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COMMENTARY

by Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

Saluting a National Hero

Were he alive on October 12th, Dorie Miller, the Waco, Texas-born naval hero would have celebrated his one hundredth birthday.

His selfless heroic deeds for our nation on December 7th, 1941, when he was only 23-years-old, will live in history forever!

Miller, who served in the United States Navy as a cook, because non-white sailors were not allowed to participate in combat, risked his life during a Japanese aerial attack to save a number of sailors from dying. He even commanded a machine gun to deter attacking enemy planes.

Miller should have received the Medal of Honor, our nation’s highest military award, for his efforts but racial prejudice prevented him from receiving the honor that witnesses to his heroics, including the senior surviving officer aboard his ship believed that he should have been awarded. The ‘Medal of Honor was stolen from him, many believe.

Dorie Miller loved the Navy. He was offered non-combat -duty after Pearl Harbor by the military, but he insisted that he return to sea where unfortunately he was killed during another attack in the Pacific on December 24th, 1943. When he died the nation lost one of its greatest heroes.

Congressional efforts to secure the Medal of Honor for Miller began as early as 1944 when former Michigan Representative John Dingell Sr. introduced legislation to right a grievous wrong. Other members of Congress who championed Miller’s cause included Congressman John Dingell Jr. and my former Texas State House colleague Mickey Leland who died in a plane crash in Africa in 1989 while a member of Congress. I have attempted to secure the medal upgrade for Miller since becoming a member of Congress.

He and my late father, who also served in the Navy, were personal friends. As a

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small girl I joined my father as he called on neighbors and friends in Waco to contribute money to purchase an appropriate gift for our hometown war hero.

In previous cases where military medals have been upgraded advocates for recipients had to show one of two items, new evidence of valor or racial bias. In Miller’s case both can be shown.

In the new evidence standard the After Action Report by the senior surviving officer of the ship that Miller defended details numerous acts by him that were not included in his original medal citation, as is the practice in the military.

The public writings and statements of Frank Knox, the Secretary of the Navy while Miller served indicated that he was opposed to integrating the Navy, and that he did not believe that non-white seamen were capable of functioning as quality sailors.

When he first was alerted about Miller’s heroics, Knox, a civilian appointee, only awarded a letter of accommodation to Miller, even after reading the After Action Report which detailed acts of valor that included Miller risking his life to save the lives of others.

The Navy Cross was awarded after Admiral Chester Nimitz, who had personal knowledge of Miller’s heroics and President Franklin D. Roosevelt intervened. Both of these fair-minded men, no doubt, believed that Miller should have received the Medal of Honor.

But it appears that a compromise was reached to save Secretary Knox from press scrutiny and embarrassment for only giving Miller a letter for all that he had done! + Congresswoman Johnson represents the 30th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. She also chairs the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. myimessenger.com

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I WAS JUST THINKING

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I was just thinking about fear this week.And I was thinking about power.

My brain has been reeling, trying to make sense of the fear -- and power -that coil around each other and explode in violent outbursts, leaving someone or many dead, maimed or emotionally scarred in this contentious world we live in.

I’m tired, my sisterfriend says. I don’t know how much longer I can hold on. As I hear her I have a couple of choices. One is to tell her to get with her pastor and pray; the other is to tell her to get real with her illness.

As if the glaring injustices and visible pain of Botham Jean’s death and trial were not enough, the aftermath struck another blow. The death of Joshua Brown has become a trilogy of dramas. Brown’s demise is filled with strife; much of it unnecessary.

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MY TRUTH

by Cheryl Smith, Publisher

Sunday night I’m usually preparing for the next week, getting things together and making sure I am ready to go out to battle another one. Yes, it’s a battle and there’s always something that needs to be addressed and I take the position that, if not me, who? And that’s why I was out at a prayer vigil for Atatiana Jefferson, murdered in her Fort Worth home.

Which brings me to my truth.

I went to Florida A&M University for a couple of reasons.

One I will save for another day, and the other reason was to become a journalist.

I wanted to do great things as a journalist and while some teachers/counselors tried to sway me to other institutions of higher learning, my love for my people and the desire for an HBCU to get the credit for my works, along with the other reason, led me to the highest of seven hills in Tallahassee, FL. OCTOBER 18, 2019

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Interestingly, before I made sure my financial aid packet was finalized, I had joined the school newspaper staff.

Yes, FAMU was where I needed to be and the FAMUAN staff was where I would cut my teeth in the journalism world.

Sure, I wrote a little something in junior high and high school; but taking those journalism classes from Dr. Thelma T. Gorham, Dean Robert Ruggles and then-Professor Hawkins, among others, well it was where the tough got tougher!

Fast forward, to another century. I am a publisher. I don’t think that I would have believed my professors if they had told me that everyone does not love their people or the Black Press as much as I do.

I wanted to tell the stories of my people to my people and I just knew they would appreciate and respect my work.

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that because I chose Black; whether it was Black College or Black Press, that Black people would think less of my talents and works.

Well, guess what? There have been the challenges. There have been the Black people who if I try to give them my paper to read they act as though I am trying to give them a life-threatening disease.

Still, I try not to get disheartened.

And what gets me through and gives me the strength, desire and will to continue? Good question, Faith, Love, those valiant soldiers without swords whose shoulders I stand on, and that desire to plead our own cause.

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Congressman Cummings remembered WASHINGTON, D.C. – The flags at the Capitol and the White House were flown at half-staff in memory of Congressman Elijah Cummings who died early this morning.

He was 68.

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson released the following statement on the passing of her colleague.

“I was profoundly saddened to learn of the passing of a great statesman, leader, and friend, Congressman Elijah Cummings, this morning. Because of his life and service, our country was changed immeasurably for the better,” said Congresswoman Johnson.

“I join with Members of Congress in extending our sympathies to Congressman Cummings’ wife, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, his family, and to all who had the great pleasure of knowing him.

“The legacy of Congressman Cummings will endure in this great institution, as those that live in the hearts of others never truly perish. May he rest in peace.”

Congressman Cummings was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, where he still resides today. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Howard University, serving as Student Government President and graduating Phi Beta Kappa, and then graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law. Congressman Cummings has also received 13 honorary doctoral degrees from Universities throughout the nation.

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vestigative committee in the House of Representatives, Oversight and Reform has jurisdiction to investigate any federal program and any matter with federal policy implications. As the Committee’s Chairman, Congressman Cummings fought to hold the Presidential Administration to a high standard of excellence and to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the actions of the government of the United States. He also sought to identify appropriate reforms that prevent waste, fraud and abuse and that ensure government programs meet the needs of the American people.

He began his career of public service in the Maryland House of Delegates, where he served for 14 years and became the first African American in Maryland history to be named Speaker Pro Tem. Since 1996, Congressman Cummings proudly represented Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Congressman Cummings often said that our children are the living messages that we send to a future we will never see. In that vein, he was committed to ensuring that our next generation has access to quality healthcare and education, clean air and water, and a strong economy defined by fiscal responsibility.

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Congressman Cummings served on numerous boards and commissions. He spearheaded an effort to strengthen the Maritime Transportation Technologies Program at New Era Academy (NEA) in Baltimore, serving as Chairman of the NEA Maritime Advisory Board. He also served on the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, the Morgan State University Board of Regents, the University of Maryland Law School Board of Advisors, and the SEED School of Maryland Board of Directors. He also sat on Board of Directors of the AFRO Charities, Inc. He is an honorary Board member of KIPP Baltimore Schools and the Baltimore School for the Arts. He was also the holder of the Gwendolyn S. and Colbert I. King Endowed Chair in Public Policy Lecture Series at Howard University from 2014 – 2016.

Congressman Cummings was an active member of New Psalmist Baptist Church and is married to Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings.

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I WAS JUST THINKING...

SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER

By Norma Adams-Wade

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Coincidentally, this column was written one day BEFORE Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson, 28, an innocent Black woman, in her own home, around 2:30 a.m. Oct. 12. A neighbor had made a non-emergency call to police requesting a wellness check on the home because the front door had been open for some hours and the neighbor had not seen the occupants for a while.]

I was just thinking about fear this week.

And I was thinking about power.

My brain has been reeling, trying to make sense of the fear -- and power -- that coil around each other and explode in violent outbursts, leaving someone or many dead, maimed or emotionally scarred in this contentious world we live in.

A lot of the coiling of fear and power has happened during

clashes between police and Black citizens across the land.

We hear so often (too often?) from law enforcement: “I feared for my life,” so I aimed for a fatal mark and pulled the trigger.

The power is in the status of the uniform and the weapon on the hip.

The fear is that the person who does not look like you – a different color, a different culture – is a threat that must be

the hood.

I overheard a conversation recently that got me to thinking about that particular schism.

One speaker said: “Kids with a beef used to fight.... Now, they kill!”

In the hood, the fighting words “He dissed me” could lead to a death sentence. The value of a life being of little consequence.

So how to get pass the fear – and power run amok?

I received some clarity on the matter when I attended the 2nd Speaking Truth to Power Conference October 10-11 at Friendship West Baptist Church where community violence and confronting power were part of the discussion.

Overall, the conference was a powerhouse of unapologetic defiance of a long-standing system nationally of accommodation, apathy, and lack of planning in African American society. Conference

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eliminated, a creature you do not understand, or worst – do not value.

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COMMENTARY

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux

Disease of denial

I’m tired, my sisterfriend says. I don’t know how much longer I can hold on.

As I hear her I have a couple of choices.

One is to tell her to get with her pastor and pray; the other is to tell her to get real with her illness. Running her to her pastor takes her to a familiar place.

Pushing her to help takes her out of her comfort zone. When my beloved brothers and sisters share that they are stymied in the way they live their lives, I don’t mind praying and encouraging spiritual counsel, but I do mind ignoring the medicinal help that could assist my sisterfriend.

So my sister is sighing her pain, and I am wondering what to do. There are few that will hear a black woman in a black community, strumming her pain, questioning her faith. According to the National Associations of Mental Health more than four percent of African Americans have considered suicide. Most of them are African American women.

Mental health is our nation’s dirty little secret, and if it is whispered in the nation at large, it is a silent scream in the African American community. We are afraid, ashamed, frightened to own up to it, using our own lingo (s’kerd, shamed) to wrap ourselves around the fear that goes with “coming out” on mental illness.

So we are silent, even when we loose a warrior. Karyn Washington was a 22-year-old Morgan State University sister who committed suicide, last week. This young and brilliant one turned her pain into power when she created a website, “For Brown Girls” (forbrowngirls.com) that lifted up and affirmed our brown-skinned girls. Karyn was a colored girl whose mental issues were apparently so severe that she chose OCTOBER 18, 2019

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to take her own life while affirming those of others. From all accounts Karyn experienced depression.

How many feel it and don’t say it; how many nod and just don’t mean it. How many exhale, inhale and really reach out to a brother or a sister to listen, have a cup of tea, take a walk, or just “reach out and touch.”

The poet Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote, “We wear the mask that grins and lies that hides our cheeks and shades our eyes.” For many in our nation, and especially for African Americans, we wear the mask. When we peek/speak/ tweet from behind the mask we realize, yet if we were real we would have to acknowledge in the words of Paul Lawrence Dunbar that to make a poet black and bid her sing is to challenge her and her two realities so that in the words of Dr. Maya, “I know why the caged bird sings.”

I chose to focus on this because in one scant week I have spoken to African American women who have experienced depression or feel shackled by other mental health issues. They walk like they hold the world in their hands; sway like they are hearing drums from another continent, and cry behind closed doors, like they have the weight of the world on their shoulders.

They are sad, ground down, depressed, and we play off their pain, trivialize it, instead of responding to it. We are losing too much genius when we play off the scourge of metal illness. We decide that it is their problem, not the problem of a nation that would inflict, rather than attempt to fix, mental illness.

For all the care the Affordable Care Act has offered, we must ask if it has offered enough to combat mental illness, We in the African American

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community have paid more and received less to be perceived as “normal” members of society. Despite injustices in Scottsboro, Groveland and other vile places in our nation, we have been expected to show up, with amazing dignity, ignoring the massacre of our sons or daughters with well-modulated emotion.

Too many of us fear or fail to speak our pain. Poverty and mental health are correlated, yet the poorest of us see our pain as “par for the course” and we don’t speak about it. Whether African Americans are wealthy or financially challenged, mental health is elusive for some. And faith without works is dead, which means fall on those knees if it comforts you, then run to the doctor who may help you with medication and therapy.

Baby girl Karyn Washington motivated this column, and as I thought of her, others kept reminding me of their own pain and the ways it has been ignored. If you don’t get it read from Terrie Williams’ Black Pain. And if you get it/read it, remind folks that this is not a sympathy issue; this is a public policy issue. So weep sister soldier, brother warrior. Those who bear the scars of mental illness have often fought longer, harder, and with the chemical imbalance that makes them feel it all so much more intensely.

Mental health is not an embarrassment; it is a national health issue. It is a silent killer that we have yet to acknowledge. If you or someone you know is facing mental health issues visit Mentalhealth.gov

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WNBA’s Dallas Wings open third reading center in D/FW Metroplex Story and Photos By Dorothy J. Gentry Sports Editor

Megan Gustafson and Imani-McGee Stafford reading to Kids

Athletes in any given sport often spend a great deal of their time serving in the communities in which they work and sometimes live; giving of themselves, their time and their resources to encourage, uplift and inspire.

The Dallas Wings are no exception. With the help of a 76-year-old fan-turnedvolunteer and its community service part-ner Texas Capital Bank, the franchise recently opened its third Dallas Wings Reading Corner in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, continuing its support of education and literacy for Dallas-area youth.

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Ms. Evelyn Dickerson Wings Fan and Volunteer

in the cities of Arlington (Hugh Smith Recreation Center); Fort Worth (Highland Hills Recreation Center) and Dallas (Wesley-Rankin Community Center); the Reading Corners are stocked with comfortable kid-friendly couches and chairs, rugs and shelves and most importantly, tons and tons of books.

The books are provided by Evelyn Dickerson, a Wings fan affectionately called “Ms. D.” “Reading is the key that will open your life,” Ms. Dickerson said.

“It doesn’t make a difference what you want to be in life, you have to read.”

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love of reading at a very young age, learning to read at the age of three years old.

She recalled growing up on a rural East Texas farm were “we always got hand-medown books.” But that didn’t matter to Ms. Dickerson, who graduated from high school at the age of 15.

“The thing that was most important is what our teachers taught us; that reading can take you many places,” said the former schoolteacher. “My third-grade teacher said you may never get to go to Paris, France, but you can always go thru a book. Reading was something that I loved.

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everything you ever want to do and be.”

That love of reading has spread to the Wings where Ms. Dickerson has helped the team stock its three Reading Corners with hundreds of donated books from sponsors all over the area.

“This is me giving back. My mom always said the more you give, the more God gives to you.”

The Wings’ Reading Corner’s are part of the Lightning Legacy Readers Program, an incentive-based program to help youth throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area develop reading skills and champion values such as teamwork, commitment, responsibility and respect.

At the openings of each center, Wings players join youth in reading books, playing games and encouraging them to develop a love of reading.

Upon reaching certain milestones, students receive prizes for their accomplishments.

Players Megan Gustafson and Imani-McGee Stafford were on hand for the most recent opening, reading books to the kids, answering questions and encouraging them to stay in school.

Wings President and CEO Greg Bibb said it’s important for the franchise to be a “good community partner and to help those who live where we live, work and play.

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bottom line business meaning that we do well by doing good.

I think our Reading Corner program is a fine example of that. We are in the community trying to make a positive difference and by doing so, we naturally expand our brand to the WNBA fans because more people see us and our name.”

The Wings players and coaching staff can often be found in the community; from visiting numerous Boys & Girls Clubs in Arlington, Grand Prairie, Dallas and Fort Worth to teach youth about basketball, arts and crafts and nutrition; to making hospital visits for the sick and hosting basketball clinics for area youth groups.

Their efforts in the community have been acknowledged nationally with guard Skylar Diggins-Smith winning last year’s WNBA Dawn Staley

Community Leadership Award for outstanding efforts in the community throughout the season.

In addition, players who make a particularly strong impact in the community are awarded the State Farm Community Assist Player of the Month award. Winners this season included Theresa Plaisance, Kaela Davis.

“The Wings are a community driven team that seeks to improve the areas were many of their fans reside,” said Wings Director of Community Development Sean Alexander.

“We come in here and just want to give kids a place where they can come in and read and know that education is important. This is a way to keep the focus on education and bring light to our young fans.”

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Another woman murdered, in Fort Worth

NOT ANOTHER MURDER!

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Atatiana Jefferson

By Cheryl Smith Several hundred citizens from across the state, and some who flew in from the Bahamas, gathered in Fort Worth on Sunday night to show their support for the family of Atatiana Jefferson (28), who was murdered Saturday morning by a Fort Worth police officer.

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and was later arrested around 6:00p.m., charged with murder. He was being held on a $200,000 bond at the Tarrant County Correction Center, before bonding out, late Monday.

While the gathering was peaceful and organized, it was clear that emotions were high as many expressed being “tired” of the constant “assaults.”

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the family and civil rights Atty. Lee Merritt spoke about the senseless murder of Ms. Jefferson as he blasted the Fort Worth Police Department for a history of injustices.

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Mayor Betsy Price and Interim Police Chief Ed Kraus, to seek justice for the Xavier University alum.

“We are demanding justice,” said Min. Muhammad of Muhammad’s Mosque #52. “We know what murder looks like and we expect justice.”

Mayor Price, as did other council members Kelly Gray and Gyna Bivens, attended the prayer vigil and listened as speaker after speaker expressed their anger, frustration and pain over yet another shooting of an unarmed Black person in their home.

There were tears and shouts as people shared their feelings about the Fort Worth Police Department.

Tarrant County Commissioner Roy Brooks joined in with the chants for justice, led by Rev. Bell, who asked, “What do we want?”

The crowd responded, “Justice!”

He then asked, “When do we want it?” They replied, “Now!” At times the chanting drowned out the speakers and as the hour grew late, they waited patiently for members of Ms. Jefferson’s family to arrive. As members made their way to the steps of Masjid Hassan in Fort Worth, where the vigil was held, one woman leaned on a car and cried. She didn’t want to talk, except to say she was “sad and angry.”

“We’re not going to be calm on this one,” said activist Brother Malikk.

“There’s no respect for human life.

It’s time to clean house!”

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was in his apartment eating ice cream when Ms. Guyger said she “mistakenly” entered the wrong apartment and killed him.

Ms. Jefferson was babysitting her 8-year-old nephew, Zion, when she was shot.

According to James Smith, he called the non-emergency line for a welfare check after witnessing the door ajar at the home of his neighbor. He made the call at 2:30a.m.

When police arrived, Ms. Jefferson and her nephew were playing video games and had the door open, letting fresh air in.

Officer Dean fired into the window, an action that his superiors admitted was not the right protocol.

Mr. Dean graduated from the police academy in April 2018. Chief Kraus said he had already intended to fire the officer, for at least three infractions.

“We are all heartbroken today.

There is nothing that could justify what happened on Saturday morning,” said Mayor Price. “On behalf of the entire City of Fort Worth, I am sorry.”

Chief Kraus and Sgt. Chris Daniels expressed condolences to the Jefferson Family. “We’ll continue to be transparent,” said Daniels, adding they are working with the district attorney and others as part of their investigation.

Also joining in, along with several organizations, expressing support for the family and concern over actions taken or not taken against Mr. Dean, were several chapters of the NAACP, including Fort Worth, Dallas, and Collin County; as well as national board member - 1st Vice President of the Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches

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and Region VI National Board of Directors.

In a letter to the Xavier University family, President Reynold Verret wrote,” We should expect safety when we call on our police, whose mission is to protect and serve.

Sadly our fathers and mothers must caution daughters and sons on their interactions with officers. Families in our communities hesitate to call on their protectors out of fear that they’ll be killed. This should not be.

“We know that many officers live out their callings and duty to their communities. Despite this, recent events demonstrate clearly that there is an urgent need to fix a law enforcement system and philosophy that is broken…Our communities should not fear the police.”

Located in New Orleans, Xavier University of Louisiana, founded

by Saint Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, is Catholic and historically Black. The ultimate purpose of the University is to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing its students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society.

Ms. Jefferson graduated from Xavier with a B.S. degree in Biology in 2014.

Relatives described her as a “smart, ambitious and kind person” who really cared for her family, which was evident by her decision to move in to help her ailing mother, but also spent a lot of time with her sister’s children.

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Activist Kyev Tatum wrote on social media that, “one ring of the doorbell would have saved her life.”

It was pointed out that never once did the officer, or any other officer, identify themselves at the Jefferson household.

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downtown Fort Worth, Saturday, October 19 at 5:00p.m., next to the JFK Tribute Statue. He, as did former police chief Joel F. Fitzgerald, called for mandatory training in “de-escalation, procedural justice and implicit bias.”

There was also a call for concerned citizens to keep the pressure on for an oversight committee by gathering at Fort Worth City Council meetings on Tuesday

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evenings at 7p.m. at City Council Chambers, Second Floor, City Hall, 200 Texas St. Although Mayor Price said the presence of a gun in the home, which Ms. Jefferson had a license for, was a non-issue; in the arrest-warrant affidavit, Ms, Jefferson’s nephew said she removed the firearm from her purse and aimed “toward” the window.

Stay tuned for more coverage on this tragic story.

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QUIT PLAYIN

by Vincent Hall

First, get the facts QUIT PLAYIN

By VINCENT L. HALL Vincent L. Hall is

an author, activist

and award-winning columnist

As if the glaring injustices and visible pain of Botham Jean’s death and trial were not enough, the aftermath struck another blow. The death of Joshua Brown has become a trilogy of dramas. Brown’s demise is filled with strife; much of it unnecessary.

Let me offer this one-sided opinion with some caveats. This writer was born and raised in Dallas and baptized into the “revolution” by virtue of 10-plus years on the picket line. So today, let me appeal to you as a “Warrior.”

My young mentees use the Nigerian term; “Balogun,” which translates “War Lord.”

Joshua Brown’s appearance on the witness stand was sufficiently stressful.

Within a few days, we were singing that familiar chorus; another young Black man had succumbed to gun violence.

Brown’s death was hard enough, but the speculation, suspicion and conspiracy conjectures before the facts were sickening.

Before the coroner could get a glimpse at Brown’s corpse, the “street committee” had already released their unqualified findings. “The police had him killed because he testified.” Black conspiracy theories are rarely unreasonable, however, conviction absent of facts is a sin we should never commit.

Quit jumping the gun. Black and poor folks get one shot at making a case. We don’t have any ammunition to waste.

The AM radio waves were rolling with “Conservative” commentators barking their usual refrain; “Here come the career protesters and the Poverty Pimps.” Each OCTOBER 18, 2019

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time we misplace anger and aggression make the next fight that much more difficult.

Social media has created a community that gets emotional before it gets educated. We can’t blame everything on “Them” and when we do, we have to make

Joshua Brown on witness stand during Guyger Murder Trial it stick. “Information gathering” is the first step and we seldom get that right. The same rumor mill that insinuated Jean’s was related to a ruinous romantic relationship indicted the Dallas police of wasting Joshua Brown almost instantly.

While sitting in a church classroom listening to Reverend David Malcolm McGruder, the most instructive passage of Dr. King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” surfaced.

“In any nonviolent campaign, there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive, negotiation, self-purification, and direct action. We have gone through all of these steps in Birmingham. Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of police brutality is known in every section of this country. Its unjust treatment of Negroes in the courts is a notorious reality.”

Replace Birmingham with Dallas and realize nothing has changed!

Dr. King’s opening admonishment is to “gather the facts to determine whether

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injustices are alive.” We get so damned emotional we don’t complete step one so we rarely complete the protest cycle.

We offend those with whom we must negotiate. We run to our social media platforms before we engage in selfpurification to discover and distill our own motives and emotions.

King’s last step is the one that we haven’t completed often enough in Dallas; “Direct action.” We got plenty of “Facebook Fame” and “Instagram eminence.” What we have not achieved is a focused, sober and sustained movement. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was not won with a cast of “One-hit wonders.” That boycott lasted 381 days at the same institution. My daddy wasn’t an intellectual but he was insightful.

“You don’t have to whip everybody’s ass, just grab the biggest *%$#@!* you can and fight like hell.”

Dr. King left us a proven model. Our challenge is to merge the independent spirit of young, WOKE African Americans with WOKE folks of every generation and genealogy. Pick a target, study it, strategize and stay with it.

Dallas doesn’t have Chief U. Renee Hall and other Blacks in leadership positions because White folks felt friendly...it took strategic sacrifice. Dallas spent millions of dollars in police overtime “safeguarding” Commissioner John Wiley Price and the Warriors’ during the 1990s protests before it made some changes. That fight led us to Parkland, DISD, all the major television stations and to the homes and neighborhoods of at least three mayors.

Six a.m., six days a week, most holidays and some Sundays!

The death of Joshua Brown was tragic enough. The chirping circus and conversational calamities that followed were abysmal and avoidable.

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DOLEMITE IS MY NAME Review by Hollywood Hernandez Dolemite Is My Name is an homage to Rudy Ray Moore.

It’s an amazing story about a man who refused to quit.

When he was told he couldn’t make it as a comedian, he became an iconic one whose material is still alive today. “The Signified Monkey” and “Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil’s Son-in-Law” remain as comedy classics in African American culture. The entire movie is a history lesson in the 70’s black culture that was a part of the “Blaxploitation movement.”

The movie gives you a real insight into the man called Dolemite. He developed his character as a pretend pimp by listening to stories told by the neighborhood winos. His entire career was based on those stories and his sharp dressing, fast-talking character was what he based his entire act on. His “street” chatter was loved by audiences.

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so he made a very successful living giving the black audience what they liked.

Without Rudy Ray Moore there would be no Tyler Perry.

Again, learning that the African American audience was underserved, he started making his own movies, acting in and financing them himself.

Moore learned how to seek out talent in his movies when he didn’t know how to complete a task. He hired a writer, Jerry Jones (Keegan Michael 21

Key), a director, D’Urville Martin (Wesely Snipes), and a finance man, Theodore Toney (Titus Burges).

Eddie Murphy does a wonderful job of showing the kind and gentlemanly man who was as far as possible from the “pimp persona” that Rudy Ray Moore portrayed publicly. He was kind to his fans and was respectful to his female co-stars.

Finally, we learn about the real Rudy Ray Moore.

He was an entrepreneur who succeeded against all odds. Because of his onstage style delivery, he was known as “The Godfather of Rap.” He continued to perform up until the time of his death in 2008.

Dolemite Is My Name is rated R for nudity and strong language. On my “Hollywood Popcorn Scale” I give Dolemite Is My Name a JUMBO.

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POWER X – “SONS” WHAT’S ON MILES’ MIND

BY MILES JAYE

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.” John 3:16 It was clearly established and stated unequivocally in the Word that no greater gift to mankind could ever have been given by God Himself then salvation through a Son who possessed the power to carry on His shoulders the sins, flaws, and transgressions of all mankind.

That’s Power!

If daughters are the jewels in a crown, then sons are the metal, the gold. If daughters are tiaras, beautiful, regal, ornamental, then our sons must be swords, impressive, capable, formidable-- powerful.

Sons are arguably among a communities most valuable assets and most powerful resources.

This is true of communities of all ethnicities and nationalities. Why else would our sons, throughout history, remain under siege, targets of forces that know and quite frankly, fear their physical, mental, and intellectual, potential, as well as the consequences of their spiritual might, if allowed to fully develop? Powerful!

Our sons were born to lead! Your son was born to lead… if not nations as a head of state, then battalions; if not battalions as a commander, then communities; if not communities as a civic leader or clergyman, then families, as a husband and myimessenger.com

father. Every son was not born to rise to the heights of a Mandela, Obama, Colin Powell, or Othello, but every son was born to lead. Tell him he was born to lead!

Sons were born to teach… if not sons of their own, then sons of other family members, or of Jeremiah, Jace and Davion - deserve the best! their neighbors. Fathers must believe in themselves and possess the power to teach sons to be men. Mothers love, and in doing so they teach. However, it instill confidence in others. Tell your boy he was is virtually impossible to teach intimately and born to heal!

Sons were born to love… if not romantic love, effectively, that which you are not and that which you have never experienced. Doctors teach then love of mother and father, sister and brother, medical students. Black belts teach white belts. love of community, love of nation, love of God. Your son will know instinctively and intuitively Stallions teach colts.

Lauren Hill said: “That strong mother doesn’t that he is endowed with deep and powerful love tell her cub, son, stay weak so the wolves can get and affection, however, he has to learn how, you. She says, toughen up, this is reality we’re when and where to express it. Your boy may not living in.” That may be true, but doesn’t it take be NFL strong, NBA tall or Olympic fast, but he a father or another older male to toughen up the is, without any doubt whatsoever, filled with an son through instruction to teach terrain, tactics abiding love that God supplied before your child and strategy and sparring to test strength and ever drew his first breath.

Tell him he was born to love… then surround agility? Tell your son he was born to teach!

Sons were born to heal… if not physical him with it!

Tell your son he was born a sword, not a conditions or illnesses, then wounds of the heart and mind. Young Aikido students learn flower, in fact, he was born a warrior, but real that healing techniques will be part of their warriors do not seek war and conflict, but cherish training and that they bear a responsibility to peace. Real warriors learn to follow with honor care for themselves when wounded, as well as on the path to leadership. “And behold, a voice an ally or opponent when needed. Perhaps from heaven said, “This is my Son, with whom I more importantly, sons must learn the power am well pleased.” Matthew 3:17 That’s what’s on my mind! of building self-esteem, and positive morale as they are at the core, essence and foundation of Jaye is an award-winning R&B/Jazz singer, musician and producer. He is achievement and accomplishment. Sons must also Miles an author, painter and trained chef.

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Jarvis brings classes to Dallas Special to Texas Metro News

Jarvis Christian College President Dr. Lester C. Newman, the Jarvis Board of

Pres. Newman, Barbara Hawkins and Tory Edwards

Directors, Executive Cabinet, faculty and staff welcomed alumni, students, elected officials and the Dallas community to their new instructional site at RedBird Mall with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception.

Dr. Newman invited the audience to explore the many programs at its newest location and join its community. “This is a very exciting time at Jarvis Christian College, where the rich heritage of the past is evident but where innovation and growth are inevitable,” he said. “As a historically Black, liberal arts college, Jarvis is a familyoriented community, dedicated to developing innovative, servant leaders in various fields of study, and equipping them with the skills to make a tangible difference in their lives and in the lives of others, whether locally, nationally or globally.”

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Businessman Roland Parrish and President Dr. Lester C. Newman and Religion,” said Dr. Newman. Through our Business Administration Program, we will offer specializations in Data Analytics and Cyber-Security. Jarvis Christian College looks forward to becoming a part of the Dallas Educational Corridor.” Eight-week certification classes in Medical Billing, Coding Specialist, Medical Assisting and Microsoft Office (Excel and Word) are also offered, both online and in a traditional classroom setting.

The classes will be offered on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:00 p.m. – 8:50 p.m. and on the 2nd and 4th Saturday from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. In the spring, classes will be offered five days a week and alternate Saturdays.

During the program, guests were welcomed by Dallas City Councilman Tennell Atkins whose district includes RedBird Mall. “This new location will not

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only allow the campus to grow but to be a part of the triumphant return of RedBird, a historic mixed-use development for Southern Dallas,” said Councilman Atkins. “My goal is to continue the work to ensure that economic development in the Southern sector moves at a faster pace as your Dallas campus helps equip a future workforce.”

“I am honored that Jarvis Christian College has become a part of the Dallas Community,” said Dr. Newman. “It is our goal to expand educational opportunities for adult learners interested in completing their college degree.

Jarvis has a rich history of affecting the lives of students, their communities, the great State of Texas and the nation.”

For more information about classes at Jarvis Christian College Dallas location, please call (903) 703-4890 ext. 2955, contact the Office of Admissions (903) 730-4890 ext.

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HBCU Homecoming 2019 dates: Alabama A&M University Visitor: Texas Southern University Louis Crews Stadium, Huntsville, AL Date: Oct. 5, 2019 | 2 PM Alabama State University Visitor: Prairie View A&M University ASU Stadium, Montgomery, AL Date: Nov. 28, 2019 | 2 PM Albany State University Visitor: Lane College Albany State University Coliseum, Albany, GA Date: Oct. 12, 2019 | 2 PM Alcorn State University Visitor: Savannah State University Spinks-Casem Stadium, Lorman, MS Date: Oct. 12, 2019 | 2 PM Benedict College Visitor: Miles College Charlie W. Johnson Stadium, Columbia, SC Date: Oct. 12, 2019 | 2 PM Bethune-Cookman University Visitor: South Carolina State University Municipal Stadium, Daytona Beach, FL Date: Oct. 26, 2019 | 4 PM Bowie State University Visitor: Chowan University Bulldog Football Stadium, Bowie, MD Date: Oct. 12, 2019 | 1 PM Central State University Visitor: Fort Valley State University McPherson Stadium, Wilberforce, OH Date: Oct 12, 2019 | 1 PM Clark Atlanta University Visitor: Savannah State University CAU Panther Stadium, Atlanta, GA Date: Oct. 19, 2019 | 2 PM Delaware State University Visitor: South Carolina State University Alumni Stadium, Dover, DE Date: Oct. 10, 2019 | 1:30 PM Edward Waters College Visitor: Allen University Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, FL Date: Oct. 12, 2019 | 3 PM Elizabeth City State University Visitor: Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) Roebuck Stadium, Elizabeth City, NC Date: Oct. 19, 2019 | 1:30 PM

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Fayetteville State University Visitor: Livingstone College Luther Nick Jerald’s Stadium, Fayetteville, NC Date: Oct. 5, 2019 | 2:00 PM

Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) Visitor: Virginia Union University LU Football Stadium, Lincoln University, PA Date: Oct. 12, 2019 | 1 PM

Florida A&M University Visitor: North Carolina Central University Bragg Memorial Stadium, Tallahassee, FL Date: Oct. 5, 2019 | 2 PM

Theodore A. Wright Stadium, Savannah, GA Date: Oct. 26, 2019 | 3 PM Shaw University Visitor: Livingstone College Durham County Stadium, Durham, NC Date: Oct. 19, 2019 | 12 PM

Livingstone College Visitor: Fayetteville State University Alumni Memorial Football Stadium, Salisbury, NC Date: Nov. 2, 2019 | 1:30 PM

Fort Valley State University Visitor: Morehouse College Wildcat Stadium, Fort Valley, GA Date: Oct. 19, 2019 | 2 PM

South Carolina State University Visitor: Morgan State University Oliver C. Dawson Stadium, Orangeburg, SC Date: Oct. 19, 2019 | 1:30 PM

Miles College Visitor: Clark Atlanta University Sloan-Alumni Stadium, Fairfield, AL Date: Oct. 5, 2019 | 4 PM

Grambling State University Visitor: Texas Southern University Robinson Stadium, Grambling, LA Date: Nov. 2, 2019 | 2 PM

Southern University and A&M College Visitor: Alabama A&M University A.W. Mumford Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA Date: Nov. 2, 2019 | 4 PM

Mississippi Valley State University Visitor: Virginia University of Lynchburg Rice–Totten Stadium, Itta Bena, MS Date: Oct. 5, 2019 | 2 PM

Hampton University Visitor: Virginia University of Lynchburg Armstrong Stadium, Hampton, VA Date: Oct. 26, 2019 | 2 PM

Tennessee State University Visitor: Austin Peay State University Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN Date: Oct. 19, 2019 | 4:30 PM

Morehouse College Visitor: Benedict College B.T. Harvey Stadium, Atlanta, GA Date: Oct. 26 2019 | 2 PM

Howard University Visitor: Norfolk State University William H. Greene Stadium, Washington, DC Date: Oct. 12, 2019 | 1 PM

Morgan State University Visitor: Delaware State University Hughes Stadium, Baltimore, MD Date: Oct. 12, 2019 | 2 PM

Jackson State University Visitor: Alabama State University Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, MS Date: Oct. 12, 2019 | 2 PM

Norfolk State University Visitor: Morgan State University William “Dick” Price Stadium, Norfolk, VA Date: Nov. 2, 2019 | 2 PM

Johnson C. Smith University Visitor: Shaw University Irwin Belk Complex, Charlotte, NC Date: Oct. 26, 2019 | 1 PM

Texas Southern University Visitor: Missouri S&T BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX Date: Oct. 12, 2019 | 2 PM Tuskegee University Visitor: Miles College Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium, Tuskegee, AL Date: Nov. 9, 2019 | 1 PM University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Visitor: Lane College Golden Lion Stadium, Pine Bluff, AR Date: Oct. 5, 2019 | 3 PM

North Carolina A&T State University Visitor: Howard University Aggie Stadium, Greensboro, NC Date: Oct. 26, 2019 | 1 PM

Kentucky State University Visitor: Clark Atlanta University Alumni Stadium, Frankfort, KY Date: Oct. 12, 2019 | 1 PM

Virginia State University Visitor: Bowie State University Rogers Stadium, Ettrick, VA Date: Oct. 19, 2019 | 2 PM

North Carolina Central University Visitor: Norfolk State University O’Kelly–Riddick Stadium, Durham, NC Date: Nov. 9, 2019 | 2 PM

Lane College Visitor: Kentucky State University Lane Field, Jackson, TN Date: Oct. 19, 2019 | 2 PM

Prairie View A&M University Visitor: Virginia University of Lynchburg Panther Stadium, Prairie View, TX Date: Oct. 19, 2019 | 2 PM

Langston University Visitor: Texas Wesleyan University W.E. Anderson Stadium, Langston, OK Date: Oct. 26, 2019 | 2 PM

Saint Augustine’s University Visitor: Johnson C. Smith University George Williams Athletic Complex, Raleigh, NC Date: Nov. 2, 2019 | 1 PM

Lincoln University (Missouri) Visitor: Northeastern State University Dwight T. Reed Stadium, Jefferson City, MO

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Virginia Union University Visitor: Chowan University Location: Hovey Field, Richmond, VA Date: Oct. 19, 2019 | 1 PM West Virginia State University Visitor: West Liberty University Lakin Field at Dickerson Stadium, Institute, WV Date: Oct. 5, 2019 | 1 PM Winston Salem State University Visitor: Shaw University Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC Date: Nov 2, 2019 | 1:30 PM

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By Marva Sneed

On From Marva with Love, Jeanette L. Johnson was my guest.

Mrs. Johnson is the owner of Business Women, LLC/dba World Fashions by Jeane’. “My fascination with the arts and ability to create things lead me to fashion and design at an early age.” After graduating college, she began “Faith in Action,” her first sewing alteration and bridal business, in 1985. She moved to Cedar Hill, Texas, July 2000 and reopened the business in 2015.

She renamed it in 2017 to World Fashion by Jeane. She works at El Centro College and will complete the Paralegal program in 2020. Mrs. Johnson is dealing with some issues.

Mrs. JJ: In November of 2018 I signed a 1 year fixed term lease with a commercial landlord for my business, from December 1, 2018 – November 30, 2019. But before I signed I read the lease. I let the sales manager know that I would need to be able to come in the building at early hours because I worked at El Centro and sometimes it would be three or four o’clock in the morning before I go to work. He said that was OK because I would have 24 hour access into the building. I could come in and out OCTOBER 18, 2019

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as I needed to do my business.

Three months into the lease is when things started to take a down spiral concerning the lease and access to the property.

The assistant property manager after my son left came into my office and went through my files taking pictures of my personal papers. This was on March 28, 2019. My son called me and let me know what was going on and I immediately left work. I went to her office to find out why she was going through my files.

That meeting did not go so well.

I tried to negotiate or correct what was wrong or fix the problem several times. On April 3, 2019 is when she tried to do an illegal lock out. I had to call the police to stop the assistant manager from locking my doors with my equipment and everything in there; I was working on a project. The police told her she could not lock a tenant out without going through the court. I have never been late paying my rent, defaulted on rent, or breached the Lease. Everything in the contract I have followed to the letter. I filed an Intrusion upon Seclusion/Invasion of Privacy case against them in J P Court. I have several court cases against

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the company, but the company filed a wrongful eviction against me.

MS: What is the reason for the eviction?

Mrs. JJ: The eviction notice says that they wanted possession of the property. They have terminated the lease. In the initial case the attorney wanted no money just for me to vacate the property.

MS: Are you still in the property?

Mrs. JJ: No. I moved out September 1, 2019. The case to evict was August 22, 2019 in Justice Of The Peace Precinct 1, Place 1 Judge Thomas G. Jones’ court. They terminated my lease in April 2019 before the lease was up. I did research in the area of Texas ontract Law and you can only terminate the lease after the term of the lease is up.

After three hours and the jury had not decided the judge told them to vote for the plaintiff.

There was no monetary value attached. I appealed that same day.

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On the SCENE ASK ALMA with Hollywood Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s Community Appreciation Day

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LIFESTYLE Quaker and Tia Mowry Tia MowryHardrict is a multi-talented a c t r e s s , producer and author.

She has been in the public eye for over 20 years, gaining initial fame and becoming a 90’s pop culture icon in her teens starring opposite her twin sister Tamera in the hit comedy, Sister, Sister and more recently in Tia Mowry at Home, which ran for three seasons on The Cooking Channel.

Tia currently stars in the Netflix Series Family Reunion alongside Loretta Devine and Richard Roundtree and she can be seen this holiday season in Lifetime’s A Very Vintage Christmas. Other recent projects include: Instant Mom, which ran on Nick at Nite for three seasons, partnering with KIN Community on a YouTube channel titled Tia Mowry’s Quick Fix, and her first cookbook – Whole NewYou, which became an Amazon #1 seller.

When not acting, Tia spends time working with several charities including the Make-A-Wish myimessenger.com

Foundation, Partnership for a Healthier America, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, actor Cory Hardrict, and their two kids, Cree and Cairo.-Text provided by Tia Mowry publicist VBS: Tia you are one American’s favorite sisters, a most recognized twin and a foodie. Now you have partnered with Quaker Oats sharing new oats recipes of your own.

TM: Yes I’ve partnered with Quaker and we’re talking about one of my favorite and America’s favorite meals of the day breakfast.

VBS: Tia, it’s no secret that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Tell my audience more about America’s breakfast trends

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and what’s your favorite breakfast dish for your family?

TM: At our home pancakes is our family favorite.

Our two kids Cree and Cairo are big fans. My favorite meal of the day is breakfast and I’ve always had Quaker Oats in my pantry’. I’ve learned other Americans are as nostalgic about breakfast as I am inspired me to create my Banana Chocolate Oat Pancakes recipe that combines two of my favorite things – oats and pancakes.

Cooking pancakes as a family on the weekends is one of my best childhood memories, and I’ve carried on that tradition with my family now. You can find my recipe quaker.newsmarket.com.

Valder Beebe hosts the Valder Beebe Show on FM and streaming TV. ValderBeebeShow.com, 411RadioNetwork.com, Youtube.com/valderbeebeshow, 411RadioNetwork. com; Podcast audio: Soundcloud.com/valderbeebeshow, Soundcloud.com/kkvidfw, 411RadioNetwork.com, PChatman Streaming TV Network

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Dallas, TX 75215

Event starts at 9:00 a.m.

(Registration 8:00 - 8:30 a.m.) projectmlk.eventbrite.com

About this Event: We are celebrating the launch of our bi-weekly workforce readiness training. Project MLK is a diverse experience for enthusiasts and influencers who want to be change agents in Sunny South Dallas. The Project MLK designed to invade, intrude, and institute a shift in work force readiness in the Sunny South Dallas invite you to experience: • • • •

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