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THURSDAYBlack Professional News - September 26th
THURSDAYBlack Professional News - September 26th
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Black Professionals News • September 26, 2019 3
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III to Embark on National Book Tour
“A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American Minutes”; Oct. 1 – The Apollo
History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump” on sale Theater, New York City. In
Sept. 24 conversation with Gayle King,
Lonnie G. Bunch III, the newly appointed 14th Secretary of the co-host of “CBS This Morning”;
Smithsonian Institution, will embark on a national tour to discuss his new Oct. 15 The Museum of the
book “A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American Revolution,
American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump.” Philadelphia. In conversation with
The tour kicks off in Chicago on Sept. 19 and takes him to seven cities in Scott Stephenson, museum
the U.S. in 2019, with more dates in 2020 to be announced. president and chief executive; Oct.
The book chronicles the strategies, the support systems and the 22 – Peabody Museum of
coalitions Bunch put in place to build the Smithsonian’s 19th museum, Archaeology and Ethnology at
one that would attract more than four million visitors during its first two Harvard University, Boston. In
years. The book goes on sale Sept. 24, the third anniversary of the conversation with Henry Louis
museum’s opening. A public event will be held that day at the museum in “Skip” Gates, Director of the
Washington, D.C. in celebration of the anniversary. Hutchins Center for African and
During the tour stops, Bunch will discuss the book with high profile African American Research at
journalists and historians including Scott Pelley, Gayle King and Henry Harvard University; Oct. 25 – The
Louis “Skip” Gates. The schedule for the 2019 tour is as follows: Sept. Peabody Museum of Natural
19 – Chicago Museum of History, Chicago; Sept. 24 – The National History at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; Nov. 16 – Nate
Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C. Holden Theater, Los Angeles Book tour tickets must be reserved at
In conversation with Scott Pelley, correspondent for the CBS News’ “60 maahc.si.edu/nmaahcbooktour.
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Sheriff’s Office recovers owner refunds from Sheriff Sales for free. No need to pay a
“Finder’s Fee” to a private agent
If your home/property was sold at a Sheriff Sale due to foreclosure or lawyers who work for these agents can be as much as 30%.
back taxes and the final price was more than the amount owed, you are For example, if you are due $50,000 back in excess funds for your
the rightful recipient of a refund of the excess monies paid for the home, the finder could pocket as much as $7500 in fees. Working in
property. The Sheriff’s Office will help you obtain that refund for free. conjunction with an attorney, that fee could rise to $15,000.
Sheriff Jewell Williams says there is no need for former property However, this service is provided for free by DART. Last year,
owners to engage the services of someone who will charge a “finder’s DART returned nearly $3.8M to owners of record. In the past 7 years,
fee” to apply for the refund. So far in 2019, $2.45M was recovered and the Sheriff’s Office has returned $19.8M in excess funds to property
returned to property owners by the Sheriff’s Office Defendant Asset owners.
Recovery Team. “There is no need to have someone take advantage of distressed
“Why pay a finder’s fee for money that is legally due to you? It is homeowners”, said Denean Hardy, Director of the DART unit. “If your
traumatic to lose your home and if you do, you shouldn’t have to give house is going to Sheriff’s sale, you are already under financial duress.
away money that rightfully belongs to you and your family,” said Sheriff And on top of everything, you are giving up scarce and precious dollars
Williams. “We have made it simple to get money that is due to you as a that could be used elsewhere at a very sensitive time in your life,” Hardy
former homeowner." said.
After a property is sold, settled and all liabilities and debts have been In previous administrations, very little of this money was recovered
paid and recorded, a defendant (the owner of record at the time the court for people who lost their homes. Sheriff Jewell Williams made it a
ordered the sale) may recover any excess balance remaining on the priority to search out those owed money by enhancing the efforts of the
account through the Sheriff’s Defendant Asset Recovery Team, also DART unit. Under his leadership, the DART unit has been more
known as DART. aggressive in validating who is eligible to receive a DART payment and
Independent agents will charge former property owners a fee to help connecting with those individuals to put a check in their hands.
them “find” and apply for the refund due. A law passed by City Council It is easy to find out if you are owed money on a property you lost in
in 2011 requires that agents be registered with the city, be transparent a Sheriff Sale. Go to phillysheriff.com/en/real-estate/dart and click on
about fees and meet stricter standards to work with property owners. To the “File a Claim” button to download a DART Claim form. Completed
avoid this requirement, some agents are now working with local forms should be mailed to: DART Unit, Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office 100
attorneys to engage property owners. The fees charged by these agents S. Broad Street, 5th Floor Philadelphia PA 19110.
are as high as 15% of the amount due the homeowner; fees charges by
Earl Harvey Publisher The Black Professionals News Invites You to Join us For Our Bus Trip to Broadway in New
York to see The New Tina Turner Musical Saturday November 9th 2019.
Bus leaves from Platinum Grille Restaurant in Chestnut Hill 2.30 pm show is at 8 pm home after midnight.
Call Earl Harvey 267-244-3860 for more information