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Dr. Alvia Wardlaw: Curator of African & AfricanAmerican Art Dr. Alvia Wardlaw, Curator of 20th Century Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Director, University Museum, Texas Southern University, has organized a number of exhibitions on African and African-American art. Author of The Art of John Biggers: View from the Upper Room and co-author of Black Art: Ancestral Legacy: The African Impulse in African-American Art, Wardlaw is a Yates High School graduate and attended Wellesley College where she earned a B.A. in Art History in 1969. A string of exhibitions and publications followed for venues throughout the country. She was awarded the M.A. in art history from The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Institute of Fine Arts in 1986. In 1989, Wardlaw was recognized as one of the leading African-American art historians in the country when she was co-curator with Barry Gaither and Dr. Regena Perry of the watershed exhibition Black Art Ancestral Legacy: The African Impulse in African American Art for the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas. In 1995, she organized The Art of John Biggers and in 1996, she became the first African-American to receive the Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin. She has received a long list of honors and awards. Wardlaw is Associate Professor of Art History at Texas Southern University and Director/ Curator of the University Museum at Texas Southern University. She serves as Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and is currently organizing an exhibition of the art of Kermit Oliver and an exhibition surveying the quilting tradition of African-American women in Gees Bend, Alabama. This week AAN&I salutes Dr. Alvia J. Wardlaw as our Living Legend.
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HOUSTONWhen President-elect Barack Obama appeared in St. Petersburg, Florida, while on the campaign trail, three Black males stood up, and held up a banner that said, “What about the Black community, Obama?” Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, (the same Jackson who said ‘I wanna cut his n**s out,’) seen crying like a ... well, little girl, at Obama’s victory speech after he soundly trounced Republican rival John McCain, had complained that Obama seemed to be “talking down to Black people” at times and should broaden his message. Obama who initially was described as not being Black enough and later, too Black was in the classic catch 22 situation. His own people, although hopeful that his chances were much better than Jackson’s 1984 and 1988 runs for Democratic nominee and Al Sharpton’s 2004 run, were hesistant to waste their vote and White
people, who make up 74% of the U.S. population, and Hispanics who make up 15.1%, professed to having angst concerning a “Black Man in Charge.” What is certain is that in the wake of Obama’s successful and extraordinary campaign, Black young men finally can have a real aspiration to the nation’s highest office. And the success is not in the abstract, although proponents believe he is sent from God and opponents believe he is the antiChrist. The bottom line is, Obama is the epitome of the old saying, “Success happens when preparation meets opportunity.” After graduating high school from Punahou School in Hawaii, Obama attended Occidental College for two years, then received his B.A. from Columbia University. He later received his law degree from Harvard Law School becoming the Harvard Law Review’s first Black president), graduating magna cum laude. On the heels of his presidential campaign which is destined to change America’s politics forSee BLACK MALE page 3
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS hailed by both parties as a significant accomplishment Recently, the House of Representatives voted in favor of reauthorizing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The reauthorization includes allocating $48 million for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in poor countries. The current $15 billion program has put 1.7 million people on
AIDS drugs and provided care and support to nearly 7 million. PEPFAR has been hailed by Democrats and Republicans alike, as one of the most significant accomplishments of the Bush presidency. PEPFAR’s goals and purpose are to prevent 12 million new HIV infections, providing antiretroviral treatment to more than 2 million, overall supporting care for 12 million people infected with the HIV/ AIDS. This legislation authorizes the spending of $2 billion next year for a Global Fund to fight AIDS. President Bush, who proposed doubling the program to $30 billion, later, accepted the $50 billion bill that was passed in April, 2008. The Senate inserted a mandate that more than half the money for HIV/AIDS go toward treatment and care. In the U.S., Americans continues to keep pressure on the fight against HIV/AIDS. But abroad, more than 40 million people suffer See HIV/AIDS page 3
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Should HBCU degrees be complemented by those from a PWI? Justifying Blackness is a prescription to destruction of our own institutions WILLIAM A. FOSTER IV Contributing Writer
As I contemplate my decision to obtain my PhD a question continues to be raised. Have I spent too much time at HBCUs? Do I need to go to a PWI (pre-dominantly White institution) to prove I can compete with the best? For most of us, coming out of a HBCU, this is always a begging question. Yet for me it’s a slap in the face. There is a belief that too much exposure to one thought process in academia is a bad thing. This is called academic in-breeding, if you will, when all of your degrees come from the same institution. I truly subscribe to this belief. I am firmly against someone obtaining too many degrees from one in-
stitution. A change of scenery injects new thoughts and new ideas and offers a break from a homogenous thought process. However, I reject the notion that ALL HBCUs think alike. Anyone who has serious knowledge of HBCUs knows this not to be true. Like everything in society there are subcultures of an overall culture. The notion that all HBCUs are alike is to imply that all African-Americans think alike. We know this to not be true. Southern African-Americans think differently than our Northern counterparts. There are conservative African-Americans and liberal African-Americans each making up a very diverse culture that is the American portion of the African Diaspora. All of this comes back to my
point of HBCUs. Why would we assume then that all of their mindsets and ideas are the same? Having attended three different HBCUs, I have first hand knowledge that this statement is false. Each had foundational similarities, however so do most institutions of a certain culture. Once you are past that point, other things come into play as to shaping those subcultures like region, financial ability, social landscape, and many other factors. If this is the case then again I ask why do so many of us believe we have to justify our HBCU degrees with a PWI degree? The logic that we are a homogenous culture of thought is based on stereotyping and faulty premises. I dare say that at no point would a student from University of Texas or Texas A&M University be told they have had too much PWI exposure and they really should go to a HBCU. Instead, they may simply be directed to another PWI. In reali-
ty, all that really happens when we start to believe that we must justify our own Blackness in mainstream (or White America to be blunt) is a subscription to the destruction of our own institutions. I call this the Jackie Robinson Effect by way of what happened to the Negro Leagues as a result of the success of Jackie Robinson in the Major League Baseball (MLB). Most will say that’s a good thing because it was progress. I say do not believe such tomfoolery. The MLB realized where to find the better product—the Negro Leagues. They had the better talent. They played the more exciting brand of baseball. More importantly it provided a wealth accumulation for African-Americans because they owned the teams and the league. None of this would be true once Black players began leaving for the MLB. Wealth was utterly destroyed because there was no welcoming See HBCUs page 3 TX-1
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DERIC’s debate Why Disagreement Should not Equal Division Deric Muhammad The grave state of mental, spiritual and economic death among the masses of Black people is well documented. Millions of dollars are allocated to social scientists to assess the problem, but they spend no more than 50 cents on the solution. Our condition necessitates a collective solution followed by a unified execution. However, unity among our people has always been difficult to achieve. Our former slave masters instilled self-hatred in us and once we were freed from bondage we were never sent to a University of Self-Love to be deprogrammed. Disunity among leadership sets the pace for our fragmentation as a people. Without unity, Black people are about as hopeless as a penny with a hole in it. God made every human being the same, yet different. We all have a beating heart, lungs to breathe air and regenerating cells in our bodies. At the same time, He created each of us with unique DNA, fingerprints, dental structure, etc. He gives us different points of view and perspectives accompanied, in most cases, with the freedom of expression. Unfortunately in the Black community, we take our differing views personally, allow our egos to get involved and turn our disagreements into division. This has become a perfect recipe for self-oppression. I recently traveled to New Orleans for the 2008 State of the Black World Conference. The cream of Black leadership from across the country showed up to address the issues facing our people nationally and internationally. It was beautiful to listen to the various scholars, activists, ministers, political leaders, artists and others TX-2
express their ideas about freedom, justice and liberation. Black leaders and organizations are like musicians who all play different instruments. With the perfect conductor those organizations could become a symphony orchestra. But if one instrument is always afraid that he’ll be drowned out by the sound of another, not even the perfect conductor can do the job. Don’t get me wrong. Division exists in every community. In the book“Jewish Power,” author J.J. Goldberg extensively addresses the deep divisions among Jewish leaders and organizations. Most times it is only expressed in private. When an issue concerning Israel or anti-Semitism is on the national table, you will find Jewish leaders confronting the problems of their community as a united front. Too often, Black leaders don’t do that. Black people in America have philosophical, religious, social, political and economic differing viewpoints. I challenge anyone to go and find someone who agrees with EVERYTHING you say and do. If you find one, he or she probably works for you. Even our own children, sooner or later, see us as being crazy. We must learn to use the varying degrees of knowledge and perspectives in our community to our advantage. We must respect one another enough to really listen and truly try to understand one another. If at the end of the day we disagree, it is okay. The sun and moon both do things differently. However, they manage to work together every single day. What about us? We have suffered injustice and mistreatment from the time our
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Obama Better Listen Up Carmen Watkins As President-elect Barack Obama continues to select members of his historic presidential cabinet, I have tried to remain the optimistic voice of reason for those who question his strategy of “inclusiveness in his cabinet.” First his selection of his chief of staff, then his embrace of Senator “turncoat” Lieberman, on to the selection of Senator Clinton for Secretary of State and inclusive of the other three senior advisors, all from the Clinton camp. Surely, there was someone with the skill and finesse in the Obama camp that could have served as chief of staff, instead of a Clinton insider and former chief of staff to the Clintons. Strategy aside, not only does this appointment signal a return to the old, it also engenders policies and positions that have been characteristically against the Obama ticket, i.e. his position on Israel. Now the recent announcement completes the concern, Sen. Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. While Clinton could conceivably make
a good cabinet member, frankly President elect, if American wanted Senator Clinton, they would have selected her as president. I have tried to embrace the theory of selecting the best and the brightest as cabinet members, but Sen. Obama, you ran one of the best campaigns ever, full of talented individuals who provided you with both personal and political coverage and support, so why not one of them, maybe Richardson for Secretary of State, rather than Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
forefathers landed on the shores of Jamestown, Virginia in slave ships. We cringe at the way White people have treated us based on the fact that we were Black. We suffered discrimination because we were different. But how can we call out Whites for their centuries of discrimination against us and then discriminate against one another, because we have different religions or social beliefs? I contend that we have our own system of discrimination within the Black community. Many of us shy away from operational unity, because we don’t like the friction that it sometimes produces. We must realize that friction, if managed properly, produces traction. It is the well-manage friction in your vehicle’s engine that gets you to and from work every day. When one or more of the engine’s parts stop working, the car doesn’t perform the same. Sometimes it breaks down altogether. What I am saying is that every organization, leader and foot soldier in the Black community is
valuable. And the reason our condition is in its “broke down” state is because we have not properly managed our differences and put them aside to achieve a destiny bigger than us all. The first of the seven principles of Kwanzaa is “Umoja”. Umoja means unity. We are commanded by this principle to strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race. When you break down the word community you get “COME-UNITY”. It is actually a commandment. Failure to obey this commandment from the Lord of the worlds and the spirit of our ancestors will lead to the worsening of the state of the Black world. If president-elect Barack Obama can humble himself to reach across lines of division to tap the best and brightest to solve the country’s problems, what should we do? If he can try and mend fences with Hillary Clinton, Republicans and others to achieve a bigger goal, then what about us? Are some Black politicians so bitter that they
So What’s Next? Let’s assume that given the last 20 years with primarily Republicans as sitting presidents, maybe there are very few picks available that have enough current experience in Whitehouse transitions and power-brokering. But surely given the number of African-American congressional representatives, not to mention, Democrats, there must be a host of past and cur-
rent employees that have enough expertise to serve under your leadership. The thing that has many Obama supporters worried is the promise of a “new government,” not that the Clinton’s were not successful in their own right. We prospered as individuals and as a nation and the nation saw a balanced budget. Those credentials are nothing to ignore. And even economists doubt that any one president can change the economy with policies alone. But this is a different time, and because of that, many people are afraid that we may need a different type of leadership, even one that might be different from the Clinton era. For those of us who are not ready to throw in the towel, we will embrace the “inclusiveness” of Obama’s message, wait and hope, that the message of true diversity will yield positive results. And others who feel that we have just returned to politics as usual … will just wait. Nevertheless, we will all be watching as the man with the transformative message, builds a team that hopefully will bring transformative results.
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have become sworn enemies to one another to the detriment of a people who are dying in the streets every day? Can a pastor preach forgiveness in the pulpit and hold a serious beef with another preacher refusing to work with him to better the condition of the people? None of us is as smart as all of us. And it is going to take all of us to help us out of this state of disrepair. We can no longer afford to allow denomination or affiliation to divide us. If we continue to fight one another over our disagreements, we are no better than the so-called gangs that we so often ridicule for divisive activity in our neighborhoods. This week, find a fence to mend in your community. The state of the Black world depends on it. Deric Muhammad is a Houston-based community activist and can be reached at www.askbroderic.blogspot.com.
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ever, the Lone Star College System, consisting of five campuses in the Greater Houston area, participated in the first Black Male Summit, held Nov. 13. LCSC consists of five colleges, including LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris, and LSC-Tomball, six centers and Lone Star College-University Center. With more than 51,000 students in credit classes this fall, LSCS is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and third largest community college system in Texas. The event, “Black Male Summit: Developing Men of Distinction,” consisted of more than 300 African-American high school juniors and seniors and over 125 African-American college students. “The event’s focus is to educate, empower and enrich student’s lives by offering a wealth of practical information through workshops, forums and the sharing of knowledge and ideas,” said Dr. Larry Rideaux, LSCS associate vice chancellor for student success. In order to make the event a success, LSCS invited African-American male high school students through their schools’ counselors to attend the summit. More than 11 local Independent School Districts were represented. Developing Men of Distinction featured keynote speakers Dr. Tyrone Bledsoe, executive director of the Student African-American Brotherhood Organization and Kirk Nugent, author of “The Unpopular Truth.” Special guests also included Texas State Representative Sylvester Turner, LSCS Board Chair Randy Bates, LSCS Chancellor Dr. Richard Carpenter, and LSC-North Harris President Dr. Steve Head, who offered remarks during the opening session. The afternoon panel sessions addressed topics and solutions concerning strengthening the family, closing the achievement gap between Blacks and other races, developing and sustaining positive relationships and goal setting and keeping. “The intent of the summit is to create an opportunity for students to connect with positive role models in an authentic learning environment,” said Rideaux. Schools of higher learning across the country are coordinating activities for the African-American male Advisory Committee (AAMAC).The goal of the committee is to outline strategies for recruiting and retaining African-American males into higher education. In addition to Dr. Head, Committee members included Chair: Dr. Sarah David, and Co-Chairs: Alfred Bacon and Dr. Stephen Washington, Rodney Coleman, Lisa Davis, Dorothy Dixon, Brandon Hamilton, Dr.
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Nadine Jenkins, Dr. Bennie Lambert, Juan Lebron, Linda Mark, Dr. Feleccia Moore-Davis, Michael Osikoya, Dr. Larry Rideaux, Jen Roberts, Cece Sutphen, Chris Timmer-
man, Dr. Raphael Turner, and Dr. Victoria Waters. For more information on the program, visit lonestar. edu/blackmalesummit.
Dr. Steve Head, LSC-North Harris President gave remarks during the opening session.
State Rep. Sylvester Turner, a native of Houston, served as an inspiration to the attendees.
LSCS Board Chair, Randy Bates was one of a few up-close and personal role-models.
Kirk Nugent gave a dynamic presentation, “Stepping Into Your Greatness.”
African-American youth came from the 1400 square mile LSCS area, consisting of five colleges and 11 local ISDs.
The crowd enthusiastically responded to the speakers at the Black Male Summit.
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of Black owners, just the labor. Diversity in ownership is the key, not diversity in labor. The same can be said of the fate of HBCUs’ college football scene post Sam Cunningham’s game against Alabama. Cunningham was a running back for the University of Southern California’s (USC) football team who was from Alabama, That game in fact changed the landscape of not only athletics, but great minds being recruited away from HBCUs and we have seen the price of this departure in our communities that were
once vibrant and full of breath. Communities that were once safe, prosperous, and fulfilling have become destitute because there are no longer strong institutions to hold them up. Indeed it appears we are once again encouraging the same dire results as we continue to believe we have to justify our blackness by taking our research to universities whose ownership is not represented by our community. It is a lesson in history and its results would serve us well.
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from AIDS worldwide. The Basics Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, also known as AIDS, is caused by HIV (Human Immune Deficiency Virus). This life-threatening disease slowly kills cells of the body’s immune system, progressively terminating the body’s ability to fight infections and cancers. Today in America over one million people are living with the AIDS virus. Antiretroviral drug therapies and regular health care help manage the disease so that people with the virus may live longer, but unfortunately there is still no cure for AIDS. The HIV/AIDS virus can be transmitted in three different ways: by having sex with a person infected with HIV, sharing needles and syringes with a person infected with HIV, and or being exposed to HIV before or during birth, also through breast feeding. Of course, prevention from being infected with the disease is as simple as avoiding being exposed to someone with the infection. Even though HIV cannot be transmitted by shaking a person’s hand, hugging, or kissing, it’s important to protect yourself from the behaviors that will expose you to the disease. HIV can affect all of America, contrary to gender, race, or how you live. Disproportionately, high among certain communities, AfricanAmericans are the majority primary carriers of the HIV virus. It has been a long-lasting struggle for
Americans and the battle against AIDS. Although there is still not yet a cure we strive day after day to fight this deadly infection. Hope on the Horizon A German doctor has claimed that he cured a HIV positive patient by giving him a bone marrow transplant. It is said that he found the cure when treating the patient for leukemia. The patient, an American living in Berlin, was infected with the HIV virus and also had leukemia. The best known treatment for leukemia was a bone marrow transplant, replacing the patient’s cancer-ridden cells with cells from a healthy donor’s immune system. After identifying a donor with a genetic mutation known to help the body resist AIDS infection and using the bone marrow transplant as treatment, not only was the leukemia gone, but the HIV as well. More than 20 months after the successful transplant, there has been no HIV detected in the patient, however the possibility of its recurrence still exist. AIDS is a fatal disease with no cure and the HIV virus even if treated, can be tricky and return. Discoveries like gene therapy go along way in creating a case for a cure, but fall short of full documented evidence. At best, it creates one avenue of study, suggesting that gene therapy might someday be used to help treat patients with HIV and helping many to look forward to a future with hope and certainty that the battle against AIDS will not go unfought.
Alpha Phi Alpha celebrates 102nd Anniversary with Founder’s Day Observance Program PRAIRIE VIEW- The members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., in Prairie View will join Alphas around the world in commemorating its 102nd Anniversary with a special Founders’ Day Observance Program on Thursday, December 7, 2008 in the Opal Johnson Smith Auditorium at Prairie View A&M University at 3:00 pm. The speaker for the occasion is the honorable Frank D. Jackson, mayor, City of Prairie View and director for Government Relations at Prairie View A&M University. The fraternity was the first fraternity founded for Black college men on December 4, 1906, on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., by Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy. The program is being hosted by the Eta Gamma (PVAMU) and Epsilon Tau Lambda (Prairie View), and assisted by Pi Omicron (TAMU) and Pi Alpha Lambda (College Station) Chapters, all members of Area IX of the Fraternity, under the direction of Bob Abraham. Since its founding, the fraternity has provided leadership and service during the Great Depression, World War II, Civil Rights Movements, and addressed social issues such as apartheid and urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues affecting people of color. Under its charge, manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind, it has established programs for mentoring, academic achievement, voter education and has made community service priority number one. Some of its major programs include the Million Dollar Contribution to the National Urban League, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the United Negro Scholarship Fund. The fraternity is leading the management and construction of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the Washington Mall. Dr. King was one of the most revered brothers of the fra-
Frank Jackson, mayor of Prairie View, Texas ternity. Attorney Harry E. Johnson, Sr., the fraternity’s 31st general president serves as the president of the MLK Foundation. The fraternity boasts membership of more than 200,000 collegetrained men dispersed in more than 1,500 college and 900 alumni chapters throughout the United States, Korea, Europe and the Caribbean. Some of its prominent members include Justice Thurgood Marshall, Congressmen William Gray, Charles Rangel, Ralph Metcalf, Emmanuel Cleaver, Al Green; Ebony Publisher John H. Johnson, former PVAMU presidents Alvin I. Thomas, E. B. Evans and Charles Hines, Mayors Lee P. Brown, David Dinkins, Maynard Jackson, Frank Jackson, Raymond E. Carreathers and Jiles P. Daniels, Sr., Texas State Representatives Al Edwards and Sylvester Turner, musicians Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie; Rhodes Scholar, Activist and Leader Paul Robeson, Olympian Jesse Owens, and legendary coaches Eddie Robinson and Lenny Wilkins and to name a few. The observance is open to the public. Darryl R. Matthews, Sr. is 32nd general president, a position he’s held since 2005.
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The time has come for Africa to Datechances of Marc Morial optimistic about Obama’s has helped broaden this gap because it has seize the day and resist the efforts of America MIN. ROBERT MUHAMMAD success as the nation’s first Black presenabled them to control technology and col- and others to leave their imprint and plunder ident. But he added, “We made history, but we didn’t elect a lect hidden taxes from less affluent nations. its natural resources.And there’s little doubt Connect the messiah. Our advocacy is needed now more than ever in supFor instance, Nigeria pays a 40-percent that America’s technological advancement Dots port of federally backed urban initiatives.” “royalty” tax on its petroleum revenues to has allowed it to exploit natural resourc10:00- 11.30 a.m. Wed Urban initiatives generally favor economic and social devel- foreign oil companies that are ripping out es around the world. This is particularly eviKPFT 90.1 FM opment projects in inner city neighborhoods. 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Playing “The Game” to Win Workshop to benefit Young Black Men HOUSTON- In a workshop entitled “Playing The Game To Win!” Michael Beau Williams and Judge Oswald J. Scott, Jr. share with their audience rules for succeeding in America that will give any man greater success in life. In the Workshop You Will Learn: •The Importance of Dressing for Success •The Power of believing in Self •How Taking Responsibility is the Key to Winning
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Charity Church annual coat drive part of the mission to reach the Hopeless While Serving the Needy FORT WORTH- It’s that time of year again, and the spirit of giving is truly in the air at Charity Church. The coat drive is one of many ministries at Charity Church dedicated to serving the community. Charity Church is a ministry that has been charged with a vision to Reach the Hopeless While Serving the Needy. Charity Church has served the community for eighteen years provides food, clothing, and job search assistance throughout the year in the city of Fort Worth, Texas. During last year’s coat drive thousands of coats, hats, gloves, shoes, toys, and gift boxes were distributed to Metroplex children and families. The 2008 Coat Drive is scheduled for Saturday, December 20, 2008. Charity Church plans to distribute over 10,000 items this year. Items include coats, hats, gloves, toys, bicycles, shoes, and family gift boxes. If you would like to contribute or would like additional information you may contact the Charity Church Administrative Office at (817)535-7111. TX-5
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HOUSTON- Jayne McCullough, organizer of The Class of 1968, Family and Friends Picnic at the Finnigan Park 4900 Providence, said, “There is something remarkable and distinctive about the class of ‘68. We shared in the spirit of fellowship as we embrace our theme, “Unity: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” Photo of class members at the picnic: Laquetta Audery, Pauline Cheatham, Annie Holt Rogers, Mary Johnson McCardell, Cynthia Grant, Kay King Perry, Besty Tatmon Lowe, Getty Tatmon Kegler, Gloria Remaker Williams, Beverly McCall Robinett, Rosalind Singletary Edwards, Juan Nelson Hickerson, Rose Ferguson, Desiree Batiste, Mike Ramirez, Charlie Ross III, Loretta Garrett Batiste, Americus Hawkins, Deborah Marshall Foster, Charlie Thomas, Johnny R. Gipson, Saundra Dillard Etheridge, Debra Starghill, Gilvietta Woods, Lucille Williams Shaw, Barbara Carrington Robinson, Fred Woods, Carol Woods, Saundra Starghill, Fayetta Tasby, Guyneth Williams, Wanda Williams, Matthew Ford Jr., Terrell Williams, Jayne McCullough Buggs, Paulette Marsden Hooper, Lucille Coleman, Leffie Thomas Crawford, Willie Buggs, Brenda Bonham, Kavon Harris, James Harris, Gloria Riles Williams, Regina Harrell Smith, and Willie Moore.
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1. The Miss Prairie View A&M University Scholarship Pageant has been an experience for the young women of Prairie View A&M University. It has served well as a part of the development of the whole person. Kara Willis, Miss PVAMU is a senior who is studying agricultural economics. She was presented during Prairie View A&M’s 2008 Homecoming game. 2. Vincent Harding is the first African-American to win the title of Homecoming King at the University of Houston. He is the president of Campus Crusade for Christ, a residential assistant, a coordinator in the Metropolitan Volunteer Program and a member of Men After God’s Own Heart. After graduating from the University of Houston in May 2009, he plans to attend law school.
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6. All though they have relocated to Hollywood, San Antonio’s own twins Ashley and Ashton aka 2-U-NEEK are at it again for their home town. They are working to help raise one million pounds of food to fight local hunger. With their recent Grammy Camp experience (thanks to ASCAP) the twins were introduced to DoSomething.org a national non-profit which helps youth make positive differences in their communities. The twins have started their own club A.C.T.I.O.N., (Aiding Communities Through Involvement Opportunities).
7. Ashley Crayton, a 19-year-old cosmetologist who has a vision of owning her business, currently specializes in hair styling and manicures in a local beauty salon. Crayton is a talented, reputa3. The reigning Miss Texas Southern University is Miss Princess ble beautician which is important when it comes to taking proper Kandeh, a senior majoring in Clinical Laboratory Science in the Col- care of your hair, skin, and overall good health. “You not only want lege of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Miss Kandeh is actively in- to look your best, but feel your best also,” Crayton stated. volved in the Student Government Association and Golden Key Hon8. Trashanna Smith, from Houston, Texas is a sophmore at Laor Society. She has also been recognized in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. After graduation, she plans to continue her mar University who played for Coach Bob Wall at Hastings High academic journey by securing credentials needed to become a Physi- School and set a school record for rebounds with 385 boards durcian’s Assistant. Her ultimate goal is to own a clinic and laboratory to ing her senior season. Smith was named First Team All District as further her desire to be a health advocate for the African-American a junior and senior. She earned honorable mention All-Region allHouston area and All-State. Smith is majoring in Communications community. Kandeh is the daughter of John and Lillian Kandeh. and enjoys singing, talking on the phone, playing basketball, and 4. Keisha Smoke, a 5’-8” junior at Dillard University has been named swimming Born in New Orleans, La on November 8, 1989, she is to the 2008 GCAC Volleyball All-Conference Team. Smoke ranked in the daughter of Linda Smith and she was also recruited by Souththe Top 10 of the conference, in four categories: 4th in Service Aces, eastern, Sam Houston, Nicholls, and McNeese State. 5th in Digs (2.8 per game), 7th in hitting percentage (.157), and 10th in 9. Marcus Davis, a corner back for League City’s Clear Creek kills (1.9 per game). Smoke led the Lady Blue Devils to a fourth place finish in conference and a trip to the GCAC conference tournament High School, has been selected to play in the 2009 U.S. Army AllAmerican Bowl, the nation’s premier high school football all-star semi-finals for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. football game. Davis will join an elite group of student-athletes se5. Aldric Reynolds attends Rogers State University majoring in lected to play in the ninth annual U.S. Army All-American Bowl Sport Management. The 6’2” 185 lb. point guard started 30 games for on Saturday, January 3, 2009 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, the Hillcats in 2007-08, averaging a team-high 30 minutes per night. Texas. This classic East vs. West match-up will be televised live The Houston product led the team in assists and was second in steals. on NBC at 1:00p.m.EST and will feature the nation’s top 90 high He dished out a season-high eight assists vs. University of Science & school football players, 75 of whom are African-American. Davis Arts of Oklahoma. Reynolds was an all-conference honorable mention is shown receiving his official U.S. Army All-American Bowl jerselection in 2007-08. He played two years for Coach Tim Carter at the sey from an Army representative during an Army All-American University of Texas-San Antonio before transferring to RSU. Bowl Selection Tour event at Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas.
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10. Running back Christine Michael of Beaumont’s West Brook High School has been selected to play in the 2009 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Michael is shown receiving his official U.S. Army All-American Bowl jersey during an Army All-American Bowl selection tour event at West Brook in Beaumont, Texas. 11. Greg Timmons, a wide receiver from Eisenhower High School in Aldine, Texas, has been selected to play in the 2009 U.S. Army AllAmerican Bowl. Timmons is shown receiving his official U.S. Army All-American Bowl jersey from an Army representative during an Army All-American Bowl Selection Tour event At Eisenhower in Aldine. 12. Michael Osikoya attends Lone Star College and is academically strong with a scholarship awarded for his academics. Osikoya was also a committee member for the Black MaleSummit, which turned out to be a great success. He is also on the verge of getting an Associate of Science degree this summer. HOU-7
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