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MY TRUTH Cheryl Smith Publisher

JOY TO THE WORLD I’ve always wanted to make my parents proud. Never want to bring shame to the family name. I was always thinking about the implications and ramifications of my actions and inactions. Sure there were times when I made slip-ups, but believe me when I tell you that somewhere in my psyche I was thinking about Joseph and Earline. No friends or amount of peer pressure could make me engage in actions that would make my mother cry, I hoped. Kinda reminds me of listening to former Tallahassee mayor and Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum. Speaking at the 15th Anniversary Celebration of the Arlington Foundation for Excellence in Education, my fellow Florida A&M University

QUIT PLAYIN’ By Vincent L. Hall As I began to read Pastor Jonathan Carl’s recent letter to the POTUS, my face brimmed with glee and anticipation. The headline said it all: “Pastor Hits back after inadvertently coming under fire from Donald Trump!” That gave me some hope. A

Hallelujah OUCH!

Christian fighting evil? When I found out that Reverend Carl leads the South Fork Baptist Church in Hodgenville, Kentucky and is an Iraq War vet and a Ph.D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, I reared back and shouted; “Amen!”

I dove into the text and the advertised headline matched the tenor and the tone of the story. That is a rarity in this “far-toomany-breaking-news” cycles we live in. This preacher admon-ished Trump subject-by-subject

A look at the Amber Guyger murder trial By Jihad Hassan Muhammad

The Final Call Contributing Editor @jihadhmuhammad

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Rep. Bowers welcomes community to Garland office (l) Rep. Rhetta Andrews Bowers with her staff Amber Guyger on witness stand

Community leaders welcomed Rep. Andrews Bowers to her new office. Botham Jean

alum talked about being the first in his family to graduate from high school and college. He also recalled his mother on the receiving of phone calls that made her cry, as she’d hear of an indiscretion or brush with the law, involving one of his older siblings. Mayor Gillum said he decided at a young age, “If I was ever going to make my mother cry it was going to be for something good not something bad.” Which brings me to my truth. Sunday, September 22, 2019, I met Botham Shem Jean’s maternal grandmother, Gloria Charles. Ms. Gloria and I talked about her grandson, who was murdered by then-Dallas Police officer, Amber Guyger. Follow the early narrative that was presented: On the evening of September 6, 2018, an unarmed Botham Shem Jean (26) was relaxing at home in his Dallas apartment, just a few blocks from the Dallas Police Department; enjoying watching television and eating a bowl of cereal. Officer Guyger was coming home from a long shift (13-1/2 hours), physically and mentally drained. She lived in the same South Side Flats, but on a different floor and on that fateful night, she went to the wrong apartment, entered and saw what she thought was an intruder, fired, killing Mr. Jean. Take a deep breath. Monday, September 23, 2019, Ms. Guyger’s murder trial began. Defense attorneys say Ms. Guyger mistakenly entered the wrong apartment, because she was on “mental autopilot” after a long shift. Text messages the defendant’s attorneys wanted to keep away from jurors told a different story. Those text messages were allowed in as evidence. The prosecution says the “dumping” of Ms. Guyger’s cell phone is very telling because it revealed the sexual relationship between the four-year officer and her partner, Sr. Corporal Martin Rivera, and conversations she had immediately before and after the shooting. A different narrative was presented by the prosecution, one where Ms. Guyger texted her See MY TRUTH, page 4

State Representative Rhetta Andrews Bowers (HD 113) recently hosted her official District Office Grand Opening. As she welcomed constituents and community leaders into their new space she expressed gratitude for the overwhelming support in her District. The ribbon cutting was followed by a reception and tours of the new office space. Among the attendees were several state and local leaders including Reps. Victoria Neave, Carl Sherman Sr. and Ana-Maria Ramos, Garland Mayor Scott LeMay and Rowlett Mayor Tammy Dana-Bashian. “Representing the business community of Garland means a lot, when a legislator’s voting record in Austin reflects how much they support our community. Representative Bowers has demonstrated her commitment to both businesses big and small in her district,” said Paul Mayer, CEO of the Garland Chamber of Commerce. “I am grateful to be here, because Representative Bowers truly cares

about the people of her district. As I’ve gotten to know her, I am inspired by how she engages with her constituents and truly desires to make her community a better place for all, “ said Rep. Sherman.Mayor Scott LeMay said, “We are very honored for Representative Bowers to locate her District office here in Garland. She has a lot of places she could have gone, but were grateful that she is here with us.” “I always want the Texans that I serve to know that I am accessible and that I stand ready to serve. Their concerns are my concerns and today underscores that commitment. I am glad to open our district office in a familiar and convenient location for the constituency and I am pleased to see people here form the Northern to the Southern boundaries of our district,” said Rep. Bowers. She was elected to serve District 113 in the Texas House of Representatives on Nov. 8, 2018. Growing up, Bowers was drawn to a life of activism at an early age.

Following the example of her mother, a prominent community leader, and her father, a nationally recognized surgeon, Bowers volunteered to phone bank for the late Congressman Mickey Leland as a pre-teen. Bowers has continued to invest her time and energy in her community. She has served as a substitute teacher and a PTA member with the Garland ISD. She was appointed to the Rowlett Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, where she served for eight years. She has continued to be an active member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., of which she is a lifetime member. Bowers is an alumna of Spelman College and Texas Southern University, earning her bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, with an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism. A native Houstonian, she currently resides in Rowlett, TX with her husband and their children.

EDITOR’s NOTE: Right at press time, the jury came back with a guilty verdict. After a break, the punishment phase was expected to begin. DALLAS—The murder trial of a White former police officer, Amber Guyger, caught the spotlight a little over a year after her bizarre killing of unarmed Black man, Botham Shem Jean, in his own home. She insists she mistook his apartment for her own. The onetime Dallas police officer had seemed unemotional, even apathetic during the trial. But defense attorneys said she was sorrowful for killing in self defense and in testimony Sept. 27, she cried. Prosecutors said there was no basis for self defense since Ms. Guyger’s life was never in danger. She entered Mr. Jean’s apartment while he was watching television and eating ice cream the night of September 6, 2018. The Black community and others wonder: Will the family of Mr. Jean receive justice, or will a onetime White law enforcement officer live free and unpunished after killing an unarmed and innocent Black person? Judge Tammy Kemp, the Black woman who presides over the trial, has been firm in saying she wants the jury to decide the case free of influence caused by electronic devices, nodding of heads or gestures in her courtroom. The sequestered jury consists of two Whites, one Asian, four Latinos, and five Blacks. Four jurors are men, and eight are women. There are also four alternates. The first week was an emotional one for the Jean family, many who came from the island of St. Lucia for the trial. They began their time back in Dallas on Sept. 22 by attending services at Cedar Crest Church of Christ. His grandmother, Gloria Charles, told those present it was important to not let her son become demonized as has been the case with other Black men who died at the hands of police. “He was a good boy, a very loving child,” she said. Jurors heard from Mr. Jean’s sister who spoke of how she still can’t believe he is gone. She shared the sense of great loss her family feels because of his death. Perhaps the most emotional distress experienced by the family was a video showing emergency professionals trying with much vigor to save Mr. Jean, who was still breathing when See MURDER, page 3

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

DBDT Presents: DanceAfrica, Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. 7:30p. Tickets: attpac.org. 10-4-5-19.

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Minority Business Month Breast Cancer Awareness Month Recurring Events Feeding The Needy, Host: Michael “Hollywood” Hernandez, 1641 Corsicana St, Dallas. 3-5p., Sundays. The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection, A. A. M. 3536 Grand Ave. 9-21-19 - 3-1-20.

Domestic Violence Fundraiser, Club Odyssey, 7439 W. Westmoreland Rd. 6-8p. Info: awayoutproject.org. Wu-Tang Clan: 36 Chambers 25th Anniversary Celebration Tour, The Bomb Factory, 2713 Canton St. Tickets: www.ticketfly.com. A Makeup Blow Out Sale Event, Hilton Garden Inn, 2325 N. 35 Fwy. 10a-5p. Fri., Sat. & Sun. Tickets: www.themakeupblowoutsale.com.

October 5

Soul Rep Theatre 13th Season: SHINE PLAY FESTIVAL. South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave.

18 Annual Sister to Sister 2019 5k Walk & Run, Alan E. Sims Recreation Center Parkerville Rd. Cedar Hill. 8a-12p.

Casa De Chocolate at the Women’s Museum, Mundo Latino, State Fair of Texas, 3800 Parry Ave. 10a-7p. Tickets: bigtex.com. 9-27-10-20-19.

Christians Night Out, Turning Point Church, 1020 E. Pleasant Run Rd. DeSoto. 7-10p. Tickets: squareup.com.

Sliver Stories Storytelling Circle, Bishop Arts Theatre 215 S. Tyler St.10-11a. Free Interactive Workshops. Contact Tiffany Jackson: 214-948-0716 ext.307. Tuesday’s.

4th Annual Mental Health Symposium, St. Luke Community United Methodist Church, 5710 E. R.L. Thornton Fwy. 8a-3:30p. Eventbrite.com.

October 2

A Better You with Ernestine Shepherd, City of DeSoto Corner Theatre, 211 Pleasant Run Rd. 10:30a & 3p. Sessions. Register: Eventbrite.com.

2019 National Pan-Hellenic Council of Dallas Meeting, A. A. M. 3536 Grand Ave. 6:30-8p. A Night of Healing – Awareness of Domestic Violence, Chocolate Secrets, 3926 Oak Lawn Ave. 7-9p. Eventbrite. Tasting LVE Wine by John Legend, Network Bar, 331 Singleton Blvd. 5:30-7:30p. Tickets: Eventbrite.com.

State Fair of Texas Fall 2019 SAT Math Prep, Cornerstone Baptist Church,1819 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. 9a.-12:30p. Contact: ucrossroads16@gmail.com. DanceAfrica Festival & Market Place, Annette Strauss Square, 2389 Flora St. 10a.-3p. Free to Public. Fluffy-N-Fitness: Confidence Walk, Fitness Connection, 2550 W. Red Bird Ln. 8a.-12p. Tickets: fluffynfitness.ticketleap.com.

Miles Davis: Birth of Cool Documentary, Angelika Film Center & Café, 5321 E. Mockingbird Ln. #230. Times vary. Tickets: www.angelikafilmcenter.com

October 3 Fundraiser for Daniel Davis Clayton, The Pipkin Law Firm, 3500 Maple Ave. #1250.

Breast Health Education, Mammogram Screening, Singing Hill Baptist Church, 6550 University Hills Blvd. 8a1p. Contact: Vickie Henry 214-266-4398.

October 6-10

Fire Prevention Evening, Zula B. Wylie Library, 225 Cedar St. Cedar Hill. 4-7p.

64th Annual Homecoming Gospel Meeting, Speaker: Randall Tucker Eastside Church of Christ, 2000 E. 1st St. Garland. Sun. 9am. Mon.-Wed. 7-8:30pm.

October 11-13

October 6 A Day of Inspiration & Gospel Feat: Tye Tribbett and more, State Fair of Texas, 3p. & 6p. Reggae Sunday Brunch, Hero’s Lounge 3094 N. 35 Fwy. Dallas. 11a-3p. Sun: Caribbean Breakfast & Lunch.

October 7 Big Thought 30 Years Talent Recruitment, Big Thought 1409 S. Lamar St. #1015. 9-10:30a. RSVP to kiara. dismuke@bigthought.org. 25th Pastoral Anniversary: Bishop Kevin & Pastor Sonjia Dickerson, Hilton DFW Lakes Hotel, 1800 Hwy 26 E, Grapevine. Tickets: 972-399-7729.

October 8 IHCC Café con Nosotros, IHCC 135 S. Jefferson St. Irving. 8:30-9:30a. Info: www.irvingHCC.com. In The Mix Construction Networking Event, Turney W. Leonard Governance & Training Center, 5151 Samuel Blvd. 4p. Reg: www.dallasisdinthemix.eventbrite.com. Line Dance Class, G-Town Soul Line Dancers-Ingrid’s Line Dance Class, 1146 Castle Dr. Garland. 7p.

Route 2 Book Release & Book Signing, Pan African Connection, 4466 S. Marsalis Ave. 7-9p. Free registration: here: grindinginreallife.com/events Happy Hour with Don Diego, Chocolate Lounge Exclusive 4222 W. Camp Wisdom Rd. 6pm-8pm. In Her Shoes: Experimental Training, CASA, 2757 Swiss Ave. 9-11a. RSVP: Eventbrite.com. Up Town Happy Hour Friday’s, Tate’s, 2723 McKinney Ave. 4.-10p. Evenbrite.com.

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October 12 4th Annual Equanimity Awards, Valder Beebe, Ester Davis & Linda Amerson, Grapevine Rec. Center 1175 Municipal Way. 6-10p. Info: www.eqtmag.com.

Dallas ISD Superintendent’s Scholarship Golf Classic, Cowboys Golf Club, 1600 Fairway Dr. Grapevine. 8a. Info: 972-925-3448.

Walk and Run Cancer Awareness 2019, Les Zeiger Park 400 Eagle Dr., DeSoto. 7:30a. Tickets: Evenbrite.

Wednesday Wine & Jazz, Box Garden in Legacy Hall, 7800 Windrose Ave. Plano. 6-11p. Tickets: Eventbrite.com.

Elite News Presents: WOW Women Of Wisdom 6th Annual Gala, Emcee Cheryl Smith, A.H. Belo Mansion, 2101 Ross Ave. 12p. Info: Call 214-775-9955.

Let’s Get Spooky for Fall Festive, Lakewood Brewing Company, 2302 Executive Dr. Garland. 7-9p. Tickets: www.yaymaker.com.

October 10-11 F D H Ministries Speaking Truth to Power 2019, Friendship-West Baptist Church, 2020 Wheatland Rd. speakingpower.net.

Come Laugh With Me 1st Thursdays. Brick House Lounge, 2021 N. Hampton Rd., DeSoto. 8:30p-1:30a. Tickets: Eventbrite.com.

Dominique Cares Gala, Emcee: LeTitia Owens Delta Hotels by Marriott, 777 Watters Creek Blvd., Allen. 6-11:30p. Tickets: Eventbrite.com.

The Stormproof Way To Build Your Brand Host: Tresa Chambers, Microsoft Store 8687 N. 75 Fwy. #1612, 7-9p. Register: meetup.com/entrepreneur-brandstorming.

DeSoto Dining and Dialogue Dinner Event, Corner theatre 211 E. Pleasant Run. Rd. 6:30-8:30pm. Tickets: www.desotodd.org.

Congresswoman Johnson’s 27th Annual Community Appreciation Day, Lancaster Recreation Center, 1700 Veterans Memorial Pkwy. 10a-1p.

Unmasked: Book Launch Party, Omni Hotel Dallas 555 S. Lamar St. 7-10pm. Tickets: www.poeticheart.org.

2nd Annual Plano Food Wine Festival, Shops at Willow Bend, 6121 W. Park Blvd. Plano. 2-7p.

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Rep. Collin Allred: Richardson Area Conversation, Yale Elementary, 1900 E. Collins Blvd. Richardson. 11:30a-1:30p. Tickets: Eventbrite.com.

10 Annual Tarrant County Harambee Festival, Historic Evans Ave. Plaza, 1050 Evans Ave. Ft. Worth. Fri. 6p. & Sat. 9a. Free.

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her dog. “I was scared that someone was in my apartment and was going to kill me,” she said through tears. “This is not about hate I was scared.” In her testimony Ms. Guyger said how the Dallas Police Department drilled her during training to always see a suspect’s hands, calling out, “Let me see your hands!” Prosecutors said Ms. Guyger gave no such commands to Mr. Jean. When prosecutors asked Ms. Guyger did she feel sympathy for Mr. Jean the night she killed him, the sympathy displayed during her testimony? Her response was yes. Moments later they showed her not crying as Mr. Jean’s dead body passed her as she sat in a squad car. She was seen on video cam appearing unemotional, looking at her phone. During cross examination, the prosecution told the jury Ms. Guyger never said Mr. Jean put her in fear or was armed and coming at her, to her fellow officers or a 911 dispatcher. Ms. Guyger said she performed basic life support. When asked she said, “I performed a little CPR.” There was no blood on her uniform to indicate she did. Prosecutors argued several times that Ms. Guyger put her needs and wants over a dying Mr. Jean—texting and not giving the dying man her undivided attention and walking away more than twice instead of administering life support while her first aid bag was inches away. During her testimony it was also revealed that she did not rely on her training. Ms. Guyger admitted she had not taken a position of cover and concealment or dispatch a radio call for assistance with police help two minutes away. Her general orders were left unattended and void while Mr. Jean lay dying. Ms. Guyger appeared to be caught in several lies during cross examination. She said she was tired yet was planning to go back to the gym. She said her morals stopped her from continuing a sexual relationship with her married partner yet was sexting for a meeting with her lover the night of Mr. Jean’s killing. Even her supposed fear of the surrounding community was found untrue. Prosecutors showed a text message she sent a fellow officer about how much she loved her new apartment and neighborhood. “The intent to kill, which is one of the elements of murder, was satisfied by Amber Guyger in her shooting of Jean. She did not have to kill him, she could have called for backup, but instead she decided to kill him,” said Atty. Jeryl Christmas, who has dealt with police shooting cases and is based in St. Louis. Atty. Christmassaid the self defense argument should not stand. Mr. Christmas along with his colleague, Atty. Pamela Muhammad of Houston, Texas, helped residents of Ferguson fight charges in the aftermath of protests following the 2014 killing of Mike Brown Jr. “Guyger’s defense is so ridiculous. It goes back to the old White supremacist theory that Black people don’t have rights that they are bound to even respect. The notion that this could even be presented by Guyger is totally absurd,” declared Atty. Muhammad. “Her theory is based on the idea that White people are entitled to more protection than Black people.” “The fact that she can even say that she did not have the requisite intent to kill Botham just because she shot, because she had all these things going in her head, this poor innocent and defenseless White female, etc. That defense is purely illogical for a trained police officer and full of bias that we

see all the time,” added Atty. Muhammad, and Atty. Christmas agreed. Gwen L. Hodrick, Licensed Professional Counselor, LCDC, bestselling author said a mental state tied to White supremacy in America is alive, well, and present in the Amber Guyger case. Alshaheed Muhamlomad, student minister of the Nation of Islam mosque in Dallas, added, “It’s the old European paradigm. In slavery the White women would accuse the Black man of raping her while she was engaging in something unethical or unchristian like, yet the White dominant male justice structure would do whatever they wanted to the Black man and call it justice. Amber Guyger’s defense theory is no different.” Ms. Smith was not optimistic even with five Blacks on the 12-person jury. “I have seen so many times when we think we are going to get justice because there are people that look like you on the panel. That is not necessarily so,” she said. “I want people to look at the facts in front of them and act accordingly.” No matter the trial outcome, the Nation of Islam in Dallas is prepared to help Black people move wisely, said Min. Muhammad. “If she walks, we don’t want to see our people gunned down in the streets if there is a protest. We help to make sure our people are safe and direct our minds to what the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan is organizing us to do, which is to build our own community and separate from those who will not give us justice.”

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they arrived. Some Jean family members sobbed leaving the courtroom as the video played. Cheryl Smith, a longtime National Association of Black Journalists board member, multi-platform journalist and newspaper owner of the Texas Metro News, Garland Journal and I Messenger Media online, was in the courtroom. “First, two officers and then paramedics worked diligently on Mr. Jean. They encouraged him as they performed CPR. You could hear the passion in their voice as they said, ‘come on chief, come on big man,’ while they tried to save his life. It was like they were praying for him to breathe,” Ms. Smith said. Several veteran Dallas police personnel told The Final Call that Ms. Guyger’s protocol as a police officer required that she wait and call for back up if she perceived someone was in her apartment committing a burglary. She should not have entered the dwelling by herself to take on any possible intruder, they said. Additionally, she should have been found administering CPR, to try to prevent a fatality, until paramedics arrived. According to the defense, she did administer CPR. Video captures her pacing back and forth in the hall of the Southside Flats apartments on the phone minutes after shooting Mr. Jean. Immediately after shooting him, phone records show Ms. Guyger texted her patrol partner, Sr. Corporal Martin Rivera, saying, “I f----d up!” Prosecutors wondered how sorrowful she could be without even an attempt to save the life of Botham Shem Jean. Ms. Guyger’s defense attorneys described her as being on mental auto-pilot due to a grueling schedule that left her too tired to know she was at the wrong apartment, on the wrong floor with a red doormat. Text messages the defense wanted concealed from the jury, but were allowed by Judge Kemp, showed something else. It was revealed that Ms. Guyger, who was fired by the department after the shooting, and partner Rivera, a married man, were involved in a sexual relationship. Ms. Guyger wanted to see Sr. Corporal Rivera later that night, texting him about such desires shortly before arriving at Mr. Jean’s apartment. The defense paints the picture of Ms. Guyger fearing for her life as she entered the apartment belonging to Mr. Jean. They contend she mistook him for an armed burglar and fired her weapon. “Apparently, they were having some issues with the door, it’s supposed to make a whirring sound to let you know, but a red light came on the door with no sound,” said Ms. Smith. “They are saying the door was not closed. She came in and the defense would have you to believe that something took place. “But the trajectory of the bullet shows that her at 5’3 and him at 6’1 or so that the bullet was shot down. He could have conceivably been sitting down eating that bowl of ice cream as shown in the evidence when he was shot,” said Ms. Smith, adding that both the defense and prosecutors agreed there was no prior relationship between the two. Ms. Guyger testified that she wanted to be assigned in the Southeast section of Dallas, which is predominantly a Black community, because that’s where she would get the most training because of high crime. The defense attorney made a point to ask her about the neighborhood surrounding the Southside Flats, which she said was riddled with homeless people who jumped gates to sleep on patios and she did not fully feel safe when she walked

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We must not normalize poverty and inequality THE LAST WORD By DR. JULIANNE MALVEAUX When the income and poverty data were released on September 10, the commentary touted the progress that the data reflected. The poverty rate dropped by half a percentage point, down to 11.8 percent. For the first time, the poverty rate is lower than it was in 2007, before the beginning of the Great Recession. But wages only rose significantly among Asian Americans, and the poverty rates, by demographics, were 8.1 percent for whites, 20.8 percent for African Americans, 17.6 percent for Hispanics, and 10.1 percent for Asian Americans. When we celebrate the drop in the poverty rate, we normalize the fact that African Americans have a much higher poverty rate than whites do. In simply acknowledging the poverty rate drop, without focusing on the much higher poverty rate of African Americans, we imply that high African American poverty rates are acceptable. They are not. There should be no discussion of poverty rates without an acknowledgment that economic recovery has been extremely uneven, and the distribution of poverty is uneven as well. It is important to note that if we bemoan high poverty rates, we must acknowledge the progress that comes with lower ones. Things are indeed

â&#x20AC;&#x153;betterâ&#x20AC;? at the micro economic level and better in the aggregate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Betterâ&#x20AC;? for who, we might ask. When we talk about poverty prevention, it is essential to acknowledge that some communities need more help than others do, which is why we should consider targeted programs. Unfortunately, too many assert that we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blackâ&#x20AC;? programs in a multicultural society. But if Black people experience more poverty, they need more help. While the poverty rate dropped the proportion of people without health insurance or access to health care rose. In 2017, 7.9 percent of all people had no health insurance. By 2018, in just one year, the number jumped to 8.5 percent. At least 27.5 million Americans have no health insurance. That number is deceptive because many who have health insurance cannot afford their copayments and so only visit medical professionals when their situation is dire. While the health data must be nuanced to reveal that the situation is worse than the numbers suggest, the simple increase in the number of folks without health insurance is alarming. If some legislators have

their way, even more people will lack access to health insurance, and with the stagnant incomes revealed from the income and poverty data, increasing numbers will be unable to manage their copayments. Similarly, celebrations about the historic low in the Black unemployment rate tend to normalize the fact that Black people experience proportionately more unemployment than others. When the unemployment rate numbers were released on the first Friday of September, the overall rate was 3.7 percent; while the overall rate for Black folks was 5.5 percent, and 4.4 percent for Black women. While acknowledging this historic low, it is essential to note that the overall Black rate remains twice as high as the white rate. Bragging about the lower rate without acknowledging the unemployment rate gap suggests that Black folks are supposed to have higher unemployment rates than others. There are lots of problems with

the unemployment rate, especially around participate rates that suggest that some are dropping out of the labor force. The unemployment rate data, just like the income and poverty data, also show stagnant wages. Too many are working, but not making a living wage, as the poverty data suggest. The minimum wage has not increased in a decade, and while many cities and states have higher minimum wages, the majority do not. The South, particularly, has been resistant to increasing wages. The South is also the region of the country with the highest poverty rate. Our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy conversation too often normalizes African American economic disadvantage. When an 11.8 percent poverty rate is reported, and the Black unemployment rate is not, it implies that the 20.8 percent rate (one in five Black people) is not a matter of concern. When a 5.5 percent â&#x20AC;&#x153;historic lowâ&#x20AC;? unemployment rate is reported, but the unemployment rate gap is not, it implies that there is supposed to be an unemployment rate gap and Black people are supposed to have higher unemployment rates than whites. We cannot normalize inequality by only partly reporting on reality. Even as we report on economic progress, we must also report on the uneven ways growth affects Black communities.

MY TRUTH Continued from page 1 partner asking if he wanted to â&#x20AC;&#x153;touch.â&#x20AC;? Now one of my former students would ask, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Does she mean she wants to have sex?â&#x20AC;? Well, you be the judge. Prosecutors contend that she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that mentally drained if she was making plans for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;hook-upâ&#x20AC;? later on that evening. Prosecutors also say at the very time that she was on the phone with a 911 operator, having shot Mr. Jean, instead of rendering aid, she was texting her partner that she had â&#x20AC;&#x153;fâ&#x20AC;Ś..d up!â&#x20AC;? Defense attorneys say the attention that should have been given to Mr. Jean, was not. Well, Ms. Gloria has some obvious and serious concerns. First and foremost, she says she does not want her grandson to be demonized. After all, he was the victim, she said, and he is not around to defend himself or clear his name. But he does have family members and loved ones who will gladly vouch for his character, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was a very good boy, a very loving child,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Gloria said, of the man who was affectionately called, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bo.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;He stayed with me most of the time when school was out.â&#x20AC;? She also went on to talk about his involvement in the church, pointing out that he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;born in the church.â&#x20AC;? Gifted with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;beautiful voice,â&#x20AC;? his grandmother said, he loved to sing and loved especially singing spiritual songs. A

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Help prevent gun violence in urban neighborhoods

By Russell Simmons

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At the beginning of this summer, I wrote an Op-Ed for the National Newspaper Publishers Association. I asked for support for the antiviolence programs around the country and many of you responded. For that, I am grateful. One of the things that I have done over the last 10 years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with the exception of 2018 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is host a dinner for the mothers of deceased children

in my old hood in Queens, New York. The deceased children all died because of senseless gun violence. The recent dinners have had mostly the same mothers because Life Camp, the program that I support, and the residents have held the violence to a minimum. This year was very, very different. Instead of going directly to the dinner, I was asked to stop at a church for a wake. My brother who I grew up with, Marcellus, lost his son, Marcellus, Jr., who was on his way to college in just two days.

Marcellus Jr. was one of the 13 that were shot, and of the nine who were murdered, in last 10 days. I went to the church and saw Marcellus Sr. and I thought of images of him in our childhood. We hugged the same way I hugged the brothers, the sisters, and the mother of his son. Only with him, I started to cry. I was home. It was my Hollis family and we were hurting. They, especially the father and the uncle, helped the whole thing to hit home harder. The way it should. It reminded me that this wake was not business as usual, but instead

it was critical for my own spiritual survival and growth. We had planned the dinner over a month ago, but the murders and the funerals we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have predicted. At the dinner, we recommitted to work on lifting our community. We reaffirmed our love for each other and our work. Today, I am asking for all my Queens Congress members, City Council members, rappers, and hip-hop success stories to join me in helping Life Camp expand their good work. I promise to donate more and support more than I have in the past. The time is now what will you do? With great love, all things are possible.

Standing up for those struggling to survive

By Congressman Elijah Cummings

I was hungry; You gave me something to eat Here in Maryland, one of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wealthiest States, one in every eight households faces a constant struggle against hunger; more than one in every five households with children struggle to obtain enough food to provide regular, healthy meals for their family; and nearly one in ten Marylanders lives below the federal poverty line. I recall these harsh and unacceptable statistics from the advocacy coalition, Maryland Hunger Solutions [http://www/ mdhungersolutions.org], for a compelling reason. When so many of our neighbors are struggling just to survive, eliminating the pain of hunger in America should constantly remain in the forefront of our minds. Contained within the anonymity of these statistics, these Maryland neighbors are human beings just like

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you and me. As a people striving to be more just, more human, and more humane, we must not turn away. We must not cast these neighbors aside. We must think, hard and long, about how best to eliminate this widespread and unacceptable hardship, and then we must act. An attempt to override the Congress Our nation has responded to the imperative of feeding our most desperately hungry people with a series of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Farm Billsâ&#x20AC;? that support agriculture while also providing food for the poorest of our poor citizens. Without these bipartisan compromises, many farms would fail, harming us all, and millions of Americans would be closer to starving. The Maryland Department of Human Resources estimates that more than 650,000 Marylanders receive nutrition help each month through the federal-state partnership known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Some of these Maryland SNAP recipients have become eligible based upon their receipt of other federal benefits (like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), although the amount of financial help that they receive is still calculated based upon their income. This â&#x20AC;&#x153;broad based categorical eligibility,â&#x20AC;? was retained in the

bipartisan compromise Farm Bill that the Congress passed last year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a compromise that the Trump Administration is now attempting to override. The Administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Agriculture has proposed a regulation that would severely restrict the right of states like Maryland to utilize â&#x20AC;&#x153;broad based categorical eligibilityâ&#x20AC;? and, thereby, to expand eligibility for SNAP from 135 percent to 200 percent of the federal poverty line. I was hungry. You gave me nothing to eat. For millions of Americans, including tens of thousands here in Maryland, if the Trump Administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to limit eligibility for SNAP succeeds, the consequences will be catastrophic. An estimated 3 million Americans (perhaps 50,000 here in Maryland) would lose the nutrition assistance that they need in their struggles to survive; and hundreds of thousands of American children would become ineligible for free school meals. The Trump Administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Agriculture has admitted that its proposed restriction of SNAP eligibility will make food insecurity worse and make it harder for millions of Americans to get by. Republicans often make speeches about helping hungry Americans escape the cycle of poverty, but this

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SNAP proposal disproportionately harms the very Americans who are working, struggling to make ends meet, and might, with some extra help, actually be able to succeed. Republicans talk about statesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rights when it suits them, but not when it comes to the flexibility of states to meet the needs of their foodinsecure populations. To those who will suffer, this must seem a bitter irony indeed. Stand Up As our rapidly transforming economy continues to leave working families and our most vulnerable behind, federal programs like SNAP are desperately needed. We also must remind the Trump Administration that, under our Constitution, the Congress, and not the President, determines how federal dollars are to be spent. As House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal of Massachusetts has declared, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Congress rejected this very proposal in the 2018 Farm Bill, and it is unlawful for the administration to attempt to override the law without congressional authorization.â&#x20AC;? This Administration has made its disregard for the welfare of our people â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and our law â&#x20AC;&#x201C; quite clear. Now, we must fight for what is right.

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native of Saint Lucia, the accountant came to Texas after graduating from Harding University in 2016 and was working at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, an accounting firm. Mrs. Jean is dealing with the loss of her son, but admittedly it is hard for her. Yes, she is shedding tears; there have been many tears; some for the joyous life her son lived and some for the unfortunate way he died. The family members are leaning on one another, their faith and the international outpouring of support. Then there are also the attorneys, who have treated the Jeans as family. Attys. Ben Crump, Lee Merritt and Daryl Washington are representing the Jeans. Mr. Bertram Jean says his son was â&#x20AC;&#x153;never in trouble.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I brought him up in the church,â&#x20AC;? he said, after he preached the sermon at Cedar Crest Church of Christ on Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He stayed the course. He was loving and affable, and he was excited about life.â&#x20AC;? To hear the stories about â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boâ&#x20AC;? The trial is expected to go on for two weeks. Judge Tammy Kemp is focused on ensuring a fair and impartial trial. In the courtroom on Monday, the judge cautioned against â&#x20AC;&#x153;commentary from those in courtroom,â&#x20AC;? which included head nodding or outbursts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let the jury decide,â&#x20AC;? said Judge Kemp. And once the sequestered jury has decided there will probably be more tears. Clearly this is an emotional situation and some like me are just plain tired. We want justice and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tired of the tears of despair that seem never-ending. Given a chance, we can have more Andrew Gillumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Botham Jeans - men who bring joy. But we must protect them and we must give each young man and lady an opportunity. What can we do? Good question and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d better find some answers soon because WE MUST!

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PERSPECTIVES It was an amazing site witnessed last Friday by the world’s adults when nearly four million children, including many in North Texas, gathered in cities, suburban and rural areas and in villages to express their outrage that elected officials and policy makers are doing very little to reverse a changing climate which is a direct threat to them. The young people, many of them taking a day off from school, spoke to the world in one clear voice, declaring that their futures, their ability to earn income and to live decent and productive lives is in doubt and that doing nothing was unacceptable to

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Recently on Cierra’s Interlude, I had the pleasure of talking to Kyla Taylor who attends Clark Atlanta University and is working toward getting her degree in political science with a minor in psychology. Politics are involved in our everyday lives. There are many issues we’re surrounded by that continuously go unnoticed. Many of our politicians fight for what they believe is right in creating fairness within communities. I knew it was only right I

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same students witnessed them. the viciousness of Hurricane In cities such Cape Town, Berlin, New York, BY CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON Harvey just two years ago which brought their city Kampala, New Delhi, Melbourne, Houston and Congresswoman Johnson represents the 30th congressional and the region to a lifedistrict of Texas in the US House of Representatives. threatening standstill. Dallas they demanded a They joined their fellow future in which they and students in their outrage their families would be The young people, many of them taking a day off from because they have seen unharmed by poisonous air quality, raging storms school, spoke to the world in one clear voice, declaring the danger and witnessed the burdens that changing and changing weather patterns that have that their futures, their ability to earn income and to live climates can bring. Like their fellow students recently resulted in death decent and productive lives is in doubt and that doing and many others they are and destruction. tired of those who refuse In speech after speech nothing was unacceptable to them. to take the actions that the they declared that they remember those who were ed homes and destroyed world’s leading scientists were frightened about their futures, and reminded indifferent to them, and their property, students marched describe as necessary. and chanted in loud voices, In the House of those who listened that they demands. In Houston where Tropical “Our streets flood, so we flood Representatives we have would soon be of voting age, and that they would Storm Imelda recently flood- the streets.” Many of these passed legislation designed

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to stop the rise of dangerous green-house gas emissions whose presence in our atmosphere leads to the warming of our planet. The Republican controlled Senate has refused to consider the legislation, aligning itself with President Trump and his administration. The children are being purposeful, and we should be very proud of them. They bring great meaning to the words that are found in 3 John 1:4 which reads, “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Issues in the Education System got Kyla to vocalize her opinions and share valuable information that would enlighten not only me, nonetheless all millennials. On last week’s episode, I also talked to Anthony Council who also hosts “Anthony Council’s Leadership” on Blog Talk Radio. He has now entered his first semester of college and knows there will be many challenges for him. We discussed issues in the education system and what he believes should change in order for students to succeed in the future. Here is some of what he had to say. Cierra Mayes: You

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mentioned the classes you are taking. Are the classes you’re taking hard? Anthony Council: Let’s just

say they are very different. I’m taking a Mandarin class, African American experience class, English 101, and a communication class. The Mandarin class is really fun. I do want to be more versatile and be fluent in Mandarin, whether I go off to another country. I’m learning a lot in my African American history class. You know in high school they don’t really go into detail about African American history. What we learn in high school it took a week to learn more than I ever knew in high school.

CM: Do you think that your high school education has prepared you for college? AC: No, I’ll be honest, No. The reason why I say that so expeditiously because I think it only helps you if you’re a STEM major. When the professor is talking more about life academics, I don’t think high school has taught you that. High school just has a set of rules where they teach you certain things over a period of time, that’s it. So, for high school what our people are known to do is learn everything for a test. Then you forget all about it next year. This stuff that these professors are teaching prepares us for life in the real world. CM: Were you in any communication classes in high school?

AC: I was part of the Lead program at my school. The Lead is a program where we talk about the four schools in our district. We talked about news that’s happening at other schools, sports that happens there. This was an elective and not just a specific subject. I say going back, electives actually helped out a lot. It was a pleasure talking to Anthony about issues in the education system.

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QUIT PLAYIN’Continued from page 1 and annotated every salvo with a quote from Abraham Lincoln. “Hallelujah” was the only commensurate response. “Thank You Jesus” followed! Not that fake, phony, fauxreligious Jesus that supporters of Trump hold up as an aegis of the Whiteness. My Hallelujah was to that real Jesus. The Matthew 25 Jesus who would never leave the poor and the powerless. That Matthew 21 Jesus who whipped the money changers for feeding on the poor. The late Dr. Manuel L. Scott Sr., who pastored in Dallas, once said; “Jesus uses his advantage, to the advantage of the disadvantaged.” In other words, if Jesus were POTUS he would not require papers from Bahamians who lived through 150 mph winds for four days. Let that settle in your spirit.

Pastor Carl made several points that made me shout! Be humble. You called an experienced reporter a “lightweight.” Let’s be honest, you are a lightweight too. We all are. God is the only heavyweight who knows it all and gets it right all the time. That should keep things in perspective for all of us. You are not the ultimate Commander-In-Chief. May we all be reminded of our national motto, “In God We Trust” and be more faithful to Him, avoiding the temptation to trust more in a politician, party, or post. “I rejoice with you in the success which has, so far, attended that cause. Yet in all our rejoicing let us neither express, nor cherish, any harsh feeling towards any citizen who, by his vote, has differed with us. Let us at

all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in the bonds of fraternal feeling.” Abraham Lincoln, Remarks at Springfield, Illinois (November 20, 1860) Choose kindness. Goodness speaks much louder and more effectively than harsh words. Gentleness builds up instead of tearing down. The world is hateful enough. Meekness is not a weakness, but strength. The world needs more light and hope. My prayer is that you grow into a bright beacon of joy and peace in a traumatized universe. “This struggle is too large for you to be diverted from it by any small matter.” Abraham Lincoln, Speech to the One Hundred Sixty-fourth Ohio Regiment, Delivered at Washington, D.C. (August

18, 1864) Let’s Keep Things in Perspective. At the end of the day, being right or wrong on social media regarding the prediction of a catastrophic weather event like Hurricane Dorian isn’t the main issue. Thousands of souls are suffering and they need our prayers, encouragement, and support. We need good leaders. Please lead us well. “Sincerely, Jonathan Carl, a Lightweight Husband, Father, Pastor, and Latest Trump-Tweet Casualty.” It was as if the Twitter sphere dropped its demand for brevity. This preacher found a way to “clap back” and get his whole point across. Tweets are short range missiles. This letter was a long-range bomb that

left shrapnel everywhere. Hallelujah! Dr. Zan Wesley Holmes says that anytime you shout “Hallelujah” when someone else gets his or her just due, there ought to be some self-reflection. Sometimes we can’t see the sin in our own lives until we see it in others. Example: You hear a sermon about David taking Bathsheba away from Uriah and you remember the whoremonger that you are or have been. Ouch!

Therefore, in the midst of my Hallelujahs, I had to say “Hallelujah Ouch.” My social media responses are sometimes coarse and like Trump, I should think before pressing the “send” button. I’ve seen some of your SM responses and there are enough of us to create an “Ouch” chorus. Don’t judge me. Thanks, Pastor Carl, for showing us the way! #OUCH#QuitPlayin.

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AD Astra A REVIEW BY

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Even after watching the movie, I still didn’t know that the phrase, Ad Astra meant so I had to do an internet search to get the definition of the title. According to Wikipedia, Ad Astra is a Latin phrase meaning “to the stars”. The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote sic itur Ad Astra (“Thus one journeys to the stars”. Knowing what the title meant gave me a much better understanding of the film. It’s a movie, starring Brad Pitt, that’s about traveling thru time and space. Pitt plays Roy McBride, the son of a

legendary astronaut, H. Clifford McBride (Tommy Lee Jones), who was thought to be missing in space, but NASA tells the younger astronaut they believe his father to still be alive after being presumed dead for three years. The younger McBride, Pitt, sets out to the deepest part of the universe to try and discover the truth, whether or not his father is living or dead. Also, part of his mission is to save the universe from destruction because of scientific experiments that are being performed to try and find life in the universe. NASA thinks the experiments are being conducted by the older McBride and Pitt wants to prove them wrong. Pitt does an excellent job with his portrayal as a conflicted hero. He has nerves of steel, who even in the most dangerous of situations, has never had his pulse rise above 80 while on a

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mission. On the other side of the spectrum, he’s incapable of having a personal relationship because of the resentment he holds from losing his father. His conflict makes for a very interesting story. Ad Astra has a run time of 2 hours and 2 minutes. It’s a very cerebral sci-fi action movie with only one fault. The movie gets off to a very slow start. The opening scene is action-packed but then there’s a long lull before anything really gets going again in the movie. The movie is rated PG13 for violence and on my “Hollywood Popcorn Scare” I rate AD ASTRA a LARGE. Join Hollywood Hernandez every Sunday at Feeding The Needy 834 South Ervay Street, Dallas 3-5 pm

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The Valder Beebe Show audience is made-up of 89.9% Baby Boomer women. As we go into the Fall 2019 season with the mantra “Vision” this segment we take a look at aging and can you afford it? Mary Sue Patchett – Brookdale Senior Living Executive Vice President of Operations was a guest in the Valder Beebe Show studios with a discussion on taking care of an aging parent or loved one is not easy and can become emotionally and financially difficult if you are not prepared. According to a new survey conducted by One Poll on behalf of Brookdale Senior Living, 58% of adult children polled said talking about senior living with their parents was uncomfortable and stressful, while 49% of adult children have not discussed financial planning for their parents’ later years.

Did You Know? • 41% of adult children have no plan in place for their parents in the event of a medical emergency or sudden passing. • 36% said they would consider assisted or independent living. • Most people think the average annual cost for a senior living community is $59,287. • 33% said they will not be able to afford senior living. • Most people (46.1%) said they plan to pay for senior living with their savings. –Text Provided by Mary Sue Patchett’s Publicist. VBS: Ms. Patchett, I wanted to speak with you as I broadcast live across America on an FM platform. The Valder Beebe Show reaches a large audience, and 89.9% are Baby Boomer women as our audience. I thought this is an important subject to discuss with you as Brookdale’s Senior Vice President. MSP: Valder, your listeners, Baby Boomer women are the number one profiled in our recent survey of about twothousand Americans who will make that decision. In the survey, about 58% of those polled already worry about their parents living without assistance.

VBS: Ms. Patchett, how do we begin that conversation? MSP: Nearly two-thirds of the survey respondents said having that conversation about senior living is uncomfortable. So I hope we can provide tips today for your audience. VBS: Is there a ‘best’ time to have this conversation with your parents? MSP: I think the best time is before there is an emergency. Be proactive about it now. Ask what are your long-term goals? And how can you help?

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Let him get a job! Dear Alma, My husband was laid off and I’m only working part time, so we’re having a hard time paying our bills and making ends meet. We hardly have enough money to pay the rent, and every day we worry about how we can make it. When my grandmother died, she left me some of her valuables -- a beautiful ornate mirror, fine china and some jewelry. My husband told me to sell some of the jewelry so that we could get some money. I don’t want to do that, but I know we need to pay our bills.

What do you think? Anonymous Awww, sweetie, I’m sorry. I know this is a difficult time for you and your husband. You didn’t mention any kids, so I assume it’s just the two of you. I think you guys should exhaust all of your resources and make selling your grandmother’s heirlooms a very last (about to be evicted) resort. Once it’s gone, you can’t get it back. The decision to sell something so precious should be your individual decision, not a joint one. She was your grandmother, so you have a ton of love invested in her

memory. It’s really not his place to suggest you cut those ties that bind. I’m sure given the right amount of thought and sacrifice, you two can come up with other options. I’d suggest, if you haven’t already, putting yourselves on a super-duper strict budget. I’m talking about the oatmeal, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, ramen noodles every night budget! Vegetables will become a luxury and replace your meat options. You should also take a look at what I call your “side bills” and see what you can live without. Side bills are things like cable, wifi, cell phones and

On From Marva with Love, I had the pleasure of interviewing Randy Corinthian. Randy has been an active musician for over 20 years. As CEO of RC Music Group, Randy holds degrees from Florida A&M University and Florida State University. He’s performed alongside many notables including, Rhonda Ross & Rodney Kendrick, Gerald Albright, Bobby Caldwell, Ellis Marsalis, Myron Butler, and Alex Bugnon. He currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Music at Broward College and maintains an active performance schedule, performing a wide variety of musical styles. The weekend of August 30-September 1, 2019 was the 3rd Riverfront Jazz Festival hosted by The Black Academy of Arts And Letters. Randy performed on the Main Jazz Stage with Rhonda Ross & Rodney Kendrick. Randy plays the Saxophone. This was Randy’s first time to come to Dallas. Marva Sneed: Randy, your bio is beautiful. I can see God’s hand all over your life and your musical career. How long have you been playing? Randy Corinthian: I have been playing for about 30 years now. I started when I was very young. I took to it, I was drawn, I was smitten. I started in Middle School. I played

through High School and I earned a Scholarship to Florida A&M University and I marched in the “Famous Marching 100.” I proceeded to play all through undergraduate. I had the opportunity to pursue music at the graduate level for Florida State University. All through those years I played professionally as well, until I finished college. I began to teach and play professionally. Teaching was in the forefront and performing was in the background until maybe about five years ago. I reversed it to performance and production which is now the primary basis of my work. I still maintain an education presence with the work that I do at the college with those students as well. MS: Randy, you are an educator, producer and musician. What do you enjoy the most? RC: This is a tough question for me. It’s going to be difficult to answer choosing any one thing because there is much to be enjoyed in each one. But if you force me to pick one I would have to say playing.... Randy Corinthian’s music is available for digital download on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play. Follow Randy on Facebook and Instagram @ RandyCorinthian and Twitter @Q9Sax

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Judges stress importance of Census 2020

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gym memberships. Cut back on gas, which can be expensive. Try walking places or taking the bus. Maybe you can work full-time until your husband finds a job. Keep your head up. Things will get better; it won’t be like this forever. Alma Alma Gill’s newsroom experience spans over 25 years, including various roles at USA Today, Newsday and the Washington Post. Email questions to: alwaysaskalma@yahoo. com. Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma.

As part of their effort to increase African American awareness and involvement in the 2020 Census in Texas, local Dallas County judges gathered recently at the African American Museum to participate in the production of public service announcements about the importance of participating in the 2020 census.

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Lee leads women golfers

By Dorothy J. Gentry Sports Editor Once upon a time, Gladys Lee had absolutely no interest in golf. “I was just like everybody else. I thought it was silly to chase a white ball, try to hit it, try to go find it, then put it in a hole,” she said. “People of prominence play golf; you’ve got your presidents, your pastors, all these types of people that play golf. After talking with the wife of legendary entertainer, the late Dick Clark whom she worked with, she decided to try it. “She told me it was more than a game and I should get involved. After talking with her and I got that adrenalin when you hit that ball and you know that you can do it, I thought of it in a different aspect. I thought there’s something to it, maybe it is more than just a game. So I started to take it up.” And she never looked back. Fast forward over three decades to today and “Coach Lee” as she is called, is an accomplished DFW Metroplex legendary golf pro (LPGA Class A1). She launched the Women in Golf Dallas chapter, known as the DFW Fairway Divas and has been a force for teaching golf in economically disadvantaged African American communities. In the 1980s she founded the Roaring Lambing Golf Club for youth in Fort Worth and developed numerous African American golfers who went on to play on the college level. She made more history as she brought in close to 100 African American female golfers from around the Southwest for the

annual tournament, the North/ South Shootout at the Riverside Golf Course. The four-day event was capped by an awards banquet with the theme, “Putting on the Ritz,” at the Doubletree Arlington Hotel. “We are bringing women from

how much you care. When I fed them and loved them, it (golf) was something they started to do. When you show someone that you love them and really care about them, that breaks the barrier,” she said. That’s how she started and

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all over. This is history making. You look around and you don’t see any of us. Having the women golfers meet here in the Dallas area is very important to me. We don’t see enough African American women on the golf courses in the DFW area,” Ms. Lee said, in preparation for the event. “I am hoping that this regional gathering will encourage more women of color to come out and get in the game. Golf is wonderful.” She has introduced “thousands” of African American children to golf by feeding them and loving them. “Kids don’t care how much you know, they care

she’s been doing it ever since, most times using her own money. “This is my passion. When you know that you know, that you know, what purpose you have in life, and then nothing can deter you from that,” she said. “And I’ve always known when I stepped out of corporate America, that this is what I was supposed to do. She continued, “I have used the concept of the fish and loaves. I didn’t know, but I keep on keeping on. And God keeps blessing me.” Dr. Sheron Patterson, pastor of Hamilton Park UMC, is president of the DFW Fairway Divas and credits Coach Lee with helping her learn to love golf. “I’ve always

wanted to play. I’m the pastor of a golfing church; we have a lot of golfers there and even an annual golfing tournament and I said wow, if all of them are doing it, I need to get in it,” she said. “I never had the time to play golf and I really wanted a good teacher who would just work with me alone. So I went looking for a golf coach and met Coach Lee and we have been together ever since.” Coach Lee said she hopes women; African American women in particular, see the importance of golf and get involved. “They’ve got to focus on what it’s all about and what it can do for them and their children. There is the misnomer that golf is primarily for the rich and the elite, but it is not,” Coach Lee explained. “We can all get involved, if we dedicate and practice.” Bridging the gap is the main purpose of the tournament. “I want to bring us together. You have your league over there, we have ours over here, and once a month we all get together. We have to come together to show we have strength and power.” A woman in Golf is a section of the Western States Golf Association. It provides outreach activities to women and teens to stimulate their interest in learning and playing the game of golf, and to promote and increase the membership of the Western States Golf Association. There are 15 chapters scattered across California, Colorado, Arizona, and Texas. For more information Women in Golf, visit www. westernstatesgolf.com.

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Skyline Tryouts Held in Dallas By Courtney Roden Staff Writer Dallas’s new professional basketball team, Dallas Skyline, recently kicked off this season with open tryouts. Open tryouts took place at the CUMC Rec Center, 3101 Coit Rd., Plano, TX 75075, lasting for four hours with approximately 60 participants. It was a dream come true for owner and general manager, Prescott Mack, as he described his vision of owning a pro basketball team. He reflects on the inspiration for the team’s name, comparing it to the skyline of the city. “The skyline’s uniqueness, vision of power, full of opportunity and

growth and just one blink of an eye. That’s how you can describe the feeling you get when you get a glimpse of this city.” He continued, “We are trying to build a culture, of course. We need every position filled as far as basketball goes but we are looking for players that are marketable; someone that has good character and good integrity.” Tryouts were very competitive as participants competed for a contract with Dallas Skyline. Several media outlets came to cover the open tryouts: Texas Metro News, I Messenger Enterprise, DFW Social Media Marketing

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Group, iRadio, D Magazine, Match Mode and Rainwater Entertainment and Marketing. Family and friends came to support the participants. Charlie “Bubba Chuck” Shorter was eager to represent his family. He is feeling more relaxed than other participants because he is the team’s first official signee. “I’m already a signee so I came in here feeling relaxed and came here to vibe with the other players.” He added that having a good rapport with fellow teammates is important to Shorter. David Serger also had his family cheering him on during tryouts. Serger, who is 6’9”, came to tryouts feeling on top

of the world having his first opportunity to play for a pro basketball team, “I’m just trying to play really hard and have some fun.” His little brother and sister, 12 and 7 respectively, cheered him on. With his height as an advantage, Mr. Serger says that he will bring “a lot of shooting, defense and rebounding” to the team. DK Eldridge jokingly expressed being nervous but focused. He played semi-pro basketball for the TBA Texas Basketball Association and earned “Scoring Title of the Year” with the NTX Warriors. This will be Eldridge’s first professional basketball team that he is trying out for. “I’ll

bring energy, the ability to play both sides—offense and defense and being able to shoot anytime I want,” Eldridge said, adding that he believes that he would be a great asset to Dallas Skyline.

Mack will be announcing the players that are chosen and invited to training camp. For more information on Dallas Skyline Basketball Club, follow the team on social media or visit: dallasskylinebc.com.

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