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Be Careful What You Ask For...

Roy Douglas Malonson speaking at Greater Zion M.B.C.’s 6th Pastoral Appreciation Services for Pastor Dayle and Lady Brenda Perry.

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By Symone Daniels

Dating Woes of a Brown-Skinned Girl “You are pretty for a darkskinned girl, but, I only like light -skinned girls.”

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hose 15 words made me cringe as my 7th grade crush turned me down. If you are pretty then you are pretty no matter what color you are. Every since I can remember there has always been guys around; rather as classmates or in passing that have the belief having a lighter complected woman on their arms was a prize.

The light-skin dark-skin debate is one we have had for centuries. Since the days of slavery, we were taught that darker skin is ugly and lighter skin is beautiful because it is closer to the European standard of beauty.

Fast forward to today, we still find hints of colorism in music, Hollywood and certainly in social media.

It is no secret darker complected women face more challenges when it comes to employment opportunities and spouses. One Hollywood actress who is very familiar with the negative treatment stemming from having dark skin sat down with her sons to educate them.

Earlier this summer in an interview with Refinery 29, Gabrielle Union opened up on how she taught her three step sons Zaire, Zion and Xavier Wade about colorism and showed that that Black is beautiful no matter how deep the skin tone is. In a recent conver-

sation with them, she asked the teens about the hottest girls at their high school, and requested to see their Instagram pages.

“Literally, probably about 10 girls I looked at had the same light skin, curly hair, tiny waist, butt, boobs — it was the same girl over and over again,” she said.

“So I asked them to show me the most beautiful chocolate sister they’ve seen. They say there are none. I was like, ‘Why do they get exed out so fast? What is happening in your brain that is causing you to look at these women through a prism that is

Actress Gabrielle Union gave her three sons a lesson on beauty, by teaching them beauty comes in all shades of color.

distorting their actual selves?’”

To prove a point, Union showed them Ryan Destiny’s Instagram. “They’re like, ‘Oh, she bad!’ But do you know homany Ryan Destinies there are?

I pull up every Black model, women from all over the world, and they’re beautiful. But, they don’t see the beauty unless it comes from an actress or a supermodel or a video vixen. They have to have somebody else tell them that a chocolate woman is attractive for them to believe it.”

While Dewayne Wade’s kids’ made headlines for this sadly, they are not the only ones with that belief system. We need to teach our daughters and sons that Black is beautiful no matter the shade.

- AANI

The Standard View

By Billy “Hollywood” Groves

LeBron James: Superstar

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hen you hear the name LeBron James your mind immediately goes to LeBron James the basketball “superstar”. Even if you are not a fan of basketball or any sport, the name LeBron James these days is part of your mindset.

LeBron’s skills as a sensational gifted basketball player, in and of themselves, for quite a while now have elevated his name to a level of recognition unmatched by any current sports or entertainment stars. But what is so strong and beautiful about James is his “voice”, which he has used to defend African-Americans, Brown people and the voiceless.

The fact our current POTUS has more than once verbally attacked him speaks loudly to LeBron’s positive behavior.

LeBron recently spoke out on national television about the fact that Donald Trump is dividing “us”, the American people.

Trump, who has set records with his lying and untruthful statements, tweeted negative words about LeBron after LeBron’s public statement.

Much to everyone’s surprise, Trump’s wife publicly disagreed with Trump and spoke admiringly about LeBron and what he is doing for the citizens of America. I’m sure his wife is now seeing the crazy dysfunctional side of Trump that she probably hadn’t seen before she married him. We proudly see that LeBron is showing the boldness, fearlessness and direction of Muhammad Ali who decades

earlier “shocked the world” with his skills and voice. The truthful statements that LeBron has boldly said about racist tragic incidents that have happened to African-Americans have elevated him beyond the court.

Whether you are African-American or any other American citizen we have repeatedly seen the mistreatment of Black people in our nation. I heard a media person ask LeBron the question, “Would you consider running for President of America?” LeBron said he didn’t have any intentions of running for President. When the media person asked him, if he was the only person that could run against Trump would he do it. He smiled and said he would run for president if there were no other people to compete against Trump.

In my mind, I truly believe that a man like LeBron James could easily defeat Trump in the 2020 upcoming presidential election. Although I’m praying that Democrats take over Congress and the U.S. Senate in the November elections. If this happens, the Congress and the Senate could impeach this man who has divided our Nation in an incredibly dangerous way.

These days LeBron James is a leader who has great courage and is giving back to his home town of Akron, Ohio and the rest of America. There is no question about ‘It”, LeBron is inspiring our future generations and our current citizens with his lack of fear of President Trump.

Actually he is making Trump’s supporters look un-American by speaking out about how much damage he has done to America. I’ve noticed that since Trump has been president, a lot of powerful American citizens have been quiet about what this horrible president has said (lied - AANI about) and done.

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EDITORIAL & OPINION

The Other Side

By Johnny Johnson

Looking Within

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tanding in line at the bank one morning I looked around the lobby area. In line behind me was a Mexican lady and her son, behind them was an elderly White couple and in front of me were two Asian guys. Behind the teller’s counter working were two Black ladies. Another lady seemed to be of Indian descent and also working were two Hispanic men.

Then out of nowhere something hit me and I had to ask myself, ‘Why had I made a mental note of the different races?

Why in my sub-conscience mind had I separated them. I had even separated myself.’ I realized by separating them, I separated me.

The only saving grace for me, at least I hope, is I did this in all innocence and surely with no malice. My date and I go to an expensive restaurant in an affluent area of the city and I notice that we are the only Blacks in the place. Damn it!!! Again I have separated myself. I wondered how many if any of the patrons there thought, wow, a Black couple just stepped in the place. What would you think?

My Webster dictionary defines racism as a, “doctrine or teaching, without scientific support, that claims to find racial differences in character, intelligent, etc.; the superiority of one race over another and seeks to maintain that supposed purity of a race or the races.”

I did not see all these people in a derogatory way at all.

I appreciate and respect people of all colors. But, the fact remained, I had categorized

each and every person I saw. I wondered and asked myself if a majority of people in the United States without even realizing it, have similar thoughts. Watching the opening ceremonies of the winter Olympics from Canada the country’s Governor General, Michelle Jean is introduced.

Astonished my friend comments “wow she is Black.”

To which I respond no sweetheart, she is Canadian. Her sub-conscience mindset said to her, this is a Black women, which in fact is true for she was born in Haiti. But, in her present homeland of Canada she is seen only as a Canadian lady. Has this country’s past history forever entrenched race into us? Is it just me? Do we as Black people keep the separation going?

I have an aunt who said to me one evening that when she and my uncle travel outside the United States they experience very little if any prejudice. That was very hard for me to understand or comprehend until I did the same. As soon as I got off the plane there seemed to be a totally different atmosphere. I knew then what my Aunt Vernal meant and how she felt. I saw very different looking people, all different shades of colors but there I saw them all the same, just people.

Our government is in part to blame for the continuance of racial separation in this country.

They constantly keep our racial differences right in front of our faces. Thought not as prevalent today there are still some job applications that ask a person’s race. Need to apply for medicare? There is a box for race.

Need to apply for food stamps?

We need to know what race you are as well as your kids. Even my father’s death certificate has a box for race. He was Black.

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We MUST Understand

By Roy Douglas Malonson, Publisher

Good for the Goose but, not the Gander...

“Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption.” - Wes Fesler

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ust as I spoke at the celebration of Pastor Dayle and Lady Perry and told our people we have to be careful what we ask for; we have to also be careful of the demands we make. Oftentimes, there are things we set in place for others that have the tendency to come back and bite us. I thought on this in regards to the recent announcement and highlight of the fact that Donald Trump’s wife Melania helped to secure citizenship for her parents.

It appears to me that Donald Trump’s orders and demands are good to impose on other immigrants, but those same rules don’t apply to the first family.

Melania sponsored the citizenship of her parents through one of the categories of family visas that her husband has fought against the most. So I guess what’s good for the goose really ain’t good for the gander.

A couple years ago, Donald Trump gave a speech on his proposed immigration reform in Phoenix, Arizona. A portion of the transcript from that message is indicated as follows.

“But to fix our immigration system, we must change our leadership in Washington and we must change it quickly. Sadly, sadly there is no other way. The truth is our immigration system is worse than anybody ever realized. But the facts aren’t known because the media won’t report

on them. The politicians won’t talk about them and the special interests spend a lot of money trying to cover them up because they are making an absolute fortune. That’s the way it is.

Today, on a very complicated and very difficult subject, you will get the truth. The fundamental problem with the immigration system in our country is that it serves the needs of wealthy donors, political activists and powerful, powerful politicians.

Let me tell you who it does not serve. It does not serve you the American people. Doesn’t serve you. When politicians talk

pressed by decent and patriotic citizens from all backgrounds, all over. We also have to be honest about the fact that not everyone who seeks to join our country will be able to successfully assimilate. Sometimes it’s just not going to work out. It’s our right, as a sovereign nation, to chose immigrants that we think are the likeliest to thrive and flourish and love us.

Then there is the issue of security. Countless innocent American lives have been stolen because our politicians have failed in their duty to secure our borders and enforce our laws like they have to be enforced. I have

Viktor and Amalija Knavs, Donald Trump’s inlaws have become United States citizens under the same categories of family visas he has opposed the most.

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about immigration reform, they usually mean the following: amnesty, open borders, lower wages. Immigration reform should mean something else entirely. It should mean improvements to our laws and policies to make life better for American citizens But if we’re going to make our immigration system work, then we have to be prepared to talk honestly and without fear about these important and very sensitive issues. For instance, we have to listen to the concerns that working people, our forgotten working people, have over the record pace of immigration and it’s impact on their jobs, wages, housing, schools, tax bills and general living conditions.

These are valid concerns ex-

met with many of the great parents who lost their children to sanctuary cities and open borders. So many people, so many, many people. So sad. They will be joining me on this stage in a little while and I look forward to introducing, these are amazing, amazing people.Countless Americans who have died in recent years would be alive today if not for the open border policies of this administration and the administration that causes this horrible, horrible thought process, called Hillary Clinton.”

I decided to allow Donald Trump’s own words’ reflect how he says one thing in reference to the American people, but does another when it comes to what’s - AANI in his best interest.

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By Rebecca S. Jones

The Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church recently celebrated the 6th Pastoral Appreciation of Pastor Dayle E. and Lady Brenda Perry. This year’s theme expressed the signifigance of God’s Gift to the Church according to Ephesians 4:11.

“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers.”

Prior to the grande celebration, the members of Greater Zion honored their “gift” with a Banquet in the S.B. Parker Fellowship Hall located at 1620 Dollywright. Local pastors, ministers, members, political dignitaries and a great multitude of family and friends all gathered to pay homage to the honorees. Mrs. Renee Jefferson Smith served as the Mistress of Ceremony. The banquet opened with a Praise and Worship session led by Deacon Keith Brown.

After Pastor and Lady Perry were escorted in and seated Patricia Broussard delivered the welcome and occasion. Musical selections were rendered by The Bedfords and Destined 4 Greatness performed a mime praise. Other representations and tributes were given by Rev. Carlos Jackson, Dr. Edwin Davis of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church and State Representative Jarvis Johnson (District 139). Sis Irma Collins also spoke on Pastor Perry as a “Brother”. As the banquet continued, the Mistress of Ceremony introduced the speaker of the evening, Mr. Roy Douglas Malonson.

Upon taking the podium, Malonson immediately greeted attendees and said, “Go Tell

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It, We Got Work that Needs to Be Done.” He then, acknowledged Pastor and Lady Perry; thanked the membership of Greater Zion; recognized present clergymen and his wife, Shirley Ann Malonson.

Malonson explained that he was using his opportunity to offer a message of empowerment while reflecting back on the African-American journey through American history in conjunction with the local community. In addition to expressing, “We Got Work That Needs to Be Done,” he repeatedly admonished, “Be Careful What You Ask For.” To perserve the potency of the delivered message, I have chosen to document the actual transcript of his address.

A Trip Down Memory Lane I’m going to use this opportunity if yall let me to go back and reflect a little bit. We need to be very, very careful of what we ask for. We want a lot of things and we ask for a lot of things but we really don’t know what we asking for and what it means and what it can do to us.

When they first freed the slaves, Negroes in Texas didn’t even know they was free until two years later. But, you know, we got over that. Then we grew up and moved on and lived under Jim Crow law. Jim Crow law was, we wasn’t even a human being. Anybody that was Black was nothing.

So, in the early 1900’s White landing company owned this land in Acreage Home. Yes, it was originally called, ‘Acreage Home’, I don’t care what yall call it now. But, they developed this land and they created the deed that it could only be sold to

Colored people. It gave the Black folk a sense of ownership and they started moving to Acres Home in droves and building houses and they built a strong, strong community.

We had everything in Acres Home. I bought all of my school clothes from Bill Department Store, I got my drugs from Dan’s Drug Store next to C n C store. We had restaurants out here and bowling alley’s, movie theaters, semipro football league and we had the Red Rose. Red Rose invented hot pants before hot pants came out. We had car hops and we lived in a gated community. There was two ways in and two ways out, that means gated. So you Negroes that left a gated community, you think you going to a gated community, you had a gated a community where you owned the land.

Going Through Changes Then, when I was growing up there was only two races. You were either Black or White. It wasn’t nothing in the middle, everybody that wasn’t Black was White. Well, in the 60’s integration came in... Awwww, we wanted it to come in. We really didn’t want it to come in.... We wanted separate but equal, we wanted to be respected. I remember at Carver, when Aldine got rid of the books after a few years, they shipped the books to Carver and it wasn’t no pages in them.

But, we had teachers that told us, I don’t care what’s not in there, you find it and come back and give me that report we had people that cared about us. But what integration did, it killed our schools. They wasn’t going to send them little White kids out here in Acres Home

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with you people. So they took your school down and bused your kids way to heck and back. Now what that meant to that little child??? All them rednecks waiting on the little Black kids. There was fights, disrespect and they was kicking like dogs and they couldn’t holler and run back home because they mama was away.

So, you need to be careful what you ask for because the burden and impact is still affecting some of us today, of what we went through. But, we thought it was nice going to Aldine “White Folks” High School to learn how to fight.

They didn’t have to learn how to fight, they knew how to fight. I had to fight all day long going to school and coming home being this complexion.

Ain’t nothing a White man was called that I wasn’t, don’t y’all try it tonight.

The Death of the Black Community

Then, in 1968, they passed the Fair Housing Act. Do you know what that meant? That meant Negroes could live anywhere they wanted to live. That was the knife, because what we did, we started moving out of this gated community. We started abandoning our land that we owned - acres of land to go buy a lot. That doesn’t compute to me - you own an acre, but, you go buy a lot. Does that make any sense? And you can run your cows and chicken out here and park your junk car out here. You can’t have two or three cars out there, and you better not paint your house the way you want it.

So, what they did they said we got to enforce something before these Negroes move out here. We got to enforce

the Homeowner’s Association where we can police these Negroes. Because they coming we don’t want no bar b que pits in no garage. Y’all know what I’m talking about. What that did is started killing our community. It started killing Acres Home, the kids started moving away and the folks started losing the land they worked so hard for. So be careful what you ask for...

So I jumped out there 30-years ago. I said, ‘I gotta try to do something to help this community, I got to get involved in the community.’ So, using my builder’s experience, I decided to take a developer’s approach. I asked, ‘What does a community need?’ Well, you need to look at the land, for one. But, nobody would listen to me. Rev. Davis was about the only that listened to me, he’s sitting right here in this room. Rev. Davis bought everything around his church everything. He said, “Well they won’t sell to me next door, so I’ll buy around them and surround them.”

Now, he owns from Wilburforce to West Montgomery. We MUST Understand, if you own the land, you can control the destiny. You can control what happened. Land is powerful.

So, then we looked at the land and then we looked at safety, schools, housing and business.

The first task was making Acres Home safe because everybody left. Drug dealers was on every corner and we understood why they was on every corner.

Wasn’t nobody gon hire Pinky and Stinky to work. They out there with their brillant self selling dope. You had to be smart and intelligent to work them streets. Don’t no dummy work them streets - they were

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smart. But, they had to survive.

So we couldn’t control that, so, we went to them and told them just respect us; go do it in the back corner somewhere.

Success, One of the Greatest Causes of Failure That kicked off the Acres Home War on Drugs. It got national attention, but, the folks came at me they didn’t like my style. Instead, they gave it all away to the White folks - The Houston Crackdown and the Texas War on Drugs. But, we got $12 million from President Bush, so we did something right. But, they gave it away, because leadership didn’t understand what was happening.

So be careful what you ask for in leadership who don’t understand the opportunities they’re confronted with.

The next thing we did was packed the schools, because that’s a drawing cost. Since it’s three school districts out here, we went at HISD and created the first charter school in the United States, the Acres Home Coalition for School Improvement. But, we put leadership over it that didn’t understand and they got greedy and killed it. We was on the verge of having our first high school. M.C. Williams was our high school,

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but, the leadership killed it.

Then we attacked the housing. We got it safe and we got good schools - that’s a magnet.

But, first we went over to Aldine and we created the Aldine Montessori Magnet School and based it right here in Acres Home. The sad part about it Acres Home children had first priority to get in the school but, they moved out of the neighborhood. So guess who got first priority? Chico and Hernandez! Think I’m lying, go look and see. So, be careful what you ask for. Then you go over there and your kids getting kicked out and failing left and right and you got one of the best schools in the district right here.

Then we formed the CDC. If you got a safe environment, good schools, people want to

come, it’s an automatic magnet. So we got the Acres Home CDC, but the leadership again.

They didn’t understand. Some of them were ego tripping over titles and such. President of this and that. Now, I didn’t want to be over nothing, I just wanted it to run right. So everything that was created, I didn’t want to be over it and I wasn’t over it. But what I learned from all of that is, “Success can be one of the greatest causes of failure.”

Be Careful What You Ask For Then the politicians come in and packed us, they gerrymandered us. Acres Home had a voice, we were in District A, District A couldn’t do nothing.

It was 1/3 White and 1/3 Hispanic. District A couldn’t do nothing unless Acres Home called the shots. But, then they

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Pastor Dayle E. and Lady Brenda Perry.

turned around and District B was Black. Listen to the words: gerrymandering, packing and diluting. Let me tell you what packing and diluting is. We already had power, we were already Black. So when they took Acres Home out of “A”, that’s called dilution. They Election Day is August 25th

killed that voice and when they put us in “B”, that’s called packing. We had a voice, they killed one voice and we only had one voice. So remember those words, don’t fall for the okie doke.

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I serve. I manage a case load of indigent and incapaciBy Chelsea Davis-Bibb, M.Ed. tated adults that need assistance “I began to write and as with medical, financial, resichained as my mouth was, the dential and social needs. It is a pen began to speak for me and blessing to serve as a vessel in I let the blood from the ink bleed the community and help others my confessions that consequently that cannot help themselves.” almost became the death of me.”

Since the age of 13, Ash-Ashlie Pinnock lie has written many poems that describes her journey into Poetry has always been an out- adulthood. The compilation let for author Ashlie Pinnock. It of these poems turned into her has allowed her to speak freely first book Charmed Chronicles. and express everything that she In this book, a variety of topics is feeling. At the age of 13, po- are covered such as past relaetry made its debut in Pinnock’s tionships, family matters, and life through music. Her inspira- how she views herself as an tion to begin writing came after individual. Additionally, Pinshe listened to rappers and sing- nock pours out all of her hiders speak about their life and den emotions about the world what they were going through. we live in, family, friends “Growing up was a blessing,” and even her own demons. expressed Pinnock. She grew up “I just wanted everyone to in a two parent household and see my transparent thoughts as her father made sure his fami- a security blanket for their sorly had everything they needed. rows to let them know, they are Her mother is of Thai and Cau- not alone. I am inspired genercasian decent, and her father is ally by pure love. I believe that Jamaican-American. Her par- we were put on this earth to love ents faced their own challenges one another and help each other when they were younger due to succeed in this cold world,” she their interracial marriage. At the expressed. Pinnock has another age of 10, Pinnock’s life took a book titled Charmed Chronicles turn as she found out, she had II, which is a follow-up after the an extended family. In spite of release of her hidden burdens. the new additions to her famPinnock is currently workily, her household has always ing on another short collecbeen centered-around family. tion of poetry called the ABC’s Pinnock believes that edu- of School, which will address cation is very important and in school trials and tribulations 2014, she obtained a Bachelor’s that the new generation faces. of Science in Criminal Justice “My intentions for this book is from Sam Houston State Uni- to inspire young writers to speak versity. She went back to school up and start their writing jourand more recently received her ney, and also show the youth Masters of Arts in Nonprofit that they are not alone and can Management from University stand together to stop the issues of Houston Downtown. She that circulate in their schools.” has goals of obtaining a Ph.D. in She is also a board member on organizational leadership. She a charity called the UnHushed currently works as a Guardian Foundation, which will host a Case Manager for Harris County fashion show on December 1.

Protective Services for children This will be the second annual and adults. Although her job can fashion show and it will support be challenging at times, she ex- domestic violence and survivors pressed, “I love the population of domestic violence. A goal of

Poet Ashlie Pinnock

Pinnock’s is to reach out to the Santa Fe survivors and families to invite them to the fashion show so that they can honor them with love and support.

Ashlie is a young person who wants to better herself and her community. She wants her writings, and current and future endeavors to inspire and encourage many. Her advice to writers is to keep writing. “Write whatever is on your heart, whenever you feel inspired, and be confident in your writing. Failure is only a stepping stool to perfection. Never be afraid to put your work out in the communities because your voice matters! Do not be afraid to take your leaps of faith to jump start your artistic journey.”

Pinnock also has a message to the Houston community. She would like for the community to value the local artists and talents that surround the city. “I am a Houston native that bleeds the Houston culture and I would love for the community to assist and support us local artists in showing the world what Houston has to offer. Our culture down here is extremely diversified and in a world like we live in today, diversity is the only thing besides love that holds us together for the greater good.”

If you are interested in purchasing Pinnock’s books, they are available at Amazon, Create Space, Barnes and Nobles and on Kindle.

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4th Annual Broken Chains ADG Scholarship Gala

The Broken Chains Awareness Development Group (BCADG) recently held its 4th Annual Juneteenth Scholarship Gala at the Shrine Culture Center. The gala was in lovin memory of Earnest James Jedkins, Sr. Hundreds attended to congratulate the scholarship recipients. They were: Elijah Jedkins, Manvel; Skie Villani, Travis; Quinton Green, Carver; Vinchelle Holman, Elkins; Arielle Francies, Hightower and Niel McGowan, Bush.

The gala began with a reception, Hors d’oeuvre, Ellen Ray’s Creole Catering; Music by Kiroho; Dance (Gracefully Broken), Alyse Bush and ended with an African Holocaust Museum tour of the Shrine Cultural & Event Center.

A welcome was presented by Daeja Hall, 2016 recipient and l-r Cederick Johnson, Board Treasurer, Elijah Jedkins, Shie Villani, Quinton Green, Garry Jedkins, Founder and President, Credits: Provost prayer by Malik Wheeler, 2017 Vinchelle Holman, Arielle Francies, Miel McGowan and Georgia D. Provost, Board Secretary. recipient. Dinner, Ellen Ray’s Creis to expose future leaders to a levole Catering and Ray’s Bar B Que el of knowledge that begins with an Shack with dessert by PK’s Peawareness of ethics, good morals Kan Pies & Sweet Treats, Prenise and spirituality.

(Peaches) Howard and Sharon the The board consists of Garry JedCake Lady. kins, Sr.,; Georgia D. Provost, sec“What is Freedom?” delivered retary; Cederick Johnson, treasurer, by 2018 recipients Skye Villani and Rev. Dr. Janice A. Gilbert and Elijah Jedkins. Reflection by ProRev. Eugene P. Pack, members. fessor Robert Sims, gained local Tarla Crumb serves as the Execuand national acclaim for his theattive Director and the advisory board rical gifts. Tarla Crumb, Executive members are; Theresa Jedkins, Dr. Director introduced the Master of Avonda C. Johnson, Dr. Elwyne Ceremony Calvin Dickens, author, Lee, Bishop Don Nelson and Loproject manager, business coach, renzo Butler.

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Are YOU Really Boycotting?

By Marques Wilson It is that time of the year again! OTAs, training camp, Hall of Fame Game‌ And in a few short weeks, a brand new NFL season will be here!!!

For some of us. There will be a contingent of former fans that will not be participating in the pomp and circumstance that is the pro football season due to the NFL’s handling of Colin Kaepernick and the National Anthem protests and subsequent attempts at policy reform in light of the polarizing effect that his protests have had across the country. There have been calls to boycott the NFL until Kaepernick gets a job in the NFL, and there are some that have pledged to not watch any games or buy any apparel until this happens.

But are you really boycotting?

Boycott- (noun) a punitive ban that forbids relations with certain groups, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods. (verb) to withdraw from commercial or social relations with an organization as a form of punishment or protest.

So we have those who have gone with the “I’m not watching any games or buying any gear� form of boycott, and I think that it is an awesome way to make your statement and show your displeasure with what the league is (and ISN’T) doing. But, is that enough to get the change you seek? The NFL claims ratings suffered as a result of Kaepernick kneeling and the complaints they received as a result.

But, miraculously, the league made MORE money last season.

To the tune of over $8 billion in revenue, or roughly $255 million per team, and that doesn’t include the teams’ individual local revenues made. And to boot, NBC just gave them another $3 billion, about $60 million PER GAME, to show Thursday Night

Football for the next five years.

Compounding the issue of how effective this strategy is, is the fact that while NFL ratings were down roughly 10%, broadcast TV ratings as a whole were down 16% and cable ratings were down 11%. Just about every other sport, with the NBA being an exception, from the MLB to March Madness to NCAA football all experienced losses of viewership. So was this the most effective way? Is

SPORTS the League’s other sponsors, which includes companies like: Anheuser-Busch, Proctor and Gamble, Microsoft, Verizon, Nike, Gatorade, Marriott, Pepsi, Visa and Ford to name a few?

Monumentally difficult to do, but IF it could be done? That action would be swift. But, how would this affect the folks that feed their families working at said jobs for these sponsors?

You willing to put their ability to take care of home at risk for the cause? You willing to jeop-

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THE CAUSE. These same people could be contributing to Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights campaign, fighting social and racial injustice in their communities, leading voter registration drives/ literacy classes and fighting to end all the things that Kaep kneeled against on a daily basis.

But I guess that wouldn’t matter if they’re not “boycotting�, because that seems to be the only way you are REALLY down for the cause. At least that’s what the Social Media Court of Public Opinion seems to think.

Not choosing to do what’s trendy doesn’t mean you don’t care or don’t support the intent of Kaep’s protest. It doesn’t mean you are ignorant or dismissive of the blatantly shady way in which Kaepernick continues to remain unemployed while inferior talents are still getting NFL checks.

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It is simply a different voice of opposition to the same shameful problems that none of these aforementioned sponsors and league don’t feel they should or have to directly address at this point.

I am not here to tell you one way is more right than the other. I’m also not here to tell you what you should do or not do.

If you have made a decision to be an Agent of Change, whether it be by boycott, protest, or a mix of both, just do what YOU feel is right. Do what you feel you can do with consistency and dedication. And do it without having to be divisive or critical of someone that may take a different approach than the one you choose.

And just in case you were wondering, in all the ways I can‌ #IStandForKaep

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it simply enough to not watch the games? Do you boycott the league at face value? Or do you boycott on multiple fronts in order to get the changes you seek sooner rather than later?

What if instead of boycotting the games, you boycott the CHANNELS altogether?

No Fox channels, no NBC, no NFL Network, Disney channels, CBS, or DirecTV. Would be a mighty struggle for some, but the effort would be sure to get immediate reaction from the League’s biggest sponsors.

What if you stop supporting

ardize the livelihood of the players in a league that is roughly 65% Black to get this problem solved?

Protest- (noun) a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something. (verb) to express an objection to what someone has said or done.

A greater contingent fall under, “The situation is messed up and they are doing him wrong, but I’m still watching my games� narrative. AND THEY ARE NOT WRONG FOR IT. THEY ARE NOT SELLOUTS, COONS, OR TRAITORS TO

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Students Attend Houston Urban Debate League Summer Institute

Thirty-four CASE Debates students joined other young debaters at the Houston Urban Debate League (HUDL) Summer Institute last week to develop their public speaking skills and learn more about the theory of debate.

The CASE Debates students represented seven schools, three districts and two charter schools in Harris County.

In their first year at the weeklong institute, CASE Debates students chose between three different types of labs: the General Lab, where students learned about research and the fundamentals of debate, or the more advanced World Schools and Policy Debate labs which teach students how to construct arguments and counter plans.

CASE Debates is a program which pairs a successful, estab-

lished debate model created

by HUDL with the Center for Afterschool, Summer and Enrichment for Kids, or CASE for Kids, HCDE’s afterschool intermediary.

“Debate provides students with critical thinking, research and public speaking skills,” says CASE for Kids Project Coordinator Toni Candis. “They also learn how to collaborate well with others and engage in civil discourse, while also gaining useful tools that can be used in preparation of college and career.”

Among this year’s attendees was promising young debater Queen Eche. The Kerr High School junior has been participating in debate since her freshman year and can speak at an impressive 220 words per min-

New Principal at Academic and Behavior School East

Keith Oliphant

Veteran educator Keith Oliphant has been named the new principal of Harris County Department of Education’s Academic and Behavior School East. With more than 20 years of teaching experience, Oliphant has taught in Alief, Fort Bend and Houston independent school districts. He most recently served as the assistant prin-

cipal at HCDE’s Academic and Behavior School West.

Throughout his career, the Sugar Land resident has served as a teacher, teacher mentor, educational consultant and assistant principal and specializes in crisis prevention, special education and instructional leadership. He holds a master’s degree in educational leadership from Prairie View A&M and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Sam Houston State University.

Oliphant is an active member of the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA), Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) and The American Red Cross.

HCDE’s Academic and Behavior schools provide an enriching and supportive learning environment for students ages 5-22 with intellectual, developmental and behavioral disorders.

ute, a debate technique that takes skill and many hours of practice.

Eche and her partner participate in Policy Debate and joined the CASE Debates program in 2017 to gain more opportunities to attend tournaments in the area. Eche plans on carrying her debate skills to college and eventually use them as a criminal justice attorney.

For more information about CASE Debates, call 713-6961331 or visit www. afterschoolzone.org. Illustration depicts Colin Kaepernick kneeling in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

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PV SWAC Volleyball Preseason Defensive Player of the Year

Prairie View A&M’s 2017 SWAC Libero of the Year, senior Christen Augustine, has been selected as the 2018 preseason Defensive Player of the Year announced Monday by the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

“I’m super proud of Chrissy,” said PVAMU head volleyball coach TaCho Tyler. “It’s a well-deserved award. She performs every time she steps on the court, so it doesn’t come as a surprise. I expect her to have an even better season than last.

It’s her senior season and I know her motivation is even greater to not just win Defensive Player of the Year again, but also add a ring to that honor. It will be fun to watch it all unfold.”

Augustine was also selected to the first-team 2018 preseason volleyball team. She led the conference in digs per set (4.43)

last season, ranking fourth in the league with 440 total digs in anchoring the back end of the Lady Panthers’ defense and posting 20 matches with at least 10 or more digs.

Prairie View A&M has been picked fifth (85 points), behind two-time defending champion Alabama State (155) that has been chosen to win the 2018 SWAC title after earning a share of its fourth crown last season.

Texas Southern (129) was picked second, Alabama A&M was selected to finish third (117 points) and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (93) was chosen to finish fourth in front of the Lady Panthers.

The Lady Panthers will open the 2018 season in the Houston Baptist Tournament on August 24, against host team Houston Baptist at 12:30 in Houston.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 Booker T. Washington Alumni Association Celebrating 125 Years of Dedicated Excellence in Education Houston Sheraton Brookhollow Hotel 3000 North Loop West SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 Houston Bar Foundation and Houston Volunteer Lawyers host four free legal advice for residents impacted by Hurrican Harvey Magnolia Multi-Service Center, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10 Texas A&M Forest Service presents Texas Nature Challenge Camp Aranzazu in Rockport 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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