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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~~~

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Miss Amity USA 2018

Houston Texan legends takes time to coach Aldine ISd students at W.W. Thorne Stadium. - Page. 7

Black men, Prostate Cancer and the importance of educating our community.

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OurStory is told from “OUR” perspective by Mr. Fuji, giving history about American politics.

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The Overflow

By Chelsea Davis-Bibb, M.Ed.

Bullets Don’t Have a Name

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s the daughter of a police officer my whole life, I have been around guns my whole life. Having guns around was never unusual to me. As a child, I was educated about guns and I knew not to ever handle a gun and my father never kept them in the open.

When I got older, he stressed how dangerous guns can be, and he also taught me how to shoot and handle a gun responsibly. Although guns can do more harm than good, I believe that guns are not dangerous until they are picked up and placed in the wrong hands.

There are so many different issues surrounding guns. School shootings, drive-by shootings, homicides, suicides and even accidental shootings like the two small kids who recently died because they had access to a gun that wasn’t properly stored. It breaks my heart when I hear about kids who accidentally kill themselves because someone wasn’t responsible.

The question I have asked myself is, should the parents face charges because they failed to properly secure their gun?

How many more innocent children have to die due to negligence? I think that the parents or whoever is the owner of the gun should be held responsible. If you have a gun that is not put up somewhere safe and there are kids around, you are asking for something to happen.

You can get a safe, or hide it in a place where the child can’t find it. I believe this should not only go for small kids, but for teenag-

ers and for those adults who don’t need to be around guns as well.

Many people blame guns and are actively advocating for gun control. However, gun control starts at home. Kids, teenagers, and adults need to be educated about guns, especially our youth.

Maybe if we talk more about guns and the consequences that can arise from them, then maybe we can stop fatal incidents from occurring. We can teach them how to be wise in their decision making. We try so hard to protect our children from topics such as guns, sex, drugs and bullying, just to name a few.

But what we fail to realize is, if we don’t educate our kids about these topics, someone else will, and it may be someone you wouldn’t want your child around.

It’s hard to keep them sheltered as much as we want to, but we may be doing more harm than good by not discussing these important topics with our children.

We must keep in mind that bullets don’t have a name. As much as I pray that everyone remains safe, anyone at any time can be affected by a gun landing in the wrong hands.

Listed below are some statistics about outcomes due to guns from the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

• Seven children and teens (19 and under) are killed with guns in US on an average day and 96 Americans are killed with guns. These are high statistics that occur on a day-to-day basis.

• On average, nearly 13,000 gun homicides occur annually in the U.S. • 62% of firearm deaths in the U.S. are suicides Please remember to keep your guns in a safe place. Children are innocent and bullets don’t have a name on them.

The Standard View

By Billy “Hollywood” Groves

A Memorable Legacy

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n my lifetime, compared to the accomplishments of other presidents of the United States, President Barack Obama has been the greatest president our nation has ever had.

Sadly to say, also in my lifetime, President Donald Trump has been by far the worst president America has ever had.

Most of Trump’s current presidency has been startlingly troubling and shameful. While most of President Obama’s presidency, comparably speaking, was positive, creative, intelligent, full of respectful governmental activities, which fully enhanced and helped America.

I can only imagine the reaction toward President Obama if he would have done just a small portion of the crazy un-American things that Trump has done leading up to his presidency and since he has been president.

We know, without a doubt, the whole nation including our political parties, his own political party and most of the media would have been forced to denounce or impeach him.

Yet, our current POTUS has repeatedly violated many of our credible principles of American Democracy and “amazingly” he is still the president.

President Obama was never the low class liar that Trump is. During his tenure in the White House he presented himself as an honest, truthful and great president. The core questions troubling most Americans stem from concerns related to Trump’s mental stability. One has to ask the questions, “Is

Trump mentally unstable?” or is he just stupid and really doesn’t understand much of anything, especially governmental policy on a national level?”

Or maybe the question should be, “Is Trump trying to build up his personal business interest, his name and his money to further his personal gains for when he is no longer president?”

Perhaps all of the other questions are secondary and the real question should be, “Is Trump really an undercover, true racist, who is trying to build up “White supremacists” once again in America?”

In America’s religious community many “real people of God” have begun to question whether he is a disciple of Satan (part of the antichrist) whose mission is to make America evil. I could present numerous theories about the “true” goals of this bizarre president, but, I will take a moment to reflect on some of his current actions.

Although, recently, there have been many more republican members of Congress and the Senate that have reacted and spoken against Trump, on the latest situation with Russia’s Putin, I am convinced that ALL of the republicans in our government would have been united in attacking President Obama’s behavior if he had done what Trump just did with Putin.

We all have to agree that while President Obama was in the White House, he made our nation look strong, intelligent, composed of a group of loyal citizens dedicated to helping the people of the world. Trump has done just the opposite.

Subsequently, these days when I talk with folk who really didn’t like President Obama, they have a very different and more positive attitude about him now.

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EDITORIAL & OPINION

State Rep District 139

By Jarvis Johnson

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Love Don’t Hurt

concussion. A broken nose. Fractured ribs.

Bruises. Stitches. The injuries I just named are not those of a professional boxer or NFL lineman, but rather the type that commonly result from domestic violence.

Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime in the United States.

One in three women and one in four men have been victims of [some form of] physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime.

On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner. This equates to more than ten million women and men in one year.

Domestic violence cases have sharply increased in Texas in recent years.

Figures from the State Department of Public Safety show more than 214,000 wives, husbands, girlfriends and others were injured or died in 2016 at the hands of a family member. The statistics show that’s an increase from about 193,000 in 2011.

In Harris County, 146 women were killed in 2016.

Local police in Houston reported receiving more than 24,000 domestic violence cases in the first ten months of 2017.

That’s a 45 percent increase over a similar period in 2013.

These alarming numbers – which of course only reflect the cases that are reported – prove that chances are, we all know someone living this nightmare.

One can only imagine how many are suffering in silence.

What many of us fail to realize,

many victims included, is that domestic violence does not have to be physical. In fact, the victim is quite typically abused far before a hand is ever laid on them.

This was the case for a young woman who was brave enough to share her story with me. The words eventually turned into a slap across the face by her ex-boyfriend.

“I didn’t know what to do because I had never been in that situation before,” she said. “I didn’t tell anyone.”

A week and a half later it grew to her being hit, pushed, kicked and stomped repeatedly in her head, face and entire body, by him while she was helpless on the ground.

By the grace of God, someone walked in allowing her to get away.

“I must have been screaming for her to be able to hear me from the garage where he was beating me,” she said.

She ended up in the emergency room. She was lucky.

“Who knows what could have happened if she hadn’t walked in,” she added tearing up. “He could have killed me.”

After spending hours in the emergency room getting cat scans, x-rays and a deep gash between her eyes sealed, she found out her nose was fractured on both sides, she had a concussion, fractured ribs and plenty of soreness ahead.

“My body is still sore, and I still have headaches,” she said nearly a month after the brutal attack.

She shared that she was not cleared to return to work for nearly three weeks due to the severity of her head injuries.

The doctor said staring at a computer screen for extended periods of time could be harmful and slow down her recovery.

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We MUST Understand

By Roy Douglas Malonson, Publisher

Sorry is as Sorry Does...

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he general consensus among most Black people is that “ni$$er” is a word best left for us to grapple with. In other words: non-Black people – and especially White people – shouldn’t use it. That means colloquially or derogatorily, in context or out. And honestly, we know you’re going to use it anyway, but don’t use it around us.” Zeba Blay documented these words in a Huffpost article entitled, “Why Explaining ‘The N-Word’ To Non-Black People Is So Damn Exhausting”.

Anyone who is Black knows her sentiments are true. Growing up as a mulatto in Acres Home, I have heard my fair share of the word and have even used it myself. But, Blay is definitely on to something because it has been an unspoken rule of thumb since forever - anyone who is not of our culture should not use the term under any circumstances around us. That is, unless they are ready to face the consequences that comes along with it.

There was an old saying when I was a boy coming up that said, “Stupid is, as stupid does.” I thought about it as I sat watching the events unfold relating to Papa John’s founder, John Schnatter. However, I must admit I believe I look at the recent situation which has transpired rather differently than other people.

People that know me best can attest that I call “an ace an ace” and “a spade a spade”.

With that being stated, I don’t believe Schnatter should have offered an apology in regards to his verbal hiccup.

As far as I’m concerned he spoke directly from his heart and meant just what he said. He is being true to himself. Schnatter’s thought pattern is very similar to many corporate and franchise giants who build their wealth off of people that don’t look like them, but whose money they have no problem taking.

That is one of the reasons why, I have been stressing for years the importance of African-Americans supporting those who support you. This particular incident literally shows that while Black folks don’t mind supporting other folks, those same people could care less about us, our children, our communities or anything else.

But, before I get too carried away on the topic, I will do a brief recap of the order of events in which I am referring to for the sake of our readership. Papa John’s founder, John Schnatter has been under fire in the media for his use of the word “ni$$a”, during a diversity training meeting with the Laundry Service.

The Laundry Service is a marketing firm that the company utilizes. After his actions were brought to the forefront, he responded in a letter attempting to do damage control. He claims media outlets have mischaracterized the way he used the term.

His response was notated in a letter on July 14 to board members of the company. He explains that it was not his intention to use the word in a derogatory way.

He wrote, “During this diversity media training, which covered a wide number of topics, I was asked whether I was racist.

I, of course said no -- which is a truthful statement as those of you who know me well will attest and of course, if you felt otherwise you would not be sitting on the Papa John board. Let me be very clear: I never used the ‘N’-word in that meeting as a

racial epithet, nor would I ever.”

Furthermore, Schnatter shared that he refused using hip-hop artist Kanye West as a means of advertisement as suggested by the Laundry Service, because of his use of the term, “ni$$a” in his lyrics.

Schnatter did render an apology for using the term and stepped down as Chairman, after the board propositioned him to resign. However, after taking some time to himself now he now believes he made a mistake stepping down as he indicated in the letter. He added in the letter, “I will not allow either my good name or the good name of the company I founded and love to be unfairly tainted.”

Since all of this has taken place, Schnatter has hired an attorney on his behalf requesting a review and investigation of the facts surrounding the incident.

He has also initiated a lawsuit against the company and is suing for access to its record books.

But apparently, this is not the founder’s first time stepping down. Just last year, he relinquished his seat as CEO after he joined forces with Donald Trump on behalf of the NFL players. He accused the professional football players taking a knee during the national anthem as being a hindrance for the pizza chain. He blamed the slowing sales growth at Papa John’s on their protests.

All I can come up with is, “Sorry is, as sorry does.”

Just as Schnatter feels that his resignation was a mistake, so was his apology.

Once again, he said what he meant and meant what he said.

It is not accident that on two separate occasions that we know of, he has been on the opposing side of the African-American community. Perhaps it was just the diversity training meeting on May 22 that brought everything to the forefront.

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Miss Amity USA Pageant 2018 Photo Credits: Eyeconic Media, John Medina Photography & Gary Huffman

Recently, the Miss Amity USA Pageant was held at the Ayva Center. Contestants competed for the crown and a $10,000 prize. Real Housewives of Atlanta superstar and former Miss USA title-holder, Kenya Moore, served as the host of the inaugural presentation along with co-host MC Chaz. The newly-formed competition, founded by local Houstonian and former Miss World contestant Kovie Tina Ogbodo, aimed to empower and provide opportunities for young, diverse and goal-driven women who have the desire and passion for public service and charity, while progressively moving forward in their own personal and professional lives.

The contest included a variety of categories in which all 31 pageant contestants were judged to determine the winner. The winner received the

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grand prize, a crown, an official car for her reign, a custom-made couture gown, the opportunity to model at the Laredo Fashion Week couture fashion show and the opportunity the attend the Miss Asia Pacific Pageant in the upcoming fall. Kenzie Lawrence was named Miss Amity 2018.

The competition featured celebrity guest judges, including boxing legend Reggie Johnson, and lifestyle maven and personality Melissa Lima, with liveperformances by popular Selena impersonator Amanda Solis, Haydee the Belly Dancer, singer YimikaSoul, B.U. for the Arts cheer and dance squad, Choker; Dominika and international sensation DJ Mix Master Brown spinning. The official 2018 sponsors of the Miss Amity USA Pageant were Avanti Modeling School; Agency, Danny Nguyen Couture and KawaiiBoutique. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Miss Amity USA Foundation, the official 501(C)3 non-profContinue reading on Page 5

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I Am Houston TV having a chat with Kenya Moore (R) & Kovie Tina Ogbodo (L)

Miss Southwest

Miss Richmond

Eyeconic media personnel posing with Amity attendee.

Miss Sugarland

Houston Food Bank representative and pageant contestant working together.

Boxing legend, Reggie Johnson and Eyeconic Media

Miss Cibolo

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Marcel Cooks-Scruggs and Crystal Owens

Attendees stop to share a smile with Eyeconic Media on the red carpet.

Miss San Antonio

Pageant contestants gather at the Houston Food Bank for a photo. it organization of the pageant that designates projects year-round to advocate for the empowerment and education of young women worldwide, and to raise funds for scholarships awarded to contestants at the Miss Am-

ity USA Pageant each year.

About Miss Amity USA Pageant The Miss Amity USA pageant is a scholarship contest, directed towards exposing young women to a multitude of ideals, cultures and

experiences, and to assist them in creating their very own platforms of greatness.

It’s a culture of “giving back” to their community on a national level, as well as on an international level. The mission of Miss Amity USA

is to empower and provide opportunities for young, diverse and goal driven women who have the desire and passion for public service and charity, while progressively moving forward in their own personal and professional life

Verna Caddie during their year of service.

For more information about the Miss Amity USA Foundation, visit the website at http:// w w w. m i s s a m i t y u s . c o m .

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OUR’Story

3/5th Compromise

Illustration and article by Dayo Fuji

The first step to the recipe for the best tasting sugar cookies you will ever taste is threefifths of a cup of sugar. Next you want to… hold on this is not a cookie recipe is it. That is how America once treated its true founding fathers, our people, the African-Americans who survived the worst possible conditions in order to make it to this land. We were simply a common ingredient meant for a basic recipe for some extremely bland and uninspired pastries.

This was the compromise that the north and south parts of the not yet United States came up with while weighing the worth of our people. Ladies and gentlemen I give you the legendary Three-fifths Compromise.

HISTORY 101 So first a quick history lesson:

Back in 1787 during the United States Constitutional Convention the issue of how to count slaves for the electoral vote. The argument for the inclusion of slaves came from the south and said that slaves should be counted because they were people, go figure.

The argument from the north was that since the south considered the slaves to be property and given no

rights that they should be not be considered a whole vote, again not that they could vote if they wanted to. So like in a marriage the only choice was to compromise, every three slaves out of five would count towards the electoral votes. The only real reason why this ever became an issue was that the south was trying to gain the majority vote and rule the political world while further pushing their agenda.

Here and Now Here we are in the year 2018

where many black women, our Queens, are left alone to raise our offspring alone because the men who once colonized this country decided that black male population needed to be culled.

The true kings of this country were starting to remember what they were meant to be, what they were meant to do. This resurgence stuck fear in the hearts of the colonizers so they decided to remind us that we were nothing more than three-fifths of a cup of sugar. At first glance it may seem like all is hopeless, but before we drop our eyes

to the earth we all need to remember what happened the last time America went up against Kings and Queens, they ran.

We The People When people say that this

country is great and full of endless talent, these words hold true meaning. When I wake up in the morning at look in the mirror I see nothing but pride and love for not just my people but all the color that surrounds me. We came to this country with nothing, strapped to wood planks and forced to sail thousands of miles away. We suffered years of oppression and abuse, saw horrific things and lost many of our friends and family. All of this and still our young men and women go on to become doctors, engineers, military and wealthy entrepreneurs. Every day more of our people begin to wake up and see truth of their legacy and the value that they hold. They taught us nothing more than a common ingredient but just try to picture this world without something as simple as sugar.

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Lessons by Legends

By Chelsea Davis-Bibbs, M. Ed.

Retired NFL (National Football League) players Andre Johnson and Arian Foster worked together to host a football camp for middle and high school athletes all over Houston.

Lessons by Legends was a two-day football camp that took place at W.W. Thorne Stadium in Aldine ISD. The camp was offered to middle and high school students who were able to learn different skills and techniques from Johnson, Foster and other NFL players who came to help and support the camp.

They wanted to do something special and something different, so they decided to host a camp for the very first time.

Carl Foster, Arian Foster’s father is the one who facilitated the camp, however, he does not take credit for the success of the camp. He gives much credit to his sons Arian and Abdul, Andre Johnson, the trainers, other players and close associates who helped.

The name of the camp was created by a videographer who works for their facility IX Innovations. They named the camp Lessons by Legends because many of the athletes who work at their facility are legends. When the facility first opened, 85% of the Texans payroll worked out at the facility and many of them still do.

The student athletes who participated in the camp were able to learn different techniques that can only enhance their athletic skills.

Carl spoke about the great techniques the NFL players were teaching the athletes stating, “They have some extremely unique training techniques… you won’t find them anywhere.

None of the programs that they write are the same every day and they work on different

muscle groups and different ways to make the body push itself to the next level. They know what they’re doing.”

He also explained that these athletes were going to receive, “teaching and coaching and some eyes on them from some of the best who have ever played the game.”

Carl made it known that everything they do is for the kids.

He expressed, “We take a different approach with everything we do. You have legends out there that will literally spend time with these kids, will work out with them and educate them on how to maneuver through this society.”

He further spoke on the fact that everyone who is around them must be in it for the kids as well.

“You’re not going to be around us unless it’s for the kids.” This is one reason why he wanted to partner with Aldine ISD to host this camp because Dre Thompson, Athletic Director of Aldine ISD, “is all about the kids.”

Coach Dre has big plans for Aldine and his student athletes. Hosting a camp such as Lessons by Legends is one event of many that is expected to come. Dre wants to get the community involved and wants “to give the best opportunities to his student athletes.”

He doesn’t only want to bring in more camps, but character building organizations as well. He wants his athletes to be successful in their sports, academics and life as well.

He expressed, “I want to tap into the athletic side, and the mental side. You get the mental side correct, then the academic side will follow. We have to get these kids more responsible, goal-oriented and teach them about life after football and sports.”

Because the camp was a huge success, they want to do an annual camp at the same location for years to come.

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The athletes wait in line to run their routes with Andre johnson.

Andre Johnson throws the football to the student athletes.

Arian Foster coaches the student athletes about different techniques they can use on the field.

Dre Thompson, Athletic Director

Lessons by Legend camp at W. W. Thorne Stadium in Aldine ISD

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The Prostate Cancer Puzzle

men “is a question that has gone unanswered,” he says.

By Joseph P. Williams A broad range of factors – including the medical research community’s lack of inclusion of African-American subjects, and the Black community’s persistent suspicion of race-specifA recent study aims to recruit 10,000 African-American ic medical men and find answers about health disparities tied to studies – has prostate cancer. resulted in a It’s a medical mystery with fadearth of information about a tal consequences: African-Amerpotentially deadly disease that ican men with prostate cancer are more likely to get and twice disproportionatelyaffectsBlackmen.

Before now, “previous largeas likely to die from the disease scale research efforts have fothan their White counterparts, cused primarily on White men,” and no one knows exactly why.

Haiman says. “This project is Uncovering reasons behind a step towards understanding these stark health disparities is what factors contribute to disthe goal of an ambitious $26.5 parities so that we can work million study commencing this towards eliminating them.” month and backed by the NaTitled RESPOND, for Retional Institutes of Health. search on Prostate Cancer in With a target of recruiting Men of African Ancestry, the 10,000 African-American men study aims to create a DNA dato participate, researchers will tabase on the disease. Haiman, examine whether poverty, the an epidemiologist who spelingering effects of segregacializes in the genetic bases of tion and the stress of day-tocancer in minority populations, day racism are to blame, as well as look for genetic mark- says researchers will be reers of risk for the disease. cruiting African-American men “It’s one of the largest and from cancer registries from sevmost comprehensive studies” en states: California, Florida, ever conducted of prostate can- Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, cer in the African-American New Jersey and Texas. Saliva population, says Christopher samples will be collected from a Haiman, a preventive medi- majority of participants, and tucine professor at the Univer- mor samples from about 3,000.

But researchers also want sity of Southern California’s information about the lives of Keck School of Medicine and men enrolled in the study, spethe study’s lead researcher. cifically regarding “exposures “The reason for the highest to neighborhood/environmental incidence of aggressive (prostate) cancer and higher degree stressors such as discriminaof mortality” among Black tion, early life adversity, and

Health

segregation,” according to an NIH statement. Men will be asked to complete an online survey allowing researchers to assess these stressors, according to a USC statement.

“We’re going to be looking at geographic distribution of the social stressors, and social adversity factors that may lead to stress,” Haiman says – information he anticipates will match historic patterns of racism, poverty and undereducation.

“We do have some hypotheses that have led us down this road,” he says.

Operating on a five-year timetable, RESPOND is funded in part by the Obama administration’s 21st Century Cures Cancer Moonshot initiative. The study is a joint effort among the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, both part of the NIH, as well as the Prostate Cancer Foundation and researchers from institutions including USC and Johns Hopkins University.

While doctors and scientists have questions about the causes of the disease, the outcomes have been clear for decades.

According to the American Cancer Society, Black Americans as a population have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S. for most cancers.

“The causes of these inequalities are complex and reflect social and economic disparities more than biological differences,” an ACS report on the issue states.

“Socioeconomic disparities reflect inequitable access to opportunities and resources,” the report says. That includes in areas “such as work, wealth, income, education, housing, and overall standard of living, as well as barriers to high-quality cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment

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information and services.”

According to the NIH, African-American men have about a 15 percent chance of developing prostate cancer in their lifetimes, compared with a roughly 10 percent chance for White men, and African-American men are more likely to be diagnosed with a more aggressive form of the disease. In addition, the risk of dying from prostate cancer for African-American men is about 4% compared with about 2% for White men.

And if prostate cancer has become a crisis for Black men, Louisiana is among its epicenters.

Data from the National Cancer Institute and Louisiana Tumor Registry show the state had one of the highest rates of prostate cancer diagnoses in the nation from 2010 to 2014 and that the disease was the third-leading cause of cancer deaths in Louisiana men. Among African-American men in the state, the rate of invasive prostate cancer far exceeded that of White men, and – depending on age at diagnosis – was above the national average.

“It varies year by year, but we’re towards the top. We’re up there,” says Dr. Scott Delacroix, director of urologic oncology for the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans.

The LSU center is responsible for the Louisiana Tumor Registry, which is among the seven state cancer registries researchers will draw upon for the study.

Delacroix says LSU “gladly” joined the NIH’s quest for answers to the mystery of prostate cancer and its deadly impact on African-American men.

The Bayou State is fertile ground for the survey because it’s a key part of the South’s “black belt” – a crescent of communities in former slave states where high percentages of African-Americans still live.

“Incidences of prostate can-

cer (here are) actually higher than the U.S. average,” Delacroix says. “Our mortality is still unacceptably high. But when you compare the mortality rate of African-Americans in Louisiana versus the national average, our mortality rate is actually lower than the national average.”

Besides creating a database that can help researchers identify the intersection between biological and environmental drivers of prostate cancer, Delacroix says the RESPOND project can address another problem: that of doctors ordering invasive treatments that African-American men may not need.

“Regardless of your race, many men are diagnosed with clinically insignificant” prostate cancer, Delacroix says.

That can lead to treatments with serious consequences, ranging from temporarily side effects caused by medications to possibly life-altering conditions like erectile and urinary dysfunction.

At the same time, some health disparities and mortality among both African-Americans and whites can be linked to an absence of specialty care, Delacroix says, especially in underserved areas that lack accessible hospitals or clinics.

Still, addressing the issue requires research, says Haiman, the USC professor and RESPOND lead researcher.

“We have identified genetic variations that are only found in men with African ancestry, and other (variations) that are more common in men of African ancestry,” Haiman says.

“We need a much larger sample size to continue to analyze those risk variances and the degree of aggressiveness” of prostate cancer that develops.

Source: U.S. News & World Report

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Community

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Dallas Community Fellowship, Inc.

By Arielle Johnson

When the Downtown Dallas City Officials in government want to know what’s happening in the Oak Cliff hood, they contact Mrs. Pat Ford. Mrs. Ford grew up in Oak Cliff, and has been serving her community for the past 30 years. She is also the founder of a non-profit called, Dallas Community Fellowship, Inc. Mrs. Ford created her non-profit in 2007 as a way to give back to the community she serves. Five years after she established her non-profit, she realized her organization needed her full attention, so she took a leap of faith and left very stable and secure job in 2012.

Mrs. Ford will be the first to admit, back in 2007, they did not know what they were doing.

They just wanted to help the people in the community to become the best versions of themselves.

Yes...it was indeed a struggle, but they persevered. Now, DCFI can proudly say they are in their 4th year of their business plan.

“We are starting to apply for grants and get them. I’m trying to help children not fall into that pit like I did,” says Mrs. Ford.

But the looming question on any given day is, “How do you change the Narrative?” Oak Cliff is one community, but there are thousands of communities like it across the country.

Poverty, HIV, pregnancy among teens, crime, poor literacy skills and unemployment is at an all time high. And all of these things are taking place while our neighborhoods are being gentrified. It’s easy to brush this group of people off, and say they are where they want to be because they do not care enough about themselves, but nothing could be farther from the truth. Mrs. Ford believes a symbol of hope needs to be erected in the community.

“No one is getting out in the community and walking the streets,” says Mrs. Ford.

Right now, Dallas Independent School District owns 31 acres of land, which she hopes they will be able to acquire to build a multi-purpose center, to provide “wrap-around” services for the community. “There is no hope and no faith in the community.

If they see one groundbreaking, I believe it would help. Gentrification is knocking at their door. At least put this center out here to make a difference.”

Since Mrs. Ford has been a soldier in her community for over three decades, we asked her to help us to share with us, her opinion of new dynamics that are threatening the sustainability of our communities today, as compared to 30 years ago. What she said was nothing short of shocking. We have high numbers of pregnant teens in our communities. Unfortunately, she has met women who are grandmothers at 25 years old and knows of a woman who is 30-years-old, who has 10 children. Children are beautiful, and we should always celebrate life, however, if nothing is done to break the cycle, a child born in poverty, will most likely continue to live in poverty once they reach adulthood.

Poverty is a mindset. In fact, Mrs. Ford illustrated how this is so, by stating, “Our new, young mothers believe they are supposed to be rewarded for having children. It’s their way of life.”

Dallas Community Fellowship Incorporated is going out of its way to make sure every crippling aspect of our everyday living is addressed. They have even gone into the public school system and addressed the issue of many of the female teachers dressing inappropriately. It is not appropriate for edu-

DCFI Summer Youth Camp attends Pre-Show for the Universoul Circus at the Cummings Recreational

cators to wear tight clothing to attract the attention of the male teachers. And it is not appropriate for the male teachers to pursue these women in front of the students. Like Mrs. Ford mentioned to us in conversation, it is the squeaky wheel that gets the oil, and because of all the squeaking, they have noticed a change for the better in this area.

To find out more about Dallas Community Fellowship Incorporated, please visit them on Facebook by looking them up by name or by visiting their website at dcficommunity.org They accept donations year round for a number of different programs offered throughout the year. If it were not for generous donations from friends of the organization, it would not have been possible for them to feed their Summer Youth Camp children this summer. At the last minute, their food sponsor pulled out, which sent them scrambling for assistance. The Summer Youth program has helped students with improving their reading skills this summer, provided music training and much more; but the most basic thing it provided, which

is often overlooked during the summer, is meals. Many parents do not have enough assistance to be able to feed their children

three meals a day with snacks, therefore many of them crave the meals they would be receiving if school were in session.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 North Texas State Fair Held in Denton on an annual basis for over seven decades, the North Texas State Fair features a rodeo, live music, games, carnival, barbecue cook-off and more.

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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 THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 2nd Chance Job Fair 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 Big Event Annual “Scholarship Banquet” “An Evening Dedicated to Excellence in Education” Houston Sheraton Brookhollow Hotel “Grand Ballroom” 3000 North Loop West, Zip 77092 Deadline for ticket sale is August 4, 2018 Ticket Price $75.00 Semi-Formal/ Dressy Attire Event Chairperson Rosa P. Abram (713)453-1803 please mail checks: BTWAA P. O. Box 10625 Houston, Texas 77206-0625 BTWAA President Diane Edwards Giles (281)217-2674 Supplies will be distributed on August 18th, 2018 from 8am to 10am at Felix H. Morales Funeral Home.

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Regístrese para recibir útiles escolares gratuitos hasta agotar existencias. Los suministros se distribuirán el 18 de agosto de 2018 de 8 a.m. a 10 a.m. en la Funeraria Felix FRIDAY, AUGUST 24 R&B ONLY 8:30 p.m. – 1:30 a.m.

House of Blues Houston 1204 Caroline St Houston, TX 7702 Tickets: go.colorsworldwide. com Sat, August 25, 2018 Support Black businesses at this Family Fun Event! This is an excellent venue for Black Entreprenuers & Black Business owners to showcase your business or service. Invite your friends and following to this BUY BLACK event-. All are welcome, so you can shop with many vendors The BLACK FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL MARKETPLACE is a great place to find affordable handmade natural soaps and other skincare items, perfume oils, African-American memorabila, books, shea butter, handmade jewelry, local music, african fashion /attire / material and jewelry,- and much more!

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 26 The Music Ministry of Macedonia presents an Evening of Praise 6:00 p.m. - 9:00p.m.

Macedonia MBC 995 DollyWright St. Houston, TX 77088 FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 Kashmere High School Class of 1968 50 Year Reunion Sheraton North Houston 15700 JFK Boulevard Houston, TX 77032 Hospitality Night Drifter’s Bistro Room 8 p.m. – 12 p.m.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 31SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 The Black Academy of Arts and Letters presents Riverfront Jazz Festival Texas Horse Park 811 Pemberton Hill, Dallas, TX 75217 For tickets and more information visit: www.tbaalriverfrontjazzfestival.org THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Capital City Black Film Festival Leon and Malik Yoba as Celebrity Ambassadors Austin Convention Center 701 Brazos St #5f00, Austin, TX 78701 This festival celebrates the unique, and yet still universal, perspective of talented African-Americans filmmakers.

Includes year-round events and opportunities to experience the brilliant works of black artists and filmmakers from across the globe. For more information call (512) 301-4141 or go to http://www. capcitybff.com/ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 2nd Annual Hunger & Poverty in Houston and Harris County Among African-Americans and Hispanics Forum 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 10th Anniversary InterNational Prisoner’s Family Conference The Best Opportunity Yet to Close the Empathy Gap Wyndham Garden Hotel 2645 LBJ Freeway Dallas, TX The 10th annual InterNational Prisoner’s Family Conference offers critical expert information, resources, encouragement & support for all affected by incarceration personally and professionally. The conference features keynotes; breakout workshops; an exhibit area; prisoners’ fine art display & silent auction; advocacy meetings; ample networking opportunities & much more. Noon meals and break refreshments are included in registration Visit www.prisonersfamilyconference.org Contact: Carolyn Esparza, LPC, Conference Chair E-mail: info@prisonersfamilyconference.org Phone: 915-861-7733 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 Invitation to the Dedication of the Dr. Archie L. Blanson Career & Technical Education High School Tours & Reception 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Project Row Houses 25th Anniversary Gala Hosted by co-chairs Roslyn Bazzelle and Derrick Mitchell Cherie Flores Garden Pavilion and Celebration Gardens at Hermann Park Register at https://projectrowhouses.org/gala-2018 Contact Elizabeth Connor, 713.526.7662, econnor@ projectrowhouses.org for more information MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Drive For Scholarships 25th Annual Golf Tournament Foundation@LoneStar.edu or call 832-613-6592 LoneStar.edu/Golf2018

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