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EDITORIAL
P-4 • THE OKLAHOMA EAGLE • FRIDAY. MARCH 18 2011
REGULAR FOLKS UNITED
31st
EDITORIAL
lives to liberate the Afghan
COMMENTARY
rec-
WITNESS FOR JUSTICE
Provs 7:4
e-mail: news@theoklahomaeagle.net
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from persecution and dis-
crimination."
tention as possible." The Red
Cross, Mussa's former em-
teen or young adult, sitting
next to them on the couch It
could just be the most valu-
able time they'll ever spend
with their child
The United Church of Christ
has more than 5.300 churches
throughout the United States
UCC members and churches
are free to differ on important
social issues, even as the
committed to unity in the midst
of our diversity
Edward L. Goodwin, II, and James O. Goodwin
Co-Publishers
Eddie L. Madison, Jr.
Editor Emeritus
cancer oncologists - decided
that the drug did not deliver
"clinically meaningful” results,
and that its side effects out-
weighed the benefits. In De-
mother and our family. I hese
cancer patients deserve a
choice and a chance
By Maliy Pin Yimi
Guest Contributor
By Ann Hanson
Minister for Sexuality Education
& Justice
QUOTE
"Hie object of education is to prepare the young to
educate themselves throughout their lives."
- Robert Maynard Hutchins
BIBLE VERSE
"Love Wisdom like a Sweetheart; make her a mem-
ber of your family."
HISTORY
1857 - The Dred Scott decision by the United States
Supreme Court denied blacks the right of Citizenship.
id Cagle
panel - and started the neces-
sary steps to withdraw Avastin
for advanced breast cancer.
Avastin's
Genentech, has appealed the
decision, and the FDA will
tion to be executed for his faith
in Jesus Christ. No, his captors
were not the Taliban insur-
gents but Afghanistan govern-
ment officials, bankrolled by
of dying from side effects
caused by their medicine ver
sus a 100 percent chance of
dying from their cancer.
Their doctors are likely
to make the same calculation
No matter what the FDA de-
cides, Avastin will still be
available to breast cancer pa-
tients. Doctors will continue
to prescribe it on an "off-
label" basis. But without the
FDA's approval, many insur-
ers will decide not cover it,
making the drug unafford-
able to all but the wealthy
Women with breast can-
cer deserve access to everv
possible cancer-fighting tool.
It would be a mistake to
cancer, but doctors com-
monly prescribe Avastin for
An Afghan lawyer re-
fused to take the case until
Mussa recanted. He refused.
The Congressional Interna-
tional Religious Freedom
Caucus and Ms. Ramirez,
of the Red
Cross/Red Crescent where he
am-
putees with prosthetics. The
Cancer patients recently
received some scary news:
Avastin, the world's best-sell- the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration (FDA) is considering - just 1 percent of all patients
revocation of Avastin's ap-
proval for use in treating
in
world away
It's been a little over a
month since Super Bowl XLV
(45). As a young girl, growing says, "You sent that?" End of
up in a small town in Mon-
tana, 1 joined my family as
we attended all the high
school football and basketball
games. My older brother to watch the game. message. I told Mike and
The next morning, while Mike that I had listened to
listening to Mike and Mike their conversation regarding
the offensive commercial and
that 1 agreed with their as-
on ESPN Cleveland, the pre-
commer-
cial was discussed - for my
entire fifteen-minute com-
mute. Here's the shorthand
version of the conversation:
Mike #1: I found the
commercial with Faith Hill
really disturbing.
Mike 82: Oh, why?
Mike 91: It contained a
word for women's breasts
that I can t bring myself to
say on air. Mike
82: Oh, I know what
Mr. Mussa’s location and
his appalling conditions were
After Mussa disappeared, serendipitously discovered at
Holly Pitt Young, a consultant
in Washington, DC.. focuses
on the crossroads between
policy and political
less than 1 percent chance engagement
“We make America better when we aid our people."
E. L. GOODWIN, SR. (1902-1978), Publisher 1936-1978
exer-
cising a core right in any free
and democratic state.
Mr. Mussa, who lost his
own leg to a landmine, was ar-
rested on his way home from was deafening. After much
his work at the International prodding from Caucus coor-
advocate for free religious ex- Committee of the Red dinator Tina Ramirez, Fogg)'
pression and works to pro- Cross/Red Crescent where he Bottom finally responded to
tect the rights of all people to helped fit fellow Afghan am- Wolf's initial letter three iocdtv o c
follow their conscience, free putees with prosthetics. The months later by advising ex- SCO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, P.5
sands of patients have bene-
fited from Avastin and
enjoyed more time with their
loved ones. Now, however,
mayor of New Orleans. His tenure marked the third
time in the city’s history that an African-American held
the top post. When he first won the election in 1994,
few, it seemed, expected this politically inexperienced
son of Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial — the city first
African-American mayor — to accomplish what he did
during his first term
By putting in place a series of anti-crime measures,
reforming the police department, and capturing federal
funding for other programs, Morial and his administra-
serious - to reduce the num-
ber of treatment options
available to them
For some, inevitably, the
treatment will be ineffective,
and for a tiny fraction, the
side effects may hasten the
inevitable. But for others,
Avastin could turn out to be
the miracle drug tor which
they and their families were
In these tests, nearly half praying - just like for my
of the breast cancer patients
treated with Avastin saw
their tumors reduced in size.
More than halt saw their lives
extended by months.
For many patients fight-
ing late-stage breast cancer,
this will not be a hard choice
- a
meticulously taught me the
fundamentals of football, and
1 remember listening to col-
lege and professional fwtball viously mentioned
on our AM radio. These are
fond memories. Still years
later, I am a football fan.
The Super Bowl was a
good game! The commercials
were disappointing - too
much depiction of men as
buffoons and women as sex-
ual objects. But 1 do love the
E-trade tykes! There was one
commercial that really af-
fected me in a myriad of
ways. If was the one, spon-
sored by Teleflora, which fea- you're talking about. Mike
tured Faith Hill helping a
love-stuck young man com-
pose an e-mail to his new-
found love. She advises him
to write from the heart, and
he quickly sends this mes-
sage: "Your rack is incredi-
ble." Faith is stunned and
National Urban League
Moves into Second
Century Under Morial
The National Urban League was founded in 1910
by a group of philanthropists. The purpose of the
league was to help African-Americans who had re-
cently migrated to northern cities to find jobs.
VVhen the U.S. Supreme Court declared its ap-
proval of segregation in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson,
what had been a trickle of African-Americans north-
ward turned into a flood. At that time, in the degree of
difference between South and North lay opportunity
that African-Americans dearly understood. But to cap-
italize on that opportunity, they would need help. That
was the reason the Committee on Urban Conditions
Among Negroes was established on September 29,
1910, in New York City.
A year later, the Committee merged with the
beques and military parades, very hard. Mr. Mussa's plight he
Sayeed Mussa vanished into
Last May
Afghanistan, a
from American backyard bar- globe at all, it's not working story
asked me what a___ was,
and 1 was so embarrassed
Mike 82: What did you
do?
Mike »1: 1 told her to
pass the chips.
Immediately upon enter-
ing my office, 1 fired up my
computer, found an e-mail
address for the Mike and
Mike show, and sent them a
message.
Mr. Obama Is AW0L On Religious Liberty
BflMlNM
Regular Folks United
tians and other religious mi- word reached the halls of
norities are frequently Congress in early June, Con-
US taxpayers and defended by harassed and jailed for exer- gressman Frank Wolf and the
American troops. cising a core right in any free International Religious Free-
As President Obama and democratic state. dom Caucus contacted the its with his foreign lawyer,
proclaimed January 16th to Mr. Mussa, who lost his State Department immedi-
be Religious Freedom Day," own leg to a landmine, was ar- ately. The silence from State
he declared that "the United rested on his way home from was deafening. After much
States stands with those who
commercial. I apologize if
vou find this offensive.
Personally, I was dis-
gusted, too, but did continue
Avastin: The Side Effect Of Cancer Is Death
other cancers as well. Thou- Stony Brook researchers
ognize this context.
Dr. Shenhong Wu, the
study's senior author, em-
phasized that deaths from
Avastin's side effects are rare
To ensure proper handling of information, we
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the city.
Enjoying near-unprecedented support and popu-
larity — between both black and white residents of
New Orleans — he easily won a second term in 1998.
"Morial,' noted New York Times reporter Rick Bragg,
"has always been one of the crown princes of this city."
And remarked that the younger politician's popularity
had now surpassed that enjoyed by his late father.
So popular did Morial remain that he petitioned to
revise his post's term limits in order to run for an un-
precedented third term as New Orleans mayor. Unable
to lift the law, Morial moved on in 2003 to become pres-
ident and CEO of the National Urban League. He has
brought the same enthusiasm and skill to the Urban
League, and in his first year of leadership has initiated
new, revitalizing programs aimed at addressing the
most pressing problems facing African-Americans.
Born on January 3, 1958, in New Orleans, Morial
was the second of five children in the family of lawyer
Dutch Morial and his schoolteacher wife, Sybil. Both
parents were politically active in local issues and the
wider civil rights struggles of the 1960s. Dutch Morial
eventually became a judge and was elected New' Or-
leans first African-American mayor in 1978.
Marc Morial, then a college student at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, served as a campaign coordinator
for his father. Dutch Morial was general president of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, lnc„ 1960-1972. After earn-
ing a degree in economics in 1980, Marc Morial at-
tended Georgetown Law School and received his
degree in ’ 'M3. After two years w ith a New Orleans
firm, he op< ned his owm firm in 1985
Morial soon became actively involved in the Demo-
cratic Party both on local and national levels. During
the Rev. Jesse Jackson's bid for the 1988 Democratic
Party presidential nomination, Mortal was a key payer
in Jackson's New Orleans aipport organization. 1 hat
summer he also served as a di legate to the Democratic
National Convention. In 1991, he ran for and won a
seal in the Louisiana State Senate in Baton Rouge. Dur-
ing his first few years, Morial supported reproductive
rights for women and opposed the death penalty.
Children: Teach Them About Our “Whole” Lives
and daughters w ill know that
you are an ask able parent,
and they will continue to
come to you for answers they
can trust. Yes, some of the
questions can be difficult, but
remember children get their
questions answered some-
where - sexualized advertis-
ing, TV shows, music, the
internet, playground buddies
or (fill in the blank)
The next time all the
Mikes (or Mollys) hear or see
something offensive on tele-
vision, I hope they will share
sessment. Then (typing with their values with the child,
my sexuality educator's fin-
gers) I encouraged them to
think about responding to
their child's innocent ques-
tion another way. "Honey,
rack is another word for
women’s breasts, and Daddy
doesn't like that word.
I continued my message
by saying that a parent needs
to start sharing their values
with their children at an early
age. Parents are the primary UCC remains principally
91: My young daughter sexuality educators of their
was watching with me and children. By doing this, sons
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father-of-six was inspired by treme caution in raising alarm;
____________ the selflessness of Christian [religious minorities) are best
If the Obama Adminis- aid workers and converted to protected by as little public^at-
tration is working to promote Christianity. When Afghani
religious freedom across the TV profiled Mr. Mussa in a
on Christians in Kabul, ployer, washed their hands of
was imprisoned in a secret Mussa and blamed the
» was raped Afghan Christian for his fate.
and beaten by his jailers and
fellow inmates.
ditions Among Negroes in New York (founded in
New York in 1906), and National League for the Pro-
tection of Colored Women (founded in 1905) to form
the National League on Urban Conditions Among
Negroes. In 1920, the named was later shortened to
the National Urban League.
The mission of the Nation Urban League is to assist
African-Americans in achieving social and economic
equality. The NUL has used tools of scientific social
work to offer programs to help African-Americans.
The organization implements its mission through
advocacy and public education regarding public poli-
cies that affect African-Americans; efforts to promote
tin erstanding between the races; publication of re-
search into the conditions of African-Americans; pro-
grams in job training, education, and career
development; and technical assistance to affiliates.
At its beginning, the National Urban League formed
its social services on white charitable organizations of
the times such as settlement houses, agencies, and immi-
grant aid societies; adapting them to the needs of blacks.
Adjustments were made during the Great Migration to
the North, the Great Depression, and the Civil Rights
Movement. The organization has 113 affiliates in 34
states and Washington, D. C.
The organization was particularly successful under
the leadership of Whitney Young (I960 to 1971), who
managed to increase the budget of the organization
and managed to create thousands of new jobs for
African-Americans.
The current president of the National Urban
League is Marc H. Morial. As both politicians and
leader of the National Urban League, Morial has dedi-
is case in point. The United facility where he
thin air. Mr. Mussa was spir- States has spent billions of
ited away to an unknown loca- dollars and thousands of
_________ _____ __i _____ .. . .
people from the Taliban's his wife reached out for help the end of July, without the
theocratic tyranny yet Chris- to find her husband. When help of the State Department,
Red Cross, or Afghan gov-
ernment. Afghan authorities
refused to inform Mussa of
his crime and denied him vis-
ing cancer medicine, can
have serious side effects. Ac-
cording to a new study by re-
searchers at the Stony Brook breast cancer.
University Cancer Center in The reason? An internal
New York, the chance of advisory panel of 13 experts -
dying from side effects linked only two of whom are breast
to the drug is higher than the
risk for patients on
chemotherapy alone.
Patients currently using
or considering Avastin
should talk to their doctors cember, the FDA sided with its
about the risks. But what re-
ally frightens many patients -
like my mother who was di-
agnosed with Stage IV colon
cancer • is how this news will
affect their access to treat-
ment that has the potential to render its final judgment
significantly extend the time later this month,
thev have left.
There aren't many treat-
ment options for terminally the panel's reasoning. Yet also the numerous large din-
ill cancer patients. So, for my there is an important element ical trials demonstrating the
mother, Avastin truly is a strangely missing from the drug's effectiveness.
miracle drug. While Avastin FDA review. It's the context
cannot cure her disease, it has in w hich cancer treatment
eased her pain and given her with Avastin takes place,
time - time to spend with her There are two simple facts
daughter, her grandchildren, that loom large in assessing
and the many other friends treatment options.
and family who love her. First, all drugs have side
My mother has colon effects. Second, the side effect
of untreated late-stage cancer
is death. To their credit, the
- and that the small risk
should be weighed against
the drug's benefits.
Further complicating the
results, the new study in-
cludes cancer types for which
Avastin isn't approved, and
in one case, a cancer - squa-
mous cell lung cancer - for
which Genentech itself says
the drug should not be used
The inclusion of these can-
cers in the study means that
the 1 percent risk is probably allow a small risk however
even smaller for the majority
developer, of patients taking Avastin.
Compare these1 findings
to the known benefits of
Avastin - not just the many
stories from families like
The new Stony Brook mine, w'ho have seen first-
study would seem to buttress hand the good it can do, but
the panel's reasoning. Yet
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