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Weekly Roundup for September 21, 2018
Dr. Cynthia Stone Receives CTSI Community Health Partnership's Trailblazer Award
The Indiana CTSI's Community Health Partnerships (CHeP) recognized the commitment of Dr. Cynthia Stone to community-engaged research, honoring her with the Community Health Partnership's Trailblazer Award. Dr. Stone received the award for her project in partnership with the Montgomery County Health Department, titled "Opioid Recovery Response Project in Montgomery County". The work done through community-engaged research will lead to meaningful impact and improved partnerships in Indiana. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor, Dr. Stone!
Dr. Dixon Receives 2018 Research Frontiers Trailblazer Award
We are pleased to announce that our own Dr. Brian Dixon was awarded the 2018 Research Frontiers Trailblazer Award! The award recognizes outstanding IUPUI researchers who show promise in becoming nationally and internationally known for their research and creative activity. It is given to associate professors within the first three years of being appointed or promoted to that title. We are so proud to have Dr. Dixon as a part of our school. Congratulations!
Indiana Public Media Features Professor Silverman
In a recent Indiana Public Media article, Professor Ross Silverman discusses how people who are incarcerated are at a higher risk of contracting Hepatitis C than the general population. He explains that some estimates put the cost of providing all infected inmates with the medication needed to treat Hepatitis C at more than $85 million. "The populations that are incarcerated are among the highest vulnerability populations for Hepatitis C," Professor Silverman says. "They have a much higher rate of Hepatitis C than the general population."
Nanjing Medical University in China Welcomes Dr. Babich
Dr. Suzanne Babich is spending two weeks in Nanjing, China teaching in the global MPH program at Nanjing Medical University, a partner university with Fairbanks School of Public Health. Earlier this year, Drs. Silvia Bigatti and Brian Dixon taught at NMU as part of FSPH's aim for faculty mobility between both schools.
FSPH Welcomes New Staff
Within the last several weeks, the Fairbanks School of Public Health has added three new staff members. Joining as our new on-site CAITS representative is Marco Medina who brings with him a host of experience and willingness to help. We also recently welcomed Ashley Phillips, a project manager who will be working with Dr. Jack Turman on his Riley Children's Foundation grant. Ashley received her MPH from IU Bloomington in December 2017 and completed an internship with Dr. Turman last fall. New to the Fairbanks family as well, is Sedric Warren, a program coordinator for the Center of Public Health Practice. Sedric received his MPH in Public Health Management & Policy from Capella University and BA in History, Health Promotion, Education & Behavior from the University of South Carolina-Columbia. Please welcome our new team members when you see them in the office!
Get Access to APHA Sessions with APHA Live
APHA Live makes key sessions of APHA's 2018 Annual Meeting and Expo available to everyone. It's is a great supplement for those who plan to attend the San Diego meeting on Nov. 10 - 14 and an affordable alternative for those who can't travel. These virtual sessions air live and are subsequently available on-demand to extend the stimulating conversation and education to all. You'll get access to 21 hours of livestreamed and on-demand special sessions, 14 premier sessions, 11 Special Sessions covering this year's Annual Meeting theme, "Creating the Healthiest Nation: Health Equity Now," and 19 Continuing Education credits. View the APHA Live schedule to learn more about each session and all speakers.
IU Staff and Faculty Clinic Offers Urgent and Primary Care Services
If you are enrolled in an IU-sponsored medical plan, the IU Staff and Faculty Clinic is available to meet your health care needs. The clinic is conveniently located in Indianapolis and same-day, call-ahead appointments are available. You can visit the IU Staff and Faculty Clinic for non-life-threatening illnesses. Located on the 3rd floor of IU Health University Hospital Adult Outpatient Center, the clinic can be accessed by both the IU Health People Mover and the IUPUI Campus Shuttle. Same-day, call-ahead appointments are available on a first-come, first-serve basis Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Walk-in appointments cannot be accommodated at this time. Lab drawing services are available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., if needed. Any test results can be shared with the employee and any provider that the employee specifies.
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IUPUI 50th Anniversary Fall Events
IUPUI's 50th Anniversary is officially underway, and the excitement and enthusiasm are building for an incredible year of signature events and annual activities spotlighted with a 50th Anniversary focus. We are looking forward to sharing the excitement with you in the upcoming fall events:
IUPUI Regatta is Tomorrow
September 22, from The IUPUI Regatta offers entertainment for all, whether you are paddling in the race or not! The FSPH will be there and we encourage you to wear your FSPH t-shirt. Anyone without a shirt should pick one up at the fifth-floor desk at FSPH (1050 Wishard Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202).
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2018 Indiana Public Health Conference
Please come join us for the conference, Saving Lives and Communities: Reducing Harm, Stigma, Overdoses, and Death, on October 11, 2018, at the Indianapolis Marriott East. Registration is open! Registration for general attendance is $50 and $25 for students. We have two great harm reduction advocates joining us for the morning and lunch plenaries. Dr. Hansel Tookes, the founder of IDEA Exchange, will join us in the morning and Dr. Sam Tsemberis, the founder of the Housing First Model will join us at lunch. Visit the conference webpage for more information and to register. We have a limited number of student scholarships available to cover the costs of registration. The scholarships are available to ANY student. More information is available on the conference website. The deadline to receive letters of interest has passed, but we still have opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to submit abstracts for posters presentations.
INsights & INnovations Webinar Session Coming Soon
Please join us Friday, September 28 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET for the next session in the Harm Reduction Series of the INsights & INnovations webinars. We are pleased to welcome Dr. Tara Benjamin, Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecoloy at the IU School of Medicine and Director of the Maternal Recovery Program at Riley Maternity & Newborn Health. Dr. Benjamin will present The Least, Last, and Lost of a US Public Health Crisis: Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder. This presentation will help participants to debunk myths about Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in pregnancy, understand the history of the modern day U.S. opioid epidemic and the neurobiology of addiction, and recognize the barriers and challenges faced when caring for patients in this vulnerable population. For more information, reach out to Sedric Warren or register now!
Abstract Submission Deadline for ISDS Conference Has Been Extended
Two weeks have been added to the abstract submission deadline for the ISDS Conference, so, you now have three weeks from today to submit your abstract. The deadline is now September 28. Also, Dr. Brian Dixon, Yenling Ho and Tim McFarlane are co-chairs of the Informatics track and will be reviewing all of the informatics-related abstracts, as well as putting together that component of the overall conference program. Additionally, our students and faculty are providing a valuable service to the profession of public health by serving on the Scientific Program Committee for the conference. Dr. Dixon's workshop from the January conference has been published and was very popular according to ISDS. The workshop received lots of positive feedback and Dr. Dixon has been invited to present a similar workshop at the 2019 conference.
All FSPH Faculty and Staff Are Asked to Create a Digital Signature for Email
All faculty and staff at FSPH are strongly encouraged to begin using a digital signature for email. Using a digital signature acts as an important measure to prevent phishing scams at IU by verifying that the email message originated from the signer and has not been "spoofed" by an imposter. Please follow these instructions to get and save your unique digital signature file. If you run into any issues during the process that are not resolved with the instructions and videos provided, please contact CAITS by emailing caits@iu.edu.
Are you an IU faculty or staff member who is willing to speak to the media or public about your area of expertise, breaking news, interesting trends, or novel research? Register now as an IU expert. Faculty and staff at Indiana University have expertise in topics across a wide range of disciplines. This list allows internal and external parties to search by keyword and/or IU campus to find an IU representative whose expertise matches what they're looking for.
Guest Scientist Dr. Robert Gibbons to Present at Regenstrief
Join Regenstrief Institute and the IU Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in welcoming visiting University of Chicago scientist Dr. Robert Gibbons to the IUPUI campus. Dr. Gibbons is a founder of the Mental Health Statistics section of the American Statistical Association. His work spans the areas of longitudinal data analysis, item response theory, environmental statistics and drug safety and has led to thousands of applications in the biological and social sciences. Please take this early opportunity to RSVP for Dr. Gibbon's presentation, "Advances in Mental Health Measurement" on Friday, October 5, from 1pm-2pm. A networking reception will follow from 2pm-3pm. Online registration is open now!
Submit Award Nominations: Teaching and Service & Faculty Honors
Nominations are due by Monday, October 15, 2018 for Distinguished Professorships; Distinguished Teaching Awards; Associate Instructor Awards; the Ehrlich, Pinnell, and Ryan Awards; and the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Technology. Nominations and supporting documentation must be submitted electronically. Examples of successful nomination documents are available physically on each campus. Recipients will be honored in Spring 2019. Questions or want to view a nomination dossier? Email uha@iu.edu or call Jon Lozano, Coordinator of Strategic Initiatives at (812) 856-0893.
Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy and one of the most important duties we have as citizens. Indiana University strongly encourages you to fulfill your civic duty and participate in the 2018 primary and general elections-in Indiana or your home state. The deadline to register for the general election is October 9, 2018. Indiana University is participating in the Big Ten Voting Challenge - a nonpartisan, student-directed initiative to encourage students to exercise their right to vote. This challenge will mobilize registration and turnout efforts at all 14 Big Ten universities.
Read scholarly articles recently published by FSPH faculty.
Emily Ahonen, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Science and Social and Behavioral Sciences
Flynn et al. Respond
American Journal of Public Health
Silvia Bigatti, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Cultural Stressors Described by Latina Young Women Living in a Tumultuous Sociopolitical Climate
Sigma's 29th International Nursing Research Congress
Jianjun Zhang, Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Plasma-derived Metabolite and Protein Biomarker Panels Have Additive Performance for Early Stage Pancreatic Cancer.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Intake of methyl-related nutrients and Risk of pancreatic Cancer in a Population-Based Case-Control Studies in Minnesota. European
Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Bone Mineral Density among Children and Adolescents in a Northwest Chinese City.
The study of GPX3 methylation in patients with Kashin-Beck Disease and its mechanism in chondrocyte apoptosis.
Students & Alumni News
Join Us at the IUPUI Open Hackathon Tonight
On Friday, September 21 from 5pm to 11pm, the Fairbanks School of Public Health is hosting a hackathon for all IUPUI students in HITS 1110... and we would love to have our Fairbanks family there as well. Bring your laptop and join us for a fun, evening-long event to learn about the R programming language and how data can literally "confound" us! We are meeting at Burgerhaus at 5pm for introductions and will walk a couple blocks to the Health Information and Translational Sciences building (room HITS 1110) to engage in some exercises with the R programming language. Students will be provided an introduction to the R programming language and visualization libraries in R.
MHA Alumni: Your Story is Our Story - Help Us Tell It
The 50th Anniversary of the Master of Health Administration program at IUPUI is in 2019 and we are actively preparing to celebrate. As a special way to celebrate throughout the year, we would love to share stories and images that help tell the history of our program from the perspective of students and alumni like you. We'll be posting some of your stories on social media, and some will appear on our website. Although we won't be able to publish every story that is shared, know that you are always part of IUPUI, and your stories are important to us. If you would like to submit your story or images, please take a moment to fill out the brief questionnaire about your experience as a MHA student. From your favorite memories, stories about your experience, and even your favorite places to hang out on campus - we want to hear it. Share your story now
Take a Study Abroad Course in South Korea
The Health & Behavioral Health in a Global Context: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice course gives students an overview of interpreofessional collaborative practice, observation and experience of health and behavioral health care programs in South Korea, and enriching cultural excursion through on-site course, agency visits, and interactions with Korean students. The program includes 4 on-campus sessions, 13 days in South Korea and much more!
Become an IU Student Trustee
Become a Part of IU History and apply to be the next student trustee to make a difference for Indiana University, your fellow students, and yourself. The Board of Trustees is responsible for the budget, values, and long-term direction of the university. The student trustee is a fully vested member of the board with rights, responsibilities, and privileges accorded to all trustees. The student trustee participates in at least six board meetings per year, serves on board committees, and takes part in various university functions and ceremonies. Serving as a trustee can transform your life and keep IU on a trajectory of growth and prosperity. This is a rare opportunity open only to IU students.
Fall Career Week Is Here
Join us for Fall Career Week! Over 60 events let you explore majors and careers, connect with alumni and other professionals, get your resume reviewed by employers, learn interviewing skills and job search strategies, seek internship and employment opportunities, and much more. Take a look at the updated schedule and meet us there!
IUPUI Campus Recreation Programs Now Available
Regardless of your goals and interests, IUPUI Campus Recreation provides a variety of opportunities that promote healthy lifestyles and success through the Fitness Center, intramural sports, group fitness classes, and club sports. Campus Recreation programs are available to all current IUPUI students, faculty, and staff.
LISC to Host Development on Tap Event
On September 27, LISC Indianapolis is hosting, Development on Tap: How do we improve health and wellness in Indy neighborhoods? The presentation will feature: Julia Ryan, Vice President of Health Initiatives, National LISC; and Kate Sommerfeld, President of Social Determinants of Health, ProMedica. LISC recently announced a $45 million partnership with ProMedica to address social determinants of health in Toledo, OH and the surrounding region. Julia and Kate will discuss this partnership, which includes debt and grant capital for community development projects. Register now for this event!
Call for Abstracts: ISDS Public Health Surveillance Conference
The International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) is pleased to release the Call for Abstracts for the 2019 Annual Conference in San Diego, January 29 to February 1, 2019. The theme for the conference is Harnessing Data Science to Improve Population Health and Public Health Surveillance. Abstracts will be accepted online until September 14, 2018. Also, the Award for Outstanding Student or Post-Degree Abstract is coming shortly. Two exceptional student abstracts will be selected among eligible applicants. The awardees receive complimentary registration to the conference plus two nights housing in the host hotel.
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Global Health Projects Course
Register today for the newly updated Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Global Health Projects course on October 1 in Singapore. This training was designed to help clinicians, program managers, and other healthcare professionals like you identify, collect, and analyze data to improve programs and deliver better patient outcomes. This course presents different steps of the MEL process and includes, amongst other topics, the development of indicators and targets; data collection, analysis and using the data for learning and decision making; communicating the findings of the MEL process; evaluation; and assessment of advocacy efforts.
Importance of Safe Well Water for Maternal & Child Health
On Friday, October 5, from 9am - 5pm, you're invited to attend the Importance of Safe Well Water for Maternal & Child Health event at Ivy Tech Culinary & Conference Center. No registration fee is needed and lunch is provided. Speakers will be Dr. Susan Buchanan, Director of Great Lakes Center for Children's Environmental Health; and Steve Wilson, Groundwater Hydrologist and 30-year veteran of Illinois State Water Survey. For more information, contact Mary Hagerman at 317-921-5553. Register now!
Apply by October 15 for the IRHA Fellowship Program
The Indiana Rural Health Association (IRHA) was founded in 1997 with a mission to enhance the health and well-being of rural populations in Indiana through leadership, education, advocacy, collaboration, and resource development. To fulfill their mission, they have established the IRHA Fellowship Program. This program is targeted to students (upper level undergraduate education through graduate/professional school) and early career professionals to better connect with rural leaders around the state and obtain a more comprehensive understanding of public health and healthcare in rural Indiana. Apply now!
Run, Hide, Fight: Active Aggressor Training Available to All at IUPUI
Active Aggressor training is being offered by IU Police Department and IU Emergency Management to all staff, faculty, and students. Registration is provided through Expand on one.iu.edu. Please share this with any staff or members of the University community that may be interested in attending.
Become a DEAP Student Mentor
The Diversity Enrichment & Achievement Program (DEAP) is calling all IUPUI faculty and staff! Serve as a mentor to students and help create a community of support for them as they adjust to the culture of higher education and all of the opportunities IUPUI has to offer. Mentoring a scholar doesn't take a lot of time, only a bit of caring. For more information, visit the DEAP website or reach out to Latoria Thomas-Lee.
Save the Date: Family Weekend 2018
It is almost time for the 4th Annual IUPUI Family Weekend - a growing tradition for the Jaguar community! Join us for an all-campus open session to learn more about IUPUI families, Family Weekend history, plans for the 4th Annual Family Weekend, and ways you can join in on the family fun this year! Family Weekend provides an opportunity to visit your student's home away from home and learn firsthand what makes IUPUI such an amazing place to learn and connect. This weekend of events is for all ages. Invite parents, guardians, little sibs, grandparents, family friends, and anyone you consider a part of your Jaguar family to join the fun! Visit our site to view the schedule of events, register your family, and plan your visit for Family Weekend on Nov. 2-4.
Mighty Earth's Clean Water Campaign
Join MightyEarth's Clean Water Campaign! Industrial meat production is the leading cause of water pollution in the United States. Much of the corn and soy grown at an industrial scale to feed livestock pollutes waterways with excess fertilizer, depletes the soil, and contributes to the destruction of prairie landscapes. Join other concerned residents and local organizations on Thursday, September 20th for a fun event to learn more about the campaign, help us strategize how to win, and take action! You can RSVP here, and bring a friend! To learn more about how you can get involved, please contact Kobi Naseck at kobi@mightyearth.org.
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Memorial Day Parade Recap
The 2018 Harding Township Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony is now in the history books. As promised the parade featured fire engines, ambulances, bands, horses, dogs and lots of people marching in honor of our veterans. The only thing missing where the clowns!
The parade arrived in Memorial Park to find a large crowd of spectators waiting for the events featured speaker, Irv Zander.
Patrolman Stephen Rollin of the Harding Township Police Department, a veteran of Kuwait and Iraq, led the large crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance. The Reverand Brian Sullivan gave the Invocation and Mike Meade, himself a veteran, provided the introduction for Mr. Zander. Mike Meade's introduction:
Good morning. I am Mike Meade and I have been given the honor to introduce the Grand Marshall of the parade today. I have known this man for close to 50 years. As a kid right out of high school, he joined the Army and quickly found himself in the jungles and rice paddies of South Vietnam. When he returned home, he was not met by a ticker-tape parade, confetti, or marching band. When the veterans of this war came back, they just tried to blend in with society. This man has been among us his entire life with very few people being aware of his patriotism. When I went to tell him that the community wanted to recognize him at this ceremony, I was really taken back by his response — he became choked up and a tear came to his eye. His response, "After all these years, people really care." I told him we do, at which time he told me that he would be honored to. So it is my honor and privilege to present to you my friend and the Grand Marshall, Mr. Irv Zander.
Mr. Zander spoke elegantly about the sacrifices made by all of our veterans, but particularly those that gave their lives for our freedom. He described their service as a blank check, which for some ended up marked "paid in full" with their lives. More than 20 veterans who participated in the parade then introduced themselves, giving a brief description of their service, and were loudly cheered by the assembled spectators.
Following Mr. Zander's emotional and moving speech, a wreath was presented to honor all fallen war heroes. Interspersed during the program where songs and music presented by the Harding Township school's band, under the direction of Tim Alworth, the chorus, under the direction of Rachel Gareau and Mrs. LuAnn Romano. Jake Hays, an HTCA Trustee and Vice President, was the event's MC.
Photo's of the Ceremony are below and here is Irv Zander's speech.

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humans typically having a degree of Sub-Saharan African ancestry
Black people usually refers to people of relatively recent African descent (see African diaspora), although other usages extend the term to any of the populations characterized by having a dark skin color, a definition that also includes certain populations in Oceania and Southwest Asia.
Prominent Black People. Clockwise from top left: abolitionist Frederick Douglass, activists Sojourner Truth and Martin Luther King, Jr., and scientist George Washington Carver.
Being black in America has little to do with skin color. Being black means that your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body are where the dispossessed are. ~ James Cone
Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
Muhammad Ali, attributed in Chambers Sporting Quotations (1990), by Simon James, p. 27
I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.
Muhammad Ali, as quoted without citation in "Muhammad Ali quotes: The boxing icon in his own words after he dies aged 74", The Independent, Staff, (June 4, 2016).
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others. … One ever feels his twoness, — an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warrings ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
W.E.B. Du Bois The Souls of Black Folk
History has thrown the colored man out. You look in vain to Bancroft and other historians for justice to the colored. The historian passes it by.
William Wells Brown in an address at the American Anti-Slavery Society in May 1860, New York. Anti-Slavery Standard, May 26, 1860
Being black in America has little to do with skin color. Being black means that your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body are where the dispossessed are.
James Cone, Black Theology and Black Power (1969), p. 151
They have many capabilities which are as yet undeveloped. When once they are surrounded by the influence of Christianity and civilization, their progress may be fully equal to that of other nations. Like a new-born child the germs are there, but the surrounding conditions have tended to rather dwarf than develop. Even the little children know the names and characteristics of the plants and trees. Many, too, have a good knowledge of native herbs, and some diseases are successfully treated by the native doctors. The children are familiar with the names and habits of insects, birds, snakes, and animals. … They have a good knowledge of the geography of the country for miles around, knowing the names and situations of all the villages, rivers, hills, and mountains. To them the narrow foot-paths, which seem like net-work, are as familiar as the plain highways in other lands. As far as knowledge of the civilized world is concerned they are almost totally ignorant. It seems to end with the sea, because they know there is an ocean, but they know of nothing beyond.
Mrs. W. E. Fay, missionary at the Bié Plateau, central Angola, in West Central Africa, Life and Light for Woman, Vol. XIX (November 1889)
They appeared all to have made considerable progress in reading for the time they had respectively been in the school, and most of them answered readily and well the questions of the catechism. They behaved very orderly, and showed a proper respect and ready obedience to the mistress, and seemed very attentive to, and a good deal affected by, a serious exhoration with which Mister Sturgeon concluded our visit. I was on the whole much pleased, and from what I then saw, have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race, than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension seems as quick, their memory as strong, and their docility in every respect equal to that of white children.
Benjamin Franklin, letter to Waring (17 December 1783), after visiting a school, as quoted in The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (March 2002), by H.W. Brands, p. 355.
We do not even inquire whether a black man is a rebel in arms or not; if he is black, be he friend or foe, he is thought best kept at a distance. It is hardly possible God will let us succeed while such enormities are 'practiced.
James A. Garfield, regarding slavery (1862), as quoted in Garfield: A Biography (1978), by Allan Peskin, p. 145.
[N]ature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men.
Thomas Jefferson, letter to Benjamin Banneker (30 August 1791)
Negroes are not the only victims. How many white children have gone uneducated, how many white families have lived in stark poverty, how many white lives have been scarred by fear, because we have wasted our energy and our substance to maintain the barriers of hatred and terror?
Lyndon B. Johnson, Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise, March 15, 1965
The only people who accept slavery are the Negroes, owing to their low degree of humanity and proximity to the animal stage. Other persons who accept the status of slave do so as a means of attaining high rank, or power, or wealth, as is the case with the Mameluke Turks in the East and with those Franks and Galicians who enter the service of the state [in Spain].
Ibn Khaldun as quoted in Bernard Lewis, Race and Color in Islam, Harper and Row, 1970, quote on page 38. The brackets are displayed by Lewis.
One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.
Martin Luther King Jr. I have a dream (1963) speech[1]
I have a dream: That one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" — one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream (1963)
I look forward confidently to the day when all who work for a living will be one with no thought to their separateness as Negroes, Jews, Italians or any other distinctions. This will be the day when we bring into full realization the American dream — a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few; a dream of a land where men will not argue that the color of a man's skin determines the content of his character; a dream of a nation where all our gifts and resources are held not for ourselves alone, but as instruments of service for the rest of humanity; the dream of a country where every man will respect the dignity and worth of the human personality.
Martin Luther King Jr., (11 May 1959) "Address at the Religious Leaders Conference"; Washington, D.C.
Living with the conditions of slavery and then, later, segregation, the Negroes lost faith in themselves. Many came to feel that perhaps they were inferior. But then something happened to the Negro. Circumstances made it possible and necessary for him to travel more. The coming of the automobile, the upheavals of two world wars, the Great Depression. And so his rural plantation background gradually gave way to urban industrial life. His economic life was gradually rising through the growth of industry, the influence of organized labor, expanded educational opportunities; and even his cultural life was rising through the steady decline of crippling illiteracy. All of these forces conjoined to cause the Negro to take a new look at himself.
Negro masses all over began to reevaluate themselves. The Negro came to feel that he was somebody. His religion revealed to him that God loves all of his children and that all men are made in his image. That the basic thing about a man is not his specificity but his fundamental; not the texture of his hair or the color of his skin, but his eternal dignity and worth. So the Negro can now unconsciously cry out with the eloquent poet: "fleecy locks and black complexion cannot forfeit nature's claim; skin may differ but affection dwells in black and white the same. Were I so tall as to reach the pole or to grasp the ocean and the sand. I must be measured by my soul; the mind is a standard of the man." With this new sense of dignity, this new sense of self respect, a new Negro came into being with a new determination to suffer and struggle and sacrifice in order to be free. So in a real sense we have come a long, long way since 1619.
Martin Luther King Jr., Speech at Dartmouth, May 23, 1962
The history books, which had almost completely ignored the contribution of the Negro in American history, only served to intensify the Negroes' sense of worthlessness and to augment the anachronistic doctrine of white supremacy. All too many Negroes and whites are unaware of the fact that the first American to shed blood in the revolution which freed this country from British oppression was a black seaman named Crispus Attucks. Negroes and whites are almost totally oblivious of the fact that it was a Negro physician, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, who performed the first successful operation on the heart in America. Another Negro physician, Dr. Charles Drew, was largely responsible for developing the method of separating blood plasma and storing it on a large scale, a process that saved thousands of lives in World War II and has made possible many of the important advances in powstwar medicine. History books have virtually overlooked the many Negro scientists and inventors who have enriched American life. Although a few refer to George Washington Carver, whose research in agricultural products helped to revive the economy of the South when the throne of King Cotton began to totter, they ignore the contribution of Norbert Rillieuz, whose invention of an evaporating pan revolutionized the process of sugar refining. How many people know that multimillion-dollar United Shoe Machinery Company developed from the shoe-lasting machine invented in the last century by a Negro from Dutch Guiana, Jan Matzelinger; or that Granville T. Woods, an expert in electric motors, whose many patents speeded the growth and improvement of the railroads at the beginning of this century, was a Negro?
Even the Negroes' contribution to the music of America is sometimes overlooked in astonishing ways. In 1965 my oldest son and daughter entered an integrated school in Atlanta. A few months later my wife and I were invited to attend a program entitled "Music that has made America great." As the evening unfolded, we listened to the folk songs and melodis of the various immigrant groups. We were certain that the program would end with the most original of all American music, the Negro spiritual. But we were mistaken. Instead, all the students, including our children, ended the program by singing "Dixie".
Martin Luther King Jr., as quoted in Carson, Clayborne. 2001. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Grand Central Publishing. Cap: Black Power.
In the struggle for human rights and justice, Negros will make a mistake if they become bitter and indulge in hate campaigns.
Martin Luther King Jr., Speech delivered in Finney Chapel at Oberlin College (7 February 1957), as reported in "When MLK came to Oberlin" by Cindy Leise (The Chronicle-Telegram; January 21, 2008)
The non-violent Negro is seeking to create the beloved community. He directs his attack on the forces of evil rather than on individuals. The tensions are not between the races, but between the forces of justice and injustice; between the forces of light and darkness.
Martin Luther King, speech delivered in Finney Chapel at Oberlin College (February 7, 1957), as reported in "When MLK came to Oberlin" by Cindy Leise (The Chronicle-Telegram; January 21, 2008)
James Bond was established by Ian Fleming as a white character, played by white actors. Play 003 or 006, but you cannot be 007. A lot of people say we should be allowed to play everything. Don't be ridiculous. If I say I want to play JFK, I should be laughed out of the room.
Yaphet Kotto, "Former 007 villain Yaphet Kotto says James Bond cannot be black", Ben Child, The Guardian, (8 April 2015).
Young black kids didn't grow up wanting to be a pimp or a stripper like they do now. You might think I'm making generalizations, but I don't think I am. That's how serious this stuff is. When I was young, cats going to college got as much (love) as the ones who could rap or play ball.
Spike Lee, Middle Tennessee State University's Alumni Memorial Gym speech in "Spike urges a smarter kind of cool" by Kate Howard, Tennessean.com, (November 3, 2005); as quoted in The Free Radical.
These artists talk about 'ho this, bitch this, skank this' and all the other stuff. They're talking about all our mothers, all our sisters. They're talking about their own mothers, grandmothers. You have to have knowledge of self and knowledge of history. Because if you had that you would not use that terminology. You would not even be in that mindset. And we're in a time when young black boys and girls want to be pimps and strippers, because that is what they see. . . . Something is definitely wrong.
Spike Lee, Ryerson University speech in "Spike Lee derides gangsta rap lyrics in T.O. speech" by CTV.ca (Canadian Press), (March 15, 2005); as quoted in The Free Radical.
I want every man to have the chance, and I believe a black man is entitled to it, in which he can better his condition, when he may look forward and hope to be a hired laborer this year and the next, work for himself afterward, and finally to hire men to work for him! That is the true system.
Abraham Lincoln, "Allow the humblest man an equal chance" speech (6 March 1860) at New Haven, Connecticut.
Now, if there is anyone dissatisfied with the fact, that there is a whole race of human beings, with the rights of human beings, created with a skin not colored like our own, let him go mouth the heavens, and mutter his blasphemies in the ear of the God that made us all. Tell him that he had no business to make human beings with a black skin. I repeat, I feel no responsibility for this fact. But, inasmuch as it has pleased God to make them human beings, I am bound to regard them as such. Instead of chattering your gibberish in my ear bout negro equality, go look the son of God in the face and reproach him for favoring negro equality because he poured out his blood for the most abject and despised of the human family. Go settle this matter with the God who created and the Christ who redeemed.
Owen Lovejoy, speech to the United States Congress (February 1859), as quoted in His Brother's Blood: Speeches and Writings, 1838–64 (2004), edited by William Frederick Moore and Jane Ann Moore, p. 177
It's odd that considering all the black ink that goes into making the comics section (and color on Sundays) that you rarely see any black faces on that page. Well, maybe it's not so odd after all, considering the makeup of most newsrooms in our country. It is even more stunning when you consider that in many of our large cities like New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago where the white population is barely a third of the overall citizenry, the comics pages seem to be one of the last vestiges of the belief that white faces are just…well, you know…so much more happy and friendly and funny!
Of course, the real funnies are on the front pages of most papers these days. That's where you can see a lot of black faces. The media loves to cover black people on the front page. After all, when you live in a society that will lock up 30 percent of all black men at some time in their lives and send more of them to prison than to college, chances are a fair number of those black faces will end up in the newspaper.
Oops, there I go playing the race card. You see, in America these days, we aren't supposed to talk about race. We have been told to pretend that things have gotten better, that the old days of segregation and cross burnings are long gone, and that no one needs to talk about race again because, hey, we fixed that problem.
Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. Sure, the "whites only" signs are down, but they have just been replaced by invisible ones that, if you are black, you see hanging in front of the home loan department of the local bank, across the entrance of the ritzy suburban or on the doors of the U.S. Senate (100 percent Caucasian and going strong!)
Michael Moore, foreword to "The Boondocks Treasury: a Right to be Hostile" by Aaron McGruder, (2003).
Be confident in your blackness!
Barack Obama, address at Howard University (May 2016), as quoted in "Obama's full remarks at Howard University commencement ceremony", Politico (7 May 2016)
Think about it: if a quarter of Medical residency think that black people have thicker skin and nurses are being told that they think suffering is inevitable, that might lead to black people's pain being treated differently.
John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, (August 18, 2019); as qtd. in Adrian Horton, "John Oliver: bias in medical care is a 'discussion that we need to have'", The Guardian, (19 Aug 2019).
When it comes to heroes of color in comic books such as Miles Morales, Semper's fine with it. But what he really cares more about is giving black creators more attention. "Let them create what they want to," he says. "It doesn't necessarily mean having a black face behind the mask, which is great. But let's instead turn to a black creator and say, 'What do you want to make?' Black creators matter, and that's the thing that I think is more important."
John Semper in "SPIDER-MAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES PAVED THE WAY FOR INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE AND THE MCU", Charles Moss, (Dec 26, 2018).
Dealt with a best friend getting killed. It was two 35-year-old black men. Wasn't no police officer involved, wasn't anybody else involved, and I didn't hear anybody shouting 'black lives matter' then. And I think that's the point we need to get to is that we need to deal with our own internal issues before we move forward and start pointing fingers and start attacking other people. We need to solidify ourselves as people and deal with our issues, because I think as long as we have black-on-black crime and, you know, one black man killing another. If black lives matter, then it should matter all the time. You should never let somebody get killed. That's somebody's son, That's somebody's brother; that's somebody's friend. So you should always keep that in mind.
Richard Sherman, press conference (16 September 2015), as quoted in "Video: Richard Sherman speaks passionately on Black Lives Matter" (16 September 2015), by Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington.
The failure to capitalize Black when it is synonymous with African American is a matter of unintended racism, to put the best possible face on it.
Robert S. Wachal, "The Capitalization of Black and Native American," American Speech, vol. 75, no. 4 (Winter 2000), pp. 364–65. Quoted in African American Philosophers and Philosophy: An Introduction to the History, Concepts and Contemporary Issues (2019) by Stephen Ferguson II and John McClendon III, p. 6, Bloomsbury Publishing.
We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.
Malcolm X Interview (January 1965?); quoted in By Any Means Necessary
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That's the question on my mind today as I'm about to welcome Jodi Flynn, a producer of the hit A&E reality/documentary show "Hoarders" as my guest.
You can LISTEN to this interview with JODI FLYNN, producer of HOARDERS, by clicking the audio player above!
The latter shows are serious, intense explorations of people whose lives have gone really wrong, sometimes through their own mistakes, sometimes through no fault of their own. So when I ask, "Where is the line?" I really want to know if there is a point in space we just shouldn't cross out of respect for human dignity.
Having said all that, does it make me a hypocrite to say you can catch Hoarders ever Monday night on A&E at 10 p.m.?


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