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- Citizens Police Academy
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- PAL Skate With a Cop
EDUCATIONAL TO-DO LIST:
- Elementary (pg. 3)
- Ninth Grade Students (pg 6)
- Tenth Grade Students (pg 6)
- Eleventh Grade Students (pg 10)
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Career School Can Be Easier Than
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- Choose a Career School Carefully
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(L to R) Stella Rainge, Thomas R. Ellis, Kayla Jenkins, Chief Shappard, Otelia Gan,
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able to engage with city youth 9yrs-
15yrs old through skateboarding &
BMX. The goal with all PAL events is to
nd unique ways to engage with kids
and to bridge the gap between police
and youth and to let them know that
the members of the Rochester Police
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Police Chief James M. Sheppard
conducted graduaon ceremony of
the 21st Rochester Police Department
Cizens Police Academy (C.P.A.) on
Tuesday, September 18. The ceremony
was held at the Public Safety Training
Facility at Scosville Road.
The C.P.A. program was established
by the Rochester Police Department
in 1992. The program was developed
to provide a beer understanding
of police policies and procedures for
members of the community who in
turn, can educate other cizens. The
objecve of the academy is to show
that working together toward common
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familiar with law enforcement in our
city neighborhoods and also with the
training currently being provided to
police o cers.
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Meet with your school counselor or
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Consider taking a pracce Preliminary
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Plan to use your summer wisely: Work,
volunteer, or take a summer course
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Go to career informaon events.
Log on to your MyFSA account at www.
studentaid.ed.gov/myfsa and try the
Career Finder, or look at your career
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the recommended majors as you use
the College Matching Wizard on the
site to nd schools that might be a
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To Explore:
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loans, work-study, and scholarships
at www.college.gov (click on how to
pay).
Parents
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Find out whether your childs school
has college nights or nancial aid
nights. Plan to aend those events
with your child.
Help your child develop independence
by encouraging him or her to take
responsibility for balancing homework
with any other acvies or a part-me
job.
To Explore:
Learn about the standardized tests
your child will take during high school:
the PSAT/NMSQT, SAT and SAT Subject
Tests (see www.collegeboard.com),
and/or the PLAN exam and the ACT
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Get a brief overview of nancial aid
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Start by dening your goals and
interests, understanding college
costs, and planning nancially and
academically.
Thinking about college, career,
technical, or trade school, or graduate
school? Theres so much to consider
when it comes to ge ng ready for
college: where to go, what to study,
how to apply, how to pay for it all, and
more.
Its never too earlyor too lateto
explore your opons for college or
career school. Well walk through
some key steps in preparing for college
and provide resources that can help
you along the way. Youll have to take
the me to research and understand
your opons, but you dont have to do
it alone. Were here to help!
WHY GO TO COLLEGE?
Heres a simple equaon: a college
or career school educaon = more
money, more job opons, and more
freedom. As youll see from the chart
below, as you get more educaon,
youll make more money and have
more job opportunies.
A college educaon is a long-term
investment. With careful planning you
can nd the school and funding opons
that work best for your situaon and
put you on the path to success.
Cant I get a good job now? Yes, maybe
you could, but a college degree will
make your chances even beer. Check
out the earnings and unemployment
rates for people 25 years and older
with dierent levels of educaon:
Level of educaon completed
Mean (average) earnings in 2011
Unemployment rate in 2011
Less than a high school diploma
$29,848 14.1%
High school graduate, no college
$41,288 9.4%
Some college, no degree
$46,288 8.7%
Occupaonal program (career school)
$49,920 6.6%
Associate degree (academic program)
$52,988 6.9%
Bachelors degree
$71,552 4.9%
Masters degree
$84,448 3.6%
Doctoral degree (e.g., Ph.D.)
$102,648 2.5%
Professional degree (e.g., M.D., J.D.)
$121,212 2.4%
Source: Bureau of Labor Stascs,
Current Populaon Survey,
unpublished tables, 2012.
EXPLORING YOUR
CAREER OPTIONS
A college or career school educaon
can give you the skills needed to
pursue a career that really interests
you. Love working with animals? Or
how about computers? Find possible
careers to match your interests.
Some people simply have jobs, while
others have careers. Whats the
dierence? With a career, the kind of
work you do is based on your interests.
Its a path youve chosen.
HOW DO I FIND
CAREERS THATMATCH
MY INTERESTS AND
SKILLS?
The rst step to nding potenal
careers is to complete a self-
assessment. What do you like to do?
What are your interests and abilies?
Are you looking to develop new skills
for your current job or for a career
change?
The Department of Labors career
search tool will help you explore
careers by compleng a keyword
search. If youre not sure what you
want to do, the tool also has an interest
proler that will match your interests
with possible careers.
WHAT IF IM STILL NOT
SURE WHAT I WANT TO
DO?
Oen, students say that college led
them to career paths they never
imagined for themselves, or werent
even aware of. So, even if you know
what courses you want to study, even
if you already have a possible career in
mind, stay open to new opportunies.
If youre not completely sure what
career path is right for you, college or
career school can help you gure it
out.
HOW CAN I FIGURE OUT
HOW MUCH CERTAIN
CAREERS PAY?
The Department of Labors career
search tool provides informaon on the
average annual salary for each career.
Its important that you understand the
earning potenal of a career because
it will help you evaluate your school
opons. You want to make sure that
the school you aend is aordable
relave to your likely earning potenal.
In other words, you need to make sure
that your annual salary in your new
career will be high enough to cover
any student loan payments you may
need to make, along with covering
your other living expenses, aer you
graduate.
Whether youre in high school now,
in elementary or middle school, out
of school, or perhaps never nished
school, there are a number of steps
you can take to get college ready.
Our checklists will walk you through
the steps you can take to nd and get
into the college or career school thats
right for you and to get ready to pay.
CHOOSING A SCHOOL
You have a variety of college opons,
from two-year community and junior
colleges, to four-year colleges and
universies, to technical, vocaonal,
and trade schools. Get ps on things
to consider when youre choosing a
EDUCATION
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school, and use our free college search
tool to nd a school that matches your
interests, career goals, and nancial
situaon.
TAKING REQUIRED TESTS
You may be required to take certain
tests when you apply to college or
graduate school.
APPLYING TO SCHOOLS
Each college, career school, or
graduate school has its own admission
requirements.
FINDING HELP
Need to talk to someone? Want
to nd more resources in your
community? There are other people
and organizaons that also can support
you as you prepare for college. Explore
ways to nd help.
There are so many dierent types of
schools that the opons can seem
overwhelming. To help you gure out
which colleges and/or career schools
might be best for you, we provide
descripons of the main types of
schools and the average me it takes
students to graduate.
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE?
Public schools are operated or funded
by state and local governments.
Private schools are not a liated with
a government organizaon. They may
be nonprot colleges, such as those
run by private foundaons or religious
denominaons. Or, they may be for-
prot businesses, such as many career,
online, or technical schools.
Since private schools receive less
(or no) money from state and local
governments, they usually cost the
same whether you live in or outside of
the state. This cost is oen higher than
the cost of aending a public school in
your state.
Because costs can vary signicantly
from school to school, you should
make sure to research the schools
you are interested in. Any school
that parcipates in the federal
student aid programs is required to
provide informaon on its cost of
aendance on its website. The school
is also required to provide a net price
calculator which will give you an idea
of how much a program may cost aer
subtracng any nancial aid.
COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES
Four-year Colleges and
Universities
Students who aend a four-year
college or university typically earn
a bachelors degree once they have
successfully completed a program of
study, which usually takes about four
years.
A college usually oers a four-year
bachelors degree in the arts (such as
English, history, drama) or sciences
(such as biology, computer science,
engineering). Some colleges also oer
advanced degrees, such as masters or
other graduate degrees, aer youve
earned your bachelors degree.
Universies oer bachelors, masters,
and doctorate degrees, and somemes
have professional schools such as a law
school or medical school. Universies
tend to be larger than colleges, may
have larger class sizes, and oen focus
on scholarly or scienc research.
Two-year Colleges (Community
and Junior Colleges)
Community colleges and junior
colleges award associate degrees once
students have successfully completed
a two-year course of study. Some
two-year colleges grant diplomas or
cercates of compleon to students
who have met course requirements
and are ready to pracce in their career
elds, such as nursing. Community
and junior colleges are similar, except
that a junior college is usually a private
school.
Because costs are oen lower and
admission is more open at two-year
colleges, many students begin their
college careers here. If you plan
to start at a community or junior
college and later transfer to a four-
year college, you should make sure
your community college courses will
transfer to those colleges you are
interested in and that your courses will
count toward your bachelors degree.
Many community colleges have
arculaon agreements with four-
year colleges under which the course
work taken at the community college
transfers into the four-year degree
program. Be sure to ask about the
types of arculaon agreements the
community college has, with whom,
and for what programs of study.
Career Schools
Career schools, also known as
technical, vocaonal, or trade schools
* may be public or private, although
many are for-prot businesses;
* typically oer programs that are two
years or less; and
* provide students with formal classes
and hands-on experience related to
their future career interests, from
welding to cosmetology to medical
imaging.
Technical schools teach the science
behind the occupaon, while
vocaonal schools focus on hands-
on applicaon of skills needed to do
the job. You may earn a diploma or
a cercate, prepare for a licensing
exam, or study to begin work as an
apprence or journeyman in a skilled
trade.
Some schools oer distance learning,
which allows you to access lectures
or course materials online or through
other electronic media. Since not
every distance learning course or
online degree is accredited and/or
eligible for federal student aid, check
with the schools nancial aid o ce
to nd out whether you can receive
federal aid.
SCHOOL COSTS AND
NETPRICE
School costs can be one of the
most important factors in choosing
potenal colleges or career schools
and costs can vary signicantly from
school to school. While the cost of
college includes tuion and fees, it
also includes equipment, travel, and
more. Learn about what is included in
the cost of college and ways to reduce
college costs.
Youll want to make sure that the cost
of your school is reasonable compared
to your earning potenal in your
future career. In other words, you
want to make sure that you can earn
enough money to cover any student
loan payments you may need to make,
along with living expenses, aer you
graduate.
Any school that parcipates in the
federal student aid programs is
required to provide informaon on
its cost of aendance and to oer a
net price calculator on its website.
This calculator will give you an idea
of how much a program may cost
aer subtracng any nancial aid. The
average net price to aend the school
is determined by subtracng the
average amount of federal, state/local
government, or instuonal grant or
scholarship aid from the total cost of
aendance for the instuons largest
program.
FINANCIAL AID
Many students worry that tuion and
the other costs of connuing their
educaon will be out of reach. But
dont let the potenal costs stop you.
Cost is only part of the picture. Most
students receive some kind of nancial
aid; and a few students even get a free
ride, with all their costs covered.
There are many sources of nancial aid
to help you cover the cost of college or
career school. You should
* learn about nancial aid including
grants, scholarships, work-study, and
loans;
* nd out whether the school (and the
major/program) youre considering
parcipates in the federal student aid
programs (the biggest source of aid for
college and career school);
* apply for all types of aid for which
you might qualify; and
* meet all deadlines!
The Internal Revenue Service also
provides tax benets for educaon.
To help you see the total annual costs
of schools youre interested in and to
nd out if the schools parcipate in
the federal student aid programs,
ACADEMICS
Does the school oer the major or
program youd like to pursue? Does
the program have a good reputaon?
Talk to professionals in the eld youd
like to pursue, do a web search, and
talk to students who are enrolled in
that program.
ACCREDITATION
An accredited school meets certain
standards set by an independent
agency. It helps ensure the training
or educaon you get meets employer
standards in a specic eld. Use our
accreditaon search page to check a
parcular schools standards or to nd
an accredited school in a parcular
eld or locaon.
If you aend a school that isnt
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accredited, you might not be able
to get any nancial aid. The U.S.
Department of Educaon requires that
schools parcipang in our federal
student aid programs be accredited.
Also, your state educaon agencys aid
programs may not oer nancial aid at
unaccredited schools.
In addion, aending an unaccredited
school poses the following risks
* You might not be able to transfer your
credits to another school. For example,
if you aend an unaccredited two-year
school and then transfer to a four-year
school to earn a bachelors degree, you
might have to start over again at the
four-year school if it doesnt recognize
the classes you took.
* It may be di cult to get a job. Some
employers may not hire someone
with a cercate from a school that is
unaccredited.
ADMISSION
REQUIREMENTS
Admission requirements vary from
school to school, so check the websites
of all the colleges youre interested in.
Learn about applying to schools and
taking required tests.
SCHOOL LOCATION,
SIZE, AND CAMPUS LIFE
Give consideraon to a schools
locaon, size, and acvies when
researching colleges and career
schools. Some students want to stay
close to their families and others like
the opportunity to go away to school
to live on their own. Do you want to go
to school in a big city or a small town?
Do you want a small, inmate se ng?
A school thats big enough to be a city
by itself? Or something in between?
Keep in mind that the locaon of a
school and your housing opons can
impact your overall cost.
Does the school oer acvies and
social opportunies you like? Does it
oer services you need? Does it have a
good campus security system?
While the schools website can help
you determine some of these factors,
a campus visit will help the most. Or,
see if the school oers virtual tours of
its campus.
WORK FLEXIBILITY
If you need to work full-me while
youre in school, does the school
have night courses or other opons
to accommodate you? Will they let
you aend part-me? Do they oer
summer courses? Check the schools
website or talk to the admissions sta
at the college or career school that
youre interested in to see what are
your opons.
ENROLLMENT
CONTRACTS
Read any school enrollment contract
carefully before you sign it. The
contract explains what the school
will give you for your money. If a
school representave promises you
something (such as help nding a
job) thats not in the contract, ask the
representave to write that promise
into the contract and have it signed
and dated. A promise is usually not
enforceable unless its in wring.
REFUND POLICIES
Find out the schools tuion refund
policy. If you enroll but never begin
classes, you should get most of your
money back. If you begin aending
classes but leave before compleng
your course work, you might be able
to get some of your money back.
Also nd out the schools return-of-aid
policy. If you receive federal student
aid (except for Federal Work-Study)
and you withdraw from school, some
of that money might have to be given
back to the source by you or by your
school.
Even if you dont nish your course
work, youll have to repay the loan
funds you received, minus any student
loan funds your school has returned
to the U.S. Department of Educaon.
Learn more about repaying federal
student loans.
DISTANCE LEARNING
OR ONLINE DEGREES
Lots of schools have begun to oer
distance learning, which allows you
to access lectures or course materials
online or through other electronic
media. Whether a distance learning
course or degree is right for you is a
maer of personal preference.
Be aware that not every distance
learning course or online degree is
accredited and/or eligible for federal
student aid. To nd out whether you
can receive federal student aid for
your program, check with your schools
nancial aid o ce.
PASTCOMPLAINTS AND
REPUTATION
Just because a school parcipates
in the federal student aid programs
doesnt mean weve endorsed the
quality of educaon the school
oers. We dont approve a schools
curriculum, policies, or administrave
pracces, except as they relate to the
administraon of the federal student
aid programs.
To nd out whether there have been
any complaints about the school,
contact your local Beer Business
Bureau, state higher educaon agency,
or the consumer protecon division of
your state aorney generals o ce.
Ask employers what they think about
the school. Ask recent graduates
about their experience at the school.
Check with the agency that licenses or
accredits the school to see whether it
meets required standards.
ATTEND COLLEGE FAIRS
College fairs give you the chance to
talk to representaves from mulple
colleges and career schools. You can
learn about various schools, and
their representaves will answer your
quesons. If youre in high school, ask
your school counselor about college
fairs in your area. You can also go
online to nd the Naonal Associaon
for College Admission Counseling
college fairs or Naonal Scholarship
Service college fairs.
For further informaon about choosing
a career school, access the Consumer
Protecon area of the Federal Trade
Commissions website at www.c.gov/
bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/products /
pro13.pdf.
EDUCATION
Why Get a Feder al St udent Loan?
Federal student loans oer low xed interest rates;
income-based repayment plans; loan forgiveness; and
deferment (postponement of repayment) opons,
including deferment of loan payments when a student
returns to school. Generally, repayment of a federal
loan does not begin unl aer the student leaves
school. And did you know that a student receiving
a federal loan does not need a credit history or a
cosigner? Private loans from banks oen do not oer
such benets. So if you need to borrow money to pay
for college, start with federal student loans.
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EDUCATION
Need training for a job?
Before you sign up for career training,
rst think about the type of training
youll need.
Dene your goals. Do you want to
learn a skill, prepare for a test, or get
a license or cercaon? Does on-
the-job training, a community college
program, an online course, or a career
school make the most sense?
Talk to someone you trust.
If youre in high school, your school
counselor can help you focus on your
needs and goals, and he or she will
have informaon about dierent types
of schools. Your counselor also can
help you collect or prepare applicaon
materials. If youre no longer in
school, try an Educaonal Opportunity
Center (search online for educaonal
opportunity center and your states
name) or a One-Stop Career Center
(www.servicelocator.org) for advice.
Visit www.studentaid.ed.gov/myfsa.
Youll nd a tool that lets you search
for a school based on its locaon, size,
degree oerings, and other factors.
Just enter your choices, and the search
tool will tell you which schools t your
preferences.
Going to school is a lifeme investment.
Shop around.
Stascs show that ge ng training
aer high school will help you get a
beer-paying job doing work you like.
But going to school is a big investment.
Youre invesng your me. Chances
are youll also have to invest your own
money or take out a student loan to
go to school. So you need to be sure
that youre choosing the right school.
You should check out more than one
school, and take the following steps
for each:
Do a background check.
Does the school oer a good
combinaon of aordable fees and
a solid educaon? Ask employers
you might want to work for what
they think about the school. Talk to
recent graduates to ask about their
experience at the school. Contact
the agency that licenses or accredits
the school to see whether it meets
required standards. Check the Beer
Business Bureau (www.bbb.org), your
state higher educaon agency, or the
consumer-protecon division of your
state aorney generals o ce to nd
out whether there have been any
complaints about the school.
Visit the school.
Contact the school and schedule a
visit, preferably while classes are being
taught. Take the me to talk with
current students. Get a feel for the
school; make sure youre comfortable
with the facilies, the equipment, the
teachers, and the students.
Dont be afraid to ask!
A good school will be happy to answer
your quesons about its programs.
Ask the school about its students: How
many graduate? How many get jobs
because of the training they received?
What kind of job placement services
does the school oer?
Check the cost.
Make sure the school gives you a
clear statement of its tuion and fees.
Remember that any nancial aid you
get will be applied rst to paying the
schools tuion and fees. If theres any
money le over, the school will give
it to you to help you pay for things
such as food and rent. Call the U.S.
Department of Educaons Federal
Student Aid Informaon Center toll
free at 1-800-4-FED-AID if you have
any quesons about your nancial aid
at the school. You also can access their
website at www.studentaid.ed.gov.
Important points:
Take your me.
Dont sign a contract unl youve read
it ... and understood it. Ask quesons
about repayment terms, refund and
cancellaon policies, and nding a
job aer you nish the course. What
happens if you have to quit before you
nish? Its a good idea to ask someone
you trust to read and evaluate the
forms too.
If youre unhappy with the school
or program you choseor if you
think you were misledcomplain. To
whom? The agency that licenses or
accredits the school, the Federal Trade
Commission, and the Beer Business
Bureau.
For further informaon about choosing
a career school, access the Consumer
Protecon area of the Federal Trade
Commissions website at www.c.gov/
bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/products
Choose a Career School Carefully
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Are You Registered to Vote?
Time: 11:30am to 5:30pm
Locaon: 265 N. Clinton Ave o ce
Its not too late. The Urban League
of Rochester will be hosng a voter
registraon drive. Registraon will be
open to the public. Instrucons and
materials will be supplied. It is important
to the Urban League that everyone has a
voice and all eligible voters are registered.
Empowering Communies, Changing
Lives, it begins with you.
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Punt, Pass and Kick Qualier
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Locaon: East High School, 1801
E. Main St.
The City of Rochester is elding
parcipants for a local Punt, Pass, and
Kick (PP&K) qualifying event. PP&K is
a naonal compeon sponsored by
the Naonal Football League. The City
of Rochester is elding parcipants
for a local Punt, Pass, and Kick (PP&K)
qualifying event. PP&K is a naonal
compeon sponsored by the Naonal
Football League. Parcipants may register
within their appropriate age category for
both boys and girls: 6-7. 8-9, 10-11, 12-
13 and 14-15. To register, go to any City
Recreaon or Community Center (see list
and locaons at www.cityofrochester.gov/
recreaoncenters) or register on the day
of the event at East High School. Free and
open to the public.
27
Talking With My Mouth Full
Time: 6:30PM-7:30 PM
Locaon: Highland Branch Library
- 971 South Ave.
Conversaons with local chocolaer
Nathaniel Mich, from Hedonist Arsan
Chocolates. He will be sharing his
knowledge about the history and business
of chocolate. There will be a tasng and
plenty of me for quesons. Registraon
is required for this adult program-- please
call to register.
28
July 64 Film & Community Conversaon
Time: 4:00pm
Locaon: Saunders Research Building,
Helen Wood Hall Auditorium - 265
Crienden Blvd.
The lm, July 64 takes a penetrang
look at the underlying causes of the
racial unrest that swept through the city
of Rochester like wildre that summer
and the eects in years since. Please
join us for a candid conversaon with
the lmmaker and with those who live
through that tumultuous me. This
presentaon is open to the public. Park
in Visitor Lot. Free parking ckets will
be issued. UR (Blue) shule from River
Campus
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Fire Prevenon Workshop and Poster
Session
Time: 11:00AM-1:00 PM
Locaon: Central Library - 115
South Ave.
Celebrate Fire Safety Week. The
Rochester Fire Department is coming to
Central Library to demonstrate equipment
and clothing and to teach how to be safe
in case of a re. Tour a re truck and
aer the program, come to the Childrens
Center to create a re safety poster to
be displayed. Your poster is an entry to
Prevenon Firsts Poster Contest, which
will be judged in February. First prize is a
$25 Wal-Mart gi cercate AND a meal
with reghters (along with 3 guests)
at a local rehouse. All materials will be
supplied for this free program for people
of all ages. There is no need to register.
This program will be held in the Kate
Gleason Auditorium, 1st oor of Centrals
Bausch & Lomb Public Library Building.
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The cizens of Rochester, N.Y. have
been le with no fair and imparal
agency to hear and invesgate their
complaints. Time and me again, it
has been proven that the current and
exisng avenues for a cizen to le a
complaint against the Rochester, N.Y.
Police Department (Internal Aairs
and Center for Dispute Selement)
are ineecve and both have es and
a liaon with the City of Rochester,
N.Y. and its Police Department.
Suggeson to improve the CRB:
You need an independent body
that has no interest in the outcome
whether its favorable or not favorable-
-to invesgate claims especially for
an instuon (CRB) set up to protect
the civil rights of residents.Loria
said the City of Rochester, N.Y. is a
Municipal Corporaon, Business
like Kodak, Xerox and Wegmans, and
it is imperave that as a business,
they protect their interests, which is
why they have to be in control of the
complaint process. The City (Police
Department and Internal Aairs)
therefore, needs to make sure that the
outcome of any complaint is in their
favor.
The City can not allow complaints
of serious allegaons of brutality,
false arrest and misconduct, to be
invesgated by an independent
agency--that has no interest in the
outcome whether its favorable or
not favorable--because they would
be sustained on a regular basis due
to Rochester Police Departments
long history of systemac paern and
pracce of violang primarily minority
cizens constuonal and civil rights
on a daily basis here in Rochester, New
York, as this would then set the stage
for the City of Rochester, N.Y. and its
police department to be held liable
in federal civil rights lawsuits, which
would eventually cause the City to
go bankrupt and leave them with no
money. So, as in any corporaon, the
City therefore has a vested interest
in controlling the outcome of any
serious complaint. In some cases pey
incidents may be sustained as the
City needs to have those few minor
complaints sustained so as to give a
false impression that they can do a fair
and imparal invesgaon, because in
the end they know that these minor
incidents cannot result in a lawsuit.
The Civil Rights Division of the
U.S. Department of Jusce needs
to immediately do a complete and
through invesgaon of certain
members of the Rochester Police
Department that abuse peoples
rights because the systems in place
for o cers to police themselves are
useless or nonexistent.
The end product should be a consent
decree: An agreement between the
U.S. Department of Jusce and City
o cials that will establish guidelines
and impose condions that must be
followed by members of the Rochester,
N.Y. Police Department.
Historically, decrees have forced police
departments to revise their policies
and change the way they deal with
the general public, control the use of
force and address race and community
relaons. RPD o cers must act in
ways that dont violate the civil rights
of cizens, and they must document
everything along the way.
-------------------------------
Loria has successfully sued the City
of Rochester and various members
and former members of the Rochester
Police Department four separate
mes in Federal Court back in the
1990s for violang his civil rights.
Loria currently has a 5th, 6th, and 7th
lawsuit against the City and certain
members of the Rochester Police
Department pending in Federal Court.
The views expressed on our opinion pages are those
of the author and do not necessarily represent the
position or viewpoint of Minority Reporter.
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How to Recognize a Mamas Boy
There are
mes I have
spoken to
and about my
sisters in ways
I can only
hope they
comprehend.
My words
are usually
received as
i n t e n d e d ,
which is to
help them.
But, there
are the ones who know I speak truth
and get it twisted and get bent of out
shape when the shoe ts them.
We have so many women in our
community who dont know the
dierence in a good choice of man
from a bad one.
Ladies, before I begin to shine a
spotlight on how to recognize a mamas
boy, I want to menon that this piece
is not for those who have learned to
make beer choices for themselves.
It is also important to note that every
man has a mother and that mother
either raised him to be a man or a
mamas boy. Seldom is there any in
between.
I would also be remiss not to menon
that all women dont have it together
either. I recently read somewhere, that
today many women can roll blunts
beer than they can season chicken.
Men, women, relaonships have
always been a favorite topic of mine.
A king can never be king without a
queen, and queens must learn to
accept, protect and project their
heritage. When you stem from royalty
youve got to walk like it, talk like it and
be about it.
Many queens sele for pawns and
then aer doing so just dont seem
to get why their relaonships wind up
so awed and stressful. Drama will kill
you.
Pretending to have a man when in fact
you are raising someone elses boy will
bring you to your knees.
So what is a mamas boy?
For one he is charismac, charming,
has prefect social skills, but is clueless
when it comes to solving problems.
He, more than likely, grew up in
a household where there was no
signicant male presence or inuence
on his life.
There was no man there to guide and
direct him and to show him how to
make beer choices for himself. He
was more than likely to be protected
and smothered as a young man, and
to depend on his mother to solve his
problem and soothe his pain.
It is also possible that when he came
home from school bruised or beat up
then an older sibling was launched
to go protect the family honor as
opposed to him being made to go ght
his own bales.
More than likely when he wanted
something new he accomplished the
goal by whining as opposed to being
taught how to earn it.
More then likely he never had to
cleanup his room or make his own bed.
The typical mamas boy may have
been an achiever, academically but the
only arena he really found consistent
success in was how to manipulate his
mother.
The rst thing a mamas boy is going
to say to you when he meets you is I
need you.
This is when you should be prepared
to run like hell, because he is not lying
to you, he DOES need you. Who really
wants a NEEDY man?
Some women consider his needs
aering, but if he is so needing you,
then what can he possibly do for you?
If he keeps telling you that you remind
him of his mother be prepared to treat
him exactly like his mother did, and
know that there was lile he did for
himself while he lived with her.
As quiet as it is kept, if he is over
25 and sll lives with mama then
you need to proceed with extreme
cauon. Mamas boys know very lile
about being independent. Its more
than likely they have never lived alone,
and had the benet of ge ng to know
themselves in their own environment.
Mamas boys usually dont leave home
unl the nd the right woman who
demonstrates the ability to care for
and nurture him much like his mother
did.
Let us summarize so that hopefully
ladies, you learn to make much beer
choices for yourself especially when
you decide a man is going to father
your children.
You see, I dont believe pregnancies
are accidental. Most are planned and
instrumental is a woman once again
lying to herself thinking that is going
to keep the man at home. Not today.
Always make sure you pay closer
aenon to the mans goals. And if
his goal is focused on short term like
moving in with you, run.
If a man has no job there could be a
legimate reason that he does not but
if you discover he has not worked in
ages, then he is not only demonstrang
the tendencies of a mamas boy, he is
lazy. Run.
Men who want to work have jobs. If he
is over 21 and has no drivers license
or car, run! If he has no bank account,
checking and savings, run!
If he has no car, run!
Having been college trained is not a
prerequisite for me but having survival
skills is a must in a man.
Make sure he knows how to do
something.
If his skills begin and end in the
bedroom, run.
Mamas boys also dress very well.
They are usually Mr. GQ at the club,
but you need to nd out who is buying
the wardrobe and if it is not him, run!
Hopefully, I have managed to give
some of you a heads up on making
beer choices for yourselves.
Maybe if some ladies are paying
aenon, they wont keep having
children with mamas boys.
They havent learned to be responsible
for themselves so having any
expectaon they are going to take care
of their children or responsibilies
without being forced is a fantasy.
Some of you may be stuck with your
mamas boys because you failed to
recognize they talked the talk but
found themselves limping and needing
you to carry them when it came me
to walk the walk.
Its all about choices and knowing how
to recognize a good one from a bad
one.
GLORIA WINSTON
AL-SARAG
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Gloria Winston Al-Sarag is a Community Activist, Writer,
Communicator, Political Activist. She is a native Roches-
terian and has been involved with numerous community
orgainzations in Rochester.
Contact Gloria at: JazzyG4202@aol.com
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