NEXT GENERAL MEETING 3/31/2012

 

Greetings IIBAP Members and Guest:

Our next meeting is scheduled for this Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 4:00 PM. 

 

Workshop: Holistic Health & Intervention Strategies Part III: 2CEUs

    Presenter: Leslie Illidge, LSW, CADC

MEMBERS (FREE)

NON MEMBERS $20

 

Meeting Location:
 
Emages 110 E 79th St
Chicago, IL 60619
(773) 224-7386
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See you there,
Sis Ali, Secretary
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.

Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing.

This is the ultimate.

-Chuang-tzu

 

 

Philadelphia, New Orleans and Cities United Work to Stop Black Boys From Dying; Are You Shocked Trayvon Martin is Dead?; Join Million Fathers Club at Children's Museum; Black Star Movers and Shakers Luncheon Series

Making Progress; Moving Forward! Cities United Work to Stop Death of Black Men and Boys Are You Shocked by Murder of Young Black Men? Peace In The Hood Resource Fair Become A Mentor Movers and Shakers Luncheon with CEO William Farrell Links: The Black Star Project's website: blackstarproject.org Black Star Jounral: blackstarjournal.org Become a Member: Click Here Event Calendar: Click Here Like us on Facebook:   Philadelphia Mayor Nutter, New Orleans Mayor Landrieu and Cities United Work to Reduce Deaths of Young Black Men and Boys   Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, center and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, far right Open Society Foundations Campaign for Black Male Achievement, along with partners Casey Family Programs, Knight Foundation, Association of Black Foundation Executives, National League of Cities and US Conference of Mayors with the leadership of Mayors Michael Nutter and Mitch Landrieu launched Cities United in October 2010 to respond to the violent deaths of black boys and men in cities across America.   Click Here to View this Important Video on Stopping the Murder Of Young Black Men and Boys in America. Editorial -  I'm Shocked; You're Shocked: Another Black Child Murdered   by Kenneth Braswell   Kenneth Braswell and sons I couldn't help but ask myself the question; "should I be shocked?" Another black youth shot down in the prime of his life visa vie unusual circumstances; Yeah, what's shocking bout that? I've asked myself this question over and over; against my need and desire to still grieve for Trayvon and struggling with my morals to remain empathic. However I can't ignore that I've lived long enough to remember the stories of Emmitt Till. A tragedy that lends some context to the value or lack thereof for young black life pressed up against the hard rock of racism.   Read More... 41 people shot in Chicago, 10 killed during violent spring weekend Toll includes 1-year-old shot and 6-year-old killed 6-Year-Old Killed   Including the mother and child, least 41 people have suffered gunshot wounds this weekend in Chicago, including a 6-year-old girl and nine other people who have died from gunshot wounds since 5 p.m. on Friday.   Read More... "Peace In The Hood" through Better Parenting in the Hood   Join the Million Fathers Club at the Chicago Children's Museum FREE!!! FREE!!! FREE!!! Saturday, March 31, 2012 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm Navy Pier 700 East Grand Chicago, Illinois    For children 2 years old to 14 years old. Please call Bruce at 773.285.9600 to RSVP  or for more information. Susan Taylor, the Mother of Mentoring in America, Is Asking You To Be "In" for Our Children. Become a mentor!     Why Mentor?   Because this is our state of emergency today: Of all Black fourth-graders, 58% are functionally illiterate. In some cities, 80% of our boys drop out before finishing high school. Every day 1,000 Black children are arrested. 1 in every 8 African American males ages 25-29 is incarcerated. The number one cause of death for our boys is homicide. If you have 60 Seconds to watch this video, you will become a mentor too.   If you wish to become a mentor in cities with National Cares Mentoring Movement Circles, Click Here or if you do not have a National Cares Mentoring Movement Circle in your city, Click Here to learn how to start one.   I'm in!!!  And you should be too! The Black Star Project's Movers and Shakers  Luncheon Series with Urban Partnership Bank's President and CEO William Farrow   Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at The Black Star Project, Suite 2B 3509 South King Drive Chicago, Illinois Please call 773.285.9600 to RSVP Investment: $30.00   Boys of Color Symposium III: Warriors for Positive Change Saturday, March 31, 2012 Wayne County Community College 1001 West Fort Street Detroit, Michigan  313.393.1247 for more information

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Monday, March 26, 2012

Woman charged in deadly hit-and-run | VIDEO A 21-year-old woman is charged with DUI and reckless driving in a wrong-way crash that killed a Northwestern University law student. Bianca Garcia allegedly fled the scene. Feds join battle against Chicago gangs | VIDEO Chicago officials say they are making strides against street gangs. Report: NATO staffers to visit this week | VIDEO As the city leaders continue to prepare for the upcoming NATO Summit, NATO staffers will arrive in Chicago to give those preparations an important review this week, according to one city newspaper. Man killed in West Side police-involved shooting A man was dead Monday after being shot by a Chicago police officer on the city's West Side. Girl, 4, shot in ankle while jumping on bed A 4-year-old girl was hurt when a gun hidden under a mattress discharged while she was jumping on the bed. 3rd Lake Forest student killed by Metra train Officials say the third student from a suburban school struck and killed by a Metra train this year is the son of Lake Forest College's president. MORE STORIES Strange News Minnesota school blocks porn actress prom date Detroit wards off evil spirits Cash spills on the highway: What would you do? Conn. man accidentally dials 911 while stealing National Puppy Day 2012 Consumer GM recalling vans, SUVs to fix steering problem Porsche recalling 1,200 sports cars for fuel leaks Chicago most expensive for gas again | VIDEO Judge orders Sugarland singer to testify in April Loyola students open pizzeria | VIDEO Healthbeat Keys to happiness: Give back and play Heart attack may cause death for pregnant women Medicaid drugs become target for cuts in Ill. Keeping off the weight with healthy snacks | VIDEO Convincing new evidence about benefits of colonoscopy | VIDEO MOST POPULAR Woman shot by off-duty officer dies Woman charged in deadly hit-and-run Family struggles with grief after fatal hit-and-run crash Man, toddler shot while sitting in minivan Man dies in liquor store shooting All Most Popular

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Obamacare's Big Day In Court

Monday, March 26, 2012 FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF A Message To Our Readers Today we launch a redesign of The National Memo website, which we hope you will find easier on the eyes as well as easier to use -- with a cleaner interface, simpler commenting and convenient ways to use social media. As we continue to expand, we will inaugurate new features, fresh approaches to political coverage, and -- very soon -- we will begin to roll out some exciting new publications, too. Thanks for being such loyal readers and as always, please let me know what you think of the new National Memo and what you'd like to see on these pages in the months ahead. TAKE A LOOK Send To A Friend >> SUPREME ISSUE Obamacare Makes Its Big Debut For The Supremes The monumental fight over a health care law that touches all Americans -- and still divides them sharply -- comes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. There will be three days of argument, and then the justices will decide whether to kill or keep the largest expansion in the nation's social safety net in more than four decades. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> FEATURED COLUMN: E.J. DIONNE Thanks To Paul Ryan, We Can See Clearly Now Clarifying moments are rare in politics. They are the times when previously muddled issues are suddenly cast into sharp relief and citizens are given a look behind the curtains of spin and obfuscation. Over the last week, Americans were blessed with three separate clarifying moments, thanks to Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's advisor, and the man who shot Trayvon Martin. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> FEATURED COLUMN: JONATHAN WEIL New Jersey, Least Corrupt State In The Union. Seriously? Did you hear the latest joke about New Jersey? A group of investigative journalists this week released a report calling it the least corruptible state in the country. How did that happen? Easy. We bribed them. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> FEATURED COLUMN: LEONARD PITTS JR. A Whiter Shade Of Priviliege -- And Trayvon Martin I'm here to explain why George Zimmerman is white. This seems necessary given the confusion and anger with which some readers responded to my use of that word last week in this space to describe the man who shot an unarmed black teenager named Trayvon Martin to death last month in Sanford, Fla. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> ELECTION 2012 With Louisiana Win, Santorum Looks To Wisconsin Another victory in hand but still badly trailing rival Mitt Romney in delegates, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum vowed to continue his campaign despite an increasingly steep climb to the nomination. Next up is Wisconsin, a Tea Party hotbed and home of recall-challenged Republican Governor Scott Walker. READ MORE Send To A Friend >>

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Resistance

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Romney Tries To Erase Etch-A-Sketch

Friday, March 23, 2012 THE BIG STORY, BY JOE CONASON Can We Ever Escape The Energy Death Spiral? When the price of gasoline rises, so does ideological demagogy. Frustrated drivers understandably want to believe the politician who promises cheaper fuel if the industry is freed from environmental safeguards, bureaucratic regulations and burdensome taxes. Yet America has already tried these Republican miracle cures. Under the Bush administration, Dick Cheney worked in secrecy with energy lobbyists to remove all obstacles to domestic drilling, regardless of the cost to the air, water, land, and wildlife, not to mention the Treasury. What the resulting oil boom has not brought is a reduction in consumer prices, now approaching the same level in America as during the summer of 2008, before the economic crash. Worldwide recovery has meant a return to rising prices -- mitigated only by trends toward energy conservation, urban revival, and fuel economy. In those hopeful signs may be discerned the only reliable escape from the global energy spiral. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> LAW AND ORDER Trayvon Martin, In Context: The "Stand Your Ground" Epidemic Planning to leave the house in a hoodie? First you might want to check out whether you live in one of the 23 states that have sweeping self-defense laws, like the statute invoked by George Zimmerman when he shot unarmed teen Trayvon Martin. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> TOY POLITICS Romney Does Etch A Sketch Damage Control A top campaign advisor's comparison of Mitt Romney's positions before and after he (eventually) secures the GOP presidential nomination with the game of shaking up and resetting a popular children's toy continues to dog the Reublican front-runner. Romney plunged into a second day of damage control Thursday when he visited Capitol Hill, where he even paid tribute to the Senate boss of the Tea Party faction, South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> WAR AND PEACE The Charges: U.S. Soldier To Face 17 Counts Of Murder For Afghanistan Massacre The civilian attorney for Staff Sergeant Robert Bales has portrayed his client as a patriot, loving father and devoted husband who had been traumatized by a comrade's injury and sent into combat one too many times. "I'm not putting the war on trial," he said, "but the war is on trial." READ MORE Send To A Friend >> POLITICS Poll: Obama Leads Romney By 17 Percent Among Women According to a new Economist/YouGov poll, President Barack Obama is beating Mitt Romney among women by a 55 to 38 percent margin. Unless Romney can shake his Etch A Sketch -- and make women forget his failure to denounce Rush Limbaugh and his promise to eliminate Planned Parenthood -- the Republican frontrunner will have a very difficult time prevailing in November 2012. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> FEATURED COLUMN: MARK SCHMITT Can Congress Do Its Job Without Lobbyists? Thanks in part to Lawrence Lessig's excellent book Republic, Lost, out recently, a new way of thinking about lobbying has entered public discourse: lobbying as "legislative subsidy." In this view, lobbyists aren't entirely in the persuasion business. Rather, a large part of what they do is to help already friendly but under-staffed and not-always-smart legislators understand complex issues and figure out how to do their jobs. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> CARTOON OF THE DAY Send To A Friend >>

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Sanford, Florida, police chief steps aside 'temporarily' in fallout from teen's death - CNN.com

Sanford, Florida, police chief steps aside 'temporarily' in fallout from teen's death - CNN.com:

The only thing that will wake up our nation and the bigots is for a Black man to shoot and kill a White man under the "shoot" um down law. A Black man is going to "gun" a White boy down and claim self-defense. This is what happens when one thinks they can retain justice for themselves while denying it to others.

Coroner: Whitney Houston Died From Drowning, Heart Disease, Cocaine Use | Fox News

Coroner: Whitney Houston Died From Drowning, Heart Disease, Cocaine Use | Fox News:

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Children found living in squalor | VIDEO A couple from Chicago's Little Village neighborhood is charged with child endangerment after authorities say they discovered three young children living in filthy conditions as they investigated the death of a 6-month old boy. Man accused of shooting officer due in court | VIDEO As the alleged gunman prepares for court, two Chicago police officers tell ABC 7 about saving the life of fellow officer Del Pearson. Mayor's wife makes 1st speech to NATO | VIDEO Chicago's first lady Amy Rule told NATO delegates that the city is the ''most American of American cities.'' Report: CPD getting face shields for summit Chicago police officers are getting more protection for the NATO summit in May. McDonald's hires first African American CEO For the first time in its history, Oak Brook-based McDonald's will have an African American CEO. Chicago mural design winner announced The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Bank of America announced the winner of the Roy Lichtenstein-inspired mural design competition. MORE STORIES Strange News Honolulu judge restrains man who jumped on bench Relatively quiet night in boom town Cat survives 19-story plunge from Boston high rise Charge: Colo. woman faked PTSD to duck jury duty Ill. store worker returns nearly $2,000 found in box Consumer Phone Bill Scams, Tax Preparer Warnings | VIDEO Supermarket chains to stop selling 'pink slime' | VIDEO US Mail to deliver more 'junk' Travel Gadgets | VIDEO Consumer Reports tests new iPad Healthbeat Routine mammograms may save lives Fewer doctors prescribe sinus antibiotics Researchers closer to finding baldness cure Blood test could predict heart attack before it happens Man's best friend helps reserachers fight Duchenne's MOST POPULAR Sun-Times sports columnist dies Tim Tebow Jets deal complete 2 from Chicago face charges in $1.2M heroin seizure McDonald's hires first African American CEO Etch A Sketch comment from Romney campaign draws fire All Most Popular

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