VOL. XXXIII • OCTOBER 17, 2019
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New citywide holiday to replace controversial Columbus Day By DIANE XAVIER The Dallas Examiner
Indigenous Peoples’ Day will now be recognized in Dallas. Dallas City Council members approved a resolution during its Oct. 8 meeting, declaring the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the city of Dallas – the day is usually known as Columbus Day across the country. Dallas will join 130 city governments in making the switch to Indigenous Peoples’ Day, including Austin and six states, including South Dakota and New Mexico. Berkley, California, was the first city government to adopt the change. The idea started in 1977
in the United Nations International Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous populations in the Americas in Switzerland. The resolution affirmed the city’s willingness to participate in annual celebration activities and promote the well-being and growth of the city’s American Indian and Indigenous community and in encouraging public schools to include teaching the history of Indigenous people. It also calls for encouraging businesses, organizations and public institutions to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Council member Omar Narvaez of District 6 presented the resolution. “I am really excited about this because this is a day we right a
Leroy Pena, national director of the Red Handed Warrior Society, along with several other members of the Native American community, spoke on behalf of approving the resolution. – Photo by Shelby Knowles/The Texas Tribune
wrong for the folks that started here and made this land possible for protecting the earth so that we could be here today,” he said. Council member Adam Bazaldua of District 7 also supported the resolution. “I think this is a day that is long
overdue,” Bazaldua said. “I was a teacher before being on the City Council, and it is sad to see the lack of knowledge on what the history of our country really looks like. I think it is very disheartening, and it speaks volumes to a lot of the issues we
have in this country and city today – the fight for equality, the fight for equity for all that we see began with Indeginous people. It began with a struggle to continue to fight and struggle with what belonged to them.” Several members of the Native American community spoke on behalf of approving the resolution, including Leroy Pena, national director of the Red Handed Warrior Society. “When you think about the history of this area, my tribe was an occasional visitor here, but other tribes such as the Wichita and Caddo were long time residents of this area,” Pena said. “We are looking to make this an
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By GARY BLEDSOE Texas NAACP
Photos from Pink Glove Dance video. – Top photo courtesy of Parkland Health & Hospital System. Other photos are screenshots from Parkland Dance video
Parkland staff star in national breast cancer video Special to The Dallas Examiner
Shall we dance? Hundreds of Parkland Health & Hospital System staff said ‘yes,’ in support of breast cancer awareness and health, by taking part in the annual Medline Pink Glove Dance video. The project has scored millions of views each year since its launch in 2009 to raise breast cancer awareness by uniting physicians, administrators, nurses, breast cancer survivors and community members through the joy of dancing – while sporting pink exam gloves. This year, Parkland was invited by Medline to join a handful of hospitals across the country in a special anniversary Pink Glove Dance video that was unveiled last week at the 2019 ANCC National Magnet Conference in Orlando, the largest nursing conference in the U.S. Because gloves are the first point of contact between the healthcare worker and patients,
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Medline, a global manufacturer and distributor of healthcare products, introduced the Generation Pink glove line in 2009 to get people talking openly about breast cancer. For the past 10 years, the annual dance video has fueled conversation worldwide about the critical need for breast cancer prevention. The original video featured nearly 200 workers from an Oregon hospital wearing Medline’s pink gloves and dancing in support of breast cancer awareness and prevention. Over the past decade, nearly 700 of the dance videos have been created, garnering 17 million views. Through the video campaign, the Medline Foundation has donated $1.3 million to non-profit organizations that support detection and prevention initiatives. More than 500 Parkland nurses, physicians, therapists, pharmacists, administrators, police officers, housekeepers, medical assistants, food service and other staff took a break
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from their duties to dance to the upbeat notes of singer Tori Kelly’s 2016 rendition of the Stevie Wonder hit Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing at one of seven locations on the Parkland campus. Drone cameras captured dancers in the hospital’s Wellness Garden and on the construction site of Parkland’s new Moody Center for Breast Health, scheduled to open in 2021. Donors who contributed to Parkland Foundation’s $40 million capital campaign for the new center twisted and jived alongside construction workers sporting pink hard hats. One out of every eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer during her lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute. Each year, Parkland provides breast health services for 30,000 individuals and diagnoses and treats hundreds of patients with breast cancer – volumes that greatly exceed most other area hospitals. Parkland treats 20% of
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all breast cancer cases in Dallas County. “Early diagnosis is a key to survival,” said W. Phil Evans, MD, division chief of breast imaging at Parkland and UT Southwestern and director of the UT Southwestern Center for Breast Care. “We want to ensure that women in Dallas County know their risk factors, recognize early warning signs of the disease and have the opportunity to be screened to find cancer early.” He added that, with advances in screening and treatment, the death rate from breast cancer has decreased by 40% since 1990. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed that most breast cancers are found in women who are 50 or older, but breast cancer also affects younger women. About 20% of all new cases in the U.S. are found in women younger than age 50. Most women should begin yearly screening with mammography at age 40.
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Last month many in our nation celebrated Constitution Day. It is without question that our Constitution has provided an avenue for much of the progress that we in the United States have experienced or achieved, but we must be mindful of the insights provided us by the late Thurgood Marshall in 1987, in reference to the Bicentennial celebration of the Constitution of United States of America. Justice Marshall noted that we must not get taken away like many writers who contend the U.S. Constitution is the greatest document ever written, or that the superior wisdom and propensity for justice of the authors can be clearly seen in its words and its construction. He noted that the document did not permit women to vote, permitted slavery and has been required to be amended on numerous occasions. He thought we should place an emphasis in our celebration on the great individuals who have made it work. Once again, the most important lawyer of the 20th century was right. We see so many who have taken to our court system, many at great personal sacrifices, who have wagered great battles that made a difference to our country, Dred Scott did not win, but the words from the dastardly Supreme Court opinion in his case gave important direction to those crafting The 14th Amendment. Susan B. Anthony voted for Ulysses S. Grant when she knew women could not vote under the existing law, and she was prosecuted for doing so. This was one of those building blocks that years later led to the adoption of The 19th Amendment. Daisy Bates was the head of the NAACP in Arkansas. She owned and ran a community based newspaper. When she had the audacity to join with Marshall to fight for equal educational opportunity for Black children, the banks called in her notes and the business community joined together to oppose her and the NAACP. Bates’ newspaper shut down, but those children in Little Rock joined with children in Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia and the District of Columbia to bring about a proper interpretation of our nation’s Constitution. The children who Bates was supporting were screamed at, cursed, assaulted, spit on and harassed in untold ways because they too had the audacity to seek justice through our Constitution. Courage can also be found in the Latino children who sought integration by enforcing California law or the Asian Americans
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New Dallas City Council committees, members Special to The Dallas Examiner
Mayor Eric Johnson announced Oct. 11 the 20192021 Dallas City Council committees and members, as well as some of his priorities to be addressed by each:
Economic Development In addition to its regular business, this committee will advance the mayoral priorities of a) guiding completion and implementation of a comprehensive economic development plan for the city of Dallas, and b) creating strategies to attract businesses to Dallas, thereby growing the city’s property tax base. • Tennell Atkins – chair • David Blewett – vice chair • Jennifer Staubach Gates • Adam McGough • Omar Narvaez • Jaime Resendez • Chad West Environment and Sustainability In addition to its regular business, this new committee will advance the mayoral priorities of a) ensuring that the city of Dallas is a global leader in addressing climate change, b) overseeing the creation and implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan and related city efforts to reduce emissions and conserve resources, and c) reviewing our city codes, policies and procedures that allowed for environmental threats, such as Lane Plating, “Shingle Mountain,” and others to occur and recommending to the City Council new codes, policies, and procedures to prevent such occurrences in the future. • Omar Narvaez – chair
• Tennell Atkins – vice chair • Paula Blackmon • David Blewett • Jennifer Staubach Gates
Government Performance and Financial Management In addition to its regular business and serving as the City Council’s standing finance committee, as required by Chapter III, Section 13(a)(2) of the Dallas City Charter, this committee will advance the mayoral priorities of a) reviewing and monitoring major contracts between the city of Dallas and outside vendors – including all public-private partnerships such as VisitDallas – and developing a system for the periodic review of such contracts by the committee to ensure compliance, b) developing a system for the periodic review of all city departments and offices by the committee to ensure maximum governmental efficiency and performance, c) reviewing our RFP and procurement processes to reflect best practices, and d) reviewing our budgeting process and recommending improvements thereto in accordance with best practices. • Jennifer Staubach Gates – chair • Cara Mendelsohn – vice chair • Carolyn King Arnold • Adam Bazaldua • Lee Kleinman • Omar Narvaez • Casey Thomas
Housing and Homelessness Solutions In addition to its regular business, this renamed committee will advance the mayoral priorities of a)
overseeing the implementation of and securing financing for the city of Dallas’ Comprehensive Housing Policy, with particular attention to ensuring that residents are not involuntarily displaced due to gentrification, and b) identifying the causes of increased rates of homelessness in our city and proposing solutions to theCity Council to reverse this trend. • Chad West – chair • Casey Thomas – vice chair • Carolyn King Arnold • Paula Blackmon • Lee Kleinman • Cara Mendelsohn • Jaime Resendez
Public Safety In addition to its regular business, this committee will advance the mayoral priorities of a) ensuring the Dallas Police Department implements in a timely manner the recommendations contained in the KPMG efficiency study presented to the council on Aug. 26, b) receiving regular reports from the DPD on violent crime in the city of Dallas and strategies to alleviate such crime, and c) providing oversight of Dallas Fire-Rescue’s efforts to modernize its operations and training amid a changing urban environment and an increased demand for emergency medical services. • Adam McGough – chair • Carolyn King Arnold – vice chair • Adam Bazaldua • David Blewett • Adam Medrano • Cara Mendelsohn • Casey Thomas
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DALLAS The city of Dallas through its Office of Resilience will serve as partner and associate producer for the 2019 bigBANG! Conference. This year’s theme, “Building Inclusive Economies,” will explore a critical topic to the future of Dallas. The Office of Resilience will share the work the city is doing to improve the systems and institutions that affect every Dallas resident and the great work it has accomplished to that end in the last several years. The event will kick off Oct. 30 with a VIP reception from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Polsinelli, located at 2950 N. Harwood St., Ste. 2100. During the first full day of sessions, Oct. 31, will be held at Paul Quinn College from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendees will have the opportunity to gain insight and knowledge on how public-private partnerships can help progress the goals of Resilient Dallas Plan, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and adopted by the Dallas City Council in August 2018. The second full day of sessions will be held Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, located at 2200 N. Pearl St. Now in its 10th year, bigBANG! is Dallas’ longest-running event for social innovation. It is focused on driving deeper conversations and innovative solutions for positive change in our city. This year’s conference centers on exploring the institutions and systems we work and live within and how they shape the possibilities for our lives. Interested attendees can register at http://www.bigbangtx.com.
DALLAS Advocacy in Action Training Session will teach attendees how to advocate for the issues and causes that are important to them on the local, state and national levels. The session will be held Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Frazier House, located at 4600 Spring Ave. Lynda Taylor Ender, AGE director for The Senior Source, will train session participants. As a director, she keeps up with issues that affect older adults, educates older adults as well as elected officials on the issues and networks with groups on common issues. She is also the secretary of the Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition, serves on Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s Senior Advisory Committee and was a past League of Women Voters –Texas Issue Chair for Health Care for Those of Lesser Means and Health Care for Older Adults. She has received many awards from various notable organizations and associations in recognition of her work. The sessions are free and will be presented by the Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Community Outreach Center. The purpose of the sessions are: • define advocacy • explain the legislative process • discuss the rules for success • create a public policy agenda & plan for action • present opportunities for action • highlight the Dos & Don’ts when talking to legislators • explain why it is important for you to be involved The training session is free and open to the public. To register go to http://www.zwhjcoc.org and click on “Classes.” For more information, email: info@zwhjcoc.org
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Quality of Life, Arts and Culture In addition to its regular business, this committee will advance the mayoral priorities of a) ensuring the city of Dallas is friendly to families with children by offering an array of arts, cultural activities, and other programs, b) reviewing and improving the services the city provides for its seniors, and c) actively assessing the offerings of both peer and nearby cities to ensure our competitiveness in these regards. • Carolyn King Arnold – chair • Jennifer Staubach Gates – vice chair • Tennell Atkins • Omar Narvaez • Chad West
Transportation and Infrastructure In addition to its regular business, this committee will advance the mayoral priorities of a) reviewing Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s bus service within the city of Dallas to ensure it meets our city’s current and future workforce needs, b) overseeing the development of a comprehensive transportation plan for the city of Dal-
las, c) improving mobility for users of all modes of transportation, and d) overseeing and directing plans to improve the conditions of streets, sidewalks and other infrastructure through bond funds, the capital improvement budget and other revenue sources. • Lee Kleinman – chair • Adam Medrano – vice chair • Tennell Atkins • Adam Bazaldua • David Blewett • Adam McGough • Chad West
Workforce, Education, and Equity In addition to its regular business, this new committee will advance the mayoral priorities of a) ensuring that the city of Dallas has a “futureproof” workforce, particularly in those areas of our city where rates of unemployment and underemployment are highest, and b) receiving report(s) from the Mayor’s Task Force on Workforce Development & Modernization and recommending that the City Council adopt those action items suggested by this task force that the committee supports. • Casey Thomas – chair
• Jaime Resendez – vice chair • Paula Blackmon • Lee Kleinman • Adam Medrano
The mayor’s office anticipates that the committees will help them better address the pressing challenges facing the city and offer innovative and data-driven solutions. Separating the former Economic Development & Housing Committee into two smaller committees will help to drill down further into critical issues and better implement our strategies in these areas. Additionally, the creation of two new committees – Environment and Sustainability and Workforce, Education, and Equity – will provide prominent platforms to emphasize and address resilience and our renewed investment in our greatest asset: the people of Dallas. A briefing on the City Council 2020 calendar and amended 2019 calendar, which will include proposed committee meeting dates through the end of next year, took place Wednesday. City council members will vote on both the new and amended calendars at the Oct. 23 agenda meeting.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Interstate Highway 30 (IH 30) From the IH 35E Interchange to the IH 45/IH 345 Interchange CSJ: 0009-11-181 Dallas County, Texas
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), in conjunction with the City of Dallas, will conduct a public meeting for the purpose of soliciting comments on the proposed improvements to IH 30 from the IH 35E interchange to the IH 45/IH 345 interchange in Dallas County, Texas, a distance of 1.5 miles. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Omni Dallas Hotel - Dallas Ballroom, located at 555 S. Lamar Street, Dallas, Texas 75202. Please note, complimentary parking in one of the hotel’s two parking garages will be provided for meeting attendees. Hotel staff will direct attendees to the garages. Attendees should bring their parking ticket into the meeting for validation. Validation will be provided for self-parking only.
Representatives from TxDOT, project consultants, and the City of Dallas will be available to answer questions about the proposed project. The meeting will be held in an open house format with a formal presentation at 7:00 p.m.
The proposed project would consist of the reconstruction and widening of IH 30 from the IH 35E interchange to the IH 45/IH 345 interchange within the City of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas. Proposed improvements consist of the reconstruction of IH 30 from an existing urban freeway with three mainlanes in each direction, one to three collector/distributor lanes in each direction and no frontage roads, to a proposed urban freeway with six mainlanes in each direction with discontinuous frontage roads. The proposed mainlanes would consist of 10-foot-wide inside and outside shoulders, six 12-foot-wide travel lanes in each direction, and ramping improvements. The proposed improvements would require additional ROW.
Maps showing the proposed project’s location and conceptual design will be available for viewing during the Open House. Project personnel and City of Dallas representatives will also be available to assist in orientation and explanation of the drawings and other materials on hand. This will also offer the opportunity to ask questions in a one-on-one setting. The public meeting notice and venue map will be available online at www.keepitmovingdallas.com or under Hearings and Meetings Schedule at www.txdot.gov.This and other public information is also on file and available for public inspection at the TxDOT Dallas District Office located at 4777 East Highway 80, Mesquite, Texas 75150 and at Dallas City Hall located at 1500 Marilla, Room 1FN, Dallas, Texas 75201.
All interested persons are invited to attend the public meeting. Written comments from the public are requested and will be accepted for a period of 15 calendar days following the meeting. Written comments may be submitted either in person at the public meeting; by mail to the TxDOT Dallas District Office, ATTN: Ms. Ashton Strong, P.E., TxDOT Project Manager, 4777 E. Highway 80, Mesquite, Texas 75150-6643, or via email to Ashton.Strong@txdot.gov. Written comments must be postmarked by Wednesday, November 13, 2019 to be included in the public meeting documentation. The public meeting will be conducted in English. Persons interested in attending the meeting who have special communication or accommodation needs, such as the need for an interpreter, are encouraged to contact the TxDOT Dallas District Public Information Office at (214) 320-4480. Requests should be made at least two days prior to the meeting. Every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate these needs. If you have any general questions or concerns regarding the proposed project or the meeting, please contact Ms. Ashton Strong, P.E., at (214) 320-6297 or by email at Ashton.Strong@txdot.gov. The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried-out by TxDOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated December 16, 2014, and executed by FHWA and TxDOT.
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who fought their internment during WWII. Years after her parents left Tulsa because of the Tulsa race riots where whites burned down a thriving Black business community and killed many Black citizens, Ada Sipuel became the Plaintiff in the lawsuit which led to the integration of the University of Oklahoma Law School. She received many threats regarding her life and safety, and after she won at the Supreme Court, Oklahoma erected a fraudulent Law School at Langston University so it could continue and deny her admittance, even after the Supreme Court decision. Importantly, later in life Sipuel was actually appointed by the Oklahoma governor to become a member of the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents. Heman Marion Sweatt was a postman who was denied a position for which he firmly believed that he was the most qualified. Sweatt felt the color of his skin was the reason he did not get the postal job that he sought, and further he felt that this was occurring with many other persons of color. After being admitted to the University of Texas School of Law, Sweatt was saved from lynching by kind white students once he was finally enrolled. As he was about to go outside, they warned him about the mob waiting for him so he stayed inside the Law School for most of that first night. He did not finish Law School and lost a wife some say as a partial result of his involvement in the case against the University of Texas. Lloyd Gaines who won the case to integrate the Missouri Law School disappeared before his Supreme Court victory could be implemented. Lawyers too made many sacrifices. Marshall was almost lynched after a string of court victories in Columbia, Tennessee where he sought justice for African American residents
who had been terrorized by the Klan. Jack Greenberg and other lawyers trying a case with a Marshall in Florida had to violate speed laws and endanger others because they too were attempting to avoid lynching by a mob that included law enforcement officials. Harry Moore, president of the Florida NAACP in 1950 when the case was being tried, and his wife Harriet were murdered because of their involvement in fighting hate groups in Florida in that same case. The Moore’s were heroes who were making our Constitution work. Details of this case were discussed in the Pulitzer Prize winning book, Devil in the Grove. When I discussed this with law students the other day, they added other great examples like the plaintiffs in Miranda v. Arizona and Roe v. Wade who caused great changes in The Constitution but no doubt felt pain in the process. Let’s celebrate our Constitution but be mindful of interpretations that are nefarious or clearly intended to cause injustice. The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution says that one intent of the document is to establish justice. The colonists had grown weary of a crown where individuals had no rights and the government, or rather the Monarch, had all power. We must see this provision in that light, meaning that we must see our Constitution as being both about protection of individuals from abuse by the government and about protecting all including racial, ethnic, disability and other minorities from government and government supported transgressions of their rights and interests. That is why the government is limited in its search and seizure, while the individual and groups of individuals are granted the right to counsel, an impartial tribunal and due process of law. After The 14th Amendment became effective, the individual or groups of individuals were provided the Equal Protection of the Law. This too is
why the Supreme Court has been required to stand in and make sure that individuals and unpopular or minority groups have needed protections. Because of this Law intending to primarily benefit persons of African ancestry and newly emancipated slaves, many others have derived great benefits and enhancements of their freedom. Importantly, as Marshall noted, the guaranteed Constitutional Justice was greatly expanded once The 14th Amendment became effective, because the Equal Protection Clause had to be joined with the liberty interest provided by The Constitution. We the People no longer meant not just those who were free in 1789, as the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan famously complained during the 1974 Watergate hearings, but now it means all citizens without regard to race, creed or color. As we find ourselves confronting more and greater Constitutional challenges in our nation today, we must come together and realize that it is the way of interpreting our Constitution that has made us a powerful, successful and pluralistic nation. Sadly there have been times when interpretations have gone the wrong way, because after all the interpretations must be done by human beings with all of our faults. In too many places around the world there could be no Linda Brown, Sweatt, Sipuel and Fred Korematsu. If we insist that our Constitution is about
justice for individuals and individual groups, and that all Americans are deserving of its protections, we will have taken a giant step not just for our nation but for humanity as well. It seems as though in most places around the world there are problems between people who look or worship differently when they live in close proximity. Our example, though spotted and never close to completion, shows us what can be done even if for a short period of time. The law of the land makes such a difference. In understanding this, however, we can even look to discussions in the federalist papers that I believe have been disregarded over time. For example, Alexander Hamilton said in Federalist Paper No. 78 that it was essential that the nation have an independent judiciary, but nowadays this seems to be a lost consideration as the majority and persons in power seek to ensure that the judiciary reflects them and their views without regards to the law or what may be right or wrong. We might add how James Madison spoke clearly in Federalist Paper No. 10 about the form of government we were choosing and why it made such a difference. We did not choose a pure democracy but a Republican form of government that provided for broader representation. Madison saw it as an evil if the majority could eliminate rights of the minority so he thought that the broader representation and governmental structure would help. This is where the heroes make a difference, because it is they, who through great personal sacrifice, give true meaning to our Constitution and make it what it is known to be today. Where would our Constitution be today were it not for Marshall, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and plaintiffs like the ones described above.
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annual celebration. A celebration that is the history of my ancestors. But those of you who live here in this city or county this is also now your history too.” Council member David Blewett of District 14 supported the resolution but wanted to make an amendment to some of the context. “I fully support Indeginous Day but there is verbage in this resolution that does not celebrate the heritage, our heritage that we like, and I see no relevance in this resolution in mentioning Christopher Columbus,” he said. Blewett wanted to strike paragraph seven of the resolution which reads: “WHEREAS, honoring the role of Columbus – who never set foot in Texas – as a historical figure promotes values of intolerance and violence that are still common in today’s world and is inconsistent with the value of Dallas as a welcoming community.” Blewett said he wanted the resolution tailored to Indigenous people and celebrating their contributions and wanted to change it to read: “WHEREAS the city of Dallas recognises the responsibility to be an inclusive and welcoming community.” “That really is the spirit of what this resolution should be,” he said. Council member Bazaldua of District 7 disagreed and supported the original text. “This is an opportunity to lay it all out,” Bazaldua said. “I think to ignore or omit just for ease of comfort is what led to the majority of the country celebrating Columbus Day and not Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Because that is what has been in our children’s history books. That’s what story has been told about our land and Texas. By taking that away, you’re saying that my daughter’s children don’t get to see the context of what’s behind the things of what we have done. You’re saying that generations to come don’t understand the importance of Columbus’ name is still associated with this and why we had to years later right a wrong.” Council member Chad West of District 1 made an amendment to the resolution that also changed the wording of paragraph seven to read: “WHEREAS, recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of Columbus Day will better reflect Dallas’ values of being welcoming and tolerant.” “I believe the way this is written still gets the intent across,” West said. “It is less negative sounding. It sounds more positive and is a good compromise.” City Council members voted in favor with West’s amendment to the resolution by a vote of 11-3.
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God help us end poverty in our time By MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN Children’s Defense Fund
Next weekend is our 28th Annual National Observance of Children’s Sabbaths Celebration, “Uniting Hearts and Voices to End Child Poverty,” when people of every religion will reflect on and respond to the sacred texts, teachings, and traditions that call us to end poverty and act with love and justice to ensure all children have what they need not only to survive but thrive and realize their God given potential. We hope you will join us. –––– God help us to end poverty in our time.
The poverty of having a child with too little to eat and no place to sleep, no air, sunlight and space to breathe, bask, and grow. The poverty of watching your child suffer and get sicker and sicker and not knowing what to do or how to get help because you don’t have a car or health insurance. The poverty of working your fingers to the bone every day taking care of somebody else’s children and neglecting your own and still being unable to pay your bills.
The poverty of having a job which does not let you afford a stable place to live and being terrified you’ll become homeless and lose your children to foster care.
The poverty of losing your job because you cannot find reliable child care or transportation to work.
The poverty of working all your life caring for your children and others and having to start all over again caring for the grandchildren you love.
The poverty of earning a college degree, having children, and taking home $300 a week if you’re lucky.
The poverty of loneliness and isolation and alienation – having no one to call or visit, tell you where to get help, assist you in getting it, or care if you’re living or dead.
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The poverty of having too much and sharing too little and having the burden of nothing to carry.
The poverty of convenient blindness and deafness and indifference to others, of emptiness and enslavement to things, drugs, power, violence, and fleeting fame.
The poverty of low aim and paltry purpose, weak will and tiny vision, big meetings and small actions, loud talk and sullen grudging service.
The poverty of believing in nothing, standing for nothing, sharing nothing, sacrificing nothing, struggling for nothing.
The poverty of pride and ingratitude for God’s gifts of life and children and family and freedom and country and not wanting for others what you want for yourself.
The poverty of greed for more and more and more, ignoring, blaming, and exploiting the needy, and taking from the weak to please the non-needy and strong.
The poverty of addiction to drugs, to drink, to work, to self, to the status quo, and to injustice.
The poverty of fear which keeps you from doing the thing you think and know is right.
The poverty of despair and cynicism.
God help us end poverty in our time in all its faces and places, young and old, rural, urban, suburban and small town too, and in every color of humans You have made everywhere.
God please help us to come together and raise our voices to end poverty on Your earth in all its guises – inside and out – physical and spiritual, so that all our and Your children may live the lives that You intend in the world You created for us to share.
Marian Wright Edelman is founder and president emerita of the Children’s Defense Fund whose mission is Leave No Child Behind. For more information, visit http://www.childrensdefense.org.
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2020 Census National Tele-Town Hall on how to prevent an undercount By MARC H. MORIAL National Urban League
“The extent to which the 1960 undercount has shortchanged inner-city residents of the political representation and economic assistance to which they are entitled is incalculable. Two million blacks missed in 1960 could symbolize the loss of five congressmen and scores of state legislators to the black community. Moreover, since more and more Federal and state aid to cities is being allocated on a per capita basis, ghetto residents are increasingly being denied this economic support because of Census underenumeration.”
into predominantly white communities. An unfair census will deprive communities of color of billions of dollars in federal funding for programs like Head Start, Medicare, school lunch programs and transportation and safety infrastructure. It would interfere with the just enforcement of civil rights laws and constitutional protections like fair housing and voting rights. The National Urban League and our civil rights allies are determined not to let this happen. And you can help. Join us on Oct. 22, 7 p.m. CST, for the 2020 Census National Tele-Town Hall. We’re gathering leaders, activists, clergy, and experts for a conversation on ways to make sure the Black community is counted. Among the speakers is former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and activist Stacy Abrams. this year Abrams launched Fair Vote, a new group that seeks to reach out to “hard-to-count populations” in the Georgia area before counting begins. She will be joined by the leaders of the organizing coalition, National Urban League, NAACP, National Action Network, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, NAACP
‘‘ ’’ – Whitney M. Young Jr., testimony to Congress, 1970
The 2020 Census could fail to count more than 4 million people, most of them Black and Latino. Among the many dire consequences of undercounting people of color is the draining of political influence from diverse communities
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nolia McMullen was the first female president of the NAACP. McMullen was born Oct. 20, 1904, in Willowgrove, Pennsylvania, to John Pettigen, a former slave and Elizabeth Pettigen. McMullen Graduated from Fredrick Douglass High School in 1922. She went on to attend Howard University in 1922 and graduated in 1927. In 1933, she obtained her masters from Columbia University. Her thesis was The Factors Affecting Secondary Education for Negroes in Maryland Counties. In 1969, she was elected president of the Baltimore NAACP, and in 1984 she became the first woman elected to be president of the national NAACP. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Legal Defense Fund, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. It’s easy to participate. Just visit http://bit.ly/MakeBlackCountTeletownhall to register. You can also follow our efforts to ensure a fair Census on social media, using the hashtag #MakeBlackCount. Make Black Count was the campaign conducted by the Coalition for a Black Count, a project of 13 civil rights organizations spearheaded by the National Urban League under the leadership of Whitney M. Young Jr. “The Coalition feared that many non-white Americans would be missed in the 1970 Census,” Young testified to Congress. That fear was based on an evaluation of the Bureau of the Census’ plans for counting minorities. In the opinion of the Coalition, those plans were fraught with many serious deficiencies.” Young listed these as inadequate mailing procedures, inadequate assistance for completing the complex forms, poor community educational activity about the Census and distorted publicity from the Bureau of the Census, “which tended to shift the blame for a potentially large undercount to a ‘hostile Black community.’”
Sound familiar? Threats to an accurate 2020 Census include underfunding, hiring issues, inadequate testing and the lingering effects of a failed attempt to add a citizenship question. Even though the effort to add a citizenship question was defeated, the controversy around it could intimidate some immigrants and their families from responding to the census. Earlier this year, the nonpartisan think tank Urban Institute found that a “high risk” scenario could result not only in Black and Hispanic households being undercounted nationally by almost 4%, but also in white households being over counted by .03% nationally. This raises concerns that “one group will benefit more than it should at the expense of others,” the Institute’s vice president and chief methodologist, Robert Santos, said. Fight back against the shortchanging of Black communities. Find out how on the 2020 Census National Tele-Town Hall.
Marc H. Morial, former mayor of New Orleans, is the president and CEO of the National Urban League. He can be reached through http://nul.iamempowered.com.
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Saluting a national hero: Dorie Miller By EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON
U.S. House of Representatives
Were he alive on Oct. 12, Dorie Miller, the Wacoborn naval hero would have celebrated his 100th birthday. His selfless heroic deeds for our nation on Dec. 7, 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. 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 Dec. 24, 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 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 Presi-
dent 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 Eddie Bernice Johnson represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas in the United States House of Representatives. She also chairs the House committee on Science, Space and Technology.
Christianity vs. politics: What is religious freedom? By SUSAN K. SMITH Crazy Faith Ministries
I am thoroughly dumbfounded. There is so much talk about religious freedom, and so much chatter coming from the administration about religious freedom being under attack, and I am confused. Their statements indicate that it is Christians that are under attack, all over the world, for sure, but especially in these United States. In a recent speech given at the University of Notre Dame Law School, US Attorney General William Barr lashed out against “secularists and so-called progressives,” blaming them for “wreaking havoc on American society,” as reported by MotherJone.com. Specifically, Barr said, “This is organized destruction. Secularists and their allies have marshaled all the forces of mass communication, popular culture, the entertainment industry, and academia in an unremitting assault on religion and traditional values.” He continued by describing what he called a “moral upheaval,” saying, “Virtually every measure of
social pathology continues to gain ground. Along with the wreckage of the family we are seeing record levels of depression and mental illness, dispirited young people, soaring suicide rates, increasing numbers of alienated young males, an increase in senseless violence and the deadly drug epidemic.” Ground zero for attacks on religion, are public schools, said Barr. He and others pushing their understanding of religious freedom blame “progressive Christianity,” pitting it against “Biblical Christianity,” which, they believe, is the “right” religion for all. Progressive Christianity, this line of thought goes, practice “secularism.” I am not quite sure what he is talking about. A definition of “secularism” is “a belief system that rejects religion, or the belief that religion should not be part of the affairs of the state or part of public education.” The writers of the Constitution were not particularly religious and rejected the notion of this being called a “Christian” nation, according to the Huffington Post. The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States established the separation of church and state that “prohibited the federal government from making any law respecting an estab-
lishment of religion.” It also prohibits the government, in most cases, from interfering with a person’s religious beliefs or practices,” according to History.com. It seems that in the history of this country, this insistence of protecting the plurality of religions and religious practices has been part of what has made America a model of democracy. In recent time, however, the evangelical right has railed against what they say is an assault on religious freedom. Muslims have been castigated; the president sought to ban all Muslims from this country at the very beginning of his presidency. Just last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that “80% of the world lives in areas where people are denied religious freedom.” He referred to his “Christian leadership” and said that the Islamic Republican Iran is an “aggressor, not a victim.” He also singled out China for holding Muslims in internment camps and Iran for its “persecution of Christians,” according to The Washington Post. Pompeo did not mention the attempts of the religious right to curtail the religious freedom of Muslims in this country, nor did he mention that evangelical Americans support the internment of
immigrants in this country. In September of this year, the president earned the praise of evangelicals when he decided to address the subject of religious freedom at the United Nations, skipping a session on climate change. Robert Jeffress, an evangelical pastor and supporter of the president, praised the words issued by the president. Jeffress noted in a Fox News report that the president “… said religious freedom is not granted by the government; it is gifted to us by God and the president believes that … The Democrats believes the great human right that transcends all others is the right to kill your own babies through abortion and the previous administration supported that for the world. This president says no, it’s not the murder of babies that is a basic human right, it is religious liberty that is granted by our creator.” Making America “great” again seems to mean, to many evangelicals, re-establishing the false moral standards practiced by fundamentalists, standards that have supported the discrimination of people, including Black people, women, and Muslims. Their interpretation of the Scriptures has made them feel a false sense of moral superior-
ity which they have used to keep people “in their place.” Religious freedom means that “we the people” do not have to be oppressed by one religious ideology. We can believe (as we already do) as we want and need to believe, or we can choose not to believe at all. Because we are all different and come to the Scriptures from different cultures and belief systems, there is no one way to interpret those same scriptures. Evangelical Christians in this country and around the world have had a way of pushing their belief system on everyone as the one and only way to believe, and perhaps that is part of the reason the world, the Christian world, is in such disarray. The God of the oppressed is different from the God of the oppressor. That is simply the truth, and religious freedom in this democracy means that we are obliged to let people believe as they choose to believe.
Rev. Dr. Susan K. Smith is the founder and director of Crazy Faith Ministries. Contact her at revsuekim@sbcglobal.net. Her latest book, Rest for the Justice-Seeking Soul, is now available for preorder at http://bit.ly/restbn.
Poll of likely voters shows rising student debt problems By CHARLENE CROWELL Center for Responsible Lending
When likely voters across the country were recently asked their opinions about student loan borrowing, 82% agreed that the stillgrowing $1.5 trillion debt is a national crisis. Even when partisan affiliations were included, the solid concern for this unsustainable financial burden held strong: 74% of Republicans, 80% of independents, and 90% of Democrats. When asked further about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s reduced efforts to protect students from abusive student loans and student loan services, those most concerned were Blacks, Latinx at 73%, consumers earning less than $50,000 per year at 72%. Additionally, voters in early Democratic Primary States
agreed at 77%, as did both women and military or veterans’ households that polled 70% each. Conducted by Lake Research Partners and Chesapeake Beach Consulting, the poll was jointly commissioned by the Americans for Financial Reform and Center for Responsible Lending. Its student loan results, released on October 2, found that recent actions by the Department of Education and the CFPB both contributed to consumer concerns. Higher penalty fees charged to struggling borrowers, making it harder for state and federal law enforcement agencies to pursue wrongdoing by state loan servicers and blocked debt relief for students who were defrauded by for-profit institutions were the top DOE criticisms cited in survey. “[T]he Department of Education seems to be making it easier for for-profit colleges and servicers to take advantage of students,” said Debbie
Goldstein, CRL Executive Vice President. “We need a Department of Education that holds for-profit institutions accountable for abusive practices and a CFPB with a division that protects borrowers from predatory student loan servicers.” “Without proactive regulatory action and strong state laws,” continued Goldstein, “students of color will continue to carry larger debt burdens, exacerbating the racial wealth gap.” “The student debt crisis in the United States deserves greater attention and voters know it,” noted Alexis Goldstein AFR Senior Policy Counsel. “Borrowers need federal authorities as allies, not as apologists for the forprofit college industry.” The disproportionate student debt burdens borne by Black and Latino borrowers was the focus of a joint research report by the NAACP, National Urban League, UNIDOS US, Leadership Conference Ed-
ucation Fund and CRL. Initially published this July, QUICKSAND: Borrowers of Color & the Student Debt Crisis, the report examined how unprecedented debt levels weigh heaviest on Black America. Key findings from that report show that: • Today, over half of all families with Black heads of household aged 25-40 have student debt. • Black bachelor’s degree graduates are unable to afford loan repayments at five times the rate of comparable white graduates. These Black grads are also more likely to default than whites who never completed a degree. • Four years after graduation, nearly half of black graduates owe more on their undergraduate student loans than they did when they received their degree; by contrast, only 17% of white graduates face this same dilemma.
Similarly findings and concerns were found in a September student loan debt report entitled Stalling Dreams by Brandeis University’s Institute on Assets and Social Policy, a part of its Heller School for Social Policy and Management. Among its key findings: • Twenty years after starting school, the typical Black borrower owed about $17,500 more than their white peers; • The typical Black student loan holder in their 30’s, has negative total wealth of $10,700 compared to whites who are close to breaking even; and • About half of all Black borrowers and a third of all Latinx borrowers wind up defaulting on their student loans within 20 years. With researchers and consumers agreeing that student debt is at crisis levels, the larger question becomes: What – as a nation – are we prepared to do about it? And if so – when?
With 44 million people affected by student loan debt, this trillion- dollar issue should not be ignored but rather vigorously debated as part of the 2020 elections in the interest of our collective futures. “We need a racial equity filter for solutions to reverse the consequences of our current privatized high education financing regime,” states Brandeis’ Stalling Dreams. “We need a return to strong public investment in higher education that acknowledges the societal benefit on an educated public.” In other words, if you’re drowning in student debt, your education is working against you – instead of for you. It’s time for a new paradigm in American education. Charlene Crowell is the communications deputy director with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.
Clemency for battered, abused women in prison for self-defense By MELISSA MARTIN
Special to The Dallas Examiner
Kill or be killed. “On the night he died, after a day of heavy drinking, Andrew Harris sexually and verbally assaulted Mia. When the abuse became physical, Mia told Andrew “No,” and told him to leave her home. Instead, he cut her. When she tried to escape, he strangled her until she passed out. Before she passed out, she was able to grab a knife and stabbed him with it. When she awoke, Andrew continued beating her, and poured hot sauce in her eyes. Mia swung the knife at Andrew to keep him away, causing 22 wounds over his body.
One cut sliced Andrew’s femoral artery behind his knee causing him bleed to death,” according to the Ohio Justice & Policy Center. Thomia “Mia” Hunter was incarcerated in the Ohio Reformatory for Women for 15 years after she killed her abusive exboyfriend in self-defense. An article by WPCO in Cincinnati pointed out, “The Ohio Parole Board had recommended the Cleveland woman’s sentence be commuted after it found the issue of her abusive ex-boyfriend never came up at her trial.” In January 2019, when Gov. John Kasich granted the clemency request of one OJPC client, Hunter was set free. Approximately 4,500 battered women in the United States are incarcerated for defending their own
lives or the lives of their children against batterers. Ninety-three percent of women who kill their intimate partner do so as a result of domestic violence. In 1990, Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste granted clemency to 25 women who had been convicted of killing or assaulting husbands or companions due to domestic violence and Battered Woman Syndrome. “The battered woman syndrome expands the concept of legal selfdefense. This defense holds that a battered woman is virtually held hostage in a violent household by a man who isolates and terrorizes her, convincing her that if she leaves he will track her down and kill her,” according to a 1996 article on the National Criminal Justice Reference Service website.
Lenore Walker is the psychologist who coined the term “Battered Woman Syndrome” in the 1970’s. A 2017 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested that domestic violence is a major source of death for women. Of the total domestic violence homicides, about 75% of the victims were killed as they attempted to leave the relationship or after the relationship had ended, according to The Domestic Abuse Shelter, a grassroots movement that provides network of safe homes, counseling and other services for victims of domestic violence throughout the Florida Keys. October is recognized as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In October 1987, the first national Domestic Violence Awareness Month was held. In
conjunction, the same year the first national toll-free hotline was begun. In 1989, Congress passed the first DVAM commemorative legislation and it has been passed every year since. What if Hunter was your mother, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, friend, coworker, or a stranger? Would you give her clemency? I would.
Additional resourse: The National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women was founded in 1987 to work for justice for victims of battering charged with crimes where a history of abuse is relevant to their legal claim or defense. Melissa Martin, Ph.D., is an author, columnist, educator and therapist in Ohio.
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Counseling Corner
Don’t let anger get the best of you
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In today’s world, high levels of stress and anxiety seem to be the norm. We face daily news reports of economic woes, political fights, weather disasters and international threats. And even if we choose to ignore this news, there are still many problems of daily life. Whether it’s work pressures, financial worries, or normal family and personal issues, it seems there’s always something that adds anxiety to our lives. One unfortunate side effect of all this stress is that sometimes we can reach a point where all it takes is a small incident to unleash an outpouring of rage and anger. This is never a good thing. When someone isn’t able to manage and control their anger, the outcome is usually negative for both professional and personal relationships. Experts say anger is the most poorly managed emotion in our society. It’s estimated that one in five Americans have an anger control problem. Is out of control anger – meaning a sudden explosion of emotion and possibly action – a problem you may face? It isn’t difficult to judge if unchecked anger might be an issue. Do you have frequent arguments with others? During an argument have you ever found yourself shouting? Have you broken something; pushed, slapped or physically hurt someone; embarrassed yourself or felt out of control? If any of
these apply, consider some actions you can take to better control your anger: • Start by accepting responsibility for your anger. Although someone or something else may have triggered your outburst, you are the one who lets it happen and grow out of control. • Recognize the beginning signs of your rage. Anger is easier to control while emotions are still low. • Try to identify the source of your anger. It usually isn’t another person, but something within you, emotional or psychological from your past, that may be the real source of your becoming upset. • Learn to focus on the situation or behavior making you angry, not the other person. Criticizing or name-calling only escalates the situation. Use “I” statements to talk about what you’re feeling and experiencing • Take time to listen and communicate more effectively. Anger should never control you. If your anger is sometimes out of control, consider an anger management course through your local hospital or mental health agency, or contact a professional counselor trained to help with anger management issues. The Counseling Corner is provided by the American Counseling Association. Send comments and questions to acacorner@counseling.org or visit http://www.counseling.org.
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Tips to improve wellness and prevent stroke Family Features
Stroke is often thought of as something that happens to older people, but more people under 50 are having strokes due to increased risky behaviors, such as smoking and untreated high blood pressure. Strokes do not discriminate, according to the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary health organization devoted to fighting cardiovascular disease and stroke. They can happen to anyone, at any age. About 1 in 4 people worldwide will have a stroke in their lifetime. However, up to 80% of first strokes may be prevented. “Healthy habits can protect and improve brain function and lower your stroke risk,” said Dr. Lee Schwamm, MD, American Stroke Association volunteer chairman and executive vice chairman, department of neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital. In recognition of Oct. 29 being World Stroke Day, the ASA has listed five tips to help reduce the risk of stroke and maintain mental sharpness as you age: • Keep blood pressure in mind and under control. High blood pressure is the No. 1 controllable risk factor for stroke. Work with your doctor to manage your blood pressure and get it into a healthy range (under 120 over 80). • Eat colorful fruits and veggies. Eating lots of fruits and vegetables can lower blood pressure over time, which may help reduce your stroke risk. Some fruits and vegetables, such as mangos, avocados and blueberries, are especially rich in vitamins and minerals that improve brain function and heart health. • Rest up. Getting 7-9 hours of quality sleep each night can improve brain function both today and long-term. A soothing bedtime routine and avoiding screen time before bed can increase the quality of sleep you’re able to get. Sleeprelated breathing issues may also
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increase stroke risk, so seek treatment right away if you suspect sleep apnea or similar problems. • Meditate. Emerging science shows practicing mindfulness and being aware of your breathing may reduce blood pressure. A quick way to be mindful anytime is to pause, notice your breath and observe details in your surroundings. • Take a hike. Getting active activates brain cells, encouraging them to grow and connect more efficiently. Aerobic exercise, like going for a walk, also gives your arteries a workout and makes your brain more resilient to reductions in blood flow that can cause strokes. To maximize health benefits, the American Heart Association recommends adults get at least 150 minutes per week of moderate activity or 75 minutes of vigorous activity (or a combination) and two days per week of moderate- to high-intensity muscle strengthening activity. “These simple suggestions are great for everyone to follow, even if you don’t think you’re likely to have a stroke,” Schwamm said. “While many adults don’t think they are at risk for stroke or reduced brain function, the reality is that nearly half of all adults in America have high blood pressure, and untreated high blood pressure is one of the most common causes of stroke and also causes up to 60% of dementia.” For more information and tips, visit http://www.stroke.org/worldstrokeday.
Healty Snacking: Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes
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(Family Features) – Whether you need a quick appetizer or something to snack on, these Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes make for an appealing bite. Find more snack recipes at http://www.culinary.net.
Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes
24-48 cherry tomatoes 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 medium cucumber, peeled and diced 3 green onion stalks, diced 2 teaspoons minced dill Fresh dill, for garnish
Cut thin slice off top of each tomato. Scoop out pulp. Invert tomatoes on paper towel to drain. In medium bowl, combine cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. Stir in cucumber, green onion and dill. Spoon mixture into tomatoes. Top with fresh dill. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
New arts-focused school to expand opportunities for South Dallas students and beyond From singing songs during recess to shining bright during talent shows, Principal Romikianta Sneed has seen firsthand the amazing talents of her South Dallas students at Martin Luther King Jr. Learning Center.
Sneed is thrilled the campus, starting next school year, will offer an arts emphasis and, pending a name change approval from the board of trustees, become the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Arts Academy.
“We have so much talent and creativity in our South Dallas community,” Sneed said. “We know our students will thrive in environments where they are encouraged to express their creativity and realize their dreams.”
The Office of Transformation and Innovation, Dallas ISD Fine Arts Department and school leadership are working together to launch the campus as a transformation school, which is an
open enrollment campus designed around an innovative instructional model.
“This school will be a pipeline into Booker T. Washington or one of our other fantastic fine arts programs in our high schools,” said Angie Gaylord, Dallas ISD Deputy Chief of Transformation and Innovation. “This is bringing an amazing opportunity to sunny South Dallas.”
Classes at MLK Jr. will include piano, dance, vocal music and visual art taught by educators skilled in academic and arts instruction. The school will make arts education available to scholars from prekindergarten through fifth grade in the 2020-2021 school year, adding a grade each year to up to eighth grade.
Students who live in the current MLK Jr. attendance zone will get priority admission to the campus. Students currently attending MLK Jr. can continue their edu-
cation at the school.
The school day will begin with social and emotional circle time and breakfast in the classroom followed by academic and arts enrichment programs until 5:15 p.m.
Students at MLK will be mentored by its partner arts school, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
Becoming an arts-focused transformation school is just the latest great news for the campus. As part of the Accelerating Campus Excellence initiative, MLK Jr. Learning Center has seen tremendous growth, rising from an “F” to a “B” school. Families can learn more about the new offerings of the future Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Arts Academy by attending Discover Dallas ISD on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 9 a.m.–1 p.m., at W.H. Adamson High School.
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BUSINESS
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Six keys to success in business, life 3. Credibility is everything Some of the most important career-saving words are “I don’t know.” Never fake it. If you’re wrong, admit it and correct it. If you’ve made a mistake, fix it and learn from it. If it’s going to take some time to find an answer, set a timetable and stick to it.
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It’s not always easy staying organized. Life is busy, chaotic and fast-moving. Although it can be easy to get discouraged at times, there are ways to enhance organization and attitude through the peaks and pits of life. Carol Lavin Bernick, former executive chairman of beauty conglomerate Alberto Culver, published Gather As You Go: Lessons Learned Along the Way, a book sharing insights she’s learned through her many roles as a corporate leader, working mother, philanthropist and founder of the nonprofit organization Enchanted Backpack. She offered these tips to be ready for the good times and difficult situations, highlighting the importance of
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loving what you are doing in both business and life.
1. Attitude is key A person who is passionately committed to the success of his or her business – who has an “I-can-do-it” attitude – is more likely to
succeed. One person can make a difference, and it’s up to you to demonstrate you are one of those people.
2. If you never fail, you will never grow If it’s always comfortable and easy, you can’t know
the big win. When challenged and stretched, you may have a greater chance to learn. Reach out, get involved and take a risk. Oftentimes, the best talent has multiple experiences to share and on which to reflect.
4. Complaining gets you nowhere People, especially in business, simply do not want to hear complaints. If you are frustrated, it is probably best to keep quiet and figure out how you can fix whatever it is, and if you can’t change it, try changing how you think about it and alter your mindset.
5. Give back Communities are not perfect. They are the responsi-
bility of business, government and citizens. If you don’t commit to making a difference, you’re instead leaving the burden to others.
6. Nice guys don’t finish last; They win Aggressive and passionate shouldn’t equate with unpleasant. The higher you rise, the more pleasant and understanding you typically need to be. Never underestimate the importance of being thankful and the value of recognition. Ego has no place in business. If you have one, try to lose it.
Find more tips and inspiration at http://www.gatherasyougo.com.
Employee benefits that can help safeguard family finances Family Features
Every year, millions of American workers enroll in employee benefits through their workplaces during a period known as annual enrollment. It’s usually a short window of time, but employees make crucial financial decisions for their families for the coming year. In addition to medical insurance, many employers offer a range of voluntary benefits – those you select and pay for yourself, often by having the cost deducted directly from your paycheck. These voluntary benefits can help bridge the gap between what health insurance covers and what you’re financially responsible for, especially as more
employees opt for high-deductible health insurance plans. In fact, according to a poll of 1,512 full-time U.S. workers conducted by employee benefits company Unum, 49% of working adults plan on enrolling in a high-deductible health plan for the coming benefit year, with Millennials at 58% and Gen Z’ers at 54% at even higher rates. “While high-deductible health plans offer lower monthly payments, that can mean more financial responsibility for policyholders when they need to use the benefit,” said Laura Adams, a personal finance expert. “Combining a highdeductible health plan with a health savings account can offset out-of-pocket
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costs, but it’s also a good idea to consider voluntary benefits like disability, accident and hospital insurance to further financially protect your family.”
If an accident, illness or injury prevents you from working, disability insurance replaces a portion of your income. While it may seem unlikely to many they
would ever experience a disability, it’s more common than some realize. Based on 2019 information from the Social Security Administration, more than 1 in 4 of today’s 20-year-olds will become disabled before reaching age 67. Accident and hospital insurance can pay a lump sum directly to you to offset outof-pocket costs associated with medical care often not covered by health insurance. • Accident insurance can provide financial benefits for urgent care and emergency room visits, ambulance and other transportation to the hospital, initial care and surgery, hospital stays and lodging expenses related to an accident and even
follow-up care such as doctor’s visits and physical therapy. • Hospital insurance can pay a benefit directly to you when you are admitted to the hospital. This could include immediate medical costs and travel expenses or to help cover other bills. Voluntary benefits, policies and details vary, so it’s essential to review your options and discuss with your family before your benefits enrollment begins. “Investing a little additional time on the front end can help reduce your family’s financial risk down the road,” Adams said. For more information, visit http://www.unum.com/ benefits.
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School to expand arts-focused opportunities Special to The Dallas Examiner
From singing songs during recess to shining bright during talent shows, Principal Romikianta Sneed has seen firsthand the amazing talents of her South Dallas students at Martin Luther King Jr. Learning Center. Starting next school year, the campus will begin offering an arts emphasis and, pending an approval from the Dallas ISD board of trustees, its name will be changed to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Arts Academy. “We have so much talent and creativity in our South Dallas community,” Sneed said. “We know our students will thrive in environments where they are encouraged to express their creativity and realize their dreams.” The Office of Transformation and Innovation, Dallas ISD Fine Arts Department and school lead-
ership are working together to launch the campus as a transformation school, which is an open enrollment campus designed around an innovative instructional model. Students who live in the current MLK attendance zone will have priority admission to the campus. Students currently attending MLK can continue their education at the school. “This school will be a pipeline into Booker T. Washington or one of our other fantastic fine arts programs in our high schools,” said Angie Gaylord, Dallas ISD Deputy Chief of Transformation and Innovation. “This is bringing an amazing opportunity to sunny South Dallas.” Classes at MLK will include piano, dance, vocal music and visual art taught by educators skilled in academic and arts instruction. The school will make arts educa-
Students at the Martin Luther King Learning Center display their musical talents. – Photos courtesy of Dallas ISD
tion available to scholars from prekindergarten through fifth grade in the 2020-2021 school year, adding a grade each year up to eighth grade. Students will begin each day with social and emotional circle time and breakfast in the classroom followed by academic and arts enrichment programs that will
continue througout the day until 5:15 p.m. MLK students will be mentored by Booker T. Washington High
School for the Performing and Visual Arts, its partnering art school. Staff and students of the two campuses will share learning and mentoring opportunities and collaborate on curriculum and field learning experiences. Becoming an arts-focused transformation school is just the latest great news for the campus. As part of the Accelerating Campus Excellence initiative, the learning center has seen tremendous growth, rising from an “F” to a “B” school. “Amazing things are happening here at MLK,” Sneed said. “And we believe the best is yet to come.” Families can learn more about the new programs by attending Discover Dallas ISD Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at W.H. Adamson High School, located at 309 E. Ninth St.
Simple STEM activities for children to do at home Family Features
Winter is the season for family gatherings, snow days and breaks from school and work, but all this time indoors can lead to a serious case of cabin fever for both children and adults. Before you face another chorus of “I’m bored,” con-
sider these simple activities you and your child can do together when winter weather or schedules have you stuck indoors. Each activity idea from the experts at KinderCare can help children build foundational skills they’ll need for success in science, technology, engineering and
math areas so you can combine fun and learning.
Infants Most babies love sensory baskets, and it’s easy to make one at home. Fill a basket or low-sided container with materials in a variety of shapes, textures, weights, smells and sounds
for your baby to explore. While your baby explores the materials and develops hand-eye coordination, describe what he or she is doing, seeing, feeling, hearing or tasting to help build his or her vocabulary.
Toddlers Show your toddler how to make ramps by stacking blocks or small cardboard boxes and placing one edge of a piece of cardboard on top. Invite your child to gather toy vehicles or balls and other objects to see how they roll. Gather objects that will roll and a few that won’t. Encourage your child to ask questions and experiment with ramps of different heights. These experiments in force and motion can help develop your child’s understanding about how different objects behave on inclines.
Preschool – ages 3 and 4 Invite your child to observe from a safe distance as you boil 1 cup red cabbage in 2 cups water. As the water turns purplish, drain it into a clear container. After the water cools, invite your child to measure a small amount of white vinegar and stir it in while observing what happens as additional vinegar is added. Next, have your child measure a small amount of baking soda or milk and stir it in to observe
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even more changes. Exploration, experimentation and observation are all key STEM skills.
Pre-Kindergarten – ages 4 and 5 Gather a variety of craft items, building toys and recycled materials like construction paper, markers, pipe cleaners, craft sticks, fabric scraps, glue sticks, tape, scissors, blocks, interlocking toys, paper towel rolls, tissue boxes, cardboard, lids and plastic food containers. Place the materials you’ve gathered in a bag. Give your child the “tinker bag” and some space to build. Invite him or her to explore the materials, create something and share it with you as a way to build engineering skills and curiosity. Limiting the number of materials children have to work with can often create more opportunities for problem solving and innovation. 0
School Ages Gather a few containers from your recycle bin, such as plastic food containers, tin cans or cracker boxes. Talk with your child about how some things typically thrown away or recycled can be reused for the same purpose or a new one. When items are reused, the amount of waste that ends up in landfills is reduced. Invite your child to select one of the containers and decide on a new use for it. When your child is finished creating something new using on-hand craft materials, ask him or her to share the innovation with you. Give your child feedback in the same way engineers do by giving a compliment, asking a question or offering a suggestion. For more activity ideas, visit http://www.kindercare.com.
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Now-Nov. 24 The Village Coop neighborhood market, with up to 35 vendors selling locally grown foods, will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Friendship-West Baptist Church, 2020 W. Wheatland Road. For more information, contact Danielle Ayers at 972-228-5200.
Now-November A Shared Border exhibit on how the diverse cultural landscape of the Texas and Mexico borderland has caused cultures to blend and innovate, will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m at the Dallas Historical Society, 3939 Grand Ave. For more information, visit www.dallashistory.org/exhibitions.
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Now–March 1, 2020 The Kinsey Collection, a groundbreaking exhibit featuring 150-plus works of art, photos, documents and more, celebrating the achievements and contributions of Black Americans from 1595-today, will be open to the public at the African American Museum, 3536 Grand Ave. For more information, visit www.aamdallas.org.
Oct. 10 to March 22, 2020 Origins: Fossils From the Cradle of Humankind, an exhibit including fossils of two recently discovered ancient human relatives being brought to the U.S. for the first time from South Africa, will be open to the public at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2201 N. Field St. For more information, visit www.perotmuseum.org.
Church, 2020 W. Wheatland Road. These sessions are designed to empower and equip women and women business owners to become more productive and effective in their businesses. For more informaplease contact tion, wow@friendshipwest.org.
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“Getting Work Ready” Job Training Vendor Fair, hosted by council member Casey Thomas II, will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center, 5150 Mark Trail Way. For more information, contact Chris Soto at 214-6700777 or richard.soto@dallascityhall.com.
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“Ready for Work” Workforce Development Panel, a discussion on bridging the workforce gap in Southern Dallas, hosted by council member Casey Thomas II, will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center, 5150 Mark Trail Way. For more information, contact Chris Soto at 214-670-0777 or richard.soto@dallascityhall.com.
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Business Women’s Empowerment Series, “How to Network with Sisters to Make A WinWin!” will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Friendship-West Baptist
Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays Sittercise, a low-impact class that can be done from your chair, is offered from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. at Methodist Charlton Medical Center, 3500 W. Wheatland Road. For more information, call 214-947-7777. 1st, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays Free legal services will be available at 5 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 2922 Martin Luther King Blvd. For more information, call 214-748-1234.
Center, 4500 Spring Ave. For more information, contact Ms. Lyons at millcitycommunityassociation@gmail.com.
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AIDS Awareness Month www.blackaids.org National Domestic Violence Awareness Month www.ncadv.org
Mondays-Wednesdays Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing/ Treatment for STIs, HIV, Hep C and other sexual infections, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Prism Health Clinic, 4922 Spring Ave. For more information, call 214-421-7848.
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College Fair, presented by Cedar Valley College and Lone Star Sports, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Cedar Valley College Gymnasium, 3030 N. Dallas Ave., Lancaster. For more information, contact CFannin@LonestarSports.com or call 214641-1987.
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Dallas ISD Board Meeting will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Turney W. Leonard Governance & Training Center – Conference Area, 5151 Samuell Blvd. For more information, call 972-925-3720.
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Urban Engagement Book Club, Healing Voices of Women of Faith Who Survived Abuse Speak Out by J. Harris, with 11 stories about women who have experienced domestic violence, rape, incest and other violent acts and survived because of their faith in God, will be read at City Square Opportunity Center, 1610 S. Malcolm X Blvd. For more information, email policy@citysquare.org.
17 Mill City Community Association Meeting, where residents from the Mill City neighborhood and the broader community are invited to ask questions of City Manager T.C. Broadnax and interact with reps from Code and Police, will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Juanita Craft Recreation
18 Dear Frank, an exclu-
sive film screening, will be held at 7 p.m. at TBAAL Bruton Theatre, 1309 Canton St. Proceeds benefit youth arts and education programs. For more information and tickets, call 214-743-2400 or Ticketmaster at 800745-3000.
1st & 3rd Tuesdays CitySquare’s Hospitality Program, a free 6week hospitality training program, will begin at 10 a.m. at CitySquare, 1610 S. Malcolm X Blvd. – Bldg. 100. For more information, contact Dana Branch at dbranch@citysquare.org or call 214-823-4409. Tuesdays & Thursdays Free SkillQuest Career Readiness Classes will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. For more information, call 214-879-9950 or email sgronstal@skillquestcareers.org.
Wednesdays The MLK Fresh Produce Distribution Center will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Com-
tainment and the perfect backdrop of those fall photos, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Dallas Farmers Market, 920 S. Harwood St. For more information, visit www.dfwkidsfallfest.com.
19 Neighborhood Vitality Grant Information Session, provided to teach neighborhood leaders how to become eligible for grants and how to apply, will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla St., L1 Auditorium. Attendance at one session is required to apply for the grant. The grand deadline is Nov. 18, 2019 at 4 p.m.
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Conference, themed “A Rose Is Still A Rose,” will be held from 6:30 p.m. Friday to 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Friendship-West Baptist Church, 2020 W. Wheatland Road. For more information and to register, contact the Women of the West at wow@friendshipwest.org or call 972-228-5200.
19 State Fair Showdown, a gridiron match between the Texas Southern University Tigers and the Southern University Jaguars, will begin at 2 p.m. at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Fair Park, 3750 The Midway. For information, call Chris Williams at 214-529-4039. 19 Dunbar Alumni Asso-
ciation Annual Prayer Breakfast will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Sweethome Baptist Church, 5225 Ramey Ave., Fort Worth.
19 DFW Kid’s Directory Fall Fest 2019, a free family event that includes a petting zoo, pumpkin painting, balloon artists, face painting, live enter-
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An Evening of Film and Conversation, with film screenings of acclaimed films Illegal Rose and NAACP Image Awards nominee Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, featuring an audience talkback with director Deborah Riley Draper, Blair Underwood, and other cast and crew, will take place at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters – Naomi Bruton Theater, 1309 Canton St. For tickets and more information, call 214-7432400 or Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000.
19 Men’s Wellness Symposium, with five, 90minute panels that include doctors, judges, lawyers, financial planners and ministers reviewing all aspects of wellness, will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Luke United Methodist Church, 5710 E R. L. Thornton Freeway. Free to the public. For more information, call 214-821-2970 or Ron Hurdle at 214-402-3599. 19 & 20 Vegetarian 101,
“An Introduction to a
munity Center, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. - Bldg. A. For more information, call 214-708-2739 or visit www.dallasmlkcenter.com.
Wednesdays State Fair Job Assistance will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center Library, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. - Bldg. C. For more information, call 214-708-2739 or visit www.dallasmlkcenter.com.
Wednesdays The MLK Fresh Produce Distribution Center will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. - Bldg. A. For more information, call 214708-2739 or visit www.dallasmlkcenter.com.
Plaint-Based Diet,” free classes including reasons for becoming a vegetarian environment, compassion and health diet-related diseases presented by The Black Vegetarian Society of Texas, will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. For more information, visit www.eventbrite.com.
21 “Monday Night Poli-
tics: Meet the Candidates,” a political forum presented by The Dallas Examiner with candidates for Texas State Representative for District 100, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the African American Museum in Fair Park, 3636 Grand Ave. For more information, email Mollie F. Belt at mbelt@dallasexaminer.com.
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Free Legal Clinics, legal advice and consultation on civil matters presented by the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program for Dallas County residents who meet financial guidelines, will begin at 5 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Center Core Services Building, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 122. For more information and scheduling, visit www.dallasvolunteerattorneyprogram.org.
22 Neighborhood Vitality Grant Information Session, teaching how to become eligible for grants and how to apply, will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Pleasant Grove Branch Library, 7310 Lake June Road. Attendance at one session is required to apply for the grant. The grand deadline is Nov. 18, 2019 at 4 p.m. For more information, call 214-671-8900, email pud@dallascityhall.com or visit www.dallascityhall.com.
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sponsored by Senior Source, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Frazier House, 4600 Spring Ave. For more information and to register, visit zwhjcoc.org/classes.
25 Big Tex Job Fair, presented by the State Fair and Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc., will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center in Fair Park, 1403 Washington St. For more information, visit www.bigtex.com. 26
Senior Source Free Wills Clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at Frazier House 4600 Spring Ave. For more information and to register, call 214823-5700
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The 45th Annual Harambee Festival, “Harambee! Keeping it Clean & Green,” with family activities including rock climbing, interactive games, a photo booth, art expos, live performances, health screenings and a job fair, will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. For more information and to register, visit https://do214.com/events/ 2019/10/26/the-45th-annual-harambee-festival.
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STEM in the Park, with face printing, Legos, candy, mini pumpkins, “guess the candy” stations with an educational component and cash prizes to kindergarten through college students with the most creative STEM-themed costume, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cole Park, 4000 Cole Ave. For more information, contact Amanda Viola at amanda.viola@girlsintech.org.
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MISSING Caden Chavis
DOB: June 5, 2002 Missing Since: March 9, 2019 Age Now: 17 Sex: Male Race: Black Height: 5’6” Weight: 160 lbs Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Missing City: Houston NCMEC Number: 1352023
Anyone having information regarding this missing youth should call the Houston Police Department at 713-884-3131.
Every 40 seconds, a child is reported as "missing," according to several government and missing children's reports. And the number of missing African American children has increased from 25 percent to 33 percent. This is not only a crisis for the families of the missing children, but for our community and our country.
The Dallas Examiner has made it its mission to post missing children in our community, as reported by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, each week.
Anyone having information regarding this child, should contact National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST. For more information or to view more missing children in your area, visit www.missingkids.com.
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