WNBA Star Brittney Griner Released from Russian Prison in Prisoner Exchange
By Dorothy J. Gentry Sports Editor
Surely we know we are still living through a pandemic. There are challenges, obstacles and roadblocks that will cause us to face, overcome and pivot.
We also know that in spite of what is going on in life, we must continue to live until we take that last breath.
You’ve heard people say before, “I don’t know how I can live without _________.”
Well, guess what, although there are painful days ahead and some are tough, we still manage to live on; until it is our time to transition.
We have definitely had some tough times over the past two years and in order to navigate through all the drama, we have to do the time and not let the time do us!
Which brings me to my truth.
Prior to COVID -19, the Don’t Believe the Hype foundation, along with other sponsors, began hosting the Realizing the Dream Healthy Living Expo. Initially held in December and featuring the incomparable Dick Gregory as the headliner, the event was moved to Dr. Martin Luther King Day and partnered with the annual parade commemorating the Drum Major for Justice’s life!
This year presenting sponsor, Comerica Bank, along with WAITT (We Are In This Together) is joining with the Don’t Believe the Hype Foundation, in conjunction with I Messenger Media LLC (Texas Metro News, Garland Journal and I Messenger), African American Museum, the city of Dallas, MOCCA Cosmetics, Heroes House and others, to host the Realizing
Brittney Griner is being flown to a military medical facility in San Antonio as she begins preparation to return home, according to reports.
The WNBA star and Houston native was freed Thursday in a prisoner swap with the U.S. releasing Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. She had been detained in Russia for 294 days since her arrest in February on drug charges.
President Biden made a statement on Brittney Griner’s release early on the morning of Dec. 8th and released photos of him meeting with Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, in the Oval Office and speaking with Brittney Griner on the phone atop the Resolute Desk. Cherelle Griner was flown by the U.S. government to San Antonio, Texas where Brittney Griner arrived back in the U.S.
accompanied by Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, and administration officials.
Cherelle Griner also spoke and during the press conference said with a smile: “Today my family is whole again.”
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said that “BG” – as she is affectionately known – has never been out of their thoughts or minds over the past months.
“I want to thank you, the media, for keeping BG at the top of your coverage because that was helpful. And to the WNBA fans as well who continued to advocate for BG in getting her
joyous celebration, deep gratitude, grief for the time lost, and sincere hope for all families still awaiting the return of a loved one.
BG's strength in this process,
News station CNBC was the first to report on Griner’s expected arrival at Brooke Army Medical Center’s reintegration facility.
Per reports, a State Department spokesman said Thursday afternoon: “The U.S government is focused on ensuring Brittney Griner’s and her family’s well-being is prioritized and that all assistance available be offered in an appropriate manner. Due to privacy reasons, and out of respect for the family, we do not have anything additional to provide.”
Finally Freed – Reaction News broke early Thursday morning of the release of Griner, who plays for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and has won gold medals as part of the USA Olympic Basketball team.
"She’s safe, she’s on a plane, she’s on her way home," President Joe Biden said from the White House, where he was
“There has not been a day over the past 10 months where we all haven’t had Brittney Griner on our minds and in our hearts,” Engelbert said. “That has now turned into a collective wave of joy and relief knowing that she will soon be reunited with her family, the WNBA player community, and her friends.”
Engelbert also thanked the media and fans for their coverage and relentless support in keeping Griner’s name and story on the forefront.
home,” she said.
“It's a great day and we look forward to BG having her time and space and recovering from this whole ordeal, awful ordeal. She's a star, one of the greatest players ever to play the game. So I think the efforts of everybody have been helpful. The support has been helpful. The voices have been helpful.”
Griner’s team, the Phoenix Mercury where she has played since being drafted No. 1 overall out of Baylor University in 2013, also released a statement on the release of their beloved star player that read in part:
Miraculously, mercifully, the count of days detained has ended at 294, and our friend, our sister is headed back home where she belongs. The emotions for our organization, just like for our fans and so many across the world, are those of
her unwavering belief that resolution would come, and the hope she displayed every day is what kept all of us believing this day would come.
The fight to bring her home has illustrated the power of the WNBA, its players, platform, and mission. We no longer have to Bring BG Home – she’s on her way."
Hiawatha Williams' Name Unveiled at Ceremony
By Cheryl SmithHiawatha Williams is no stranger to the neighborhood as hundreds gathered in inclement weather on Friday to attend the naming ceremony for the Hiawatha Williams Recreation Center, in Oak Cliff.
Everyone from elected officials, the clergy and representatives of the business community lauded the founder of Williams Chicken as they talked about his character, faith and commitment to excellence.
A graduate of Paul Quinn
College, Williams has long been heralded for his community service and leadership as well as his mentoring of youth and entrepreneurs.
For the past 35 years, Williams Chicken has been a stalwart across Texas and parts of Louisiana. At one time, Mr. Williams, addressing the food desert in Oak Cliff, opened a su-
permarket. Located at 2976 Cummings Street, the recreation center was formerly known as Cummings,
Williams Chicken Founder Honored with Naming of Oak Cliff Community Center
and according to the center’s website, the property for the park land where the recreation center was built was purchased by the Recreation department in 1964 from Agnes V. Cummings for $13,500.00.
On January 22, 1970 an additional 19,376 sq. ft. of adjoining land was purchased by the Recreation department from James Oliver LaFayette. There were two additional land purchases
in 1971 to complete the land acquisitions which then became the Cummings Recreation Center which was dedicated 50 years ago on Sunday, February 6, 1972.
According to Harrison Blair, president of the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, the decision to rename the center was very significant, especially when you consider the contributions the Williams Family
has made to the growth and development of the City, State and Country.
Blair, who sits on the Dallas Park and Recreation Board, expressed pride as he talked about the service of the Board members who were charged with making the decision.
“There was no one who could deny that Mr. Williams is more than worthy and I’m just happy
It’s Black History by George!
Judge Harold “Barefoot” Sanders. There’s a school at Townview in his honor.
By Vincent L. HallWe lost a dear friend the other day. I say we because those who want to “Remember Black Dallas" lost a giant. Dr. George Keaton Jr. led the bulk of recent Black history discoveries. But, unfortunately, he lost a battle to cancer – a cancer not directly associated with racism.
George was the master historian. But let me tell you my story about him and how we knew each other.
For the first five years of the school’s existence, hundreds of Black students’ arrival at Skyline High was chaotic and historic. In most cases, it was the first time they had seen or sat next to White students- much less in a setting where White students represented a majority.
Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, but like Juneteenth, freedom didn't ring immediately after the ruling for Dallas school children. Unfortunately, that 50 years of history is too broad and deep for this rendering. So instead, read up on Tasby v. Estes or the orders of
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And so here we all were. We had migrated and ridden long yellow buses from Oak Cliff, South Dallas, Mill Place in East Dallas, and the Pinkston campus in West Dallas. For many of us, it was not nearly the "dystopian" experience Aldous Huxley portrayed in his epic, "Brave New World,” but we had some “difficult days” ahead of us.
Dallas ISD was accomplishing forced bussing through Majority-Minority (M&M) transfers. Black students at Skyline, though, were there primarily due to their academic merit. In other words, Black kids had to have credentials that other “privileged” students lacked in many cases.
Skyline was a grand experiment that became the educational petri dish of future professionals of every discipline. Skyline's alumnae have significantly contributed to this city since opening its doors to instruction in 1971. However, the most significant benefit was that we gleaned the good, the bad, and the ugly about race and public policy.
Skyline High was the epitome and forerunner of the “magnet school” design and pedagogy. As
a tour guide in the 10th grade, I led visitors from Chicago to China throughout the 77-acre complex, armed with talking points and deep knowledge of all 32 "Clusters."
Visitors posed questions about every school, from Horticulture and Aviation to Fashion Design and Childcare. You could learn about different cultures in the “smoking area.” “Goat ropers and shit-kickers smoked Marlboro. Rockers puffed on Alpines.
sprawling student center to the cafeteria. As a result, Black students learned how to fight for themselves and one another.
With the help of some courageous educators, we began to understand politics and how they sometimes superseded talent and ability. These educators pushed us headlong into student government and other areas where we were skeptical but capable.
My lifelong mentor/favorite
and right.” George was asked a million times whether he was on the basketball team. His long, lanky frame at 6 foot 5 probably warranted the question. However, his passion was learning and teaching, and he did it all his life.
George Keaton Jr. took a page right out of his father’s playbook. George Keaton Sr. graces the pages of history as one of the most prolific photographers of “Dallas’ Black Life.” From nightclub Polaroid snapshots at $2 a pop to random impromptu poses around Dallas’ Black enclaves, he left a time capsule of our history.
George Keaton Jr. assumed the mantle of Black history by succeeding Dr. Mamie McKnight, who, among other things, saved Dallas' Freedmen's Cemetery.
George founded Remembering Black Dallas and has been the major curator and cultivator of Black history, landmarks, and legacies for the past 20 years.
Soul brothers and sisters took their drags on Kool and Salem. But they all talked in their own vernacular.
By the time George arrived in 1972, the dust of disunity had still not settled. Everything in the school was about race. It was customary to witness racial protests and fights. Scuffles and food fights stretched from the
teacher, Mr. Robert Edison, and other stalwarts were adamant. Edison openly rejected all that talk about White superiority in intelligence. Black inferiority was wildly unfounded. He dispelled myths and held us up during our worst bouts.
George Keaton Jr. was one of us. He was tall, handsome, and sported an afro that was “tight
George made his mark by pulling Dallas’ racial history inside out. He forced White Dallas to accept it and Black Dallas to confront it. He took his high school lessons on race and society from a hurtful place to a helpful place. And by George, Black history will continue to be respected, regarded, and recorded in Dallas, Texas!
Real Lessons From the Georgia Victory
giving people food or water while waiting in line to vote.
OUR VOICES
By Dr. John E. WarrenCREDO OF THE BLACK PRESS
The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racial and national antagonisms when it accords to every person, regardless of race, color or creed, full human and legal rights. Hating no person, fearing no person, the Black Press strives to help every person in the firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back.
It has been said that Hell has no fury like an idea whose time has come. Clearly in the State of Georgia, the idea of overcoming “voter suppression” has truly come and it has been victorious. Again, let us look and learn from this great victory.
We saw after the 2020 election, a rush of bills in more than 25 states to reduce ballot boxes, polling sites, and a reduction in the amount of time available for early voting resulting in longer lines with prohibitions against
Question: How many of us in contrast didn’t bother to vote in the recent general election?
The real lesson is to use our time for organizing, planning and collective action without concern for the efforts of others working against our interest.
The people of Georgia: Black, White and other, understood that patience is as important as money in all battles; that the support of an idea has to be created out of the pains of the issues being fought against; that human and moral issues have no color and that one of the greatest rules for all struggles is that when the laws of man go against the laws of God, the laws of God must prevail.
The Declaration of Independence states that “All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
The right to vote without fear and interference is such a right. When was the last time that we took a look at our rights from God’s perspective?
The right to live outside of homlessness with food and
shelter is such a right. Landlords, developers and local governments should not be allowed to abridge that right. So let’s look at our situations as if we were in Georgia and decide how to organize and achieve desired results as the people of Georgia did, even though it took four elections to get one man, Senator Warnock, into a full term office.
"Question: How many of us in contrast didn’t bother to vote in the recent general election?"
- Dr. John E. Warren
Growing up
By La Lonnie Denice MooreThink of kids in congregate care like petals on a flower. Once the flower ceases to bloom, you run the risk of losing a bright young mind forever.
Mix in the complications of contracting and transmitting the Coronavirus to children in group homes, foster care placements, residential treatment facilities, and psychiatric hospitals, and you have a recipe for disaster.
COVID-19 hit hard and fast. The country was not ready, especially urban cities. COVID made it that much easier for inner city youth to simply ignore their education: their petals shivered, withered away, and died.
Populations from the foster care and group home settings already experience issues with truancy and a lack of desire to attend school regularly. Couple that with hopping around from place-toplace, school stability is not the number one priority.
When COVID-19 hit, the School District of Philadelphia scrambled to ensure that all children in the district had computers, Chromebooks, tablets, or whatever electronics they needed to be successful during the school year.
It took private companies such as Comcast to step in and donate devices so that the children in the city wouldn’t suffer because of their circumstance. They donated $5 Million in devices to lend a helping hand.
According to the Philadelphia Tribune, “A little over $7 million came from donations from local companies and organizations: $5 million from the Aileen and Brian Roberts Foundation, $2 million from Philadelphia Sixers owners Josh Harris and David Blitzer, $100,000 from Bank of America and $25,000 from Crown Castle.” Chanel Hill, 2020.
Parents who dropped out or barely passed and graduated are now full-time instructors. Even parents from the affluent neighborhoods struggled quite a bit to be teachers in their homes sim-
ply because learning structures have changed over the years. The use of third-party tutoring has become much more popular because now children are playing catch up. The one absolute is that this is the new norm.
If the children did not want to
to
era are going back to school to try and reacclimate to in-person learning.
Even my daughter said while she spent an entire year in the virtual classroom, “I’m not learning anything, I am just being pushed through.”
in
seriously
demic, why should they care about it now?
Now, let's talk about colleges and universities. When COVID was prominently on the scene, colleges and universities were evacuating dorms very quickly.
Populations such as teens with
degrees found that the models had changed as well.
Many states have instituted colleges that are online only. Once again this is not necessarily a new model because there were places such as University of Phoenix who paved the way for other schools to institute 100% virtual learning for their degree programs.
For example, Claremont Lincoln University in Claremont, CA has a master's degree program. Those individuals never have to come to California to complete their coursework and attending graduation in person is optional.
Private institutions have discovered ways to profit because they have an absolute need.
participate in school in person, they had even less motivation to participate online. Children these days and in this generation have no problem with navigating a cell phone, downloading an app, or even breaking into their parents’ various accounts; but put a computer in front of them and ask ed them to use technologies such as Microsoft office or the Google Drive, sheets, documents, slides etc. and the children are even at a greater disadvantage.
We noticed in my area that after the first full year of children going to school online during the height of the pandemic, many districts, depending on whether they were in the green or the yellow zone, went back to school in person even if it was for half a day. The further the district from an urban city such as Philadelphia, the quicker they were back in the building.
Others stayed home by their parents’ choice. Now these same children, in a post-pandemic
Talk about a second-rate solution to a catastrophic problem! Institutionalized children exemplified the phrase “you can only do what you know.”
They followed all foes and de-
no home to return to and international students were even told that they had to leave campus.
There were other extenuating circumstances where certain accommodations were being made for individuals who could not leave but they made things very difficult, and some schools even required students to have the COVID vaccinations before they could reside on campus.
During the time of COVID, private institutions lost money, so much that when they did allow students to come back, their admission processes changed quite a bit.
The SAT and ACT were no longer the standard and requirement to go to school. The GMAT examination for individuals getting their master’s degree, seems like a distant memory for many.
tractors, “COVID is a hoax, it’s not real.”
It was much easier for them to accept a peer dying from a gunshot wound. Now all these kids are playing catch up because education to them was just a means to an end. They didn’t care about it before the pan-
In some scenarios once college students were moving back between breaks or in between school semesters, they were told that they had to test prior to moving on campus. Should they have an inconclusive test or a test that is positive, there were entire dormitories that were reserved for quarantining.
These young adults could not leave their dorm rooms. Meals were brought to them, and they were segregated. How’s that for your first college experience?
Adult Learners deciding to go back to school to earn their undergraduate or even graduate
Nothing is the same since COVID-19, but those who are committed, intentional and want to see the flowers in their garden flourish, will rise above if they continue to water passion, inspiration, spirituality, and personal development.
These children and young adults are our future. In the richest country in the world, we must stop taking life and education for granted.
Stop using things like a pandemic as an excuse or a crutch.
So what things are different, differences are a part of life. If you didn’t finish school, go back. If your child is truant, sit next to them in each and every class. Push success because failure does not exist, it is not an option.
La Lonnie Denice Moore is the Engagement and Opportunités Assistant Education Liaison for Child First Services. La Lonnie’s contact info : La_Lonnie@childfirstservices.org phone : 484-7440676.
Pandemic, how
live
a post-COVID world and take educationLa Lonnie Denice Moore
Parents who dropped out or barely passed and graduated are now full-time instructors. Even parents from the affluent neighborhoods struggled quite a bit to be teachers in their homes simply because learning structures have changed over the years.
This story is part of a project funded from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to support original and innovative coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, the coronavirus vaccine, and how these topics intersect into the nation’s K-12 education system.
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Bell Construction Company An Equal Opportunity Employer December 1, 2022
Ed Bell Construction is a Dallas based heavy highway contractor doing business in the North Texas market since 1963. With clients such as TxDOT, Dallas County Public Works, and the Cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, Richardson, and Mansfield (plus many others), we have a strong backlog of work in the highway market locally.
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Must APPLY IN PERSON at 10605 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75220 from 7am-11am Mon-Fri. Please visit our website: www.edbellconstruction.com/careers Or email your resume to: careers@edbellconstruction.com
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By Dorothy J. Gentry Sports Editor Photos: Dallas Mavericks
It’s the Season for Giving and the Dallas Mavericks are doing just that.
Several players took families of the Christian Community Action of Lewisville (CCA) on a fun-filled holiday shopping spree last week.
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Dwight Powell, Maxi Kleber, JaVale McGee and Tim Hardaway Jr. all accompanied the families shopping for the holidays at SCHEELS, an employee-owned sporting goods and entertainment retailer. Each family was able to shop for gifts for loved ones with a special gift from SCHEELS ($500 per family) and the Mavs for the holiday season.
The Holiday Shopping Spree is part of the Season of Giving – the NBA and Dallas Mavericks commitment to brighten the holiday season for thousands of children and families.
Powell and Hardaway Jr. also both made a $10,000 donation to Pay Away the Layaway, helping 100 families in North Texas pay off their balances for the holidays.
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that we are bestowing honors such as this when the person is here to receive them,” he said.
Williams is known for his philanthropy as much as he is for his fried chicken. He will culminate his company’s 35th anniversary with the naming of the Hiawatha Williams Recreation Center, located blocks from where the first Williams Chicken opened at Ledbetter and Sunnyvale streets, and tomorrow almost 500 families will receive blessings for the holidays.
Today there are more than 50 locations, and Mr. Williams said he takes pride in not only giving young students their first job, but also helping grow owners.
“I am truly humbled that the City of Dallas leaders and this community would bestow such an amazing honor on me and my family,” Williams said, in
a statement. “This recognition is for those who paved the way for me and I hope the children and youth of this community can look at the building and be inspired to do for others as God has done for us. I am grateful.”
At the unveiling, speakers included Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Carolyn King Arnold, Dallas City Council members Tennell Atkins and Casey Thomas; Texas State Reps. Toni Rose and Carl Sherman; Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, Pastor Richie Butler of St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church; and Roland Parrish, of Parrish McDonald Restaurants.
Other dignitaries in attendance in-
cluded former State Rep. Helen Giddings; Taylor Toynes, Executive Director of For Oak Cliff; and faculty, administrators, students and athletes from Paul Quinn College.
Earlier this year, the Dallas Park and Recreation Board approved the renaming of Cummings. It is rare, said park
South Oak Cliff, DeSoto, Duncanville All Reach State Football Title Games
By Dorothy J. Gentry Sports EditorIt was an exciting weekend of football for three local teams who all find themselves in familiar territory.
South Oak Cliff High School, the 2021 5A, Division II Champions, is heading back to the state championship for the second year in a row after beating Argyle in Fort Worth on Friday night, 14-6 in the state semifinals.
The Golden Bears (12-3) will play for a second straight 5A, Division II state title in the championship game at 7 p.m. Friday at AT&T Stadium. They will take on Port Neches Grove (13-2).
Across town, the DeSoto High School Eagles are celebrating their return to the state championship, six years after winning its only title in 2016.
On Saturday the Eagles defeated nationally ranked Denton Guyer 4728 in the state 6A Division II state semifinals at The Star at Ford Center in Frisco, Texas.
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And Saturday night, the Duncanville High School Panthers (14-0) manhandled Prosper, defeating them in a blowout 41-0 to reach the 6A Division I championship game. They will play North Shore on Saturday, Dec. 17th at 7 p.m. at AT&T Stadium.
officials, that the department has an opportunity to rename a recreation center.
John D. Jenkins, the city's park director, said the board’s action recognizes Williams' keen business insight, community service and philanthropy as a servant leader.
"His life and career of service have impacted youth in this city and community,” said Jenkins. “Dallas Park and Recreation looks forward to a lifelong partnership with Hiawatha Williams and Williams Chicken as we work together to give youth who come to the center diverse programs, activities and events to build their minds, bodies and spirits.”
Following the unveiling, the Williams Family had a surprise for attendees. While some acknowledged that their palates were prepared for a lunch that would include Williams Chicken and possibly their famous corn fritters; Tim Williams, said they decided to “bless” another Black-owned business; using Carol Hampton of The Date.
Comerica Bank Creates Collaborative Community Space to Support Small Businesses in Dallas’ Southern Sector
Comerica Bank today revealed plans for Comerica BusinessHQ, a collaborative space that will provide integral services and value to small businesses in the Southern sector of Dallas.
Comerica is transforming idle real estate on the first floor of its R.L. Thornton location into a unique community resource that provides high-need, high-opportunity small businesses with the necessary tools to develop, grow and endure. Through a mix of coworking spaces, incubation fellowships and technical assistance, Comerica BusinessHQ will address the three essential needs of aspiring small businesses: capital, cultivation and connectivity.
“Comerica has long been invested in the South Dallas community, and we are taking our commitment a step further with the creation of Comerica BusinessHQ,” said Irvin Ashford, Jr., Comerica Bank’s Chief Community Officer. “It is imperative that we help provide solutions to the challenges facing entrepreneurs in this footprint.”
BusinessHQ will function as a part of the Dallas Small Business Ecosystem and serve as an epicenter of vetted, credible community partners to present effective and impactful small business incubation and technical assistance. The project lead, Regional External Affairs Manager Brandon Q. Jones, has secured a growing roster of part-
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the Dream Healthy Living Expo — because together we want to build stronger communities.
The 6th Annual Realizing the Dream Healthy Living Expo is scheduled for Monday, January 16, 2022, at the African American Museum in beautiful Sunny South Dallas. This family-oriented, fun and message-filled event is a wonderful way to pay homage to the man who worked to make this world a better place.
Dr. King had a dream and he wanted a better world. In order to live in a better world, we must be healthy in a number of ways: mentally, physically, spiritually, financially, socially and holistically.
ners that includes Community Incubation Partner the Veteran Women’s Enterprise Center (VWEC), as well as BCL of Texas, the City of Dallas, Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, DreamSpring, Impact Ventures,
ty and membership and exclusivity – to make the most impact as we continue to contribute to the Southern sector’s economic revitalization efforts.”
Essential features
• Technology and connectivity – The space will have free, flexible, temporary workspaces and turnkey access to highspeed, uninterrupted Wi-Fi; information security and privacy; printing; scanning; large scale projection video conferencing rooms; as well as well as space furnished with equipment for small-scale content creation needs. Technical assistance services also will be offered, which will be
• Membership and exclusivity – There will be a conscientious registration and vetting process for small businesses to gain access and membership to BusinessHQ.
BusinessHQ membership opportunities
• Incubators – BusinessHQ Community Partner VWEC will select small businesses for membership and administer the program. Incubators will receive dedicated/private office space, one-on-one cultivation support and consultations with small business capital providers, and exclusive access to the content creation studio.
one consultations with small business capital providers and exclusive access to the content creation space.
• Community Coworkers –Any small business operating in a high need, high opportunity area, with revenues less than $1 million, will have the opportunity to take advantage of the space. A BusinessHQ staff member will meet with a small business that is requesting access to help identify key need areas. Once a membership is confirmed, the community coworker can use shared, open workspaces (subject to availability) and BusinessHQ’s library of resources for six months.
National Youth Chamber of Commerce powered by Project Still I Rise, Philippine-American Chamber of Commerce of Texas DFW, SCORE Dallas, and the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas.
“To ensure this initiative is truly community-driven, we plan to empower our broad network of strategic community partners to facilitate programming and assist in identifying small businesses for BusinessHQ opportunities,” said Jones. “The key findings from our community-based focus groups and meetings with local leaders, stakeholders and small business owners, indicated we should focus on the following areas – technology and connectivity, access and securi-
Through the Healthy Living Expo, we will be addressing all of those areas. We will have vendors, speakers and programming geared toward building stronger families and communities. There will be community activists, educators, advisors, and just like in the past, we will also have entertainment, screenings and opportunities to assist attendees in bettering their lives. There will be college representatives, insurance and financial planning advisors, voter registration and education booths and much more.
According to Dr. King, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”
He also said, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”
The Don’t Believe the Hype Foundation and other partners will be filling a void on
open to all small businesses and led by a strategic community partner.
• Access and security – BusinessHQ will be in a secure location and open Monday through Friday with extended hours and some weekend hours to reflect the reality of entrepreneurs.
January 16th. Thousands and thousands come out annually for the Parade. Meanwhile people want to get out and experience some form of normalcy, whatever that is.
Many are looking for places to eat and something else to do on this national holiday and we’re providing the venue, the information, food, entertainment and programming that will engage the masses.
In previous years, the Expo featured inside and outside vendors, the MAVS MAANIACS, health screenings, giveaways and fun and excitement for the entire family. The food vendors served everything from gumbo and fried fish to monkey bread and vegan dishes. There were several workshops dealing with health, finance, social issues and more. To top it off, several attendees won DNA kits!
Then there were the cooking competi-
• Coworkers – Strategic community partners will refer small businesses that are enrolled in or have completed formal technical assistance training. These entities will have access to private and/or shared office space or open workspace twice a week (subject to availability), one-on-
tions for best sweet potato pies and macaroni and cheese.
Now because of COVID-19, we have a different cooking competition, amongst businesses — we’re looking for the best cobbler!
Also, please know that there will be plenty of safety measures in place and this is important because we still remember when Dr. Phil Huang, Director of Dallas County Health and Human Services addressed Dallas City Councilman Casey Thomas II and members of the Black COVID Task Force and discussed the importance of getting vaccinated, wearing masks and keeping safe distances.
Just last weekend I received reports of new cases of COVID.
And while we know that there are still those who are concerned about whether they should take the vaccine, Dr. Huang
All small businesses utilizing BusinessHQ can grow as members and gain access to more benefits once the initial duration of their membership has ended.
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A Comerica BusinessHQ Success Manager will oversee general operations of the community center, which will include client scheduling, event planning and membership operations.
The approximately 8,000-square-foot area, located at 5201 E. R.L. Thornton, is currently undergoing renovations. When it reopens in March 2023, it will have clear, engaging signage illuminated with blue lights at night.
pointed out that 100s of millions of doses have been administered.
Yes, people are concerned and so, in addition to financial literacy, food deserts, employment opportunities, healthy eating, CBD and more; the Realizing the Dream Healthy Living Expo will provide answers, support and opportunities
Plan to join us!
WHAT: Realizing the Dream Healthy Living Expo
WHEN: Monday, January 16, 202310am-5pm
WHERE: African American Museum in Fair Park
Admission: LOVE
See Registration form on page 2
Or Log on to www.healthylivingexpo. com or call 214-941-0110.
BusinessHQ will empower Comerica’s community partners to deliver critical services to small businesses in high need, high opportunity areas.Irvin Ashford, Jr.
