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Cuyahoga County Public Library to hold ceremonial ribbon cutting at renovated Maple Heights Branch

Cuyahoga County Public Library (CCPL) invites the public to attend a ceremonial ribbon cutting on Thursday, July 10th at 4:00 p.m. to celebrate the completion of a $2.5 million renovation to its Maple Heights Branch, located at 5225 Library Lane. Refreshments will be made available courtesy of the Friends of the Maple Heights Branch.

Scheduled to speak at this event are CCPL Board of Trustees President Maria Spangler, State Representative John

Barnes, Maple Heights Mayor Jeffrey Lansky and CCPL Executive Director Sari Feldman.

New features of the renovated Maple Heights Branch include:

• A beautiful new interactive Play, Learn and Grow space to support early childhood development.

• A new afterschool Homework Center where students can receive free tutoring.

• A dedicated space for teens that

provides access to technology and learning resources.

• An innovative new Tinker Space where children can explore their creativity through activities that build 21st century learning skills.

• A Cuyahoga Works: Job & Careers Services center where the Library holds professional counseling, workshops and training for job seekers and career changers.

Following the ceremonial ribbon

cutting, the Maple Heights Branch will host an Outdoor Movie Night. The public is invited to bring their lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy a screening of Disney’s Meet the Robinsons under the stars. Free popcorn and live music will begin at 8:30 p.m. The movie will start around 9:15 p.m. In the event of rain, the movie will be moved indoors at 8:30 p.m.

Pilot Launched to Reduce the Number of Days Kids Spend in Foster CareCuyahoga County Executive Ed

FitzGerald today announced that he will submit legislation to establish the nation’s first county-level Pay for Success program. County Councilman Dale Miller, District 2, will co-sponsor the legislation. The program has the potential to transform the way the County provides services for families who are both homeless and have children in foster care. The Pay for Success model will utilize private funding to pay for the program and only spend County taxpayer dollars to repay funders if the program is proven to be successful.

“With our state facing so many urgent challenges today, it’s especially important that we ensure constituents are getting the best, most effective services possible,” said FitzGerald. “Cuyahoga County’s Pay for Success effort will allow us to integrate child welfare and homeless systems to better serve vulnerable families and implement new solutions with no risk to the taxpayers. This is the kind of smart, efficient model that every level of government should strive towards.”

A pilot for Cuyahoga County’s Pay for Success program has been made possible through a $780,000 grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF). The philanthropic grant, which will not be repaid, will support FrontLine Service, Inc., a Cleveland-based social service provider that contracts with Cuyahoga County for homeless, crisis and trauma services. During the pilot, FrontLine will serve 33 mothers who have experienced homelessness and have at least one child placed in foster care.

“We are pleased to support Cuyahoga County in the nation’s first county-based Pay for Success initiative. This model has the potential to transform the way local and state governments operate by giving them an opportunity to pilot promising programs, rigorously evaluate the results

and only pay for those programs that are proven to make a difference,” LJAF Vice President of Public Accountability Josh McGee explained.”

The 33 women, who have resided in women’s homeless or domestic violence shelters, will receive assistance to acquire housing and regain custody of their children. FrontLine’s Pay for Success goal is to reduce the time that homeless children spend in foster care by working in partnership with Division of Children and Family Service case workers, finding the family a stable housing environment, treating family trauma and preserving family bonds. Susan Neth, Chief Executive Officer at FrontLine Service, explained,”We’re not an appointment-based organization. Our case managers for the Pay for Success project won’t be sitting in an office, they will be active participants in these families’ lives: cooking meals, riding buses, advocating with landlords and doing whatever it takes to help them stabilize in new housing and thrive. And we know from experience that you can’t focus on critical family issues such as past trauma, substance abuse, and mental illness until you know where you are going to sleep at night.”

Funders will be repaid only after it is

verified that the program successfully provided benefits for the families it served. As the independent evaluator of the program, the Center on Urban Poverty & Community Development at Case Western Reserve University will measure Frontline’s success in reducing the number of days children spend in foster care.

“Cuyahoga County’s Pay for Success Initiative provides state of the art services for homeless families, savings though prevention, cutting-edge finance, multi-sector collaboration, and rigorous scientific research all in one package. This initiative would make Cuyahoga County

a national leader in human services innovation,” said County Councilman Dale Miller, Chairperson of the County Council’s Finance & Budgeting Committee and co-sponsor of the “Pay for Success” legislation.

In funding the program’s pilot period, LJAF joins several local partners, including The George Gund Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, and Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc., in providing critical support to this initiative, which began over two years ago.

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Help for Garfield Heights families is just a phone call away. The new Family Resource Center at the Garfield Heights Civic Center, 5407 Turney Road, has information to assist families with drug treatment, counseling and

prevention services, support groups, and other needs. Office hours vary, so it is best to call and make an appointment.

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Buyers no longer will be required to put repair funds into an escrow account for violations cited during the point-of-sale inspection. Repairs still must be made by the deadline set by the city’s building

department. Buyers will receive a one-year family recreation pass, limit one per family. Members are still required to purchase an identification card at the recreation center.

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Discover MetroParks After DarkCrickets chirping, frogs

croaking and owls hooting are the instruments in a summertime symphony. Different wildlife emerges after sunset to take advantage of the cooler temperatures. This summer, come out and play after the sun goes down and discover a whole new world of wildlife with these after-dark programs in Cleveland Metroparks.

Firefly FrenzySaturday, July 12 ∙ 9:30 –

10:30 p.m.Huntington Beach overflow

parking lot ∙ Huntington Reservation

Fireflies or lightening bugs? Whatever you call them, these bugs are unique creatures. Learn more about their characteristics and behaviors then watch an amazing light show. This program is for adults and families with older children. Huntington Beach overflow parking lot is located off Lake Road in Huntington Reservation in Bay Village. For more information, visit clevelandmetroparks.com or call 440-734-6660.

Voyageur Canoe Paddle – Evening Paddles

Friday, July 25 ∙ 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Hinckley Lake Boathouse ∙ Hinckley Reservation

Join John Petite for a paddle on a 34-foot canoe. Listen to stories from the fur trade era, a time when the French traded supplies with Native Americans for beaver pelts. Learn how to build a fire with flint and steel and enjoy a light supper. Registration and $5 fee per person are required. For more information and registration, visit clevelandmetroparks.com or call 440-786-8530.

Kids Night out at CanalWayFriday, July 25 • 6 – 10 p.m.CanalWay Center ∙ Ohio &

Erie Canal ReservationDrop off

the children for a fun night for kids only! Kids will enjoy a nighttime hike and discover what animals are awake in the park. Roast s’mores around a campfire. This program is for children ages 9 to 12. Registration, beginning July 1, and $20 fee are required. CanalWay Center is located on Whittlesey Way, off the East 49th Street entrance of Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation, between Grant Avenue and Canal Road in Cuyahoga Heights. For more information or to register, visit clevelandmetroparks.com or call 216-206-1000.

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Diabetes Center at University Hospitals Bedford Medical Center recognized by American Diabetes Association for Quality Self-Management Education

The Diabetes Center at University Hospitals (UH) Bedford Medical Center, a campus of UH Regional Hospitals, was recently recognized by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) for Quality Self-Management Education. The community hospital-based facility offers area residents convenient, close-to-home access to comprehensive diabetes care which includes clinical, educational and support services provided on an outpatient basis.

“The recognition means we have the official support and sponsorship from the ADA as a health care provider for diabetes,” says Gina Nemecek, RD, LD, Clinical Nutrition Manager and Program Coordinator, The Diabetes Center at UH Bedford Medical Center. “Our capabilities are differentiated because of the involvement of a dedicated Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP).”

The CNP’s role encompasses performing a complete patient assessment; developing a personalized care plan; establishing baselines to enable providers to monitor a patient’s progress; providing access to a diverse team of dietitians, pharmacists, podiatrists, wound care physicians and other specialists; and maximizing a patient’s diabetes self-management and overall well-being.

The ADA recognition acknowledges that the Diabetes Center has clear objectives, an established method demonstrating improved outcomes and a quality level of service comparable with other organizations providing diabetes care and education. “Our patients have the comfort of knowing that our program meets or exceeds national standards to help them make informed decisions about managing their diabetes and improving their overall health,” says Yvonne Evans-Warren, Certified

Nurse Practitioner, the Diabetes Center at UH Bedford Medical Center.

If diabetes or pre-diabetic symptoms are not controlled properly and a patient’s blood sugar is elevated for too long, damage to blood vessels and nerves that support the body’s systems may result. That damage can cause vision loss, stroke, heart disease, kidney disease, sexual dysfunction, nonhealing wounds leading to limb amputation, gum disease and tooth loss.

With compassionate, one-on-one support, the clinical experts at the Diabetes Center provide patients with the latest advancements in diabetes care to boost wellness and prevent complications. “It is crucial that we tailor our programs to meet the needs of the communities we serve and this recognition further supports our mission to provide the highest quality services to our patients,” says Robert G. David, President, UH Bedford Medical Center. “With diabetes on the rise locally and nationally, we are pleased and privileged to offer a program that provides the education and disease management skills to help our patients live well with diabetes.”

To learn more about the American Diabetes Association-recognized services offered by the Diabetes Center at UH Bedford Medical Center, visit www.UHBedford.org/Diabetes or call 440-735-4700.

Linda J. How, Elder Law Attorney “Making Sense of the Law”

LEGAL PLANNING KEEPS YOU IN CONTROL WHILE YOU ARE HEALTHY AND PUTS PERSONS OF YOUR CHOICE IN CHARGE WHEN YOU AREN’T. PLAN WHILE YOU CAN!

MAKE THE LAW WORK FOR YOU INSTEAD OF AGAINST YOU!

AVOID FAMILY SQUABBLES OVER MONEY AND HEALTH-CARE CHOICES.

PROTECT YOUR ASSETS AGAINST CREDITORS AND “PREDATORS.” ENSURE YOUR DECISIONS ARE CARRIED OUT DURING YOUR LIFE,

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Why is this true? Early on in dental school dentists are taught that the goal for treating pa-tients is to get them to the place where they have no problems that would cause them to loose their teeth. Teeth are a body part just like fingers and toes. We sure don’t want to loose a foot, just as we would not want to lose our teeth.

Interestingly enough a 90 year old with good healthy gums could have the mouth health of a teenager – so age is NOT a contributor to a dental problem. Neglect is! Prevention is impor-tant. It is valuable and the key to keeping teeth for a lifetime. As long treatment that is needed from time to time that a dentist observes is needed and gums are in a healthy range, teeth will last and last just like elbows and fingernails.

How is this so? Because IF one has the treatment when the problem is small (which costs a lot less) the teeth can easily be repaired. Ad-ditionally beginning gum disease can be changed to healthy tissue easily with the proper home care, as gum disease destroys the tissue supporting the tooth. I you practice good oral hygiene by brush-ing and flossing regularly, get regular check-ups with your dentist to catch any problems that might develop, eat a sensible diet (don’t eat or drink too many sugary foods or beverages) studies have shown you should be able to maintain your teeth in a healthy state and NOT need expensive, he-roic dentistry.

When I was in dental school, the first thing we were taught in dentistry was preventive dentistry. It always amazed me that dentistry is a profession that is trying to put itself out of busi-ness. If everyone practiced good and smart oral hygiene, the percentage of tooth decay would drop tremendously, teeth wouldn’t have to be extracted due to cavities and crowns*, bridges*, implants and dentures could be avoided. I say smart oral hygiene because a patient of mine re-cently remarked “I’ve never had cavities! Why now?” She went on to say, “I always brush and floss at night and then have a coke or two before bed.” Unfortunately the sugar from the coke sat on her teeth all night and caused decay while she slept.

She thought she was taking care of her teeth but a sugary beverage before bed leaves mouth bacteria (always there) able to grow as there is abundant food in the mouth all night left from the sugary drink. Bacteria which are acid producing eat the same food we eat. She didn’t realize the danger her habit had placed her teeth in. Regular visits to the dentist would have pointed out the dangers EARLY ON when it first started – rather than let decay get so deep that she ended up with tooth aches resulting in high dental treatment costs and some lost teeth. This patient obviously knew the value of good home care, but because she did not change one behavior, disaster

struck.We see every dental scenario possible in

our office, so what we instruct each patient to do at home is different according to what we see that is going on with their teeth and gums.

I , the dentist, know that checkups regu-larly are needed even when everything seems fine and there is no pain. It should be taught in health at schools actually. (Gum disease is a silent killer and it is the cause of 80% of adult tooth loss – cavities and accidents are the other 20%) If a small problem with gum disease is found early the damage can be stopped and prevented from getting worse. Also a cavity wouldn’t get deep enough to need expensive dental treatment to try to save the tooth. Most adults do need expert help to thoroughly clean their teeth.Little tips about home care can save a lot of dollars later. Small problems won’t develop into larger, more expen-sive and possibly, life-threatening conditions.

One of the ways that I can accomplish my job as a preventive dentist is to tell you, the read-er, why dental visits are so much cheaper if they are regular (not just what insurance covers if you have gum disease) The bacteria in your mouth produce acid which eats through gums (they will usually bleed then) then that same bacterial acid melts away bone. Once you have boneloss it is final, not reversible or replaceable. A dentist cannot bring bone back once it is gone. There-fore, preventive dental appointments interrupt this mouth destruction, help to tighten up gums

around the tooth like before they got infected and help maintain your whole body’s health by not al-lowing this infection to enter the blood stream. Ask your dentist why this is true when you go for your visit.

Although it may appear at times that it is too expensive to go to the dentist, remember that not practicing preventative dental care will only cost more later.

Additionally remember in dentistry we have to custom design anything that repairs or re-places a tooth, there is no “one size fits all”. There are no identical dentures you can pull off the shelf and place in a person’s mouth. Everything must be custom designed for each person’s individual mouth.

I can tell you that I really enjoy seeing a mouth that holds its own because it is cared for and healthy. Just know that there is ALWAYS something that can be done to make any and everyone a SMILE, any problem with teeth and gums can be solved and your overall health re-turned. Truly everyone deserves healthy teeth and gums and a beautiful smile no matter how old or young.

You may have more questions about what I have said. We spend a lot of time at initial exams so that all your questions can get answered and if they haven’t been answered in the past please call us today! Call us at 440-439-2230 for an appoint-ment. We look forward to meeting you.

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What’s up, America?

Restorative Justice in Our Schools - A Better Solution

Harsh punishment seems to be a strong current in our society, whether in how we deal with adults who have transgressed or youth in schools who have made poor choices. We rarely consider if that is the most effective—let alone kindly and compassionate—response.

A new model in Oakland, CA, high schools is shaking up old assumptions and rules. Here’s a vignette showing how it works, excerpted from the Spring 2014 Yes! Magazine. (http://w w w. y e s m a g a z i n e . o r g / i s s u e s /education-uprising/where-dignity-is-part-of-the-school-day).

“Tommy, an agitated 14-year-old high school student in Oakland, Calif., was in the hallway cursing out his teacher at the top of his lungs. A few minutes earlier, in the classroom, he’d called her a ‘b___’ after she twice told him to lift his head from the desk and sit up straight. Eric Butler, the school coordinator for Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY) heard the ruckus and rushed to the scene. The principal also heard it and appeared. Though Butler tried to engage him in conversation, Tommy was in a rage and heard nothing. He even took a swing at Butler that missed. Grabbing the walkie-talkie to call security, the principal angrily told Tommy he would be suspended.”

“’I don’t care if I’m suspended. I don’t care about anything,’ Tommy defiantly responded.”

“Butler immediately began to try to reach Tommy’s mother. This angered Tommy even more. ‘Don’t call my momma. She ain’t gonna do nothing. I don’t care about her either.’”

“’Is everything OK?’ The concern in Butler’s voice produced a noticeable shift in Tommy’s energy.”

“No, everything is not OK.”“’What’s wrong?’ Eric asked. Tommy

was mistrustful and wouldn’t say anything else. ‘Man, you took a swing at me, I didn’t fight back. I’m just trying my best to keep you in school. You know I’m not trying to hurt you. Come to my classroom. Let’s talk.’”

“They walked together to the restorative justice room. Slowly, the boy began to open up and share what was weighing on him. His mom, who had been successfully doing drug rehabilitation, had relapsed. She’d been out for three days. The 14-year-old was going home every night to a motherless household and two younger siblings. He had been holding it together as best he could, even getting his brother and sister breakfast and getting them off to school. He had his head down on the desk in class that day because he was exhausted from sleepless nights and

worry.”“After the principal heard Tommy’s

story, he said, ‘We were about to put this kid out of school, when what he really deserved was a medal.’”

“Eric tracked down Tommy’s mother, did some prep work, and facilitated a restorative justice circle with her, Tommy, the teacher, and the principal. Using a technique borrowed from indigenous traditions, each had a turn with the talking piece, an object that has a special meaning to the group. It moves from person to person, tracing a circle. The person holding the talking piece is the only one talking, and the holder speaks with respect and from the heart. Everyone else in the circle listens with respect and from the heart.”

“As Tommy held the talking piece, he told his story. On the day of the incident, he had not slept, and he was hungry and scared. He felt the teacher was nagging him. He’d lost it. Tommy apologized. He passed the talking piece to his teacher and heard her story.”

“Earlier in the year another student had assaulted her. She was terrified it was about to happen again with Tommy. After the incident with Tommy, as much as she loved teaching, she had considered quitting. Tommy apologized again for the outburst and offered to make amends by helping her with after-school chores for the next few weeks. The teacher agreed to show more compassion in the future if she noticed a student’s head down on the desk.”

“Taking responsibility, Tommy’s mother apologized to her son and all present. She rededicated herself to treatment and was referred to the campus drug rehabilitation counselor. After the circle and with follow-up, Tommy’s family life, grades, and behavior improved. The teacher remained at the school.”

Fania Davis, co-founder and Executive Director of RJOY, explains: “Punitive justice asks only what rule of law was broken, who did it, and how they should be punished. It responds to the original harm with more harm. Restorative justice asks who was harmed, what are the needs and obligations of all affected, and how does everyone affected figure out how to heal the harm.”

“Nelson Mandela’s adage, ‘I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends’ captures the profoundly inclusive nature of restorative justice (RJ). The hallmark of RJ is intentionally bringing together people with seemingly diametrically opposed viewpoints—particularly people who have harmed with people who have been harmed—in a carefully prepared face-to-face encounter where everyone listens and speaks with respect and from the heart no matter their differences.”

“Had punitive discipline ruled the day, Tommy’s chances of engaging

in violence and being incarcerated would have dramatically increased. His teacher might have quit teaching and remained trapped in trauma.”

“If Tommy had been suspended and left unsupervised—as most suspended students are—he would have been behind in his coursework when he returned. Trapped in an under-resourced school without adequate tutoring and counseling, Tommy would have had a hard time catching up. According to a national study, he would have been three times more likely to drop out by 10th grade than students who had never been suspended.”

“Worse, had Tommy dropped out, his chances of being incarcerated later in life would have tripled. Seventy-five percent of the nation’s inmates are high school dropouts.”

“The school-to-prison pipeline refers to the alarming national trend of punishing and criminalizing our youth instead of educating and nurturing them. Exclusionary discipline policies such as suspensions, expulsions, and school-based arrests are increasingly being used to address even the most minor infractions: a 5-year-old girl’s temper tantrum, a child doodling on her desk with erasable ink, or adolescent students having a milk fight in the cafeteria. Use of suspensions has almost doubled since the 1970’s. Black students are disproportionately impacted. According to data from the U.S. Office of Civil Rights, black students are three times more likely to be suspended than their white counterparts for comparable offenses.

“On January 8, 2014, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said, ‘Racial discrimination in school discipline is a real problem today, and not just an issue from 40 to 50 years ago.’”

“According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control, a student’s sense of belonging to a high school community is a top protective factor against violence and incarceration.”

“A UC Berkeley Law study found RJOY’s 2007 middle school pilot eliminated violence and expulsions, while reducing school suspension rates by 87%. After two years of training and participation in RJ practices, whenever conflict arose, RJOY middle school students knew how to respond

by coming to the RJ room to ask for a talking piece and space to facilitate a circle. Today, at one of the RJOY school sites, student suspensions decreased 74% after two years and referrals for violence fell 77% after one year. Graduation rates and test scores increased.”

“In 2010, the Oakland school board passed a resolution adopting restorative justice as a system-wide alternative to zero-tolerance discipline.”

“Young high school students in Oakland with failing grades and multiple incarcerations who were not expected to graduate not only graduate but achieve 3.0-plus GPAs. Some have become class valedictorians. Girls who have been long-time enemies become friends after sitting in a peacemaking circle.”

“Youth and adults who walk into a circle feeling anger toward one another end up embracing. Youth report they are doing circles at home with their families. High school graduates are returning to their schools to ask for circles to address conflict outside the school.”

A better world is not only possible, it’s already here. Do you know of a school whose students could benefit from Restorative Justice? Check out http://rjoyoakland.org and start talking with some teachers or the principal.

Ellen Augustine, M.A., is a speaker and author on national currents and the emerging sustainable economy. She may be reached at ellenaugustine@earthlink.net, 510-428-1832, www.storiesofhope.us. Questions, feedback, and topic ideas for future columns are welcome.

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Library of Congress Acquires African-American Oral History Video CollectionThe Librarian of Congress, James

H. Billington, announced today the donation of a video archive of thousands of hours of interviews—The HistoryMakers—that captures African-American life, history and culture as well as the struggles and achievements of the black experience.

“The HistoryMakers archive provides invaluable first-person accounts of both well-known and unsung African-Americans, detailing their hopes, dreams and accomplishments—often in the face of adversity,” said Billington. “This culturally important collection is a rich and diverse resource for scholars, teachers, students and documentarians seeking a more complete record of our nation’s history and its people.”

“The HistoryMakers represents the single largest archival project of its kind since the Works Progress Administration’s initiative to document the experiences of former slaves in the 1930s,” said Julieanna Richardson, founder and executive director of The HistoryMakers. “This relationship with the Library of Congress represents a momentous occasion for our organization. With the Library of Congress serving as our permanent repository, we are assured of its preservation and safekeeping for generations to come.”

The collection includes 9,000 hours of content that includes 14,000 analog tapes, 3,000 DVDs, 6,000 born-digital files, 70,000 paper documents and digital files and more than 30,000 digital photographs. The HistoryMakers has provided the Library with digital files of all of the analog tapes.

The collection comprises 2,600 videotaped interviews with African-Americans in 39 states, averaging three to six hours in length. The videos are grouped by 15 different subject areas ranging from science, politics and the military to sports, music and entertainment. For example, the ScienceMakers category currently features 211 top black scientists—about six percent of the interviews—in the fields of chemistry, engineering, physics, biology, electronics, anthropology, aerospace, mathematics and genetics, among other scientific professions. The percentages of interviews for the other categories break down as follows: ArtMakers (7 percent), BusinessMakers (12 percent), CivicMakers (13 percent), EducationMakers (17 percent),

EntertainmentMakers (3 percent), LawMakers (6 percent), MediaMakers (10 percent), MedicalMakers (4 percent), MilitaryMakers (3 percent), MusicMakers (6 percent), PoliticalMakers (7 percent), ReligionMakers (3 percent), SportsMakers (2 percent) and StyleMakers (1 percent).

“The collection is one of the most well-documented and organized audiovisual collections that the Library of Congress has ever acquired,” said Mike Mashon, head of the Library’s Moving Image Section. “It is also one of the first born-digital collections accepted into our nation’s repository.”

Oral histories are continually being added to the growing archive. The oldest person interviewed was Louisiana Hines, who passed away in 2013 at 114. She was one of the iconic “Rosie the Riveter” workers during War World II. One of the youngest is a prima ballerina, Ayisha McMillan, who was 29 at the time of her interview. Some of the other lesser-known participants who have shared their life stories are:

•Arthur Burton, Sr.—one of the last surviving Pullman Porters who worked 20 days a month, averaging two hours of sleep a night at half the pay of factory workers.

•Amazon Brooks—voted in her first election in 1920, the first year that women were granted the right to vote.

•Ann Cooper—President-elect Barack Obama noted that her life exemplified the struggle and hope of the American-American experience in the 20th and 21st centuries.

•Junius Gaten—delivered ice on his horse to black activist Ida B. Wells and former black Congressman John Roy Lynch; survived the violent Chicago Race Riot of 1919; and knew Al Capone, Marcus Garvey and Carter G. Woodson.

•Judge William H. Murphy, Sr.—the third black student ever enrolled at the University of Maryland Law School.

•Judge William Sylvester White—one of the first commissioned black officers in the Navy in 1944.

•Alonzo Pettie—the oldest living black cowboy.

The collection boasts a long list of notables. They include President Barack Obama when he was an Illinois state senator, General Colin Powell, child advocate Marion Wright Edelman, baseball legend Ernie Banks, entertainer/activist Harry Belafonte,

poet/writer Maya Angelou, historian Lerone Bennett, Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke, movie producer Reuben Cannon, historian John Hope Franklin, publisher Earl Graves, singer Isaac Hayes, Attorney General Eric Holder, musician B.B. King, poet Nikki Giovanni and actors Diahann Carroll, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Interview highlights include:

•Leon Branton Jr. on his involvement in the Angela Davis case:

“I can acquit Angela Davis, the black militant, but I cannot acquit Angela Davis, the communist, so communism must not come into this case at all.”

•Angela Davis on living in a white household in a black community:

“I was living with a white family in Bedford Stuy, so I was living in a black community with a white family, going to school every day in Greenwich Village. … I think I learned then how to live simultaneously in many different worlds without feeling out of place.”

•John H. Johnson on attending DuSable High School in Chicago:

“Nat ‘King’ Cole was at the school at that time and Redd Foxx was at the school. Dorothy Donegan was there. And they all went on to become very well-known. And as a matter of fact, Nat King Cole didn’t know he could sing in those days.”

•Barack Obama on his earliest memories:

“Lot of my memories have to do with sort of connecting up the struggle for African- American freedom with the struggle for freedom in Africa, and then with my father. I think all those things became connected in my mind, and I suspect had something to do with my interest then in public service and politics and civil-rights law subsequently.”

•Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe on playing against Ty Cobb:

“I played against Ty Cobb when he went to Cuba in ’25. … And he tried to steal second, I throwed him out both times. He quit. … He didn’t like coloreds. He was a racist.”

•Maya Angelou on her childhood:“I knew that pineapples came from

some exotic place like California or Africa or Paris, France. I knew they weren’t from anywhere around Stems. And I would keep that aroma on my hands as long as possible. … I would hold that aroma of pineapples because it was so far away.”

•Isaac Hayes on his family’s poverty: “I had a girlfriend that was two

grades ahead of me, and I was so poor I couldn’t take her to the prom … so she broke up with me and somebody else took her to the prom. I didn’t have to face embarrassment, ‘I can’t afford to take you.’”

A Harvard-educated lawyer and TV producer, Richardson launched The HistoryMakers, a nonprofit research and educational institution, in July 1999 with the goal of creating an archival collection of 5,000 video oral histories. She and her production team have traveled to more than 380 U.S. cities and towns, Norway and Mexico recording America’s missing stories. In addition to its oral-history online archive, The HistoryMakers has produced educational programs, public events and the annual celebrity interview series—“An Evening With…,”—broadcast nationally on the Public Broadcasting System. Developed in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, The HistoryMakers Digital Archive (www.thehistorymakers.com) has users in 51 countries across the globe from Afghanistan to Norway, Nigeria and China.

The HistoryMakers collection is housed in the Library’s Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation, a state-of-the-art facility located in Culpeper, Va. Home to nearly 7 million collection items, the Packard Campus is where the nation’s library acquires, preserves and provides access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of films, television programs, radio broadcasts and sound recordings (www.loc.gov/avconservation/).

The HistoryMakers is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit educational institution founded in 1999, committed to preserving, developing and providing easy access to an internationally recognized, archival collection of thousands of African-American video oral histories. The HistoryMakers is the single largest archival collection of its kind in the world designed to promote and celebrate the successes and to document movements, events and organizations that are important to the African-American community and to American society.

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The Library, all branches and Administration building, are CLOSED from Friday, July 4, 2014 through Sunday, July 6, 2014 for the Fourth of July holiday. Regular hours resume on Monday, July 7, 2014.

Toddler StorytimeBranch: Maple HeightsDate: Thursday, June 26, 2014 10:30 AMCaregivers and their children ages 19-35

months: Join us for rhymes, songs, fingerplays and stories.

Family Playdate and Game NightBranch: Maple HeightsDate: Thursday, June 26, 2014 6:30 PM

– 7:30 PMBring your family to enjoy a special family

fun playtime. Join us for an hour of play with your children, we’ll provide the toys and board games (from our toy catalog) as you and your family relax and have fun together.

Wii Challenge Mondays!Branch: Maple HeightsDate: Monday, June 30, 2014 4:00 PM

– 5:00 PMWii challenge you to come join your

friends for an afternoon of gaming fun and excitement to practice for the monthly summer tournament challenges.

Family StorytimeBranch: Maple HeightsDate: Monday, June 30, 2014 6:30 PMAll ages with adult caregiver: Join us for

stories, songs and fingerplays.

Preschool Storytime

Branch: Maple HeightsDate: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 10:30 AMCaregivers and their children ages 3-5 not

in kindergarten: Join us for rhymes, songs, fingerplays and stories.

Wii Bowling TournamentBranch: Maple HeightsDate: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 3:30 PM – 5:00

PMTeens, ages 12-18, are invited to

participate in a head-to-head, one-day bowling tournament in Wii Sports Bowling. Each bowling match will consist of a standard ten frame game. Participant matchups will be randomized on the day of the game. Teens can practice on Wii Monday Challenges in June.

Phantasmagorical Steampunk Extravaganza

Branch: Maple HeightsDate: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 7:00 PM – 8:00

PMAges 11-17: Magical entertainer Jim

Kleefeld will amaze you. See working Victorian contraptions! Watch amazing phenomena occur! Handle gear and clockwork mechanisms! Share incredible fictional adventures! Registration required.

Baby and Toddler StorytimeBranch: Maple HeightsDate: Wednesday, July 2, 2014 6:30 PMCaregivers and their children ages Birth

– 35 months: Join us for rhymes, songs, fingerplays and books.

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