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News Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. Named NNPA Interim President PORTLAND, OREGON – (NNPA) – Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. a global business leader, educator, and longtime civil rights activist, was elected interim president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association at the group’s annual meeting here Wednesday, NNPA Chairman Cloves Campbell has announced. Chavis is president of Education Online Services Corporation (EOServe Corp.), the premier provider of online higher education for Historically Black Colleges and Univer- sities (HBCUs). He is also president, CEO and Co-Founder with Russell Simmons of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN), the world’s largest coalition of hip-hop artists and recording industry exec- utives. He serves on numerous boards, including the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO). He was the leader of the Wilmington Ten, a group of wrongly convicted activists who were recently pardoned by North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue; a former president of the NAACP (1993-1994) and in 1995 served as director and chief organizer of the Million Man March. Chavis writes a weekly syndi- cated column for the NNPA News Service. ‘Dr. Chavis has the talent, contacts and energy to make an immediate impact on our organization’ “We are pleased that Ben Chavis, a long- time supporter of NNPA, will be able to use his skills and his numerous domestic and international contacts to strengthen NNPA – the Black Press of America,” Campbell said. “Dr. Chavis has the talent, contacts ship of NNPA newspapers and BlackPres- sUSA are important to the future of America and the global community.” A native of Oxford, N.C., Chavis received his Bachelor of Arts in chemistry from the University of North Carolina; his Master of Divinity from Duke University (magna cum laude) and a Doctor of Ministry from Howard University. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, Dr. Chavis began his career in 1963 as a North Carolina statewide youth coordinator for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Lead- ership Conference (SCLC). In 1970, Chavis was appointed Southern Regional Program Director of the 1.7 million-member United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice (UCC-CRJ) and in 1985 was named Executive Director and CEO of the UCC- CRJ. In 1988, Dr. Chavis was elected Vice President of the National Council of Churches of the USA. He has traveled and worked extensively in Africa and the Caribbean. He is a senior adviser and former president of the Dia- mond Empowerment Fund, which supports higher education scholarships in Africa Movies continued from page 6 Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. and energy to make an immediate impact on our organization, which represents approxi- mately 200 African American newspapers in the U.S.” Upon his election, Chavis said, “I am hon- ored to have the opportunity to serve, promote and secure the interests of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA). As the uncensored, objective, unflinching media voice of Black America, NNPA newspapers, the NNPA News Serv- ice and the companion site, BlackPressUSA.com, represent one of the most important newsgathering and news analysis operations in the world.” Chavis continued, “I am eager to deliver trusted, sustainable and innovative relation- ships for the NNPA with advertisers, partners, sponsors, and supporters. More than ever before, the leadership and reader- Postman Pat (Unrated) Ronan Keating handles the title role in this animated adventure as an Average Joe whose faith is shaken after entering a TV talent show competition. Voice cast includes Jim Broad- bent, Jane Carr and Greg Ellis. Snowpiercer (R for vio- lence, profanity and drug use) Climate change sci-fi, set in a futuristic dystopia where global warming has choked-off all life except for the few lucky enough to be aboard a train circum- navigating the globe. Ensemble cast includes Chris Evers, Tilda Swin- ton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ed Harris, Alison Pill, John Hurt and Ah- sung Ko. (In English, Japanese, Korean and French with subtitles) They Came Together (R for profanity and sexuality) Romantic comedy about a candy company exec (Paul Rudd) who falls in love at first sight with the eccen- tric owner (Amy Poehler) of the franchise he came to Page 10 The Portland and Seattle Skanner June 25, 2014 Snowpiercer shut down. With Bill Hader, Ed Helms and Kenan Thompson. Under the Electric Sky (PG-13 for suggestive material, drug references, partial nudity and brief profanity) Be-In gathering documentary about the Electric Daisy Carnival, an annual three-day festival which has evolved since its inception in 1997 into North America’s largest dance music event. Whitey: United States vs. James J. Bulger (R for profanity and crime scene images) Courtroom docu- mentary highlighting the government’s case against the FBI’s #2 Most Wanted (after Osama bin Laden), the sadistic mobster who brutally murdered over a dozen people during his decades-long reign of ter- ror in South Boston. Yves Saint Laurent (R for sexuality and drug use) Haute couture biopic chronicling the career of the late fashion icon (Pierre Niney) and his long-term relationship with his life mate/business part- ner, Pierre Berge (Guillaume Gallienne). Featuring Nikolai Kinski as Karl Lagerfeld and Patrice Thibaud as Chris- tian Dior. (In French, English, Japanese, Russian and Arabic with subtitles)
