified,” so concluded the blistering, in-depth
report of the Police Accountability Task Force, set up by
Mayor Rahm Emanual after
the uproar surrounding the fatal police shooting of Laquan
McDonald.
After a four-month investigation, the task force pulled no
punches. “CPD’s own data,” it
concluded, “gives validity to
the widely held belief the police
have no regard for the sanctity
of life when it comes to people
of color.” It detailed a long pattern of institutionalized racial
abuse: unjustified stops, physical abuse, torture, detention
without counsel, shootings,
and more.
The task force backed its
conclusions with data drawn
from the CPD’s own files.
Blacks, whites and Hispanics
each make up about one-third
of the population of Chicago.
Yet African Americans constituted three out of every four
people that CPD tried to Taser.
In addition, 74 percent of the
404 people shot by the Chicago
police between 2008 and 2015
were black.
The Task Force also noted
that the system itself was designed to be unaccountable. It
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singled out police union contracts, urging changes in clauses
that “make it easy for officers
to lie in official reports,” give
officers 24 hours to get their
stories right, ban anonymous
citizen complaints, and more.
The contracts “have essentially
turned the code of silence into
official policy.”
The task force chair, former
federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot, called the report a “call to
arms.” It made more than 100
recommendations for change,
including creating a new independent civilian oversight
panel and a dedicated, independent police inspector general.
Two Chicago aldermen have
already introduced draft ordinances to move on these recommendations. The task force
recommendations included everything from diversifying the
police force, to adding body
cams, to changing police patrols
and more.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel met
with the task force to review the
report. His curt public response
was disappointing: “I don’t really think you need a task force
to know that we have racism
in America, we have racism in
Illinois, or that there’s racism
that exists in the city of Chicago
and obviously could be in our
department … The question is,
what are we going to do to confront it and make the changes in
not only personnel but in policies to reflect, I think, the values that make up the diversity
of our city?”
Emanuel said his “general
attitude” was to “look at everything they say,” but then went
silent, saying he wanted to review the recommendations before commenting.
Chicago, with the number
of shootings rising in recent
months, needs an effective police force that has the community’s trust. According to a recent
Chicago Tribuneeditorial, this
is the seventh such report, each
generally issued after another
corruption-related scandal. Real
reform can no longer be put off.
We need serious steps to diversify the police force, to train police, to stop racial profiling, to
restructure police-community
relations, to enforce accountability and the law.
If Mayor Emanuel won’t
lead, the City Council need not
wait to take action. And the
city’s powerful business community also must demand accountability. As The New York
Times wrote in a powerful editorial on “Chicago’s shame,”
“Chicago’s business leaders
should be sickened that it took
the execution of a teenager for
the city’s elected leaders to begin to face up to the truth about
the Police Department — a
truth that the black community
has been saying for decades.”
Yet, even if the task force’s
recommendations are adopted,
that is only a first step. The CPD
is guilty of a long, racially biased institutionalized pattern of
abuse. But they are also tasked
with enforcing order over communities in despair, plagued by
poverty, unemployment, drugs,
guns and a lack of hope. We
must reform the police. But we
also need a program for urban
development, jobs, schools and
hope. Without that, the streets
will remain hard and ugly,
and the people will continue
to suffer.
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impasse. The budget package gives relief to college and universities,
low-income students and a wide variety of human services and public
health programs. The House approved the measure yesterday, but the
governor has already threatened to veto it.
Below are comments from Senate Black Caucus members following
the passage of the measure:
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Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago)
“If the governor is going to continue holding the state and its most
vulnerable residents hostage while he demands reforms that would
hurt the middle class and aren’t proven to benefit anyone but large
corporations and the wealthy, the least he can do is allow universities and service providers to present their bills to the Comptroller
and get in line to be paid as soon as the money becomes available,”
Collins said. “We’re in a state of emergency, with Chicago State set
to close just 17 days from now and many social services and health
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funds to those who need it. I urge the governor to sign this legislation
into law.”
The legislation, Senate Bill 2046 funds the following programs:
·Appropriates $3.9 billion ($3.1 billion from General Revenue Funds)
• Funds public colleges and universities, including Chicago State
University, which is scheduled to shut down and lay off all staff
on April 30
• Funds MAP grants (state assistance to low-income college students attending both public and private Illinois institutions of
higher learning)
• Funds human services, public safety and public health programs
not currently funded under court orders and consent decrees; these
include:
o Breast and cervical cancer screenings
o Community mental health
o The Community Care Program (in-home assistance for senior citizens)
o Meals on Wheels for seniors
o Homelessness prevention and services
o Indigent burial
o Local public health grants
o School construction grants
o Affordable housing
o Lincoln’s Challenge Academy
o
Juvenile and Adult Redeploy Illinois (second-chance programs for
non-violent offenders)
o Services for victims of sexual assault
o Afterschool programs and violence prevention programs for at-risk youth
o Immigrant and refugee services
o Respite services for caregivers of those with developmental disabilities
o Addiction treatment programs
• Includes back pay owed to some state employees
10 myafricanamericantribune.com • February 12, 2016
REV. DR. OTIS MOSS, III
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ith civil rights advocacy in his DNA,
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III built his
ministry on community advancement and social justice activism.
As Senior Pastor of Trinity United
Church of Christ in Chicago, IL, Dr. Moss spent the
last two decades practicing and preaching a Black
theology that unapologetically calls attention to the
problems of mass incarceration, environmental justice, and economic inequality.
have inspired young and old alike. His intergenerational preaching gift has made Dr. Moss a popular
speaker on college campuses and at conferences
and churches across the globe. He is highly influenced by the works of Zora Neale Hurston, August
Wilson, Howard Thurman, Jazz, and Hip-Hop music. The work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., and the pastoral ministry of his father, Dr. Otis
Moss, Jr. of Cleveland, Ohio, have been primary
mentors for his spiritual formation.
Dr. Moss is part of a new generation of ministers
committed to preaching a prophetic message of
love and justice, which he believes are inseparable
companions that form the foundation of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ. As part of his community engagement through Trinity United Church of Christ, Dr.
Moss led the team that came up with the “My Life
Matters” curriculum, which includes the viral video,
“Get Home Safely: 10 Rules of Survival” created in
the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death at the hands
of Ferguson, Missouri police.
Dr. Moss is the former pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia, his first pastorate,
where the church grew from 125 members to over
2,100 disciples during his tenure.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Moss is an honors
graduate of Morehouse College who earned a
Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School and
a Doctor of Ministry from Chicago Theological
Seminary. He returned to Yale in 2014 to present
the famed Lyman Beecher lectures. The three-day
event included an in-depth discourse on the subject
of “The Blue Note Gospel: Preaching the Prophetic
Blues in a Post-Soul World.” The lectures, which
demonstrated a homiletic blueprint for prophetic
preaching in the 21st century, were the foundation
of his latest book, Blue Note Preaching in a PostSoul World: Finding Hope in an Age of Despair,
published in 2015.
Dr. Moss was named to the inaugural Root 100,
a list that “recognizes emerging and established
African-American leaders who are making extraordinary contributions,” according to the publication’s
Website. Honorees range between ages 25 to 45
and their accomplishments and successes transcend media headlines or statistics.
With a unique gift to communicate across generations, Dr. Moss’ creative Bible-based messages
His earlier publications include: Redemption in a
Red Light District, and The Gospel According to
the Wiz: And Other Sermons from Cinema. He
co-authored The Gospel Re-Mix; How to Reach the
Hip-Hop Generation with three other contributors,
and Preach! The Power and Purpose Behind Our
Praise, with his father, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.
His sermons, articles, and poetry have appeared in
publications such as Sojourners Magazine and The
African American Pulpit Journal. Those works include: Power in the Pulpit II: America’s Most Effective Preachers, Joy To The World: Sermons From
America’s Pulpit, Sound The Trumpet: Messages
of Hope for Black Men, and The Audacity of Faith:
Christian Leaders Reflect on the Election of Barack
Obama. His work has also been featured on Huffington Post, Urban Cusp, and The Root.
Dr. Moss is an ordained minister in the Progressive
National Baptist Convention and the United Church
of Christ. He is on the board of The Christian Century Magazine and chaplain of the Children’s Defense
Fund’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor Child Advocacy
Conference.
He is married to his college sweetheart, the former Monica Brown of Orlando, Florida, a Spelman
College and Columbia University graduate. They
are the proud parents of two creative and humorous
children, Elijah Wynton and Makayla Elon.
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USMCA is proud to announce the APRIL 2016 Member of the
Month, H&H All Seasons & Trucking Services, Inc. Thank you
so much for your commitment & contribution to the USMCA! We
are thrilled to have you a part of our team.
H&H All Seasons & Trucking Services, Inc. was founded in 2010.
Born out of a “hobby” to earn additional income, this small, urban business quickly grew into a household name in the Champaign-Urbana area. Since their inception, their guiding principle
has always been, “If you put forth the extra effort, you will always
stand out from the rest”, and has proven correct. H&H has grown
over 300% since their genesis! Owners Harry Bracey, Jr. and Dr.
Hilary L. Schroeder, have been dedicated to meeting the needs of
their customers with services primarily composed of, but not limited to, trucking & hauling (intra- and interstate), snow removal,
and landscaping.
Awards attesting to his adherence to safety on the road. Mr. Bracey
was a member of the local Truckers Union during his time as a
concrete truck driver.
Dr. Schroeder is no stranger to business. Upon earning her Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, New
York, she joined the Administrative branch of her mother’s family
business. Years later, while attending medical school and simultaneously earning her MBA degree, she created H&H and invited
H&H currently holds the following certifications: Business Enter- Harry to partner with her. Additionally, she serves as Executive
prise Program (CMS), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Director of the Central Illinois Chapter of the United States Minority Contractors Association (USMCA).
Capital Development Board, and Small Business Set Aside.
Mr. Bracey underwent training at Copiah-Lincoln Community
College in Wesson, Mississippi, where he received certifications
in Commercial Truck Driving, Heavy Equipment Operating, and
Welding. Since graduation, he has dedicated over 20 years of
service in these industries and has received multiple Safe Driver
The USMCA is proud to honor our latest April 2016 Member of
the month, H&H All Seasons & Trucking Services, Inc.
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Foundations College Prep’s Dance Team
Advances to the Elite International Championship in Orlando, Florida.
The Work Is Worth It
The FCP Dance team recently placed 1st in the Junior Pom Division
and 1st in the Junior HipHop Division at the Xtreme Spirit Chicagoland
Championship. At that competition, we received a Bid (free entry) to compete at the Elite International Championship, which takes place May 78,
2016 in Orlando, Florida.
The Foundations College Prep Dance Team was established in the
fall of 2015. In this short time it has competed in two competitions. In the
first competition (NDA/UDA), the girls placed 1st in Junior Pom and 4th in
Junior HipHop. We also participated in the Junior solos where we claimed
first, second and third place, as well as the most innovative choreography
award for our Pom routine inspired by the cultural icon, Rosie the Riveter.
Foundations College Prep, located at 1233 W. 109Pl, is in its second
year and currently serves 6th - 8th graders. Next year, FCP will open its
high school, serving its first 9th grade class. As a new, small school, FCP is
committed to continually enhancing its extracurricular offerings. Research
demonstrates that extracurricular activities positively influence academic
performance. The team consists of eight scholars, and our focus is on being
student athletes. So far this school year, the team has maintained a 3.17 GPA
on a 4.0 scale. They have taken the opportunities presented and excelled.
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We look forward to performing for our first time at an
International Championship. This will be incredible exposure
and an amazing experience for our young ladies! We have no
doubt they will continue to do FCP proud.
Building Black Wealth by Bill Patterson
Many people, including high-wage earners, are
struggling financially and living paycheck-topaycheck. However, people of color are being hit
the hardest by the current economy.
A recent survey revealed that the wealth gap among blacks
and whites has increased. Here are 10 proven wealth building
strategies to turn your life around or dramatically improve
your financial situation.
1. Find a coach or mentor and expand
your network. One of the quickest ways to increase
your income is to change the people with whom you spend
the majority of your time. Forming mentoring relationships
and networking with individuals who have achieved a higher
level of financial success will expand your knowledge and
expose you to new investment ideas and unprecedented
opportunities to build wealth.
2. Get paid what you are worth. If you are an
employee that means going after higher paying jobs in your
industry. If you are business owner, that means going after
larger clients and deals. It is important to make sure your time
is directly aligned to where the lion’s share of your income
either is or is going to be, and to make sure that you are
doing the most important activities every day that will change
the condition of your life or business financially.
3. Reduce your expenses. Cutting your expenses
is an easy but significant way to boost your net income and
build wealth. You can increase your income by thousands of
dollars by consolidating your long-term debt and reducing
your interest rates; doing comparison shopping and buying
products in bulk; purchasing consolidated services; and
doing a better job of budgeting and planning to reduce late
fees, bounced check fees, and penalty fees. Strive to invest
30% of take-home pay.
4. Reduce your consumer debt. It is extremely
difficult to build wealth when you are paying 20-30 percent
interest on credit cards. For some, credit counseling, debt
management plans, or debt negation plans may make sense.
6. Own Your Time. Focus on generating passive
and residual income instead of earned income. Most people
cannot get ahead because they are working too hard for
earned income. If you are going to work hard, it makes sense
to work hard on the things that will leverage your time and
create automatic and sustainable wealth.
7. Develop a long-term investment portfolio.
By taking advantage of the power of compounding, you can
earn hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions, by the
time you retire. Keep in mind, you should never invest money
that you cannot afford to lose, or invest in things you do not
understand or feel totally comfortable with.
8. Start a business to increase your income
and tax deductions. A small or home-based business
can be very profitable and can also save you thousands of
dollars through tax deductions every year. You can work with
your accountant to take advantage these deductions now by
adjusting your withholdings to immediately boost your take
home pay.
9. Leverage Other People’s Everything
(OPE). The key to success and building wealth quickly is
leveraging “other people’s everything.” That includes their
time, money, resources, credibility, networks, etc. Most
people are their own greatest obstacle to success. Out of
fear, habit, overconfidence or convenience, they choose to
do everything themselves even when securing help from
others would give them 10-100 times greater results. This is
known as the “Superman or Superwoman” syndrome.
10. Invest in yourself. You can dramatically
accelerate your path to wealth by increasing your financial
intelligence and learning to better manage investment risk.
By increasing your knowledge and experience, you will be
able to identify sound investment opportunities faster and cut
your losses soon. Both skills are essential long-term success
and building wealth.
Remember, becoming wealthy is not difficult; it
just takes time and focus. Unfortunately, most
5. Purchase a Home or Investment people do not focus on becoming wealthy, until
Property. Real estate, if purchased correctly, is one
of the ultimate investments. It can provide cash flow, price they do not have much time. Know that you
appreciation, tax deductions, tax credits, and more. With real can always change the condition of your life
estate, you also have the added advantage of leverage by
financially; you just have to be willing to think
being able to control an asset worth hundreds of thousands
differently, more creatively, and strategically.
or millions of dollars for only a small amount down.
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MECHANICAL
WORK
IL 60409
Cleveland Johnson, Manager
708-862-9066
PURSES PLUS CONSIGNMENT
Country Club Hills Favorite
Consignment Store!
18343 40th Court
African American
GENESIS CONSTRUCTION SERVICE GOSPEL LINE DANCE INSTRUCTION
Available for Youth, Singles
and Church Events
11700 S. Western
Chicago, IL 60643
219-440-8197
[email protected]
Phone: 312-296-1029
Phone: 708-957-3228
DEMOLITION
JANITORIAL
RESTAURANT
SPIRIT WRECKING & EXCAVATION
DAYSPRING JANITORIAL SERVICE
FLAVOR
General Contractor
10 E Garfield Blvd,
Chicago, IL 60615
773-924-5560
550 Taft Drive
South Holland, Illinois 60473
708-333-3034
5091 Sauk Trail Drive
Richton Park, Illinois 60471
708-748-3000
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ABUNDANT LIVING
CHRISTIAN CENTER
ALL NATIONS CHURCH OF
GOD IN CHRIST
Pastor William H.
Fleshman
14540 Lincoln Ave.
Dolton, IL 60419
Pastor Andre Fluker
1525 S. Pulaski Road
773-521-8428
11:00 am
708-896-6181
Worship Service: 12:30
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
CHURCH OF MORGAN PARK
ARNETT CHAPEL AFRICAN
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Apostle William Ellis
11401 S. Vincennes
Chicago, IL 60643
773-881-6900 Office
773-239-9586 Fax
Sunday Worship 11:00 AM
BETHLEHEM STAR
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Dr. Reginald Blount
11218 S. Bishop Street
Chicago, IL 60643
773-238-0670
[email protected]
Worship Service: 11:00 AM
BETHLEHEM TEMPLE
M. B. CHURCH
Pastor Roosevelt Watkins, III
9231 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
773-487-8441
www.bsmbchurch.com
10:45 am
CALVARY BAPTIST
CHURCH
Pastor J. C. Smith
20 East 147th Street
Harvey, IL 60426
708-596-1190 Phone
708-596-1195 Fax
11:00 AM Morning Worship
CARTER TEMPLE
CME CHURCH
Pastor Dr. Joseph Gordon
7841 S. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IL 60619
773-874-0175 Phone
773-874-8620 Fax
Worship 8:00 & 11:00 AM
Pastor James R. Flint, Jr.
8247 S. Jeffery Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60617
773-374-3612 – Office
773-374-5310 – Fax
Services: 7:00 & 11:00 AM
[email protected]
CHRIST UNIVERSAL
TEMPLE
CONCORD MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Derrick Wells
11901 South Ashland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60643
773-568-2282
www.cutemple.org
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Pastor Dr. Kenneth Phelps
6319 S. Kimbark Avenue
773-363-1377
www.concordmbchurch.org
11:00 am
APOSTOLIC
CHURCH OF GOD
Dr. Byron Brazier
6320 Dorchester Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
773-667-1500 Office
773- 667-4804 Fax
Sunday Worship
9:10 & 11:40 AM
BETH EDEN
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Craig Jenkins
11121 S. Loomis
Chicago, IL 6064
773-233-6953
bethedenbaptistchurch@
yahoo.com
Worship: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
BRIGHT STAR CHURCH OF
GOD IN CHRIST
Pastor Christopher Harris
735 E. 44th Street
Chicago, IL 60615
773-373-5220
11:00 AM Morning Worship
CHRIST UNIVERSAL PENTECOSTAL
CHURCH OF HOLINESS IN CHRIST
Bishop Paul J. Hall
10140 S. Halsted St.
Chicago, IL 60628
773-298-1209 Phone
773-298-1635 Fax
[email protected]
SUNDAY SERVICES 12:30 P.M. & 7:00 P.M.
SUN TELECAST 10:00 A.M. COMCAST CHANNEL 25
CORNERSTONE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Pastor Keith Williams
4101 Flossmoor Road
773-447-5017 phone
Worship Service: 11:00 am
COVENANT UNITED
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Pastor Ozzie Smith
1000 E. 154th Street
South Holland, IL 60473
708-333-5955
www.covucc.org
Worship Services: 8:00 AM
& 11:00 AM
FIRST BAPTIST
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Pastor George Daniels
1613 W. Washington Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60612
312-243-8047 Phone
312-243-9789 Fax
Worship Time:10:45 am
www.fbcc-chicago.net
FIRST CORINTHIAN
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor James Thomas
7500 S. Halsted
Chicago, IL
773-488-6519 phone
773-488-6529 fax
GREATER BETHESDA
MISSIONARY B.C.
Pastor David W. Watkins, III
5301 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60615-3303
(773) 373.3188, 3189 office
(773) 373.3863 fax
Services: 8:00 & 11:00 a.m.
http://GBMBC.org
GREATER ZION TEMPLE
M. B. CHURCH
Pastor Dewitt Harris, Jr.
1130 E. 95th Street
Chicago, IL 60619
773-731-2532
[email protected]
Bible Study: Wed 7:00 PM
KINGDOM CRUSADERS
INTERNAT’L MINISTRIES
Pastor Jeffrey Mullins
2700 W. 183rd Street
(Inside Dolphin Lake
Community Center)
Homewood, IL 60430
708-960-0214
9:15 - 10:45 am
FAITH UNITED
PROTESTANT CHURCH
Pastor Michael Sykes
10 Hemlock Street
Park Forest, Illinois 60466
708-747-1330
www.faithchurchpf.org
Worship Services: 8:00 AM &
10:15 AM
FAMILY ALTAR BAPTIST
CHURCH
Bishop Jennie Petties
5907 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60651
773-921-0191
FREEDOM
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Craig Smith
4541 Harrison Street
Hillside, IL 60162
708-449-3733
GREATER INSTITUTIONAL
A.M.E. CHURCH
Rev. Dr. Walter B. Johnson, Jr.
7800 South Indiana Avenue
Chicago, IL 60619
773-873-0800
IN THE UPPER ROOM
MINISTRIES
Pastor David Bigsby
17601 South Wentworth
Lansing, IL 60438
708-878-9296
10:30 am
LIBERTY TEMPLE FULL
GOSPEL CHURCH
Apostle Clifford E. Turner
378 Commons Drive
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
630-783-1600
www.Libertytemple.org
Sunday Services 11:00 am &
7:30 pm Wednesday 7:30 pm
FELLOWSHIP
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Charles Jenkins
45th Place & Princeton Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
773-924-3232
773-924-9677
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 9:00 PM Service
FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH
Pastor Reggie Williams
450 W. University Pkwy.
60484
University Park, Illinois
708-534-2242
11:00 am
GRACE MEMORIAL
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Marvin Hunter
1457 South Kenneth Avenue
Chicago, IL 60623
773-277-4552
M
GREATER ST. JOHN
HOLINESS M. B. CHURCH
Pastor Ira Acree
1256 N. Waller
Chicago, IL 60651
773-378-3300 Phone
773-378-3376 Fax
KINGDOM BUILDERS
CHURCH
Pastor Renaldo Kyles
1158 Sibley Blvd
Calumet City, IL.
708.801.2038
www.kingdombuilderschurchcalcity.org
Sun Service 9 am-10:30 am
Hour of Power Wed 7 pm-8 pm
LIBERTY TEMPLE FULL
GOSPEL CHURCH
Apostle Sheraine Lathon
2233 West 79th Street
Chicago, IL 60620
773-737-6369
www.Libertytemple.org
Sunday Services
9:15am & 11:30am
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LILYDALE FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH
MARS HILL
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Clarence Stowers
5916 West Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60644
773-287-3535 phone
773-287-7133 fax
Worship Services: 8:00 am
and 10:30 am
Pastor Alvin Love
639 W. 113th Street
Chicago, IL 60628
773-785-8623
773-928-5683 Fax
www.lilydalefirstbaptistchurch.org
Services 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
METROPOLITAN APOSTOLIC
COMMUNITY CHURCH
MOUNT CALVARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Dr. Leon D. Finney, Jr.
4100 S. King Drive
Chicago, IL 60653
773.924.1601 Off
773.924.1968 Fax
Sunday Morning Worship:
11:00 AM
MOUNT VERNON
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Tyrone Crider, Sr.
1257 W. 111th Street
Chicago, IL 60643
773-239-4000 Phone
773-239-4004 Fax
NEW BEGINNINGS
CHURCH
Pastor Johnny Miller
3555 W. Huron
Chicago, IL 60624
773-638-7720
773-638-7732
11:00 AM Worship Service
NEW LIFE
CATHEDRAL
Pastor Corey Brooks
6620 S. King Drive
773-326-4200
www.nbcchicago.com
11:00 am
NEW MOUNT CALVARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Everett N. Jennings, Jr.
700 East 111th Street
Chicago, IL 60628
773-660-0652 phone
Worship Service:
9:00 AM & 11:15 AM
NEW SPIRITUAL LIGHT
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Franklin Morris
1850 W. 67th St.
Chicago, IL
773-737-life
Worship Service 11:30 AM
OAKDALE COVENANT
CHURCH
Pastor Walter Turner
7566 S. Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60649
773-734-5483
Pastor D. Darrell Griffin
9440 S. Vincennes Avenue
Chicago, IL 60643
773-779-9440 Phone
773-779-9757 Fax
Worship Services:
7:30 am & 11:00 am
12:00 Noon and 4:00 PM
Services
PEOPLE’S CHURCH OF
THE HARVEST COGIC
PLEASANTGREEN
GROVE
PLEASANT
MISSIONARY
B.C.
MB CHURCH
Pastor Michael Eaddy
3570 West Fifth Avenue
Chicago, IL 60624
773-533-6877 Phone
773-533-1345 Fax
Worship: 8:00 am 11:00 am
6:00 pm
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Pastor
WalterA.Matthews
Rev.
Charles
Hamilton
7545 S. Vincennes Ave.
741 S Sacramento Blvd
Chicago, IL 60620
Chicago, IL 60612
773-874-6103 phone
Sunday
School 9:00
773-874-0706
fax AM
Sunday
11:00
AMam
WorshipWorship
Service:
11:00
Wed Prayer/Bible Class 7:00 PM
MARTIN TEMPLE
A.M.E. ZION CHURCH
Rev. Dr. Eric L. Leake
6930 S.Cottage Grove Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
(773)493-8624
www.martintempleamez.com
Worship 10:45 AM
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST
CHURCH
Pastor E. F. Ledbetter, III
4622 S. King Drive
773-373-0070
11:00 am
NEW COVENANT
MISSIONARY B.C.
Pastor Stephen J. Thurston
740 E. 77th Street
Chicago, IL 60619
773-846-3700
Worship Services:
7:30 am,11:30 am & 6:00 pm
NEW MOUNT PILGRIM
MB CHURCH
Pastor, Dr. Marshall E. Hatch
4301 W. Washington Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60624
773-287-5051 Phone
773-265-0312 Fax
Worship Services:
8:00 AM & 11:00 AM
OLIVET BAPTIST
CHURCH
Pastor John L. Smith
3101 South King Drive
Chicago, IL 60616
312-528-0124
olivetbaptistchurchchicago.org
Sunday Worship 10:45 AM
PRAISE TABERNACLE
DELIVERANCE B.C.
Pastor Steve Jones
9511 S. Commercial Avenue
Chicago, IL 60617
773-221-7740 Phone
773-221-9455 Fax
10:45 AM Worship Service
PROVIDENCE
M. B. CHURCH
Rev. Dr. William Foster, Jr.
8401 S. Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60620
773-238-5831
773-238-2414
Worship Services:
7:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m.
ROCK OF AGES
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Marvin E. Wiley
1309 Madison Street
Maywood, IL 60153
708-344-0704
www.rockofagesbc.org
Worship Services: 7:30 am
9:30 am 11:30 am
ST. SABINA
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Father Michael Pfleger
1210 W. 78th Place
Chicago, IL 60628
773-483-4300 Phone
773-483-7583 Fax
Worship Services:
8:30 am & 11:15 am
THE LIGHTS OF ZION
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Charles Mickens
11636 S. Halsted
Chicago, IL 60628
773-785-2996
773-786-3319
www.lozministries.com
11:00 AM Worship
TRUE LIGHT
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Larue Franklin Kidd
7300 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60619
773-994-1381 phone
TrueLightChurchBaptist.org
SundayWorship: 10:00 am
VICTORY APOSTOLIC
CHURCH
Rev. Andrew D. Singleton, Jr.
20801 Matteson Avenue
Matteson, Illinois 60443
708-283-0383 - Phone
[email protected]
www.victoryapostolicchurch.org
Worship 9:00 AM and 11:30 AM
PROVISO
BAPTIST CHURCH
ROBBINS CHURCH
OF CHRIST
Bishop Dr. Claude Porter
1116 S. Fifth Avenue
Maywood, IL 60153
708-865-7389 Phone
708-865-8767 Fax
ST. JAMES CHURCH
OF GOD IN CHRIST
Pastor David C. Penn
3647 Midlothian Turnpike
Robbins, IL 60472-1534
708-389-1310 Phone
708-389-3060 FAX
www.robbinschurchofchrist.org
www.imanicounselingservices.org
www.instituteofbiblicalstudieschicago org
ST. JOHN MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Willie James
Campbell
11750 S. Lowe
Chicago, IL 60628
773-291-0200 Phone
773-291-9916 Fax
Worship 9:00&11:45 am 8:00 pm
SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH OF
CHICAGO HOUSE OF HOPE
Pastor James T. Meeks
752 E. 114th Street
Chicago, IL 60628
773-371-2300 Phone
773-928-4344 Fax
10:00 AM Worship Services
TRIEDSTONE FULL GOSPEL
BAPTIST CHURCH
Bishop Simon Gordon
1415 w. 104th Street
Chicago, IL 60643
773-881-7710 Phone
773-881-9778 Fax
Worship Times:
9:00 am & 12:00 Noon
TRUE VINE MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor William Martin
6720 S. Stewart Avenue
11:00 am
VICTORY CHRISTIAN
INTERNAT’L MINISTRIES
Apostle Carl White
Robert Frost Middle School
2206 W. 167th Street
Markham, IL 60428
10:00 am
708-596-9673
Pastor A. Edward Davis, Jr.
211 E. 115th Street
Chicago, IL 60628
773-568-7589
773-568-9037
Worship Services:
7:30 AM & 11:00 AM
STONE TEMPLE
MISSIONARY B.C.
Pastor Derrick M.
Fitzpatrick
3622 W. Douglas Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60623
(773) 762-0013 Office
(773) 762-0900 Fax
www.stonetemple.org
TRINITY UNITED
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Pastor Otis Moss, III
400 W. 95th Street
Chicago, IL
773-962-5650
773-962-0164
Worship Services 7:30 a.m.,
11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
VALLEY KINGDOM
MINISTRIES INTERNAT’L
Apostle H. Daniel Wilson
708-535-7500
5300 151st Street
Oak Forest, Illinois 60452
Sundays at 10:30 am
1102 E. 154th Street
South Holland, Illinois 60473
Worship Sundays at 7:30 am
WEST POINT
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor L. Bernard Jakes
3566 South Cottage Grove
Avenue
Chicago IL 60653
773-538-7590
www.wpmbc.org
Leak Family
and the
Leak And Sons Funeral Homes
7838 S. Cottage Grove
Chicago, Il 60619
773-846-6567
18400 S. Pulaski Rd
Country Club Hills, Il 60478
708-206-0860
Founded By God in 1933
Spencer Leak Sr. Owner And President
Co-Founded by Rev. & Mrs. A. R. Leak
Spencer Leak, Jr. Vice President
THIRD LOCATION OPENING SOON: 5744 W. North Avenue, Chicago, IL
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