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Thousands Mourn Jam Master Jay Failing Schools
Promised Tutors
f a n s e rec t a
m a k e sh ift
m em orial for
slain rapper ‘Jam
M a ster Jay' in
h is Q ueens,
N.Y., neighbor
hood. The killer
l o f Ja so n Mizell is
J still a t large. (AP
photo)
y Jam Master Jay was not a gangster. Jam Master Jay was a
unique individual. ... He was the embodiment o f hip-hop
Jam M a ster Jay (AP photo)
(AP) — Run-DM C star Jam
Master Jay, his killer still at large six
days after he was shot in his record
ing studio, was mourned at his fu
neral in New York on Tuesday as
“the embodiment o f hip-hop.”
A fleet o f white stretch limou
sines was parked outside the Allen
A .M E . Cathedral in Queens, the
borough where the rapper, whose
real name was Jason Mizell, first
—Darryl “DMC” McDaniels
met up with his bandmates, Joseph
“Run" Simmons and Darryl "DMC”
McDaniels.
“Jam Master Jay was not a thug,"
McDaniels told the overflow crowd
inside the church. “Jam Master Jay
was not a gangster. Jam M aster Jay
was a unique individual.... He was
the embodiment of hip-hop.”
McDaniels did a rap from the
band’s song “Jam Master Jay," with
the whole audience joining in at the
end to shout out the slain DJ ’ s name.
As McDaniels stood at the altar, he
was surrounded by more than a dozen
funeral wreaths - including one in the
shape of twin turntables.
As the group’s DJ, Jam Master
Jay had worked the turntables as
Simmons and M cDaniels rapped a
string of hits over nearly 20 years.
Along with the two bandmates,
those attending the service in
cluded Simmons’ brother, hip-hop
entrepreneurRussell Simmons, and
performers LL Cool J, Chuck D and
Queen Latifah.
Outside the church, dozens of
fans and police officers mingled on
the streets. Several of the fans
sported the classic white Adidas
sneakers that the band turned into
a fashion statement.
African American Chamber
Hosts Networking Event
Option is for low income students
(A P )— Portland schools will
offer tutors to 2,500 low-income
stu d en ts at p o o r-p erfo rm in g
schools, hoping the extra atten
tion will spur learning.
Low-income parents will be able
to pick a tutoring option, ranging
from a highly scripted commercial
program to a district-run summer
school. The school district will use
federal money to pay for it, roughly
$1,000 a student.
Only students who qualify for
free or reduced-priced lunches and
who attend Roosevelt, Marshall
and Jefferson high schools or
Whitaker Middle School will get
vouchers to pay a district-ap
proved tutor. A family of four can
earn as much as $33,485 a y ear and
qualify.
“It sounds wonderful, like it's
been a long time coming,” said
Regina Jones,’ mother of two
dents who need help.”
The idea to offer parents a
choice of tutoring stems from the
federal N oChildLeft Behind law.
It requires schools that have failed
to deliver for three straight years
to give low-income students the
option of outside help.
Under the new rules, Portland
would have to offer tutoring only
to Roosevelt students this year.
Instead, Portland officials per
suaded the federal government to
let them offer tutoring at all four
schools that are on the federal
failing schools list or headed that
way. They were unable to per
suade federal officials to include
students whose families earn more
than the incom e cutoff, said
Kathryn Anderson, who heads
Portland’s initiative.
The district plans to spend
about $2.4 million from its pot of
Marshall students. “The only thing federal funds for this year on tu-
that makes it not as good as it could toring. It plans to have tutoring
be is ¡fit’s solely based on income, sessions start Jan. 6, the first day
“Your market should be all stu- ’ of school in 2003.
The power to
quit smoking
is within
H elen M anafi a n d Carolyn Brown ex ch a n g e id e a s a n d informa-
tion during th e conference.
continued
from Front
not all will meet final approval.
“We are like the M arines,” he
said. “We are only looking for a few
good men and women.”
Williams added that all new mem
bers must be willing to bring some
thing to the table that will either be
of economic or educational benefit.
Or they must be willing to go the
extra mile to improve personal or
business finances with the re
sources a chamber membership can
offer.
The African American Chamber
was formed in 1996 with only four
founding members. According to
the Business Journals annual re
port it is now ranked as one of the
top five Chambers o f Commerce in
Oregon.
Jay maintains that the chamber
is not a social service agency, but
said that the group involves itself
in many social issues. The chamber
provides funding and participation
for several longstanding projects
to better senior transportation and
housing.
W ith the c o o p e ra tio n o f
Bullivant, Houser and Bailey, the
chamber will also start accepting
applications for business scholar
ships. Next year these scholarships
will be awarded to deserving indi
viduals who plan to pursue a de
gree in business or law.
The reception the chamber an
nounced a new program that allows
chamber members to buy a home
with no money down and a pay
ment o f about $2,000 to $3,000 in
closing costs.
Although this offer is made ex
clusively for chamber members, the
chamber does offer resources for
home financing and refinancing to
the general public.
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