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America: Divided, We Fall!

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Telling it like it is!

Benjamin Vann Photo Courtesy of Edu Bayer: The New York Times see pg 2

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Military Based Training Program for Dallas’ Youth

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Brigadier General Richard B. Dix see pg 4

PROTEST PLANNED AT CITY SQUARE see pg 5

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America: Divided, We Fall!

America, “If we stand for anything, we will fall for nothing!” Have we not had enough

by Kimberley Blair Pleasent of discrimination, segregation and divisiveness in our country?

The leader of the “Free World” our president, is supposed to make sure that every citizen of

America feels safe and know that they will be protected here at home, as well as overseas.

Democrats and Republicans both stood together this past week, to condemn president Trump’s refusal to call the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia what it is, “HATERED” and discrimination towards African Americans, Mexican Americans, Jewish Americans, LGBTQ individuals and any other individuals, the KKK, skinheads, neo-Nazi’s and white supremacist groups feel that are not pure White. These racists groups who caused death and violence to the city and state of Virginia as well as in our country for decades are pure and simple, Racist!

Why did it take the president two days in order for him to call the violence that oc-

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The governor and mayor stood together and stated that they denounced the violence that overtook the city of Charlottesville, Virginia.

They not only stated this, but demanded these racist groups leave, go home and never come back!

President Trump’s remarks on Saturday, “Violence on both sides” and his scripted denouncement, of the White supremacists’ groups on Monday and his retracement of his statement, “There are good people on both sides,” on Tuesday, is a new low for our country and the office of the president.

Donald Trump’s words and actions are bigoted and racist. His failure to defend and protect the rights of all Americans is deplorable. These words and actions by the president, should be a cause for, IMPEACHMENT!

Photo Courtesy of Edu Bayer: The New York Times August 18, 2017

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Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Condemns President Trump’s Charlottesville Remarks

Today, ConCongresswoman gresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Eddie Bernice Johnson issued the following statement after President Trump’s response to the violence in Charlottesville, VA. Recently at a press conference, the president stated “both sides” were to blame for white nationalist violence in Charlottesville and he continued to defend white nationalism:

“I am deeply disturbed by President Trump’s unsatisfactory response to the incident in Charlottesville, VA. He was elected by the American people to be a leader with the hopes that he would unify and strengthen our nation. Instead, his most recent comments will only continue to divide us as a country. It is long overdue for the president to display the strong sense of leadership that is expected of an

elected official, leader of the free world, and President of the United States. White nationalism has no place in our democratic society.

President Trump should unequivocally denounce such extremism and frankly he has been reluctant to do so.

a day when someone such as the President would defend and align himself with such hateful and evil rhetoric.

Our country is better than this, and so are its people.

There should be zero hesitation from this White House administration to denounce racial extremism and con“I have lived in this great demn the violence we have nation for all of my life seen in Charlottesville.” and I have witnessed many things throughout my years.

However, I never imagined

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Announces $51,810 Federal Grant to the City of Wilmer Fire Department Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced that the City of Wilmer was awarded $51,810 in Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funds will be used toward the City’s improved response capabilities and to more effectively protect the health and safety of the public and emergency response personnel: “The announcement of this award is excellent news for the Wilmer Fire Department,” said

Congresswoman Johnson. “Every day our firefighters risk their lives to keep us safe, so it is important that we make every effort to support the important work and service they provide to our communities. This department is well-deserving of this competitive grant that will be used to improve their ability to perform their jobs safely and effectively. I am very proud of the men and women who serve at the Wilmer Fire Department for their selfless service they provide. As a senior Texas member of Congress, I will continue to push for ad-

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This grant was awarded as a part of FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.

Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters and other first responders obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training and other resources required to protect the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards. Congresswoman Johnson has been a strong advocate for grants to local first responders in the 30th Congressional District.

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Successful, Active Armed Forces Member, General Dix is Launching a Military Based Training Program for Dallas’ Youth Debra Abron

Just last month the Dallas Poverty Task Force reported some very shocking statistics concerning poverty on both national and local levels to the general public. Nationally, the average white male is reporting assets of $110,000 as compared to the average black male reporting $17,000, which means there is 83% deficit for Black men. Here in the city of Dallas, 90% of available jobs and those which are already filled are North of I-30. And when it comes to income, 50% of all households earn less than $50,000, while 28.4% of our Dallas households are pulling in a meager $25,000 per year or less. Also, these stats reveal, only 1 out of 10 graduates of the Dallas Independent School District are prepared for college, and when given 6years to complete their studies, only 2 out of 10 college students actually graduate. Reportedly, lack of homeownership in the city of Dallas presents another issue, because we have one of the highest degrees of single family renters in the country.Last week, the City of Dallas was honored to have a very high ranking military official in its presence, seeking ways to address the issues mentioned above, by designing a special military based program to enrich the lives of our youth. His name is General Richard Dix and his mission this past week involved meeting with our Youth at the Youth Detention Centerin Dallas and speaking with clergy and leaders of the Friendship West Baptist church, as well as community leaders. General Dix shared a very interesting story with the Elite News about his deployment to Afghanistan 11 years ago. He and several members of his unit sat down one evening and discussed what they could do to save our youth, who at the time were on the other side of the globe. A simple plan was drafted, however, it did not come to fruition at the time. General Dix says, “I have always wanted to give back the blessings, God gave to me.”General Dix has served the Armed Forces of the United States of America for 25 years and was deployed to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. He holds

a Bachelors of Science in Marketing from South Carolina State, which is an HBCU, a M.A. in Procurement and Acquisition Management, from Webster University and a M.S. in National Security Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. For quite some time during his career, he has been able to maintain a stable income of six figures and has worked with several of the nation’s Fortune 100 companies. When asked what he believes to be some of the biggest problems plaguing our youth here in Dallas, General Dix cites lack of realistic goal setting, lack of skills and lack of gainful employment.

He says when he spoke with Dallas youth at the Detention Center this past Saturday, they wanted to know if there would be a chance of them being able to get good jobs someday. Rather than answering their question, he started to ask them some probing questions, such as, “What do you want to be in life?”, “What path will you take to get there?”, “Once you get there, how will you maintain your position?” and “How many of you are giving back to your communities”.

Many of the children had an idea of what they want to be in life, but not very many have ever been on the path to taking the necessary steps to make sure their dreams are manifested.Presently, General Dix and his team of volunteers are devising a way to make the ROTC program accessible to youth who have prior offenses. As it stands now, the 4 entry paths for the ROTC program are High School, College, Enlistment with the Armed Forces and a special program which allows working youth to enter rOTC through a program called Army Partnership for Youth Success (APYSP). The details are still in the developmental stages, however, meetings are also being held with City of Dallas officials to make sure the program accomplishes its goals.

General Dix will leverage social media and his relationship with GSR Sports Talk radio to make sure his information about his plan is widely disseminated.We wish General Dix all the best and are willing to support him in anything he deems necessary and practical, in terms of reversing

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the trail leading a large percentage of our Dallas youth into the abyss we have come to define as abject poverty. If you are interested in volunteering to make an impact in the lives of our Dallas youth, please email Ester Davis at estyler2000@ aol.comCredit: https://www.dallasnews.com/ opinion/commentary/2017/07/11/mayor-mikerawlings-dallas-poverty-hard-make-living-city

Brigadier General Richard B. Dix

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PROTEST PLANNED AT CITYSQUARE AGAINST GERALD BRITT Darryl E. Blair Sr.

TWITTER, has a gentleman who is exposing the names of the Charlottesville protestors. A former African American Councilwoman wants to expose those who want to follow the agenda lead

by Phil Kingston who admitted that the blacks in his district were not the ones who approached him about Lee Statue in his district, it was the LGBT community who said they did no9t like to visit the Park amidst statues that were symbols of racism. But when I confronted Phil Kingston with a list of his district board appointees, they were all white. When I appealed to Gerald Britt, an executive with City Square who is funded to address the homeless issue in this City, he says that Kingston asked him because the rest of the black leadership would not get involved.

I asked him who elected him to speak for the black people in Dallas. He acknowledged that he was

not elected but he supports Kingston’s position. By protesting in a cemetery???, when we already have a democratic process in place if we want to change things. As a Christian minister, if you don’t have respect for representative and the democratic process, do you respect the law that says no protests in cemeteries and at funerals.

When did we decide 100 years later what the widows wanted the memorials to represent racism when it was the Africans who brought honoring fallen soldiers and warriors to America and started what is known as Memorial Day. It was in Charlottesville South Carolina at a Confederate prison camp then under Union Control that the freed slaves dug graves and decorated the Union soldiers graves with flowers. The widows of the confederates put their pensions together and built these Hugh monuments for the poor white Confederate soldiers

who lost their lives and could not afford headstones. Can you respect your ancestors who went about their business and built their own schools, educated their own, lived in unity. Our elected representatives from President Obama, our state representatives, the majority of this current council decided that protest is not the route Texans want to take. We appealed to our elected leaders to stay focused on fighting unjust laws within the seats of government. Rev. Waters chairs the MLK Community Center, once the nation’s premiere center that was the result of blacks in Dallas working with white leaders to address our concerns. Yet Michael Waters supported taking the MLK Parade out of local control. Dallas has the only MLK parade under government control. The Mayor admitted at his press conference that he was surprised that black leadership said they have too

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many other issues to take care of.

It is not their fight at this time.

This mayor is moving in the right direction by putting the debate through a democratic process but he stopped short when he refuses to consulting with past Mayors and Board members on how they handled the issue before him and the agreements and policies that were made to address not only racial healing but economic equity.

Dallas blacks decided to negotiate for things for ourselves, to tell our history. By now, Mayor Rawlings should not submit to political correctness. He wants to take the statue down to pander to blacks in front of the press but behind the horseshoe, he has not done a good job of addressing a poor public transportation system, homeless, and public schools in Dallas.

So I challenge Rev. Michael Waters to give us back the MLK

REP. ERIC JOHNSON’S STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT REGARDING CONFEDERATE ICONOGRAPHY IN TEXAS CAPITOL On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, Representative Eric Johnson (DDallas) sent a letter to the Texas State Preservation Board calling for the immediate removal of a “Children of the Confederacy Creed” plaque from the Texas Capitol and to begin a discussion on the removal of all Confederate iconography from the Texas Capitol Complex. He copied Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, and House Administration Chair-

man Charlie Geren on the letter. Texas Capitol grounds, and I did not address my letter regarding this Governor Abbott released a state- subject to him for this reason. Rathment in response to Representa- er, I addressed my letter to the State tive Johnson’s letter stating his op- Preservation Board’s Executive position to removing Confederate Director, Rod Welsh, and I am still plaques and monuments. Repre- awaiting his official and direct resentative Johnson has released the sponse to my very specific requests.” following statement in response to Governor Abbott’s statement. “To my knowledge, Governor Abbott has not articulated any spe“I do not believe it is solely within cific opposition to the removal of Governor Abbott’s power to decide the historically inaccurate Conwhat is permanently displayed in- federate plaque near my Capitol side the Texas Capitol or on the office. I remain hopeful that the

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Governor will meet with me to discuss this matter, especially since I know he prides himself on being an intellectual. The plaque at issue is simply indefensible on historical grounds, and I believe Governor Abbott knows that.”

Rep. Eric Johnson August 18, 2017

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The INTERVIEW Benjamin Vann is Making an Impact in Fair Park with Impact House

About a month ago, in the July 7 issue of the Elite News, we featured a brief write-up on Mr. Benjamin Vann in the “Caught You Doing Something Good” section of our paper. We selected him because of the value he is bringing to the Fair Park Community through a business he created called, Impact House. Impact House, is a shared community working space, designed to help small businesses gain access to angel investors and the information needed to grow their businesses.

from the outside. Examples of this phenomenon are Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. We have to take ownership and be held accountable to each other within our community.

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Several days ago, we interviewed the man behind the recently created Impact House. Mr. Benjamin Vann says he stumbled across this jewel in the rough, piece of property through a Facebook link.

Once he made a connection with the realtor to view the space, it was love at first site. Immediately he began to dream about the possibilities the space could offer the surrounding and very diverse community.

There are many individuals who have the desire to serve the community, however, being a public servant appears to be part of Mr. Vann’s genetic makeup.

After graduating from college, he decided to take on the position of high school football coach at Highland Park High School in Topeka, Kansas and held this position for a year. As coach of the team, he found himself assuming a number of different roles such

What makes you the best man to revive the idea of sharing through community involvement?

Benjamin Vann Making an Impact as, uncle, big brother and father. It questions to give us insight as to did not take long for him to realize who he really is at his core: the needs of this particular high school were vastly different from What people or family members his own. have had an influence on your willingness to serve the commuIn addition to working in the pub- nity? lic school system, Mr. Vann has also worked for the Boy Scouts My Aunt who is a Senator, defiand City Parks and Recreation. nitely my father who is a Pastor However, after all the philanand my grandmother, who was thropic assistance he has provided the first woman minister of the over the years, he eventually found Pentecostal Assembly Ministry. himself working in Corporate Through their leadership and America as a financial analyst. public service, I have witnessed people embody something much As compared to working in Corbigger than themselves. porate America at Fidelity as a financial analyst, Mr. Vann says What do you believe may be inthe biggest difference in being the hibiting the spread of community founder of your own non-profit, is love and sharing within our comnot being able to rely on a set salmunities? ary and not having the comfort of being able to represent a reputable Fixing our community starts with brand. There is a lot of sacrificing group economics. It is not our that goes into setting up your own fault that we do not know where to business, however one of the most start. We are intentionally divided valuable rewards of being a busiand we do not know how to be ness owner, according to Mr. Vann okay with someone else being is being able to, “Empower people successful. Every positive comto walk in their own greatness.” munity movement we have had in this country has been torn apart We asked Mr. Vann the following

I am a successful business man who has already built up enough success to invest in building power in others. Also, I was raised on mores commonly referred to as old school values. When I went to church, church members had permission to whip me when I got out of line. Back in the day, parents would never ask another adult in their church community, why they whipped their child, instead they would ask the child what they did to get a whipping from the adult. However nowadays, many parents don’t have the same values as what were commonly seen decades ago.

I have volunteered my time to a number of different groups and charities in the past, but now is the time for me to build a space capable of meeting people where they are and transporting them to the level they are supposed to be at in life.

Impact House is located at 827 Exposition, Dallas, Texas. Please contact them to set up an appointment to view their space by visiting https://www.impacthouse.co/

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Parade, I challenge Rev. Gerald Britt to address the homeless, and for Phil Kingston and Sandy Greyson to include blacks on their board appointments. and for Mayor Rawlings to know that we are going to hold our black leaders accountable to stay focused and prioritize and not be used and drawn into his fight with Kingston and the transgender restroom bills and gay marriages. Blacks will not be the boogie man this debate. Abraham Lincoln used the slaves to win the war and we demand more than whitewashed version of the movie Glory. Blacks built this country fought in every war from the American Revolution to the Iraq.

“Honoring Five Years of Dedicated Service” The Anniversary will begin Sunday, September 3 at 3:00 pm and conclude Sunday, September 10 at 3:00 pm. Our theme: “Honoring Five Years of Dedicated Service” – I Timothy 5:17-18.

You are cordially invited to share in an All White Meet and Greet the Pastor and Family on Saturday, September 9, 5:00-7:00 pm at the Bexar Street Baptist Church R.L. and Lucille Robertson Fellowship Hall. Attire: White (if you do not have white please come anyway).

No cost just come and be our guest as we celebrate Pastor Marshall’s faithfulness, dedication and leadership to BSBC.

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You’re invited!

Faith Community Action Team Meeting August 24, 2017 1:30 – 2:30 PM Agenda includes a Spotlight on programs that congregations and faith based organizations can partner with to reduce hunger.

Featured: Dallas Police Office of Community Affairs on Hunger and Well-being in our Communities-observations, efforts, opportunities to partner Join us and connect with others working to address hunger and poverty from a faith perspective!

Location: Temple Emanu-El 8500 Hillcrest Avenue Dallas, Texas 75225 For more info and to RSVP, contact wyonella_henderson-greene@baylor.edu or call 214-951-7780.

If you missed it in Dallas. Don’t miss these dates.

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5th Annual Backpacks4Brainiacs Tops Previous Events Take Care Of Our Community, So This Event Is My Way Of Showing The Naysayers They Are Dead Wrong.”

Participant in HipHop4Hope 5th Annual Backpacks4Brainacs

Hiphop4hope Held Its 5Th Annual Backpacks For Brainiacs Event This Past Saturday At The Southwest Center Mall.

It Was A Major Success And Is Sure To Be Talked About For Weeks To Come. According To Operation Community Care Founder, Jeanette Berry, The Backpacks For Brainiacs Event Drew Over 1,000 People, Which Included Tots & Teens And In Betweens. At The End Of The Day, 620 Backpacks Stuffed With School Supplies Were Handed Out To The Kids.

Nicole Arrington, Founder Of Hiphop4hope Says, “I Take Pride In Myself And The Organizers In Being Able To Say, This Is Our 5Th Successful Backpacks For Brainiacs Back To School Backpack And Supply Drive Which Has Been Primarily Funded Through Donations Both Monetary And In-Kind, From Individuals In The Community. I Am Disappointed When I Hear People Say We Don’t

In Addition To Receiving Support From The Community, Councilman Atkins Was Present With A Number Of Different Council Members From Surrounding Districts, Along With Judge Etta Mullins, Ms. Community - Diane Gibson, Disd Trustees, Bernadette Nutall And Joyce Forman, Director Of Housing And Economic Development David Oguera, City Parks And Recreation Board Member, Yolanda F. Williams And Many More.

Trust And Believe There Were Activities For Both The Children And The Parents, But This Year, There Was A Little More Focus On The Parents As Compared To Last Year. Representatives From Local Institutions Of Higher Learning And Habitat Came Out To Provide Valuable Information Capable Of Transforming The Lives Of Families In Attendance And Indirectly, Individuals Who Were Lucky Enough To Receive Feedback On The Event By Word Of Mouth. The Elite News Chatted Briefly With Reese Collins, The Dallas Habitat Marketing Director About The Information He Was Armed With For The Day And Prepared To Share With As Many People In Attendance As Possible. He Informed Us Of How Habitat Will Be

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Building 15 Homes In The Joppa South Dallas Community In 7 Days In October Of This Year And Also, That Credit Score Alone Will Not Preclude You From Having Access To Owning A Home.

Hiphop4hope Actually Has A Theme Song Which Talks About Their Love For Giving To Children Entitled, “We Do It For The Kids”, Which Was Performed By Real Record Entertainment Artists Named, treated by being able to greet Disney characters such as Cinderella and Ariel, watch a kid fashion focused fashion show organized by Jade Fashions and Angie B. Fashions. The 5th Annual Backpacks4Brainiacs even had a dj who knew what to play to kid the kids out into the middle of the mall floor/ dance floor. They all seemed to know how to whip and were not shy as they were whipping it.

Elite News managed to pull one parent away towards the end of the event, because of a mini backpacker sighting. Her name is Damari Powell and although she is just 4-years-old, her mom Kelly Powell told us she will be going to school for the first time next week. Kelly told us, “The event was pretty good. Damari got a backpack and school supplies. She starts school at Faith Family Academy on Kiest and Polk on August 23rd and I know I am going to

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start crying when I drop her off that day.” We hope she can hold back the tears on her daughter’s first day of school, but if she can’t we understand this will be the first, first day of school, but there will be many first days for years to come. Hopefully each year it will be easier for her to get past and Damari will remain as excited as she was on Saturday, never wanting to be too far away from her backpack, packed with the necessary tools to be a very successful student.

The partnership between Operation Community Care and HIpHop4Hope is like a match made in heaven. They both have the desire to help the community and by combining their efforts, they make huge undertakings, such as the distribution of much needed school supplies at such a well attended event, appear seamless. Both of the groups are ready for the next phase of donating the backpacks which were not handed out on Saturday. Ms. Berry of Operation Community Care says she will be teaming up with HipHop4Hope very soon to distribute backpacks to parents who are seeking employment.

For more details about both organizations and more pictures, please visit Facebook pages HipHop4Hope and Operation Community Care.

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MINISTERS LISTINGS Concord Ministries Baptist Church 6808 Pastor Bailey Drive Dallas, TX 75237 Church (214) 331-8522 Worship 7:30 am 9::15 am 11 am - 12:24 am www.concorddallas.org

Greater Cornerstone Baptist Church 8350 Forest Ln Dallas, TX 75243 Church (214) 349-7701

Rev. Bryan Carter Pastor

Worship Services Sunday 7:30 am Early Morning Worship Sunday 10:30 am Worship Service Rev. David E Wilson www.greatercornerstone.org Pastor

Full Gospil Holly Temple

24 Hour Prayer Line (972) 223-9898 Sunday School 9:15 Sunday Morning Worship 9:15 am Sunday Evening Worship 8:00 Tuesdays & Saturdays 8:00 am

Bexar Street Baptist Church

Greater New Zion Baptist Church

Rev. Joe S Patterson Pastor

New Mount Zion Baptist Church 9550 Shepherd Rd, Dallas, TX 75243

Sunday School 9:00 am Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday 6:00 pm

Rev. C JR Phillips Pastor

1501 Clay Mathis Rd, Mesquite, TX 75181 Church: (972) 222-3708 Praise & Worship Service Sundays @ 8:00 A.M. and 11:00 A.M. Children’s Church Pastor

Faith Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church 4205 South Robinson Road P O Box 540515 Grand Prairie, Texas 75054

Church (972) 642 - 9125

Sunday School 9:00 AM Praise & Worship 10:25 AM Morning Worship 10:30 AM Prayer Meeting 7:00 PM Bible Study 7:30 PM

2018 S Marsalis Ave, St . Phillips Missionary Baptist Church Dallas, TX 75216 Church: (214) 943-3579 6000 Singing Hills Dr, Sunday School 9:30 am Dallas, Texas 75241 Sunday Worship 10:45 am Church: (214) 374-6631 Bible Study Wednesday 7:15 pm Morning Woreship Thursday 11:00 am 8:00 & 10: 15am

Calvary Temple Community Church

Church: (214) 341-6459 Intercessory Prayer Every Wednesday, 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM Bible Study Every Wednesday, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Young Adult Praise Team First Thursday, Third Thursday of the month, 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Superintendent Michael Clerkley, Sr Pastor

1819 Martin L King Jr Blvd, Dallas, TX 75215 Church: (214) 426-5468 Sunday Worship 8:00am & 11:00am Sunday School 9:30am Wednesday Bible Study 7:00pm

Apostle Herman Murry Jr. Pastor

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Bible Study Tue. 11am Wed. 6:00 pm

2127 S Corinth St Rd, Dallas, TX 75203 Church: (214) 371-2421 Morning Worship 11 am www.lighthousecogic.com

Cornerstone Baptist Church

39727 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy, Dallas, TX 75237 Church: (972) 572-Fight (3448)

2210 Pine St Dallas, Texas Church (214) 421-4119 Sunday School 9:30 am Worship Service 11:00 am

Lighthouse Church Of God in Christ

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New Birth Baptist Church

3919 Munger Ave, Dallas, TX 75204 Church: (214) 824-8312 Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship 11:00 am

Prayer Meeting Bible Study 7-8:30 pm

Rev. W. C. Davis Pastor

The “Exciting” Singing Hill Baptist Church 6550 University Hills Blvd, Dallas, TX 75241 Church: (214) 375-5952 Fax (214) 671-1611

444 W Ledbetter Dr, Dallas, TX 75224 Church: (214) 374-0828 Early Morning Worship 7:50 am Sunday Worship 8am & 10:45 am Sunday School 9:30 am Rev. Gorge & Michael Sunday School 9:45 am Morning Worship 10:30 am Wedensday Night 7pm Pryor Pastor Evening Worship 7:00

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Munger Avenue Baptist Church

Sunshine Bible Sunday 10:00 am Fellowship Dinner 5:20 pm Dr. W. R. Willis Pastor

Chris L. Simmons Pastor

Dr. H.E. Anderson, Sr., Senior Pastor

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MINISTERS LISTINGS Marsalis Missionary Baptist Church

Rice Chaple A.M.E Church “Standing on your Faith”

4122 South Marsalis Avenue Dallas, Texas Church (214) 302-3302 Elder R C Emanuel Suday School 9:00 AM Pastor Sunday Service 10:00 Wednesday Night Bible Study 7:00 pm Carver Heights Baptist Church 2510 E. Ledbetter Road Dallas, Texas 75216 Church: 214-371-2024 Sunday Worship Services Sunday School - 8:30am Rev Daryl Carter Worship Hour - 9:30am Pastor Wednesday - 7:00pm

Rev Oliver W Lomax-

Pastor

New El Bethel Baptist Church 2023 Mouser St. Dallas, Texas 75216 Hours of Oporation Mon - Fri: 7am - 10pm Phone: (214) 946-3584 www.newbethell.com

Dr. Timothy J. Brown Pastor

Denny D. Davis Pastor

Greater Emmanuel Baptist Church

2110 E. Eleventh St. Dallas, TX 75203 Church (214) 972-0218 Sunday Service 7:45 & 10:00 am Wed. Prayer Meeting 11am & 10am Wed. Night Bible Study 7:00pm Rev. Burley Hudson Pastor www.gebcdallad.org

411 N Hampton Rd, DeSoto, TX 75115 Church: (469) 297-4771 Sunday School 9:00 am Morning Worship 10:30 am Wednesday Women’s Men’s Monday 7:00 pm

Rev. Darrell W Pryor Pastor

Dallas, TX 75232 Church (972) 228-5200 Sun Moning Services 8:00 am & 10:45 am Wednesday Bible Study 12 Noon & 7:00 pm

Frederick Duglass Haynes, III Pastor

Greater Mt Pilgrim Baptist Church 1010 Bayonne St Dallas, Texas Church: (214) 744-1677 Dr. Carey C Toney Sr. Founder Pastor Teacher 1st Lady C>aShawn Toney Pastor

Morning Glory 7:45 am Sunday School 9:15am Morning Worship 10:30 am

Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church Rev. Ned Armstrong Pastor

The Lord Missionary Baptist Church

St. Paul Baptist Church 1600 Pear Street Dallas, TX 75215 Phone: (214) 421-3741 Fax: (214) 421-3926 Worship 8am & 11am

Rev. Terry White Pastor

New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church 2020 W Wheatland Rd,

New Leaf Family Church 1707 St Augustine Rd Dallas, Texas Church (214) 398-6641 Service Times: Sunday School 8:30 am Sunday Worship 9:30am Wednesday Bible Study 7:00

Church 214-943-6007 Sunday School 9:00 am Morning Worship 10: 00 am Prayer & Praise Worship 7:00 pm www.marsalisavenuebc.com

St. John Grand Prairie Campus 1701 West Jefferson Grand Prairie, TX 75051 Phone: (972) 264-1483 Sunday Worship 7:00 9:00 & 11:00 Email: sjbcsupport@sjbcfamily.com Website: http://sjcfamily.org

Freindship West Baptist Church

Willing Workers Baptist Church 4142 Gladewater Road Dallas, Texas 75216 Church (214) 770-1326 or (214) 428-1266 Sunday School: 10:00 am Sunday Morning Worship:11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

2723 S Marsalis Ave Dallas, TX 75216

St. John Missionary Baptist Church

Rev. Lelious A Johnson

Pastor

6722 Bexar St Dallas, TX 75215 Church 214-428-5459 Sunday School 9:30 am Worship 11:00 am

“A Church That Cares” 5144 Dolphin Road Dallas, Texas 75223 Phone: (214)832-1018 Fax: (214)824-3813

www.hmbconline.org Service Times Tuesday: @

Rev. Marlon J. Duncan Pastor

6:30 pm(SWAT)Children & Youth Wednesday12 Noon & 7:30 pm Bible Study 7:00 pm Prayer Meeting Sunday 9:00 am Sunday School: 10:05 am BTU/Decilpes of Dissipleship 10:45 am

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DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE FEATURED IN BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES’ ANNUAL REPORT FOLLOWING TWO-YEAR INITIATIVE Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) is featured in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Annual Report following the conclusion of its participation in Bloomberg’s Philanthropies’ Arts Innovation and Management (AIM) program.

During the two-year initiative, Bloomberg Philanthropies provided $30 million to small and midsized nonprofit cultural organizations around the country to help strengthen their operational and programming efforts, including training in fundraising, audience development and board member engagement.

The invitation-only program supported nonprofit cultural organizations based in six cities: Dallas, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco. All organizations are locally or internationally recognized nonprofits that have been in existence for at least two years. The grants were unrestricted so that recipients could use them to address their greatest needs. Dallas Black Dance Theatre used its grant to increase institutional marketing, audience development and database management.

Bloomberg Philanthropies partnered with the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the University of Maryland to develop curricula and conduct training for the AIM program in each city. The comprehensive workshops engaged organizations around activities that strengthened their longterm health and goals and included consultations and implementation

support for arts managers and their boards.

To read more, the link to the Arts section of the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Annual report is below. annualreport.bloomberg.org/arts About Dallas Black Dance Theatre Founded in 1976 by Ann Williams, Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) is the 10th largest minority arts organization in America, the fourth largest black dance company in the nation and the oldest continuously operating professional dance company in the City of Dallas. The mission of Dallas Black Dance Theatre is to create and produce contemporary modern dance at its highest level of artistic excellence through performances and educational programs that bridge cultures and reach diverse communities. With an everexpanding national and global audience, the company employs a diverse, multi-ethnic troupe of dancers performing for audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

Located in a historic facility at the eastern end of the thriving downtown Dallas Arts District, Dallas Black Dance Theatre is a nationally and internationally recognized professional modern dance company. DBDT engages the cross-cultural community through contemporary modern dance presented from the African American experience. Dallas Black Dance Theatre is a resident company member of the AT&T Performing Arts Center - Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre

located in Dallas’s Art District.

During its 41-year history, Dallas Black Dance Theatre has performed on five continents, in 15 countries and 31 states, including two Olympic Cultural events.

Over the years, more than 4 million arts patrons and 2.6 million students, grades K-12, have experienced the dance company’s performances and educational outreach programs. DBDT serves more than 100,000 people annually, including more than 20,000 youth in grades K-12 in DallasFort Worth area schools. DBDT offers community outreach services through workshops, lecture/ demonstrations, master-classes, residences, mini-performances and student matinees that are designed level-specific for elementary, middle, high school and university students. Another 20,000 youth and adults are reached through local, national and international festivals, tours, special performances at universities, social service agencies, professional and corporate organizations, civic events and community venues.

Dallas Black Dance Theatre is comprised of five performing companies and its training Academy. Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s professional company, DBDT, consists of 12 full-time professional dancers performing a mixed repertory of modern, jazz, African and spiritual works by national and international choreographers. DBDT: Encore! features eight artists of rising excellence

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from across the nation that support DBDT’s growing local and regional educational outreach.

Dallas Black Dance Academy, the official school of Dallas Black Dance Theatre, celebrates 44 years of delivering dance instruction to a community of diverse backgrounds. Over 500 students participate weekly in 50 dance classes of ballet, jazz, tap, modern, and African at DBDT studios for ages four to adult. The academy has three performing ensembles: Allegro, DBDT’s premier academy ensemble, Senior Performing Ensemble, and Junior Performing Ensemble.

For more details visit www.

DBDT.com and www.dbdt.com/ academy.

About Bloomberg Philanthropies Bloomberg Philanthropies works to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people. We focus on five key areas for creating lasting change: arts, education, the environment, government innovation, and public health. The arts are a valuable way to engage citizens and enhance communities.

Through innovative partnerships and bold approaches, the Bloomberg Philanthropies arts program works to increase access to culture using new technologies, empower artists and strengthen cultural organizations to reach broader audiences. For more information, please visit bloomberg.org or follow us Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @BloombergDotOrg. August 18, 2017

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Women’s Health Threatened by Restrictions to Medicaid Services When the Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010, states were given the opportunity to expand Medicaid coverage. After a 2012 Supreme Court decision that allowed states to opt-out of expanding Medicaid, 19 states chose opt-out while 32 states and the District of Columbia chose to expand Medicaid. Texas chose not to expand Medicaid and has looked for creative ways to cover its large population such as employing programs through a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver. Section 1115 of the Social Security Act allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive provisions of Medicaid law in order for states to have flexibility to plan and improve eligible programs.

There are several purposes of Section 1115 waivers: expand eligibility to those not covered by traditional Medicaid, provide services not typically provided by Medicaid, and use an innovative delivery system that improves care and reduces cost. While Texas has had a Section 1115 waiver to implement improved care delivery and increase coverage for uninsured and underinsured residents, Texas has also applied for a family planning waiver that would restrict access to patients.

Texas has applied for a Section 1115 family planning demonstration waiver, which would expand its existing state-funded program.

As the Women’s Health Program, the Obama Administration denied the 1115 waiver application,

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson so the program has operated as a received health care services from state-funded initiative since 2011. a provider participating in the This year, the re-named Healthy program.

Texas Women program proposes to exclude abortion providers from During my time in Congress, I program participation. This means have pushed for the renewal of that organizations affiliated with the Section 1115 waiver which abortion providers cannot particihelps to cover our uninsured and pate in the program. underinsured population. However, this family planning waiver is The Healthy Texas Women promisleading and unfair to those who gram has negative public health seek health care and actual family impacts – tested by the state’s own planning services. Several of my data – and does not introduce a colleagues and I sent a letter to the new or innovative project nor does Centers for Medicare and Medicaid it expand access or strengthen cov- Services to oppose this waiver proerage. By 2016, Texas saw a decline posal. The protection of freedom of of 35% in access to birth control choice of family planning providers for women on Medicaid. Over is important to me. We must profour years, Texas saw a three-fold tect our most vulnerable, especially increase in the maternal mortality Medicaid beneficiaries, who otherrate. By 2016, 26% of the women wise would have nowhere to turn. enrolled in the program had never

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BUSINESS LISTINGS Ms. Doris Starr Funeral services for Ms. Doris Starr will be held on Wednesday, August 23, 2017, 11:00 am Services will be at Lawrence & Marder Church of Christ. Wake services will be on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 7:00 - 8:00 pm at Lomax Funeral Home, 2703 Elsie Faye Heggins; Dallas, Texas 75215. Interment: Carver Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Luther Holloway Funeral services for Mr. Luther Holloway will be, Saturday, August 19, 2017, 11:00 am. Wake services, will be on Friday, August 18, 2017, 7:00 - 8:00 pm. Interment: Hooks Cemetery; DeKalb, Texas.

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Out of the Eyes of a Layman “Put, or Allowed” Esther 4:14

Bro. Gene Turner

God, put President Obama into the presidency, but God allowed President Trump to become president. What the difference in the two (2) words.

First of all God put President Obama in office after two hundred and twenty years of the existence of the office in the United States of America.

During and after this office came into existence, no Black man had ever become the president of the United States of America. It was never the plan for a Black man to serve in this office.

After two hundred and twenty years, a Black man becomes president of the United States of America. Forty three (43rd) presidents had served before President Obama became the forty fourth (44th) president of the United States of America. No Black person ever thought they would live to see a Black man become the president of these United States of America.

President Obama became the president of America for such a time as this (Esther 4:14). What happened here is the fact that God Himself knew when He wanted this to happen, and when the time came there was not anything that could stop it from happening.

You see, God did the same thing with President Obama that He did with Esther. Esther was in a Persian Land, and became a Queen in

that land. By becoming a queen in that land it served to save a nation of people who were Jews.

Esther doubted whether she should have this role in a Persian land that hated her people. Her uncle Mardecai said to her, “who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this. God put her there, that she would be able to save her people.

“For Such A Time As This” God did not put President Trump in office, but allowed him to become president. God knew what he would do in this office, and he did exactly what God knew he would do.

First of all God knew President Trump would cause the people of God who are called by His name to humble themselves and wake up to the reality of their God, and stop doing things that God do not want to happen. Such as being slowful, and not pressing forward, not praying, and humbling themselves toward God. You see, God Himself put people in some places because He knows that such a person will do what He wants done. He allows other persons to be in certain places to cause people to gain an understanding that only this particular person can cause them to understand. Some of us had cut our prayer life in half; some of us had stopped acting like people who are called by His name. Before President Trump became president the people of God, became at EASE about everything. I always

did pray, but after Trump became president I started prying more each day. People began to understand I am traveling in the wrong directions. This is why Trump was allowed to become president.

When Trump became president.

It got the attention of the whole world. People started marching all over the world. They knew this was a bad thing. You see, God allowed Saul to become King in the land of Israel, because of certain people, but He put David in that office in order to do what He (God) wanted done in the land. He knew also that David would lead the people after the will of God. When God put President Obama in the office, He put him there to rectify the office of the president of the United States of America.

The statement in the constitution was not being carried out, and the leaders were not putting things into place and order to honor these written laws. So, when God put President Obama into that office, He did not put President Obama there in order for him to select Black people for position, just because they were Black. He put President Obama in office in order to equalize things for everyone, and not one sided as they have been doing all these two hundred and twenty years.

Many Blacks thought President Obama should have done more for Black people than anyone else had done. He did, he made everything equal for all people. Not just for Black people, or any people of color, because he was a Black person himself. He made things equal because it was the right thing to do, and when things are

done in the right order, it is the best thing that could ever happen to the underprivileged individuals in any case.

When God put a person into something, put someone over something He also is with them all the way, and He helps them put together whatever His chosen person puts together. That is why President Trump and his cabinet will never be able to dismiss Obama Care (Affordable Care Act), or anything else that God helped President Obama to bring into existence. No matter what it is, Trump and his cabinet will not be able to discard it, because God Himself helped President Obama to put it together. Nobody can do away with anything that God has put a part of Himself into.

The world will see and understand what I am saying in this writing.

May God bless you REAL GOOD, and may He ever keep you in His loving care. May He continue to hold America in His hands as He has for all these years.

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