health
By Larry Lucas For many of us, summer-
time brings with it a relaxed pace with lazy afternoons on the back porch. But fall is just around the corner and that means a return to more struc- tured routines for us and our kids. With the back-to-school season here, it’s time to sched- ule vaccinations — for parents and children.
Vaccines play a major role
in preventing and protecting adults and children against infections and diseases. They work by fooling our immune system into thinking that a real infection is in our bodies. Then, if we are exposed to the infection at a later date, the immune system is already prepared to protect our bodies against it. Side effects are usu- ally short-term and not nearly as serious as the diseases or infections they protect us against.
Vaccines are particularly
critical for young children. If you’re the parent of a young child, it can seem like you are at the doctor every week for routine check-ups and sched- uled vaccines or blood tests. Understandably, the process can be stressful but keeping up with the prescribed vac- cine schedule is critically im- portant. Without vaccinations, childhood diseases most of us haven’t heard about in de- cades – like whooping cough, measles and polio – could come back.
Larry Lucas Some parents have mistak-
enly been lead to believe that there is a connection between vaccines and autism – though a 2009 federal court ruling and countless scientific stud- ies have found no connection between the two – and as a result have refused vaccina- tions for their children. The consequences of inaction can be serious and far reach- ing. For example, earlier this year, an investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that a measles outbreak in San Diego was fueled by kids whose parents refused to vac- cinate them, thus endangering other children too young to be vaccinated.
But vaccines aren’t just for
kids – and some of the vac- cines you received as a child require a second dose. Accord- ing to the CDC, adults need a second dose, or a booster, of
THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE Vaccines essential to families
certain vaccines that lose their effectiveness over time. Some of these boosters include teta- nus — which is recommended every 10 years — and whoop- ing cough. During your next visit to the doctor’s office, be sure to ask what vaccines you’ll need in the next year and schedule them, if neces- sary.
As we head into fall, don’t
forget the vaccination you and your children need every year: an influenza shot. Not only does it protect against the flu, it also helps prevent more se- rious health issues like pneu- monia that can result from the flu.
Vaccines play an important
role in keeping America’s chil- dren healthy as they begin a new school year. In 2010, more than 230 medicines, including 16 vaccines, are in develop- ment by America’s biopharma- ceutical companies to treat the special health needs of infants and children. For patients who need help accessing their medicines, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) is available to help. For five years, PPA has helped con- nect 6.5 million patients in need to programs that provide either free or nearly free medi- cines. For more information, patients can call 1-888-4PPA- NOW or visit
www.pparx.org.
Larry Lucas is a retired
vice president for Pharmaceu- tical Research and Manufac- turers of America (PhRMA).
‘Grandmother to Grandmother’ Tune in to “The Senior Solu-
By Paul Bridgewater Not all award-winning films
make it to the big screen for theatrical release — unfortu- nately — and such is the case for the 56-minute film “Grand- mother to Grandmother: New York to Tanzania.”
The film was a 2009 winner
of the Cine Golden Eagle Award, and it tells the story of grandmothers in both Africa and America’s urban ghettos who shoulder the same burden of raising grandchildren while suffering the shame and grief over the loss of their own chil- dren to AIDS, drugs, violence and prison. Whether in Africa or the U.S., these grandmoth- ers live with the constant worry of how to keep their grandchildren from dropping out of school, getting preg- nant, and falling prey to the dangers of the street.
It’s a wonderful surprise
that the film not only de- scribes the problem, but it also proposes a practical solu- tion.
It features grandmothers
raising grandchildren in two model projects — one in Tan- zania, East Africa, and one in the Bronx, New York. In each program, fear and despair were transformed into opportuni- ties for renewal and hope for each generation.
When my wife Juanita first
screened the film for this week’s Michigan Kinship Care Conference, it brought her to tears. Juanita is the chair of the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Committee of the Detroit Area Agency on Aging and she is the founder of Bridging Generations, a grand- parents’ support group. For years, she has had the vision for a similar community devel- opment for grandparents.
A Detroit effort could easily
be modeled after the Grand- Parent Family Apartments (GFA) developed by Presby- terian Senior Services and the West Side Federation for Senior & Supportive Hous- ing in the Bronx. After seven years of planning, the apart- ments opened in 2005, and 50 grandfamilies from all parts of New York City moved in.
The New York develop-
ment includes 40 two-bed- room and 10 three-bedroom apartments with 24-hour front desk service, a library, com- munity room, green roof and art center.
It also offers a wide
range of services: support groups, counseling, case man- agement, educational work- shops and seminars, home- work assistance, recreational activities, legal services and a summer day camp.
GFA’s goal is to assist each
grandparent with reaching her (or his) full potential as grand- parents raising grandchildren and to enable the grandchil- dren to gain the emotional and
tion” on WGPR 107.5 FM every Saturday morning at 10 a.m., hosted by Paul Bridgewater, president and CEO, Detroit Area Agency on Aging. The Detroit Area Agency on Aging is located at 1333 Brewery Park Blvd., Suite 200, Detroit, MI 48207; (313) 446-4444;
www.daaa1a.org.
September 8-14, 2010
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University of Michigan Hospitals roll out Segway Personal Transporters for enhanced security patrolling
The University of Michigan
Health System’s Security Ser- vices Department has recently purchased two Segway Per- sonal Transporters to help its officers more efficiently deter crime on the medical campus.
U-M is one of a few health
centers in the state to use the Segway for security purposes.
The new Segway Patrol
Team will be made up of 23 of- ficers from the Security Servic- es Department who have been trained on the Segways and will wear new uniforms that include bright yellow jackets designed for increased officer visibility.
The transporters, which can
reach speeds of up to 13 miles per hour, allow the officers to travel around campus more quickly. Also, because officers are lifted several inches off the ground on the Segway’s plat- form, they are given a slightly better view of the area they are
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VOLUME 70 – Number 17•• News Briefs
Ford appointed global supplier
communications manager
Angela Spencer Ford has
been appointed to Chrysler Group global supplier com- munications manager. In her new position, she will imple- ment communications initia- tives to support the company’s global supply base.
Ford joined Chrysler Group Angela Ford
in 2000 as communications manager of safe- ty programs. Since that time, she has served in a number of other communi- cations posi- tions, including manager of Safety and Government Affairs, and
most recently as communica- tions manager of Diversity and Human Resources.
Detroit schools set to close
The Detroit Public Schools
plans to close 51 schools, sav- ing the district nearly $19 mil- lion a year.
See Briefs page A-4 Michigan Chronicle to
increase newsstand price In its 70 years of publication, the
Michigan Chronicle has had few price changes. However, due to inflation and the cost of operations, we are forced to increase the price of the paper. Effective Jan. 17, it will be $1. This rate will also apply to the Michigan FRONTPage. Since the 1960s the Chronicle has only increased its price three times.We have maintained the 50 cent newsstand rate for as long as possible, but economic realities have caught up with us.
For 70 years, we have been “the
voice of the community” and will endeav- or to remain so for years to come.
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THE LINCOLN MKRconcept vehicle on display at the North American International Auto Show is one of several sedans starring at the show. – AJ Mueller Photography
Detroit auto show revs up with
ion with the GM Style event. The invite-only affair, emceed by Jimmy Kimmel, host of
celebrities, but what does it all mean? W
By Marcus Amick SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
ell, it’s finally here. After all the anticipation, the 2007 North American International Auto Show kicked off this past Saturday in star-studded fash-
ABC-TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” was covered by just about every major network in the city. Dubbed by GM as Detroit’s largest ever gathering of cars and stars, the style show opened with Jay-Z stepping out of a cus- tomized “Jay-Z Blue” Yukon Denali.
HOLLYWOOD BASH The gala featured celebrities strolling
the runway in some of today’s hottest fashion lines, paired with more than 15 GM vehi- cles, including
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the Camaro convertible concept. Models included Hollywood celebrities such as Carmen Electra, Vivica A. Fox, Nick Cannon, Cheryl Hines, “Dreamgirls” star Jennifer Hudson, Christian Slater, and Detroit native Kristen Bell, star of the CW television network’s “Veronica Mars. ”
Marcus Amick Grammy award-winning R&B artist John Legend per-
formed at the event and former Detroit Pistons star John Salley was also on hand for the affair.
There’d been a lot of buzz about the GM Style event months before the affair among journalists and others hop-
See Star Power page A-4
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD nominee Jennifer Hudson showcases General Motors’Escalade. – Monica Morgan photo
Also inside
Public rejects
Coleman’s save superintendent
résumé DPS moves to
MANY FEMALE consumers like the extra space offered in the Ford Edge.
Automakers breaking ground with women
By Melody Deniece Moore CHRONICLE ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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See page B-1 Women are being sought
after by automakers that are creating special features in the latest cars to appeal to women.
From the vehicle’s style to its
color to extra interior space, certain features are attractive to women and car manufacturers are reaching out more to that market.
Courtney Caldwell, founder
of Road and Travel magazine, said automakers are doing so without ignoring male con- sumers.
“(Automakers) have been try-
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ing to make vehicles more appealing, while at the same time not turning off men,” Caldwell said. “The Ford Edge has a huge console that can be
used to put a purse in and it can very easily hide it. It’s just as good as laptop or a lunchbox.”
Caldwell said the Dodge
Caliber has features tailored to what women like. For example, the Caliber has a chilled glove compartment, which Caldwell says women can use to keep their child’s milk cold, while men can keep their drinks cold while tailgating.
The buying power of women
has grown over the last five years and automakers are capi- talizing on it. According to national statistics, women account for 80 percent of vehi- cle purchases.
Ford Motor Co.’s new
crossover utility vehicle (CUV), the Edge, offers features that
See Women & cars page A-4
By Bankole Thompson CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR
The Detroit School Board
moved to include Super- intendent William Coleman among a list of finalists seeking the district’s top job, despite objections from a 40-member community advisory committee.
Dr. Connie Calloway of Normandy Public School in Missouri and Dr. Doris Hope- Jackson of Calumet Public School-District 132 in Chicago were the two highly recom- mended candidates for the posi- tion, according to the commit- tee.
Dr. David Snead, former DPS
superintendent, came in third with Coleman ranking behind.
However during a Jan. 4
board meeting, board member Tyron Winfrey made a motion for Coleman to be included in the finalist stage.
“The board was trying to nul-
lify some of this controversy to allow him (Coleman) to come before the board and the com- munity,” Winfrey said. He said it
See Coleman page A-4
DR. RACHEL KEITH (left) and her husband, Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Damon Keith.
Metro Detroit mourns health care advocate Wife of respected judge
Cornelius A. Fortune CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER
Dr. Rachel Keith, 82, a
woman who defied the odds at a time when women had to strug- gle for respect as doctors, died Jan. 4. The cause of death was not known at press time.
The wife of Sixth Circuit
Court of Appeals Judge Damon Keith, Rachel Keith pioneered the way for other African American women to become physicians.
Keith was born in Monrovia,
Liberia, on May 30, 1924 to par- ents who were American med- ical missionaries. The family
returned to America in 1926, and settled in Richmond, Va. She completed her undergradu- ate studies at Houghton College in Houghton, N.Y., in 1943, where she was second in her class.
Dr. Keith completed her med-
ical degree at Boston University School of Medicine in 1949 and began her internship at Harlem Hospital in New York. She com- pleted a two-year residency in internal medicine at Detroit Receiving Hospital in 1953 and entered private practice in 1954.
“She was well respected in See Rachel Keith page A-4
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allows our officers to be more interactive within the com- munity by providing fast re- sponse times for calls of ser- vice in high traffic areas and non-patient areas within the hospitals,” said Lt. Rod Allen, supervisor of UMHS Security Services. “This is one of many ways we are working to make the Health System at U-M safe and more efficient.”
In addition to non-patient
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The team is now using the
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The UMHS Security Ser-
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The Force is responsible for
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The role of health care
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By Bankole Thompson CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR
On Sunday, Jan. 14, all roads will lead
to the Mariott Hotel-Renaissance Center where the Michigan Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Con- ference, under the leadership of its pres- ident, Dr. Claud Young, will honor the Jan. 15 birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a ministerial dinner.
This will be a gathering of civic and
community leaders and Black clergy. The Rev. Tellis J. Chapman of Galilee
Missionary Baptist Church will receive the Pastor of the Year Award. Rev. Charles Adams of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church will keynote the event.
Frank Taylor,
chairman of the De t r o i t - b a s e d Southern Hospital- ity Group, is the general chairper-
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son of this year’s celebration. He has expressed concern about how King’s legacy is being honored today.
Bankole Thompson He wants the younger generation to
study King. However, I want to take the charge to
the Black church, unquestionably one of the most powerful and influential groups in our community.
See SCLC page A-4
Nate Shapiro dies
Final services were held Jan. 7 for
Nate Shapiro at the Ira Kaufman Chapel. He died Jan. 3 at the age of 87.
Shapiro, registered professional engi-
neer, was presi- dent of Con- sulting Engin- eering Associates Inc., a Detroit- based firm found- ed in 1956.
He was born in
Detroit, attended Cass Technical High School and Wayne State Uni- versity.
He was an exec- Nate Shapiro
utive board member of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP-Golden Heritage member, and in 1955 received Engineer of the Year recognition from the City of Detroit.
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educational tools for success. The goal in Tanzania is sim-
ilar where the Bibi Jann Chil- dren’s Care Trust oversees the Grandma-2-Grandma program and a shelter for grandmoth- ers and grandchildren who otherwise would be homeless.
Twenty-five grandmothers
who lost their adult children to AIDS are part of Grandma-2- Grandma (G-2-G), and they are now raising over 80-orphaned grandchildren. The program helps with food, clothing, medical care, school fees, and more, all through donations. It helps grandmothers become self-sustaining through craft sales and various small busi- nesses, including sewing and tailoring and production of a soy drink. Some of the grandmothers are sponsored individually, and the program receives grants from corpora- tions and charities as well.
The housing shelter in Tan-
zania is a walled complex that includes bedrooms, toilets, living and meeting spaces, a boy’s dorm, director’s house, volunteer and visitor guest- rooms, kitchen and four street- front shops for the businesses of the grandmothers. Should a G-2-G grandmother die, those living in the complex will care for her orphans.
The Bibi Jann Children’s
Care Trust is named for Amer- ican journalist Jann Mitch- ell-Sandström, who in 2001 began building a pre-school in a village near Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. She regularly visits with her professor-physician husband, an AIDS clinician and researcher in Stockholm, Sweden. Bibi is the Kiswahili word for grandmother.
Sunday, Sept. 12, marks
National Grandparents Day. Here in Detroit, AARP Michi- gan has teamed with the Wom- en’s Committee of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History to honor grandparents with a day of ex- hibits and games to bridge the generations. For all of us, it should be a day to celebrate and remember both our elders and ancestors. Without them, we would have no story, no history.
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