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Austin-DWI arrests continue to rise in Austin and the city’s police chief doesn’t think enough offenders are convicted of the crime. “Life is about accountability,” said Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo. “It’s about paying the price for making a poor choice.” DWI arrests in Travis County are up nearly 24 percent over the past three years, and news reports discovered more than a third of cases did not receive DWI convictions. According to records provided by the Travis County Attorney’s office, 37 percent of all first time DWI cases are re-filed as other charges, like obstruction, received deferred prosecution or a dismissal.

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Austin - Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens made 58 boating under the influence arrests and contacted some 30,000 recreational boaters over the July Fourth weekend. Earlier, TPWD’s Law Enforcement division participated in Operation Dry Water June 27-29 as part of a nationally coordinated boating under the influence (BUI) awareness and enforcement campaign. Game wardens continued their enhanced patrol efforts through the holiday as boaters enjoyed area waterways. Over the three-day Operation Dry Water weekend, game wardens made contact with 22,732 recreational boaters, issued 1,147 citations and safety warnings and made 17 BUI arrests in an effort to raise awareness of the dangers of boating under the influence of drugs or alcohol. During the July Fourth holiday, game wardens made contact with roughly 30,000 recreational boaters and arrested 58 operators for boating under the influence. In addition, game wardens filed 39 minor in possession of alcohol cases and 8 drug related offenses. Nationally, more than 550 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies from all 50 states and 6 U.S. territories participated in the 2014 Operation Dry Water effort. National results are still being collected and compiled, but in 2013, nationwide 6,219 law enforcement officers from 513 agencies and US Coast Guard units participated in Operation Dry Water. Officers made contact with 144,044 boaters, issues 17,159 citations and safety warning, and made 290 arrests for boating under the influence. Alcohol use is the leading contributing factor in recreational boater deaths. Since 2009, the year Operation Dry Water launched, there has been a 37 percent drop in the number of boater deaths where alcohol use was the known contributing factor, according to the 2013 U.S. Coast Guard Recreational Boating Statistics. -

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Dallas - Hoping to prepare for the 35,000 plus expected to attend his annual Back to School Fair, Mayor Mike Rawlings kicked off the event’s first pre-registration drive on Tuesday. Rawlings spoke in front of students and staff at the John F. Kennedy Learning Center in East Dallas. The Aug. 1 event in Fair Park, in its 18th year, provides low-income families with school supplies, medical examinations and a festive family environment.

Fort Worth - Catholic Charities Fort Worth is trying to enlist more volunteers to help with the International Foster Care program. It involves about 39 hours of training. Also, the Creating Hope Donation Center at Catholic Charities Fort Worth also is serving the needs of those in the Unaccompanied Alien Children program. The center is accepting boxes of hygiene products such as toothbrushes, hairbrushes and deodorant. The center is also asking for activity items like puzzles, playing cards, Bibles and math flashcards. The center is at 249 Thornhill Drive in Fort Worth and is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Thursday. For more information, contact Ruth Brasier at 817-289-0461 or rbrasier@ ccdofw.org. Houston - Public meetings to discuss the draft plan for redrawing the boundaries of the nine districts used to elect Houston Independent School District trustees are continuing. The public is invited to share their input on the preliminary redistricting plan at community meetings throughout the city. As a result of the annexation of North Forest ISD in 2013, all trustee districts must be realigned to include the newly annexed area and distribute population evenly throughout HISD. Meetings will be held at the following locations and times: Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center (4400 West 18th Street, 77092) July 10 at 6:30 -- Austin High School (1700 Dumble St, 77023) July 15 at 6:30. The Board of Education is expected to adopt the final redistricting map in August.

Houston - Police Chief Charles A. McClelland, Jr. met with a group of HPD student interns for an open discussion on decisionmaking, achieving goals and following HPD’s core values of Honor, Integrity and Respect. The young men and women are part of the HPD Volunteer Initiatives Program (VIP) Student Internship. Chief McClelland spoke with the teens about a variety of topics including determination, work ethic and the meaning of a challenge coin he distributed to every HPD employee. The student internship program provides qualified students with course credit and practical work experience that compliments their academic course work. It provides HPD an opportunity to involve students in various aspects of police work and provides students with an opportunity to integrate theory and practice. Students from participating institutions may perform a one or two-term internship. Criminal Justice students may perform their internships at various locations/ divisions throughout the police department. Social Work students may perform their internships under the Family Violence Unit, Homicide Division, Victim Services Unit, Planning and Research Office, or the Special Victims Division. To become an intern at HPD, a student must complete and successfully pass the VIP Application Process.

Houston - Mayor Annise Parker has launched a campaign to raise funds to fight the opposition to the equal rights ordinance. According to Parker, more than 80 current and former elected officials, community organizations and nonprofit groups have endorsed HERO. It had the backing of the Greater Houston Partnership, the NAACP, Rice University and the Houston Association of Realtors. She is calling on supporters to defend the Equal Rights Ordinance and make sure that Houston stays a place where everyone can work hard, provide for our families and give our kids the opportunity for a better life.

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What’s Happenin’ around Texas? Submit your news to news@aframnews.com Missouri City - Rodney Griffin of Missouri City was reelected, State Democratic Executive Committeeman at the Texas Democratic Convention, Saturday June 28. The two -year term is Griffin’s seventh term at the helm of senatorial district 13.Senatorial District 13 comprises of over an eight hundred thousand African American majority in Fort Bend and Harris Counties. Griffin said, “since my return in ‘12, the state house has reclaimed eight seats eliminating the Republican super majority (2) state Party staff increased from 4 to over 40 (3) state Party received funds from every state.” Griffin said also, “Secondly, I helped shepherd through a strong criminal justice Party plank addressing the injustices in the present criminal justice system.” Griffin indicated his satisfaction in the election of local Fredericka Phillips for Vice Chair of The Texas Democratic Party. “She is a welcomed addition to the Party leadership. She is a team player - what we need for turning the state blue,” said. Griffin. Griffin was a White House Guest and NBC interBusiness Card for Paper_Layout 1 6/3/14 viewee at the 50th Anniversary Civil Rights Summit.

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exas GOP Senator Ted Cruz was the most outrageous of all the GOP Obama basher on the border crisis. He called President Obama’s policies “lawlessness” and virtually accused him of hatching a diabolical plan to open up the borders to any and every one who wanted to come in. Cruz’s predictable over the top anti-Obama diatribe was crude and over the top. But other GOP leaders have been just as quick to pounce on him using only a slightly more delicate phrasing. They accused Obama of creating the border crisis. They should be the last to finger point him. In the last decade, the GOP has drum beat the issue of the U.S.’ supposedly out of control southern border with Mexico to scuttle any deal on immigration reform. And there certainly have been many attempts to put forth a deal on reform. In fact, the best moment to get a deal through on reform came nearly a decade ago when Democrats and a handful of Republicans backed a reform bill. Then President George W. Bush publicly supported the bill and urged passage. But that was only so much show. Republican senators then went to work. They dumped crippling demands in the bill for tight amnesty, citizenship and iron tight border security. Leading Republican presidential contenders that year flatly opposed the bill with the charge that it was much too soft on amnesty and border enforcement. Bush didn’t help matters. Though he urged passage, he did not actively jaw bone GOP House reps and senators to fully back the bill. The damaging consequence for the GOP is that the party’s hard line opposition to immigration reform undid the inroads that Bush made

in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections when he scored gains with Latino voters. A big part of that was due to the perception that Bush would push hard for immigration reform. The GOP instead stayed true to form to its ingrained, nativist xenophobia on what American citizenship should be about. The other centerpiece of that tunnel vision concept beyond the charade of border insecurity was the party’s opposition to a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented. Two crushing presidential defeats, and the unrelenting hostility of Latino voters, did little to change the party’s thinking on immigration reform. In subsequent efforts to craft a bill, the GOP congressional leaders continued to pile on amendment after amendment; always the deal breaker was border security. The GOP flatly said this was the non-negotiable condition for the bill’s passage. GOP Senator Marco Rubio, who has been propped up as the GOP’s shining White knight on immigration reform, said bluntly, “The only way we’re going to pass an immigration reform law out of the House and Senate so the president can sign it is if it has real border security measures within it.” Rubio and GOP leaders knew better than that since the bill did have exactly that but it still made little difference. Unsafe secure borders were just too convenient a ploy to whipsaw Obama and the Democrats with and kill this as all other reform bills. This is where the GOP’s hypocrisy not to mention flat out deception has risen to the heights. The U.S. spends nearly $20 billion annually on border security measures and that figure was ramped up even higher this year. That’s more spent on border security than ever before, and far more than the government spends on all other federal law enforcement agencies combined. The massive spending has paid off. Nearly every inch of the border is patrolled, around the clock, by waves of more than 20,000 border patrol agents and at least six unmanned aircraft. Source: Huffington Post

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“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, --The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. -Send these, the homeless, tempesttossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” Emma Lazarus In 1903, the poem by Lazarus was engraved on a bronze plaque and mounted inside the lower level of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty and became to symbolize hope for those seeking freedom. Paul Auster said The New Colossus’ poem from Lazarus reinvented the statue’s purpose, turning Liberty into a welcoming mother, a symbol of hope in America to the outcasts and downtrodden of the world. Even as we speak, a new wave of immigrants are flowing into the country, but this time the welcome lamp is off and the arm of the statue is pointing in a direction South with a message to young mothers and children in crisis and running from persecution to “go back to where you came from”. We MUST Understand the double standard when it comes to immigration in America. White Power Americans have all but said “No” to Hispanic immigrants and the backlash continues to grow as some towns have passed local pseudo legislation prohibiting refugees to enter and others blocking buses on highways and entryways into towns with bodies and weapons. John T. Cunningham once wrote that “The Statue of Liberty was not conceived and sculpted as a symbol of immigration, but it quickly became so as immigrant ships passed under the statue. However, it was Lazarus’s poem that permanently stamped on Miss Liberty the role of “unofficial greeter” of incoming immigrants”. The Polish According to a report on Polish immigration to America by Lenny

Reisner, Steven Davis, and Linc Miara, the early 1800’s to the beginning of World War II, saw approximately 5 million Polish immigrants came to the United States. The Poles fled their country for various reasons. Some emigrants left to escape conscription, others left to seek better opportunities in America, and some fled from religious persecution. The first wave of Polish immigrants, largely made up of intellectuals and poorer nobles, came between 1800 and 1860. This group fled their country mainly because of political insurrections. In this period approximately 2.5 million Poles landed on Ellis Island. This group can be further broken down into two distinct groups: the more intelligent German Poles, and the lower class Russian and Austrian Poles. The German Poles fled from religious persecution by the Germans. Soon their relatives came to America to join their relatives. Some Polish people came because America was portrayed to be the land of opportunity and the promise of abundant job opportunities. How different is the recent surge and current crisis involving young Central American children immigrating across the southern Texas border from any other time in American history? History In September 1963, the first boatload of Haitian refugees landed in South Florida. They asked for political asylum, but the Immigration Naturalization Service summarily rejected the request and the boat was sent back to Haiti. By the late 1970s, crude sailboats, often nearly overflowing with refugees, began to arrive regularly. Repeatedly, the INS used its resources to turn them back. In the 1990s, revolt, persecution, human rights violations, desperate poverty, and government corruption drove

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Haitians out and again The United States Coast Guard has spent an average of $45,000 per day then intercepting, housing, and returning most Haitians to their homeland. Now, news accounts indicate that, in recent months, some 290,000 illegal immigrants (primarily from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador) have been settled, or will soon be settled, by the federal government. It appears that Mother Liberty’s invitation and American history shows a double standard. This red carpet only applies to people White America feels comfortable with clearly not to children in a humanitarian crisis fleeing persecution and abuse in their countries. They have vowed to return every one crossing the border. Gov. Rick Perry and other Texas officials launch all out surges and round ups against innocent children reminds me of the days when then Alabama Governor George Wallace stood at the school house doors in defiance of an order to allow Blacks to study at the University of Alabama. We MUST Understand that Lady Liberty is racist, if she only extends immigration to “acceptable races” and labels some others such as Haitians, Africans, Mexicans and Central American Hispanics unacceptable in the land of the free and home of the brave. If true, the new message on Lady Liberty should read, “You may be tired, weak, hungry and poor, but if you are an illegal Black, Mexican or Central American Hispanic person in a humanitarian crisis seeking safe haven, new life and opportunity. Don’t Come Here!!” TX-3

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CONNECTION from pg. 1 Jabang, The Gambia - For Eboni Rose Price, the thought of going to Africa was an dream opportunity for her to get some real career development experience, but what she discovered in Gambia was her true connection to the past. It became a life changing lesson in Black history, heritage and culture in a country where the rough hard journey to America began for so many in the chains of slavery. “I really did not know what to expect at first,” the Acres Home native said. “It was an experience that not only changed my life, but also about the way I think about things.” She was influenced by her Nigerian instructor who told her that the experience would change her life. Price said life in Gambia is a far cry from the conveniences taken from granted in the United States. She said the trip broadened her world view and gave her a better understanding of the world and the history of Black Americans (as we are referred to in Gambia). Price grew up in rural Houston and attended Wesley Elementary, M.C. Williams Middle School and Booker T. Washington High School. She went onto to study animal science at Prairie View A&M University before transferring to Langston University. “I chose animal science because I wanted to do a job I loved,” she said. “I also love working with and helping people.” She was part of a group of a dozen students who made the pilgrimage to The Gambia as part of the Langston University Student Abroad Program 2014. Going to Gambia gave Price also got her a opportunity to help others and learn more about animal science studies while doing an internship at Uncle Tee's Poultry Farm in Jabang. Uncle Tee's is the largest poultry farm in the country. The broiler farm in equipped with the latest in genetic and computer technology and provides great opportunities for local Gambians to make a living. While there, she got first hand knowledge of raising chickens TX- 4

and chicken and egg care and processing. One of the most revealing things about the trip that far outweighed the opportunity was the removal of stereotypes about Africa and African people. “I came to a better understanding of African and its people,” she said. “One of the most important things is the fact that we have been lied to about Africa. We came to find out the truth and what we know now will last a lifetime.” The Republic of the Gambia commonly referred to as The Gambia or Gambia is situated in the western region of Africa. It has a land area of 10,380 km2 with an estimated population of 1,700,000 people. The agriculturally fertile country, dominated by farming, fishing, and tourism has its capital in Banjul. The official language is English and National languages include Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, Serer, and Jola. The raining season is short, from June to October, with most of the precipitation falling at night. The climate is dry and warm from December through February, the peak of the tourist season. Tourism in The Gambia has become the fastest-growing sector of the economy as visitors come in every year, drawn by its beaches, birds, sunshine, the culture and the country's biggest asset: the Gambian people, whose hospitality and friendliness have made it "The Smiling Coast. Gambia remains one of Africa's smallest countries and unlike many of its West African neighbors it has enjoyed long spells of stability since independence since President Yahya Jammeh seized power in a bloodless coup in 1994. The Gambia River, which runs through tåhe middle of the country, only one-sixth of the land is arable and poor soil quality has led to the predominance of one crop - peanuts. Most visitors are drawn by the link to history of Black history or to the many resorts that occupy a stretch of the Atlantic coast. The Gambia’s little known continuation is steeped in this true story of survival, love of country, people

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and freedom immersed in strong linkages of tradition Tourism is important in The Gambia. The government’s policy is to promote tourism and its contribution to economic growth. Price learned that Africans are not uneducated hostile “savages' running around in the bush or a barefoot people with spears chasing lions as depicted in so many American television shows and movies. Her greatest appreciation for the struggle of Black people started with visits to ground zero heart of the slave traders – Goree Island. According to the African American Registry, Goree Island is a land mass that played an important part in the early days of African American history. The island is a small 45-acre island located off the coast of Senegal and was developed as a center of the expanding European slave trade. The first record of slave trading there dates back to 1536 and was conducted by Portuguese, the first Europeans to set foot on the Island in 1444. The house of slaves was built in 1776. Built by the Dutch, it is the last slave house still standing in Goree and now serves as a museum. The island is considered as a memorial to the Black Diaspora. An estimated 20 million Africans passed through the Island between the mid-1500s and the mid-1800s. During the African slave trade, Goree Island was a slaveholding warehouse, an absolute center for the trade in African men, women and children. Millions of West Africans were taken against their will. These Africans were brought to Goree Island, sold into slavery, and held in the holding warehouse on the island until they were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean. They were sold in South America, the Caribbean, and North America to create a new world. The living conditions of the slaves were atrocious on Goree Island. “Seeing it made me cry because I could sense and feel the pain of the ancestors,” she said. “This is real and seeing it helps you appreciate Black history more and the powerful effect of what so many of our ancestors went through.”

Price even sat in one of the small holding cell areas where Blacks were kept and walked through the long tunnel where many Blacks were taken into slavery never to return to Mother Africa. Another eye opening experience was meeting and visiting with citizens of Gambia who seemed to have a deep spiritual connection to Black Americans. She noted her volunteer work with school children and visits with Gambian families who not only shared generations old African stories, but also gave her a visual peek into past and present tribal traditions. “Family and community ties are strong there,” Price said. “I really enjoyed the people making it feel like home and sharing a part of them that is very much part of us as a people.” She talked about having to answer a multitude of questions about life in America. “They want to know about us and life in America,” she said. “The young people want to learn. Education is very important to them.” Another important pilgrimage she made was to the Gambia West Africa ancestral village of Kunta Kinteh. Kunta Kinteh was the slave depicted in the renowned book and movie “Roots”, by Alex Haley. The village of Juffureh was Alex Haley’s ancestral home and has descendants of the Kinteh family. “It was special to get to go there,” she said. “While there I did meet the eighth generation relatives of Kunta Kinteh.”

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Juffureh tracks almost five generations across the mighty Atlantic Ocean to the USA, and back, and its culture is still seen today. Although slavery has long been abolished, the ancestors and direct descendants of the hero and of many other extracted Africans in the Diaspora can be found today. Kunta Kinteh’s trail can still be followed from his birthplace in rural Gambia. She also visited the nearby village of Albreda, the site of the old French Trading Post. One of the hopes of the villagers is that when one leaves with greater understanding from the village, it plants new African Seeds for the future and that those seeds bring forth the tree of ancestral life. Price plans to continue her education but with a new commitment and energy as she understands the connection to her past and that link helps her appreciate why her education is not just for her, but ... make a statement from the past that what she accomplishes in life is a tribute to ancestors she now knows and understands. Price has always had a philosophy driving her that included keeping God first and family second. Now, her one experience alone has given her a lifetime of memories and historical and cultural connections and she said she will do her part to plant seeds, share history and tell the story of the ancestors. To Read more stories like this visit us online @www.aframnews.com Story By: Darwin Campbell, African-American News&Issues Photos Courtesy of Eboni Price

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Riceville Mt. Olive Baptist Church

First Lady Lynn F. & Pastor Terry E. Mackey

ABOUT THE PASTOR Pastor Terry E. Mackey was born in Memphis, Tennessee to his proud parents, Pastor Eugene and Dawn Mackey. He is a product of the Memphis City School System graduating from Whitehaven High School. While at Whitehaven, he served as President of his class for three consecutive years and Spiritual Chancellor for the Fellowship of Christian Students. After graduating with the highest honors from Whitehaven, he attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. While at Fisk, he was the president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity for two years, President of his class and crowned Mr. Fisk University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Fisk University with a B.A. in Religious Studies. In May of 2007, he received the Master of Divinity Degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. Immediately following graduation, he became the Minister to Youth and Young Adults at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, Texas under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Marcus D. Cosby. During his life he has also received numerous awards in the ﬁeld of oratory, of which some include: The Prudential Spirit of Community Award; The NAACP Act-So National Oratorical Winner and The Alpha Phi Alpha National Oratorical Winner. He is married to his sweetheart, Lynn F. TX-8

Mackey. The golden text that serves as the impetus for his life is Matthew 6:33 which states: “But Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added unto you.” CHURCH HISTORY The Riceville Mount Olive Baptist Church was organized in a Brush Arbor on March 11, 1889, by the late Rev. John L. Lilly. Its membership numbered eight. On October 11, 1889, a developer by the name of John Ruby donated a site for the church and burial grounds on the back of Keegans Bayou. After several meeting were held and many discussions, the late Jake Rice (longest community resident) decided who would become pastor and the people acted accordingly. The Rev. John L. Lilly was called as pastor and the Church was name Riceville. Rev. Lilly was successful in building the Church and served as pastor for twenty years until he departed this life, from labor to reward. Rev. Lilly was succeeded by the late Rev. I. Griffin who stood on the walls for sixteen years. In 1916, the Church was destroyed by a storm. Rev. Griffin departed from life of service after having done much for the Church. Rev. Lee Moton was called as interim pastor and served for one year. Rev. J.C. Smith was elected and served three years. The Rev. Earl W. King was called and served nearly three years. Rev. King was succeeded by the late Rev. Morris Goodman, who served four years. Rev. Goodman was succeed by the late Rev. D. Pope, who acted as interim pastor for one year. The Rev. T. H. Shermann was called by the Church, and he came with the vision of a greater Riceville. Under his leadership, 12 feet were added to the building and the Christian Union was organized, which is still a part of Riceville today. After seven years of faithful leadership, Rev. Shermann resigned due to ill health. In 1942, Rev. Travis Spiller was called. He came with real courage and determination and began the task of building the membership.

The first of many major changes was the idea of having service every Sunday instead of customary second and fourth Sundays, as had been for the last fifty-three years. In 1944, a new building 34’ X 70’ was erected by the Rev. C. H. Mitchell, the youngest son of the late Deacon John E. Mitchell. After the Church building was paid for in 1947, the pastor saw a need for a cafeteria. Rev. Mitchell worked at night to construct the cafeteria. A two story building was erected and attached to the existing church building. The cafeteria occupied the lower portion of the new building and upper portion was used for classrooms and other accommodations. In 1953, Rev. T. E. Spiller resigned. That same year, Rev. C. L. Miller was called and served for fourteen years before resigning in 1967. In August of 1967, Rev. Joe D. Johnson, a spiritually lead gospel preacher of unusual discernment, was called as Pastor. On July 4, 1968, the Church Building was destroyed by fire; and all was lost, except the Holy Bible. After the fire, Sunday Church services were held in the wooden frame house at the property on Riceville School Road (now known as 11231 South Gessner). Under Rev. Joe Johnson’s leadership, a new building was erected. The first Church services in the new sanctuary were held in May of 1971. Through the help of the Lord, the balance on the church was paid in June of 1974. In January 1975, a house was moved to the present site, remodeled, and named the Fellowship Hall. These remodeling costs were paid off on April 24, 1978. In July, 1981, a van was purchased; later that year a second van was purchased. In 1983, the Church purchased property on South Breeze for parking accommodations. That same year, the Church added 30 feet to the front of the sanctuary. Property behind the existing church was acquired in 1985, because of the growing congregation. Later that year a mobile building was placed on the site and is presently used for classrooms. To continue reading visit us online www.aframnews.com

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(l-r) Warren Fitzgerald Muhammad, Bishop James Dixon, Lillian Wood, Dr. Virgil Wood, Pastor F.N. Williams Sr, Pastor F. N. Williams II, Shirley Ann & Roy Douglas Malonson

Houston - Recently, the Acres Home Chamber for Business and Economic Development Inc. held its Monthly Business Networking Luncheon, located at 6112 Wheatley Street, 77091. Chairman Roy Douglas Malonson greeted attendees with jokes and hearty one-liners that set the tone for the great food and raffles. The drawing was full of fun as attendees and tables competed with each other to see how many from each table could win raffle prizes. Prior to blessing the food, a period of networking went on with each person representing a business, company or education institution giving a brief introduction of their business position and company. After Pastor Joseph Baker blessed the food, a period of good eating and fellowship with many networking and exchanging business cards, stories and life experiences. After the meal, Chairman Malonson made special mention of the importance of knowing and understanding history, especially as it relates to pressing matters in the Black community. Among those concerns shared included information on current civil rights, voting issues and equality in education. He noted that too much is taken from granted and more people are needed to take issues serious enough to come off the sidelines and fight to make sacrifices that will improve opportunities for young people. Attendees were introduced to Civil Rights Freedom fighter and pioneer Dr. Virgil Wood, by Judge and Attorney Warren Fitzgerald Muhammad. Wood, a great preacher, educator and leader gave the keynote address focusing on examining the state of America and the need to focus on an organized plan to save children and prepare Black people for the future. Dr. Virgil A. Wood–church leader, educator, and civil rights activist—has committed much of his life’s work to the struggle for economic and spiritual development among the nation’s disadvantaged. Ordained as a Baptist Minister in his late teens, Dr. Wood has served churches for over 50 years in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Virginia. Dr.

Wood concluded his Pastoral Ministry in 2005 at Pond Street Baptist after serving for 25 years. Actively involved with the Civil Rights movement, he set up Martin Luther King’s work in Virginia as the Lynchburg Improvement Association. From 1963 to 1970, he led the Blue Hill Christian Center in Boston’s Roxbury community, and headed up the Massachusetts Unit of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He served on the National Executive Board of the SCLC and coordinated the State of Virginia in the historic “March on Washington” on August 28, 1963. As Administrator for Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) of America, a job training organization serving disadvantaged and under skilled Americans of all races, he assisted in founding and establishing 13 OIC centers in 8 southern states and in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Wood served as a panelist at 3 White House Conferences under the Johnson, Nixon, and Carter Administrations. He received a Doctorate of Education from Harvard University. He was Dean and Director of the African American Institute, Associate Professor of Northeastern University in Boston, a Professor at Virginia Seminary and College in Lynchburg, and a visiting Lecturer, Research and Teaching Fellow at Harvard University. His publications include “In Love We Trust: Lessons I Learned From Martin Luther King” (2005), “The Jubilee Bible” (originator and contributing editor, 1999 & 2012), and “Introduction to Black Church Economic Studies” (1974). Wood talk to business owners, government and education ofﬁcials with candor about the need for an economic awakening that would entail the development of a Black “Think Tank” that could organize a plan to include every level of the community from pastor to parent to community leaders, elected ofﬁcials and teachers. To continue reading visit us online @www.aframnews.com Story By: Darwin Campbell, African-American News&Issues Photos Credit: Roger Jackson

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She is a 7th PLANOgrader at Young Recently, Women’s Pearl Young Leadership was crowned Academy in Ft. Miss Forever Worth. Pearl P.E.A.R.L. 2014. is actively Twenty-seven involved in contestants, Girls, Inc., ranging in age Girl Scouts, from 4-15 years and gives her old, competed time to St. for the title. Jude’s, Cooks The pageant Children’s was held at the (l-r) Ocielia Gibson, Miss Black U.S.A. 2011; Pearl Young, Miss Forever Hospital, and the Plano Courtyard P.E.A.R.L.; Keisha Howard, pageant founder/director Humane Society and Theater in Pearl Young performed of North Texas. Plano, Texas. This pageant is her own original dramatic For more information about an Inner- Beauty Pageant that speech entitled, “What is Real the Miss Forever P.E.A.R.L. teaches principles. It is open to Beauty?” Pearl Young is the pageant go to www.pearl-girls. girls ages 4- 15 of any race, size, daughter of Valerie and Marvin org shape, or height. Sutton and Herman Young.

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HOUSTON - A select group of Lone Star CollegeNorth Harris students will be taking the trip of a lifetime this summer. As part of the China U.S. Exchange Foundation, 18 students from LSC-North Harris will visit China August 2-16. During this two-week trip, the students will be traveling to Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai, learning about China’s educational and economic systems, and culture. “Our students have an opportunity to expand their education in a global context,” said Dr. Wei Li, LSC-North Harris professor of English and developmental studies, and faculty representative par-

ticipating in the trip. “I see great potential for these students to become friendship ambassadors between the United States and China, successful diplomats and business people, and citizens and peace makers of the global village.” The group will also be visiting various Chinese universities, meeting the students and faculty, and attending lectures and presentations on Chinese culture. In addition, they will also visit new energy source factories and learn about international business. U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, representing Texas’ 18th Congressional District, was instrumental in making this opportunity available to Lone Star College students. “This trip fulﬁlls a commitment made by the People’s Republic of China, and I am pleased that they will make sure these Lone Star College students will take part in this groundbreaking program which hopefully will serve as a catalyst for future delegations for students across this great nation,” said Congresswoman Jackson Lee. The main goals for this pro-

gram are to reach out to qualiﬁed and motivated students and provide them with international exposure to different cultures, and provide future educational and business opportunities. “The program is designed to provide a diverse group of young Americans living or attending school in Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Member districts with the opportunity to experience Chinese culture and gain exposure to broad career opportunities in an era of increasing globalization,” added Jackson Lee. The participants who were selected for the program are some of the college’s highestachieving students and leaders on campus. More than half of the students in the delegation are currently enrolled in The Honors College. “We are very proud and excited that our students were chosen for such a prestigious honor,” said Li. “Our student delegation will be setting a precedent as model student ambassadors for not only the Lone Star College System, but for our country as well.”

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Physician Of The Week - Karla Nadine Vital, M.D.

Karla Nadine Vital, MD

Dr. Karla Nadine Vital is a triple board certiﬁed physician in the Southeast Houston area who is dedicated to providing outstanding medical care. Her practice is devoted to Bariatric Medicine and Nephrology, although she also maintains a board certiﬁcation in Internal Medicine. Her emphasis on the prevention of kidney disease and hypertension, medically supervised nutrition plans, healthy

supplementation, and metabolic testing provide an excellent beneﬁt to her patients. Dr. Vital is a native New Yorker who was raised in Miami, Florida before moving to Louisiana to complete her undergraduate training at Xavier University of Louisiana. She graduated summa cum laude, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. Dr. Vital returned to Florida to attend the University of Florida College of Medicine, where she earned her Doctor of Medicine degree (MD). Dr. Vital then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, followed by Fellowship training in Nephrology at Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Vital moved to Texas in 2005 to join the Faculty at

University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where she served as Associate Program Director of the UTMB Nephrology Fellowship Program in the Internal Medicine Department. She also served as Medical Director of the DaVita Island Dialysis Unit, where she spent timeless hours counseling her patients on the effects of dietary intake on health. Her passion for teaching, clinical expertise in fluids and electrolytes, and emphasis on nutrition and health led her to the field of Bariatric Medicine. She was pleased to serve as the first Director of Medical Weight Management and Wellness at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital. Dr. Vital is currently board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology with a concentration in Fluids, Electrolytes, and Nutrition. Dr. Vital is also Board

Certiﬁed by the American Board of Obesity Medicine in Bariatric Medicine. Dr. Karla Vital is the President and CEO of Vital Health & Wellness Center. Dr. Vital is also an active member of numerous national organizations that emphasize the importance of treating obesity and increasing public awareness. She is a member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, The Obesity Society, and the Obesity Action Coalition. Dr. Vital is a Founding Member of Artemis Medical Society, and currently holds the position of National Recording Secretary. Dr. Vital also remains involved on the state and local level, as a member of the Texas Medical Association, Houston Medical Forum, Mary Susan

Free Colorectal Cancer Awareness & Screening Program Offered in Houston Neighborhoods

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Houston - The City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services is offering free colorectal cancer awareness and screening in Houston neighborhoods. The goal of the program is to increase colorectal cancer screening in Houston.

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancerrelated deaths in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 50,000 Americans will die of colorectal cancer in 2014. Many do not get screened for colorectal cancer even though there is a simple test for it. Colorectal cancer starts in the colon or rectum. The colon and rectum makes up the large intestine. Cancer can begin anywhere in the large intestine as an abnormal growth. The growth may turn into cancer over time.

Colon and rectal cancer can be cured when detected early. Screening tests can ﬁnd abnormal

growths that can be removed before turning into cancer. General risk factors for colon cancer include a family history of colorectal cancer, lack of regular

physical activity, low fruit and vegetable intake, a low-ﬁber and high-fat diet, alcohol use and smoking. The program provides eligible participants who are 50-75 years of age with a home-based blood stool test for colorectal cancer screening. Those found with positive test results are linked to medical care for further diagnostics and treatment as needed. There is no cost for participating in the program. The program also provides a small incentive to the participants. You are eligible to participate in this program if you answered “yes”

Moore Medical Society, and Harris County Medical Society. Dr. Vital is committed to clinical research, education, and outreach in her local community. She supports numerous community programs including the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network, Addis Faith Foundation Childhood Pediatric Brain Tumor Research, Julia C. Hester House of Houston, Jack & Jill of America, the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Memorial Hermann Hospital Foundation. Dr. Karla Vital enjoys staying active with her husband, Dr. Carlos Vital who is an allergy & asthma physician, and their two children. Dr. Vital performs TaeBo, Zumba, and Spinning in her leisure time, and is continuously searching for the latest breakthroughs in nutrition and health around the world. Courtesy of Houston Medical Forum

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