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VOL. 7 NO. 47 JULY 31, 2019

NABJ Convention in Miami, August 7-11, 2019

MY TRUTH

JUDGE ATTACKED

Dr. Emmett J. Conrad Leadership Program

Class of 2019

By Cheryl Smith, Publisher

Over the years I have seen people hide behind the most racist, hateful and stupid posts.

And just when I think that some have Judge Dominique sunken to the Collins least common denominator, I find myself facing another coward.

You see, the internet allows cowards to flourish and act big and bad.

Folks posted offensive comments after the death of my friend, Carolyn Davis, who died a tragic death at the hands of a serial drunk driver, Jonathan Alger Moore.

Ms. Davis, a resident of Sunny South Dallas; along with her daughter, were on their way to church on the evening of July 15, 2019.

A former Dallas City Councilwoman, Ms. Davis was known for her advocacy efforts on behalf of her community, and almost anyone else who was in

Conrad interns with program alum Dr. Keisha Lankford

Madam Presidentelect

For the past 26 years, students in Senatorial District 23 have benefited from the Dr. Emmett J. Conrad Leadership Program, sponsored by Texas State Senator Royce West (D-Dallas).

Currently a candidate for the U.S. Senate, Mr. West was the keynoter for this year’s Sponsor Recognition Luncheon, where several students received scholarships.

The Senator encouraged the students to use their talents.

Since its inception, more than 2000 students have participated in this internship program that cultivates leaders. Paul Quinn College senior, Amber Holmes-Turner (seated next to Dr Lankford in photo) received the Don’t Believe the Hype Dr. Betty Shabazz Educational Excellence Scholarship.

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Congratulations to Charlotte D. Berry. At the National Convention of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., in Shreveport, LA., last week, she was elected President-elect of the first African American Greek-lettered business sorority established

by African American business women.

She is a member of the Psi Chapter in Dallas, TX. Stay tuned. You’ll be reading a lot more about Ms. Berry and Iota!

NAACP calls for Trump impeachment

By Lauren Poteat

NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Jonathan Alger Moore

drove his car into Carolyn Davis’ car

need of assistance.

Hundreds attended the funeral and celebrated the life of Ms. Davis and her daughter, Melissa.

See MY TRUTH, page 4

During its 110th National Convention at the Cobo Center in Downtown Detroit, the NAACP — the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization — hosted delegates from all over the country.

In keeping with the convention’s theme, “When We Fight, We Win,” the NAACP national delegation voted unanimously for the U.S. House of Representatives to initiate Articles of

Impeachment for President Donald J. Trump.

NAACP President Derrick Johnson, who has remained unwavering in his opposition to the president and his administration’s policies, gave the following remarks to the delegates shortly after the vote was cast.

“The pattern of Trump’s misconduct is unmistakable and has proven time and time again that he is unfit to serve as the president of this country,” said Johnson.

“From his attempts to curtail the scope of Robert Mueller’s investigation, to calling out minority congresswomen and telling them to go back to their countries, to caging immigrant children without food or water, to his numerous attempts to avert the Supreme Court’s decision to not add in the citizenship question to the 2020 Census, this president has led one of the most racist and xenophobic administrations since the Jim Crow era.”

“Trump needs to know that he is not

above the law and the crimes that he has committed, and he must be prosecuted.

We will make sure that the NAACP is at the forefront of pushing Congress to proceed with the impeachment process,” Johnson continued.

Tonight’s vote was the organization’s latest effort to encourage members of Congress to pursue impeachment against the president. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) energized the delegates, delivering remarks similar to those that See NAACP, page 3

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NAACP continued from p. 1 launched his efforts on the floor of the House of Representatives, where he has put forth several impeachment measures.

Carmel Henry, a millennial voting delegate from the District of Columbia, believes that even if the vote won’t have any legislative ramifications, the resolution represents a step in the right direction.

“I support the resolution passed by the organization during its 110th convention because it represents a closer step in addressing the injustices in America, particularly as it pertains to minorities and persons of color,” Henry said.

The NAACP’s vote comes one day before former special counsel Robert Mueller is set to testify before Congress, which many Democrats hope will help strengthen

the argument for impeachment among the legislators whose views differ from the 87 House members currently on record as expressing support for an impeachment inquiry.

While addressing attendees during last Monday’s events, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), one of the four freshman congresswomen who President Trump offensively told to “go home,” a statement many believe to based solely on her ethnic background — Tlaib was born in Detroit — repeated her call for his impeachment, saying “I’m not going nowhere.

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who also spoke at the convention Monday, did not mention Trump during her speech.

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The African American Museum of Dallas is enhancing its programming by implementing Comerica Bank’s financial education curriculum, starting with Science of Art Summer Camp session. Members of the bank’s financial brigade volunteers facilitated workshops for close to 40 students, ages 8-15, teaching basic money management principles from the Comerica Money $ense curriculum.

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EDITORIAL QUIT PLAYIN

By VINCENT L. HALL Vincent L. Hall is

an author, activist

and award-winning columnist

If you want to talk about the gift that keeps on giving; Google “James Brown.” His musical exploits and larger-than-life persona are still paying dividends. When the dude died he did it on Christmas Day. Real fans like me weren’t sure whether it was safe to mourn or not.

If you ever went to a James Brown ‘Revue” you know that he would die and then be resurrected after “Bobby” changed his cape! James’ gift was always magnified under the heat of the spotlight and so was his departure.

James Brown is the Godfather of Soul, Disco, Hip Hop, Rap and whatever music genre comes along in the next generation. Musicians will be samplin’ this brother for another millennium.

From “Pass the Peas” to “Funky

MY TRUTH Continued from pg 1 My head continued to spin at the thought of saying farewell to someone who always had a kind word and expressions of support. Someone at the wake made me feel a little better as he talked about Ms. Davis’ love for her daughter. It was a love that was often challenged but one thing Melissa could count on was the support of her mom.

The speaker said that the two were together now, that Ms. Davis could rest well because of this. Shortly after Ms. Davis died almost immediately from the injuries she sustained, Melissa also transitioned.

Still others talked about the man who killed the two. Some just couldn’t reconcile the loss. They felt he should have never been behind a wheel. Some

Use What You Got! Drummer,” James was a dancing dissertation on funky musicality.

The bio-pic about him, “Get On Up” was successful. Recall that the orphaned Brown was born into poverty and second-class citizenship.

But neither America’s racism or its caste system for people of color, could hold him down. In his 1971 hit; “Hot Pants,” he gave us a message in a fourbeat measure; “Use what you got to get what you want.”

Long before the street was renamed for Dr. King, there was a hangout known as “Sportsmen’s Rec” on Forest Avenue in Sunny South Dallas. It was a shooting range, but all of the hustlers there used a pool queue.

I did a lot of growing up there with my daddy. There were life lessons between “Big Six” at the domino table and corner pocket right on those plush greens.

The men there were particularly kind to me. I was a brilliant little kid, and very well-mannered. But I could do the James Brown (yeah, he had his

own dance) and they would pay me 10 cents a record. Using what I had taught me a lot about pride, presentation, and practice.

My first concert was in the ’70s and I can still see the technicolored marquee placard. It read, “James Brown Hot Pants Tour.” I thought I knew everything about him. That was until they draped that third cape on him and walked a weeping James Brown off the stage. Right before he ran back out screaming, “Please, Please, Please!”

But in betwixt all of that, James Brown gave colored folks all over America something that can never be repaid. James Brown took us from Colored and Negro to Black. And if that wasn’t enough, he made us proud to be Black.

“Say it loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud” changed America. You may be too young or too Afro-centric to remember, but I can recall when being called “Black” could get you severely beaten. It was as almost as bad as the “N-Word” is today. But James moved Black from a pejorative to a privilege.

James left more than Black and

wanted to attack him. And then too, others wanted to find someone to pay.

They wanted to know who the judges were that allowed this menace to society to drive the streets. Why wasn’t he behind bars?

Some turned their hurt and anger on Judge Dominique Collins.

When I saw the posts on social media, I was shocked. Clearly these folks did not know her narrative. They couldn’t know the way they were abusing her was not the way to proceed.

How many victims are we going to have in this saga? What good comes out of the savage assaults?

Which brings me to my truth.

You need to know what you’re talking about. Emotions alone can’t lead your battle. The misinformed have often been led into battles that had parties been equipped with the

right information; some lives may not have been lost!

It seems people took to social media after information was released that Jonathan Alger Moore’s probation ended just prior to the accident that took Ms. Davis and Melissa’s lives.

Yes, it was Judge Collins who signed the order to remove devices to monitor his alcohol use and prevent his vehicle from starting if he had taken a drink.

The external alcohol monitor tested his perspiration every half hour. On his car was an ignition interlock device (breathalyzer) that would prevent Mr. Moore from starting his vehicle. I’m told he had completed his probation.

Previously, Mr. Moore had four DWI convictions in Dallas County and one in Tarrant County. Despite guilty pleas and sentencing hearings that could have landed him in prison for

Proud and Hot Pants. He had another prophetic hit. Musicians have sampled “Funky President,” focusing on its soulful drum intro and some funky bass rifts. Funky President stays with me because the message goes beyond personal pride to communal responsibilty.

“People people, We gotta get over before we go under. Listen to me!

Let’s get together and raise. Let’s get together and get some land. Raise our food like the man. Save our money like the mob. Put up the fight, own the job. Country, do you know just what I meant? We just changed, got a brand up to 10 years, he has spent less than six months in the belly of the beast.

And yes, people are wondering how he slipped through the system so many times. According to some reports, he joked, lied and joked some more; shortly after the accident.

Even before he faced Judge Collins and before she became a judge, Mr. Moore has managed to evade prison.

A glance at her bio will tell you that Judge Collins is the Presiding Judge of Criminal District Court 4. Prior to being elected in 2012, she served Dallas County as an Assistant District Attorney. A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., she has extensive experience and she worked with several specialty divisions within the DA’s office, including organized crime, intake/grand jury, public integrity, and the mental health and competency

new funky president.”

James was referencing Gerald Ford, who was the funky successor to an impeachable Richard Nixon.

Who knows what James would say of the White House today. But we can all agree that Donald John Trump is the funkiest resident to live at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and that all nonWhite people need to develop a plan!

James Brown left the stage, and now he’s draped in a garment that he would plead to keep.

The gift of racial identity and cultural pride he left us must be bequeathed to our children. We also need to gift our children with an economic plan.

They must learn to use what they got to get what they want. This new funky president don’t give a damn about them! division. Judge Collins received her law degree from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio and she served honorably in the United States Air Force. She’s the moderator of the Good Street Legal Clinic and also Presiding Judge for Jury Services.

The judge I know is a Servant Leader.

She is conscious and conscientious.

She’s a consummate professional with impeccable work ethic. She is not deserving of the hateful words that have landed in her inbox. I will not repeat the vitriolic expressions. I will just say shame, shame, shame.

We have work to do and justice reform has to be high on our list of priorities. And that list keeps getting longer and longer. We night need to add social media bullying.

We don’t have time to waste on rhetoric.

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No more Mary Turners THE LAST WORD

BY DR. JULIANNE MALVEAUX

Dr. Julianne Malveaux is an author, economist, and social commentator.

Mary Turner was lynched on May 19.

1918 because she dared raise her voice.

Her husband, Hayes Turner, was among 13 people lynched in two weeks in and around Valdosta, Georgia.

The lynchings took place because one brutal white man, who was known to abuse workers so severely that he was only able to attract workers by getting them through the convict labor system, beat the wrong Black man too many times.

Sidney Johnson shot and killed the brutal Hampton Smith, and in response the white people of the area started apprehending, beating, and lynching Black men believed to be associated with Sidney Johnson (even though many of those lynched were not).

Mary Turner was 21 years old and eight months pregnant, and her husband was lynched. She openly denounced the lynchings and threatened to have the men who killed her husband arrested.

After Mary Turner’s lynching, an investigative reporter stated that Turner was lynched because she made “unwise remarks.”

The mob, it was reported, “took exception to her remarks as well as her attitude.” Her “defiant voice” was the impetus for mob retaliation.

The mob action was particularly brutal. Mary Turner was hung by her ankles, lowered face down from a tree.

Her clothing was set afire while she was alive.

When she was dead, one of the mobsters slit her belly open, and her fetus came out, landing in a pool of blood. Then the sick and brutal white men crushed the infant’s skull.

Black women have been, too often, cautioned to be silent, to be demure,

Maxine Waters to Congresswoman Fredricka Whitfield, to journalists April Ryan, Abby Phillips and Yamiche Alcindor, this man neither has the grace or the gravitas to interact with these brilliant and amazing Black women.

Now, here he goes again, spewing his filth. He suggested that four freshwomen members of Congress, the self-described “Squad” of Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (DMA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Alexandria OcasioCortez, “go back to where they came from.” He amplified and attacked the women so vociferously (and inaccurately, but that’s another story) that one of the mobs, I mean crowds, that attended one of his rallies began to chant “Send her home.”

Three of the four members of the Squad were born in the United States.

Ilhan Omar is a naturalized citizen and member of Congress.

The President is out of line and out of order, but that’s nothing new.

What is new is that he’s stopped dogwhistling his racism and now just shouts it out. And sometimes retreats.

Five days after his offensive tweets, he claims he did not incite his crowd and instead tried to shut the racist chants down. Films of the mob at his rally shows otherwise. Ilhan Omar and the

Without accusing Mr. Trump of lynching, one can accuse Mr. Trump of being a racist and hostile to Black women. Ilhan Omar isn’t the first he went after, and she won’t be the last. not to rock the boat. And Mary Turner’s lynching reminds us that mouthy Black women often suffer the consequence of their vocality.

The 45th President of the United States stands in the shadow of the men who silenced Mary Turner with his vicious and vile attacks on Black women. From Congresswoman

other members of the Squad have had their lives threatened, sometimes by identifiable Trump supporters.

We can’t expect 45 to repudiate the threats. After all, he thought there were “good people on both sides” in Charlottesville when Heather Heyer was killed.

So we aren’t surprised that he let

the vitriolic chants of “send her back” to go on for more than 13 seconds before they died down naturally (he did nothing to stop them, nor did he comment at the time).

If something happens to Ilhan Omar, our 45th President will be responsible. If something happens to any of the Squad, it will be the result of our putrid President and the silent Republicans who are reluctant to tell this man he is wrong. It took a full day after his offensive “go back” tweet for a handful of Republicans to speak up and say something.

Like the white men who lynched Mary Turner, our President “takes exception to her remarks as well as her attitude.”

Without accusing Mr. Trump of lynching, one can accuse Mr. Trump of being a racist and hostile to Black women.

Ilhan Omar isn’t the first he went

after, and she won’t be the last.

Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib had better not shut up.

They need to continue to raise their loud, discordant, disruptive voices to make our country a better, more inclusive nation.

They must raise their voices because Ida B. Wells did, and she paid the price. Because Shirley Chisholm did, and she paid the price. Because Barbara Lee did and got death threats as a result. Because Maxine Waters does, despite attacks and ridicule.

Mary Turner chafed at her husband’s lynching, and she paid the ultimate price. But the story of her lynching should strengthen us all. We must surround the Squad with support.

We need more mouthy women to challenge patriarchal predatory white supremacy. There must not be another Mary Turner.

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Women’s Suffrage forged by Founding Sisters: Happy Birthday to

By Gwen McKinney

“The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.”

So proclaimed Ida B. Wells-Barnett, who fearlessly shined a light with words on the abominable dark days after slavery and into the 20th century.

Journalist, publisher, author, activist, and suffragist leader, Ida B.’s spirit soars.

July 16 marks the 157th anniversary of her birth.

Blood, sweat, and ink sealed her legacy and the future of a nation still struggling to be whole.

Ida B. revered the Black press as an organizing tool.

Though her newspaper The Memphis Free Speech was destroyed by racist mobs, she was never silenced.

During her life, she would publish three newspapers and authored “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases” and “The Red Record,” investigative reports that remain definitive sources on racist violence more than 100 years later.

Small in stature but huge in courage, Wells, an emancipated slave, joined a cadre of Black contemporaries – scholars, activists, and thought leaders – who pledged to change the trajectory of bondage and demand that Black women have a voice.

They defy the clichés and caricatures planted in popular culture with their searing voices. Their cadence would not be paraphrased or translated into the often quoted “Ain’t I A Woman” reprise. But forever burdened by their womanhood and Blackness, their

Ida B. Wells Barnett

path – then and now – is littered with obstacles.

Educator and writer Mary Church Terrell observed, “Nobody wants to know a colored woman’s opinion about her own status [or] that of her group. When she dares express it, no matter how mild or tactful…, it is called ‘propaganda,’ or is labeled ‘controversial.’”

Poet, teacher, and Baltimore abolitionist Frances Ellen Harper was among the suffragists who pleaded the case for linked fate unity. “We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity,” she said. “Society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul.”

These Founding Sisters forged civil rights organizations with Black men, sororities, and service clubs with their women peers, and joined “woke”

White women against lynching and disenfranchisement and for education and economic development.

It was Ida B. and a coterie of Black women publishers, writers, and teachers of the era who led the movement for universal suffrage even when Black women were shunned and excluded.

Nonetheless, women’s suffrage, deeply rooted in abolitionism, is depicted in a single dimension as the jumpstart for the white feminist/voting rights movement.

Regarded as social reformers, White suffragist – many of them supporters of abolition – confronted a fork in the road, conflicted between the “Negro question” and universal suffrage.

With passage of the 15th Amendment in 1870 granting Black men voting rights, universal suffrage would be sacrificed on the altar of patriarchy and white supremacy.

Defended or oversimplified, the words of Susan B. Anthony, crowned the mother of women’s suffrage, illustrate the entrenched stranglehold of whiteness.

Though she counted abolitionist Frederick Douglas as an admired cohort, Anthony’s contradictions can only be measured today in the context of racism and exclusion.

“I would sooner cut off this right arm of mine before I would ever work for or demand the ballot for the black man and not the woman,” she said.

One might conclude that she was seduced by the divide-and-conquer tactics of the male proponents of the 15th Amendment. But Anthony’s view was widely embraced by the White women’s suffrage movement.

Her friend and suffrage leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton, arguing against the 15th Amendment,

protested: “It’s better to be the slave of an educated white man than of a degraded black one.”

One year away from the centennial of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, how much ground have we gained as women and a nation? How much of the conversation about gender equality denies the overlapping impact of white nationalism, patriarchy, and privilege? Where and when do the voices of Black and Brown women enter?

But first and foremost, when do Black women get the recognition that they have earned in their unbroken march to freedom?

Our compass should be guided by that path forged

by Ida B. Wells and other courageous Black women whose intersectional quest to make America stand upright changed the world.

This opening salvo embraces Suffrage. Race. Power. Spurred by my collaboration with a small collective of women that is Black-led, crossgenerational, and supported by “woke” White women, we’ve named ourselves “Founding Sisters.” This space will offer regular installments that honor our Founding Sisters of the last centuries and spotlight the unfinished business of Suffrage. Race. Power.

To kick it off: Happy birthday Ida B.!

Gwen McKinney is President and Founder of McKinney & Associates Public Relations, for which she is responsible for translating the vision of “public relations with a conscience” into a sustained, bold and tested suite of communications services and activities. She is also the founder and lead collaborator for Suffrage.Race.Power.

As journalists prepare to gather in Miami for the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists, we must never forget this warrior!

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Anthony’s Leadership Council

Student-athlete discusses Overcoming Adversity example and showing the love the way that Jesus loved.

Anthony Council

Sports has always been a great part of my life. From a trade or a championship, sports can change a city, a state or a whole nation.

Sports are great and the teams even better but, what makes a great team?

It's a great leader and there are many of them in every sport from Lebron, Tom Brady, or Derek Jeter.

They are leaders on as well as off the court, field, and diamond.

On my show Anthony’s Leadership Council, I spoke with Cash Merutka and he discussed how he has impacted his track team even while going through adversity during his last year of high school.

AC: How have you been a leader off the track?

CM: One thing I've been able to do is to participate at Young Life, which is a program were high school students come and have a big party after school and kinda get energized with celebrating Jesus Christ.

I'm a student leader there and just being there I've noticed that from being engaged in leading by

Throughout the interview, we discussed the challenges that he faced throughout the season, from the beginning of the season when Cash pulled his hamstring and was out for most of the season.

At that moment it was hard for him to trust God in that point because he had always been the example for the team by demonstrating what it means to have a hunger mentality, but in this new phase of his life, God had shown him another way to be a leader.

AC: How did it feel when you knew that you had pulled your hamstring let's talk about the adversity and the change of direction of leadership you had to go through.

CM: Yeah going into my senior season I was very optimistic about this season knowing it was my last one I was ready to work for whatever, and like you said that hunger and striving like you said you have to wake up every day and be hungry.

And like you said I was that and striving for that.

And even then from knowing God, I know he works in mysterious ways.

And just like that it happened and my whole drive to run track

collegiately fell apart I didn't know what I could do I just fell apart. Finding out that from there the only way is up I knew that I had to trust in God to get where he wanted me to be.

AC: From that point what did you think God was telling you?

CM: One, to slow down and look at different ways to lead as well to completely trust in him and believe the promise that he gave us.

And then to keep fighting and from that my drive grew and grew.

AC: So what's next Cash, after this crazy season from the injury and leading the team to victory again for the second straight year in track for Hebron?

As well as learning a little bit about yourself how to become a better leader off the track, what's next?

CM: Well by the grace of God I will be running for Oklahoma State.

And with that, it's just trusting in God and it only takes one person that he needs to influence sometimes it's all him and through him anything is possible.

Tune in to Anthony’s Leadership Council, Tuesday at 2p.m. on Cheryl’s World on Blog Talk Radio.

United to Learn holds Back-to-School Drive for 27 Dallas ISD Schools Through August 16, United to Learn is hosting Learning Launch, an annual back-to-school drive that accelerates student learning by equipping teachers and students with critical teaching supplies not met by limited public school budgets.

Now in its third year, the drive focuses on 27 Dallas ISD schools located primarily in North Dallas.

These schools represent 15,900 students, with nine out of 10 students who qualify for free and reduced lunch, along with 1,400 educators.

Abby Williams, founder and executive director of United to Learn, said, “Learning Launch isn’t your typical back-to-school drive. With your help, we provide both students and teachers the launch they need in the new school year with targeted resources for rigorous instruction.

We know that each of our teachers will personally spend up to $600 to provide these same items – classroom texts, writing journals and supplies, basic technology tools – when limited public school budgets can’t cover their needs.

So we’re asking our neighbors to get involved, contribute to our Learning Launch and continue encouraging gains in literacy and learning.”

With so many items under $50, Learning Launch is an easy and fun way to make a real impact.

Those interested in participating can visit the website, http:// w w w. u n i t e d t o l e a r n . o r g / learninglaunch/, then help in one of three ways: Make a Donation: People can make a cash

donation, and U2L staff will purchase the most needed items for teachers’ classrooms and deliver them directly to the schools.

Shop Online for Classroom Resources: People can select and purchase items from the Top Classroom Needs list or buy items for a specific school. Choose the United to

Learn Gift Registry as the shipping address to have items delivered to the U2L office.

Buy Classroom Resources InStore and Drop Off at United to

Learn: For those who would like to purchase items at Lakeshore Learning, Barnes & Noble or Office Depot stores, refer to the Top Classroom Needs list.

By August 16, they can drop off items at U2L’s office (5310 Harvest Hill Road, Suite 190, Dallas, TX 75230) Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

United to Learn is a coalition of public elementary schools, private institutions and engaged community members who have come together to create meaningful learning opportunities for every student to learn and lead. In North Dallas, where great privilege and poverty coexist but rarely overlap, many of the city’s most prestigious private schools and wealthiest neighborhoods are concentrated alongside public schools, where 9 out of 10 students qualify for free and reduced lunch.

United to Learn builds relationships across our community and forges bonds to share resources and eliminate gaps in opportunity and understanding.

For more information call 469848-7420, visit unitedtolearn.org,

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Happy Hour with Don Diego, Chocolate Lounge Exclusive, 4222 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., 6-8p.

Back to School Month Immunization Awareness Month

Bobby Sparks II, The Common Table, 2917 Fairmount St. Dallas, 10-11:59p.

Recurring Events Feeding The Needy, Host: Michael “Hollywood” Hernandez 834 S. Ervay St., 3-5p., Sundays.

Marvelous Marriage Monday’s, Friendship-West Baptist Church, 2020 W. Wheatland Rd., 7-8:30p.

Sista the Musical, Jubilee Theatre, 506 Main, Ft. Worth Tickets: 817-338-8411, 7-26-8-25-19. Times Vary.

July 31 Congressman Marc Veasey 2019 Grant Writing Workshop, Sam Houston High School, 2000 Sam Houston Dr., Arlington, 9a-3p.

RSVP, email: Jose.Vallejo@ gmail.House.gov.

Linny Nance Live, Chocolate Secrets, 3926 Oak Lawn Ave. Dallas, 7:30-11p.

Reggae Wednesdays, Aldeez Caribbean Restaurant & Event Center, 7879 Spring Valley Rd. #115, 9p-2a.

August 1 CCBCC Small Business Expo, Collin College Spring Creek Campus, 2800 E. Spring Creek Pkwy, Plano. 8a-2p.

Info & Reg.: http://www.ccblackchamber.org/BusinessExpo.

WNBA, New York Liberty vs. Dallas Wings, College Park Center, at UTA, 600 S. Center St. 7-10p. Tickets: www. utatickets.com.

2 Annual DFW Restaurant Week Specialty Bites, Crockett Row at W. 7th St., Ft. Worth. 6-10p. Visit: DFW RESTAURANT WEEK.COM. Empowerment Program Mentor Meeting, 282nd Judicial District Court, Judge Amber Givens, 133 N. Riverfront Blvd. 5th fl.

6:15p. 214 653-5852.

August 2-3 Just Lucki… is featuring Lucki Peterson, Clarence Muse Café, 1309 Canton St. 8p. Ticketmaster.com.

August 2 Ole School Party Fish Fry Hole in the Wall Edition, Trinity Elk Lodge #480, 2607 MLK Jr. Blvd. 8-2a.

Live Wyya Live, Jamaican Independence Celebration, Aldeez Caribbean Restaurant & Event Center, 7879 Spring Valley Rd., 7-10p.

Erotic Nights Open Mic, Sways Room, 921 W. Beltline Rd. DeSoto. #110, 9p.

Dallas Mayor’s Back to School Fair, Fair Park 8a-22p, Pre-Register: mayorsbacktoschoolfair.com.

August 3-4 #WEWOKE Stage Play, Corner Theatre, 211 E. Pleasant Run Rd. DeSoto, 7p. & 2:30p. Tickets: Eventbrite.com.

August 3 Ladies Night Out, The Theatre, 1000 Performance Place, Grand Prairie, 8pm. Tickets: AXS.com.

Line Dance Marathon, Janie C. Turner Recreation Center, 6424 Elm Rd., 3:30p., 214-670-8277.

Brian McKnight and Avant, Music Hall, Fair Park 901 First Ave., 8p. Ticketmaster.com.

Trap House Comedy Bash Feat: Brotha SHAWT, One Love Lounge, 2315 S. Copper St. Arlington. 7p.

Eventbrite.com.

The Transatlantic Trade Expo, Irving Convention Center, 500 W. Las Colinas Blvd., 10a-5p. www.transatlantictrad expo.com.

Chef Demo with Café Momentum, Dallas Farmers Market, 920 S. Harwood. 1p.

The Pack Ratts of Comedy Tour Feat: D. Ellis, Shed G, Q. & Grossman, Arlington Improv, 309 Curtis Mathes Way #147, 7-10p. Improv Box Office.

PieFace Soul Café Pop Up Dinner, Club Soul Sothern Brunch, Ella’s Event Center, 137 Historic Square, Lancaster, 12:30-3:30. Tickets Eventbrite.com.

Back-2-School Bash, 203 S. Hampton Rd., DeSoto, 2-4:30p. Free Supplies.

A Benefit Concert Feat: Classical Vocalist Erika Nunn Johnson, African American Museum, 3635 Grand Ave., 5:30-6:45p. Register for tickets: Eventbrite.com.

August 5 DFW Restaurant Week August 5-11 Big Thought 30 Years Talent Recruitment at Big Thought 1409 S. Lamar St. Ste. #1015. 9-10:30a. Info: RSVP to kiara.dismuke@bigthought.org.

2019 Backpack Giveaway, Crossroads Church, 7900 Chiesa Rd., Rowlett, 6-8p.

August 6 Happy Birthday to one of our Biggest Fans Lori H. Henderson Happy Birthday Mom Lena Jones I love you, your daughter Marva

Funnier Than A Mutha #*@%!& Ladies Night Out, The Theater Grand Prairie, 1001 Performance Pl. 8p.

Tickets: Axs.com.

Follow The Blue Print Series: Government Contracting, DCCCD Bill Priest Institute, 1402 Corinth St., 6:8:30p. RSVP: Eventbrite.com.

2019 Landmark Dinner, Host Lambda Legal Dallas, The Adolphus, 1321 Commerce St. 6-10p. lambdalegal.com.

The Jazz Jam at Jazz BeCuzz Art Center, 9319 LBJ Fwy. #120. Tickets: via Eventbrite.com.

Incarceration, Execution & The Human Face of Criminal Justice, Bishop Arts Theatre Center, 215 S. Tyler St., 3p. Tickets www.Vendini.com.

August 7-8

Back To School Bash, Wynnewood Village Oak Cliff, 655 W. Illinois Ave. #916, 9:30-12p. Register: Eventbrite.

Back to School Party, Free School Supplies, Carlos Luevano Jr. State Farm 3225 Ft. Worth Ave. #170, 11a-2p.

Wiz Khalifa The Decent Exposure Tour, DOS Equis Pavilion, Fair Park, 6p. SkipWallace@LiveNation.com.

Faith and Family Night Las Vegas Aces vs.

Dallas Wings, Post Game Concert Feat: Fred Hammond, UTA 701 S. Nedderman Dr., 7p. Ticketing.axs.com.

August 4 Brown Girl Brunch, Brown Girl Shop, 324 E. Beltline Rd., DeSoto, 1-3p. Tickets: Free Register at Eventbrite.com.

The State Fair of Texas, Resource & Job Fair, Briscoe Carpenter Live Stock Center, Fair Park, 9:30a-2p.

August 7

August 8 The Stormproof Way To Build Your Brand, Host: Tresa Chambers, North Park Center 8687 N. 75 Fwy. #1612, 7-9p. Reg.: meetup.com/entrepreneur-brandstorming.com.

Bone Thugs & Harmony, The House of Blues 2200 N. Lamar St. 7p. Tickets: www.concerts1.livenation.com.

TREC Talks: Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax, TREC Dallas, 3100 McKinnon St. #1160. 5-6:30p.

Tickets: www.recouncil.com.

Called 2 Love Comedy Date Night, Hagee Communications Center, 499 E. University Ave., Waxahachie., 7-9:30p. Tickets: Eventbrite.com.

Red Day 2019, Guest Speaker: Tabernacle of Praise Missionary Baptist Church, Dr. Anthony Sharp, Bon Air Baptist Church, 5707 Bonnie View Road, Dallas. 11a.

August 9 The Fresh w/DJ Clue, Sandaga 813, 813 Exposition Ave., Dallas. 9p-2a. Tickets: Eventbrite.com.

Drive-In Movie: Incredible 2, Frisco Athletic Center, 5828 Nancy Jane Ln. 8-11p. Tickets: www.friscotexas.gov.

August 10-11 Hidden Women’s Conference Host: Tabitha’s Tea Party, Hilton Rockwall/Lakefront 2055 Summer Lee Dr. Sat. 7p & Sun. 12p. Info: TheHiddenMovement.com.

August 10 TJMS One More Time Experience with Charlie Wilson, The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, 300 W. Las Colinas Blvd., Irving. 5-8p. Tickets: majic945.com.

Friendship-West Presents: A Day to Shine, Voices That Shout, 616 W. Kiest Blvd. Please donate your used cell phones. Info: VTS: 972-228-5376.

“Living My Best Life” VIP Red Carpet Yacht Get Away, Sam’s Dock Pier 121 Marina, 1481 East Hill Park Rd., Lewisville. 7:30-10:30p. Tickets: Eventbrite.com.

2019 Back 2 School Community Fair, Fredrick Douglass Human Services, “The 616”, 616 W. Kiest Blvd.

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National Association of Black Journalists 2019 Convention

Dr. Kang’s Vegan Potluck, Regal Row, 1720 Regal Row #210. Bring A VEGAN Dish or Donation of $10 & up.

2019 National Pan-Hellenic Council of Dallas Meeting, African American Museum, 3536 Grand Ave. 6:30-8p.

The Unmasking Conference, Host: Tamisa Hunter, Women Like Us, Inc., Vouv Dallas, 4444 Sigma Rd., 10a-4p. Info: www.womenlikeusinc.org/conference.

Google My Business: How To Stand Out In Google, Frost Bank, 2950 N. Harwood St. #100. 10a-12p.

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Back to School Community Event, Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, 1819 N. Washington Ave. 10a1p. Reg: www.pilgrimrestdallas.org/events by 8-4.

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IBBA to commemorate historic 400-Year Anniversary of first Africans to arrive in America Rob Neal, Executive Director of IBBA (International Broadcasters Association) and the Board of Directors are proud to announce several events they will be hosting in Norfolk, Virginia surrounding the 400th Anniversary year of the first Africans arrival to America.

Mr. Neal says, "2019 is a pivotal year for the Fort Monroe National Monument, marking the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans to English North America. The entire year is dedicated to those “20 and odd� who were brought here on an English privateer ship named the White Lion."

Interested members and participants are invited to join IBBA's annual event with this year highlighting this American story and the significant African and African American experience. IBBA will commemorate this historic 400-year event with panel discussion concluding with the IBBA 1619 to 2019 Dinner. The events will take place August 23 - 25 at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel located at 777 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, Virginia. Below is the schedule of events planned on Saturday, August 24, 2019, with more details to follow on ibbainc.com.

Sat., Aug. 24, 2019 (10am-1pm ) Visit to the site where the first slaves arrive to English North America Sat., Aug. 24, 2019 (3pm - 4pm) Tony Gray, President of Gray Communications in Chicago, IL will Moderate the IBBA Broadcast Panel Sat., Aug. 24, 2019, (7pm) The Honorable Johnny Ford, former and first black mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama will be Keynote Speaker at the IBBA 1619-2019 Dinner

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Trump, continued from front page of the Congressional Black Caucus and Hispanic Caucus, some of the strongest voices for impeachment in Congress.

“It’s time to step up and do something about this president,” Green said, echoing comments he’d made a year ago to reporters and publishers of the Black Press of America.

Earlier, Green introduced articles of impeachment in the form of a privileged resolution that required the House to take up the measure within two legislative days.

However, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a majority of Democrats have opposed impeachment because they said the Republicanled Senate would never convict Trump.

They also fear that a failed conviction in the Senate would only help Trump’s re-election campaign, something several experts agree with.

“At this point in time, impeachment is a terrible idea and could potentially play into Trump’s own narrative,” said David Pring-Mill, a consultant to startups and political causes.

“Victimizers sometimes play the role of the victim in order to justify their own abusive behavior, reframe perceptions, establish false equivalence, energize advantageous divisions, and intensify or gain support,” Pring-Mill said.

Further, any Democratic victory would

ring hollow to Trump’s supporters, who would retreat further into their belief that elites have stacked the deck against them out of disregard or disdain, Pring-Mill said.

Impeachment is often spoken of for political reasons, said

President Donald Trump

Matt C. Pinsker, an adjunct professor of Homeland Security and Criminal Justice at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University.

“Unlike the criminal justice system which requires a burden of proof and due process, impeachment is a political maneuver and there is no such thing as malpractice for congress,” Pinsker said.

Steven Isaac Azizi, a senior partner at Miracle Mile Law Group, said the Democratic majority is hesitant for a number of reasons to impeach the president.

“I believe the foremost

reason is that congress is rejecting the idea is because of the sheer reputational damage it would instill in the international world’s eyes and another maybe the ignition of pro-Trump supporters,” Azizi said.

“These are without a doubt, the cons of any potential impeachment.

On the other hand, a potential pro to a Trump impeachment would be the riddance of the rhetoric that he brings along with him,” Azizi said. “In any event, impeachment would be accompanied by severe consequences that would rever-berate around the whole world,” he said.

Rep. Green told his colleagues that they should look in the mirror.

“If you did what the president has done, you would be punished. What we’ve done so far doesn’t fine him, and it does not remove him from his job,” Green said. “You would lose your jobs. The president cannot be above the law,” he said.

Unmoved, Trump doubled down on his Twitter comments about the congresswomen he offended by saying they should go back where they came from.

“If they don’t want to love our country, if they don’t want to fight for our country, they can leave.

I’ll never change on that,” Trump told reporters.

This article originally appeared in the Washington Informer.

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AROUND TOWN

BY HOLLYWOOD HERNANDEZ

THAT CELEBRITY INTERVIEW

MTV

Ex on the Beach

By VALDER BEEBE

We are now living in a time when your personal life is on display for all to see via social media, reality TV and the media. If we are going to grant access to our interpersonal lives, use the model from Philippians 4:8 “ whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

Splashed All Over the Internet!

Multi-platinum selling artist and reality star Aubrey O’Day says Donald Trump, Jr is her “soul mate!” The former member of the all-female group Danity Kane say she is a “Reality Royalty” and talks about her ex, Trump Jr in Season 3 of the Hit MTV Dating Show Ex On The Beach. The series brings ten celeb-reality singles to Malibu in the hopes of getting a fresh start at love... but when their exes wash ashore to rekindle an old flame or enact their revenge, will their Ex get in the way of their Next? Or will their Ex become their Next?

Hosted by multi-platinum selling artist Romeo Miller, this season of Ex On The Beach features romantically embattled stars from Big Brother, Are You the One?, Inst@famous, The Challenge and others.

Aubrey O’Day is an American singer-songwriter, member of the duo Dumblonde , reality television personality, and a member of the girl group Danity Kane.

O’Day has modeled

for magazines such as Blender and Playboy, and performed on Broadway in Hairspray. In 2015, O’Day formed the electropop duo Dumblonde with her fellow Danity Kane groupmate Shannon Bex. Additionally, O’Day has made appearances on reality television shows, including the fifth season of Celebrity Apprentice, Famously Singleon the E! Network, and Celebrity Big Brother 18. Text provided by Aubrey O’Day’s publicity team.

VBS: Thank you Aubrey O’Day for being my guest on the Valder Beebe Show. You are here to talk about your appearance on MTV Ex on the Beach and the controversial comment. First, let’s chat about Ex on the Beach. What will we see from season 3 of Ex on the Beach?

AOD: Everyone who appears on Ex on the Beach, is looking for love or looking for revenge.

VBS: Will we see any of your ex’s or current love interests? I suggest our audience Google’s to find out who they are.

AOD: Well, you will just have to tune in to see who shows up for me.

VBS: What about the controversial comment that is throwing shade on someone in the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave? AOD: When I was on Celebrity Apprentice, he and I made a soul connection, he’s ………………………. complete video interview ON-DEMAND at ValderBeebeShow.com

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ASK ALMA

Hit the road Hey Alma, My boyfriend and I broke up 3 months ago. I don’t want to move and he won’t move. I have asked him again and again to get out. What can I do?

Name withheld Dear Name, If you don’t know, you aren’t ready to leave. You guys aren’t done yet. You’re still playing games, acting like you don’t care when you really do.

When a relationship is over and you’re ready to move on, that’s what you do and no one can stop you. When it’s over, you walk away, accepting the unanswered questions and nonexistent apologies. When you’re done, like a perfectly 20-minute baked salmon patty, you leave with nothing. If necessary, you’ll go back to your mama’s house, sleep on your cousin’s couch. Without any options, you hide under your desk at night, and shower in the gym before anyone shows up for work the next morning. Make up your mind. If you want him, work on the relationship. If it’s over, make your move.

Alma Dear Alma, My sister and I are very close.

We’re only three years apart.

Although not roommates, we do everything together.

She’s a free spirit, college professor and lives well. I am a government employee that has a secret clearance and I too make a good living. My sister

and I often take spa trips and luxurious vacations together.

She was in a car accident and smokes marijuana for the pain.

Recently, she’s started bringing her weed on our trips.

I don’t smoke and I can’t take the chance of being caught at the airport with drugs. When I asked her not to bring it, she says it’s no big deal.

She and I have a trip planned, but I’m not sure I want to go.

I don’t want to lose my job because of her habit. I’m not judging, but how do I get her to understand the position she’s put me in?

Name withheld Dear Name, Sister, sister, based on your relationship, I’d suggest you be frank with her. Just say, “I can’t afford to lose my secret clearance, so you can’t bring your weed when we travel.”

Remind her that you aren’t asking just because you don’t smoke, you’re asking because she’s jeopardizing your job.

If she can lay off the pot for a few days, as a peace offering add Colorado to your list of vacation spots, just to show her you can be a good sport, LOL! If that’s not an option for her, here’s plan B. Take a different flight and book a separate hotel room.

Boom, it’s that easy. She’s a smart woman, she’ll understand.

What a double blessing, a sister who’s like a best friend.

It doesn’t get much better than that.

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.

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Cierra’s Interlude by Cierra Mayes

Protection is key Dear students, protect yourself at all times.

Cierra’s Interlude is a podcast platform I created to give current college students and former students the Cierra Mayes opportunity to tell their truth.

My show airs on blog talk radio every Wednesday from 2p.m. to 4p.m. Every week I talk about different subjects that are related to student experience on and off campus. I am a recent graduate from the University of North Texas with a focus in broadcast Journalism.

Recently, I did a Q&A on the importance of budgeting your money and why it is important to save. During your transition years whether a student decides to go to a University or not, they will need to know how important it is to save money and to start building credit. That article is published in last week’s issue of Texas Metro News.

On last week’s episode, I interviewed one of Powerplay Radio show hosts, Candy Jackson. We talked about the importance of safe sex and getting to know yourself better than ever. Candy created a platform to show others to be free in your sexual life as well as to be safe. Many shy away from this topic but she knew that if no one feels comfortable talking about it, how would we all be educated on what’s important? Many youth experience sexual engagement at a young age.

This may cause trauma in your adult life or also affect you not knowing your body as you should.

Everyone’s experience is different, no matter how you experience it’s important one knows self worth, communication, knowing what you want, and staying true to yourself.

Cierra Mayes: What brought your interest in being a sex educator?

Candy Jackson: I am a teacher already.

I teach 7th grade, but I had a lot of things in mind but I knew I always wanted to be a teacher. I didn’t want to just be a teacher of students, I wanted to be a teacher to adults as well. When I became a veteran candy consultant, and how I did that was I went to one of my friend’s bachelorette party

and the lady, who is now my sponsor, my friends told her that I was a sexologist and that I educated on sexual relations. At the end of the night she asked me if I wanted to become a veteran candy consultant and I said yes. I also was honored to become a sex coach at the Dr. Rachael Institute.

Cierra Mayes: There’s a lot of students that are not comfortable with talking about sex. How would you go about getting a student comfortable about talking about sex?

Candy Jackson: Let me start by saying that I am a pastor’s child. It didn’t discourage me from asking questions to anyone else but it discouraged me from asking questions to my mom. Don’t be scared to ask questions. Seek out people like myself that you can talk to and you should ask questions. You know the internet has a lot of stuff. It has some good information and it also has some false information as well. So you don’t want to get the wrong information and think you’re doing the right thing because when you are not. I’m all for aspiration, sex aspiration but safe aspiration.

Cierra Mayes: How often would you suggest a sexually active person to get checked?

Candy Jackson: I would say every three months. If you are really sexually active I would say every two months. Usually people go every six months, now with new sciences with HIV you can definitely tell sooner than later. I would say every three months, especially if you are changing partners, or you suspect your partner is cheating. Even if you are in a committed relationship, go get checked.

It was a pleasure talking to Candy and hearing her advice about safe sex, talking to someone you trust about sexual relations, and to know yourself before making any major moves. It is important that everyone protects themselves.

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