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Alert: Zika Virus Reported In Hillsborough County
#2MillionJobs And #EachAndEveryFriday Buy Black Movement Can Help End Unemployment
While we have folks in our community screaming about NOT supporting Black busi- nesses in our community, there is a national movement to sup- port Black businesses to help create jobs and Black wealth. It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention. Thus, in an era where a sizable num- ber of Black people throughout the United States are being laid off—an innovative group of young, creative, and energetic people have emerged to help lib- erate the Black community in America. Powered by ‘Buy Black Economics,’ this new movement is associated with the hash tags #2MillionJobs and #EachAn- dEveryFriday.
This dynamic initiative aims to eliminate unemployment by the year 2017, specifically through the creation of two mil- lion jobs for Black workers. The creator of this venerable move- ment (i.e., LYNN) states, “We are the bridge between ideas and execution, and we are sin- gularly focused upon growing our own economy.
Each and every Friday, we are asking people to spend $20 with local and/or online black busi- nesses.” LYNN adds, “Statistics show that we currently have slightly over 2 million black businesses in America, and 1.9 million unemployed African American workers. If we con- sciously spend with these busi- nesses for 24 to 48 months, then we will collectively generate enough capital to hire all of the people within our community who are currently unemployed.”
Joining this movement is as easy as ABC! Follow the 3 steps below, get involved:
1. Like Buy Black Economics’ Facebook page at www.- facebook.com/bbeconomics.
2. Businesses and/or com- munity members take the pledge at www.- 2millionjobs.com.
3. Share this campaign by tagging two of your friends.
David, one of the inaugural members of the 2 Million Jobs Movement remarks, “Since starting ‘Each and Every Fri- day,’ I feel uncomfortable spending money anywhere else. In fact, I sincerely believe that if 45 million of us (i.e., Black peo- ple) commit to intentionally spending $20 with Black busi- nesses—merely once a week— we will reduce unemployment drastically in our communities.”
College Student, 20,
Florida Gov. Rick Scott and state Surgeon General John Armstrong are scheduled to give an update on preparedness efforts relating to the Zika virus Thursday at the Hillsborough County Health Department.
On Wednesday, Scott ordered Armstrong to declare a public health emergency in Hillsbor- ough and three other counties. Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Lee and Santa Rosa counties all have confirmed cases of Zika virus — nine in all and all in people who visited areas where the infection is widespread.
The Zika virus is believed to cause birth defects.
State agencies already were on alert with the cruise season under full sail and flights to the Caribbean and South America moving thousands a week to des- tinations where the Zika virus has been reported.
Hillsborough County mos- quito control officials say they are
Their Teens Off The Streets
GOV. RICK SCOTT And SURGEON GENERAL JOHN ARMSTRONG
taking every precaution to ensure the virus doesn’t spread.
Both individuals with con- firmed cases of Zika in Hillsbor- ough live on the west side of Tampa.
Hillsborough County Commis- sioners on Wednesday instructed their staff to communicate mos- quito suppression practices such as ridding yards of standing water and using repellent to avoid get- ting bitten. The county has added five mosquito traps to the 65 nor- mally in place. More information is available at www.hillsborough- county.org/mosquitos.
COLUMBUS, OH —Sher- ron Stevens, 20, has a solution to helping single moms get their teens a job, and keep them off the streets.
He recently authored, Boy, Get a Job! 57 Tips for Single Moms to Help Your Teen Get a Job... and Stay Off the Streets (an e-book available only at www.ebooksandreports.com), and it can be instantly down- loaded to any computer, tablet or smart phone.
Sherron, who is himself the son of a single mom, even at his young age, has found huge suc- cess in getting jobs and intern- ships. In his new book for single moms which costs only $4.95, he shares with them 57 amazing tips and guidelines that are actu- ally his own personal strategies. He says that he learned these tactics from his own mom, and from his own life experiences, and he hopes that thousands of others will benefit from them.
Boy, Get a Job! 57 Tips for Single Moms to Help Your Teen Get a Job... and Stay Off the
SHERRON STEVENS
Streets is very timely because the African American unem- ployment rate remains at around 9.5%, nearly twice the national average of 5.3%, and more than double the 4.6% rate for whites. But the African American unemployment rate among teens is said to be as high as 31.8%.
For more details and/or to order the book, visit www.ebooksandreports.com..
Helping Single Moms Keep
Jury Awards Man Shot And Paralyzed By Police Officer $23M
Mom Gets To Hear Her Son’s Heart Beat Inside Donor Recipient
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — A federal jury awarded $23.1 mil- lion on Wednesday to a 22-year- old Black man who was unarmed when he was shot and paralyzed by a sheriff’s deputy, but Florida lawmakers will have to approve any award above $200,000.
The six-woman, two-man jury ruled after 3-1/2 hours of delib- eration that Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Sgt. Adams Lin vio- lated Dontrell Stephens’ civil rights when he shot him in Sep- tember 2013.
Lin, who had stopped Stephens for riding his bicycle into traffic, testified that he shot him four times because he reached for his waistband with his left hand and then flashed a dark object that he thought was a small handgun.
Stephens testified that he was raising his hands when Lin opened fire for no reason. Video from the dashboard camera in Lin’s patrol car showed Stephens’ left hand was empty
Dontrell Stephens is as- sisted into court.
and a cellphone was in his right hand.
An appeal is expected. Stephens had been seeking more than $5 million to cover medical treatment and future care, but his attorney Darryl Lewis told a federal jury in his closing arguments Wednesday that the man should get at least $24 million.
The pain of losing a child is un- fathomable. Yet, California mom, Heather Clark somehow turned her tragedy into a life- changing opportunity for other families, donating her infant son, Lukas’ organs when he suddenly died in 2013. And last Friday, Clark was moved to tears as she was able to listen to her son's heart beat one more time in the chest of a little 4-year-old girl.
In November, Clark made contact with little Jordan Drake's family and shared the experience on Facebook.
When Jordan was a baby, she was fighting for her life due to a congenital heart defect. At 18 months old, she had already un- dergone six heart surgeries, and had suffered seizures, a stroke and brain hemorrhaging. Jor- dan needed a new heart to sur- vive; Lukas' heart was her new lease on life.
Heather Clark cries as she listens to her son’s heart beat in the body of Jordan Drake, 4.
"I knew if Lukas could pre- vent another family from experi- encing the loss that I felt, that's what I needed to do," Clark said.
According to Donate Life Ari- zona Media Relations Coordina- tor, Jaqueline Keidel, such a meeting is rare. Only about 5% of donor families and recipient fam- ilies ever meet or communicate. The moms are hoping that shar- ing Clark's experience with Jor- dan will encourage other parents to consider organ donation.
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